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The Valley Dance Theatre is returning to Livermore’s Bankhead Theater this Memorial Day weekend for its annual Spring Rep, a set of performances the dance company says will bring “storytelling to life through three distinct works performed to live music, offering something for all ages”.
“This Spring we are excited to present ballets that are fun for patrons of all ages,” Betsy Hausburg, the dance company’s artistic director, said in a statement to the Pleasanton Weekly. “Valley Dance Theatre’s Company has added eight new young men and we can keep them very busy this year dancing in our Spring Rep production!”
According to a press release from the dance company, the shows by the Bankhead’s resident ballet company on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon will kick off with Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf”, a classic fairytale written in the 1930s that is “beloved for its whimsical characters and musical storytelling”.
Act I will then conclude with a performance of “Pineapple Poll”, a comedic and romantic ballet number.
Following that will be Act II, which begins with American composer and pianist George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris”, which will transport audience members to the streets of Paris with “colorful characters, playful moments and blossoming romance”.
Finally, the performances will end with a tribute from the dance company honoring the five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.
“In honor of America’s 250th birthday, the finale features each branch’s official song and concludes with John Philip Sousa’s ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’,” according to the press release from the dance company. Military and their families will receive a discount on tickets at the Bankhead Theater box office.
The showtimes will be Saturday (May 23) at 7 p.m. and Sunday (May 24) at 2 p.m. at the Bankhead Theater. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.livermorearts.org.
