Dance History
- Theatre Arts Program 1990 - 1999
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1999 FESTIVAL DANCE
July 21, 22, 23, 24, 1999 - Eric Harvie Theatre
Program Director - Brian Macdonald
The Four Temperaments
(1946)
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Paul Hindemith, Theme and Four Variations for Piano and Strings
Staged by: Victoria Simon
Assisted by: Susan Toumine
Excavating ascent
(world premiere)
Choreographer: Allen Kaeja (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Composer: Fredrik Högberg
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Set Design: Robert Rombough
Costume Design: Tasha Dyck
Assistant to the Choreographer: Sarah Brewer
Canto Indio
Choreographer: Brian Macdonald, OC
Music: Carlos Chavez, Symphony #2 "Sinfonia India"
Staging Assisted by: Annette av Paul
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Time Out of Mind
Choreography: Brian Macdonald, OC
Music: Paul Creston, Two Choric Dances & Invocation and Dance
for Orchestra, Op.58
Staging Assisted by: Annette av Paul
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Set Design: Harry Frehner based on original design by Sherry Grauer
Dance Training
Presentation
July 29. 30. 31, 1999 - Margaret Greenham
Theatre
ANNETTE AV PAUL - Program Director/Pedagogue
The Dance Training program, a component of the Dance program, culminates each year in a studio presentation of four performances on the stage of the Margaret Greenham Theatre.
Chinook Winds
the
Aboriginal Dance Project
July 8, 9, 10, 11, 1999 - Margaret Greenham Theatre
Presented by the
Aboriginal
Arts Program.
Program Director - Alejandro Ronceria
Throw Away Kids
(world premiere)
Choreography: Murial Miguel
Music by: Russell Wallace
Light and Shadow
Choreography: Alejandro Ronceria
1998
Chinook Winds
the Aboriginal Dance Project
Presented by the
Aboriginal
Arts Program.
Program Director - Alejandro Ronceria
PPS Danse,
May 1998
Professional Company Residency
Project:
develop a female version of Bagne
Partners/co-producers: National Arts Centre, The Canada Council for
the Arts, the Canada Dance Festival and the Banff Centre for the Arts
Information on the Residency Program
MISRASENA,
March 1998
Professional Company Residency
Project:
Black Ice
Partners/co-producers: National Arts Centre, The Canada Council for
the Arts, the Canada Dance Festival and the Banff Centre for the Arts
Information on the Residency Program
JOE INK,
March 1998
Professional Company Residency
Project: Swing Theory
Partners/co-producers: National Arts Centre, The Canada Council for
the Arts, the Canada Dance Festival and the Banff Centre for the Arts
Information on the Residency Program
BALLET JÖRGEN,
February 1998
Professional Company Residency
Project: new touring version of Romeo
and Juliet
Partners/co-producers: The Canada Council for the Arts, and the Banff
Centre for the Arts
Information on the Residency Program
1997 FESTIVAL DANCE
Program Director - Brian Macdonald
Creaturehood
(world premiere)
Choreography: Shawn Hounsell (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Music: Maurice Ravel Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design:Denise Barrett
Petites danses pour mammifères
(world premiere)
Choreography: Myriam Naisy
Music: Arcangelo Corelli Sonata for violin, viola &
harpsichord, Op. 5
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Denise Barrett
Sound Design: Brian Cohlan
Funded by the
France/Canada/Banff
Fund, danced by guest resident company Ballet British
Columbia.
Tavern Scene
from Carmina Burana
Choreography: Fernand Nault
Music and Text: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Staging: Susan Toumine
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Francois Barbeau
Serenade
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky Serenade in C Major for String
Orchestra
Staging: Victoria Simon, assisted by Susan Toumine and Annette av Paul
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume after Karinska
Chinook Winds
the Aboriginal Dance Project
Presented by the
Aboriginal
Arts Program.
Program Director - Alejandro Ronceria
1996
l'Amande et le Diamant - (The Almond and the Diamond)
Professional Company Residency
world premiere co-production between
Compagnie Marie Chouinard, the National Arts Centre and Banff Theatre Arts
Company: Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Choreography: Marie Chouinard
Premiere: 1996 Canada Dance Festival (Ottawa)
Information on the Residency Program
1996 FESTIVAL DANCE
Program Director - Brian Macdonald
Allegro Brillante
Music: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 3
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon
Lost Gods
(originally titled God's Children) - world premiere
Music: Franz Schubert Quartettsatz; Murray Schafer String
Quartet No. 1 and No. 5
Choreography: Brian Macdonald, OC
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Denise Barrett.
CHIAROSCURO
- world premiere
Music: selections from E.C. Woodley, Allan Gordon Bell, Meredith Monk and
Dave Heath
Choreography: Gioconda Barbuto (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Denise Barrett.
l'Etiquette
- world premiere
Music: selections by Bach, Corelli and Vivaldi
Choreography: Joe Laughlin (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Denise Barrett.
Chinook Winds the Aboriginal Dance Project
Presented by the Aboriginal Arts Program, a unique cultural partnership of the Aboriginal Film and Video Art Alliance and the Banff Centre for the Arts, with the assistance of the Theatre Arts Department.
