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A Midsummer's Night's Dream

April 2nd - 5th, 2009

Featuring the award-winning set and costume designs of David Guthrie. Symphony Silicon Valley will perform the remarkable score that, almost overnight, made Felix Mendelssohn a star.

This magical, musical Shakespearean comedy is brilliantly told in dance with all the fabulous plot twists and turns, the mistaken and mismatched lovers, the supernatural characters of Puck, Oberon and Titania, with a full retinue of fairies and sprites from the Ballet San Jose SCHOOL, and, of course, the unforgettable and bemused jackass, Bottom.

Song & Dance

May 7th — 10th, 2009

The season ends in May with SONG & DANCE, three Company premieres of ballets set to music with songs.

New York City Ballet principal dancer Nilas Martins’ PUCCINI SONGS is a classical ballet for three couples set to eleven operatic songs by Giacomo Puccini performed with live voice and piano accompaniment.

The Little Mermaid

May 30th - 31st, 2009

The Little Mermaid lives at the sea bottom with her father the Sea King and her older sisters. When she turns fifteen years of age she ventures to the surface for her first look at the world above. She sees a ship with a handsome prince, and immediately falls in love with him. The Little Mermaid spends her days longing for the prince and wishing to be human. At last she goes to the Sea Witch, and trades her mermaid's tail for legs hoping to win the love of the prince and an immortal soul for herself. But many adventures await her on land. Hans Christian Andersen's bittersweet story comes to life through Lise la Cour's beautiful choreography danced by students from Ballet San Jose School.

Performances at:
The Center for the Performing Arts

255 Almaden Blvd.

Downtown San Jose

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