Modals
Joanna DeFelice & Melanie Hamrick, Directors/Producers
Jana Prager, Lighting Designer/Stage Manager
Daron Wehle, Producer
Diana and Acteon Pas De Deux
Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev from original by Agrippina Vaganova
Composer: Cesare Pugni
Dancers: Sasha De Sola & Francesco Gabriele Frolas (San Francisco Ballet)
Onegin “Mirror” Pas de Deux
Choreography: John Cranko
Music by Kurt-Heinz Stolze (after P. I. Tchaikowsky)
Dancers: Connor Walsh & Chae Eun Yang (Houston Ballet)
Epilogue Pas de Deux from Deep River
Choreography: Alonzo King
Composer and Pianist: Jason Moran
Costume Design: Robert Rosenwasser
Dancers: Adji Cissoko & Shuaib Elhassan (Alonzo King Lines Ballet)
Tarantella
Choreography: George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust
Music: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Reconstructed and Orchestrated by Hershy Kay
Dancers: Erica Pereira & Daniel Ulbricht (New York City Ballet)
The performance of Tarantella, 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.
‘Ewig Du’
Choreography: Dana Genshaft
Composer: Gordon Getty
Dancer: Katharine Barkman & Nathaniel Remez (San Francisco Ballet)
Le Corsaire Pas de Deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Composer: CeĢsare Pugni & Riccardo Drigo
Dancers: Connor Walsh & Chae-Eun Yang (Houston Ballet Theatre)
Tatum Boogie
Choreography: Daniel Ulbricht
Music: Art Tatum
Dancer: Daniel Ulbricht (New York City Ballet)
Spartacus Pas De Deux
Choreography: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Dancer: Sasha De Sola & Francesco Gabriele Frolas (San Francisco Ballet)
The Spartacus Pas De Deux choreography was commissioned by Timothy Blackburn in honor of Athena Blackburn and premiered at Festival Napa Valley in 2012.
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (West Coast Premiere)
Choreography: Nicholas Palmquist
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones
Dancer: Nicholas Palmquist (International Guest Artist)
Don Quixote Act III Pas de Deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky
Composer: Ludwig Minkus
Dancers: Ashton Roxander & Thays Golz (Philadelphia Ballet)
This performance was made possible through a generous gift from Margaret Karl.