Capriccio Italien
Concerto for 2 Solo Pianos
Ecstatic Orange
Eight Easy Pieces
Eight Miniatures
Eight More
Fearful Symmetries
Four Gnossiennes
Guide to Strange Planets
Jeu de Cartes
Lille Suite
Poulenc Sonata
Romeo+Juliet
Sleeping Beauty
Sophisticated Lady
Swan Lake
Symphony No. 1
Tanzpiel
Tea Rose
Thou Swell
Valse Triste
Zakouski
Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
After the Rain
American in Paris
Carnival of the Animals
DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse
Estancia
Liturgy
Morphoses
Polyphonia
Rococo Variations
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Concerto DSCH
Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
Russian Seasons
Choreography by Twyla Tharp
Brahms/Handel (w/ Jerome Robbins)
The Beethoven Seventh
Also ballets by Anthony Tudor, Sir Frederic Ashton, John Taras, Merce Cunningham, Edward Villella, Richard Tanner, Stanley Williams, Benjamin Millepied, Justin Peck and other choreographers.
Appendix 7
LOCAL DANCE SCHOOLS AND DIRECTORS
American Dance Center, Phyllis Latin; www.americandancecentersaratoga.com
Arthur Murray Dance Studio, Safwat Gerges; www.dancelessonssaratogasprings.com
Briansky Ballet Center, Oleg Briansky; www.briansky.org
The Dance Factory, Dianne Carola; www.dancefactorysaratoga.com
Myers Dance Center, Darlene Myers; www.myersnortheast.org
Nacre Dance Company, Beth Fecteau; www.nacredance.com
Saratoga Ballet Academy, David Otto; www.saratogaballetacademy.com
Saratoga City Ballet, Julie Gedalecia, Eve Welchel; www.saratogacityballet.com
Saratoga Savoy, Keira Lemonis, David F. Wolf; www.saratogasavoy.com
School of the Arts, Raul Martinez; www.dancemuseum.org/school
Stepping Star Gymnastics and Dance, Peggy Delay; www.steppingstar.com
Tango Fusion, Diane Lachtrupp, Johnny Martinez; www.tangofusiondance.com
Appendix 8
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DANCE STAFF
STAFF (PARTIAL LIST)
Director: Donna Skiff
Assistant Director: Sarah Hall Weaver
Design and Development: Ruby Whitney
Programming: Susan Edwards
Director, School of the Arts: Raul Martinez
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS
Founders: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Mr. Lewis Swyer
Honorary: Nancy Norman Lassalle
President: Michele Riggi
Secretary: Leslie Anne LaGuardia
Treasurer: John R. Aldrich, Esq.
Appendix 9
SKIDMORE COLLEGE, OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS STAFF
SUMMER DANCE PROGRAM STAFF
Paul Calhoun, Interim Dean of Special Programs (2011– )
Jeffrey Segrave, Dean of Special Programs (2006–2011)
Paula Newberg, Dean of Special Programs (2005–2006)
Donald McCormack, Dean of Special Programs (1986–2005)
Sharon Arpey, Director of Institutes, Conferences and Summer Operations
Maria McColl, Assistant Director of Institutes and Programs
Antoinette (Toni) Smith, Dance Faculty Advisor
Marianne Needham, Administrative Assistant
Appendix 10
SKIDMORE COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF DANCE AND OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS
MODERN DANCE GUEST ARTISTS AND COMPANIES IN RESIDENCE
Bebe Miller Dance Company
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Brian Brooks, Brian Brooks Moving Company
Camille A. Brown, Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Company Stefanie Batten Bland
Dance by Neil Greenberg
Dan Wagoner Dance Company
David Dorfman Dance Company
David Gordon’s Pick-Up Company
Deborah Hay, Performance Artist, Judson Church
Doug Varone & Dancers
Ellen Sinopoli, Sinopoli Dance Company
Erica Pujic, dancer Battleworks
Gallim Dance
Garth Fagan Dance
Hanna van der Kolk
José Limón Dance Company
Kevin Wynn, SUNY Purchase
Kraig Patterson, Mark Morris Dance Group
Lar Lubovich Dance Company
Mark Morris Dance Group
Martha Graham Dance Company
Parsons Dance Company
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Pearson/Widrig Dance Theater
Peter Pucci, Peter Pucci Plus Dancers
Randy James
Robert Battle, Artistic Director Alvin Ailey American Dance Company
Ronald K. BrownEvidence
Shapiro & Smith Dance
Sydney Skybetter and Associates
Také
Taylor 2
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Twyla Tharp & Dancers
Appendix 11
DANCE ORGANIZATIONS, DANCE DEPARTMENTS, DANCE SUPPLIES
Dance Alliance, www.dancealliance.org
National Museum of Dance, www.dancemuseum.org
New York City Ballet, www.nycballet.com
New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA), www.oce.nysed.gov/nysssa
Saratoga Dance (dance supplies), www.saratogadance.com
Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), www.spac.org
Skidmore College Dance Department, www.skidmore.edu/dance
Skidmore College Office of Special Programs, www.skidmore.edu/odsp
NOTES
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1. “Public Diversions: From the Beginning Up to the Present Time,” December 5, 1889, collection of the Saratoga Springs city historian.
