Monday, July 25-Wednesday, July 27 at 8:00pmReynolds Industries Theater

Presents

Performance: 90 minutes including intermission

FOOTPRINTS

Dafi Altabeb Beth Gill

Lee Sher and Saar Harari

IT'S NOW. IT'S NEVERChoreography

Dramaturgy and Co-creationMusic Editor

Lighting DesignCostume Design

Stage ManagerCollaborative Dancers

Dafi AlbtabebNini MosheAsaf AshkenaziDavid FerriJohn BrinkmanEmma Elizabeth AnthonyMolly Kennedy, Spencer Grossman, Gianina Casale, Audry Johnson,Colleen Hendricks, Andreina Insausti,London Brison, Tarik O'meally

Its Now, Its Never was commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and Israel’s Office of Cultural Affairs in North America. Additional support

provided by The Israel Center of the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill.

Just as you can’t step in the same river twice, your memories are changed by the act of recalling them. Every memory we have, is colored by the times we’ve recollected it before and every time you take a memory off the shelf in your brain, you put it back just a tiny bit different.

I'm dedicating this piece to my soul mate for the last 16.5 years–Lola. I hear you, smell you & remember your touch, every day.

FOOTPRINTSChoreography

MusicLighting Design

Costume DesignStage Manager

Dancers

Beth GillAtom TMDavid FerriJohn BrinkmanCharles T. WeberCaleb Baker, Kevin Boateng, Elizabeth Burr, Joyce D. Edwards, Dennzyl Green,Ronan Hagarty, Kenzie Haynes, Tess Neill, Hannah Soares, B.J. Sullivan, Aiwei Wang, Jace Weyant, Anna Witenberg

Footprints was commissioned by ADF with support from the SHS Foundation and the Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Fund.

INTERMISSION

PAUSE

BUNKERChoreographySound Design

Music

Lighting DesignCostume DesignStage Managers

Performers

Lee Sher and Saar Harari (LeeSaar The Company)Saar HarariVoice Count/AGF, Fissure/Shuttle 358,Vasil'ki/Orea, Vanished/Erik K Skodvin, T Bov/ Mecanica, Les fleurs/TindersticksDavid FerriJohn BrinkmanMegan DechaineEmilee Harney, Nicole Caruana, Teigha Beth, Emily Rachel Hoff, Anna Hull, Yi Lun Huang, Kat Sauma, Maurice Ivy Dowell, Brooke Church, Melissa Henley

Bunker was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance and additional support by The Consulate General of Israel to the

Southeast Region and The Israel Center of the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill.

Production Manager David Ferri Production Stage Manager-Reynolds Theater Tiffany Schrepferman Assistant Production Stage Manager Yuta Kataoka Stage Manager-Beth Gill Charles T. Weber Stage Manager Lee Sher & Saar Harari Megan Dechaine Stage Manager Dafi Altabeb Emma Elizabeth Anthony Light Board Operator Charity Broussard Sound Board Operator Isaiah Jensen Deck/Electricians Raeann Burkey, Laura Espitia Deck/Props Camryn Clevenger Rail/Props Maria Doutey, Curtis Mason Follow Spot Operator Megan Dechaine

PRODUCTION CREW

DAFI ALTABEBDAFI ALTABEB (Choreographer) was born in 1976. Altabeb graduated from the Kibutzim Collage Of Education with a BEd and a Teaching Diploma, specializing in composition and EW Movement Notation. Altabeb has been a musician, dancer, and a choreographer since 2005. In 2009, she joined the Israeli Choreographers Association. Her pieces have been performed in major venues in Israel and abroad. Her pieces have premiered in major festivals in Israel such as Curtain up, Intimadance, and International Exposure and abroad at Internationale Tanzmesse Duesseldorf, Les Brigittines Centre d'Art contemporain, Bruxelles, Chang Mu International Dance Festival, Seoul, Ballet Preljocaj - Pavillion Noir, and Napoli Theater Festival (Italy), to name a few. Altabeb received the 2012 and 2013 Israeli Ministry of Culture Excellence Award for young choreographers. In 2014 she was the recipient of the Rosenblum Award for Excellence from the municipality of Tel-Aviv.Altabeb creates for dance departments in Israeli high schools and professional schools for training dancers such as Vertigo school for dancers and the Maslool Professional Dance Program in Bikurey Ha'itim in Tel Aviv, as well as composition and repertoire workshops for dance students and professional dancers in Israel and abroad. In 2014 she choreographed for an Israeli feature film presented in 2015. In 2009, Nini Moshe joined the group as a Co-Creator, Director, and Dramaturge and since then, Altabeb and Moshe have been collaborating to create the group’s pieces. They created the pieces Sensitivity to Heat, In-Dependent, and it couldnt have happened before.NINI MOSHE (Photographer) is a filmmaker, writer, director, and photographer. He graduated from the film department of the Beit Berl School of Art. He is currently working on a script for his first full-length film and for a TV documentary series based on his original idea.In 2009 he joined Dafi Dance Group and began directing in conjunction with Altabeb. He is the manager of the group, co-creator, and the official photographer. Their collaborations include Under the Carpet which premiered at the festival Curtain up in 2009 and High Expectations in 2011.In 2012 they created their first joint full-length piece Sensitivity to Heat. The piece premiered in Italy and was commissioned by the Dance and Theater Festival of Naples and by the Ravello Music Festival. It couldn't have happened before is their current co production. The piece premiered in November 2015.TARIK DARREL O’MEALLY earned his BFA in dance and choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University where he performed works by Nathan Trice, Stephanie Martinez, Autumn Proctor, Christian von Howard, Martha Curtis, and Scott Putman. He also performed with companies such as Malaya Works, Johnnie Mercer & The Red Project, Amaranth Contemporary Dance and Melder Dance. Tarik is a three time, full scholarship recipient of the American Dance Festival, where he has worked and performed with Jenifer Nugent, Sara Procopio, Charles Anderson, and T. Lang. Tarik is a company member of the Marvin Gaye Dance Project and Ashani Dances.

SPENCER GROSSMAN is from East Brunswick, NJ and is a third year undergraduate pursuing a BFA at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. While at Rutgers, Grossman has had the opportunity to work with choreographers Keith Thompson, Graham Lustig, Randy James, John Evans, and Camille A. Brown. During the summer preceding his freshman year Grossman was offered an apprenticeship with Keith Thompson’s company, Dancetactics, as well as Robert Burke’s company, Robert Mark Dance. Grossman joined Lauren Beirne Dance Works as a guest artist in May of 2016. Most recently Grossman attended the American College Dance Association’s National Conference to perform Javier Padilla’s A CØnversation On Drowning at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The piece was selected and will be presented at Jacob's Pillow for the Inside/Out series in late August of 2016. This is Grossman’s first ADF and he hopes to return! ANDREÍNA INSAUSTI is from Caracas, Venezuela, and graduated from the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza “Mariemma” in Madrid in 2015. At Mariemma, she was part of the junior dance company, LARREAL, under the guidance of Pedro Berdäyes, Jose Reches, Sonia Rodríguez, and Sharon Fridman. She began her professional career in 2015 with Input Dance Company, where she currently dances. As a member of this company, she has attended various festivals, such as Fringe Madrid and 29 Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid, where she was recognized as an outstanding dancer and was awarded a scholarship to attend the American Dance Festival Six Week School. She is also interested in Screendance and has a BA in film, TV, and media studies from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.COLLEEN HENDRICKS is currently a senior and an undergraduate BFA candidate in dance at California State University, Long Beach. She has previously trained extensively in modern around the Bay Area. Originally from Santa Rosa, California, Colleen was recently awarded a Fine Arts Affiliates scholarship for two consecutive academic terms in a row. Colleen has been fortunate to be able to represent CSULB at the American College Dance Association Baja Region as performer and choreographer for the past two years. Most recently she has had the opportunity to perform repertory work from guests artists such as Sidra Bell and Doug Varone. She has also attended Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop as well as the San Francisco Conservatory, studying under Alessio Silvestrin, Summer Rhatigan, and Alex Ketley. After graduation she hopes to dance professionally in a modern dance company and continue to build upon her choreographic voice.AUDREY JOHNSON is 21 and currently lives in Detroit, MI. She is in her final year at Wayne State University in Detroit pursuing a BFA in dance with honors. At WSU, she has had the pleasure of performing works by Stefanie Batten Bland, Trey McIntyre, Meg Paul, and Biba Bell, among others. She currently dances with Harge Dance Stories under the artistic direction of Jennifer Harge. Audrey enjoys choreographing, bike rides in the summer, and eating breakfast foods.LONDON BRISON, an incoming senior at Troy University, began dancing at the age of six. London trained in contemporary, jazz, ballet, hip hop, and more before going to college at Troy University, where he is now a

