Dance Victoria 2017-2018 Season | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet program insert

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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet November 17 + 18, 2017 • 7:30 pm • Royal Theatre Running time: Approximately 1 hour 40 minutes (including two 20-minute intermissions)

About the Works 1st Flash (19 minutes) Choreography: Jorma Elo Music: Jean Sibelius* Set Design: Jorma Elo Lighting Design: Jordan Tuinman Costume Design: Joke Visser Assistant to the Choreographer: Urtzi Aranburu Costume Construction: Nete Joseph Dancers: Sadie Brown, Jenelle Figgins, Seia Rassenti Watson, Anthony Tiedeman, Pete Leo Walker, Joseph Watson Premiere: September 18, 2003, Nederlands Dans Theater, Lucent Danstheater, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s production of 1st Flash is made possible through the generosity of Nic and Maja DuBrul. * Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D-minor, Opus 47 (1905) Movement 2, Adagio di molto 3, Allegro, ma non tanto

Jorma Elo is one of the most sought-after choreographers in the world. He has created works for companies including American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, New York City Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Netherlands Dance Theater and Finnish National Ballet, among others. Elo trained with the Finnish National Ballet School and the Kirov Ballet School in Leningrad. He danced with Finnish National Ballet and Cullberg Ballet until joining Netherlands Dance Theater in 1990, where he enjoyed a 15year career.

Elo was appointed Resident Choreographer of Boston Ballet in 2005, where he has created many world premieres, including Sharp Side of Dark (2002), Plan to B (2004),

Carmen/Illusions (2006 & 2009), Brake the Eyes (2007), In on Blue (2008), Le Sacre du printemps (2009), Sharper Side of Dark (2012) and Awake Only (2012). Boston Ballet premiered a full-length performance titled Elo Experience in 2011. Elo was awarded the Benois de la Danse prize for best choreography in 2010, for his production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, commissioned by Vienna State Opera Ballet and Slice to Sharp for the Stanislavsky Music Theatre.

In 2012, the Finnish Government awarded Elo the Dance Artist Prize. Elo has also been awarded the Choreography prize in the 2005 Helsinki International Ballet Competition and he was the recipient of the Prince Charitable Trust Prize and the Choo-San Goh Choreographic Award in 2006. He was nominated for a 2008 Isadora Duncan Dance Award. Elo has been featured in Esquire, Dance and Pointe magazines.

– Intermission (20 minutes) –

Silent Ghost (21 minutes) Choreography: Alejandro Cerrudo Music: Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm Lighting Design: Michael Korsch Costume Design: Branimira Ivanova Dancers: Katherine Bolaños, Sadie Brown, Emily Franc, Anna Gerberich, Seia Rassenti Watson, Austin Reynolds, Evan Supple, Anthony Tiedeman, Pete Leo Walker, Joseph Watson ASFB Commissioned Work. Premiere: July 10, 2015, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Santa Fe, NM. Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s production of Silent Ghost is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris

About the Works (cont’d) Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Alejandro Cerrudo (Hubbard Street Resident Choreographer) was born in Madrid, Spain and trained at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid. His professional career began in 1998 and includes work with Victor Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater 2. Cerrudo joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2005, was named Choreographic Fellow in 2008, and became the company’s first Resident Choreographer in 2009. Thirteen works choreographed to date for Hubbard Street include collaborations with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Nederlands Dans Theater. These pieces and additional commissions are in repertory at companies around the U.S. as well as in Australia, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.

Touring engagements have brought his work still further abroad, to audiences in Algeria, Canada, Morocco and Spain. In March 2012, Pacific Northwest Ballet invited Cerrudo to choreograph his first work for the company, Memory Glow, upon receiving the Joyce Theater Foundation’s second Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance. Additional honours include an award from the Boomerang Fund for Artists (2011), and a Prince Prize for Commissioning Original Work from the Prince Charitable Trusts (2012) for his acclaimed, first evening-length work, One Thousand Pieces. Cerrudo was one of four choreographers invited by New York City Ballet principal Wendy Whelan to create and perform original duets for Restless Creature and he is United States Artists’ 2014 USA Donnelley Fellow.

