PRESENTS OBT RAW

Wednesday, April 14 | 7:30 PM | OBTV NAPOLI Excerpts from Act III

Choreographer: AUGUST BOURNONVILLE Music: EDVARD HELSTED, HOLGER SIMON PAULLI, AND NIELS W. GADE Premiere: MARCH 29, 1842, DENMARK’S ROYAL , ROYAL DANISH THEATRE OBT Premiere: OCTOBER 6, 2018 Staged by: JEFF STANTON, AFTER FRANK ANDERSEN Coached by: FRANK ANDERSEN and EVA KLOBORG

CHRISTOPHER KAISER MATHILDE LAMBERT BRIAN BENNETT THOMAS BAKER HANNAH DAVIS MAKINO HAYASHI JESSICA LIND ZUZU METZLER KANGMI KIM

“Sarabande” & “Gailliard”

Choreographer: Music: IGOR STRAVINSKY, AGON Premiere: , DECEMBER 1, 1957 NEW YORK CITY BALLET, CITY CENTER OF MUSIC AND DRAMA OBT Premiere: OCTOBER 21, 2014, KELLER AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND, OR Staged by: JEFF STANTON, after BART COOK

THOMAS BAKER HANNAH DAVIS, COCO ALVAREZ-MENA

THE LEFT-HAND PATH

Choreographer: NICOLO FONTE Music: ESKIMO SONG / HUGO LARGO Premiere: MAY 1991, MONTREAL, CANADA Staged by: NICOLO FONTE

BAILEY SHAW

LA SYLPHIDE Act II Pas de Deux

Choreographer: AUGUST BOURNONVILLE Composers: HERMANN LOVENSKJOLD Premiere: NOVEMBER 28, 1836, ROYAL DANISH BALLET, ROYAL DANISH THEATRE Staged by: EFF STANTON, AFTER FRANK ANDERSEN / Coached by: FRANK ANDERSEN AND EVA KLOBORG

XUAN CHENG, BRIAN SIMCOE

RAPTUS

Final Duet

Choreographer: NACHO DUATO Music: WESENDONCKLIEDER Composer: RICHARD WAGNER Premiere: 1987, NEDERLANDS DANCE THEATER, THE NETHERLANDS Staged by: KEVIN IRVING

JESSICA LIND, CHRISTOPHER KAISER

The Neopolitan Dance

Choreographer: NICOLO FONTE Music: PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY, SWAN LAKE OP. 20 Premiere: OREGON BALLET THEATRE, FEBRUARY 18, 2017 KELLER AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND, OR Libretto: KEVIN IRVING Staged by: LISA KIPP

KANGMI KIM NIKO YAROSLASKI

THE VERTIGINOUS THRILL OF EXACTITUDE

Exce rpt Choreographer: WILLIAM FORSYTHE Music: SYMPHONY NO. 9, FOURTH MOVEMENT Composer: FRANZ SCHUBERT Premiere: JANUARY 20, 1996, BALLET FRANKFURT OBT Premiere: OCTOBER 13, 2007 Staged by: JODIE GATES / LISA KIPP, BALLET MASTER

BAILEY SHAW BRIAN BENNETT EVA BURTON MAKINO HAYASHI HANNAH DAVIS