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Tchaikovsky to Tango PERFORMANCE CONCERT CREW Artistic Director: Donna Marisa Bontrager RIO ORONEZH Executive Director: Hannah Joy Bontrager T V & ALLET ANTASTIQUE Welcome Stage Manager: Amy Bunker B F Quon Itastio, deo, sulvivi iditum proximihicia L. Serra silicae arius, Costume Design: Donna Marisa Bontrager, with Sharon Clark (Alonzo Moore’s PRESENT sussoliam tem erit publiae nontil te dentiam ideestissi sis addum costuming) and Ellen Urrutia (Ballet I costuming) vis ma, cus, nonernita de num plinatu quam proraturnius hocaper huis. Mae coriost isses vaginve fi cit, ordisto urnit, unt. et vit, quam Costume Construction: Donna Marisa Bontrager, Sharon Clark, cre nos preorum nos, conferi iissa dit. Patricia Chance, Shirley Owen, Susan Turnblom, Ellen Urrutia Dec re dit ego Catus, que temus inatquo tatus. C. Mula L. Verfeciam Tchaikovsky to Tango locchili teropos riore perfenat, consimilius bonfentes erium hoccis, Additional Costumes: Primadonna Tutus, Bolshoi Ballet (Raymonda Catam ia men silis, Paliam consi sedi, Catuam dum re publiis, tantem tutu), Backstage Dancewear te a res ocum maiondam ela inte, ser aus senit. Vivigil ntere tes am Headpieces, Additional Costume Support: Donna Marisa Bontrager, iam occhuit virider ssili trum ac te ata pro unum mendi popotam Samantha Ketcherside, Wagon of Wonders Costumes, Ellen Urrutia patiachuctus sicaed pora inerrip emus; nor ina num conon dum ta inatidiem nequodit? iusperentic isqui immoventra mium nu et Public Relations: Hannah Bontrager, Katy Spaulding, Emily Tormey vero enatil us orbisquid dient? Nihilinatam vid num is orbit, factum, nonsum intiamer hostia? An terces me orectorte, ut prac res coner- Rehearsal Assistant: Thea Vandervoort emne densum effres! Sentere iquam inprivi emprare ius linpri silis publicae ella rem inte, urorivil hebunt. Soundtrack: Hannah Bontrager, with James Speer Tum sena, qua ad Catum conte, C. Sertem terfi ng lute, etoris conti in trum ips, constra vocresid se consi parit. Mulos nit, ute, nossena, Program Design: Emily Tormey med pat L. Catum aucerivit, num terrae fector adhum fi rma, quem horum a reoraeq odium ocae etra, anulis occiam furem serdina no. Performance Promotional Photography: Woden Photography Headshot Photography: Tony Lee Videography: Ian Coronado Virtuosity • With a Twist Performance Photography: Michael Brinkerhoff, Woden Photography, Tony Lee, Megan Andrews SPECIAL THANKS The dancers, for their choreographic contributions • Megan Andrews • Caitriona Bolster/KWAX SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 • 8 PM 91.1 • Michael Brinkerhoff • Amy Bunker • Robin Burke/US Bank SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 • 4 PM Debora Byrd and Larry Adams • Aubrey Cambra • Sharon Clark • Ian Coronado Curves Olga SORENG THEATER • HULT CENTER Grecova/Slavic Home Foundation • Patty Gwartney and George Goldthwaite Bob Keefer/Register Guard • Samantha Ketcherside • Tony Lee • Sara Parker Directed by Donna Bontrager & Hannah Bontrager-Gwartney Jared Mills/Woden Photography • Pacifi c Source Health Plans • Wendy and Averno Rempel • Oak Street Speakeasy • Katy Spaulding • Tripp Summer/KLCC 89.7 Emily Tormey • Susan Turnblom • Ellen Urrutia • Brett Wheeler/Pacifi c Offi ce Automation Made possible as part of Ballet Fantastique’s Arts Together Collaborative, funded in United Way of Lane County •Thea Vandervoort part by a generous grant from Lane Arts Council with support from The City of Eugene Cultural Services Division. PERFORMANCE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE PROGRAM - CONT THE ARTISTS Trio Voronezh Vladimir Volokhin plays the domra, a three-stringed, long-necked mandolin that is a predecessor to the balalaika. Since the sixteenth century it has been I used as a solo instrument in Russia; today, in folk music, it is also played in Act ensembles. Ballet Fantastique Welcome Vladimir has been playing the domra since the age of six. He has performed Suite from Le Corsaire, A. Adam as a soloist in ensembles and with the National Orchestra of Hungary. He is Donna Marisa Bontrager, Artistic Director of Ballet Fantastique Dancers: Adrianna Mirkovitch, Sara Parker, Marina Ross, and Naomi Todd the 1986 Russian National Champion of the “All Russia Domra Competition.” Camille Morgenstern, Tom Newman, Allison Trox, and Regina Urrutia Sergei Teleshev plays the bajan, a chromatic-button accordion with various Trio Voronezh registers, which the musician changes by using the chin. Choreography: Donna Marisa Bontrager Sergei has won many regional prizes in Russia for his talents on the bajan, Concerto in D Minor, A. Vivaldi. J. S. Bach which he has played since he was six. He also has studied the piano. Ballet Fantastique Valerie Petrukhin plays the double-bass balalaika, the three-stringed Trio Voronezh and Ballet Fantastique Russian national instrument with a triangular body made of