part of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program. Being at Troy has given London the opportunity to study with teachers Dominque Angel, Tracy Gilland-Shillabeer, and Nicki Loud who have an extensive professional background and are training him daily in ballet, modern, and contemporary techniques. Since being in the program, London has had the opportunity to work with guest choreographers and teachers such as Adria Ferrali, Kyle Abraham, Wes Chapman, Lori Belilove, Tucker Knox, and Kile Hotchkiss.MOLLY KENNEDY is currently a student at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. She has performed in works by Sidra Bell, Katie Swords-Thurman, and Jesse Zaritt. Through the 2016 Solo Studies Project, facilitated by Jesse Zaritt, she has worked with artists such as Maria Bauman, Jack Ferver, HeJin Jang, and Arkadi Zaides. This is Molly’s second year attending the American Dance Festival, and she would like to thank Dafi and the entire cast for such an amazing experience working together.GIANINA CASALE was born in Argentina and raised in Dallas, TX. Casale is a fourth-year BFA dance major at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to UT she trained at Booker T. Washington HSPVA. She most recently choreographed and performed Eternalism. Eternalism was commissioned to represent UT Austin at the 2016 American College Dance Association South-Central Regional Conference where it was selected to be performed at the closing gala. Eternalism was also showcased at Dance USA National Conference and UT's spring concert. Casale has performed works by Kate Watson Wallace, Charles O. Anderson, Yacov Sharir, Johnnie C. Mercer, Andrea Beckham, Lyn C. Wiltshire, and Jun Shen and worked with Alex Ketley and Manuel Vignoulle during her time in Dance Repertory Theater. She recently performed Alt/Mode in New York City.

BETH GILLBETH GILL is a Guggenheim, Doris Duke Impact, and "Bessie" award winning choreographer who has been making contemporary dance and performance in New York City since 2005. Her body of work critically examines contemporary themes in dance through a focused exploration of aesthetics and perception. Gill is a 2015-2016 Princeton Hodder Fellow and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Extended Life Artist in Residence. She was a 2013-2014 New York City Center Choreography Fellow, received a 2012 Foundation for Contemporary Art Grant, and was a selected artist for the Hatchery Project. In 2011 Gill was awarded two New York State Dance and Performance “Bessie” awards for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer and the Juried Award “for the choreographer exhibiting some of the most interesting and exciting ideas happening in dance in New York City today.”CALEB BAKER was born and raised in St. Petersburg, FL. He began his technical training at the late age of 19, studying ballet, modern, jazz, and Russian character at the Academy of Ballet Arts Studio under Suzanne Pomerantzeff. He has performed with the St. Petersburg Dance Company in multiple ballet and Russian character works. Caleb studied at the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Session 2 Summer Intensive in 2013. He has participated in hip hop dance conventions such as Monsters of Hip Hop, No Excuses, Movement Lifestyle, and World of Dance. He will be graduating with his Dance Associates in Arts Degree in the spring of 2017 from Hillsborough Community College.

KEVIN BOATENG began his training in 2011 at the Tarrant County Community College SE Campus, where he studied hip-hop for two years, while taking a ballet and modern class during the summer. Kevin officially began his classical training at the University of North Texas, where he studied Cechetti Ballet and Modern with influences from Bartenieff, Hawkins, and Limón. While studying at UNT, he trained with Dr. Kihyoung Choi and studied the Vagnova technique and traditional Korean movement patterns. After studying with herfor a semester, he joined Dr.Choi's local company, Movers Unlimited and was granted the opportunity to perform in one of her company repertoires at the Dallas City Performance Hall in fall of 2014. Kevin is extremely grateful for the chance to work with Beth Gill and perform in this year's Footprints.ELIZABETH BURR is a dancer from Northern Virginia. She is a senior at Indiana University, receiving a BFA in contemporary dance. During her high school and undergraduate career she has had the privilege to perform in works by Angie Hauser, Paul Taylor, Elizabeth Shea, Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown, and Iris Rosa. She has performed at venues such as the Kennedy Center, Disney World, Disneyland, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Rose Bowl Parade, and the Beacon Theatre. This is Elizabeth's first time at the American Dance Festival.JOYCE D. EDWARDS is a native of Rochester, NY. She sought out dance at a young age and studied at Little Red Dance Studio under the tutelage of Lisa Allain. After graduating high school, she began pursuing a BFA in dance at The College at Brockport State University of New York. Edwards has had the pleasure of working with artists such as Lauren Adams, Marinda Davis, William and Suzana Gentes, Tre Holloway, Brad Parquette, Jason Parsons, and Sarah Rothrock Rickel. She thanks her colleagues, mentors, family, and friends for all of their support.DENNZYL GREEN from Long Beach, CA started dancing at the age of ten. He has trained in mainly ballet and modern but also has training in hip-hop, jazz, African, Dunham, and many others. He completed his first year of college at California State University, Sacramento as a Dance major and trained under Dr. Linda Goodrich and Lorelei Bayne. While attending CSU Sacramento, he performed in a variety of shows throughout the school year and had the opportunity to attend American College Dance Association in Scottsdale, AZ. As he continues to pursue his dance career he will use all that he has learned at the American Dance Festival to grow as an artist.RONAN HAGARTY started his dance career at the age of fourteen when he attended Seattle Academy of Arts and Science. There, he trained in both contemporary and jazz styles under Rhonda Cinotto. During the summer seasons Ronan participated in intensives such as Dance This, Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, Strictly Seattle, and the American Dance Festival and worked with artists such as Mark Haim, Nicholas Leichter, Amy O’Neal, Ellie Sandstrom, and Chris Aiken. For Ronan’s high school senior project, he worked with Alicia Mulkin and helped generate movement for her company Entropy Dance. Ronan is now about to enter his second year at Sarah Lawrence College where he studies under Peggy Gould, Sara Rudner, and others. This is Ronan’s second time attending ADF’s Six Week School.

