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PLAYBILL Love Stories 2020-2021 SEASON Presented Virtually JUNE 18 - 27, 2021 Lauren Jonas, Artistic Director Susan Boreliz, Executive Director Board of Directors Administrative Staff Laurie Miller & Karen Lapointe, Co-Presidents Susan Boreliz, Executive Director Kristina Cipriano, Secretary Krissy Gray, Director of Operations Cheryl DeSimone Michele Johnson, Communications Elizabeth Green-Sah and Development Manager Fred Lambright, Treasurer Dan Meagher, Audience Development Manager Umberto Leone Julie Hahn, Guest Services Manager Lanita Mims Gabriella Giannini, Grants Manager Ashraf Habibiullah, Co-Founder & President Emeritus Rosselyn Ramirez, PEEK Associate Director, Social Media Edward Stegge, PEEK Associate Director Advisory Board Shannon Stowe, Program Design/Public Relations Manager Solomon Belette, MBA Business Development Consultant, Production Staff East Contra Costa County Alliance Jack Carpenter, Lighting Designer Co-Executive Director, US Africa Institute David Hartenstein, Stage Manager Gina Buscheck, Poshmark Ambassador Thomas Roberts, Technical Director Jack Catton, former Vice President of Banking, Renee Rothmann, Wardrobe Mistress US Bank Alex Bull, Lighting Technician John diBene, Assistant Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel at AT&T Film Production Staff Ruth Egherman, Director of Marketing and Sales, Heliomotion Pictures, Film Production Arts Marketing Services Walter Yamazaki, Producer, Director, Lead Editor Ghislaine Escot-Johnson, Compliance Testing Officer, Luke H. Sauer, Director of Photography, Editor Bank of the West Mike Bemesderfer, Audio Engineer Kathy Ferber, Former Director, Nonprofit Management Certificate Program, Diablo Ballet School Cal State University East Bay Lauren Jonas, Co-Founder & Director William T. Gallagher, Professor of Intellectual Property Krissy Gray, Co-Founder & Director of Operations Law at Golden Gate University School of Law Rebecca Berke, Associate Director Arturo Jacobus, President & CEO, Atlanta Ballet Raymond Tilton, School Principal Sylvia Perfetto, Pacific Gas & Electric Olivia Cole, School Administrator Gail Murray, Former Mayor & City Council Member, Walnut Creek Faculty Rebecca Berke Edward Stegge Artistic Staff Amanda Farris Jordan Tilton Lauren Jonas, Artistic Director Felipe Leon Raymond Tilton Joanna Berman, Régisseur Olivia Powell Danielle Troyano Sally Streets, Artistic Advisor Rosselyn Ramirez Michael Wells Amanda Farris, Prima Ballerina Club President Diablo Ballet P.O. Box 4700, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (925) 943-1775 www.diabloballet.org Program Pause Frugivory Coppélia’s Wedding Choreography: Bruno Roque Choreography: Sean Kelly Music: Dead Combo Music: Léo Delibes Staging: Lauren Jonas Costume Design: Noelani Pantastico Costumes: Renee Rothmann & Rebecca Berke Lighting Design: Jack Carpenter after Reed Nakayama Lighting Design: Jack Carpenter OLIVIA POWELL FELIPE LEON Opening AMANDA FARRIS DONGHOON LEE Full Company JACKIE MCCONNELL MICHAEL WELLS OLIVIA COLE Dawn AMANDA FARRIS RAYMOND TILTON World Premiere: July 12, 2019, Vashon Center for the Arts, Washington Prayer JACKIE MCCONNELL DANIELLE TROYANO FELIPE LEON MICHAEL WELLS Ribbon Dance MICHAEL WELLS with AMANDA FARRIS DANIELLE TROYANO OLIVIA COLE SOPHIE KIM Celebration JACKIE MCCONNELL FELIPE LEON Wedding Pas De Deux & Variations OLIVIA POWELL DONGHOON LEE Finale Full Company Diablo Ballet Premiere: June 18, 2021, Diablo Ballet Studio Theatre, Pleasant Hill, California Pause Carousel (A Dance) Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Music: Richard Rodgers Staging: Joanna Berman Costume Design: Holly Hines, Courtesy of BalletMet JACKIE MCCONNELL RAYMOND TILTON Pianist: Mungunchimeg Buriad World Premiere: November 26, 2002, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, New York Diablo Ballet Premiere: March 20, 2021, Diablo Ballet Studio Theatre, Pleasant Hill, California Pause Frugivory Coppélia’s Wedding Choreography: Bruno Roque Choreography: Sean Kelly Music: Dead Combo Music: Léo Delibes Staging: Lauren Jonas Costume Design: Noelani Pantastico Costumes: Renee Rothmann & Rebecca Berke Lighting Design: Jack Carpenter after Reed Nakayama Lighting Design: Jack Carpenter OLIVIA POWELL FELIPE LEON Opening AMANDA FARRIS DONGHOON LEE Full Company JACKIE MCCONNELL MICHAEL WELLS OLIVIA COLE Dawn AMANDA FARRIS RAYMOND TILTON World Premiere: July 12, 2019, Vashon Center for the Arts, Washington Prayer JACKIE MCCONNELL DANIELLE TROYANO Choreographers FELIPE LEON MICHAEL WELLS Sean Kelly received his training at the Marin Ballet. He performed with American Ballet Theatre II and Houston Ballet as a Principal dancer for many years dancing Ribbon Dance principal roles in ballets by renowned choreographers such as George Balanchine, MICHAEL WELLS Christopher Bruce, Jiri Kylian, Ben Stevenson, Paul Taylor and Stanton Welch. He also won Best Partner at the International Ballet Competition in Helsinki, Finland. with Mr. Kelly joined the Houston Ballet staff as a Ballet Master, where he was invited to AMANDA FARRIS DANIELLE TROYANO stage Ben Stevenson's Cleopatra for Boston Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. He OLIVIA COLE SOPHIE KIM created two ballets for Houston Ballet, numerous works for Diablo Ballet, and is a featured guest teacher and choreographer across the country. Mr. Kelly performed in the Tony Award winning touring production of Swing, where he also served as Dance Celebration Supervisor. He also performed in the Tony Award winning Broadway and touring productions of Twlya Tharp's JACKIE MCCONNELL FELIPE LEON Movin' Out and served as the Resident Director. Mr. Kelly was the Resident Choreographer of the Tony Award winning musical Billy Elliot, which toured nationally and throughout Canada. He was the Associate Wedding Pas De Deux & Variations Choreographer for An American in Paris on Broadway and was most recently the Associate Choreographer/ Resident Director for the National Tour of the production. In addition, he served as the Associate Director for OLIVIA POWELL DONGHOON LEE Bad Boys of Dance, which tours extensively throughout the world. Mr. Kelly stages ballets and is a guest teacher for dance companies across the country. Finale Full Company Christopher Wheeldon trained at The Royal Ballet School and joined the Royal Ballet in 1991. He joined New York City Ballet in 1993 and was promoted to Soloist Diablo Ballet Premiere: June 18, 2021, Diablo Ballet Studio Theatre, Pleasant Hill, California in 1998. He served as NYCB’s first-ever Artist in Residence in 2000/01 and was named NYCB’s first Resident Choreographer in July 2001. He has choreographed Dance of the Hours for the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Ponchielli’s La Pause Gioconda (2006), and ballet sequences for the feature film Center Stage (2000), Sweet Smell of Success on Broadway (2002), and worked with Richard Eyre on a production of Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera House (2012). In 2007, Mr. Carousel (A Dance) Wheeldon founded Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company and was appointed an Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Associate Artist for Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. 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In 1996 he was offered a contract with the National Ballet of Portugal and in 2001 joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Antwerp, Belgium. From 2004 to 2016 he danced with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. During his career, he performed numerous ballets by celebrated choreographers and had the privilege of working with many of them. In 2007 he created his first work for the Young Choreographers Initiative at Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and has choreographed dozens of commissions since then including, The Background Hum of Stimuli for the contemporary company Whim W’him in Seatlle, Anamnesis for Solo, A Festival of Dance at On the Boards, and Frugivory and The Space Between Us for Seattle Dance Collective. Since 2015 Mr. Roque has
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