EMERGENCE

Friday, April 21, 2023 | 7PM

Saturday, April 22, 2023 | 7PM

Choreographers

Cynthia Crews, Caroline Dahm, Kaitlyn Gardner, Donna Jo Harkrider, Jerel Hilding

Lighting Designer

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Rondo Giocoso

This piece will perform at Regional Dance America/MidStates Festival

Choreography: Jerel Hilding

Music: Rondeau: Allegro from Piano Concerto No.13 in C Major, K. 415 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Costumes: Elevé, Beth Dearinger

Ballet Master: Linnaea Radley

Pas de Deux Dancers: Gracia Greenhoot, Henry Horan, Finn Lotton-Barker, Grace Xie

Dancers: Rhubarb Brubacher, Isla Gnojek, Zana Kennedy, Belzimere Maletsky, Phoebe Morris, Maria Mosconi, Jahnava Sibilla, Celeste Stinson

Quand le ciel est bleu

Choreography: Cynthia Crews

Music: Faust Overture by Charles Gounod

Costumes: Theatricals

Dancers: Zoë Kaul and Kellar Musser

With Photina Adrian, Nathan Kramer, Odelia Colvin, Annalise Lantz, Madi Pierson, Mary Swartzlander, Sydney Tiemann, Genevieve Williams

Confidant

Choerography: Kaitlyn Gardner

Music: Persepolis by Alan Ellis

Costume: Elevé

Dancers: Grace Xie

r(eJecT)r(eBeL)

Choreography: Kaitlyn Gardner

Music: Mountains by Hans Zimmer; Inside by 36

Costumes: Discount Dance, Dancewear Solutions

Dancers: Rhubarb Brubacher, Henry Horan, Zana Kennedy, Celeste Stinson

The Pharaoh’s Daughter from La Korrigane

Choreography: Louis Alexandre Mérante

Staged by: Cynthia Crews

Music: La Korrigane by Charles Marie Widor

Costume: Erin McElroy, Beth Dearinger

Dancer: Phoebe Morris

Queen of the Dryads from Don Quixote

Choereography: Marius Petipa

Music: Ludwig Minkus

Coach: Cynthia Crews

Costume: Paige Comparato

Dancer: Jahnava Sibilla

Partly Cloudy

Choreography: Donna Jo Harkrider

Music: To the Limit by David Tolk

Costume: Balera Performance

Dancers: Photina Adrian, Odelia Colvin, Isla Gnojek, Zoë Kaul, Nathan Kramer, Annalise Lantz, Maria Mosconi, Kellar Musser, Madi Pierson, Mary Swartzlander, Sydney Tiemann, Genevieve Williams

How It Went Down

This piece will perform at Regional Dance America/MidStates Festival

Choreography: Caroline Dahm

Music: “D’après la Fanfare de la XXth Century Fox” Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Written by Alfred Newman: “Alarms” Performed by the Australian String Quartet and Bryce Dessner, Written by Bryce Dessner

Costumes: Caroline Dahm

Dancers: Rhubarb Brubacher, Gracia Greenhoot, Henry Horan, Zana Kennedy, Finn Lotton-Barker, Phoebe Morris, Linnaea Radley, Jahnava Sibilla, Grace Xie

~ INTERMISSION ~

Les Sylphides

Choreography: Michel Fokine

Restaged and adapted: Cynthia Crews

Composer: Frédéric Chopin

Costumes: Megan Greene, Cynthia Crews after Alexandre Benois

Corps de Ballet: Rhubarb Brubacher and Celeste Stinson with Odelia Colvin, Isla Gnojek, Zoë Kaul, Zana Kennedy, Annalise Lantz, Belzimere Maletsky, Phoebe Morris, Maria Mosconi, Kellar Musser, Madi Pierson, Jahnava Sibilla, Genevieve Williams