fi r, known for its Pas de Deux from Raymonda, A. Glazunov resonant sound. Scherzo in B Minor, Opus 20; J.S. Bach Valerie began playing the accordion at age six and the balalaika when he was Dancers: Hannah Bontrager, Alonzo Moore nineteen. He also has studied the piano and trombone. Dancers: Hannah Bontrager and Alonzo Moore Choreography: Original, as performed by the Kirov Ballet Choreography: Hannah Bontrager and Alonzo Moore, with Donna Marisa Bontrager I NTERMISSION - TWENTY MINUTES Ballet Fantastique Trio Voronezh Donna Marisa Bontrager Artistic Director, Repetiteur, Costume Designer Polka from The Bolt ballet, D. Shostakovich Donna Marisa Bontrager has studied the eight levels of the internationally-recognized Russian Kirov training syllabus and performance of classical variations with Bernadine DeMike, Marvin Askew and Karl Singletary. She has also studied extensively with former New Yorker Howard Epstein, previous co-director of the Conservatory of Classical Dance and student of Vaganova Trio Voronezh and Ballet Fantastique expert John Barker. Her performance résumé embraces work with New York companies, including Empire Ballet, Buffalo City II Ballet, Royale Dance Theater, and Festival Choir Ballet. In addition, she was invited to perform in the international Feast of the Trepak, P. I. Tchaikovsky, from The Nutcracker Act Tabernacles in Jerusalem, Israel, and has been invited to join the World Congress on Dance. Dancer: Alonzo Moore She has staged numerous full-length concerts and original ballets for Ballet Fantastique, including Sleeping Beauty, Cakewalk Trio Voronezh Ballet, Danse Renaissance and Mosaico de Danza; and innovative collaborations with musicians and organizations, including Choreography: Alonzo Moore Eugene Symphony, Traduza Dance Company, the Umpqua Dance Festival and the Slavic Festival. Tango Suite: Undertango, Oblivion, and Michelangelo 70; A. Piazzolla Ms. Bontrager’s costume designs have appeared on stages across the Northwest. Trio Voronezh and Ballet Fantastique Hannah Joy Bontrager Trio Voronezh Executive Director, Dancer Danse Russe, P. I. Tchaikovsky, from Swan Lake Hannah Joy Bontrager-Gwartney has studied the eight levels of the Vaganova Syllabus and Vaganova pedagogy with Donna Mardiandia, A. Zigankov Marisa Bontrager while creating and performing works locally, and instructing classes at Ballet Fantastique for almost ten Dancers: Ashley Bontrager and Alonzo Moore years. In addition to spending two summers at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. under Artistic Director Oleg Choreography: Hannah Bontrager Vinogradov, she was one of fi ve students invited internationally to join renowned Kirov prima ballerina Mme. Alla Sizova’s Trio Voronezh and Ballet Fantastique advanced class. In 2003 she graduated from the Academy of Colorado Ballet’s professional division while concurrently training Argentinean Dance, Traditional and performing with the company’s apprentices in productions such as The Nutcracker and Coppelia. Ballet Fantastique Hannah graduated summa cum laude from the Robert D. Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon, where she earned Dancers: Ashley Bontrager, Hannah Bontrager, Julia Hakes concurrent BA’s in Dance and English Literature and a minor in Community Arts. She has also performed as a guest dancer and/ Napolitaine, P. I. Tchaikovsky, from Swan Lake or contributing choreographer with a number of Northwest companies. She is currently a soloist with the Ballet Fantastique Choreography: Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager Chamber Performance Ensemble. Choreography: Original, as performed by the Bolshoi Ballet Dancer: Hannah Bontrager Trio Voronezh With: Camille Morgenstern and Regina Urrutia, and Hannah Brandow, Mary Martha Waltz for Nikki, R. Galliano Calhoun, Io Korol, Anna Laptova, Sophie Morgenstern, and Olivia Moss Trio Voronezh and Ballet Fantastique Ballet Fantastique Besame Mucho, C. Vel‡zquez Danse Hongrois, P. I. Tchaikovsky, from Swan Lake Dancers: Hannah Bontrager and Nicole Thieme Choreography: Original, as performed by the Bolshoi Ballet Choreography: The dancers, with Donna Marisa Bontrager Dancers: Nicola Thieme and Alonzo Moore Alonzo Lee Moore IV Ashley Blake Bontrager Nicola Juliet Thieme Julia Ann Hakes Dancer Dancer Dancer Dancer Trio Voronezh Alonzo Lee Moore IV began Ashley Blake Bontrager has Nicola Juliet Thieme began her Julia Ann Hakes has been dancing Trio Voronezh his training in 2002 in Loyola studied classical ballet at Buffalo classical ballet training at the ballet since she was fi ve years Finale from Opale concerto: New York Tango, R. Galliano University’s Ballet Repertory City Ballet, the Conservatory of Conservatory of Classical Dance old. She has been a student at Sabre Dance, A. Khachaturian Program under the direction Classical Dance, Ballet Fantastique,
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