Project Premiere
American Youth Ballet
Performance 16 June 2012, 7:30 pm
American Dance Center (studio 15th) and Poslky Theater at JCCC (dress/tech and performance, 15th, 16th)
"La Ventana" - a tableu of vanity - and a very funny ballet by Kristopher Estes-Brown (in this video capture from the wide camera)The Performance Program
Performance: Saturday, 16 June 2011
Project Premiere 2012
Artistic Directors: Kristopher Estes-Brown and Jennifer Tierney
Costumes by Jennifer Tierney
Lighting Design by Kristopher Estes-BrownWith choreographies by:
Kristopher Estes-Brown
Marius Petipa (wikipedia entry)
W. Earle Smith (Artistic Director Madison Ballet Madison, Wisconsin)
Audra Sokol (Asst. Prof Dancer, Ball State University- Muncie, Indiana)
Stayce Camparo (Dancer, Kansas City Ballet)
At the Edge
Choreography by Kristopher Estes-Brown
Music by Henryk GoreckiDancers:
Meredith Green
Dena'h Gregory, Katy HagenSofia Acosta, Taylor Arel, Molly Cook, Anne-Marie Dahms, Andrea Dahl, Juliana Kuhn, Julia McGregor, Stephanie Ruley, Yui Tadokoro, Paula Walewicz, Cassie Wang, Bonnie Weinberg, Danica Williams, Sydney Wilson, Anna Wolock
Diane & Acteon
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Music by Cesare PugniDancers: Jessica Brown, Austin Finley
No Capicia
Choreography by Kristopher Estes-Brown
Music by Louis PrimaDancers:
Taylor Arel, Meredith Green, Dena'h Gregory, Katy Hagen, Radie Keller, Stephanie Ruley, Emily Tatham, Danica Williams, Sydney Wilson, Jessica Brown, Austin Finley, Jennifer Tierney
- intermission -
Black Violin
Choreography by W. Earle Smith
Music by Black ViolinDancers:
Olivia Althoff, Taylor Arel, Molly Cook, Anne-Marie Dahms, Andrea Dahl, Meredith, Green, Alex Kingma, Juliana Kuhn, Alec Roth, Stephanie Ruley, Paula Walewicz, Catherine Watkins, Bonnie Weinberg, Danica Williams, Sydney Wilson, Anna Wolock
Flutter
Choreography by Audra Sokol
Music by MumDancers:
Sofia Acosta, Annie Cook, Amy Dehart, Ellie Festa, Dena'h Gregory, Katy Hagen, Elise Johnson, Radie Keller, Julia McGregor, Malerie Moore, Haley Pickert, Lexi Pickert, Maycee Steele, Yui Tadokoro, Emily Tatham, Cassie Wang, Amanda Young
~pause~
Faunesses
Choreography by Stayce Camparo
Music by Fall on Your Sword, Daft Punk, Johann Wenzel Anton StamitzDancers:
Amy DeHart, Meredith Green, Radie Keller, Ellie Festa, Julia McGregor, Alec Roth, Yui Tadokoro, Emily Tatham, Paula Walewicz, Bonnie Weinberg, Danica Williams, Sydney Wilson, Amanda Young
La Ventana
Choreography by Kristopher Estes-Brown
Music by H. C. LumbyeDancers:
Taylor Arel, Alex Kingma
Austin Finley, Stephanie Ruley
Jennifer Tierney
Dena'h Gregory, and Katy HagenOlivia Althoff, Sofia Acosta, Molly Cook, Andrea Dahl, Anne-Marie Dahms, Juliana Kuhn, Malerie Moore, Maycee Steele, Cassie Wang, Catherine Watkins, Anna Wolock
Pictures - In studio and on stage
Comic ballet "La Ventana" by Kristopher Estes-Brown - Austin Finley primps
in his ever-present mirror, with admirers and "protege" Alex Kingma playing a comic second
At The Edge - Taylor Arel, Sydney Wilson, Emily Tatham, Meredith Green
Sydney Wilson, Meredith Green in Studio rehearsal for Black Violin by W. Earle Smith (seated on the near right,
artistic director of Madison Ballet) with Kristopher Estes-Brown seated behind.
Pro dancer Austin Finley (BalletMet in Columbus, OH) in studio rehearsals. On the left is Kris Estes-Brown and to the right
in the mirror is pro dancer Jessica Brown, also from BalletMet
Tech at Polsky theater, working on notes and making notes (Emily Tatham at far right)
The Edge
Studio rehearsals with Jessica Brown (pro from BalletMet) in Diane & Acteon duet
Jessica Brown (pro from BalletMet) in Diane & Acteon duet - here in studio rehearsals (see above for stage)
Austin Finley (other BalletMet pro) is sitting behind the piano.
Danica Williams in At The Edge
Taylor Arel (left), Alex Kingma (below), and Austin Finley with his constantly-held mirror in comic ballet "La Ventana"
At The Edge
Sydney Wilson and Danica Williams
Emily Tatham in studio rehearsals
Taylor Arel and Alex Kingma in comic ballet La Ventana by Kristopher Estes-Brown
At The Edge, Emily Tatham (front) and Meredith Green, seated
Horsing around in the studio between sessions
Tech rehearsal (i.e. the costumes differences)
Stephanie Ruley and Alec Roth in Black Violin by W. Earle Smith
Meredith Green in At The Edge
American Youth Ballet 2011-2012 Season
Senior Company
Taylor Arel, Meredith Green, Dena'h Gregory, Katy Hagen, Radie Keller, Stephanie Ruley, Emily Tatham, Sydney Wilson
Junior Company II
Sofia Acosta, Molly Cook,Anne-Marie Dahms, Stephanie Krutz, Juliana Kuhn, Cassie Wang, Danica Williams
Junior Company I
Olivia Althoff, Hannah Baillie, Andrea Dahl, Julia McGregor, Sasha Reid, Annie Schugart, Catherine Watkins, Paula Walewicz, Bonnie Weinberg, Anna Wolock
Apprentice Company
Annie Cook, Elise Johnson, Malerie Moore, Miriam Rogers