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BALLET PIXELLE (FORMERLY SECOND LIFE BALLET) PREMIERES "SHUZENJI", A NEW ORIGINAL BALLET Second Life --

May 28, 2008

Ballet Pixelle (formerly Second Life Ballet) will premiere its latest work “Shuzenji” on June 1, 2008 . Ballet Pixelle is the only performing ballet company in the virtual global community Second Life. “As artistic director of the Company since its inception, I have enormous pride in Ballet Pixelle. Our goal is to investigate and explore the interaction and intersection of physical and virtual dance. We are excited to celebrate the future of dance. We are dancing into the digital future.” Set in Edo-era Japan, “Shuzenji” tells the story of two lovers, Sakura and Tokai, who are separated from each other when Tokai is murdered at the shrine of Shuzenji by jealous Oirans, or courtesans. Because of his violent death, Tokai becomes a Yurei, a spirit who is trapped at the place where his life was taken. However, the faithful Sakura continues to search for Tokai at the shrine, and because of her enduring love, Tokai's spirit is freed. Not wanting to lose Tokai a second time, Sakura commits suicide and joins him in the spirit world, where they are never to be parted again. “Shuzenji” is an original work created by Ballet Pixelle (formerly Second Life Ballet) founder and director, Inarra Saarinen, with music by the popular Japanese composer Solary Clary. Lavish costumes and sets inspired by the simplicity associated with Japanese art and architecture recreate a timeless Japan on the Ballet Pixelle theater stage. Members of Ballet Pixelle come together from all over the world, Japan, Europe, and North America. Animations are created by Inarra Saarinen and put into dance phrases. There are no artifical synchronizing devices and the dancers truly perform dancing with each other and the music. Each performance is truly live and unique, and takes advantage of the characteristics of Second Life to extend the art of the ballet in new directions. “Shuzenji” is the fifth and newest ballet in the Ballet Pixelle (formerly Second Life Ballet) repertoire. Come see it and participate in this innovative artform. Performances take place on Wednesday and Sundays at 5:00pm SLT at the Ballet Pixelle Theater, IBM 10 (12, 191,210). For More Information For more information on Ballet Pixelle, search for the group "Ballet Pixelle" in Second Life and join the group to receive notices of all performances, auditions, newsletters, and other news and invitations. For Ballet Pixelle work done under the name Second Life Ballet, see the web site slballet.org and the blog slballet.blogspot.com. Machinimas (videos) and information on previous ballets, information on auditions, current Company members bios and photos, newsletters, press and reviews, etc are available on these sites.