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Artistic Director

Emily MolnarExecutive Director

John Clark

The CompanyAnna Bekirova, Chase Buntrock, Emily Chessa, Quaba Venza Ernest, Parker Finley,

Scott Fowler, Miriam Gittens, Kiera Hill, Patrick Kilbane, Jordan Lang, Justin Rapaport, Dex van ter Meij, Nicole Ward, Sophie Whittome, Kirsten Wicklund, Zenon Zubyk

Emerging ArtistsJuan Duarte, Kiana Jung, Kierra Kelp, Emily Klukas, Evan Rapaport

Director of Production/OperationsDerek Mack

Head of WardrobeKate Burrows

Resident Lighting Designer/DirectorJames Proudfoot

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ProgramBUSK

World Premiere, March 2009, Aszure Barton & Artists

Choreography and Direction: Aszure Barton Music: Euridice Composed and performed by Slava Grigoryan

Ett Bondbrollop Composed by August Soderman and Performed by Orphei Drangar & Eric Ericson, Performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden.

Plume Composed and performed by Ljova

Queen Elizabeth Whistle Composed and performed by Moondog

All is Loneliness Composed and performed by Moondog

Amusements Composed and performed by Daniel Belanger Publisher: Editions Achille Cassel, (p) 2007 Dabiel Belanger (exclusive licensed to Audiogram)

Love Potion Expired Composed by Ljova and Performed by Ljova and the Kontraband

Saltarelle Composed by Camilee Saint-Saens/Christer Solen and performed by Orphei Drangar & Eric Ericson Performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden.

Lighting Design Nicole Pearce Costume Design Michelle Jank Staging Jonathan Alsberry

Performers TBD

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B.R.I.S.A.World Premiere, March 2014, Nederlands Dans Theater 2

North American Premiere, November 2017, Ballet BC

Choreography and Set Design: Johan Inger Music: Original music and sound editing Amos Ben-Tal

Black Swan Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti Performed by Nina Simone Courtesy of Parlophone Records / Warner Music UK and by arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing, by arrangement with G Schirmer, Inc. publisher and copyright owner

Wild is the Wind Composed by Ned Washington and Dimitri Tiomkin Performed by Nina Simone Courtesy of Verve Records, under license from Universal Music Canada Inc. Copyright Chappell & Co, Inc. (ASCAP) (TIOMKIN). All rights reserved. Used by Permission of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, Inc. on behalf of Catharine Hinen Music

Sinnerman Traditional – adapted by Nina Simone Performed by Nina Simone Courtesy of Verve Records, under license from Universal Music Canada Inc., copyright WB Music Corp, (ASCAP). All rights reserved.

Lighting Design Tom Visser Costume Design Bregje van Balen Staging Yvan Dubreuil

Performers TBD


Founded in 1986, Ballet BC has been under the leadership of Artistic Director Emily Molnar since 2009. Ballet BC is an internationally acclaimed collaborative and creation-based contemporary ballet company that is a leader and resource in the creation, production and education of contemporary dance in Canada. Bold and innovative, the Company’s distinctive style and approach has made a unique and valuable national contribution to the development of dance. In 2019, the Company was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production for their tour to Sadler’s Wells in London which featured Solo Echo by Crystal Pite, 16+ a room by Emily Molnar, and Bill by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar.

Ballet BC’s dancers are a group of open-minded and curious artists, each unique for their dynamic movement while sharing an intuitive passion for dance. Ballet BC is committed to its role as a leader in the community through dancer training opportunities, community and audience outreach, and professional development activities.

The Company presents a diverse repertoire of Canadian and international work from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and is a hotbed for

the creation and performance of new works. Since 2009, the Company has developed a repertoire of more than 45 new works by acclaimed Canadian and international choreographers including William Forsythe, Cayetano Soto, Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, Medhi Walerski, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Adi Salant, Emanuel Gat, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Jacopo Godani, Company 605, Jorma Elo, Wen Wei Wang, Itzik Galili, Serge Bennathan, Walter Matteini, José Navas, Emily Molnar, Lesley Telford, Nicolo Fonte, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Kevin O’Day, Shawn Hounsell, Gioconda Barbuto, Simone Orlando, Robert Glumbek and Aszure Barton among others.

Under the artistic direction of Emily Molnar, former member of The National Ballet of Canada, Ballet BC and the Ballett Frankfurt, the Company actively fosters collaborations that support artists, choreographers and audiences alike, furthering the boundaries of contemporary dance. The company embraces excellence in the practice of contemporary ballet, with its wide diversity of technique and style, honouring its roots and components.

EMILY MOLNAR, C.M., Artistic Director, has steered the unique company of 18 dancers into a celebrated era of innovation and collaboration. Since the start of her tenure in 2009, the Company has

developed a diverse repertoire that includes more than 45 new works by celebrated Canadian and international choreographers.

Molnar is a graduate of the National Ballet School and a former member of the National Ballet of Canada, a soloist with the Ballett Frankfurt under director William Forsythe, and a principal dancer with Ballet BC. An internationally respected and critically acclaimed dance artist and choreographer, Molnar worked and toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada and the U.S., where she created works for Alberta Ballet, Ballet Mannheim, Ballet Augsburg, Cedar Lake Dance, ProArteDanza and Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company and New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, among others. Molnar’s most recent works for Ballet BC are Between

Disappearing and Becoming, Aniel, 16 + a room, RITE, Keep Dreaming, I’m Driving, When You Left, and most recently, To This Day which premiered in 2018.

