Ravinia 2023 Issue 1

PROGRAM A RUTH PAGE CIVIC BALLET e Little Humpbacked Horse “Animated Frescoes” Keeley Clark • Hannah Gonzalez • Mian Hirasawa • Alicia René Kene c Choreography: Arthur Saint-Léon • Staging: Dolores Long, Edith Barrágan Lighting Design: Jacob Snodgrass • Costumes: Claire Lyons • Music: Cesare Pugni e Little Humpbacked Horse is a ballet in four acts based on the fairy tale of the same name by Russian author Pyotr Yershov. “Animated Frescoes” takes place in a Central Asian palace where gures are brought to life from painted frescoes. Pasajera La Lluvia Kaelen Gouveia • Oscar Uribe Zapata Choreography: Nelson Reyes • Rehearsal Director: Maray Gutierrez Lighting Design: Guido Gali, recreated by Sarah Lackner • Costumes: Eduardo Sosa Music: Bola de Nieve, Frank Fernández, José María Vitier Nelson Reyes worked with the Training Company to reset this work—originally created in Holguín, Cuba, in —for . Pasajera La Lluvia received multiple awards from its premiere, including the Villanueva Critics Award, Holguín City Award for Best Staging, and Best Choreography Award from the Danzandos festival in Matanzas. Esmeralda Act II, “Esmeralda Variation” Mian Hirasawa Choreography: Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa • Staging: Edith Barrágan Lighting Design: Jacob Snodgrass • Costumes: Ruth Page Wardrobe • Music: Cesare Pugni, Riccardo Drigo Awakening of Flora Hannah Gonzalez Choreography: Marius Petipa • Staging: Dolores Long, Edith Barrágan Lighting Design: Jacob Snodgrass • Costumes: Ruth Page Wardrobe • Music: Riccardo Drigo Steady Going ( ) Keeley Clark • Kaelen Gouveia • Mian Hirasawa • Alicia René Kene c • Oscar Uribe Zapata Choreography: Kia S. Smith • Lighting Design: Sarah Lackner • Costumes: Kia S. Smith Music: e Black Dog, John Butler, Georg Philipp Telemann, Command All-Stars, Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin Steady Going is the result of a week-long residency in September , where Kia Smith worked closely with the Training Company dancers. e collaborative rehearsal process encouraged the dancers to nd their own focus and intention while exploring themes of isolation, irony, and beauty. – – PROGRAM B RUTH PAGE CIVIC BALLET e Little Humpbacked Horse “Animated Frescoes” Keeley Clark • Hannah Gonzalez • Mian Hirasawa • Alicia René Kene c Choreography: Arthur Saint-Léon • Staging: Dolores Long, Edith Barrágan Lighting Design: Jacob Snodgrass • Costumes: Claire Lyons • Music: Cesare Pugni Pasajera La Lluvia Kaelen Gouveia • Oscar Uribe Zapata Choreography: Nelson Reyes • Rehearsal Director: Maray Gutierrez Lighting Design: Guido Gali, recreated by Sarah Lackner • Costumes: Eduardo Sosa Music: Bola de Nieve, Frank Fernández, José María Vitier DEEPLY ROOTED DANCE THEATER Aisatnaf Ahmad Hill Choreography: Kevin Iega Je • Costume Design: Denise Naeemah Je Costume Design Reimagined: Mark Botelho Music: Lee Holdridge, London Symphony Orchestra is whimsical revival is a Deeply Rooted fan-favorite in which a woodland creature frolics to Ballet Fantasy for Strings and Harp by Lee Holdridge. RUTH PAGE CIVIC BALLET Steady Going ( ) Keeley Clark • Kaelen Gouveia • Mian Hirasawa • Alicia René Kene c • Oscar Uribe Zapata Choreography: Kia S. Smith • Lighting Design: Sarah Lackner • Costumes: Kia S. Smith Music: e Black Dog, John Butler, Georg Philipp Telemann, Command All-Stars, Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin HEDWIG DANCES SYZYGY H. Meneses • Rigo Saura • Paula Sousa Choreography: Mike Tyus • Lighting Design: Margaret Nelson Costumes: Lukas van der Fecht • Music: Luca Renzi SYZYGY , choreographed by LA-based choreographer and creative director Mike Tyus, is an examination of the alignment of opposing forces: three celestial bodies found in orbit, the pairing of chromosomes in the process of meiosis, the human psyche in a balancing act between the shadow, the personal and the self. is conjunction reminds us that all things are connected, bound to a universal dance that moves for millennia and a day. BOTH PROGRAMS CONCLUDE WITH THE SELECTIONS ON THE NEXT PAGE RAVINIA MAGAZINE • JUNE 6 – JULY 2, 2023