When:
May 24 – 26, 2019
Friday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 25 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 26 at 1:00 p.m.
Where:
Segerstrom Hall
600 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA
The Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts with the West Coast Premiere of The Pygmalion Effect May 24-26. A new ballet from the company’s award-winning artistic director and choreographer, Boris Eifman, The Pygmalion Effect is inspired by the Greek mythological tale of Pygmalion – a sculptor who became infatuated with his own life-like carving of a beautiful girl.
In this new work the role of the passionate sculptor is performed by a ballroom dancer, who sculpts a young girl into a brilliant dancer. For the first time, Eifman uses the music of The Waltz King Johann Strauss Jr. to underscore the spiritual and physical transformation of his heroine.
The title of this new ballet is a reference to the physiological phenomenon in which a person’s actions are positively influenced by the expectations of others. Said Eifman, “The Pygmalion Effect is a choreographic interpretation of the myth about an artist and his creation, a new view on how art and life are intricately intertwined but never one and the same.”
Tickets:
$29+
For more information visit the Segerstrom Center for the Arts website or visit the box office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa, or call (714) 556-2787.
Editor's Note: See also news of related performances in Chicago, New York City, and Berkeley.
