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BY SUBWAY/LIRR Reaching BAM and the BAM Majestic Theater is fast and convenient. All of these trains stop within two or three blocks:

B, N, R: Pacific Street D, M, N, Q, R: Dekalb Avenue 2, 3, 4, 5: Nevin s Street 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q, LIRR: Atlantic Avenue G: Fulton Street A*, C: Lafayette Avenue (*after 8pm & weekends only)

BY AUTOMOBILE From Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge: continue off the bridge onto Flatbush Avenue, then,

(A) continue on Flatbush Avenue and turn left onto Fulton Street. For the BAM Majestic Theater, proceed one block and turn right onto Rockwell Place where there are two parking lots. For BAM, proceed two blocks and turn right onto Ashland Place. BAM and the BAM parking lot are one block ahead.

From Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge: immediately upon exiting the bridge, turn left onto Tillary Street. Continue on Tillary Street and turn right onto Flatbush Avenue. (see A above) BAM Parking for only $6.50 Attended parking is only $6.50 in the From Connecticut, Queens and Long Island: BAM Parking Lots ($5.00 for Subscribers). Take the Long Island Expressway to the The Parking Lots are patrolled continuously Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Exit at throughout the performance and for 30 Tillary Street, Exit 29. Follow exit onto minutes after the final curtain . Tillary Street two short blocks and turn left onto Flatbush Avenue (see A above). BY BAMBUS EXPRESS Sponsored by BROOKLYN UNION GAS From New Jersey: the BAMbus provides easy transportation Use the Holland Tunnel and continue east for events in the BAM Opera House and on Canal Street which leads directly across BAM Majestic Theater. The BAMbus the Manhattan Bridge. Continue off the leaves the Loews NY at 51st and bridge onto Flatbush Avenue (see A above). Lexington one hour before curtain. Following performances the BAMbus From Staten Island: serves the Village, Midtown East and the Cross the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to the West Side up to 86th Street. Fare is BQE. Take Exit 29, Tillary Street. Follow $4.00 each way ($3.00 for Subscribers). exit onto Tlllary Street two short blocks For round-trip reservations only, call and turn left onto Flatbush Avenue (see A (718) 636-4100, Monday through Friday above). 10am - 5:30pm q FESTIVAL sponsored by PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music gratefully acknowledges generous ongoing support for the NEXT WAVE Festival from donors of the following special funds, which have been established as part of The Campaign for BAM:

PHILIP MORRIS/NEXT WAVE FORWARD FUND F OUNDING SPONSOR "Supporting the Spirit of Innovation"

MICHAEL BANCROFT GOTH ENDOWED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE FUND

1993 NEXT WAVE Festival Supporters: NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CU LTURAL AFFAIRS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS THE FORD FOUNDATION LILA WALLACE-READER'S DIGEST OPERA FOR A NEW AMERICA, a project of OPERA AMERICA THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION JOHNS. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION THE FAN FOX AND LESLIE R. SAMUELS FOUNDATION THE BOHEN FOUNDATION HACH ETTE FILIPACCHI MAGAZINES ROBERT W. WILSON THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION MEET THE COMPOSER/READER'S DIGEST COMMISSIONING PROGRAM THE FOREIGN OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY GOETHE HOUSE NEW YORK/GERMAN CULTURAL CENTER MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK ONE WORLD ARTS FOUNDATION, INC. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK TICKETMASTER THE GREENWALL FOUNDATION LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS THE WILLIAM AND MARY GREVE FOUNDATION, INC. THE ARTHUR ROSS FOUNDATION MID ATLANTIC ARTS FOUNDATION NEXT WAVE PRODUCERS COUNCIL NEXT WAVE ASSOCIATES FRIENDS OF BAM

Audience deve lopment initiatives have been supported, in part, by Chemical Bank .

The BAM Facility is owned by th e Ci ty of New York and its operation is made poss ible, in part, wi th public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from the Brooklyn Delegation of th e New York City Council and Brooklyn Borough President Howard Go lden.

