TRIBUTE TO DIAGHILEV Today we are giving tribute to one of the most important figures in the international ballet world. Mr. Sergei Diaghilev. He was not a dancer, nor a choreographer, however, we believe he is responsible for the most part, for the development of the art of ballet in Europe and America. Sergei Diaghilev was born on March 31, 1872, in Perm, Russia. Diaghilev, went on to study law at the University of St. Petersburg, where he graduated. However, he pursued music and became an art critic. He showcased his own musical compositions before focusing on writing about art. He had a very an innovative, unconventional style and in 1899, Diaghilev launched the magazine Mir Isskustva ("World of Art"). Diaghilev later became involved with the Maryinsky Theatre, handling editorial projects for the imperial venue as well as overseeing performances. Earning a reputation as a connoisseur of great works, he took a Russian portraiture exhibit over to Paris in 1907. There he also put together concerts featuring composers from his homeland and ran a production of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov. In 1909, Diaghilev founded the Ballets Russes, a company that changed the face of the performance world forever. With choreography primarily by dancer Michel Fokine and stage designs by longtime friend and artist Leon Bakst, The Ballet Russes showcased several ballets that took audiences by storm at the company's Châtelet Theatre debut. The company had the greatest dancers of the moment such as dance stars like Vaslav Nijinsky, Anna Pavlova and Ida Rubenstein. For 20 years The Ballet Russes, became international touring Europe, South America and the U.S. where they debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1916. The company became known for movements not confined to traditional classicism, defying the convention that female dancers should always be delicate and giving male dancers more of a spotlight. Diaghilev had a vision that various forms of art could come together onstage, and as such recruited a range of iconic composers to become involved in his productions, including Claude Debussy, Erik Satie and Manuel da Falla, along with visual artists like Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró. One of his most famous collaborations came in the form of Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, with Diaghilev staging some of the composer’s early works. These works included Firebird, Petrouchka and 1913's The Rite of Spring, whose primal, urgent aesthetics caused Parisian audiences to come undone. Diaghilev’s success depended primarily on his ability to identify and bring together the most creative artists of his day. He called upon Léon Bakst, Natalia Goncharova, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Giorgio de Chirico, among others, to create dynamic set designs and exquisitely decorated costumes that shared a unified aesthetic. They in turn brought the most important artistic developments of the early 20th century—including futurism, cubism, and surrealism—to the ballet stage. Diaghilev also commissioned ballet scores from other innovative composers such as Sergei Prokofiev, and Erik Satie, and featured dancers noted for their technical brio, making the company a breeding ground for musical and choreographic innovation: Mikhail Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Léonide Massine, Bronislava Nijinska, and George Balanchine all dramatically expanded the vocabulary of movement. The troupe’s productions—notably the infamous Rite of Spring, now celebrating its 100th anniversary—instigated a revolution in dance. Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in its own way, gives tribute to this great man, who changed the world of dance. Issaev's choreographic works are tailor-made for this vibrant company that is looking forward to offer South Florida audiences not only an alternative to enjoy a different and unique repertoire, but it is also exposing our community to the history of ballet.
