The Joffrey Ballet, October 15, Tet; Nick Ingam, Conductor
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FEBRUARY 28, 2013 / ELLIOTT HALL OF MUSIC AGE OF INNOCENCE Choreography by EDWAARD LIANG Music by PHILIP GLASS and THOMAS NEWMAN Costume Design by MARIA PINTO Lighting design by MARK STANLEY, recreated by JACK MEHLER AFTER THE RAIN Choreography by CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Music by ARVO PÄRT Costumes Designed by HOLLY HYNES Lighting by MARK STANLEY, Recreated by JACK MEHLER Staged by JASON FOWLER -INTERMISSION- LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (The Rite of Spring) Pictures of Pagan Russia in Two Acts Choreography after Vaslav Nijinsky Reconstructed and staged by Millicent Hodson Music by Igor Stravinsky Scenario by Igor Stravinsky and Nicholas Roerich Costumes and décors after Nicholas Roerich Reconstructed and supervised by Kenneth Archer Artistic Supervision of Reconstruction by Robert Joffrey Lighting Design by Jack Mehler after Thomas Skelton Scenic Supervision and Costumes Executed by Robert Perdziola and Sally Ann Parsons Patrons are requested to turn off pagers, cellular phones, and signal watches during performances. The taking of photographs and the use of recording devices are not allowed in this auditorium. Program and artists subject to change. ASHLEY C. WHEATER Artistic Director CHRISTOPHER CLINTON CONWAY Executive Director ROBERT JOFFREY GERALD ARPINO Founder Founder Artists of The Company MATTHEW ADAMCZYK – DERRICK AGNOLETTI – YOSHIHISA ARAI GUILLAUME BASSO – MIGUEL ANGEL BLANCO – OGULCAN BOROVA – KATHERINE BRUNO – FABRICE CALMELS – RAUL CASASOLA – APRIL DALY – ERICA LYNETTE EDWARDS – YUMELIA GARCIA – CARA MARIE GARY – JOHN MARK GIRAGOSIAN – DYLAN GUTIERREZ – ELIZABETH HANSEN – JAIME HICKEY – RORY HOHENSTEIN – ANASTACIA HOLDEN – DARA HOLMES – VICTORIA JAIANI – FABIO LO GIUDICE – GRAHAM MAVERICK – CAITLIN MEIGHAN – JERALDINE MENDOZA – KATHERINE MINOR – JACQUELINE MOSCICKE – AMBER NEUMANN – ALEXIS POLITO – VALERIE ROBIN – CHRISTINE ROCAS – AARON ROGERS – RICARDO SANTOS – LUCAS SEGOVIA – ABIGAIL SIMON – MICHAEL SMITH – TEMUR SULUASHVILI – JACK THORPE-BAKER – SHANE URTON – ALBERTO VELAZQUEZ – MAURO VILLANUEVA – MAHALLIA WARD – JENNY WINTON – JOANNA WOZNIAK – KARA ZIMMERMAN SCOTT SPECK Music Director NICOLAS BLANC GERARD CHARLES Ballet Master Ballet Master GRACA SALES Ballet Master/Principal Coach KATHERINE SELIG Principal Stage Manager AMANDA HEUERMANN Stage Manager JACK MEHLER, Lighting Director THETHE JOFFREY JOFFREY BALLETBALLET ARTISTSARTISTS OF THE OF COMPANY THE COMPANY Matthew Adamczyk Derrick Agnoletti Yoshihisa Arai GuillameGuillaume Basso Miguel Angel Blanco Ogulcan Borova Katherine Bruno Fabrice Calmels Raul Casasola April Daly Erica Lynette Edwards Yumelia Garcia Cara Marie Gary John Mark Giragosian Dylan Gutierrez Elizabeth Hansen Jaime Hickey Rory Hohenstein Anastacia Holden Dara Holmes Victoria Jaiani Fabio Lo Giudice Graham Maverick Caitlin Meighan Photography by: Tom Nowak THETHE JOFFREY JOFFREY BALLETBALLET ARTISTSARTISTS OF THE OF COMPANY THE COMPANY Jeraldine Mendoza Katherine Minor Jacqueline Moscicke Amber Neumann Alexis Polito Valerie Robin Christine Rocas Aaron Rogers Ricardo Santos Lucas Segovia Abigail Simon Michael Smith Temur Suluashvili Jack Thorpe-Baker Shane Urton Alberto Velazquez Mauro Villanueva Mahallia Ward Jenny Winton Joanna Wozniak Kara Zimmerman Photography by: Tom Nowak AGE OF INNOCENCE PROGRAM NOTES AGE OF INNOCENCE Choreography by EDWAARD LIANG Music by PHILIP GLASS and THOMAS NEWMAN Costume Design by MARIA PINTO Lighting design by MARK STANLEY, recreated by JACK MEHLER Ballet Notes: This ballet, inspired Music Credits: by the novels of Jane Austen, Movement 2 & 4 from Symphony No. tells the story of females of the 3, The Secret Agent by Philip Glass late eighteenth century and early © 1995 Dunvagen Music Publishers nineteenth-century. It’s a story Inc. Used by Permission. Performed of societal repression and of the by Bournemouth Symphony Orches- strength of the human spirit. Age of tra, Conducted by Marin Alsop and Innocence was created with funds courtesy of Naxos of America from the Prince Prize for Commis- sioning Original Work, which was “The Poet Acts” from the motion awarded to Edwaard Liang and The picture “The Hours” by Philip Glass, Joffrey Ballet in 2008. Published by Sony/ATV Music Pub- lishing LLC. World Premiere: Michael Riesman, Piano; Lyric Quar- The Joffrey Ballet, October 15, tet; Nick Ingam, Conductor. 