KENZIE HAYNES, from Nashville, TN, trained for 15 years in ballet, jazz, contemporary, musical theater, and hip-hop. Currently a student at Troy University, Kenzie is a Bachelor of Fine Arts dance major. He recently had the pleasure of performing Watershed with Kyle Abraham and Abraham.In.Motion in A.I.M’s Birmingham concert. Others with whom she has trained are Wes Chapman, Kile Hotchkiss, Lori Bellilove, Cody Green, and Adria Ferrali. During her time at Troy, she has trained extensively in classical ballet with Dominique Angel, modern with Tracy Gilland, and jazz with Nicki Loud. Kenzie trains seriously and works hard to supplement her dance education by taking part in summer intensives which expose her to new forms of movement. Kenzie is a passionate performer and choreographer. Her first produced piece was selected for performance in the Alabama Dance Festival’s New Works Concert in January 2015. She looks forward to her dance future.TESS NEILL began her dance training at East Street Ballet in Hadley, MA, under the direction of Barbara Kauff. She graduated from Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School as a member of the Catalyst Dance Company directed by Jennifer Polins. Tess completed her first year at Bard College where she studied with Leah Cox. She will be studying dance at SUNY Purchase in the fall. Tess is thrilled to be a part of Beth Gill’s work this summer.HANNAH SOARES is a recent graduate of California State University, Long Beach where she received her bachelors in dance, with an option in dance science. Hannah began her journey through dance at the age of fourteen when she attended Idyllwild Arts Summer Program and California State Summer School of the Arts. Through both these programs Hannah was able to refine her technique in ballet, modern, jazz, African, tap, and composition as well as work under Andrew Tyson, Gregory Dawson, and Sylvia Palmer-Zetler. In college, Hannah studied under Karen Clippinger, Keith Johnson, Summer Brown, and Lorin Johnson as well as collaborated and performed with artists such as Gerald Casel and Rebecca Lemme.B.J. SULLIVAN, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Dance at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, began dancing with Sandy Stramonine in Walworth, NY and went on to receive her BFA from The Juilliard School and MFA from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Engaged in teaching ballet, traditional, and post- modern dance techniques, her research explores movement possibilities, body/mind practices, and creating structural systems that support discovering artistic capabilities within dancing. Notably known for “Safety Release Technique,” B.J. contributes an original and substantial body of work for the dancing artist. SRT‘s foundational profile has impacted the dance field worldwide. B.J.'s unique style, methods, and terminology are referenced extensively. B.J. is on faculty at the American Dance Festival’s Six Week School, enjoys dancing and still learning from master teacher Gerri Houlihan’s technique classes, and engaging in the festival’s many wonderful offerings, including performing for Beth Gill. B.J.’s favorite dance maker is her 8 year-old daughter, Lennon, who she’s betting will be a Footprints choreographer to watch for in ADF’s future!AIWEI WANG was born in Xinyang, China. She studied at the HeNan Normal University. During her term of study, she paid attention to the relationship of Chinese traditional culture and contemporary dance. After finishing her undergraduate studies, Wang continued her education and received her master's degree in choreography in July 2015. She

is teaching at Zhongzhou University of HeNan province, where she continues to devote herself to the practice and popularity of modern dance. Wang is honored to have participated in the Guangdong Dance Festival, Beijing Dance Festival, and the third American Dance Festival in Henan Normal University. She has a growing willingness to explore new ideas with enthusiasm and a full bodied curiosity.JACE WEYANT grew up in Winston-Salem, NC. He recently completed his sophomore year of high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studies dance under the instruction of Brenda Daniels, Sean Sullivan, Abby Yager, and Ming-Ling Yang. Jace has performed in works such as Ton Simons’ original work, Measuring Blue, in 2015 and a restaging of Trisha Brown’s Solo Olos under the direction of Abby Yager in 2016. This is Jace's first year at ADF, and as a young dancer he hopes to take the training he has received into his professional dance career.ANNA WITENBERG is a performer and maker from Los Angeles. Training in theater and ballet growing up, she began her study of movement, improvisation, and composition at Bard College under the faculty of Leah Cox, and Maria Simpson and artists such as Cori Olinghouse and Jack Ferver. She is currently a rising senior pursuing a major in dance and a concentration in gender and sexuality studies. Anna has worked with artists such as Anna Sperber and Sarah Michelson and has performed in the restaging of Trisha Brown's work at Bard including Set/Reset and Accumulation. Most recently she performed as an ADF student guest in Glacial Decoy with the Stephen Petronio Company.

LEE SHER AND SAAR HARARILEE SHER began her acting career at the age of seven, performing on Israeli television. At the age of 15, she was accepted to the High School of Arts in Tel Aviv. Lee joined the Israeli army at 18 and served in the parachuters unit. Following her Army service, Lee studied at the three-year acting studio of Nisan Native in Tel Aviv. She received scholarships from the American-Israeli Foundation with excellence between the years 1998 and 2000. In 2000, Lee established LeeSaar The Company with Saar Harari. The company received a scholarship from the Mosman Art Gallery in Sydney, Australia, where she wrote and directed the play, Ester. The play was selected to open the spring season of the City Hall Theater of Tel Aviv and was performed there for two years. Lee moved to New York City with LeeSaar the Company and received an American green card for extraordinary achievement in the performing arts. Lee worked as physical director, on The Miracle Worker revival on Broadway. She is also a gaga teacher.SAAR HARARI was born on a farm in Israel to an artistic family and danced until the age of 18. At that age, he joined the Israeli army and served as a commanding officer in the special forces for 6 years. At the age of 24, he left the Army and returned to the dance world, dancing with a few Israelis choreographers. After 2 years he created his first work as an independent choreographer for a dance festival at Suzann Dalal Center in Tel Aviv. In 2000, he established LeeSaar The Company with Lee Sher. In February 2004, Saar moved to New York City with LeeSaar The Company and received an American green card for extraordinary achievement in the art of dance. Saar is a gaga teacher and the Manager of Gaga in the US. LeeSaar The Company has received the Guggenheim Fellowship in choreography, the Six Points Fellowship, and the NYFA Fellowship. It and was nominated for the "Bessie" award and the Alpert Award and received

funds and awards from the MAP Fund, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, The Asian Cultural Council, The Greenwall Foundation, the Trust for Mutual Understanding (TMU), and the New England Foundation for the Arts. LeeSaar is rapidly gaining international recognition for its intense and innovative work.EMILEE HARNEY is from Madison, NC. She is currently a rising junior at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts as a contemporary dance major under the direction of Susan Jaffe. While at UNCSA, Emilee has been privileged to perform works by Sean Sullivan, Trish Casey, and Patricia Lent and in Twyla Tharp’s Sweet Fields, staged by Alex Brady, José Limón’s Concerto Grosso, staged by Sean Sullivan, and most recently, a new work by Brenda Daniels. After receiving her BFA, Emilee’s dream is to experience as many opportunities in the dance world as possible through her desire to learn and to choreograph her own movement. NICOLE CARUANA is a dancer and collaborative artist with an explicit desire for movement. She is presently a student of the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College where she is pursuing a BFA in dance with minors in biology and psychology. A native of Buffalo, NY, Nicole is excited by opportunities to communicate through this wonderfully human art form. During her time at Purchase she has had the opportunity to create and perform new works by Alexandra Beller, Sue Bernhard, and Kevin Wynn. To further her research, she has attended San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Doug Varone’s Devices workshop, and Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts. Most recently she performed works by Alessio Silvestrin, Alex Ketley, Earl Mosley, and Maxine Steinman. She is influenced by text, music, human beings, and specifically her peers who continually enkindle her love of creation. Nicole is extremely grateful for this time spent at the American Dance Festival.TEIGHA BETH BAILEY is from Kinston, NC and is currently pursuing a BFA in dance at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Teigha Beth began dancing at the age of three and has studied various styles. While in college, she has focused primarily on strengthening her technique in ballet and modern. She has been fortunate enough to perform in several senior thesis pieces as well as student composition at the University of the Arts. For the past two summers, she has had the opportunity to choreograph many solos for students at Dance Etc. in her hometown. Teigha Beth plans to graduate in 2018 and pursue a professional dance career. EMILY RACHEL HOFF is originally from Brookhaven, NY. Emily began dancing at a young age at the Brookhaven School of Dance. Now a rising senior at the University of California, Irvine, she is pursuing a BFA in dance performance and BA in public health policy. Before coming to ADF, Emily also studied at the New York Summer School of the Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She has performed works by numerous choreographers including Francesca Harper, Robert Battle, Beth Gill, Millicent Johnnie, and Shaun Boyle. She has also performed with JazzXchange and the Insight Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Sheron Wray and is looking forward to performing with Donald McKayle’s Etude Ensemble this coming year. ANNA HULL was born and raised in Prescott, AZ. In 2014, she graduated as a Bella Lewitsky award winner from Idyllwild Arts Academy high school. Over the past three years she has attended workshops and intensives

