PRESENTS

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I N PARTNERSH I P W I TH

AUGUST 6 AND 7 AT 7:30PMR I V E R S I D E T H E A T R E

Welcome to the 2021 Riverside Dance Festival. I am so thrilled to finally (after a postponement in 2020) have konverjdans back with us in Vero! The fact that this is a true convergence and the company is sharing the stage with our own resident dancers and students from this year’s festival, well, I could not have asked for more!

I think what has always drawn me to Tiffany, Jordan, and Amy (and therefore konverjdans) is that I truly take inspiration from both who they are as people and who they are as artists. I have always been inspired by their warmth, passion, and daring. This last year it was a joy to see how they responded to the global pandemic: doing more (with less) than some major dance organizations I know. They not only did more, but the art they created was good! Trust me, that last point may seem superfluous, but it isn’t. Their willingness to take a bad situation and use it as a springboard for growth in their art and company got me through many moments of self doubt recently, and for that I am truly grateful.

Speaking of self doubt, I had a chance to do a lot of soul searching and self reflection this summer. No, I did not achieve enlightenment, but I did circle back around to something that is providing me even greater energy in all things BVB as we start our ninth season. Keep surrounding myself (and by extension all of you) with inspirational artists and individuals. That goes for konverjdans, our own dancers, board, staff, donors, and volunteers, our phenomenal partners at Riverside Theatre, and yes the amazing young people you will see on stage tonight. It doesn’t just take a village in this day and age, and I am lucky to have so many wonderful sources of inspiration to keep me, and Ballet Vero Beach, surging forward.

Thank you so much for joining us, and enjoy the performance!ADAM SCHNELL

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BALLET VERO BEACH’S 2020 -2021 SEASON IS GRACIOUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY

Alan and Donna Edelstein, Stacey and Robert Lewis, Lisa McLaughlin, Susan and Larry Salustro,

The Florida Department of State Division of Arts and Culture, The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Quail Valley Charities

Tiffany Mangulabnan, Jordan Miller, Amy SaunderArtistic Directors

Katherine Eppink, Camilo A. Rodriguez, Anders Southerland

Guest Dancers from Ballet Vero Beach

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IN PARTNERSH IP W I TH

Sweet MeggGuest Musician

And Students From The 2021 Riverside Dance Festival

tête-à-têteCHOREOGRAPHY: Peter Cheng

MUSIC: ‘She Wolf,’ ‘Blues,’ and ‘Want to Give Up’ by Mira Cook

Jordan Miller and Amy Saunder

In Her WordsCHOREOGRAPHY: Tiffany Mangulabnan In Collaboration With The Dancers

MUSIC: ‘Mama Said’ and ‘If I Were a Woman’ by Sweet Megg

Grace Avril, Delaney Chung, Emmaleigh Coman, Briley Crisafi, Athena Howle, Mykenzie Hughes, Sydney Jensen, Abriella Mauldin, Cristo Mercado, Tony Morman,

Charlotte Nafe, Sara Ottensen, Sarah Phillips, Cristina Pines, Gina Marie Saxton, Amelia Weber

For this piece, choreographer Tiffany Mangulabnan worked with the students over Zoom, from the Philippines, and collaborated with each of them individually to shape their own unique phrases of movement. Much of the movement is also influenced by their improvisation sessions with the konverjdans directors, and finally structured

to the live music of Sweet Megg, who has been collaborating and performing with konverjdans since the company’s founding in 2016.

O SolitudeCHOREOGRAPHY: Gabrielle Lamb

MUSIC: ‘O Solitude’ Henry Purcell & Christina Pluhar

Jordan Miller

RealignedCHOREOGRAPHY: Tiffany Mangulabnan, Jordan Miller, and Amy Saunder

ORIGINAL MUSIC: Jim Robertson and Carmen Rothwell (Performed by Carmen Rothwell)

Katherine Eppink, Camilo Rodriguez, Anders Southerland

In a way, “Realigned” is the first piece konverjdans ever choreographed and performed: a work that has evolved with the company since its founding five years ago, with multiple

iterations over the years. Its musical score and choreographic structure have been influenced by no fewer than three different upright bassists, and konverjdans has always

performed this work with a live bassist onstage. This is the first time “Realigned” has been performed by another company.