On the cover: Gera ld Arpino (photo: ©Herbert Migdoll ); Prince; Jaffrey dancer Tom Mossbrucker (photo: ©Herbert Migdoll) II Ill A Gerald Arpino Production Conceived and Directed by Gerald Arpino Music by Prince Rogers Nelson''· Choreography by Laura Dean, C harles Moulton, Peter Pucci, and Margo Sappington Artistic Supervision by Scott Barnard Costumes by Charles Atlas, C hristine Joly, George Ramos, and Rosemarie Worton Billboard D esigns by Herbert Migdoll Scenery and Costume Supervision, and Set for Slide, by Campbell Baird Lighting by Howell Binkley Lighting Supervision by Susan A. White

Billboard 1: SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL The production of BILLBOARDS Choreography by Laura Dean would not have been possible without the Costumes by Rosemarie Worton musical inspiration of Prince Rogers Nelson. from original concept by Laura Dean A special thank you to Patricia Kennedy, Billboard 2: THUNDER/PURPLE RAIN who helped initiate this project and who was Choreography by Charles Moulton in strumental in its development. Costumes by Charles Atlas The Joffrey Ballet extends its deepest appreciation Billboard 3: SLIDE to the donors whose major support has made the Choreography by Margo Sappington production of BILLBOARDS possible: Costumes by George Ramos H ancher Auditorium/The University of Set by Campbell Baird Iowa Foundation Billboard 4: WILLING AND ABLE and The Harkness Foundations for Dance Choreography by Peter Pucci Costumes by Christine Joly, Ass't: David Brooks Additional thanks to Gilbert Davison, Paisley Park Enterprises, Warner Chappell, Warner As we travel the highways and byways of America, Bros. Records, Joffrey Board Members Mary Keough Lyman and Dr. Lewis E. January, and to from the Long Island Expressway to the Sunset Wallace Chappell and Jill Willis for their dedica Strip, from Interstate 70 to Interstate 75, billboards tion and key roles in helping to la unch this pro loom overhea d, reflecting our society and envelop duction of BILLBOARDS. in g our senses with their direct, powerful messages. An integral part of our contemporary landscape, Special thanks to Metropolitan Life Foundation billboards have their antecedents in ancient for funds to help commission the Peter Pucci sec Egyptian stelae and in the European bulletins of tion of BILLBOARDS. the Middle Ages that were posted in city squares, We thank The Outdoor Advertising Association on churches and public buildings, to give informa of America Education Fund a nd the OAAA tion to the local citizenry. In our time, many bill members for their generosity. Creati ve suport boards have achieved the status of American folk has been privided by The Gannett Outdoor art. Group. Computer graphic productio n of on stage billboards produced by Computer Image The Joffrey billboards are painted with the strong Systems, Torrance, CA. rhythms of Prince's music and the dynamism and sweep of four contemporary American choreogra Music used by permission of WB Music Corp . phers: Laura Dean, Charles Moulton, Peter Pucci, on behalf of Controversy Music. Willing and and Margo Sappington. Able also used by permission of WB Music --Gerald Arpino, j anuary 1993 Corp./Mack Dog Productions/Anthony Michael Music (world , excluding the U.S . and Japan ). R elease It also used by permission of WB Music ,,_M usic written and composed by Prince Rogers Corp./Ya D Sir Music (world) and by WB Music Nelson (stage name: Prince), in collaboration on Corp./Anthony Michael Music (world, excluding the following songs: Sometimes It Snows in April the U.S. and Canada). with W endy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman; Computer Blue with Wendy M elvoin, Lisa BILLBOARDS Coleman, John Nelson, and Matt Fink; Willing World Premiere by The Joffrey Ba llet,at and Able with Tony Mosley and Levi Seacer; and H ancher Auditorium, Iowa City, Iowa Release It with Morris Day and Levi Seacer. on January 27, 1993. CAST

