RECESS! will showcase the amazing versatility and virtuosity of the dancers of State Street Ballet (SSB) at the Lobero Theatre, March 21 and 22. Full of extreme technical prowess, interesting and unusual choreography and sophisticated humor, this program is a must-see for all ages. The company will present three very different works highlighting aspects of care-free childhood, choreographed by some of America’s leading choreographers: Alexei Kremnev (Carnival of the Animals), Jerome Robbins (Interplay), and Autumn Eckman , whose new work Level Up was commissioned by SSB this season.
The rich sounds of the Opera Santa Barbara orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Kostis Protopapas , will accompany the dancers for Saint-Saëns’s delightful Carnival of the Animals and Morton Gould’s contemporary, jazzy American Concertette for Interplay .
In the final piece, Level Up, the dancers portray video game characters. The music is a fascinating blend of electronic sounds by Rolemusic , using synthesizers found in vintage arcade machines, old computers, and video game consoles.