Ballet, Hot Music, at Temecula Theater

Music and dance lovers can choose between classical and something looser and more rhythmic Friday at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater.

The Hot Summer Nights Series will take place most Fridays, July through August.

Each free performance will present a different genre of music, beginning with a brief workshop on that particular genre.

Audience participation will be welcome for the workshop and attendees can bring their own instruments or use those provided by management.

These performances will include everything from Roots/Folk Music to Country and Rock.

Entrance to the performances are free.

The Merc is a small, intimate space at the Old Town Theater.

The larger space Friday will be devoted to a four-act production of Swan Lake, presented by the Inland Valley Classical Ballet Theater, with dancers from the Inland Valley Classical Ballet Academy.

Friday's performance will be at 7 p.m. and performances will run through the weekend; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m.

Tickets are $20 for orchestra and parterre and $18 for balcony; children and seniors get $2 off their tickets.

However, if buying tickets on the day of the show, all seating will cost $22 per person.

The ballet was composed by Tchaikovsky and choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov more than 100 years ago and it is a favorite with audiences worldwide.

The phrase "Swan Song," meaning one last performance in one's life or work, has become part of the lexicon.

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