La Sylphide
One of the area's newest ballet companies takes on one of the oldest romantic ballets this weekend, when Ballet Frontier of Texas presents La Sylphide. The ballet, which premiered in Paris in 1832, clearly has legs in view of its long run onstage. Focusing on a romantic triangle involving a winged spirit and a pair of Scottish lads named Gurn and James, there's also an old witch and a poisoned scarf. The choreography is now in its second incarnation, with the original lost to time and a lack of video technology. Ballet Frontier's version features Enrica Guana Tseng, the company's artistic adviser, as Madge, the witch.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Scott Theatre, 1300 Gendy St., Fort Worth. $20-$30. 817-423-9888; www.balletfrontier.org.
We hear he is a whiz of a wiz
It's hard to beat the original, but unlike the film, all of Casa Mañana's production of The Wizard of Oz is in color. Join the flying monkeys -- they're also bigger than the ones on your TV screen -- Toto and the rest of the gang as they follow the yellow -brick road to the Cultural District for a visit to the man behind the curtain.
Through May 22. Casa Mañana, 3101 W. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth. $16-$18. 817-332-2272; www.casamanana.org.
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