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past artistic directors
- 1978–86 Wayne Soulant
- 1986–94 John McFall
- 1995–01 David NixonDavid Nixon (choreographer)David Nixon OBE is a dance choreographer. Born in Chatham, Ontario, Nixon trained at the National Ballet School of Canada and danced with the National Ballet of Canada. He joined the Deutsche Oper Ballet, in Berlin, in 1985 as a principal dancer where he won the Critics Award for Best Male...
Dancers
- Adrienne Benz
- Andrew Brader
- Jessica Brown
- Olivia Clark
- Andres Estevez
- Austin MG Finley
- Emily Gotschall
- Drew Grant
- Dustin James
- Bethany Lee
- Samantha Lewis
- Annie Mallonee
- Courtney Muscroft
- Jimmy Orrante
- Ty Parmeter
- Emily Ramirez
- Kerri Riccardi
- Jackson Prescott Sarver
- Gabriel Gaffney Smith
- David Tlaiye
- Zoica Tovar
- Jorge Andres Villarini
- David Ward
1978–79
- Wayne Soulant
- Kinderszenen
- to the music of Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
Op 15, played by pianist Bela Szilagyi
- to the music of Robert Schumann
- Home to You
- to the music of John DenverJohn DenverHenry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...
- to the music of John Denver
- View from the Gallows
- Black SwanSwan LakeSwan Lake ballet, op. 20, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composed 1875–1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger...
pas de deux
- Kinderszenen
- Fernando Schaffenburg
- Dance Rites
- to Rachmaninoff'sSergei RachmaninoffSergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
Symphonic DancesSymphonic DancesSymphonic Dances may refer to:*Symphonic Dances , an orchestral suite*Symphonic Dances *Symphonic Dances by Paul Hindemith*Symphonic Dances by Clifton Williams...
- to Rachmaninoff's
- Dance Rites
- Domy Reiter-Soffer
- Zachary Ward
- Grand Tarantella
- Arthur MitchellArthur Mitchell (dancer)Arthur Mitchell is an African-American dancer and choreographer who created a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem...
- Holberg Suite
- Eugene Tanner after Petipa
- Pas de Dix
- Mark Schneider
- Rags `n Things
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- Women
- Wayne Soulant and Kathleen Smith
- The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
- The Nutcracker
1990–91
- Enrique Martinez
- CoppeliaCoppéliaCoppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes. It was based upon two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann , and Die Puppe...
- Coppelia
- John McFall
- Radiant Echoes
- Underbelly
- Alonzo KingAlonzo KingAlonzo King is an American dancer and choreographer working in San Francisco, California. He is known for founding a contemporary ballet company, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, in 1982....
- Without Wax
- Ben StevensonBen StevensonBen Stevenson, OBE , is a former ballet dancer with Britain's Royal Ballet and English National Ballet, co-director of National Ballet in Washington, D.C...
- Four Last Songs
1991–92
- Ben StevensonBen StevensonBen Stevenson, OBE , is a former ballet dancer with Britain's Royal Ballet and English National Ballet, co-director of National Ballet in Washington, D.C...
- CinderellaCinderella (Prokofiev)Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
- Cinderella
- George BalanchineGeorge BalanchineGeorge Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
- Divertimento
- Graciella Daniele
- They Call Me Jazz
- Alwin NikolaisAlwin NikolaisAlwin Nikolais was an American choreographer.Nikolais studied piano at an early age and began his performing career as an organist accompanying silent films. As a young artist, he gained skills in scenic design, acting, puppetry and music composition...
- Tensile Involvement
- John McFall
- Sing, Sing, Sing
- Jook
1992–93
- Malcolm Burn
- Romeo and Juliet
- Liz LermanLiz LermanLiz Lerman is an American choreographer and founder of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.They have appeared at the National Cathedral, Kennedy Center Opera House, and Millennium Stage, Lansburgh Theater, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center,and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.She plans to retire...
full title, "Incidents In The Life Of An Ohio Youth As He Marched To The Sea And Beyond And Was Witness To Minor And Extraordinary Events Along The Way
1993–94
- Enrique Martinez
Giselle
Giselle is a ballet in two acts with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, music by Adolphe Adam, and choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. The librettist took his inspiration from a poem by Heinrich Heine...
