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BECOME A KRANNERT CENTER SPONSOR BY CONTACTING OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM TODAY: KrannertCenter.com/Give • [email protected] • 217.333.1629 3 PROGRAM TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2018 SWAN LAKE Full-length ballet in four acts Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowski Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov First production March 4, 1777, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow ACT I The Garden of Prince Siegfried’s Castle ACT II A Lakeside 20-minute intermission ACT III The Great Hall of Siegfried’s Castle ACT IV The Lakeside 4 Odette Jester Pas de Trois Maria Sokolnikova Eldar Sarsembayev Maria Sokolnikova Maria Klyeva Sergey Kotov Maria Klyueva Hanna Zimovchenko Vladimir Tapkharov Hanna Zimovchenko Alexandra Krukova Odylle Hungarian Bride Anton Baglikov Maria Klyueva Galina Ishenko Vladimir Tapharov Maria Sokolnikova Hanna Zimovchenko Spanish Bride Cygnets Milena Stashina Valeria Mala Queen Mother Natalia Ivanova Italian Bride Daria Lednikova Nazerke Aimukhametova Nazerke Aimukhametova Prince Siegfried Alexandra Krukova Nelson Pena Polish Bride Dmitriy Sitkevich Alexandra Krukova Swans Alexei Bielan Hanna Zimovchenko Elena Khorosheva Russian Bride Milena Stashina Prince’s Tutor Galina Romanova Dmitry Romanov Elena Khorosheva Von Rothbart Evgeniy Rudakov Alexander Daev Plus the Corps de Ballet Moscow Festival Ballet appears by arrangement with: Columbia Artists 5 Columbus Circle @ 1790 Broadway New York, NY 10019 5 SYNOPSIS ACT I ACT II The Garden of Prince Siegfried’s Castle A Lakeside Prince Siegfried has come of age and entered The voyage to the lake takes the prince into the upon a new world of affairs of war and the depths of the forest. He approaches the swans burdens of manhood. It is the day for leaving quietly and as he nears he sees something quite behind the whims and caprice of youth. A out of the ordinary. The swans have stepped happy day for the prince though touched by ashore and assumed human form! Siegfried anxiety. The kindly jester and tutor who have lowers the crossbow, astonished with their been the prince’s loving companions since his striking beauty. He gathers his courage and childhood are the first to congratulate him. He reveals himself. Odette, the swan’s queen tells greets his companions and joyfully accepts the him of their terrible curse. They are all at the congratulations of all the residents of the castle. mercy of the wicked sorcerer Rotbart and only by finding true love can the evil spell be lifted. The prince’s subjects come from far and wide Siegfried, overcome with love at first sight, to take part in the festivities. They confer upon swears to her an everlasting love. As the sun him the sword and scepter of authority and beings to dawn, Odette warns him that if he swear allegiance to their new ruler. His mother, breaks his oath, nothing will be able to help the Queen Mother of the Realm, presents him them. The prince is completely overcome by the with an arbalest as a gift and reminds him that incomparable and exquisite delicacy of Odette, the time has come to choose a bride and that and swears that he will return and free her from he must make the fateful decision at tomorrow’s the evil spell. As the sunlight touches them, the ball. He is eager to contemplate this life change women transform back into swans, cloaked in in silence. The festivities continue, but the prince silence. is overcome by a desire to be alone, far from his guests. As he begins to search the contents of his heart he notices a flight of white swans heading toward the nearby lake. He is inspired and follows them there, disappearing into the night. 