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Pas Classique Hongrois from Raymonda
Choreography after Marius Petipa, staged by Webster Dean
Rehearsal assistant – Liuba Paterson
Music by Alexander Glazunov
Raymonda is a ballet in three acts, choreographed by Marius Petipa, renowned maitre de ballet to the St. Petersburg Theater, to music by Alexander Glazunov. The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsky Theater in 1898 in Saint Petersburg Russia. Among the ballet’s most celebrated passages is the Pas Classique Hongrois from the third act which is often performed independently and is the basis of tonight’s version. The original cast featured ballerina Olga Preobrajenska with whom, incidentally, Margo Dean studied in Paris in the late 1950’s.
Melian Gauntt and Shea Johnson
Lea Zablocki and Marlen Alimanov with Anastasia Tillman and Dustin Geradine
Towa Shinagawa, Janie Pendleton, Margaret Vivian, Lucie Shultz
Variation: Anastasia Tillman
Variation: Towa Shinagawa, Janie Pendleton, Lucie Shultz
Variation: Marlen Alimanov, Dustin Geradine
Variation: Lea Zablocki
Variation: Shea Johnson
Variation: Melian Gauntt
Finale: Company
Intermission
Ebb and Flow
Choreography by Elise Lavallee
In loving memory of my sister Shannon Lee Ferrell and dear friend Roxanne Noel Mather
We are all interconnected and our relationships with one another ebb and flow, like the waves of the sea. They swell with intimacy, passion, and energy and then naturally wane through periodic episodes of separateness, quietness and space. Attachment and connection, followed by detachment and disconnection. Up and down, back and forth, give and take, push and pull. Such is the rhythm of life -- a necessary process to prevent stagnation and promote our evolution of our consciousness. —-Joyce Marter
Hunger of the Pine
Music – alt -J
Mya Byrant, David Schrenk Jr., Whitney Hart, Brandon Nguyen, Anastasia Tillman, Lea Zablocki, Dustin Geradine, Towa Shinagawa, Caradee Cline, Marlen Alimanov, Janie Pendleton, Margaret Vivian, Lucie Shultz
River
Music – Bishop Briggs
Anastasia Tillman with David Schrenk Jr., Whitney Hart with Brandon Nguyen
Easier
Music - Mansionair
David Schrenk with Mya Bryant
Lost it to Trying
Music – Son Lux
Mya Byrant, David Schrenk, Whitney Hart, Brandon Nguyen, Anastasia Tillman, Lea Zablocki, Dustin Geradine, Towa Shinagawa, Caradee Cline, Marlen Alianov, Janie Pendleton, Margaret Vivian, Lucie Shultz
Pause
Bolero
Choreography by Luis Montero
Music: Maurice Ravel
Bolero is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel. Bolero was originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein in the 1920s. In 1990 Luis Montero was flown from Spain to choreograph the Bolero you will see tonight especially for Ballet Concerto and it has since been performed in Denmark, Japan, and across the USA.
Torero: Shea Johnson
Lady in Red: Margarita Bruce
Majos: Janie Pendleton and Brandon Nguyen
Trio: Lea Zablocki, Marlen Alimanov, David Schrenk, Jr.
Whitney Hart, Anastasia Tillman, Towa Shinagawa, Janie Pendleton, Caradee Cline, Mya Bryant, Margaret Vivian, Lucie Shultz, Brandon Nguyen, Dustin Geradine
Intermission
String of Pearls
Choreography by Margo Dean
Choreography for Bugle Call Rag - Elise Lavallee
Music – Glenn Miller
Re-staged and rehearsed by Webster Dean
Rehearsal assistant - Elise Lavallee
During World War II, Margo Dean danced with a group of dancers on a war bond tour to several Texas army camps. Among the camps visited were Camp Barkley in Mineral Wells and Camp Walters in Abilene. One of the songs danced to was String of Pearls, played by the Glen Miller Orchestra. The ballet presented tonight was inspired by the “String of Pearls” music of that era.
In August of 1944, the United States Treasury Department awarded Margo Dean a certificate of appreciation in recognition of her service with the following: “In appreciation of services rendered in behalf of the War Finance Program, this citation is awarded to Margaret Ann Webster.”
String of Pearls:
Melian Gauntt, Shea Johnson, Lea Zablocki, Dustin Geradine, Whitney Hart, Jacob Sebastian, Towa Shinagawa, David Schrenk Jr., Brandon Nguyen, Caradee Cline
Carolina Chandler, Marielou Melchiors, Nera Dixson, Lisette Pittman
Bugle Call Rag
Shea Johnson, Brandon Nguyen, Jacob Sebastian, David Schrenk Jr., Dustin Geradine
Moonlight Serenade
Caradee Cline, Jacob Sebastian
American Patrol
Full cast
Encore
Full Cast with Mya Bryant, Margaret Vivian, Lucie Shultz, Carolina Morgan, Maya Seymore
Photo by Barbara Pendleton Photography