Ventana Ballet & Austin Camerata hit the stage again together in Variations on Love Theme, but it’s not just another Valentine’s show for love-struck couples. Love is indeed the underscored theme, but everyone knows love presents itself in many non-romantic forms, too. These two local performing arts companies invite guests—singles, couples, and groups alike—to join them at First Street Studio Theater on February 9th and 10th, as they share six different love stories, drawing inspiration from The 5 Love Languages and The 8 Types of Love.
The evening's performance features eleven enchanting musical works by Debussy, Piazzolla, Radiohead, and more. Austin Camerata’s string quartet will present all works, live and in an immersive setting, just feet away from their guests. Ventana Ballet joins the musicians onstage for six of these pieces to tell six different love stories, through dance: The Love of the Past, The Love of Passion, The Lifelong Love, The Quest for Love, The Forbidden Love, and The Love Triangle.
Daniel Kopp, the Artistic Director of Austin Camerata said, “We have had the great opportunity to collaborate with Ventana Ballet on many different projects before, so when they approached us and asked if we’d be their valentine this year, we couldn’t say no.”
The performances take place at First Street Studio, an East Austin performing-arts-workspace-turned-white-box-theater and home to Ventana Ballet. Guests are invited and encouraged to arrive when the doors open 30 minutes before each showtime. The pre-show reception encourages guests to indulge in complimentary refreshments while enjoying the delightful serenade of a live pianist. Inside the main studio, guest seating is provided surrounding the performance area where Austin Camerata and Ventana Ballet will perform. There will be two shows per night, and the show run time is approx. 1 hour.
Details:
Tickets are available through Eventbrite: vlt2024.eventbrite.com
First Row Seats – $35 + taxes / processing fee
Second Row Seats – $32 + taxes / processing fee
Third Row Seats – $27 + taxes / processing fee
There will be two performances each night, one at 6:30pm and one at 8:30pm.
Refreshments and complimentary onsite parking included.
All shows will be presented at First Street Studio Theater, 701 Tillery St, Unit A7B, Austin, TX 78702
Pre-show piano music provided by:
Ritika Bhattacharjee
Austin Camerata presenting artists:
Patrice Calixte (Violin), Megan Zapfe (Violin), Daniel Kopp (Cello), and Alex Smith (Viola)
Ventana Ballet presenting artists:
AJ Garcia-Rameau, Navaji David Nava, Rachel Culver, Rachael Hanlon,
Kevin Murdock-Waters, Ty Graynor, and Aidan DeWitt
About Ventana Ballet
Ventana Ballet is a professional dance company based in Austin, TX, specializing in contemporary ballet dance performance. The word ventana, meaning window, embodies the company’s organizational mission and vision, seeking to provide artistically relevant, technically proficient, and publicly accessible dance performance and education opportunities to the community. Ventana Ballet’s mission is to inspire, entertain and educate audiences through disciplined and innovative approaches to presenting next-generation choreographic works. More information about Ventana Ballet can be found on the company website at VentanaBallet.com.