with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Multiplex Dance Company, and Ate9. Anna is currently pursing a BFA in dance at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA.YI LUN HUANG was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan and graduated from Taipei National University of the Art in 2016. During college he performed with Graeme Collins, Lin Hwai-Min, Toru Shimazaki, Yang Ming-Lung, Bulareyaung Pagarlava, and Chamber Ballet Company (Formosa Ballet). This summer he has had an amazing experience with LeeSaar, gaga, and everyone here at ADF.KAT SAUMA first experienced gaga as a movement language during a creative process under the direction of Noa Zuk and Ohad Fishof in 2013. While living in Berlin, Germany, in 2013 she studied with Sasha Waltz & Guests and performed with Marcela Giesche. She graduated in 2014 from The Ohio State University with a BFA in dance and was awarded second place at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum for her thesis work. Kat tours solo works and collaborates in performance with DJs. She self-produced an evening length, site-specific work in 2015 in Columbus, OH. She has toured in works by various artists to Chicago, San Francisco, New York, New Jersey, and Denmark. She currently resides in New York City. Kat is honored to have spent the past six weeks working through her weaknesses with Lee, Saar, and the ever-inspiring cast. MAURICE IVY DOWELL began his dance training at Artistry of Motion dance studio in Southfield, MI, where he studied tap. Maurice danced competitively as a member of The Zone Dance Center, LLC’s competitive dance teams before joining Farmington Harrison High School’s Dance Company under the direction of Toi Banks, where he studied modern and contemporary movement, benefiting from the tutelage of guest choreographers including Dana Foglia, Christopher Huggins and Ray Mercer. Maurice has spent summers at Virginia School of the Arts, The Ailey School, Point Park University, Summer Stages at Concord, and the Nederlands Dans Theater. He has performed in works by Seán Curran, Lightfoot León, Gerald Arpino, and Dwight Rhoden among others. He graduated from Duke University in 2016 obtaining a degree in literature (critical, cultural, and media theory), a minor in dance, and a certificate in film. BROOKE CHURCH, born in Wilkesboro, NC, attends the University of North Carolina School of the Arts under the direction of Susan Jaffe. She is thankful to have had the opportunity to perform works by Doug Varone, Twyla Tharp, Helen Simoneau, Juel Lane and Ming Lung Yang. Brooke has also attended programs at The Joffrey Ballet School, Charlotte Ballet, and Paul Taylor Dance Company. Upon graduating UNCSA in 2018, Brooke will be excited to continue chasing her dreams as a professional dancer.MELISSA HENLEY was born and raised in Washington, NC. She has been studying dance since the age of three at Dance Works Performing Arts Center. Melissa is currently pursuing a BFA in dance performance at East Carolina University. Along with performing she also has a passion for teaching dance. Upon graduating from college she would like to dance professionally and eventually pursue a career in teaching. In addition to her interests in dance she enjoys the study of the human body and would also like to hold a job as a personal trainer. In order to achieve this goal, she is pursuing a minor in Exercise & Sports Science and is currently a certified personal trainer at ECU.

PRODUCTIONDAVID FERRI (Lighing Designer) has worked with prominent choreographers such as Pina Bausch, Shen Wei, Doug Varone, Yin Mei, Eiko and Koma, Jane Comfort, David Rousseve, Jody Sperling, and Ballet Preljocaj. He has been the Production Manager for the prestigious American Dance Festival since 1996, training upcoming designers in America. He is a recipient of a 1987-1988 “Bessie” award for his design of Doug Varone’s Straits, and a 2000-2001 "Bessie" award for Sustained Achievement in Lighting Design. Mr. Ferri is the resident Lighting Designer-Technical Director for the Vassar College Dance Department. Mr. Ferri was also Resident Lighting Designer and Technical Director at PS 122 from 1985 to 1991. Mr. Ferri lives in New York between his travels and projects.JOHN BRINKMAN (Costume Designer), born in Nebraska and raised in Wyoming, began his 30-year dance career at the University of Wyoming and Houston Ballet Academy. He started as a Corp de Ballet member at Tampa/Colorado Ballet and went on to dance for Empire State Ballet, Buffalo Ballet Theater, and ultimately Tulsa Ballet Theater where he danced and was appointed Costume Master. As Costume Master for TBT, he reconstructed great works from Balanchine (Mozart Violin Concerto, Tarantella), Ruth Page (Frankie and Johnnie, Carmen), Agnus DeMille (Rodeo, Billy the Kid) and Freddie Franklin (Gaite Pariesienne, Swan Lake) as well as numerous works from Roman Jasinski, Sr. Following his time with TBT, John was hired as principal dancer, principal teacher, and costumer for City Ballet of Houston and was a guest artist throughout California and the South.At City Ballet, John began creating original designs for shows such as Nutcracker, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty in addition to numerous contemporary choreographies. As owner and designer of J&K Costumes Inc. based in Keller TX, he currently designs for major national competitions in all genres and has won awards from L.A. Dance Force, Showstoppers, and Starpower International. John also continues to create original designs for numerous regional ballet companies such as North Central Ballet and North Houston Ballet Theatre and has expanded to ballroom dance. In addition to designing, John also enjoys teaching and performing Ballroom, Latin, and Country dance at The Dance Center of Colleyville in Texas under the direction of Malcolm McLoughlin.This is John’s fifth year at the American Dance Festival, where he has had the privilege of collaborating with masters such as Twyla Tharp, Bill T. Jones, Martha Clarke, and the Martha Graham Dance Company, as well as emerging choreographers such as Bulareyaung Pagarlava, Reggie Wilson, Jodi Melnick, Helen Simoneau, Adele Myers, Vanessa Voskuil, and Rosie Herrera. John has been teaching professional ballroom dance for the past six years and currently works for Fred Astaire Dance Studio. He is honored to work with the collaborative and creative efforts of his loving team at ADF and would like to also thank Jodee Nimerichter.TIFFANY SCHREPFERMAN is returning for her eighth summer at ADF and enjoys her job as Production Stage Manager of Reynolds Theater. Outside of ADF, Tiffany is the Stage Manager for Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, and Gaspard & Dancers and the Production Manager/Lighting Designer for Ad Deum Dance Company and Ad Deum II based in Houston, TX. She

also designs several annual dance festivals including Dance Houston, East Meets West, Dance Soiree, Project Dance Houston, and others, as well as designing for many Houston dance companies. Tiffany graduated from Belhaven University with a BFA in Dance and enjoys freelancing as a Lighting Designer/Stage Manager for dance and theater. She is excited to be a part of the many adventures of ADF again this summer.YUTA KATAOKA is from Chiba, Japan. He graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a degree in interdisciplinary studies concentrating in hospitality and dance production management. He started performing and working as a part of theoretical production with a non-profit organization—the Young Americans. He aspires to be a live entertainment business manager. He is excited to be part of ADF for his second year.MEGAN DECHAINE graduated from Western Washington University in 2014 with a BA in theater. She has stage managed for Bellingham Repertory Dance, Kuntz and Company, Bellingham TheatreWorks, and the iDiOM Theater.EMMA ELIZABETH ANTHONY is a PA native and will be a sophomore BFA Design & Technical Production Major at UNCG in the fall. She was a competitive dancer up through her teens, then became interested in theater and production, and ADF has truly been the mixture of everything she loves. She would like to thank Dafi, her dancers, and the entire ADF production team for being an amazing inspiration daily and making this experience a truly phenomenal one.CHARLES T. WEBER is a lighting designer based out of Seattle. Charlie went to Briarcrest Elementary School where he wanted to be an astronaut. When he grew too tall, (6'2" ladies ;) ) he went to Western Washington University for lighting design. In his spare time, Charlie enjoys puppies and long walks on the beach. This is Charlie's first year as an intern here at ADF. Charlie can be found at Cook Out after the show.

