Catalogue of Work
Afternoon of a Faun - Angels Assembled - As Quiet As... - Carmina Burana - Clowns and Others
Coppelia - Echoes of Presence/ Les Sylphides - Extensions - Homage a Versailles - In a German Cafe
Journey - Kalimanku Denkou (Evening Gathering) - Magnificat - Mosaique - Notturno - Piano Concerto #1
Quartet - Reflections - Romeo & Juliet (Balcony Pas de Deux) - Salzedo Variations - Satto (Wind Dance)
Senza Fretta (without worry) - Scintillations - Shadowdance - Solas - Symphonic Dances
Symphonic Metamorphosis - Tapestries - The Bells - The Carnival of the Animals - The Construction Co.
The Nutcracker - The Rite of Spring - The Sorcerer's Apprentice - The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore
The Waiting Room - Turn of the Screw
The entire collection of Salvatore Aiello's Work and Archives may also be viewed at the
New York Public Library, Archives and Manuscripts. www.nypl.org
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Third Floor
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Afternoon of a Faun - Angels Assembled - As Quiet As... - Carmina Burana - Clowns and Others
Coppelia - Echoes of Presence/ Les Sylphides - Extensions - Homage a Versailles - In a German Cafe
Journey - Kalimanku Denkou (Evening Gathering) - Magnificat - Mosaique - Notturno - Piano Concerto #1
Quartet - Reflections - Romeo & Juliet (Balcony Pas de Deux) - Salzedo Variations - Satto (Wind Dance)
Senza Fretta (without worry) - Scintillations - Shadowdance - Solas - Symphonic Dances
Symphonic Metamorphosis - Tapestries - The Bells - The Carnival of the Animals - The Construction Co.
The Nutcracker - The Rite of Spring - The Sorcerer's Apprentice - The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore
The Waiting Room - Turn of the Screw
The entire collection of Salvatore Aiello's Work and Archives may also be viewed at the
New York Public Library, Archives and Manuscripts. www.nypl.org
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Third Floor
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Afternoon of a Faun
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1988 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Claude Debussy, Prelude a l'Apres -midi d'un Faune
Costume Design: Allison L. Cain
Lighting Design: Stephen F. Snyder
This sensual ballet evokes the image of a faun in the haunting atmosphere of the forest. The delicate woodland creature
becomes frightened - same time intrigued - by four nymphs, whose stirring memory arouses a sexual awakening within him.
The ballet, originally choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky in 1912, is based on Debussy's famous Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune (1894),
which itself was inspired by Mallarme's poem (1876).
Premiere: October 7, 1988 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 13 Minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Man, 4 Women
Original Cast: Mel A. Tomlinson, Anita Intrieri, Jeanette Makaroff, Helen Rosenthal, Katherine Thompson
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Link: https://youtu.be/aSHwhxie5Z8
Angels Assembled
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1993 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Richard Strauss, Four Last Songs
Soprano: Elizabeth Schwarzkopf
Costume Design: Lynn Commander and Evelyn Miller
"O spacious, tranquil peace, so profound in the gloaming. How tired we are of traveling - is this perchance death?"
Premiere: October 8, 1993 by Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre, Peachtree Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
Average Length: 24 minutes
No. of Artists: 14 Women, 1 Man
Original Cast: Mandy Bawden, Minot Edwards, , Jennifer Gray, Keiko Guest, Ralph Jacques, Marilyn Korte, Lisa Martin, Kim McCachren Sellers,
Susan McGraw, Beth Moore, Maria Motter, Lane Ratchford, Amy Simone, Michele Werbell, Kristin Wick
Acquisitions: Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1993 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Richard Strauss, Four Last Songs
Soprano: Elizabeth Schwarzkopf
Costume Design: Lynn Commander and Evelyn Miller
"O spacious, tranquil peace, so profound in the gloaming. How tired we are of traveling - is this perchance death?"
Premiere: October 8, 1993 by Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre, Peachtree Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
Average Length: 24 minutes
No. of Artists: 14 Women, 1 Man
Original Cast: Mandy Bawden, Minot Edwards, , Jennifer Gray, Keiko Guest, Ralph Jacques, Marilyn Korte, Lisa Martin, Kim McCachren Sellers,
Susan McGraw, Beth Moore, Maria Motter, Lane Ratchford, Amy Simone, Michele Werbell, Kristin Wick
Acquisitions: Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre
Archidance
An Environmental Trilogy In Three Acts with Epilogue
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Act I: The Construction Co. -- Construction
Act II: Carnival of the Animals -- Habitation
Act III: As Quiet As... -- Destruction
Epilogue -- The Architects of our Future
"The theater of totality will have to be - with its varied belts of related lights, space, form, movement, sound and man, with all possible variations and combinations of these elements, an artistic configuration: an organism. Such a total theater relies on the primary media of various instruments of communication". L. Moholy-Nagy, 1925
Beyond the mere design and structure of a building, architecture serves as a silent symbol of our past and a bellwether of the future. It provides us with our environment--the locales within which we were born, live, work and interact with others. Architecture then becomes the terminus as old buildings are razed to make way for the new, a constant reminder of the past, present and future.
ArchiDance is a trilogy blending the sculptural elements of dance with architectural principles to depict sequences in our lives. We are born into the family structure in which we design and construct our lives over countless generations. We inhabit our environment, using and abusing it. What is left is passed on to the next generation, once again the cycle begins.
Individual information on each of these three works are listed below alphabetically.
An Environmental Trilogy In Three Acts with Epilogue
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Act I: The Construction Co. -- Construction
Act II: Carnival of the Animals -- Habitation
Act III: As Quiet As... -- Destruction
Epilogue -- The Architects of our Future
"The theater of totality will have to be - with its varied belts of related lights, space, form, movement, sound and man, with all possible variations and combinations of these elements, an artistic configuration: an organism. Such a total theater relies on the primary media of various instruments of communication". L. Moholy-Nagy, 1925
Beyond the mere design and structure of a building, architecture serves as a silent symbol of our past and a bellwether of the future. It provides us with our environment--the locales within which we were born, live, work and interact with others. Architecture then becomes the terminus as old buildings are razed to make way for the new, a constant reminder of the past, present and future.
ArchiDance is a trilogy blending the sculptural elements of dance with architectural principles to depict sequences in our lives. We are born into the family structure in which we design and construct our lives over countless generations. We inhabit our environment, using and abusing it. What is left is passed on to the next generation, once again the cycle begins.
Individual information on each of these three works are listed below alphabetically.
As Quiet As...
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1988 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Michael Colgrass
Costume Coordination: Allison Cain
Scenic Sculpture: Martha Dunagin
Time: The Future
The Effects of Our Destruction as Viewed Through the Eyes of a Child
Inspired by the music of Michael Colgrass and sculpture of Martha Dunagin, the ballet interprets a myriad of dream segments as a child sleeps. Dreams of childhood...of the happy days of innocence, the grief of her grandfather's death, her social and sexual awakening and the shattering loss of innocence which marks her coming of age. Dreams...reality...stark images of life and death...all come together as a child slumbers.
"As Quiet As..." a child asleep?
Premiere: July 1988 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 24 minutes
No. of Artists: 6 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Anita Intrieri, Marjorie Grundvig, Jeanette Makaroff, Helen Rosenthal, Katherine Thompson, Diane Wolfson
Talal Al-Muhanna, Kenneth Balint, David Bushman, Diego Carrasco, Alain Charron, Robin Franklin, Timothy Gleason, Michael Johnson
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Photo by Richard Kumery
Carmina Burana
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1995 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Carl Orff
Lighting Design: Steve Shelley
Set Design: Jeffrey Brown
Costume Design: A. Christina Giannini
Salvatore Aiello’s interpretation is structured on the medieval concept that human life is subject to the will, the destiny and the vagaries of fortune's wheel and that nature, love, beauty and the exuberance of life are at the mercy of the external law of change. Man is seen in a hard unsentimental light as the plaything of inscrutable, mysterious forces.
I. Introduction
II. Part I – In Springtime
III. Part II – In the Tavern
IV. Part III – The Court of Love
Premiere: February 17, 1995 by North Carolina Theatre, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Belk Theater, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 58 minutes
No. of Artists: 11 Women, 9 Men
Original Cast: Rachel Adair, Angela Brown, Patrice Burnside, Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon,
Tonia Lee, Heather Maloy, Anita Sun Pacylowski, Tawny Rose Wall, Bat Abbit, William Biondolino, Lance Bourque, Michael Buoni, Kenny Carter, Leonard Holmes, Hernan Justo, Till Schmidt-Rimpler, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1995 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Carl Orff
Lighting Design: Steve Shelley
Set Design: Jeffrey Brown
Costume Design: A. Christina Giannini
Salvatore Aiello’s interpretation is structured on the medieval concept that human life is subject to the will, the destiny and the vagaries of fortune's wheel and that nature, love, beauty and the exuberance of life are at the mercy of the external law of change. Man is seen in a hard unsentimental light as the plaything of inscrutable, mysterious forces.
