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Ballet takes on cinematic stage with its premiere in Phoenix
Ballet Arizona’s ‘Moving Movies’ honors film icons in old Hollywood-themed production
(Photo provided by Arizona Commission on the Arts)
Ballet Arizona, pictured from a previous production, will stage “Moving Movies” in February at Symphony Hall in Phoenix.
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IF YOU GO
What: “Moving Movies”
When: Feb. 15-18
Where: Symphony Hall, 75 N. 2nd St., Phoenix
Tickets: Call 602-381-1096 or visit balletaz.org/performance/moving-movies-2024
Special to Independent Newsmedia
Ballet Arizona celebrates cinematic classics with its world premiere production of “Moving Movies” in February.
The production will take place from Thursday, Feb. 15 through Sunday, Feb. 18 at Symphony Hall in downtown Phoenix. Performed with live music accompaniment by The Phoenix Symphony, Ballet Arizona will travel back in time to 1950s and 60s Hollywood with a dance experience that takes ballet from the stage to the big screen, a press release explains.
Written and choreographed by resident choreographer Nayon Iovino, “Moving Movies” will feature a new full-length story ballet about a director of a famous movie studio who gets abducted by an opportunistic villain. In typical old Hollywood fashion, this celebrated director is held hostage and forced to create an Oscar-worthy script for the villains to produce, until he is rescued by the story’s “hero.”
This ballet will feature celebrated music scores such as “James Bond Suite – Orchestra Medley,” composed by John Barry, and “West Side Story Overture,” composed by Leonard Bernstein. Other famous scores include “Morning Promenade” from the Charlie Chaplin film “The Kid,” “Orchestral Suite” from the film “La Dolce Vita” composed by Nino Rota, and “Amarcord” from the film “Amarcord,” both composed by Nino Rota and directed by Federico Fellini.
“This show will be a homage to all the classic films that we know and love,” Iovino stated. “Through an original story, we will connect all these movies together – and the dance will be fun, exhilarating, and original. One of the most exciting parts of the show is that we are integrating an interactive experience between the dance and the massive LED screen. It will be a first in any story ballet ever made.”
“Moving Movies” is produced by Joan and Charlie Berry, Goodmans Interior Structures, and Salt River Project. Ballet Arizona’s opening night series sponsors are F. Francis and Dionne Najafi of Pivotal Foundation.
