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St Paul / Woodbury

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G R E T C H E N    G E R L A C H
         
 
 
Other Apprentices:       Harper Skulley (now BMN Company)        Hannah Wagner          Margaret Underwood          Nik Nelson           Anna Betz



GRETCHEN joined the Classical Ballet Academy of Minnesota as a level 3 student in 2009.

She has danced in the classics 'Coppelia', 'Les Sylphides' and 'Giselle' restaged by Cheryl Rist for Ballet Minnesota. S

She has also danced in other original works by Andrew Rist including: "Black Dog Cafe'. 'Ballet School', 'At The Museum' and original versions of 'Cinderella' and 'Nutcracker.'

Gretchen was made an apprentice to Ballet Minnesota for the 2015 production of 'Giselle'.
A Sample of Gretchen's Artistry
Giselle / Cinderellla



O ' Shaughnessy

4th Restaging of Giselle by BMN
May 1 - 2, 2015
        Friday .......... 7:30pm
        Saturday ..... 2:00 & 7:30pm

G I S E L L E             2015

Reasstaged by: Cheryl Rist

Music: Adolphe Adam
Costumes: Cheryl Rist
Sets: Jim Arnold, Cynthia Betz
Lighting: Mary Beth Zorn
Photography: Kou Lee
Giselle 2015 Gretchen Gerlach



V a n   G o g h   P a i n t i n g      /      B e e t h o v e n' s    M o o n l i g h t   S o n a t a                    May, 2015
Van Gogh Painting / Gretchen Gerlach

Choreographer...... Andrew Rist
Music............... Ballerina Girls: Robert E Hindel
                            Picasso: Messiean
                            Van Gogh: Beethoven
Costumes......... Cheryl Rist
Sets............. Lorelee Sathre, Jim Arnold
LIghting............ Mary Beth Zorn
Photography........... Kou Lee


2015 Partial Cast

Juliana ................... Erin Warn
Teacher .................. Taylor Dreyling Huber

Ballerina Girls .... Bethany Merchlewicz,
Helen Dobbelman, Grace Watkins, Enya Brett,
Olivia Most, Laura Jensen, Ashley Su, Sophie
Kooy, Aubre Owen, Olivia Haas / Hermione
Joseph, Elizabeth Westgard / Karina Malm,
Audrey LeMeur / Karissa Kockelman, Fiona
Juarez-Sweeney / Kitri Lindberg.
Chloe ( little girl ) ............. Olivia Most

Degas Statue ................... Annika Pnewski

Degas Painting .............. Olivia Huseonica,
Stephanie Klosner, Cindy Ball, (Lisette Amacher,
Lily Parker)

Picasso's 'Seated Woman'...... Erin Warn,
Allen Gregory

Van Gogh's 'Starry, Starry Night' .... Harper
Skulley, Gretchen Gerlach, Bailey McKenzie,
Willa Gegelman, IKeilah Ilinykh, Autumn Ayer

 



'Classic'  N U T C R A C K E R            2012 - 2014


" BALLET MINNESOTA'S NUTCRACKER IS THE

DESTINATION DANCE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR. "

- TwinCities.com -

critic Rob Hubbard, 2014




B L A C K   D O G   C A F E             2014

Choreography:  Andrew Rist
Music:  Selected Artists
Costumes:  Cheryl Rist & Dancers
Sets:  Jim Arnold, Cynthia Betz


2014 PRODUCTION
  9th Annual Fall Concert
  October 25,  ........................... 2014
  Union Depot, St Paul, Minnesota

Dancers: Erin Warn, Harper Skulley
Jalen Gisselquist

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

Guests:Taylor Huber, Andrew Rist,
Jim Arnold, Antone Gregory, Tom
Skulley, Arlene Ayers, Edna
Stevens,Tara Weatherly, Michael
Ziegahn

Photographers: Kou Lee, Rich
Westgard. Joan Pnewski



C O P P E L I A                        2 0 1 4
Gretchen Gerlach

Restaged by:   Cheryl Rist
Waltz of the Hours:  Andrew Rist
Composer:  Leo Delibes
Costumes:  Cheryl Rist
Sets:  Jim Arnold, Cythia Betz, Lisa Gray
Lighting:  Tom Campbell (2002 -2003)
                Mary Beth Zorn (2014)

World Premiere:
     May 25, 1870
     Theater Imperial de l'Opera
     Paris, France
     Arthur Saint-Leon, Leo Delibes

Ballet Minnesota 3rd BMN Restaging
     (Acts 1-2)
     May 2-3, 2014
     O'Shaughnessy, St Paul, MN
     Swanhilda: Jennifer Pray, Erin Warn
     Franz: Allen Gregory
     Friends: Harper Skulley, Gretchen Gerlach,
          Jordan Jankowski, Willa Gegelman,
          Olivia-Rose Awsumb, Berea Ames
     Men: Aaron Davies, Matthew Halpaus,
          Gunnar Swee, Shane
      Burgermeister: Antone Gregory
      Dr Coppelius: Andrew Rist


L E S     S Y L P H I D E S

Restaged by:   Cheryl Rist
Choreographer:   Michael Fokine
Composer:  Frederic Chopin
Orchestration:  Alexander Glasunov
Costumes:  Cheryl Rist
Lighting:  Tom Campbell

World Premiere:
     as Chopiniana:
             1907 Maryinsky Theater
              St Petersburg, Russia
     as  Les Sylphides
             1909 Theatre du Chatelet
              Paris, France

Ballet Minnesota Premiere:
     4th Minnesota Dance Festival
     May, 1992
     St Paul Student Center Theater,
            St Paul, MN
     Lead Female: Cheryl Rist
     Lead Male: Robert Cleary

Ballet Minnesota 2nd Restaging:
     May, 1998
     EM Pearson Theater, St Paul, MN
     Lead Female: Karen Burns
     Lead Male: David Stright

Ballet Minnesota 3rd Restaging:
     24th Minnesota Dance Festival
     May 4-5i, 2012
     Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN

     Lead Female: Erin Warn
     Lead Male: Alexander Smirnov
     Soloists: Hannah Wagner, Margaret          Underwood
     Corps de Ballet: Harper Skulley, Olivia Verdick,             Celesta Brainard, Berea Ames
         Anna Reimann, Olivia-Rose Awsumb,
        Solana Reyes, Erin Chase
        Kayla  Assimacopoulos, Molly Roche,
        Mary Shrake, Gretchen Gerlach,
       Jordan Jankowski, Clara Konetschka,
       Christina Smith, Karly Lunda



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