Kudelka Piece, ‘Petrushka’ on Joffrey Slate

A new ballet by Canadian choreographer James Kudelka and a revival of Mikhail Fokine’s classic “Petrushka” highlight the three-week engagement by the Joffrey Ballet, May 3-22 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This reportedly will be the only local repertory season by the company in 1988.

Commissioned by the 1988 Olympic Arts Festival in Calgary, Kudelka’s “Concerto Grosso” is set to music by Jean Papineau-Couture. It is one of three Kudelka ballets in the Joffrey repertory. Originally supervised by the late Leonide Massine, the Joffrey Ballet staging of “Petrushka” was last danced locally in 1983.

The 1988 repertory season is the Joffrey’s fifth as resident dance company of the Music Center. Announced programming is as follows:

May 3, 7:30 p.m.: “Concerto Grosso” (Kudelka/Papineau-Couture), “La Vivandiere Pas de Six” (Saint-Leon/Nadaud), “Three Preludes” (Stevenson/Rachmaninoff), “Suite Saint-Saens” (Arpino/Saint-Saens).

May 4, 8 p.m.: “Reflections” (Arpino/Tchaikovsky), “Secret Places” (Arpino/Mozart), “Untitled” (Pilobolus/Dennis), “Le Sacre du Printemps” (Nijinsky/Stravinsky).

May 5, 8 p.m.: “Birthday Variations” (Arpino/Verdi), “Untitled,” “Three Preludes,” “Light Rain” (Arpino/Adams and Gauthier).

May 6, 8 p.m.: “Concerto Grosso,” “La Vivandiere Pas de Six,” “Three Preludes,” “The Clowns” (Arpino/Kay).

May 7, 8 p.m.: “Les Patineurs” (Ashton/Meyerbeer), “Concerto Grosso,” “Light Rain.”

May 8, 2 p.m.: “Concerto Grosso,” “La Vivandiere Pas de Six,” “Three Preludes,” “Suite Saint-Saens.”

May 8, 7:30 p.m.: “Reflections,” “Secret Places,” “Untitled,” “Le Sacre du Printemps.”

May 10, 8 p.m.: “Les Patineurs,” “Concerto Grosso,” “Light Rain.”

May 11, 8 p.m.: “Concerto Grosso,” “Round of Angels” (Arpino/Mahler), “Confetti” (Arpino/Rossini), “Le Sacre du Printemps.”

May 12, 8 p.m.: “The Dream” (Ashton/Mendelssohn), “Love Songs” (Forsythe/rock ballads), “Arden Court” (Taylor/Boyce).

May 13, 8 p.m.: “Petrushka” (Fokine/Stravinsky), “Love Songs,” “Arden Court.”

May 14, 8 p.m.: Arpino program: “The Clowns,” “Secret Places,” “Confetti,” “Suite Saint-Saens.”

May 15, 2 p.m.: “Birthday Variations,” “Concerto Grosso,” “Arden Court.”

May 15, 7:30 p.m.: Diaghilev program: “Petrushka,” “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune” (Nijinsky/Debussy), “Le Sacre du Printemps.”

May 17, 8 p.m.: “The Dream,” “Round of Angels,” “Arden Court.”

May 18, 8 p.m.: “Petrushka,” “Love Songs” “Suite Saint-Saens.”

May 19, 8 p.m.: Arpino program: “Reflections,” “Round of Angels,” “Confetti,” “The Clowns.”

May 20, 8 p.m.: Diaghilev program: “Petrushka,” “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune,” “Le Sacre du Printemps.”

May 21, 8 p.m.: “The Dream,” “Round of Angels,” “Arden Court.”

May 22, 2 p.m.: Diaghilev program: “Petrushka,” “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune,” “Le Sacre du Printemps.”

May 22, 7:30 p.m.: “Birthday Variations,” “Round of Angels,” “La Vivandiere Pas de Six,” “Suite Saint-Saens.”