December Happenings at the Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Hartford, CT (November 21, 2022) – Join the HSO for our two December performances as we continue our Masterworks season with Breaking Beethoven, December 2-4, and celebrate the holidays with Holiday Cirque! on December 10! Breaking Beethoven will feature HSO Music Director Carolyn Kuan and guest dance group BRKFAST Dance Company, while Holiday Cirque! includes the renowned Cirque de la Symphonie. Visit hartfordsymphony.org for tickets and information.

The Minnesota based breakdance group BRKFST takes the Belding stage.? Founded in 2014, BRKFST is a collaborative ensemble that combines breaking movement with contemporary dance. You will be captivated by the group’s new choreography set to Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge, and DBR’s eclectic?Dancers, Dreamers, and Presidents - a piece that won the 2010 Sphinx commissioning prize.?In addition, the orchestra performs Immerse, a piece composed by the Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence, Quinn Mason.  

The 2022-2023 Masterworks Series is sponsored by the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation and the Elizabeth M. and Harriette M. Landon Foundation. Our 2022-2023 POPS! The 2022-2023 POPS! Season is sponsored by Raytheon Technologies and The Katharine K. McLane and Henry R. McLane Charitable Trust.  

Calendar Listing
Masterworks Series
Breaking Beethoven & Ravel
Friday – Sunday December 2-4, 2022
Belding Theater at The Bushnell
Friday & Saturday 8pm Sunday 3pm
Tickets starting at $35; $10.00 for students with ID
860-987-5900 or www.hartfordsymphony.org

Featuring
Carolyn Kuan?conductor

BRKFAST Dance Company 

Beethoven Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 ? 
DBR Dancers, Dreamers and Presidents  
Mason Immerse
Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 

Calendar Listing
POPS! Series
Holiday Ciruqe! & Ravel
Saturday, December 10 | 2 & 7 PM   
Mortensen Hall at The Bushnell
Tickets starting at $27; $10.00 for students with ID
860-987-5900 or www.hartfordsymphony.org

Featuring
Carolyn Kuan?conductor

Cirque de la Symphonie 

There is no better way to celebrate the season than with the magical music of the holidays performed by the HSO, set to astonishing acrobatic feats by members of Cirque de la Symphonie. These amazing aerialists, contortionists, and gymnasts will tumble, soar, and dance on and above the stage, all while the HSO performs your festive favorites! 

The HSO?endorses the optional wearing of face masks at all indoor performances and strongly encourages up to date vaccination whenever possible.?To offer our guests an additional option, face masks are required to enter the Belding Theater for our Sunday matinee Masterworks concerts.

While the Hartford Symphony Orchestra maintains its commitment to the importance of COVID-19 vaccination and encourages patrons to be up to date with their vaccinations based on their individual health requirements, patrons will not be required to present either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to attend events at The Bushnell.

HSO programs are funded part by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department?of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

About BRKFAST Dance Company 

BRKFST Dance Company is a collaborative breaking choreographers based in St. Paul, Minnesota and founded in 2014. BRKFST performs regionally, premiering work at Walker Arts Center, The Southern Theater, The Cowles Center and Orchestra Hall with The Minnesota Orchestra. They completed their first international tour in 2022, performing in Dublin, Ireland for Dance2Connect (D2C) Hip Hop Festival. Their film “Dreamers” (2019) was deemed an official selection in 11 international film festivals receiving “Grand Jury Award” (In/Motion Festival 2021) and “Best Experimental Film” (Tirana International Film Festival 2020). BRKFST has set repertoire and original work on dancers at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Carleton College, D2C Festival (Ireland) and Bates Dance Festival (Maine). BRKFST Dance Company is a 2022 recipient of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) National Dance Project (NDP) Production Grant.

Performers/Choreographers: Lisa ‘MonaLisa’ Berman, Joseph ‘MN Joe’ Tran, Renée Copeland, Travis ‘Seqal’ Johnson, Marie Thayer, Danielle Banovetz, Azaria ‘AZ’ Evans-Parham, Michael ‘Myke the Titan’ Romero 

Dramaturge: Emma Marlar & Gabriel Anderson 

Costume Design: Rhiannon Fiskradatz 

The creation and premiere of this new work by BRKFST Dance Company set to “Dancers, Dreamers and Presidents” by Daniel Bernard Roumain was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. 

About Cirque de la Symphonie 

Cirque de la Symphonie is a new production formed to bring the magic of cirque to the music hall. It is an exciting adaptation of artistic performances widely seen in theaters and arenas everywhere. Artists include the most amazing veterans of exceptional cirque programs throughout the world – aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen. Each artist’s performance is professionally choreographed to classical masterpieces and popular contemporary music in collaboration with the maestro. 

About the Hartford Symphony Orchestra

The mission of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra is to enrich lives and community through great music. Now in its 79^th?season, the HSO is Connecticut’s premier musical organization, the second largest orchestra in New England, and widely recognized as one of America’s leading regional orchestras. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra named Carolyn Kuan as its tenth music director in January 2011; she is the first woman and youngest person to hold this title. The HSO captivates and inspires audiences of all ages by presenting more than 100 concerts annually, including the Masterworks Series, POPS! concerts, Sunday Serenades, HSO: Intermix Series, Discovery Concerts, Symphony in Schools, the Talcott Mountain Music Festival, and more.? The HSO aims to deliver uniquely powerful and emotional experiences that lift and transform the spirit, and to give back and help create vibrant communities in the Greater Hartford area.

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