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The Center for Performing Artsat Governors State University

Jeffrey Ortmann, Acting Executive Director

presents

The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago

April 18, 1997

Sponsored by Pasquinelli Construction

Friday, April 18,1997 8:00 P.M.

PAS DBS DEESSES

Choreography by Robert JoffreyMusic by John Field

Solo pianist May SofgeLighting by Thomas SkeltonCostumes by Anver Bey Khan

Mile. Lucille Grahn..... .....Maia WilkinsMile. Fanny Cerrito... ...Leticia OliveiraMile. Marie Taglioni.... LorenaFeijooM. Arthur St. Leon David Paul Kierce

PAS DES DEESSES first performed by The Joffrey Ballet on October 2, 1956 atState Teachers College, Frostburg, Maryland. Staged by Paul Sutherland andFrancoise Marinet.

INTERMISSION

UNTITLED

Choreography by Robby Bamett, Alison Chase, Martha Clarke,Moses Pendleton, Michael Tracy and Jonathan Wolken

Music by Robert DennisCourtesy o/Tilobolus, Inc.

Costumes by Malcolm McCormickCostume Supervision by Sally Ann Parsons

Lighting by Thomas Skelton

Alfonso ZybinSam Franke

Jill DavidsonJulie Janus

Michael AndersonGregory Russell

UNTITLED — World Premiere by Pilobolus on August 1, 1975, in New London,Connecticut at Palmer Audioriurn. First performance by The Joffrey Ballet onSeptember 26, 1985, in Los Angeles at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Staged byRobby Bamett, Kent Lindemer, Adam Battlestein.

PAUSE

The following are exerpts from

BILLBOARDSA Gerald Arpino Production

Conceived and Directed by Gerald Arpino

Music by Prince Rogers Nelson*

Billboard Designs by Herbert MigdollLighting by Howell Binkley

Lighting Supervision by Susan A. White

WILLING AND ABLE PAS DE DEUXChoreography by Peter Pucci

Costumes by Christine Joly; Assistant: David Brooks

Maia Wilkins Pierre Lockett

Songs: "For U," "The Question of U"

INITERMISSION

SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRILChoreography by Laura Dean

Costumes by Rosemarie Worton from original concept by Laura Dean

Cynthia Giannini Gregory Russell Maia WilkinsPatrick Simonello Taryn Kaschock Alfonso Zybin Jennifer Goodman

Sam Franke Lorena Feijoo David Paul KierceCari Call Michael Anderson Jill Davidson Steve Beirens

Suzanne Lopez Pierre Lockett

Songs: "Sometimes It Snows in April," "Trust" and "Baby I'm a Star"

* Music for SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL written and composed by Prince Rogers Nelsonin collaboration with Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman. Music used by permission of WBMusic Corp. on behalf of Controversy Music.

BILLBOARDS would not have been possible without the musical inspiration of Prince RogersNelson.

A special thank you to Patricia Kennedy, who helped intitiate this project and who was instrumen-tal in its development.

The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago extends its deepest appreciation to the donors whose major supporthas made the production of BILLBOARDS possible: Hancher Auditorium/The University of IowaFoundation and The Harkness Foundations for Dance.

BILLBOARDS - World Premiere by The Jeffrey Ballet at Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, Iowaon January 27, 1993.

AT&T Presents

The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago

ROBERT JOFFREY and GERALD ARPINO, FoundersGERALD ARPINO, Artistic Director

Robert Alpaugh, Executive Director

Ann Marie DeAngelo, Associate Director

Luis Fuente, Ballet Master Cameron Basden, Ballet MistressMark Goldweber, Ballet Master

ARTISTS OF THE COMPANY

Deborah Alexis Deanne Brown Cari Call Jill Davidson

Nicole Marie Duffy Lorena Feijoo Jodie Gates* Cynthia Giannini

Jennifer Goodman Trinity Hamilton Julie Janus Taryn Kaschock

Suzanne Lopez Valerie Madonia* Leticia Oliveira

Beatriz Rodriguez Jenny Sandier Maia Wilkins

Roberto Almaguer Michael Anderson Daniel Baudendistel

Steve Beirens Sam Franke Terace Jones David Paul Kierce

Calvin Kitten Pierre Lockett Tom Mossbrucker* Tomi Paasonen

Ernesto Quenedit Davis Robertson Gregory Russell John Sheaffer

Patrick Simonello Adam Sklute* Todd Stickney

Tyler Walters* Guoping Wang Alfonso Zybin

Suzanne Lopez & Adam Sklute, Assistant Ballet Masters* Seasonal Dancer

The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago's 40th Anniversary Season is sponsored byPHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC., celebrating 25 years of dance support.

