RBAI Fringe Program

1. Haunted by internal struggle - which desire to follow, which
female to embrace - a spectral figure wanders through the
phantasma of his own mind. As disparate images coalesce
through dance and monologue, myriad feelings are evoked -
aggression, passion, wonder and romance - in his struggle to
glimpse and reconcile the woman of his longings.
Alyona Yakovleva,
Artistic Director
Continuing the
Vaganova tradition of excellence …
in a new generation of ballerinas.
Schooling: Academy of Ballet in Novosibirsk & St. Petersburg State
University, Russia
Degreed in: Professional Ballet Dance Performance, Choreography, and
Ballet, Character, and Historical Dance Instruction. Vaganova School of
St. Petersburg, certified as a Vaganova Instructor.
Honors: Outstanding School, Youth America Grand Prix (2007) &
Outstanding Teacher, Youth America Grand Prix(2006). Grand Ballerina
of Russian Conference for Young Scientists and Specialists (1999).
Instructor Appointments: Professor of Performance Arts, Dong Duk‟s
Women‟s University, Seoul, Korea. Clara R. Noyes Academy, Ballet
Internationale, Indianapolis, Indiana . Artistic Director, Russian Ballet
Academy of Indiana, USA & Artistic Director, Indiana Ballet Company,
Indiana, USA.
Chorography Projects: Universal Ballet Company, Chong-Dong Theatre,
Seoul, Korea. MadeInDance Company, Seoul, Korea. Stravinsky‟s Les
Noces; “Pygmalion” for It‟s All Greek to Me (GHDT). 2000 Gatchina
Festival of Literature and Cinema in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Choreographed & danced, “Be Natural” music video by Korean pop group
S.E.S. Solo & ensemble pieces, student competition, Youth American
Grand Prix.
Staging: Coda of Chopiniana (RBAI, 1st at Youth American Grand Prix,
Spartanburg, SC). The Nutcracker (RBAI, Indianapolis, IN, USA).
Giselle and Paquita (Dong Duk‟s Women‟s University, Seoul, Korea). Don
Quixote (Clara R. Noyes Academy, Indianapolis, IN, USA). Phantom of
the Opera (Indiana Ballet Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA).

2. Introduction:
Poetry read by Daniel Fenton
Choreography by Alyona Yakovleva
“Four Quartets: East Coker” - T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
“Divine Rapture” - Francis Quarles (1592 – 1644)
Scene I
“Dream Girl” - Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
“The Definition of Love” - Andrew Marvell (1621 – 1678)
“Solitude” - George Gordon „Lord Byron‟ (1788 - 1824)
“Not Understood” - Thomas Bracken (1843 – 1898)
„Evolution‟ - Music, Cirque du Soleil - Choreography, Sergey Sergiev
Tuesday Mayhew, Hailey Agran, Abigail Matthews, Mary Ann
Schaefer, Rachel Phipps, Courtney Messer
Scene II
“All for Love” - Prologue, John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
“Dis-Connect” - Liz McClenaghan ©2001
„Echo‟ - Music, „Funambul‟, Cirque Du Soleil
Choreography, Sergiev Sergiev
Mary Ann Schaefer
Scene III
“River Birth” - Liz McClenaghan ©2008
“Sonnet 53” - William Shakespeare (1621 – 1678)
“Korean Sijo” - Chong Ch'ol (1536-1593)
„River‟ – Music, „The Heart Asks Pleasure First‟, Michael Nymars
Choreography, Alyona Yakovleva
Courtney Messer
„Elusive Self‟ - Music, John Williams - Choreography, Alyona
Yakovleva
Hailey Agran
Scene IV
“Deceptions” - Philip Larkin (1922 – 1985)
“The Waste Land” - T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
„Elo Hi‟ - Music, Goran Bregovic - Choreography, Sergiev Sergiev
Rachel Phipps
Scene V
“Sonnet 116” - William Shakespeare (1621 – 1678)
“To His Coy Mistress” - Andrew Marvell (1621 – 1678)
„Metaphor on the Floor‟ - Music, Art of Noise
Choreography, Sergey Sergiev
Tuesday Mayhew, Hailey Agran, Abigail Matthews
Mary Ann Schaefer, Rachel Phipps, Courtney Messer
Scene VI
“She was a Phantom of Delight” - William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)
“Anthony and Cleopatra” - William Shakespeare (1621 – 1678)
“The Waste Land” - T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
“Henry VI I.iv.137” - William Shakespeare (1621 – 1678)
“Sonnet 87” - William Shakespeare (1621 – 1678)
„Cleopatra‟ - Music, Lazarer - Choreography, Chernikov
Tuesday Mayhew
Scene VII
“The Waste Land” - T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
“ATTRIBUTION: The Orphan” - Act III, Scene 1
Thomas Otway (1652–1685)
“Sonnet 147” - William Shakespeare (1621 – 1678)
“Not Understood” - Thomas Bracken (1843 – 1898)
“O How Can I Live” - Sri Chinmoy © 2007
„Phantom of the Opera‟ excerpt - Music, String Quartet No. 8 in C
Minor, Op. 110: II, Allegro Molto Shostakovich
Choreography, Alyona Yakovleva
Spencer Keith, Tuesday Mayhew, Hailey Agran
Abigail Matthews, Mary Ann Schaefer, Rachel Phipps