Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Revival Premiere: January 27, 1895 | Imperial Ballet
Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia

Staged by Carla Körbes and Sarah Wroth

Swan Queen and Prince Siegfried
Jaya Dhand and Jack Grohmann

Baron von Rothbart
Xander Visker

Soloist Swans
Elizabeth Barnes, Elaina da Fonte, Zoe Gallagher, Paityn Lauzon,
Murray McCormack, Mairead Moore, Ashlyn Dupree, Sarah Pfeiffer

Swan Corps
Alexis Breen, Maddie Brown, Maddison Buchholtz, Ruth Connelly,
Sophia Davis, Christina Henares, Emmanuelle Hendrickson,
Brigitte Kossuth, Christina Lewis, Sophia Long, Sarah MacGregor,
Audrey Osburn, Lucy Sheppard, Allison Smith, Tierney Solmo,
Maddie Tyler, Daisy Ye, Katie Zak

Huntsmen
Christopher Balbuena, Fletcher Barr, Miguel Calero,
Joey DeCola, Carson Van Popering

Originally created in 1877 by Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky, the score, in its new and
symphonically sensational state, was initially a failure. In 1895, with the help of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, the ballet took flight and is now one of the most widely referenced classical ballets of all time. Swan Lake is the love story of Prince Siegfried, who encounters a flock of swans on a hunting trip and falls in love with the Swan Queen, Odette. After hearing her tell the tale of her mystical entrapment, he swears his allegiance and undying love to her. As the result of a curse by the evil sorcerer Baron von Rothbart, Odette can only take human form between midnight and daybreak.

Pantomime Translation
These notations were created under the supervision of Nikolay Sergeev (1876-1951), dancer, choreographer, and régisseur of the Mariinsky Ballet from 1894 to 1918. Sergeev left Russia in 1919, taking the notations with him.

Siegfried: Why are you here?
Odette: I am here a swan queen.

Siegfried: I bow to you, but why are you a swan?
Odette: Look there. It is a lake. My mother cried and cried. (This means the lake was made by her mother’s tears.) One mean (or angry) wizard turned me into a swan. But if one (someone) falls in love with me, then I am saved and will a swan be no more.
Siegfried: I love you and will marry you, but show me where is this villain.
Odette: There he is. (At this moment, an owl appears.)
Siegfried: I will kill him.
He looks for his crossbow, finds it, and wants to shoot, but Odette stops him, and they run behind the curtains (into the wings) together.

Choreography by George Balanchine*
Music by Igor Stravinsky

Premiere: December 1, 1957 | New York City Ballet
City Center of Music and Drama, New York City

Staged by Kyra Nichols
Christian Claessens, Ballet Master

Morgan Jankowski and Daisy Ye
with Eli Diersing

Agon was first performed on stage by New York City Ballet at the City Center of Music and Drama on December 1, 1957. This ballet, choreographed by the great George Balanchine, is a stellar example of the seamless partnership of music and movement consistently created by the collaboration between Balanchine and Stravinsky. The ballet steps perfectly translate the music into artistic understanding. The original cast featured Arthur Mitchell in an intimate pas de deux with Diana Adams, a huge step forward for inclusivity in ballet and a major statement by the arts for peace and justice in our country.

The performance of Agon Pas de Trois, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with ©The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique®.
Service standards established and provided by the Trust.
*©The George Balanchine Trust

Choreography by August Bournonville
Conceived by Karina Elver and Michael Vernon
Music by Niels W. Gade, Edvard Helsted,
Carl Christian Møller, Holger Simon Paulli

Premiere: March 22, 2013 | IU Jacobs Ballet Theater
Indiana University Musical Arts Center

Staged by Karina Elver
Michael Vernon,Ballet Master
Sasha Janes,Ballet Master

Le Conservatoire
From: Le Conservatoire (1849)
Music by Holger Simon Paulli

Niccolo Pagani Miles
as August Bournonville
with
Elizabeth Barnes, Maddison Buchholtz, Ruth Connelly, Ariana Dickerson, Ashlyn DuPree, Julie Fawcett, Zoe Gallagher, Kelly Gleason, Mia Gonzalez Llorens, Samantha Goodelle, Jayda Hazelett, Christina Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Sophia Long, Sarah MacGregor, Michaela Martin-Mason, Amanda Norcross, Audrey Osburn, Sarah Pfeiffer, Lucy Sheppard, Cameron Smith, Tierney Solmo, Maddie Tyler, Zöe van Beever

A studio of dancers at the Conservatoire de Paris
demonstrates the intricacies of the Bournonville style.

