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2011 Rodeo Dates: July 14, 21; August 4, 11, 18
Gates open at 5pm for kids’ event sign-up and pre-rodeo activities. Dust off your cowboy boots and tack on some spurs as the Beaver Creek Rodeo comes to town on Thursday nights through Aug.18th. Located in Avon behind Chapel Square with free shuttle service from the covered bridge in Beaver Creek Village.
The full line-up of classic rodeo events include bronc riding, calf scramble, team roping, mutton bustin’, barrel racing, bull riding and burro racing. Bring the whole family for pony rides, face painting, mechanical bull, western fare and a wide range of barbecue offered by Vail Valley restaurants beginning when gates open at 5 p.m. $22 VIP, $12 Srs, $17 adults; $10 youth, under 12 free
Vail International Dance Festival
An array of dance will again be on display Aug. 9 when the popularly-priced Dance for $ 20.11 evening returns to the Vail International Dance Festival at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. Tickets for this unique mixed- bill performance went on sale June 1 with all reserved seats priced at $ 20.11 and all general admission lawn seats priced at $11 each. Tickets for Dance for $20.11, and all other 2011 Dance Festival performances, are available online at www.vaildance.org, by calling the box office at 888- 920-ARTS ( 2787) or in person at one of three Vail Valley box offices: Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, Marketplace on Meadow Drive in Vail Village or Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail, which opens June 1 for the 2011 summer season. Aug. 9 marks the 4th installment of the performance that was created by Festival Artistic Director Damian Woetzel in an effort to make dance more accessible, both from a price and programming perspective. The evening is specifically designed to cultivate new dance audiences by providing a wide variety of dancers and dance styles in one evening’s lineup. Woetzel said, “We welcome a house full of enthusiastic people, many of whom have never been to the dance festival before. The program itself reflects a variety of spectacular dancing going on in the world today, with appearances by many of the same stars that are seen on the regular festival schedule.” Dance for $20.11 will feature innovative hip-hop performer and festival artist-in-residence Charles “Lil Buck” Riley. Best known for his brilliant jookin’, a street dance that originated in Memphis, Riley has taken the world by storm and has gained worldwide attention through social networking websites like YouTube and Facebook. In April 2011, Riley collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma in two appearances arranged by Woetzel in Los Angeles. A YouTube video of one of the performances has become a viral internet hit with over 1,200,000 views to date and has garnered national and international press attention. Dance for $ 20.11 will also showcase appearances by the contemporary ballet company Trey McIntyre Project, whose appealingly athletic ballet vocabulary and individual voice have made him one of the most popular dance-makers in the United States. Additionally, the audience can look forward to appearances by New York City Ballet stars Tiler Peck, Joaquin De Luz and Robert Fairchild. Tickets for the 2011 Vail International Dance Festival are priced from $11 to $90 and are available online at www. vaildance. org or by phone at either ( 970) 845-TIXS ( 8497) or 888-920-ARTS (2787).
THE DOORS’ L.A. WOMAN to be recreated live on the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) stage on Tuesday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. Classic Albums Live is a group of musicians that strive to produce shows that are pure replications of popular rock albums. They listen to the original album and compose sheet music to reproduce the sound exactly as it was made. The group of musicians performs more than 100 shows each year with a solid roster of albums, including The Doors’ “L.A. Woman” Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” and the Eagles’ “Hotel California.” “(We) learn the album and play the album, said Craig Martin, founder of Classic Albums Live, “No room for artistic interpretation or artistic license. That’s what sets us apart from tribute bands (and other) cover bands.” More like a symphony orchestra than a cover band, Classic Albums Live is a collection of world-class musicians who strive to produce precise renditions of the albums they perform. At the VPAC, the musicians and singers will perform “L.A. Woman” in its entirety as well as a second set of The Doors’ greatest hits. Originally released in 1971, “L.A. Woman” was the sixth and final studio album recorded by The Doors. The album is ranked on “Rolling Stone Magazine’s” 500 “Greatest Albums of All Time.” Lead singer Jim Morrison died in Paris, France three months after the album was released. Tickets for Classic Albums Live presents The Doors’ “L.A. Woman” are $48. Choose seats online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.2787 or at the Vilar Center Box Office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.
Christian McBride is omnipresent in the jazz world. Inside Straight is comprised of McBride’s old friends, pianist Eric Reed, alto saxophonist Steve Wilson and drummer Carl Allen, as well as newcomer vibraphonist Warren Wolf, one of McBride’s former students. The group made its debut at the Village Vanguard in New York in 2007. In 2009, Christian McBride and Inside Straight released “Kind of Brown,” a masterwork of upbeat, straight ahead jazz with a strong bebop feel and swing, a tribute to Ray Brown and the very significant musical legacy that is in danger of being forgotten. McBride’s love of jazz music originated when he was playing the electric bass at the age of eight, but over the years he became more interested in playing the acoustic bass. He studied at Juilliard and then toured and recorded with many of the greatest artists including: Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Diana Krall and Sting. Dedicated to jazz education and exposing the art form to new and different audiences, McBride has served as an artist-in-residence at Detroit’s International Jazz Festival and the Monterey Jazz Festival as well as artistic director at various arts centers and museums (including co-director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, creative jazz chair for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and artistic director of the JAS Band Academy (Jazz Aspen Snowmass, Band Edition.) Tickets for Christian McBride & Inside Straight are $40. Choose seats online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.