AT&T is a proud sponsor of all Illinois performances ofThe Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago.

American Airlines is the official airline of The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago.

These performances are supported in part by a grant from theNational Endowment for the Arts.

THE JOFFREY BALLET OF CHICAGO70 East Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 739-0120

Administration

Assistant to the Executive Director....................... ....Jennifer StillCompany Manager Timothy RobinsonDirector of Bookings........... Sharene Shariatzadeh PhilipBookings Associate Carey KellyDirector of Development..... ....Molly GaloAssistant Director of Development.. Karen DeTempleDevelopment Associate Mila OttDirector of Finance......... ..Daniel LeeSenior Accountant John KasperBookkeeper Filomena ReyesDirector of Marketing and Sales ...Shana HayesAssistant Director of Marketing and Sales... Ann Marie BeyersGeneral Press Representative. Rima CorbenReceptionist Michelle Lascody

Artistic Department

Designer/Photographer.............. Herbert MigdollArtistic Administrator/Coordinator ofOutreach & Education. Harriet RossAssistant to the

Artistic Director Thomas MulvihillSchedule Coordinator Adam SkluteCompany .....May Sofge

Production

Production Manager Anthony T. NyeTechnical Director Randy WilliamsonStage Manager Alyssa HoggattProduction Stage Manager...... Leigh VauseHead Electrician Dylan CostaSound Engineer Nicholas GibsonHead Carpenter Michael SchiesserCostume Shop Manager Rebecca Shouse

The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago is generously supportedby

The Chicago Community Trust and theJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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Illinois Arts Council

Baldwin is the official piano of The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago.

Other generous service providers for The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago:

Legal Counsel Katten, Muchin & ZavisAccounting Services Checkers Simon & RosnerPublic Relations Firm Miller Pear CommunicationsBottled Water Hinckley & SchmittGeneral Medical Consultant Dr. George B. Holmes, Jr.

The Jeffrey Ballet School(American Ballet Center)

434 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Founders Robert Joffrey/Gerald ArpinoArtistic Director .....Gerald ArpinoDirector Edith D'AddarioBallet Instructors Zelma Bustillo, Winthrop Corey,Francesca Corkle, Elizabeth D'Anna, Eleanor D'Antuono, Andrei Kulyk,Dorothy Lister, Sidney Lowenthal, John Magnus, Edward Morgan, DenaMoss, Brunilda Ruiz, Trinette Singleton

The Jeffrey Ballet School is the official school ofThe Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago.

Baldwin is the official piano of The Jeffrey Ballet School.

Gerald Arpino (Founder and Artistic Director) Gerald Arpino established TheJeffrey Ballet of Chicago in 1995 to carry on the traditions and legacy of TheJeffrey Ballet, which he co-founded with Robert Jeffrey in 1956 and for which heserved as associate director for many years. Upon Mr. Jeffrey's death in 1988, Mr.Arpino succeeded him as Artistic Director. A leading dancer with the company inits first years, he began choreographing in 1961, and, shortly thereafter, becameThe Jeffrey's resident choreographer. .The late Walter Terry said, "he introduced asynthesis of torso-oriented modern movement with classical ballet that was aspecial quality he gave to ballet." Clive Barnes of the New York Post wrote,"Arpino and his choreography are central to The Jeffrey company style... the idealchoreographer to maintain a consistent, creative core...He can send dancers overthe stage like rockets and gives them duets like love songs." The Los AngelesTimes' Martin Bemheimer has pointed out "the breathless fluidity of Arpino's

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invention...the bravura of his kinetic designs." New York Times critic AnnaKisselgoff has described him as "a very important choreographer...! have oftenseen newcomers to the ballet seduced into loving the entire art form simply becauseMr. Arpino's accessibility seizes their imagination." He is the first choreographercommissioned to create a ballet to honor the Office of the American Presidency:THE PANTAGES AND THE PALACE PRESENT TWO-A-DAY. He was the firstAmerican commissioned by a city, San Antonio, to do a ballet. The work wasJAMBOREE. His 1986 BIRTHDAY VARIATIONS was commissioned by BeckyD'Angelo of Chicago as a birthday gift to her husband, Dino D'Angelo. In 1993,Mr. Arpino produced America's first full-evening rock ballet, BILLBOARDS, set tothe music of Prince. Mr. Arpino's ballets, sought after worldwide, are in therepertoires of the National Ballet of Canada, Ottawa Ballet, the Vienna State OperaBallet, and the Australian, Ohio, Oakland, Princeton and Milwaukee ballet compa-nies. Mr. Arpino serves on the national advisory council of the ITI/USA Inerna-tional Ballet Competition and is on the boards of the Dance Notation Bureau andDancers in Transition. He is a member of the Arts Advisory Committee of the NewYork International Festival of the Arts. He was Honorary Co-chairman for theDance Library of Israel's 1989 Award Dinner honoring Agnes de Mille, and hepresented the Library's 1991 Documents of Dance Award to Stephanie French, hi1991 he participated as a panel member in the National Italian-American Founda-tion's annual Columbus Conference. Mr. Arpino serves as an advisor to theSportsmedicine Education and Research Foundation in Los Angeles. He is amember of the National Arts Club, the Artistic Committee for The Kennedy CenterHonors and is an advisory board member of the Performing and Visual ArtsDepartment of Wagner College on Staten Island. Honors include an honorarydoctorate from Wagner College; the 1974 Dancemagazine Award; the Bravo Awardfrom the San Antonio Performing Arts Association; the American Express AmmyAward; the Distinguished Achievement Award from the National Organization ofItalian-American Women; a 1989 Tiffany Award from the International Society forPerforming Arts Administrators (ISPAA); an award for outstanding artisticachievement from the Staten Island Council on the Arts in 1990; an honorarylifetime membership hi the Chicago Dance Coalition; the National Arts ClubCitation of Merit; the 1994 Harkness Distinguished Artist in The Dance at AldephiUniversity; the University Medallion from Frostburg State University, Maryland,the site of The Jeffrey's first performance on October 2, 1956 in which Mr. Arpinodanced; the Vaslav Nijinsky Medal in recognition of his reconstruction of the worksof Nijinsky; and the Chicago Academy for the Arts 1996 Distinguished ServiceAward for the Arts. In addition, Mr. Arpino is the only choreographer to have hadfour of his ballets performed at the White House.

Robert Jeffrey (Founder of The Jeffrey Ballet) Robert Jeffrey was bom in Seattle,Washington in 1930 and died inNew York City in 1988. He founded the companyin 1956 — an ensemble of American dancers for whom he choreographed, taught,commissioned original ballets, and reconstructed rare classics. In the process, hebuilt what is now acknowledged to be one of the major international dancecompanies, a company cited for its virtuosity and its exciting, original repertoire.

Mr. Jeffrey introduced Alvin Alley, Laura Dean, Anna Sokolow, and Twyla Tharpto ballet audiences; invited Kurt Jooss and Leonide Massine to revive some of their"lost" masterworks; and assembled the largest number of Frederick Ashton balletsin the United States. He was the first American director to present the work ofDenmark's Auguste Bournonville, and he was especially noted for his meticulousrecreations of the legendary Diaghilev-era ballets. His own ballets have alwaysbeen a company cornerstone and indicate his varied interests, from the classicalPAS DBS DEESSES to th multimedia ASTARTE, from the romantic REMEM-BRANCES to the evocative POSTCARDS. Mr. Jeffrey was a pioneer in chore-ographing for television; The Jeffrey Ballet inaugurated public television's Dancein America series. Although he gave up a promising career as a dancer to form hiscompany, he maintained his early interest in training gifted students and youngprofessionals through The Jeffrey Ballet School, which he established in 1953, andthe Jeffrey Workshop at San Antonio. Among his many dance affiliations, he wasco-president with Bolshoi Ballet director Yuri Grigorovich of the International

