Irvine Barclay Theatre
Ballet HispánicoNovember 11, 2021 at 8pm
About the Show
Ballet HispánicoThursday, November 11, 2021 at 8pmpresented by Irvine Barclay Theatre
Artist Sponsor:Toni and Terry McDonald
Sponsored by:An Anonymous Fund of the Orange County Community Foundation
This performance will include two 15-minute intermissions.
Ballet Hispánico
Artistic Director & CEOEduardo Vilaro
FounderTina Ramirez
The Company
Christopher Bloom, Jared Bogart, Leonardo Brito, Simone Cameresi, Antonio Cangiano, Shelby Colona, Amanda del Valle, Alexander Haquia, Paulo Hernandez-Farella, Cori Lewis, Laura Lopez, Hugo Pizano Orozco,Omar Rivéra, Gabrielle Sprauve, Dandara Veiga, Lenai Alexis Wilkerson, Mariano Zamora
Rehearsal Director
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Linda Celeste Sims
Associate Artistic Director & Latinx Institute DirectorJohan Rivera
Company ManagerGlenn Allen Sims
Production ManagerSK Watson
Wardrobe DirectorAmy Page
Lighting SupervisorCaitlin Brown
Stage ManagerMorgan Lemos
Wardrobe AssistantStacey Dávila
MetLife Foundation is the Official Tour Sponsor of Ballet Hispánico.
Transformational funding provided by MacKenzie Scott and the Ford Foundation America's Cultural Treasuresprogram. Major support provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Miranda Family Fund, the Fan Fox andLeslie R. Samuels Foundation, and the Scherman Foundation. Public support provided by the New York CityDepartment of Cultural Affairs. Ballet Hispánico programming is made possible by the New York State Council onthe Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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Program is subject to change.
The taking of video, audio and photographs is strictly prohibited.
Program Notes from the Artistic Director
Buenas noches, good evening! Welcome to Ballet Hispánico’s Noche de Oro, a celebration of 50 incredible yearsof building new ways of exploring the Latinx culture through dance.
Tonight’s program starts with Arabesque, a work originally choreographed in 1984, set to Spanish composerEnrique Granados’ Twelve Spanish Dances. The ballet exemplifies the Company’s aesthetic during the 1970s,when the Company was experimenting with fusing flamenco with the classical ballet vocabulary. Thechoreographer, Vicente Nebrada, was one of only a few Latinx choreographic voices in the classical ballet worldat that time. We honor Mr. Nebrada’s legacy and the impact of Ballet Hispánico’s mission to create a platform forHispanic choreographers through this reconstruction.
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Tiburones, which translates to “The Sharks,” is a work in direct response to the re-emergence of the musicalWest Side Story in our entertainment world today. In its day, West Side Story was an extraordinary piece oftheater, as it was the first time the Puerto Rican community was featured in a major motion picture. While themusical gave us the incredible music of Leonard Bernstein and the captivating choreography of Jerome Robbins,it also left cultural scars for generations of Latinx people. Tiburones seeks to question the gaze of who gets to tella story, while dispelling the iconic stereotypes that continue to haunt the Latinx community to this day. The worklayers our vision of taking back our narrative through the voice of a Latina choreographer, Annabelle LopezOchoa.
Spanish choreographer, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano is known for his athletic and innovative movement vocabulary.In 18+1, Mr. Sansano delves deep into the music of Pérez Prado, the Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer, andarranger who popularized the mambo in the 1950s. Created during his nineteenth year as a workingchoreographer, Mr. Sansano creates an explosive musical celebration that captures the essences of our belovedCuban music.
Thank you for joining us this evening in celebration of Ballet Hispánico’s 50 years. Enjoy the show, disfruten!
Eduardo VilaroArtistic Director & CEO
Program - Arabesque (1984)
Choreography by Vicente NebradaRestaged by Linda Celeste SimsAssisted by Johan RiveraMusic by Enrique GranadosOriginal Costume Design by Randy BarcelóCostume Reconstruction by Diana RuettigerLighting Design by SK Watson
Performed by
Jared Bogart, Simone Cameresi, Antonio Cangiano, Amanda del Valle, Alexander Haquia, Paulo Hernandez-Farella, Laura Lopez, Omar Rivéra, Dandara Veiga, and Lenai Wilkerson
OrientalFull Cast
ZarabandaAntonio Cangiano
VilanescaSimone Cameresi, Amanda del Valle, Laura Lopez, Dandara Veiga, Lenai Wilkerson
JotaAlexander Haquia, Paulo Hernandez-Farella, Dandara Veiga
AsturianaJared Bogart, Antonio Cangiano, Paulo Hernandez-Farella, Laura Lopez
MazurcaAmanda del Valle, Alexander Haquia, Dandara Veiga, Lenai Wilkerson
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ValencianaSimone Cameresi with Full Cast
Oriental RepriseFull Cast
Arabesque is an elegant suite of dances set to the music of Spanish composer, Enrique Granados. Traces offlamenco influence are hinted at in the upper body as the dancers move through lush balletic contemporaryphrase work.
