Join us for the fifth concert in this captivating chamber music series performed at JUMP featuring Ballet Idaho, Music Director Eric Garcia, and members of the Boise Phil. Boise Phil musicians will present Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals and Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite with Ballet Idaho.

Chamber 5 – JUMP

Jack's Urban Meeting Place

Often an audience favorite, Anthology offers rich variety in a collection of short works. This season, the common thread in this program is one of distinctly American influences. In different ways, each of these works exemplify the many facets of American dance as we know it today.  We are excited to revive Six Figures, created by company soloist Ashley Baker during our digital season in 2021. Ashley created this work for the screen and is excited to reimagine it for a live audience. Created for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Something About Night offers poignant scenes of dancers sharing moments of refuge in an increasingly loud world.  We are thrilled to have this work return to our stage this season. Cherice Barton is a new voice in Ballet Idaho’s repertoire, but she is anything but new to the world of choreography. Barton’s experience ranges from concert dance to film, Broadway, and television. Based in Los Angeles, she has worked with famous figures like Katy Perry and George Lucas, and we look forward to seeing what Cherice creates in Boise with our talented artists.  Also back by popular demand, we will close our program with the incredible Extremely Close, choreographed by Alejandro Cerrudo featuring music by the iconic American composer, Phillip Glass. One of Cerrudo’s most performed works, this work has proven to be an enduring classic of the contemporary dance cannon, leaving the audience captivated with its hypnotic drama.

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Anthology

Boise State University

What would the holidays be without Ballet Idaho’s magical production of The Nutcracker? The glittering anticipation begins as soon as the Boise Philharmonic plays the first overture notes of Tchaikovsky’s beloved score.  The audience is swept into a magnificent party at the Stahlbaums’ home, where Clara and her family are celebrating the joy of the season as they await their guests.  The mysterious Drosselmeyer brings a life-sized Nutcracker doll, and young Clara is immediately enchanted. When she falls asleep that evening, she is taken on a whimsical adventure through an epic battle with the Mouse King and his army, then to a sparkling snowy forest, and on to the deliciously color-saturated Land of the Sweets.  This is a holiday experience to be cherished, year after year.

The Nutcracker

We are thrilled to be joining forces with the incredible Boise Phil and Maestro Eric Garcia to produce a unique performance of music and dance together on stage. The Phil will open the show with a tribute to classical ballet’s most iconic composer, with Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty Suite. In the second act, we will see the music take physical form with two very different choreographic and musical compositions. Opening the act is Terence Marling’s Twice (Once) set to the gorgeous music of contemporary composer Anna Clyne’s Within Her Arms. This is a subtle, yet stirring piece that contemplates the afterlife, drawn from very personal experiences of both composer and choreographer. Closing out the program is Justin Peck’s heralded Pulcinella Variations set to the jubilant and complex music of Igor Stravinsky’s score. Created for the New York City Ballet, this work exemplifies all of the dynamic range, technical invention, and virtuosity that Peck is famous for and our dancers exemplify so well.

Sound in Motion

Passion. Intrigue. Murder. Madness. What more could you want in an evening at the ballet? After a condensed version created in 2022, Ricardo Amarante returns to create the full Carmen to Rodion Shchedrin’s score for percussion and strings after the well known Bizet opera. With new scenic designs by Andrew Boyce (Peter and the Wolf), we are thrilled to see this intense narrative brought to life through the lens of Amarante’s seamless and sensual choreography. Since its 2001 creation for the heralded Netherlands Dance Theatre, Johan Inger’s Walking Mad has been a staple for contemporary dance companies the world over. Set to the well known music of Ravel’s Bolero and Arvo Pärt’s Für Alina, this intense (and sometimes comical) romp through scenes created by nine dancers and an ever-changing wall is an experience you will never forget.

Carmen & Walking Mad

Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

Returning to the SPEC theater for the intimacy it provides, we will experience the incredible range of these artists in three distinct dances. Anne Mueller and Garrett Anderson will co-choreograph a new work for the company, exploring composition and celebrating the dancers’ balletic virtues. James Kudelka’s Man In Black, set to the soulful late music of Johnny Cash, is a masterpiece of form, shaded with emotional nuance and the gravitas of Cash’s lyrics. Closing the evening is Alejandro Cerrudo’s Extremely Close, a gorgeous study of contemporary movement and theatrical sleight of hand set to the music of Phillip Glass.

Celebrate the joy of the season in glittering fashion with this beloved holiday classic. Enjoy the playful charm of the mice, the magical transformation of The Nutcracker Prince, and the dreamlike adventure that takes Clara to The Land of Sweets. Children from the Ballet Idaho Academy will enliven the stage with our professional company members and live musical accompaniment will be provided by The Boise Phil and Opera Idaho’s children choruses.

This program will offer a chilling and captivating evening of dance just before Halloween. A new work by Penny Saunders will delight audiences as it weaves together movement, character, and narrative in the style of radio dramas from the 1930s and 40s.  A world premiere by Dresden based Joseph Hernandez will explore virtuosic ballet technique imbued with a brooding atmosphere of suspense. Rounding out the evening is Danielle Rowe’s haunting ensemble work, Dreamland, created on Ballet Idaho in 2018. An evening of dance, darkness, and drama that is not to be missed.

Idaho Regional Ballet

23 - 24 May, 2025

Chamber 5 – JUMP

6 - 9 Feb, 2025

Anthology

Idaho Regional Ballet