Acton MA
Tickets are now on sale for Commonwealth Ballet's 2009 production of A Little Night Dancing. This is the 23rd production of this annual dance event founded by Jo-Ann Ehrenfried. Commonwealth Ballet has been producing A Little Night Dancing since 1993, and we are very proud of this year’s collaboration featuring ballet, Chinese, modern, jazz, tap, lyrical, and hip-hop dance pieces. Our diverse program offers the artistry of nine Massachusetts dance groups, fifteen choreographers and over 100 performers. This year’s participants are:
- Commonwealth Ballet
- Angel Dance Troupe (Weston)
- Choreographers Group (South Natick)
- Dancing Arts Center (Holliston)
- Gervais Dance Studio (Concord)
- Graci Meier Dancers (Boston Conservatory)
- Lexington School of Ballet
- The Dance Inn (Lexington)
- West Concord Dance Academy
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, and can be purchased from the participating dance companies, at the door, or by calling the CBC ticket line at (978) 263-7794.
CBC will present a new work by Denise Pons, Trifles & Bagatelles, set to charming and lively piano works by Rossini. Ms. Pons is one of the eight founding members of the White Oak Dance Project (with Mark Morris and Mikhail Baryshnikov). She also danced with Boston Ballet and the San Fransisco Ballet, among other companies, and is on the faculty of the Boston Conservatory and the Acton School of Ballet.
The program also includes Artist Director Chip Morris's Canto Nuovo for four dancers, and the Black Swan Variation from Swan Lake.