Brooklyn Academy of Music 1969-70 Season
American Ballet Theatre
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BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC and BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION
SHERWIN M. GO LDMAN, President
present AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
LUCIA CHASE and OLIVER SMITH, Directors
Tuesday, December 9, 1969
TONI LANDER ROYES FERNANDEZ BRUCE MARKS SALLIE WILSON EL EANOR D'ANTUONO GAYLE YOUNG CYNTHIA GREGORY TED KIVITT MIMI PAU L IVAN NAGY MICHAEL SMUIN ALEXANDRA RADIUS HAN EBBELAAR
and LUPE SERRANO
DIANA WEBER TERRY ORR RON I MAHLER GAIL ISRAEL PAUL NICKEL KA RENA BROCK ROSANNA SERAVALLI PAULA TRACY SUSAN CASEY MARCOS PARE DES BETSY ERICKSON WILLIAM CARTER RO BERT GLADSTEIN IAN HORVATH
Robert Bellini Amy Blaisdell Robert Brassel Ca rol Bryan Ch ristine Busch Richard Cammack Betty Chamberlin Zola Dishong Deborah Dobson Helyn Douglas Ja n Fisher Carol Foster (I Ingrid Fraley Rhod ie Jorgenson Sue Knapp Keith Lee Rosamond Lynn Jacquelyn Marshall Ruth Mayer Christine Motzkus I! Dennis Nahat Phyllis Papa Zhandra Rodriquez Gary Snider Naomi Sorkin Bojan Spassoff Vane Vest Luis Villanueva Patricia Wesche Stephanie Wolf Maria Youskevitch James Zynda
Pri ncipal Conductor Conductor JAIME LEON AKIRA ENDO
Regisseur Assistant to t he Direct ors Ballet Master DIM ITR I RO MANOFF JO HN KRI ZA ENRI QUE MARTI NEZ
DARYL DODSON, General Manager
Ba ldwin is t he officia l piano of the Brooklyn Academy of Music 4 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I DECEMBER 1969 The Brooklyn Academy of Music The Brooklyn Academy of Music is a department of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
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LAS HERMANAS
Choreography by Kenneth MacMillan Music by Frank Martin Concerto for Harpsichord and small orchestra Scenery and Costumes by Nicholas Georgiadis Lighting by Jean Rosenthal
Ba sed on Lorca's "The House of Bernarda Alba", this ballet concerns five unmarried sisters (Las Hermanas) whose lives are dominated by their proud and tyrannical widowed mother. The eldest, and plainest daughter (heiress under her father's will) is being courted by a young man and tragedy develops wh en the jealous sister discovers this man's secret association with her youngest sister.
This ballet was created for the Wurttembergishe Staatstheater Bal let, Stuttgart
The Man ...... ROYES FERNANDEZ
The Mother ...... LUCIA CHASE
The Eldest Sister ...... LUPE SERRANO
The Youngest Sister ...... DIANA WEBER
The Jealous Sister ...... ELEANOR D'ANTUONO
The Other Sisters ...... AMY BLAISDELL, NAOMI SORKIN
Harpsichordist: Howard Barr
Conductor: Jaime Leon
INTERMISSION DECEMBER 1969 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I 7
THE ETERNAL IDOL
Choreography by Michael Smuin Music by Frederick Chopin Costumes by Marcos Paredes Lighting by Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr.
A Tribute to Rod in
Songs and sighs of love, cries of pleasure and pain, cries of pain and pleasure mingled, the eternal call of woman, the call of man, the restless summons of the human body -all found ex pression in his work.
Bernard Champigneulle
CYNTHIA GREGOR Y IVAN NAGY
Pianist: Jaime Leon
Cond uctor: Akira Endo
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INTERMISSION
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The Brooklyn Academy of Music DIRECTORY OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES
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(Brooklyn-Queens Williamsburgh Bank and go one block to Expressway}. Keep to right following signs the Academy. 10 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I DECEMBER 1969 DARK ELEGIES Ballet in One Act by Antony Tudor Choreography by Antony Tudor Music by Gustav Mahler Decor by Nadia Benois Lighting by Jean Rosenthal \ This dance work was f irst performed by the Ballet Ram i:' ert at the Du chess Theatre, London, Feb ruary 19, 1937. It is danced to the Song Cycle, "Kindertotenlieder" (Songs on t he Death of Children) by Gust av Mahler (1860-1911). This is a work consisting of five songs to lyrics by Ruckert. SCENE I. Laments of the Bereaved I. SALLIE WILSON and CHORUS II. CYNTHIA GREGORY and GAYLE YOUNG Ill. PAUL NICKEL and CHORUS IV. RONI MAHLER V. BRUCE MARKS and CHORUS The Chorus ...... AMY BLAISDELL, KARENA BROCK, ROSAMOND LYNN, ROSANNA SERAVALLI, MARIA YOUSKEVITCH and IAN HORVATH SCENE II. Resignation William Metcalf, Singer Conductor: Jaime Leon Music by arra ngement with Theodore Presser, Co., agent for Un iversal Edition, Vienna. PAS DE DEUX (From "Le Corsaire") Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa Music by Adolphe Adam Music arranged by Riccardo Drigo LUPE SERRANO TED KIVITT Conductor: Jaime Leon Music by arrangement with the Tchaikovsky Foundation. INTERMISSION DECEMBER 1969 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I 11 GALA PERFORMANCE Ballet by Antony Tudor Music by Serge Prokofieff Scenery and Costumes by Nicholas De Molas \ Lighting by Nananne Porcher Staged by Sallie Wilson Three world-famous ballerinas