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C H E R Y L R I S T ...... Director, Classical Ballet Academy of MN |
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Cheryl Rist
CO-FOUNDER / DIRECTOR, Classical Ballet Academy of Minnesota (1987) CO-FOUNDER Ballet Minnesota (1990) Restages all 'Classical' ballets (except Nutcracker) for Ballet MN. Costume designer for all Ballet MN classical Ballets and all ballets choreographed by Andrew Rist. RESTAGED & DESIGNED COSTUMES: Classical Ballets include: Swan Lake (acts 1-4) La Bayadere (acts 1-3) Coppelia Paquita Don Quixote (acts 1-2) Giselle (acts 1-2) Les Sylphides Pas de Quatre Sleeping Beauty DESIGNED COSTUMES: Partial listing of ballets, choreographed by Andrew Rist At The Museum (now a book) Beethoven's 6th Symphony Beethoven's 9th Symphony Black Dog Cafe Classic Nutcracker Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony Mozart's 40th Symphony Pachelbel's Canon In D |
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original choreography (1877): Mauius Petipa music: Peter I Tchaikovsky first performed: St Petersburg, Russia March 4, 1877 Bolshoi Theater, Moscow:4 Acts Music: Peter Tchaikovsky Libretto: VP Begitchev V Geltser Choreography: V Reisinger Principals: Palageia Karpakova S Gilbert * Not a sucesss March 1, 1894 2nd Act produced at St Petersburg Maryinsky Theater Choreography: L Ivanov Prinicpals: Legnani, Gerdt January 27, 1895 Full 4 Acts: Maryinsky Theater Choreography: Marius Petipa (1st & 3rd Acts) Lev Ivanov (2nd & 4th Acts) Odette-Odile: Legnani Sigfried: Gerdt . 1901: Restaged wth revisions by Gorsky at Bolshoi 1937: Restaged: Messerer: Bolshoi 1933: Vaganova Version, Kirov 1945: Lopokova Version, Kirov 1950: K Sergeyev Version, Kirov 1969: Grigorovich Version, Bolshoi First Production of complete ballet outside Russia 1907: Prague National Theater, choreography: Achille Viscus) 1 st London Perf. (2nd act) 1910: Hippodrome. Odette: Preobrajenska First full length Petitpa-Ivanov version outside Russia 1934: Vic-Wells Ballet Staged by: Sergeyev First Ballet Minnesota Staging: 1996 8th Minnesota Dance Festival 2nd Act Only O'Shaughnessy, St Paul, MN Restaged by: Cheryl Rist and Elizabeth Shipiatsky Odette: Marina Mosina Sigfried: Dmtri Roudnev. Ballet Minnesota: Acts 1-4 May 17-19, 2007 19th Minnesota Dance Festival Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN restaged by: Cheryl Rist Odette: Oksana Konobeyeva Sigfried: Davis Robertson Last Performance: Ballet MN 2008: 20th MDF Fitzgerald Theater |
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La Bayadere
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DON QUIXOTE
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A rustic village Giselle, a weak-hearted young girl who is adored by her native villagers, lives with her watchful mother, Berthe. Hilarion, the village gamekeeper, is desperately in love with Giselle. Prince Albrecht, a nobleman who is already engaged to a noblewoman named Bathilde, is bored and lonely with his everyday existence. Captivated by Giselle's frail beauty and innocence, Albrecht disguises himself as a peasant named Loys. After purchasing the cottage adjacent to Berthe's, he proceeds to shower Giselle with his affections. Hilarion, filled with suspicion and jealousy, becomes enraged when Giselle falls madly in love with Albrecht and believes that they are engaged. Berthe has a vision that her daughter will one day become a Wili, a jilted maiden who dies before her wedding night. The Wilis emerge between midnight and dawn to vengefully trap any man who enters their domain by forcing him to dance to his death. Hilarion exposes Albrecht's disguise and proclaims that he is already betrothed to Bathilde. Overwhelmingly distraught and horrified, Giselle dies of a broken heart.
Act II - A forest clearing Hilarion is discovered just before midnight keeping vigil by Giselle's tomb. As midnight approaches, the Wilis appear with their leader, Queen Myrta. This is the night Giselle is to be initiated as a Wili. Albrecht, laden with feelings of guilt and remorse, visits Giselle's grave. He sees a vision of Giselle and follows it into the forest. At this point, Myrta discovers Hilarion in the forest and orders the Wilis to dance around him until he dies from exhaustion. She then discovers Albrecht and demands that he share the same fate as Hilarion but is unable to permeate the invisible bond of love that Giselle has for him. At dawn, when the Wilis lose their power and must retreat to their dwelling place, Albrecht is saved and Giselle forgives him. Giselle returns with the Wilis and recognizes that now she will be one of them for the rest of time.
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