Nijinsky - Gala XXIII            Sunday, 18. May 1997
              - Shakespeare & Friends -

conductor :  Howard Williams
orchestra : Das Philharmonische Staatsorchester         

I
Dance for the Biginning
( Tanz fuer den Anfang )
music : Benjamin Britten,
           
Gloriana, Courtly Dances
choreography :
John Neumeier
Joelle Boulogne, Janusz Mazon
Silavia Azzoni, Radik Zaripov
Laure Cazzaniga, Jacopo Munari
Heather Jurgensen, Ivan Urban
Emilija Jovanovic, Mario Barba-Sanchez
The Moor's Pavane music : Henry Pursell
choreography :
Jose Limon
costume :
Pauline Lawrence
The Moor : Ivan Liska
His Friend :
Hannes-Detlef Vogel
His Friend's Wife :
Sabine Bohlig
The Moor's Wife :
Laura Contardi
La Sylphide music : Herman Severin Lovenskjold
choreography :
August Bournonville
The Silphide : Rose Gad
James :
Lloyd Riggins
II  Shakespeare's Lovers
Dance : When griping griefs music : An Unknown Composer in Elizabethan Era
Silvia Azzoni, Janusz Mazon
Gigi Hyatt, Gamal Gouda
Yseult Lendvai, Maximiliano Guerra,
Medeleine Onne, Christian Rambe
Anna Polikarpova, Lloyd Riggins
Nadja Sellrup, Nicolaus Fotisdia
Romeo and Juliet
( Romeo und Julia )
music : Sergej Prokofjew,
           Romeo and Juliet, Madrigal
choreography :
John Neumeier
costume : Juergen Rose
Juliet : Silvia Azzoni
Romeo : Janusz Mazon
Hamlet music : Michael Tippett,
           Divertimento Sellinger's Round
choreography :
John Neumeier
Ophelia : Anna Polikarpova
Hamlet : Lloyd Riggins
A Midsummer Night's Dream
( Ein Sommernachtstraum )
music : Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy,
           Ein Sommernachtstraum, Notturno
choreography :
John Neumeier
costume : Juergen Rose
Helena : Madeleine Onne
Demetrius : Chrstian Rambe
Hermia : Nadja Sellrup
Lysander : Nicolaus Fotisdia
Othello music : Arvo Paert, Mirror in Mirror
choreography & costume :
John Neumeier
Desdemona : Gigi Hyatt
Othello : Gamal Gouda
The Taming of the Shrew
( Der Widersprenstigen Zaehmung )
music : Kurt Heinz Stolze
                after Domenico Scarlatti
choreography :
John Cranko
Katharina : Yseult Lendvai
Petrucchio : Maximiliano Guerra
Dance : When griping griefs music : An Unknown Composer in Elizabethan Time Silvia Azzoni, Janusz Mazon
Gigi Hyatt, Gamal Gouda
Yseult Lendvai, Maximiliano Guerra,
Medeleine Onne, Christian Rambe
Anna Polikarpova, Lloyd Riggins
Nadja Sellrup, Nicolaus Fotisdia
Opus 100 for Maurice music : Simon & Garfunkel
choreography :
John Neumeier
             Text from "Les Chaises"
Kevin Haigen
Ivan Liska
III
Scheherazade music : Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakow
            Scheherazade, 3rd movement
choreography :
John Neumeier
Heather Jurgrnsen
Jiri Bubenicek
Afternoon of a Faun
( Der Nachmittag eines Fauns )
( L'apres midi d'un Faune )
music : Claude Debussy
choreography :
John Neumeier
Laura Contardi
Vladimir Derevianko
Raymond Hilbert
Rennen hinter dem was flieht
premiere
music : William Lloyd Webber
            Nocturne and Seven Pieces for Piano
choreography :
Stephan Thoss
ballet assistnt : Romy Liebig
violoncello : Thomas Tyllack
piano : Sebastian Knauer
Poet : Gamal Gouda
His Wife : Silvia Azzoni
A Young Man : Alexandre Riabko
Objective Time : Jiri Bubenicek
Subjective Time : Otto Bubenicek
Dance for the Close
( Tanz fuer den Schluss )
music : Ralph Vaughn Williams
           Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
choreography :
John Neumeier
Hamburg Ballet Ensemble