2008, Chicago, Illinois, The Auditorium Theatre of LITTLE CHILDREN - END TITLE Roosevelt University written by Thomas Montgomery Newman All Rights owned or administered by © SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. on behalf of NEW LINE MUSIC CORP. (BMI) Used By Permission. AGE OF INNOCENCE PROGRAM NOTES AFTER THE RAIN PROGRAM NOTES After the Rain® by CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Music by ARVO PÄRT Costumes Designed by HOLLY HYNES Lighting by MARK STANLEY, Recreated by JACK MEHLER Staged by JASON FOWLER Ballet Notes: Christopher Wheel- World Premiere: don’s After the Rain is a ballet of January 22, 2005, New York City bold movements and heartfelt emo- Ballet, New York State tion. In Part I, danced to the first Theater, New York movement of Pärt’s Tabula Rasa, the three couples’ opening move- Joffrey Premiere: ments find the men lying on the October 13, 2010, Auditorium floor with the women standing over Theatre of Roosevelt University, them, en pointe, with their left legs Chicago, IL thrust in the air. From that power- ful image, the couples perform a Music Credits: series of intricate lifts and turns Arvo Pärt Ludus from TABULA that often mirror one another. They RASA and SPIEGEL IM SPIEGEL are dressed in steel gray, reflecting Used by arrangement with Europe- the striking backdrop, in which a an American Distributors Company, revolving palette of grays resembles U.S. and glass covered with raindrops. The Canadian agent for Universal Edi- colors and mood shift dramatically tion Vienna, publisher and copy- in Part II, a pas de deux danced to right owner Spiegel im Spiegel. The ballerina is dressed in pink and her partner is bare chested. In a series of unfold- ing partnering moves, the dancers explore the shifting emotions of their relationship. At times they are close and tender with one another, while at other times they inhabit the same space but are separated and searching for one another. The ballet is short in length–lasting about 22 minutes–but rich in inven- tion and feeling. Repertory notes courtesy of and adapted from New York City Ballet Online Repertory Index. THE RITE OF SPRING PROGRAM NOTES LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (The Rite of Spring) Pictures of Pagan Russia in Two Acts Choreography after Vaslav Nijinsky Reconstructed and staged by Millicent Hodson Music by Igor Stravinsky Scenario by Igor Stravinsky and Nicholas Roerich Costumes and décors after Nicholas Roerich Reconstructed and supervised by Kenneth Archer Artistic Supervision of Reconstruction by Robert Joffrey Lighting Design by Jack Mehler after Thomas Skelton Scenic Supervision and Costumes Executed by Robert Perdziola and Sally Ann Parsons Ballet Notes: Vaslav Nijinsky, as realized, a ballet completely apart a member of Diaghilev’s Ballets from the norm of their day. The Russes, was one of the greatest movements that Nijinsky devised dancers of the 20th century as well were so unfamiliar to the as an innovative choreographer. Le classically trained dancers that Sacre du Printemps gave him the many of them rebelled against the opportunity to revolutionize dance, steps he required. But he stood stimulated by his close collabora- firm. Stravinsky’s polyrhythms were tors, Igor Stravinsky, the composer monumentally difficult. Diaghilev and Nicholas Roerich, the scenar- asked a pupil of Jaques-Dalcroze ist and designer. All three felt