Lew Christensen, Michael Smuin the Most Exciting Floor Show in Brooklyn Is Playing on Fulton Street
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BAm BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Directors: Lew Christensen, Michael Smuin The most exciting floor show in Brooklyn is playing on Fulton Street. • THE • A&S Brooklyn has eight floors that offer continuous entertainment seven days a week. Our headliners range from show-stopping dresses to sit down dining that will make you stand up and cheer. The list of attractions also includes Ken 's Food Basket on Five for gourmet delicacies, Glemby Beauty Salon on Six, the Entertainment Center on the meuanine and countless other services to serve you. And the neighbor hood A&S lives in lets a store that has it all give you even more. Within walking distance of our Fulton Street home, BAM has emerged as a prestigious entertainment complex and nearby Atlantic Avenue has blossomed into a dynamic area for shops and restaurants for every taste. And when you want to catch your breath, take in the breathtaking view from the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights. When you shop at A&S, there's more in store for you than just our store. Because when you catch our show, there are some great supporting acts waiting in the wings. • Abraham and Straus BAm BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC October 26 through November 5, 1978 Opera House ' THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC presents SAN FRANCISCO BALLET Directors: Lew Christensen, Michael Smuin Artists of the Company Damara Bennett Vivian Little Tina Santos Madeleine Bouchard Susan Magno Don Schwennesen Val Caniparoli Dennis Marshall Jim Sohm Gardner Carlson John McFall Robert Sund Evelyn Cisneros David McNaughton Michael Thomas Janne Clement Diana Meistrell Elizabeth Tienken Laurie Cowden Lynda Meyer Paula Tracy Allyson Deane Cynthia Meyers Vane Vest Nancy Dickson John Mourelatos Gary Wahl Betsy Erickson Gina Ness Diana Weber Attila Ficzere Anita Paciotti Jerome Weiss Alexander Filipov Zoltan Peter Deborah Zdobinski Victoria Gyorfi Roberta Pfeil Jamie Zimmerman Tomm Ruud Ballet Master Regisseur Robert Gladstein Virginia Johnson Regisseur Richard L. Cammack Music Director and Conductor Conductor Denis deCoteau Jean-Louis LeRoux Lighting Director Company Physician Sara Linnie Slocum Dr. John N. Callander Company Instructors Richard Gibson Sue Loyd Sally Streets Th1s program is made possible in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. and the New York State Council on the Arts. SHIRLEY VERRETT, SOPRANO, SINGS WAGNER LUKAS FOSS, CONDUCTING THE BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIA FRI. & SAT., NOV. 10 & 11 at 8pm SUN., NOV. 12 at 3pm OPERA HOUSE Tannhauser Overture & Bacchanale I Siegfried Idyll I Wesendonck Lieder/ Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde. Tickets: $8.50, 6.50, 4.50. Charge to credit cards (212)239-7177. Tickets available at BAM Box Office A&S Brooklyn, Bloomingdale's 59th St. and B'way's Edison Thea· tre. "Foodstuffs", Manhattan Ex press Bus Service and attended parking available. For ticket infor· mation and Express Bus Schedule call (212)636- 4100. Brooklyn Academy of Music BAm 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn. N .Y. 11217 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET Dear Friends: It gives me great pleasure to welcome you on behalf of the San Francisco Ballet Associ ation to our 'ew York performances. We are very proud to be making our first appear ance here in over a decade under the distin guished auspices of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The growth of the Company and its re pertory, under the guidance of our Directors, Lew Christensen and Michael Smuin, has been a source of pride. We are fortunate in Dear Friends: having six resident choreographers contribu This is an exciting time in the history of ting to the development of a unique reper the San Francisco Ballet and we are delighted toire. Administratively we are in sound to be able to share our hopes and enthusiasm condition. We are now perceived as an im with our friends and supporters in New York. portant artistic resource, not only in our own The artistic philosophy of the San Fran community, but all across the country. cisco Ballet has evolved through a desire to We are delighted to be here and I know honor the legacy of the European classical that our Artists, our Board of Trustees and ballet traditions, handed down to us by the the members of our staff join me in wishing teachers and choreographers who brought you a very enjoyable season with our beauti those traditions to America, and to develop ful Company. our own talents to carry on that tradition. Our future, like that of any