Black/White
Bartell Theatre 113 E. Mifflin St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Friday, Oct. 14, Bartell Theatre, 8 pm
After canceling their full-length ballet Peter Pan last spring due to financial woes, Madison Ballet is back on its toes again. A study in contrasts, Black/White begins with excerpts from Balanchine’s masterpiece The Four Temperaments. The George Balanchine Trust tightly controls which regional companies get permission to perform the master’s revered works, so local balletomanes are fortunate to have an opportunity to see this piece. The show also includes artistic director W. Earle Smith’s hip-hop inflected Street, set to music from Black Violin. ALSO: Saturday, Oct. 15, 2 & 8 pm.