I. Introduction
II. Part I – In Springtime
III. Part II – In the Tavern
IV. Part III – The Court of Love
Premiere: February 17, 1995 by North Carolina Theatre, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Belk Theater, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 58 minutes
No. of Artists: 11 Women, 9 Men
Original Cast: Rachel Adair, Angela Brown, Patrice Burnside, Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon,
Tonia Lee, Heather Maloy, Anita Sun Pacylowski, Tawny Rose Wall, Bat Abbit, William Biondolino, Lance Bourque, Michael Buoni, Kenny Carter, Leonard Holmes, Hernan Justo, Till Schmidt-Rimpler, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Photo by Sarah Ferguson
Clowns and Others
(Les Clowns et les Autres)
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1979 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Sergei Prokofiev, Visions Fugitives, Opus 22
Lighting Design: Randall Hendersen
Costumes: Douglas Barger
" Dancers and Clowns...
The two are the same.
Each wears a mask on his soul."
--Salvatore Aiello
Set to the charming and humorous piano score of Sergei Prokofiev’s Visions Fugitives, Opus 22, each vignette is punctuated and enhanced by the musical frivolity that Prokofiev often employed. Mirroring that intention, each dance movement is infused with its own comedic nature and poignant message bringing us on a wonderfully simplistic romp through the lessons of life.
Premiere: May 17,1979 by Compagnie de danse Eddy Toussaint, Theatre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
Average Length: 22 Minutes
No. of Artists: 5-7 Women, 5-7 Men
Original Cast: Anik Bissonnette, Kathryn Greenaway, Manon Hotte, Myriam Naisy, Anne Sprincis, Brigitte Valette,
Richard Brunet, Jean-Marc Lebeau, Mario Pilon, Louis Robitaille, Michel Sigouin, Mario Thibodeau
Acquisitions: Compagnie de danse Eddy Toussaint, North Carolina Dance Theatre, BalletMet, Baltimore Ballet, Charleston Ballet Theatre
Nashville Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Milwaukee Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Minnesota Ballet, Rochester City Ballet.
Link : https://youtu.be/_MsapRQ7xYY
https://youtu.be/KaMAPbtHUeQ (Photos)
(Les Clowns et les Autres)
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1979 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Sergei Prokofiev, Visions Fugitives, Opus 22
Lighting Design: Randall Hendersen
Costumes: Douglas Barger
" Dancers and Clowns...
The two are the same.
Each wears a mask on his soul."
--Salvatore Aiello
Set to the charming and humorous piano score of Sergei Prokofiev’s Visions Fugitives, Opus 22, each vignette is punctuated and enhanced by the musical frivolity that Prokofiev often employed. Mirroring that intention, each dance movement is infused with its own comedic nature and poignant message bringing us on a wonderfully simplistic romp through the lessons of life.
Premiere: May 17,1979 by Compagnie de danse Eddy Toussaint, Theatre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
Average Length: 22 Minutes
No. of Artists: 5-7 Women, 5-7 Men
Original Cast: Anik Bissonnette, Kathryn Greenaway, Manon Hotte, Myriam Naisy, Anne Sprincis, Brigitte Valette,
Richard Brunet, Jean-Marc Lebeau, Mario Pilon, Louis Robitaille, Michel Sigouin, Mario Thibodeau
Acquisitions: Compagnie de danse Eddy Toussaint, North Carolina Dance Theatre, BalletMet, Baltimore Ballet, Charleston Ballet Theatre
Nashville Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Milwaukee Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Minnesota Ballet, Rochester City Ballet.
Link : https://youtu.be/_MsapRQ7xYY
https://youtu.be/KaMAPbtHUeQ (Photos)
Photo by Richard Kumery
Coppelia
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1995 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Leo Delibes
Lighting Design: Julie Duro
Costume Design: Campbell Baird
Costumes Executed: Monica Kane and Linda Lindsay
Scenery Design: Tom Munn
Scenery Rental: Hartford Ballet
This charming ballet was first produced at the Paris Opera Ballet on May 25, 1870 by French choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon, with music
by Leo Delibes. It was the last production to be staged before the theater had to be closed because of the siege of Paris.
Delibes music is very important. Not only did he include phrases to mark every entrance dances of Swanhilda, Franz and Dr. Coppelius,
he also added folk tunes from Poland and Hungarian folk-dance movements that Saint-Leon introduced.
The original story was written by E. T. A. Hoffman at the beginning of the 19th Century, when scientists were making the first automation.
His strange tales also served as a basis for the opera The Tales of Hoffman and for the ballet The Nutcracker.
In Salvatore Aiello’s version, Aiello has updated the setting to pre-war Poland 1933 and made a special effort to keep it streamlined, with less formal pantomime and the addition of variations for each of the Dolls in Act II. He has borrowed some music from the ballet Sylvia, including music for the Grand Pas de Deux in Act III.
Premiere: January 30, 1987 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 136 Minutes
No. of Artists: 17 Women, 13 Men
Original Cast: Dana Caspersen, Christye Chantal Crevier, Robin Dauber, Majorie Grundvig, Linnette Hitchin, Jenni Hjalmarson, Anita Intrieri, Elizabeth King, Kari Norwood, Tracie Owens, Phyllis Schneider, Kim Schwartz, Cydney Spohn, Diane Carroll Tucker, Julie Voshell,
Diane Wolfson, Terri Lynn Wright, Ric Abel, Talal Al-Muhanna, David Bushman, Jeffrey Crevier, Robin Franklin, Ralph Hewitt, Michael Johnson, Bryan Koulman, Ernest Pugh, Richard Redlefsen, Roscoe Sales, Mateo Torres, Dana Wellington, Daniel wright.
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Link : https://youtu.be/FnDJZJOnl64 (Act I)
https://youtu.be/FoBivNKC0Uo (Act II)
https://youtu.be/N6BK61jtCEw (Act III)
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1995 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Leo Delibes
Lighting Design: Julie Duro
Costume Design: Campbell Baird
Costumes Executed: Monica Kane and Linda Lindsay
Scenery Design: Tom Munn
Scenery Rental: Hartford Ballet
This charming ballet was first produced at the Paris Opera Ballet on May 25, 1870 by French choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon, with music
by Leo Delibes. It was the last production to be staged before the theater had to be closed because of the siege of Paris.
Delibes music is very important. Not only did he include phrases to mark every entrance dances of Swanhilda, Franz and Dr. Coppelius,
he also added folk tunes from Poland and Hungarian folk-dance movements that Saint-Leon introduced.
The original story was written by E. T. A. Hoffman at the beginning of the 19th Century, when scientists were making the first automation.
His strange tales also served as a basis for the opera The Tales of Hoffman and for the ballet The Nutcracker.
In Salvatore Aiello’s version, Aiello has updated the setting to pre-war Poland 1933 and made a special effort to keep it streamlined, with less formal pantomime and the addition of variations for each of the Dolls in Act II. He has borrowed some music from the ballet Sylvia, including music for the Grand Pas de Deux in Act III.
Premiere: January 30, 1987 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 136 Minutes
No. of Artists: 17 Women, 13 Men
Original Cast: Dana Caspersen, Christye Chantal Crevier, Robin Dauber, Majorie Grundvig, Linnette Hitchin, Jenni Hjalmarson, Anita Intrieri, Elizabeth King, Kari Norwood, Tracie Owens, Phyllis Schneider, Kim Schwartz, Cydney Spohn, Diane Carroll Tucker, Julie Voshell,
Diane Wolfson, Terri Lynn Wright, Ric Abel, Talal Al-Muhanna, David Bushman, Jeffrey Crevier, Robin Franklin, Ralph Hewitt, Michael Johnson, Bryan Koulman, Ernest Pugh, Richard Redlefsen, Roscoe Sales, Mateo Torres, Dana Wellington, Daniel wright.
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Link : https://youtu.be/FnDJZJOnl64 (Act I)
https://youtu.be/FoBivNKC0Uo (Act II)
https://youtu.be/N6BK61jtCEw (Act III)
Photo by Richard Kumery
Echoes of Presence/ Les Sylphides
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1987 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Frederick Chopin
Lighting Design: Edward R. Thomas
Costume Coordination: Allison Cain
The Ballet Les Sylphides is the creation of the Russian Ballet Master Michel Fokine (1880-1942) who greatly influenced the course of modern ballet with his reforms, innovations and choreographic masterpieces. Salvatore Aiello's choreographic development of Echoes of Presence /Les Sylphides was influenced by two sources. First, the structure of Fokine's ballet itself and second, Chopin's visions of ghosts tormenting him as he composed the music. Echoes of Presence/Les Sylphides suggests that of Fokine's masterpiece, yet translates this idea to a modern environment.