Carve the Night SwellsCHOREOGRAPHY: Jordan Miller VIDEOGRAPHY: Joe Raffanti EDITING: Jordan Miller

MUSIC: “Kindred I” by Kelsey Lu & “When the Sunrise” by Sivan Talmor and Yehzkel Raz

Amy Saunder

P R O G R A M

B A L L E T ’ S M A S T E R C I R C L EOn the momentous occasion of our fifth anniversary season, and in honor of

our beloved Ballet Master, Camilo A. Rodriguez, we were pleased to introduce our “Ballet Master’s Circle”. The circle recognizes major benefactors who have

reached a level of $25,000 of cumulative giving to Ballet Vero Beach.

The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation The William and Ann Eckerd

Family FoundationFlorida Department of State:

Division of Cultural AffairsThe Indian River

Community Foundation

Stacey and Robert LewisThe McLaughlin Family Charitable Foundation:

Lisa and Eddie McLaughlinQuail Valley Charities

Susan and Larry SalustroThe Walker Family

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Picture Me AfloatCHOREOGRAPHY: Amy Saunder MUSIC: ‘It’s in a Dream!’ by Bandits on the Run

VIDEOGRAPHY: Tiffany Mangulabnan EDITING: Amy SaunderTiffany Mangulabnan and Jordan Miller

Born out of the desire to have Tiffany here in Vero Beach with us, “Picture Me Afloat” is a duet that crosses borders. The dancers and choreographer worked on this piece in

New York, the Philippines, Virginia, and Vero Beach, Florida.

I N T E R L U D ES W E E T M E G G

Dream a Little Dream of MeCHOREOGRAPHY: Caili Quan

MUSIC: ‘Dream a Little Dream of Me’ performed by Sweet Megg

Anders Southerland

je, tu, il, ellePremiered by Ballet Vero Beach November 2018

CHOREOGRAPHY: Camilo A. Rodriguez in collaboration with konverjdansMUSIC: Béla Bartók

Katherine Eppink, Jordan Miller, Camilo A. Rodriguez, Amy Saunder

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for making our 2021-2022 season possible!

A N N U A L F U N D

UNDERWRITER ( $10 ,000 AND ABOVE )

Alan and Donna EdelsteinStacey and Robert Lewis

Lisa McLaughlinSusan and Larry SalustroCorporations/Foundations

The Florida Department of State Division of Arts And CultureCornelia T. Bailey Foundation: P/Arts Program

Quail Valley Charities

PRINCIPAL ( $1 ,000 TO $2 ,499)

PRODUCER($5 ,000 TO $9 ,999)

Dr. Linda E. AikenCorporations/Foundations

Indian River Impact 100Susan R. Sheehan Charitable Fund

The William and Ann Eckerd Family Foundation

ÉTOILE ( $2 ,500 TO $4 ,999)

Gary and Colleen BrucknerRohit and Katharine Desai

Charlene A. FriedmanMarion and Terry Martin

Jim Marver and Shirin KaufmanCorporations/Foundations

The Kahle FoundationJohn’s Island Community Service League

Samuel and Janet BaileyLinda BarkerMarion Berry

Mary and Frank EhmannGail Hart and Daniel Featherston

Betsy Horn

Barclay and Dennis KassPeter and Linda Krivkovich

Roxanne M. LeightonJoann and George PhillipsPerry and Kathy Morton

Dr. J. Michael and Joan SchnellSusan and George Sharpe

Linda and Mel TeetzAnne Wallace

Georgia E. WellesCorporations/Foundations

The Cave Family Charitable FundThe Stein Family Charitable Fund

Lyn Adams and John Cusick Maurice and Sarah Birdwell

Bill and Sylvia FennErika GreenfieldRobert Gudwin

Jim and Peggy HewettJack and Joan Liddle

Mark Mendelsohn and Jessica KnappRicki Michals

SOLOIST ( $250 TO $999)