Named The Globe and Mail’s 2013 Dance Artist of the Year, Molnar is the 2016 recipient of the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award, BC Community Achievement Award and the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in Art, Culture & Design. She was recently appointed to the Order of Canada for her artistic leadership of Ballet BC and creative contribution to advancing dance in Canada.

As an active mentor, advocate, and coach, Molnar follows her passion to nurture artists and choreographers, to educate and support the research and development of dance and artistic leadership, and explore the role of the artist in society. For six years she served as a Director on the Board of the BC Arts Council.

In addition to her work with Ballet BC, Molnar is also Artistic Director of Dance at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, a new position designed to

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guide and inform all Banff Centre Dance initiatives throughout the year in collaboration with the Canadian and international dance community. (Photo: Michael Slobodian)

JOHN CLARK, Executive Director, has built a career in non-profit administration, focused on fund raising, for 24 years. His career has spanned both the performing arts and higher education, building

development teams raising upwards of $20 million annually. Before joining Ballet BC, he was the Vice President of Development at the National YoungArts Foundation in Miami, FL.

Prior to YoungArts, he spent nine years at Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta, where he was promoted from Senior Director of Development for the College of Arts & Sciences to Associate Vice President of Development, overseeing the Annual Fund, Corporate & Foundation Relations, Planned Giving, and Central Major Gifts offices. Prior to GSU, Clark was Director of Development for Atlanta Ballet where he started the “Sponsor a Dancer Program,” oversaw the 75th Anniversary Gala, and established an endowment campaign to the Atlanta community. Clark has also raised funds for The Atlanta Opera, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta, and the North Carolina Dance Theater.

A classically trained pianist as a teenager, Clark’s passion for the arts is also evident by his volunteer commitments and impact in the communities where he has resided. He currently serves on the board of the College of Arts at Georgia State University. Other volunteer engagements have included serving as board chair of Synchronicity Performance Group, a tutor through the Literacy Volunteers of Atlanta, and as a big brother at BBBS of Metro Atlanta. Clark holds his Masters in English Literature from Georgia State University, and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of Rochester. (Photo: Michael Slobodian)

AZSURE BARTON, born in Edmonton, Alberta, studied classical ballet at the National Ballet School in Toronto. Now living in Los Angeles, Barton tours globally with her international dance project,

Aszure Barton & Artists. As a choreographer she has created works for Mikhail Baryshnikov, the

American Ballet Theatre, the Teatro alla Scala, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the English National Ballet, the Nederlands Dans Theater, the Martha Graham Dance Company, the National Ballet of Canada, the Bayerisches Staatsballett Munich and the Sydney Dance Company, among many others. Her works have been presented on international stages including the Palais Garnier (Paris), the Mariinsky Theater (St. Petersburg), the Kennedy Center (Washington), the Sadler’s Wells (London), the Alicia Alonso Grand Theater (Havana), Teatro alla Scala (Milan) and Lincoln Center (New York). Barton was also involved as a choreographer in the Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera (directed by Scott Elliott), as well as in films, installations and TV formats.

She has received numerous awards and honors including the Arts & Letters Award (Canada), Bonnie Bird Choreography Award (UK), the Gross Prize (USA), among others. Aszure Barton has been proclaimed an Ambassador of Contemporary Choreography in Alberta. She was a longstanding resident artist at the Banff Centre and was the first Martha Duffy resident at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. As an educator, Barton has taught at the Juilliard School, Harvard University, Laban Institute, and New York University, and is currently a faculty member at the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at the University of Southern California. (Photo: Graeme Mitchell)

JOHAN INGER, (Stockholm) completed his dance training at the Royal Swedish Ballet School and at the National Ballet School in Canada. From 1985 to 1990 he danced with the Swedish Royal Ballet in

Stockholm, the last year performing as a soloist. Fascinated by the works of Jiří Kylián, Inger was convinced that the next step in his dance career should take him to Nederlands Dans Theater. In 1990 he joined Nederlands Dans Theater I and was a high-profile dancer in this company until 2002.

When Inger tried his hand at Nederlands Dans Theater’s annual Choreography Workshops (entitled Switch), Jiří Kylián noticed his talent for choreography. After four workshop pieces, Inger was allowed in 1995 to make his first choreography for Nederlands Dans Theater II. The resulting Mellantid marked his official debut as a choreographer. It was part of the Holland Dance Festival and was


immediately a resounding success. It brought him the Philip Morris Finest Selection Award 1996 in the Contemporary Dance category. In 2001, Mellantid was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award in the Best New Dance Production category.

Since his debut, Inger has made various works for Nederlands Dans Theater like Sammanfall, Couple of Moments, Round Corners, Out of Breath. For his ballets, Dream Play and Walking Mad, he received the Lucas Hoving Production Award in October 2001. Walking Mad – as it was later performed by Cullberg Ballet – was awarded the Danza & Danza’s Award 2005. Inger himself was nominated with Dutch prizes such as the Golden Theatre Dance Prize 2000 by the VSCD Dance Panel and the Merit Award 2002 from the Stichting Dansersfonds ’79. In 2013, Johan received the prestigious Carina Ari Award in Stockholm for his worldwide promotion of Swedish art and dance.

Inger left Nederlands Dans Theater to take on the artistic leadership of Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm in 2003. Over the past years he has made various choreographies for this company: Home and Home, Phases, In Two, Within Now, As if, Negro con Flores and Blanco amongst others. And to celebrate Cullberg Ballet’s 40th anniversary, he created the work Point of Eclipse (2007). From the summer of 2008, Inger ended his artistic directorship so as to devote himself entirely to choreography.