Presents

Friday, July 29 at 8:00pmSaturday, July 30 at 7:00pm

Durham Performing Arts Center

Performance: 110 minutes including intermissions

Principal Lighting DesignersJennifer TiptonJames F. Ingalls

Principal Set & Costume DesignerSanto Loquasto

MICHAEL TRUSNOVEC ROBERT KLEINENDORST JAMES SAMSONMICHELLE FLEET PARISA KHOBDEH SEAN MAHONEY ERAN BUGGE

FRANCISCO GRACIANO LAURA HALZACK JAMIE RAE WALKERMICHAEL APUZZO MICHAEL NOVAK HEATHER MCGINLEY

GEORGE SMALLWOOD CHRISTINA LYNCH MARKHAM MADELYN HO

Artistic DirectorPaul Taylor

Rehearsal DirectorBettie de Jong

Executive DirectorJohn Tomlinson

Major funding provided by The SHS Foundation.

Leadership support provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Support also provided by The Howard Gilman Foundation; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and the

New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Additional support provided by The Rockefeller Brothers Fund and The Shubert Foundation. National tour supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Music Specially Composed byChoreography by

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Music Specially Composed byChoreography by

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Donald YorkPaul TaylorCynthia O'NealDavid GropmanJennifer Tipton

Jan RadzynskiPaul TaylorGene MooreMark Litvin

Production made possible in part by contributions from the New York State Council on the Arts. The Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, Inc., and DanceCleveland.

(First performed in 1983)

(First performed in 1979)

Original production made possible in part by a commission from the American Dance Festival.

Snow White ........................................................................................Ms. Khobdeh

The Prince and The Queen ................................................................Mr. Mahoney

A Bad Apple ....................................................................................... Ms. McGinley

Some Dwarfs ............Mssrs. Kleinendorst, Samson, Graciano, Apuzzo, Smallwood

Robert Kleinendorst James Samson Parisa KhobdehSean Mahoney Francisco Graciano Michael Apuzzo

Heather McGinley George Smallwood

Michael Trusnovec Laura HalzackEran Bugge Michael Novak

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Claude DebussyImages-Book I, Children's Corner Suite and Pour le PianoPaul TaylorGene MooreMark Litvin

(First performed in 1977)

Original production made possible in part by contributions from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Preservation made possible by contributions to the Paul Taylor Repertory Preservation Project with support from the National Endowment for the Arts;

the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and Thomas and Laurie Goddard.

Michael Trusnovec Robert Kleinendorst Eran Bugge Francisco Graciano Laura Halzack Jamie Rae Walker

Heather McGinley Madelyn Ho

Prelude .......................................................................................................Full CastTotem Birds .......................................................................... Ms. Bugge and Ms. HoAntique Cortege .................................................................... Full Cast with Ms. HoTotem Dolphins ...................Mr. Kleinendorst and Mr. Graciano with Cast WomenOracle ................................................................................................... Ms. HalzackMoon Reflections ................................................. Ms. Bugge and Mr. KleinendorstTotem Horses ....................................................... Mr. Trusnovec with Cast WomenSunburst .....................................................................................................Full Cast

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Johann Sebastian Bach, "Toccata & Fugue in D minor,""Prelude in E-flat minor," "Choral Prelude BMV 680" Leopold StokoswskiPaul TaylorSanto LoquastoJennifer Tipton

(First performed in 2002)

Fire “that can thy light relume” — William Shakespeare

Commissioned by the American Dance Festival through the Doris Duke Awards for New Work and Samuel H. Scripps.

Original production also made possible with support from Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown.

Creation and preservation made possible by contributions to the Paul Taylor New Works Fund.

Michael Trusnovec Parisa Khobdeh Robert Kleinendorst James Samson Michelle Fleet Sean Mahoney Eran Bugge

Francisco Graciano Laura Halzack Jamie Rae Walker Michael Apuzzo Michael Novak Heather McGinley

George Smallwood Christina Lynch Markham Madelyn Ho

PAUL TAYLORPAUL TAYLOR, one of the most accomplished artists this nation has ever produced, continues to shape America’s indigenous art of modern dance as he has since becoming a professional dancer and pioneering choreographer in 1954. Having performed with Martha Graham’s company for several years, Mr. Taylor uniquely bridges the legendary founders of modern dance–Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey, and Ms. Graham–and the dance makers of the 21st Century with whom he is now working. Through his new initiative at Lincoln Center –Paul Taylor American Modern Dance–he presents great modern works of the past and outstanding works by today’s leading choreographers alongside his own vast and growing repertoire. And he commissions the next generation of dance makers to work with his renowned Company, thereby helping to ensure the future of the art form. As an integral part of his vision, these dances are accompanied at Lincoln Center by live music whenever so intended by the choreographer.At an age when most artists’ best work is behind them, Mr. Taylor continues to win public and critical acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance, and power of his dances. He offers cogent observations on life’s complexities while tackling some of society’s thorniest issues. While he may propel his dancers through space for the sheer beauty of it, he more frequently uses them to illuminate such profound issues as war, piety, spirituality, sexuality, morality and mortality. If, as George Balanchine said, there are no mothers-in-law in ballet, there certainly are dysfunctional families, disillusioned idealists, imperfect religious leaders, angels, and insects in Mr. Taylor’s dances. His repertoire of 144 works covers a breathtaking range of topics, but recurring themes include life and death; the natural world and man’s place within it; love and sexuality in all gender combinations; and iconic moments in American history. His poignant looks at soldiers, those who send them into battle and those they leave behind, prompted The New York Times to hail him as “among the great war poets”–high praise indeed for an artist in a wordless medium. While some of his dances have been termed “dark” and others “light,” the majority of his works are dualistic, mixing elements of both extremes. And while his work has largely been iconoclastic, he has also made some of the most purely romantic, most astonishingly athletic, and downright funniest dances ever put on stage.Paul Taylor was born on July 29, 1930–exactly nine months after the stock market crash that led into the Great Depression–and grew up

in and around Washington, DC. He attended Syracuse University on a swimming scholarship in the late 1940s until he discovered dance through books at the university library and then transferred to The Juilliard School. In 1954 he assembled a small company of dancers and began to choreograph. A commanding performer despite his late start in dance, he joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 1955 for the first of seven seasons as soloist while continuing to choreograph on his own troupe. In 1959 he was invited to be a guest artist with New York City Ballet, where Balanchine created the Episodes solo for him.Mr. Taylor first gained notoriety as a dance maker in 1957 with Seven New Dances; its study in non-movement famously earned it a blank newspaper review, and Graham subsequently dubbed him the “naughty boy” of dance. In 1962, with his first major success–the sunny Aureole–he set his trailblazing modern movement not to contemporary music but to baroque works composed 200 years earlier and then went to the opposite extreme a year later with a view of purgatory in Scudorama, using a commissioned, modern score. He inflamed the establishment in 1965 by lampooning some of America’s most treasured icons in From Sea To Shining Sea and created more controversy in 1970 by putting incest and spousal abuse center stage in Big Bertha. After retiring as a performer in 1974, Mr. Taylor turned exclusively to choreography, resulting in a flood of masterful creativity. The exuberant Esplanade (1975), one of several Taylor dances set to music by Bach, was dubbed an instant classic and has come to be regarded as among the greatest dances ever made. In Cloven Kingdom (1976) Mr. Taylor examined the primitive nature that lurks just below man’s veneer of sophistication and gentility. With Arden Court (1981) he depicted relationships both platonic and romantic. He looked at intimacy among men at war in Sunset (1983); pictured Armageddon in Last Look (1985); and peered unflinchingly at religious hypocrisy and marital rape in Speaking In Tongues (1988). In Company B (1991) he used popular songs of the 1940s to juxtapose the high spirits of a nation emerging from the Depression with the sacrifices so many Americans made during World War II. In Eventide (1997) he portrayed the budding and fading of a romance. In The Word (1998) he railed against religious zealotry and blind conformity to authority. In the first decade of the new millennium he poked fun at feminism in Dream Girls (2002), condemned American imperialism in Banquet of Vultures (2005), and stared death square in the face in the Walt Whitman-inspired Beloved Renegade