6 ACT III ACT IV The Great Hall of Prince Siegfried’s Castle The Lakeside The castle resounds to the clamor of festivities. Night falls again on the lake. The swan maidens Renowned princesses from Hungary, Russia, are anxious, for if the prince does not fulfill his Spain, Italy, and Poland are presented to the vow to set them free, they will be doomed to prince. He must choose one of them as his everlasting captivity. The sorcerer raises a raging bride, in order to strengthen his authority and storm to conceal the Swan Lake behind a screen consolidate his power. However, in none of these of dark clouds, but the prince rushes headlong royal heiresses does he find a maiden comparable through the storm to Odette. The sorcerer to Odette, to whom he has given his heart. He attempts to conceal her from him, but no power rejects them all. can stop the young man whose heart is so full of love. With an overwhelming blare of trumpets, a couple of new guests are announced. The evil The prince overcomes all obstacles, and the spell sorcerer, Rotbart, enters in the guise of a noble cast by the evil sorcerer is dashed forever on the knight, and following close behind is his daughter, rock of true love. Odylle, who looks remarkably like Odette. The similarity is so close, in fact, that Siegfried believes, if only for a split second, that it is Odette standing there before him. Odylle seizes the brief moment of illusion as an opportunity and will not allow him to find his senses. She becomes a bewitching temptress, luring him, hypnotizing him, and tricking him into confessing his undying love to her! In this hypnotic stupor, he proclaims that Odylle is to be his bride. Rotbard has triumphed! Siegfried has broken his oath to Odette, betraying her by professing love to another, thereby dooming Odette and the others to an eternity under Rotbart’s evil power. Suddenly a vision of the Swan Lake appears before Siegfried’s eyes, snapping him back into reality. He realizes the terrible mistake he has made. In despair he leaves the palace and hurries to Odette at the lake. 7 PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2018 DON QUIXOTE Full-length ballet in three acts Music by Leon Minkus Libretto and choreography by Marius Petipa Sets and costumes by Lev Solodovnikov Lighting by Marina Borodina PROLOGUE Don Quixote’s Study ACT I The Square in Barcelona ACT II A Gypsy Encampment ACT III Scene 1: A Forest Scene 2: Night in a Village 20-minute intermission ACT IV Scene 3: A Tavern Scene 4: The Palace 8 Kitri Wife of Lorenzo Flower Girls Maria Sokolnikova Elena Khorosheva Elena Halushko Alexandra Krukova Valeria Mala Camacho Daria Lednikova Basilio Anton Baglikov Julia Stukonoha Dmitriy Sitkevich Eldar Sarsembayev Torreodor Dryad Queen Konstantin Marikin Hanna Zimovchenko Don Quixote Nelson Pena Dmitry Romanov Cupid Street Dancer Nazerke Aimukhametova Sancho Panza Milena Stashina Alexander Jakovlev Maria Klyueva Mercedes Natalia Ivanova Lorenzo Milena Stashina Evgeniy Rudakov Variation #1 in Act III Agiar Ergeshova Variation #2 in Act II Galina Romanova Plus the Corps de Ballet Moscow Festival Ballet appears by arrangement with: Columbia Artists 5 Columbus Circle @ 1790 Broadway New York, NY 10019 9 SYNOPSIS PROLOGUE Kitri/Dulcinea—he destroys the Marionette Don Quixote’s Study Theatre and then charges against some windmills In his library the old nobleman Don Quixote de on the distant horizon, which he takes for giants. la Mancha sits over his books, which tell him of Don Quixote falls to the ground, where he distant times of knighthood. Soon he believes remains unconscious. himself called to knightly deeds. He appoints his servant Sancha Panza his squire and sails forth ACT III into the world to seek adventures in the service of Scene 1: A Forest the beautiful Dulcinea, whom he has glimpsed in In a dream Dulcinea appears to her noble a vision. “knight” as Queen of the Wood Nymphs, who praises him for his courage and his deeds and ACT I crowns him with laurel. The Square in Barcelona On a marketplace Don Quixote and Sancho Scene 2: Night in a Village Panza mingle in the colorful bustle of the people. Comacho wakes Don Quixote from his dream and Kitri, daughter of the innkeeper Lorenzo, and her they both go to the tavern. sweetheart the barber Basilio are among them. Scene 3: A Tavern Their lovers’ tryst is suddenly disturbed by the Meanwhile, Lorenzo and Camacho have entry of Kitri’s father. He puts forward the old, succeeded in catching the fugitive Kitri again. She rich Camacho as the bridegroom he has chosen is now to be dragged to the altar by force and for his daughter. In vain, Kitri and Basilio swear married to the old man. Basilio is in such despair their love. Lorenzo is adamant. Don Quixote, over this that he is about to do away with himself. who believes he recognizes in Kitri his Dulcinea, However in the nick of time Don Quixote and intervenes and helps the lovers to flee.