2013/2014 La Bayadère Act II | Airs | Donizetti Variations Photo by Paul B. Goode, courtesy of the Paul Taylor Dance Company East by Spring Ballet Northeast Seven Hundred Fourth Program of the 2013-14 Season _______________________ Indiana University Ballet Theater presents Spring Ballet: East by Northeast The Kingdom of the Shades (from Act II of “La Bayadère”) Choreography by Marius Petipa Music by Ludwig Minkus Staged by Glenda Lucena Donizetti Variations Choreography by George Balanchine Music by Gaetano Donizetti Staged by Sandra Jennings Airs Choreography by Paul Taylor Music by George Frideric Handel Staged by Constance Dinapoli Michael Vernon, Artistic Director, IU Ballet Theater Stuart Chafetz, Conductor Patrick Mero, Lighting Design _________________ Musical Arts Center Friday Evening, March Twenty-Eighth, Eight O’Clock Saturday Afternoon, March Twenty-Ninth, Two O’Clock Saturday Evening, March Twenty-Ninth, Eight O’Clock music.indiana.edu The Kingdom of the Shades (from Act II of “La Bayadère”) Choreography by Marius Petipa Staged by Glenda Lucena Music by Ludwig Minkus Orchestration by John Lanchbery* Lighting Re-created by Patrick Mero Glenda Lucena, Ballet Mistress Violette Verdy, Principals Coach Guoping Wang, Ballet Master Phillip Broomhead, Guest Coach Premiere: February 4, 1877 | Imperial Ballet, Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St. Petersburg Grand Pas de Deux Nikiya, a temple dancer . Alexandra Hartnett Solor, a warrior. Matthew Rusk Pas de Trois (3/28 and 3/29 mat.) First Solo. Katie Zimmerman Second Solo . Laura Whitby Third Solo . Leslie Theisen Pas de Trois (3/29 eve.) First Solo. .Melissa Meng Second Solo . Natalie Nguyen Third Solo . Emily Parker Corps de Ballet Mary Bastian Bethany Green Natalia Mieczykowski Emily Smith Kelsey Byrne Rebecca Green Natalie Nguyen Jennifer Stamm Taylor Carlson Cara Hansvick Megan Noonan Raffaella Stroik Rachel Duvall Megan Klamert Lily Overmyer Dana Vanderburgh Elizabeth Edwards Grace Koury Allison Perhach Laura Whitby Leah Gaston Colette Krey Imani Sailers Elizabeth Yanick Christine Geils Distraught after the murder of his beloved Nikiya, Solor seeks solace by smoking opium. In his drug-induced state, Nikiya appears to him in a vision, and he dreams of being reunited with her in The Kingdom of the Shades. *Used by arrangement with Theodore Presser Company, agents for Editions Mario Bois, publisher and copyright owner. CELEBRATE WITH US! Bloomingfoods has planned a very special wine and cheese tasting to commemorate the Jacobs School’s production of East by Northeast. Sample elegant wines from around the world paired with exquisite cheeses. It is the perfect complement to a night at the ballet. What: Wine and Cheese Tasting When: Saturday, March 29, 4:30-7:00 p.m. Where: Bloomingfoods East Annex The East by Northeast Wine and Cheese tasting will be held in the community annex of our East 3rd St. location. _______________________ Donizetti Variations Music: Excerpts from the opera Don Sebastian Choreography by George Balanchine* Staged by Sandra Jennings Music by Gaetano Donizetti Original Costume Design by Karinska Original Lighting Design by Mark Stanley | Re-created by Patrick Mero Sandra Jennings, Ballet Mistress Violette Verdy, Principals Coach Shawn Stevens, Ballet Mistress Daniel Duell, Guest Coach Premiere: November 16, 1960 | New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York Friday, March 28 | 8:00 p.m. Carly Hammond and Justin Barbour Maura Bell, Taylor Carlson, Rachel Duvall, Colleen Kerwin, Melissa Meng, Natalie Nguyen Tyler Rhoads, Kenneth Shelby, Morgan Stillman Saturday, March 29 | 2:00 p.m. Colleen Kerwin and Aaron Anker Bella Calafiura, Sarah Marsoobian, Emily Parker, Allison Perhach, Jennifer Stamm, Katherine Zimmerman Justin Barbour, Austin Dowdy, Tyler Dowdy Saturday, March 29 | 8:00 p.m. Carly Hammond and Morgan Stillman Maura Bell, Taylor Carlson, Rachel Duvall, Colleen Kerwin, Melissa Meng, Natalie Nguyen Aaron Anker, Tyler Rhoads, Kenneth Shelby *©The George Balanchine Trust The performance of Donizetti Variations, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique.® By arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, Sole Agent in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for Casa Ricordi/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.R.L., publisher and copyright owner. _______________________ Airs Music by G. F. Handel Excerpts from Concerti grossi, Op. 3 Nos. 2, 3, 4a & 4b, 6; Alcina, Ariodante, Berenice, and Solomon Choreography by Paul Taylor Staged for this production by Constance Dinapoli Costumes by Gene Moore | Re-created by IU Opera and Ballet Costume Shop Lighting by Jennifer Tipton | Re-created by Patrick Mero (First performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1978) Kelly Bangs, Rehearsal Assistant Shawn Stevens, Ballet Mistress Guoping Wang, Ballet Master Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29 | 8:00 p.m. Bella Calafiura Rachel Duvall Allison Perhach Imani Sailers Justin Barbour Colin Ellis Kenneth Shelby Overture: Concerto in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a – Allegro Concerto in B Major, Op. 3 No. 2 – Largo . Full Cast Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6 – Vivace . Full Cast Concerto in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3 – Adagio . Allison Perhach Overture to Ariodante – Alla gavotta . Imani Sailers and Andrew Copeland Overture to Berenice – Movement III. Full Cast Concerto in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b – Allegro ...Bella Calafiura and Kenneth Shelby Overture to Alcina – Musette } Arrival of the Queen of Sheba . Full Cast Dream Music (Entrée des Songes Agréables). Allison Perhach with Full Cast fasindy.org Saturday, March 29 | 2:00 p.m. Bella Calafiura Rachel Duvall Alexandra Hutchinson Imani Sailers Andrew Copeland Colin Ellis Kenneth Shelby Overture: Concerto in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a – Allegro Concerto in B Major, Op. 3 No. 2 – Largo . Full Cast Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6 – Vivace . Full Cast Concerto in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3 – Adagio . Alexandra Hutchinson Overture to Ariodante – Alla gavotta . Imani Sailers and Andrew Copeland Overture to Berenice – Movement III. Full Cast Concerto in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b – Allegro ...Bella Calafiura and Kenneth Shelby Overture to Alcina – Musette } Arrival of the Queen of Sheba . Full Cast Dream Music (Entrée des Songes Agréables). Alexandra Hutchinson with Full Cast Original production made possible by a contribution from the National Endowment for the Arts. Choreographers George Balanchine (1904-1983), Donizetti Variations. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, George Balanchine is regarded as the foremost contemporary choreographer in the world of ballet. He came to the United States in late 1933, at the age of 29, accepting the invitation of the young American arts patron Lincoln Kirstein (1907-96), whose great passions included the dream of creating a ballet company in America. At Balanchine’s behest, Kirstein was also prepared to support the formation of an American academy of ballet that would eventually rival the long-established schools of Europe. This was the School of American Ballet, founded in 1934, the first product of the Balanchine-Kirstein collaboration. Several ballet companies directed by the two were created and dissolved in the years that followed, while Balanchine found other outlets for his choreography. Eventually, with a performance on October 11, 1948, New York City Ballet was born. Balanchine served as its ballet master and principal choreographer from 1948 until his death in 1983. Balanchine’s more than 400 dance works include Serenade (1934), Concerto Barocco (1941), Le Palais de Cristal, later renamed Symphony in C (1947), Orpheus (1948), The Nutcracker(1954), Agon (1957), Symphony in Three Movements(1972), Stravinsky Violin Concerto (1972), Vienna Waltzes (1977), Ballo della Regina (1978), and Mozartiana (1981). His final ballet, a new version of Stravinsky’s Variations for Orchestra, was created in 1982. He also choreographed for films, operas, revues, and musicals. Among his best-known dances for the stage is Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, originally created for Broadway’s On Your Toes (1936). The musical was later made into a movie. A major artistic figure of the twentieth century, Balanchine revolutionized the look of classical ballet. Taking classicism as his base, he heightened, quickened, expanded, streamlined, and even inverted the fundamentals of the 400-year- old language of academic dance. This had an inestimable influence on the growth of dance in America. Although at first his style seemed particularly suited to the energy and speed of American dancers, especially those he trained, his ballets are now performed by all the major classical ballet companies throughout the world. Marius Petipa (1819-1910), La Bayadère (Act II) “The Kingdom of the Shades.” Marius Petipa, the “father of classical ballet,” began his dance training at age seven with his father, Jean Petipa, the French dancer and teacher. At the age of 16, he became principal dancer at the theatre in Nantes, where he also produced several short ballets. He danced for over 20 years as the principal dancer in Spain, Paris, Bordeaux, and Russia, where he moved in 1847 and remained for the rest of his life. Considered an excellent dancer and partner, his acting, stage manners, and pantomime were help up as examples for many generations of dancers. In 1869, Petipa became principal ballet master of the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg. The value of his accomplishments is astounding: in his 30 years at the Imperial Theatre, he produced 50 new ballets, revived 17 older ones, and arranged the dancing in 35 operas. Some of his most famous ballets are still being performed today: Don Quixote, La Bayadère, Swan Lake, and Raymonda, to name a few. Also, he is considered to have laid the foundation for the entire school of Russian ballet. Petipa is considered one of the greatest choreographers of all time. He researched the subject matter of the ballets he staged, making careful and detailed preparations for each production and working closely with the designer and composer. He elevated the Russian ballet to international fame and laid the cornerstone for twentieth- century ballet.