2016 // 17 SEASON

Northrop and Walker Art Center Present CCN- DE LORRAINE Thu, Feb 16, 7:30 pm Carlson Family Stage

Devoted Fabrications Sounddance Dear Friends of Northrop, Northrop at the University of Minnesota and Walker Art Center Present Tonight, we collaborate with Walker Art Center as part of their major survey: Merce Cunningham: Common Time, offering two of Cunningham’s groundbreaking choreographic works. The program begins with Devoted, a commissioned work by the trend setting choreographic duo Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud. Infused with current hall and pop culture, CCN-BALLET DE these French choreographers are clearly influenced by modern and even post-modern American dance history—history that was forever changed by Cunningham's impact. LORRAINE Fabrications, the second work on our program, actually had its world premiere right here at Northrop in 1987, with Cunningham dancing, as he did in every performance by his until he was 70. When he died a few months after his 90th birthday, he Choreographer and General Director had won every choreographic award and accolade imaginable, PETTER JACOBSSON Christine Tschida. Photo by Tim Rummelhoff. and left a legacy of nearly 200 works.

It’s interesting to think about the audience who sat here at Northrop 30 years ago, and their world. Choreographer and Coordinator of Research Ronald Reagan was in his second term in the White House and had just struggled through a government THOMAS CALEY shutdown. News of the Iran-Contra Scandal had recently broken. Mad Cow Disease was discovered in the U.K., and the Minnesota Twins would go on to win their first World Series later that year. A few weeks after that Northrop performance, Anna Kisselgoff raved of the New York premiere, “Fabrications is a superb example of Mr. Cunningham’s ability… to create drama out of movement.” She described Dancers “unstintingly interesting activity" and claimed the work had “a highly emotional resonance.” I wonder JONATHAN ARCHAMBAULT AMANDINE BIANCHERIN AGNÈS BOULANGER if Minnesota audiences felt the same way? And I wonder about Cunningham’s own reaction, since he famously wanted to create dance that was solely about movement itself, as devoid as possible of narrative GUILLAUME BUSILLET MATTHIEU CHAYRIGUES PAULINE COLEMARD or emotional implications. JUSTIN CUMINE GIUSEPPE DAGOSTINO MIRIAM ROSE GRONWALD TRISTAN IHNE LAURE LESCOFFY VALÉRIE LY-CUONG We close with Sounddance, which premiered in 1975 (its review sits alongside an ad for “Best Picture: SAKIKO OISHI MARION RASTOUIL ELSA RAYMOND ROCKY” in The New York Times), which has long been regarded as one of Cunningham's greatest works. ELISA RIBES YOANN RIFOSTA LIGIA SALDANHA “A contemporary Everyman play, in which the dancers have been given a brief lease on life,” Kisselgoff comments, “...enormously moving, even in old-fashioned romantic terms.”

Cunningham a romantic? Despite work that is perplexing and maddening to some, critics do keep Exclusive representation referring to emotional resonance in his works, and Cunningham often spoke and wrote movingly about Rena Shagan Associates, Inc. the nature of dance and its impermanence. “You have to love dancing to stick to it,” he wrote. “It shaganarts.com gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.” The U.S. tour of the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine is made possible thanks to the support Thank you for being here to experience that feeling tonight! of Institut français-Paris and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.

Sincerely,

Christine Tschida Director of Northrop

NEXT UP AT NORTHROP: We welcome BEREISHIT DANCE COMPANY from Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday, February 28 at 7:30 pm. The ancient art of Korean drumming and Pansori singing accompany the hip-hop

styles of contemporary Korean . This presentation of CCN-Ballet de Lorraine is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, Cover: CCN-Ballet de Lorraine in Devoted. and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota. Photo © Arno Paul. 2 3 DEVOTED

Choreography by CECILIA BENGOLEA and FRANÇOIS CHAIGNAUD Music by PHILIP GLASS, Another Look at Harmony Part IV Lighting by JEAN-MARC SEGALEN Costumes by CECILIA BENGOLEA and FRANÇOIS CHAIGNAUD with THE COSTUME SHOP OF THE CCN-BALLET DE LORRAINE Dance hall teachers, GIDDY ELITE TEAM, DAMION BG DANCERZ Dancer assisting with preparation, ERIKA MYAUCHI Thanks to FLORENCE ABELIN, PHILIPPE GLADIEUX and DONATIEN VEISMANN Rehearsal director, VALÉRIE FERRANDO

