Our Farewell Performance
PROGRAM
James Sewell Ballet’s
35th Anniversary Retrospective & Farewell
James Sewell Ballet is grateful to our Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota communities for the many years of collaboration, support, and friendship. Our time amongst so many of you has meant the world to us.
Chopin Tribute: Arm Jive
Premiere: October 23, 2008, The O’Shaughnessy, St Paul, MN
Choreography: James Sewell
Music: Frédéric Chopin
Dancers: Jarod Boltjes, Kaylie Bullock, James Sewell, Connor Simone, Liv Thornton, with special guest Nicole Coelho
Into the Spin (excerpt)
Premiere: April 24, 2015, Goodale Theater at the Cowles Center, Minneapolis, MN
Choreography: James Sewell
Music: Dessa
Costumes: Fritz Masten
Dancers: Kaylie Bullock, Connor Simone, Emily Trapnell
Prestidigitations: Rings
Premiere: May 18, 1991, The David Howard Dance Center, New York, NY
Choreography: James Sewell
Music: Scott Joplin
Dancer: James Sewell
Made In America: Crazy
Premiere: March 10, 2000, Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN
Choreography: James Sewell
Music: Willie Nelson
Costumes: Mary Hansmeyer
Dancers: Connor Simone, Liv Thornton, with special guest Arimee Gambill
Triptych
Premiere: March 11, 2022, The O’Shaughnessy, St Paul, MN
Choreography: Michael Walters
Music: Nirvana, The Cranberries, and Radiohead Costumes: Stephanie Karr-Smith
Dancers: Jarod Boltjes, Connor Simone, Michael Walters
Remarks from Sally Rousse, co-founder
Opera Moves: Diva
Premiere: November 23, 1991, The David Howard Dance Center, New York, NY
Choreography: James Sewell
Music: Gioachino Rossini
Costumes: Fritz Masten, Mary Hansmeyer
Dancers: Kaylie Bullock, James Sewell
Tryst
Premiere: July 26, 1990, Juilliard Theater, New York, NY
Choreography: James Sewell
Music: J. S. Bach
Costumes: Mary Hansmeyer
Dancers: Jarod Boltjes, Emily Trapnell
Moving Works (excerpt)
Premiere: April 18, 1996, The O’Shaughnessy, St Paul, MN
Choreography: James Sewell
Music: Baaba Mal and Kodō Drummers
Costumes: Mary Hansmeyer
Dancers: Jarod Boltjes, Kaylie Bullock, James Sewell, Connor Simone, Liv Thornton, Emily Trapnell
~intermission~
Improvisation
Premiere: this very moment, The O’Shaughnessy, St Paul, MN
Music: “Prelude to Suite No. 2 in D minor” by J.S. Bach, performed by Laura Sewell, cello
Dancers: Company Artists past and present
Time Lapse
Premiere: March 11, 2023, Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, Big Sky, MT
Choreography: Michael Walters
Music: Michael Nyman
Dancer: Emily Trapnell (3/14); Chloe Duryea (3/15)
Body Puzzle
Premiere: January 26, 2011, Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities, West Hartford, CT
Choreography: James Sewell
Music: Q-Burns Abstract Message
Dancer: James Sewell
Appalachia Waltz
Premiere: April 24, 1997, The O’Shaughnessy, St Paul, MN
Choreography: James Sewell
Music: Edgar Meyer and Mark O’Connor
Costumes: Mary Hansmeyer
Dancers: Company, with special guests Christian Burns; and Penelope Freeh (3/15)
PEOPLE
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: James Sewell
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Eve Schulte
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: Tom McNamee
SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR: Deirdre Murnane
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Kevin A. Jones
MEDICAL CARE: Provided by Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine with special thanks to Dr. Jeffrey Payne, M.D.
PHYSICAL THERAPY: Provided by MN Dance Medicine Foundation with special thanks to Hanwen Wong
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Sarah Warbuck
VIDEOGRAPHER: Hector Cortes / Snack Media
Photography courtesy Bill Cameron, Blake Nellis, Dan Norman, Sara Rubinstein, and Erik Saulitis.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Justina Roberts, President
Marty Rigney, Vice President
Connie Beck, Treasurer
Nancy Weingartner Monroe, Secretary
Tom Anderson
Sheila Asato
Jacqueline Griffith Crowley
Lisa Maloney-Vinz
James McCarthy
Michael L. Snow
Gerald Timm
Kim Witczak
Holly Ziemer