(2008). Brief Encounters (2009) examined the inability of many people in contemporary society to form meaningful and lasting relationships. In this decade he has turned a famously frightening short story into a searing drama in To Make Crops Grow and compared the mating rituals of the insect world to that of humans in the comedic Gossamer Gallants.Hailed for uncommon musicality and catholic taste, Mr. Taylor has set movement to music so memorably that for many people it is impossible to hear certain orchestral works and popular songs and not think of his dances. He has set works to an eclectic mix that includes Medieval masses, Renaissance dances, baroque concertos, classical symphonies, and scores by Debussy, Cage, Feldman, Ligeti ,and Pärt; Ragtime, Tango, Tin Pan Alley, and Barbershop Quartets; Harry Nilsson, The Mamas and The Papas, and Burl Ives; telephone time announcements, loon calls, and laughter. Mr. Taylor has influenced dozens of men and women who have gone on to choreograph–many on their own troupes–while many others have gone on to become respected teachers at colleges and universities. And he has worked closely with such outstanding artists as James F. Ingalls, Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, William Ivey Long, Santo Loquasto, Gene Moore, Tharon Musser, Robert Rauschenberg, John Rawlings, Thomas Skelton and Jennifer Tipton. As the subject of the documentary films Dancemaker and Creative Domain and author of the autobiography Private Domain and Wall Street Journal essay "Why I Make Dances," Mr. Taylor has shed light on the mysteries of the creative process as few artists have. Dancemaker, which received an Oscar nomination in 1999, was hailed by Time as “perhaps the best dance documentary ever,” while Private Domain, originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, was nominated by the National Book Critics Circle as the most distinguished biography of 1987. A collection of Mr. Taylor’s essays, Facts and Fancies, was published by Delphinium in 2013.Mr. Taylor has received nearly every important honor given to artists in the United States. In 1992 he was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and received an Emmy Award for Speaking in Tongues, produced by WNET/New York the previous year. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton in 1993. In 1995 he received the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts and was named one of 50 prominent Americans honored in recognition of their outstanding achievement by the Library of Congress’s Office of Scholarly Programs. He is the recipient of three Guggenheim Fellowships and honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degrees from California Institute of the Arts, Connecticut

College, Duke University, The Juilliard School, Skidmore College, the State University of New York at Purchase, Syracuse University, and Adelphi University. Awards for lifetime achievement include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship–often called the “genius award”–and the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award. Other awards include the New York State Governor's Arts Award and the New York City Mayor's Award of Honor for Art and Culture. In 1989 Mr. Taylor was elected one of ten honorary members of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Having been elected to knighthood by the French government as Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1969 and elevated to Officier in 1984 and Commandeur in 1990, Mr. Taylor was awarded France’s highest honor, the Légion d’Honneur, in 2000 for exceptional contributions to French culture.Mr. Taylor’s dances are performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company, the six-member Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company (begun in 1993), and companies throughout the world including the Royal Danish Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He remains among the most sought-after choreographers working today, commissioned by presenting organizations the world over. Continuing to embrace new challenges, in 2012 Mr. Taylor moved the Paul Taylor Dance Company’s annual New York City performances to Lincoln Center, where they have attracted larger audiences than ever before. In 2015, in addition to Mr. Taylor’s own dances, Paul Taylor American Modern Dance presented the Limón Dance Company in Doris Humphrey’s Passacaglia from 1938, and Shen Wei Dance Arts in Shen Wei’s Rite of Spring from 2004. In 2016 PTAMD presented Dayton Contemporary Dance Company in Donald McKayle’s Rainbow ’Round My Shoulder from 1959 and the Paul Taylor Dance Company performed a dance by Martha Graham for the first time: Diversion of Angels from 1948. Under the new initiative Taylor Company Commissions, choreographers Larry Keigwin and Doug Elkins created works on the Taylor dancers which were premiered at Lincoln Center: Rush Hour by Mr. Keigwin and The Weight of Smoke by Mr. Elkins. As part of the commissioning program, Taylor alumna Lila York will make a dance on the Company for the 2017 Season. Noted dance critic Robert Johnson applauded Paul Taylor American Modern Dance, writing, “Any serious effort to preserve our fragile dance inheritance deserves a rousing ‘Hosanna!’ and ‘Amen!’”

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY“The American spirit soars whenever Taylor’s dancers dance.”–San Francisco ChronicleThe Paul Taylor Dance Company is one of the world's most highly respected and sought-after ensembles. Dance maker Paul Taylor first presented his choreography with five other dancers in Manhattan on May 30, 1954. That modest performance marked the beginning of a half-century of unrivaled creativity, and in the decades that followed, Mr. Taylor became a cultural icon and one of history's most celebrated artists, hailed as part of the pantheon that created American modern dance. The Paul Taylor Dance Company has traveled the globe many times over, bringing Mr. Taylor’s ever-burgeoning repertoire to theaters and venues of every size and description in cultural capitals, on college campuses, and in rural communities–and often to places modern dance had never been before. The Taylor Company has performed in more than 520 cities in 62 countries, representing the United States at arts festivals in more than 40 countries and touring extensively under the aegis of the US Department of State. In 1997 the Company toured throughout India in celebration of that nation's 50th Anniversary. Its 1999 engagement in Chile was named the Best International Dance Event of 1999 by the country's Art Critics' Circle. In the summer of 2001 the Company toured in the People's Republic of China and performed in six cities, four of which had never seen American modern dance before. In the spring of 2003 the Company mounted an award-winning four-week, seven-city tour of the United Kingdom. The Company's performances in China in November 2007 marked its fourth tour there.While continuing to garner international acclaim, the Paul Taylor Dance Company performs more than half of each touring season in cities throughout the United States. The Company's season in 2005, marking its 50th anniversary, was attended by more than 25,000 people. In celebration of the anniversary and 50 years of creativity by one of the most extraordinary artists the world has ever known, the Taylor Foundation presented Mr. Taylor's works in all 50 States between March 2004 and November 2005. That tour underscored the Taylor Company's historic role as one of the early touring companies of American modern dance. The 50th Anniversary celebration also featured a quartet of new dances.

Beginning with its first television appearance for the Dance in America series in 1978, the Paul Taylor Dance Company has appeared on PBS in ten different programs, including the 1992 Emmy Award-winning Speaking in Tongues and The Wrecker's Ball–including Company B, Funny Papers, and A Field of Grass–which was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1997. In 1999 the PBS American Masters series aired Dancemaker, the Academy Award nominated documentary about Mr. Taylor and his Company. In 2013, PBS aired Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris, featuring Brandenburgs and Beloved Renegade. Dancemaker and Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris are available on DVD. To learn more about the Paul Taylor Dance Company, please visit www.ptamd.org.

THE COMPANYBETTIE DE JONG (Rehearsal Director) was born in Sumatra, Indonesia, and in 1946 moved to Holland, where she continued her early training in dance and mime. Her first professional engagement was with the Netherlands Pantomime Company. After coming to New York City to study at the Martha Graham School, she performed with the Graham Company, the Pearl Lang Company, John Butler and Lucas Hoving, and was seen on CBS-TV with Rudolf Nureyev in a duet choreographed by Paul Taylor. Ms. de Jong joined the Taylor Company in 1962. Noted for her strong stage presence and long line, she was Mr. Taylor's favorite dancing partner and, as Rehearsal Director, has been his right arm for the past 40 years. MICHAEL TRUSNOVEC hails from Yaphank, NY. He began dancing at age six and attended the Long Island High School for the Arts. In 1992, he was named a YoungArts Level I Awardee and honored as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. In 1996, he received a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Professionally, he danced with the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company from 1996 to 1998 and has appeared with Cortez & Co. Contemporary/Ballet and CorbinDances. Fall 1998 marked his debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Mr. Trusnovec received a 2006 New York Dance and Performance Award (the "Bessie") for his Body of Work during the 2005-06 Taylor season.ROBERT KLEINENDORST is originally from Roseville, MN. He graduated from Luther College in 1995 with a BA in voice and dance. After moving to New York, he danced with the Gail Gilbert Dance Ensemble and Cortez & Co. Mr. Kleinendorst also performed with Anna Sokolow’s Players Projects at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC Having studied at The Taylor School since 1996, he joined the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company in August 1998. Mr. Kleinendorst joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in fall 2000.