Pas de Sept
From: A Folk Tale (1854)
Music by Niels W. Gade

Fletcher Barr, Alexis Breen, Sarah Knutson, Robert Mack, Murray McCormack, Brandon Silverman, Daisy Ye

A group of peasants dances a festive pas de sept at a wedding celebration.

Pas de Deux
From: The Kermesse in Bruges (1851)
Music by Holger Simon Paulli

Elaina da Fonte and Aram Hengen

A romantic pas de deux that signifies the resolution to a tale of
sorcery following a church festival in seventeenth-century Bruges.

Jockey Dance
From: Siberia to Moscow (1876)
Music by Carl Christian Møller

Colin Canavan and Keith Newman

The jockeys represent the British love of horseracing.

Napoli
From: Napoli (1842)
Music by Edward Helsted and Holger Simon Paulli

Trumpet Dance
Fletcher Barr and Carson Van Popering

Pas de Trois
Elizabeth Barnes, Maddison Buchholtz, Sarah Lewis

Teresina
Maddie Brown

Tarantella
Christopher Balbuena, Elizabeth Barnes, Fletcher Barr, Maddie Brown, Maddison Buchholtz, Miguel Calero, Joey DeCola, Natalia Garcia, Sarah Knutson, Sarah Lewis, Sarah MacGregor, Thomas Montgomery, Mairead Moore, Joaquin Ruíz, Brandon Silverman, Maddie Tyler, Carson Van Popering, Xander Visker, Daisy Ye

Finale
Ensemble of Featured Artists

At the Shrine of Monte Virgin, near Naples,
a festival of celebration is enjoyed by the villagers.

August Bournonville is one of the most cherished choreographers in ballet’s history. He has left his mark on the ballet world through his establishment of the Danish style of ballet movement. This charming suite of dances was originally crafted by Michael Vernon and Karina Elver for the Jacobs School of Music in 2013. Having met through Nikolaij Hubbe, artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, they chose excerpts from several ballets choreographed by Bournonville that would give the ballet majors the best educational experience, as well as inform the audience of the range and talent of Bournonville himself: showing his wit, his humor, his understanding of romance, and his love of life.

Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Revival Premiere: January 27, 1895 | Imperial Ballet
Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia

Staged by Carla Körbes and Sarah Wroth

Swan Queen and Prince Siegfried
Emmanuelle Hendrickson and Brandon Silverman

Baron von Rothbart
Thomas Montgomery

Soloist Swans
Ariana Dickerson, Julie Fawcett, Mia Gonzalez Llorens, Jayda Hazelett,
Sarah Lewis, Amanda Norcross, Elisabeth Shim, Zöe van Beever

Swan Corps
Alexis Breen, Maddie Brown, Maddison Buchholtz, Ruth Connelly, Sophia Davis, Ashlyn DuPree, Natalia Garcia, Kelly Gleason, Samantha Goodelle, Annaliesa Gowe, Grace Jaramillo, Sarah Knutson, Michaela Martin-Mason, Audrey Osburn, Allison Smith, Cameron Smith, Tierney Solmo, Katie Zak

Huntsmen
Christopher Balbuena, Fletcher Barr, Miguel Calero,
Joey DeCola, Carson Van Popering

Originally created in 1877 by Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky, the score, in its new and symphonically sensational state, was initially a failure. In 1895, with the help of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, the ballet took flight and is now one of the most widely referenced classical ballets of all time.Swan Lakeis the love story of Prince Siegfried, who encounters a flock of swans on a hunting trip and falls in love with the Swan Queen, Odette. After hearing her tell the tale of her mystical entrapment, he swears his allegiance and undying love to her. As the result of a curse by the evil sorcerer Baron von Rothbart, Odette can only take human form between midnight and daybreak.

Pantomime Translation
These notations were created under the supervision of Nikolay Sergeev (1876-1951), dancer, choreographer, and régisseur of the Mariinsky Ballet from 1894 to 1918. Sergeev left Russia in 1919, taking the notations with him.
Siegfried: Why are you here?
Odette: I am here a swan queen.