November 9, 11, 13 8pm; November 14 3pm BILLBOARD 1 SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL CHERYL MADEUX GREGO RY RUS SELL MAlA WILKINS MICHAEL LEV IN E NICOLE MARIE DUFFY DAVIS ROBERTSON ADRIANA JA CINTO RYUJ I YAMAMOTO JENNY SANDLER JEROME DAVID KIPPER RITA MARTINEZ TODD STICKNEY FERN MILLER MICHAEL ANDERSON KIM SAGAMI CA LVI N KITTEN SUZANNE LOPEZ CHRISTOPHER MCMILLEN Songs : Sometimes It Snows in April, Trust, and Baby I'm a Star intermission BILLBOARD 2 THUNDER VALERIE MADONIA SUZANNE LOPEZ RITA MARTINEZ KIM SAGAM I LISSETTE SALGADO PASCAL BENICHOU GLEN HARRIS CALVI N KITTEN PIERRE LOCKETT MICHAEL LEV INE ADAM SKLUTE TODD ST ICKNEY PURPLE RAIN ELI ZA BETH PARKINSON SUZANNE LOPEZ RITA MARTINEZ KIM SAGAM I LI SSETTE SALGADO PAS CA L BENICHOU GLEN HARR IS MICHAEL LEVINE PIERRE LOCKETT ADAM SKLUTE TODD STICKNEY Songs: Thunder (extended version written expressly for The Jaffrey Ballet) and Purple Rain intermission BILLBOARD 3 SLIDE DEBORAH DAWN MEG GUR IN (11 /13) BEATRIZ RODRIGUEZ (11 /9, 14) LIS SETTE SALGADO MAlA WILK I S ( 11/11 ) PA SCA L BE N ICHOU (1119, 11, 13) CA RL CO RRY GLEN HARRIS PIERRE LO CKETT TOM MOSSBRUCKER DAVIS ROBERTSON (11/14) GREGORY RUSSELL ADAM SKLUTE TODD STICKNEY Computer Blue BEATR IZ RODRIGUEZ (11/9, 14) MAlA WILKINS (11/11) MEG GUR IN (11/13) DEBO RAH DAWN -AND ENSEMBLE I Wanna Melt with U GREGORY RUSSELL LISSETTE SALGADO TODD STICKNEY The Beautiful Ones TOM MOSSBRU CKER AND ENSEMBLE Release It PIERRE LOCKETT AND ENSEMBLE Songs: Computer Blue, I Wanna Melt with U, The Beautiful Ones, and Release It pause BILLBOARD 4 WILLING AND ABLE 11/9, 11 , 13: JODIE GATES TOM MOSSBRUCKER 11/14: MEG GURIN PASCA L BEN ICHOU NICOLE MARIE DUFFY CHRISTOPHER MCMILLEN DAVIS ROBERTSON R YUJ I YAMAMOTO MAlA WILKINS (11/9, 13, 14) ADR IANA JA CINTO (11/11) JENNY SANDLER CALV IN KITTEN MEG GURIN (1119, 11) SUZANNE LOPEZ (11/13, 14) CYNTHIA GIANNINI FERN M ILLER CHE RYL MADEUX ELIZABETH PARKI NSON JENNIF ER GOODMAN Songs: For You, The Question of U, It, Willing and Able, and Gett Off (excerpt) I I) CAST November 10, 12 8pm; November 13 2pm BILLBOARD 1 SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL CHERYL MADEUX GREGORY RUSSELL MEG GURIN MICHAEL LEVINE C YNTHIA G IANNINI ALFONSO ZYBIN ADRIANA JACINTO RYUJI YAMAMOTO JEN NY SANDLER JEROME DAVID KIPPER RITA MARTINEZ TODD STICKNEY FERN MILLER MICHAEL ANDERSON KIM SAGAMI CALVIN KITTEN SUZANNE LOPEZ C HRISTOPHER MCMILLEN Songs: Sometimes It Snows in April, Trust, and Baby I'm a Star intermission BILLBOARD 2 THUNDER ELIZABETH PARKINSO N CYNTHIA GIANNINI SUZANNE LOPEZ CHERYL MADEUX FERN MILLER MICHAEL ANDERSON PASCAL BENICHOU CALVIN KITTEN MICHAEL LEVINE GREGORY RUSSELL ADAM SKLUTE TODD STICKNEY PURPLE RAIN VALERIE MADONIA CYNTHIA G IANNINI SUZANNE LOPEZ CHERYL MADEUX FERN MILLER MICHAEL ANDERSON PASCAL BENICHOU MICHAEL LEVINE G REGORY RUSSELL ADAM SKLUTE TODD STICKNEY Songs: Thunder (extended version written expressly for The Joffrey Ballet) and Purple Rain intermission BILLBOARD 3 SLIDE MEG GURIN (1 1110 ) VALERIE MADONIA BEATRIZ RODRIGUEZ (11 /12) KIM SAGAMI (11/13) LISSETTE SALGADO MICHAEL ANDERSO N PASCAL BENICHOU (11110) CARL COR RY MI CHAEL LEVINE (11/12, 13 ) PIERRE LOCKETT DAVIS ROBERTSON G REGORY RUSSELL ADAM SKLUTE TODD STICKNEY Computer Blue MEG GURIN (11110) BEATRIZ RODRIGUEZ (11/12) KIM SAGAMI (1 1113 ) VALERIE MADONIA AND ENSEMBLE I W anna Melt with U GREGORY RUSSELL LISS ETTE SALGADO TODD STICKNEY The Beautiful Ones PIERRE LOCKETT AND ENSEMBLE Release It ADAM SKLUTE AND ENSEMBLE Songs: Computer Blue, I Wanna Melt with U, The Beautiful Ones, and Release It pause BILLBOARD 4 WILLING AND ABLE 11/10: JODIE GATES TOM MOSSBRUCKER 11/12: MEG GURIN TOM MOSSBRUCKER 11/13: MEG GURIN PASCAL BENICHOU NICOLE MARI E DUFFY CHRISTOPHER MCMILLEN DAVIS ROBERTSON RYUJI YAMAMOTO MAlA WILKINS JENN Y SANDLER CALVIN KITTEN SUZANNE LOPEZ CYNTHIA GIANNINI FERN MILLER CHERYL MADEUX ELIZABETH PARKINSON JENNIFER GOODMAN Songs: For You, The Question of U, It, Willing and Able, and Gett Off (excerpt) I JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE JOFFREY BALLET! The Jaffrey relies on friends like you to support daring new productions, rehearsal time and all the technical preparation that goes into keeping the company center stage. Your dollars will also support training opportunities for the young artists of Jaffrey IT tomorrow's stars-and community outreach efforts.

