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Chautauqua Dance Student Gala II
July 14, 2024
Chautauqua Dance Student Gala

Sunday, July 14, 2024 
Amphitheater  • 2:30 p.m. 


Sasha Janes, Bonnefoux McBride Artistic Director for Chautauqua School of Dance   

Summer Camp 

Choreography by Sasha Janes 
Music by Symphony in C, H. I:38 by Haydn: I. Allegro Di Molto, II. Andante Molto  

Alison Bowman, Charlotte Buff, Dwight Erdmann, Madison Fabek, Violet Forsstrom, Regan Foster, Sydney Gerstein, Taurin Janes, Jaidyn Janes, Adriana Kelley, Chloe Kraft, Stella Langner, Melinda Lee, Vera Machemer, Allison MacMillan, Soleil Manzano, Charlotte McCormick, Ambra Mele, Nicholas Miller, Karina Noyes, Olive Omelchenko, Athena Shevorykin, Skylar Sikorski, Ezra Teter, Leif VanHorn, Layla Vilacoba, Lily Wittenstein, Riho Yokogawa  

Teacher: Brigitte Kossuth  

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Rhapsodic Dances 

Choreography by Sasha Janes  
Music: Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini, Op, 43 by Sergei Rachmaninoff  

Emerson Boll and Jonah Glickman 
Emily Hain and Gabriel Weiner 
Christiana Cecere and Dylan West 
Rachel Collett and Bryan Gregory 
Noa Dean and Trey Ferdyn 

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Character 

Choreography by Sarkis Kaltakhtchian 
Music: Venzeyla by the Moiseyev Dance Ensemble 

Alison Bowman, Charlotte Buff, Dwight Erdmann, Madison Fabek, Violet Forsstrom, Regan Foster, Sydney Gerstein, Taurin Janes, Jaidyn Janes, Adriana Kelley, Chloe Kraft, Stella Langner, Melinda Lee, Vera Machemer, Allison MacMillan, Soleil Manzano, Charlotte McCormick, Ambra Mele, Nicholas Miller, Karina Noyes, Olive Omelchenko, Athena Shevorykin, Skylar Sikorski, Ezra Teter, Leif VanHorn, Layla Vilacoba, Lily Wittenstein, Riho Yokogawa 

For the Trees 

Choreography by Kara Wilkes   
Music: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven  

Seed: Ashlyn DuPree 

Soil: Trey Ferdyn, Gabriel Weiner 

Sand: Sofia Neibuhr, Nicole Solomon 

Mycelium: Stella Bauer, Caroline Cochrane, Brianna Dougherty, Emma Robinson, Maggie Sorge, Greg Trechel 

Elements: Margaret Broadhurst, Annaliesa Gowe 

Trees: Bryan Gregory, Emily Hain, Riley Putnal 

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Get Happy 

Choreography by Michael Deeb 
Music: Get Happy (Live at Carnegie Hall) performed by Rufus Wainwright   

Alison Bowman, Charlotte Buff, Dwight Erdmann, Madison Fabek, Violet Forsstrom, Regan Foster, Sydney Gerstein, Taurin Janes, Jaidyn Janes, Adriana Kelley, Chloe Kraft, Stella Langner, Melinda Lee, Vera Machemer, Allison MacMillan, Soleil Manzano, Charlotte McCormick, Ambra Mele, Nicholas Miller, Karina Noyes, Olive Omelchenko, Athena Shevorykin, Skylar Sikorski, Ezra Teter, Leif VanHorn, Layla Vilacoba, Lily Wittenstein, Riho Yokogawa 

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10-minute intermission 

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Rubies 

Choreography by George Balanchine   
Music by Igor Stravinsky 
Staged by Patricia McBride 
Premiered April 13, 1967  

Anya Chiu and Covin Washington 

Molly Nyhan 

 Eva Bendesky, Natalia Burns, Brianna Dougherty, Annaliesa Gowe, Abigail Gross, Sofia Neibuhr, Emma Robinson, Maggie Sorge 

Darien Cormier, Trey Ferdyn, Greg Trechel, Dylan West   

This performance of Rubies, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.  

Production & Artistic Staff

Sasha Janes, Bonnefoux McBride Artistic Director 

Patricia McBride, Director of Ballet Studies and Principal Repetiteur

Rebecca Janes, Repetiteur

Janice Wells, Managing Director 

Jenni Propst, Lighting Designer 

Edna Mae Berkey, Stage Manager 

Brigitte Kossuth, Administrative Assistant 

Jessica Toby Lustig, Costume Designer and Director 

Liam Cerone, Mary Jane Day, Lauren Greenfield, Jan Lovercheck, Sarah Marucci, Janet Steinmetz, Isabel Wachtel, Costumes 

Kazuko Adachi, Cristina Bedoya, Alice Hargrove, Pianists