Siegfried: I bow to you, but why are you a swan?
Odette: Look there. It is a lake. My mother cried and cried. (This means the lake was made by her mother’s tears.) One mean (or angry) wizard turned me into a swan. But if one (someone) falls in love with me, then I am saved and will a swan be no more.
Siegfried: I love you and will marry you, but show me where is this villain.
Odette: There he is. (At this moment, an owl appears.)
Siegfried: I will kill him.
He looks for his crossbow, finds it, and wants to shoot, but Odette stops him, and they run behind the curtains (into the wings) together.

Choreography by George Balanchine*
Music by Igor Stravinsky

Premiere: December 1, 1957 | New York City Ballet
City Center of Music and Drama, New York City

Staged by Kyra Nichols
Christian Claessens, Ballet Master

Maddie Tyler and Katie Zak
with Eli Diersing

Agon was first performed on stage by New York City Ballet at the City Center of Music and Drama on December 1, 1957. This ballet, choreographed by the great George Balanchine, is a stellar example of the seamless partnership of music and movement consistently created by the collaboration between Balanchine and Stravinsky. The ballet steps perfectly translate the music into artistic understanding. The original cast featured Arthur Mitchell in an intimate pas de deux with Diana Adams, a huge step forward for inclusivity in ballet and a major statement by the arts for peace and justice in our country.

The performance of Agon Pas de Trois, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with ©The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique®.
Service standards established and provided by the Trust.
*©The George Balanchine Trust

Choreography by August Bournonville
Conceived by Karina Elver and Michael Vernon
Music by Niels W. Gade, Edvard Helsted,
Carl Christian Møller, Holger Simon Paulli

Premiere: March 22, 2013 | IU Jacobs Ballet Theater
Indiana University Musical Arts Center

Staged by Karina Elver
Michael Vernon,Ballet Master
Sasha Janes,Ballet Master

Le Conservatoire
From: Le Conservatoire (1849)
Music by Holger Simon Paulli

Niccolo Pagani Miles
as August Bournonville
with Elizabeth Barnes, Maddison Buchholtz, Sophia Davis, Ariana Dickerson, Ashlyn DuPree, Julie Fawcett, Zoe Gallagher, Natalia Garcia, Kelly Gleason, Mia Gonzalez Llorens, Annaliesa Gowe, Jayda Hazelett, Brigitte Kossuth, Christina Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Sophia Long, Sarah MacGregor, Michaela Martin-Mason, Amanda Norcross, Audrey Osburn, Sarah Pfeiffer, Lucy Sheppard, Allison Smith, Cameron Smith

A studio of dancers at the Conservatoire de Paris
demonstrates the intricacies of the Bournonville style.

Pas de Sept
From:A Folk Tale(1854)
Music by Niels W. Gade

Colin Canavan, Eli Diersing, Paityn Lauzon, Mairead Moore, Elisabeth Shim, Tierney Solmo, Xander Visker

A group of peasants dances a festive pas de sept at a wedding celebration.

Pas de Deux
From:The Kermesse in Bruges(1851)
Music by Holger Simon Paulli

Katie Zak with Joaquin Ruíz

A romantic pas de deux that signifies the resolution to a tale of
sorcery following a church festival in seventeenth-century Bruges.

Jockey Dance
From:Siberia to Moscow(1876)
Music by Carl Christian Møller

Colin Canavan and Keith Newman

The jockeys represent the British love of horseracing.

Napoli
From:Napoli(1842)
Music by Edward Helsted and Holger Simon Paulli

Trumpet Dance
Thomas Montgomery

Pas de Trois
Ariana Dickerson, Julie Fawcett, Maddie Tyler

Teresina
Natalia Garcia and Daisy Ye

Tarantella
Christopher Balbuena, Elizabeth Barnes, Fletcher Barr, Maddie Brown, Miguel Calero, Colin Canavan, Joey DeCola, Ariana Dickerson, Julie Fawcett, Natalia Garcia, Sarah Knutson, Sarah MacGregor, Thomas Montgomery, Mairead Moore, Keith Newman, Maddie Tyler, Carson Van Popering, Xander Visker, Daisy Ye

Finale
Ensemble of Featured Artists

At the Shrine of Monte Virgin, near Naples, a festival of celebration is enjoyed by the villagers.

August Bournonville is one of the most cherished choreographers in ballet’s history. He has left his mark on the ballet world through his establishment of the Danish style of ballet movement. This charming suite of dances was originally crafted by Michael Vernon and Karina Elver for the Jacobs School of Music in 2013. Having met through Nikolaij Hubbe, artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, they chose excerpts from several ballets choreographed by Bournonville that would give the ballet majors the best educational experience, as well as inform the audience of the range and talent of Bournonville himself: showing his wit, his humor, his understanding of romance, and his love of life.

Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Revival Premiere: January 27, 1895 | Imperial Ballet
Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia

Staged by Carla Körbes and Sarah Wroth

Swan Queen and Prince Siegfried
Christina Henares and Colin Canavan

Baron von Rothbart
Xander Visker

Soloist Swans
Sophia Davis, Ashlyn DuPree, Natalia Garcia, Kelly Gleason, Samantha Goodelle, Grace Jaramillo, Murray McCormack, Cameron Smith

Swan Corps
Ruth Connelly, Jaya Dhand, Ariana Dickerson, Julie Fawcett, Mia Gonzalez Llorens, Jayda Hazelett, Emmanuelle Hendrickson, Morgan Jankowski, Brigitte Kossuth, Christina Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Sophia Long, Sarah MacGregor, Michaela Martin-Mason, Amanda Norcross, Lucy Sheppard, Elisabeth Shim, Daisy Ye

Huntsmen
Christopher Balbuena, Fletcher Barr, Miguel Calero, Joey DeCola, Carson Van Popering

Originally created in 1877 by Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky, the score, in its new and symphonically sensational state, was initially a failure. In 1895, with the help of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, the ballet took flight and is now one of the most widely referenced classical ballets of all time. Swan Lake is the love story of Prince Siegfried, who encounters a flock of swans on a hunting trip and falls in love with the Swan Queen, Odette. After hearing her tell the tale of her mystical entrapment, he swears his allegiance and undying love to her. As the result of a curse by the evil sorcerer Baron von Rothbart, Odette can only take human form between midnight and daybreak.

Pantomime Translation
These notations were created under the supervision of Nikolay Sergeev (1876-1951), dancer, choreographer, and régisseur of the Mariinsky Ballet from 1894 to 1918. Sergeev left Russia in 1919, taking the notations with him.

Siegfried: Why are you here?
Odette: I am here a swan queen.

Siegfried: I bow to you, but why are you a swan?
Odette: Look there. It is a lake. My mother cried and cried. (This means the lake was made by her mother’s tears.) One mean (or angry) wizard turned me into a swan. But if one (someone) falls in love with me, then I am saved and will a swan be no more.
Siegfried: I love you and will marry you, but show me where is this villain.
Odette: There he is. (At this moment, an owl appears.)
Siegfried: I will kill him.
He looks for his crossbow, finds it, and wants to shoot, but Odette stops him, and they run behind the curtains (into the wings) together.

Choreography by George Balanchine*
Music by Igor Stravinsky

Premiere: December 1, 1957 | New York City Ballet
City Center of Music and Drama, New York City

Staged by Kyra Nichols
Christian Claessens, Ballet Master

Alexis Breen and Maddie Brown
with Aram Hengen

Agon was first performed on stage by New York City Ballet at the City Center of Music and Drama on December 1, 1957. This ballet, choreographed by the great George Balanchine, is a stellar example of the seamless partnership of music and movement consistently created by the collaboration between Balanchine and Stravinsky. The ballet steps perfectly translate the music into artistic understanding. The original cast featured Arthur Mitchell in an intimate pas de deux with Diana Adams, a huge step forward for inclusivity in ballet and a major statement by the arts for peace and justice in our country.

The performance of Agon Pas de Trois, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with ©The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique®.
Service standards established and provided by the Trust.
*©The George Balanchine Trust

Choreography by August Bournonville
Conceived by Karina Elver and Michael Vernon
Music by Niels W. Gade, Edvard Helsted, Carl Christian Møller, Holger Simon Paulli

Premiere: March 22, 2013 | IU Jacobs Ballet Theater
Indiana University Musical Arts Center

Staged by Karina Elver
Michael Vernon, Ballet Master
Sasha Janes, Ballet Master

Le Conservatoire
From:Le Conservatoire(1849)
Music by Holger Simon Paulli

Niccolo Pagani Miles
as August Bournonville
with Elizabeth Barnes, Maddison Buchholtz, Ruth Connelly, Ariana Dickerson, Ashlyn DuPree, Julie Fawcett, Zoe Gallagher, Kelly Gleason, Mia Gonzalez Llorens, Samantha Goodelle, Jayda Hazelett, Christina Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Sophia Long, Sarah MacGregor, Michaela Martin-Mason, Amanda Norcross, Audrey Osburn, Sarah Pfeiffer, Lucy Sheppard, Cameron Smith, Tierney Solmo, Maddie Tyler, Zöe van Beever

A studio of dancers at the Conservatoire de Paris demonstrates the intricacies of the Bournonville style.