In February 2009, he produced a new work for Cullberg Ballet entitled, Position of Elsewhere. In 2009, Inger created Dissolve In This for Nederlands Dans Theater I & II to celebrate the 50th jubilee season of the company. Between 2009 and 2016, Johan Inger held the position as Associate Choreographer with Nederlands Dans Theater, creating for both companies (NDT1 and NDT2) regularly. In 2010, the Göteborg Ballet in Sweden premièred Falter and, Nederlands Dans Theater I premièred Tone Bone Kone, both were new creations. In 2011, Inger created the successful Rain Dogs, based on music by Tom Waits, for the Basel Ballet in Switzerland. In 2012, Inger made, I New Then for Nederlands Dans Theater 2, and Sunset Logic for the Nederlands Dans Theater 1.

In 2013 he created Tempus Fugit for Basel Ballet in Switzerland. B.R.I.S.A., was created in 2014 for Nederlands Dans Theater 2. In 2015, Inger presented his Carmen with the Compaňia Nacional de Danza in Madrid and another full-evening program based on the Sacre du Printemps with the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm. In 2015, he

created One on One, for Nederlands Dans Theater 2, then Bliss for Aterballetto in 2016 and was awarded by The Danza y Danza Prize 2016 for best Italian production. In 2016, Johan received the Benois de la Danse prize for his works One on One and Carmen. After a new full-evening piece Peer Gynt in 2017 with Basel Ballet, Johan created 3 works in 2018: Under A Day, for Lyon Opera Ballet, 4 Karin for the independent project Dancing with Bergman co-produced by Productions Sarfati, and Petrushka for Les Ballets de Monte Carlo (Photo: Bengt-Wanselius).

ANNA BEKIROVA, born in Amsterdam, started dancing at the Dutch National Ballet Academy at age 10 and graduated in 2016. After her graduation, she moved to Vancouver to study at Arts

Umbrella under the guidance of Artemis Gordon. Here she had the opportunity to work with world-renowned artists such as Crystal Pite, Wen Wei Wang, Lesley Telford, Tom Weinberger and Cayetano Soto. Anna was one of Ballet BC’s emerging artists for the 2018–2019 season. She is incredibly excited to be joining as a full company member this year.

CHASE BUNTROCK, from Chicago, began as a competitive gymnast for ten years but found dance at age thirteen in pursuit of a more artistic outlet. After graduating from Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2015,

Chase attended The Juilliard School in New York City from which he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance. Throughout his career, he has performed works by Sharon Eyal, Crystal Pite, Merce Cunningham, Roy Assaf, and more. Chase has furthered his training at San Francisco Ballet, Arts Umbrella, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Springboard Danse Montreal. Additionally, he is grateful to have participated in educational outreach programs that served the five boroughs of New York City. Chase is thrilled to be joining Ballet BC for the 2019/20 season.

EMILY CHESSA, originally from Richmond, BC, began her professional dance training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in 2006 where she received the Arnold Spohr Scholarship and the Paddy



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Stone Scholarship for choreography. After graduating the school in 2010, she trained at Arts Umbrella in the graduate program under the guidance of Artemis Gordon. She participated in summer programs such as the Movement Invention Project in New York and Springboard Danse Montreal. Since joining Ballet BC in 2012 as an apprentice, she has performed works by Emily Molnar, Company 605, Johan Inger, Lesley Telford, Medhi Walerski, Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal. This is Emily’s 8th season with the company.

QUABA VENZA ERNEST, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, began his dance training at Dance Theatre of Harlem under the direction of A r t h u r M i t c h e l l & Robert Garland. After attending

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art & Performing Arts, he later went on to study dance at State University of New York at Purchase College Conservatory of Dance where he was awarded the Adopt-A-Dancer Scholarship. He has danced in works by Kimberly Bartosik, George Balanchine, Sidra Bell, Norbert De La Cruz lll, Ana Maria Lucaciu, Ohad Naharin, Jerome Robbins, Ted Shawn and Doug Varone. He has studied at Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Doug Varone & Dancers, Eastman, Jacob’s Pillow, and Springboard Danse Montreal under the direction of Alexandra Wells. Quaba is a recipient of the 2019 Thayer Fellowship in the Arts and joined Ballet BC in 2019.

PARKER FINLEY was born in Louisiana in 1997. In 2014, she began her professional training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the instruction of Sabrina Lenzi and Sally Rojas where she performed works by Stanton

Welch, John Neumeier, Kenneth MacMillan, and Bzson. After graduating in 2016, she was an apprentice for Hubbard Street 2 during their 2016–2017 season. As their apprentice, she had the opportunity to learn works from Alice Klock, Terence Marling, Alejandro Cerrudo, Peter Chu, and Bryan Arias. She has participated in summer programs such as Houston Ballet Summer Intensive and Springboard Danse Montreal. This is Parker’s 3rd season with the company.

SCOTT FOWLER, born in Vancouver, trained at Arts Umbrella under the direction of Artemis Gordon and attended summer intensive programs at American Ballet Theatre, the National Ballet School and

Jacob’s Pillow. He performed in Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Ballet BC’s Peter Pan and in the Opening Ceremony for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. In 2011, he toured the Netherlands, performing at Codarts and worked with Noord Nederlandse Dans. Scott was invited in 2013 by James Kudelka to perform See#3 as a guest artist for Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie. Scott has been privileged to work with choreographers such as Johan Inger, Aszure Barton, James Kudelka, Emily Molnar, Wen Wei Wang, Medhi Walerski, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite and Sharon Eyal. This is Scott’s 9th season with the company.

