{"id":20411,"date":"2014-01-30T08:41:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T13:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=20411"},"modified":"2014-01-30T11:39:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:39:45","slug":"vampire-themed-valentine-making-world-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=20411","title":{"rendered":"Vampire-themed Valentine making world premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

First State Ballet Theatre to perform \u2018Irene\u2019 at Grand Opera House<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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The cast of \u201cIrene\u201d will include dancers Justin Estelle (from left, bottom row) and Emily Shenaut; and Ethan Raysor (top, from left), Molly Rooney, Aubrey Clemens and Jake Nowicki.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here\u2019s a cultural opportunity patrons can sink their teeth into: the world premiere of \u201cIrene,\u201d a vampire-themed Valentine offered by the First State Ballet Theatre (FSBT) in Wilmington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The company says it is pulling out all the stops for the single-performance premiere, which will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, on the main stage of Wilmington\u2019s Grand Opera House.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/i>Irene\u201d<\/i>\u00a0is the creation of Wilmington-based guitarist, teacher and composer Shaun Dougherty, who composed the music and libretto for the full-length work. FSBT dancer and choreographer Alex Buckner \u2013 who choreographed the company\u2019s Delaware premiere of \u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d\u00a0and whose work was featured at the 2011 Delaware Arts Summit \u2013 will set the piece on FSBT\u2019s 22-person professional company, a company news release said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Shaun proposed this collaboration, we saw immediately that its edgy, sophisticated, urban vibe could add a younger demographic \u2013 teens through 30-somethings \u2013 to our typical audience,\u201d said Robert Grenfell, FSBT\u2019s president and executive director. \u201cSince a key component of our mission is to educate the Delaware dance audience of the future, we jumped at the chance to work with Shaun. And the concepts we\u2019ve developed in our production meetings have been fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo further broaden our audience, we\u2019ve invited some of Wilmington\u2019s best known culturati to take walk-on roles in the ballet\u2019s ballroom scene,\u201d Grenfell added.<\/p>\n

An all-Delaware production,\u00a0\u201dIrene\u201d will feature a live pit band, including a 12-person string section, a percussion section, pianist, Dougherty on guitar, and a conductor. The music is vibrant and rock-inspired, the staging will be dark and mysterious, and the choreography will feature Buckner\u2019s blend of classical and contemporary technique infused with humor and pathos, the release said.<\/p>\n

The \u201cIrene\u201d production team encourages everyone to bring their Valentine to the Grand for an evening of drama, suspense and passion.\u00a0Tickets are available at 1-800-37-GRAND or online atwww.ticketsatthegrand.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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First State Ballet Theatre to perform \u2018Irene\u2019 at Grand Opera House Here\u2019s a cultural opportunity patrons can sink their teeth into: the world premiere of \u201cIrene,\u201d a vampire-themed Valentine offered by the First State Ballet Theatre (FSBT) in Wilmington. The company says it is pulling out all the stops for the single-performance premiere, which will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,287,7],"tags":[4298,4299,518,4809,4810],"class_list":["post-20411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-arts","category-featured","tag-first-state-ballet-theatre-fsbt","tag-grand-opera-house","tag-irene","tag-robert-grenfell","tag-shaun-dougherty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20411","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=20411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}