EYE ON DANCE PUBLIC SCREENING
Date: Friday, Oct. 18 at 6:30pm
Location Gibney Dance Center (890 Broadway)
EOD: TV Episode #234 (recorded in 1987)
Topic: The Unearthing of The Rite of Spring
EOD Guests: *Millicent Hodson (Dance Historian), *Kenneth Archer (Art Historian)
Host: Celia Ipiotis
Talk: The intense process involved in reconstructing the 1913 “Rite of Spring” for the Joffrey Ballet in 1987.
Excerpts: Joffrey Ballet performing “The Rite of Spring.”

Post EYE ON DANCE DVD Screening Conversation
Guests: Beatriz Rodriguez and Carole Valleskey (Former Joffrey Ballet principals cast as “The Chosen One” in “Rite.”
Moderator: Celia Ipiotis
Topic: Experiencing the reconstruction of a groundbreaking piece and assessing the results.

Q & A followed by Reception
**Please note: Ms. Hodson and Mr. Archer only appear on the recorded EYE ON DANCE video.

SUMMARY: Dance historian Millicent Hodson and art historian Kenneth Archer discuss their reconstruction of Vaslav Nijinsky's Le sacre du printemps (The rite of spring) for the Joffrey Ballet. They describe various aspects of the original production by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1913, including the interaction of the collaborators Nikolai Roerich, Nijinsky, and Igor Stravinsky. Hodson talks about Nijinsky's transformation of the academic ballet technique, and the role played by his assistant Marie Rambert. Archer displays a costume re-created from Roerich's designs, and discusses Roerich's use of symbolism in its decorative motifs. The guests also describe their experiences in working with the Joffrey dancers, seen in several recorded excerpts from the reconstructed ballet. The program also includes a recorded interview with Rambert, in which she discusses the creation of the ballet.
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POST SCREENING CONVERSATION PARTICPANT BIOS
Carole Valleskey, a former principal dance with the Joffrey Ballet appeared in numerous acclaimed roles including “The Chosen One” in the recreation of the 1913 Nijinsky-Stravinsky “Le Sacre du Printemps.” Currently the Founder and Artistic Director of the California Dance Institute which is affiliated with Jacques d’Amboise’s National Dance Institute—Valleskey merges her Broadway musical theater, ballet and teaching background into an arts education focus. She completed a BA from California State University.
Beatriz Rodriguez, a former principal dance with the Joffrey Ballet appeared in numerous acclaimed roles including “The Chosen One” in the recreation of the 1913 Nijinsky-Stravinsky “Le Sacre du Printemps.” a Dance Magazine Award recipient, she is a practitioner of Iyengar yoga, a dance and ballet, teacher and coach. As a role mode for young Hispanic dancers, New Jersey Network Youth Showcase Organization presents a scholarship award in her name.
The creator, producer and moderator of the award-winning TV series EYE ON DANCE (EOD), Celia Ipiotis directs the nonprofit arts organization Arts Resources in Collaboration (ARC) that is responsible for the fundraising drive to safeguard the EOD Humanities Archive. A former dancer, choreographer, company director and videographer, Ms. Ipiotis produces the Internet cultural journal, EYE ON THE ARTS. She also lectures at universities, advises dance media projects and curates EOD and holds a BFA degree from OSU and MA from New School for Social Research.