Pas de Sept
From: A Folk Tale (1854)
Music by Niels W. Gade

Fletcher Barr, Alexis Breen, Sarah Knutson, Robert Mack, Murray McCormack, Brandon Silverman, Daisy Ye

A group of peasants dances a festive pas de sept at a wedding celebration.

Pas de Deux
From: The Kermesse in Bruges (1851)
Music by Holger Simon Paulli

Grace Jaramillo and Keith Newman

A romantic pas de deux that signifies the resolution to a tale of sorcery following a church festival in seventeenth-century Bruges.

Jockey Dance
From: Siberia to Moscow (1876)
Music by Carl Christian Møller

Brandon Silverman and Jack Grohmann

The jockeys represent the British love of horseracing.

Napoli
From: Napoli (1842)
Music by Edward Helsted and Holger Simon Paulli

Trumpet Dance
Fletcher Barr and Carson Van Popering

Pas de Trois
Elizabeth Barnes, Maddison Buchholtz, Sarah Lewis

Teresina
Maddie Brown

Tarantella
Christopher Balbuena, Elizabeth Barnes, Fletcher Barr, Maddie Brown, Maddison Buchholtz, Miguel Calero, Joey DeCola, Natalia Garcia, Sarah Knutson, Sarah Lewis, Sarah MacGregor, Thomas Montgomery, Mairead Moore, Joaquin Ruíz, Brandon Silverman, Maddie Tyler, Carson Van Popering, Xander Visker, Daisy Ye

Finale
Ensemble of Featured Artists

At the Shrine of Monte Virgin, near Naples, a festival of celebration is enjoyed by the villagers.

August Bournonville is one of the most cherished choreographers in ballet’s history. He has left his mark on the ballet world through his establishment of the Danish style of ballet movement. This charming suite of dances was originally crafted by Michael Vernon and Karina Elver for the Jacobs School of Music in 2013. Having met through Nikolaij Hubbe, artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, they chose excerpts from several ballets choreographed by Bournonville that would give the ballet majors the best educational experience, as well as inform the audience of the range and talent of Bournonville himself: showing his wit, his humor, his understanding of romance, and his love of life.

Marius Petipa, the “father of classical ballet,” began his dance training at age seven with his father, Jean Petipa, the French dancer and teacher. At the age of 16, he became principal dancer at the theatre in Nantes, where he also produced several short ballets. He danced for over 20 years as the principal dancer in Spain, Paris, Bordeaux, and Russia, where he moved in 1847 and remained for the rest of his life. Considered an excellent dancer and partner, his acting, stage manners, and pantomime were help up as examples for many generations of dancers. In 1869, Petipa became principal ballet master of the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg. The value of his accomplishments is astounding: in his 30 years at the Imperial Theatre, he produced 50 new ballets, revived 17 older ones, and arranged the dancing in 35 operas. Some of his most famous ballets are still being performed today: Don Quixote, La Bayadère, Swan Lake, and Raymonda, to name a few. Also, he is considered to have laid the foundation for the entire school of Russian ballet. Petipa is considered one of the greatest choreographers of all time. He researched the subject matter of the ballets he staged, making careful and detailed preparations for each production and working closely with the designer and composer. He elevated the Russian ballet to international fame and laid the cornerstone for twentieth-century ballet. His classicism integrated the purity of the French school with Italian Virtuosity.

