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We have a great lineup of shows to look forward to – there truly is something for everyone this spring. Our fall shows certainly set the stage for a fantastic 2015-16 season @ the FAC. Many of us make resolutions for the new year, looking ahead to our hopes for the immediate future. If you’re taking stock of what’s important in your life and your community, don’t forget to include the Arts! At the FAC, we take our role very seriously, since we provide a way for our audience members to connect – not only with the artists and performers they see here, but with each other as well. Even when the news is bleak, there is still a place where people can come together and share in artistic and cultural experiences. That’s a connection you don’t find just anywhere (and certainly not on your cell phone!). The new year also brings us to some happy endings. 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That’s why we support the UMass Fine Arts Center. florencebank.com 16 edible pioneer valley CONNECTING growers, producers, and food artisans with their COMMUNITY EdiblePioneerValley.com 17 Tuesday, January 26, 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Center Concert Hall SWAN LAKE Choreography Dada Masilo Dancers Master of Ceremony/Siegfried’s Mother ............................................Nicola Haskins Odette ..............................................................................Dada Masilo / Ipeleng Merafe Siegfried ....................................................................Songezo Mcilizeli / Thabani Ntuli Odile .......................................................Thamsanqa Tshabalala / Llewellyn Mnguni Siegfried’s Father. ........................................................................................ Kyle Rossouw Odette’s Mother .......................................................................................... Khaya Ndlovu Swan Women Nadine Buys, Zandile Constable, Ipeleng Merafe, Khaya Ndlovu Swan Men Llewellyn Mnguni, Thabani Ntuli, Nonofo Olekeng, Tshepo Zasekhaya Music Tchaikovsky, Rene Avenant, Camille Saint-Saens, Arvo Part and Steve Reich* (*by arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner) Costumes Design Dada Masilo, Suzette le Sueur Costumes Confection Ann & Kirsten Bailes Hats Confection Karabo Legoabe Original Producer & Lighting Designer Suzette le Sueur Stage Manager François Saint-Cyr Delegated Production Interarts Lausanne/Chantal Larguier Booking Scènes de la Terre/Martine Dionisio Dada Masilo’s SWAN LAKE was commissioned by and premiered at the National Arts Festival (South Africa) 2010. Event Sponsors: Made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts. 18 ABOUT THE PROGRAM Act 1 Music by Tchaikovsky, Paul Jennings, and Steve Reich 1. The Procession 2. The Ballet 3. Swan Dance Act 2 Music by Tchaikovsky, Steve Reich, and Camille Saint-Saëns 1. The Lake: Siegfried’s Parents Select Him a Bride Let’s Get Married 2. Siegfried 3. Lobola 4. Odette 5. Siegfried and Odile 6. The Wedding 7. Odile Act 3 Music by René Avenant, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Arvo Pärt 1. Siegfried is Shunned 2. Siegfried Decides 3. Swanicide Program Notes: A Conversation with Dada Masilo Why did you choose to work with ‘Swan Lake’? What was it about the classic that attracted you, and how did you start the work? Swan Lake is the first Ballet that I saw when I was 12 years old and I fell completely in love with it, especially Tchaikovsky’s music and the tutus, and I remember think- ing to myself that I would dance it sometime, but as I didn’t become a Ballet dancer I had to make my own version. I wanted my version to be more realistic and not a fairy tale. It is such a sad reality when one grows up because you realise that there are no fairy tales in life. You grow up and you have to deal with the harsh realities of life and one of those realities is that homophobia is real and rife, which is why I chose that particular issue to tackle in my version. That and the assumption that men who dance are gay. This misconception is something that is on a lot of people’s minds; hence I wanted to bring it up front and explore it further.