Fandango and Other Fantasies : March, 2007
Ballet Santa Barbara’s Third Season, at Center Stage Theater, featured guest artists Carlos Fittante and Aida Amirkhanian with a company of seven dancers, all from Santa Barbara. The two-day run included the world premiere of Remember Me (Silent Voices), choreographed by Susan Shaberman to music by Benjamin Lees, performed live, and West coast premieres of Fittante’s solo Fandango Fantasy and Carrie Diamond’s Serenade. Rounding out the program were Horwitz’s Slowdance, Diamond’s New Step Rag, and Persevere, a solo by Aida Amirkhanian.
March 6-7, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Featuring Guest Artists
Carlos Fittante and Aida Amirkanian
Artistic Staff
Carrie Diamond, Artistic Director
Eric Valinsky, Music Director
Carlos Fittante, Christina Sanchez, Artistic Associates
Patricia L. Frank, Lighting Designer
Ann Bruice, Costume Consultant
Gitte, Stage Manager
The Dancers
Eduardo Cueto
Aimee Lopez
Christina Sanchez
Denise Woods
The Program
Fandango Fantasy — West Coast Premiere
Violin: Nicole McKenzie
Slowdance (2006)
Persevere
Dance if you’ve torn the bandage off
Dance in the middle of the fighting
Dance when you are perfectly free
Poetry by Rumi
New Step Rag (1994)
Serenade (1986) — West Coast Premiere
Remember Me (Silent Voices) (2007) — World Premiere
Christina Sanchez, Eduardo Cueto, Colleen Bialas,
Aimee Lopez, Thomas McDonnell, Denise Woods
Nicole McKenzie, violin
Ervin Klinkon, ’cello
Eric Valinsky, piano
