carbro Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Thanks to zerbinetta!Dance at Dicapo The Nilas Martins Dance Company & The Dario Vaccaro Dance Project Three Premieres to the Music of Billy Joel, Tobias Picker and Ted Rosenthal Nilas Martins, Director of Dance at Dicapo and Michael Capasso, General Director of Dicapo Opera Theater, announce that the first Dance at Dicapo performances will take place at Dicapo Opera Theater on 26 and 27 April 2008, and will feature three world premiere choreographies created by Nilas Martins, and guest choreographers Dario Vaccaro and John Selya. The program will feature music by Billy Joel, Tobias Picker and a world premiere jazz work by Ted Rosenthal. Nilas Martins has invited noted Argentine choreographer Dario Vaccaro to create a dance setting for Tobias Picker's Suite for Cello and Piano and for it to be performed by The Dario Vaccaro Dance Project. John Selya, known for his Broadway collaborations with Twyla Tharp and the music of Billy Joel, will join forces with Nilas Martins to create a unique joint choreography of an exciting new work based on five songs by Joel: Miami 2017 Leave a tender moment alone Got to begin again Everybody loves you now Nocturne to be performed by The Nilas Martins Dance Company. Jazz pianist and composer, Ted Rosenthal, has been commissioned by Dance at Dicapo with The Nilas Martins Dance Foundation to compose a new work in five movements, scored for an instrumental combo led by the composer on the piano, for which Nilas Martins is creating a new choreography as well. This too will be performed by The Nilas Martins Dance Company. The entire program will be performed to live music. Link to comment
carbro Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 THE NILAS MARTINS DANCE COMPANY FEATURING STARS OF THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET* AND SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS CASALS FESTIVAL, MARCH 7, 2008 THEATER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, RIO PIEDRAS, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO PROGRAM A: VALSE-FANTAISIE Music by Mikhail Glinka Choreography by George Balanchine** STERLING HYLTIN JARED ANGLE Corps de ballet+ Pause TSCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX Music by Peter llyitch Tchaikovsky Choreography by George Balanchine** MONIQUE MEUNIER NILAS MARTINS INTERMISSION LE CORSAIRE PAS DE DEUX (Act II) Music by Riccardo Drigo Choreography by Marius Petipa TILER PECK DANIEL ULBRICHT pause LA SYLPHIDE PAS DE DEUX (Act II) Music by Herman Lovenskjold Choreography by August Bournonville STERLING HYLTIN GONZALO CARCIA pause STARS AND STRIPES PAS DE DEUX Music by John Philip Sousa Choreography by George Balanchine** MEGAN FAIRCHILD ANDREW VEYETTE INTERMISSION A FOOL FOR YOU The music of Ray Charles Choreography by Peter Martins, revised by Nilas Martins TILER PECK ANA SOPHIA SCHELLER MONIQUE MEUNIER NILAS MARTINS JARED ANGLE BRYAN ARIAS **©THE GEORGE BALANCHINE TRUST *NOT AN OFFICIAL NYCB PRODUCTION +Corps de ballet for Valse-Fantaisie Maria Alejandra Castillo, Angela Cosme', Ana Victoria Fridman, Yanibal Negron, Claudia Ortiz, The Balanchine ballets presented in this program are protected by copyright. Any unauthorized recording is prohibited without the expressed written consent of The George Balanchine Trust and The Nilas Martins Dance Foundation, Inc. The performances of Valse-Fantaisie, Tschaikovsky Pas De Deux, and Stars and Stripes Pas de Deux, Balanchine® Ballets, are presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and have been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust. THE NILAS MARTINS DANCE COMPANY FEATURING STARS OF THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET* AND SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS CASALS FESTIVAL, MARCH 8, 2008 LUIS A. FERRE' PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (BELLAS ARTES) SANTURCE, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO PROGRAM B WHO CARES? Music by George Gershwin orchestrated by