JAMES SAMSON is a native of Jefferson City, MO. He began his dance training at age eight and later became a competitive gymnast. He studied dance at Missouri State University where he earned a BFA in dance with a minor in business. He went on to study as a scholarship student with the David Parsons New Arts Festival, the Pilobolus Intensive Workshop, and the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive where he was selected to perform in Paul Taylor’s Airs set by Linda Kent. Mr. Samson’s professional career has included Charleston Ballet Theatre, New England Ballet, Connecticut Ballet, and the Amy Marshall Dance Company. He joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in February 2001. MICHELLE FLEET grew up in the Bronx and began her dance training at age four. She attended Ballet Hispanico of New York during her training at Talent Unlimited High School. There she was a member of The Ballet Hispanico Jr. Company. Ms. Fleet earned her BFA in dance from Purchase College in 1999 and received her MBA in business management in 2006. She has performed in works by Bill T. Jones, Merce Cunningham, Kevin Wynn, and Carlo Menotti. Ms. Fleet joined the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company in Summer 1999. She made her debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in September 2002.PARISA KHOBDEH, born and raised in Plano, TX, trained with Kathy Chamberlain and Gilles Tanguay and earned a BFA from Southern Methodist University. She has worked with choreographers Robert Battle, Judith Jamison, Donald McKayle, and David Grenke. Ms. Khobdeh also studied at the Taylor and Graham schools and teaches master classes at schools and universities around the US She made her debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company at the American Dance Festival in June 2003.SEAN MAHONEY, born and raised in Bensalem, PA, began his life in dance at age 12 by attending Princeton Ballet School on scholarship; that year he also started training with Fred Knecht. In 1991 he began as an apprentice at American Repertory Ballet (ARB) and became a featured dancer with the company, which he rejoined in 2000 under the direction of Graham Lustig. Mr. Mahoney was chosen as one of the first members of the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company in 1993 just after completing high school. He has danced for David Parsons, Alex Tressor and Geoffrey Doig-Marx and performed in Radio City's Christmas Spectacular. He rejoined Taylor 2 in 2002. Mr. Mahoney is the son of a construction worker who provided him with the skills he uses to assist with set construction for the Company. As a musician, he accompanies classes at The Taylor School and is a member of the band Heroes Die. He made his debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in January 2004.

ERAN BUGGE is from Oviedo, FL where she began her dance training at the Orlando Ballet School. She went on to study at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford under the direction of Peggy Lyman, graduating summa cum laude with a BFA in ballet pedagogy in 2005. She attended The Taylor School and the 2004 and 2005 Taylor Summer Intensives. Ms. Bugge has performed in works by Amy Marshall, Katie Stevinson-Nollet and Jean Grand-Maître. She was also a member of Full Force Dance Theatre and the Adam Miller Dance Project. In 2012 Ms. Bugge was the recipient of the Hartt Alumni Award. She joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in fall 2005.FRANCISCO GRACIANO, a native of San Antonio, TX, began dancing and acting at an early age. He received a BFA in dance from Stephens College for Women (male scholarship) and scholarships from the Alvin Ailey School and The Taylor School. He has been a member of TAKE Dance Company, Michael Mao Dance, Ben Munisteri Dance Company, Cortez & Co. Contemporary/Ballet and Pascal Rioult Dance Theater, among others. He also appeared in the operas Aida and White Raven directed by Robert Wilson. In 2009 he was included in Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.” His backstage photography can be seen at www.franciscograciano.com. Mr. Graciano joined the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company in February 2004 and made his debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Granada, Spain, in summer 2006. LAURA HALZACK grew up in Suffield, CT and began her dance training at the age of four with Brenda Barna. She furthered her training at The School of the Hartford Ballet and studied at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College. Ms. Halzack graduated summa cum laude with a degree in History from the University of New Hampshire in 2003. She then studied at the Hartt School and at The Taylor School's 2004 Summer Intensive. She has performed with the Amy Marshall Dance Company and Syren Modern Dance and has enjoyed teaching in her home state. Ms. Halzack studied at The Taylor School for two years before joining the Paul Taylor Dance Company in summer 2006.JAMIE RAE WALKER began dancing at age three in her home town of Levittown, PA. As a young dancer she performed with American Repertory Ballet while extensively studying ballet and Graham techniques. In 1991 she continued her training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and in 1992 was awarded a full scholarship by Violette Verdy at Northeast Regional Dance Festival. Upon graduating high school Ms. Walker was invited to join Miami City Ballet where she performed principal and soloist roles in Balanchine and Taylor dances from 1994 to 2000. In 2001

she joined the original cast of Twyla Tharp’s Broadway show, Movin’ Out, while simultaneously studying on full scholarship at The Taylor School. Ms. Walker joined the Taylor 2 Dance Company in fall 2003 and became a member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company in summer 2008.MICHAEL APUZZO grew up in North Haven, CT. He studied economics and theater at Yale University, graduating magna cum laude in 2005. Growing up in musical theater, he began his formal dance training in college, performing and choreographing in undergraduate companies. After being dance captain for an original production of Miss Julie choreographed by Peter Pucci, Mr. Apuzzo debuted professionally at the Yale Repertory Theater. He has since performed in numerous musicals at equity theaters across the country and in the National Tour of Twyla Tharp’s Broadway show, Movin’ Out. He holds a second-degree black belt in tae kwon do and recently published his first book, Flying Through Yellow. Mr. Apuzzo joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in fall 2008.MICHAEL NOVAK was raised in Rolling Meadows, IL, where he started dancing at age ten. He trained on full scholarship at The University of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet. After graduating Columbia University with a BA in Dance magna cum Llaude and Phi Beta Kappa, he studied at Springboard Danse Montréal under Alexandra Wells and Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie. He has performed works by Bill T. Jones, Stephen Petronio, and Vaslav Nijinsky and has danced with Gibney Dance and the Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company. Mr. Novak began studying at The Taylor School in 2008 and participated in the Taylor Summer Intensive before joining the Company in summer 2010. His debut season earned him a nomination for the 2011 Clive Barnes Foundation Dance Award. HEATHER MCGINLEY grew up in St. Louis, MO. Through her early training with Lisbeth Brown she attained a diploma in the Cecchetti Method of Classical Ballet. She graduated from Butler University with a BFA in dance performance in 2005. Ms. McGinley was a member of Graham II for two seasons and went on to perform with the Martha Graham Dance Company from 2008 to 2011. With the Graham Company she toured Italy in the original cast of Antonio Calenda’s Looking for Picasso, a dance and theater piece featuring restaged classic Graham ballets. She participated in the 2010 intensives at The Taylor School and joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in spring 2011.GEORGE SMALLWOOD is a native of New Orleans. He earned a BFA degree in dance performance and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an International Focus from Southern Methodist University.

He has been a member of the Parsons Dance Company, where he performed the signature solo Caught, and the Martha Graham and Lar Lubovitch companies. As co-founder of Battleworks he performed, taught master classes, and re-staged Robert Battle’s works across the country. He has been in regional productions of Spamalot, Chicago, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, Crazy for You, The Music Man, White Christmas, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and 42nd Street. He joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company temporarily in spring 2011 and rejoined in summer 2012.CHRISTINA LYNCH MARKHAM grew up in Westbury, NY and began dancing with Lori Shaw and continued at Holy Trinity High School under the direction of Catherine Murphy. She attended Hofstra University on scholarship and performed works by Cathy McCann, Karla Wolfangle, Robin Becker, and Lance Westergard. During college she also trained at The Taylor School and attended the Company’s Summer Intensive Program. After graduating summa cum laude in 2004, she danced with the Amy Marshall Dance Company and Stacie Nelson and The Dance Theatre Company. She joined the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company in Summer 2008 and made her debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in summer 2013. MADELYN HO is from Sugar Land, TX, where she began dancing at Kinard Dance School and later trained with BalletForte under the artistic direction of Michael Banigan. She graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Chemical and Physical Biology. While there, she was awarded the Artist Development Fellowship and attended the Taylor School Winter Intensive. She was a member of Taylor 2 from 2008 to 2012 and left to attend Harvard Medical School, during which time she was a guest artist for Alison Cook Beatty Dance and performed with Urbanity Dance. She joined Paul Taylor Dance Company in spring 2015.