Intermission
Program - Tiburones (2019)
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez OchoaMusic by Pérez Prado, Dizzy Gillespie, and The Funky LowlivesCompositions by James Bigbee GarverCostume Design by Mark ZapponeLighting Design by Joshua Paul Weckesser
Performed by
Christopher Bloom, Jared Bogart, Simone Cameresi, Shelby Colona, Antonio Cangiano, Amanda del Valle, PauloHernandez-Farella, Laura Lopez, Omar Rivéra, Gabrielle Sprauve, Dandara Veiga, Lenai Wilkerson, and MarianoZamora
In Tiburones, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa addresses the discrimination and stereotypes placed upon Latinx cultureand the power the media has in portraying these themes by diminishing the voices of Latinx artists. Ochoa willdeconstruct gender roles and identity to revitalize an authentic perspective of Puerto Rican icons appropriatedwithin the entertainment industry.
Photo by: Paula Lobo
Intermission
Program - 18+1 (2012)
Choreography by Gustavo Ramírez SansanoMusic by Pérez PradoCostume Design by Ghabriello FernandoLighting Design by Caitlin Brown and Savannah Bell
Performed by
Christopher Bloom, Jared Bogart, Simone Cameresi, Antonio Cangiano, Shelby Colona, Paulo Hernandez-Farella,
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Omar Rivéra, Gabrielle Sprauve, Dandara Veiga, and Lenai Wilkerson
18+1 celebrates Gustavo's 19 years as a choreographer and the vulnerability, care, and hope that comes witheach artistic endeavor. In a display of subtle humor and electric choreography, the movement merges with theplayful rhythms found in Pérez Prado's mambo music. Sansano draws from his history and memory to take ajoyous look at the past, present, and coming future.
Photo by: Erin Baiano
About Ballet Hispánico
For 50 years Ballet Hispánico has been the leading voice intersecting artistic excellence and advocacy, and isnow the largest Latinx cultural organization in the United States and one of America’s Cultural Treasures. BalletHispánico brings communities together to celebrate and explore Latino cultures through innovative danceproductions, transformative dance training, and enduring community engagement experiences.
National Medal of Arts recipient Tina Ramirez founded Ballet Hispánico in 1970, at the height of the post-warcivil rights movements. From its inception Ballet Hispánico focused on providing a haven for Black and BrownLatinx youth and families seeking artistic place and cultural sanctuary. By providing the space for Latinx danceand dancers to flourish, Ballet Hispánico uplifted marginalized emerging and working artists, which combinedwith the training, authenticity of voice, and power of representation, fueled the organization’s roots andtrajectory. In 2009, Ballet Hispánico welcomed Eduardo Vilaro as its artistic director, ushering in a new era byinserting fresh energy to the company’s founding values and leading Ballet Hispánico into an artistically vibrantfuture. Today, Ballet Hispánico’s New York City headquarters house a School of Dance and state-of-the-art dancestudios for its programs and the arts community. From its grassroots origins as a dance school and community-based performing arts troupe, for 50 years Ballet Hispánico has stood as a catalyst for social change.
Ballet Hispánico provides the physical home and cultural heart for Latinx dance in the United States. BalletHispánico has developed a robust public presence across its three main programs: its company, School of Dance,and Community Arts Partnerships.
Through its exemplary artistry, distinguished training program, and deep-rooted community engagement efforts,Ballet Hispánico champions and amplifies underrepresented voices in the field. For 50 years, Ballet Hispánico hasprovided a place of honor for the omitted, overlooked, and oppressed. As it looks to the next 50 years and beyond,Ballet Hispánico seeks to empower, and give agency to, the Latinx experience and those individuals within it.
Artistic Leadership
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Eduardo Vilaro
Artistic Director & CEO
Eduardo Vilaro (Artistic Director & CEO) is the artistic director & CEO ofBallet Hispánico (BH). He was named Ballet Hispánico’s artistic director in2009, becoming only the second person to head the company since itsfounding in 1970, and in 2015 was also named chief executive officer. Mr.Vilaro has infused Ballet Hispánico’s legacy with a bold brand ofcontemporary dance that reflects America’s changing cultural landscape.
Mr. Vilaro’s philosophy of dance stems from a basic belief in the power of the arts to change lives, reflect andimpact culture, and strengthen community. He considers dance to be a liberating, non-verbal language throughwhich students, dancers, and audiences of all walks of life and diverse backgrounds, can initiate ongoingconversations about the arts, expression, identity, and the meaning of community.
