Classical Ballet Academy of Minnesota

Pre-Ballet thru BMN Company

A T   T H E   M U S E U M
     choreographer: Andrew Rist
     composer: Robert E Hindel
     costumes: Cheryl Rist

    * Original Ballet & Musical Score Commissioned
            by Classical Ballet Academy of MN

What happens when 13 girls from the Classical Ballet
Academy of Minnesota visit the Minneapolis Institute 
of Arts? What happens when one girl gets left behind
and Picasso, Degas and Van Gogh paintings and the
famous Degas statue come to life?

Pre-Ballet thru Advanced

B A L L E T   S C H O O L
     composer: Robert E Hindel
     choreographer: Andrew Rist
     costumes: Cheryl Rist

    * Original Ballet & musical score Commissioned
             by Classical Ballet Academy of MN

Everyone has a dream. What happens when a young dancer, now a ballerina, comes home and visits the ballet school where her dreams began and remembers the sense of wonder and joy her young years gave her during class, rehearsal and performance.

Pre-Ballet thru Company

‘ Classic ‘   N U T C R A C K E R
     composer: Peter I. Tchaikovsky

World (Ballet) Premiere:
     company: St Petersburg Imperial Ballet
     choreographer: Marius Petipa / Lev Ivanov
        Imperial Mariinsky Theatre
        St Petersburg, Russia, December, 1892

BMN Premiere:
     choreographer: Andrew Rist
     costumes: Cheryl Rist
        St Paul UMN Student Center Theater
        December, 1989 – 1995
        1996 – Present   The O’Shaughnessy

Advanced and BMN Company

R I T E  O F  S P R I N G
     composer: Igor Stravinsky

World (Ballet) Premiere:
     company: Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes
     choreographer: Vaslav Nijinsky
        Theatre des Champs-Elysees
        Paris, France
        May, 1913

BMN Premiere:
     choreographer: Andrew Rist
     costumes: Cheryl Rist
        The O’Shaughnessy
        St Paul, October, 2013

Advanced and Ballet MN Company

L E S   S Y L P H I D E S
     composer: Frederic Chopin

World (Ballet) Premiere:
     company: Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe
     choreographer: Michel Fokine
        Théâtre du Châtelet
        Paris, France, June 2, 1909

Advanced and Ballet MN Company

C O P P E L I A
     composer: Leo Delibes

World (Ballet) Premiere:
     company: Paris Opera Ballet
     choreographer: Arthur St Leon
        Theatre Imperial de l’Opera
        Paris, France, May 25, 1870

Pre-Ballet thru Level 5

T O Y   S Y M P H O N Y
     choreographer: Andrew Rist
     composer: Leopold Mozart
     costumes: Emily Charais

Advanced and Ballet MN company

M O O N L I G H T   S O N A T A
     choreographer: Andrew Rist
     composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
     costumes: Cheryl Rist

Intermediate thru Ballet MN company

BEETHOVEN’S 9th SYMPHONY
     composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven

World (Music) Premiere:
Vienna, Austria,  May 7, 1824

BMN Premiere:
   Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
   3rd Fall Concert, October 17, 2008
       choreographer: Andrew Rist
       costumes: Cheryl Rist
       dancers: Robert Cleary, Julia Heggeress, Jennifer Bennet,
         Rebecca Pelletier, David Schmidt, Allen Gregory,
         Jordan Nelson, Garvin Jellison, Marisha Johnson,
         Rachelle Horowitz, Megan Simon, Maren Gray,
         Margaret Ulland, Anna Betz, Olivia Brunzell-Garret,
         Maddie Klein, Juliana Johnson, Maryann Johnson,
         Antone Gregory, Elizabeth Hobbs

Intermediate thru Ballet MN company

B O L E R O
     composer: Maurice Ravel

World (Ballet) Premiere:
     commissioned by: Ida Rubenstein
     choreographer: Bronislava Nijinska
        Paris Opera. November 20, 1928

BMN Premiere
   EM Pearson Theater, St Paul, May 10, 2024
   35th Minnesota Dance Festival
       choreographer: Andrew Rist
       costumes: Cheryl Rist
       dancers: Zoe Charais, Kaitlyn Kockelman, Olive Charais,
          Beatrice Skulley, Adeline Shanahan, Abigail Lange,
          Sophia Joseph, Mia Meyer, Eva Kangas,
          Avery Augustine

          Note: Bolero was selected to be presented
                   on the World Ballet Festival at Pantages 
                   Theater in Mpls June 8, 2024