Beth and David MoultonRoberta Olsen

Mariann PancoeJudith A. and Thomas D. PeschioMary L and Dr. Frederick Preis

Alicia QuinnDeborah and Steven Riddle

Kathleen H. RobertsJake, Sarah, Sydney, Carson,

and Oreo Schnell

Marc ShawKathleen and John SimpsonLewis Strauss and Jill Landes

Theresa TurkoAlan and Linda Vincent

The Weber FamilyCorporations/Foundations

The Center for Advanced Eye Care

Janet and Charles AlfordPatricia and Roger Andrus

Dr. and Mrs. Dominick ArmentanoBobbie Bell and Jose Luis Zamora

Louise BernierJoyce Brumberger

Robert and Bonnie CaffrayDeborah and Bob Cargo

The Chung FamilyMichele Cumpston

Ursula Duguid

DEMI-SOLOIST ( $100 TO $249)

Ann EvansToni Hamner

Dick and Patricia HeffernSandra Lackas

Bonnie and Ivar MitchellDiane Morgan and John Warner

Jeff and Lisa PhillipsJoan Preuss

Franca RamdevDoug and Dolores Rood

Cynthia Rountree

Dr. Christine RyallHarry and Robbie Saxton

Cindy SchieferSusan Sennett and Richard Paperno

Barbara B. StewartGary and Kathleen Weidenmoyer

Gretchen Weitkamp and Mark BoyarSharon and Terry Wolf

Corporations/FoundationsVero Beach Dental Care

CORPS DE BALLET (UP TO $99)

Mary B. CaverlyJean Hrubesch

Peter and Stacey JohnsonAl and Glenna Rufca

A N N U A L F U N D

Ballet Vero Beach’s education and community engagement

programs are better with support from:

EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENTI N I T I A T I V E S

Ballet Vero Beach seeks to promote the universal language of dance to the broadest spectrum of our community. To that end, the company provides absolutely free educational enrichment and performance tickets to local organizations serving constituents who would not ordinarily access our programming. Additionally, we provide absolutely free student matinee performances to 1st, 3rd, and 4th graders in Indian River County. We are currently partnering with The Learning Alliance to transfer these matinees into conduits to assist with early literacy. Our Accessible/Family Friendly Series seeks to provide subsidized professional level arts experiences for individuals with differing abilities as well as families with young children. Please support our partner organizations, local educators, and funders in these endeavors. We hope you will make our guests feel welcome, and thank our entire community for recognizing that the arts are an integral part of our society.

Ballet Vero Beach is thrilled that youth constituents from both our Ticket Donation Program and Student Matinee Series participate on stage in “Nutcracker on the Indian River.”

To learn more about our Ticket Donation Program or Student Matinee Series, or if your organization or educational program would like to

participate, please contact us at info@balletverobeach.org.

SpringHill Suites by Marriott Vero Beach is the official hotel of Ballet Vero Beach

ADAM SCHNELLARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CEO

CAMILO A. RODRIGUEZBALLET MASTER

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LINDA DOWNEY (Chair)ALAN EDELSTEINSHELLY JENKINSSTACEY LEWIS MARION MARTINSUSAN SALUSTROSUE SHARPEANNE WALLACEKELLY WARD (Secretary)

SARAH CAILJOE SEMKOWCOMPANYPHOTOGRAPHERS

LANCE GLENNRESIDENT FILMMAKER

AMY VOOGDCOSTUMES

O R G A N I Z A T I O N A L S T A F F

P R O D U C T I O N S T A F FWILLIAM GIBBONS-BROWN

LIGHTING DESIGNER

AMY BOWMANSTAGE OPERATIONS MANAGER

DAN KONDASPRODUCTION MANAGER

ERICKA REARDINPROJECTIONS TECHNICIAN/

SOUND ENGINEER

OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO:ANDREW CURRIEMATTHEW AND

REBEKKA GOLDBERGJENNIFER KRONENBERG AND

CARLOS GUERRAAARON MARTINKAREN WIGGINS

RIVERSIDE THEATREVBHS INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN

SOCIETY TROUPE 2047

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ACCESSIBLE/FAMILY FRIENDLY PERFORMANCES

FRANCO-AMERICANJanuary 14 at 7:30PM

January 15 at 2:00PM & 7:30PM

THE SLEEPING PRINCESSJanuary 16 at 2:00PM

SYMPHONIC DANCES February 27 at 2:00PM

MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES

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STUDIO TO STAGE April 10 at 2:00PM

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SYMPHONIC DANCESFebruary 25 at 7:30PM

February 26 at 2:00PM & 7:30PM

STUDIO TO STAGEApril 8 at 7:30PM

April 9 at 2:00PM & 7:30PM