Parsons Dance - Saturday, March 19 at VPAC
Parsons Dance will perform an evening of vibrant and multi-dimensional dance at the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) on Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. New York-based Parsons Dance is an internationally renowned contemporary dance company under the artistic direction of dancer and choreographer David Parsons. The company includes 11 full-time dancers and maintains a repertory of more than 70 works.
The evening program at the VPAC will include Parsons’ signature piece “Caught” as well as “Remember Me,” a highly theatrical collaboration between Parsons Dance and the lead vocalists and music of East Village Opera Company.
“Remember Me,” is a multimedia work, with inventive lighting and eye-popping digital effects that uses contemporary music and dance to tell a tragic love story. “Remember Me” features East Village Opera Company’s hip, rock-tinged versions of some of the most famous arias and duets from the opera world.
All-new costumes by “Project Runway” designer Austin Scarlett and dramatic new lighting by Tony Award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley turn up the passion and embolden David Parsons’ electrifying dance.
Since 1985, Parsons Dance has toured an average of 32 weeks per year, to a total of more than 250 cities, 35 countries, six continents and millions of audience members
Tickets for Parsons Dance are $55. Choose seats online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or in person at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.
The VPAC will offer hummer shuttle service from Vail Village to Beaver Creek for the Parsons Dance performance on March 19. The cost is $10 per person (round-trip) or $40 for a family of 4 or more (round-trip.) For more information, please contact the box office.
Music selections from “Remember Me,” include:
MOZART Overture from The Marriage of Figaro
BIZET “Habanera” from Carmen
SCHUBERT “Ave Maria”
PUCCINI “The Butterfly Duet” from Madame Butterfly
VERDI “La Donna é Mobile” from Rigoletto
What: Parsons Dance & East Village Opera Company
When: Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Vilar Performing Arts Center
Cost: $55
More information: 888-920-2787 or www.vilarpac.org
Randy Newman plays Vilar Saturday, March 12
Emmy, Grammy and Oscar-winning music veteran Randy Newman performs live at the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) in Beaver Creek on Saturday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Randy Newman is a lyrically ambitious singer/songwriter, composer and pianist renowned for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores. After over 40 years in the industry, Newman returns to the concert stage for an extraordinary evening of storytelling and song.
After Newman’s self-titled debut album was released in 1968, his reputation as a songwriter grew quickly, as Judy Collins, Dusty Springfield, Peggy Lee, Harry Nilsson, and Joe Cocker, among others, recorded his songs. Newman’s pop hits include “Short People,” “I Love L.A” and 2005’s “Louisiana 1927.”
In the early ‘80s, Newman began a career as a film composer. Among his notable scores are The Natural, Parenthood and Awakenings. In recent years, Newman has specialized in composing music for an impressive range of critically acclaimed, commercially blockbuster family films, including all three Toy Story movies, James and The Giant Peach, A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc, and Cars. Perhaps his best known film song is “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” the theme song from 1995’s Toy Story movie.
Newman has earned six Grammys, for: Toy Story 3 (2011), “Our Town” (2006), “If I Didn’t Have You” (2002), “When She Loved Me” (2000), A Bug’s Life (1999), and The Natural (1984). He has received three Emmys and in 2010 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2002, after 16 nominations, he won an Academy Award for “If I Didn’t Have You” from Monsters, Inc.
On February 27, Newman won his second Academy Award for “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 and performed the song live at the ceremony.
Tickets for An Evening with Randy Newman are $78. Choose seats online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or in person at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.
The VPAC will offer hummer shuttle service from the Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village to the VPAC in Beaver Creek for the Randy Newman performance on March 12. The cost is $10 per person (round-trip) or $40 for a family of 4 or more (round-trip.) For more information, please call 888.920.ARTS(2787).
The Vilar Performing Arts Center is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For more information on the Vail Valley Foundation
Kathleen Madigan has been dubbed by Jay Leno as “one of the funniest female comics.” After returning from a USO Tour of Iraq and Afghanistan earlier this year, comedian Kathleen Madigan learned she’s entirely too short to be involved in combat and that being in the military is nothing like the commercials on television.