Hershy Kay Choreography by George Balanchine** NILAS MARTINS STERLING HYLTIN MONIQUE MEUNIER TILER PECK INTERMISSION VALSE TRISTE Music by Jean Sibelius Choreography by Peter Martins) STERLING HYLTIN JARED ANGLE Pause AGON PAS DE DEUX Music by Igor Stravinsky Choreography by George Balanchine** MONIQUE MEUNIER NILAS MARTINS Pause STARS AND STRIPES PAS DE DEUX Music by John Philip Sousa Choreography by George Balanchine** MEGAN FAIRCHILD ANDREW VEYETTE Pause DON QUIXOTE PAS DE DEUX (Act III) Music by Ludwin Minkus Choreography by Marius Petipa) ANA SOPHIA SCHELLER GONZALO GARCIA INTERMISSION PUCCINI SONGS Eleven Songs by Giacomo Puccini Musical revisions by Michael Kaye and Pietro Spada Choreography by Nilas Martins^ HILDA RAMOS- soprano JOHN MATZ– Tenor [Pianist TBA] TILER PECK and DANIEL ULBRICHT ANA SOPHIA SCHELLER and JARED ANGLE MONIQUE MEUNIER and NILAS MARTINS **©The George Balanchine Trust ^©The Nilas Martins Dance Foundation *NOT AN OFFICIAL NYCB PRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . The Balanchine ballets presented in this program are protected by copyright. Any unauthorized recording is prohibited without the expressed written consent of The George Balanchine Trust and The Nilas Martins Dance Foundation, Inc. The performances of Who Cares? (Concert Version), Agon Pas de Deux, and Stars and Stripes Pas de Deux, Balanchine® Ballets, are presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and have been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust. Link to comment
AmandaNYC Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 What's the NY April info? I only see it in the headline, not in the posts-- unless I missed it. -amanda Link to comment
carbro Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 The first post is New York, the second Puerto Rico. Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 The program and artists for this weekend's performances at DiCapo: Dicapo Opera Theater and The Nilas Martins Dance Foundation present DANCE AT DICAPO! Three New Ballets. 26 April @ 8PM and 27 April @ 4pm Dicapo Opera Theater 184 East 76th Street, NY, NY Seguiti (‘to continue on’) Tobias Picker’s Suite for Piano and Cello (in four movements) Choreography: Dario Vaccaro (premiere) Dario Vaccaro, Lex Dones, Christine Freeman. Shanti Guirao, Heidi L. Freeman, Rosanne Ma, Ramon Thielen Dario Vaccaro Dance Project Piano- Simon Mulligan Cello- Caroline Stinson Intermission SwingFlight for jazz quintet, in five movements by Ted Rosenthal (World Premiere) Choreography: Nilas Martins 1st. movement: ‘Rosenthal for all!’ Hard Swing Heather Gorres, Drew Jacoby, Monique Meunier, Anastasiya Zlatina, Ask la Cour, William Lin-Yee, Nilas Martins, Rubinald Pronk 2nd. movement: “One love is all!” Rumba Misterioso Drew Jacoby and Rubinald Pronk 3rd. movement: ‘I want em' all!’ Bluesy Stride Heather Gorres, Anastasiya Zlatina, Ask la Cour, William Lin-Yee 4th. movement: ‘I get em' all!’ Ballade Romantique-Valse Jazz Monique Meunier, Nilas Martins and Rubinald Pronk 5th. movement: ‘SwingFlight for all!’ Fast Swing Entire cast The Nilas Martins Dance Company Jazz Quintet: Trumpet-Philip Dizak, Sax & Clarinet- Janelle Reichman, Bass-Yasushi Nakamura, Percussion-Jermoe Jennings, Piano-Ted Rosenthal Intermission Nocturne, Five Songs of Billy Joel Choreography: John Selya and Nilas Martins (premiere) Nocturne, Miami 2017, Leave a Tender Moment Alone, Get to Begin Again, Everybody Loves You Now, Nocturne (reprise) Christina Dooling, Benjamin Bowman, Alexander Brady, Ask la Cour, Eric Otto The Nilas Martins Dance Company Piano and vocals- Brian Gelfand Tel: reservations 212-288-9438 x 10 www.dicapo.com Seating is General Admission Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I neglected to mention ticket prices for this weekend's performances. The tickets are $35 at the box office with cash; $37.50 by phone or at the box office with credit card. The seating is General Admission - no assigned seats. Link to comment
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