From: Ballet Tucson <operations@ballettucson.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 12:03 PM
Subject: It's showtime! ✨
IT'S SHOWTIME!
Our Fall Concert opens this Friday and we can't wait to share this exciting program with you!
Experience the majesty of the timeless classical ballet Raymonda Variations, along with three diverse Ballet Tucson premieres including In Creases by Justin Peck, choreographer of Steven Spielberg's West Side Story.
Leo Rich Theater
Friday, November 11, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 2:00 pm
FALL CONCERT EXPLORED
IN CREASES
BALLET TUCSON PREMIERE
Choreography by Justin Peck
Music by Philip Glass
"Like a puzzle of shifting shapes and formations, Peck's first ballet for NYCB showcases his keen eye for manipulating bodies to form complex geometric structures and unique patterns."
- New York City Ballet on Justin Peck's In Creases
Justin Peck's works have dazzled on the world's greatest stages. His dynamic and innovative style transcends traditional ballet and musical theater performance settings and has made him a sought-after television and film choreographer. His most recent film credit is as choreographer for the Oscar-nominated Steven Spielberg movie WEST SIDE STORY, solidifying his reputation as the next Jerome Robbins. His ballet IN CREASES is set to Philip Glass' "Four Movements for Two Pianos," and premiered in 2012, leading to Peck being named the New York City Ballet's Resident Choreographer in 2014 and Artistic Advisor in 2019.
Photo of BalletMet Company Dancers in Justin Peck's In Creases by Jennifer Zmuda
ABOUT JUSTIN PECK
JUSTIN PECK is a Tony Award winning choreographer, director, filmmaker, and dancer based in New York City. He is currently the acting Resident Choreographer of New York City Ballet.
Peck began choreographing in 2009 at the New York Choreographic Institute. In 2014, after the creation of his acclaimed ballet EVERYWHERE WE GO, he was appointed as Resident Choreographer of New York City Ballet. He is the second person in the institution's history to hold this title.
After attending the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center from 2003-2006, Peck was invited to join the New York City Ballet as a dancer in 2006. As a performer, Peck has danced a vast repertoire of works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Alexei Ratmansky, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon, and many others. In 2013, Peck was promoted to the rank of Soloist, performing full-time through 2019 with the company.
Peck has created over 50 dances -- more than 20 for New York City Ballet. His works have been performed by Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Dresden Semperoper Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Boston Ballet, Juilliard, National Ballet of Canada, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, LA Dance Project, Dutch National Ballet, the School of American Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Houston Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Ballet Austin, Ballet Bordeaux, Finnish National Ballet, Ballet MET, Cincinnati Ballet, and Ballet Arizona.
Working on a wide array of projects, Peck's collaborators include composers Sufjan Stevens, The National, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, Dan Deacon, Caroline Shaw, Chris Thile, Stephen Sondheim, M83, Dolly Parton; visual artists Shepard Fairey, Marcel Dzama, Shantell Martin, John Baldessari, Karl Jensen, George Condo, Steve Powers, Jules de Balincourt; fashion designers Raf Simons, Mary Katrantzou, Humberto Leon (Kenzo, Opening Ceremony), Tsumori Chisato, Dries Van Noten; and filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Sofia Coppola, Damien Chazelle, Elisabeth Moss, Frances Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, and Jody Lee Lipes.
In 2014, Peck was the subject of the documentary BALLET 422, which presents Peck's craft and creative process as a choreographer in great detail, as he creates New York City Ballet's 422nd commissioned dance.
Peck has worked extensively as a filmmaker. In particular, his focus has been exploring new innovative ways of presenting dance on film. Peck choreographed the feature films RED SPARROW (2016) starring Jennifer Lawrence and directed by Francis Lawrence; and WEST SIDE STORY (2021) in collaboration with director Steven Spielberg. Peck's work as a director-choreographer for music videos include: THE DARK SIDE OF THE GYM (2017) for The National; THANK YOU, NEW YORK (2020) for Chris Thile; and THE TIMES ARE RACING (2017) for Dan Deacon. In 2018, Peck directed the New York Times GREAT PERFORMERS Series (starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Lakeith Stanfield, Glenn Close, Toni Collette, Yoo Ah-in, Emma Stone, Olivia Colman, Regina Hall, Yalitzia Aparicio, Elsie Fischer, and Rachel Weisz).
