UA Dance 2012/2013 Season Brochure

2012 / 2013 SEASONSTEVIE ELLER DANCE THEATRE

DANCE PARTNERS

DISCOVER A BEHIND THE CURTAIN LOOK AT ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP UNIVERSITY DANCE PROGRAMS.

D I S COVER THE UA DANCE ENSEMBLE

The title of our season, The Discovery Series, refers not only to the discoveries you will make as you follow us through the year, but to those precious moments when we, as artists, let instinct take over. Almost “in the blink of an eye,” as the saying

goes, we discover some artistic pathway that leads us to a place we hadn’t imagined before ….

The UA Dance Ensemble is uniquely positioned to take you along on that journey. The Discovery Series is powered by 140 dancers, many of whom are returning professionals, all trained in ballet, modern, jazz and tap. By performing all styles, the Ensemble can reach back to the past, reveal the present, and with you as our audience take part in discovering the future.

Propelled by the work of internationally known faculty and guest artists, the UA Dance Ensemble has made twelve trips to eight different countries, including Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, China, Japan, Ecuador, and Mexico. Additional

performances at important venues in this country, including the Joyce Theatre in NYC and the Kennedy Center in D.C. , have shaped the UA Dance Ensemble into a group of seasoned performers.

The Ensemble performs 35 to 40 times a year, and has as its home the award winning Stevie Eller Dance Theatre on the UA campus. Each season is different, and every season is fresh. If you join us as subscribers, you have a great ride ahead!

Front cover, UA Dance major, Kelly Moeller.Pose courtesy of the Balanchine Trust © Rubies.Inside cover, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre.Brochure design by Ashley Bowman.

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Seasonal Treasures Two weekends of showtimes!

Thursday November 15 7:30pm

Friday November 16 7:30pm

Saturday November 17 7:30pm

Sunday November 18 1:30pm

Thursday November 29 7:30pm

Friday November 30 7:30pm

Saturday December 1 7:30pm

Sunday December 2 1:30pm

Premium BlendTwo weekends of showtimes!

Thursday February 14 7:30pm

Friday February 15 7:30pm

Saturday February 16 7:30pm

Sunday February 17 1:30pm

Thursday February 28 7:30pm

Friday March 1 7:30pm

Saturday March 2 7:30pm

Sunday March 3 1:30pm

Rainbow Bound - Student SpotlightTwo weekends of showtimes!

Thursday April 18 7:30pm

Saturday April 20 1:30pm

Thursday April 25 7:30pm


Spring Collection Two weekends of showtimes!

Friday April 19 7:30pm


Sunday April 21 1:30pm

Friday April 26 7:30pm


Sunday April 28 1:30pm

Box Office Information Tickets can be purchased at the Fine Arts Box Office or online at tickets.arizona.edu. The Fine Arts Box Office, located on the southeast corner of Park Ave. and Speedway in the lobby of the Marroney Theatre, is open Monday through Friday 11am - 4pm.

Call the Fine Arts Box Office at (520) 621-1162.Single tickets will go on sale August 1, 2012

TH E D I S COVERY S ER I E S CONCERT CALENDAR

Choreography and set design by Sam Watson in his 2012 premiere, “Paper or Plastic.”Photo by Ed Flores.

OUTS ID E TH E S EASON SUBSCR I P T ION

The UA Dance Ensemble in CHICAGO Suite, Ann Reinking’s Tony Award Winning version of Bob Fosse inspired movement.Photo by Ed Flores.

AR IZONA JAZZ DANCE SHOWCASE AZ Jazz Dance Showcase will bring back to the stage, among other works, CHICAGO Suite, Paper or Plastic, and ITZacoolHot. These pieces, seen during our spring season last year, will anchor an evening of jazz, tap and musical theatre. The “Fosse-esque” CHICAGO Suite is a work especially created for the UA Dance Ensemble using four numbers from the 1996 Tony Award

winning musical revival of CHICAGO. Ann Reinking along with Gary Chryst set the work on UA Dance last January. Sam Watson’s fanciful Paper or Plastic uses a set made with items retrieved from the streets, alleys, vacant lots, trees and cacti of Tucson. The set is woven together with “Plarn” – a term used to describe plastic yarn made from plastic shopping bags. And finally, Michael William’s new work, ITZacoolHot, offered during Spring Collection, 2012, will go again as part of this Jazz Showcase. While not part of the regular season subscription, you will enjoy a “second look” at these repeats, and so we hope you will join us at Eller Dance Theatre for performances running October 2-4. For ticket information, call the Fine Arts Box Office at 621-1162.

October 2 - 4, 2012

NOT INCLUDED IN THE SEASON SUBSCRIPTION ARE PERfORMANCES DESCRIBED BELOW.

