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Season 8: 2021/2022

New Orleans Jazz Nutcracker (Premiere)

December 3-5, 10-12, 2021

Choreography: Jarina Carvalho

Music: Lawrence Sieberth Ensemble

Lawrence Sieberth Ensemble

New Voices (Premiere)

March 18-20, 2022

Beacon — Lauren Ashlee Messina; Music: Florence Price

Inevitable Reflections — Calvin Rowe; Music: Benjamin Britten

And When He Said… — Joshua Bell; Music: Michael Nyman

The Game — Elle C Jones; Music: Sam Kohler

Polymnia Quartet, Todd Simmons (piano)


Season 6: 2019/2020

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Premiere)

October 4-6, 2019

Choreography: Derwin May Jr.

Music: Tucker Fuller

New Resonance Orchestra, Frances Scully, Conductor, Krewe de Voix Vocal Ensemble

Christmas Dances

December 6-8, 2019

Águas de Dezembro — Diogo de Lima; Music: Lawrence Sieberth

Sacred Harp (Premiere) — Kellis McSparrin Oldenburg; Music: Early American carols, arranged by Boston Camerata

Paul Taylor’s Aureole

January 31-February 2, 2020

Choreography: Paul Taylor

Music: William Boyce

New Resonance Orchestra, Frances Scully, Conductor


SEASON 5: 2018/2019

Follies of 1915 (Premiere)

November 1-4, 2018

Full-Length Ballet by Kellis McSparrin Oldenburg

Music: New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra

Querelle (Premiere)

January 17-20, 2019

Choreographer: Diogo de Lima

Music: Byron Asher

New Resonance Chamber Orchestra; Francis Scully, Conductor

 

January 17-20, 2019

Choreographer: Rebecca Allen

Music: Arnold Schoenberg

New Resonance Chamber Orchestra; Francis Scully, Conductor

Gottschalk Suites (Premiere)

January 17-20, 2019

Choreographer: Derwin May, Jr.

Music: Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Pianist: Katalin Lukacs

Book of Saints

March 21-24, 2019

Full-Length Ballet by Teresa Fellion; Music: Tucker Fuller

New Resonance Orchestra, Francis Scully, Conductor


SEASON 4: 2017/2018

Book of Saints (Premiere)

October 6-8, 2017

Full-Length Ballet by Teresa Fellion; Music: Tucker Fuller

New Resonance Orchestra, Francis Scully, Conductor

Christmas Cocktails

December 1-3, 2017

I was told there’d be cake – Maritza Mercado-Narcisse

Winter (from the Four Seasons) – Maya Taylor, Diogo de Lima, Donna Crump

Christmas Cocktails – Diogo de Lima; Music: Lawrence Seiberth (Premiere)

Giselle Deslondes

January 26-28, 2018

Full-Length Ballet by Maya Taylor; Music: Tucker Fuller

New Resonance Orchestra, Francis Scully, Conductor

Made in New Orleans: 3 Jazz Ballets (Premiere)

March 23-25, 2018

Contemporary ballets created to original music by three of New Orleans’ jazz greats.

Composers, Choreographers and Musicians to be announced on October 6, 2017.


SEASON 3: 2016/2017

Giselle Deslondes (Premiere)

November 18-20, 2017

Full-Length Ballet by Maya Taylor; Music: Tucker Fuller

New Resonance Orchestra, Francis Scully, Conductor

The Art of Jazz (Premiere)

February 9,10, 12, 2017

Dance of the Dreamers – Barbara Hayley; Music: Lawrence Sieberth

Rising Sun Blues – Nikki Hefko; Music: Helen Gillet

Wary Heat – Diogo de Lima; Music: NUTRIA (Byron Ascher, Shawn Myers, Trey Boudreaux)


Orfeo

April 14-16, 2017

Full-Length Ballet by Maya Taylor; Music: Tucker Fuller

New Resonance Orchestra, Francis Scully, Conductor


SEASON 2: 2015/2016

Orfeo (Premiere)

October 2-4, 2015

Full-Length Ballet by Maya Taylor; Music: Tucker Fuller

New Resonance Orchestra, Francis Scully, Conductor

Christmas Concerto (Premiere)

December 11-13, 2015

I was told there’d be cake – Maritza Mercado-Narcisse

Diversorios – Nikki Hefko

Abies Balsamea – Donna Crump

Music: George Frederick Trade: Concerto Grosso, op. 6 # 11; op.6 # 9

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso op. 6 # 8

New Resonance Orchestra, Francis Scully, Conductor

Emerging Choreographers (Premiere)

March 18-20, 2016

Searching for Ehos – Gretchen Erickson; Music: Nico Muhly

Sonatine – Trey Mauldwin; Music: Claude Debussy

Touch – Anna Iosipiv; Music: Johannes Brahms

Ain’t She Sweet – Kellis McSparrin Oldenburg; Music: Paul Schoenfield

Musicians: Kate Withrow (violin), Philip von Maltzahn (cello), Brian Hsu (piano)

Program 4

May 13-15, 2016

Salterelle – Diogo de Lima; Music: Scott R. King

Under a Glass Bell – Maya Taylor Music Dustin Gledhill

Autumn (from the Four Seasons) – Donna Crump; Music: George Frederick Handel

Poems of the Soul – Nikki Hefko; Music Alec Wilder (Premiere)

Musicians: Tarrah Reynolds (violin), Rex Gregory (clarinet), Dustin Gledhill (piano),


INAUGURAL SEASON: 2014/2015

Program 1 (Premiere)

October 24-26, 2014

The Fun Police – Donna Crump; Music: Donald Surtain

Selcouth Liaison – Maya Taylor; Music: Giovanni Sollima

Blast – Diogo de Lima; Music: Young Fellaz Brass Band

The Four Seasons (Premiere)

January 23-25, 2015

Spring - Diogo de Lima

Summer – Maya Taylor

Autumn – Donna Crump

Winter – Diogo de Lima, Maya Taylor, Donna Crump

Music: Antonio Vivaldi; New Resonance Orcehstra, Francis Scully, Conductor

Program 3

April 17-19, 2015

The Rooftop – Donna Crump; Music: Donald Surtain

Under a Glass Bell – Maya Taylor; Music: Justin Gledhill (Premiere)

Salterelle – Diogo de Lima; Music: Scott R. King (Premiere)