Born in Cuba and raised in New York from the age of six, Mr. Vilaro’s own choreography is devoted to capturingthe Latin American experience in its totality and diversity, and through its intersectionality with other diasporas.His works are catalysts for new dialogues about what it means to be an American. He has created more than 40ballets with commissions that include the Ravinia Festival, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Grant Park Festival, theLexington Ballet, and the Chicago Symphony.
A Ballet Hispánico dancer and educator from 1988 to 1996, he left New York, earned a master’s ininterdisciplinary arts at Columbia College Chicago and then embarked on his own act of advocacy with a 10-yearrecord of achievement as founder and artistic director of Luna Negra Dance Theater in Chicago.
The recipient of numerous awards and accolades, Mr. Vilaro received the Ruth Page Award for choreography in2001; was inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame in 2016; and was awarded HOMBRE magazine’s 2017 Arts &Culture Trailblazer of the Year. In 2019, he received the West Side Spirit’s WESTY Award, was honored by WNETfor his contributions to the arts, and was the recipient of the James W. Dodge Foreign Language Advocate Award.In August 2020, City & State Magazine included Mr. Vilaro in the inaugural Power of Diversity: Latin 100 list. InJanuary 2021, Mr. Vilaro was recognized with a Compassionate Leaders Award, given to leaders who arecourageous, contemplative, collaborative, and care about the world they will leave behind. He is a well-respectedspeaker on such topics as diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts, as well as on the merits of theintersectionality of cultures and the importance of nurturing and building Latinx leaders.
Tina Ramirez
Founder
Tina Ramirez (Founder) founded Ballet Hispánico in 1970 and served asartistic director until 2009. Under her direction, over 45 choreographerscreated works for the Company, many of international stature and others inthe early stages of their career.
Ms. Ramirez was born in Venezuela, the daughter of a Mexican bullfighter and grandniece to a Puerto Ricaneducator who founded the island’s first secular school for girls. Her performing career included internationaltouring with the Federico Rey Dance Company, the Broadway productions of Kismet and Lute Song, and thetelevision adaptation of Man of La Mancha.
In recognition of her enduring contributions to the field of dance, Ms. Ramirez received the National Medal ofArts, the nation’s highest cultural honor, in 2005. Juilliard awarded her an honorary degree, Doctor of Fine Arts,in 2018. Numerous other awards include the Honor Award from Dance/USA (2009), the Award of Merit from theAssociation of Performing Arts Presenters (2007), the Dance Magazine Award (2002), the Hispanic HeritageAward (1999), a Citation of Honor at the 1995 New York Dance and Performance Awards ("The Bessies"), the
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NYS Governor's Arts Award (1987), and the NYC Mayor’s Award of Honor for Arts & Culture (1983).
Johan Rivera
Associate Artistic Director and Latinx Dance Institute Director
Johan Rivera (Associate Artistic Director and Latinx Dance InstituteDirector) was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and began his dance training atthe School for the Performing Arts, Puerto Rico under the direction ofWaldo Gonzalez. Johan graduated magna cum laude with his BFA from theNew World School of the Arts/University of Florida in 2013. While there, hehad the opportunity to perform the works of Robert Battle, Kyle Abraham,Peter London, Daniel Lewis, Merce Cunningham, and Doris Humphrey as
well as simultaneously working with local dance companies in Miami, Florida. During his tenure with the BalletHispánico Company, Johan had the pleasure of performing the ballets of choreographers such as Annabelle LopezOchoa, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Pedro Ruiz, and Eduardo Vilaro. In addition, he was a vital member of BalletHispánico’s Community Arts Partnerships team as a teaching artist while on tour and at home in NYC. Aspiring tofurther his knowledge and skills, Johan ventured into the world of higher education. In 2016, he received aMaster of Arts in Executive Leadership with high honors, an achievement he dearly treasures as the first memberof his family to have this opportunity. Upon graduation, Johan had the honor of mentoring and directing secondcompany BHdos in the fall of 2016 before taking over as rehearsal director for Ballet Hispánico’s main Company.After four seasons as the rehearsal director, Johan transitioned to Ballet Hispánico's marketing department as thedigital marketing manager, playing a key role in the development and creation of the organization's virtualprogramming. Now, as the associate artistic director and Latinx Dance Institute director, Johan supports theartistic curation for the Company and Ballet Hispánico's thought leadership programming alongside ArtisticDirector and CEO, Eduardo Vilaro.
