Naissance is the inaugural production of Renaissance Ballet Collective, a nonprofit ballet company founded in 2026 by Nina Yoshida-Webster, a professional ballet dancer with more than ten years of experience. The program features excerpts from Cavalry Halt and Harlequinade, both choreographed by Marius Petipa, as well as selections from Walpurgisnacht from Charles Gounod's opera Faust. Cavalry Halt is a comedic one-act ballet portraying flirtation and mischief when cavalry officers arrive in a quiet village, while Harlequinade draws from Commedia dell'Arte and Venetian carnival traditions. Walpurgisnacht is a fantastical ballet interlude inspired by German folklore's witches' sabbath, with choreography in the tradition of Leonid Lavrovsky.
Cast and Creative Team for Naissance at The Pavilion at Grace
Cast
Eliza Paprin
Ensemble
Mina Sundwall
Ensemble
Eliza Paprin
Ensemble
Mina Sundwall
Ensemble
Creative Team
Eliza Paprin
Associate Producer
Julia Pitch
Producer
Julia Pitch
Cinematographer
Ben Schwaeber
Editor
Nina Yoshida-Webster
Artistic Director
Marius Petipa
Choreographer
Johann Armsheimer
Composer
Riccardo Drigo
Composer
Charles Gounod
Composer
Eliza Paprin
Producer
Mina Sundwall
Producer
Austin Cauldwell
Co-Director
Nat Wolff
Co-Director
Nina Yoshida-Webster
Founder
Leonid Lavrovsky
Choreographer
Marius Petipa
Choreographer
Julia Pitch
Cinematographer
Austin Cauldwell
Co-Director
Nat Wolff
Co-Director
Riccardo Drigo
Composer
Mina Sundwall
Producer
Eliza Paprin
Producer
Eliza Paprin
Associate Producer
Julia Pitch
Producer
Charles Gounod
Composer
Leonid Lavrovsky
Choreographer
Ben Schwaeber
Editor
Nina Yoshida-Webster
Founder
Nina Yoshida-Webster
Artistic Director
Johann Armsheimer
Composer
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