UMS Concert Program, April 20, 1983: The Joffrey II Dancers --

Season: 104th
Concert: Forty-eighth
Power Center For The Performing Arts Ann Arbor, Michigan

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THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
The Joffrey II Dancers
SALLY BRAYLEY BLISS, Director MARIA GRANDY, Associate Director
Dancers
Linda Bechtold Charles Calhoun Robert Gardner Randall Graham Jennifer Habig
Tina Leblanc Douglas Martin Elizabeth Molak Elizabeth Parkinson
Tania Philip Karen Portner Stephen Sturmer Thomas Terry Tyler Walters
Foundation for The Joffrey Ballet, Inc.
Robert Joffrey, Artistic Director
Gerald Arpino, Associate Director
Philip Semark, President
Wednesday Evening, April 20, 1983, at 8:00
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Casting will be announced before each ballet.
PAS DES DEESSES
Choreography: Robert Joffrey Music: John Field
played by Stanley Babin
Costume design: Anver Bey Khan Lighting design: Gail Dahl
Mile. Lucilc Grahn Mile. Fanny Ccrrito
Mile. Marie Taglioni M. Arthur Saint-Leon
"Pas dcs Decsses" was inspired by a Romantic lithograph of 1846 by the artist Bouvier. At the beginning of the ballet, the dancers arc seen in the pose of this famous work of art. Each variation shows off the qualities made famous by the quartet of great 19th century dancers: the languorous Grahn, the darting Cerrito, and the floating Taglioni -all magnificently supported by the gallant Saint-Leon. The air of competition among the three ballerinas echoes the delicate rivalry which actually existed among these celebrated Romantic dancers.
Robert Joffrey choreographed "Pas des Dcesscs" in 1954 as a period piece to selected nocturnes, rondos, and waltzes by John Field (1782-1837), one of the foremost composers and piano virtuosos of the day, who originated the name and style of the "nocturne."
This ballet has been reconstructed by Maria Grandy from the Lababotation score by agreement with the Dance Notation Bureau, Inc., New York City.
Forty-eighth Concert of the 1O4th Season
Twelfth Annual Choice Scries
INTERMISSION ECHOING SILENCE
Choreography: Helen Douglas Music: Claude Debussy,
"Fantasic pour Piano ct Orchestre"
Costume design: Carol Vollet Garner Lighting design: Gail Dahl
The choreography for this work was made possible by a grant from The Joffrey Foundation, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota. Ms. Douglas received additional support for the choreography from the New York State Council for the Arts, Albany, New York.
INTERMISSION
COPPELIA The Wedding Scene from Act III
Choreography: Konstantin Seugeyev
and Hans Meister Music: Leo Delibes, "Coppclia"
Costume design: Lynn Hoffman Lighting design: Gail Dahl Staging by Hans Meister
The staging of this work was made possible by the support of Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Sacklcr.
(pause) BERMUDA BLUES
Choreography: Gail Kachaduuian Music: Andre Puevin,
"A Different Kind of Blues"
Costume design: After original
by D. D. Dominick Lighting design: Gail Dahl
Who Reads Reviews . Little Face The Four of Us
Chocolate Apricot Make Up Your Mind
The choreography for this work was made possible by a grant from The Jerome Foundation, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota.
New 1983-84 Choice Series
Ballet Nacional Espanol.................................. Wed. Sept. 28
Western Opera Theatre, Madama Butterfly.............. Fri. & Sat. Oct. 7 & 8
New World Ballet of Caracas..............................Wed. Oct. 26
Soviet Emigre OrchestraLazar Gosman..................... Wed. Nov. 2
Pittsburgh Ballet, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker............ Fri.-Sun. Dec. 16-18
Welsh National Opera Chorus ............................. Mon. Jan. 16
Paul Taylor Dance Company ......................... Fri.-Sun. Jan. 27-29
Oakland Ballet..................................... Mon.-Wed. Mar. 5-7
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