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DESCRIPTION:<h4>GERALD R. FORD AMPHITHEATER</h4>   “It is hard to imagine a more open-minded cultural event than the Vail Dance Festival.” – The Denver Post An all-star Opening Night samples and celebrates what is to come at this year’s Festival with performances by stars of New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and other celebrated individual artists, along with an appearance by Alonzo King LINES Ballet. The program features a range of choreographic genius demonstrating the ambitious reach of the Festival, from works by iconic choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins to dances by today’s leading creative voices including Michelle Dorrance. <hr /> <h4>PROGRAM DETAILS</h4> <h4>Jam Session 2025</h4> Music and Choreography by the Artists Michelle Dorrance, Lil Buck Emiko Nakagawa, Dario Natarelli Musicians: Joel Wenhardt, Youba Cissokhoa <h4>Feeling Uneasy</h4> Choreography: Alonzo King Music: Etta James Adji Cissoko, Shuaib Elhaasan <h4>Loose Time</h4> Choreography: Merce Cunningham Music composed and performed by Joel Wenhardt Melissa Toogood <h4>O'Clock (excerpt)</h4> Choreography: Juliano Nunes Music: Philip Glass Kayla Mak Piano: Tony Siqi Yun <h4>Other Dances</h4> Music: Frederic Chopin Choreography: Jerome Robbins Isabella Boylston, Roman Mejia <hr /> <h4 style="text-align: center;">INTERMISSION</h4> <hr /> <h4>Black Swan Pas de Deux (excerpts)</h4> Choreography: Marius Petipa Music: Piotr Tschaikovsky Mira Nadon, Chun Wai Chan <h4>The Two of Us (Excerpt)</h4> Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Music: Joni Mitchell Sara Mearns, Robbie Fairchild <h4>Scheherezade (excerpt)</h4> Choreography: Alonzo King Music: Zakir Hussain after Rimsky Korsakov Alonzo King LINES Ballet <em>Generously Underwritten by Lisa Tannebaum & Donald Brownstein additional support provided by Martin Atkin & Reid Balthaser.</em> Casting and repertory are subject to change. <hr /> Photo credit: Festival artists perform their original work “Jam Session 2024” on the Opening Night program of the 2024 Vail Dance Festival. Photo by Christopher Duggan.
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