BALLET ARKANSAS: ‘BRAVO’
THURSDAY 5/2, SATURDAY 5/4-SUNDAY 5/5. Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. 7 p.m. Thu.; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sat.; 2:30 p.m. Sun. $25-$45.
Zenith. Climax. These are just two of the auspicious words Ballet Arkansas is using to describe “Bravo,” the last mainstage show of their 45th season and their first performance at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Art’s Performing Arts Theater since the facility reopened in 2023. The reason for the hype probably has something to do with the fact that “Bravo,” a fusion of modern and classical dancing, features the world premiere of choreography by Tsai Hsi Hung, Alia Kache — set to a score by Little Rock’s Florence Price — and Executive and Artistic Director Michael Fothergill, who, alongside his wife Catherine, assumed leadership of the nonprofit in 2017. Pianist Fei-Fei Dong, a Juilliard graduate and a current doctoral student at the Manhattan School of Music who Cleveland Classical referred to as “remarkably talented,” will provide music for the entirety of the program, which also includes the regional debut of David Bintley’s “Galanteries,” with original sets and costumes borrowed from the Birmingham Royal Ballet in England. Get tickets here.