Works & Process at the Guggenheim: American Ballet Theatre at 75 - Part III

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At Works & Process at the Guggenheim, on April 19 and 20, 2015, ABT dancers, panelists, and historians explored the company’s contributions to American dance over the last 75 years. Each part of this three-part retrospective spotlights a different 25-year span in the company’s storied history.

American Ballet Theatre at 75
Part III
1990-2015

PANEL (in alphabetical order)
David Hallberg, ABT Principal Dancer
Julie Kent, ABT Principal Dancer
John Meehan, Moderator and Professor of Dance, Vassar College
Alexei Ratmansky, ABT Artist in Residence
Ethan Stiefel, Former ABT Principal Dancer

ABT PERFORMERS (in alphabetical order)
Skylar Brandt, Corps de Ballet
Brittany DeGrofft, Corps de Ballet
Blaine Hoven, Corps de Ballet
Courtney Lavine, Corps de Ballet
Isadora Loyola, Corps de Ballet
Veronika Part, Principal
Lauren Post, Corps de Ballet
Calvin Royal, Corps de Ballet
Gabe Stone Shayer, Corps de Ballet
Cory Stearns, Principal
Sean Stewart, Corps de Ballet
Devon Teuscher, Soloist
Cassandra Trenary, Corps de Ballet
Paulina Waski, Corps de Ballet

ABT JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS SCHOOL PERFORMERS
Demitra Bereveskos, Katie Buckmiller, Roma Catania, Adelaide Clauss, Jessica Conniff, Madison Egyud, Abigail Granlund, Olivia Green, Gabrielle LaMura, Audrey Lipson, Minagi Negishi, Athena Petrizzo, Jonathan Philbert, Grace Ann Pierce, Madeleine Purcell, Alice Stratmann

PIANISTS
Emily Wong & Michael Cherry

The Sleeping Beauty (Excerpt from Act III Precious Stones)
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Staging and additional choreography by Alexei Ratmansky,
assisted by Tatiana Ratmansky
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Costumes by Richard Hudson, inspired by Léon Bakst
Diamond Fairy Skylar Brandt
Gold Fairy Brittany DeGrofft
Silver Fairy Lauren Post
Sapphire Fairy Paulina Waski

Othello (Excerpt)
Choreography by Lar Lubovitch
Music by Elliot B. Goldenthal
Costumes by Ann Hould-Ward
Assistant Choreographer: Ginger Thatcher
Veronika Part, Cory Stearns

Cinderella (Act I Fairy Godmother Solo)
Choreography by Frederick Ashton
Production directed, supervised and staged by Wendy Ellis
Somes and Malin Thoors
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Costume design by David Walker
Devon Teuscher

Coaching Session with Ethan Stiefel
Calvin Royal

Seven Sonatas (Pas de Deux)
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Music by Domenico Scarlatti
Costumes by Holly Hynes
Veronika Part, Blaine Hoven

The Sleeping Beauty (Act III Excerpts)
(Adagio from Princess Florine and The Bluebird)
Cassandra Trenary, Gabe Stone Shayer
(The White Cat and Puss-in-Boots)
Isadora Loyola, Sean Stewart
(Cinderella and Prince Fortune)
Courtney Lavine, Calvin Royal

Les Sylphides (Excerpt)
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Staged by Harriet Clark
Performances given by the kind permission of the Fokine Estate
Copyright The Fokine Estate Archive 1909
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Orchestration by Benjamin Britten
Katie Buckmiller, Adelaide Clauss, Abigail Granlund, Jonathan Philbert, Demitra Bereveskos, Roma Catania, Jessica Conniff, Madison Egyud, Olivia Green, Gabrielle LaMura, Audrey Lipson, Minagi Negishi, Athena Petrizzo, Grace Ann Pierce, Madeleine Purcell, Alice Stratmann

WORKS & PROCESS
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