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Joffrey Ballet of Chicago Center for Performing Arts Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia Center for Performing Arts 4-18-1997 Joffrey Ballet of Chicago Center for Performing Arts Follow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia Recommended Citation Center for Performing Arts, "Joffrey Ballet of Chicago" (1997). Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia. Book 98. http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia/98 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Performing Arts at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago "*% V^'^i £ w " < •• ifeatfy G/Hry E. CENTEy"V_ ' '""•:• • :AR, ; FOR PERFORMING ARTS AT GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY COMING TO THE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS The Chicago Baroque Ensemble Sunday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m. Let the Chicago Baroque Ensemble transport you with a mixture of vocal and instrumental period works and informal commentary on its repertoire. Make a day of it at this Sunday Brunch Concert. Our popular pre-show brunch is available for just $13! Call (708) 235-2222 for tickets Friday, April 18,1997 8:00 P.M. PAS DBS DEESSES Choreography by Robert Joffrey Music by John Field Solo pianist May Sofge The Center for Performing Arts Lighting by Thomas Skelton at Governors State University Costumes by Anver Bey Khan Mile. Lucille Grahn..... .....Maia Wilkins Mile. Fanny Cerrito... ...Leticia Oliveira Mile. Marie Taglioni.... LorenaFeijoo Jeffrey Ortmann, Acting Executive Director M. Arthur St. Leon David Paul Kierce PAS DES DEESSES first performed by The Joffrey Ballet on October 2, 1956 at State Teachers College, Frostburg, Maryland. Staged by Paul Sutherland and presents Francoise Marinet. INTERMISSION The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago UNTITLED Choreography by Robby Bamett, Alison Chase, Martha Clarke, Moses Pendleton, Michael Tracy and Jonathan Wolken Music by Robert Dennis April 18, 1997 Courtesy o/Tilobolus, Inc. Costumes by Malcolm McCormick Costume Supervision by Sally Ann Parsons Lighting by Thomas Skelton Sponsored by Pasquinelli Construction Alfonso Zybin Jill Davidson Michael Anderson Sam Franke Julie Janus Gregory Russell UNTITLED — World Premiere by Pilobolus on August 1, 1975, in New London, Connecticut at Palmer Audioriurn. First performance by The Joffrey Ballet on September 26, 1985, in Los Angeles at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Staged by Robby Bamett, Kent Lindemer, Adam Battlestein. PAUSE The following are exerpts from AT&T Presents BILLBOARDS A Gerald Arpino Production The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago Conceived and Directed by Gerald Arpino Music by Prince Rogers Nelson* Billboard Designs by Herbert Migdoll ROBERT JOFFREY and GERALD ARPINO, Founders Lighting by Howell Binkley GERALD ARPINO, Artistic Director Lighting Supervision by Susan A. White Robert Alpaugh, Executive Director WILLING AND ABLE PAS DE DEUX Choreography by Peter Pucci Ann Marie DeAngelo, Associate Director Costumes by Christine Joly; Assistant: David Brooks Luis Fuente, Ballet Master Cameron Basden, Ballet Mistress Maia Wilkins Pierre Lockett Mark Goldweber, Ballet Master Songs: "For U," "The Question of U" INITERMISSION ARTISTS OF THE COMPANY SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL Deborah Alexis Deanne Brown Cari Call Jill Davidson Choreography by Laura Dean Costumes by Rosemarie Worton from original concept by Laura Dean Nicole Marie Duffy Lorena Feijoo Jodie Gates* Cynthia Giannini Jennifer Goodman Trinity Hamilton Julie Janus Taryn Kaschock Cynthia Giannini Gregory Russell Maia Wilkins Suzanne Lopez Valerie Madonia* Leticia Oliveira Patrick Simonello Taryn Kaschock Alfonso Zybin Jennifer Goodman Beatriz Rodriguez Jenny Sandier Maia Wilkins Sam Franke Lorena Feijoo David Paul Kierce Cari Call Michael Anderson Jill Davidson Steve Beirens Roberto Almaguer Michael Anderson Daniel Baudendistel Suzanne Lopez Pierre Lockett Steve Beirens Sam Franke Terace Jones David Paul Kierce Calvin Kitten Pierre Lockett Tom Mossbrucker* Tomi Paasonen Songs: "Sometimes It Snows in April," "Trust" and "Baby I'm a Star" Ernesto Quenedit Davis Robertson Gregory Russell John Sheaffer Patrick Simonello Adam Sklute* Todd Stickney * Music for SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL written and composed by Prince Rogers Nelson in collaboration with Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman. Music used by permission of WB Tyler Walters* Guoping Wang Alfonso Zybin Music Corp. on behalf of Controversy Music. Suzanne Lopez & Adam Sklute, Assistant Ballet Masters BILLBOARDS would not have been possible without the musical inspiration of Prince Rogers * Seasonal Dancer Nelson. The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago's 40th Anniversary Season is sponsored by A special thank you to Patricia Kennedy, who helped intitiate