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Chautauqua Dance Student Gala
August 08, 2021
Chautauqua Dance Student Gala

Monday, August 9, 2021
8:15 p.m.
Amphitheater

 

Chautauqua Apprentice Dancers

Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Director of the School of Dance

Patricia McBride, Director of Ballet Studies and Master Teacher
Sasha Janes, Director of Contemporary Studies

 

When We Gathered Beneath the Big Sky

Choreography by Joseph Jefferies
Music by Aaron Copland
Costume Design by Jessica Toby Lustig

Olivia Cornelius, Aram Hengen

Adrienne Klimchak, Ashton Bradley

Christiana Cecere, Joaquin Ruiz

Jaya Dhand

Claudia Duff, Tess Fein, Hattie Golebiewski, Scarlett Haslam, Emily Jorgensen, Brigitte Kossuth, Sarah Lewis, Mairead Moore, Lillian Smith, Emily Soria

 

A Fraction of Abstraction

Choreography by Sasha Janes
Music by John Adams and Jóhann Jóhannsson

Gia DiLisio, Maeve Dunckel, Karsen Gresham, Emily Hain, Elly Pearl O’Connell, Niamh Perrins, Samantha Stinson, Destiny Wimpye, Noah Martzall, Raphael Schreiber, Jacob Soltero

 

Pause

 

Excerpts from Raymonda Variations

Choreography by George Balanchine
Music by Alexander Glazunov
Staged by Patricia McBride
Premiered December 7, 1961

Pas de Deux

Lindy Mesmer and Noah Martzall

Variations

  1. Olivia Parsons
  2. Maria (Mia) Steedle
  3. Malena Ani
  4. Lara Bircak
  5. Rachel Nash
  6. Vanessa Meikle
  7. Noah Martzall
  8. Lindy Mesmer

Finale

Lindy Mesmer, Noah Martzall

Malena Ani, Lara Bircak, Christiana Cecere, Olivia Cornelius, Scarlett Rae Fulton, Olivia Jacobus, Darcy Leigh McLoughlin, Vanessa Meikle, Rachel Nash, Olivia Parsons, Elaine Rand, Maria (Mia) Steedle

The performance of Raymonda Variations, 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.

 

This program is made possible by the Moore Fund for Dance.

Production & Artistic Staff

Managing Director
Janice Wells

Lighting Designer
Jennifer Propst

Administrative Assistant
Megan Stefanik

Director of Costumes
Jessica Toby Lustig

Costume Designer
Christina Giannini

Costumes
Sarah Marucci, Paige Jones, Janet Steinmetz