OnBeat

November 4, 2021

The Midway

San Francisco, CA

The Seasons from Cinderella

Music: Sergei Prokofiev

Choreography by: Roberto Vega Ortiz

Dancers:

Carlos Hopuy (Spring)

Roberto Vega Ortiz (Summer)

Duane Gosa (Autumn)

Trevor Williams (Winter)

Artistic Director, Roberto Vega Ortiz makes his choreographic debut with a neoclassical rendition of the Seasons from Prokofiev’s Cinderella. Each dancer represents a season.

Flamenco

Music: Rogelio Huguet y Tagell

Cellist: Sophia Bacelar

PAUSE

Drink, mingle, and dance!

His Romeo

Music: Sergei Prokofiev

Choreography by: Joshua A. Stayton

Dancers: Carlos Hopuy and Evan Ambrose

Ballet22 commissioned Joshua A. Stayton to create His Romeo for a Valentine’s Day digital short in February of 2021. Since then the duet has been featured in Ballet22’s digital Spring Gala 2021, and performed live for the San Jose Movement Festival. We are excited to bring His Romeo back to the stage, which celebrates queer love and the universal themes of tragic love that makes the story of Romeo and Juliet an enduring classic.

Bach Prelude

Music: Johann Sebastian Bach

Cellist: Sophia Bacelar

Six

Music: Ketan and Vivan Bhatti

Choreography by: Joshua A. Stayton

Dancers: Ismael Alvarez Acosta, David Calhoun, Duane Gosa, Carlos Hopuy, Roberto Vega Ortiz, Trevor Williams

Joshua A. Stayton’s work has been a part of Ballet22 since our first digital production in the Winter of 2020. We are thrilled to bring this additional work of Joshua’s to the Ballet22 repertoire with the re-staging of his abstract ballet, Six.

PAUSE

Drink, mingle, and dance!

Pantera

Music: SOULFIA

Choreography by: Cristina Alejandra Piñero Torres

Dancers: Ismael Alvarez Acosta, Evan Ambrose, David Calhoun, Duane Gosa, Carlos Hopuy, Roberto Vega Ortiz, Trevor Williams

Ballet22 is excited to present this world premiere by Cristina Alejandra Piñero Torres, created specifically on the bodies, strengths, and personalities of the Ballet22 artists. Her goal was to pull from the feminine energy that lives inside the dancers and give them a place to explore this side of their personalities and movement qualities.

Oblivion

Music: Astor Piazzolla

Choreography by: Evan Ambrose & Theresa Knudson

Dancer: Evan Ambrose

Cellist: Sophia Bacelar

Sophia Bacelar returns for a robust interpretation of Piazzolla’s Oblivion, where she will be joined by Ballet22 artist, Evan Ambrose. Choreographed in collaboration, Evan Ambrose and Theresa Knudson created this solo to bring physicality to the oozing and dramatic dynamics of Sophia’s brilliant playing.

Heartbeats

Original Music: Davide Occhipinti

Choreography by: Myles Thatcher

Dancers: Ismael Alvarez Acosta, David Calhoun, Duane Gosa, Carlos Hopuy, Roberto Vega Ortiz, Trevor Williams

Inspired by the safe spaces & community that queer clubs create, along with the absence that was felt from the closure of these spaces during the height of the pandemic, renowned choreographer and soloist of San Francisco Ballet, Myles Thatcher created Heartbeats for Ballet22 in June, 2021. The music was composed for this ballet by San Francisco Ballet dancer, Davide Occhipinti.

Ballet22 Artistic Director & Co-Founder: Roberto Vega Ortiz

Ballet22 Executive Director & Co-Founder: Theresa Knudson

The Midway Crew

Peter Glikshtern, Principal of The Midway

Andrea Kirk, Assistant General Manager of The Midway

Dustin Raphael, Production Manager of The Midway

Brendan Ward, Marketing & Talent Director of The Midway

Fred Ibonie, Lighting Tech of The Midway

William Chad Willsie, Sound Tech of The Midway

Cellist: Sophia Bacelar

DJ: Trim

Costumes: Ballet22

Ballet22 Bar & Merchandise: Joanne Kim & Jordone Shane-Sanchez

Company Class Teachers: Carlos Hopuy, Theresa Knudson, Roberto Vega Ortiz

Choreographers & Coaches: Cristina Alejandra Piñero Torres, Evan Ambrose, Carlos Hopuy, Theresa Knudson, Joshua A. Stayton, Myles Thatcher, Roberto Vega Ortiz

Pointe Shoes sponsored by: Nikolay Grishko