MIRIAM GITTENS was born and raised in Fresno, California. She grew up training at The Dance Studio of Fresno where she received a diverse dance education. In May of 2017, Miriam graduated from The

Juilliard School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance. During her time at Juilliard, Miriam performed in works by Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, Richard Alston, Mathew Neenan, Zvi Gotheiner, Loni Landon, and Takehiro Ueyama. She furthered her training during summer intensives at chuthis., Bodytraffic, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Springboard Danse Montreal, and Nederlands Dans Theater. Miriam has been involved in many outreach programs and fellowships, which have allowed her to share her love for dance with audiences and students across New York City and California. She has most recently performed with chuthis. Under the direction of Peter Chu. Miriam is thrilled to be joining as Ballet BC as a full time member for this upcoming season.

KIERA HILL, born in Vancouver, completed her professional training at Arts Umbrella under the direction of Artemis Gordon. She was a proud recipient of the BC Arts Council Scholarship Award for

excellence in dance in 2011. After graduating in

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2012, she apprenticed with Ballet BC for one season. In 2013, she joined Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal where she performed leading roles in pieces by Andonis Foniadakis, Itzik Galili, Rodrigo Pederneiras, Cayetano Soto, Barak Marshall and Wen Wei Wang. For four years, she toured extensively with BJM performing in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Slovenia, China, Israel, Mexico, USA and across Canada. Kiera returned to Ballet BC in 2017 and is thrilled to be back for another season.

PATRICK KILBANE is from Bainbridge Island, Washington. He discovered dance at the age of 14 and studied on full scholarship at San Francisco Ballet School. He continued his training at the

School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and with Suzanne Farrell at The Kennedy Center. Patrick worked with Oregon Ballet Theater where he danced ballets by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. He spent five seasons with Sarah Slipper’s NW Dance Project in Portland, Oregon as a performer, teacher, and choreographer. There he danced original roles in new works by Ihsan Rustem, Wen Wei Wang, Danielle Agami, Maurice Causey, Noam Gagnon, Lucas Crandall, Didy Veldman, Olivier Wevers, Patrick Delcroix, and many others. Before moving to Vancouver he danced with Kate Wallich + The YC, Whim W’Him, and worked as a freelance artist in Seattle and internationally. During his time with Ballet BC he has had the privilege of performing works by Crystal Pite, Medhi Walerski, Cayetano Soto, Emily Molnar, Jorma Elo, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, and William Forsythe. This is Patrick’s 3rd season with the company.

JORDAN LANG was born and raised on Long Island, New York where he began his dance training at 12 years of age. After receiving very diverse training in his early years of dancing he went on to pursue a ballet

concentration at Marymount Manhattan College in 2015. While at Marymount Jordan performed works by Alexandra Damiani, Adam Baruch, Jo Stromgren, Robert Battle, Andrea Miller, Gabrielle Lamb and many more. While at Marymount Jordan participated in many outreach programs where he was fortunate enough to work with children and share his love for dance. Jordan attended Springboard Danse Montreal in 2018 where he

performed in works by Alejandro Cerrudo and Micaela Taylor. Jordan has had the opportunity to perform at the Joyce Theater many times through the New York City Dance Alliance College Scholarship foundation as a scholarship recipient. Jordan is thrilled to be joining Ballet BC this season and is honoured to be in the company of such inspiring artists.

JUSTIN RAPAPORT is from Miami, Florida, where he began dancing at the age of 8. He went on to formally train at New World School of the Arts and The Juilliard School. During his training, Justin had the

opportunity to learn works by Jiří Kylián, Twyla Tharp, Kyle Abraham, Brian Brooks and many more amazing artists. Justin has also studied at various summer intensives such as Nederlands Dans Theater, Springboard Dance Montreal and Jacobs’s Pillow Contemporary Program. While at Ballet BC, Justin has had the privilege to work with choreographers such as Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Johan Inger, Emily Molnar, Medhi Walerski and Cayetano Soto. This is Justin’s 3rd season with Ballet BC.

DEX VAN TER MEIJ is originally from Amsterdam and started his professional dance training at the age of 10 with the Dutch National Ballet Academy for 8 years. Continuing his training in 2016 at Arts

Umbrella under the directorship of Artemis Gordon, he had the opportunity to work with several brilliant artists such as Crystal Pite, Lesley Telford, Emanuel Gat, Doug Letheren, Eric Beauchesne, Rafael Sady, Lukas Timulak, Tom Weinberger, Wen Wei Wang and Cayetano Soto. Dex joined Ballet BC’s Program 2 for the amazing Romeo + Juliet by Medhi Walerski and feels very excited about joining Ballet BC this the 2019/20 season.

NICOLE WARD, originally from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, in 2004 Nicole’s family moved to Vancouver, Canada. In her earlier years, she trained at Caulfield School of Dance under the directorship of Cori

Caulfield. Later moving to Arts Umbrella to further develop her professional training under the direction of Artemis Gordon, Lynn Sheppard and Marquita

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Lester. During her time there, she had the opportunity of working with Lesley Telford, James Kudelka, Gioconda Barbuto, Crystal Pite, Eric Beauchesne, Francesca Carotti, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Doug Letheren among others. After completing the Graduate Program in 2015, Nicole was offered an apprenticeship with Ballet BC and joined as a full time company member the following season. During her time, she has had the honour of performing works by Johan Inger, Emily Molnar, Medhi Walerski, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, Adi Salant, Serge Bennathan, Company 605, Cayetano Soto, Jorma Elo, Emmanuel Gat and others. This season will mark her 5th season with Ballet BC.

