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Penna. Ballet’s sumptuous production of Adolphe Adam’s great classic “Giselle” runs at the Academy of Music from Oct. 18 to 28. Heading the cast in the title role at several of the performances will be Principal Dancer Arantxa Ochoa who after the final matinee will retire as ballerina and take up her new role as Principal Instructor with The School of Penna. Ballet. Photo: Alexander Iziliaev
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ennsylvania Ballet opens its 49th season with one of the great
classics, “Giselle”, set to a score by Adolphe Adam and on view from Oct. 18 to 28 for a total of seven perfor- mances including four mati- nees. This is the haunting and beloved tale of a peas- ant girl who loses her reason when she realizes that she has been betrayed by the
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noble she thought would be her husband. Two complete- ly different acts, the first all peasant gaiety and romance, the second all white set in the forest where the spirits of jilted young women take fatal vengeance on any male intruder. Among the company’s ballerinas to take on the title role, principal dancer Arantxa Ochoa’s performances will ring with
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additional poignancy as she will retire after the matinee of Oct. 28. Academy of Mu- sic, Broad and Locust. 215- 893-1999. m Jim Cobb is the local artist of choice through Nov. 4 at Shawn Murray’s Twenty- Two Gallery where his new show “Passages” reflects his interest in expressionist figures and abstract drip compositions. Wednesdays through Sundays, Noon to 6 p.m. at 236 S. 22nd. 215-772- 1911. m A large handful of in-
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“small defeats and colos- sal mistakes”. Broad and Montgomery, 1-800-298- 4200. And on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m., Saskia Sassen speaks on The Global Street deal- ing with city public spac- es. Free. Tyler School of Art. 215-777-9138. m InterAct Theatre opens
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C.S. Lewis’s “The Screwtape Letters” starring Max McLean as Screwtape is at the Merriam Theater Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 20 at 4 and 8 p.m., a Kim- mel Presents event. 250 S. Broad. Then on Oct. 24, “Under the Streetlamp” opens its 32-city national tour at the Merriam at 8 p.m., a quartet of “dreamy voices of four young lead singers”. For both events, 215-893-1999. m
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