Ballet At Twilight Presented by Grand Boulevard & The Northwest Florida Ballet

Grand Boulevard present NFB Ballet at Twilight , as part of the Grand Boulevard's Coastal Culture Series .  

The Northwest Florida Ballet will stage its annual free community performance, Ballet at Twilight, featuring a mixed repertoire of classic and modern works in Grand Boulevard at Sandestin’s Grand Park on Sat., June 24 at 7:30 pm.

This popular performance will feature The Firebird, choreographed by Butler University’s Derek Reid with music by Igor Stravinsky. Jonathan Carter will dance the role of Prince Ivan in The Firebird opposite of NFB’s Brooklyn Burbidge who will dance the title role. The performance will also include excerpts from Scheherazade choreographed by Lightwire Theater’s Ian Carney with music by Rimsky-Korsakov. NFB soloists Victoria Garofalo and Payton Beason will portray the roles of Princess Fatima and La Sultana Bleue respectively along side the Foreign Slaves Jeffrey Senior and Keegan Lloyd.

Ballet at Twilight will also feature excerpts from the ballets Raymonda and Sposa son Disprezzata choreographed by NFB Assistant Artistic Director Sharon Allen. NFB dancers Brooklyn Burbidge, Jonathan Carter and Alex Trum will dance the Pas de Trois from Swan Lake with music by Peter Tchaikovsky and choreography by NFB Artistic Director/CEO Todd Eric Allen after Marius Petipa.

Louisville Ballet guest artists Natalia Ashikhmina and Darren McIntyre will dance the wedding pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty’s Act 3 with music by Tchaikovsky and choreography by Petipa. Ashikhmina and McIntyre will also perform a new, contemporary pas de deux choreographed by Guest artist and Ballet Met dancer Attila Bongar. Bongar and Jessica Brown, also of of Ballet Met, will dance a contemporary duet choreographed by Bongar. Brown will also dance a classical variation, which is yet to be determined. The production’s finale will include the Lindsey Kelley Dance Company from Asheville, NC performing Seester, Seester with music by Fanfare Ciocarlia and Too Many Zoos. NFB Summer Workshop students will also perform in a featured piece choreographed by Kelley.