– Intermission (20 minutes) –

Huma Rojo (19 minutes) Choreography: Cayetano Soto Music: Ray Barretto, Nat “King” Cole, Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra, Abbe Lane, Pérez Prado and His Orchestra Lighting Design: Seah Johnson Costume Design: Kim Laursen for Maison Ullens* Dancers: (Nov 17): Katherine Bolaños, Sadie Brown, Emily Franc, Jenelle Figgins, Austin Reynolds, Evan Supple, Anthony Tiedeman, Pete Leo Walker (Nov 18): Sadie Brown, Jenelle Figgins, Anna Gerberich, Seia Rassenti Watson, Austin Reynolds, Evan Supple, Anthony Tiedeman, Joseph Watson ASFB Commissioned Work. Premiere: February 13, 2016, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Aspen, CO.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s production of Huma Rojo is made possible through the generosity of the Grinspoon/Troderman family, in honor of Harold Grinspoon and Jacob’s Pillow Dance. *Special thanks to Maison Ullens and Kim Laursen for their design and creation of costumes for Huma Rojo.

Born and based in Barcelona, Cayetano Soto has created work for major companies worldwide. His technical, highpitched and unpredictable choreography can be seen at international festivals in Europe, USA and Canada. Soto started his dance education in Barcelona at the Institut del Teatre and continued his studies at the Koninklijke Conservatorium in The Hague. After receiving his degree in Classical Dance, Soto danced with IT Dansa Barcelona in 1997, before joining Ballet Theater Munich a year later where he created several successful ballets and one of his first signature pieces, Fugaz. Since 2005, Soto has worked as a freelance choreographer with Nederlands Dans Theater, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Balé da Cidade de São Paulo, BJM Montréal, Introdans, Introdans voor de Jeugd, Ballet BC, Gauthier Dance Company, Companhia Nacional de Bailado, Perm Opera and Ballet Theater, Národní Divadlo Brno, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Tanz Luzern Theater, Ballet Hispanico and Northwest Dance Project in Portland. He also created several ballets with German companies including Stuttgarter Ballet, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Augsburg Ballett, Ballett in Revier, Staatstheater Nürnberg and Ballett Dortmund. In 2009, he began a continuous collaboration with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and Introdans voor de Jeugd, creating a number of new ballets.

For Ballet Dortmund he created a new full evening version of Carmen. Due to the success in Dortmund, Národní Divadlo Brno in Czech Republic staged Carmen in 2010. Soto also choreographed Dancing Mozart’s mass in c-minor with live orchestra for four dancers in the Church of St. Egidean in Nürnberg. Fascinated by the German American fashion label Talbot Runhof, Soto started to collaborate with the designers in several projects. Talbot Runhof designed the costumes of Carmen for Dortmund Ballet and Soto choreographed a new solo work to present their new collection at the Fashion Week in Paris. The costumes of the new creation Sortijas for Ballet Hispanico of New York will be also designed by the duo. Soto was awarded the First Prize for his ballet 24FPS by the choreographic competition Uncontainable Project 2006 of the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Canela Fina, commissioned by Bale da Cidade de São Paulo, was awarded as best dance production of 2008 by the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo. In 2011, Soto was nominated for the Golden Mask Award in Russia, for his choreography Uneven.

About Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s bold vision – top global choreographers, distinctive groundbreaking works, and virtuoso dancers – has fostered a jewel of a dance company in the American West.

multifaceted arts organization. ASFB dance invention flows from this solid foundation, a wellspring of creativity.

The company’s pioneering spirit arises from a dual set of home cities: Aspen, nestled in the Rocky Mountains, and Santa Fe, gracing the Southwestern plateau. Shaping the cultural landscape of these communities – and influencing the dance field at large – is a contemporary ballet company now nearly two decades old.

A deep commitment to curating new ballets while cultivating choreographic talent has resulted in a catalogue of adventurous repertoire. A European sensibility glossed with American ebullience forges ASFB’s aesthetic, as the company has come to epitomize the contemporary-classical genre.

The dance company sits at the heart of an unusually

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet company dancers in 1st Flash. Photo © Rosalie O’Connor

Dancers’ Biographies Katherine Bolaños, a native of Oklahoma City, is in her thirteenth season with ASFB. Katherine began her professional career with Ballet Oklahoma where she remained for seven years performing mostly classical roles. As a guest artist with the Los Angeles Ballet Ensemble, she toured extensively in Taiwan and China.

tenth season with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. A native of Raleigh, Emily trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Prior to joining ASFB, she had the opportunity to tour with Hell’s Kitchen Dance in Aszure Barton’s Come In, which starred Mikhail Baryshnikov. Emily was selected as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2010.

Sadie Brown, now in her fourth season with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, began to dance in her hometown of Evansville, Indiana.