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ARTS BALLET THEATRE OF FLORIDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Daniel Serber President
Marcia Frantz Vice-President
Flor Olivares Treasurer/ Secretary
BOARD OF DEVELOPMENT
Leslie Rozencwaig
Ruth Vernick
Dr. Jules Oaklander
Fortuna Ludmir
Sharon Miller
ADVISORY BOARD
Ada Garcia
Frank Loconto
Mariela Romero
HONORARY FOUNDER BOARD MEMBERS Nina Allen, Maritza Parmeggiani
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida is a 501 c 3 non profit organization. Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida relies on the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
THE COMPANY VLADIMIR ISSAEV, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BALLET MISTRESSES Luana Hidalgo PROFESSIONAL DIVISION Takayuki Asai, Ramil Bagmanov, Yuki Beppu, Ben Cook, Roger Fonnegra, Lusian Hernandez, Lillian Hill, Carlos Ignacio , Hirohito Ikeuchi, Hirofumi Kitazume, Hernan Montenegro, Saori Morioka, EileenPuauluan, Elise Shea, Yukina Yasuhara APPRENTICES TO THE PROFESSIONAL DIVISION Sara Cate Bingham, Johanna Crick, Yasamin Haghayegh, Caitlyn King, Kayci Rodriguez JUNIOR DIVISION Alexia Barandiaran, Alexandra Behar, Sharon Beriro, Jessica Fischer, Sophia Fox, Sara Marlin, Seydi Ortiz, Daniel Panameno, Laura Panameno, Capriana Petruzielo, Sabrina Serber, Veronica Serber, Adi Shoshani, Danielle Stoller, Claudia Suarez, Nicole Szomstein, Dominique Szymkiewicz, Emily Talalaevsky, Esther Treusch.
STAFF
ADMINISTRATIVE Marketing Director Ruby Issaev Administrative Director Ricardo Montealegre Music Director Emilio Sole Press & PR 305PR School Registrar Jesus Vasquez
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, FACULTY Arts Ballet Goes to School Luana Hidalgo Master Classes Vladimir Issaev Pianists Maria Eugenia del Frade, Yraima Menendez, Milagros Tejas, Vivian Gonzalez, Marina Yeremeyeva
PRODUCTION Technical Director Ruben Laine Seamstresses Gladys Sanabria Photography JoeyG Photography , Patricia Laine Video Carlos Ochoa
Our volunteers: Maria Eugenia Papa and Marglys Requena, Maria Ritter, Aida Duque Note: There is no smoking, eating or drinking allowed in the theatre. Also no video taping or photography will be allowed during the show as they are dangerous and distracting to the performers on stage as well as disturbing to the audience. Please show courtesy by adhering to these requests.
VLADIMIR ISSAEV
BALLET MASTER, CHOREOGRAPHER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Vladimir Issaev was born in Russia in 1954. His career started at the age of 11 at the Choreographic School of Voronezh. After working as a ballet dancer at the Opera House of Ufa and the Opera House of Odessa, he studied at the "Gitis State Institute of Arts in Moscow" where he graduated as Ballet Master and Master Choreographer with the highest honors in 1986. He held the position of Academic and Artistic Director at the "Choreographic School of Frounze", in the former Soviet Union.
In 1987, he worked as Ballet Master and Regiseur for the Ballet Metropolitano de Caracas and Ballet Nacional de Caracas, directed by Vicente Nebrada, where he worked for more than ten years, teaching and coaching the principal dancers of the Company for their soloist classical roles. During his extensive career as a Choreographer and Ballet Master, Issaev has had the opportunity to work with many prestigious dancers and directors such as Papa Beriozoff for Don Quixote, having Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano as soloists; Alla Sizova, Alla Osipenko, Tatiana Terekhova and Irina Kolpakova. He has also been invited as a guest Ballet Master by several companies such as Le Jeune Ballet de France, Ballet Nacional de Espa単a, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Orlando Ballet among others. Until August of 2002 he held the position of Ballet Master at the Miami City Ballet School. As a Choreographer, he has mounted several ballets in Russia, the United States, Puerto Rico, Peru, Japan and Venezuela. Mr. Issaev was the recipient of the "New Choreographer Award" for his piece "El Encuentro" at the Dance Under the Stars Choreography Competition in Palm Desert, California. In June of 2005 Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico presented the premiere of Issaev's new work "Doctor Ouch! ", a ballet in two acts based on the story of Korney Chukovskiy with great success. In September of 2004, Vladimir Issaev staged "Shostakovich Suites" for the Voronezh Choreographic School in Russia. An invitation from Prima Ballerina Altanay Assylmuratova, director of the Vaganova - Kirov School of Ballet in Saint Petersburg followed to stage a Ballet for the graduating students who will be joining the Kirov Ballet Company. This choreography premiered in March of 2006 at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Due to its success this choreographic work was presented again in June of 2006.
