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Denise Woods and Carlos Fittante in Fittante's Wayang Blues
Photo: ©2007 David Bazemore |
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Les Petits Ballets Santa Barbara, September, 2007
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Evenings: Friday, Sept. 28 at 7:00 PM (note early time)
and Saturday, Sept. 29 at 8:00 PM
Matinees: Saturday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30 at 2:00 PM
at Santa Barbara's Center Stage Theater
Featuring Guest Artists
Carlos Fittante, dancer and choreographer
Stephanie Sivers, soprano |
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Featuring Choreography by:
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Brian Carey Chung |
Carrie Diamond |
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Carlos Fittante |
Lizabeth Skalski |
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Music by:
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Gabriel Fauré |
Etta James |
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W.A. Mozart |
Maurice Ravel |
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Featuring guest composer: José Luís Greco |
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The Dancers:
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Featuring guest artist Carlos Fittante |
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Colleen Bialas |
Ellen O'Connell |
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Eduardo Cueto |
Christina Sanchez |
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David Eck |
Denise Woods |
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The Musicians:
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Featuring Stephanie Sivers, soprano |
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Norma LaTuchie, flute |
Hillary Shoap, viola |
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Hillary Schoap, viola |
Hilary Clark, cello |
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Eric Valinsky, piano |
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Artistic Staff:
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Carrie Diamond, Artistic Director |
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Eric Valinsky, Music Director |
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Carlos Fittante, Chirstina Sanchez, Artistic Associates |
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Patricia L. Frank, Lighting Designer |
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Ann Bruice, Costume Designer |
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Production Staff:
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Gitte, Stage Manager |
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Clarice Hillebrand, Costume Construction |
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Giulia Miorelli, Costume Assistant |
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Claudia Orona, Wardrobe |
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Gabe Rives-Corbett & Tim Jenkins, Stagehands |
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The Program:
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Rendezvous au jardin
(World Premiere) |
Choreography: Lizabeth Skalski
Music: Flute Quartet in A, K. 298 by W. A. Mozart
Costumes: Ann Bruice
Colleen Bialas, Ellen O'Connell, Denise Woods
Eduardo Cueto
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The company in Lizabeth Skalski's Rendezvous au jardin
Photo: ©2007 David Bazemore |
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The glories of the Rococo age are invoked in this witty ballet of manners, choregraphed
for Ballet Santa Barbara by Lizabeth Skalski, Associate Director of the Main Street
Ballet and former Associate Director of the New American Ballet Ensemble. The work
is choregoraphed to selections from the flute quartets of Mozart, performed live,
and features the costumes of Ann Bruice.
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Interlude
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Choreographed by Carlos Fittante and Carrie Diamond
Music: Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn by Maurice Ravel
arranged by Eric Valinsky
Ellen O'Connell
Norma LaTuchie, flute
Nicole McKenzie, violin
Hillary Schoap, viola
Hilary Clark, cello
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Ellen O'Connell in Interlude
Photo: ©2007 David Bazemore |
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One of three short solos choreographed by our guest choreographers to different
arrangements of Ravel's menuet |
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Ah, Love! Let Us Be True to One Another*
(World Premiere) |
Choreography: Brian Carey Chung
Music: Selected songs by Gabriel Fauré
Sung by: Stephanie Sivers with Eric Valinsky, piano
Costumes: Ann Bruice
Coleen Bialas, Christina Sanchez, Denise Woods
Eduardo Cueto, David Eck, Carlos Fittante
*the title is a line from Matthew Arnold's poem Dover Beach
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David Eck, Colleen Bialas, and Carlos Fittante in Chung's Ah Love!
Photo: ©2007 David Bazemore |
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Up-and-coming New York choreographer Brian Carey Chung has created a new work for
Ballet Santa Barbara in a sensual contemporary balletic style never before seen
from a local company. The work is choreographed to the songs of Gabriel Fauré
to be sung live by Stephanie Sivers with accompaniment by Eric Valinsky.
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Wayang Blues
(West Coast Premiere) |
Choreography: Carlos Fittante
Music: Songs sung by Etta James
Costumes: Ann Bruice
Set: Patricia L. Frank
Video Animation: David Bengali
Puppeteers: James Birch, Yuki Kawahisa, Carlos Fittante
The Cast
Mr. & Mrs.: Denise Woods and Carlos Fittante
The Young Couple: Ellen O'Connell and David Eck
The Bartender: Hylla Fischer
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Denise Woods and Carlos Fittante in Fittante's Wayang Blues
Photo: ©2007 David Bazemore |
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Artistic Associate, Carlos Fittante has set his “Wayang Blues” on the Company, a
compelling duet that truthfully and humorously portrays five decades of a marriage.
Fittante skillfully combines dance-theater, Wayang puppetry and the music of Etta
James.
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Interlude
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Choreographed by Lizabeth Skalski
Music: Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn by Maurice Ravel
arranged by Eric Valinsky
Carlos Fittante
Norma LaTuchie, flute
Eric Valinsky, piano
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Carlos Fittante in Interlude
Photo: ©2007 David Bazemore |
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One of three short solos choreographed by our guest choreographers to different
arrangements of Ravel's menuet |
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Eternity, Desire, and Other Predicaments
(World Premiere) |
Choreography: Carrie Diamond
Music: Dark Love by José Luis Greco
Costumes: Ann Bruice
Set Design: Ann Bruice
Danced by the Company
This ballet is made possible by a generous donation from Carol Skinner and family.
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Sanchez, Cueto, and Bialas in Diamond’s Eternity, Desire, and Other Predicaments
Photo: ©2007 David Bazemore |
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Loosely based on the classic 1987 Wim Wenders film, Wings of Desire, and
featuring costumes by Ann Bruice, this piece is choreographed to the hauntingly
beautiful music of José Luis Greco.
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Postlude |
Choreographed by Brian Carey Chung
Music: Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn by Maurice Ravel
arranged by Eric Valinsky
Carlos Fittante
Hillary Schoap, viola
Eric Valinsky, piano
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Christina Sanchez in Postlude
Photo: ©2007 David Bazemore |
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One of three short solos choreographed by our guest choreographers to different
arrangements of Ravel's menuet |
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© 2006-2007 American Dance and Music, Inc.
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