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COCKTAILS IN THE GARDEN
Program & Map | August 2013
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Brandon Nguyen and Kiara Felder.
Photo by Jonah Hooper. Costume design by Tamara Cobus.
1 …a different bird
5 Intra Lobus Temporalis
Choreography: John Welker
Choreography: Michael Smith
Music: Camille Saint-Saens; N.E.R.D;
Music: Animal Collective
Ethyl and Mary Ellen Childs; and a
Performed by: Miguel Angel Montoya,
street soundscape from Seoul, S. Korea Brandon Nguyen, Kiara Felder,
Performed by: Yoomi Kim
Kelly Prather, Pablo Sanchez
Location: Crape Myrtle Path to Great Lawn
Location: Center of Great Lawn
Start time: 6:45 pm
Start time: 7:35 pm
2 Talk yourself down
Choreography: Gregory Dolbashian
Music: Felix, Jay Electronica & Aaron Martin
Performed by: Christian Clark
& Miguel Angel Montoya
Location: Aquatic Plant Pond
Start time: 7:00 pm
6 En route
Choreography: Tara Lee
Music: Erik Satie & Frederic Chopin
Performed by: Nadia Mara &
Jonah Hooper
Location: Great Lawn near Reflection Pond
Start time: 7:50 pm
3 Dark Embers
Choreography: Rachelle Scott
Music: Max Richter
Performed by: Rachel Van Buskirk
& Jackie Nash
Location: Aquatic Plant Pond
Start time: 7:05 pm
7 Sweet Sorrow
Choreography: Jennifer Archibald
Music: Zoe Keating
Performed by: Jackie Nash,
Rachel Van Buskirk,
Alexandre Barros,
Miguel Angel Montoya
Location: Great Lawn
Start time: 8:00 pm
4 Rumination
Choreography: Heath Gill
Music: Jocelyn Pook
Performed by: Kelsey Ebersold
Location: Aquatic Plant Pond
Start time: 7:15 pm
WABI SABI CHOREOGRAPHERS 2013
ATLANTA BALLET COMPANY CHOREOGRAPHERS
HEATH GILL, a native of southern Illinois, began his dance training at
age four. In order to expand his dance knowledge, he later attended
The Children’s Center for Dance Education. He also attended summer
intensives at Houston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and Texas Ballet Theater.
By age 18, he moved to Atlanta to train and perform with Atlanta
Ballet. During his time in Atlanta, he has had the pleasure of working
with choreographers such as John McFall, Michael Pink, James Kudelka, Lila York, Mark
Godden, Matt Kent and Lauri Stallings. Some of Heath’s other interests include playing
piano and trumpet, watching movies, and cooking.
TARA LEE made her choreographic debut with Sixteen String in 2003.
Originally created for an Atlanta Ballet choreographers’ workshop, Sixteen
String was handpicked by John McFall to be performed by the Company
the following year. In 2004, McFall offered her another opportunity,
which led to the creation of Poem. After making its world premiere with
Atlanta Ballet, Poem was also performed by New Orleans Ballet Theatre.
Subsequent works include two commissions for Emory Dance Company; a Margaret Mitchellinspired duet for Georgia Public Broadcasting; and an ensemble piece, Akara, which she created
with Jesse Tyler for Wabi Sabi in 2011. Her most recent collaboration with Jesse Tyler, Pavo,
was commissioned for Atlanta Ballet’s New Choreographic Voices in 2012.
JOHN WELKER, Wabi Sabi ballet master, received his dance training at
BalletMet Dance Academy, the School of American Ballet, National Ballet
of Cuba, Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Vail, and Point Park Conservatory.
John has had the honor to work with such renowned choreographers as
Christopher Hampson, Victor Quijada, Lila York, James Kudelka, Helen
Pickett, Val Caniparoli, Twyla Tharp, Jorma Elo, and John McFall. For the
past five years, John has served as co-director of Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education’s
Professional Division Summer Intensive Program. He is currently enrolled as a Dance Major in
Kennesaw State University’s College of the Arts and plans to further pursue a graduate degree
in Arts Administration. John wishes to thank his wife, fellow artist Christine Winkler, for her
support, encouragement, and love. Sponsored by Lynda Courts.
WABI SABI GUEST CHOREOGRAPHERS
JENNIFER ARCHIBALD, founder and artistic director of Arch Dance
Company, graduated from The Ailey. In 2013, Jennifer was selected as
a Choreographic Fellow for Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab.
Jennifer’s one-woman-show was recently produced at The Studio@620’s
“Le Salon de Danse.” She is a recipient of the “Talk of The Arts” award
from the University of South Florida. Jacob’s Pillow presented Arch Dance
Company’s The Uncomfortable Truth for Inside/Out Stage in 2011. She has
staged various off-Broadway shows, working with casts from Bring in Da Noise/Bring in Da
Funk and Cats. Jennifer has also choreographed for the NBA New York Knicks City Dancers
and The Alvin Ailey School. She has choreographed for the musicals Carousel, The Music Man,
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Pippin for professional theater companies.
Jennifer is currently on faculty at Dance New Amsterdam, Broadway Dance Center, and CAP
21 America’s Musical Theatre Conservatory. She is also a long-time faculty member at the Bates
Dance Festival and Florida Dance Festival.
GREGORY DOLBASHIAN, received his dance training at the Alvin
Ailey School and graduated cum laude from SUNY Purchase dance
conservatory. He was resident choreographer for both Chicago Ballet’s
spring season in 2008 and CorbinDance’s in 2007. He premiered his first
international work at the Springboard Montreal intensive run by Juilliard’s
Alexandra Well. Gregory’s works have been performed at Jacob’s Pillow
Inside/Out Dance Festival (MA), Joyce SoHo, Alvin Ailey Studio Theatre
(NY), Dance Place (DC), and Athenaeum Theatre (Chicago). He debuted
his own company, The DASH Ensemble, in December 2009 at JOYCE SoHo. The company
has presented works at the Skirball Center, DTW, Summer Stage, and The JOYCE Theater. In
2013, Dolbashian won choreographic competitions for Ballet Austin and Northwest Dance
Project and won Hubbard Street 2’s international choreographic competition. Gregory is
the co-founder of The Playground, a choreographic initiative that was named one of “25 to
Watch” in 2013 by Dance Magazine.
RACHELLE SCOTT, originally from Montpellier, France, received her dance
training from LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and the Alvin
Ailey School in New York City. During her time at The Juilliard School, she
danced works by Merce Cunningham, Alexander Ekman, Ohad Naharin,
Fabien Prioville, Lucca Veggetti, Sidra Bell, Eliot Feld, Jose Limon, and
Bronislava Nijinska, among others. Rachelle received the YoungARTS, New
York Regional Award in DANCE and Modern, and the Eiger Scholarship
Award upon her graduation from high school. She is currently developing
her skills as a choreographer, and the premier of her piece, Journey 5, was performed at the
Rosemary and Meredith Willson Theater at The Juilliard School in the spring of 2012. Upon
graduating from The Juilliard School, Rachelle will become a member of the Cedar Lake
Contemporary Ballet in New York City.
MICHAEL SMITH joined The Joffrey Ballet in 2001 as a company
member after being one of the first participants in the Arpino Apprentice
Program. Prior to joining The Joffrey, he was a student in the dance
department at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, where he studied
ballet with Anna Paskevska and Graham-based modern dance with
Randy Duncan. Mr. Smith has also studied dance at The Ruth Page
School and The Joffrey Ballet School’s Midwest workshop. During his
time with The Joffrey, Mr. Smith has enjoyed performing in various
ballets, including The Clowns, Les Patineurs, Les Presages, Miracle Interrupted, The
Nutcracker, N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz!, Petrouchka, The Prodigal Son, Romeo and Juliet,
Round of Angels, Le Sacre du Printemps, Square Dance, Suite Saint Saëns, The Taming
of the Shrew, Tensile Involvement, Viva Vivaldi, and A Wedding Bouquet.
Visit www.atlantaballet.com/wabisabi for more information on Wabi Sabi
and full bios for each choreographer.