The ink is not yet dry on Cristina Spinei’s music for Nashville Ballet’s Attitude: Other Voices performance in mid-February. Spinei’s trademark loops weave a rhythmically complex soundtrack for choreography by Matthew Neenan.
This Week On 91Classical: Featured Music Feb. 3-7
Each day on 91Classical, amid the variety of the day’s playlist, we offer a handful of featured selections at set times:
Nashville Ballet’s Kayla Rowser, Who Originated The Title Role In ‘Lucy Negro Redux,’ Announces Retirement
Dancer Kayla Rowser, a performer with Nashville Ballet since 2007, announced today that she will retire at the end of the 2019-2020 performance season.
Nashville Ballet Announces 2019-2020 Season
On the heels of their groundbreaking production of Lucy Negro, Redux, Nashville Ballet has announced their upcoming season. Once again, the company seeks to showcase its range, mixing classic offerings—including Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet and the annual favorite Nashville’s Nutcracker— with the envelope-pushing work that has become a Nashville Ballet hallmark over the years. […]
Three Black Women Hold The Power In Nashville Ballet’s ‘Lucy Negro Redux’
Listen / A new work set to premiere at Nashville Ballet this week tells the story of Black Luce, also known as Lucy Negro — a known brothel owner in Elizabethan England thought to be the lover of William Shakespeare. And the three women at the center of the ballet say her character feels personal.