YN COMPANY, "", "Spring Concerto", #58 Pas de Trois "The Nutcracker" Apr. 28,1962,2:30 p.m. ~ 17 _ .... "' T H E B R 0 0 K L Y N I N S T I T U TE :·:P. . l mill 0 F ARTS AND SCIENCES FRANCIS T. CHRISTY, President &f '"' wttl'lOo •••'ll·••?.,_,..,lt BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

WILLIAM B. HEwsoN, Chairman, Governing Committee WM, M c KF.LVY MARTI:", Director

ALAN BANKS

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

BINNIE WEINER MARIA GRANDY PATRICIA SA VQIA....___._ __

GEORGE MAMALES GENE WILKES --

Sylvia Bonney Carolyn Clair Colleen Dolp Harriet Kane Barbara Lev Yvonne McDowell Helen Maher Barbara Maier Bryna Marcus Jeannette Maroules Lucinda Ransom Carol Ruggiero Gretchen Schumacher Sarah Wisdom

Alan Cerf Dick Foose Ricardo Villa Orlando Zavarce

Ballet Mistress: PATRICIA SA VOlA

At the Steinways: MAYNE MILLER and LELAN PARROTT

THE MUSIC HALL-SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 28, 1962, 2:30P.M. ------FIRE NOTICE : The exit inclicute~t route tu the •to~:t•l. In the I!Vl'nt ur fire Staged after the original by MICHEL KATCHAROFF Costumes designed and executed by ANN KEELY plelise do not run - WALK '1'.() THAT EXIT. EDWARD .fo'. CAVANAGH, JR .. Music by PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY Costumes by KA THE BERL INTRODUCTION Fir·e Commissioner Mayne Miller and Lelan Parrott· In the late 19th Century, Tchsikovsky was commissioned to write It is ur~:ent for the comf(•rt and snfety of nil that the music for a new ballet for the St. Peters berg Opera, the subject to CORTEGE and NOCTURNE putrons ref'"'" Co om lighti nl( mntcl.,•s in this theotteo·. be taken from a German fantasy, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse-King" . Alan Cerf Collaborating with the great choreographer, , Tchaikovsky Gretchen Schumacher Sylvia Bonney created one of his most famous scores, music which has become uni­ Colleen Dolp, Harriet Kane, Yvonne McDowell, Helen Maher, versally popular, in concert form as we II as for the ballet. Lucinda Ransom, Sarah Wisdom Journey Through The Snow VALSE ...... Patricia Savoia Sylvia Bonney Dick Foose Gretchen Schumacher Dick Foose Colleen Dolp, Harriet Kane, Yvonne McDowell, Helen Maher, Snowflake Waltz ...... Sylvia Bonney, Carolyn Clair, Colleen Dolp, Lucinda Ransom, Sarah Wisdom Harriet Kane, Barbara Lev, Helen Maher, Barbara Alan Cerf Ricardo Villa Orlando Zavarce Maier, Bryna Marcus, Jeannette Maroules, Lucinda Ransom, Carol Ruggiero, Gretchen Schumacher PARADE Chinese Dance ...... Sarah Wisdom Sarah Wisdom Ricardo Villa Ricardo Villa Pennywhistles ...... Sylvia Bonney, Carolyn Clair, FINALE Colleen Dolp, Gretchen Schumacher Entire Ensemble Russian Dance ...... Barbara Lev, Helen Maher Alan Cerf INTERMISSION Spanish Dance ...... Yvonne McDowell, Dick Foose "SPRING CONCERTO'' Waltz Of The Flowers ...... Maria Grandy, Orlando Zavarce, Choreography by ALAN l3ANKS Lucinda Ransom, Harriet Kane ~lusic by CMIILLE SAINT-SAENS Costumes by ALFRED CAPLES Sylvia Bonney, Carolyn Clair, Colleen Dolp, Barbara Lev, Helen Maher, Barbara Maier, Bryna Marcus, Saint-Saens' Fourth Piano Concerto in C Minor, Op. 44 ("Spring Jeanette Maroules, Yvonne McDowell, Carol Ruggiero, Concerto") was written in 1875, the year that Bizet, a close friend, Gretchen Schumacher, Sarah Wisdom died. Some have seen mirrored in the predominantly medative mood of the Fourth a sense of this loss. Under the influence of Bizet's death, it Pas De Deux ...... BINNIE WEINER and GEORGE MAMALES has been said, the composer took the step of abandoning gaiety in this Variation ...... GEORGE MAMALES Sugar Plum ...... BINNIE WEINER composition. llut in place o f this quality are others, and perhaps finer MUSIC 4ALL ones, which have produced music combining great artistry and expression. 8ALCCNY Coda ...... BINNIE WEINER and GEORGE MAMALES To this music, Banks has created an abstract, non-story ballet in Finale ...... Entire Company the clas s 1c tradition, concentrating on form, technique and purity of line. Ill,... •.. .. STAFF for the BROOKLYN Blt\1\IE \\'EINER GEORGE MAMALES .. .. • Ballet Mistress ...... Patricia Savoia Ill Sylvia Bonney Carolyn Clair Colleen Dolp Harriet Kane It...., ... Stage Director ...... Gene Wilkes ...... Production Stage Manager ...... Toni Ermini lie len Maher J cannette Maroules Lucinda Ransom Ill ~ <( Gretchen Schum acher Sarah Wisdom <( Assistant Stage Manager ...... Sue Ell in Repetiteur ...... Barbara Lev Dick Foose Ricardo Villa Orlando Zavarce !I all Manager ...... Roger Villeneuve Stage Manager and Chief Carpenter ...... George Chapman INTERMISSION Chief Electrician ...... Fred Schonberg Electrician, Music Hall ...... William Cummings PAS DE TROIS Electrician ...... Tom Stevenson Properties ...... Richard Beck Choreography by PATRICIA SA VOlA Music by ERIK SATIE BALL I;()Oio' Carpenter ...... Ed Cooney

Orlando Zavarce Sarah Wisdom George Mamales Photographs for the Brooklyn Ballet Company by BRAXTON of New York.

The STEINWAY is the official Piano of THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC 1961-1962

BROOKLYN BALLET ASSOCIATION

Honorary Sponsors Alexandra Danilova Sam Levenson Abe Stark

William Leeds

President

Mrs. Frank M. Atkins Mrs. Florence Sloan

I st 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 Kovall 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-Bene School of Wynsor School of Dancing