this project and who was instrumen- PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC., celebrating 25 years of dance support. tal in its development. The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago extends its deepest appreciation to the donors whose major support AT&T is a proud sponsor of all Illinois performances of has made the production of BILLBOARDS possible: Hancher Auditorium/The University of Iowa The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago. Foundation and The Harkness Foundations for Dance. American Airlines is the official airline of The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago. BILLBOARDS - World Premiere by The Jeffrey Ballet at Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, Iowa on January 27, 1993. These performances are supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. THE JOFFREY BALLET OF CHICAGO The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago is generously supported 70 East Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 739-0120 by The Chicago Community Trust and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Administration I Assistant to the Executive Director....................... ....Jennifer Still Illinois This program is Company Manager Timothy Robinson ARTS partially sponsored Director of Bookings........... Sharene Shariatzadeh Philip Council by a grant from the *• ABEICt IF THE ITAIE 9F IlllHOIS Bookings Associate Carey Kelly Illinois Arts Council Director of Development..... ....Molly Galo Assistant Director of Development.. Karen DeTemple Development Associate Mila Ott Baldwin is the official piano of The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago. Director of Finance......... ..Daniel Lee Senior Accountant John Kasper Other generous service providers for The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago: Bookkeeper Filomena Reyes Director of Marketing and Sales ...Shana Hayes Legal Counsel Katten, Muchin & Zavis Assistant Director of Marketing and Sales... Ann Marie Beyers Accounting Services Checkers Simon & Rosner General Press Representative. Rima Corben Public Relations Firm Miller Pear Communications Receptionist Michelle Lascody Bottled Water Hinckley & Schmitt General Medical Consultant Dr. George B. Holmes, Jr. Artistic Department The Jeffrey Ballet School Designer/Photographer.............. Herbert Migdoll (American Ballet Center) Artistic Administrator/Coordinator of 434 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 Outreach & Education. Harriet Ross Assistant to the Artistic Director Thomas Mulvihill Founders Robert Joffrey/Gerald Arpino Schedule Coordinator Adam Sklute Artistic Director .....Gerald Arpino Company .....May Sofge Director Edith D'Addario Ballet Instructors Zelma Bustillo, Winthrop Corey, Francesca Corkle, Elizabeth D'Anna, Eleanor D'Antuono, Andrei Kulyk, Dorothy Lister, Sidney Lowenthal, John Magnus, Edward Morgan, Dena Production Moss, Brunilda Ruiz, Trinette Singleton Production Manager Anthony T. Nye Technical Director Randy Williamson The Jeffrey Ballet School is the official school of Stage Manager Alyssa Hoggatt The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago. Production Stage Manager...... Leigh Vause Head Electrician Dylan Costa Sound Engineer Nicholas Gibson Head Carpenter Michael Schiesser Baldwin is the official piano of The Jeffrey Ballet School. Costume Shop Manager Rebecca Shouse Gerald Arpino (Founder and Artistic Director) Gerald Arpino established The invention...the bravura of his kinetic designs." New York Times critic Anna Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago in 1995 to carry on the traditions and legacy of The Kisselgoff has described him as "a very important choreographer...! have often Jeffrey Ballet, which he co-founded with Robert Jeffrey in 1956 and for which he seen newcomers to the ballet seduced into loving the entire art form simply because served as associate director for many years. Upon Mr. Jeffrey's death in 1988, Mr. Mr. Arpino's accessibility seizes their imagination." He is the first choreographer Arpino succeeded him as Artistic Director. A leading dancer with the company in commissioned to create a ballet to honor the Office of the American Presidency: its first years, he began choreographing in 1961, and, shortly thereafter, became THE PANTAGES AND THE PALACE PRESENT TWO-A-DAY. He was the first The Jeffrey's resident choreographer. .The late Walter Terry said, "he introduced a synthesis of torso-oriented modern movement with classical ballet that was a American commissioned by a city, San Antonio, to do a ballet. The work was special quality he gave to ballet." Clive Barnes of the New York Post wrote, JAMBOREE. His 1986 BIRTHDAY VARIATIONS was commissioned by Becky "Arpino and his choreography are central to The Jeffrey company style... the ideal D'Angelo of Chicago as a birthday gift to her husband, Dino D'Angelo. In 1993, choreographer to maintain
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