Category: 2004-2005
Bardavon 2005
(All photos from Steven Powell, Eagle Videos)
Variations from LES SYLPHIDES (1909) (Chopiniana)
Choreographer: Michel Fokine
Music: Frédéric Chopin,
Pianist: Daniel Pressler
Staged by: J. Periolat Czula
after the version by A. Danilova
Costume Design: Galina Solovyeva after traditional
Costume Execution: Theatrical Workshops Vozrozhdenie (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Solo Variations
Prelude: Ashley Otremba (2/26), Jessica Waxler (2/27)
Mazurka: Caitlin Teres
Waltz: Lindsay Barrick
Pas de deux
Anna Behrens (2/26), Miriam Greenstein (2/27)
and Blaine Hoven*
KLINGHOFFER’S TALE
Choreographer: Steve Rooks
Music: John Adams
Klinghoffer – Tommy Noonan
Klinghoffer’s Wife – Tiffany Watson
Soldiers – Dwayne Brown, Ben Proffer, Pedro Rodriguez
Chorus – Danna Colon, Jessie Feller, Maya Lau
“…after her dream that night, Klinghoffer was taken hostage by the soldiers.
Three women looked on in disbelief…”
Solo Variations
Prelude: Ashley Otremba (2/26), Jessica Waxler (2/27)
Mazurka: Caitlin Teres
Waltz: Lindsay Barrick
Pas de deux
Anna Behrens (2/26), Miriam Greenstein (2/27)
and Tommy Noonan
ALONE TOGETHER
Choreographer: Dana Fitchett
Music: Ur Tchun Tan Tse Qi by Matmos (Remixed)
Dancers: Rachel Elliott, Dana Fitchett, Martha Leonard
UTTER SIBILANCE
Choreographer: Tommy Noonan
Music: Score composed by Tommy Noonan.–samples include:
Les Tambours du Bronx, Gerhard Ruhm, GYBE, Fantomas, and Josef Anton Reidl
Dancers: Anna Behrens, Dwayne Brown, Jessie Feller, Patrick Kearns, Julia Sabangan, Tiffany Watson
COME THE SPRING: A Vassar etude
Choreographer: Andrij Dobriansky
Music: Finale from Symphony in G Minor by Vadym Zhuravytsky
Dancers: Lindsay Barrick, Rachel Betz, Lauren Duff, Katharine Ehly, Miriam Greenstein, Kaitlyn Hipple, Martha Leonard, Sacha Manov
MARTHA GRAHAM SUITE
Choreographer: Martha Graham
Excerpts from Appalachian Spring (1944)
“Ballet for Martha”
Music: Aaron Copeland
Reconstruction by: Steve Rooks
Husbandman/ Bride Duet
The Husbandman: Tommy Noonan
The Bride: Liza Hoffman (2/26), Kaitlin Butler (2/27)
Bride Solo
Tiffany Watson (2/26), Julia Sabangan (2/27)
Preacher Solo
The Revivalist: Patrick Kearns
“Final Chorus” from Night Journey (1947)
Music: William Schuman
Reconstruction by: Steve Rooks
Daughters of Night
Rachel Elliott with: Anna Behrens, Danna Colon, Jessie Feller, Dana Fitchett, Maya Lau, Amena Ogio
“Seduction” from El Penitente (1940)
Music: Louis Horst
Reconstruction by: Steve Rooks
Apple designed by Ryan Headd after Isamu Noguchi
Penitent: David Rodriguez
Mary as Magdalene: Lauren Duff (2/26), Jessica Waxler (2/27)
Steps in the Street
Excerpt from Chronicle (1936)
Devastation—Homelessness—Exile
Music: Wallingford Riegger
Restaged for Vassar College by: Joyce Herring
Labanotator: Ray Cook
Lead Woman: Julia Sabangan (2/26), Tiffany Watson (2/27)
Chorus: Anna Behrens, Rachel Betz, Kaitlin Butler, Danna Colon, Rachel Elliott, Jessie Feller, Dana Fitchett, Catlin Henderson,
Liza Hoffman, Lindsay Kozlowski, Maya Lau, Amena Ogio, Ashley Otremba, Ilia Smith, Caitlin Teres
Original Costumes for Graham works presented: Martha Graham
Costumes adapted by: Steve Rooks and Kathy Wildberger
Costumes for Steps in the Street provided courtesy of Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
Original Lighting for Graham works presented: Jean Rosenthal
Lighting Adapted for Vassar College by: Beverly Emmons and Joshua Starbuck
All dances in the Martha Graham Suite are presented by arrangement with Martha Graham Resources, a division of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.
Martha Graham Resources is responsible for facilitation of productions of Graham dances worldwide. For information contact info@marthagrahamdance.org