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Innovations 2013
in
May 17, 18 & 22-25, 2013
AT THE ROSE WAGNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Since its inception, Ballet West’s Innovations has become a platform for up-and-coming American choreographers. This year’s Innovations 2013 will spotlight new creations by Ballet West artists, the revival of Christopher Ruud’s 2011 Trapped and a world premiere by emerging choreographer Jodie Gates.
“…achingly fresh… a bracing, delicious experience.” – Celia Baker, The Salt Lake Tribune

Soloist Beau Pearson & Demi-Soloist Emily Adams in Susan Shields' Grand Synthesis. Photo by Luke Isley.
Program & Notes:
Trapped
Revival
Choreographer: Christopher Ruud
Music: Vladimir Martynov – Autumn Ball of the Elves
Lighting Design: Nicholas Cavallaro
Costume Design: David Heuvel with Christopher Ruud
Set Concept: Christopher Ruud
Lighting and Set Design: Nicholas Cavallaro
Set Execution: Robert Clifford
"Man is born free,
and everywhere he is in shackles."
-- Jean Jacques Rousseau
Humankind seems trapped within the repeating cycles of obedience to systemic normalcy.
Mechanism
World Premiere
Choreographer: Easton Smith
Music: Concerto for violin, strings & BC No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lighting design: Nicholas Cavallaro
Costume design: David Heuvel
Behind Closed Doors
World Premiere
Choreography: Christopher Anderson
Music: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lighting design: Nicholas Cavallaro
Costume design: Christopher Anderson
Violinist: Aubrey Woods
Spun
World Premiere
Choreography by Adrian Fry
Music: “Film Credits,” “This Place Is A Shelter” and “Near Light,”
by Ólafur Arnalds from Living Room Songs,
Recorded on Erased Tapes Records
Lighting by Nicholas Cavallaro
Costumes conceived by Tyler Gum
Spun was inspired by the spinning tops in the 1969 short film Tops by Charles and Ray Eames.
Mercurial Landscape
World Premiere
Choreographer: Jodie Gates
Music: Max Richter, selections from Recomposed by Max Richter:
Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Lighting design: Nicholas Cavallaro
Costume design: Melanie Watnick
mer-cu-ri-al: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood. Mercurial describes someone whose mood or behavior is changeable and unpredictable, or someone who is clever, lively, and quick.
Casting:
| TRAPPED | May 17 | May 18 | May 22 | May 23 | May 24 | May 25 mat. | May 25 eve. |
| KATIE CRITCHLOW | AMY POTTER | KATIE CRITCHLOW | AMY POTTER | KATIE CRITCHLOW | AMY POTTER | KATIE CRITCHLOW | |
| OWEN GAJ | TYLER GUM | OWEN GAJ | TYLER GUM | OWEN GAJ | TYLER GUM | OWEN GAJ | |
| AROLYN WILLIAMS | SAYAKA OHTAKI | AROLYN WILLIAMS | SAYAKA OHTAKI | AROLYN WILLIAMS | SAYAKA OHTAKI | AROLYN WILLIAMS | |
| ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | |
| ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | |
| ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | |
| ELIZABETH MCGRATH | BECKANNE SISK | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | BECKANNE SISK | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | BECKANNE SISK | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | |
| BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | |
| EMILY ADAMS | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | EMILY ADAMS | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | EMILY ADAMS | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | EMILY ADAMS | |
| EASTON SMITH | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | EASTON SMITH | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | EASTON SMITH | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | EASTON SMITH | |
| KATHERINE LAWRENCE | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | |
| MECHANISM | May 17 | May 18 | May 22 | May 23 | May 24 | May 25 mat. | May 25 eve. |
| JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | HALEY HENDERSON SMITH | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | HALEY HENDERSON SMITH | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | |
| CHRISTOPHER RUUD | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | EASTON SMITH | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | EASTON SMITH | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | |
| ELIZABETH WELDON | ELIZABETH WELDON | ELIZABETH WELDON | SARAH HOCHMAN | ELIZABETH WELDON | SARAH HOCHMAN | ELIZABETH WELDON | |
| ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | RONALD TILTON | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | RONALD TILTON | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | |
| KATLYN ADDISON | KATLYN ADDISON | KATLYN ADDISON | EMILY ADAMS | KATLYN ADDISON | EMILY ADAMS | KATLYN ADDISON | |
| TREVOR NAUMANN | TREVOR NAUMANN | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | |
| WHITNEY HUELL | WHITNEY HUELL | WHITNEY HUELL | JENNA RAE HERRERA | WHITNEY HUELL | JENNA RAE HERRERA | WHITNEY HUELL | |
| TYLER GUM | TYLER GUM | TYLER GUM | RONNIE UNDERWOOD | TYLER GUM | RONNIE UNDERWOOD | TYLER GUM | |
| BEHIND CLOSED DOORS | May 17 | May 18 | May 22 | May 23 | May 24 | May 25 mat. | May 25 eve. |
| EMILY ADAMS | EMILY ADAMS | EMILY ADAMS | KATIE CRITCHLOW | EMILY ADAMS | KATIE CRITCHLOW | EMILY ADAMS | |
| CHRISTIANA BENNETT | CHRISTIANA BENNETT | CHRISTIANA BENNETT | ALLISON DEBONA | CHRISTIANA BENNETT | ALLISON DEBONA | CHRISTIANA BENNETT | |
| LINDSAY DUERFELDT | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | |
| AMY POTTER | AMY POTTER | AMY POTTER | JAMIE LYNN SCHULTZ | AMY POTTER | JAMIE LYNN SCHULTZ | AMY POTTER | |
| AROLYN WILLIAMS | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | AROLYN WILLIAMS | BECKANNE SISK | AROLYN WILLIAMS | BECKANNE SISK | AROLYN WILLIAMS | |
| CHASE O'CONNELL | CHASE O'CONNELL | CHASE O'CONNELL | OWEN GAJ | CHASE O'CONNELL | OWEN GAJ | CHASE O'CONNELL | |
| CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | TYLER GUM | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | TYLER GUM | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | |
| JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | RONALD TILTON | JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | RONALD TILTON | JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | |
| SPUN | May 17 | May 18 | May 22 | May 23 | May 24 | May 25 mat. | May 25 eve. |
| 1st Movement | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | CHRISTIANA BENNETT | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | CHRISTIANA BENNETT | ELIZABETH MCGRATH |
| OWEN GAJ | OWEN GAJ | OWEN GAJ | JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | OWEN GAJ | JOSHUA WHITEHEAD | OWEN GAJ | |
| ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | |
| 2nd Movement | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | CHRISTIANA BENNETT | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | CHRISTIANA BENNETT | ELIZABETH MCGRATH |
| SAYAKA OHTAKI | KATLYN ADDISON | SAYAKA OHTAKI | KATLYN ADDISON | SAYAKA OHTAKI | KATLYN ADDISON | SAYAKA OHTAKI | |
| LINDSAY DUERFELDT | AROLYN WILLIAMS | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | AROLYN WILLIAMS | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | AROLYN WILLIAMS | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | |
| SAYAKA OHTAKI | KATLYN ADDISON | SAYAKA OHTAKI | KATLYN ADDISON | SAYAKA OHTAKI | KATLYN ADDISON | SAYAKA OHTAKI | |
| BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | |
| 3rd Movement | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | AROLYN WILLIAMS | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | AROLYN WILLIAMS | LINDSAY DUERFELDT | AROLYN WILLIAMS | LINDSAY DUERFELDT |
| ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | |
| MERCURIAL LANDSCAPE | May 17 | May 18 | May 22 | May 23 | May 24 | May 25 mat. | May 25 eve. |
| ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | ALLISON DEBONA | |
| HALEY HENDERSON SMITH | HALEY HENDERSON SMITH | HALEY HENDERSON SMITH | AMY POTTER | HALEY HENDERSON SMITH | AMY POTTER | HALEY HENDERSON SMITH | |
| KATHERINE LAWRENCE | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | KATIE CRITCHLOW | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | KATIE CRITCHLOW | KATHERINE LAWRENCE | |
| ELIZABETH MCGRATH | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | WHITNEY HUELL | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | WHITNEY HUELL | ELIZABETH MCGRATH | |
| SAYAKA OHTAKI | SAYAKA OHTAKI | SAYAKA OHTAKI | SAYAKA OHTAKI | SAYAKA OHTAKI | SAYAKA OHTAKI | SAYAKA OHTAKI | |
| BECKANNE SISK | BECKANNE SISK | BECKANNE SISK | BECKANNE SISK | BECKANNE SISK | BECKANNE SISK | BECKANNE SISK | |
| JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | JACQUELINE STRAUGHAN | |
| AROLYN WILLIAMS | AROLYN WILLIAMS | AROLYN WILLIAMS | JENNA RAE HERRERA | AROLYN WILLIAMS | JENNA RAE HERRERA | AROLYN WILLIAMS | |
| CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON | CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON | CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON | TYLER GUM | CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON | TYLER GUM | CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON | |
| ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | ADRIAN FRY | |
| OWEN GAJ | OWEN GAJ | OWEN GAJ | OWEN GAJ | OWEN GAJ | OWEN GAJ | OWEN GAJ | |
| ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | ALEXANDER MACFARLAN | |
| BEAU PEARSON | BEAU PEARSON | BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | TREVOR NAUMANN | BEAU PEARSON | |
| CHRISTOPHER RUUD | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | BEAU PEARSON | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | BEAU PEARSON | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | |
| CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | CHRISTOPHER RUUD | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | |
| TREVOR NAUMANN | TREVOR NAUMANN | EASTON SMITH | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | EASTON SMITH | CHRISTOPHER SELLARS | EASTON SMITH | |
| RONNIE UNDERWOOD | RONNIE UNDERWOOD | ||||||
| ALL CASTING SUBJECT TO CHANGE |
Tickets:
Performance Schedule:
Fri., May 17, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Sat., May 18, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Wed., May 22, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Thu., May 23, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Fri., May 24, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Sat., May 25, 2013 - 2:00 pm
Sat., May 25, 2013 - 7:30 pm
