American Ballet Theatre Presents 'The Bright Stream'

The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration.

From January 18 to February 6, 2011 the Kennedy Center hosts The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration. This three-week series of events and performances commemorates the president who led the United States into the modern era of global participation and who was a foremost patron of the arts. The celebration features performances by Music Director Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra, American Ballet Theatre, Yo-Yo Ma, Denyce Graves, Emanuel Ax, and others, in addition to a newly commissioned play for young audiences and their families based on two collections of poetry selected by Caroline Kennedy, a documentary, performances on the Millennium Stage, and more.

The Bright Stream

A comic ballet in two acts, The Bright Stream, set to music by Dmitri Shostakovich, features sets by Ilya Utkin and costumes by Elena Markovskaya. The libretto, by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor

Lopukhov, tells the story of the members of a Russian farm collective in the 1930's and their humorous interactions with a group of visiting performers during the harvest festival. Featuring Paloma Herrera, Marcelo Gomes, Gillian Murphy and David Hallberg.

The original production of The Bright Stream, with choreography by Lopukhov, was premiered on April 4, 1935 by the Maly Opera and Ballet Theater at the Maly Theatre in Leningrad.

Friday & Saturday, January 21 & 22
7.30pm

For a full listing of performances and ticket information please visit
http://www.abt.org/calendar.aspx

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20566

http://www.kennedy-center.org/