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Performance History of YBT

1978 - 1979 First performances as Yuma Civic Ballet - Linda Cannon Farrar/Nell Fuson Hacker "Pure imagination"-"Squiggley",1'The Little Girls" 1'A Christmas Offering"-Act II "Nutcracker'

1979 - 1980 Linda Farrar/Nell Hacker Yuma's first Full-length L4h 1'Nutcracker" (2) G. A. Charlys Ing & Willie Dean Ige Spring Concert (2) - COLLAGE G.A. - Boston Ballet-Victoria Vaslet & Nicolas Pacana "Heliopolis" "Blue Bird-Pas" "Ballet Imperial," "Peter & the Wolf," "Four Rachmaninov Pieces" - "Peter & the Wolf' - free/ Library

1980 - l981 Farrar/Hacker "Nutcracker" (2) G.A. - Jon Cristofori & Kathleen Sinclair Spring~YBT IN CONCERT - (2)"Shin Dig," "White Mountain" "Clouds" "Big Shot," "Aurora's Wedding," G.A. - Ernest Morgan & Victoria Koenig & Thomas Grant "Peter & the Wolf'-free concert - County Library

1981 - 1982 Nutcracker (2) Hacker; Farrar "An Evening of Dance"-"Nutcracker" excerpts modern/contemporary

1982 Farrar/Daniel Job Spring Concert-DANCE 82- (2) "On Broadway," "Window Pains," "Waimea Legend," "Fantasia," "El won," Pas-"Le Corsair," "Humanesque," "Scherzo "G.A. - Ige & Ing "Peter & the Wolf"- library

I982-l983 Jon Cristofori/Kathleen Sinclair "Nutcracker" 12/17&18 (2) G A - Lois Black & Daniel Kram 2/18 - "Les Petites Ballet," Spring- 4/22&23 CELEBRATlON OF DANCE (2) "Pas de Quatre," "Joplin," "Vivaldi Concerto," "Trois Gymnopedies," "El Jardin."- Garces festival

1983-1984 Cristofori/Sinclair, "Nutcracker" (3) G A -Ellen Troy & Nolan T'Sani SPRING FESTIVAL OF DANCE "Swan Lake"-Act II, "Jellicle Ball," " EI Jardin," "Worms II," "Holberg Suite," "Chiaroscuro."

1984-I985 Cristofori/Sinclair, "Nutcracker" 11/30 & 12/1 (3) G A -Tern Hayes & Anthony Sellers DANCE FANTASTIC - 4 l~ &13 (2) G.A. Sharon Newton and Stuart Carroll "Bolero," "Toujours," "Sonata," "Big Shot," "Skaters "

1985-1986 Cristofori/Sinclair "Nutcracker" (3) Dec 6&7 G.A. Monique Delhaya & Keith Clifton DANCE 86' (2) - "Pas de Quatre," "16 & Breaking Out" "Afternoon of the Fawn,","2 EFX ," "Fanfare USA " Regional Dance America

1986-1987 Cristofori /Sinclair "Nutcracker" (3) Nutcracker in Parker AZ, DANCING… "Vivaldi" (2) RDA 1987-1988 Cristofori/Sinclair "Nutcr acker" (3) Spring- RDA

1988-1989 Cristofori/Sinclair "Nutcracker" (3) Spring-Mar 24 &25 IN CONCERT 10 YEARS "Bolero," "A Song of Duets,""The Seasons" RDA

1989-1990 Cristofori/Sinclair "Nutcracker" Dec 1, 2, 8, 9 (4) G.A. Karen Toney & Zachary Andrews Carroll Spring Concert -Mar 30 & 31 "Swan Lake- Act II," "Rococo Variations," "Timescape," "Cry Freedom…Cry." G.A. Richard Cardenas & Bill Iha. Yuma Youth in Concert 1990-1991 Cristofori/Sinclair "Nutcracker" (4) Concert & Yuma Youth in Concert & Spring Concert RDA

1991-1992 Cristofori/Sinclair "Nutcracker" Dec 5-8 (4) G A. Guy Bilyeu & Eileen Price Spring- RDA

1992-1993 Cristofori/Sinclair "Nutcracker" (4) Spring Concert RDA

1993-1994 Steffon Long Nutcracker (3) - Dec 3/4 G.A Guy Bilyeu Tower Lighting, Senior Citizen's Day, Concert - SPRUNG

1994-1995 Guy Bilyeu/Eileen Price October collaboration with String Ambassadors (I) "The Nutcracker' (4) (6 Backstage), Tower Lighting-"Snow," Spring-COPPELlA (2) (4 Backstage)
1995-1996 Bilyeu/Price October collaboration with String Ambassadors (2), "Nutcracker," Dec 1/2 (5) (4 Backstage), Tower Lighting-"Snow," "Giselle" Feb 16/17, (2)

1996-1997 Bilyeu/Price Dracula - October 31-11/2 "Dracula," (4) The "Nutcracker," Dec 13/14(4) (6 Backstage) Tower Lighting, Spring-"Snow," "Sleeping Beauty" Act II & "Paquita Feb. 22/23 "Ballet & Strings," (2) (2 Backstage )April 19-Collaboration "Ballet & Strings"

