Gennadi Nedvigin | Artistic Director
Gennadi Nedvigin | Artistic Director
Firebird
Jackie Nash. Photo by Charlie McCullers.
April 14-16, 2017 Firebird
In April, Atlanta Ballet pays homage to three of the most inventive choreographers of the 20th and 21st centuries with a modern masters program.
Atlanta will fall in love with Yuri Possokhov’s sensational Firebird with its vivacious whimsy and striking staging. The neoclassical splendor of George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante and the passionate, intimate physicality of Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort round out the program, demonstrating the awe-inspiring range of Atlanta Ballet’s dancers.
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Venue
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is the first major performing arts facility built in metro Atlanta in four decades.
Location and Parking
The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is located in northwest Atlanta near the junction of I-75 and I-285, at the intersection of Cobb Galleria Parkway and Akers Mill Road. Pre-paid parking is available for $12.00 through Parking Panda and AAA Parking for performances. Please note: the pre-paid parking option allows you a parking spot in the parking deck, not necessarily an assigned space. Day of parking will still be available for $10.00 (cash or credit). Valet parking is available for The Atlanta Opera and Atlanta Ballet only for $15.00 (cash or credit card). Please do not park in the LA Fitness lot on Akers Mill Rd. This is not approved parking for the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, so your car may be booted or towed if left there. Click here for dining, hotel, and additional venue information.Emergency Phone Number
The 24-hour public safety number for the Cobb Energy Centre is 770.916.2911. Please leave your seat location with your babysitter or answering service so that the house manager may find you in case of an emergency.Special Needs
The venue is ADA compliant. Designated seats in various locations are available for guests with disabilities and those needing special assistance. The venue is equipped with wheelchair accessible courtesy phones, elevators, plaza ramps, wheelchair accessible ticket windows, and wheelchair accessible drinking fountains. For more information, please call 770.916.2800. -
Group Discounts
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Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education's Kids In Step for School Groups
The Centre for Dance Education's Kids In Step program is designed to bring dance to the school-age child. For more information on weekday performances for accredited school groups and registered home schools, please visit our Kids In Step page.
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Audience Reviews
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Seating Chart
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
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Reviews
Preview: Atlanta Ballet’s Alessa Rogers takes us from auditions to final rehearsals of “Firebird”
Alessa Rogers, ArtsATL, 2017.04.12
Company dancer Alessa Rogers chronicles the process of bringing Firebird to the stage - from auditions to performance.
Atlanta Ballet’s ‘Firebird’ to challenge dancers, musicians
Andrew Alexander, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2017.04.11
Stravinsky’s modern score, which is full of a wide variety of moods and tempos, is notoriously challenging for musicians and dancers alike. Nash says that Possokhov’s style, which combines classical language with contemporary movement, proved to be helpful in approaching the work. “The way the steps are crafted around the music makes the music a lot more approachable,” Nash says. “I’d listened to the music, and I was like ‘Oh, my God.’ But Yuri knew the music really well, and it’s just a natural fit.”
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Video
Yuri Possokhov's "Firebird" (Atlanta Ballet 2017)
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Guest Conductor
Beatrice Jona Affron
Beatrice Jona Affron was born and raised in New York City. She joined Pennsylvania Ballet in 1993 as the assistant conductor and was promoted to music director and conductor in 1997.
Photo courtesy of Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston (www.bu.edu/proarte).
A graduate of Yale University, Beatrice studied conducting with Robert Spano and at New England Conservatory. At Pennsylvania Ballet, Beatrice has conducted many Balanchine ballets, contemporary works, and full-length story ballets. In 2004, she conducted the world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Swan Lake. Outside of dance, Beatrice is heard in a large and varied repertoire that encompasses works from Handel to Donizetti to Philip Glass. In 2002, she received international attention when she led the world premiere performances of Philip Glass and Mary Zimmerman’s Galileo Galilei at Chicago’s Goodman Theater and subsequently on a tour to London’s Barbican Theatre. In 2005, Beatrice made her debut with the Glimmerglass Opera conducting Donizetti’s Lucie de Lammermoor. Other guest conducting appearances include Opera Theatre St. Louis, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and New England Conservatory. This is Beatrice’s fourth appearance with Atlanta Ballet.