20 CENTERBILL • MARCH 2018
VALSE FANTAISIE
(January 6, 1953, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama)
Choreography: George Balanchine, © The George Balanchine Trust
Music: Mikhal Glinka
Costumes Design: Larae Theige Hascall
Lighting: original by Jean Rosenthal, re-interpreted by Leo Janks
ALISON STROMING DA’VON DOANE ALICIA MAE HOLLOWAY
CRYSTAL SERRANO AMANDA SMITH YINET FERNANDEZ
“When George Balanchine created this version of Valse Fantaisie to Mikhail Glinka’s music
of the same name, he employed his signature musicality, fleetness and brilliance. New to the
Dance Theatre of Harlem repertoire, Valse Fantaisie is performed by five women and one
man who capture the music’s joyful spirit in this gem of neo classicism.”
Music: Valse Fantaisie in B minor (1839, orchestrated 1856)
Costumes through special arrangement with Pacific Northwest Ballet
This ballet is performed through the courtesy of New York City Ballet.
Pause
CHACONNE
Choreography: José Limón
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Costume Design: Charles Schoonmaker
Lighting Design: William Cotton
JORGE ANDRÉS VILLARINI
The great Mexican American modern dance pioneer José Limón created Chaconne, set to J.
S. Bach’s Partita number 2 in D minor for Violin, as a solo for himself in 1942. As profound
a soliloquy as Hamlet’s, Chaconne is a pure dance expression of being that has come to be
performed by male and female dance artists.
Musically, a chaconne is a form derived from a lively and often bawdy dance that dates from
the Spanish colony of Peru in the 16th century. Banned in the Spanish court, by the mid-17th
century, no less a figure than Louis XIV himself danced the chaconne in his own court. By
this time, the dance had taken on a majestic introspection, a quality that infuses both the score
by Bach and Limón’s choreography. A timeless work, Chaconne encapsulates a rich history
while illuminating universal human qualities of humanity, humility and grace.
Intermission
CHANGE
(World Premiere February 2, 2016)
Choreography: Dianne McIntyre
Traditional music: Spelman College Glee Club
Directed by Dr. Kevin Johnson and B. E. Boykin
Original music: Eli Fountain
Costumes: Oran Bumroongchart
Lighting: Alex Fabozzi
This work is inspired by women – Black, Brown and Beige – who have refashioned the
neighborhood, the country, the world through their vision, courage, and endurance. Often
unsung, inconspicuous or up-front, these individuals could be called warriors for change.
LINDSEY CROOP INGRID SILVA STEPHANIE RAE WILLIAMS