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FRIENDS OF THE JOFFREY BALLET The artists, board of directors and staff of The Joffrey Ballet and The Joffrey II Dancers extend heartfelt thanks to the generous individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose support has made our work possible. PACESETTERS The Greenwa lt Foundation Eli za beth Firth Wade Lewi s E. January, M.D. The Beinecke Foundation, Inc. Don Meadows Endowment Fund Donna & David Kam in Booth Ferris Foundation Metropolitan Life Mrs. Murray Ward Penelope R. Kell y E/0 Euge ni a D. Do ll Foundation Waste Management, In c. Mr. & Mrs. Dwight M. Hancher Aud itorium/ The New York Tim es Kendall University of Iowa Company Fo undati on SUPPORTING Randall W. Lewis Foundation Paisley Park Enterpri ses BENEFACTORS Jane L. Lodge Iowa Friends of Peterson Consulting Gera ld Arpino Mars Fo undation The Jaffrey Ball et Co mp any Geoffrey T. Boisi Mr. & Mrs. John Mayes Barbara & David Kip per Catherin e Fil ene Shouse Con Edi son Dea n S. Meiling-Ttee Charl es & Ruth Levy Fo und ati on Cec il C. Co nn er The Joyce Mertz-Gi lmore Foundation The Cow les Fo undation Diane Disney Miller LEADERSHIP Charitabl e Trust MidCon Management National Endowment BENEFACTORS Ford Motor Compan y Fund Corporation for the Arts The Brotman Foundation Marsha A. & Carl H. Mr. & Mrs. Sam S. Miller New York State Co uncil of California Hewitt Mr. & Mrs . Eugene C. on th e Arts Mr. & Mrs. Allan P. Burns David D. Holbrook Montgomery Philip Morris Co mpani es Inc. Jo Ann A. Busuttil Caroline H. Hyman New York Telep hone Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Ca liforni a Community McMaster-Ca rr Caroline H. New house Deutsch Fo undation Fo und ati on Supply Company Fo undation Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. William Po lk Carey Ma rsh & McLen nan Sid ney Petersen Tennenbaum Mr. & Mrs. John Chalsty Compani es, Inc. Selma E. Pund yk Joseph H. Wender Chec kers, Simon & Rosner Richard L. Menschel Reinhold Fami ly Trust Chemical Banking Pircher, Nichols & Meeks Arthur D. Rob son, Jr. PARTNERS Co rporati on Amy Sherm an Barbara Rodstein Absolut Vodka The Compton Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alan C. Weiler Mr. & Mrs. Sau l !. Sa nders Ele anor Naylor Dana Mr. & Mrs. Henry V. Barbara & Ed mund Andrew Shiva Charitab le Trust Eggers Wi lki nson M. Sinclaire Donaldson, Lufkin & ESCA DA U.S.A. The Robert I. Wishnick Margaret & Kenneth D. Jenrette, Inc. Stepha ni e Fre nch Foundation Smith The Eq uitable Fo und ation Mrs. Robert Ga lvin Este ll e Sommers The Fund for Dance, Inc. Jero me A. Harris BENEFACTORS Stinnes Interoil, Inc . Ga nn ett Outdoor Group Hera ld Newspa pers Mr. & Mrs. Jose ph Abe les Matthew]. Trachtenberg Ronald]. Gumbaz Foundation, Inc. Alexa nder & Alexa nder Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tusiani Harkness Foundations Jane H. Jelenko Mr. & Mrs. Leo nard Asher Craig J. Weakley for Dance Douglas M. Lawson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ash er Duay ne Weinger Kimberly Duchossois Los Ange les Friends of Ann Barzel Chr ys Wilkinson Lenczu k The Jaffrey Ballet Gera ld W. Bax The Lincy Fo und ation Charles M. Magowan Anne R. Beck PATRONS Mary Keough Lyman & Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ma lfi Mrs. Walter F. Briss end en Ms. Marilyn Bender Altschul Her bert Lyman Mary D. Matheson Mr. & Mrs. Dean L. Arthur I. Appleton Yasuyuki Na mbu Larry M. Meeks, Esq. Buntrock Foundation National Dance Repertory Morgan Stanley Found ation Selma Jea nne Co hen Joan M. & Ron ald F. Arias Enrichment Program New York Fri ends of Arl ene C. Cooper Jean Arpino E. L. & Ruth B. Shannon The Jaffrey Ballet Cra ne Foundation Marji D. Bank The Shubert Foundation Edward B. Osborn Susan Crown Gregso n L. Barker The Starr Fo und ati on Charitable Trust Meredith Morgan Dal e Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Avram Seth Tucker Outdoor Advertis ing DeSa nti s Foundation Bennett Vanoff Fami ly Foundation Association of Armand G. Erp f Mrs. Philip D. Block, Jr. America, Inc . Fo undation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Dea n L. Buntock PRINCIPAL Paribas Futures, Inc./ Al exa nder C. Ewing Sally T. Butler BENEFACTORS Banque Paribas Sandra Krau se & Jeanne A. Gree n Loui s & Anne Abrons Lea ndro P. Rizzuto William Fitzge rald Ira Haupt II Foundation Mr. Bruce Saga n Christopher Flowers Stephen P. Kah an Ca lifornia Arts Co uncil San Francisco Friends of An n Hutchinson Guest Rita J. and Stanl ey H. Ruth B. Cla yburgh The Jaffrey Ballet El iza beth & Howard Hirsc h Kaplan Foundation Department of Cultural U.S. Trust Company Ruth W. Houghton Jo se ph Kellm an Affairs, New York City of New York Lillian Howell Mr. & Mrs. Jam es Kelly Patricia Ge rber Varco International, Inc. Marjorie S. Isaac John C. Kershner I THE JOFFREY BALLET

