A celebration of infectious grooves and dynamic moves with orchestral favorites from ballet to hip-hop, tap, tango, and swing. Award-winning dance ensembles including Darlene Ceglia’s Dance Project and the African-American Cultural Center join the BPO for a night of bristling energy and virtuosity, JMR style! Classics by Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, and Brahms along with Celtic, Latin, and Jazz.
Program
John Morris Russell, conductor
African American Cultural Center
African Dance & Drum Performance Company
Harris-Grieco Academy of Irish Dance
Darlene Ceglia’s Dance Project
Fred Astaire Dance Studio
Mackenzie Cavinee
Juliana Cousins
Fráylin Olivares
James (T.E.I.N.) Levy, Jr.
GEORGES BIZET Danse Bohème from Carmen Suite No. 2
SAMUEL AKPABOT Nigerian Dance No. 1
STEPHEN FOSTER/arr. Tim Berens Foster’s Folly
FRANZ LEHÁR Gold and Silver Waltz
JAMES P. JOHNSON/arr. Rob Mounsey The Charleston
CARLOS GARDEL/arr. John Williams Tango (Por Una Cabeza)
RICHARD HAYMAN Pops Hoedown
REINHOLD GLIÈRE Russian Sailor’s Dance from The Red Poppy
–INTERMISSION–
BRAHMS/orch. Martin Schmeling Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
ALEXANDER BORODIN Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
ERNESTO LECUONA/arr. Morton Gould La Comparsa from Danzas Afro-Cubanas Suite
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow Maiden
arr. Rebecca Pellett Simple Gifts: A Celtic Dance
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
JACQUES OFFENBACH/arr. Antal Doráti La Vie Parisienne Overture