A student relaxes in a park, while apparitions with a spiritual connection to the park, enact intimate moments from their past.
The Student (Present day)
The Match (1932)
The Proposal (1908)
Hide and Seek (1890)
The Victim (1962)
Home on Leave (1944)
Premiere: October 9,1987 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 34 minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 6 Men
Original Cast: Dana Caspersen, Margie Grundvig, Anita Intrieri, Helen Rosenthal, Cydney Spohn, Kathy Thompson, Diane Wolfson,
Terri Lynn Wright, Talal Al-Muhanna, Zane Booker, David Bushman, Diego Carrasco, Robin Franklin, Tim Gleason, Ralph Hewitt, Daniel Wright
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Chautauqua Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/NMK4r3AEqAM
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1987 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Frederick Chopin
Lighting Design: Edward R. Thomas
Costume Coordination: Allison Cain
The Ballet Les Sylphides is the creation of the Russian Ballet Master Michel Fokine (1880-1942) who greatly influenced the course of modern ballet with his reforms, innovations and choreographic masterpieces. Salvatore Aiello's choreographic development of Echoes of Presence /Les Sylphides was influenced by two sources. First, the structure of Fokine's ballet itself and second, Chopin's visions of ghosts tormenting him as he composed the music. Echoes of Presence/Les Sylphides suggests that of Fokine's masterpiece, yet translates this idea to a modern environment.
A student relaxes in a park, while apparitions with a spiritual connection to the park, enact intimate moments from their past.
The Student (Present day)
The Match (1932)
The Proposal (1908)
Hide and Seek (1890)
The Victim (1962)
Home on Leave (1944)
Premiere: October 9,1987 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 34 minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 6 Men
Original Cast: Dana Caspersen, Margie Grundvig, Anita Intrieri, Helen Rosenthal, Cydney Spohn, Kathy Thompson, Diane Wolfson,
Terri Lynn Wright, Talal Al-Muhanna, Zane Booker, David Bushman, Diego Carrasco, Robin Franklin, Tim Gleason, Ralph Hewitt, Daniel Wright
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Chautauqua Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/NMK4r3AEqAM
Extensions
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1990 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Alexander Scriabin
Costume Design: Salvatore Aiello
For Salvatore Aiello, music and dance were an inseparable part of the human journey.
The dancer begins this journey, in the studio at the barre, inspired by the music.
Premiere: March 16,1990 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston Salem, NC
Average Length: 8 Minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Man
Original Cast: Mel A. Tomlinson
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Richmond Ballet, Rochester City Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/FTwE6x8ade0
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1990 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Alexander Scriabin
Costume Design: Salvatore Aiello
For Salvatore Aiello, music and dance were an inseparable part of the human journey.
The dancer begins this journey, in the studio at the barre, inspired by the music.
Premiere: March 16,1990 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston Salem, NC
Average Length: 8 Minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Man
Original Cast: Mel A. Tomlinson
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Richmond Ballet, Rochester City Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/FTwE6x8ade0
Homage a Versailles
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1989 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Philippe Rameau, Marin Marais, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Francois Couperin
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
Costume Design: Salvatore Aiello
Costume Execution: Martha Ruskai
Wig Execution: Susan Stone and Gina Adams
Premiere: October 6, 1989 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston Salem, NC
Average Length: 26 Minutes
No. of Artists: 5 Women, 5 Men
Original Cast: Marjorie Grundvig, Antia Intrieri, Tracie Owens, Heather Maloy, Helen Rosenthal
David Bushman, Alain Charron, Timothy Gleason, Michael Johnson, Mel A. Tomlinson
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1989 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Philippe Rameau, Marin Marais, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Francois Couperin
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
Costume Design: Salvatore Aiello
Costume Execution: Martha Ruskai
Wig Execution: Susan Stone and Gina Adams
Premiere: October 6, 1989 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston Salem, NC
Average Length: 26 Minutes
No. of Artists: 5 Women, 5 Men
Original Cast: Marjorie Grundvig, Antia Intrieri, Tracie Owens, Heather Maloy, Helen Rosenthal
David Bushman, Alain Charron, Timothy Gleason, Michael Johnson, Mel A. Tomlinson
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
In a German Cafe
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Kurt Weill
Choreographed for Galas and Fundraising Events in 1991
Average Length: 9 Minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Women, 3 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Emily Zarov, Patrick Badua, John DePue, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Kurt Weill
Choreographed for Galas and Fundraising Events in 1991
Average Length: 9 Minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Women, 3 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Emily Zarov, Patrick Badua, John DePue, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Photo by Martin O'Connor
Journey
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1979 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Malcolm Arnold, Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, Opus 47
Lighting Design: Nick Cernovich
Costumes: Doreen MacDonald
"Journey is dedicated to the male dancer
whose development in our form has reached exciting new level"
--Salvatore Aiello
Journey pays tribute to the strength, vitality and physical virtuosity of the male dancer. Choreographically, the ballet suggests
abstractly, visions of traveling on land, sea and sky.
Journey, created in 1979, was Salvatore Aiello’s first work for a professional company. Personally, the ballet represented his transition
from dancer to administrative duties and signaled the end of his dance career. The enormous success and critical acclaim which
Journey received, gave him the courage to continue as a choreographer.
1st Premiere: May 2,1979 by Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Average Length: 19 Minutes
No. of Artists: 12 Men
Original Cast: Rodney Andreychuk, Baxter Branstetter, David Herriott, John Kaminski, Bill Lark, Michael O'Gorman, Joost Pelt,
David Peregrine, Roger Shim, Daniel Simmons, Ronn Tice, Harry Williams
2nd Premiere: January 8,1988 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
No. of Artists: 9 Men
Revival Cast: Talal Al-Muhanna, Kenneth Balint, David Bushman, Diego Carrasco, Alain Charron, Robin Franklin, Timothy Gleason,
Michael Johnson, Mel A. Tomlinson
Acquisitions: Royal Winnipeg Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance
Richmond Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/jBwAWRIMnuk
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1979 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Malcolm Arnold, Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, Opus 47
Lighting Design: Nick Cernovich
Costumes: Doreen MacDonald
"Journey is dedicated to the male dancer
whose development in our form has reached exciting new level"
--Salvatore Aiello
Journey pays tribute to the strength, vitality and physical virtuosity of the male dancer. Choreographically, the ballet suggests
abstractly, visions of traveling on land, sea and sky.
Journey, created in 1979, was Salvatore Aiello’s first work for a professional company. Personally, the ballet represented his transition
from dancer to administrative duties and signaled the end of his dance career. The enormous success and critical acclaim which
Journey received, gave him the courage to continue as a choreographer.
1st Premiere: May 2,1979 by Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Average Length: 19 Minutes
No. of Artists: 12 Men
Original Cast: Rodney Andreychuk, Baxter Branstetter, David Herriott, John Kaminski, Bill Lark, Michael O'Gorman, Joost Pelt,
David Peregrine, Roger Shim, Daniel Simmons, Ronn Tice, Harry Williams
2nd Premiere: January 8,1988 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
No. of Artists: 9 Men
Revival Cast: Talal Al-Muhanna, Kenneth Balint, David Bushman, Diego Carrasco, Alain Charron, Robin Franklin, Timothy Gleason,
Michael Johnson, Mel A. Tomlinson
Acquisitions: Royal Winnipeg Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance
Richmond Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/jBwAWRIMnuk
Magnificat
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1985 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Magnificat in D Major, BMV 243
Costume Design: Evelyn Miller
Lighting Design: Randall Henderson
Scenic Design: Rick Paul
Originally, Bach planned his MAGNIFICAT for the Christmas Vesper service, probably in Leipzig in 1723. For that occasion the verses were interspersed with four additional compositions associated with that festival. With the revisions of the work during the 1730's these
interpolations were removed, making the work suitable for general use independent of any particular of the church years.
The MAGNIFICAT is heard in its present-day musical life in the context of non-liturgical concerts alongside purely classical works, but at
the same time a consciousness of the theological sense of the words still seems to be a live force.