In 2007, Mr. Issaev staged his very popular ballet " Chipollino" for Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico.
Vladimir Issaev belongs to the Artistic Advisory Council for the Classical Dance Alliance. Issaev is recipient of the Honorable Merit Diploma from the Terpsihora Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts of Dance of Saint Petersburg, Russia, in recognition for his outstanding performance enhancing the art of classical ballet on the Vaganova Style in the United States. He has also been awarded with the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts award as the most influential Ballet teacher. Mr. Issaev was awarded 2009 Best Arts Educator of the State of Florida by the Florida Alliance for Arts Education. He ha been Artistic Director of the International Ballet Competition in Caracas, Venezuela; Artistic Director of the Russian Ballet of South Africa and International Ballet Competition in Lima, Peru. In January of 2011 his ballet Stone Flower was premiered in Nagoya, Japan with tremendous success and the greatest reviews. This year, two new ballets have been premiered in Japan during the Aichi Trienale Festival and presented by the Michiko Matsumoto Ballet: Polovetsian Dances and the premiere of Firebird. Mr. Issaev is considered one of the top choreographers world wide.
IGOR STRAVINSKY COMPOSER Igor Stravinsky was born in Oranienbaum, Russia, on June 17, 1882. He was raised in St. Petersburg by his father, a bass singer named Fyodor, and his mother Anna, a talented pianist. Not wanting Stravinsky to follow in their footsteps, they persuaded him to study law after he graduated secondary school. Once enrolled in university, Stravinsky was invited to apprentice under Vladimir RimskyKorsakov, whose father was a celebrated composer. When Stravinsky's own father died in 1902, he decided to pursue a career as a composer. In 1909 the founder of the Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev, invited Stravinsky to orchestrate a couple of Chopin works for the ballet Les Sylphides. The job was a catalyst for Stravinsky's commission of the ballet Firebird. A collaboration with choreographer Michel Fokine, the ballet turned Stravinsky into a household name. His fame was reinforced with a 1911 production of Petrouchka, and the Paris premiere of Rite of Spring in 1913. Although he frequently traveled to Paris for work, Russia was still his home at the time. When WWI started, Stravinsky was forced to leave Russia for Switzerland. Two of his best known works from his Swiss period are Fox, composed between 1915 and 1916, and Wedding, which he started in 1914 but didn't finish until he had moved to France. Stravinsky lived in France from 1920 to 1939. During that time, his most notable works included a comic opera, Mavra (1942), an opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex (1927) and the "white" ballet Apollo (1928). In 1939, he moved to the United States. Two years after his arrival in the United States, Stravinsky was arrested during a performance in Boston for rearranging the national anthem. Despite the setback, Stravinsky went on to have a prolific and successful career in the States, which expanded to include Hollywood movie soundtracks. After a period of decline in his health, Stravinsky died at his Manhattan apartment, on April 6, 1971. Over the course of his career, he wrote more than 100 compositions, including ballets, symphonies, operas, concertos and sonatas.
