On sale Monday, June 29 at 11am // Member Presale begins Thursday, June 25 at 11am*
3S Artspace Presents
An Evening with Portland Ballet
Saturday, August 15
7 - 9:30pm with a brief intermission
$30 Students / $40 Members / $45 General Admission
3S Artspace is thrilled to welcome Portland Ballet for a dynamic, multi-part performance bringing audiences up close to the power, creativity, and beauty of contemporary ballet. Spanning the Gallery and Performance Space, this immersive evening of professional dance includes works that explore themes of determination, duality, and the forces that shape us.
The evening also includes small-plate bites and a cash bar. Following the performance, attendees are invited to a brief Q&A with the dancers, Executive Director, and choreographers.
Please note: A portion of this event takes place in the Gallery and is standing. If you would prefer seating, we are happy to accommodate your request. The remainder of the event is fully seated.
Featured works:
- Excerpt from Impetus
- Antithesis
- Four Seasons
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*Member presale begins Thursday, June 25 at 11am! Members at the Supporter level and above, use your Member code during checkout for early access to purchase tickets! Sign up or renew: 3sarts.org/membership
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- Excerpt from Impetus // Choreographer: Nell Shipman
Set to the dynamic pace of Karl Jenkins' music composition "Palladio," Nell Shipman's choreography in Impetus brings human determination to life in this abstract piece. Illustrating the strength required to move forward with both persistence and purpose, Impetus is a longstanding audience favorite, showcasing the athleticism, beauty, and power brought by the artists of Portland Ballet.
- Antithesis // Choreographers: Jackson Gormley & Rebecca Woll
In Antithesis, choreographers Jackson Gormley and Rebecca Woll take two contrasting original works by Isadora Duncan, a founder of modern dance, and discover how two dramatically different works might be combined.
The first piece, Water Study, is a piece from Duncan’s early career representing child’s play and the different ways water flows. The second piece, Revolutionary, which Duncan choreographed later in her career in 1921 after the Russian revolution, is filled with emotional turmoil and a call for change.
In Water Study, the choreography remains close to Duncan’s, but here Gormley and Woll have restaged the two pieces to weave in and out of each other in juxtaposition ideating on the technique and themes of the original pieces.Antithesis brings a nuanced understanding of the original works while also shedding light on intersections of innocence and maturity, purity and intensity, and the ability to coexist on a continuum in the same space.
- Four Seasons // Choreographer: Nell Shipman
Choreographed by Artistic Director Nell Shipman during the pandemic, Four Seasons explores how external circumstances shape individuals and how those changes ripple across a community. Set to Vivaldi's emblematic "The Four Seasons," the piece entwines solo dances into larger, cohesive ensemble work. Expressions of hope, desperation, confinement, and freedom leave audiences with both reassurances and convictions.
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About Portland Ballet
Portland Ballet’s mission is to enrich and strengthen Maine’s communities through ballet performance, education, and experiences.
Founded in 1980, Portland Ballet is the region’s professional ballet company and center for ballet education. The organization is human-centered in all that it does: from its subject matter, to its medium, to the dozens it employs and the thousands it engages. We nurture the next generation of dancers, dance students, and dance enthusiasts, and strive to engage everyone interested in the joys and possibilities of ballet. We invite you to come discover something new with us this season! Learn more at PortlandBallet.org or @PortlandBallet
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An Evening with Portland Ballet is generously supported by our lead sponsor: Jennifer and Art Meconi, Meconi Financial Management & Advisory
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3S Artspace is funded in part by a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
Thank you to our lead sponsors: AC Hotel Portsmouth, The Brook, The Fabulous Find, The Kane Company/Tidemark, Katzman Contemporary Projects, Raka, Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel and Stirling Brandworks.