Premiere: May 15,1985 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 30 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Beverly Chambers, Christye Chantal, Barbara Montero, Traci Owens, Melissa Pittman, Pearl Potts, Colleen Tamayo, Lauri Worrill
William Bartlett, Jeffery Bullock, David Bushman, Jeffrey Crevier, Robin Franklin, Ralph Hewitt, Paul Maley, Richard Prewitt
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1985 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Magnificat in D Major, BMV 243
Costume Design: Evelyn Miller
Lighting Design: Randall Henderson
Scenic Design: Rick Paul
Originally, Bach planned his MAGNIFICAT for the Christmas Vesper service, probably in Leipzig in 1723. For that occasion the verses were interspersed with four additional compositions associated with that festival. With the revisions of the work during the 1730's these
interpolations were removed, making the work suitable for general use independent of any particular of the church years.
The MAGNIFICAT is heard in its present-day musical life in the context of non-liturgical concerts alongside purely classical works, but at
the same time a consciousness of the theological sense of the words still seems to be a live force.
Premiere: May 15,1985 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 30 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Beverly Chambers, Christye Chantal, Barbara Montero, Traci Owens, Melissa Pittman, Pearl Potts, Colleen Tamayo, Lauri Worrill
William Bartlett, Jeffery Bullock, David Bushman, Jeffrey Crevier, Robin Franklin, Ralph Hewitt, Paul Maley, Richard Prewitt
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Kalimankou Denkou (Evening Gathering)
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Le Mystere de Voix Bulgares
Costumes: Courtesy of North Carolina Dance Theatre
Lighting Design: Diane Lasila
Premiere: September 27, 1991 by Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre, Atlanta Civic Center
Average Length: 27 minutes
No. of Artists: 7 Women
Original Cast: Angela Brown, Martha Goodman, Keiko Guest, Amanda Keeney, Lisa Martin, Kim McCachren, Rachel Racine
Acquisitions: Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Le Mystere de Voix Bulgares
Costumes: Courtesy of North Carolina Dance Theatre
Lighting Design: Diane Lasila
Premiere: September 27, 1991 by Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre, Atlanta Civic Center
Average Length: 27 minutes
No. of Artists: 7 Women
Original Cast: Angela Brown, Martha Goodman, Keiko Guest, Amanda Keeney, Lisa Martin, Kim McCachren, Rachel Racine
Acquisitions: Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre
Mosaique
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: The Gypsy Kings
Average Length: 14 Minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Women, 2 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Heather Maloy, Benjamin Canon, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: The Gypsy Kings
Average Length: 14 Minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Women, 2 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Heather Maloy, Benjamin Canon, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Photo by Richard Kumery
Notturno
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1988 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Franz Schubert, Notturno in E-Flat Major, Opus 148
Costume Design: Allison L. Cain
Lighting Design: Edward R. Thomas
Set to Schubert's moving Notturno in E-Flat Major for Piano, Violin and Violincello. First published in 1845 after Schubert death,
this work is seldom performed but nevertheless is full of the fluent beauty which is the hallmark of Schubert's style.
Notturno is of course the Italian term for nocturne, but during the eighteenth century was used with the same meaning as serenade.
Premiere: May 14,1988 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC
Average Length: 9 Minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Women, 2 Men
Original Cast: Anitia Intrieri, Katherine Thompson, Zane Booker, Diego Carrasco
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Charleston Ballet Theatre, Chautauqua Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Richmond Ballet II, Richmond Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/eCWsb1_xhK0
https://youtu.be/Q16DA280K3I (Photos)
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1988 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Franz Schubert, Notturno in E-Flat Major, Opus 148
Costume Design: Allison L. Cain
Lighting Design: Edward R. Thomas
Set to Schubert's moving Notturno in E-Flat Major for Piano, Violin and Violincello. First published in 1845 after Schubert death,
this work is seldom performed but nevertheless is full of the fluent beauty which is the hallmark of Schubert's style.
Notturno is of course the Italian term for nocturne, but during the eighteenth century was used with the same meaning as serenade.
Premiere: May 14,1988 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC
Average Length: 9 Minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Women, 2 Men
Original Cast: Anitia Intrieri, Katherine Thompson, Zane Booker, Diego Carrasco
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Charleston Ballet Theatre, Chautauqua Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Richmond Ballet II, Richmond Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/eCWsb1_xhK0
https://youtu.be/Q16DA280K3I (Photos)
Piano Concerto #1
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1980 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Keith Emerson Piano Concerto #1 from the Album "Works" by Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Lighting: Randall Henderson
Costumes: Salvatore Aiello
Keith Emerson's Piano Concerto #1 reflects a musical heritage drawn from many sources. This work, in abstract form, incorporates styles of dance that challenge the versatility and athleticism of the artists. Piano Concerto #1 is a game of dance styles--styles learned and interpreted by all who have studied the discipline of movement. Techniques and traditions become point of reference. Once recognized, we can play with the rules for our enjoyment. With the stage completely stripped and with the lights and sound equipment in full view of the audience, the stage becomes an arena where dancers play with the conventions of dance disciplines and bend the rules to create a style that is the work's own.
Premiere: 1980 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average length: 20 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Darleen Callaghan, Deborah Dawn, Dayna Fox, Gwendolyn Leonard, Rebecca McLain, Tracie Owens, Pearl Potts, Terri Lynn Wright
Edward Campbell, Garland Deaderick, Charles Devlin, David Herriott, Ralph Hewitt, Rick Michalek, Steven Pasco, Richard Prewitt
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Link : https://youtu.be/hUlFdn4bmXk
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1980 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Keith Emerson Piano Concerto #1 from the Album "Works" by Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Lighting: Randall Henderson
Costumes: Salvatore Aiello
Keith Emerson's Piano Concerto #1 reflects a musical heritage drawn from many sources. This work, in abstract form, incorporates styles of dance that challenge the versatility and athleticism of the artists. Piano Concerto #1 is a game of dance styles--styles learned and interpreted by all who have studied the discipline of movement. Techniques and traditions become point of reference. Once recognized, we can play with the rules for our enjoyment. With the stage completely stripped and with the lights and sound equipment in full view of the audience, the stage becomes an arena where dancers play with the conventions of dance disciplines and bend the rules to create a style that is the work's own.
Premiere: 1980 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average length: 20 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Darleen Callaghan, Deborah Dawn, Dayna Fox, Gwendolyn Leonard, Rebecca McLain, Tracie Owens, Pearl Potts, Terri Lynn Wright
Edward Campbell, Garland Deaderick, Charles Devlin, David Herriott, Ralph Hewitt, Rick Michalek, Steven Pasco, Richard Prewitt
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Link : https://youtu.be/hUlFdn4bmXk
Quartet
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1981 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: John Selleck
Lighting and Scenic Design: Harry Feiner
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
A summer's end brings memories of love, of friends, and of sadness.
Premiere: April 9, 1981 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 26 minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Women, 2 Men
Original Cast: Deborah Dawn, Terri Lynn Wright, David Herriott, Ralph Hewitt
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1981 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: John Selleck
Lighting and Scenic Design: Harry Feiner
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
A summer's end brings memories of love, of friends, and of sadness.
Premiere: April 9, 1981 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 26 minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Women, 2 Men
Original Cast: Deborah Dawn, Terri Lynn Wright, David Herriott, Ralph Hewitt
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Reflections
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1978 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Claude Debussy
"Reflections is a Pas de Deux for a dancer and a pianist. The pianist is kind of an unsung hero.
It's the pianist who gets you through class and the music he plays that inspires you in rehearsal." --Salvatore Aiello
Premiere: December 27, 1978 by Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Average Length: 7 minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Woman
Original Cast: Bonnie Wyckoff
Acquisitions: Royal Winnipeg Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Rochester City Ballet.
Link : https://youtu.be/zqRdPGVKW5I
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1978 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Claude Debussy
"Reflections is a Pas de Deux for a dancer and a pianist. The pianist is kind of an unsung hero.
It's the pianist who gets you through class and the music he plays that inspires you in rehearsal." --Salvatore Aiello
Premiere: December 27, 1978 by Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Average Length: 7 minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Woman
Original Cast: Bonnie Wyckoff
Acquisitions: Royal Winnipeg Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Rochester City Ballet.
Link : https://youtu.be/zqRdPGVKW5I
Romeo & Juliet
Balcony Scene Pas de deux
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1989 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Sergie Prokofiev
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
Costume Design: Salvatore Aiello
Premiere: May 19, 1989 by North Carolina Dance, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 12 minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Woman, 1 Man
Original Cast: Tracie Owens and David Bushman
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Balcony Scene Pas de deux
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1989 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Sergie Prokofiev
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
Costume Design: Salvatore Aiello
Premiere: May 19, 1989 by North Carolina Dance, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 12 minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Woman, 1 Man
Original Cast: Tracie Owens and David Bushman
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Salzedo Variations (Unfinished)
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1983 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Carlos Salzedo, Bolminerie
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
Created (Never Premiered): September 6, 1983, Rehearsal period with North Carolina Dance Theatre, Winston-Salem, NC.
