Peabody Preparatory Dance 2019 Spring Showcase PERSPECTIVES Melissa Sta ord Director and Department Chair Barbara Weisberger Artistic Advisor Emeritus Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7:30 pm Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 3:00 pm Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall SUMMER DANCE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Ballet, Contemporary Dance, and Flamenco and Spanish Dance for all levels • Young Children’s Program, ages 3–6 Creative Dance and Introduction to Ballet • Open Program, ages 7–12 Two levels of ballet o ered along with contemporary dance. Multi-class discounts available! • Evening Classes, teens and adults Ballet, contemporary dance, and Flamenco and Spanish Dance for beginners and more practiced students. Class card option provides greater flexibility! Intensives • Summer Dance Intensive, ages 7–young adult (June 21 – July 19, 2019) A challenging, full-day dance program for students of all levels — from promising beginners to highly-motivated professional aspirants. • Beyond Technique Dance Intensive, ages 14–20 (July 21 – August 3, 2019) For intermediate and advanced students who wish to enhance their ballet and modern dance training; application and audition required. Placement may be required before registration for classes. Intensives require an application and/or placement class. View the website or contact the Preparatory Dance Oce for more information: [email protected] or 667-208-6648. peabody.jhu.edu/prepdance 667-208-6648 ABOUT PREPARATORY DANCE The Dance Department of the Peabody Preparatory is one of the oldest continuously- operating dance training centers in the United States. Starting with the first class in eurythmics oered in 1914, and throughout its remarkable life span, Preparatory Dance has pioneered new dance forms, mounted numerous collaborative projects, partnered with prominent figures in 20th and 21st century American dance, and produced accomplished professional dancers, choreographers, directors, and teachers. Under the leadership of Melissa Staord and the guidance of the revered Barbara Weisberger, artistic adviser emeritus, Preparatory Dance is keeping in step with the progression of American dance into the 21st century. The department remains committed to: oering high-quality dance training for students of all levels age 3 to adult; presenting imaginative professional-level performances; oering pre-professional ballet and modern dance summer intensives; partnering with our community through master classes, seminars, workshops, and other dance events — most oered free of charge; and training and supporting male dancers through the ground-breaking Estelle Dennis/Peabody Dance Training Program for Boys. Please note that any kind of personal video recording, audio recording, or photography is now strictly prohibited at our concerts. Since Peabody has recently updated the video capabilities in Friedberg Hall, we are excited to be able to oer a free concert video of our Spring Showcase. All Preparatory Dance families will be emailed a link after today’s concert with instructions on how to access the video, including details about the permissions for usage. Cover: Preparatory Dance students in Karen Reedy’s Sungrazer, March 2018. Photo by Paul Wegner. Burst (2019) Franki Graham, choreographer, in collaboration with the dancers Ferdinand Maisel (b. 1958) Larmoyer from Hidden Voices of the Grand Piano Dancers: Hannah Havrilla, Setia Kurniawanto, Julia Mammen, Beatrice McAleer, Caitlyn Messenger, Kate Nemoy, Eleanor Redgrave, Emma Rifat, Rita Tsapatsis Understudy: Ashley Wang Men’s Costumes: Melissa Staord Music courtesy of Ferdinand Maisel PAUSE Woodland Glade (excerpt) (premiere) from Preparatory Dance’s production of Sleeping Beauty Franki Graham, choreographer Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Kräftig, bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell from Symphony No. 1 in D major Dancers: Alessandra Brown, Hannah Havrilla, Julia Mammen, Beatrice McAleer, Nora Redgrave, Cassidy Reigel, Alkinoey Tsapatsis, Alina Tucker, Ashley Wang, Elizabeth Wiggin Understudy: Helena Saunders and Evelynne Stins SHOWCASE Costumes: Maria Royals SPRING Duets and Variations (premiere) Durante Verzola, choreographer Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962) DANCE Toy-Soldiers March; March miniature viennoise; Tempo di Minuetto in the Style of Pugnani; Polichinelle Dancers: Setia Kurniawanto, Larry Lancaster III, Caitlyn Messenger, Olivia Phillips, Emma Rifat Understudies: Sarah Li and Rita Tsapatsis PREPARATORY Rehearsal Directors: Debra Robinson and Melissa Staord Men’s Costumes: Melissa Staord 2019 Funded by the generosity of the Levi Family Distinguished Visiting Artists Fund for Dance. Please disable all electronic devices including phones and tablets during performances. The use of cameras and sound recorders during performances without