Carmen & Frida Program

Carmen - A Classic Tale of Love and Betrayal, Reimagined

Artistic Director Gregory Amato’s reimagined Carmen is set to Soviet-era composer Rodion Shchedrin’s “iconoclastic but highly entertaining retelling of Georges Bizet’s opera,” scored for strings and battery of percussion instruments. This one-act ballet recounts the familiar operatic love triangle between our Spanish Gypsy Carmen; her lover and soldier Don José; and the highly attractive torero, Escamillo – but in Amato’s gender-bending interpretation, Escamillo is modeled after celebrated and real-life female 19th century bull-fighting matador, Maria Isabel Atienzer (Maribel). All three characters must face a choice between the prospect of love, or the security and comfort of familiarity; only tragedy can ensue. Olé! 

 

Peninsula Ballet Theatre

Artistic Director/Choreographer: Gregory Amato

Music: Rodion Shchedrin after Georges Bizet

 

Carmen: Aline Carili
Don José: Juan Carlos Magacho
Maribel: Kelley Hashemi
Fate: Léna Alvino

Villagers: Duran Andrade, Timmorie Freeman, Isabelle Glavin, Evan Johnston, Vinnie Jones, Elise Holmes, Alyssa-Marie Muña, Bernardo Ramos, Hollie Rudolph, Naomi Sailors, Chloé Watson

Apprentice: Melia Kramer
Students: Jack Alger, David Carter, Ruby Skulpone, Audrey Stoll, Keira Sweany

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INTERMISSION

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Frida - The Paintings of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Movement 

Following its initial premiere in 2012, this encore presentation, which has been condensed into one act, is an analysis of the works of celebrated husband and wife artists, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, which unearths elements inherent in Mexican culture that are deeply rooted in class differences. Director Zenón Barrón interprets these into the language of dance in this selection of traditionally based choreographies by focusing on specific elements within the paintings.

 

Ensambles Ballet Folklórico de San Francisco
Artistic Director/Choreographer: Zenón Barrón
Costume Design: Zenón Barrón
Costume Construction: Magnolia Ferreira, María Orozco, Jesús Gómez
Music: Frida (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

 

Dancers: Alejandro Ledesma, Aline G. Salazar Díaz, Carlos S. Zambrano, Chelsea Atziri Ferreira, David Brye-Cadena, Gabriela Hernández, Hugo Flores, Javier Espinoza Barajas, Jeannette Quintana, Jennifer Mariana López Ramírez, Jesús Gómez, Karina Vásquez, Karla Toledo, Leticia Torres Elias, Lupita Troncoso, Manaure Uc Cetina, María Anaya, Mariana Hernández, Maricela Benavides, Mario López, Omar Alexis Rincon, Oscár Humberto Ludwig, Pablo Daniel Jiménez García, Patricia Salvador, Priscilla Giler

 

Una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda: Habaneras - El Chorrito

 

El Accidente de Frida: La Calavera - Still Life

 

El Corset de Frida: Xquenda

 

Mujer Desnuda: Nereida - Danzón

 

Frida Frente al Espejo: La Noche De Mi Mal 
(Choreographers: Alejandro Ledesma & Roxanne Onofre)

 

Guelaguetza Oaxaqueña: Danza de los Diablos - Flor de Pina

 

La Casa Azul: Hoy no Existo - El Amuleto

 

Las Dos Fridas: Mosaico Oaxaqueno - Tortuga del Arenal

 

Fridas Campesinas: Volar (Peninsula Ballet Theater) - El Medio Toro

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