Average Length: 23 Minutes
No. of Artists: 5 Woman, 6 Men
Original Cast: Darleen Callaghan, Beverly Chambers, Christye Chantal, Pearl Potts, Lauri Worrill
William Bartlett, Jeffrey Bullock, Jeffrey Crevier, Robin Franklin, Paul Maley, Richard Prewitt
Link : https://youtu.be/MCfuLiAYxbg
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1983 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Carlos Salzedo, Bolminerie
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
Created (Never Premiered): September 6, 1983, Rehearsal period with North Carolina Dance Theatre, Winston-Salem, NC.
Average Length: 23 Minutes
No. of Artists: 5 Woman, 6 Men
Original Cast: Darleen Callaghan, Beverly Chambers, Christye Chantal, Pearl Potts, Lauri Worrill
William Bartlett, Jeffrey Bullock, Jeffrey Crevier, Robin Franklin, Paul Maley, Richard Prewitt
Link : https://youtu.be/MCfuLiAYxbg
Photo by Jeff Cravotta
Satto (Wind Dance)
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1983 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Kastutoshi Nagasawa and Chip Davis
Lighting Design: Randall Henderson
Costume Design: Evelyn Miller
A brief synchronized encounter, a dance of nature itself, harmoniously together between a Wind God and a Leaf.
Premiere: October 13, 1983 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Average Length: 10 Minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Woman, 1 Man
Original Cast: Pearl Potts and Edward Campbell
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance
Link :https://youtu.be/j194nYWh-F8
Scintillations
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1986 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Dan Locklair
Lighting: Scott Templin
Costumes: Timothy Kent
Scintillations: (twinkling of celestial objects) descriptive images of constellations shown through dance technique...
Premiere: 1986 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston Salem, NC
Average Length: 28 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 9 Men
Original Cast: Debra Bale, Diane Bushman, Dana Caspersen, Christye Chantal, Anita Intrieri, Cydney Spohn, Julie Voshell, Diane Wolfson
Jeffrey Bullock, David Bushman, Jeffrey Crevier, Steven Frank, Ralph Hewitt, Michael Johnson, Mark Morgan, Richard Prewitt, Daniel Wright
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
This work represented the first professional collaboration between a North Carolina composer and a choreographer, in the state of North Carolina.
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1986 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Dan Locklair
Lighting: Scott Templin
Costumes: Timothy Kent
Scintillations: (twinkling of celestial objects) descriptive images of constellations shown through dance technique...
Premiere: 1986 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roger L. Stevens Center, Winston Salem, NC
Average Length: 28 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 9 Men
Original Cast: Debra Bale, Diane Bushman, Dana Caspersen, Christye Chantal, Anita Intrieri, Cydney Spohn, Julie Voshell, Diane Wolfson
Jeffrey Bullock, David Bushman, Jeffrey Crevier, Steven Frank, Ralph Hewitt, Michael Johnson, Mark Morgan, Richard Prewitt, Daniel Wright
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
This work represented the first professional collaboration between a North Carolina composer and a choreographer, in the state of North Carolina.
Senza Fretta (without worry)
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1992 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Kronos Quartet, Pieces of Africa, Mai Nozipo
Costume Design: Christina Giannini
Lighting Design: Mark Levi
A whimsical encounter which brings forth a simpatico friendship.
Premiere: August 7, 1992 by Chautauqua Ballet, Chautauqua, NY
Average Length: 7 Minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Men
Original Cast: Barry Leon and Steven Hoff
Acquisitions: Chautauqua Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Festival, Winthrop University Dance Department, School of Richmond Ballet, Queensland Ballet's Pre-Professional's Workshop, Minnesota Ballet, Richmond Ballet II
Link : https://youtu.be/e66vveCH7wo
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1992 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Kronos Quartet, Pieces of Africa, Mai Nozipo
Costume Design: Christina Giannini
Lighting Design: Mark Levi
A whimsical encounter which brings forth a simpatico friendship.
Premiere: August 7, 1992 by Chautauqua Ballet, Chautauqua, NY
Average Length: 7 Minutes
No. of Artists: 2 Men
Original Cast: Barry Leon and Steven Hoff
Acquisitions: Chautauqua Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Festival, Winthrop University Dance Department, School of Richmond Ballet, Queensland Ballet's Pre-Professional's Workshop, Minnesota Ballet, Richmond Ballet II
Link : https://youtu.be/e66vveCH7wo
Shadowdance
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1984 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Shadowfax, Kansas
Costume Design: Evelyn Miller
Original Lighting Design: Eric Magnuson
"...and nothing is ever the same."
A society of women sharing secrets only women share...joy of freedom, youth, exuberance and femininity. An intruder, curious and strange. The women provoke in their innocence's. A woman reaches out to discover the end of innocence and when she does she realizes she never will be the same. The society, also affected my her change and harmony of that society is broken, never to be mended, yet it continues.
Premiere: October, 1984 by Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre, Peachtree Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
Average Length: 19 Minutes
No. of Artists: 5 Women, 1 Man
Original Cast: Debra Bricker, Jennifer Glaze, Keiko Guest, Kay Whiffen, Maggie Wright, Peter Powlus
Acquisitions: Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre, Baltimore Ballet, BalletMet
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1984 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Shadowfax, Kansas
Costume Design: Evelyn Miller
Original Lighting Design: Eric Magnuson
"...and nothing is ever the same."
A society of women sharing secrets only women share...joy of freedom, youth, exuberance and femininity. An intruder, curious and strange. The women provoke in their innocence's. A woman reaches out to discover the end of innocence and when she does she realizes she never will be the same. The society, also affected my her change and harmony of that society is broken, never to be mended, yet it continues.
Premiere: October, 1984 by Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre, Peachtree Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
Average Length: 19 Minutes
No. of Artists: 5 Women, 1 Man
Original Cast: Debra Bricker, Jennifer Glaze, Keiko Guest, Kay Whiffen, Maggie Wright, Peter Powlus
Acquisitions: Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre, Baltimore Ballet, BalletMet
Solas
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1973 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No.5
Costume Design: Linda Lindsay
Lighting Design: Mark Levi
"Not hearing any voice but yours,
not seeing any eyes but yours,
and you are gone."
-- Salvatore Aiello
Premiere: October 6, 1976 by Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Centennial Concert Hall, Manitoba
Average Length: 7 Minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Woman
Original Cast: Marina Eglevsky
Acquisitions: Royal Winnipeg Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Richmond Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/zWXvbalMdE0
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1973 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No.5
Costume Design: Linda Lindsay
Lighting Design: Mark Levi
"Not hearing any voice but yours,
not seeing any eyes but yours,
and you are gone."
-- Salvatore Aiello
Premiere: October 6, 1976 by Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Centennial Concert Hall, Manitoba
Average Length: 7 Minutes
No. of Artists: 1 Woman
Original Cast: Marina Eglevsky
Acquisitions: Royal Winnipeg Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Richmond Ballet
Link : https://youtu.be/zWXvbalMdE0
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1970 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Paul Dukas
Scenery reconstruction: Joseph Bares
Original Designs: Jacob Anchutin
Costumes Design: John Braden and Salvatore Aiello
Costumes execution: Dosi Sorokin and Grace Costumes
Set in a cave of a great castle on the River Rhine, the disarmingly lazy Sorcerer's Apprentice, inadvertently creates magic to help him with his chores, during his master's absence, but is helpless to stop it when the water mounts relentlessly due to his mischief. The Sorcerer happily arrives in time to save Humboldt.
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Premiere: March 6, 1971 by Eglevsky Ballet Company of Long Island, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
Average Length: 10 Minutes
No. of Artists: 12 Women, 4 Men
Original Cast: Erica Arkin, Lynn Berch, Judith Carlson, Irene Gentile, Teresa Graziadei, Alexis Hoff, Katherine O'Connell, Melissa Rolnick,
Michelle Semler, Nancy Sloan, Heather Steelman, Laura Wescott, Denny Shiearer, Steven Spadanuto, Bill Thompson, Robert Vickerey
Acquisitions: Eglevsky Ballet Company of Long Island
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1970 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Paul Dukas
Scenery reconstruction: Joseph Bares
Original Designs: Jacob Anchutin
Costumes Design: John Braden and Salvatore Aiello
Costumes execution: Dosi Sorokin and Grace Costumes
Set in a cave of a great castle on the River Rhine, the disarmingly lazy Sorcerer's Apprentice, inadvertently creates magic to help him with his chores, during his master's absence, but is helpless to stop it when the water mounts relentlessly due to his mischief. The Sorcerer happily arrives in time to save Humboldt.
