Portland Ovations begins its season this week with “Voyeur by Bridgman | Packer Dance. It continues into spring with a series of concerts, musicals, family events and dance performances featuring performers from the United States, across North and South America, and across the globe.
Although the concert is not part of the regular season, Portland Ovations also hosts the farewell tour by country music icon Glen Campbell.
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The season celebrates the centennial anniversaries of Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” and the opening of Merrill Auditorium.
The season-long Stravinsky celebration will be anchored by the Joffrey Ballet on March 21, and will include other interpretations of “Rite of Spring.” Award-winning classical pianists Soyeon Lee and Ran Dank will play the four-hand arrangement; jazz trio The Bad Plus presents a multi-media piece that takes the original composition to its farthest reaches; and the Grammy Award-nominated wind quintet Imani Winds will perform an unusual arrangement for wind instruments.
The following is an overview of the season. For details, visit portlandovations.org. For tickets, call 842-0800 or visit porttix.com.
Bridgman | Packer Dance, Friday and Saturday; ICA at MECA (dance and movement; see story at left for times and ticket info)
Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi, Oct. 18, Merrill Auditorium, Portland (global traditions)
Treasured Stories by Eric Carle, Oct. 20, Merrill Auditorium (family series)
Soyeon Lee and Ran Dank, Nov. 1, Merrill Auditorium (classical music)
BeLO, Nov. 4, Hannaford Hall, University of Southern Maine, Portland (global traditions)
“West Side Story,” Nov. 9-10, Merrill Auditorium (musical)
Shaolin Warriors, Nov. 17, Merrill Auditorium (global traditions)
Natalie MacMaster, “Christmas in Cape Breton,” Dec. 4, Merrill Auditorium (concert)
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” Jan. 4-5, Merrill Auditorium (musical)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Jan. 25, Merrill Auditorium (concert)
ETHEL: “Present Beauty,” Jan. 30, Hannaford Hall, USM (classical music)
Marc-Andre Hamelin, Feb. 9, Merrill Auditorium (classical music)
The Midtown Men featuring stars from the cast of “Jersey Boys,” Feb. 14, Merrill Auditorium (musical)
The Bad Plus, Feb. 17, Hannaford Hall, USM (concert)
Voices of Afghanistan, March 16, Hannaford Hall, USM (global traditions)
The Joffrey Ballet, March 21, Merrill Auditorium (dance and movement)
Pablo Ziegler Trio, March 28, Hannaford Hall, USM (concert)
“Rock of Ages,” March 30, Merrill Auditorium (musical)
Tony Trischka, April 6, Hannaford Hall, USM (concert)
Spellbound Dance Company, April 9, Westbrook Performing Arts Center (dance and movement)
Jonathan Biss and the Elias String Quartet, April 11, Hannaford Hall, USM (classical music)
“Hair,” April 19, Merrill Auditorium (musical)
“The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” April 21, Merrill Auditorium (family series)
Imani Winds, May 2, Hannaford Hall, USM (classical music)
IN ADDITION, Glen Campbell brings his “Goodbye Tour” to Merrill Auditorium on Oct. 16.From U.S.A., to far corners, a lineup of global proportions
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