KIRSTEN WICKLUND, Vancouver-born, studied at Goh Ballet Academy and toured with Canada’s Youth Ballet Company. Kirsten received scholarships at American Ballet Theatre, Royal Winnipeg Ballet,

Boston Ballet, PNB, and Washington Ballet, as well as a Vancouver Foundation Arts Study Award and the Vancouver Ballet Society’s Memorial Scholarship. Kirsten received contemporary training through Tiffany Tregarthen & David Raymond of M.O. In 2007, she won an artistry award at the Youth America Grand Prix Finals in NYC and earned the only Canadian placement in the Top 12 Women. She has danced with The Washington Ballet, Alonzo King’s choreographic workshop, LUNGE Dance Collective and toured extensively with Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet. She has created works for Dances for a Small Stage, the Dance Deck Series and Arts Umbrella. Kirsten has been privileged to dance works by Lesley Telford, Medhi Walerski, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jacopo Godani, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Walter Matteini, Wen Wei Wang, Company 605, Cayetano Soto, Emily Molnar, Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Ohad Naharin, and others. This is Kirsten’s 5th season with Ballet BC.

SOPHIE WHITTOME was born in Edmonton, Alberta and grew up attending Victoria School of the Arts. She began her professional training in Vancouver in the Arts Umbrella Dance Company and Graduate

Program, under the direction of Artemis Gordon. There she was fortunate to learn from and be influenced by many different artists. She also had the privilege to perform works by, among others, Sharon Eyal, Lesley Telford, Mats Ek, and Crystal Pite and to participate in Arts Umbrella’s 2018 Choreographic Mentorship with Crystal Pite. In 2018, she joined Ballet BC as an Emerging Artist and is looking forward to her first season as a full company member.

ZENON ZUBYK, born in Toronto, Ontario, Zenon, began his formal dance training at the age of 11 at The Conservatory of Dance and Music. He furthered his studies at Elite Danceworx under the

direction of Dawn Rappitt, where he received a diverse dance education. In 2016, he joined the Arts Umbrella Graduate Program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. During his time there, Zenon had the opportunity of performing works by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Mats Ek and Aszure Barton to name a few. In 2017, he toured the Netherlands, performing in the ITS Festival and Netherlands Dans Theater’s Shortcuts XL’17. Zenon worked as an Emerging Artist with Ballet BC for the 2018–19 season and is absolutely thrilled to be a full time company member this year.

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JUAN DUARTE is from Feira de Santana, Brazil, where he began his dance training at the age of 10. In 2013, he joined the Bolshoi Ballet School in Joinville, Brazil, where he received a diverse dance

education and completed his studies in 2015. Juan had the opportunity to get involved in a couple of outreach programs and fellowships when he moved to Canada right after completing his studies with Bolshoi Ballet. In 2017, he joined the Arts Umbrella Graduate Program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. During his time there, Juan had the opportunity of performing works by Crystal Pite, Emily Molnar, Johan Inger, Mats Ek, Aszure Barton, Lesley Telford, James Kudelka, and more. Juan is so thrilled to work with Ballet BC as an Emerging Artist this season.

KIANA JUNG was born and raised in Vancouver, BC where she started her dance training at Arts Umbrella at the age of 9. She then completed the professional and the graduate program under the direction of

Artemis Gordon. Kiana has done many summer intensives including the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and the AU international Summer Intensive. She has had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Yvan Dubreuil, Rafael Sady (Mats Ek), Crystal Pite, Cayetano Soto, Lesley Telford, Lukas Timulak, Tom Weinberger and many other artists. She has also performed in Medhi Walerski’s Romeo + Juliet in Ballet BC’s 2017/18 season. Kiana is beyond excited to join Ballet BC this season as an Emerging Artist.

KIERRA KELP was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she began her dance training at the age of 5. She attended and graduated from Las Vegas Academy of the Arts in 2016. Later that year she

began her pre-professional dance education under the direction of Artemis Gordon at Arts Umbrella. While attending she has had the opportunity to perform works by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal and Mats Ek. Kierra was also able to work with

outstanding artist including Emanuel Gat, Lesley Telford, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Tom Weinberger, Wen Wei Wang and more. June 2017, Kierra toured Europe with the Arts Umbrella Senior Company where she performed Chorus by Lesley Telford in the Netherlands Dans Theater’s/Korzo’s Shortcuts XL’17. She also performed with Ballet BC in the 2018 Program 2 of Romeo + Juliet by Medhi Walerski. Kierra is overjoyed for the privilege to join Ballet BC as an Emerging Artist for the 2019/20 season.

EMILY KLUKAS, from Delta, BC, began her professional dance training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. In 2016, she graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim,

Germany with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance. Emily went on to join the Arts Umbrella Graduate Program under the direction of Artemis Gordon where she had the privilege to perform works by renowned artists such as Emily Molnar, Crystal Pite, Mats Ek, Johan Inger, Lesley Telford among others. She is a two-time recipient of the BC Arts Council, Outstanding Student of the Arts scholarship award. Emily is honoured and thrilled to join Ballet BC as an Emerging Artist for the 2019/2020 season.

EVAN RAPAPORT was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He began dancing at the age of 5 and developed his love for Hip-Hop and popular dance forms. He continued to formally train at the New World School of the

Arts where he received awards from the YoungArts Foundation for Contemporary Dance and Choreography. Evan then continued his studies at The Juilliard School. He has performed works by many incredible artists, including Twyla Tharp, Martha Graham, and Richard Alston. Evan furthered his rigorous training through summer intensives such as Magnus Midwest/Northwest, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Springboard Danse Montreal. Evan is excited to be joining Ballet BC for his first season as an Emerging Artist.