2. Maria McBride Bucciferro, “Mogul of the Mob,” Saratoga Living (Summer 2012).
3. Evelyn Barrett Britten, “Chronicles of Saratoga,” July 1964, collection of the Saratoga Springs city historian.
4. 1894 Floral Fête souvenir booklet, Saratoga Room Collection, Saratoga Springs Public Library.
5. Teri Blasko and Jeff Durstwitz, “Long Ago and Far Away,” Mardi Gras Guide, 2012.
6. “Grand Floral Ball,” Glens Falls Daily Times, September 2, 1896, collection of the Saratoga Springs city historian.
7. Troy Record, September 6, 1901.
8. Blasko and Durstwitz, “Long Ago and Far Away.”
9. Bucciferro, “Mogul of the Mob.”
10. Mae Banner, “The Father of Dance in America,” Saratogian, May 17, 1991.
11. Ruth St. Denis referred to herself as the “Goddess of Dance.” She was a famous interpretive dancer who specialized in the exotic dance styles of the East. She and her partner, Ted Shawn, performed together as the Denishawn ensemble. Ted Shawn later formed a traveling group called the Men Dancers. He established the dance festival at Jacob’s Pillow, his farm in Becket, Massachusetts. Ted Shawn is known as the “Father of American Dance.”
12. http://www.nysparks.com/parks/saratogaspa.
13. Saratogian, “A History of the Saratoga County Fair,” July 12, 2003, collection of the Saratoga Springs city historian.
14. Saratogian, “3,500 Attend Day Lily Festival in Congress Park,” August 9, 1956, collection of the Saratoga Springs city historian.
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15. Saratogian, December 12, 1929.
16. Performance programs, Saratoga Room Collection, Saratoga Springs Public Library.
17. http://catalogue.
skidmore.edu/content.php?catoid=6&navoid=222#History.
18. Isabel Brown interview, July 20, 2012.
19. Ibid.
20. Mary DiSanto-Rose interview, July 20, 2012.
21. http://www.skidmore.edu/dance/news.htm (all biographic information).
22. Eric Handman interview, November 3, 2012.
23. Debra J. Fernandez interview, August 24, 2012.
24. Rubén Graciani interview, October 1, 2012.
25. Mary DiSanto-Rose interview, July 20, 2012.
26. Marissa Maier, Backstage.com, September 28, 2012.
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27. Saratogian, “How to Succeed by Really Trying,” Performing Arts Saratoga ’66 supplement, July 1966.
28. Timothy Holmes, Saratoga Springs, New York: A Brief History (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008), 106.
29. Newman E. Wait, Saratoga Performing Arts Center Groundbreaking Program, June 30, 1964.
30. “SPAC Our 40th Season,” Saratoga Performing Arts Center Commemorative Edition, 2005.
31. Richard Leach, Saratoga Performing Arts Center Groundbreaking Program, June 30, 1964.
32. Nelson A. Rockefeller, governor, State of New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center Groundbreaking Program, June 30, 1964.
33. Tina Lincer First, “Spell Is Still Strong for NYCB & Audience,” Saratoga Performing Arts Center 25th Anniversary Program, 1990.
