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BALANCHINE TO BR_OADWAY: l STYLES OF CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY

[ APRJL 26- 30, 1995 BOB 1-IOPE THEATR.E J BALANCHINE TO BROADWAY: STYLES OF CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY

Artistic Director MARK BORCHELT

Lighting Designer RoN BuRNs

April 26 - 30, 1995 Wednesday - Saturday, 8:00p.m. Sunday, 2:15p.m. Bob Hope Theatre

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PROGRAM

CoNCERTO BARocco Music Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043 Composer J.S. Bach Choreographer Restaged by Jillana Rehearsal Directors Mark Borchelt, Karen Kriete Soloists April Alvis, Allison Young, Jason Lacayo Corps Virginia Boehm, Cindy Davis, Kelley Calhoon, Stephanie Matera, Melissa Moran, Siobhain Mosley, Leeanna Smith, Amy Wolf Alternates Erin Flanigan, Dana Gavin, James Kiger

BALLA DE Music selections from Op. 1 I, 15, 32, 42, 59 Composer Alexander Scriabin Choreographer Anna Sokolow Restaged by Jill Beck and Scott Warren Pianist Diego Tornelli Ensemble Tues, Thurs. Sat Cari Murray, Joe Gallerizzo Susan Dodge, Robert Santana Wed, Fri, Sun Jasmine Bates, Chad Peters Joy Kennamer, M ichacl Trusnovcc

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Prisms Music Composed and Performed by Jamal Mohamed Choreographer Robert Beard Ensemble Genevieve Boulanger, Lina Gaviria, Tyler Gilstrap, Cynthia Anne Krempetz, Tonya Pix ton, Stacy Pottinger, John Chapman, Joe Gallerizzo, Robert Santana, Christopher Soler

PAUSE

MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS THE FossE SmTE Lyrics and Music from Chicago (Fred Ebh and John Kandor) and Pippin (Stephen Schwartz) Staged by Ann Reinking using the vocabulary or Bob Fosse Rehearsal Director Joe Orlando Musicians Richard Abrahamson, Christopher Renquist, Dean Klinker (Wed), Jay Majernick (Thurs- Sun) Ensemble Courtney Adams, Denise Dunn, Sandra Greer, Shanti Guirao, Jennifer Holmes, Ginger Norman, Angela Sharp, Deanna Villei, Chris Blaine, Casey Qood, James Kiger, Chad Peters, Christopher Soler, Michael Trusnovec

The performance of , a Balanchine® , is presented by arrange­ ment with Mr. Lincoln Kirstein. Ballade was directed by Jill Beck from the Labanotation Score by arrangement with the Dance Notation Bureau, Inc.

his year's dance programming represents a great step forward for the SMU Divi­ T sion of Dance in realizing our goal of bringing acclaimed repertory works to Dallas audiences. Our season features works by some of this century's greatest dancers and choreographers: George Balanchine, Moses Pendleton, Doris Humphrey, Anna Sokolow, and Ann Reinking. With this season, dance performance at SMU aspires to the level of achievement of the city's major cultural institutions, offering a year of classic works reconstructed by faculty and visiting artists. Drawn from the ballet, mod- • ern, musical theatre and post modern traditions, the dances will be introduced in pre­ performance lecture/demonstrations and Children's Workshops. We hope you enjoy these masterpieces of the Broadway, ballet and contemporary styles.

