UMS Concert Program, April 20, 1982: Pennsylvania Ballet --

Season: 103rd
Concert: Sixty-second
Power Center For The Performing Arts Ann Arbor, Michigan

THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Pennsylvania Ballet
BARBARA WEISBERGER, Founder BENJAMIN HARKARVY, Artistic Director
Dana Arey Davide Bombana Sari Braff Lisa Collins William DeGregory Deirdre Duffin Diana Duffy Michelle Geryk Anastasia Glimidakis Jeffrey Gribler Tamara Hadley
Jeff Jones Kevin Kaiser Roy Kaiser Linda Karash Mimi Keith Reiko Kimura Laurie LeBlanc Mary LeGere Peter Lewton-Brain Victoria Lyras
James Mercer Katherine Murphy Edward Myers Melissa Podcasy Robin Preiss Janek Schergen Denise Somrack Mark Trares Roger Triplett Paul Vitali
Fiona Fuerstner, Dana LaFontsee, Elaine Thomas, Ballet Masters
Maurice Kaplow, Music Director
with The Pennsylvania Orchestra
THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION
David W. Brenner, Chairman Charles H. Rannells, President
Tuesday Evening, April 20, 1982, at 8:00
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Pennsylvania Ballet has previously appeared in Ann Arbor in 1970, 1974, 1976, and 1977. The three performances this week comprise a dance residency under the Dance Touring Program, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Great Lakes Arts Alliance.
Sixty-second Concert of the 103rd Season
Eleventh Annual Choice Series
GALAXIES
Choreography: Loyce Houlton Music: Arnold Schoenberg,
_ , . _ Kammersymphonie, Op. 9
Costume design: Judith Cooper
_ . . , _ Lighting design: Tony Tucci
Set design: Jack Barkla
"The human body is a galaxy to a microbe, yet without microbes the body would not live an hour. If we feel awe, let us address it not to dimension but to being--and we share being
with the galaxies themselves."
GALAXIES
Timothy Ferris
Sierra Club Books, 1980
Tamara Hadley Edward Myers
Sari Braff James Mercer Paul Vitali
Lisa Collins Deirdre Duffin Reiko Kimura
Roy Kaiser Mark Trares Roger Triplet!
INTERMISSION
YES, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER PIANO BALLET
Choreography: Peter Anastos Music: Frederic Chopin
Costume design: Frankie Fehr Piano Soloist: Martha Koeneman
Lighting design: Tony Tucci
Boy in Blue............................................Paul Vitali
Boy in Brick.............................................Roy Kaiser
Girl in Lavender (with gray chiffon overlay)....................Mimi Keith
Girl in Orange (with a slight tilt to the left)...............Michelle Geryk
Girl in Green (well, sort of greenish thing)....................Diana Duffy
The surfeit of "piano ballets" that have appeared since Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering (1969) have sought to somehow humanize and demystify the classical ballet dancer and his milieu. Piano ballets take the aristocracy out of ballet dancing by presenting dancers as affectionately friendly, democratic, just plain folks moving simply to the music of a solo piano. There is something in this genre akin to the television talk show which, in its way, attempts to demystify noted celebrities by elevating their laundry problems to conversational art. Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet was first created for Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo in 1976. Mr. Anastos has made several revisions in the work since then and includes two new sections in his version for Pennsylvania Ballet.
INTERMISSION
UNDER THE SUN
Choreography and scenario: Music: Michael Kamen
Margo Sappington (commissioned score)
Set design: Robert Mitchell Lighting design: David K. H. Elliott
Costume design: Willa Kim
Corolla.............................................Tamara Hadley
Her Pal............................................Jeffrey Gribler
Her Fantasy Family..................Sari Braff, Linda Karash, Robin Preiss,
Kevin Kaiser, Roger Triplett, Paul Vitali
Entincelle..........................................Melissa Podcasy
Her Ambiance................................Daniel Kaiser, Roy Kaiser,
James Mercer, Mark Trares
Her Consort.....................................William DeGregory
This work is inspired not only by Alexander Calder's mobiles, but also by his circus, his mechanized sculpture, his toys and, above all, by his sense of humor. It is a fairy tale, a fantasy, which follows the adventures of Corolla, the Sun Child, and her hypnotic attraction to the Fantasy Family of the beautiful Entincelle, Queen of the Mobiles.
1982-83 -A Season to Celebrate!
Gala Benefit Friday, September 24
A special evening of fashion and entertainment is planned
as a prelude to this exciting season -hold the date
and watch for detailed announcements.
Choral Union Series
Itzhak Perlman, Violinist.........Tues. Oct. 5
Prague Symphony OrchestraJiri Belohlavek . . . Thurs. Oct. 21
Judith Blegen. Soprano........ . Sat. Oct. 30
Leipzig Gewandhaus OrchestraKurt Masur . . . Sun. Nov. 14 Los Angeles PhilharmonicCarlo Maria Giulini . . . Tues. Dec. 7
Hakan Hagegard, Baritone........Wed. Feb. 9
Dresden StaatskapelleHerbert Blomstedt .... Sun. Mar. 6 Boston Symphony OrchestraSeiji Ozawa .... Wed. Mar. 16
Murray Perahia, Pianist.........Thurs. Mar. 24
Chicago Symphony OrchestraGeorg Solti .... Thurs. Apr. 14
Series of 10 concerts: $100, $65, $55, $45
Choice Series
Festival of the Nile.........Thurs. Oct. 7
"Pirin," Bulgarian Folk Ensemble......Wed. Oct. 13
Demon Drummers & Dancers, Japan......Sat. Oct. 16
Zagreb Grande Ballet.........Sat. Oct. 23
Peking Ensemble...........Fri. Oct. 29
Pittsburgh Ballet, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker . . Fri.-Sun. Dec. 17-19
Tamburitzans Folk Ensemble........Sat. Jan. 15
Pilobolus Dancers.......Tues. & Wed. Mar. 1 & 2
Ballet Folclorico Nacional de Mexico.....Tues. Mar. 8
Ravi Shankar, Sitarist.........Thurs. Mar. 10
Joffrey II Dancers.......Tues. & Wed. Apr. 19 & 20
Series of 4 concerts: $40, $35, $30, $24 Series of 8 concerts: $80, $70, $60, $48
Chamber Arts Series
Schola Cantorum of Oxford........ Sun. Oct. 3
Fresk String Quartet......... Wed. Oct. 27
Borodin Trio............ Sat. Nov. 20
Guarneri String Quartet......... Sun. Jan. 9
Guarneri String Quartet......... Sun. Feb. 13
Belgian Chamber Orchestra and
Miha Pogacnik, Violinist......... Fri. Mar. 4
I Solisti Aquilani and
Gary Karr, Double Bassist........ Sat. Mar. 12
Fitzwilliam String Quartet........ Fri. Apr. 8
Series of 8 concerts: $55, $45, $35
Debut & Encore Recital Series
Elmar Oliveira, Violinist........Mon. Oct. 18
Lydia Artymiw, Pianist.........Fri. Nov. 12
Santiago Rodriguez, Pianist........Thurs. Jan. 27
Michael Lorimer, Guitarist........Sat. Mar. 26
Series of 4 concerts: $27.50, $22.50, $17.50 New brochure available upon request--subscribe now and save!
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