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     Group Photo: Jeff Cravotta, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, & Patricia McBride  Photo: Van Miller

REPERTOIRE

A Streetcar Named Desire
Choreography:
Mark Diamond
Music: various composers
Sets: Alun Jones
Costumes: Mark Diamond
Lighting: Nate McGaha

World Premiere:
Feb. 9, 2001

Afternoon of a Faun
Choreography:

Salvatore Aiello
Music:
Claude Debussy
Costumes:
Allison L. Cain
Lighting:
Stephen F. Snyder
Set:
Sylvie Gagnon

Allegro Brillante
Choreography:
George Balanchine
Music:
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Costumes:
A. Christina Giannini
Lighting: Nate McGaha 

Premiere: March 1, 1956 by the New York City Ballet

Carmina Burana
Choreography:
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Music: Carl Orff
Costumes: Christina Giannini

Charlotte Premiere:
May 10, 2002

Chants
Choreography:
Alonzo King
Costumes
:
Robert Rosenwasser
Traditional music from
: Ghana, Zaire, Guinea, Senegal, Tanzania, Kenya
Lighting:
Nate McGaha

Charlotte Premiere:
January 30, 2003

Charlotte's Web
Choreography: Mark Godden
Music: Tan Dun
Costumes: Betsy Blackmore
Lighting: Nate McGaha

World Premiere:
April 3, 2002

Cinderella
Choreography
:
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Sets: Alain Vaes
Costumes:
A. Christina Giannini
Lighting: Nate McGaha 

World Premiere:
Sept. 27, 2001

Cloven Kingdom
Choreography
: Paul Taylor
Music: Corelli, Cowell, Miller John Rawlings
Women’s Costumes:
Scott Barrie
Lighting
: Jennifer Tipton

First Premiered in 1976 by the Paul Taylor Dance Co.

Clowns and Others
Choreography:
Salvatore Aiello
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Costumes: Douglas Barger
Lighting: Randall Hender

Premiered by Eddy Toussaint Dance Company, Montreal, Canada, 1978

Company B
Choreography: Paul Taylor
Music: Andrews Sisters
Costumes: Santo Loquasto
Lighting: Jennifer Tipton 

First Performed by
the Paul Taylor Dance Co. in 1991

Constructing Juliet
Choreography: Mark Godden
Music: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy
Costumes: Paul Daigle
Lighting: Nate McGaha

World Premiere
Sept. 19, 2002

Couch Potatoes
Choreography:

Heather Maloy
Music:
Pink Martini
Set:
Heather Maloy and Betsy Blackmore
Lighting:
Nate McGaha

Dreamer
Choreography: Alonzo King
Music: Alan Hovhaness
Lighting: Nate McGaha 

World Premiere:
October 2, 1999

Elvis Has Left the Building
Choreography
Heather Maloy
Music: Kromos Quartet:
" Elvis Everywhere"
Costumes: Betsy Blackmore
and Heather Maloy
Lighting: Nate McGaha

World Premiere:
April 10, 2002

Etudes
Choreography
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Music: Gyorgy Ligeti
Costumes: Betsy Blackmore
Lighting: Nate McGaha

World Premiere:
April 3, 2002

Esplanade
Choreography: Paul Taylor
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Costumes: John Rawlings
Lighting: Jennifer Tipton

First performed in 1975 by the Paul Taylor Dance Co.

Feast of Ashes
Choreography: Alvin Ailey
Music: Carlos Surinach
Costumes: Irwin Duke
and Jack Venza
Lighting: Thomas Skelton

First Presented by
Joffrey Ballet in 1962

Flow Form
Choreography: Jason Jacobs
Music: Aphex Twin, Greenlight, Robert Randolph
Costumes: Lindsey Bruck
Lighting: Nate McGaha

Four Temperaments
Choreography:
George Balanchine
Music: Paul Hindemith
Lighting:
Ronald Bates,
re-created by Nate McGaha

Charlotte Premiere:
September 19, 2002

Hamlet
Choreography:
Mark Diamond
Music: John Corigliano Symphony #1
Sets: Doug Singleton
Costumes: Christina Giannini and Mark Diamond
Lighting: Nate McGaha

World Premiere:
February 8, 2002

In the Middle,
Somewhat Elevated
Choreography:
William Forsythe
Music: Thom Willems
Costumes: William Forsythe
Lighting: William Forsythe