company, lies in Sincerely yours, our creativity. We are very fortunate, in this regard, to have six resident choreographers creating new works every season, a company of forty dedicated dancers who give life to the choreographers' vision, and an excellent Richard E. LeBlond, Jr. school which provides our classical foundation. President and General Manager We feel that today our single most impor tant contribution to ballet is the building of a repertoire unique to the San Francisco Ballet. A repertoire unique not only in choreography, but in design, production and music as well. Here in New York for the first time in over a decade we will present three different programs including nine 1'-:ew York premieres and the full-length "Romeo and Juliet," seen on national television last J une as part of WNET's "Dance in America" series. During our 1979 Repertory Season we will present for the first time five world pre mieres of works by our resident choreo graphers with commissioned scores by Ameri can composers. Our thanks to you for helping to make it all possible. ~ .. ~- ,~£,zt~ Lew Christensen Directors • • • ~ 733 madison avenue, new york, 140 maiden lane, san francisco THE PROGRAM Tuesday, October 3 1, 1978, 7:00pm (See fo llowing pages f or November 3 and November 4 programs ) STRAV INSKY CAPRICCIO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA (1978) New York Premiere Choreography Robert Gladstein Music Igor Stravinsky* Costumes designed by Willa Kim Costumes executed by Patricia Polen BREAKFAST Lighting Designer Sara Linnie Slocum LUNCHEON Conductor Jean-Louis LeRoux DINNER Piano Soloist Roy Bogas AFTER BAM SNACKS I SUNDAY BRUNCH Gina Ness and Michael Thomas & DINNER Evelyn Cisneros, Diana Meistrell, Tina Santos, Deborah Zdobinski OPEN DAILY & SUN II from 6:30 AM 'til 1.30 AM ; Laurie Cowden and Dennis Marshall FRI to 3 AM ; SAT to 4 AM All Baking Done Ill on Premises Gina Ness Michael Thomas Laurie Cowden Dennis Marshall Evelyn Cisneros, Diana Meistrell, Tma Santos, Deborah Zdobinski BANQUET ROOM Karen Antisdel, Janne Clement, Ally son Deane, Nancy Dickson, Available for Private Parties for up to 200 Vivian Little, Cynthia Meyers, CALL Rachel Westlake, Jamie Zimmerman 852·5257 This ballet is physical. It does not carry a message or have deep underlying meanings. It is "non intellectual. " But there are images created and motivated by the music. To quote George Balan chine: "No piece of music, no dance can in itself be abstract. You hear a physical sound, humanly organized, performed by people. Or you see moving before you dancers of flesh and b lood, in a living relation to each other. What you hear and see is completely real." - Robert Gladstein *Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929) is used by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publishers and copyright owners. 30 West 57th St., New Vorl<, N.Y. This production is suppor ted by a generous grant from Fidelity Savings and Loan Association. PAUSE BROOKLYN D IVERTISSEMENT D'AUBER (1959) HAS IT ALL! Choreography Lew Christensen Music Francois Espr it Auber* CALL US FOR Costumes designed by Steven Rubin FREE ASSISTANCE Costumes executed by "Grace" WE'LL HELP YOU LOCATE IT Lighting Designer Sara Linnie Slocum NEW YORK YELLOW PAGES. INC Conductor Jean-Louis Le Roux The form and movement of this ba llet demonstrates the classical technique at its peak. There is no citypliOone® story line, no abstract theme-just artfully designed movement. The ba llet is designed as a showcase for three virtuoso dancers, demonstrating the full range of the dancers' vocabulary. Diana Weber David McNaughton Elizabet h Tienken 675-0900 *Fra Diavolo, Black Domino, Bronze Horse, Crown Diamonds overtures. 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R- etur n to BAM Mailing L ist J Italian and American Cuisine L 30 Lafayette A ve Brookly n N Y 11 2 17 special orders upon request ------------ THE PROGRAM ... continued from p receding page ~ PAUSE eam~fdown MOBILE (1969) ~Lim New York Premiere Moving Objects Behaving in Linear Equipoise Enjoy fine food & drink in a delightful Choreography Tomm Ruud Music Aram Khachaturian* atmosphere Lighting Designer Parker Young Conductor Jean-Louis LeRoux Brunch, Sun 11:30-3 Damara Bennett T omm Ruud Deborah Zdobinski Dinner, Mon-Sat 5 to midnight. Sun 4 -11 *Adagio from Gayne Ballet INTERMISSION Reservations Suggested SONGS OF MAHLER (1976) New York Premiere 847 Union Street Off 7th Avenue in Choreography Michael Smuin Music Gustav Mahler* Park Slope Lighting Designer Sara Linnie Slocum Conductor Denis deCoteau (2 12) 638-0860 Mezzo Soprano Gwendolyn Jones** " In the creative arts, virtually the only impressions that are fruitful and decisive in the long run are those that occur between the ages of four and eleven ..