The American Ballet Theater hosted the North American Premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate in Orange County
On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, The Segerstrom Centre for the Arts and The American Ballet Theater hosted the North American Premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate in Orange County, CA, with live music by Pacific Symphony.
Co-presented by the Center and ABT, led by Artistic Director Susan Jaffe, this three-act work is set to an original score by Joby Talbot and inspired by Laura Esquivel’s captivating and best-selling novel of the same name. This family saga set in 19th-century Mexico tells the story of Tita, a young Mexican woman overwhelmed by a sense of duty and family tradition, unable to marry until her mother dies.
Olivia Tweedy arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Camila Ferrera arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Calvin Royal III arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Marcela Arrieta arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Luke Lawrey arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Damian Terriquez arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Carolina Reynoso arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Ben Lopez arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Alfonso Arau arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Hector Rochas arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Alex Meneses arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Christine Shevchenko and Alex DiMattia arrive for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Christine Shevchenko arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Cheryl Burke arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Rembrandt Flores and Cheryl Burke arrive for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Sergio Arau arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Yareli Arizmendi and Sergio Arau arrive for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Dave Abrams and Jennie Garth arrive for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Sarah-Nicole Robles arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Giselle Kuri arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Xolo Maridueña arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Garen Scribner arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Christopher Wheeldon arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Christopher Wheeldon and Garen Scribner arrive for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Gleb Savchenko arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Christopher Wheeldon and Garen Scribner arrive for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Elizabeth Segerstom arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Elizabeth Segerstom and His Highness Dr. Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Emma Slater arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Emma Slater and Gleb Savchenko arrive for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Maria Canals-Barrera and David Barrera arrive for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Melissa Barak, Director of the Los Angeles Ballet arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Debra Gunn Downing and Molly Downing arrive for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)Nour Milla arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)The Spenuzza Family arrives for the U.S. Premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate” American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on March 29, 2023, in Costa Mesa, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)
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The star-studded premiere included the attendance of Yareli Arizmendi (“Rosaura” in Como Agua Para Chocolate, A Day Without A Mexican), director Alfonso Arau (Like Water for Chocolate, Romancing the Stone, The 3 Amigos), Sergio Arau (A Day Without a Mexican),Elian Arau(Now & Later), Xolo Maridueña (DC Extended Universe film Blue Beetle), Angelica Celaya (Jenni Rivera: Mariposa del Barrio, El Señor de los Cielos), Nitzia Chama (HBO Max’s The Garcias Are Here), Jennie Garth (What I Like About You, Beverly Hills, 9021), Mariana da Silva (NCIS), Gisselle Kuri (El Club de los Idealistas), Nour Milla (EstrellaTV News Anchor for Noticias 24 Horas), Ana Flores (Founder WeAllGrowLatina), Emma Hunton (Good Trouble), Grey Damon (Station 19), Damian Terriquez (That 90s Show), Angela Lewis (Snowfall), Sarah-Nicole Robles (Encanto), Novi Brown(Tyler Perry’s Sistas), Ryan McCartan (Liv and Maddie, The Rocky Horror Show, Disney’s Frozen) and Alex Meneses (The Wall of Mexico, Jane the Virgin, Walker) amongst others.
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