Over the past 40 years, Milwaukee Ballet’s performances have time and again expressed emotion and storytelling using a vivid combination of music and dance. This triple bill is no different. Jerry Opdenaker’s award-winning Coeur de Basque fuses Hispanic, Arabic and non-traditional melodies in a lively choreographic tour of Spanish dance halls and Gypsy villages. Milwaukee Ballet’s Petr Zahradnícek creates another world premiere with a performance stretching the bounds between classical and contemporary dance. Sought-after choreographer Val Caniparoli returns to Milwaukee Ballet with a new work rooted in classicism yet inspired by all forms of movement.

• Photos: Jerry Opdenaker's Coeur de Basque
• Jerry Opdenaker's YouTube Channel
• Chris Spheeris, composer of the music featured in Coeur de Basque
• Photos: Petr Zahradnicek's Concourse
• Video: Early rehearsal of Petr Zahradnícek's new work
• Devotchka, the music featured in Petr Zahradnícek's new work
• Notes: Petr Zahradnícek on his new work
• Photos: Petr Zahradnícek's Slip (2008)
• Photos: Val Caniparoli's Blades of Grass
• Photos: Val Caniparoli's Gustav's Rooster (2009)
• Music: Tan Dun's Pipa Concerto, the music featured in Val Caniparoli's new work
• Tan Dun, composer of Pipa Concerto, featured in Val Caniparoli's new work
  
• Sandra Woodall, costume designer for Val Caniparoli's new work