PAUL TAYLOR 2 DANCE COMPANYALANA ALLENDE LEE DUVENECK REI AKAZAWA

AMANDA STEVENSON PRINCETON MCCURTAIN JOHNNY VORSTEG

Mr. Taylor established Taylor 2 Company in 1993 to ensure that his works could be seen by audiences all over the world without regard to economic or logistical limitations. He worked with longtime colleague Linda Hodes to create a company that could accommodate performance requests, teach classes, and provide community outreach. With six dancers, Taylor 2 is the same size as Mr. Taylor’s original Company. In selecting repertoire for Taylor 2, Mr. Taylor chooses dances that reveal the broad spectrum of his work, sometimes reworking the original version to fit the smaller ensemble.

Taylor 2’s engagements are flexible and are customized to meet the needs of each community. They often consist of master classes and lecture/demonstrations in addition to performances that often take place in non-traditional venues as well as in theaters. Former Taylor dancer Ruth Andrien was named Rehearsal Director of Taylor 2 in 2010.To find out more about Taylor 2, upcoming tour dates, and the latest Taylor 2 news please visit the Company on the web at www.ptamd.org.

THE TAYLOR SCHOOLTaylor style and repertoire classes are held for professional dancers throughout the year, taught by former and current Taylor Company members. The School offers Summer and Winter Intensives for students from around the world interested in a more in-depth study of Paul Taylor style and choreography, as well as youth and adult classes. For information, schedules, and registration forms, please visit www.ptamd.org.

MERCHANDISEDancemaker, the Academy Award-nominated documentary about Paul Taylor, is available on DVD, as is Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris, featuring Brandenburgs and Beloved Renegade. Copies of Mr. Taylor’s acclaimed autobiography, Private Domain, his new book, Facts and Fancies, and Paul Taylor Dance Company souvenir books, are also available. To order, call (212) 431-5562.

The taking of photographs and the use of mechanical recording devices are strictly prohibited.

Program subject to change.Latecomers will be seated only during intermissions.

Please turn off all pagers and cell phones during the performance. 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSPaul Taylor, President

Richard E. Feldman, Esq.Darcy Gilpin

John D. GolenskiC. Hugh Hildesley

Marjorie S. Isaac, Trustee EmeritaRandolph Kantorowicz

Roger A. KlugeWilfred Koplowitz, Trustee Emeritus

Dianne La BasseLee Manning-Vogelstein

Douglas L. PetersonAriane Reinhart

Yvonne RieberHal Rubenstein

Dr. Robert A. ScottWilliam A. Shutzer

Andrew Wilcox

C.F. Stone III, ChairmanElise Jaffe, Vice Chairman Scott King, Vice Chairman Max R. Shulman, Vice ChairmanStephen Weinroth, Vice Chairman Joseph A. Smith, Treasurer Joan C. Bowman, SecretaryJohn Tomlinson, Executive Director Robert E. AberlinCarolyn Adams Lisa Brothers Arbisser, MD Norma Ketay AsnesNorton Belknap, Trustee Emeritus Sally Brayley Bliss Carole BrzozowskiNancy H. Coles, MDChristine Ramsay CoveyDeirdre K. Dunn

STAFFArtistic Director ...........................................................................Paul TaylorRehearsal Director ................................................................. Bettie de JongPrincipal Lighting Designer ................................................... Jennifer TiptonPrincipal Lighting Designer ................................................... James F. IngallsPrincipal Set & Costume Designer ....................................... Santo LoquastoTaylor 2 Rehearsal Director .....................................................Ruth AndrienTaylor School Director ............................................................Raegan WoodAssistant to Mr. Taylor ............................................................. Andy LeBeauAssociate Rehearsal Director .......................................... Michael TrusnovecProduction Manager / Lighting Supervisor .............................Robert BrownWardrobe Supervisor .....................................................Clarion OvermoyerStage Manager ....................................................................Katherine HouffCompany and Production Manager, Taylor 2 ......................... Bridget WeltyExecutive Director ............................................................... John TomlinsonChief Development Officer ..................................................... Carmel OwenDirector of Marketing and Communications .............................Alan OlshanDirector of Finance .............................................................. Sarah SchindlerDirector of Public Relations ...................................................... Lisa LabradoDirector of Tour Engagements ................................................ Tim RobinsonDirector of Individual Giving .................................................... Josie DuckettCompany Manager .............................................................. Jacqueline ReidArchival Supervisor/Administrator ............................................ Tom PatrickManager of Development Operations ..................................... Jenna JacobsDevelopment Associate ............................................................... Dorcas YipExecutive Assistant .................................................................. Noah AberlinAdministrative Assistant ...............................................Christopher SenquizTour Development Associate ............................................. Jiang “Tony” ZhuStrategic Operations .................................................................. Bruce FaginInformation Technology Consultant .................. Andy LeBeau, PC UmbrellaTaylor 2 Tour Booking ................ Jeannette Gardner, Gardner Arts NetworkAdvertising ........................................................................................ SpotcoArchival Consultant ..............................Linda Edgerly, The Winthrop GroupAuditor ........................................................... Michael Wallace, Lutz & CarrOrthopedic Consultant ................................................ David S. Weiss, M.D.Travel Agent .............................................................Michael Retsina, AltourMr. Taylor’s Transportation ........................................................Will Coloma

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($25,000+)Jody and John Arnhold

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000 - $9,999)American Tobacco Campus*Mark Day Company*Richard and Ford Hibbits

PRODUCER ($3,000 - $4,999)Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson

LEADER ($1,000 - $2,999)Sharon M. ConnellyJim Cronion^Jimmy John’s*Joe Van Gogh*Laura and Bob GutmanGerri Houlihan^Thomas S. Kenan, IIIThe Palace International*Francine and Benson Pilloff Angela Sessoms^ in honor of the Christopher Cherry Family

INVESTOR ($500 - $999)ABC Dance AcademySarah and Christopher Bean^Gay Bradley and Gerry RiverosMary ReganPonysaurus Brewing*

PARTNER ($250 -$499)Black Twig Cider House*Evelyn S. Bloch, Bill Neal, and Thea Bloch-NealLinda Y. CooperGuglhupf Bakery, Café & Restaurant*Jackson Family Wines*Jane Kestenbaum and Stewart JohnsonLandmark Vineyards*Ste Michelle Wine Estates*Tobacco Road Sports CafeDonald and Claire Stone

PATRON ($100 - $249)Kimberly BlackwellGlenna BatsonKayla BriggsAnn and Bob DeMaineCameron J. ErensCraven Allen Gallery, House of Frames*Muki W. Fairchild and Charles KeithJohn and Lucy Grant Thurman Grove Brian E. HoggLori Jones^Vance and Catherine KramerSid Klotz and Richard ElmoreMelissa Sheridan LomaxRikki MangrumChandra McCloud^Jeanne and Brian MurrayDabney and Walker SandersHugh TilsonRobert W. Upchurch

SUPPORTER (<$99)Tim AlwranRachel Ash^ Letty BassartAlex and Ann Gordon Bruce KendallWinkie LaforceThomas Marriott Ellen DeWitt StoneDana Stone

ADDITIONS TO THE 2016 ADF CONTRIBUTORSAs of July 18, 2016

CONTRIBUTOR KEY^ Matched by the SHS Foundation* In-Kind Community Partner

ADDITIONS TO THE ADF BEHIND THE SCENESDana Livermore...............Assistant Studio Manager