34. Saratoga Performing Arts Center First Season Program, 1966.
35. Edward and Carol Swyer interview, July 19, 2012.
36. BALANCHINE is a trademark of The George Balanchine Trust.
37. Lincoln Kirstein, Thirty Years: The New York City Ballet (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978), 130.
38. Ibid., 217.
39. Ibid., 212.
40. Ibid., 191.
41. Leslie Roy-Heck interview, July 26, 2012.
42. Tina Lincer First, “Spell Is Still Strong for NYCB & Audience.”
43. Ibid.
44. Ibid.
45. Andrew Wentink interview, July 21, 2012.
46. Kirstein, Thirty Years, 191.
47. Peter Martins interview, October 5, 2012.
48. Robert Maiorano interview, June 28, 2012.
49. Kay Leach interview, September 4, 2012.
50. Craig Claiborne, New York Times, February 23, 1983.
51. Saratoga Performing Arts Center 25th Anniversary Program, July 1990.
52. Robert Maiorano interview, June 28, 2012.
53. Mae G. Banner, “Saratoga Is Ballet Heaven,” Saratogian, July 18, 1987.
54. Peter Martins interview, October 5, 2012.
55. Ed Lewi interview, July 30, 2012.
56. Sheila Parkert interview, August 15, 2012.
57. Daniel Duell interview, November 15, 2012.
58. Andrew Wentink interview, August 21, 2012.
59. Kay Leach interview, September 4, 2012.
60. Kathryn Levy interview, November 14, 2012.
61. Mayor Raymond Watkin interview, August 21, 2012.
62. Jennifer Dunning, “Saratoga Celebrates Balanchine,” New York Times, July 16, 1977. BALANCHINE is a trademark of The George Balanchine Trust.
63. Mayor Raymond Watkin interview, August 21, 2012.
64. Ibid.
65. Herb Chesbrough, “In Our Opinion,” Saratogian, October 1977.
66. Mayor Raymond Watkin interview, August 21, 2012.
67. Tina Lincer First, “Spell Is Still Strong for NYCB & Audience.” BALANCHINE is a trademark of The George Balanchine Trust.
68. Peter Martins interview, October 5, 2012.
69. Ibid.
70. Mae Banner, “Carnival of the Animals,” Saratogian, July 2003.
71. Mae Banner, “Symphony in Three Movements,” Saratogian, July 2004.
72. Mae G. Banner, “Exquisite Gems–NYCB Dance,” Metroland on Line 27, no. 30 (July 2004).
73. Jay Rogoff, “The New York City Ballet,” Saratogian, July 14, 2012.
74. Alistair Macaulay, Dance Review, New York Times, July 18, 2012, C5.
75. Marcia White interview, August 30, 2012.
76. Ibid.
77. Saratoga Performing Arts Center 40th Anniversary Program, July 2005.
78. http://www.spac.org/aboutspac.cfm.
79. Edward Swyer interview, July 19, 2012.
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80. Advertisement of 1904, Saratoga Room Collection, Saratoga Springs Public Library.
81. Peggy Delay interview, August 29, 2012.
82. Ibid.
83. Ballerina Marina Svetlova had a summer ballet program in Dorset, Vermont, and regularly brought her students to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to see the New York City Ballet performances.
84. In addition to the summer school, Briansky opened the Glens Falls Ballet and Dance Center, where future ballet teacher Patti Pugh was a student. Oleg Briansky and Mireille Briane interview, August 3, 2012.
85. CETA, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of the 1970s, was utilized by many nonprofit dance organizations as a temporary means of hiring their dancers and staff.
86. Phyllis Latin interview, July 20, 2012.
87. Christy Handley interview, September 29, 2012.
88. Aggie Jacobowsky for Michael Steele, interview July 15, 2012.
89. Dianne Carola interview, August 31, 2012.
90. Julie Gedalecia interview, July 25, 2012.
91. Leslie Roy-Heck interview, July 26, 2012.
92. The Otto family has produced several professional dancers, including siblings William, David, Philip and Deborah Otto.
93. David Otto interview, July 26, 2012.
94. Raul Martinez interview, July 26, 2012.
95. Leslie Roy-Heck interview, July 26, 2012.
96. https://myersnortheast.org.
97. Beth Fecteau interview, October 5, 2012.
98. Leslie Anne LaGuardia interview, August 26, 2012.
99. https://tangofusiondance.com.
