Pioneer Valley Ballet
Photographs by Maurine Sutter, 1986-1991.
Heart Note was choreographed by Jana Fugate and performed in April 1990.
Diary of Anne Frank, also performed in April 1990, was choreographed by Priscilla Clarkson. The first dancer is Leah Remillard, and the second is Jodi Ross.
"Pas de Quatre," a scene from Swan Lake using four dancers and meaning "step four," was staged by Gail Collins and performed by Pioneer Valley Ballet in March 1991. The dancers were Madeleine Zwart of Mt. Holyoke College, Tara Keating, Kimberly Russo, and Elissa Haskins (from left to right).
Tara Keating is featured in this photograph as the "Kissy Doll" in the scene from The Nutcracker of the same name, performed in December 1989.
This scene from The Nutcracker is called "Arabian" and occurs in Act II.
This photograph features Melissa Johnson as Mother Ginger in the December 1990 Nutcracker performance.
This 22-page book was produced by Maurine Sutter to document her photographic process and work for the Pioneer Valley Ballet from 1986-1991. Ten pages include photographs that appeared in Pioneer Valley Ballet's promotional materials, including brochures and posters, and were printed in local newspaper articles about the ballets.