Jill M. Lambert SPONSORS Mark P. Ladn er Broadway Plaza at MCJ Jill L. Leinbac h Amec Holdings, Inc. Ali ce Lainer Ce nter Los Angeles Dennis & judith Lennox Anne Archer Arthur L. Loeb Carill on Importers, Ltd. Gay le Mi ll er Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Bandini Nel so n Luria Champagne Veuv e Cli cquot Donna Mills Simone Bedient Richard M. Morrow Cushman & Wakefi eld of Hortense L. Mintzer William E. Braden Steph en M. Neumer Ca liforni a, In c. Ann P. Moser JoAnne Bra sel Patricia C. O'Grady ESCADA U.S.A. PatriciaN. Na non Mr. & Mrs. Jac k Clopper Liliane & No rm an Pec k Gannett Outdoor of David H. Neilson Mr. & Mrs. J. Dennis Mrs. Ri chard G. Powe ll Southern Ca lifornia, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. George D. Delafi eld Ra ga n Outdoor Hanscomb Assoc iates In c. O'Neill Mary j. Doh erty Advertisin g Co . Kaye, Sc holer, Fierman, James T. Pfeiffer Stefan T. Ed li s Joyce M. Rothblum Ha ys & Han dl er Nicol e Pura Mr. & Mrs. Stuart P. Feld Lil a Savada Morrison & Foerster Jose ph Schivo Mr. & Mrs. Peter Judith W. Sc hw artz, MD Prince Roge rs Nelson james R. Seitz, Jr. Ga lambos Herbert H. Schwarz Pai sley Park Ente rpri ses Richard P. Sims Cy nthia B. Ga lvin Sue Seeley Peterso n Consultin g Co. Nancy & Ken Ste in Roger J. Goe bel Garret K. Sm ith Philip Morri s Co mpani es Inc. Janet & Jim Stovin Mr. & Mrs. WardS. Hagan Mr. & Mrs. Herbert E. Snapple Beverage Maria Vecchiotti & Georgia Hiden Solomon Co rporation Paul Tanico Hazel Kand all Bruce Stein Si Ivera do Vineyards Universal Outdoor, Inc. Dona & Dwight Kendall Lu cill e Wer lini ch Spirits co urtesy of Mr. & Mrs. Pau l B. Ca rol yn F. Katz Dewa r's "White Label" Uhl enh op Dennis D. Kend zo ra IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS Blend ed Scotch Whiskey Mrs. Barbara Vickrey Ma ll ory Ketchum Battle Fowler Ty Na nt Spr in g Water Suzanne Koster Bravo Warner Bros. Records