Jill Beck, Ph.D. Chair, Division of Dance

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George Balanchine, Choreographer (Concerto Barocco). Balanchine is considered the most influential and prolific ballet choreographer of the 20th century. He was trained in the style of Marius Petipa at the Russian Imperial School, and after the revolution in Russia went to Europe and joined Serge Diaghilev's Russes. In 1933, he accepted Lincoln Kirstein's invitation to come to America and establish a school and eventually a professional company. The School of American Ballet was founded in 1934 and the Ballet in 1948. Between 1934 and 1948, Balanchine choreographed for other dance companies as well as Broadway shows and Hollywood films with which work he raised considerably the status of the dancer in popular entertainment. From 1948 until his death in 1983, he devoted himself exclusively to the where he choreographed over 200 ballets and devel­ oped a neoclassical style that blended the majesty of the Russian Imperial School, the tradi­ tion of the Paris Opera, and the drama of Romantic ballet. Balanchine extended, distorted, and re-combined this rich classical ballet vocabulary in unexpected ways to create an Ameri­ can style of ballet for the 20th century. Robert Beard, Choreographer (Prisms) and Associate Professor of Dance, has trained under and/or perfom1ed with such leading contemporary dance artists as , Jose Limon, and Merce Cunningham. Mr. Beard has taught professional dance classes at the Royal Acad­ emy of Dancing, London, The Toronto Dance Theatre, and many universities across the . lie served as Co-f'oundcr and Co-Artistic dircclor of the Repertory Dance Company of the Southwest, the first full time professional contemporary company in the region. He is considered to be one of the outstanding teachers and choreographers of contemporary dance in the Southwest. Jill Beck, Restaging Director (Sallade), is an international authority on dance notation and the restaging of dance repertory works. She is an adviser to FilmAmerica PBS programming and editor-in-chief of Tmdilionol !Iris in P('ffomwncc, an international print and video jour­ nal. Dr. Beck is a master teacher for The American Dance Festival, and was formerly on the dance and graduate music faculties of The Juilliard School. She is the Project Director for a three-year project funded hy the Department of Education. which will work to develop an integrated Arts/Social Studies curriculu1n for usc hy teachers of grades 4- 12 using interactive multi -media. Mark Borchelt, Artistic Director, and Rehearsal Director (Concerto Bamccn), joined the ballet faculty of the Division of Dance in 1992, after three years as a member of the ballet faculty at the University of Utah. Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, Mr. Borchelt was active in high school athletics prior to entering the dance profession. During his fourteen­ year professional career, he performed a wide variety of principal roles with the Dallas 13al­ lct, Louisville Ballet, and Ballet West, and worked with such dance luminaries as Fredric Franklin, , John Buller, and Toni Lander. Mr. Borchelt has been featured in regional festivals around the country, is a performer and teacher, and recently was a guest master teacher in Taipei, Taiwan. Ron Burns, Lighting Designer, has for many years been associated with The City College of New York as a member of the design staff for the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing A1ts. Designing both Scenery and Lighting for the Theatre and Dance Programs, Ron has had the opportunity to work with artists such as George Wolfe, Hope Clarke, Trazana Beverly, Walter Raines, Carolyn Adams, and Anna Sokolow. He is also Scenic/Lighting Designer for the internationally acclaimed company Opera Ebony. Mr. 13urns has been a member of the theatre faculties of University of Alabama-Birmingham and Monmouth College, and cur­ rently teaches at C.C.N.Y.

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Jillana, Restaging Director (Concerto Barocco), joined George Balanchine's company the same year it officially became New York City Ballet. On her 13th birthday, she performed for the first time. Jillana remained with New York City Ballet for the next 20 years, appearing in many of the major roles in Balanchine's ballets. He created Liebeslieder Walzer particularly for her in 1960. Jillana also performed with American Ballet Theatre and Na­ tional Ballet of Washington and has appeared on Broadway and productions for television. She is a renowned teacher and has taught company classes for most of the major ballet com­ panies in the United Stales and the Paris Opera Ballet. She teaches at regional dance festi­ vals, universi.ties and summer dance programs. Ji Ilana has been recognized by the Balanchine Trust as one of the few people allowed to re-stage some of George Balanchine's most famous ballets.