Russian dancer and choreographer Lev Ivanov (1834–1901) was a key figure in Russian choreography of the late nineteenth century and is best known for his original creation of and contributions to several ballets that have become iconic to ballet audiences the world over. He was born in Moscow and began training in ballet at an early age. He joined the ballet troupe of the Bolshoi Theatre at age 18. His excellent memory for roles made him an ideal stand-in dancer, though he was slow to establish himself as a lead in his own right. He was appointed régisseur of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in 1882 and transitioned to the role of under-ballet master to the famed Marius Petipa in 1885. Ivanov choreographed several one-act works for the Mariinsky, the most famous being The Enchanted Forest in 1887 for the graduation performance of the Imperial Ballet School. In 1892, Petipa fell ill while preparing The Nutcracker. He continued to advise, but Ivanov took over the project and is often credited as the sole original choreographer of this important production. These two important choreographers also both worked on the 1895 version of Swan Lake. Though the ballet premiered in 1877, the 1895 version serves as the basis of most contemporary stagings of the work. The choreographers’ work is easily differentiated throughout the production: Petipa choreographed Acts I and III, while Ivanov choreographed Acts II and IV. Ivanov was also a talented amateur musician and composer, and his choreography is considered deeply musical. He also made significant contributions to the choreography of several operas, including the “Polovtsian Dances” in the 1890 premiere of Borodin’s Prince Igor.

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, George Balanchine is regarded as the foremost contemporary choreographer in the world of ballet. He came to the United States in late 1933, at the age of 29, accepting the invitation of the young American arts patron Lincoln Kirstein (1907-96), whose great passions included the dream of creating a ballet company in America. At Balanchine’s behest, Kirstein was also prepared to support the formation of an American academy of ballet that would eventually rival the long-established schools of Europe. This was the School of American Ballet, founded in 1934, the first product of the Balanchine-Kirstein collaboration. Several ballet companies directed by the two were created and dissolved in the years that followed, while Balanchine found other outlets for his choreography. Eventually, with a performance on October 11, 1948, New York City Ballet was born. Balanchine served as its ballet master and principal choreographer from 1948 until his death in 1983. Balanchine’s more than 400 dance works include Serenade (1934), Concerto Barocco (1941), Le Palais de Cristal, later renamed Symphony in C (1947), Orpheus (1948), The Nutcracker (1954), Agon (1957), Symphony in Three Movements (1972), Stravinsky Violin Concerto (1972), Vienna Waltzes (1977), Ballo della Regina (1978), and Mozartiana (1981). His final ballet, a new version of Stravinsky’s Variations for Orchestra, was created in 1982. He also choreographed for films, operas, revues, and musicals. Among his best-known dances for the stage is “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,” originally created for Broadway’s On Your Toes (1936). The musical was later made into a movie. A major artistic figure of the twentieth century, Balanchine revolutionized the look of classical ballet. Taking classicism as his base, he heightened, quickened, expanded, streamlined, and even inverted the fundamentals of the 400-year-old language of academic dance. This had an inestimable influence on the growth of dance in America. Although at first his style seemed particularly suited to the energy and speed of American dancers, especially those he trained, his ballets are now performed by all the major classical ballet companies throughout the world.

August Bournonville, born in Copenhagen in 1805, was a dancer and choreographer who directed the Royal Danish Ballet for nearly 50 years and established the Danish style based on bravura dancing and expressive mime. He studied under his father, Antoine Bournonville, one of the major dancers of his day, before going to Paris for further training under Auguste Vestris and Pierre Gardel. After appearances at the Paris Opera and in London, Bournonville returned to Copenhagen as a soloist and choreographer for the Royal Danish Ballet. A strong dancer with excellent elevation and an accomplished mime, he emphasized these qualities in his ballets. His choreographic style also reflected the pre-Romantic approach of his teacher Vestris. Many of his ballets have remained in the repertoire of the Royal Danish Ballet for more than a century. Bournonville also directed the Swedish Royal Opera at Stockholm (1861-64) and staged several of his works in Vienna (1855-56). In 1877, after his return to Denmark, he retired and was knighted. He died on November 30, 1879, in Copenhagen. (Portrait by Louis Aumont, 1828)

With a unique combination of intensity, enthusiasm and technical clarity, American conductor Andrew Grams has steadily built a reputation for his dynamic concerts, ability to connect with audiences, and long-term orchestra building. The youngest of a large mixed-race family from Severn, Maryland, he earned a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from The Juilliard School and, in 2003, a conducting degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Otto-Werner Mueller. Grams served as assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra from 2004 to 2007, where he worked under the guidance of Franz Welser-Möst. From 2014 to 2020, Grams served as music director of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. He was the winner of 2015 Conductor of the Year from the Illinois Council of Orchestras and has led orchestras throughout the United States, including the Houston Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, and St. Louis. Abroad, he has worked with symphony orchestras of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne, Barcelona, and New Zealand, among many others. He has led multiple performances of New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine’sThe Nutcracker® and the first performances of the new production of The Nutcracker for the Norwegian National Ballet in Oslo. Also an educator, Grams has worked with orchestras at institutions such as the Curtis Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, Indiana University, Roosevelt University, National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland, and Amsterdam Conservatory. An accomplished violinist, he was a member of the New York City Ballet Orchestra from 1998 to 2004, serving as acting associate principal second violin in 2002 and 2004. Grams has also performed with such ensembles as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the New Jersey Symphony, as well as with chamber music ensembles around the country.