Linda Celeste Sims
Rehearsal Director
Linda Celeste Sims (Rehearsal Director) began training at BalletHispánico School of Dance and graduated from LaGuardia High School ofthe Performing Arts. Ms. Sims has received the 2016 Inspiración Awardfrom Ballet Hispánico, has won Outstanding Performance at the 2014 NewYork Dance and Performance Awards (“The Bessies”) and most recently, shereceived the 2017 Dance Magazine Award. Ms. Sims has been featured onthe cover Dance Magazine, and on So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing
With The Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Mo'Nique Show, Live with Kelly and Michael, and The TodayShow. Mrs. Sims has has appeared at the White House Series, Youth America Grand Prix, Vail InternationalDance Festival, and galas in Budapest and Vienna, and originated featured roles by Judith Jamison, Donald Byrd,Alonso King, Dwight Rhoden, Ronald K. Brown, Mauro Bigonzetti, Jennifer Muller, Karole Armitage, Lynn TaylorCorbett, Rennie Harris, Christopher L. Huggins, and Azure Barton. She teaches master classes around the worldand is a certified Zena-Rommett Floor-Barre instructor. Mrs. Sims danced for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theaterfrom 1996 to 2020 and was also the assistant to the rehearsal director.
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Glenn Allen Sims
Company Manager
Glenn Allen Sims (Company Manager) performed for 23 years as aprincipal dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Mr. Sims grewup in Long Branch, New Jersey, where he began his classical dance trainingat the Academy of Dance Arts in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. He received ascholarship to the Ailey School's Summer Intensive and attended TheJuilliard School under Benjamin Harkarvy. Mr. Sims has been featured onseveral network television programs, including BET Honors, Dancing With
The Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and So You Think You Can Dance. Mr. Sims, a master teacher, is acertified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre instructor and certified Pilates mat instructor. He has performed in theWhite House Dance Series and for the King of Morocco. He was featured on the cover of and has written a guestblog for Dance Magazine.
Photo Credit for Artistic Leadership
Photo credit for Tina Ramirez: Bruce LauranceAll other photos by: Rachel Neville
Choreographers
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (Choreographer) has been choreographing since 2003 following a 12-year dance careerin various contemporary dance companies throughout Europe. She has created works for 60 dance companiesworldwide, including Ballet Hispánico, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Compañía Nacíonal de Danza, DutchNational Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, GöteborgBallet, Joffrey Ballet, BJM-Danse Montréal, New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet,English National Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, to name a few. In 2012, her firstfull length work, A Streetcar Named Desire, originally created for the Scottish Ballet, received the Critics’ CircleNational Dance Award for Best Classical Choreography and was nominated for the prestigious Olivier Award forBest New Dance Production the following year. Annabelle was the recipient of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award2019.
Vicente Nebrada (Choreographer) was a founding member of the Harkness Ballet, where he began hischoreographic career in 1964. In 1975, he became the founding artistic director and resident choreographer ofthe International Ballet of Caracas, creating numerous ballets and solidifying his reputation as an internationallyacclaimed choreographer. In 1984, he was appointed artistic director of the National Ballet of Caracas, which hedirected until 2002. His artistic support as resident choreographer helped establish Ballet Florida in Palm Beachin the mid 1990s. His works continue to be performed around the world and have been danced by more than 30companies, including American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet of Canada, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, and BalletHispánico.
Gustavo Ramírez Sansano (Choreographer) was artistic director of Luna Negra Dance Theater (2009-2013),and now combines his work as a freelance choreographer with the direction of Titoyaya Dansa, the company hefounded in Spain with Veronica Garcia Moscardo in 2006. Sansano has received numerous awards for hischoreography, including first prize at the Ricard Moragas Competition in Barcelona (1997), Prix Dom PerignonChoreographic Competition in Hamburg (2001), and Premio de Las Artes Escénicas de la Comunidad Valenciana(2005). Sansano has been commissioned to create works for many companies such as Nederlands Dans Theater,Compañía Nacional de Danza, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Luzerner tanz Theater, Ballet BC, The HamburgBallet, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Hispánico, and Luna Negra Dance Theater, among others.
The Company
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Christopher Bloom
Dancer
Christopher Bloom is from Fredrick County, Virginia, where he begandancing at the Blue Ridge Studio for the Performing Arts and the VostrikovAcademy of Ballet. Chris graduated summa cum laude from theAiley/Fordham BFA Program in 2012. He has performed with numerouscompanies such as Parsons Dance, Lydia Johnson, and the PeridanceContemporary Dance Company. Chris joined Ballet Hispánico in 2013 andhas originated roles in new works by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Edgar
Zendejas, Miguel Mancillas, Fernando Melo, Michelle Manzanales, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, and EduardoVilaro. This is Chris’ 9th season with Ballet Hispánico.
