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Chautauqua Dance Student Gala II
August 11, 2024
Chautauqua Dance Student Gala

Sunday, Aug. 11
Amphitheater  • 2:30 p.m. 


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

Rhapsodic Dances  

Choreography by Sasha Janes  
Music: Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini, Op, 43 by Sergei Rachmaninoff 
Costume Design: Summer Collins 
Original Lighting Design: J.P. Woodey  

Rachel Collett and Bryan Gregory  
Emerson Boll and Jonah Glickman 
Emily Hain and Gabriel Weiner 
Christiana Cecere and Greg Trechel 
Eva Bendesky and Trey Ferdyn   

The premiere of Rhapsodic Dances was generously commissioned by Liz and Pat Bechdol.  

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Danse des Nymphes  

Choreography by Rachel Collett 
Music by Beethoven 

Dancers: Caroline Cochrane, Noa Dean, Maggie Sorge 

Dance of the Knights  

Choreography by William Moore and Sasha Janes 
Music: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 by Sergei Prokofiev 

Dwight Erdmann, Taurin Janes, Nicholas Miller, Ezra Teter, Leif VanHorn 

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Rivalry

Choreography by Emily Hain 
Music by Mendelssohn 

Dancers: Margaret Broadhurst, Natalia Burns, Christiana Cecere, Emerson Boll, Eva Bendesky, Trey Ferdyn, Bryan Gregory, Nicole Solomon, Covin Washington 

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Summer Camp

Choreography by Sasha Janes 
Music: 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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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: Darien Cormier, Gabriel Weiner 

Sand: Eva Bendesky, Nicole Solomon 

Mycelium: Stella Bauer, Natalia Burns, Brianna Doughtery, Emma Robinson, Maggie Sorge, Greg Trechel 

Elements: Margaret Broadhurst, Covin Washington 

Trees: Christiana Cecere, Bryan Gregory, Molly Nyhan

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La Fille Mal Garde

Choreography by Rebecca Janes 

Music: La Fille Mal Garde composed by Peter Ludwig Hertel  

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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White Swan Pas de Deux 

Choreography by Marius Petipa 
Music: Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

Riley Putnal, Stanley Cannon

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Sing Sing Sing  

Choreography by Michael Deeb 
Music: Bebo Best and the Super Lounge Orchestra  

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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Rubies

Choreography by George Balanchine   
Music by Igor Stravinsky 
Staged by Patricia McBride 
Premiered April 13, 1967 
Costumes: Karinska 
Lighting Design: Ronald Bates   

Noa Dean and Covin Washington  

Molly Nyhan  

Eva Bendesky, Natalia Burns, Brianna Dougherty, Abigail Gross, Sofia Neibuhr, Emma Robinson, Nicole Solomon, Maggie Sorge  

Darien Cormier, Trey Ferdyn, Jonah Glickman, Greg Trechel   

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. 

Drum

Choreography by Sasha Janes 
Music: Tuck and Patti 

Ashlyn DuPree

Swan Lake Spanish Dance

Choreography by Joseph Jefferies 
Music: Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

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

Click 

Choreography by Trey Ferdyn 
Music by Underworld 

Dancers: Stella Bauer, Eva Bendesky, Margaret Broadhurst, Natalia Burns, Noa Dean, Ashlyn DuPree, Brianna Dougherty, Emerson Boll, Abi Gross, Emily Hain, Christiana Cecere, Molly Nyhan, Sofia Niebuhr, Riley Putnal, Emma Robinson, Maggie Sorge, Covin Washington, Jonah Glickman

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  and Stage Manager 

Brigitte Kossuth, Administrative Assistant  and Assistant Stage Manager

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, Maria Kaushansky, Pianists