Waltz: Linnaea Radley

Mazurka: Gracia Greenhoot

The Poet: Finn Lotton-Barker

Prelude: Grace Xie

Pas De Deux: Gracia Greenhoot and Finn Lotton-Barker

Finale: Full Ensemble

CYNTHIA CREWS (Artistic Director of Lawrence Ballet Theatre) started her dance training in Tulsa, Okla., with Roman Jasinski and Moscelyn Larkin, acclaimed Ballet Russe stars and co-founders of Tulsa Ballet Theatre. She performed solo roles with Tulsa Civic Ballet, including Tulsa’s very first Clara in The Nutcracker, before continuing her dance education in New York as a full-scholarship student for Joffrey Ballet and Harkness Ballet. She then returned to Oklahoma and earned a BFA in Ballet Pedagogy from The University of Oklahoma. Cynthia performed as a principal with Tulsa Ballet Theatre for nine years. She danced leading roles in Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, Ruth Page’s Die FlederMaus, Peter Anastos’ Footage, and Loyce Holton’s Wingborne, as well as Giselle, Coppelia, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. She also taught master classes, performed as a guest artist and presented numerous school lecture demonstrations each year. Cynthia has performed and choreographed in a variety of community and professional musical theater productions for organizations including Oklahoma’s Discoveryland Outdoor Dramas and Theatre Tulsa; and Florida’s Manatee Players. Cynthia’s teaching career began at The School of Tampa Ballet and continued at the Post School of Ballet in Roanoke, Va., and Jasinski Academy, the former official school for Tulsa Ballet. At the collegiate level, she has served as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida and as guest lecturer at the University of Kansas. Cynthia joined the Lawrence Arts Center in 2004, teaching primarily ballet and pointe. She is founder and artistic director of the Lawrence Ballet Theatre. Cynthia is Vice President of Regional Dance America/MidStates and sits on the National Board for Regional Dance America serving as Scholarship Chair.

LIAT ROTH (Rehearsal Assistant) a native of St. Louis, Missouri, is a choreographer, dancer, and educator based in Kansas City. She began training under Kathleen Massot and Lisa Nicholas and furthered her education at the St. Louis Ballet, Kansas City Ballet School, Houston Ballet, and Joffrey Ballet School. In 2021, Liat graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance and Choreography and a minor in Visual Art and Communication. While at UMKC, Liat presented choreography in the Symposium of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship and, in 2021, was chosen to choreograph the Conservatory’s commencement performance. She is a dancer with City in Motion Dance Theater and has directed and choreographed several dance films since graduating. In her post graduate work, Liat strives to foster creative intersections between makers of all mediums in the Kansas City and beyond.

LEXEY JOST (Stage Manager, Assistant Technical Director) Is a scenographer and Kansas native. An alumna of Emporia State University and the University of Kansas, her design, technical and instructional work has covered scenic, lighting and costume production with a focus on props construction and painting techniques for the stage. Her scenic work on the University of Kansas’s 2018 production of Spring Awakening earned honors from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington, D.C. Her projects at the Arts Center have recently included design for shows including My Name is Loofa Tutu, La Fille mal gardee, and School of Rock.

SAMARIA FLEIG (Lighting Designer, Technical Director) returned to the Sunflower State and graduated from Emporia State University with her BFA after five years in California working with Coast Kids Theatre, New Vision Theatre Group, and the Star Theatre Co. She has found her home here in Lawrence and at the Lawrence Arts Center. Working with young artists and technicians teaches her something new every day. She is very thankful for the amazing people she works with daily and her incredibly inspiring family.

Lawrence Ballet Theatre Company Members

Main Company

Rhubarb Brubacher, Isla Gnojek, Gracia Greenhoot, Henry Horan, Zoë Kaul, Zana Kennedy, Belzimere Maletsky, Finn Lotton-Barker, Phoebe Morris, Maria Mosconi, Linnaea Radley, Jahnava Sibilla, Celeste Stinson, Grace Xie

Apprentice Company

Photina Adrian, Odelia Colvin, Nathan Kramer, Annalise Lantz, Kellar Musser, Madi Pierson, Mary Swartzlander, Sydney Tiemann, Genevieve Williams

STAGE MANAGER Lexey Jost

LIGHTING DESIGN Samaria Fleig

SCENIC DESIGNER Lexey Jost

RUNNING CREW Cliff Hoitt-Lange, Gordon Marvin

STUDENT TECH STAFF Ben Tiemann

SOUND TECHNICIAN Aidan Holland

HOUSE MANAGER Lisa Purdon

VIDEO TECHNICIAN Ian Weaver

School Of Dance Staff

SCHOOL OF DANCE DIRECTOR Hanan Misko

SCHOOL OF DANCE COORDINATOR

LAWRENCE BALLET THEATRE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Claire Buss

Cynthia Crews

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Beth Dearinger, Megan Greene, Nikki Stewart, and LBT guardians and dancers for their continued support and many volunteer hours. Thank you to Hanan Misko and Claire Buss for keeping our multitude of meetings productive and fun.