Jared Bogart
Dancer
Jared Bogart is originally from Crystal River, Florida, where he spent hisearly years training at his parents’ dance school. He graduated with a BFAin Dance from Jacksonville University and trained during his summers at theOrlando Ballet School, Archcore40, Florida Dance Masters, and FloridaDance Festival. While in Jacksonville, Jared worked with artists such asJennifer Muller, Robert Moses, Jennifer Archibald, and Stephanie Martinez.This is Jared’s 5th season with Ballet Hispánico.
Leonardo Brito
Dancer
Leonardo Brito is from Saquarema, Brazil and trained with ProjetoPrimeiro Passo, before training at Escola Estadual de Danca Maria Olenewa,Center of Art Nós da Dança, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, MiamiCity Ballet School, and The Ailey School. Leonardo has performed withcompanies such as Mariinsky Ballet, Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro,Emotions Physical Theater, Dance Theater of Florida, Alvin Ailey, and AileyII. In 2016, Leonardo was awarded the III Brazilian Modern Dance Congress
and he has performed works by Robert Battle, Jennifer Archibald, Troy Powell, Jae Man Joo, Darrell GrandMoultrie, Amy Hall Garner, Melanie Futorian, Ray Mercer, and Bradley Shelver. He has also made appearancesin Tommy Hilfiger Pride Campaign 2019, OUT magazine May 2019 Issue and POSE FX television series season 2.This is Leonardo’s 3rd season with the Company.
Simone Cameresi
Dancer
Simone Cameresi was born in Italy and raised in Anaheim Hills, California,where she trained at Murrieta Dance Project, Dmitri Kulev Classical BalletAcademy, and Mather Dance Company. In 2013 and 2014, she was selectedas a modern dance semifinalist in the Music Center Spotlight Awards, and in2014, she was also selected as a YoungArts Foundation merit winner.Simone graduated wirg a BFA in Dance and a minor in new media anddigital design from Fordham University and The Ailey School. This is
Simone’s 3rd season with Ballet Hispánico.
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Antonio Cangiano
Dancer
Antonio Cangiano was born in Naples, Italy. He began his dance trainingat age 16 and was awarded scholarships from Ateneo Danza (Forli),Accademia Normanna (Naples), and the Martha Graham Dance School inNew York City. Cangiano has danced for the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company,Dardo Galletto Dance, Acsi Ballet, and Graham 2. In 2014, he made his firstappearance at the Italian International Dance Festival dancing in a homageto Luigi, the “master of jazz,” by Dianna Folio, and received the Festival’s
Rising Star Award in 2017. In 2016, he was selected to dance at the Martha Graham Dance Company’s 90thAnniversary Season at New York City Center. This is Antonio’s 4th season with Ballet Hispánico.
Shelby Colona
Dancer
Shelby Colona grew up in Houston, Texas, where she graduated from theHigh School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) with honors indance. After graduating, she attended The Ailey School’s CertificateProgram in 2011-2013. In addition to her education, she’s performed worksby Robert Battle, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Billy Bell, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano,Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Graciela Daniele, among others and hasperformed with companies such as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at
New York City Center, Lunge Dance Collective, and BHdos prior to joining Ballet Hispánico. This is Shelby’s 7thseason with Ballet Hispánico.
Amanda Lauren del Valle
Dancer
Amanda Lauren del Valle was born and raised in Miami, Florida, whereshe began her early training with Miami Youth Ballet under the direction ofMarielena Mencia and Yanis Pikieris. She continued her training at the NewWorld School of the Arts with Mary Lisa Burns as the dean of dance. Shegraduated in 2016 with training in classical ballet, Horton, Limón, and theGraham technique. Amanda then continued her studies at Point ParkUniversity where she received her BFA under the direction of Garfield
Lemonius. There she had the honor of working with Jennifer Archibald, Jessica Lang, Robert Priore, ChristopherHuggins, and Yin Yue. This is Amanda’s 1st season with Ballet Hispánico.
Alexander Haquia
Dancer
Alexander Haquia grew up in Morris County, New Jersey and began hisdance training at Nicole’s Broadway Dance Company at the age of 15. He iscurrently a student in the Ailey/Fordham BFA program and has previouslystudied at the Taylor School, ABT, and the The School at Jacob’s Pillow as asummer intensive student. Alexander has worked with choreographersincluding Francesca Harper, Twyla Tharp, Helen Simoneau, Ronnie Favors,Pedro Ruiz, Ray Mercer, and Yusha Marie Sorzano. He has performed at
the Holland Dance Festival as well as in Memoria with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This isAlexander’s 1st season with Ballet Hispánico.
