Rio’s Municipal Theater Offers Affordable Lunchtime Ballet Performances

By Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In preparation for the 110th anniversary of Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Theater, celebrated on July 14th, the resident dancers will do a preview for the public on June 25th and 26th, with the “Ballet do Meio-Dia” midday show, designed to attract those who visit the theater during their lunch hour.

“The purpose of the initiative is to allow people to get closer to the theater to celebrate the anniversary,” Cecilia Kerche, director of the Corps de Ballet, told Agência Brasil.

The presentations, 60 minutes long, begin at noon and will have affordable prices: R$10 for all seats.

According to Cecilia Kerche, the Municipal’s corps de ballet will feature the most significant portions of the company’s repertoire. “It’s a respectable repertoire. We are going to have “Pas-de-Deux” excerpts of character dances, which the theater ballet does divinely well, with the style and scenic presence that few companies in the world can offer this type of dance, as specialized as the theater ballet itself.”

For the director of the Municipal Theater Corps de Ballet, the lunchtime performances are “splendid” in terms of audience.

“Because the environment of the theater is always buzzing. So being able to offer this to the public who enjoy being in the theater, who wants to experience and enjoy watching the corps de ballet in action, it is wonderful. We resume the midday ballet to provide the public, during their lunch break, exquisite leisure.”

The two recitals will be performed with recorded music and costumes from the collection, from previous productions, said the Municipal Theater’s press office.

The program includes excerpts from Talisman, The Corsair, Czardas, Swan Lake, and Don Quixote, among others.

Cecilia Kerche also advised that the program alluding to the 110 years of the Municipal Theater would begin on the very anniversary date, that is, on July 14th.

The Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro is linked to the State Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy.