Carmina Burana
and Extremely Close

November 4 – 6, 2022 | Music Hall’s Springer Auditorium

CARMINA BURANA AND EXTREMELY CLOSE

Carmina Burana is the perfect union of music and dance. One of the best known works of the 20th century, the opening of Carl Orff’s secular cantata is recognizable to almost all who hear it. This Season, Cincinnati Ballet artists will perform Nicolo Fonte’s bold choreography, accompanied by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the May Festival Chorus, celebrating its 150th Anniversary Season in 2023. Carmina Burana is based upon a rediscovered collection of poetry dating back to the 11^th century. Orff set 24 of the poems to music in 1936.

Part art installation and part movement drama, Alejandro Cerrudo’s Extremely Close creates a sense of restlessness as dancers negotiate their way through a perpetually shifting environment. Propelled by changing landscapes, Cerrudo weaves a mesmerizing spell of movement punctuated by fleeting moments of intense intimacy with music by composers Philip Glass and Dustin O’Halloran.

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Carmina Burana

CREDITS

Choreography	nicolo fonte
Music	carl orff
scenery and lighting Design	michael korsch
Costume Design	christine darch

Carmina Burana is a co-production of Cincinnati Ballet and Ballet West.

Extremely Close

CREDITS

Choreography	alejandro cerrudo
Music	Philip Glass, Dustin O’halloran
original Lighting Design	tanja ruhl
scenic design	alejandro cerrudo
costume design	janice pytel

PROGRAM NOTES

Carmina Burana is based upon a rediscovered manuscript dating back to the 11^th century that was found by a Bavarian librarian in a monastery in 1803. Twenty-four of the poems were then set to music by Carl Orff in 1936. Nicolo Fonte illuminates the evocative score bringing these poems to life in new and unexpected ways.

Part art installation, part movement drama, Extremely Close creates a sense of restlessness throughout as dancers negotiate their way through a perpetually shifting environment. Propelled by changing landscapes, Cerrudo weaves a mesmerizing spell of movement punctuated by fleeting moments of intense intimacy. Cerrudo leaves us with a haunting and irrevocable sense of separation. Sometimes, home is the brief connective peace you find before the world shifts again.