AMANDINE BIANCHERIN AGNÈS BOULANGER PAULINE COLEMARD LAURE LESCOFFY SAKIKO OISHI MARION RASTOUIL ELSA RAYMOND ELISA RIBES LIGIA SALDANHA

INTERMISSION

FABRICATIONS

Choreography by MERCE CUNNINGHAM Music by EMANUEL DIMAS DE MELO PIMENTA, Short Waves 1985 and SBbr Design by DOVE BRADSHAW Staged by PATRICIA LENT

JONATHAN ARCHAMBAULT AMANDINE BIANCHERIN AGNÈS BOULANGER GUILLAUME BUSILLET MATTHIEU CHAYRIGUES PAULINE COLEMARD JUSTIN CUMINE GIUSEPPE DAGOSTINO MIRIAM ROSE GRONWALD TRISTAN IHNE VALÉRIE LY-CUONG SAKIKO OISHI MARION RASTOUIL YOANN RIFOSTA LIGIA SALDANHA

INTERMISSION

SOUNDDANCE

Choreography by MERCE CUNNINGHAM Music by DAVID TUDOR, Untitled 1975/1994 Design by MARK LANCASTER Staged by THOMAS CALEY and MEG HARPER

JONATHAN ARCHAMBAULT AMANDINE BIANCHERIN AGNÈS BOULANGER MATTHIEU CHAYRIGUES JUSTIN CUMINE TRISTAN IHNE VALÉRIE LY-CUONG SAKIKO OISHI MARION RASTOUIL YOANN RIFOSTA

Sounddance (1975) and Fabrications (1987) by Merce Cunningham © Merce Cunningham Trust. All rights reserved. CCN-Ballet de Lorraine in Fabrications. Photo © Bernard Prudhomme. 4 5 ABOUT THE COMPANY CREATIVE TEAM

The current CENTRE CHOREGRAPHIQUE The CCN functions as an art center and venue Born in Stockholm, PETTER of their work for the RSB was the creation of two NATIONAL—BALLET DE LORRAINE was first for multiple possibilities in the fields of research, JACOBSSON started his immense happenings, In Nooks and Crannies 2000 established in Amiens, France in 1968. In 1978 it was experimentation, and artistic creation. It is a studies in dance at the age and 2001. The project included the Royal Ballet, permanently relocated to Nancy. After acquiring platform open to many different disciplines, a of three and was further Opera and Orchestra, as well as independent the CCN title in 1999, the CCN—Ballet de Lorraine space where the many visions of contemporary educated at the Royal artists who took over non-traditional, yet possible, has dedicated itself to supporting may meet. In these artistic pursuits, he Swedish Ballet School. He performance spaces occupying the entire Royal choreographic creation. As of July 2011, the is joined by Thomas Caley, choreographer and later graduated from the Opera House of Stockholm. Petter was named organization is under the General and Artistic coordinator of research. Vaganova Academy in St. Choreographer of the Year 2002 by the Society direction of choreographer Petter Jacobsson. Petersburg in 1982. of Swedish Choreographers in recognition of the modernization of the Royal Swedish Ballet. The CCN–Ballet de Lorraine and its company of 26 As a principal dancer After years of collaboration, Petter and Thomas

