Alchemy Ballet's Pop Up Company: Midsummer Nocturne

Presented as the culmination of Alchemy Ballet's week-long Pop-Up Company intensive, Midsummer Nocturne: Minkus to Mingus, Chopin to Copland, celebrates the extraordinary talents of young dancers and special guest artists in a vibrant program that moves seamlessly from classical masterworks to contemporary creations, from lyrical storytelling to spellbinding jazz.

Under the artistic direction of Lorraine Audéoud Spiegler, with choreography by Luis Serrano, Matthew McLaughlin, Jessica Brown, Stanislav Issaev, Pavlo Yevtuchenko and Lorraine Spiegler,  the performance showcases the versatility of Alchemy Ballet's emerging artists in works inspired by a remarkable spectrum of composers and music/dance traditions. 

Audiences will experience choreography set to music by Ludwig Minkus, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, Roberta Flack, Hans Zimmer, Tchaikovsky, and more —demonstrating how classical ballet can engage in conversation with jazz, folk traditions, contemporary music, and timeless classics.

Among the featured works is Luis Serrano's moving choreography to "Las Simples Cosas," an excerpt from…