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Barbara Weisberger Benjamin Harkarvy Executive Artistic Director Artistic Director

Robert Rodham Maurice Kaplow THE Regisseur Music Director Fiona Fuerstner Nicholas Cernovitch a BIG Ballet Mistress Lighting Designer CAPE with the Pennsylvania Orchestra WHIRL

The Pennsylvania Ballet is supported by the Pennsylvania Ballet Association and major grants from the National Endowment for A swirl of wool to slip the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Ford Founda- tion, the William into and go. Just another Penn Foundation, Community Funds and the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust. great look from A&S exciting fashion collections. AT THE A&S NEAREST YOU

Pennsylvania Ballet is a resident company of the Brooklyn Academy of Music - oo 0\ Program 177114', The place Thursday, November 14, 1974 (7:30pm)/Opera House to come... SERENADE Choreography by George Balanchine for low-cost, Costume Design by Karinska Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky high-quality Lighting by David K.H. Elliott

Serenade is a landmark, It signaled, 38 years ago, the beginning of family protection! American classic dance history. It was the first ballet created by Balanchine for what was to become the New York City Ballet, re- ceiving its world premiere at the Adolphi Theater in New York on March 1, 1935. Of the ballet, Balanchine has written, "I choreo-

graphed to the music with the pupils I happened to have at a par- The ticular time. Later... I elaborated on the small accidental bits I had included in class and made the whole more dramatic, more theatri- Williamsburgh cal, in synchronizing it to the music with additional movement, but always using the little things that ordinarily might be overlooked.. . Savings Many people think there is a concealed story in the ballet. There is not. There are, simply, dancers in motion to a beautiful piece of music. The story is the music's story, a serenade, a dance... in the Bank light of the moon." Incorporated 1851 Marcia Darhower Michelle Lucci Joanne Danto Brooklyn Offices: Jerry Schwender Gregory Drotar 1 Hanson Place at Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11243 and Broadway at Driggs Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11211 86th St. and 23rd Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11214 New Lots and Pennsylvania Ayes., Sandra Applebaum Dana Arey Karen Brown Joan Cooper Brooklyn N.Y. 11207 Kimberly Dye Linda Karash Sherry Lowenthal Anya Patton Leslie Peck Reva Pincusoff Constance Ross Angela Schmidt Robin Welch Missy Yancey Linda Zettle Nassau Offices: Hempstead Turnpike at Center Lane, David Jordan James Mercer Edward Myers Janek Schergen Levittown, N.Y. 11756 682 Dogwood Ave., Franklin Square, N.Y. 11010 INTERMISSION Queens Offices: 63rd Drive at Saunders St., Rego Park, N.Y. 11374 (New Premiere) 136-65 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, N.Y. 11354 ZIG-ZAG York Opening early 1975: 107-15 Continental Ave., Forest Hills N.Y. 11375 Choreography by Lar Lubovitch Lighting by Nicholas Cernovitch Manhattan Offices: Music by Igor Stravinsky 74 Wall St. at Pearl St. New York, N.Y. 10005 Sonata for Two Pianos 345 East 86th St., New York, N.Y. 10028 (Orchestration by Peter Nocella) Suites 1 and 2

Two dances performed in succession by the same dancers.

Inquire about Lawrence Rhodes Tamara Hadley Dana Arey Sherry Lowenthal Savings Bank Angela Schmidt Gretchen Warren Karen Brown Reva Pincusoff Sonata Life Insurance Statement Several Replies All Together at any office Eight Easy Pieces March Waltz Polka Andante without Espanole Balalaika Neopolitan Gallop

obligation! INTERMISSION --W . Program Thursday, - continued Verrett November 14, 1974 THE MOOR'S PAVANE Variation of the Theme of Othello

vs Choreography by Jose Limon Costume Design by Pauline Lawrence Lighting by Nicholas Cernovitch Music by Henry Purcell Arranged by Simon Sadoff Gutierrez Staged by Laura Glen A choice you won't have to make. Because whether you This ballet with by Jose Limon won the Dance Mag- fancy Metropolitan Opera Mezzo-Soprano Shirley Verrett choreography azine award for outstanding creation in the field of American dance. pianist, Horacio or Tchaikovsky Competition winning The dance takes its theme from the basic plot of Othello, which is Gutierrez, you can see both for less than you'd expect to told completely within the form of the dance. The four characters pay for either one. With the Brooklyn Academy's amazing are on the stage at the rise of the curtain and they never leave. Here fall Subscription Sale, you can buy a two concert sub- is portrayed the tragedy of Everyman when he is caught in the pat- scription to these two fine recitals for as little as $6. Just tern of tragic living. The ballet is therefore timeless in its implication. drop the blank below in the mail today, or bring it to our box office. With a sale like this, we expect to be sold out before long. The Moor Lawrence Rhodes His Wife Alba Calzada His Friend Dane LaFontsee Presented by Arrangement with Hurok Concerts A 2 Concert Subscription Series in the Opera House His Friend's Wife Barbara Sandonato

INTERMISSION ShirleyVerrett Mezzo Soprano Friday, December 6, 1974 at 8:00 pm RHAPSODY (New York Premiere) 11 AN AMERICAN

Choreography by Robert Rodham Sets by Robert Mitchell Horacio Gutierrez Lighting by David K. H. Elliott Piano Music by George Gershwin Friday, January 10, 1975 at 8:00 pm "Three Preludes" "Rhapsody in Blue" Costumes by Hal George Piano Solo Karl Fogmeg Program subject to change.

