Ballet Memphis.In celebration of Ballet Memphis' 20th year, founder and artistic director Dorothy Gunter Pugh asked Julia Adam to choreograph a ballet based on the short story "A Curtain of Green A Curtain of Green was the first collection of short stories written by Eudora Welty. In these stories Welty looks at the state of Mississippi through the eyes of its inhabitants, the common people, both black and white, and presents a realistic view of the racial relations ," by famed Southern writer Eudora Welty Noun 1. Eudora Welty - United States writer about rural southern life (1909-2001) Welty . Adam, whose choreography is known for its gorgeous distortion of classical vocabulary, has fertile material to work with: "Curtain" is a bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. narrative that explores themes of loss and raw human interaction. Also featured on the bill is Lila York's Breathless, an upbeat piece set to music by rock 'n roll star Jerry Lee Lewis Noun 1. Jerry Lee Lewis - United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) Lewis . Oct. 7-8, Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, TN; www.balletmemphis.org. |
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