Alice Trent is lighting supervisor at the IU Jacobs School of Music. She has designed extensively throughout the Midwest and South, and has worked as an assistant lighting designer at the Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Drama League, and Town Hall Arts Center of Denver. She received the 2019 Barbizon Lighting Company Jonathan Resnick Lighting Design Award and the 2019 Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) Spiegel Theatrical Artist Award. Trent placed first in the 2019 SETC Projection Design Competition for her work on King Charles III and was a 2020 Gilbert Hemsley Internship Program Finalist. She earned an M.F.A. in Lighting and Digital Media Design from the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Carla Körbes is professor of ballet at the IU Jacobs School of Music. Körbes was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and began training at the age of five. In 1996, Peter Boal encouraged her to come to the United States to study at the School of American Ballet. She joined New York City Ballet as an apprentice in 1999 and was made a member of the corps de ballet in 2000. She was promoted to soloist in 2005 and joined Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) as a soloist later that year. She was promoted to principal dancer at PNB in 2006 and retired from the company in 2015. Körbes danced numerous ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe, Alexei Ratmansky, and Twyla Tharp, and performed classical works including Swan Lake, Giselle, and Don Quixote. Before joining the Jacobs School of Music faculty, Körbes served as associate director of the L. A. Dance Project and taught at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. (Photo by Patrick Fraser)

Sarah Wroth is chair of the Ballet Department and associate professor of ballet at the IU Jacobs School of Music. She began her training at the Frederick School of Classical Ballet in Frederick, Maryland. In 2003, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Ballet Performance with an Outside Field in Education from the Jacobs School of Music. That same year, she joined Boston Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet. With the company, Wroth performed principal roles in works by William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Helen Pickett, and Mikko Nissinen, and soloist roles in ballets by Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, and August Bournonville. She has performed with Boston Ballet internationally in Spain, England, South Korea, and Finland. In 2009, she was awarded the E. Virginia Williams Inspiration Award for her unwavering dedication to ballet and the Boston Ballet Company. Wroth earned a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management from Northeastern University in 2015 and retired from Boston Ballet in May 2017.

Kyra Nichols is professor of ballet at the IU Jacobs School of Music, where she holds the Violette Verdy and Kathy Ziliak Anderson Chair in Ballet. Nichols began her early training with her mother, Sally Streets, a former member of New York City Ballet (NYCB). Nichols became an apprentice and then a member of the corps de ballet at NYCB in 1974 and was promoted to soloist in 1978. In 1979, George Balanchine promoted her to principal dancer, and she worked closely with both Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. She performed numerous leading roles in the NYCB repertoire, including Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto Number 2, Stars and Stripes, Liebeslieder Walzer, and Davidsbündlertänze. She has worked with an extensive list of choreographers, including William Forsythe, Susan Stroman, Christopher Wheeldon, Jacques D’Amboise, Robert La Fosse, and Robert Garland. Nichols retired from New York City Ballet in June 2007 after 33 years with the company, the longest-serving principal dancer in the company’s history. Immediately prior to joining the Jacobs School, she was ballet mistress at Pennsylvania Ballet.

Christian Claessens is lecturer in ballet at the IU Jacobs School of Music. He began his ballet training at the Conservatoire de la Monaie. In 1978, he came to New York on scholarship to the School of American Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre School. After graduating, he performed with the Kansas City Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. In 1984, he returned to Europe as a member of the Dutch National Ballet. As a soloist, Claessens toured internationally with Stars of the American Ballet, Stars of the New York City Ballet, Stars of the Hong Kong Ballet, and Kozlov and Friends. In 1991, he cofounded the Scarsdale Ballet Studio with Diana White. In 1999, he codirected the International Ballet Project with Valentina Kozlova and White, both of New York City Ballet. In 1998, he took over the directorship of the Purchase Youth Ballet. He was the director of La Leçon: Christian Claessens School of Ballet in Westchester, New York.

