A New York Perspective : March, 2008
Running for three days at Center Stage Theater, Ballet Santa Barbara’s Fifth Season was an evening of works originally presented in New York mostly by the New American Ballet Ensemble. They included the West Coast premiere of Carrie Diamond’s Concerto Allegro, set to Prokofiev, Diamond’s Serenade, Diamond’s Sueños Castellanos, Lizabeth Skalski’s Midnight Tangle, and Benjamin Harkarvy’s Premonition. The performance of included guest artists Carlos Fittante and Robin Gilbert Campos, two of the original dancers in the New American Ballet Ensemble. Fittante recreated his original role in Premonition and Gilbert Campos, her original role in Sueños Castellanos. The duo also performed in Fittante’s duet, Eden.
Friday, March 14, 2008 at 7:00pm
Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 8:00pm
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm
Works choreographed and performed in New York over the past 20 years by Carrie Diamond, Lizabeth Skalski, Carlos Fittante, and Benjamin Harkarvy
March 14th, 15th, and 16th
Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara
Featuring Guest Artists
Carlos Fittante, dancer and choreographer
Robin Gilbert Campos, guest dancer
and special guests David Fonnegra, Felica Guzman, and Jekyns Palaez
Artistic Staff
Carrie Diamond, Artistic Director
Carlos Fittante, Associate Director
Eric Valinsky, Music Director
Ron Smith, Lighting Designer
The Choreographers
Benjamin Harkarvy
Carrie Diamond
Carlos Fittante
Lizabeth Skalski
The Dancers
Colleen Bialas
David Eck
David Fonnegra
Carlos Fittante
Robin Gilbert Campos
Felicia Guzman
Rachel Mann
Ellen O’Connell
Jekyns Pelaez
Denise Woods
Gitte, Stage Manager
Claudia Oroña, Costumer
Airline tickets furnished by Santa Barbara Travel Bureau
The Program
Concerto Allegro (1989) — West Coast Premiere
David Fonnegra – Ellen O’Connell
Jekyns Pelaez – Colleen Bialas
Eden (1988) — West Coast Premiere
Eden premiered in New York in 1988 and was reworked in December, 2003, then revised for Ballet Santa Barbara
Midnight Tangle (1991)
Premonition (1990)
Serenade (1986)
Amantes (2002)
Sueños Castellanos (Dreams of Castile) (1991)
Felicia Guzman, Rachel Mann
