Symphonic Variations

Choreography by Frederick Ashton
Staged by Michael Somes
Staged by Wendy Ellis Somes
Production Directed and Supervised by Wendy Ellis Somes
Production Directed and Supervised by Malin Thoors
Music by Cesar Franck
Scenery and Costumes by Sophie Fedorovitch
Lighting by Michael Somes
Executed by Todd Elmer

Running Time: 18 minutes

Acclaimed as one of Frederick Ashton’s finest works, Symphonic Variations is a radiant classical showpiece for its six dancers, full of flowing lines and gleaming footwork. It is one of the great challenges of the ballet repertory, needing soft grace in demanding steps, as dancers coalesce in quartets, duets, sextets and solos but always with a sense of serenity, grandeur and spirituality, perfectly reflecting Franck’s masterful score for piano and orchestra.