Alonzo King LINES Ballet Sets Spring Season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Alonzo King LINES Ballet is pleased to announce its Spring Season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, April 21-30. The season pairs visionary choreographer Alonzo King with prolific jazz masters Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran for a world premiere ballet.

The premiere reunites King and Moran, who previously collaborated on LINES Ballet's 2009Refraction, pianist Moran's first foray into composing for dance. Known as a risk-taker and innovator of new directions for jazz, Moran is a 2010 MacArthur fellow and was named Artistic Director for Jazz at The Kennedy Center in 2014.

For this new work they are joined by saxophone icon Charles Lloyd. A key figure in the development of jazz fusion and world music, Lloyd has worked with music giants such as Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette and Cecil McBee, with whom he recorded Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd at Monterey, one of the first jazz recordings to sell one million copies. He currently leads the acclaimed New Charles Lloyd Quartet. Together Moran and Lloyd also recorded the acclaimed 2013 album together, Hagar's Song.

On working with Lloyd and Moran, Alonzo King says, "When you collaborate with artists who are working at the highest levels, it is a motivating inspiration to do more, to go deeper, to give your all."

Lloyd and Moran will perform live alongside the incomparable LINES Ballet dancers for the first four performances of the run. The remainder of the season will feature their music, but they won't be performing live due to touring commitments.

Also on the program is Shostakovich, Alonzo King's 2014 work set to four Shostakovich string quartets.

Opening weekend includes the Spring Gala on Saturday, April 23. The evening begins with a cocktail hour followed by a lavish dinner, live auction and performance featuring LINES Ballet'sworld premiere collaboration with jazz legends Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran.

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