LUANA HIDALGO BALLET MISTRESS AND REPETITEUR Luana Hidalgo is a native of Maracaibo, Venezuela. She studied ballet at the Cultural Institute of Maracaibo and graduated at the Madame Irene Levandosky Ballet School. She was a soloist of Ballet de Maracaibo and Principal dancer of Ballet Nuevo Mundo de Caracas in Venezuela along with prima ballerina Zhandra Rodriguez dancing works of Vicente Nebrada, Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, Margot Sapington and Ulysses Dove who created a work specially for her "Urban Songs of the Moon". Soon after, she moved to the US where she was immediately hired at Cleveland Ballet where she achieved the Principal position dancing the entire repertoire of the company and working with many well known choreographers such as Michael Smuin, Flemming Flindt, who reconstructed "Toreador" for the Royal Danish Ballet in 1978, as to Bournonville and Donald McKayle among others. She has performed all classic repertoire from Petipa to Fokine and Ballanchine as well as modern works. She retired as a dancer to become a Ballet Teacher for the Cleveland San Jose Ballet School, The Nevada Ballet Theater and Ballet San Jose. In 1995 she was awarded "Best Classical Ballerina - Casa del Artista" in Venezuela and she received the honor of the "City of Avignon" in France as a ballet dancer. Luana Hidalgo teaches at Vladimir Issaev School of Clasical Ballet since 2003 and now serves as Ballet Mistress for our professional ballet company Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
PROGRAM PETROUCHKA
Choreography: Vladimir Issaev - Music: Igor Stravinsky Costume Designer: Jorge Gallardo Design & Programing by Jim Rood - DMDS7UDIOS / Animation by Miguel Cordero - DMDS7UDIOS Scenery: Igor and Elena Bondarenko World Premiere: Miami 2006 The story takes place at a Russian fair in 1830. Gypsies and dancing girls entertain the crowd. Drums announce the appearance of the Old Charlatan, who charms the captivated audience introducing the puppet figures of Petrouchka, the Ballerina and the Moor. The Old Charlatan casts a magic spell with his flute. The puppets come to life, leap from their little stage, and perform a vigorous dance among the astounded carnival-goers. The second scene, after the performance, is set in Petrouchka's room. Petrouchka leads a sad "life" behind the show curtains. Although Petrouchka is a puppet, he feels human emotions. He is in love with the beautiful Ballerina. The Ballerina enters the room. Petrouchka tries to profess his love, but the Ballerina rejects his pathetic advances hurting Petrouchka's feelings. In the third scene, the Moor, who leads a much more comfortable "life" than Petrouchka, plays with a coconut. The Charlatan places the Ballerina in the Moor's room. The Ballerina is attracted to the Moor's handsome appearance. She plays a saucy tune and begins to dance with the Moor. Petrouchka breaks free from his cell. Petrouchka attacks the Moor, but soon realizes he is too small and weak. The Moor defeats Petrouchka. Petrouchka runs for his life, with the Moor chasing him, and escapes from the room. In the fourth scene, during the carnival, a series of characters dance with joy. Gypsies bring a dancing bear, followed in turn by the crowd. As the amusement reaches its peak, noise is heard from the puppet-theater. The Ballerina suddenly runs across the scene, followed by Petrouchka and the Moor in hot pursuit. The crowd is horrified when the Moor catches up with Petrouchka and strikes him. The Charlatan seeks to restore calm by picking up shaking the dummy, to remind everyone that Petrouchka is but a puppet. As night falls and the crowd disperses as it begins to snow. Petrouchka's ghost appears on the roof of the little theater. The Charlatan regrets giving the puppets human emotions causing one to destroy the other and sadly returns to his puppet theatre. THE CAST PETROUCHKA: Takayuki Asai
(11, 19)
or Hirofumi Kitazume
THE BALLERINA: Lillian Hill
(11, 19)
or Saori Morioka
(12, 18)
(12, 18)
