The striking beauty of Paul Gibson’s Piano Dance enchanted audiences in our 2024 Spring Concert and the Ballet Tucson premiere of his Sense of Doubt promises to thrill with a powerful display of vigor and athleticism. This program will also see the return of Resident Choreographer Chieko Imada’s Phantom of the Opera, inspired by both the 1910 Leroux novel and the 1925 silent film. This well-known tale of murder and mayhem not only includes the signature falling chandelier and haunting boatride, but also features students of The School of Ballet Tucson in a classroom scene straight out of one of Edgar Degas’ famous ballerina paintings. The evening is rounded out by two classic works — Clair de Lune Pas de Deux, choreographed by Artistic Director Margaret Mullin in 2024 in collaboration with the Tucson Pops Orchestra, and the virtuosic Black Swan Pas de Deux from the ever-timeless ballet Swan Lake, where the ballerina’s extraordinary feat of thirty-two fouettés promises to amaze.
