Ballet Edmonton: Music in Motion includes the first Dance Victoria-Victoria Symphony commission to date.
When: Sunday, April 23, 2:30 p.m. and Monday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.Dance Victoria and the Victoria Symphony have collaborated many times in the past, primarily for productions of The Nutcracker. But the companies — two of the premier arts organizations in the city — have never officially taken the plunge and co-produced an event.
The union is a considerable one, with a strong sense of historical import: Victoria Symphony has been a bastion of arts and culture in Victoria since its formation in 1941; Dance Victoria arrived in 1995, but has made great strides during nearly three decades of operation. For these two companies to meet in the middle says something about the leadership of both.
White further explored merging dance and classical music once pandemic restrictions lifted. He found a willing partner in Dance Victoria, whose Stephen White, the company’s executive producer at the time, and general manager, Bernard Sauvé, signed on immediately. Music in Motion is the result, with radical new work from Ballet Edmonton’s artistic director, choreographer Wen Wei Wang, who was hired to create a piece specifically for this event.
The event will require both dancers and members of the orchestra to come outside their comfort zones, and share the stage. It’s an interesting compromise, as both groups are used to having plenty of space to operate. How the space was divided, to allow room for musicians and dancers, was complementary and collaborative.
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