Highlights
- Ballet Arizona's 'Ballet in Bloom' runs May 13–30 at Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.
- The program includes the U.S. premiere of Artistic Director Daniela Cardim's 'Reset,' originally created for West Australian Ballet in 2021.
- 'Reset' features 12 dancers and music by Gabriel Prokofiev, grandson of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev.
- Cardim has described the botanical garden run as Ballet Arizona's second-biggest audience converter after 'The Nutcracker.'
Ballet Arizona is staging two works at Desert Botanical Garden through May 30, anchored by the U.S. premiere of Artistic Director Daniela Cardim's contemporary ballet 'Reset.'
The double bill pairs 'Reset' with Lar Lubovitch's 'Concerto Six Twenty-Two,' a 1986 work featuring a duet between two male dancers inspired by the AIDS Crisis. Cardim created 'Reset' in 2021 for West Australian Ballet; it premiered in 2022 at Perth's Quarry Amphitheatre. The Arizona staging expands the cast from 10 to 12 dancers and sets the choreography to music by Gabriel Prokofiev, grandson of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev.
Cardim has said the botanical garden engagement is Ballet Arizona's second-biggest audience converter after 'The Nutcracker,' making the run a meaningful pipeline event for the company's subscriber base.
Performances continue Wednesday through Saturday evenings at Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix, through May 30. Tickets are available at balletaz.org.
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