In a concert inspired by dance, acclaimed tap dancer Max Pollak joins ETSO and guest conductor Jean-François Rivest for the rarely performed Tap Dance Concerto by Morton Gould.  Also on the program, Leonard Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, drawing on melodies from his popular Broadway musical, Alexander Borodin's Polotvsian Dances from Prince Igor, and Serge Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet Suite No. 2.

Date

January 12, 2013

2:00 p.m.  Family Matinee (1 hour)*

7:30 p.m. Full-length Concert

Location

UT Tyler Cowan Center

Evening Program

Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

Gould: Tap Dance Concerto

Prokofiev:  Romeo and Juliet Suite No 2

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

*Family Matinee Program

Prokofiev:  "Montagues and Capulets" from Romeo and Juliet Suite No 2

Gould: Tap Dance Concerto

Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances