Thursday, October 16, 2014, 8pm Friday, October 17, 2014, 8pm Saturday, October 18, 2014, 2pm & 8pm Sunday, October 19, 2014, 3pm Zellerbach Hall The Australian Ballet with Berkeley Symphony in Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake Music by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Ballet in Four Acts , Op. 20 (1875–1876) y b s u B
ff e J David McAllister AM, Artistic Director Libby Christie, Executive Director Nicolette Fraillon, Music Director and Chief Conductor
The Australian Ballet acknowledges the invaluable support of its Official Tour Partners, Qantas and News Corp.
The Australian Ballet’s 2014 tour to the United States has been generously supported by the Talbot Family Foundation and by The Australian Ballet’s International Touring Fund.
These performances are made possible, in part, by Corporate Sponsor U.S. Bank, and by Patron Sponsors Deborah and Bob Van Nest, and Anonymous. Cal Performances’ – season is sponsored by Wells Fargo.
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for its support of our presentation of The Australian Ballet in Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake.
PLAYBILL PROGRAM
Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake
Choreography Graeme Murphy Creative Associate Janet Vernon Music Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893): Swan Lake , Op. 20 (1875 –1876) Concept Graeme Murphy, Janet Vernon, and Kristian Fredrikson Set and Costume Design Kristian Fredrikson Original Lighting Design Damien Cooper
PROGRAM
Act I Scene I Prince Siegfried’s quarters Scene II Wedding festivities
INTERMISSION
Act II Scene I The sanatorium Scene II The lake
INTERMISSION
Act III An evening with the Baroness
Act IV The lake
CAL PERFORMANCES CAST
Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake
CAST (Subject to change )
Odette Amb er Scott (10/16, 10/18 matinee) Madeleine Eastoe (10/17, 10/19) Leanne Stojmenov (10/18 evening)
Prince Siegfried Adam Bu ll (10/16, 10/18 matinee) Kevin Jackson (10/17, 10/19) Andrew Killian (10/18)
Baroness von Rothbart Lana Jones ( 10/16, 10/17, 10/18 matinee, 10/19) Laura Ton g (10/18 evening)
The Queen Shane Carroll*
Prince Consort Matthew Donnelly*
Princess Royal Miwako Kubota
Princess Royal’s Husband Brett Simon
Duke Rudy Hawkes
Young Duchess-to-Be Reiko Hombo
Earl Chengwu Guo
Earl’s Equerry Brett Chynoweth
Lord Admiral Colin Peasley*
Marquis Jared Wright
Baroness’ Husband Frank Leo*
Royal Physician Tristan Message*
Guests, Hungarians, Servants, Nuns, Orderlies, Cygnets, Guardian Swans, Swans Artists of The Australian Ballet
Children Students of Berkeley Ballet Theater*
* Guest Artist
PLAYBILL SYNOPSIS
Swan Lake claim her husband, now fully under the sway of the Baroness. Having appeared uninvited at an evening party given by the Baroness, Odette’s calm beauty and confident purity of N THE EVENING before her wedding, the Oapprehensive young maiden Odette wan - spirit caused Siegfried to fall deeply in love dered the palace and became doubtful of her with her. The jealous Baroness attempted to betrothed Prince Siegfried’s love. have Odette returned to the sanatorium, but After the wedding Odette, so very much before she could be seized, Odette fled into in love with her new husband, realized it was the night. a certain Baroness who really owned his heart. Siegfried discovered the terrified Odette Already fragile, Odette became so distressed near the lake and for a short time the couple that by royal command she was committed to were united in ecstatic embrace. But even as a sanatorium. she lay in the arms of her husband, Odette With her spirit broken, Odette could only knew there would be no peace for her ever- find escape in a frozen dream where swan-like troubled mind and she was only to find ulti - maidens, much like herself, would calm her mate release in the depths of the dark lake fevered mind and where, for a brief time, it of swans. seemed as if Siegfried loved her alone. For the rest of his life, Prince Siegfried Some months later, Odette left the white never loved again, but mourned ever his loneliness of the sanatorium to seek and re - lost Odette.
PLAYBILL CAL PERFORMANCES COMPANY ROSTER
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET
PRINCIPALS Adam Bull Madeleine Eastoe Daniel Gaudiello Chengwu Guo Kevin Jackson Lana Jones Andrew Killian Ty King-Wall Amber Scott Leanne Stojmenov
SENIOR ARTISTS Juliet Burnett Amy Harris Rudy Hawkes Reiko Hombo Ako Kondo Miwako Kubota
SOLOISTS Brett Chynoweth Ben Davis Robyn Hendricks Natasha Kusen Brett Simon Jacob Sofer Dana Stephensen Laura Tong Vivienne Wong Andrew Wright
CORYPHÉES Dimity Azoury Benedicte Bemet Kismet Bourne Calvin Hannaford Cameron Hunter Jessica Fyfe Ingrid Gow John-Paul Idaszak Brooke Lockett Jarryd Madden
PLAYBILL COMPANY ROSTER
Heidi Martin Karen Nanasca Christopher Rodgers-Wilson Sharni Spencer Garry Stocks Jared Wright
CORPS DE BALLET Imogen Chapman Joseph Chapman Lisa Craig Jasmin Durham Eloise Fryer Rohan Furnell Ella Havelka Drew Hedditch Corey Herbert Richard House Brodie James François-Eloi Lavignac Luke Marchant Cristiano Martino Marcus Morelli Emma McFarlane Amanda McGuigan Rina Nemoto Jill Ogai Simon Plant Mitchell Rayner Kelsey Stokes Valerie Tereshchenko Charles Thompson Sarah Thompson Alice Topp Jade Wood
GUEST ARTISTS Shane Carroll Matthew Donnelly Frank Leo Tristan Message Colin Peasley
CAL PERFORMANCES ORCHESTRA ROSTER
BERKELEY SYMPHONY Joana Carneiro, Music Director
FIRST VIOLIN OBOE Franklyn D’Antonio, Concertmaster Laura Griffiths, Principal Noah Strick, Associate Concertmaster Bennie Cottone Matthew Szemela, Assistant Concertmaster Yasushi Ogura CLARINET Emanuela Nikiforova Roman Fukshansky, Principal Candy Sanderson Diana Dorman Lisa Zadek BASSOON SECOND VIOLIN Carla Wilson, Principal Daniel Flanagan, Principal Shawn Jones Karsten Windt, Assistant Principal David Cheng HORN Jiwon Evelyn Kwark Alex Camphouse, Principal Ilana Thomas Stuart Gronningen Sarah Wood Loren Tayerle Joseph Maile Eric Achen
VIOLA TRUMPET Tiantian Lan, Principal Cheonho Yoon, Principal Ilana Matfis, Assistant Principal Kale Cumings Darcy Rindt William Harvey Patrick Kroboth Graham Taylor Marcel Gemperli Keith Lawrence TROMBONE Thomas Hornig, Principal CELLO Craig McAmis Carol Rice, Principal Wanda Warkentin, Assistant Principal BASS TROMBONE Krisanthy Desby Kurt Patzner Shain Carrasco TUBA DOUBLE BASS Jerry Olsen, Principal Michel Taddei, Principal Jon Keigwin, Assistant Principal TIMPANI Kevin Neuhoff, Principal FLUTE Emma Moon, Principal PERCUSSION Melanie Keller Ward Spangler, Principal Victor Avdienko PICCOLO Jim Kassis Stacey Pelinka Timothy Dent
HARP Wendy Tamis, Principal
PLAYBILL ABOUT THE ARTISTS
A graduate of The Australian Ballet School, Perth-born David McAllister AM ( Artistic Director ) joined The Australian Ballet i n 1983. He was promoted to Senior Artist in 1986 and to Principal Ar tist in January 1989 . His many principal roles with the company in - OR MORE THAN five decades, The cluded those in Onegin , Romeo and Juliet , La FAustralian Ballet has been defining the Fille mal gardée , The Sleeping Beauty , Don face of ballet in the Asia Pacific region. Quixote , Coppélia , Manon , La Sylphide , Founded in 1962, the company is one of the Sinfonietta , and Stepping Stones . I n 1985, he busiest ballet companies in the world, present - won a Bronze Medal at the Fifth International ing approximately 1,000 performances and ed - Ballet Competition in Moscow, and was sub - ucation events throughout Australia each year. sequently invited to return to the USSR as a Artists and artistic staff of The Australian guest artist, where he made numerous ap - Ballet, past and present, share the confidence pearances with the Bolshoi Ballet, Kirov to take risks, a spirited attack and the belief Ballet, Georgian State Ballet, and other com - that technique on its own is never enough. panies. He has also guested with the National Versatility, technical excellence and a warm, Ballet of Canada, Birmingham Royal Ballet, friendly style are trademarks of The and Singapore Dance Theatre. In London in Australian Ballet, qualities that earn both crit - 1992, he danced in a Royal Gala performance ical and audience acclaim. of Coppélia in the presence of the Princess The Australian Ballet’s diverse repertoire of Wales. reflects the company’s vision: caring for tra - Mr. McAllister became Artistic Director of dition, daring to be different. Classical works The Australian Ballet in July 2001 . are regularly performed, as well as contempo - rary works by major Australian and interna - Nicolette Fraillon (Music tional choreographers—from Petipa to punk Director and Chief Con- and Balanchine to Bangarra. The company ductor ) began her has a commitment to investing in new com - music studies on violin missions that explore the development and and piano at an early future of this dynamic art form. age, furthering her in - The Australian Ballet looks different today, strumental studies at significantly taller and more culturally di - the Hochschule für verse, just as Australian society is different. Musik in Vienna and in Over the years, dancers and teachers have Hannover. In 1990, she been welcomed from China, Japan, England, moved to the Netherlands, where she became France, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Assistant Musical Director for the 1991–1992 States. New ballet school graduates from season of Les Misérables , was invited to con - Asian, Latin American, and European back - duct for the Nederlands Dans Theater, and grounds are helping to make the company became Music Director and Chief Conductor look like a snapshot of contemporary of the National Ballet of the Netherlands. Australia. The Australian Ballet is a company During the following five years, she worked attuned to its time and place in the world. with countless orchestras in northern Europe
CAL PERFORMANCES ABOUT THE ARTISTS before taking up the position of Director at the Adelaide-born Janet School of Music, Australian National Vernon AM ( Creative University, and continuing her conducting Associate ) studied at work with several Australian orchestras. The Australian Ballet She débuted with The Australian Ballet in School and has danced 2002, and in 2003 was invited by David with The Australian McAllister to become Music Director and Ballet, Ballets Félix Chief Conductor. Since joining the company, Blaska (France), and Ms. Fraillon has conducted all programs for Sydney Dance Com- The Australian Ballet, including six overseas pany. In 1976, she was tours, and has been a guest conductor for the appointed, along with Graeme Murphy, to the San Francisco Ballet, Birmingham Royal artistic helm of Sydney Dance Company, Ballet, and New York City Ballet. where they remained for 31 year s. Mr. Murphy created many roles for Ms. Vernon, including Graeme Murphy AO Shéhérazade , Daphnis and Chloé (Lykanion), (Choreographer ) was Some Rooms (The Bathroom), After Venice , born in Melbourne Nearly Beloved , King Roger (Queen Roxanna), and studied at The Berlin , The Protecting Veil , Salome (Herodias ), and Australian Ballet School. The Trojans (Andromeque), a collaboration with He has danced with Opera Australia. Her Creative Associate credits The Australian Ballet, include Swan Lake , Nutcracker—The Story of s i l l Sadler’s Wells Ballet i Clara , Firebird , The Silver Rose , Romeo & Juliet , W
e t and (The Australian (London), and Ballets t The Narrative of Nothing e n Félix Blaska (France) . y Ballet); Tivoli (a Sydney Dance Company and L In 1976, he was appointed artistic director of Australian Ballet co-production), the movie Sydney Dance Company, a position he held Mao’s Last Dancer (for which she received the until 2007. During his 31-year tenure, he cre - Fred & Adele Astaire Award for Excellence in ated more than 50 works, including 30 full- Choreograjcolemanphy in Film), and the length productions. Mr. Murphy is the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies . recipient of three honorary doctorates: Hon. D. Lit. Tas (1990), Hon. D. Phil. Qld (1992), A former graphic and Hon. D. Lit. UNSW (1999). artist and newspaper Mr. Murphy has directed and choreographed journalist, Kristian numerous productions of opera and dance, as Fredrikson (Set and well as choreographing for the movie Mao’s Last Costume Designer ) left Dancer (for which he received the Fred & Adele New Zealand in the Astaire Award for Excellence in Choreography early 1960s an d be - in Film) and the Andrew Lloyd Webber came one of Australia’s musical Love Never Dies . For The Australian most experienced and Ballet, he has choreographed Beyond Twelve , sought-after design - Nutcracker—The Story of Clara , Swan Lake , ers. Upon his arrival in Australia, Firebird , The Silver Rose , Romeo & Juliet , and Mr. Fredrikson became Resident Designer for The Narrative of Nothing . the Melbourne Theatre Company for eight years. He would go on to design a large num - ber of productions for a variety of Australian and New Zealand opera, theater, and ballet companies, including The Australian Ballet
PLAYBILL ABOUT THE ARTISTS (Cinderella , Coppélia , and The Nutcracker), principal roles in works by George Balanchine, Opera Australia (Norma , Turandot , The Merry Jiří Kylián, Graeme Murphy, Christopher Widow , and Salome ), Royal New Zealand Wheeldon, Stephen Baynes, Stanton Welch, Ballet ( Swan Lake , Peter Pan , and A Christmas Nicolo Fonte, and Wayne McGregor. In June Carol ), Sydney Dance Company ( King Roger 2008 , after just six months as a senior artist, and Body of Work ), and Sydney Theatre Mr. Bull was promoted to the highest rank of Company ( Hedda Gabler , Macbeth , The School principal, capping off a string of critically ac - for Scandal , and A Doll’s House ), as well as claimed lead performances. Performances in State Opera of South Australia and West principal lead roles in the company’s tours to Australian Opera. He was one of a sp ecialized Paris, London, Manchester, and Japan have team of designers working on the Sydney also been career highlights. 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony. A graduate of The Damien Cooper Australian Ballet (Lighting Designer ) has School, Perth-born designed more than 100 Madeleine Eastoe pro ductions in dance, (Principal Artist ) joined opera, and theater. the company in 1997 Mr. Cooper’s designs and danced many for The Australian lead roles before Ballet in clude Graeme being promoted to Murphy’s Swan Lake principal artist fol - (which has been pre - lowing her début as Giselle in 2006. sented in London, Paris, New York, and Ms. Eastoe has particularly enjoyed working Tokyo), The Narrative of Nothing , The Silver one-on-one with choreographer Stephen Rose , and Romeo & Julie t. Other recent dance Baynes to create the lead role in 2007’s work includes Chunky Move’s Mortal Engine , Constant Variants , and dancing with guest Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Of Earth and Sky , artists such as Angel Corella in La Fille mal Stalker Theatre Company’s Shanghai Lady gardée and Cédric Ygnace in Giselle . A career Killer , and Australian Dance Theatre’s Be Your highlight was dancing Odette on the opening Self and Birdbrain , which has played at over night of Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake in 60 venues around the world. He has also de - London, a role she reprised on the company’s signed extensively for theater and opera. 2007 Japan tour and 2008 Paris and Manchester tours. Ms. Eastoe has also toured Adam Bull (Principal internationally with The Australian Ballet to Artist ) was born in China, Singapore, New Zealand, and the 1981 and began train - United States. ing at Dance World 301 with Brian Nolan Brisbane-born Daniel before joining The Gaudiello (Principal Australian Ballet Artist ) strapped on his School . In 2000, he first pair of dancing represented Australia shoes at the age in the Paris Inter - of six at the Johnny national Ballet Com petition before graduating Young Talent School, from The Australian Ballet School with hon - then at Promenade ors in 2001. Mr. Bull joined The Australian Dance Academy. Later, Ballet in 2002 , going on to dance soloist and he completed the
CAL PERFORMANCES ABOUT THE ARTISTS Queens land Dance School of Excellence and Born in Perth, Kevin Queensland Ballet professional year before Jackson (Principal being accepted into The Australian Ballet Artist ) commenced School, where he participated as an exchange his dance training at student with The National Ballet School of the age of seven with Canada and the School of American Ballet. Mr. the Shirley Farrell Gaudiello joined The Australian Ballet in 2004 Academy of Dance. In and in early 2007 participated in classes with 2002, he graduated some of the world’s finest ballet comp anies in from The Australian London, Amsterdam, Munich, and Paris. He Ballet School and made his choreographic début with a piece joined The Australian Ballet in 2003. In his called Notte in Bianco for Bodytorque.To the time with the company, he has performed Pointe in 2009 and was promoted to principal many lead roles in both classical and contem - artist in 2010 . porary works by choreographers Tim Harbour, Nicolo Fonte, Matjash Mrozewski, Growing up in China, Wayne McGregor, and Graeme Murphy. Mr. Chengwu Guo (Principal Jackson enjoys the technique and artistry de - Artist ) began dance manded by many different works but holds classes at the age of the story ballet closest to his heart. He was eleven. He was ac - promoted to principal artist in 2010 and looks cepted into the Beijing forward to entertaining audiences around Dance Academy where Australia and the world. he was able to combine Kevin Jackson’s Principal Artist position is his ballet training generously supported by the Male Principal with academic studies. Artist Endowment Fund (Anonymous Patron). Mr. Guo’s talent for ballet was soon evident when he received a gold medal at the Tao Li Bei Lana Jones (Principal of China Competition, and also at the Beijing Artist ) was born in
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toured regional Australia with The Dancers Melbourne in 1999 to C Company, and received glowing reviews for his attend The Australian Ballet School, graduat - roles in The Sleeping Beauty , Graduation Ball , ing dux to join The Australian Ballet in 2002. and Coppélia . In 2008, he starred in Mao’s Last In 2005, s he was promoted to coryphée and Dancer , directed by Bruce Beresford, playing won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award, the high - the teenage Li Cunxin. Mr. Guo joined The est accolade of its kind for Australian Ballet Australian Ballet in 2008 and was promoted dancers. A rising star within the ranks, Ms. to principal artist in 2013. Jones has been critically acclaimed as “joyous and effervescent,” with one writer declaring her performance in George Balanchine’s Apollo as “supernatural.” Ms. Jones was promoted to principal artist in 2010. Lana Jones’s Principal Artist position is gen - erously supported by the Dorothy Hicks Fund.
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Melbourne-born An- promoted to senior artist in 2011 and to prin - drew Killian (Principal cipal artist in 2013. Artist ), a student of The Australian Ballet Amber Scott (Prin - School, joined The cipal Artist ) joined Australian Ballet in The Australian Ballet 2000 and was pro - School at age eleven. moted to principal After graduating as artist in 2011. During dux, Ms. Scott joined his time with The The Australian Ballet Australian Ballet, Mr. Killian has thoroughly in 2001. In 2003, she enjoyed performing leading roles in the com - spent four months on pany’s extensive classical repertoire, including a dancer exchange at Lescaut in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon , the Royal Danish Ballet, giving her the oppor - Espada in Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote , tunity to learn the Bournonville technique the Prince in Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker , firsthand. A lyrical and musical dancer, Amber and the Cavalier in George Balanchine’s Ballet relishes the many different genres in the com - Imperial . Mr. Killian has also been involved in pany’s repertoire. Performing traditional fairy - the creation of many new works, including tale and dramatic full-length ballets are career Stephen Baynes’s Constant Variants and favorites. Ms. Scott was promoted to principal Tim Harbour’s Wa . Mr. Killian enjoys working artist in 2011. Career highlights include work - closely with choreographers and offers ing with Wayne McGregor on Dyad 1929 in a unique versatility that places him in high de - 2009 , and with Stephen Page on Rites in 2006 mand. He has toured with The Australian and 2008; dancing with guest artist Robert Ballet to New Zealand, Japan, China, Tewsley during the 2008 Manon season; and the United Kingdom, and France. He was performing Odette with Adam Bull in Paris nominated for the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award and Manchester in 2008 and Tokyo and in 2009. Nagoya in 2010 . Amber Scott’s Principal Artist position is gen - Born in Waihi, New erously supported by the Barbara Duhig Fund.
Zealand, Ty King- Wall (Principal Artist ) Leanne Stojmenov
started dancing at the (Principal Artist ) was
age of seven. He re - born and raised in ceived his early ballet Perth, where she training at the Dance began her initial ballet Education Centre in training with Helen Tauranga. A Junior McKay. Her full-time Associate of the New training began at Zealand School of Dance, he left New Zealand the Graduate College at age 16 to study full-time at The Australian in 1993 under the Ballet School. Upon graduating dux with ho - school’s director, Terri Charlesworth, and in nours, Mr. King-Wall was accepted into The 1999 she joined the West Australian Ballet. In Australian Ballet in 2006. Since joining the 2001, Ms. Stojmenov left Perth to take up a company, he has danced numerous principal position with The Australian Ballet. Receiving roles, and had the role of Ceyx created on him the New South Wales Friends of The in Tim Harbour’s Halcyon . Mr. King-Wall was Australian Ballet scholarship in 2004 enabled
CAL PERFORMANCES ABOUT THE ARTISTS her to study throughout Europe. She has a main-stage concerts a year in Zellerbach Hall, high regard for artists who can adapt to all and supports local composers through its kinds of roles and repertoire. Ms. Stojmenov Under Construction New Music Series/ was promoted to principal artist in 2011. Composers Program, in partnership with EarShot. A national leader in music educa - Recognized nationally for its spirited pro - tion, the Orchestra partners with the Berkeley gramming, Berkeley Symphony has estab - Unified School District to produce the lished a reputation for presenting major new award-winning Music in the Schools pro - works for orchestra alongside fresh interpre - gram, providing comprehensive, age-appro - tations of the classical European repertoire. priate music curricula to more tha n 4,200 It has been honored with an Adventurous lo cal elementary students each year. In Programming Award from the American association with the Piedmont Center for Society of Composers, Authors, and Pub - the Arts, Berkeley Symphony presents an an - lishers in ten of the past twelve seasons. nual chamber music series at the Center Under the baton of Music Director called Berkeley Symphony & Friends. Visit Joana Carneiro, the Orchestra performs four www.berkeleysymphony.org
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