dancers is one of the most important companies Petter Jacobsson with the Sadler’s Wells established an independent dance company in working in Europe, performing contemporary Royal Ballet in 2005. Their works include Nightlife, Unknown creations while retaining and programming between 1984 and 1993, he toured the globe Partner, Flux, No Mans Land-No Lands Man, The a rich and extensive repertory, spanning our dancing all of the renowned classical roles as Nearest Nearness. In 2002 they won a “Goldmask” modern history, made up of works by some of our well as appearing as a guest artist with numerous for best choreography for the musical Chess with generations’ most highly regarded choreographers. international companies. In 1993, he moved to Björn Ulveus and Benny Andersson (ABBA). New York to begin a freelance career, studying with Merce Cunningham and working with Twyla Tharp As of 2011, they are leading and choreographing Dance Company, Irene Hultman Dance, and later for the CCN—Ballet de Lorraine in Nancy, France. Deborah Hay. Their curating for the CCN invites a wide variety of artistic talent from around the world. Each invited THOMAS CALEY was born creator joins in the active questioning of a specific in Menominee, Michigan theme. Themes include: La Saison de La 12/13, Tête and in 1992, earned a BFA à tête à têtes 13/14, Live 14/15, Folk + Danse = from Purchase College in (R)évolution 15/16 and Des Plaisirs Inconnus 16/17. New York. After a year of To insure a lively and non-fixed use of the art form performing in a multitude they continue their search through installations of independent projects for the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris and Musée in New York City he joined Pompidou Metz and an original initiative LAB- the Merce Cunningham BLA-BAL, which includes a series of open house art Company. From 1994 to experiments, workshops, and discussions. 2000, he performed and

Thomas Caley toured throughout the world while participating in the creation of over 12 new works by Cunningham.

Petter and Thomas started working as a creative team in the mid-nineties, choreographing works for Martha@Mother, the Joyce Soho in New York, and the choreography for the opera Staden at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, a commission for the 1998 Cultural Capital of Europe.

In 1999, when Petter was appointed the artistic director of the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, they made the move to Europe to continue their artistic collaboration. An exceptional embodiment CCN-Ballet de Lorraine in Sounddance. Photo © Laurent Philippe. 6 7 THE DANCERS

