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Press Alert: See a WORLD PREMIERE with Wabi Sabi at the High on Friday, August 22!

Come relax in a Mi Casa, Your Casa hammock while enjoying three performances from Atlanta Ballet's Wabi Sabi on Friday, August 22 staring at 8:15 pm. The evening concludes with the world premiere of Yours is Mine from Robert Dekkers, former Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education student and founder/artistic director of Post:Ballet in San Francisco! Plus, it's FREE!

Friday, August 22 | High Museum of Art
From 8:15pm to 8:45pm on the piazza
FREE

1 Me in Your Fall
Choreography: Bennyroyce Royon
Music: Dani Siciliano, “One String” & “Collaboration”
Performed by: Rachel Van Buskirk & Heath Gill

2 Holding Ground
Choreography: Gretchen Alterowitz
Music: Max Reger, Prelude, Op. 131c & Aria, Op. 103a
Performed by: Alessa Rogers & Benjamin Stone

3 Yours is Mine*
Choreography: Robert Dekkers
Music: Jonathan Pfeffer
Costume design: Tamara Cobus
Performed by: Jackie Nash, Alexandre Barros, Christian Clark, Heath Gill

*Music for this piece contains explicit language. Parental discretion is advised.

Click here to read ArtsATL's preview of the upcoming Wabi Sabi performances and to learn more about guest choreographer, Robert Dekkers!

Click here to read an interview with Wabi Sabi ballet master John Welker on the Mi Casa, Your Casa Tumblr.

Click here to see why Wabi Sabi made ArtsATL's top picks for August 20-30.

See a list of all upcoming Wabi Sabi performances, full choreographer bios, videos, and photos here.

Jackie Nash and Brandon Nguyen. Photo by Jonah Hooper.

Program subject to change.