New England Ballet Theatre
presents
La Sylphide
One of the World's Oldest Surviving Ballets
Choreography after Filippo Taglioni & August Bournonville
Music by Hermann Lovenskjold
June 7th
7:00pm
June 8th
2:00pm
The Hacker Theater
Miss Porter's School
77 Garden St
Farmington, CT 06032
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Open Children's Audition
Saturday March 8th
12:45pm Registration Opens
1:00-1:30pm Ages 3-7
1:30-3:00pm Ages 8+
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Synopsis
ACT I
It’s wedding-day morning for James, a young Scotsman. As he dozes in a chair before the fire, a Sylph dances around him, but when he awakens, she disappears. James asks his friend Gürn about the mysterious creature, but Gürn didn’t see anything. The wedding guests and James’s bride, Effy, arrive. Seeing a shadowy figure in the corner, James rushes over; it’s not the Sylph, but the witch Madge. Effy asks Madge to tell her fortune. The witch tells her that she will marry Gürn, not James. Angry, James throws Madge out. As the wedding procession forms, James gazes upon the ring. Suddenly, the Sylph appears, snatches the ring, and escapes into the forest. James follows her, abandoning Effy.
ACT II
As James enjoys more time with the Sylph and her followers in the forest, he becomes increasingly frustrated that he can’t hold her in his arms. In search of a solution, he comes upon Madge, who gives him a magical scarf that will help his dream come true. As ecstatic James rushes back to the Sylph, but when the scarf is wrapped around her shoulders, her wings crumble to dust and she dies. The distraught James looks up to see the wedding procession of Effy and Gürn.
Synopsis by San Fransisco Ballet
Principal Casting
ELIAS RE as James
Guest Artist from Dance Theater of Harlem
Born in Mila, Italy, Re trained at La Scala Ballet School, Sarasota Cuban Ballet School, and Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba. He danced professionally at American Repertory Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, and Cleveland Ballet, before joining the Dance Theater of Harlem. Re's repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe, Jodie Gates, Geoffrey Holder, Stanton Welch, Robert Garland, Robert Bondara, Claire Davidson, Anna Rita Larghi, Gino Labate, Victor Alexander, and Da’Von Doane. He has danced principal roles in "Swan Lake," "The Nutcracker," "Don Quixote," "Magic Flute," "Paquita," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "The Sleeping Beauty." This will be Re's debut as James in "La Sylphide," and his first guest appearance with NEBT.
STEPHANIE KELLOGG as The Sylph
Stephanie Kellogg (Chesterfield, Massachusetts) began her ballet training at the Pioneer Valley Ballet in Easthampton, laying the foundation for a professional career that has included principal and soloist roles in Beauty and the Beast, Firebird, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Cinderella, and the Nutcracker. She has performed locally and internationally as a guest artist for Barbie Dewald Choreography, Vacanti Ballets, and MetroWest Ballet. Now in her 5th season with New England Ballet Theatre, she has performed in Rachael Gnatowski’s original full length ballets, as well as in guest choreographers works. In addition to performing, Stephanie teaches ballet at Deerfield Academy and Pioneer Valley Ballet and has choreographed many original works on their students.
