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May 18

In collaboration with One Yellow Rabbit, for his final, 20th season as Artistic Director of the Alberta Ballet, internationally acclaimed dancemaker Jean Grand-Maître created a special, one night only, highly personal and intimate au revoir to the world of dance after 40 years of staging modern ballet.

Set to several masterpieces composed by Ravel, Debussy and Liszt, The Memory Room will be a meditation on 30 years of choreography and how dance transformed his understanding of the human experience.

An evening of powerful classical piano music and breathtaking ballet, in an up close and intimate space, performed live by Calgary prodigy Kevin Chen alongside Alberta Ballet’s principal dancers Mariko Kondo and Kelley McKinlay, set to a background designed by artist Chris Cran.

photo: Ben Laird

Act One

Kevin Chen Piano

J.S. Bach - Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 90

Frédéric Chopin - Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op.102

Nikolai Kapustin - Sonata No. 12, Op. 102

Act Two

The Memory Room

Pianist Kevin Chen

Dancers: 

Mariko Kondo

Alexandra Hughes

Kelley McKinlay

Aaron Anker 

Choreography Jean Grand-Maitre

Set Design Act Two Chris Cran

Lighting Design Scott Reid

Stage Manager Deborah Howard

Music Act Two:

Liszt - Bagatelle sans tonalité, S. 216 a

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No.1, S. 514

Claude Debussy - Deux Arabesques,I CD.74 - Andantino con moto

Claude Debussy - La Plus Que Lente - L. 121