Program Book: CSO x The Joffrey Ballet, Apr 10-13, 2025

Read the program book for CSO x The Joffrey Ballet, Apr 10-13, 2025.

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ARTISTS OF THE JOFFREY BALLET

Second Nature

World premiere by Amy Hall Garner, choreographer
Music by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Costume realization by The Joffrey Ballet
Lighting design by Jack Mehler

Gold Couples
Victoria Jaiani, Dylan Gutierrez
Lindy Mesmer, Jackson Miles

Blue Couples
Jeraldine Mendoza, Edson Barbosa
Yumi Kanazawa, Hyuma Kiyosawa

Green Couples
Gayeon Jung, Stefan Gonçalvez
Anais Bueno, José Pablo Castro Cuevas

Les Boeufoons

World premiere by Nicolas Blanc, choreographer
Music by Darius Milhaud
Costume realization by The Joffrey Ballet
Lighting design by Jack Mehler
Properties design by Jack Mehler

Les Boeufoons is created in association with Besty Blackmon Dance Program, University of South Carolina.

A Fashion Couple
Amanda Assucena, Alberto Velazquez  (Apr 10 & 13)
Lucia Connolly, Valentino Moneglia Zamora (Apr 11)

La Femme au Décolleté
Fernando Duarte (Apr 10 & 13)
Reed Henry (Apr 11)

A Buffoon
Xavier Núñez (Apr 10 & 13)
Zachary Manske (Apr 11)

Les Farfelus
Valeria Chaykina (April 10), Nae Kojima (April 13)
Olivia Duryea, Lauren Quinn, Ao Wang, Evan Boersma, Maxwell Dawe, Wictor Hugo Pedroso, Aaron Renteria (Apr 10 & 13)
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Anabelle de la Nuez, Basia Rhoden, Nae Kojima, Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Jonathan Dole, Hansol Jeong, Davide Oldano (Apr 11)

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