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PhotograPhy by NathaN russell. oPPosite Page: by toNy sPielberg (LiminaL GLam); JoaN Marcus (mamma mia) LET'S get it StARteD from daring dance to big-time broadway shows, aUstin's Performing arts scene Promises a season of gLobaL-insPired creatiVity. By WES EICHENWALD Ballet Austin: The company, under artistic director Stephen Mills, tours China for the first time in October and November, performing in 16 cities. Austinites can preview a sampler of the program in To China, With Love… September 23–25 at the Long Center, with choreography by Mills and Lar Lubovitch set to music by Dvořák, Mozart, and Philip Glass, performed by the Austin Symphony. The ballet returns home in December for The Nutcracker. February sees Belle Redux, inspired by Beauty and the Beast and first choreo- graphed by Mills last year, then Magic Flute March 31–April 2, and Alice (in Wonderland), a 2012 ballet choreographed by Septime Webre, May 12–14. balletaustin.org Austin Opera: With perfect timing, a production of The Manchurian Candidate comes to town for one night only, September 17. The opera, based on the classic book and 1962 film, from composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, premiered last year. Austin Opera's "semi- staged" production of the dark political thriller features projection-design scenery, along with plenty of conspir- acy with satirical overtones. 50 AUSTINWAY.com The University of Texas's Butler Trio will join the Austin Symphony Orchestra on October 21–22 when it performs Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major as part of its 106th season. scene season