A lthough space does not permit us to list all our friends, we gratefully acknowledge their generous support.

THE VISION Co-fo und ed by the late Robert Joffrey and current Artistic Directo r Gera ld Arpino, The Joffr ey Bal let ha s played a pi vo tal role in making ballet a vital contemporary art form at home and abroad. The panoramic sco pe of The Joffrey's repertory is unsurpassed -over 200 ball ets by 78 choreographers reflecting the Company's dedication to di scoverin g new vo ices, un ea rthing 20th century dance treasures and uph olding th e grea t cl ass ica l traditions of the past. The Joffrey reaches an internati onal aud ience of over 250,000 fans annuall y.

THE FUTURE The Jo ff rey relies on gifts from fri ends to support daring new productions, rehearsal time and al l the technical prepa rati on th at goes into keepin g th e Company center stage. Contributi ons also support training opportuniti es for the young artists of Th e Joffrey II Dancers and year-round efforts to brin g danc e to the widest poss ibl e audi enc e.

Donors and members enjoy a vari ety of benefits, including special eve nin gs, priority seating and oth er YIP se rvices. For more information on sponsorship opportunities, special eve nts, vo lu nteer programs, or how yo u ca n beco me a Friend of The Joffrey, call the Development Department at (212) 265-7300 or write The Joffr ey Ball et at 130 West 56 Street, New York, NY 10019. FOUNDATION FOR THEJOFFREY BALLET, INC. GOVERNING BOARD Directors Patricia Gerber''. Joy Montgomery OF DIRECTORS Patricia Andringa Jerome A. Harri s Steph en M. Ne um er, Es q. Gera ld Arpino•:· Stephani e J. Hibl er William A. Pe nn er Chairman, Executive Mrs . Sheldon Ausman Eli zabeth Levitt Hirsch j aim e Brust Perez Committee James Benso n Lewis E. j anuary, M.D. Elea nor Wood Prince Joseph H. Wender''· Jo Ann A. Busutti l Jane j elenko Barbara Nyden Rodstein John Chalsty Patricia Kenn edy''. Susan Tay lor Roth enberg President Ruth B. Clayburgh Barbara Levy Kipp er Catherine Filene Shouse Dr. Dav id A. Kipper'· Meredith Morgan Dale Luisa Kreisberg•:· Dr. Dan Si lver Antoin ette Del Peral Dou glas M. Lawson Walter D. Sohier Vice President Genette Eaton Kimberly Duch osso is Madelon Tall ey Mary Keo ugh Lyman•:· Dr. Lee M. Edwards Lenczuk Matthew J. Trachtenberg Val erie Ernst Charles M. Magowan Avram Seth T ucke r •:· Secretary IT rea surer Alexander C. Ew in g Rob ert T. Malfi Ronald Gumbaz''· Stephanie French •:· Mary D. Matheso n Mrs. Robert Ga lvin Don Mea dows •:·Executive Committee Mrs. Rich ard Geisen Larry M. Meeks, Esq. Members I music. Tchaikovsky, of course, Stravinsky and Prokofiev, naturally, and indeed all the rest of the classical tribe, stretching forward to the electronic likes of John Cage and back at least to Bach and, once in a while, even further. But today ballet, itself a much changed animal, occa sionally searches further afield for its musical accom paniment. This has perhaps always been true for red-blooded American ballet- one need only think Goes The Joffrey of Jerom~ Robbins' early flirta been hospitable to real live rock. tions with jazzy music in Fancy After all, dance is visualized Free, Interplay, and N.Y. • music, and theatrical dance has Export: Opus jazz. But few, if traditionally spread its net wide, any, of our nation's top ballet picking up from here and there. companies have experimented Even when it almost exclusively more assiduously with jazz, pop, favored classical music, dance and their various derivatives still had its pop moments, and than has the Jaffrey Ballet, significantly from George which ever since its founding by Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, and Robert Jaffrey and Gerald Robbins onward, there has been Arpino back in 1954 has sought • a constant procession of classi to keep itself on the forefront of cal choreographers running off dance's frontier, both choreo to animate the Broadway musi graphically and musically. It is cal, which in turn cross-pollinat no exaggeration to say that the ed classical dance. Jaffrey has been a pioneer into It was left to the Jaffrey that now almost all-embracing Ballet, however, to make the world of pop music-rock. definitive move towards rock. Despite such tourist-style The first step was Robert Broadway attempts as Hair, not J offrey's own rock-infused until today, with the baby Astarte of 1967, to music com boomers finally coming to roost missioned from Crome Syrcus. (from the White House down), It was a sensation, acclaimed for is the theater at last coming to its use of multi-media techniques terms with rock music. This and a very sexy pas de deux very season Broadway has got which presented the duet as a ten its first 100 percent real rock • steamy species of ritual. Astarte musical! It is an adaptation of raised eyebrows and secured the The Who's Tommy, which, ballet a measure of immortality admittedly, has with far less fan as the first ballet (as opposed to fare been staged in New York • dancer) ever to be enshrined on before, as a 1970 ba llet by the cover of Time magazine- an Fernand Nault for Les Grand event that did the infant Jaffrey Ballets Canadiens. company a power of good, But then, ballet has always • establishing it as a force on

