After their spring 2012 production of “Sleeping Beauty,” creative directors for the Lake Charles Civic Ballet decided to do
something drastically different this year.
The show entitled “Assemblé” — French for “to come together” — will bring different forms of entertainment and different styles
of dance to one stage at performances on Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17, in the Rosa Hart Theater.
Civic Ballet board member Kelly Saucier said the production came about as a way for the dance company to work with other local
talent.
“Last spring we collaborated with the
Lake Charles symphony to bring ‘Sleeping Beauty’ to the stage, and it
was really well-received,
and we got so much support from the community because of it that
our artistic director wanted to expand on that by collaborating
in a bigger way,” she said.
“Since we began in 1968 we’ve always worked with other creative entities and have tried to bring a diverse and interesting
presentation to the community.”
Saucier said the Civic Ballet each year will work with groups it doesn’t normally work with “and come up with something that
the community will love and support.”
Instead of one long uninterrupted
production of a single piece, “Assemblé” will cover more ground by
splitting its performance
into segments that will feature classic and modern ballet, as well
as other types of dance, such as that usually seen on the
stages of Broadway.
“There will be a lot of different styles and genres, and the show is very fast moving,” Saucier said.
“We’ll show the classics, like an excerpt from ‘Swan Lake,’ and then we’ll do Broadway-style dancing with a piece from ‘West
Side Story’ and a scene from ‘Graduation Ball,’ which is very funny and that people will enjoy a lot.
“We’ll even show a piece of an original worked called ‘Fable’ that was composed for us and premiered in the early ’80s that
we’ll be bringing back.”