Spotlight 2024
Spotlight on Dance 2024
May 18, 7:30pm ~ May 19, 2:30 pm
Lee Hall Auditorium
A tradition 36 years old, the annual Spotlight on Dance displays Pas De Vie Ballet's stunning diversity and effortless talent. Working with pieces that range from classical staples to contemporary originals, artistic director Natalia Botha and ballet master Charles Hagan have created breath-taking choreography to be performed by their dancers.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Pas de trois
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Traditional Choreography
A traditional staging of an excerpt from Swan Lake - Classical Ballet at it’s purest.
Garland Valse
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Traditional Choreography
A full stage gracefully swaying and flowing to the rich and luscious music of Tchaikovsky.
Last Call
Music: H. Scorzo, Jr. & E. Garner
Choreography: Natalia Botha and Charles Hagan
With yet another win, a champion ballroom couple toast to their victory - perhaps with one too many…
Totemotion
Commissioned by the Chattanooga Ballet in 2007
Music by Marc Grauwels and Marie-Josee Simard Kodo
Choreography by Natalia Botha and Charles Hagan
Through ceremonial dancers, four spiritual girls and their corresponding animal totems are guided by a divine Shamen who unites their souls in harmony as they celebrate and honor Earth and Sky.
AN ALBUM
Music by Claude Debussy, Ernesto Nazereth,
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Amilcare Ponchielli
Choreography by Natalia Botha and Charles Hagan
Like memories held in a photograph, we dance through friendships as playful children, and as wistful young adults
Fishing Daze
A Groovy Craze
Who’s the Fairest Reflection Phaze