{"id":18758,"date":"2013-10-12T13:18:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T17:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=18758"},"modified":"2013-10-12T13:19:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T17:19:37","slug":"tale-of-passion-sorcery-to-unfold-in-wilmington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=18758","title":{"rendered":"Tale of passion, sorcery to unfold in Wilmington"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>First State Ballet Theatre to perform \u2018Swan Lake\u2019 next weekend<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18759\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18759\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18759\" alt=\"Mary Kate Reynolds will star as Odette and Alex Bucker will play Von Rothbard, the Evil Sorcerer, in this weekend\u2019s production of \u201cSwan Lake\u201d by the First State Ballet Theatre.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image6-266x300.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image6-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image6-88x100.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Image6-908x1024.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Kate Reynolds will star as Odette and Alex Bucker will play Von Rothbard, the Evil Sorcerer, in this weekend\u2019s production of \u201cSwan Lake\u201d by the First State Ballet Theatre.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For dance lovers who thought they had to travel to Philadelphia to pursue their passion, the First State Ballet Theatre (FSBT), Delaware\u2019s professional ballet company, offers an alternative much closer to home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Based in Wilmington\u2019s exquisite Grand Opera House, First State Ballet Theatre will perform \u201cSwan Lake,\u201d a classic tale of beauty, sorcery, and drama, on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The production, under the artistic direction of Kirov-trained Pasha Kambalov, one of the company\u2019s co-founders, promises spectacular costumes from Russia, Tchaikovsky\u2019s enchanting music, spirited staging, and thrilling performances by FSBT\u2019s 22-member company.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Tickets range from $28 to $48 for adults and are available at 1-800-37-GRAND \u2028or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketsatthegrand.org\/\">www.ticketsatthegrand.org<\/a>.\u00a0 Students 18 and under receive half-off the adult price, and a $5 reduction is offered to seniors and groups; however, the discounts are not available online.<\/p>\n<p>And for those who are already thinking ahead to the holidays, FSBT will continue its \u201cNutcracker\u201d tradition with three performances of that enduring Tchaikovsky ballet at the Grand Opera House on Dec. 21 and 22.<\/p>\n<p>The company routinely performs full-length works and mixed-repertory programs throughout Delaware and beyond, commissions new choreography from internationally recognized choreographers, offers ballet training at its school, and educates the Delaware dance audience of the future, according to its web site. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firststateballet.com\/\">http:\/\/www.firststateballet.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First State Ballet Theatre to perform \u2018Swan Lake\u2019 next weekend For dance lovers who thought they had to travel to Philadelphia to pursue their passion, the First State Ballet Theatre (FSBT), Delaware\u2019s professional ballet company, offers an alternative much closer to home. Based in Wilmington\u2019s exquisite Grand Opera House, First State Ballet Theatre will perform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,7],"tags":[4298,4299,4300,4301,4302],"class_list":["post-18758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-featured","tag-first-state-ballet-theatre-fsbt","tag-grand-opera-house","tag-pasha-kambalov","tag-swan-lake","tag-tchaikovsky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}