Ballet Ariel Presents 'Carnaval'

Ballet Ariel opens its 24th season with the 1910 masterpiece Carnaval, a light and romantic ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine, one of the great ballet choreographers of the 20th Century. Fokine’s Carnaval is adapted from the piano suite of the same name by Robert Schumann. Carnaval is perfect for Ballet Ariel’s expressive and emotive style as comedic characters dance with couples at a carnival, creating charming, little vignettes. Guest Artist Oleg Dedogryuk, who danced the ballet as a student at the Vaganova Academy in Russia, will stage the production. Fokine’s ballet is rarely performed making Ballet Ariel’s performance a truly special occasion.

Also on the program is Ballet Ariel’s enchanting original ballet, Sleeping Beauty’s Dream. As Sleeping Beauty awaits her prince, audiences will cross the threshold into a storybook world inhabited by Beauty and the Beast, Tom Thumb, Empress of the Pagoda and The Fairy Garden. Performed to Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite score and scenario, Sleeping Beauty’s Dream is choreographed by Ballet Ariel’s Artistic Director Ilena Norton and Resident Choreographer Gregory Gonzales.