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Paulo Hernandez-Farella
Dancer
Paulo Hernandez-Farella is a first-generation Salvadoran-American fromLos Angeles, California. After four years at the Los Angeles County HighSchool for the Arts, they attended the University of Southern California on afull ride scholarship. In just four years, Paulo graduated with both a BFA inDance from the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance and a master’s inpublic administration from the USC Price School of Public Policy. Paulo hasbeen a scholarship student for a multitude of renowned schools such as The
Juilliard School Summer Intensive, the Joffrey Ballet’s International Intensive, and Alonzo King LINES Intensive.Paulo is also one of seven 2016-2017 dance scholars with Nigel Lythgoe’s Dizzyfeet Foundation. Paulo hasstudied and performed the works of Forsythe, Kylián, Duato, Balanchine, Graham, Taylor, Petipa, Lopez-Ochoa,Rhoden, Cerrudo, Andrea Miller, Aszure Barton, and choreographed their own original work. This is Paulo’s 3rdseason with Ballet Hispánico.
Cori Lewis
Dancer
Cori Lewis (Apprentice) was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.Her dance training began at Lusher Charter School and The New OrleansBallet Association. She received her BFA in Dance with a minor inmathematics/computer science from SUNY Purchase College in May 2020.Lewis has performed works by choreographers such as José Limón, GeorgeBalanchine, Eduardo Vilaro, Ronald K. Brown, Dwight Rhoden, MarthaGraham, and David Parsons. She performed for children across the greater
New York area with BHdos for the 2018 season. This is Cori’s 1st season with Ballet Hispánico.
Laura Lopez
Dancer
Laura Lopez is from Miami, Florida, where she trained at Patricia PenenoriDance Center. She attended New World School of the Arts High School,where she continued her dance training. Lopez was a 2013 Young Artsfinalist and was nominated as a Presidential Scholar. In April 2016, shegraduated from New World College, where she received her BFA in Dancefrom the University of Florida. Lopez has danced professionally withComplexions Contemporary Ballet and Ballet Hispánico’s BHdos. She has
attended summer programs at Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell, Miami City Ballet, Alonzo King LINESBallet, and Jacob’s Pillow and has performed the works of Eduardo Vilaro, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Robert Moses,and many more. This is Laura’s 4th season with Ballet Hispánico.
Hugo Pizano Orozco
Apprentice
Hugo Pizano Orozco (Apprentice) was born in Guanajuato, Mexico andmoved to New Mexico at an early age, where he began his training withNDI-NM. He attended the New Mexico School for the Arts under thedirection of Garrett Anderson. Hugo is currently a fourth-year dancer at TheJuilliard School, where he will graduate with a BFA in Dance in 2022.During his time at Juilliard, he has had the pleasure of learning repertoireby Forsythe, Balanchine, Ratmansky, Taylor, Cunningham, Kylian, and
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Donald McKayle. Additionally, he has been a part of new creations by Marcus Jarrell Willis, Jamar Roberts, BobbiJene Smith, and Ohad Naharin. This is Hugo’s 1st season with Ballet Hispánico.
Omar Rivéra
Dancer
Omar Rivéra is originally from Los Angeles, California. After moving toDallas, Texas, Rivéra trained at Prodigy Dance & Performing Arts Centreunder the direction of Camille Billelo. He graduated from the prestigiousBooker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts, andwas a part of HSPVA’s dance ensembles Repertoire Dance Company I & II,where he performed a variety of works by choreographers such as RobertBattle and Desmond Richardson. Rivéra was a scholarship student at the
University of Arizona-School of Dance and graduated with a BFA in Dance in 2018. Rivéra was one of eight menselected to perform at The Joyce Theater for the José Limón International Dance Festival, and danced works byguest artists including Christopher Wheeldon’s The American, Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Boiling Point, and BellaLewitzky’s Meta4, among others. This is Omar’s 4th season with Ballet Hispánico.
Gabrielle Sprauve
Dancer
Gabrielle Sprauve was born in Queens, New York and raised in Savannah,Georgia, where she attended Savannah Arts Academy for the PerformingArts, studying at the Ailey School and the Martha Graham School ofContemporary Dance during the summers. She earned her BFA atMarymount Manhattan College in 2017. While at Marymount, Gabrielleperformed works by Larry Keigwin, Alexandra Damiani, Norbert De LaCruz, Paul Taylor, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Adam Barruch, and Jo
Strømgren. This is Gabrielle’s 5th season with Ballet Hispánico.
