'Echoes of Indiana' ballet and BBD to appear on TV

“Echoes of Indiana,” a first-ever collaboration between the Lafayette Ballet Company and the Purdue Symphonic Band, will be shown on TV this fall on Insight (Channel 13) and the Educational Access/Purdue television channel (Channel 5) in the Greater Lafayette area
The Big Bass Drum gets the limelight on the Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” television show on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Ripley’s contacted us last spring in preparing a segment on “large” instruments. Check your local listings for the exact time and channel. In Greater Lafayette it is shown on WTBS, Channel 41, at 8 p.m.
“Echoes of Indiana,” an original four-section ballet, choreographed by Sandra Peticolas and inspired by themes from local history, was performed in April in Elliott Hall of Music. Peticolas is director of the Lafayette Ballet Company, while the Purdue Symphonic Band under the direction of Jay Gephart.

The ballet opens in an era during which Woodland Indians were the primary residents of central Indiana. Peticolas says its sustaining theme is one of “responsibility for the earth that sustains us, and the gift of natural resources and how we have viewed that differently, philosophically speaking, in different eras.”
Through dance, Peticolas offers depictions of Indiana as the Indians knew it and the changes that occurred as the pioneers moved in and settlements were created. The music that partners with the dance comes from eclectic sources, ranging from themes from the movie “Spartacus” to religious tunes such as William Schuman's “When Jesus Wept.”

TV air dates and times include:
• Saturday, Sept. 27, 7 p.m., channel 13 (Insight)
• Tuesday, Sept. 30, 4:30 p.m., channel 5 (Educational Access/ Purdue Channel)
• Wednesday, Oct. 1, 5:30 p.m., channel 5 (Educational Access/ Purdue Channel)
• Wednesday, Oct. 1, 7 p.m., channel 13 (Insight)
• Wednesday, Oct. 1, 9:30 p.m., channel 5 (Educational Access/ Purdue Channel)
• Thursday, Oct. 2, 6 p.m., channel 5 (Educational Access/ Purdue Channel)
• Saturday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m., channel 13 (Insight)

The TV version of “Echoes of Indiana” was produced by Hall of Music Productions and captured on video by students in the IDIS 491F Technical Video Production class.