Choreography: Alejandro Ronceria,
Music: Russell Wallace,
Design Coordination: M.J. (MeriLee) Helmer
Lighting Design: Tim Koll
Stage Management: Susan Mcnair Reid
Afrocubanismo '96 a celebration of music and dance featuring:
Conjunto FolklÛrico Nacional de Cuba
Cuba's preeminent folkloric dance ensemble.
Grupo Afrocuba de Matanzas From the province of Matanzas, these
experts in folkloric music and dance are also known as the originators of
bat· rumba.
Richard Eg¸es Flautist, founding member of Orquesta AragÛn, and
expert in Cuban DanzÛn and cha cha cha.
Regino JimÈnez Musical director of Danza Contempor·nea,
bat· drum specialist and director of the most sought -after sacred bat·
groups in the Havana Santeria community.
1995 FESTIVAL DANCE
Program Director - Brian Macdonald
Capriccio
("Rubies" from the Ballet JEWELS)
Music: Igor Stravinsky Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon
Cords
Music: Bela Bartok Sonata for Solo Violin
Choreography: Brian Macdonald,assisted by Annette av Paul
Quest
Music: Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach Berlin Symphonies: Symphony
for two flutes, two horns, string & bassocontinuo in C Major Wq
174/H649 ; Symphony for two flutes, two oboes, two horns,
string and basso continuo in E Monor Wq 178/H653
Choreography: Crystal Pite (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Big Band
Music: Stan Kenton - Selections
Choreography: Brian Macdonald, assisted by Austra Cadieux
änyä
world premiere co-production between
Ängikam Dance Initiative, the National Arts Centre and Banff Theatre Arts
Professional Company Residency
Company: Ängikam Dance Initiative
Choreography: Deepti Gupta
Premiere: 1995 National Arts Centre
Information on the Residency Program
1994
Dèluge
world premiere co-production between
O Vertigo, the National Arts Centre and Banff Theatre Arts
Professional Company Residency
Company: O Vertigo
Choreography: Ginette Laurin
Premiere: 1994 Canada Dance Festival (Ottawa)
Information on the Residency Program
1994 FESTIVAL DANCE
Program Director - Brian Macdonald
Agon
Music: Igor Stravinsky Agon
Choreorgraphy: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon, assisted by Susan Toumine
Theft
Music: R. Murray Schafer String Quartet No. 5
Choreography: Brian Macdonald, assisted by Annette av Paul
Channel
Music: Michael Nyman String Quartet #2
Choreography: Michael Downing (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Capricciosa
Music: Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) La Capricciosa (Bux WV 250)
Choreography: Randy Glynn
Restaged by: Randy Glynn and Austra Gulens
Capricciosa premiered at the 1988 Banff Festival of the Arts, when
Randy Glynn was that year's
Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient.
1993 FESTIVAL DANCE
Program Director - Brian Macdonald
Scotch Symphony
Music: Felix Mendelssohn Scotch Symphony: 2nd, 3rd and 4th movements
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon, assisted by Sheila Murray
Bonds of Affection
Music: Arnold Schoenberg Kammersymphonie
Choreography: Bengt Jörgen (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
The Shining People of Leonard Cohen
Poetry: Leonard Cohen from Spice Box of the Earth
Music: Harry Freedman (soundscape created to accompany the narrator who in
turn accompanies the dancers)
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul
Time Out of Mind
Music: Paul Creston Choric Dance #2 and Invocation in Dance Op.
58
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul
1992 FESTIVAL DANCE
Program Director - Brian Macdonald
The Four Temperaments
Music: Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Theme and Variations
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon, assisted by Annette av Paul
Waterwheel
Music: Hamza el Din Escalay, recorded by Kronos Quartet)
Choreography: Lola MacLaughlin (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient) assisted by Austra Gulens
Tales From the Vaudeville Stage
(excerpts)
Music: Mickey Hart, Ennio Morricone, John Zorn, Geoffrey Oryema and Jack
Body
Choreography: Judith Marcuse (from a work in progress)
Sequoia
Music: Joan Tower Sequoia
Choreography: Mark Godden
1991 FESTIVAL DANCE
Program Director - Brian Macdonald
De Profundis
Music: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 - 1st & 3rd
Movements
Choreography: Edward Hillyer (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Firebird
Music: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Fire Bird
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul
Symphony in C
Music: Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon and John Taras
1990 FESTIVAL DANCE
Program Head - Brian Macdonald
Breaks
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with variations by Harry Freedman Duo in
B Flat No. 2 For Violin and Viola
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul
. . . And There You Are, All Alone Together
Music: Arvo Part Cantus - In Memory of Benjamin Britten; De
Profundis
Choreographer: Howard Richard (Clifford
E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Valse d'Occasion
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Waltz from Eugene
Onegin
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Polonaise
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Polonaise from Sleeping
Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Excerpts (1890)
Blue Bird & Grand Pas de Deux
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Sleeping Beauty
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Staged by: Annette av Paul
Serenade
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Serenade in C Major for
String Orchestra
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon