The gist: The Ballet Mississippi School Performance Sunday straddles the gamut of dancers' ages and education. While the first half may be more family oriented with young students ages 3 to 9, the second half is devoted to more professional-level dance with a spring gala feel.
Featured ballets include Suite of Dances to suites by Bach, a jazzy ballet to Leroy Anderson's Jazz Pizzicato, a new ballet to Verdi's Jerusalem choreographed by Cherri Barnett and a contemporary work from jazz choreographer and teacher Marcus Alford.
Alford's dance, titled The Perfect Man, pokes around the idea that there is no perfect man, only a perfect mannequin, to jazz music from 1930s and 1940s France.
"The Perfect Man is a lot of fun for us because it's a little bit different than just the classical ballet ... and I think it will be exciting for audiences to watch because it's very spirited," said dancer Hannah Sills, 17, of Flora.
Clarion Ledger
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