FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 25, 2005
CONTACT: Mark Fleisher, 401.353.1129
November 12, 19, 20 2005
Providence, RI -
Festival Ballet Providence’s popular series, Up CLOSE, on HOPE, showcasing exciting mixed repertory works in an intimate studio setting, will present the second program of the season in November. Following the sellout opening Up CLOSE program featuring The Widow’s Broom, the November program will include a dynamic and varied program of 8 pieces, representing a broad span of dance styles. Up CLOSE on HOPE performances offer the chance to see thrilling, original dance, to meet the dancers, and to mingle with the evening’s choreographers. Critics are in complete agreement: Up CLOSE on HOPE is a great way for audiences to see dance!
The performances will take place November 12, 19 & 20 at the company’s East Side studios at 825 Hope Street on Saturdays at 7:30 pm and on Sunday at 6:00 pm. Performances take place in the Leach Grand Studio black box theater, for a limited audience of 90.
The success of Up CLOSE, on HOPE is largely due to the intimacy of the theater and the repertory chosen by Festival Ballet Providence Artistic Director Mihailo Djuric. It is very diverse and is intended to expand the audience’s taste for different dance styles.
This program will include all works new to the company. Two classical works will be performed; these are Grand Pas Classique and the pas de deux from Act II of Swan Lake. Guest choreographers who have created large works for the company will present some of their other work. Yves de Bouteiller, who just choreographed Festival Ballet Providence’s world premiere of Romeo and Juliet, will set his flirtatious and light Amadeus Variations (created in 1999) on the company. Gianni Di Marco, who created last season’s thrilling world premiere, Schéhérazade, will set Amphibious Love. Mr. Djuric will create a new duet that will receive its world premiere for this production.
Three company members will create new works, all world premieres, specifically for this venue. Piotr Ostaltsov, who has created several pieces for Up CLOSE on HOPE will choreograph a new work, Tombe La Neige. Mark Harootian, who thrilled audiences last year with Breaking the Limits will create a pas de deux to music by Jude. Fellow company member Andrew Skeels is joining the roster of choreographers and will create his first piece for the company.
Audience members will have the opportunity to further expand their knowledge of Hope Street with hors d’oeuvres and wine intermissions sponsored by neighboring East Side restaurants. The intermission sponsors of our November performances are Chez Pascal, Blaze, and Oak, accompanied by wines courtesy of Laurine Ryan Perry and the Martignetti Companies of Rhode Island.
Tickets are available for $30 as general admission seating. Up CLOSE season subscribers receive preferred seating for each performance. Tickets are available by contacting Festival Ballet Providence, 401.353.1129. For further information, send email inquiries to info@festivalballet.com.
Program 3 of the series, all world premieres, will take place March 4, 11 and 12, 2006.
The 2005-2006 Up CLOSE on HOPE series is made possible in part by a generous sponsorship from GLAD WORKS, and ongoing support from NBC10 and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.
The Festival Ballet Providence and the Festival Ballet Providence Center for Dance Education are together a not-for-profit arts organization whose EIN is 05-0377245 and whose Rhode Island Corporate ID number is ND-27-137.
Wines for the intermissions will be provided courtesy of the Martignetti Companies of Rhode Island and Laurine Ryan Perry.
| Mihailo Djuric (World Premiere) | Jennifer Ricci & Gleb Lyamenkoff |
| Andrew Skeels (World Premiere) | Roger Fonnegra, Ryan Nye, Ty Parmenter |
| Tombe la Neige (World Premiere) | Chor: Piotr Ostaltsov Music by Salvatore Adamo Cast to be announced |
| Mark Harootian (World Premiere) | Music by Jude Cast to be announced |
| Amadeus Variations (1999) | Choreography by Yves de Bouteiller Karla Kovatch, Alexander Akoulov Carolyn Dellinger, Heather O’Halloran, Daniela Debrot |
| Amphibious Love | Choreography by Gianni Di Marco Leticia Guerrero and Eivar Martinez |
| Grand Pas Classique (1951) | Choreography by Gsovsky Emily Bromberg, Andrew Skeels |
| Swan Lake pas de deux (Act II) | Karla Kovatch & Gleb Lyamnkoff |
Yves de Bouteiller received his training in his native France, where he studied primarily with Marie-Laure Medova in Toulouse and subsequently with Robert Bestonso, Raymond Franchetti and Rosella Hightower. In 1979 he began his professional career in Europe as a soloist and principal dancer with such companies as Ballet du Nord in France and Maurice Bejart=s Ballet of the 20th Century in Belgium. In 1989 he became a principal dancer with the Milwaukee Ballet. In 1990 he extended his artistic talents to choreography. In 1991 he founded Ballet Wisconsin, formerly known as Et toi, tu danses: In 1995 he opened the Dance Center, the official school of Ballet Wisconsin. From 2000 to 2003 Mr. de Bouteiller served as artistic director of the Channel Islands Ballet, Ventura County=s former professional ballet company. Since 2003 Mr. de Bouteiller has focused his career on choreography. His choreography and teaching have been recognized internationally. Mr. de Bouteiller=s creation of Romeo & Juliet will mark his second visit to Festival Ballet Providence where he previously set his version of Alice in Wonderland.
Gianni Di Marco, a native of Venezuela, began his dance training in 1981, in the Professional Division of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in Canada. He has also studied with The National Ballet of Canada, the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, and in Banff under the direction of Laura Alonso. After becoming a member of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1988, Di Marco was the first recipient of the Arnold Spohr Scholarship.
At Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Gianni was promoted to second soloist in 1990 and then first soloist the following year. He danced with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens before 1995, when he joined Boston Ballet (1995-2005). In 1997, Di Marco took a leave of absence from Boston Ballet to dance with Germany’s Oper Leipzig Ballet under the direction of Uwe Scholz. He danced in many of Scholz’s new works.
Gianni has a great interest in choreography. He has done a number of works for a variety of institutions throughout the region, including many Boston Ballet fundraising galas, The Wang Theatre’s 75th Anniversary Generations Gala performance, Dartmouth College, Boston Flute Association, and Dance on the Top Floor. He also has created dances at the Oper Liepzig Choreography Workshop and a new work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Center’s Summer Dance Program. He was assistant choreographer in productions such as Aida, La Traviata and Akhnaten for the Boston Lyric Opera, and the Huntington Theatre Company’s The Mikado. Di Marco has created numerous new works for Raw Dance, cutting edge creations by Boston Ballet dancers. Di Marco teaches Boston Ballet’s Adaptive Dance Program, created for children with Downs Syndrome. In 2003 Mr. DiMarco’s Killing Time was performed for Festival Ballet Providence’s inaugural Up CLOSE, on HOPE program to rave reviews, and in February of 2005, his world premiere of Schéhérazade was performed by the company.
