Overwhelming response to a trial collaboration by the Purdue Philharmonic and Lafayette Ballet in 2011, has resulted in a two nights of "Postcards" concerts in the Lafayette Ballet Ballroom, 226 N. Sixth, Lafayette, on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22-23, 2012.
Admission is free to the one-hour concert but due to limited seating, reservations are highly advised. Call (765) 423-1633.
Four short, well-known classical works will be brought to life with a touch of humor through the dynamic collaboration of young musicians and young dancers in "Postcards." The Purdue Philharmonic is conducted by Andrew King; the Lafayette Ballet by Sandra Peticolas.
Peticolas describes Prokofiev's "Classical Symphony" as "the ultimate tutu vehicle," Chabrier's "Habanera" as "a reluctant bull at the arena," Sibelius's "Valse Triste" as "a tribute to the lost young men of World War II" and Mozart's "Overture to the Marriage of Figaro" as "ballerina verses flash mob."
The Saturday, Sept. 22, concert is at 8 p.m.; the Sunday, Sept. 23 concert at 4 p.m. The ballroom is located on the third floor of an historic downtown Lafayette building. The structure does not have an elevator.
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