Dandara Veiga
Dancer
Dandara Veiga is originally from Brazil, where she began her dancetraining at Projeto Social Primeiros Passos, before training as a scholarshipstudent at Escola de danca Ballerina. She also studied at Studio MargaritaFernandez in Argentina, Opus Ballet in Italy, and Annarella Academia deBallet e Danca in Portugal. Dandara continued her training as a scholarshipstudent at The Ailey School in 2016-2017. She has participated in dancefestivals around the world and received scholarships from San Francisco
Ballet and Ballet West. She has performed for the Vibe Competition, Assamblé International, Harlem ArtsFestival, and the Ailey Spirit Gala. She has had the opportunity to work with artists Charla Gen, Robert Battle,Caridad Martinez, Claudia Zaccari, Jean Emille, Ray Mercer, Raul Candal, and Melanie Futorian. This isDandara’s 5th season with Ballet Hispánico.
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Lenai Alexis Wilkerson
Dancer
Lenai Alexis Wilkerson is from Washington, D.C. where she attended theBaltimore School for the Arts. Lenai graduated from the University ofSouthern California as a Glorya Kaufman scholar with a BFA in Dance and aminor in political science in 2019. She is one of the seven 2016-17 dancescholars to be awarded a scholarship from Nigel Lythgoe’s DizzyFeetFoundation. At USC Kaufman, Lenai performed the works of Forsythe,Kylián, Graham, Marshall, Barton, Balanchine, Grimes, and Rhoden, among
others. Additionally, she has trained seasonally with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Bolshoi Ballet, Miami CityBallet and with legendary ballerina Suzanne Farrell. This is Lenai’s 3rd season with Ballet Hispánico.
Mariano Zamora González
Apprentice
Mariano Zamora González (Apprentice) is a Costa Rican artist residing inNew York City. He began his training at Jazzgoba Dance Academy and latercontinued at CityDance School & Conservatory in Washington D.C. Heaccepted a scholarship to pursue a BFA in Dance from the University ofSouthern California under the direction of Jodie Gates. Mariano alsoacquired a minor in architecture to combine his visual and kinesthetictalents with functionality of form and space. He is eager to explore various
platforms, on concert stages, commercially, and through media entertainment, as his artistic career takes off.This is Mariano’s 1st season with Ballet Hispánico.
Photo Credit
All Company photos by Rachel Neville
Designers
Randy Barceló (Costume Designer) was a multi-talented Cuban-born designer and artist. He was the firstHispanic person to be nominated as best costume designer for a Tony Award for his designs for Jesus ChristSuperstar in 1972. Barceló designed costumes for many other Broadway productions, including Lenny, The MagicShow, and Ain’t Misbehavin’ among others. He also worked with several dance companies, including Alvin AileyAmerican Dance Theater and Ballet Hispánico, where he worked on his final project in 1994, Alberto Alonso’s SiSeñor! Es Mi Son!.
Savannah Bell (Lighting Designer) is a New York-based lighting designer and production electrician. She oftenspends time away from home working at places such as Okoboji Summer Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival,Santa Fe Opera, and touring the nation with Broadway musicals. Her past dance opportunities include theMissouri Contemporary Ballet, Jody Oberfelder, and Green Space Studios.
Ghabriello Fernando (Costume Designer) is a fashion designer from Puerto Rico who is known for hisarchitectonical designs and classic silhouettes. His aesthetic is a bond between past and future; sophisticationwith a modern twist. From an early age, Ghabriello showed a talent for sewing and design. As a dancer, he beganwhat became his life work by designing dance costume for classical ballets such as The Nutcracker, Dracula,Romeo and Juliet, and many others. In 2011, he debuted as an emerging designer, and his popularity spreadabroad. Soon enough, many people started knocking on his door for exclusive designs, including celebrities andthe First Lady of Puerto Rico, Wilma Pastrana. In 2013, he moved to New York and worked with great designerssuch as Angel Sanchez, Gustavo Cadille, and Zac Posen. In 2015, he redesigned costumes for Pedro Ruiz’s Club
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Havana for Ballet Hispánico.
Diana Ruettiger (Costume Reconstruction) has served as wardrobe supervisor for Luna Negra Dance Theaterand costume designer for Dance for Life Chicago, Columbia College, and The Chicago Academy for the Arts. Shehas worked as stitcher and crew for the Joffrey Ballet and numerous Broadway touring shows. Ms. Ruettigerowned and operated a costume shop for 25 years before moving to New York to begin her tenure supervisingwardrobe for Ballet Hispánico.
Joshua Paul Weckesser (Lighting Designer) is originally from Normal, Illinois. He is the founder of Bread &Roses Productions, dedicated to providing production support to art-based originations. Working primarily incircles of dance, Weckesser's designs have been seen across the U.S. and internationally. Weckesser has beenworking closely with Molly Shanahan / Mad Shak as a lighting designer and core collaborator since 2003. He alsoworks with LEVELdance and the Chicago Human Rhythm Project as their resident lighting designer. Careerhighlights include lighting the first ever evening-length production of American Tap at The Kennedy Center,working with Karole Armitage in the Netherlands, and touring with Gobsmacked and Che Malambo.
