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DESCRIPTION:<h4 class="text-blue">VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER</h4> BalletX returns with an evening of thrilling works new to Festival audiences! Programming for this headlining evening includes Caili Quan’s <em>Love Letter</em>, an ode to her native Guam, and Justin Peck’s adrenaline-pumping <em>Become a Mountain</em> depicting the thrilling arc of a mountain climb. <strong>This performance will not have an intermission. </strong> <a class="btn btn-blue" href="https://vaildance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8.6-BalletX-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PRINTABLE PROGRAM</a> <b>EVENING PROGRAM:</b> <em>Switching the Groove</em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Choreographer:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Amy Hall Garner</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Music:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Somnium</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Rodrigo y Gabriela; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Melody - Versus Beatless </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Version by Francesco Tristano and Rami Khalifé; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dminorloop</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Edoardo Pietrogrande and Francesco Tristano</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Lighting Designer:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Alyssandra Docherty</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Costume Designer:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Martha Chamberlain</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dancers:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eli Alford, Shawn Cusseaux, Francesca Forcella, Savannah Green, Jared Kelly, Annika Kuo, Skyler Lubin, Jerard Palazo, Ben Schwarz, Ashley Simpson</span> <i></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Switching the Groove </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> premiered on BalletX on May 4, 2023 at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choreographer’s Note:</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Switching the Groove</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is based on the celebration of blending multiple dance genres while progressing the foundation of classical ballet. At its core is the unity of music and movement decorated through rhythmic patterns and architectural style. 'Switching the Groove' is inspired by the dancer, whose daily communal effort embodies skill and freedom</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">-pause-</span> <i>Love Letter</i> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Choreographer:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Caili Quan</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Music:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Granada</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Harry Kalahiki; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Man Piaba</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Harry Belafonte; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Poipoi-Taro Pounding</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by David Fanshawe; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seaman’s Dance</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Kosrae Tribe; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tangi Maha Te</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by The Tahitian Choir; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be There/High Tide</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Micah Manaitai; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jump in the Line</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Harry Belafont</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Lighting Designer:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Korsch</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Costume Designer:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Christine Darch</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dancers:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Eli Alford, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shawn Cusseaux, Francesca Forcella, Savannah Green, Jared Kelly, Skyler Lubin, Jerard Palazo, Ben Schwarz, Ashley Simpson, Andrea Yorita</span> <i></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Love Letter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> premiered on BalletX on November 30th, 2022 at the Wilma Theater. </span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choreographer’s Note:</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">L</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">o</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">ve Letter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a glimpse into my upbringing on Guam. Inspired by familial stories, facets of the Chamorro culture, and music from the Pacific, this is my ode to home.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">-intermission-</span> <i>Become a Mountain</i> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Choreographer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Justin Peck</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Composer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dan Deacon</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Lighting Designer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicole Pearce</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Costume Designer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Benjamin Burton</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dancers:  </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eli Alford, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shawn Cusseaux, Francesca Forcella, Savannah Green, Jared Kelly, Annika Kuo, Skyler Lubin, Jerard Palazo, Ben Schwarz, Ashley Simpson, Andrea Yorita</span> <i></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Become a Mountain </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">premiered in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at The Juilliard School on December 8, 2021. This was commissioned by Juilliard Dance for New Dances 2021.</span> <a class="btn btn-blue" href="https://www.balletx.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LEARN MORE ABOUT BALLETX</a> <em><strong>C</strong></em><em style="font-weight: bold;">asting and repertory are subject to change.</em> <hr /> <em>Photo credit: Andrea Yorita and Shawn Cusseaux of BalletX in “Honey” by Jamar Roberts. Photo by Skye Schmidt.</em>
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