Intermediate thru Ballet MN company

M  E S S I A H
     composer: George Frederick Handel

World (Music) Premiere:
     April 1742, Dublin, Ireland

BMN Premiere:
  5th Fall Concert
  Fitzgerald Theater, Nov, 2010
       choreographer: Andrew Rist
       costumes: Cheryl Rist
      dancers: Erin Warn, Ben Olson, Jennifer Pray,
         Hannah Wagner, Margaret Underwood,
         Harper Skulley, Celesta Brainard, Nik Nelson,
         Berea Ames, Olivia Rose Awsumb, Maggie Selner,
         Erin Chase, Mary Sharke Kayla Assimacopoulous

Intermediate thru Ballet MN company

M O R N I N G   I N   B E I J I N G
     composer: Ying Zhang
                    (China)

BMN Premiere
  8th Fall Concert
  O’Shaughnessy, October, 2013
      choreographer: Andrew Rist
      costumes: Cheryl Rist
     dancers: Erin Warn, Jennifer Pray, Allen Gregory,
        Aaron Davies, Ben Olson, Riley Thomas Weber,
        Harper Skulley, Berea Ames, Maggie Selner,
        Olivia Rose Awsumb, Lily Gray, Erin Chase,
        Emily Kleinschmidt, Jordan Jankowski,
        Kayla Peterson.

R H A P S O D Y   I N   B L U E
     composer: George Gershwin
                 ‘An American Love Story’

World (Music) Premiere:
Aeolian Hall, New York
February 12, 1924

BMN Premiere:
    4th Fall Concert, November 6, 2009
    Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
           choreographer: Andrew Rist
           costumes: Cheryl Rist
            sets: Jim Arnold
            dancers: Julia Heggerness, Erin Warn, Jennifer 
             Bennett, Kari Jensen, Jordan Nelson, Sean
             Laughed. Anna Betz, Margaret Ulland, Maren
             Gray, Olivia Brunzell-Garret, Antone Gregory,
             Jim Arnold

B L A C K   D O G   C A F E
     composers: Many
            ‘A Lowertown Story’

BMN Premiere:
   1st Fall Concert, November, 2006.   also 2007, 2014
   UMN St Paul Student Center
      choreographer: Andrew Rist
      costumes: Cheryl Rist
      sets: Jim Arnold
      dancers 2014: Erin Warn, Harper Skulley, Jalen Gisselquist

        Gretchen Gerlach, Berea Ames, Jordan Jankowski,
        Bailey McKenzie, Keilah Ilinykh, Kayla Peterson, Willa
        Gegelman, Lisette Amacher, Olivia Huseonica, Lily
        Parker, Stephanie Klosner, Ashley Glirbas, Matthew
        Halpaus, Clavin Huseonica

        Taylor Huber, Andrew Rist, Jim Arnold, Antone Gregory,
        Tom Skulley, Arlene Ayers, Edina Stevens, Tara
        Weatherly, Michael Zieghan

C I N D E R E L L A
     composer: Sergi Prokofiev

World (Ballet) Premiere:
     Choreographer: Rostislav Zakharov
    November, 1945
    Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, Russia

BMN Premiere:
     choreographer: Andrew Rist
     costumes: Cheryl Rist
    25th Minnesota Dance Festival
        The O’Shaughnessy, April 5, 2013

A V E   M A R I A
     composer: Franz Schubert
       know as ‘Ellen’s third song’

World (Music) Premiere:
     April 1825

BMN Premiere:
  25th Minnesota Dance Festival
  O’Shaughnessy, May, 2015
       choreographer: Andrew Rist
       costumes: Cheryl Rist
      dancers: Annie Nimmo, Aaron Davies

I T A L I A N   S Y M P H O N Y
    4th Symphony
     composer: Felix Mendelssohn 

World (Music) Premiere:
        London Philhamonic Society
        London. May 13, 1833

BMN Premiere:
     choreographer: Andrew Rist
     costumes: Cheryl Rist
        15th MN Dance Festival
        Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
        April 15, 2003

     dancers: Julia Heggerness, Erin Warn, Allen Gregory,
       David Schmidt, Garvin Jellison, Ted Sothern (guest),
       Marisha Johnson, Margaret Ulland, Karmyn Grant,
       Rebecca Pelletier, Megan Simon, Rachelle Horowitz
       Maren Gray, Jacqueline Lis, Julia Valen, Anna Betz

DANCES SACREE ET PROFANE
     composer: Claude Debussy

World (Music) Premiere:
Chatelet Theater
Paris, France
Nov 6, 1904

BMN Premiere:
     choreographer: Andrew Rist
     costumes: Cheryl Rist
        33rd MN Dance Festival
        Ann Simley Theater, Hamline University
        St Paul, MN     May 20, 2022

     dancers: Anniston Nix, Julia Cornette, Zoe Charais
       Nik Nelson, Matthew Halpaus,
       Audrey Sheehan, Isabella Taddeini, 
       Kayla Garcia, Kaitlyn Kockelman, Katie Rowell
       Tobias Joseph