Over Halloween weekend, PBT brings back the deliciously spine-chilling Dracula, based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic novel– the grandfather of all vampire dramas. Dissatisfied with his bevy of undead brides, Count Dracula fixates on Svetlana, a young girl on the cusp of engagement, to satiate his thirst for fresh blood. A haunting score by Franz Liszt builds suspense while scenic designer Thomas Boyd’s fastidious studies of Balkan and Romanian architecture add authenticity to the 19th-century Transylvanian setting. The dancing also has teeth, with levitation, flying and pyrotechnics that make the choreography even more climactic. At the time of its premiere, the New York Times described it as a “spectacle of an order ballet audiences seldom see today.”
“The sets, costumes and lighting are not just lavish but exquisitely beautiful and atmospheric. The ballet…is crammed with ingenious stage magic, just as the Romantic-era ballets of the late 19th century were. Count Dracula and his ghostly undead brides fly. The Count dies in a flash of light atop a candlelighted chandelier. And a rattling old coach careers on and off the stage.” – New York Times
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