Alice in Wonderland — World Premiere, 2012!
Contra Costa Ballet Foundation is proud to announce the World Premiere of Alice In Wonderland, an imaginative collaboration with choreography and direction by Robert Dekkers. The new production features an original score by critically-acclaimed composer Daniel Berkman, breathtaking costumes by Marlowe Bassett and Jan Berletti, lighting design by David Robertson, and a unique set design by Jane George. This hour-long adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s timeless story is filled with fantasy and is sure to leave the whole family wanting more!
Dekkers’ Alice In Wonderland plays with a variety of Carroll’s original thematic elements, including Alice’s search for her own identity. This self-searching is what brings her to Wonderland in the first place, and what incites questions such as “who are you?” from the eclectic mix of anthropomorphic characters she meets there. Lewis Carroll was also an esteemed mathematician, and so the original story is filled with hidden references to mathematical concepts. Dekkers and Berkman are using these mathematical themes in a variety of ways as they build the choreography and new score for Alice In Wonderland. Victorian-inspired costumes by Bassett, including her unique version of “steampunk” fashion for the Wonderland scenes, bring the diverse characters of this production to life. The new production features the dancers of Contra Costa Ballet, as well as guest artists Christian Squires (Smuin Ballet, Post:Ballet) and Raychel Weiner (Post:Ballet).
Show Times:
Friday, May 11th at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 12th at 2:00 pm
Lesher Center for the Arts, Hofmann Theatre
1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA
Phone: (925) 943-SHOW or (925) 943-7469 for tickets
or on their web site http://www.lesherartscenter.org