She also studied at the Boston Ballet School, The Harid Conservatory and the Walton School for Girls in Grantham, England. Sadie performed for three seasons with the Grand Rapids Ballet and as a guest artist with Evansville Dance Theater, Evansville Ballet and Michigan Classic Ballet. Her guesting with Ballet Bratislava took her to Slovakia and Austria.

Anna Gerberich began her training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet with Marcia Dale Weary. In 2004, she was invited

by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride to apprentice with the Charlotte Ballet, and in 2005 she was hired into the company. Within four years, under Bonnefoux she was promoted to Principal. After 11 years with Charlotte Ballet, Anna accepted a position with the Joffrey Ballet. At Joffrey she had the opportunity to work with numerous choreographers including John Numier among others. Anna received the Pointe Magazine NERDA Award of Promise in 2001 and was awarded the Barbara Weisberger RDA Founders Award of Excellence in 2004. In 2014 Anna had the pleasure to appear in the Kennedy Center Honors, performing Balanchine’s Who Cares in acknowledgment to Patricia McBride.

Jenelle Figgins joins Aspen Santa Fe Ballet from Dance Theatre of Harlem. The Washington D.C. native began training at the historic Jones-Haywood School of Ballet and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. She then won a full scholarship to Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Kennedy Center residency.

After earning a BFA with honors from SUNY Purchase, she attended Springboard Danse Montreal. Jenelle is a 2014 recipient of the Princess Grace Award.

Emily Franc, a graduate of The Juilliard School, is marking her

Seia Rassenti Watson danced with Flamenco Y Mas as a youngster in Arizona, then trained in classical ballet with Linda Walker at the Tucson Regional Ballet. After graduating

Dancers’ Biographies (cont’d)

Austin Reynolds is from Detroit, Michigan. He enters his first season with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet after studying at Interlochen Arts Academy, Springboard Danse Montreal, and The Juilliard School. He has had the pleasure of performing the repertoire of Jiří Kylián, Alexander Ekman, and Ohad Naharin, as well as in new creations by Jennifer McQuiston Lott, Stephan Laks, Matthew Neenan, and Zvi Gotheiner.

Evan Supple, a native of Toronto, Ontario, trained at Elite Danceworx before moving on to earn a BFA from Marymount Manhattan College, Class of 2016. While at Marymount, he danced in works by Dwight Rhoden, Paul Taylor, Aszure Barton, Desmond Richardson and Alexandra Damiani. He also toured internationally as a member of the Nikolais-Louis Dance Theatre in 2013. Additionally, Evan was a featured soloist in the closing ceremony of the 2015 Pan-Am Games.

He spent summers with Complexions, Canada’s National Ballet School and Springboard Danse Montreal.

Anthony Tiedeman, recently graduated from The Juilliard School, brings to Aspen Santa Fe Ballet his exposure to works by master choreographers Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor and Jose Limon. In a special honor, Anthony was invited to join Lar Lubovitch Dance Company for its 2014 Joyce Theater performances. A New Jersey native, Anthony has traveled abroad for summer intensives at Springboard Danse Montreal and Nederlands Dans Theater.

Pete Leo Walker is in his second season with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet following five seasons with Charlotte Ballet, where he performed a diverse repertoire of neoclassical and contemporary works. A native of Jacksonville, FL, Pete began training at Dansations Performing Arts Center and continued at the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts. Pete is a 2011 recipient of the Princess Grace Award. In 2013 he was featured as one of Dance Magazine’s “Top 25 to Watch.”

Joseph Watson, now in his eighth season with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, began formal dance training at TWIGS (To Work In Gaining Skills), a respected after-school program in his hometown of Baltimore. After graduating from the Baltimore School for the Arts, Joseph attended The Juilliard School, earning his BFA in dance. He was a member of North Carolina Dance Theatre prior to joining ASFB.

Katherine Bolaños and Seia Rassenti Watson in Silent Ghost. Photo © Rosalie O'Connor Photography

from the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC, she danced with North Carolina Dance Theater where she worked with Dwight Rhoden. Seia is in her eighth season with ASFB.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Directors

Tom Mossbrucker, Artistic Director Jean-Philippe Malaty, Executive Director Administrative Staff

Zander Higbie, Business Development Robin Cole, Development Manager Jessica Moore, Marketing Manager Sarah Evans, Operations Manager Berry Hurst, Controller Stacey Simon, Administrative Associate Sam Chittenden, Graphic Designer* *Melville Hankins Family Foundation Mentored Position

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Danny Bacheldor, Technical Director Seah Johnson, Lighting Supervisor Representation

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet company dancers in Huma Rojo. Photo © Rosalie O'Connor Photography

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