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SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1982

BALLET +LA SYLPHIDE+

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THE HONG KONG BALLET GROUP AND THE CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY WILL STAGE +LA SYLPHIDE+, A FULL-LENGTH BALLET, AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM AND THE LUT SAU HALL, YUEN LONG ON THREE OCCASIONS.

THE BALLET, CHOREOGRAPHED BY AUGUST BOURNONVILLE AND DIRECTED BY PATRICIA RIANNE, WILL BE STAGED AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM ON JANUARY 12 AND 13 AT 7.30 PM AND THEN AT THE LUT SAU HALL, YUEN LONG, ON JANUARY 23 (SATURDAY) AT 7.30 PM.

THE HONG KONG BALLET GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1964 TO GIVE LOCAL BALLET STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO PERFORM IN FULL-SCALE PRODUCTIONS.

+LA SYLPHIDE+ IS A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY OF BALLET. IT ESTABLISHED A ROMANTIC STYLE OF PERFORMANCE WHICH SURVIVED THE 19TH CENTURY. THE TUTU WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BY THE PRINCIPAL DANCER WHEN THIS BALLET WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN 1832.

MUCH OF THIS BALLET IS DANCED IN KILTS AS THE STORY IS ABOUT A YOUNG SCOTSMAN WHO FORSAKES HIS FIANCEE FOR A BEAUTIFUL SYLPH.

IN THIS PRODUCTION, THE GROUP WILL BE DIRECTED BY THE CELEBRATED NEW ZEALAND PRODUCER, PATRICIA RIANNE.

RIANNE WON A NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP AT THE AGE OF 16 TO ATTEND THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL IN LONDON.

IN 1966, SHE JOINED THE NEWLY RE-FORMED BALLET RAMBERT IN LONDON AND DANCED ALL PRINCIPAL SOLOS IN MODERN AND CLASSICAL WORKS.

SHE THEN BECAME THE PRINCIPAL DANCER WITH THE SCOTTISH BALLET IN GLASGOW.

THIS BALLET PERFORMANCE IS PRESENTED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES PRESENTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

TICKETS FOR THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL PERFORMANCES ARE

AT $5, $10, $15 AND $20 WHEREAS THOSE AT LUT SAU HALL ARE AT $5, $10 AND $15. THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL BOX OFFICE, NEW TERRITORIES MOBILE LIBRARY AND THE YUEN LONG PUBLIC LIBRARY.

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