Opera North's 'Bernstein Double Bill'
Leeds Grand Theatre, 46 New Briggate, LS1 6NU, Leeds, LS1 6NU
Opera North's 'Bernstein Double Bill'
46 New Briggate, LS1 6NU, Leeds, LS1 6NU
Description
Delighted to be partnering with the Award-winning Operatic company, Opera North, to bring you this fantastic double header!
“…a fleet and witty staging… I loved every minute.”
★★★★ — The Telegraph (2017)
American composer Leonard Bernstein was a major influence on the Broadway musical stage and this double bill brings together two of his pieces in a thrilling evening of music, dance and drama.
The curtain goes up on Sam and Dinah living a charmed life in their little white house in 1950s suburbia. But look more closely and you’ll see the cracks starting to appear in this couple’s American Dream… The satirical Trouble in Tahiti brings the sounds of jazz, musical theatre and the movies together, with a moment of full Hollywood pizzazz in Dinah’s showpiece number ‘Island Magic’.
West Side Story is a landmark of musical theatre and Bernstein’s stand-alone Symphonic Dances extracted from the show are packed with mambos, waltzes and cha-chas. Inspired by the events of his native South Africa, Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Dane Hurst creates an entirely new dance work which responds to these rhythms as dancers navigate the rough edges and walls of city life, exploring conflict and the need to connect.
Dates & times
Saturday, 16 Oct 2021, 7:00pm - Friday, 22 Oct 2021, 9:00pm
Delighted to be partnering with the Award-winning Operatic company, Opera North, to bring you this fantastic double header!
“…a fleet and witty staging… I loved every minute.”
★★★★ — The Telegraph (2017)
American composer Leonard Bernstein was a major influence on the Broadway musical stage and this double bill brings together two of his pieces in a thrilling evening of music, dance and drama.
The curtain goes up on Sam and Dinah living a charmed life in their little white house in 1950s suburbia. But look more closely and you’ll see the cracks starting to appear in this couple’s American Dream… The satirical Trouble in Tahiti brings the sounds of jazz, musical theatre and the movies together, with a moment of full Hollywood pizzazz in Dinah’s showpiece number ‘Island Magic’.
West Side Story is a landmark of musical theatre and Bernstein’s stand-alone Symphonic Dances extracted from the show are packed with mambos, waltzes and cha-chas. Inspired by the events of his native South Africa, Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Dane Hurst creates an entirely new dance work which responds to these rhythms as dancers navigate the rough edges and walls of city life, exploring conflict and the need to connect.
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