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Spring 1999 Production

The spring performance of the Antelope Valley Ballet was held June 5th and 6th at the Lancaster performing Arts Center.  It featured the following dances:

• Angelic Journey - Choreography by Lara Arnaiz, music by Laura Hemenway and Timothy Story, based on a previous work by Lara Arnaiz; scenery and costumes by Lara Arnaiz.  World Premiere June 5, 1999.
• Sleeping Beauty, Act III Grand Pas de Deux - Choreography by Kathleen Burnett after Marius Petipa; music by Tchaikovsky; featuring Alec Donovan and guest artist Crystal Allen; costumes by Diana Vandergriff and were courtesy of Cincinnati Ballet.  Sleeping Beauty premiered in 1890, but is a World Premiere for the Antelope Valley Ballet June 5, 1999.
• Pointe & Shoot - Choreography by Kathleen Burnett; music by Justin C. Burnett; story by Kathleen Burnett, John Gaylord, and J. Max Burnett; scenery by Casey Doss; costumes by Kathleen Burnett.  When Arthur Forsythe is found dead at his birthday party, family secrets unfold and unravel a well-to-do family in this whodunit murder mystery ballet.  Special guest appearance by John Gaylord.  World Premiere.
• Sports - Choreography by Kathleen Burnett; music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Khachaturian, Smetana, Anderson, Sousa; costumes by Kathleen Burnett; voiceover by J.Max Burnett and Nathan Brooks Burgess.  Sports premiered by the Oklahoma Festival Ballet in 1995.  Basketball is a World Premiere June 5, 1999.  Sports is a comic ballet about the fun of athletics.

Guest Artist Crystal Allen is currently a member of Cincinnati Ballet where she was selected by Frederick Franklin to be the Snow Queen in The Nutcracker.  She was also cast as the Lilac Fairy in their recent production of The Sleeping Beauty, as the Captain in Con Amore, and also as the Solo Girl in Balanchine's Rubies.   As a member of the Oklahoma Festival Ballet, Ballet Omaha, and Virginia Ballet, Miss allen danced the role of Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire Grand Pas de Deux, and the Sugar Plum fairy in The Nutcracker, as well as many other roles.  In addition to her studies at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and Dance Aspen, in 1997 Miss Allen received her B.F.A. in Ballet Performance at the University of Oklahoma and is currently working on her M.F.A.  This season she was offered a position with Ballet West in Salt Lake City.  This is Crystal's second appearance with the AVB.

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