THE MOOR: Ben Cook THE CHARLATAN: Ignat Viktorov THE GYPSIES: Sara Cate Bingham, Johanna Crick, Kayci Rodriguez Takayuki Asai, Ramil Bagmanov, Ben Cook, Carlos Ignacio, Roger Fonnegra, Hernan Montenegro. THE GOSSIPERS: Emily Talalaevsky, Esther Treusch THE RUSSIAN: Daniel Panameno THE NANNIES: Alexandra Behar, Adi Shoshani, Nicole Szomstein, Capriana Petruzielo, Alexia Barandiaran, Claudia Suarez, Sharon Beriro, Sabrina Serber, Yasamin Haghayegh, Caitlyn King, Jessica Fischer, Yukina Yasuhara, Elise Shea. TWO BALLERINAS: Sara Marlin, Seydi Ortiz CROWD: *Camila Aichele, Agustina Iglesias, Nicole Lanzi, Victoria Lopez, Daniella Ludmir, Della Medovoy, Jasmine Mills, Laura Panameno, Maria Fernanda Papa, Gabriela Rodriguez, Justina Santucho, Natalia Serber, Veronica Serber, Danielle Stoller, Naomi Weiger GIRLS WITH BALLOONS *Ava Aguiar, Paula Alanis, Magdalena Bianchi, Imani Carre, Caroline DeLeon, Melanie Diaz Kamila Ghunaim Ariana Gil, Danicka Joseph, Julianne McCraine, Natalia Narvaez Bruna Pereira, Kelly Romero, Dalia Saba, Beyonca Streeter, Natalie Willis PETROUCHKAS: *Nicole Espinel, Amelie Ise, Sophia Nani, Gabriela Nicolaevsky, Therese Racpan, Pia Rugel, Keren Veinstein, Gabriela Velazquez LITTLE MOORS: *Alexandra Berenstein, Jessica Haykov, Isabella Kennedy, Victoria Lam, Pablo Manzo, Camille Ruiz, Victoria Szimkievicz, Samira Umpierre or Judith Charles, Celine Grant, Marjdole Jadot, Madison Jimenez, Camila Muse, Meike Pardo, Oriana Velazquez, Angelica Yuevik
Proud students of Vladimir Issaev School of Classical Ballet
INTERMISSION
LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE
Music: Hector Berlioz's 1841 orchestration of Carl Maria von Weber's piano music "Invitation to the Dance Choreography: Michel Fokine Costume Design by Léon Bakst Design & Programing by Jim Rood - DMDS7UDIOS Animation by Miguel Cordero - DMDS7UDIOS Staged for Arts Ballet Theater of Florida by George Zoritch (formerly with The Ballet Russes) DANCERS Takayuki Asai or Hirofumi Kitazume as the Spirit Yukina Yasuhara or Elise Shea as the Lady
PAUSE THE RITE OF SPRING
Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreography: Vladimir Issaev Costume Design by Vladimir Issaev, painted by Maria Rivas Design & Programing by Jim Rood - DMDS7UDIOS Animation by Miguel Cordero - DMDS7UDIOS Synopsis Igor Stravinsky developed the story of The Rite of Spring, originally to be called The Great Sacrifice, with the aid of artist and mystic Nicholas Roerich, whose name appears with the composer’s on the title page of the earliest publications of the score. The production was originally choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, and its sets and costumes were designed by Roerich. The Rite of Spring was inspired by Russian culture, where a Tribe adores the Earth and to the arrival of the Spring the Sage woman of the Tribe chooses a girl for a ritual sacrifice.
THE CAST SUNRISE ADAGIO: Hirofumi Kitazume & Saori Morioka or Carlos Santiago & Lillian Hill
MAIDENS OF THE TRIBE: Alexia Barandiaran, Alexandra Behar, Sharon Beriro, Sara Cate Bingham, Johanna Crick, Jessica Fisher, Sofia Fox, Yasamin Haghayegh, Caitlyn King, Sara Marlin, Seydi Ortiz, Laura Panameno, Caprina Petruzielo, Kayci Rodriguez, Elise Shea, Sabrina Serber, Veronica Serber, Adi Shoshani, Danielle Stoller, Claudia Suarez, Nicole Szomstein, Emily Talalaevsky, Esther Treusch THE SAGE: Yukina Yasuhara ADAGIO Ben Cook & Elise Shea Hirofumi Kitazume & Saori Morioka Carlos Santiago & Lillian Hill or Sara Cate Bingham Roger Fonnegra & Kayci Rodriguez THE CHOSEN ONE Lillian Hill or Saori Morioka
PROFESSIONAL DIVISION TAKAYUKI ASAI from Japan, finished his training at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School in 2012. He trained in his
native country at Masahiro & Yuko Shimura Ballet School and at Shiho Kanazawa Ballet School. Among his performances we find him dancing Tribute by Dennis Marshall, Marjorie Grundvig, The Nutcracker, Peter Pan, Paquita, Coppelia and Swan Lake. He won Silver Medal at the Namue Classic Ballet Competition and was awarded several scholarships. He joined the company in 2012, since then he has perform soloist roles in The Nutcracker, Chipollino, Le Corsaire and El Encuentro. Takayuki also attended the Summer Intensive Program in 2013 and toured with the company to Lima, Peru in June of 2013.