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Premiere: March 6, 1971 by Eglevsky Ballet Company of Long Island, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
Average Length: 10 Minutes
No. of Artists: 12 Women, 4 Men
Original Cast: Erica Arkin, Lynn Berch, Judith Carlson, Irene Gentile, Teresa Graziadei, Alexis Hoff, Katherine O'Connell, Melissa Rolnick,
Michelle Semler, Nancy Sloan, Heather Steelman, Laura Wescott, Denny Shiearer, Steven Spadanuto, Bill Thompson, Robert Vickerey
Acquisitions: Eglevsky Ballet Company of Long Island
Photo by Richard Kumery
Symphonic Dances
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances, Opus 45
Costume Execution: Betsy Blackmore
Lighting Design: Daniel L. Murray
Symphonic Dances, a ballet in three movements, is based on Rachmaninoff's musical illustration of Mid Day, Twilight and Midnight.
Aiello's choreography parallels Rachmaninoff's score, beginning with the first movement, in which the company men represent the
sensitive male bonding that occurs through the challenges they encounter. In the second scene, the quick movements of the
women, as they prepare for the approaching night, illustrate the rapidly fading light. The final movement of the ballet evokes an
elegant ballroom in czarist Russia where, like Rachmaninoff's melodies, the couples intertwine in a dance of tortured souls.
Premiere: March 15, 1991 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Dana Auditorium, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 21 Minutes
No. of Artists: 6 Women, 6 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Amy Harris, Heather Maloy, Kerri Palmer, Janelle Tatum, Emily Zarov
Patrick Badua, Diego Carrasco, Alain Charron, John Depue, Mel A. Tomlinson, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances, Opus 45
Costume Execution: Betsy Blackmore
Lighting Design: Daniel L. Murray
Symphonic Dances, a ballet in three movements, is based on Rachmaninoff's musical illustration of Mid Day, Twilight and Midnight.
Aiello's choreography parallels Rachmaninoff's score, beginning with the first movement, in which the company men represent the
sensitive male bonding that occurs through the challenges they encounter. In the second scene, the quick movements of the
women, as they prepare for the approaching night, illustrate the rapidly fading light. The final movement of the ballet evokes an
elegant ballroom in czarist Russia where, like Rachmaninoff's melodies, the couples intertwine in a dance of tortured souls.
Premiere: March 15, 1991 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Dana Auditorium, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 21 Minutes
No. of Artists: 6 Women, 6 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Amy Harris, Heather Maloy, Kerri Palmer, Janelle Tatum, Emily Zarov
Patrick Badua, Diego Carrasco, Alain Charron, John Depue, Mel A. Tomlinson, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Symphonic Metamorphosis
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Paul Hindemith
Costume Design: Christina Giannini
Lighting Design: Edward R. Thomas
Premiere: August 10, 1991 by Chautauqua Dance Company, Chautauqua, NY
Average Length: 35 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon, Heather Maloy, Kerri Palmer, Bonnie Pickard,
Kathleen Smith, Ronald Altman, Cameron Caldwell, Benjamin Canon, Alain Charron, Ted Southern, Anthony Wood, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: Chautauqua Dance Company, North Carolina Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Paul Hindemith
Costume Design: Christina Giannini
Lighting Design: Edward R. Thomas
Premiere: August 10, 1991 by Chautauqua Dance Company, Chautauqua, NY
Average Length: 35 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon, Heather Maloy, Kerri Palmer, Bonnie Pickard,
Kathleen Smith, Ronald Altman, Cameron Caldwell, Benjamin Canon, Alain Charron, Ted Southern, Anthony Wood, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: Chautauqua Dance Company, North Carolina Dance Theatre
Photo by Maxwell Mckenzie
Tapestries
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1976 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Michael Praetorius and Frederik Wiedmann
Costume Design: Salvatore Aiello and Catherine Gentilucci
Lighting: Frank Florentine
Tapestrires was originally choreographed on the Students of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1975 and was performed on May 13, 1976 for the
Friends of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
Premiere Professionally: March 13, 1977 by Washington Ballet, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC
Average Length: 32 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 4 Men
Original Cast: Patricia Berrend, Madeline Berdes, Robin Conrad, James Canfield, Choo San Goh, Brian Jameson, Christine Matthews, Julie Miles, Victoria Rinaldi, Helen Sumerwell, Leigh Catlett, Allison Zust
Acquisitions: Washington Ballet
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1976 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Michael Praetorius and Frederik Wiedmann
Costume Design: Salvatore Aiello and Catherine Gentilucci
Lighting: Frank Florentine
Tapestrires was originally choreographed on the Students of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1975 and was performed on May 13, 1976 for the
Friends of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
Premiere Professionally: March 13, 1977 by Washington Ballet, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC
Average Length: 32 Minutes
No. of Artists: 8 Women, 4 Men
Original Cast: Patricia Berrend, Madeline Berdes, Robin Conrad, James Canfield, Choo San Goh, Brian Jameson, Christine Matthews, Julie Miles, Victoria Rinaldi, Helen Sumerwell, Leigh Catlett, Allison Zust
Acquisitions: Washington Ballet
Photo by Michael Avedon
The Bells
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1982 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff, The Bells, Opus 35
Poem for Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
Words by Edgar Allan Poe, (Russian Version by Konstantin Balmont)
Transliteration and Translation by Valerie Vlazinskaya
Lighting Design: Randall Henderson
Scenic Design: Rick Paul
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
The Bells is based on Edgar Allan Poe's Poem which relates four aspects of human life-birth, marriage, terror and death, as symbolized by four kinds of bells - Silver, Gold, Brass and Iron. Rachmaninoff's pronounced fatalism, his deep consciousness of destiny and belief that fate is stronger than man, are evident in this choral symphony.
Premiere: February 26,1982 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC
Average Length: 25 Minutes
No. of Artists: 7 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Darleen Callaghan, Christye Chantal, Dayna Fox, Susan Jones, Michele Mahannah, Lauri Worrill. Terri Lynn Wright
Salvatore Aiello, Edward Campbell, Todd Goodman, David Herriott, Ralph Hewitt, Rick Michalek, Richard Prewitt, Mark Savage
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Link : https://youtu.be/EYydIGBMVpU
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1982 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff, The Bells, Opus 35
Poem for Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
Words by Edgar Allan Poe, (Russian Version by Konstantin Balmont)
Transliteration and Translation by Valerie Vlazinskaya
Lighting Design: Randall Henderson
Scenic Design: Rick Paul
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
The Bells is based on Edgar Allan Poe's Poem which relates four aspects of human life-birth, marriage, terror and death, as symbolized by four kinds of bells - Silver, Gold, Brass and Iron. Rachmaninoff's pronounced fatalism, his deep consciousness of destiny and belief that fate is stronger than man, are evident in this choral symphony.
Premiere: February 26,1982 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC
Average Length: 25 Minutes
No. of Artists: 7 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Darleen Callaghan, Christye Chantal, Dayna Fox, Susan Jones, Michele Mahannah, Lauri Worrill. Terri Lynn Wright
Salvatore Aiello, Edward Campbell, Todd Goodman, David Herriott, Ralph Hewitt, Rick Michalek, Richard Prewitt, Mark Savage
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Link : https://youtu.be/EYydIGBMVpU
The Carnival of the Animals
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Camille Saint-Saens
Living in our Enviroment
Time: Present
Place: Our City
Premiere: 1991 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 23 minutes
No. of Artists: 7 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon, Heather Maloy, Kerri Palmer, Bonnie Pickard, Kathleen Smith
Ronald Altman, Cameron Caldwell, Benjamin Canon, Alain Charron, Barry Leon, Ted Southern, Anthony Wood,Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Narrator: Dan Kirsch
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1991 The Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Camille Saint-Saens
Living in our Enviroment
Time: Present
Place: Our City
Premiere: 1991 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 23 minutes
No. of Artists: 7 Women, 8 Men
Original Cast: Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon, Heather Maloy, Kerri Palmer, Bonnie Pickard, Kathleen Smith
Ronald Altman, Cameron Caldwell, Benjamin Canon, Alain Charron, Barry Leon, Ted Southern, Anthony Wood,Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Narrator: Dan Kirsch
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
The Construction Co.
to A. Jo. Aiello
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1989 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: The Art of Noise, Depeche Mode, Janis Joplin, Ricky Skaggs, John Cafferty &
The Beaver Brown Band, Boom Town Rats, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Costumes: Chance
Lighting Design by: Edward R. Thomas
Beyond the mere design and structure of a building, architecture serves as a silent symbol of our past and a bellwether of the future.
It provides us environment--the locales within which we were born, live, work and interact with others.
Architecture then becomes the terminus as old buildings are razed to make way for the new, a constant reminder of the past, present and future.
