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HBT's 2025 Gala
Digital Program
Thank you for joining us for an evening celebrating and benefiting Hudson Ballet Theatre!
Profits from tonight's event will go directly toward HYB student scholarships, community workshops and funding for new works and performances.
We hope you enjoy!
Welcome Speech
Before the Light Goes Intro Video
Before the Light Goes
Choreography: Bethany Scimone and dancers
Music: “I Give Up” by Elijah Bossenbroek
Dancers: Sarah Antal, Hayley Clark, Julia Horner, Juliet Press, Lillian Smith, Barbara Tosto
Costumes: Bethany Scimone & Debra King
still, moving Intro Video
still, moving
Choreography: Talia Shoshani & dancers
Music: "Nightswims" by half•alive; "Bathed in Sound" by Cosmo Sheldrake
Dancers: Emmeline Kim, Emma McCarthy, Audrey Metzinger, Evelyn Metzinger, Aayla Mira, Madison Mytych, Ginger Salvaggio, Divya Springer
Costumes: Talia Shoshani
Instantly and Fleetingly, a second glance or
A question that just might veer you off course
Intro Video
Instantly and Fleetingly, a second glance or
A question that just might veer you off course
Dedicated to the Ukrainian artists not currently able to create and express themselves freely at this time
Choreography: Sasha Gologorskaya
Music: "Soothing Rainstorm" by Atlantic Thunders (excerpt); "Driplets" by Uncle Chris
Dancers: Sarah Antal, Eldric Etra, Julia Horner, Erik Osterkil, Lucas Rodriguez, Lillian Smith
Costumes: Sasha Gologorskaya
They're Getting Louder Intro Video
They're Getting Louder
Choreography: Debra King
Music: "Reverie" & "Outer" by Adrián Berenguer
Dancers: Gion Treichler, Juliet Press, Bethany Scimone, Talia Shoshani
Costume Design & Creation: Debra King
R&J Intro Video
R&J
Choreography & Coaching: Ho-Shia Aaron Thao
Music: Sergei Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet"
Dancers: Julia Horner & Erik Osterkil / Lucas Rodriguez & Eldric Etra / Sasha Gologorskaya & Georgia Clay
Costume Design & Creation: Ho-Shia Aaron Thao
The Clowder Intro Video
The Clowder
Choreography: Sarah Antal
Music: "Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini; "The Theme from 'A Summer Place'" by Percy Faith & His Orchestra; "Tootie Flootie" by Bert Kaempfert
Dancers: Hayley Clark, Sasha Gologorskaya, Bethany Scimone, Barbara Tosto, Caroline Yamada
Costume Design & Creation: Ho-Shia Aaron Thao & Sarah Antal
Black Country Intro Video
Black Country
Choreography: Lillian Smith
Music: "The Blackleg Miner" by Steeleye Span; "Hashtag Jigs" by Cóig; "Coal not Dole" by Ten Strings and a Goat Skin
Dancers: Georgia Clay, Juliet Press, Sarah Swenson, Gion Treichler
Costumes: Lillian Smith
Closing Speech
The Artist Featured In Our Silent Auction
Kerry Irvine
Kerry Irvine is an abstract expressionist painter. She works with color and form-often calling on life experiences, inner emotion and the surrounding world to inspire her work.
Kerry currently lives in the West Village of Manhattan. and paints in a studio on the 80th floor of 3 World Trade Center. Her work can be found in both private and public collections throughout the United States and abroad.
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