Family Program: Ballet des Porcelaines

Kids and families are invited to this special performance featuring dancers from the Oakland Ballet Company. The dancers will demonstrate the basics of ballet and perform Ballet des Porcelaines, a 20-minute contemporary adaptation of an 18th-century ballet that tells the story of a prince and princess escaping the clutches of a man obsessed with porcelain. The reimagined adaptation was created in collaboration with art historian Meredith Martin and an all-Asian American creative team, including choreographer Phil Chan.

Key Details

• Check-in begins at 1 p.m.
• Arrive early to enjoy artmaking, which includes creating vessels inspired by artist Edmund de Waal’s porcelain works.

Choreographer: Phil Chan 
Producer: Meredith S. Martin (Professor of Art History at New York University) 
Dancers: Oakland Ballet Company 
Musicians: USC Early Music Program

Presented in conjunction with “the eight directions of the wind: Edmund de Waal at The Huntington.”

Top image: Georgina Pazcoguin and Tyler Hanes perform Ballet des Porcelaines. Photo by Andrea Avezzù (c) Palazzo Grassi, Pinault Collection.