"I heard it as sort of musical kaleidoscope of America - of our vast Please reserve Verrett Gutierrez Subscriptions as follows: melting pot, of our unduplicated national pep, of our blues, our metropolitan madness." Orchestra subscriptions @$ 8 = $ Geroge Gershwin

1st Balcony subscriptions @$ 7 = $ The young composer-pianist was only 25 then as he performed the his kaleidoscope, "Rhapsody in Blue," with 2nd Balconysubscriptions @$ 6 = $ world premiere of id Paul Whiteman conducting. The world premiere of "Three Preludes" followed two years later. Now, these American musical master- I enclose a check payable to BAM for Total $ works are heard again in An American Rhapsody commemorating the75th anniversary of the birth of the composer,George Gershwin, Name as well as the 50th anniversary of the premiere of "Rhapsody in Blue."

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Telephone(day) (eve) The Pennsylvania Ballet will return to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for its second resident season March 13 through 16. Two return with a stamped self-addressed envelope to: separate programs will be presented. Tickets for all four March performances will be available through the BAM Box Office as Brooklyn Adademy of Music well as Ticketron, Bloomingdale's, A&S, and Broadway's Edison 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 Theatre. Call 636-4100 for further information. BAM (212) 636-4100 NEXT IN THE LEPERCQ SPACE The The next event in BAM's Dance Series will be the Rudy Perez Dance Theater November 21-24 in the LepercqSpace. veryfamous restaurant With a company of nine dancers, Mr. Perez's Dance Theater will perform six works, including a New York in i1 LI; Premiere, "Pedestrian Mall." Most of the pieces use sound In 1879 Brooklyn was a separate city and we began a collages which Mr. Perez has assembled himself. Mr. Perez New York dining tradition. The distinction of the food. the attracted patrons has a flair for the experimental that is sure to appeal to unhurried service and the elegant atmosphere from far and wide. Now we are a Landmark, a nostalgic audiences. ; example of a golden era in New York's history. Today. as in the past. our patrons arrive with anticipation and Rudy Perez, a veteran of the dance revolution of the leave warm and happy. It's our claim to fame. sixties, is considered one of the most imaginative and Brooklyn's Landmark Seafood and Steak House (Est. 1879). innovative choreographers in the country. A native New Yorker, he has studied with the New Dance Group. GAGE&TOLLNER 372 Fulton Street (nr. Boro Ha 111875-5181. Lunch and Dinner except Sunday. Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Erick Hawkins Amex & Diners. among others. He has also taught and performed with the company in university residencies throughout the .U.S. At present Mr. Perez is artist-in-residence at Marymount as well as guest teacher at Brooklyn Manhattan College 4 Staff for the Pennsylvania Ballet College, for he counts teaching every bit as important as as performing.

E. LeBlond, Jr. Tickets are still available at the box office (636-4100) Richard President and General Manager at $5. Timothy Duncan Associate General Manager

NEXT AT BAM.. . Carolyn Raffa Director of Development Odetta November 17 Craig Palmer Jane Clegg Public Relations Director Production Stage Manager Rudy Perez Dance Theatre November 21 - 24 Production Staff Flicks: The Thing and The Blob (double feature) David K. H. Elliott Stage Manager November 22 Peggy Peterson Assistant Stage Manager Frank Quinlan Master Carpenter Flicks: Nothing Sacred George W. Parker Master Electrician November 29 J. J. McIntyre Assistant Electrician E. Huntington Parker Costume Supervisor Shirley Verrett Lillian Avery Wardrobe Mistress December 6 Kay Rhodes Wardrobe Assistant Flicks: Pickup On South Street and Applause (double December 13 feature) Music Staff Daniel Forlano Assistant Conductor & III Tarack Chamber Ensemble Orchestra Librarian December 20 Marian Head Orchestra Personnel Manager Karl Fogmeg Solo Pianist Geoffrey Michaels Concert Master

School of the Pennsylvania Ballet foodstuffs... Faculty supervised by Barbara Weisberger and Benjamin Harkarvy Fun, fattening, and fabulous fingerfoods are now available School Administrator May Blitman for all BAM performances in our lobbies. If you're starved and in a hurry or if you can't face another hamburger Howard Friedman, D. 0. James E. Nixon, M.D. casserole, we have assorted snacks before curtain time. Company Physicians Our red and white pushcarts and bar are also open for intermission. Ballet tours exclusively under Manage- So enjoy a light repast of shrimp, miniature quiche The Pennsylvania Tornay ment, Ltd., New York. The studios of the Pennsylvania Ballet are Lorraine, pita with salad, or pastries, and quaff a glass located at 2333 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, beer, wine or soda; "foodstuffs" is open for business of 19130. Telephone (215) 232-1500. and pleasure. I II

Production BROOKLYN'S FABULOUS Credits RESTAURANTMOST Open Daily & Sun. until 1:30 am BREAKFAST LUNCHEON, Costumes for DINNER An American Rahpsody by Barbara Matera,. BEFORE-THEATRE COCKTAILS Ltd., New York, Assistant to Mr. George, Mary Etta Lang. AFTER-THEATRE SNACKS Ladies shoes by Herbert Levine, New York; mens shoes by Capezio. Tights and gloves by Jessy Zimmer, New York. CATERING FOR ALL OCCASIONS Costumes for Concerto Barocco executed in the Penn- sylvania Ballet Costume Shop by Eva Marks. to Homes and Offices. Complete Costumes for Grand Pas Espagnol executed in the Penn- Banquet Facilities sylvania Ballet Shop under the supervision of Michael L. Seiser. FLATBUSH AVE.EXT at DeKalb Ave. Costume construction for The Moor's Pavane supervised 2 Blocks from BAM by Charles Tomlinson and executed by Betty Williams' Phone: 852-5257 Studio, New York, and the Pennsylvania Ballet Costume Shop. The Brooklyn Academy of. Music Costumes for Serenade executed by Eva Marks in the 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 (212)636-4100 Pennsylvania Ballet Costume Shop. Harvey Lichtenstein Executive Director Costumes for Solo For Voice 1 constructed in the Penn- sylvania Ballet Costume Shop under the supervision of Judith E. Daykin Director of Operations Sharon Rupert Director of Finance Michael Seiser. Leon Van Dyke Director of Development Costumes for Time Passed Summer executed in the Charles Ziff Director of Promotion and Pennsylvania Ballet Costume Shop under the supervision Audience Development Jane Ward Production Manager of Michael L. Seiser and E. Oliver Olsen; wigs by Dayvid William Mintzer Lighting Consultant to BAM Warda; jewelry by L. Goudreau, Providence, R.I.; parasols Maribeth Gilbert Theatre Manager by Uncle Sam the Umbrella Man, New York; fabrics by Robert Ossenfort Assistant Theatre Manager Spivack Bros., Philadelphia, and Gladstone Fabrics, Inc., Reginald S. Tonry Building Manager New York. Daniel J. Sullivan Box Office Treasurer Betty Rosendorn Children's Program Administrator Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsyl- Tights and shoes by Baum's, Sarah Walder Group Sales Representative vania.

Lighting equipment by Aladdin Lighting, Inc., Philadel- The St. Felix Street Corporation, a non-profit organization phia; Pennsylvania. operating the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Abraham D. Beame, Honorary Chairman/Paul Lepercq, Chairman/Donald M. Blinken, Pres- Transfer, Inc. Burlington, New Jersey. ident/Harvey Lichtenstein, Secretary and Executive Director/Mrs. Claire Trucking by Clark E. Bodian, ex-officio/Donald H. Elliott/William Josephson/I. Stanley Kriegel /Samuel Lindenbaum/W. Barnabas McHenry/Donald E. Moore/ William Tobey/Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Commissioner P.R.C.A. and Sebastian Leone, Brooklyn Borough President, members ex-officio.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music gratefully acknowledges the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Adminis- tration of the City of New York. The Brooklyn Academy building is T owned by the City of New York and funds for its maintenance are ad- things for and Affairs Administration, W YORK The bank that does ministered by the Parks, Recreation Cultural Mayor, Edward L. Weisl, Jr., Administrator. VSIGS New York unlocks some rare riches: Abraham Beame, DANK OIAMOID Mit The taking of photographs or the use of recording devices in this theatre is strictly forbidden. reasures of Recorded Soun Directory of Facilities and Services record- A new series featuring classical orchestral and operatic Box Office Hours: Monday through Saturday, Noon - 9 00pm years ago -some never before heard on radio. ings made many Sunday - Performance Times Only Public Library's These historic recordings are from the New York Sound. Program Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Lost and Found: Telephone 636-4100 of the Archives. For commentary will be by David Hall, Director hear fa- Restrooms: Opera House this series marks a rare opportunity to Lounges and all music lovers, Ladies: Orchestra and Balcony Levels some of their most notable perform- mous artists and orchestras in Men: Mezzanine and Balcony Levels for WQXR and presented by ances. Produced by George Jellinek Music Hall The East New York Savings Bank. Ladies: Orchestra Level Men: Balcony Level Lepercq Space 2:05 PM SUNDAYS Ladies: Theatre Level Men: Theatre AM 96.3 FM STEREO Level win( 1560 Public Telephones: Main Lobby, Ashland Place Entrance The classic stations for classical music. NEW YORK TIMES THE RADIO STATIONS OF THE