FRIDAY I DECEMBER 13 2019 I WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE

Conceived and Directed by: Moses Pendleton First Assistant & Associate Director: Cynthia Quinn Production Manager: Woodrow F. Dick, III Technical Crew: Victoria Campbell, Josh Peterson, Ryan Walters Lighting Design: Howell Binkley (TUU), Bruce Goldstein (Table Talk), Joshua Starbuck (Dream Catcher, Marigolds, Echoes of Narcissus, Pole Dance, Aqua Flora), Woodrow F. Dick, III (Baths of Caracalla, If You Need Some Body, Daddy Long Leg, Light Reigns, Aeria, Paper Trails), Michael Korsch (Pleiades, Spawning) Music Collage: Moses Pendleton Video Design: Woodrow F. Dick, III Costume Design: Phoebe Katzin, Moses Pendleton, Cynthia Quinn Costume Construction: Phoebe Katzin Ballet Mistress: Victoria Mazzarelli Company Manager: Paula Budetti Burns

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VIVA MOMIXPLEIADES (MOMIX in Orbit)

Performed by: Beau Campbell, Jennifer Chiceportiche, Heather Magee Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: The Company Music: El Hadra – The Mystik Dance Courtesy of Aquarius International Music

This work was created for the Centennial celebration of FIAT AUTO S.p.A. in Torino, Italy – July 1999

CACTUS WREN / MORNING STAR (Opus Cactus) Performed by: Beau Campbell, Jennifer Chiceportiche, Seah Hagan, Heather Magee, Elise Pacicco Choreography: Moses Pendleton Music: Peter Buffet, The Dream from Spirit Dance, Distributed by Hollywood Records

MARIGOLDS (Botanica) Performed by: Beau Campbell, Jennifer Chiceportiche, Seah Hagan, Heather Magee, Elise Pacicco Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: Cynthia Quinn, Simona DiTucci, Cassandra Taylor, Jennifer Chicheportiche, Sarah Nachbauer, Tsarra Baquette Music by: Suphala, Destination and The Wheel by U-zig Michael Paradinas

POLE DANCE (Opus Cactus) Performed by: Steven Ezra, Gregory DeArmond, Jason Williams Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: The Company Music by: Adam Plack & Johnny (White Ant) Soames and The Hunt (In Respect for Food) Courtesy of Australian Music International.

BATHS OF CARACALLA (ReMIX ) Performed by: Beau Campbell, Jennifer Chiceportiche, Seah Hagan, Heather Magee, Elise Pacicco Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: The Company Music: Reverence by David and Steve Gordon

DADDY LONG LEG (35th Anniversary Creation) Performed by: Anthony Bocconi, Gregory DeArmond, Jason Williams Choreography: Moses Pendleton, Tim Latta Assisted by: Jonathan Eden, Steven Ezra, Morgan Hulen, Felicity Jones, Cynthia Quinn, Brian Simerson Music: Santa Maria by Gotan Project


LIGHT REIGNS (35th Anniversary Creation) Performed by: Beau Campbell, Jennifer Chiceportiche, Seah Hagan, Heather Magee, Elise Pacicco Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: Jennifer Chicheportiche, Amanda Hulen, Nicole Loizides, Sarah Nachbauer, Cynthia Quinn, Rebecca Rasmussen, Heather Magee Spilka, Jocelyn Wallace Music: Alchemy by Deuter

PAPER TRAILS (35th Anniversary Creation) Performed by: The Company Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: The Company Music: Good Bye Brother by Ramin, Djawadi:

Progeny by Yvonne Moriarty, Gavin Greenway and the Lyndhurst;

Sorrow by Klaus Badelt and Lisa Gerrard; Wisdom Work by Byron Metcalf.

—INTERMISSION—

ECHOES OF NARCISSUS (Botanica) Performed by: Jennifer Chicheportiche Choreography: Moses Pendleton, Cynthia Quinn Music: Space Weaver by Lisa Gerrard

SNOW GEESE (Lunar Sea) Performed by: Beau Campbell, Jennifer Chiceportiche, Seah Hagan, Heather Magee, Elise Pacicco Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: The Company Music: Treasure by Elliot Morgan Jones and Nick Woolfson from the Waveform release Terra Firma

DREAM CATCHER (Opus Cactus) Performed by: Heather Magee, Jason Williams Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: Craig Berman, Brian Sanders Sculpture Design and Construction: Alan Boeding Music: Mountain Walk East, by NOMAD courtesy of Australian Music International



BRAINWAVE (Classics) Performed by: Anthony Bocconi, Gregory DeArmond, Jason Williams Choreography: Moses Pendleton

MAN FAN (Botanica) Performed by: Steven Ezra or Jason Williams Choreography: Moses Pendleton Prop by: Michael Curry Music: Azam Ali, Aj Ondas on Portals of Grace

SPAWNING (Classics) Performed by: Beau Campbell, Jennifer Chicheportiche, Heather Magee Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: Lisa Giobbi, Diana Horvath, Cynthia Quinn Music: Mercy Street by Peter Gabriel, Used with permission of Cliofine Ltd.(PRS)/ HIDDEN PUN MUSIC, INC. (BMI)

TABLE TALK (Classics) Performed by: Jason Williams Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: Karl Bauman Music: Safe From Harm R Del Naja, A. Vowles, G. Marshall (KA Massive Attack)

