CASTING: VAN MANEN – APRIL 19 AT 2:00 PM
CASTING:
Conductor: Martin West
I – GROSSE FUGE
JENNIFER STAHL and MAX CAUTHORN
WONA PARK and WEI WANG
NIKISHA FOGO and AARON ROBISON
DORES ANDRÉ and FERNANDO CARRATALÁ COLOMA
II – VARIATIONS FOR TWO COUPLES
NIKISHA FOGO and MAX CAUTHORN
WANTING ZHAO and ADRIAN ZEISEL
III – SOLO
CAVAN CONLEY, VICTOR PRIGENT, ALEXIS FRANCISCO VALDES
IV – 5 TANGO'S
KATHERINE BARKMAN and JOSHUA JACK PRICE
Seojeong Yun, Luca Ferrò
Jihyun Choi, Simone Pompignoli
Nicole Moyer, Pemberley Ann Olson, Leili Rackow, Angela Watson, Jakub Groot, Lucas López, Mingxuan Wang, Adrian Zeisel
Grosse Fuge
Choreographer: Hans van Manen
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Supervised by: Rachel Beaujean
Staged by: Ricardo Bustamante
Scenic Design: Jean-Paul Vroom
Costume Design: Hans van Manen
Lighting Design: Jan Hofstra
World Premiere: April 17, 1971—Nederlands Dans Theater; Scheveningen, The Netherlands
SF Ballet Premiere: February 24, 2004—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Variations for Two Couples
Choreographer: Hans van Manen
Composers: Benjamin Britten, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer after Johann Sebastian Bach, and Astor Piazzolla
Staged by: Rachel Beaujean and Felipe Diaz
Scenic and Costume Design: Keso Dekker
Lighting Design: Bert Dalhuysen
World Premiere: February 15, 2012—Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SF Ballet Premiere: January 22, 2014—San Francisco Ballet 81st Anniversary Gala; War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Solo
Choreographer: Hans van Manen
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Supervised by: Rachel Beaujean
Staged by: Felipe Diaz
Costume Design: Keso Dekker
Lighting Design: Joop Caboort
World Premiere: January 16, 1997—Lucent Danstheater; The Hauge, The Netherlands
SF Ballet Premiere: February 4, 1999—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
5 Tango's (SF Ballet Premiere)
Choreographer: Hans van Manen
Composer: Astor Piazzolla
Supervised by: Rachel Beaujean
Staged by: Felipe Diaz
Scenic and Costume Design: Jean-Paul Vroom
Lighting Design: Jan Hofstra
World Premiere: November 3, 1977—Dutch National Ballet; Het Muziektheater; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SF Ballet Premiere: July 26, 2024—Frost Amphitheater; Stanford, California