First Presented by Paris Opera Ballet May 30, 1987

Jardí Tancat
Choreography: Nacho Duato
Music: Maria Del Mar Bonet
Sets: Nacho Duato
Costumes: Nacho Duato
Lighting: Nicolas Fischtel 

World Premiere:
Dec. 19, 1983
by Nacho Duato

Kamtarie
Choreography
Mark Diamond
Music: "Kamtarie" by
Fifth Sun & "Sakarya" by Banco de Gaia
Costumes: Betsy Blackmore
Lighting: Nate McGaha

MAP
Choreography: Alonzo King
Music: Arvo Part
Costumes:
Robert Rosenwasser
Lighting: Nate McGaha

World Premiere:
March 25, 1998

NE ME QUITTE PAS
Choreography:
Uri Sands
Music:
Jacque Brel, performed by Nina Simone
Costumes
:
Uri Sands/Betsy Blackmore
Lighting:
Nate McGaha

Rubies
Choreography:
George Balanchine
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Costumes: Karinska
Lighting: Nate McGaha 

First Presented by
New York City Ballet in 1967

Seeing Through
Choreography:
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Music: Philip Glass
Costumes: Betsy Blackmore
Lighting: Nate McGaha

World Premiere:
Oct. 2, 1998

So I May Say
Choreography:
Donlin Foreman
Music:
Rachmaninoff
Costumes
: Christina Giannini
Lighting:
Clifton Taylor

Spoken in Red
Choreography: Nicolo Fonte
Sets: Nicolo Fonte
Costumes: Nicolo Fonte and Ismael Aznar
Lighting: Nicholas Fischtel

Originally premiered by Compania Nacional de Danza in Madrid/March 2000 

USA premiere:
Sept. 19, 2002

Tango
Choreography
: Alonzo King
Music: Astor Piazolla
Costumes:
Robert Rossenwasser
Lighting:
Axel Morgenthaler
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Costumes: based on original design by Karinksa

First Premiered:
April 7, 2000
by LINES Ballet

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Choreography:
George Balanchine
Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Premiere: March 29, 1960, New York City Ballet

The Bells
Choreography:
Salvatore Aiello
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sets: Rick Paul
Costumes: Douglas Barger
Lighting: Brad Fields 

First Premiered:
February, 1982

The Envelope
Choreography:
David Parsons
Music: Gioacchino Rossini
Costumes: Judy Wirkula
Lighting: Howell Binkley 

First Performed by
Parsons Dance Company 1984

The Nutcracker
Choreography:
Salvatore Aiello
Music:
Peter Ilyich Tcaikovsky 

First Premiered:
December, 1992

The Rite of Spring
Choreography:
Salvatore Aiello
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Sets: Georgia Williams
Costumes: Monica Kane Cunningham/Linda Lindsay
Lighting: Daniel Murray 

First Presented by NCDT May 1993

The River
Choreography: Alvin Ailey

Music: Duke Ellington

Charlotte Premiere:
January 30, 2003

They Shoot Horses,
Don't They?
Choreography:
Mark Diamond

World Premiere:
January 30, 2003

Three Overtures
Choreography:
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Music: Hector Berlioz
Costumes:
A. Christina Giannini
Lighting: Nate McGaha

Charlotte Premiere:
May 11, 2001

Threshold
Choreography:
Jacqulyn Buglisi
Music: Arvo Part
Sets: Jacqulyn Buglisi
Costumes: A. Christina Giannini Jacqulyn Buglisi
Lighting: Clifton Taylor 

First Premiered in 1991 by Buglisi/Foreman Dance

TV Dinner
Choreography:
Heather Maloy
Music: Various
Sets: George Scofield
Costumes: Heather Maloy
Lighting: Nate McGaha

World Premiere: 
March 25, 1999

Verge
Choreography:
Dwight Rhoden
Music: Antonio Carlos Scott
Costumes: Miho Morinoue
Lighting/Scenes:
Michael Korsh

World Premiere:
Feb. 8, 2002

Western Symphony
Choreography:
George Balanchine
Music: Hershy Kay
Costumes: Karinska
Lighting: Nate McGaha 

First Premiered:
Sept. 7, 1954

Work XV
Choreography
: Uri Sands
Music: Georg Telemann
Costumes: Betsy Blackmore
Lighting: Nate McGaha