Karen Kriete, Rehearsal Director (Concerto Barocco). A native of Dallas, Ms. Kriete at­ tended the School of American Ballet as a Ford Foundation Scholar. She was an apprentice with the Harkness Ballet Company, member of the Harkness House administrative staff and teaching faculty, and production assistant for the Harkness Youth Company. Ms. Kriete is a member of the Congress on Research in Dance and has taught nation-wide for such organiza­ tions as the Cecchetti Council of America and the National Association for the Arts and Lellers. In addition to serving the Division of Dance as ballet mistress for mainstage con­ certs, she is the artistic director for Brown Bag Concerts. Ms. Kriete is a recipient of an Outstanding Professor Award for her scholarship in ballet technique, pedagogy, and kinesiol­ ogy.

Joe Orlando, Rehearsal Director (The Fosse Suite), is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Jazz Dance. Formerly, Mr. Orlando held the position of Chair of the Interlochen Arts Academy Dance Division. He was the recipient of the Certificate of Excellence from the White I louse Commission on Presidential Scholars in 1989. He has taught in the American Dance Center in New York City, and is regional director of Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Congress. Mr. Orlando has taught and choreographed for Bat-Dor Dance Company and summer workshop in Tel Aviv, Israel, for the past three years. The Company recently pre1nicred his work "Drum Spirit" in their Fall season. lie has also taught workshops and master classes in Alaska, Washington D.C., Mexico, and Munich, Germany; for the National Association of Dance Master, Southwestem Regional Ballet Festival, and at the Dance Aspen Summer School.

Ann Reinking, (The Fosse Suite). Ms. Reinking, renowned star of stage and screen, began her dance training in her hometown of Seattle. As a teenager, she won a Ford Foundation Scholarship to study with the Ballet, followed by an apprenticeship with Rob­ ert Jaffrey. After completing high school, she moved to New York and promptly became a member of the Corps de Ballet at Radio City Music Hall. Her extensive Broadway career includes appearances in Pippin, A Chorus Line, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, and Tony­ nominated performances in Danein' and Good Time Charley. Ms. Reinking was awarded the Theatre World Award, the Clarence Derwent Award, and the Outer Critics Award for her work as Maggie in Over There. Film credits include All that Jazz, Annie, Mickie and Maude, and Movie, Movie. Ms. Reinking's last appearance in Dallas was in the DSM production of Bye Bye Birdie with Tommy Tune. She is the quintessential Broadway star and has started the Musical Theatre Project of Tampa to share her experiences and educate the theatre talent of the future.

MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Anna Sokolow, choreographer (Ballade), has been at the forefront of modern dance for over 50 years. She broadened the postmodern era by using all forms of music and exploring expressive movement. Ms. Sokolow is known for making her dancers go beyond their limits, to always challenge themselves. She has retined the art of teaching dancers how to commu­ nicate dramatically, as well as training them to be technically proficient. Ballade, one of her most popular works, illustrates that she is a poet-choreographer with a tremendous versatility of style. Anna Sokolow's legacy remains one of the thriving forces in dance, not only in America but around the world.

Scott Warren, Rehearsal Director (Ballade), has danced with the Oakland, Alberta, and Penn­ sylvania Ballet companies, and is a graduate of The Juilliard School. He is a 1994 Graduate Fellow in the Dance Division, in the Masters in Choreographic Theory and Practice program. He is the director of SUMMERFEST, a festival for independent choreographers held in San Francisco. His piece Separate ... but One, which premiered at SUMMERFEST '94, was per­ formed by Oakland Ballet at the opening performance for their 1994-95 season.