AQUA FLORA (Botanica) Performed by: Jennifer Chicheportiche Choreography: Moses Pendleton, Cynthia Quinn Assisted by: Nicole Loizides Prop by: Michael Curry Music: Deva Premal, Gayatri Mantra is used in this performance with permission of Prabhu Misc. © 1998 Prabhu Music. Music composed by Deva Premal and Miten. All rights reserved. www.prabhumusic.net *

IF YOU NEED SOME BODY (ReMIX ) Performed by: The Company Choreography: Moses Pendleton Assisted by: Sam Beckman, Steven Ezra, Cynthia Quinn, Rebecca Rasmussen, Brian Simerson, Jared Wootan. Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 (Allegro)



ABOUT THE COMPANY

MOMIX, a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton, has been presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty for 40 years. From its base in Washington, Connecticut, the company has developed a devoted worldwide following. In addition to stage performances, MOMIX has also worked in film and television, as well as corporate advertising, with national commercials for Hanes and Target, and presentations for Mercedes-Benz, Fiat, and Pirelli. With performances on PBS’s Dance in America series, France’s Antenne II, and Italian RAI television, the company’s repertory has been beamed to 55 countries. The Rhombus Media

film of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with MOMIX and the Montreal Symphony was winner of an International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special. MOMIX was also featured in IMAGINE, one of the first 3-D IMAX films released in IMAX theaters worldwide. MOMIX dancers Cynthia Quinn and Karl Baumann, under Moses Pendleton’s direction, played the role of “Bluey” in the feature film F/X2, and White Widow, co-choreographed by Pendleton and Quinn, was featured in Robert Altman’s movie The Company. With nothing more than light, shadow, fabric, props, and the human body, MOMIX continues to astonish and delight audiences on five continents.

MOSES PENDLETON (Artistic Director) has been one of America’s most innovative and widely performed choreographers and directors for almost 50 years. A co-founder of the ground-breaking Pilobolus Dance

Theater in 1971, he formed his own company, MOMIX, in 1980. Mr. Pendleton has also worked extensively in film, TV, and opera and as a choreographer for ballet companies and special events.

Mr. Pendleton was born and raised on a dairy farm in Northern Vermont. His earliest experiences as a showman came from exhibiting his family’s dairy cows at the Caledonian County Fair. He received his BA in English Literature from Dartmouth College in 1971. Pilobolus began touring immediately, and the group shot to fame in the 1970s, performing on Broadway under the sponsorship of Pierre Cardin, touring internationally, and appearing in PBS’s Dance in America and Great Performances series.

By the end of the decade, Mr. Pendleton had begun to work outside of Pilobolus, performing in and serving as principal choreographer for the Paris Opera’s Intégrale Erik Satie in 1979 and choreographing the Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid in 1980. In that same year he created MOMIX, which rapidly established an international reputation for inventive and often illusionistic choreography. The troupe has now been creating new work under his direction and touring worldwide for four decades.

Mr. Pendleton has also been active as a performer and choreographer for other companies. He staged Picabia’s Dadaist ballet Relâche for the Paris Opera Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet, and Tutuguri, based on the writings of Artaud, for the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He created the role of the Fool for Yuri Lyubimov’s production of Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina at La Scala, choreographed Rameau’s Platée for the U.S. Spoleto Festival, and contributed choreography to Lina Wertmuller’s production of Carmen at the Munich State Opera. Mr. Pendleton has created new works for the Arizona Ballet and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and he teamed up with Danny Ezralow and David Parsons, both former MOMIX dancers, to choreograph AEROS with the Romanian National Gymnastics Team. Most recently, Mr. Pendleton choreographed The Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva and 50 Russian ballerinas, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi.

Mr. Pendleton’s film and television work includes the feature film F/X2 with Cynthia Quinn, Moses Pendleton Presents Moses Pendleton for ABC ARTS cable (winner of a CINE Golden Eagle award), and Pictures at an Exhibition with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony, which received an International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special in 1991. Mr. Pendleton has also made music videos with Prince, Julian Lennon, and Cathy Dennis, among others.

Mr. Pendleton is an avid photographer whose work has been presented in Rome, Milan, Florence, and Aspen. Images of the sunflower plantings at his home in northwestern Connecticut have been featured in numerous books and articles on gardening. He is the subject of Salto di Gravita by Lisavetta Scarbi




(1999), and his photographs accompany the sixteen cantos of Phil Holland’s The Dance Must Follow (2015), which takes Mr. Pendleton’s own creative process as its subject. Mr. Pendleton was a recipient of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Governor’s Award in 1998. He received the Positano Choreographic Award in 1999 and the 2002 American Choreography Award for his contributions to choreography for film and television. In 2010, Mr. Pendleton received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (HDFA) from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and delivered the commencement address to the graduates. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1977.

CYNTHIA QUINN (Associate Director) grew up in Southern California. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Riverside and continued there as an Associate in Dance for five

years. In 1988 she received the University’s Alumni Association’s Outstanding Young Graduate Award. As a member of Pilobolus in the 1980s, she performed on Broadway and throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Israel and Japan, and she collaborated on the choreography of Day Two, Elegy for the Moment, Mirage, What Grows in Huygens Window and Stabat Mater. Ms. Quinn began performing with MOMIX in 1983 and has toured worldwide with the company. She has appeared in numerous television programs and music videos, and has assisted Moses Pendleton in the choreography of Pulcinella for the Ballet Nancy in France, Tutuguri for the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Platée for the Spoleto Festival USA, Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel in New York, AccorDION for the Zurich-Volksbuhne Theatre, Carmen for the Munich State Opera, as well as Opus Cactus for the Arizona Ballet and Noir Blanc for the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. She has also appeared as a guest artist with the Ballet Théâtre Française de Nancy, the Deutsche Oper Berlin Ballet, and the Munich State Opera, as well as international galas in Italy, France and Japan. Ms. Quinn made her film debut as “Bluey” (a role she shared with Karl Baumann) in F/X2. She was a featured performer in the Emmy Award-winning Pictures at an Exhibition with the Montreal Symphony and has also appeared in the 3D IMAX film IMAGINE. Ms. Quinn is a board member of the Nutmeg Conservatory in Torrington, Conn., and is on the advisory board of the Torrington’s Susan B. Anthony Project. She was featured with Ru Paul and k.d. lang for M.A.C. Cosmetics’ Fashion Cares benefits in Toronto and Vancouver.