.Jaffrey Ballet ... the company with a cutting edge. dance's cutting edge. opinion of opera director Peter Gerald Arpino's Trinity in 1970, Sellars he is "a modern Mozart." its music by Alan Raph and Lee Prince's interest in this dance Holdridge, was a far stronger piece project was triggered when he went and lasted in the repertory. Once to a J offrey performance in Los again, like Astarte, this was a plot Angeles as the guest of Patricia less ballet that was essentially the Kennedy, a managing director of atrical, ending with a candle ritual the Jaffrey's board. Originally it typica I of the peace-and-flowers was hoped that Prince would pro mood of those years. Once again vide a completely new score-this and brilliantly, the company hit a has not materialized, but he has contemporary nerve. given permission for existing music It was in 1973 that Twyla Tharp to be used, and has specially written gave the dance world a new and extended ver Deuce Coupe, a ballet to sion of "Thunder" from the music of the Beach the Diamonds and Boys that was fun, chic, Pearls album. The and made startlingly other music comes from inventive use of the Parade, Purple Rain, newish, cultish device of Graffiti Bridge, and graffiti. At every per Sign o' the Times. It formance a team of graf proves marvelously the fiti artists were onstage atrical stuff for danc creating a graffiti back ing- it is heart-beat drop as the ballet pro music, it has a pulse ceeded downstage. that shudders in from This, coupled with the the basement of the witty dances which soul. It is music that often commented on the pounds and dances with zany lyrics (example: the drum of life. It the dancers are advised strikes the nerve of the to "Take Good Care of moment. Your Feet"), gave the The complete work, ballet a typical Jaffrey first shown in Iowa City immediacy. Like its two predeces earlier this year, under the partial sors, Deuce Coupe had a marked sponsorship of the University of cultural impact in the building up : Iowa, consists of four separate plot of the dance boom, a phenomenon less ballets that evoke the billboards in which the Jaffrey Ballet played along our national highways, con its own cheeky, sometimes ragamuf veying ever urgent messages of love fin role. and power. The Jaffrey troupe has Now, once again, the Jaffrey is positioned itself on classic dance's bringing rock and dance a step clos cutting edge, and this Billboards is er with its new Billboards, a full sharp enough, shrewd enough, and evening work with music by Prince smart enough to maintain that posi Rogers Nelson, whom you might tion with effortless ease. It is called know better under his stage name dancing one step ahead. of Prince. Now Prince is probably the most interesting creative mind Clive Barnes is dance and drama critic of in rock at the present time-in the the New York Post. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER al'