As well as trying to look serious in combat gear, Madigan packed 2009 with more tour dates and television appearances. In addition to performing in theaters, festivals and on talk shows, Dr. Phil tapped her for her comedic point of view as a special correspondent for The Dr. Phil Show with reports on various topics. The American Comedy Award winner for “Best Female Comedian” appeared on shows for VH1 and TV Guide Network which all aired this year. She’s performed around the world at comedy festivals and in theaters in Ireland, England, Canada and China (that was a disaster…feel free to ask her). Her goal is to make as much money as possible and move to Ireland, the only place Guinness tastes right and perhaps purchase some sheep.
Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats grace Vilar Performing Arts Center
In Beaver Creek on Saturday, March 5, China’s premier acrobatic touring company, the Golden Dragon Acrobats, bring high-flying family fun to the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) with performances at 4:30 and 8:00 p.m. The Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats combine award-winning acrobatics, traditional dance, spectacular costumes, ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques to present a show of breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty. “Juggling everything from umbrellas to soccer balls—and with props as varied as ladders and giant spinning wheels—the performers show just why they’re world-famous,” said the New York Post. Now marking over 30 years of continuous touring, the members of the Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats are actors, athletes and artists, with an unmistakable passion for their art. With performers trained since early youth, their feats of physical daring and grace continue to enthrall audiences of all ages. The ancient art of Chinese acrobatics is an old and long running tradition that began in China well over two thousand years ago. Over its long and rich history it has developed as one of the most popular art forms among the Chinese people. While many historical records provide evidence for the development of Chinese acrobatics as far back as the Xia Dynasty, it is most commonly held that the art form did not become wildly popular until approximately 2,500 years ago when it began to capture the attention of the country’s powerful emperors.
Contemporary acrobat troupes have served the role of becoming a part of the culture exchange between China and other western nations. Acrobatic art best portrays the hard working, endurance and courage emphasized among the Chinese culture. Tickets for Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats are $42 for adults and $32 for children. Choose seats online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or in person at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village. The VPAC will offer Hummer shuttle service from the Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village to the VPAC in Beaver Creek for both performances on March 5. The cost is $10 per person (round-trip) or $40 for a family of 4 or more (round-trip.) For more information, please call 888.920.ARTS(2787). The Vilar Performing Arts Center is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For more information on the Vail Valley Foundation, visit www.vvf.org.
The 5 Browns at VPAC
Very few artists are accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School. More rarely are siblings chosen, but all five piano virtuosos of the Brown Family are Juilliard graduates and will perform – together – on 5 pianos at the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) on Friday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Evening Repertoire (to include)
RACHMANINOV Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
BRAHMS Sonata in F Minor, Op. 34b Scherzo (Allegro)
HERRMANN/RUSS Hitchcock Movie Suite
Psycho: “Prelude”
Vertigo: “Scene D’Amour”
Vertigo: “The Wild Ride”
WILLIAMS/ANDERSON Star Wars: Suite for Five Pianos
BERNSTEIN/RUSS To Kill a Mockingbird: “Main Title”
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
Desirae, Deondra, Gregory, Melody, and Ryan each have a distinctive and discriminating keyboard talent, honed at New York’s Juilliard School, where for five consecutive years, they studied simultaneously. The 5 Browns’ self-titled debut album was released in February 2005 and shot to the top of Billboard Magazine’s Classical Music Chart, where it remained for six weeks, with the New York Post proclaiming, “…one family, five pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years.” Since 2005, The 5 Browns have taken the piano world by storm with their inventive interpretations of classical standards. The young passionate quintet brings to the VPAC stage a mix of classics and film scores. Their concert will feature works by renowned composers Rachmaninov, Brahms and Bach as well as modern-day movie composers Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein and John Williams. Whether performing individually or together in various combinations from duo to complex five-piano arrangements, The 5 Browns dazzle with their complex compositions. Above all, the goal of The 5 Browns is a simple one: to share their love of classical music with people everywhere—and especially younger audiences who have never been exposed to classical music. The quintet will be hosting a pair of community outreach events on February 25, in advance of their evening performance at VPAC. The 5 Browns will host an open rehearsal at Noon, allowing fans the opportunity to watch them as they rehearse for their evening performance. Also, local piano students and their teachers are invited to a pre-concert meet-and-greet to be held at the VPAC’s May Gallery at 5:30 p.m. Both community outreach events are complimentary, but RSVPs are required and should be sent to boxoffice@vvf.org by February 24. At the end of 2010, the sibling group was featured in a PBS TV special, “The 5 Browns in Concert,” which aired on PBS stations throughout the country. Upcoming highlights for The 5 Browns include a new work for five pianos and orchestra composed by Nico Muhly, scheduled to premiere this summer at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Conlon.
Tickets for The 5 Browns are $75 for adults and $60 for children. A student ticket price of $30 is available with a valid student ID. The student ticket price is not available for online ticket purchases. Choose your seat online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek and Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.
The Vilar Performing Arts Center is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For more information on the Vail Valley Foundation, visit www.vvf.org.
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