the express prior written permission of Peabody is strictly prohibited. Notice: For your own safety, look for your nearest exit. In case of emergency, walk, do not run to that exit. PERSPECTIVES Hall Concert A. Friedberg | Miriam pm 3:00 at 24 March | Sunday, 7:30 pm 23 at March Saturday, 2 INTERMISSION Session for Six (1958) Anna Sokolow, choreographer Staging: Jim May (Founder and Director Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble) William Catanzaro Session for Six Saturday Dancers: Setia Kurniawanto, Sarah Li, Caitlyn Messenger, Kate Nemoy, Rita Tsapatsis, Elizabeth Wiggin Sunday Dancers: Hannah Havrilla, Julia Mammen, Beatrice McAleer, Olivia Phillips, Emma Rifat, Ashley Wang Rehearsal Director: Franki Graham Costumes: courtesy of Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble Funded by the generosity of the Levi Family Distinguished Visiting Artists Fund for Dance. The Warmest Dark (2018) (excerpt) Yin Yue, choreographer Aaron Martin Close to Dark Dancers: Julia Asher, Natalie Cox, Chase Fittin, Ui-Seng Francois, Lincoln Gray, Rush Johnston, Eliana Krasner, Rebecca Lee, Clare Naughton, Peter Pattengill, Aren Vaughn Dancers performing courtesy of the Peabody Conservatory BFA Dance program. Program continues on page 4. 3 The Sleeping Beauty (1890) (excerpts) Choreography after Marius Petipa Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty (ballet), Op. 66 1. Farandole Danse from Act II Staging: Vladimir Djouloukhadze Dancers: Alessandra Brown, Hannah Havrilla, Setia Kurniawanto, Julia Mammen, Beatrice McAleer, Kate Nemoy Understudies: Simona Clampin, Nora Redgrave, and Alkinoey Tsapatsis Rehearsal Directors: Yuko Kawamata and Debra Robinson 2. Blue Bird Variation from Act III Staging: Paul Wegner Dancer: Larry Lancaster III Costume: Kerri Jenkins-Harrison and Melissa Staord 3. Florine Variation from Act III Staging: Melissa Staord Dancer: Emma Rifat (Saturday), Caitlyn Messenger (Sunday) Rehearsal Director: Debra Robinson Costume: Melissa Staord and Leigh Targaryen 4. Lilac Fairy Variation from Prologue Staging: Melissa Staord and Debra Robinson Dancer: Rita Tsapatsis Rehearsal Director: Debra Robinson Costume: Melissa Staord and Leigh Targaryen 5. Finale from Act III Staging: Vladimir Djouloukhadze Dancers: Esther Brodsky, Alessandra Brown, Jaron Givens, Hannah Havrilla, Setia Kurniawanto, Sarah Li, Julia Mammen, Beatrice McAleer, Caitlyn Messenger, Kate Nemoy, Peter Pattengill*, Olivia Phillips, Nora Redgrave, Cassidy Reigel, Emma Rifat, Alkinoey Tsapatsis, Rita Tsapatsis, Alina Tucker, Ava Vanek, Ashley Wang *Peter Pattengill is performing courtesy of the Peabody Conservatory BFA Dance program. Understudies: Alejandro Barrera, Simona Clampin, Serenity Holmes, Lily Scharpf Rehearsal Directors: Debra Robinson and Yuko Kawamata Costumes: Melissa Staord Vladimir Djouloukhadze’s residency was funded by the generosity of the Levi Family Distinguished Visiting Artists Fund for Dance. 4 ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Vladimir Djouloukhadze, a former principal Festival in the republic of Georgia in 2018. dancer of the Tbilisi Ballet Theatre, USSR, Djouloukhadze holds a master’s degree in performed all over the world with “Stars dance teaching and choreography from the of the Soviet Ballet,” which showcased Moscow University of Theatrical Arts. the artistry of such great ballet masters as Maya Plisetskaya, Marius Liepa, and Franki Graham, Preparatory Dance Marina Kondratieva. He toured the world faculty, holds a master’s degree in dance as a principal dancer, a guest soloist, and performance from the Trinity Laban a coach with various companies, including Conservatoire of Music and Dance in the Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow Ballet, Tbilisi London, England, where she graduated Ballet, and Kiev Ballet from 1970 to 1990. with distinction. Funded as a Leverhulme His partners were the prima ballerinas of the Russian ballet: Nadezhda Pavlova, Scholar, she danced as a member of Ludmila Semenjaka, Nina Ananiashvili, and Transitions Dance Company 2014–15 under Alla Khaniashvili. For his dancing career, the artistic direction of David Waring, Djouloukhadze was awarded the highest performing and internationally touring honor of the Soviet era — People’s artist. original works by choreographers Stefanie He served as ballet master and artistic Batten-Bland, Ikky Maas, and Dog Kennel director for Ballet Mississippi from August Hill Project. She holds a Bachelor of Arts 1991 until 1993. in Dance from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where she graduated Djouloukhadze started his career as a ballet summa cum laude, was a Linehan Artist teacher at the V. Chabukiani Ballet Art Scholar, and also earned education and State School in 1980. In the U.S., he served honors certificates. as a director of the Mississippi Ballet School (1991–1993), a faculty member of the Kirov For the past 10 years, Graham has