The Black Rider A comedy horror musical from Robert Wilson, Tom Waits and William S. Burroughs. Based on the same fairy tale as von Weber's Der Freischutz. Nov 20 7pm Nov 22-24, 26, 27, 30, Dec 1 8pm Nov 21, 28 3pm BAM Opera House $45, 30, 20 (Premium $50)

Njinga the Queen King : This powerful music-theater work • from lone and Pauline Oliveros : mixes contemporary and tradi- • tional song, dance and music to : tell the story of a 17th-century • African regent. : Dec 1 7pm, Dec 2, 3 8pm, • Dec 4 2 & 8pm • BAM Majestic Theater : $20, 15, 10 (Premium $25) • The European Mystics • Dennis Russell Davies leads the : Ellington's New York Brooklyn Philharmonic and vio : The Duke Ellington Orchestra list Kim Kashkashian in works • joins forces with the Brooklyn from Eastern Europe's foremost : Philharmonic for an all-out composers. Including 3 pre- • salute to the Duke. Featuring mieres : Melba Moore in the NY concert Nov 5, 6 8pm Nov 7, 3pm • premiere of Ellington's jazz BAM Opera BAM Carey : opera "Queenie Pie". House Playhouse • Dec 3, 4 8pm $25, 20, 15 $1_5, 10, 5 • BAM Opera House (Premium $30) (Premium $20) : $25, 20, 15 (Premium $30) • • The Joffrey Ballet • The Hard Nut in Billboards : Mark Morris' comic yet tender The NY Premiere of an electric • transformation of the suite of contemporary dances : Nutcracker, filled with ardent set to the music of Prince. : theatricality, seamless dance Nov 9-12 8pm Nov 13 2 & 8pm • and the glorious music of Nov 14 3pm • Tchaikovsky. BAM Opera House : Dec 14-18, 21-23 7pm, $35, 25, 15 (Premium $40) • Dec 18 2pm Dec 19 3pm • BAM Opera House : $35, 25, 15 (Premium $40) Light Shall Lift Them • John Kelly's haunting and • • CALL TICKETMASTER impressionistic theatrical collage • • (212) 307-4100 explores the parallel lives of • Jean Cocteau and trapeze artist • or come to the BAM box office (30 "en travestie" Barbette. • Lafayette Ave , Bklyn), the W est Side Ticke t • Age ncy (25~ W 45th St) or Bryant Park Nov 10 7pm Nov 11-13 8pm : (42nd E of 6 th Ave). Or fax your order to BAM Majestic Theater • (7~8) 857 - 202~. Groups call (7~8) 636- $20, 15, 10 (Premium $25) • 4~26. G e n e ra l Info: (7~8) 636 - 4~00 BAM BOARD AND STAFF

Chairman Members Ronald E. Fein er Marrin F. Mertz Honorary Trustees Bruce C. Ratner Bettina Bancroft''' Alan H. Fishman'· John Morning Seth Faison Jenne K. Britell Robert L. Forbes Jonatha n Newcomb Leonard Garment President Norman Buchan Michael Fuchs Evelyn Ortner Paul Lepe rcq Harvey Lichtenstein J. Kevin Burke Robert M. Johnson David J. Peeker Ame Vennema Chairman of the Wi lliam I. Campbe ll Sidney Kantor David L. Ramsay Executive Committee Henry Christensen, III Stanley H. Kaplan Jonath an F.P. Rose Ex-Officio Frederick B. Henry Beth Rudin DeWoody' And rew K. Klink Robert C. Rosenberg'· Hon. Dav id N. Dinkins Edga r A. Lampert'' Mikki Shepard Hon. Howard Golden Vice Chairmen Charl es M. Diker Hon. Herbert E. Berman Neil D. Chrisma n''' Brendan]. Dugan Marylin B. Lev itt Vaughn C. Williams Rita Hillman'· Arnold J. Eckelman Eugene H. Luntey Hon. Luis R. Cancel I. Stanley Kriegel,. Cha im Edelstein Laurie Ma llet 'Executive Committee Fra nklin R. Weissberg''' Mallory Factor Charles W. Merideth Member

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