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SUMMARY:Kansas City Ballet Presents “Celts”
DESCRIPTION:Lila York debuted Celts at Boston Ballet a year before Michael Flatley's Riverdance became a sensation and is a stunning fusion of Irish folk dance and ballet. Set to the music of The Chieftains and more\, this celebration of Irish culture has brought audiences to their feet with its choreographically intense jig and captivating energy. Celts is the featured work in this "mixed rep" production. It opens with two short ballets\, then followed by the\, featured "headline" act.\n\n \n\nEdwaard Liang's Wunderland opens the show and is a gorgeous ballet washed in red and inspired by a giant snow globe.\n\n \n\nGeorge Balanchine's Serenade is set in moonlight and is known as Balanchine's most romantic ballet\, an ode to the classic ballets Swan Lake and Giselle.\n\n \nFEATURING\nCelts\n\nChoreography: Lila York\n\nMusic: The Chieftains\, William J. Ruyle\, Bill Whelen\, Mason Daring\n\n \n\nSerenade\n\nChoreography: George Balanchine\n\nMusic: Peter I. Tchaikovsky\n\nPerformed by Kansas City Symphony\n\n \n\nWunderland\n\nChoreography: Edwaard Liang\n\nMusic: Philip Glass\n\n \n\nSingle tickets will go on sale Aug. 30. https://kcballet.org/events/celts/\n\nTo purchase a subscription\, visit http://www.kcballet.org/performances-tickets/subscribe/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Lila York debuted \;Celts \;at Boston Ballet &ndash\; a year before Michael Flatley&rsquo\;s Riverdance became a sensation &ndash\; and is a stunning fusion of Irish folk dance and ballet. Set to the music of The Chieftains and more\, this celebration of Irish culture has brought audiences to their feet with its choreographically intense jig and captivating energy. \;Celts \;is the featured work in this &ldquo\;mixed rep&rdquo\; production. It opens with two short ballets\, then followed by the\, featured &ldquo\;headline&rdquo\; act.
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\nEdwaard Liang&rsquo\;s \;Wunderland \;opens the show and is a gorgeous ballet washed in red and inspired by a giant snow globe.
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\nGeorge Balanchine&rsquo\;s \;Serenade \;is set in moonlight and is known as Balanchine&rsquo\;s most romantic ballet\, an ode to the classic ballets Swan Lake and Giselle.
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