1) Hilary Hahn performs at Spivey Hall.
2) The Process Theatre stages Sordid Lives at Onstage Atlanta.
3) Jorma Kaukonen, Robben Ford and Ruthie Foster perform at Variety Playhouse.
4) Atlanta Ballet’s Dracula ends its run at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
5) Pecha Kucha mixes it up at Octane.
(Photo Mathias Bothor courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon)
THE MAN IN BLACK: Atlanta Ballet's 'Dracula'
The Atlanta Ballet’s current show begins with a skin-crawling prologue. Wolfish, costumed dancers surround a sleeping man’s bed; a happy wedding repeatedly turns into a mournful funeral; and booming, insistent knocks resound throughout. The rapping sounds suggest Poe’s raven tapping at the chamber door. The images evoke Goya’s nightmarish paintings, and the whole disturbing tableau dispels any preconceived notions you have of ballet as a genteel performing art.
The surreal, sideways introduction to the Dracula ballet provides a fresh interpretation of one of our culture’s most familiar stories, like putting new blood in an old bottle. The Atlanta Ballet’s production proves ideal for audiences who don’t like dance — or don’t realize that they actually enjoy ballet. (more…)
1) Atlanta Ballet’s Dracula heads into opening weekend at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
2) Yonder Mountain String Band plays the Tabernacle.
3) Josh Blue performs at the Punchline.
4) Dark Star Orchestra plays Variety Playhouse.
5) The Morning Benders play Drunken Unicorn.
(Photo by Charlie McCullers)
1) The African-American Dance Review performs the Progressive Realization of Dreams at the Rialto Center.
2) Atlanta Ballet’s Dracula opens at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
3) Make Room, Recent Paintings, and The Bed, After Lautrec open at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
4) Jesse Colin Young plays Eddie’s Attic.
5) Topher Payne signs Necessary Luxuries at Wordsmiths Books.
(Photo by Deshun Smith/Rogmar Media Group)
1) Bram Stoker’s Dracula continues at Aurora Theatre.
2) William Elliot Whitmore plays the Drunken Unicorn.
3) K.D. Lang plays the Woodruff Arts Center.
4) Atlanta Ballet’s Swan Lake opens at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
5) Stand Firm for Justice Rally for Troy Davis is on the State Capitol steps.
(Photo by Christopher Bartelski)
