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Show Ballet West Chooses April Season and Boston Opera groups, as well as the Utah Symphony and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Tenor Val. Stuart, currently of Redlands, California, Cali-fornia, has performed throughout the U.S.... most frequently with southern California opera companies and symphonies, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Philharmo-nic. All three nationally acclaimed soloists have performed per-formed "Carmina Burana" with Ballet West. "Etudes" was originally choreographed by Harald Lander for the Royal Danish Ballet. Ballet West Principal Teacher Toni Lander Marks, who performed the leading role with the Royal Danish Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre with Bruce Marks, staged "Etudes" along with Lise Lander. The ballet begins with the dancers dan-cers at the bar performing the basic five positions ' of classical ballet, and climaxes in a technically brilliant and physically exuberant explo- - sion of dance. The Aoril repertory will also include: George Balan-chine's Balan-chine's "Symphony in C a ballet in four movements each requiring its own ballerina and danseur, demi-soloists demi-soloists and corps de ballet, also features a thrilling climax; August Bournon-ville's Bournon-ville's "Napoli" is a technically techni-cally challenging ballet known for its gentle sentimentality senti-mentality and exhiliarating sense of the dramatic; and Jack Carter's "Grande Pas des Fiancees", a contemporary contempo-rary ballet staged in the classical style for six ballerinas. baller-inas. All performances will be at the Capitol Theatre. Evening performances will begin at 8:00, matinees at 2:00 p.m. ...no performances on Sunday. Ticket prices range from $6-$20 for matinees, $8-$30 for evenings, and are now available at the Capitol Theatre box office (533-3333) or ZCMIDATATIX. Ballet West's April season will feature a two-week mixed-repertory of "Symphony "Sym-phony in C" and "Carmina Burana" from the 13th through the 18th, and "Napoli", "Grande Pas de Fiancees", and "Etudes" from the 20th through the 25th. A total of 150 performers from three different performing perform-ing arts groups will present "Carmina Burana". Ballet West will be joined by the Utah Chorale, the Utah Symphony, and three renowned re-nowned vocal soloists: soprano so-prano JoAnn Ottley, baritone Clayne Robison, and tenor Val Stuart for six performances perfor-mances of outstanding music and dance at the Capitol Theatre. The Utah Chorale first performed with Ballet West during the company's 1973 premiere of "Carmina Burana". Bur-ana". Bruce Marks, Artistic Director of Ballet West, says the chorus "has enriched Ballet West's performances for years by consistently providing choral music of superior quality." Soprano JoAnn Ottley has sung with symphony orchestras orches-tras throughout the West, and has had numerous solo appearances with the Utah Symphony, Utah Chorale, Utah Opera, and the Mormon Mor-mon Tabernacle Choir. Baritone Bari-tone Clayne Robison has appeared, to name a few, with the Seattle, Portland, " |