Robert Jeffrey

Dance Committee, International Theatre Institute; one of three jurors of Denmark'sHans Christian Andersen Ballet Awards; a member of the National Council of theArts; and honorary chairman of the American Choreographer Awards. Hisnumerous awards and honors included the Dancemagazine Award, the CapezioAward, New York City's Handel Medallion, Club 100's Distinguished Artist'sAward from the Los Angeles Music Center, Dance Notation Bureau's DistinguishedService Award, and an honorary Ph.D. from Pacific Lutheran University inTacoma, Washington.

Ann Marie DeAngelo (Associate Director) Ann Marie DeAngelo began her careerin 1973 as a dancer with The Jeffrey Ballet, developing a reputation as a virtuoso.hi 1976, she received a special award for unparalleled technical excellence at theInternational Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria and was featured in TimeMagazine as one of the most promising young ballerinas in America. In her tenyears with The Joffrey, Ms. DeAngelo performed leading roles in works by Ashton,Arpino, Balanchine, Cranko, de Mille, Joffrey and Tharp. She toured the worldwith "Stars of the American Ballet" and "Stars of the World Ballet" and performedwith such celebrated partners as Fernando Bujones, Peter Breuer, Danilo Radoje-vic, Frank Augustyn, Johann Ren vail, and Rudolf Nureyev. hi 1980, she beganchoreographing and has been a pioneer in the use of street dance and othercontemporary forms of movement to expand the vocabulary of classical ballet.Among her many choreographic credits are ballets for the Nacional Ballet de Cuba,Martine Van Hamel's New Amsterdam Ballet, The Joffrey n Dancers, BalletTrockedero, the Contemporary Ballet, the Des Moines Ballet, and the Long BeachBallet, hi 1984, at the urging of Alicia Alonso, Ms. DeAngelo formed BalletD'Angelo. She choreographed and wrote original music for three full-eveningproductions, ZETGEIST I & H and LAST OF THE BEST. Ms. DeAngelo'stelevision credits include The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Sesame Street withToni Basil, and choreography and performance of the title role for the CanadianTelevision Corporation's Pavlova. Ms. DeAngelo is the Founding Artistic Directorof Ballet de Monterrey and was Artistic Director for Ballet Omaha from 1994-95.

THE JOFFREY BALLET OF CHICAGOBOARD OF DIRECTORS

David A. KipperPresident

Bruce SaganFirst Vice President

Patricia H. GerberSecond Vice President

Fred EychanerSecretary

Stephen M. Neumer, Esq.Assistant Secretary & General Counsel

Adela CepedaTreasurer

DirectorsPatty Perkins AndringaGerald Arpino*Grace BarryHoward L. BernsteinRhett W. ButlerMrs. David ConlanMichael C. CookMrs. Richard H. CooperMrs. John V. CroweBecky D'AngeloMeredith M. DaleKim DuchossoisJanet Walton EggersMaxine FarrellStephanie FrenchMrs. Robert W. GalvinJerome A. HarrisLinda Chaplik HarrisMrs. Paul HarveyMrs. Robert A. HelmanBette Cerf HillMrs. Philip W. HummerMrs. Kenneth JamesJanet Langford KellyBarbara Levy Kipper*Mrs. Francis J. KlimleyMartin J. Koldyke

Donna M. LaPietraMichael LeavittMary Keough LymanMark V. MactasMrs. E. Barry MansurJohn A. MayesJohn Q. McKinnonRobert D. McLeanDawn G. MeinersCarol NieSidney L. PortCarol PrinsRona RadlerNorman A. RossJeffrey C. RubensteinSaul I. SandersRuth ShannonMrs. E.B. Smith, Jr.Mrs. James E. StollerPamela B. StrobelMadelon TalleyMrs. Daniel J. TerraMargaret Toohey CroweByron D. TrottJoseph H. Wender*Chris Zorich