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Production Staff

Production Director Sheilae Mason Sheeler Costume Coordinator/Ballade Laurie Rudd Costume Designer/Concerto Barocco Nancy Fountain of N-Motion Rehearsal Pianistffhe Fosse Suite Richard Abrahamson Assistant to Ms. Sheeler Tonya S. Pixton Audio/Video Intern Raul Avila Assistant Stage Manager Lisa Propes Light Board Operator Heather Huie Sound Board Operator Amy York Crew Chief Troy Hatley Deck Electricians Angela Luem, Cheryl Willis Deck Crew Taylor Fly Rail Ana Mancebo, Kerstin Zbindin Wardrobe Jamie Blain, Shawn Otis, Rachelle White Liaison to the Music Division Nathan Montoya

Dance Production/Practica Courtney Adams. /\pril Alvis. Holly Anderson, Chris Blaine. Jamie Blain. Genevieve Boulanger, Merideth E. Fanning, Erin Flanigan, Colleen French, Dana Gavin, Lina Gaviria, Tyler Gilstrap, Casey Miles Good. Ami Grinsfcldcr, Shanti Guirao, Heather Huie, Jennifer Holmes. Joy Alisa Kennamer, Carolyn Kramer, Cynthia Anne Krcmpetz. Suzanne Lawrence, Angela Luem. Jana Mauldin, Ana Z. Mancebo, Sara Mann, Stephanie Matera, Kimberly McKee, Siobhain Mosley, Cari Ann Murray, Elaine Orphanidcs, Shawn Otis, Erica Lynn Phillips, Tonya S. Pixton, Alicia Richardson, Suzanne Rosso!. Angela Victoria Sharp, Christopher Soler. Leeanna Smith, Zenobia Taylor, Deana Villei. Rachcllc White. Cheryl Lynn Willis. Megan Willsey. Missy Wilson, Amy York. Kcrstin Zbinden

Faculty Starr Graduate Assistants Rubert Beard Richard /\brahamsun* Tina Curran Jill Beck, Chair Joel Almazan Arihuela Lori Darley Shelley Berg Claudia Chance Scott Warren Mark Borchelt Jamal Mohmed* Patricia !!arrington Delancy Shcilne Mason Sheeler+ * Member International Guild of Karen Kriete Edward Lee Smith Musicians for Dance Nathan Montoya Janeen Vestal + Member Actors Equity Joe Orlando Associations

SPECIAL THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Claudia Chance Ed Delaney Division of Theatre Joe Kaplor Stephen Leary Quin Matthews James Pettijohn Laurie Rudd Designs, Inc. Wynn Winberg

MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS APRIL

EXHIBITIONS & PROGRAMS 17 Exhibition: SMU Master of Fine Arts Qualifying Exhibition, through April30, The Gallery, Hughes-Trigg.

MUSIC 27 Choral Peiformance: Sacred Music of the Baroque, Highland Park United Methodist Church, 8:00 pm. 30 SMU Meadows Chorale and Choral Union, Caruth Auditorium, 7:00pm.

MAY

EXfiiBITIONS & PROGRAMS 7 - 21 Exhibition: SM U Bachelor of Fine Arts Qualifying Exhibition, The Gallery, Hughes-Trigg.

SouTHWEST FnMIVIDEO ARCHIVES SERIES 10 Cseplii Gyuri, SWFNA Screening Room, 7:30pm, lor ti cket information call 768- 1684. 12 Csep/o Gyuri, SWFNA Screening Room, 2:00pm, for ticket information call 768-1684.

DANCE 3 - 5 Brown Bag Series, Owen Fine Arts Center Lobby, Wed/Fri 12:00 pm, Thurs 12:30 pm.

Music I Guest Artist Recital: Linda Baer, Soprano, Caruth Auditorium, 8:00pm. 2 Chamber Music Showcase, Caruth Auditorium, 8:00pm. 4 SMU Meadows Concert Choir and Women's Vocal Ensemble, Caruth Auditorium, 8:00pm. 5 SMU Meadows Wind Ensemble, Caruth Auditorium, 8:00pm. 6 SMU Pre-College Conservatory, Spring Concert, Caruth Auditorium, 5:00pm. 8 Voices of Change, Bob Hope Theatre, 8:00 pm, for ticket information call ARTTIX at520-ARTS. 14 SMU Pre-College Conservatory, Spring Recital, O' Donnell Lecture/Recital Hall, 4:00pm.

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