Mark Zappone (Costume Designer) served Pacific Northwest Ballet from 1983 to 1988 as costume designer,shop supervisor, and wardrobe master. He then moved to Monte Carlo, where he managed costume shops for LesBallets de Monte-Carlo and Le Cabaret de Monte-Carlo, continuing to Switzerland and Amsterdam with Holidayon Ice. Mr. Zappone has collaborated with many renowned choreographers and designers, including TwylaTharp, Christopher Wheeldon, and Yuri Possokhov, among others. In addition to his many ballets for PNB, Mr.Zappone has designed costumes for numerous dance companies worldwide.
Production
Glenn Allen Sims (Company Manager) performed for 23 years as a principal dancer with Alvin Ailey AmericanDance Theater. Mr. Sims grew up in Long Branch, New Jersey, where he began his classical dance training at theAcademy of Dance Arts in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. He received a scholarship to the Ailey School's SummerIntensive and attended The Juilliard School under Benjamin Harkarvy. Mr. Sims has been featured on severalnetwork television programs, including BET Honors, Dancing With The Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and SoYou Think You Can Dance. Mr. Sims, a master teacher, is a certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre instructor andcertified Pilates mat instructor. He has performed in the White House Dance Series and for the King of Morocco.He was featured on the cover of and has written a guest blog for Dance Magazine.
SK Watson (Production Manager and Lighting Designer) has worked as a lighting designer for live events andtheater for nearly 20 years regionally and in New York. Watson was the lighting supervisor for New York Stageand Film for four seasons. They have designed and coordinated lighting for events and concerts in NYC for thepast several years. Favorites include Rihanna’s Diamond Ball, War Child, Michael Kors, and many more. Theyhave also worked extensively with theater companies in New York including Underling Productions, St. Bat'sPlayers, Everyday Inferno, and others, and have designed over 50 productions for the Cincinnati ShakespeareCompany. Watson holds a BA from Centre College and an MFA in Lighting Design from Ohio University. They arethrilled to be working with Ballet Hispánico.
Amy Page (Wardrobe Director) is a costume creator and wardrobe supervisor who is thrilled to return to BalletHispánico as its wardrobe director. She enjoys working with costume designers and artists to transform theirdreams into reality. Through lightning-fast quick changes and marathon loads of laundry, her calm, capablepresence brings a ray of sunshine to the backstage world. Her costumes have graced the stages of Lincoln Centerand The Joyce Theater and can be seen in the repertory of Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M., Dance Theater of Harlem,Keigwin & Company, Dorrance Dance, and Camille A. Brown and Dancers. She has had the pleasure of dressingTatiana Maslany in Network, as well as the cast of Hamilton on Broadway and has worked in television as acostume fitter for seasons 3 and 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Amy holds a BFA from the University of NorthCarolina School of the Arts.
Caitlin Brown (Lighting Supervisor and Lighting Designer) has worked as a lighting designer for dance andtheater for eight years. She is a recent graduate of Ohio University, receiving her MFA in lighting. Designsinclude Silent Sky (Ohio University), Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Hangar Theatre), Septem (The Nouveau SudProject), Elements (DanceFX Atlanta), Henri (Dance Theatre of Greenville), Freedom Train (Matthews Playhouse),
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and Hand to God (Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte). Associate and assistant credits include Macbeth (OhioUniversity), Sense & Sensibility (Indiana Repertory Theatre), and Rhinoceros (Tantrum Theatre).
Morgan Lemos (Stage Manager) is happy to be working with Ballet Hispánico for its 2021-2022 tour season.She has previously worked on productions by Mount Holyoke College Dance Department where she graduated in2020. During this time, she also performed for the Mount Holyoke College Dance Department as well as the FiveCollege Dance Consortium and the Doug Varone and Dancers Company. Morgan holds a BA in Physics fromMount Holyoke College.
Stacey Dávila (Wardrobe Assistant) is from San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she worked for the fashion design line,Ecliptica. This is when Norein and Michelle Otero inspired Stacey to pursue a career in costume design. It washer love for costumes, storytelling, and collaboration that made her relocate to Tampa, Florida, where shecompleted a bachelor's in costume design at The University of South Florida. She designed for theater and dancecompanies in NYC, and her most recent project was with the Vail Dance Festival, where she collaborated withcompanies including New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Ballet X, and dancers including LaurenLovette and Lil Buck. She worked for Ballet Hispánico as a wardrobe assistant for three seasons and is now backwith the Company on its current tour.
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IBT Staff
Jerry Mandel, Ph.D.Chairman and President
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