Peck choreographed the 2018 BROADWAY revival of CAROUSEL. The production was directed by Jack O'Brien and stars Jessie Meuller, Joshua Henry, & Renée Fleming.
Peck has been awarded the National Arts Award (2018), the Golden Plate Honor from the Academy of Achievement (2019), the Bessie Award for his ballet RODEO: FOUR DANCE EPISODES (2015), the Gross Family Prize for his ballet EVERYWHERE WE GO (2014), and the Tony Award for his choreography on Broadway's CAROUSEL (2018).
Photo by Ryan Pfluger
RAYMONDA VARIATIONS
Choreography by Chieko Imada after Marius Petipa
Music by Alexander Glazunov
Enjoy the grandeur and majesty of classical ballet in this presentation of excerpts of the 1898 masterpiece Raymonda. Complete with stunning tutus and virtuosic dancing, this work celebrates our Ballet Tucson artists' ability to bring new energy to traditional works.
Photo of Ballet Tucson Principal dancers Danielle & Liang Fu by Ed Flores
PAS DE DEUX FROM KLEIN PERSPECTIVES
BALLET TUCSON PREMIERE
Choreography by Andrea Giselle Schermoly
Music by Olafur Arnalds
"To feel the soul without explaining it, without vocabulary, and to represent this sensation."
- YVES KLEIN.
Klein Perspectives is a collection of movement vignettes inspired by the art works of Yves Klein. An exploration of emotional tones, miscommunication and our relationships with ourselves and others. (Klein dually means "small" in Dutch and German.) Enjoy the final duet from this mesmerizing work by world-renowned choreographer Andrea Giselle Schermoly.
Photo of Kansas City Ballet - Molly Wagner & Liang Fu in Andrea Schermoly's Klein Perspectives by Brett Pruitt
ABOUT ANDREA SCHERMOLY
Andrea (Andi) Giselle Schermoly was born in South Africa. She trained at the National School of the Arts, Johannesburg and on full scholarship at Rambert Ballet and Contemporary School, and full scholarship at The Royal Ballet School, London. She competed internationally as a member of The South African National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team. She danced professionally for Boston Ballet Company and the Netherlands Dance Theater (1&2).
She is the resident choreographer at Louisville Ballet Company.
She has choreographed for Ballet Met, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Cape Dance Company, Kansas City Ballet Company, State Street Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet Company, Louisville Ballet Company, Santa Barbara Dance Theater, Festival Ballet Theater, Ballet Theatre Afrikan, Quixotic Cirque Noveau, Boston Ballet 2, Joffrey Ballet Concert Group, The Juilliard School solos evening and directed and choreographed a dance narrative film for The Ashley Bouder Project presented at The Joyce Theater, NYC, which went on to be presented by San Francisco Dance Film Festival. She was awarded the "Outstanding Choreographer" award in 2012, 2013, and 2017 at Youth America Grand Prix. In 2014 she choreographed at Lincoln Center for YAGP's 15th anniversary gala evening on dancers Maria Kochetkova (principal San Francisco Ballet) and Joaquin de Luz (principal New York City Ballet). The piece has since been re-staged at 'Buenos Aires International Dance Gala' Argentina and 'Stars of the 21st Century Gala' in the Champs Élysées, Paris. Andi has choreographed for feature films, commercials, and music videos including 'Beautiful Now', 'Bunheads', Justin Bieber/Poo Bear, and Deorro music video, and choreographically assisted on projects such as 'Budweiser Superbowl Commercial' and 'Star Trek into Darkness'. She's created work for principal dancers attending international galas, most recently for Sarah Van Patten/Wei Wang of San Francisco Ballet for Tahoe Dance Camp.