RAMIL BAGMANOV Mr. Bagmanov is a graduate of the Rudolf Nureyev Academy in Ufa, Bashkortostan.
Immediately following graduation he became a member of the National Bashkortostan State Opera and Ballet Theatre (2005-2011) and National Tatarstan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (2008-2012). A tall skilled dancer in pas de deux work, Mr. Bagmanov frequently partners leading roles. Trained in the classics, Mr. Bagmanov is also very comfortable in contemporary roles. Mr. Bagmanov worked for Dace Alive in Gainsville, Florida until 2014. He was recently in Kim Tuttle’s Phantom and as the ‘Cavalier’ in Nutcracker. His favorite roles include ‘Prince Siegfried’ in Swan Lake, ‘Prince Desire’ in Sleeping Beauty, ‘Romeo’ in Romeo and Juliet, ‘Albrech’ in Giselle and ‘Solor’ in La Bayadere.
BEN COOK He joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida this season. Of British nationality, his early education
included the Royal Ballet School White Lodge and later he graduated from Elmhurst School of Dance in Association with Birmingham Royal Ballet. In 2012 Mr. Cook joined Orlando Ballet II where he trained with Robert Hill. His repertoire includes Midsummer Night's Dream, Petipa’s Coppelia and Cranko’s Pineapple Poll among others. He was awarded with the prestigious ADC Medallion for his performance of the Flames of Paris Variation at the American Dance Competition in 2013.
ROGER ALEXANDER FONNEGRA received his dance training at the Teresa Carreno Ballet School of
Caracas with Vladimir Issaev, and shortly after he joined the National Ballet of Caracas, directed by Vicente Nebrada as an apprentice. He trained at the School of American Ballet and with Whilhelm Burmann. He later returned to his native Venezuela where he danced with the Ballet National of Caracas on an international tour. Since he relocated to the US in 2003, he has danced with Columbia Classical Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Sierra Nevada Ballet, New Haven Ballet, and Seiskaya Ballet. He performed for the past seven years with Festival Ballet Providence in RI under the direction of Mihailo Djuric. Past roles include George Balanchine's Rubies, Donizetti Variations and Allegro Brillante, Agnes de Mille's Rodeo, and Short Stories, and several soloist roles in The Nutcracker. In 2012 to 2013 he joined Ballet Idaho, dancing in the productions of Serenade by George Balanchine, and Nutckracker, Carmen, Don Quixote and Swan Lake.
LUSIAN HERNANDEZ was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela where she started her ballet training at the
Fundacion Escuela de Ballet Clasico del Edo. Lara. She participated in the Festival Danza Joven in Colombia in 2009 and has been awarded several times with scholarships from programs such as the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre in Minneapolis. In 2010 she was awarded Bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Caracas, Venezuela repeating the same accolade for 2011. After attending the Summer Intensive Program of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in 2011, she was been invited by Vladimir Issaev to join the company's apprentice program. Since then she has performed the repertoire of the company including Yanis Pikieris Danzon, and Issaev's Nutcracker, Chipollino and Suite of Waltzes. She has recently perform the role of Kitri during the showcase of the 16th Summer Intensive Program.
LILLIAN HILL is a native Floridian. She began her training in Fort Lauderdale at Pro-Am Dance and Magda Aunon
School of Classical Ballet. While attending Dillard Center for the Performing Arts as a dance major, she apprenticed with Jubilee Dance Theater. Upon graduation, she joined Richmond Ballet and began working towards a BFA in dance at Virginia Commonwealth University. Additionally, she has attended Summer Intensives at Orlando Ballet and Joffrey Ballet. She joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in 2011 and has performed solo roles in Issaev's Harlequinade, Fairy Doll, Chipollino, Firebird, Dr. Ouch, The Nutcracker and El Encuentro, among others. Furthermore, she has had the opportunity to work with visiting artists on pieces such as Yanis Pikieris’ Danzon and Vicente Nebrada’s Pentimento and has toured with the company to New York, Peru, and Germany.
