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CLASSICAL BALLETS
Restaged by: Cheryl Rist               Costumes:  Cheryl Rist

CLASSICAL BALLETS



COPPELIA


first produced by Ballet Minnesota
14th Minnesota Dance Festival
April 5, 2002 Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
restaged by Cheryl Rist
Waltz of the hours: Andrew Rist

 


LA BAYADERE


first produced by Ballet Minnesota
13th Minnesota Dance Festival
May 17, 2001 Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
restaged by Cheryl Rist
Nikiya: Oksana Konobeyeva           Solor: Kirill Bak
Soloists: Melanie Hughes, Svetlana Gavrilova, Brianna VandeVelde


NUTCRACKER


first produced by Ballet Minnesota
December, 1992 , St Paul, MN
choreographed by Andrew Rist

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SWAN LAKE


original choreography (1877):
Mauius Petipa

music:
Peter I Tchaikovsky

first performed:
Russia

restaged by:
Cheryl Rist &
Elizabeth Shipiatsky

First performance (Ballet Minnesota):
8th Minnesota Dance Festival
1996, O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, St Paul, MN

Odette: Marina Mosina          Sigfried: Dmtri Roudnev

 

 

PAQUITA

original choreography (1847):
*world premiere: Paris, France
(1846)Mauius Petipa
after Joseph Mazilier

music:
Leon Minkus

Russian premiere:
Russia*

restaged by:
Cheryl Rist

First performance (Ballet Minnesota):
11th Minnesota Dance Festival
1999, EM Pearson Theater, St Paul, MN
Paquita: Svetlana Gavrilova          Principal: Kirill Bak

 

 

LES SYLPHIDES (Chopiniana) (1908)


choreography: Michael Fokine
music:  Frederick Chopin
first performed: St Petersburg, Russia
restaged by: Cheryl Rist

 

 

GISELLE (1841)

choreography:
Jules Perrot

music:
Adolphe Adam

first performed:
Paris, France

restaged by:
Cheryl Rist &
Jocelyn Labsan-Thompson


First performance (Ballet Minnesota):
7th Minnesota Dance Festival
1995, O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, St Paul, MN