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Repertory
Full-length Programs
The House of Bernarda Alba
Contemporary dramatic ballet with 7 dancers (60 min).
Choreography by Adonis Daukayev (Kaiserslautern Classical Ballet, Germany), music by Shostakovich, Lutoslawski, Granados, and Brill. Premiered with Kaiserslautern Classical Ballet, Pfalztheater in May 2002. Based on the play by Federico Garcia Lorca. First performed by Aeolian Ballet Theatre in July 2002.
Bernarda Alba has just lost her husband and enforces an eight-year mourning period for her five daughters. But repression and seclusion cannot refrain the natural spirits and longings of these unmarried women. The ballet "emphasized the inescapability and destructive power of both sexual repression and sexual expression."
Shakespeare Without Words
Contemporary/Classical ballet: 20 dancers (90 min).
A program featuring the "Tempest", Scenes from "Romeo and Juliet", and the "Taming of the Shrew Duet". See below for full descriptions.
Scenes from Romeo & Juliet
Classical ballet with 15-20 dancers (20 min).
Choreography by Patricia Stander (Royal Ballet),
music by Prokofiev.
A short excerpt from the full-length ballet, emphasizing the ballroom scene when Romeo meets Juliet amidst the Capulets, and their expression of mutual feelings alone in the balcony.
Taming of the Shrew Duet
Contemporary ballet with 2 dancers (10 min).
Premiered in 2001.
Choreography by Josie Walsh (Joffrey Ballet),
music by Ani diFranco.
A highly dynamic duet with the characters of Petruchio and Katharina 21st century-style.
The Tempest
Contemporary/classical ballet: 16 dancers (60 min). Premiered in 2001.
Choreography by Charles Maple (American Ballet Theatre), music by Sibelius, Chihara, and Purcell.
Based on Shakespeare's play of the same name, The Tempest is a journey of a group of shipwrecked lords, and the journey of an exiled king amidst a deserted island. The meeting of two young lovers, and the eventual realization that nature sometimes overrules nurture, both contribute to the king's decision that the power of forgiveness and love are more important than the power of magical arts.
Nutcracker Suite
Classical ballet with 30 dancers (45-90 min).
Directed by Marat Daukayev (Kirov Ballet), choreography by Daukayev and others,
music by Tchaikovsky.
Two versions available. The 45-minute version focuses on Clara's dream and her vision of an imaginary world where she is transformed into a woman and her doll manifests itself as her prince. The imaginative world is full of grace and beauty but ends when she is awakened.
Shorter Works
D Minor Quartet
Contemporary ballet: 4 dancers (23 min).
Premiered in 2001.
Choreography by Brian Frette, music by Bach.
The 'D Minor Quartet' is an abstract ballet exploring the relationships between four people within the mannered realm of Bach's 'Concerto in D minor'. The relationships which transpire between the four are direct reflections on each musical signature as it is introduced and developed. In the end it is a conversation between the music and the performers which the audience is allowed to listen in on.
Ephemeral
Contemporary ballet: 7 dancers (15 min).
Premiered in 2001.
Choreography by German Yanson,
music by Schumann.
A look at one man's fleeting vision of his first love and his first temptation, and the forces that accompany them.
Fantasies
Contemporary ballet: 4 dancers (15 min).
Choreography by John Clifford (New York City Ballet), staged by Reid Olson, music by Vaughan Williams.
First performed by New York City Ballet in 1968, this piece is still staged throughout the world today. Two lovers find each other, conceive of their ideals, and then return to that which is real.
Fatum
Contemporary ballet: 6 dancers (15 min).
Premiered in 1999.
Choreography by Stefan Wenta (Polish National Ballet), music by Glass and Suso.
Five women are housed in an asylum, each of them for a different past trauma. Dominated by their doctor and their past, they find their strength only in the realization of their feminine powers. In the end, the doctor is revealed as a similar patient in need of human affection, but authority and control is chosen over the offer of love.
Les Sylphides
Classical ballet: 20 dancers (25 min).
Choreography by Michel Fokine, staged by Yuri Grigoriev, music by Chopin.
This 1909 classic is historically known for its ground-breaking shift from the statuesque classical style of the 19th century to the elevated and freer movement style that led to the Romantic era of ballet. Described as a non-narrative ballet to some audiences, and the story of a Poet's search for his ideal love, to others.
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