ArtsWatch

Pennsylvania Ballet steps south to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts June 10 and 11 as part of the center's Ballet Across America series. Nine companies will perform in three mixed repertory programs. PA Ballet, in D.C. for the first time since 2000, brings In the Night, the Jerome Robbins (pictured) work set to a score of Chopin. Pennsylvania Ballet is joined by Salt Lake City’s Ballet West with Balanchine’s Serenade and Houston Ballet with Artistic Director Stanton Welch’s Velocity.
In you want your Pennsylvanians locally, see Christopher Wheeldon's Carnival of the Animals June 6-14 at the Academy of Music. Be careful about the dates if you want to hear John Lithgow in the narration. He's only gracing us with his presence for three performances on June 6 and 7.