Enjoy the beauty of ballet from the comfort of your couch with the release of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s “Boléro,” now available for free online streaming through Sunday.
PBT premiered seven live performances of “Boléro” for Valentine’s Day in the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Hall of Sculpture. Artistic director Susan Jaffe created the choreography for the 15-minute piece to French composer Maurice Ravel’s rhythmic, energetic “Boléro.”
“It’s very kinetic, it’s very off balance,” Ms. Jaffe told the Post-Gazette when “Boléro” premiered in February. “I like to create shapes that are not conventional so it’s new and interesting — then string and sew the steps together so it has an organic flow to them.”
A recording of the performance, along with an introduction and guided tour of selected artworks by assistant curator of fine arts Akemi May, is now available for streaming on PBT’s website.
To view the performance, visit pbt.org/performances/bolero and enter your name and email address to receive the private viewing link. Additional virtual performances of other programming filmed in WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio will be available later this spring.
Sara Bauknecht: sbauknecht@post-gazette.com or on Twitter and Instagram @SaraB_PG.
First Published: April 5, 2021, 2:01 p.m.
Updated: April 5, 2021, 2:03 p.m.