CARLOS IGNACIO GALĂ?NDEZ from Cuba.
He started his ballet studies at the Alejo Carpetier Ballet School. He graduated at the Escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana, Cuba. He is a former member of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, where he danced corps and soloist roles in Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Coppelia, Shakespeare, Sleeping Beauty , Cinderella, among many others.
HIROHITO IKEUCHI, Hirohito Ikeuchi, graduated from the Mie Hatanaka Ballet School, he also attended the Kasuga Ballet School. He has recently finished his Ballet studies at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School after winning awarded during the 2008 YAGP. As an accomplished dancer he has received numerous awards as the 2nd place at the 2012 BA All Japan Ballet Competition, Gold at the 2010 Nagoya Ballet Competition. Hiro joined the company in 2012 and has danced Issaev's Nutcracker and Chipollino, Donizetti's Variations, and toured with the company to Peru where he performed Flames of Paris at the International Young Dancers Festival in Lima.
HIROFUMI KITAZUME was born in Yokohama, Japan and attended the Nowa Ballet School in Kanagawa
since 2001 and in 2008 he attended the Central School of Ballet in London where he graduated. He joined the Kumakawa Ballet Company in 2009 and danced several soloist roles in the productions of Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Tales of Beatrix Potter, Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet. In 2012 he relocated to the US to join Atlantic City Ballet as a principal dancer, where he performed in The Nutcracker, Dracula, Caught Up In The Swing and Carmen. Hirofumi has been awarded in several ballet competitions in Tokyo and Nagoya. He has recently joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
HERNAN MONTENEGRO is from Chile graduated from the Teatro Municipal de Santiago. In 2010 he
participated at the International Ballet Competition in Lima, Peru wher he was awarded Silver medal and a scholarship to attend the Summer Program at Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. Following his participation in the program, he received an invitation to join the company. He has previously danced with Ballet de Santiago and Ballet de Camara dancing solo roles in Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Les Sylphides, Paquita, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, Graduation Ball and Nutcracker among others. Since joining the company in 2012, Hernan has performed Yanis Pikieris' Danzon, Issaev Nutcracker, Chipollino, Donizetti's variations and Le Corsaire. This will be Hernan's second season with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
SAORI MORIOKA is from Japan. She has started her ballet training at Mami Ballet Land in Japan, and
completed her training at School of Alberta Ballet y Canada. She attended the Colorado Ballet Summer Program in 2013. She was been awarded at the Nara Ballet Competition in 2009, and was a Sendai Competition finalist in 2010. Ms. Saori has recently joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida and is looking forward to an exciting season of performances.
EILEEN PUALUAN is from Chile, she has competed her ballet studies at the Ballet School of the Teatro
Municipal de Santiago and she attended for two years with the Hamburg Ballet School in Germany. She has performed several roles in the Nutcracker, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides, Raymonda and Paquita. She joined the company in 2012 as an apprentice after completing the Summer Intensive Program of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. She has danced The Nutcracker, Chipollino and Suite of Waltzes among other pieces of the company's repertoire.
ELISE SHEA is from Indianapolis. Her ballet training commenced at the Jordan Academy of Dance and she
graduated from the Indiana Ballet Conservatory where she studied with Tatiana Pali, Alexei Moskalenko, Alyona Yakovleva-Randall, and Sergey Sergiev. She has been fortunate to attend summer programs at the Paris Opera Ballet School, the Rock School, and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy summer intensive programs. Among her repertoire we find The Nutcracker and Chipollino. Elise has been awarded at the Youth American Grand Prix. This season is her first with the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, and her beginning as a professional dancer.