- Alexander Gorsky
La Fille Mal Gardée
La Fille mal gardée is a comic ballet presented in two acts, inspired by Pierre-Antoine Baudouin's 1789 painting, La réprimande/Une jeune fille querellée par sa mère...
variation
- John McFall
- Woffinden, Best, Jansen & Thomas
Skream
Skream is a dubstep producer based in Croydon. One of dubstep's first and most prominent producers, he has played an important role in the genre's development. His debut album Skream! was released in 2006, and was followed up by Outside the Box in 2010...
Jean-Antoine Petipa
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Petipa was a French ballet dancer and the father of Marius Petipa.-Life:...
1994–95
- Nigel Burgoine
Carmen (ballet)
Carmen is a ballet created by the Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso. It was created for the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and it was danced by its prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso. Carmen is described as a very sensual ballet and is one of the exponents of the Cuban school of ballet....
- Peter Pucci
- David Nixon
1995–96
- Gerald ArpinoGerald ArpinoGerald Arpino was an American dancer and choreographer. He was the artistic director and co-founder of The Joffrey Ballet.-Life and career:...
- Ann Ditchburn
- Mark Godden
- Kathryn Posin
Stepping Stones
The Stepping Stones are three prominent rocks lying 0.5 miles north of Limitrophe Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island. The Stepping Stones are located at . The Stepping Stones form one of a series of small boat refuges for parties working between nearby Palmer Station and Biscoe Bay,...
- Peter Pucci
- David Nixon
Jules Perrot
Jules-Joseph Perrot was a dancer and choreographer who later became Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia...
La Esmeralda (ballet)
La Esmeralda is a ballet in 3 acts, 5 scenes, inspired by Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, originally choreographed by Jules Perrot; with music by Cesare Pugni and design by William Grieve , D. Sloman , Mme...
pas de deux
- Ruth PageRuth PageRuth Page was an American ballerina and choreographer, considered a pioneer in creating works on American themes. To the classical ballet vocabulary she added movements from sports, popular dance and everyday gestures....
The Merry Widow (ballet)
The Merry Widow ballet is an adaptation of Franz Lehár's romantic operetta The Merry Widow .John Lanchbery and Alan Abbott adapted the score of the operetta for ballet and retained the style of Lehár's orchestration. The arrangement includes the well-known tunes of the operetta - Vilja's Song Ich...
1996–97
- David Nixon
- Susan Hadley
- Lawrence Edelson
- Julia Adam
- Susan Hadley
- Graham Lustig
1997–98
- David Nixon
Carmen (ballet)
Carmen is a ballet created by the Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso. It was created for the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and it was danced by its prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso. Carmen is described as a very sensual ballet and is one of the exponents of the Cuban school of ballet....
- Birgit Scherzer
Jean-Antoine Petipa
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Petipa was a French ballet dancer and the father of Marius Petipa.-Life:...
La Bayadère
La Bayadère is a ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by French choreographer Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus. La Bayadère was first performed by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on...
Kingdom of the Shades
- James KudelkaJames KudelkaJames Kudelka, OC, , is a choreographer, dancer, and director. He was the artistic director for the National Ballet of Canada from 1996 to 2005, now serving as the National Ballet's artist in residence....
1998–99
- David Nixon
Swan Lake
Swan Lake ballet, op. 20, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composed 1875–1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger...
- Julia Adam
- Martino Muller
1999–2000
- David Nixon
- Susan Hadley
- August BournonvilleAugust BournonvilleAugust Bournonville was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. August was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née Bournonville, of the Royal Swedish Ballet.August was...
Napoli (ballet)
Napoli, or The Fisherman and His Bride is a ballet created in 1842 for Denmark's Royal Ballet by Danish choreographer and ballet master August Bournonville. The ballet tells the story of Teresina, a young Italian girl who falls in love with Gennaro, a fisherman. The tale culminates in the marriage...
pas de six
- Gerard Charles
2000–01
Jules Perrot
Jules-Joseph Perrot was a dancer and choreographer who later became Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia...
Giselle
Giselle is a ballet in two acts with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, music by Adolphe Adam, and choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. The librettist took his inspiration from a poem by Heinrich Heine...
- KT Nelson
- Birgit Scherzer
- David Nixon
2001–02
- Gerard Charles
Coppélia
Coppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes. It was based upon two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann , and Die Puppe...
- Stephen MillsStephen MillsUnder the artistic leadership of Stephen Mills, Ballet Austin has emerged as one of the nation's premiere developing ballet organizations. In his inaugural season as artistic director he attracted attention from around the United States with his world-premiere production of Hamlet, hailed in Dance...
- Harrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowney American choreographer known for his theatrical work, for the 1992 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies and for Carnegie Hall's "Give My Regards to Broadway: A Salute to 125 Years of Musical Theater", 17 June 1991....
- David Nixon
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
2002–03
- Gerard Charles
Cinderella (Prokofiev)
Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
- Stanton WelchStanton Welch-Early Life:Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch, two prominent Australian dancers.-Career:Welch was initially trained at the dance school run by his parents...
- Adam Houghland
- Harrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowney American choreographer known for his theatrical work, for the 1992 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies and for Carnegie Hall's "Give My Regards to Broadway: A Salute to 125 Years of Musical Theater", 17 June 1991....
- Gustavo Sensano
- Susan Hadley
- James KudelkaJames KudelkaJames Kudelka, OC, , is a choreographer, dancer, and director. He was the artistic director for the National Ballet of Canada from 1996 to 2005, now serving as the National Ballet's artist in residence....
- Harrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowney American choreographer known for his theatrical work, for the 1992 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies and for Carnegie Hall's "Give My Regards to Broadway: A Salute to 125 Years of Musical Theater", 17 June 1991....
2003–04
- Harrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowney American choreographer known for his theatrical work, for the 1992 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies and for Carnegie Hall's "Give My Regards to Broadway: A Salute to 125 Years of Musical Theater", 17 June 1991....
- Deanna Carter
- Stanton WelchStanton Welch-Early Life:Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch, two prominent Australian dancers.-Career:Welch was initially trained at the dance school run by his parents...
- George BalanchineGeorge BalanchineGeorge Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
Jewels (ballet)
Jewels is an award-winning ballet in three parts created for New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday,...
2004–05
- Gerard Charles
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
- Stanton WelchStanton Welch-Early Life:Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch, two prominent Australian dancers.-Career:Welch was initially trained at the dance school run by his parents...
- Heinz Poll
- Dwight RhodenDwight RhodenDwight Rhoden is a choreographer and artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet who began dancing at the age of 17 while studying acting. He has performed with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal and was a principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey American...
- Stanton WelchStanton Welch-Early Life:Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch, two prominent Australian dancers.-Career:Welch was initially trained at the dance school run by his parents...
The Firebird
The Firebird is a 1910 ballet created by the composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Michel Fokine. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor....
- Maria Glimcher
- Stanton WelchStanton Welch-Early Life:Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch, two prominent Australian dancers.-Career:Welch was initially trained at the dance school run by his parents...
- Jimmy Orrante
- Daryl Brandwood
- Doug VaroneDoug VaroneChoreographer and director Doug Varone works in dance, theater, opera, film, television and fashion. In 2007 he created three major pieces for his own Doug Varone and Dancers – the full-length multi-media Dense Terrain at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Victorious, commissioned by Bard’s SummerScape,...
2005–06
- Gerard Charles
Giselle
Giselle is a ballet in two acts with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, music by Adolphe Adam, and choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. The librettist took his inspiration from a poem by Heinrich Heine...
- Harrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowney American choreographer known for his theatrical work, for the 1992 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies and for Carnegie Hall's "Give My Regards to Broadway: A Salute to 125 Years of Musical Theater", 17 June 1991....
- Jazz Me
- Randy Duncan, Stella Kane, Harrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowney American choreographer known for his theatrical work, for the 1992 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies and for Carnegie Hall's "Give My Regards to Broadway: A Salute to 125 Years of Musical Theater", 17 June 1991....
