KWDP presents "Spellbound", a Fall repertory event.
Schedule
Sun, 05 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Westside Ballet of Santa Monica | Santa Monica, CA
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KWDP presents a Fall repertory event featuring the company premiere of the modern class "Birthday Variations" by Gerald Arpino, cofounder of The Joffrey Ballet.Birthday Variations
Choreography by Gerald Arpino
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Sweet, sparkling, and deceptively precise ✨
Arpino’s "Birthday Variations: is all elegance with a playful wink.
Birthday Variations is one of Gerald Arpino’s most delightful and technically dazzling ballets. Set to a selection of buoyant operatic melodies by Giuseppe Verdi, this neoclassical jewel brims with elegance, charm, and effervescent musicality. “Birthday Variations” was commissioned by Becky D’Angelo as a birthday present to her husband Dino, who owned Chicago’s Civic Opera House, and loved Verdi’s music.
A jewel of a ballet it is the perfect showcase for five ballerinas and a solo male consisting of six variations and a dreamy romantic pas de deux.
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Where is it happening?
Westside Ballet of Santa Monica, Clean Energy, 1701 Stewart St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