JONATHAN ARCHAMBAULT GUILLAUME BUSILLET PAULINE COLEMARD whole repertoire of Duato. In 2013 he met Olivier Originally from Gatineau, Born in Bordeaux, Busillet Colemard studied at the Dubois and then began a period of research Canada, Archambault began started his dance education CNSM in Lyon, earning her with several artists including Marcos Morau / La his dance education in jazz at the Conservatory in high school diploma in the Veronal. In the same year he graduated in Letters dance and gymnastics. In Boulogne before returning techniques of music and and Cultural Heritage from his Alma Mater 2007 he began attending the and attending the dance in 2010. She joined the Studiorum University of Bologna. He worked as École Supérieure de Ballet Conservatory in Bordeaux. CCN–Ballet de Lorraine in an apprentice in the Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Contemporain in Montréal, In 2007, he was invited 2013. under the direction of Romeo Castellucci, and as a studying both ballet and to attend the CNSM in dancer with the choreographer Marcos Morau / La contemporary dance. In Paris, where he focused on Veronal in a project on Pasolini. Dagostino joined 2010, he received a grant from the Princess of contemporary dance, working with Florence Vitrac, JUSTIN CUMINE the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine in 2016. Monaco during the Monaco Dance Forum, and Peter Goss, Christine Gérard, and André Lafonta. Cumine began studying a few months later joined the CCN-Ballet de During his training, and as part of the CNSM’s jazz dance in the south of MIRIAM ROSE GRONWALD Lorraine. Junior Ballet he also worked with the Cie Marie France, then continued his Gronwald was born in Chouinard, Cristiana Morganti (Pina Bausch), studies for five years at the Heidelberg, Germany and AMANDINE BIANCHERIN Françoise Dupuy, Odile Duboc, the Australian CNR in Avignon, earning his began her professional From 1992 to 1995, Dance Theater, Thomas Lebrun, Angelin Prejlocaj, diploma in choreographic dance training at the age Biancherin studied at the and Hofesh Shechter. In June 2012 he participated studies, with honors in jazz of 13 at the Mannheim CNR in Paris. From 1995 in the retrospective of Philippe Découflé’s Cie DCA, and contemporary dance as Dance Academy under the to 2000, she studied at and in July joined the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine. In well as a degree in literature. direction of Prof. Birgit the CNSM in Paris, where 2014, he created Little Stories as part of the CCN- After graduating he joined the Jeune Ballet de Keil. In 2011 she entered she obtained a degree in Ballet de Lorraine’s program series Cartes blanches. la Cité des Papes (Avignon) later leaving to join the Frankfurt University performance, anatomy, the Professional Integration Cell (Apprenticeship of Music and Performing Arts to complete her dance history, and music. MATTHIEU CHAYRIGUES program) of the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine. In bachelor degree. From 2010 to 2011, she received a In 2000/ 2001, she joined Born in 1993, 2008, he danced for the Cyprus National Dance scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation the CNSM Junior Ballet, and in 2001 joined the Chayrigues began dancing Company, Dance Cyprus. The same year he was and in 2012 from the German National Academic CCN-Ballet de Lorraine. During her time with the in 2003 at the Conservatory hired by Didier Deschamps, joining the CCN-Ballet Foundation. In 2012 she joined the ‘Gauthier Dance company she has also obtained her high school in Grenoble, then continued De Lorraine. In 2010, he earned his French dance Company’ at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart, where diploma in literature. studying at the ENS in diploma in ballet. In 2014, he created Reliquats as she danced for three seasons, performing works by Marseille in 2008. He earned part of the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine’s program Stephan Thoss (Bolero), Christian Spuck (Poppea/ AGNÈS BOULANGER his science “bac” diploma series Cartes blanches. Poppea), Jiří Kylián (Sechs Tänze), Mauro Bigonzetti Boulanger studied dance with honors in 2010, and (Cantata, Alice), Alejandro Cerrudo (Lickety at the National School of continued studying at the GIUSEPPE DAGOSTINO Split), and Ohad Naharin (Kamuyot). In 2013 she Music and Dance of Tarn in Palucca Hochschule für Tanz in Dresden, earning a Born in Conversano, Italy, choreographed her first piece This Side of Truth for Castres. At the age of 17, she B.A. degree. In 2013, he was offered an apprentice Dagostino began his the ‘Out of the Box IV’ production in Theaterhaus entered the CNR of Toulouse position at the CCN in Rillieux-la-Pape under academic studies with Victor Stuttgart. In August 2016 she joined the CCN- and became an apprentice the direction of Yuval Pick before joining the Litvinov at age 16. In 2005, Ballet de Lorraine. at the Ballet du Capitole. In Professional Integration Cell of the CCN-Ballet de he entered the Accademia 2007, she became part of the Lorraine one month later. He joined the company d’Arti e Mestieri Teatro alla Professional Integration Cell in September of 2014. Scala where he graduated (Apprenticeship program) of the CCN-Ballet de in 2008 in classical and Lorraine, joining the company in 2008. contemporary dance. His career continued in the Compañía Nacional de Danza until 2013, first under the direction of Nacho Duato and then José Carlos Martínez. During those years he had the opportunity to work with international choreographers including Angeline Preljocaj, Jirí Kylián, Matz Ek, Johan Inger, William Forsythe, in addition to dance the