, Margo SappingtonMargo SappingtonMargo Sappington is an American choreographer and dancer born July 30, 1947 in Baytown, Texas. She was nominated in 1975 for both a Tony Award as Best Choreographer and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography for her work on the play Where's Charley?. In 1988, her ballet Virgin Forest was...
and Randy SkinnerRandy SkinnerRandy Skinner is an American director and choregrapher, primarily for the stage. He has been nominated three times for Tony Awards and twice for Drama Desk Awards for choreography.-Biography:...
- Jazz Moves
- Lynne Taylor-CorbettLynne Taylor-CorbettLynne Taylor-Corbett is a choreographer, director, lyricist, and composer. She was born in Denver, Colorado.She works in theatre and film, and also choreographs for dance companies, both ballet and modern, and is the principal guest choreographer for Carolina Ballet...
- Lost and Found
- Jim Orrante
- Revelry
- George BalanchineGeorge BalanchineGeorge Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
- Stars and StripesStars and Stripes (ballet)Stars and Stripes is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine in 1958, using original music by John Philip Sousa and performed in 5 acts . It lasts an average of 28 minutes...
- Stars and Stripes
2006–07
- Jacek Luminski
- 365 Times ... Neither Fish Nor Flesh
- Jimmy Orrante
- Ad Infinitum
- Maria Glimcher
- From the Essence of My Being
- Harrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowneyHarrison McEldowney American choreographer known for his theatrical work, for the 1992 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies and for Carnegie Hall's "Give My Regards to Broadway: A Salute to 125 Years of Musical Theater", 17 June 1991....
- Group Therapy Part Deux
- Susan Hadley
- Whodunit?
2007–08
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- 30 different works from 30 choreographers
- Maria Glimcher
- Big League Dream
- Adam Hundt
- Kid A-O.K.
- Alexander Schneider Rossmy
- A Different Drummer
- Gerard Charles
- Aladdin
- Twyla TharpTwyla TharpTwyla Tharp is an American dancer and choreographer, who lives and works in New York City.-Early years:Tharp was born in 1941 on a farm in Portland, Indiana, and was named after Twila Thornburg, the "Pig Princess" of the 89th Annual Muncie Fair in Indiana.she spend hours working on it to help her...
- Sinatra Suite
2008–09
- Adam Hundt
- Rockabetty
- William Soleau
- Yellow Wood
- Warren Adams
- The Audacious One
- Darrell Grand Moultrie
- Square Off!
- John Butler
- Othello
- Gerard Charles
- Cracked Nutz
- Maurice HinesMaurice HinesMaurice Hines is an American actor, director, jazz singer and choreographer.Born in New York City, Hines began his career at the age of five, studying tap dance at the Henry LeTang Dance Studio in Manhattan. LeTang recognized his talent and began choreographing numbers specifically for him and his...
- High C
- Randy Duncan
- Bourbon Street
- Ron de Jesus
- High Note
2009–10
- Maria Glimcher
- Relavent
- Adam Hundt
- dwell
- Michael Uthoff
- in g major
- Gerard Charles
- Maestro
- Laurie Eisenhower
- Night Music
- Jimmy Orrante
- Coming Into View
- Ma Cong
- Temporal
- Darrell Grand Moultrie
- Simply Sammy
- Maurice HinesMaurice HinesMaurice Hines is an American actor, director, jazz singer and choreographer.Born in New York City, Hines began his career at the age of five, studying tap dance at the Henry LeTang Dance Studio in Manhattan. LeTang recognized his talent and began choreographing numbers specifically for him and his...
- Wonderful
- James KudelkaJames KudelkaJames Kudelka, OC, , is a choreographer, dancer, and director. He was the artistic director for the National Ballet of Canada from 1996 to 2005, now serving as the National Ballet's artist in residence....
- The Man in Black
Articles
- Dance Magazine, BalletMet: a renaissance in Ohio, by Barbara Zuck, Janunary 1998 (The Free Library)
- Dance Magazine, BalletMet: a renaissance in Ohio, by Barbara Zuck, Janunary 1998 (Find Articles)
Reviews
- NY Times, Anna KisselgoffAnna KisselgoffAnna Kisselgoff is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for the New York Times. She began at the Times as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she held until 2005...
, Friday, May 28th, 2004