Program Notes

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Amahl and the Night Visitors
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: November 16, 1995
by Gary Peterson, 2003
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Anagram
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: September 30, 2004
by Gary Peterson, 2004
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Anagram II
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: February 4, 2006
by Gary Peterson, 2005/2006
by Jere Lantz, 2006

Appalachia Waltz
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 24, 1997

Awedville
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 3, 2004
by Sally Rousse, 2004
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Bach Fantasy
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: July 26, 1990

Barrage
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 25, 2003
by James Sewell, 2003
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Before Words
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: January 20, 2006

Billy’s Bed: A Terpsitoon
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 23, 1998
by Roy Close, Sally Rousse, Gary Peterson, 1998

Brahms Duet
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 12, 2006
by Sally Rousse, 2006

Branding the West
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: February 12, 1994
by Sally Rousse, 1994

By The Gypsy River Banks
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: September 29, 2005
by Sally Rousse, 2005

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Chair Bones
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: July 27, 2001
by Sally Rousse, 2007

Different Drummers
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 5, 2001
by James Sewell, Gary Peterson, 2001

Don Quixote Wedding pas de deux
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 21, 1994
by Gary Peterson, Sally Rousse, Roy Close, 1999

Doo-Be-Doo
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 22, 1994

Enter / Exit
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 23, 1998

Good Mourning
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: September 20, 1997
by Gary Peterson, Roy Close, 1997

Guy Noir: The Ballet
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: September 29, 2005
by James Sewell, 2005

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Handbell Medley
James  Sewell Ballet Premiere: December 19, 1997

Hymns for the Amusement of Children
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: March 13, 1994
by James Sewell, 1994

If This Then What
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: February 22, 2008

In Counterpoint
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: November 23, 1991
by Sally Rousse, Gary Peterson, Roy Close, 1997
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Independence In Dependence
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: July 13, 1990
by James Sewell, 1995

Involution
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: March 4, 2005
by James Sewell, 2005

Jack and Jill Went Over The Hill
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: 1990

Keyed Out
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 3, 2003
by James Sewell, 2003

Kinetic Head
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 26, 2007
by Gary Peterson, 2007

Klezmer Dances
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 19, 2002
by Gary Peterson, 2002
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Late
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: November 23, 1991
by Sally Rousse, Gary Peterson, Roy Close, 1997

LightSpace
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 12, 2007

Lover
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 4, 2002
by James Sewell, Gary Peterson, 2002

Loves Remembered
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 26, 1991
by Gary Peterson, 2000

Made In America
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: March 10, 2000
by Gary Peterson, 2000

Manduka Sabda
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: March 13, 1992
by Sally Rousse, 1992

Mendelssohn Trio
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: March 12, 1999
by Gary Peterson, Sally Rousse, Roy Close, 1999

Metamorphosis
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 23, 2004
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Moving Works
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 18, 1996
by James Sewell, 1996

Nirvana Dharma
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: June 2, 1999
by Gary Peterson, Sally Rousse, 1999

Opera Moves
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: November 23, 1991
Revised James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 12, 2007
by Sally Rousse, 1994; Gary Peterson, 2007

Opus 131
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 20, 1995
by James Sewell, 1995

Passions
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 2, 1998
by Sally Rousse and Gary Peterson, with James Sewell, 1998
by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, 1998

Prestidigitations
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: May 18, 1991

Proprio
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: January 19, 2007
by James Sewell, 2007

Protective Coloring for Pointe & Cello
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: March 23, 1996
by Sally Rousse, 1996

Random Acts
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: March 23, 1995
by Sally Rousse with James Sewell, 1995

Raymonda (excerpt from)
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 20, 1995

Romeo and Juliet The Balcony Scene
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 18, 1996

Schoenberg Serenade
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: February 17, 2006
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Sleeping Beauty Blue Bird pas de deux
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: February 26, 2000
by Gary Peterson, Sally Rousse, 2000

Social Movements
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: February 22, 2008

Swan Lake Act II pas de deux
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 29, 1993

Swan Pond
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 29, 1993
by Sally Rousse, 1993

Table Waltz
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: February 22, 2008
by Penelope Freeh, 2007

Tarantella
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 22, 1994

The Chairman Dances
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 21, 1994
by Sally Rousse, 1994

The Goldbergs
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 20, 2001
by Gary Peterson, Sally Rousse, James Sewell, 2001

The High Rock Project
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 22, 1994
by Sally Rousse, 1994

The Motor Show
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: May 18, 1991

The Question
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: May 18, 1991

The Yin In Yang
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: June 26, 1987

Tryst
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: July 26, 1990
by Sally Rousse, 1990

Turf
Premiere: September 20, 2006
by James Sewell, 2007

Virtually American
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 6, 2000
by James Sewell, with Sally Rousse, 2000

Water Death
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 23, 2004
by Wynn Fricke, 2004

Water Trilogy
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 19, 2002
by Lou Fancher, 2002

Whaling Waters
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: August 5, 1992
by Gary Peterson, 2003

Whisper at a Thousand
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: September 20, 1997
by Gary Peterson, 1997

Who Cares?
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: March 23, 1995

Wingborne
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 21, 1994

Winter
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: October 18, 1996
by Roy Close, Gary Peterson, Sally Rousse, 1996

Witness
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: April 25, 2003
by Penelope Freeh, 2003

Zenas
James Sewell Ballet Premiere: September 30, 2004
by Christian Burns, 2004