from Russia, Italy and France are presented at a gala performance which is distinguished by this, their first joint appearance. "Gala Performance" was first presented by the London Ballet in 1938 and its American premiere by The Ballet Theatre was at the Majestic Theatre, New York, on February 11, 1941. Scene: The stage of the "Royal Theatre". Time: Toward the turn of the century. Part 1. Before the performance Part 2. Gala Performance Russian Ballerina . -·········-····-·······························------.. RONI MAHLER Italian Ballerina __ --·-·---·-·------·-···------····------·-····-··· ___ SALLIE WILSON French Ballerina ...... __ _ _ ...... ------·------ELEANOR D'ANTUONO Partner to the Italian Ballerina _ ----·------··········------.. GAYLE YOUNG Partner to the French Ballerina ...... MICHAEL SMU IN Cavaliers ········--···········-·------·····--····· .. ROBERT BRASSEL, RICHARD CAMMACK, LUIS VILLANUEVA, JAMES ZYNDA Coryphees ·-···-··················------·············-PAULA TRACY and MISSES BLAISDELL, BUSCH, DISHONG, DOBSON, DOUGLAS, FOSTER, LYNN, JORGENSON, YOUSKEVITCH Ballet Master ··· --·······-························-·--·-··········-·············-·········-···- MARCOS PAREDES Conductor ·························-············------····················------· -·-·-· ······ BOJAN SPASSOFF Dresser ------·····························-··············---·····················-············-- ---INGRID FRALEY Conductor: Akira Endo 12 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I DECEMBER 1969 AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE ORCHESTRA Violins Double Bass Bassoons Guy Lumia Sam Candioti Loren Glickman Norman Carr Wi II iam Brohn Peter Simmons Alexander Horvath Sam Levy Harp Contra-Bassoon Ho.vard Vogel Jesse Ceci Nancy Brennand AI vi n Rogers Ed Jacobsen Horns Piano Bi II Fransen Brooks Ti llotsen Howard Barr Ray Gn iewek Carol Barnette Helen Janov Soo Wong Kim Eric Kessler Wi lliam Cl rfford Flutes Helen Berl in Marie Owen Gerald Seal Wendy Eisler Trumpets Maurice Ancher Margaret Schecter Mitchell Jellen Barbara Lcng Robert McClelland Marty Goldbaum Leah Arner Oboes Leonard Arner Trombones Andrew White Violas Porter Poindexter Eugene Orcutt Mrchael Bloom English Horn Gary Allabach Helen Carter Ellr s Ronbeck Marsha Heller Tuba Gertrude Buttrey Lewis Waldeck Clarinets Alfred Loeb Timpani Celli James Douglas Chaim Zemach Steve Si lverman Stefan Auber David Everhart Bass Clarinet Percussion Carolyn Halik Wallace Kramer Ken Momyer Costumes for "Brahms Quintet", "Coppelia", "Divertissement D'Auber", "Giselle", "Les Sylphides", "Swan Lake", "The Eternal Idol", "Theme and Variations" and ladies costumes for " Etudes" executed by Grace Costumes, Inc.; men's costumes for "Pulcinella Variations" by Barbara Matera Ltd.; for "Caprichos" and "Dark Elegies" by Eaves Costume Co.; men's costumes in "Etudes" and ladies costumes in "Pulcinella Variations" by John Allen. 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DECEMBER 1969 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I 13 Performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music by AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE Tuesday, December 2, Evening Wednesday, December 10, Evening Les Sylphides Pulcinella Variations Divertissement d'Auber Pillar of Fire Brahms Quintet (world premiere) Pillar of Fire Etudes Theme and Variations Wednesday, December 3, Evening Friday, December 12, Evening Les Noces Las Hermanas Corsair-Pas de Deux Brahms Quintet Dark Elegies Caprichos Theme and Variations Pulcinella Variations Thursday, December 4, Evening Saturday, December 13, Grand Pas Glazounov Matinee and Evening The Eternal Idol (world premiere) Cop pel ia (3 Acts) Dark Elegies Etudes Sunday, December 14, Matinee Friday, December 5, Evening Cop pel ia (3 Acts) Les Noces Corsair - Pas de Deux Fancy Free Sunday, December 14, Evening Gala Performance Brahms Quintet Gala Performance The Eternal Idol Saturday, December 6, Etudes Matinee and Evening Swan Lake (4 Acts) Sunday, December 7, Matinee Swan Lake (4 Acts) Evenings ...... 8:30 P.M. Tuesday, December 9, Evening Saturday Matinees ...... 2:30 P.M. Las Hermanas Sunday Matinees ...... 2:00' P.M. The Eternal Idol Dark Elegies Sunday Evenings ...... 7:30 P.M. Gala Performance Programs subject to change 14 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I DEC EMBER 1969 BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION, INC. OFF ICERS Charles Payne, Honorary Chairman Sherwin M. Goldman, President A. Lawrence Groo, Treasurer Lucia Chase, Vice-President F. Robert Wheeler Jr., Secretary BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mrs. David Saltonstall Lucia Chase A. Lawrence Groo Oliver Smith Henry Clifford Al len Grover Mrs. Byam K. Stevens, Jr. Justin Stanford Colin John L. Magro Cha rles P. Taft Mrs. S. Hallock duPont Mrs. Aristotle Ona ssis F. Robert Wheeler, Jr. Mrs. Bruce A. Gimbel Charles Payne Gilbert G. Wright Sherwin M. Goldman Robert E. Rubin Mrs. Wi lliam Zeckendorf, Jr. 1619 Broadway, New York, N. 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