To Those People Who Build Our Environment
The FOREMAN
1. Monday....................................Punchin' the Clock
2. Tuesday....................................Layin' the Road
3. Wednesday..............................Lunch
4. Thursday..................................Buildin' It
5. Friday......................................Pay Day!
Premiere: January 5,1989 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 25 Minutes
No. of Artists: 6-7 Women, 7-8 Men
Original Cast: Marjorie Grundvig, Anita Intrieri, Heather Maloy, Tracie Owens, Helen Rosenthal, Katherine Thompson
David Bushman, Diego Carrasco, Luis Cataldi, Alain Charron, Timothy Gleason, Michael Johnson, Mel A. Tomlinson
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
to A. Jo. Aiello
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1989 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: The Art of Noise, Depeche Mode, Janis Joplin, Ricky Skaggs, John Cafferty &
The Beaver Brown Band, Boom Town Rats, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Costumes: Chance
Lighting Design by: Edward R. Thomas
Beyond the mere design and structure of a building, architecture serves as a silent symbol of our past and a bellwether of the future.
It provides us environment--the locales within which we were born, live, work and interact with others.
Architecture then becomes the terminus as old buildings are razed to make way for the new, a constant reminder of the past, present and future.
To Those People Who Build Our Environment
The FOREMAN
1. Monday....................................Punchin' the Clock
2. Tuesday....................................Layin' the Road
3. Wednesday..............................Lunch
4. Thursday..................................Buildin' It
5. Friday......................................Pay Day!
Premiere: January 5,1989 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 25 Minutes
No. of Artists: 6-7 Women, 7-8 Men
Original Cast: Marjorie Grundvig, Anita Intrieri, Heather Maloy, Tracie Owens, Helen Rosenthal, Katherine Thompson
David Bushman, Diego Carrasco, Luis Cataldi, Alain Charron, Timothy Gleason, Michael Johnson, Mel A. Tomlinson
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Photo by Richard Kumery
The Nutcracker
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1992 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Peter Ilylich Tchaikovsky
Original set and Costume: Bjorn Wiinblad
The Snow Scene Design: Monica Kane and Dixie Crawford Rich
Lighting Design: Daniel L. Murray
Salvatore Aiello’s The Nutcracker might well be called Clara’s Dream – a young girl’s imagination springs to life during the excitement and cheer of a holiday party. Clara’s Godfather, the magical and eccentric Herr Drosselmeyer, reveals the excitement and mystery in all of our lives…..reconnecting with the child that is still within us all…..and questioning
“is it a dream or is it reality?
Premiere: December 19, 1992 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Blumenthal Performning Arts Center, Belk Theatre, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 120 Minutes
No. of Artists: 16 Women, 8-10 Men
Original Cast: Angela Brown, Patrice Burnside, Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon, Anita Intrieri,
Heather Maloy, Fancesca Meunier, Bonnie Pickard, Melissa Smith, Benjamin Cannon, Skye Ferrante, Lauren Hubbell, Benjamin Kubie,
Barry Leon, Hardin Minor,Ted Southern, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1992 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Peter Ilylich Tchaikovsky
Original set and Costume: Bjorn Wiinblad
The Snow Scene Design: Monica Kane and Dixie Crawford Rich
Lighting Design: Daniel L. Murray
Salvatore Aiello’s The Nutcracker might well be called Clara’s Dream – a young girl’s imagination springs to life during the excitement and cheer of a holiday party. Clara’s Godfather, the magical and eccentric Herr Drosselmeyer, reveals the excitement and mystery in all of our lives…..reconnecting with the child that is still within us all…..and questioning
“is it a dream or is it reality?
Premiere: December 19, 1992 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Blumenthal Performning Arts Center, Belk Theatre, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 120 Minutes
No. of Artists: 16 Women, 8-10 Men
Original Cast: Angela Brown, Patrice Burnside, Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon, Anita Intrieri,
Heather Maloy, Fancesca Meunier, Bonnie Pickard, Melissa Smith, Benjamin Cannon, Skye Ferrante, Lauren Hubbell, Benjamin Kubie,
Barry Leon, Hardin Minor,Ted Southern, Timothy Rinehart Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Photo by Richard Kumery
The Rite of Spring
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1993 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Costume Design: Monica Kane Cunningham and Linda Lindsay
Scenic Design: Georgia Williams
Lighting Design: Daniel L. Murray
The Rite of Spring is a portrayal of ancient pagan rituals celebrating the cyclical death and renewal of the earth. This primitive tribal "games",
which reveal the force and rawness of man's brutal nature, culminate with the sacrifice, thus ensuring the re-fertilization of the
earth for the coming year. No single ballet has achieved such mythic proportions as Le Sacre du Printemps.
Originally created by Vaslav Nijinsky and Igor Stravinsky in 1913, both the choreography and the music were so unexpected and avant garde
that the premiere caused a near riot. The Ballet in effect catapulted audiences into the Twentieth Century.
Premiere: April 30, 1993 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Pack Place, Asheville, NC
Average Length: 36 Minutes
No. of Artists: 9 Women, 8-9 Men
Original Cast: Molly Atwood, Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon, Anita Intrieri, Heather Maloy, Kerri Palmer, Bonnie Pickard, Lance Bourque, Benjamin Cannon, Skye Ferrante, Lauren Hubbell, Benjamin Kubie, Barry Leon, Ted Southern, Timothy Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, American Repertory, Nashville Ballet, Ohio Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Richmond Ballet, Charlotte Ballet.
Links: The Making of The Rite of Spring
The Making of The Rite of Spring , from Salvatore Aiello Part 1of 2 : http://youtu.be/XUZjSuz73uk
The Making of The Rite of Spring, from Salvatore Aiello Part 2 of 2 : http://youtu.be/geirh15aX-E
https://youtu.be/sTU25z8ZSdw (Photos)
The Rite of Spring,Part 1of 2: https://youtu.be/-8eqgHQzHS4
The Rite of Spring, Part 2 of 2: https://youtu.be/fIQaE2afFiU
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1993 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Costume Design: Monica Kane Cunningham and Linda Lindsay
Scenic Design: Georgia Williams
Lighting Design: Daniel L. Murray
The Rite of Spring is a portrayal of ancient pagan rituals celebrating the cyclical death and renewal of the earth. This primitive tribal "games",
which reveal the force and rawness of man's brutal nature, culminate with the sacrifice, thus ensuring the re-fertilization of the
earth for the coming year. No single ballet has achieved such mythic proportions as Le Sacre du Printemps.
Originally created by Vaslav Nijinsky and Igor Stravinsky in 1913, both the choreography and the music were so unexpected and avant garde
that the premiere caused a near riot. The Ballet in effect catapulted audiences into the Twentieth Century.
Premiere: April 30, 1993 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Pack Place, Asheville, NC
Average Length: 36 Minutes
No. of Artists: 9 Women, 8-9 Men
Original Cast: Molly Atwood, Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon, Anita Intrieri, Heather Maloy, Kerri Palmer, Bonnie Pickard, Lance Bourque, Benjamin Cannon, Skye Ferrante, Lauren Hubbell, Benjamin Kubie, Barry Leon, Ted Southern, Timothy Yeager
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, American Repertory, Nashville Ballet, Ohio Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Richmond Ballet, Charlotte Ballet.
Links: The Making of The Rite of Spring
The Making of The Rite of Spring , from Salvatore Aiello Part 1of 2 : http://youtu.be/XUZjSuz73uk
The Making of The Rite of Spring, from Salvatore Aiello Part 2 of 2 : http://youtu.be/geirh15aX-E
https://youtu.be/sTU25z8ZSdw (Photos)
The Rite of Spring,Part 1of 2: https://youtu.be/-8eqgHQzHS4
The Rite of Spring, Part 2 of 2: https://youtu.be/fIQaE2afFiU
The Unicorn, The Gorgon and The Manticore
The Three Sundays of a Poet, A Madrigal Ballet in One Act
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1983 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music and Libretto: Gian Carlo Menotti
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
Scenic Design: Neil Bierbewer
Additional Scenic Design: Rick Paul
Lighting Design: Randall Henderson
Synopsis
The Madrigal Fable tell the story of a strange Man in the Castle who "shunned the Countess' parties...yawned at town meetings, would not let the Doctor take his pulse and did not go to church on Sundays."
When he is seen on Sunday "leading by a silver chain a captive Unicorn", the Man in the Castle is mocked by the Townsfolk. But soon following the lead of Count and Countess, they imitate him and "every respectable couple is seen promenading a Unicorn."