S TRAV INSkY ! MUS I C + F E S T I VA lUniversity of Arizona, October 12-14, 2012This year’s festival, directed by composer Daniel Asia, will feature the work of Igor Stravinsky, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the premiere of The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky, a major force in music in the first half of the 20th Century, set the agenda for the latter half as well, and this festival will look at the output of his entire career. Performances will take place in the School of Music’s Holsclaw Hall and Crowder Hall, as well as on October 14th in the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, where the School of Dance and School of Music will collaborate on several of Stravinsky’s works, including The Soldier’s Tale and his powerful Serenade in A for piano. Other highlights of the festival include performances of Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Petrouchka, Ragtime, the Ebony Concerto (forays into the jazz world), and a film screening at the historic Fox Theatre. For more information, call the Fine Arts Box Office at 621-1162.

American theatre and film director and choreographer, Bob Fosse (1927 - 1987). Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images.

Igor Stravinsky, Portland, 1966Photo by David Hume Kennerly

November 15 - December 2

S EASONAl TR EASURESYour first “discovery” in the Discovery Series will be this concert -- Seasonal Treasures. As many of you have already discovered, the work of our student choreographers is fresh, engaging, and sometimes edgy, but always danced with an esprit de corps that only the UA Dance Ensemble can offer. In this concert, the students team up with faculty choreographers to create a treasure trove. In addition to student choreography, for example, faculty member Amy Ernst (an audience favorite during her career as a dancer with Bella Lewitzky) is planning a solo for a member of the UA Dance Ensemble. And, Seasonal Treasures will offer a premier called UNTITLED (Fill In The Blank). This new work will be a collaboration between Douglas Nielsen (School of Dance) and Kyle Maxwell-Doherty (School of Music) in honor of the 100th birthday of American Composer John Cage (1912-1992) and the rich collaboration with choreographer and life partner Merce Cunningham (1919-2009).

Perhaps one of the most prominent and encompassing fascinations to both Cage and Cunningham was the element of chance. UNTITLED (Fill In The Blank) will investigate the chance element by having an audience member decide the sequence of the music and the choreography every night before the dance is

UA Dance major, Weston Krukow.Photo by Ed Flores.

John Cage and Merce Cunningham, 1968. Photo by Jack Mitchell.

Single Ticket Prices:Adult - $25Senior, Military - $23UA Employee - $13Student - $12

Two weekends of showtimes!Please refer to the concert calendar for dates and times.


PREM IUM B l ENDfebruary 14 - March 3Two weekends of showtimes!

PREM IUM B l ENDfebruary 14 - March 3Two weekends of showtimes!Please refer to the concert calendar for dates and times.


UA Dance alumni, Nicholas Torres, Joshua Carter, Jordan Bradfield and Brenden Rooney in Douglas Nielsen’s RATS!!Photo by Ed Flores.

Rubies made possible through the generous support of Mary Jo Ghory and Sarah Naylor. Thanks to Laura and Arch Brown for their support of Beachers.With gratitude we acknowledge Ron and Ruth Kolker for their support of Songs of Sanctuary.


The award winning ballet, Jewels, choreographed by George Balanchine has been called the first full-length abstract ballet Balanchine created. It premiered in 1967 by the New York City Ballet. For this three-part ballet, Balanchine used as his inspiration three different composers and the artistry of jewelry designer Claude Arpels. Rubies, the middle section (between Emeralds and Diamonds) is a clever and lighthearted romp, reminiscent of other collaborations between Igor Stravinsky and Balanchine. Set to Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, this 19 minute piece for 15 dancers has become popular as a stand-alone ballet.

Amy Ernst’s poetic work for eight women, entitled Songs of Sanctuary, will return to celebrate its 10th anniversary since being invited to the American College Dance Festival’s national gala.

RATS !! by Douglas Nielsen, with vocals by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. will be presented on this program as well. Added to the male cast that exemplifies the infamous ‘Rat Pack’ will be the presence of women, as Shirley McLaine, Anne Margaret, and Liza Minnelli were considered essential to the entourage of that time. Along with robust choreography, gestures based on ASL (American Sign Language) are incorporated into this dance.

James Clouser’s new ballet Beachers, to be danced to the music of Dimitri Shostakovitch, presents a series of scenes that take place at the seashore and features flirtatious flappers, health enthusiasts, those who sun but never swim, a squall, and a mirage revealing a dalliance between Venus and Neptune.

Michael Williams plans a new work set to a vibrant score in the contemporary musical genre of Nu Jazz. With orchestration ranging from traditional to experimental, the melodies of Nu Jazz are fresh, and its rhythms new and alive.

