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IDENTIFICATION AND BIO: A ballet dancer trained under Dayton's Schwarz sisters, Stuart Sebastian created his first ballet at age 14 for Dayton Civic Ballet, even before embarking on his professional dancing career. He danced with the National Ballet in Washington, D.C., simultaneously earning a BFA Magna Cum Laude in Communications and Performing Arts at American University. But at age 23 he retired from dancing to become a choreographer. From 1973-1980, he lived in New York City and choregraphed for Joffrey II, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Hartford Ballet, and various other companies. Assuming the artistic directorship of Dayton Ballet in 1980, he continued to choreograph until his death. He also held the position of house choreographer for Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium. Sebastian choreographed for the Metropolitan Opera in New York and Santiago Ballet in Chile as well. Perhaps his best-known work was Dracula. He created more than forty works in all. Sebastian died of AIDS-related causes.
KEY CONTACT PERSON(S)/EXECUTOR OF ESTATE:
HUMAN REPOSITORIES OF THE WORK
VIDEO DOCUMENTATION
The following single VHS videotape is included in the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library: Echoes in Blue [and] Undine (1979)—compilation video including choreographic excerpts of Undine by Stuart Sebastian; videotaped in performance during the New York Dance Festival in the Delacorte Theater of Central Park on 2 September; one ¾ in. videocassette (20 min.); call number MGZIC 5-840. Also, Dayton Ballet archives its documentary materials at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio: phone 937-775-2092/4125.
PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
MOVEMENT NOTATION
PRODUCTION MATERIALS
ORAL HISTORY:
Sebastian, Stuart, interviewee. 1974. "Interview with Stuart Sebastian [sound recording];" interviewed by Walter Terry 11 October; one sound cassette (55 min.); call number MGZTC 3-840. Terry, Walter. 1975?. "Conversation with Stuart Sebastian [sound recording];" one sound cassette (ca. 35 min.); call number MGZTC 3-835. Terry, Walter. 1982. "Review Notes: Dayton Ballet Company, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, George Balanchine, Choo San Goh [sound recording];" sound recording on which Walter Terry describes the Dayton Ballet Company's production of Stuart Sebastian's Ballet A La Carte; recorded by 1 May 1982 in New York City; one sound cassette (ca. 15 min.).
PERSONAL PAPERS
The Dance Collection of the New York Public Library maintains a clippings file for "Sebastian, Stuart," call number MGZR. See Wright State University for Dayton Ballet archives.
IMMEDIATE NEEDS
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:
LIST OR OVERVIEW OF WORKS
The Birthday of the Infanta (1966?)—revived by Dayton Ballet in 1966 (from original premiere by Dayton Civic Ballet the previous year?); music by Brown; Dayton Ballet premiere 9 January 1966. Premiere Symphony (1966-8)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Prokofiev; premiere 1 March. Rush (1974)—for Joffrey II. Willoughby (1974)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Prokofiev; premiere 20 February. ...And Evermore (1975)—for Joffrey Ballet Still Sonates (1975)—for Connecticut Ballet Winterset (1975)—for Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. Intermission at the Movies (1976)—for Chicago Ballet. Arcady (1976)—for Hartford Ballet. The Seasons (1976)—for Royal Winnipeg. Undine's Solo (1977)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Debussy; premiere 14 October. Undine (1978) A Ceremony of Carols (1978) ...And they were not ashamed (1979) Commedia Miscellanea (1979—for University of Alabama Ballet; music by W. Walton; premiere 13 September. Competitions (1979)—for Marin Cuuc Ballet; music by Ned Rorem. Romance (1979)—for University of Alabama Ballet; music by Rachmaninoff; premiere 13 September. Ballet a La Carte (1980)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Saint-Saens, Gottschalk; premiere 25 April. The Sleeping Beauty (1980)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Tchaikovsky; premiere 12 December. Fast Company (1981)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Erroll Garner; premiere 3 April. Tutus and Two Cartoonists (1981)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Saint-Saens; premiere 24 April. Space-Time (Premonitions) (1981)—for Dayton Ballet, music by Martin, premiere 30 October. In Love (1982)—for Dayton Ballet, music by Campanella; premiere 19 February. Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) Oh, My! Murder? (1982)—for Dayton Ballet, music by Saint-Saens, Creston, Bach; premiere 23 April. Stage Struck (1982)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Ibert, Roussel, Sullivan, Debussy, Herold; premiere 1 October. The Littlest Angel (1983)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Jarre, Britten, Bach, Saint-Saens; premiere 22 December. Garnering (1984)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Erroll Garner; premiere 25 October. Mozart Dances (1985)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Mozart; premiere 14 February. Myth (1985)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Debussy; premiere 10 October. Swan Lake (1985)—restaging for Dayton Ballet; music by Tchaikovsky; premiere 4 December. The Audition (1986)—for Dayton Ballet?; music by Sade; Dayton Ballet premiere 5-6 February. Getting Away with Murder (1986)—for Dayton Ballet; music by R. Whiting, T. Tucker, Edwards, Mozart, Garner, Rossini; premiere 6 February. Jungle's Edge (1986)—for Dayton Ballet?; music by Walton; Dayton Ballet premiere 3 April. Self-Esteem (1986)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Villa-Lobos; premiere 9 October. Changes (1986) 2,002 Easy Lessons (1987)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Schumann; premiere 9 April. The Kiss [aka Rodin] (1987)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Franz Liszt; premiere 9 April or 8 October. The Night Before Christmas (1987)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Respighi, Rossini; premiere 10 December. Camelot (1990)—for Royal Ballet of Flanders; music by Sebelius Dracula (1990)—for Dayton Ballet; music by Verdi, Lanner, Rossini, Debussy, Bizet, and others; premiere 24 February
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