On the second Sunday, the Man in the Castle appears at a picnic with a Gorgon, "stately and proud." To the queries of the Townsfolk as to the fate of the Unicorn, he answers that since the Unicorn "only liked to gambol and tease" he "quickly grew tired of the fun" and "peppered and grilled him." Soon shocked surprise turns to envy and Gorgons are the rage.
On the third Sunday, The Man in the Castle appears with "the lonely Manticore." He tells the scandalized Townsfolk that the Gorgon "died of murder." Although at first everyone declares the "the Man must be out of his mind" the Townsfolk again bow to his influence, and having secretly disposed of their Gorgons they bring the Manticore into fashion.
When the Man in the Castle is "seen no more walking on Sundays his Manticore", the Townsfolk, sure that the beast has met the same fate as the Unicorn and the Gorgon, form a committee and march on the Castle to "stop all these crimes."
There they find the Man dying in the "faithful and harmonious company" of the three animals, "pain-wrought children of a Poet's fancy." They are the dream of youth (The Unicorn), manhood (The Gorgon), and old age (The Manticore). These creations were easily discarded by his imitators as they were adopted by them only as passing whims. But in the Poet's heart they remained intact, for they were the very essence of his life.
The entire meaning of the fable is contained in the words of the dying Poet.
Premiere: June 1, 1983 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Spoleto Festival U.S.A., Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, NC
Average Length: 42 Minutes
No. of Artists: 6-8 Women, 6 Men
Original Cast: Beverly Chambers, Christye Chantal, Pearl Potts, Lauri Worrill, Jeffrey Bullock, Edward Campbell, Jeffrrey Crevier, Garland Deaderick, Robin Franklin, Todd Goodman, Ralph Hewitt, Richard Prewitt
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Link: https://youtu.be/6G4TrUxQ7B8
The Three Sundays of a Poet, A Madrigal Ballet in One Act
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1983 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music and Libretto: Gian Carlo Menotti
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
Scenic Design: Neil Bierbewer
Additional Scenic Design: Rick Paul
Lighting Design: Randall Henderson
Synopsis
The Madrigal Fable tell the story of a strange Man in the Castle who "shunned the Countess' parties...yawned at town meetings, would not let the Doctor take his pulse and did not go to church on Sundays."
When he is seen on Sunday "leading by a silver chain a captive Unicorn", the Man in the Castle is mocked by the Townsfolk. But soon following the lead of Count and Countess, they imitate him and "every respectable couple is seen promenading a Unicorn."
On the second Sunday, the Man in the Castle appears at a picnic with a Gorgon, "stately and proud." To the queries of the Townsfolk as to the fate of the Unicorn, he answers that since the Unicorn "only liked to gambol and tease" he "quickly grew tired of the fun" and "peppered and grilled him." Soon shocked surprise turns to envy and Gorgons are the rage.
On the third Sunday, The Man in the Castle appears with "the lonely Manticore." He tells the scandalized Townsfolk that the Gorgon "died of murder." Although at first everyone declares the "the Man must be out of his mind" the Townsfolk again bow to his influence, and having secretly disposed of their Gorgons they bring the Manticore into fashion.
When the Man in the Castle is "seen no more walking on Sundays his Manticore", the Townsfolk, sure that the beast has met the same fate as the Unicorn and the Gorgon, form a committee and march on the Castle to "stop all these crimes."
There they find the Man dying in the "faithful and harmonious company" of the three animals, "pain-wrought children of a Poet's fancy." They are the dream of youth (The Unicorn), manhood (The Gorgon), and old age (The Manticore). These creations were easily discarded by his imitators as they were adopted by them only as passing whims. But in the Poet's heart they remained intact, for they were the very essence of his life.
The entire meaning of the fable is contained in the words of the dying Poet.
Premiere: June 1, 1983 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Spoleto Festival U.S.A., Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, NC
Average Length: 42 Minutes
No. of Artists: 6-8 Women, 6 Men
Original Cast: Beverly Chambers, Christye Chantal, Pearl Potts, Lauri Worrill, Jeffrey Bullock, Edward Campbell, Jeffrrey Crevier, Garland Deaderick, Robin Franklin, Todd Goodman, Ralph Hewitt, Richard Prewitt
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre
Link: https://youtu.be/6G4TrUxQ7B8
Photo by Jeff Cravotta
The Waiting Room
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1993 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Arvo Part, Fratres
Lighting Design: Nate Mc Gaha
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
"Life at times can be filled with uncertainty and fear. As humans, we all react with a range of emotions--alarm, anger, resignation....But through our humanity and the support of community, we persevere and return to hope."
--Robert Gardner
Premiere: October 16, 1993 by The Wall Street Danceworks, Asheville, NC
Average Length: 10 Minutes
No. of Artists: 3 Women
Original Cast: Jan Dever, Melinda Halford, Constance Humphries
Acquisitions: The Wall Street Danceworks, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Winthrop Dance Theatre, Minnesota Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Rochester City Ballet.
Link : https://youtu.be/qs41MCPhNh0
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1993 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Arvo Part, Fratres
Lighting Design: Nate Mc Gaha
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
"Life at times can be filled with uncertainty and fear. As humans, we all react with a range of emotions--alarm, anger, resignation....But through our humanity and the support of community, we persevere and return to hope."
--Robert Gardner
Premiere: October 16, 1993 by The Wall Street Danceworks, Asheville, NC
Average Length: 10 Minutes
No. of Artists: 3 Women
Original Cast: Jan Dever, Melinda Halford, Constance Humphries
Acquisitions: The Wall Street Danceworks, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Winthrop Dance Theatre, Minnesota Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Rochester City Ballet.
Link : https://youtu.be/qs41MCPhNh0
Photo by Jeff Cravotta
Turn of the Screw
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1993 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Benjamin Britten
Scenery Design: Salvatore Aiello and Jeffrey Brown
Lighting Design: Mark Levi
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
Written in 1898, The Turn of the Screw is author Henry James' most famous tale.
The Turn of the Screw is set at a remote country estate where a young Governess arrives to take charge of two orphaned children.
The drama of the ballet resides in the conflict that arises between the Governess and the evil spirit of Quint, a former man servant
at the estate, and Miss Jessel, the former Governess.
While living, Quint and Miss Jessel acquired an unnatural influence over the children, but their untimely deaths prevented them from accomplishing their ulterior aims. Their spirits return from the dead and attempt to complete possession of the children's souls. But Miles
and Flora are not as innocent as they appear to be. They secretly commune with "the others", slowly turning the screw on their new Governess.
Ironically, Miles and Flora are the experienced ones, and it is the Governess who is the innocent.
Premiere: October 1993 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Booth Theatre, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 30 Minutes
No. of Artists: 4 Woman, 2 Men
Original Cast: Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham/ Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kati Hanlon, Kerri Palmer, Lance Bourque/ Stephen Gregory, Skye Ferranti
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, American Repertory, Terpscorps Theatre of Dance
Link: https://youtu.be/P24L1od2RrY
The entire collection of Salvatore Aiello's Work and Archives may also be viewed at the
New York Public Library, Archives and Manuscripts. www.nypl.org
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Third Floor
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Choreography: Salvatore Aiello © 1993 Salvatore Aiello Trust
Music: Benjamin Britten
Scenery Design: Salvatore Aiello and Jeffrey Brown
Lighting Design: Mark Levi
Costume Design: Douglas Barger
Written in 1898, The Turn of the Screw is author Henry James' most famous tale.
The Turn of the Screw is set at a remote country estate where a young Governess arrives to take charge of two orphaned children.
The drama of the ballet resides in the conflict that arises between the Governess and the evil spirit of Quint, a former man servant
at the estate, and Miss Jessel, the former Governess.
While living, Quint and Miss Jessel acquired an unnatural influence over the children, but their untimely deaths prevented them from accomplishing their ulterior aims. Their spirits return from the dead and attempt to complete possession of the children's souls. But Miles
and Flora are not as innocent as they appear to be. They secretly commune with "the others", slowly turning the screw on their new Governess.
Ironically, Miles and Flora are the experienced ones, and it is the Governess who is the innocent.
Premiere: October 1993 by North Carolina Dance Theatre, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Booth Theatre, Charlotte, NC
Average Length: 30 Minutes
No. of Artists: 4 Woman, 2 Men
Original Cast: Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham/ Jennifer Cavanaugh, Kati Hanlon, Kerri Palmer, Lance Bourque/ Stephen Gregory, Skye Ferranti
Acquisitions: North Carolina Dance Theatre, American Repertory, Terpscorps Theatre of Dance
Link: https://youtu.be/P24L1od2RrY
The entire collection of Salvatore Aiello's Work and Archives may also be viewed at the
New York Public Library, Archives and Manuscripts. www.nypl.org
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Third Floor
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Photo by : Sarah Ferguson of "The Rite of Spring"