1997 Linda Farrar, "The Nutcracker" (4) (3 Backstage) G.A Erika Farrar Davis & Cortney Palomo, Chamber of Commerce (1), Tower Lighting-"Waltz"-(rained out)

1998 Thom Clower, COPPELIA (2) (1 backstage) G.A Vicky Lee Ramsay & Jacob Sparso, Collaboration- "Ballet and Strings"

1998-1999 Thom Clower - "Dracula" (2) (4 Backstage)-excerpts in San Luis, Mexico "Nutcracker," (4) (4 Backstage, 2 H.S. show), G A Natalia Chapourskaya & Kyu Dong Kwak CINDERELLA, (3) (4 Backstage) G.A. Natalia Chapourskaya & Kyu Dong Kwak

1999-2000 Thom Clower - "Dracula," (3) (4 Backstage), "Nutcracker," (4) (6 Backstage) G A Natalia Chapourskaya & Kyu Dong Kwak Spring-TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY GALA, Gaite Parisienne (Sparso, Choreographer) Les Sylphide, & Firebird, G A. Alyssa Sleeper Dyson & Jacob Sparso "Ballet & Strings," - Amy Ernst-"Songs of Sanctuary"

2000-2001 Thom Clower "Dracula," (2) (6 Backstage) G.A. Christopher Brough "Nutcracker," (4) (6 Backstage) G.A. Natalia Chapourskaya & Kyu Dong Kwak Spring Concert- "Alice in Wonderland," Don Quixote, G.A. Natalia Chapourskaya & Kyu Dong Kwak "Ballet & Strings," "Lydia Torea "

2001-2002 Clower. "Images in Movement" (1) "Cinderella" (3) G.A. Katherine Crenshaw, Dwayne Holliday & Joseph Goodman, "Nutcracker" (4) (6 Backstage) G.A. Brittnee Squires, Brian Debes, Joseph Goodman, Matthew Dorame & Andrew Boese. Thom and Debbie Lee: "Nutcracker" (4) with (5) Backstages Debbie Lee."Swan Lake" Act II & Mixed World Repertoire (2) (3) Backstage G.A. Allen Schissler, Jody Rouiller, & Matthew Dorame, "Prelude to Bach" at"Ballet & Strings"

2002--2003 Alexei Badrak and Ronna Roberts. G.A.-Thom Clower: "Dracula" (3) with 5 Backstages. "Nutcracker" (4), (5 Backstages), G.A. Alexei as witch, Evgeny Lushkin, (6-7) Linda Farrar-AD: Olga Tcheckachova, Evgeny Lushkin (Ballet Master), Tami White, Myriah Farrar for "Ballet & Strings."- "Paquita," "Stages," "All That Jazz," Ethnic works-"Hungarian Rhapsody" & "Golliwogg's Cakewalk."AWC Theater performance-"Stages" & "All that Jazz."

2003-2004 Cindy Turrentine-AD "Images in Movement" in San Luis, AZ with Fine Arts, G.A. Minerva Tapia, "River of Two Colors," Maxim Bondar -Free performance-10/04/03, "Nutcracker"12/4-6/03 (4) (6 Backstage), Erika Davis, Maxim Bondar, GA Turrentine: "RODEO" Ballet with a kick & more, 03/19-20/04 including"For Bethany" Swan Lake Pas, Paquita variation and Don Quixote Grand pas, Tarantella. G.A. Michael Cook, Ivan Abatourov, Jared Mesa, Christian Dance Company, Erika Davis. (3 Backstage)

2004-2005 (1) Erika Farrar Davis and Turrentine, Co-AD. (2) "Images in Motion" - Images Southwest by Bill Iha in San Luis. (3) Nutcracker by Turrentine, 4 shows and 4 backstage (4) Spring Gala - 25th Silver Anniversary, Erika Davis-AD. Big Shot Worms by Linda Cannon Farrar, Clouds, a tribute to Nell, Mile Cook-GA. Bill Iha-GA, 2 backstage. Pacho's "Tapestry."


2005-2006 Erika Farrar. "Images in Motion" - in San Luis. "Nutcracker" by Erika Farrar., 4 shows and 4 backstages. "Alice in Wonderland" by Thom Clower. "Ballet & Strings" at AWC Amphitheater. Recital "Tarzan"



2006-2007 Erika Farrar-Romanyuk and Pavel Romanyuk. "Images in Motion" "Nutcracker" by Erika Farrar-Romanyuk and Pavel Romanyuk. "Paquita" by Erika Farrar-Romanyuk and Pavel Romanyuk. "Ballet & Strings". Recital "Cinderella"



2007-2008 Erika Romanyuk "The Nutcracker" Vitaly Breusenko -GA by Erika Romanyuk "Images in Motion" by Jared Mesa "Sinatra Classics" by Erika Romanyuk and Jared Mesa, Brook Ogle - GA "Mother Goose and Fairy Tails" Recital David Arce- GA



2008-2009 2008-2009 Erika Romanyuk "The Nutcracker" By Erika Romanyuk, Vitaly Breusenko - GA, Lane Blue - GA "Images in Motion" Composer: Michael Carroll, Choreographer: Erika Romanyuk, Artist: Lia Littlewood "Broadway Bound" by Erika Romanyuk, Zabie Nields, Barbara Miller, Jared Mesa and Laura Hernando "Carnival" Recital



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