8 9 THE DANCERS

TRISTAN IHNE Joëlle Bouvier, B. Cekwana, Karole Armitage, ELSA RAYMOND in Communication, she began studying again with Born in Geneva, Ihne studied Christophe Béranger, and Hervé Robbe. Raymond was born in Lyon Wayne Byars before dancing The Nutcracker at the ballet at the Geneva Dance and studied ballet, jazz, Stadttheater in Klagenfurt. In February 2012 she Center. In 2005 he joined the SAKIKO OISHI and contemporary dance in joined the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine. Opera Ballet of Bordeaux. Born in Ehimé, Japan, Oishi Villeurbanne with Pascale Two years later he joined began dancing at the age Courdioux and René Bon. In YOANN RIFOSTA the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine. of 5. In 2005, she moved 2008, she joined the Tivoli Originally from La Réunion, In 2012, he co-created the to France, studying dance Ballet in Copenhagen and Rifosta began dancing at piece I Might Steal Your at the Ecole Nationale the following year she went the age of 10 with Chantal Clothes presented in the supérieure de danse of to the Ballet of the National Brown. He continued his competition Danse élargie at the Théâtre de la Marseille. After dancing Opera of Finland in Helsinki, where she performed studies at the CNR of Ville in Paris. Along with his career as a dancer, with the Ballet d’Europe, classical repertory ranging from Bournonville to Saint-Pierre, and then left Ihne is interested in music and working in both she joined the CCN-Ballet de Balanchine, as well as the neoclasssical works his country at the age of production and deejaying. In May 2014 he made Lorraine in 2009. of David Dawson, Richard Wherlock, and Nicolo 15 to study in Montpellier a short film together with artist M’hand Abadou, Fonte. After that Raymond freelanced, dancing at Epsedanse, under the as part of the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine’s program MARION RASTOUIL with several different contemporary dance direction of Anne-Marie Porras. In 2005, he was series Cartes blanches. Born in 1988, Rastouil first companies. accepted at Rudra Béjart and joined the Béjart studied cello, then ballet at Ballet Lausanne two years later, invited by Béjart LAURE LESCOFFY the Toulouse Conservatory. In 2012, she earned her French national diploma himself. When he later left Switzerland he became Lescoffy began dancing at In 2004, she attended the as a ballet teacher at the Centre National de la a freelance dancer and obtained his French the age of 10. Her journey CNSM in Paris where she Danse in Paris. That same year she joined the teaching diploma in jazz and contemporary dance. took her to the CNR in studied contemporary Lyon Opera Ballet, where she danced for three He joined the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine in February Paris, then on to the CNR dance, performing in works seasons. She has danced in works by William of 2012. in Montreuil. She joined the by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (In Forsythe (One flat thing reproduced, Work within Ballet Junior of Geneva in Memoriam), Jean-Claude work, Limb’s Theorem, Enemy in the Figure), Mats LIGIA SALDANHA 2006. In 2007, she entered Gallotta (Sunset Fratell), José Montalvo (Le Ek (Giselle), Ohad Naharin (Minus 16), Jiří Kylián Born in 1983 in Saô Paulo, the Professional Integration jardin Io Io Ito Ito), and Angelin Preljocaj (Larmes (Heart’s Labyrinth, Bella Figura), Maguy Marin Brazil, Saldanha began Cell (Apprenticeship Blanches and Helikopter). At the same time she (Cendrillon), George Balanchine (Who cares), Alvin dancing at the age of 9, program) of the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine, joining also studied at the Sorbonne, earning a degree in Alley (Memoria), Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker continuing her training at the company during its season. musicology in 2010. Following that she danced with (Drumming), Marcia Barcellos (Atvakhabar the Ballet School in Vienna, Dominique Boivin (Zoopsie Comédi), the Compagnie Rhapsodies), and Rachid Ouramdane (Tout autour). Austria. She has been a VALÉRIE LY-CUONG Lorca and the Compagnie 7273 (Nil) in Geneva. She Raymond joined the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine in member of the CCN–Ballet Ly-Cuong began her studies joined the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine in 2011. August of 2015. de Lorraine since 2001. at the CNR in Nice after she attended the CNSM in Paris, ELISA RIBES where she earned her high Ribes began studying dance school diploma. She joined at the CNR in Toulouse with the Nice Opera in 1995, and Nicole Fernandez and Jeanne danced in works by many Albertini. She continued prominent choreographers, her training at the CNSM among them Leonide in Paris, studying ballet, Massine, Frederick Ashton, John Cranko, N. and working with Christa Christie, R. Wherlock, M. Wainrot, M. Ribaud, Charmolu and Claude de K. Debrock, Y. Vamos and M. Naisy. She joined Vulpian. After receiving her the CCN-Ballet de Lorraine in 2004, discovering graduation certificate, she joined the Junior Ballet, another repertory consisting of works by Martha dancing in works by Serge Lifar, Karole Armitage, Graham, Merce Cunningham, Maguy Marin, Joseph Russillo, and Jean-Guillaume Bart. After a Angelin Preljocaj, G. Vienne, Mathilde Monnier short detour, during which she earned a bachelor’s and participating in the creations of works by degree in literature at the Sorbonne and a Masters

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Dan Wozney, Data Manager Arthur Allen Marilyn Reichman 26 27 BEREISHIT DANCE COMPANY Feb 28 7:30 pm

Bow-control Balance and Imbalance

with live music on stage

Fresh, invigorating contemporary dance infused with hip-hop and Korean musical traditions

Bereishit Dance Company in BOW. northrop.umn.edu Photo © P LIG.