Steamboat Symphony Orchestra joins the library, Perry-Mansfield and Steamboat Dance Theatre in a special Dance on Film presentation this month to celebrate the orchestra's March 19 & 20 performances of Scheherazade, conducted by Ernest Richardson at the Strings Music Pavilion.

A ballet adaptation of Scheherazade premiered on June 4, 1910, at the Opéra Garnier in Paris, danced by the Ballets Russes. The choreography for the ballet was by Michel Fokine and the libretto was from Fokine and Léon Bakst, who also designed sets and costumes. Dance on Film features the Kirov Ballet's rendition of Scheherazade, a symphonic poem composed by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 based on One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights.

Run time: 1 hour

About Dance On Film
This Dance On Film series is presented by Bud Werner Memorial Library, Perry-Mansfield and Steamboat Dance Theatre. Perry-Mansfield is the oldest continuously operating arts camp in the United States. Steamboat Dance Theatre, a community dance organization, presents its 44th annual concert in February 2016, in addition to offering year-round dance scholarships and education programs in Yampa Valley schools and throughout the community. This collaborative and educational dance film series features free screenings of the hottest new dance documentaries along with the finest classic dance films from a variety of genres filmed throughout the ages.