Crowds Turnout for ‘Turn It Out’

The venerable Granada was chock-a-block when UCSB Arts & Lectures staged the new season’s second dance event Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends, a delightful and innovative two-hour show.

Award-winning New York City Ballet principal dancer Peck embraced the role of director for the colorful, energized performance running up the heat with an innovative, handpicked repertoire by some of today’s most exciting talent.

The virtuosic program included Thousandth Orange, set to live music composed by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw, an electric pas de deux choreographed by Alonzo King, a collaboration with tap star and Santa Barbara favorite Michelle Dorrance, and a dynamic finale reflecting Peck’s creative partnership with choreographer William Forsythe, set to music by James Blake.

Kudos also goes to pianist Basia Bochenek, violinist Emily Call, violist Mads Falcone, cellist Betsy Rettig, and musician-composers Aaron Marcellus and Penelope Wendtlandt.

A helluva show!