YUKINA YASUHARA She comes from attending the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and the Houston Ballet
Academy. She previously trained in Japan at the Mie Hatanaka Ballet School and the Etoile Ballet School. She also attended the Summer Programs of Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts and the Kirov Ballet Academy of Washington. She has performed in The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Paquita and, Don Quixote. Yukina joined Arts Ballet Theatre in 2012 as an apprentice to the company and has recently been promoted to the professional corps. She has danced Donizetti's variations, Sleeping Beauty Pas de Deux, The Nutcracker and Chipollino this past season. She also toured with the company to Lima, Peru for the International Young Dancers Festival.
APPRENTICES SARA CATE BINGHAM began dancing at a very young age. She started lessons with Terri Post at the Post
School of Ballet in Roanoke, Virginia and later joined the Southwest Virginia Ballet, under the artistic director, Pedro Szalay. While dancing with the Southwest Virginia Ballet, she performed many roles in The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet and Coppelia. Sara has also participated in the summer programs of Atlanta Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Richmond Ballet, and Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. In 2011 and 2013, Sara traveled to Prague, Czech Republic with the Southwest Virginia Ballet obtaining important awards.
JOHANNA CRICK started her ballet training in New Jersey and later at The Center of Dance in Blacksburg,
Virginia. At age 13 Johanna joined the Southwest Virginia Ballet, and began training with artistic director Pedro Szalay. She performed many roles with the Southwest Virginia Ballet in The Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf, Don Quixote, and Coppelia. Johanna has attended summer intensives at The Harid Conservatory, Richmond Ballet, and Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. In 2013 she traveled to Prague, Czech Republic, to participate in the New Prague Dance Festival, obtaining a special award. Johanna begins her professional was invited to join Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida this past summer.
YASAMIN HAGHAYEGH began her ballet training at Vladimir Issaev School of Classical Ballet at the age
of 10. Since then, Yasamin has expanded her extensive repertoire by performing in all of the company’s productions such as The Nutcracker, Firebird, Doctor Ouch, Petrouchka, Taiko, Suite of Waltz, Fuga con Pajarillo, Harlequinaide, Fairy Doll, Chipollino, A Celebration to Klimt, among other classical, and neoclassical pieces, as well as contemporary pieces by choreographers Josee Garant, Yanis Pikieris, and Edgar Anido. She has also consistently demonstrated her vigorous dedication to her training, by attending all Summer Intensive Programs of Russian Technique. She has traveled around the globe with the company to participate in various renowned dance festivals in Germany (2008), Denmark (2009), Mexico (2010), Poland (2012), and Germany (2014).
CAITLYN KING began her training at the Post School of Ballet in Virginia. She has trained with Terri Post and Pedro Szalay. She was a member of the Southwest Virginia Ballet Company for nine years. She has attended Summer Intensives at the Cincinnati Ballet and Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. In 2013 she participated in the New Prague Dance Festival in the Czech Republic with the Southwest Virginia Ballet Company. They placed 1st in classical ballet and won the Grishko award. She has performed soloist roles in the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Coppelia, and Raymonda. This will be her first year with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
KAYCI RODRIGUEZ started taking ballet lessons at Vladimir Issaev School of Classical Ballet following the
Vaganova Syllabus Method under the tutelage of Vladimir Issaev, Olga Mekhonoshina and Liza Maltseva. She has been attending all Summer Intensive Programs of Russian Technique since 2007. Kayci has an extensive experience on stage, dancing the most challenging classical and neo classical repertoire in The Nutcracker, Paquita, Raymonda, La Bayadere, Don Quixote, Taiko, Waltz Glinka, Dr. Ouch, Harlequinade, Chipollino, Fairy Doll, Fuga con Pajarillo, Danzon, and Fragmentos by Edgar Anido. She has also been fortunate to have been invited to participate in the International young dancers Festival in Miami, Mexico, Poland and Germany and, to the Choreographers Festival in New York in summer 2012.
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