World Premiere
Fantasque is an ebullient and magical pageant created by two brilliant artists. Choreographer John Heginbotham teams up with puppeteer Amy Trompetter to craft a new ballet for audiences of all ages. Giant puppets and human dancers join forces to create a fable of a battle of light and darkness, with a fantastical cast of characters featuring giant babies, blue angels, devils, rats, and a restaurant where the customers are tuxedo-wearing fish.
Ottorino Respighi, a contemporary of Giacomo Puccini, adapted a suite of piano works by Giaochino Rossini to create the ballet score La Boutique fantasque. Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes mounted the first production in 1919 with choreography by Léonide Massine and designs by the Fauvist painter André Derain.
Now Heginbotham, formerly of the Mark Morris Dance Group and choreographer of SummerScape 2015’s Oklahoma!, and Trompetter, of Bread and Puppet Theater and founder of the Hudson Valley’s Redwing Blackbird Theater, are creating an entirely new work to Respighi and Rossini's beloved music.
Music by Ottorino Respighi and Gioachino Rossini
Choreography by John Heginbotham
Puppetry and design by Amy Trompetter
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 2 PM
Show Finder
Fantasque
First Preview: Jun 23, 2016
Opening Date: Jul 1, 2016
Closing Date: Jul 3, 2016
Running Time: 01:25
Playing @
Richard B. Fisher PAC
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 10
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$25.00 - $60.00
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Accessibility
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Assisted Listening System
Sennheiser infrared assistive listening devices are available in the Sosnoff Theater and LUMA Theater. -
Elevator\Escalator
There is an elevator to all levels of the Sosnoff Theater and a wheelchair lift used to access front-row wheelchair seating. -
Parking
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Passenger Loading Zone
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Restroom
Restrooms in all locations are wheelchair accessible. For the additional convenience of Sosnoff Theater patrons, there is a restroom on the lower lobby for use by patrons in wheelchairs. -
Telephone
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Wheelchair Info
Sosnoff Theater—Locations are available in all seating areas for patrons in wheelchairs and their companions. There is an elevator to all levels of the Sosnoff Theater and a wheelchair lift used to access front-row wheelchair seating. Olin Hall—Wheelchair seating is available in row P of this intimate concert hall.Spiegeltent—Locations are available in the inner ring.