101. Rhona Koretzky-Forman interview, August 21, 2012.
102. Peter Kobor interview, August 24, 2012.
103. Lincoln Kirstein, Thirty Years of the New York City Ballet (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978), 47.
104. John Martin obituary, Schenectady Gazette, May 20, 1985.
105. Andrew Wentink interview, August 21, 2012.
106. Douglas Martin, “Cris Alexander Obituary,” New York Times, March 24, 2012.
107. Saratogian, “Suzanne Ames Landry obituary,” September 17, 2008.
108. Jennifer Dunning, “Anthony Blum Obituary,” New York Times, February 6, 2000.
109. Robert Maiorano interview, June 28, 2012.
110. Leslie Roy-Heck interview, July 26, 2012.
111. Carl Landa interview, December 10, 2012.
112. Kim Vanyo interview, December 29, 2012.
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113. Mrs. Marylou Whitney through Heather Mabee interview, July 12, 2012.
114. Webster’s New World Collegiate Dictionary, 4th ed. (Cleveland, OH: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2008).
115. Edward and Carol Swyer interview, July 19, 2012.
116. Alison Moore interview, August 2, 2012.
117. Sharon Walsh interview, June 29, 2012.
118. Ibid.
119. Alison Moore interview, August 2, 2012.
120. Ibid.
121. Sharon Walsh interview, June 29, 2012.
122. Alison Moore interview, August 2, 2012.
123. Donna Skiff interview, July 11, 2012.
124. Heather Mabee interview, July 12, 2012.
125. Susan Edwards interview, November 18, 2012.
126. Ibid.
127. Alison Moore interview, August 2, 2012.
128. Heather Mabee interview, July 12, 2012.
129. Carol Swyer interview, July 19, 2012.
130. Michele Riggi interview, October 28, 2012.
131. Ibid.
132. Edward Swyer int
erview, July 19, 2012.
133. The American Craftsman style was an architectural design aesthetic popular from the late 1800s through 1930. The Washington Bath House was built in this style, as was the building for the Swyer Studios.
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134. Donald McCormack interview, August 2, 2011.
135. Sharon Arpey interview, July 25, 2012.
136. Ibid.
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137. Isabel Brown interview, July 20, 2012.
138. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, “SPAC Commemorative Edition,” Our 40th Season program, July 2005.
139. Wendy Liberatore, Daily Gazette, June 2, 1991.
140. Mae G. Banner, review of Garth Fagan Dance Company, Metroland, 2006.
141. Ibid.
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142. Antoinette (Toni) Smith interview, October 25, 2012.
143. Rhona Koretzky-Forman interview, September 21, 2012.
144. Mary Ann Fantauzzi interview, June 29, 2012.
145. Ibid.
146. “Mission Statement of The Dance Alliance,” Saratoga Dances II Program, October 20, 2012.
147. Mary Ann Fantauzzi interview, June 29, 2012.
148. Apollo, choreographed by George Balanchine. ©The George Balanchine Trust.
149. Justin Peck interview, October 22, 2012.
150. Antoinette (Toni) Smith interview, October 25, 2012.
151. http.//www.partnersindance.org.
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152. “Arts Education: The Commitment Continues,” Hudson Valley Magazine, SPAC’s 35th Season Commemorative Edition, July 2000.
153. Ibid.
154. https.//www.spac.org/aboutpage2.cfm.
155. Ibid.
156. https.//www.spac.org/action-council.cfm.
157. Antoinette Smith interview, October 25, 2012.
158. “Ballet Pre-Performance Talks,” SPAC 2012, New York City Ballet program.
159. “SPAC Ballet Season Pre-Shows,” SPAC 2012, New York City Ballet program.
160. BALANCHINE is a tademark of The George Balanchine Trust.
161. Peter Martins, with Howard Kaplan, NYCB Workout (New York: Quill/William Morrow and Company, 1997).
162. Mary Ann Fantauzzi interview, June 29, 2012.
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163. Mary Daly interview, July 10, 2012.
164. Carolyn Adams interview, August 8, 2011.
165. http://www.oce.nysed.gov/nysssaSOD.
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166. Sharon Arpey interview, July 25, 2012.
167. https://saratogaartsfest.org.