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Show SatSunMonTues, March 27-30, 2004 The Park Record C-5 Ballet West celebrates the big 40 PA A 7' AT End-of-season production features four classic works By CASEY R. BASDEN Of the Record staff As of mid-April. Ballet West will bring their 40th season to a close. To celebrate, Utah's professional pro-fessional ballet company will present "40 Years of JUBILATION!," JUBILA-TION!," a collection of four ballets bal-lets including George Balanchine's "Concerto Barocco" and "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux." former Ballet West Artistic Director Bruce Marks' "Lark Ascending" and Glen Tetlcy's once controversial "The Rite of Spring." Jonas Kage, artistic director for Ballet West, chose these four pieces, with each selection having hav-ing a different significance. Kage always tries to select one Balanchine piece for every season, sea-son, Marks' was part of Ballet West at a crucial time when the company began to evolve and Tetley caused a stir with what is now considered a great work. "You always go through a scrutinizing process putting on a ballet. The company has to be judged to see if they are capable of doing this work," says Kage." I don't know if people realize what a good company they have." The program begins with Balanchine's "Concerto Barocco" set to Bach's "Concerto in D minor for Two Violins." What began as an exercise exer-cise for the School of American Ballet in New York later became part of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's repertory. Described by Kage as a neo-classic neo-classic piece and a great example of Balanchine's work, "Concerto Barocco" is one of the works used to honor the choreographer's choreograph-er's 100th anniversary. Marks' ''Lark Ascending" follows fol-lows this performance. Set to the music of Ralph Vaughn Williams, the ballet has not been seen by Utah audiences in more than 10 years. COURTESY OF QUINN FARLEY Alison Harvey, Mellanie Heskett, Jennifer Robinson, Kate Crews, Christopher Ruud and Christiana Bennett are among the Ballet West cast in "Concerto Barocco," a piece featured in the company's "40 Years of JUBILATION!" end-of-season production. Balanchine's "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux" will follow. The eight-minute ballet was belatedly composed for Act III of "Swan Lake." It, however, was not published pub-lished with the rest of the production pro-duction because the music was not in the original score. "It's a very challenging piece for two principal solo dancers," says Kage. "It's really an up number num-ber showing their technique." The final piece in the production produc-tion is "The Rite of Spring," choreographed cho-reographed by American Glen Tetley. Igor Stravinsky composed the score which caused controversy contro-versy when first premiered in the early 1900s by Serge Diaghilev s Ballets Russes in Paris. Non-traditional costumes, unusual choreography and a story involving pagan sacrifice, Stravinsky's music did not go over well with audiences. Ultimately, the crowd began to fight making it difficult to finish the piece. Describing the ballet as being very "avant-garde." Kage says. "People had never seen this kind of work before ... they were really real-ly pushing the envelope at that time. It was a huge scandal. Nobody had heard that kind of music before." Kage calls Stravinsky's composition com-position "very sensuous" and "very powerful." "The Rite of Spring" is a piece that the artistic director has had the privilege of performing in during 1971, which he considers a bonus. With the season coming to a close, Kage is looking forward to Ballet West's participation in Edinburgh Festival in August. The 2004-2005 season will open a month later with a showcase from this festival. As for this season's final production. pro-duction. 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