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21st   M I N N E S O T A  D A N C E  F E S T I V A L ...... May 8-10, 2009
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Guest DANCE COMPANIES
Ballet Minnesota, Ethnic Dance Theater, Knaopy Dance Company, Beyond Ballroom Dance Company



Guest CHOREOGRAPHERS
Kerry Parker, Cheryl Rist, Don LaCourse, Deanne Michaels, Robert Cleary, Jay Larson, Jim Lieberthal, Andrew Rist



Guest DANCERS Performers
Oksana Konobeyeva, Andrei Jouravlev, Kerry Parker, Don LaCourse, Deanne Michaels, Robert Cleary, Jay Larson, Julia Heggernes, Jennifer Bennett,
Rebecca Pelletier, Nicholas Lincoln, Allen Gregory, Garvin Jellison, Jordan Nelson, Antone Gregory, Julie Jacobson, Christine Hallberg, Russell Hunter, Ted Sothern, Stephanie Wolf, Debra McGee, Brian Evans, Andrew Rist, Maryann Johnson, Megan Simon, Marisha Johnson, Erin Warn, Rachelle Horowitz, Margaret Ulland, Jacqueline Lis, Olivia Brunzell-Garrett, Anna Betz, Juliana Johnson, Sophie Mitchell, Alyssa Wildenauer, Hannah Wagner, Rebecca McDonnell, Emma Benja, Maddie Klein,Margaret Underwood, Sara Ezzell, Ellie Klein, Todd Wildenauer, Brad Lis, Jim Arnold


Guest DANCE SCHOOLS
St Paul Irish Dance, Keane Sense of Rhythm Youth Tap Ensemble, CAAM Chinese Dance Theater, Dance Moves, Celebrate! Dance Academy Fine Arts School of Ballet, Academy of Russian Ballet, Deuxmensions Junior Dance Theatre, Classical Ballet Academy of Minnesota, City Scape Dance, Dance Works, Dance Factory


Classical Ballet restaged by Cheryl Rist

World Premiere: Feb. 4, 1877
Imperial Ballet -Maryinski Theater
St Petersburg, Russia
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Sets: K. Ivanov, P. Lambin, O. Allegi, A Kwapp
Nikiya: Ekaterina Vazem
Solor: Lev Ivanov


First Production:    Ballet MN
Kingdom of Shades Only
May 18-19, 2001
13th MN Dance Festival,
Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
Restaging, costumes: Cheryl Rist
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Sets: Jim Arnold
Nikiya: Oksana Konobeyeva
Solor: Kirill Bak
Soloists: Svetlana Gavrilova, Melanie Hughes, Brianna VandeVelde

Most recent Production: BMN
Acts 1-3
May 8-9, 2009
13th MN Dance Festival,
Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
Restaged by: Cheryl Rist
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Costumes: Cheryl Rist
Lighting: Dave Wangen
Sets: Jim Arnold, Cynthia Betz, Mary Kein, Todd Wildenauer
Wardrobe: Barbara Pelletier

La Bayadere  Act 1   menu


MDF 21 ...... 2009 Program created by Jennifer Haas
 



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