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2007/2008 Performances
USA Ballet Company will perform
Twas the Night Before Christmas
December 15, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Illinois Wesleyan University
Westbrook Auditorium
USA Ballet Youth Ensemble will perform
The Nutcracker Suite
December 15, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Illinois Wesleyan University
Westbrook Auditorium
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The Classics:
- Coppelia
- Don Quixote
- Giselle
- La Bayadere
- Le Corsaire
- La Esmeralda
- La Fille Mal Gardee
- Les Sylphides
- Nutcracker
- Paquita
- Raymonda
- Sleeping Beauty
- Spectre de la Rose
- Swan Lake
Contemporary Works:
- A Piece of Royalty - A pas de trois with patterns and an original creation of a promenade, all at the tender age of 6 ½, in 1996 by child prodigy Tarasina Masi.
- A Tribute to Disney Music - A series of vignettes as exciting and diverse as the music from select Disney movies.
- America - Originally created in 1987 for the 200th birthday of the US Constitution, it's Patriotic theme is stronger today than ever.
- Arbeit Macht Frei - Featured in PBS-TV the full length ballet about the Holocaust.
- Eternity - An adage with romantic lifts set to the melody of the Righteous Brothers.
- Exiles Return - A story ballet commissioned by composer Dr. Joseph Rivers and the University of Tulsa.
- Grand Tarantella - A lively festive theatrical version of the traditional Italian National Dance.
- Illusions - A unique approach of abstraction and storyline and the signature piece of American choreographer Ben Masi.
- Job - A full length ballet based on the Bible's Book of Job by Dr. Ken Bello.
- Motherhood - A solo for Michelle Holmes-Bello and dedicated to all expectant mothers by Dr. Ken Bello in 1996.
- Princesses Who Live on the North Star - Original fairytale with a comical touch
- Rhapsody - Where the females never go off pointe, is unique and challenges the dancers while at the same time enthralling the audience.
- Romance - An energetic piece for two couples, music again dedicated to our company by Howard Savage, Jr.
- Rumplestilskin - As relevant today as when this Grimm Fairytale was written, a collaboration between choreographer Dr. Ken Bello and composer Bill Bagby, Jr.
- Russian Gopak - High kicking and fancy footwork the tradework of Russian folk dance done the theatrical way.
- Slavic Festival - A celebration of the patterns that are prominent in Polish charqateristic dance.
- Slide Me Some Skin - A Ragtime and Blues ballet with music dedicated to Dr. Ken Bello and Michelle Holmes-Bello by African-American composer Howard Savage, Jr.
- The Mind - A half evening Neoclassical ballet, choreographed by Michelle Holmes-Bello, reaches the innermost fears and feelings as related to the main character's past, present, and future shown through insanity, fetal memory and love.
- Three Little Pigs - Based on the famous fairytale, this work, because of popularity, was expanded to a full evening ballet by child prodigy Tarasina Masi.
- Transperceptions - A traditional grand pas de deux set to the music of Paula Abdul.
- Twas the Night Before Christmas - A full length ballet based on the classic Christmas story.
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