Andrea has created 7 original works for Louisville Ballet, including having the honor of recreating two iconic Martha Graham works in collaboration with Louisville Ballet and Louisville Orchestra. "Appalachian Spring" and "Judith". "Appalachian Spring" will be performed at Carnegie Hall in an upcoming season. She has upcoming work with Royal New Zealand Ballet and Compania Nationala de Danca, Spain, amongst others. Her most recent dance film 'Rite of Spring' for Louisville Ballet received outstanding reviews including "the best pandemic film produced in the US" by ARTS AIR.
FELICITY FOUND
WORLD PREMIERE
Choreography by Margaret Mullin
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Originally a short digital work for Kansas City Ballet set in the opulent Kansas City Museum, Margaret Mullin reimagines and expands her exuberant FELICITY FOUND for the Ballet Tucson stage. Set to stirring music by Vivaldi and featuring a rich color palette inspired by the fall season, this work seeks to celebrate the incomparable joy, beauty, and rich human connection that dance brings to our lives.
Photo of Kansas City Ballet in Margaret Mullin's Felicity Found by Elizabeth Stehling Snell
ABOUT MARGARET MULLIN
BALLET TUCSON ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Margaret Mullin is from Tucson, Arizona and trained at the School of Ballet Tucson on a full-scholarship. She was formerly a Soloist dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, where she danced for fourteen seasons. There she performed leading roles in works by George
Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Justin Peck, Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Victor
Quijada, and more. During her time at Pacific Northwest Ballet she had the opportunity to
perform in Seattle, New York City, Los Angeles (Celebrate Forsythe festival), and Paris, in
addition to performing numerous times at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and Vail International Dance Festival.
In 2011, she was the recipient of a prestigious Dance Fellowship Award from the Princess Grace Foundation USA, for her talent as a dancer and her potential to impact the field. She was the fourth artist selected to be an Artist Curator for the foundation's #gratitudeandtonic initiative in July 2020. She is also the recipient of a 2018 CityArtist Award from the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. As a student she was the recipient of a Thurber Scholarship Award in 2003 and 2004, and the 2006 Founding Director Award from Angela Whitehill of Burklyn Ballet Theatre. Ms. Mullin appeared as a guest speaker at the Dance USA national conference in June 2017. In 2022, she was selected by REfashioned Magazine as one of their top 10 Women Change Makers.
In 2021, she received her Nonprofit Leadership and Management certificate from the University of Arizona Eller Executive Education. Margaret is a graduate of Tucson Young Professionals' Nonprofit Leadership Academy and the Dean Street Society Entrepreneur Mastermind program. She is a board member of Tucson Young Professionals.
Ms. Mullin has choreographed works for Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Ballet Arts and Ballet Tucson. She has served as an instructor for Ballet in the City, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Evergreen City Ballet, Ballet Tucson, Ballet Arts, and Ballet Together. She has also been a stager of the choreographic works of Ian Horvath, Kiyon Ross, and Price Suddarth. Margaret is the director and producer of the documentary dance film No Dominion: The Ian Horvath Story, which celebrates the life of late dance champion and AIDS awareness advocate Ian Horvath. She was also the host of the notable dance podcast Beyond the Barre.
Margaret has been featured by Dance Magazine, Pointe Magazine, Dance Informa, Seattle Magazine, EmpowHer New York, We are Minding the Gap, The Whole Dancer, To The Pointe Nutrition, kNOwBOXdance Podcast, Dance Lifestyle, Balancing Pointe podcast, Tucson Young Professionals, Radically Distinct Podcast, the Arizona Daily Star, BizTucson, Tucson Weekly and Discount Dance Supply as a representative. Ms. Mullin was also a return guest on Seattle morning show New Day Northwest. She has served as a brand ambassador for Five12 Athletic Apparel, Nuun Hydration, RubiaWear and Zeyba Apparel in addition to being a social media influencer for Vermouth App, Enchant Seattle, and the Seattle International Film Festival.
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