Balanchine And Ravel

George Balanchine's gorgeous choreography to Ravel's fiery show-stopper lights up the Carolina Ballet in an evening that is sure to excite and amaze all ballet lovers. Despite being conceived as a ballet, Ravel's radiant work is now mostly performed as a concert, so take this opportunity to see the classic in its intended form. 

In a dark and enthralling ballroom, Balanchine's choreography features 34 dancers waltz Ravel's dramatic music, which projects a mood of impending doom. This dark work culminates with the appearance of Death, who claims the life of a woman as the horrified on-lookers twirl about her upraised body...