uwws: ballet preljocaj – ’tis the season for $20 tickets

Ballet Preljocaj (photo © JC Carbonne)
Catch this Aix-en-Provence contemporary dance company on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (April 23, 24, 25) at Meany Hall. The program? Les 4 saisons. Leave it to the French to find something new in a piece of music that has been around for almost 300 years.

By the way, this is the last dance performance of a fine season presented by UW World Series. The next dance offering is in October: Paul Taylor Dance Company opens UWWS’s 2009/10 season.

($20 ticket information appears below; click the Read More link.)

Preview Video from UW World Series

Ballet Preljocaj website

Review of their performance at UC Davis last week

Born in France to Albanian parents, Angelin Preljocaj (“PREL-jzoh-cahjz”) founded his first dance company in December 1984. After various iterations, it became Ballet Preljocaj in 1996, when it gained a permanent home in Aix-en-Provence. Preljocaj creates one or two works per year, for his own company and for others. In 20 years, he has choreographed 38 pieces, eight of which are performed internationally.

Here’s the ticket discount information from UW World Series:

Ballet Preljocaj (photo courtesy of UW
World Series)
SPRING SALE ON BALLET PRELJOCAJ. $20 TICKETS WHILE THEY LAST.

Celebrate spring by enjoying Les 4 saisons… performed by French dance company Ballet Preljocaj at Meany Hall.

This whimsical, colorful, and thoroughly engaging dance work is performed to Vivaldi’s masterwork The Four Seasons.

This is the final dance offering in the UW World Series 2008-09 dance season.

As if the imaginative dancing and great music weren’t enough, we are offering $20 tickets to these performances—Thursday, April 23 through Saturday, April 25. Any seat, any night, while they last. Just call the UW Arts Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 and mention promotion code 1349. But order now. These seats and these ridiculous prices won’t last long!

Ballet Preljocaj (photo © JC Carbonne)
(The fine print: Limit 2 tickets per order, subject to availability. Best available seating. Offer ends at 5 PM, Friday, April 24, 2009.)