*Life Director

The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago - ContributorsGerald Arpino wishes to personally thank the following individuals, whose stead-fast commitment, dedication and love made the establishment of The Jojfrey Balletof Chicago possible: Ms. Kimberly Duchossois, Mr. Fred Eychaner, Mrs. RobertW. Galvin, Mrs. Patricia H. Gerber, Mrs. Barbara Levy Kipper, Dr. David A.Kipper, Mrs. Mary Keough Lyman, Mr. Stephen M. Neumer, Esq., Mr. BruceSagan and Mr. Joseph H. Wender.

The Jeffrey Ballet of Chicago wishes to express its thanks and deep appreciationto all of the individuals, corporations and foundations who have supported theartistic vision of Robert Jojfrey and Gerald Arpino during the past year.

PacesettersAT&TChicago Community TrustMs. Kim DuchossoisMr. Fred EychanerAVPWR

Channel 50 FoundationMs. Linda HarrisDr. & Mrs. David KipperMs. Mary Keough LymanThe John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur FoundationPhilip Morris Companies Inc.Mr. Sidney L. PortMr. Bruce Sagan

& Ms. Bette Cerf HillMr. Joseph Wender

PartnersEloise W. Martin

PrincipalsAnonymousBlum-Kovler FoundationMr. Rhett W. ButlerMs. Adela CepedaMrs. David ConlanMr. & Mrs. Richard H.

DriehausMrs. Janet Walton EggersThe John Edward Fowler

Memorial FoundationGoldman Sachs & CompanyMr. & Mrs. Paul HarveyThe Illinois Arts CouncilThe Kittay FoundationNancy W. Knowles-Kolden &

John A. KoldenMr. & Mrs. Kenneth JamesTowers PeirinMr. John Shea

PatronsAnonymousMarji D. BankMs. Grace BarryMs. Starr Danias Borkin

Richard & Shelley ChasenChicago Sun-Times

ChantiesMrs. Meredith DaleLisa Dershin Creative DanceFundEast Bait. Inc. - Frank

KuchurisMr. Charles R. GardnerThe Gottlieb Family

FoundationMr. & Mrs. Avrum GrayMary Ellen HennessyJohn & Janet KellyMr. Martin KoldykeThe Lazzara Family

FoundationMr. Robert LeglerRobert B. Lifton & Carol

RosofskyMr. & Mrs. Scott MasonMayer, Brown & PlattNew Prospect FoundationThe New York Times

Company FoundationOld School Square, Inc.The E.B. Osbom

Charitable TrustJoy P. RasinIrwin & Harriet RossMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey

RubensteinAndrew & Diane SchaefferMr. & Mrs. E.L. Shannon, Jr.Mrs. E.B. SmithOrli & Bill StaleyThe Travelers FoundationJeanne Green TuckerWilliam Blair & Company

FoundationMr. Martin Zimmerman

SponsorsDavid Abrams & Associates,

Inc.The Bomstein Agency

Joe & Lola BrownH. Lawrence & Janice Z. ClarkGail & Norm Cutler

Mr. & Mrs. James R. DonnelleyAlexander Ewing & Wynn

SenningMr. Arthur FrankEthel & Bill GofenHermen GreenbergMichelle Hooper & Lemuel

Seabrook, IIIMedard C. LangeMs. Patricia LiesJo Ann & Stuart C. NathanBeverly PerskyJohn & Betsy PuthMr. Ernest RientsMr. & Mrs. Irving Seaman, Jr.Ms. Pamela B. StrobelAnnette & Scott TurowMrs. Barbara H. WestMr. & Mrs. Henry P. WheelerMr. & Mrs. Robert Young

Although space does not permitus to list all our friends, we grate-fully acknowledge their generoussupport

In Kind ContributorsAmerican AirlinesCheckers, Simon & RosnerMrs. Janet Walton EggersKatten Muchin & ZavisMs. Suzanne Lopez