Off Beat

World Premiere

Choreographer - Reka Gyulai

Music - Katya Richardson

Costume Design - Susan Roemer

Dancers - Rayleigh Vendt, Rieko Hatato, Sophie Williams, Kyle Torres-Hiyoshi, Valentin Batista

Meraki

Originally commissioned by Kansas City Ballet

Choreographer - Heather Nichols

Music - “Reminiscence” by Ólafur Arnold's,

Alice Sara Ott’s The Chopin Project

Costume Design - Susan Roemer

Dancers - Paige Nyman, Gabriel Wright

Press Play

Press Play was originally commissioned by BalletX

Choreographer - Caili Quan

Stager - Andrea Yorita

Music - "The Rockafeller Skank" by Fatboy Slim

Costume Design - Susan Roemer

Dancers - Denis Maciel, Sophie Savas-Carstens, Rayleigh Vendt, Rieko Hatato

~ Intermission (15 minutes) ~

Familiar Reflections

World Premiere

Sponsored by the Copley Foundation

Choreographer - Nicole Von Enck

Music - Debussy "Arabesques No. 1"

Pianist - Polina Cherezova

Costume Design - Susan Roemer

Dancers - Sophie Williams, Kyle Torres-Hiyoshi

~ Pause (5 minutes) ~

Floreciente

Originally commissioned by Houston Ballet

Choreographer - Melody Mennite

Music - "Mechanical Dolls" by Ezio Bosso,"Pines and Flowers" by Ezio Bosso,"Sunlight" by Max Richter,"Après la pluie" by René Aubry

Costume Design - Olga Saldivar (Costumes Courtesy of Houston Ballet)

Dancers - Sophie Williams, Sophie Savas-Carstens, Rieko Hatato, Rayleigh Vendt, Paige Nyman, Reka Gyulai,

Valentin Batista, Denis Maciel, Kyle Torres-Hiyoshi, Gabriel Wright