Karina Elver was born in 1962 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She began to dance at the age of three, and at age nine, was accepted as a ballet student at the Royal Danish Ballet School. In 1978, she was accepted as an apprentice at the Royal Danish Ballet (RDB), and after two years, she became a dancer there. At RDB, she had many solo parts in several ballets by August Bournonville, Balanchine, Alvin Ailey, and many more. In 1992, she started to create her own choreography. In 2003, after a wonderful career of 32 years, she decided to leave the Royal Danish Theatre to work as a freelance ballet teacher/choreographer/repetiteur and Bournonville specialist. Since 2011, Elver has been working in New York and across the United States, teaching and staging Bournonville ballets.

Michael Vernon is chair emeritus of the Ballet Department and professor of ballet at the IU Jacobs School of Music. He studied at the Royal Ballet School in London with Dame Ninette de Valois and Leonide Massine. He performed with The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera Ballet, and the London Festival Ballet before moving to New York in 1976 to join the Eglevsky Ballet as ballet master and resident choreographer under the directorship of Edward Villella. Vernon served as artistic director of the company from 1989 to 1996. He has choreographed for the Eglevsky Ballet, BalletMet, and North Carolina Dance Theatre, and Mikhail Baryshnikov commissioned him to choreograph the pas de deux In a Country Garden for American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Vernon’s solo S’Wonderful was danced by ABT principal Cynthia Harvey in the presence of President and Mrs. Reagan and shown nationwide on CBS television. Vernon served as the assistant choreographer on Ken Russell’s movie Valentino, starring Rudolph Nureyev and Leslie Caron. Vernon has taught at Steps on Broadway (New York City) since 1980 and been a company teacher for American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He has been involved with the Ballet Program of the Chautauqua Institution since 1996 and is the artistic advisor for the Ballet School of Stamford. He is permanent guest teacher at the Manhattan Youth Ballet and has a long association with Ballet Hawaii. For Indiana University, Vernon has choreographed Endless Night, Jeux, Spectre de la Rose, and Cathedral, and has staged and provided additional choreography for the full-length classics Swan Lake and TheSleeping Beauty. He has choreographed for many IU Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater productions, such as Faust and the world premiere of Vincent.

Sasha Janes is associate professor of ballet at the IU Jacobs School of Music. He was born in Perth, Australia, and received his formal dance training from the Australian Ballet School. He has danced professionally with West Australian Ballet, Australian Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, and Dayton Ballet, performing principal roles in works by Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Marius Petipa, Septime Webre, Anthony Tudor, Dwight Rhoden, Alonzo King, Twyla Tharp, Alvin Ailey, and many others. At the invitation of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and associate artistic director Patricia McBride, Janes joined Charlotte Ballet in 2003. In 2006, he was commissioned to choreograph his first ballet, Lascia la Spina, Cogli la Rosa, and has since choreographed several ballets for Charlotte Ballet, including Carmen, Dangerous Liaisons, We Danced Through Life, Last Lost Chance, Shelter, At First Sight, Loss, The Four Seasons, The Red Dress, Utopia, Playground Teasers, The Seed and the Soil, Chaconne, Queen, Sketches from Grace, and Rhapsodic Dances, which was performed as part of the Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America series in June 2013. The Washington Post called Janes “a choreographer to watch.” He was a participant in New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute and has been a guest choreographer for Richmond Ballet’s New Works Festival. He was a principal dancer with Charlotte Ballet for eight seasons before being named rehearsal director in 2007 then associate artistic director in 2012 and adding the title resident choreographer in 2013. In fall 2016, Janes premiered his ballet Saudade for the Jacobs School of Music, where he served as guest faculty. In spring 2017, he premiered his Wuthering Heights for Charlotte Ballet, inspired by Emily Bronte’s classic novel. In fall 2020, he premiered the first two movements of 19 at the Jacobs School.

Irina Ter-Grigoryan earned her degrees of piano performance, pedagogy, and accompaniment in the former Soviet Union. She served as a faculty member at the Baku State Conservatory and as an accompanist for the Azerbaijan State Theater Opera and Ballet. She was selected from a small pool of musicians to accompany international and regional competitions representing the Soviet Union. During her time in the United States, she has continued her work as an accompanist with the Temple Square Concert Series Recitals in Salt Lake City, Utah; University of Utah; and Ballet West Co.; and as a collaborative pianist at DePauw University. She currently holds the position of accompanist and music director with the IU Jacobs School of Music Ballet Department.

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