SMPAC-MilwaukeeBallet

PROGR AM Thank you for choosing to spend your afternoon with dancers from the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II. This group of young artists, ages 18-23, comes from all over the United States and Australia, Brazil, China, France, Japan and The Philippines. They spend the year living in Milwaukee, polishing their craft and trying on the lifestyle of a professional dancer. In this show you will see the range of their versatility as young artists in original pieces by people they work closely with all season – Director of Milwaukee Ballet II Rolando Yanes, Company Dancer Petr Zahradnícek, Company Ballet Mistress Nadia Thompson, and guest teacher Victor Alexander Ramirez. We have also chosen two classical pieces showcasing ballet’s rich and romantic history, Grand Pas Classique and Pas de Quatre. In their work onstage and throughout the community, Milwaukee Ballet II dancers consistently show people that ballet is alive and well, and it is accessible to newcomers and balletomanes alike. Thank you for hosting us in your community and for your support of the next generation of dancers! Symphony Choreography: Rolando Yanes Music: Sergei Prokofiev Bea Castañeda, Nicole Larson, Emily Reed, Asami Takahashi, Chiharu Yamamoto, Michael Agudelo, Parker Brasser-Vos, Mengjun Chen, Rémi Lartigue, Sam Neale Lakefront Date Choreography: Petr Zahradnícek Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, The Swingle Singers Vanessa Caldas-Vieira, Bea Castañeda, Alaina Keller, Alexandra Lake, Nicole Larson, Moka Maihara, Emily Reed, Asami Takahashi, Michael Agudelo, Parker Brasser-Vos, Connor Frain, Kevin Hamilton Grand Pas Classique This pas de deux (dance for two) premiered on November 12, 1949 at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. Choreography: Victor Gsovsky Music: Daniel Francois Esprit Auber Chiharu Yamamoto & Mengjun Chen Tango Apasionado Choreography: Rolando Yanes Music: Astor Piazzolla Pas de Deux: Emily Reed & Rémi Lartigue Vanessa Caldas-Veira, Bea Castañeda, Alaina Keller, Alexandra Lake, Nicole Larson, Asami Takahashi, Lauren Treat, Kevin Hamilton, Thom Dancy, Connor Frain Intermission Pas de Quatre Pas de Quatre was a choreographic feat, bringing together four of the most famous ballerinas of the Romantic Age together in one piece. (A fifth ballerina, Fanny Elssler declined to participate, perhaps shedding a bit more light on the hesitancy to share the spotlight – an attitude that can be seen in the reproduction of the work itself!) The dancers appeared on stage by age, youngest to oldest (Lucille Grahn, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito and Marie Lithograph by A. E. Chalon of Carlotta Grisi (left), Marie Taglioni (center), Lucille Grahn (right back), and Fanny Cerrito (right front) in the Perrot/Pugni Pas de Quatre, London, 1845 South Milwaukee PAC 3