AtheneumDanceFestProgram14_AtheneumDanceFestivalCovers10 7/11/14 3:29 PM Page 1 n PrograM 7tH aNNual JU LY 22–26, 2 014 TYLER ANGLE, artiStic director PERFORMANCES FRI DAY SATUR DAY JULY 25 JULY 26 NaNtucket HigH ScHool Mary P. Walker auditoriuM NANTUCKET ATHENEUM DANCE FESTIVAL 1 AtheneumDanceFestProgram14_AtheneumDanceFestivalCovers10 7/11/14 3:29 PM Page 2 DANCE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE 201 4 Honorary chair Nan Geschke co-chairs Marcia Welch & Jane Tyler dance Festival Steering committee Judy MacLeod Bonnie McCausland 2014 Bonnie Sacerdote Cathy Weinroth dance Festival advisors Kathryn Kay Marion Martin Penny Nieroth Sue Ambrecht Kathleen Hay Margaret Ruttenberg Carol Atkinson Barbara Jones Samantha Sandler Mary-Randolph Ballinger Curt Livington Denise Saul Susie Belcher John Loose Audrey Schuster Jody Berger Mary Jane MacLean Randee Seiger Laura Buck Jeanne Miller Jane Silva Roxanne Casscells Pat Moran Catharine Soros Jeanne Cohane Joan Moran Esta-Lee Stone Barbara G. Cohen Orla Murphy-LaScola Harriet Stephens Franci Crane Sally Orr Merrielou Symes John Falk Valerie Paley Pam Thomas Barbara Fife Mary Ann Peglar Phoebe Tudor Alexandra Fox Steve Perelman Mary Wolff Cosby and Tim George Karen Rainwater Marcella Zimmerman Suzy Grote David Ross NANTUCKET ATHENEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2 01 4–15 Robert A. Greenspon, chair Elizabeth McHenry trustees emeriti William G. Spears, chair Orla Murphy-LaScola Nan Geschke Marcia P. Welch, Secretary A. Steven Perelman Nancy A. Newhouse David Ross, treasurer Bonnie J. Sacerdote Bernard L. Swain Honorary trustees Jane A. Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Diamond Jr. Samuel Bailey Jr. Cathy Weinroth Lucile W. Hays Susan Boardman Jay M. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Menschel Annye Camara P. Rhoads Zimmerman Richard M. Scaife † Porter G. Dawson Margaret Ritchie Battle Douglass N. Ellis chairs emeriti Barbara J. Fife Alice F. Emerson executive director Timothy M. George John W. Loose Molly Anderson William E. Hannum III Barbara Jones President emeritus Allan LaFrance Robert F. Mooney NANTUCKET ATHENEUM Bonnie McCauslaDndANCE FESTIVAL † deceased AtheneumDanceFestProgram14_AtheneumDanceFestivalCovers10 7/11/14 3:29 PM Page 1 FEATURING STARS FROM NEW YORK CITY BALLET AND AMERICAN BALLET 2014 THEATRE artistic director Tyler Angle dancers Isabella Boylston Sterling Hyltin Teresa Reichlen Jared Angle Tyler Angle James Whiteside Stella Abrera Craig Hall Alexandre Hammoudi Emilie Gerrity Lydia Wellington Indiana Woodward Joseph Gordon Calvin Royal III Violin Piano cello Viola Lydia Hong Susan Walters Meta Weiss Elizbieta Weyman Kim Siwoo Cover photo of Sterling Hyltin by ©Paul Kolnik NANTUCKET ATHENEUM DANCE FESTIVAL 1 AtheneumDanceFestProgram14_AtheneumDanceFestivalCovers10 7/11/14 3:29 PM Page 2 n WelcoMe Welcome to the Nantucket atheneum dance Festival! What a milestone — this is our seventh year of bringing the magic of dance to Nantucket. For 180 years the Nantucket Atheneum has strengthened our island community through top quality library services and programs. This year the library served more than 160,000 adults, teens and children year round with free access to over 1.5 million books, CDs, and DVDs, free reference and information services and 880 free cultural and educational programs. In keeping with its long-standing tradition of educational and cultural programming, the Nantucket Atheneum is very excited to present a multifaceted dance experience on Nantucket. This year’s performances feature the world’s very best dancers from American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet under the exceptional artistic direction of Tyler Angle, dynamic young choreographers alongside revered choreographers from the past, and the bonus of vibrant live music. In addition to the captivating performances, the festival this week has offered an enriching array of free community events including the Lecture Demonstration with Tyler Angle, the dance film, “The Rain,” with film maker and choreographer Pontus Lidberg, the Children’s Program and two youth master dance classes. As a public library, the Nantucket Atheneum receives limited funding from government sources. Therefore, cultural offerings, such as tonight’s dance performance and this week’s outreach events, are only possible through the generous support of our donors. We wish to express our deepest appreciation to the festival sponsors who are listed in this program including our corporate sponsor Northern Trust. Finally we send a special thank you to our wonderful Dance Festival Committee, Honorary Chair Nan Geschke, Steering Committee under the dynamic leadership of Jane Tyler and Marcia Welch and for all their hard work, energy, and commitment to bringing the Dance Festival to our community. On behalf of the Atheneum Board of Trustees, the Atheneum staff and the Dance Festival Committee, we thank you for being part of the Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival 2014. enjoy every minute of tonight’s brilliant performance ! Molly anderson executive director, Nantucket atheneum NANTUCKET ATHENEUM 2 DANCE FESTIVAL AtheneumDanceFestProgram14_AtheneumDanceFestivalCovers10 7/11/14 3:29 PM Page 3 n PrograM PERFORMANCES FRI DAY SATUR DAY NaNtucket HigH ScHool JULY 25 JULY 26 Mary P. Walker auditoriuM Bach Partita #2 Music: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, by Johann Sebastian Bach choreographer: Emery LeCrone original lighting: Brandon S. Baker lighting: Mark Stanley Premiere: 2014 Teresa Reichlen, Tyler Angle Stella Abrera, Alexandre Hammoudi Susan Walters (piano) In March of 2014 choreographer Emery LeCrone premiered two dance works, each set to the same piece of music, J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 2 in C Minor. One work was based on classical vocabulary with dancers from New York City Ballet including Tyler Angle and Teresa Reichlen. The second was a contemporary work performed by Sarah Atkins, Kaitlyn Gilliland, Pierre Guilbault, Richard Isaac, Kimi Nikaidoh, and Alfredo Solivan. Tonight’s performance of LeCrone’s Bach Partita No. 2 will be the classical work. NANTUCKET ATHENEUM DANCE FESTIVAL 3 AtheneumDanceFestProgram14_AtheneumDanceFestivalCovers10 7/11/14 3:29 PM Page 4 Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Music: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, by Johannes Brahms & Arnold Schoenberg choreographer: George Balanchine ©George Balanchine Trust lighting: Mark Stanley Premiere: 1966 Sterling Hyltin, Jared Angle Emilie Gerrity, Lydia Wellington, Indiana Woodward Susan Walters (piano), Lydia Hong (violin), Elzbieta Weyman (viola), Meta Weiss (cello) The Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet premiered in 1966. It was performed by the New York City Ballet at New York State Theater. Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet was the first abstract work Balanchine designed for the stage of the New York State Theater. Balanchine often said that chamber music was not suitable for large ballets, since chamber pieces typically are “too long, with too many repeats, and are meant for small rooms.” Schoenberg crafted his orchestration of the Brahms G Minor Piano Quartet in the 1930s out of a similar dissatisfaction, telling a critic that the chamber version “is always very badly played, as the better the pianist, the louder he plays, and one hears nothing of the strings.” Lincoln Kirstein writes that the dances “seem steeped in the apprehension and change permeating the sunset of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. They suggest a world drunk on ‘wine and roses. ’” NANTUCKET ATHENEUM 4 DANCE FESTIVAL AtheneumDanceFestProgram14_AtheneumDanceFestivalCovers10 7/11/14 3:29 PM Page 5 n PrograM Flower Festival in Genzano Pas de Deux Music: Edvard Helsted and Holger Simon Paulli choreographer: August Bournonville lighting: Mark Stanley Premiere: 1858 Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside The Flower Festival in Genzano is a one-act ballet by Danish choreographer and balletmaster August Bournonville (1805–79). Bournonville created the work for Denmark’s Royal Ballet in 1858. The libretto is taken from a tale found in “Impressions de Voyage” by Alexandre Dumas and tells the story of two real-life lovers, Rosa and Paolo. The ballet premiered in 1858 and was danced in its entirety by Denmark’s Royal Ballet until 1929 when it was dropped from the repertoire. The pas de deux was extracted however, and lived on in Denmark’s Royal Ballet School until Harald Lander, director of the Royal Ballet, once again brought it to the stage in 1949. It is considered one of Bournonville’s most perfect compositions, a charming love duet between two young people where the steps express both their joy and their teasing playfulness. INTERMISSION NANTUCKET ATHENEUM DANCE FESTIVAL 5 AtheneumDanceFestProgram14_AtheneumDanceFestivalCovers10 7/11/14 3:29 PM Page 6 Neverwhere Music: Drones and Viola by Nico Muhly choreographer: Benjamin Millepied lighting: Mark Stanley Premiere: 2013 Sterling Hyltin, Tyler Angle Craig Hall, Emilie Gerrity Indiana Woodward, Joseph Gordon Susan Walters (piano), Elzbieta Weyman (viola) Benjamin Millepied’s Neverwhere , set to Drones and Viola by the choreographer’s frequent musical collaborator Nico Muhly, premiered at New York City Ballet’s 2013 Fall Gala performance. Millepied, the Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival’s artistic director from 2009 –13, will become the Paris Opera Ballet’s new director of dance in September 2014. a Preview of New Pontus Lidberg Music: by Stefan Levin choreographer: Pontus Lidberg lighting: Mark Stanley Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside When American Ballet Theatre principal Isabella Boylston received a grant from the Annenberg Foundation this year to further her career, she commissioned a dance by Swedish choreographer