Artwork: grotesmurf.madscience.nl
Ballet Wichita is a non-profit organization whose mission is to
advance the art of dance through performance and education. Ballet Wichita does
not operate a school. Instead annual auditions are held in August for the
upcoming year’s performances. The average size of the company is 95 dancers who
are students from all area dance schools and colleges. Each year Ballet Wichita
dancers perform two public performances of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. In
addition to those two performances, 5,000 area school children are bused to
Century II earlier in the week to enjoy an abbreviated Nutcracker. The Ballet in
the Park series takes place each June in various outdoor venues in and around
Wichita. This is a free event that features a popular fairytale ballet – this
year the dancers will perform Peter and the Wolf.
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BALLET WICHITA
Ballet in the Park June 7 - 10, 2012
PETER and the WOLF - Sergei Prokofiev
Bring your lawnchairs, blankets and sunscreen
and enjoy this fanciful ballet!
Free Admission*
Mulvane City Park Thursday, June 7 7:00 – 8:00p.m.
Haysville Riggs Park Friday, June 8 7:00 – 8:00p.m.
Sponsored by the City of Haysville
Warren Old Town Plaza Saturday, June 9 11:00 – Noon
Riverside Park Bandstand Saturday, June 9 3:00 – 4:00p.m.
Andover Central Park Sunday, June 10 3:00 – 4:00p.m.
Sponsored by Vornado
Early
one morning, Peter opened the gate and walked out into the big green meadow.
On a branch of a big tree sat a little bird, Peter's friend. "All is quiet"
chirped the bird happily. Just then a duck came waddling round. She was glad
that Peter had not closed the gate and decided to take a nice swim in the deep
pond in the meadow. Seeing the duck, the little bird flew down upon on the
grass, settled next to her and shrugged his shoulders. "What kind of bird are
you if you can't fly?" said he. To this the duck replied "What kind of bird are
you if you can't swim?" and dived into the pond. They argued and argued, the
duck swimming in the pond and the little bird hopping along the shore.
Suddenly, something caught Peter's attention. He noticed a cat crawling through
the grass...
- Sergei Prokofiev, Moscow Children's Musical Theater, 1936
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