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OF ARTS AND SCIENCES THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE -.' 1 I I FRANCIS T. CHRISTY, President i ana F an.'iasM BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

WILLIAM B. IIEwsoN, Chairman, Governing Committee WM. MCKELVY MARTIN, Director

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ALAN BANKS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Members of the Company BINNIE WEINER MARIA GRANDY PATRICIA SAVOIA GENE WILKES HAL O'NEAL

Sally Atkins Dick Foose Helen Maher Carol Ruggiero Sylvia Bonney Harriet Kane Barbara Maier Gretchen Schumacher Alan Cerf Barbara Lev Bryna Marcus Ricardo Villa Carolyn Clair Kitty McDonald Jeannette Maroules Arthur Widawski Colleen Dolp Yvonne McDowell Lucinda Ransom Sarah Wisdom Orlando Zavarce

Ballet Mistress, Patricia Savoia

Guest Artists DIANA WEBER GRANT DELANEY

Musical Director, Mayne Miller

Mayne Miller and Lelan Parrott, Pianists

James Douglas, Clarinet Brooka Tillotson, Horn

Robert Heinrich, Trumpet

THE MUSIC HALL-SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1962, 8:30 P.M.

J LES SYLPHIDES VARIATIONS SERIEUSES A Romantic Reverie (Premier) Choreography by Music by Frederic Choreography by Igor Schweroff Music by Felix Mendelssohn Costumes Executed by Bernard Johnson Restaged by Michel Katcharoff FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light BINNIE WEINER PATRICIA SAVOIA SALLY ATKINS and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the YOUTHS shortest route to the street. In the event of fire Diana Weber ORLANDO ZAVARCE please do not run - WALK TO THAT EXIT. Sally Atkins Sylvia Bonney Carolyn Clair Gretchen Schumacher Sylvia Bonney Gretchen Schumacher EDWARD F. CAVANAGH, JR., Fire Commissioner MAN Carolyn Clair Coleen Dolp Harriet Kane Helen Maher Grant Delaney comfort and safety of all that Kitty McDonald Yvonne McDowell Barbara Maier Jeannette Maroules It is urgent for the from lighting matches in this theater. PAST Bryna Marcus Lucinda Ransom Carol Ruggiero Sarah Wisdom patrons refrain Patricia Savoia Valse SALLY ATKINS Mazurka BINNIE WEINER THOUGHTS Mazurka ORLANDO ZAVARCE Coleen Dolp Sally Atkins Sylvia Bonney PRELUDE PATRICIA SAVOIA Carolyn Clair Gretchen Schumacher Sarah Wisdom Pas de Deux BINNIE WEINER and ORLANDO ZAVARCE Finale The Entire Ensemble INTERMISSION

INTERMISSION DIVERTISSEMENT (Premier) MOTHER GOOSE SUITE Choreography by Alan Banks Music by Jacques Ibert Choreography by ALAN BANKS Music by Costumes designed and executed by Ann Keely Costumes by ALFRED CAPLES INTRODUCTION Musical ensemble Mother Goose appears to two little girls and calls forth from her magic world, characters to act out the stories from her book: CORTEGE and NOCTURNE EXIT 31 z-, HOP O' MY THUMB -A young man on a journey uses his bread crumbs as 4 Hal O'Neal birds eat the crumbs and Gretchen Schumacher Sylvia Bonney markers with which to find his way back. Three hungry Colleen Dolp, Harriet Kane, Yvonne McDowell, Helen Maher, Lucinda Ransom Hop is left not only lost but very confused. Sarah Wisdom EMPRESS of the PAGODAS-Lovely maidens play in the courtyard where the MUSIC HALL ORCHESTRA VALSE beautiful Empress appears to dance with them. The maidens call forth the Dragon LADIES UP To fMOKINO ROOM Sylvia Bonney Dick Foose Gretchen Schumacher ÌÌÌÌ111II RETIRING Prince and finding this very pleasing, the Empress, The Prince, and all the maidens n m n 4 ROOM Colleen Dolp, Harriet Kane, Yvonne McDowell, Helen Maher, Lucinda Ransom dance together. W M Sarah Wisdom YI Alan Cerf Ricardo Villa Arthur Widawski Orlando Zavarce THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST -Wandering through the forest, a lovely girl is frightened by an enchanted beast, who with a rose begs her love. She rejects PARADE him and the Beast dies of a broken heart. At this, the Beauty realizes her true feel- Sarah Wisdom Ricardo Villa and by touching him, releases the spell to discover that in ings for the kindly Beast MUSIC HALL FINALE is a handsome prince. BALCCIY reality the Beast Entire Ensemble PROLOGUE Children Carolyn Clair, Harriet Kane STAFF for the BROOKLYN COMPANY Mother Goose Arthur Widawski Ballet Mistress Patricia Savoia Production Co- ordinator Hal O'Neal HOP O' MY THUMB Stage Director Gene Wilkes Alan Cerf Production Stage Manager Toni Ermini

Ricardo Villa Lucinda Ransom O Assistant Stage Manager Sue Ellin Helen Maher iXIT l N eXrr.lo Z 4 Repetiteur Barbara Lev Hall Manager Roger Villeneuve EMPRESS OF THE PAGODAS ó O Stage Manager and Chief Carpenter George Chapman Patricia Savoia Dick Foose Chief Electrician Fred Schonberg Sylvia Bonney Colleen Dolp Gretchen Schumacher Sarah Wisdom Electrician, Music Hall William Cummings Electrician Tom Stevenson BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Properties Richard Beck Binnie Weiner Hal O'Neal Carpenter Ed Cooney EPILOGUE EL Credits Entire Ensemble BALL FOOM I I Costumes for the Beauty and The Beast, and the Hop O' My Thumb sections ex- ecuted by Bernard Johnson. Costumes for Mother Goose and the two children exe- cuted by Ann Keeley. Costumes for the four Maidens executed by Leilani Tyczkowski. INTERMISSION Synthetic Fabrics for Les Sylphides by Levine & Co., Inc. Incidental costume acces- sories furnished by Neil J. Gellis. The STEINWAY is the official Piano of THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Photographs for the Brooklyn Ballet Company by BRAXTON of New York. 1961 -1962

BROOKLYN BALLET ASSOCIATION

Honorary Sponsors Sam Levenson Abe Stark

William Leeds

President

Mrs. Frank M. Atkins Mrs. Florence Sloan

Ist Vice -President 2nd Vice -President

Mrs. Carl Kaplan John Fillmore

Secretary Treasurer

Directors

Mrs. George Backer Wm. McKelvy Martin

Mrs. Alan Banks Mrs. David Maurer

Dr. Richard Ciuzio Dr. Frederic W. Ness Mrs. Richard Ciuzio Hon. Myles Paige James A. Dougherty Mrs. Helen Pfeffer Hy Epstein Howard Shakin Mrs. Henry Koval! Mrs. Howard Shakin Mrs. William Leeds Rev. Frank Voelcker Hugh J. Watkins

The following schools of dancing are Associate Members of The Brooklyn Ballet Association for the 1961 -62 Season:

Gloria Rey Dance Studio Kidwell & Cerf Dance Studio Smith -Bené School of Classical Ballet Wynsor School of Dancing

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