Finally, Sam Watson will bring back, by popular demand, his zany satire called Hi-Jinx.

UA Dance major, Kelly MoellerPose courtesy of the Balanchine Trust © Rubies.Photo by Ed Flores.

April 18 - 27Two weekends of showtimes!Please refer to the concert calendar for dates and times.

RA INBOW BOUNDSTUDENT SPOTLIgHT

UA Dance dance majors Sam Quinn and Gretchen LaWall in MFA student Alyssa Alger’s Felice Incidente.Photo by Ed Flores.

In The Discovery Series, we uncover the past but also reveal the future. A new era is about to begin, as the next generation of dance artists breaks from our stage and fans out across the country. The work of our young choreographers and dancers has been seen nationally and internationally, and is sure to leave a mark on you now and in the future.Rainbow Bound - Student Spotlight will give you a glimpse into a not too distant world where our dancers take part in discoveries yet to be made...

Rainbow Bound - Student Spotlight is made possible through the generous support of Lori Mackstaller.


Choreographer Elizabeth George (her recent works include Arizona Highway and The Passenger) is planning a new work for this concert,

and with your season subscription you will see its premiere!

Also premiering is a work by Douglas Nielsen called Take Off Your Shoes. Inspired by the lyrics of Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainwright, and Randy Newman, this suite of dances will play between

the notes and words of these famously infamous song writers who knowingly remind us of the politics of living.

A third premiere (for UA Dance) is by guest choreographer Michael Tevlin, who over the past 35 years has served as a director and choreographer for several ballet companies and is currently a faculty member with the University of Cincinnati. Under the auspices of a NEA Choreography Fellowship, his piece And Ye Shall Be as Gods …. was created in 1978. A ballet in three sections, it depicts the story of Adam and Eve; Eve’s encounter with the serpent; and their fall from grace and banishment from Eden. Danced to Igor Stravinsky’s Serenade in A for piano, the ballet was the subject of a PBS

special featuring Melissa Lowe and Jory Hancock.

Additional faculty works, as well as new choreography by the talented members of UA Dance Ensemble,

will round out this concert.

SPR ING COl l E C T ION

April 19 - April 28


UA Dance majors Adam Houston and Laura Kaufman in choreographer, Michael Tevlin’s And Ye Shall Be as Gods....Photo by Ed Flores.

Two weekends of showtimes!Please refer to the concert calendar for dates and times.


For an additional fee, you will be able to park on the mall in front of the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. This opportunity for premier parking rewards audience members committed to following us for the entire year. As a subscriber you can take advantage of this offer on the subscription form.

Parking is also available in the Cherry Avenue Garage. The Cherry Avenue Garage tends to have fewer parking spaces available during athletic events such as basketball or football games. While we try to schedule our performances to avoid athletic events, there are times when that is not possible.

SP E C IA l FOR UA DANCE S EASON SUBSCR I B ERS ONlY !PARKINg ON THE MALL fOR UA DANCE SEASON SUBSCRIBERS

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University Blvd.

Cherry Ave.

E. 2nd St.

Enke Dr.

Stevie Eller Dance Theatre

Cherry Ave. Garage

McKale Center

To Stevie Eller Theatre

To Parking Garage

Possible parking on 2nd

Tennis Courts

Softball Field

Hawthorne

WarrenPossible parking (including handicapped)

on Hawthorne near Warren

FlandrauPlanetarium

UA Mall

surface lot

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Additional parking: street parking and handicapped parking is available along Hawthorne near Warren and on 2nd Street. Meters are not in force on evenings or weekends. There are surface lots on First Street between Martin and Campbell and on Sixth Street,

directly south of The Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. Both lots are usually available on evenings

and weekends as well.

UA Dance dance major, Cole Vernon.Photo by Ed Flores.

SpeCIAl NOTe RegARDINg TRAFFIC ON CAmpuS: Due to the construction of the track for the new Streetcar that will run between campus and downtown, traffic in and around the UA is likely to be slower. Please allow a little extra time for travel to the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. The construction should not alter parking availability in the Cherry Street Garage!


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Seasonal TreasuresNov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 Nov 18

Nov 29 Nov 30 Dec 1 Dec 2

Premium BlendFeb 14 Feb 15 Feb 16 Feb 17

Feb 28 Mar 1 Mar 2 Mar 3

Rainbow BoundStudent Spotlight

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Apr 25 Apr 27

Spring CollectionApr 19 Apr 20 Apr 21

Apr 26 Apr 27 Apr 28

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UA Dance alumna Nanette Sheets in Amy Ernst’s Songs of Sanctuary.Photo by Ed Flores.

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