Ms. Quinn is co-choreographer of White Widow, which is featured prominently in the Robert Altman’s The Company. Ms. Quinn was also featured in the film First Born, with Elisabeth Shue. Most recently, she co-choreographed The Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Her most rewarding and challenging role, however, has been as a mother to her daughter, Quinn Elisabeth.

ANTHONY BOCCONI (Dancer) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art, and the Performing Arts and it was there he found his niche in modern dance while

studying Graham and Horton techniques. Anthony continued his dance training in the Ailey/Fordham BFA program under the direction of Melanie Person while spending his summers at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Nederlands Dans Theatre, and Springboard Dance Montreal. Anthony graduated in 2013 and has since performed with Lydia Johnson Dance, The Metropolitan Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Bocconi joined MOMIX in 2015.

BEAU CAMPBELL (Dancer) is a professional dancer, yoga and barre instructor , and photographer from Southern California. Beau trained in classical ballet in Malibu, California with Joanna Jarvis

and at the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center. Beau also received extensive training from Zippora Karz, Amanda McKerrow, and John Gardner. She performed with the Malibu Civic Ballet for 6 years, dancing several principal roles. In 2005, Beau was awarded the coveted Solo Seal by London’s Royal Academy of Dance and later that year, joined Ballet Pacifica under the direction of Ethan Stiefel. Beau joined Ballet Arizona in 2006 under the direction of Ib Anderson, where she spent 8 seasons. She has performed soloist and principal roles in several classical, neoclassical, and contemporary works by choreographers including Ib Anderson, Petipa, Bournonville, Fokine, Balanchine, and Christopher Wheeldon. Beau has performed principal roles with Nova Ballet, including Emery Lecrone’s Pulling to Break, Adam Hougland’s Beyond, and Yanis Pikieris and David Palmer’s Adiemus. Most recently, Beau has performed as a guest artist with Post:Ballet in Triads



under the director of Robert Dekkers in San Francisco, and for Les Grands Ballet Canadiens in their production of The Nutcracker in Montreal. For the past two years, Beau has performed with Quixotic Fusion, sharing a variety of dance styles and projection interaction pieces. Beau is a certified yoga and barre instructor (200 hour RYT). She has taught at several different studios and festivals across North America, including Wanderlust Studio Montreal, Sutra Midtown, Woodside Health and Tennis Club, Wanderlust Festival, and the Arise Festival. Beau joined MOMIX in 2016.

JENNIFER CHICHEPORTICHE(Dance Captain) was born in Bordeaux, France. She trained at the Academie Besso Ballet de Toulouse and completed her studies in Paris with

Dominique Khalfouni. At the age of 19, she joined the Jeune Ballet International de Rosella Hightower in Cannes, where she performed works from Prejlocaj, Balanchine, Renatto Zanella, Jhon Butler, before becoming a member of Balletto Teatro Di Torino. While in the Italian company, she toured Europe and performed at the International Ballet Festival de Miami. In 2004, she moved to Scotland to dance with The Ensemblegroup. Jennifer continued her career in the UK with Opera North, doing the national tour of One Touch Of Venus. While in Europe, she worked with internationally renowned choreographers such as Luca Vegetti, Carol Armitage, William Tuckett and Christopher Hampson. After coming to NYC, she performed with Chamber Dance Project, International Ballet Theater, Lydia Johnson, New Generation Dance and Adam Miller Dance Company. Jennifer joined MOMIX in 2007. She has participated in new creations, performed several of their full-length productions, and toured the world with MOMIX. She also assists with choreography for a variety projects as well as teaches Ballet, professional workshops and Pilates both in the U.S and Europe.

NATHANIEL DAVIS (Dancer) was born in Toronto, Canada and started his training at the age of seventeen. He attended the New World School of the Arts college graduating cum laude in 2015 with a BFA in

dance. He has previously worked with the Peter London Dance Company in Miami, Florida and Artichoke Dance Company in Brooklyn, New York. He has performed works by Robert Battle, Daniel

Ulbricht, George Balanchine, Jose Limon, Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones, and Darshan Bueller. Nathaniel joined MOMIX in 2016.

AMANDA HULEN (Dancer) is a native of Spokane, Washington who graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts. She joined the Louisville Ballet in 2000 and was promoted to Soloist in 2007 where she

danced until 2013. Amanda’s repertoire has included a variety of classical and contemporary works. She has participated in the National Choreographers Initiative in Irvine California for 3 years. In 2013 Amanda joined MOMIX, touring all over the world with her husband and fellow dancer, as well as with their daughter. Amanda is looking forward to being on the road and dancing again after recently having her second child, and is excited to share the world with him.

MORGAN HULEN (Dancer) grew up in Columbia, MO. He left home to complete high school and attend the college program at North Carolina School of the Arts. During the summers he studied with the

Hungarian National Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Minnesota Ballet, and the Broadway Theatre Project. Morgan began his professional career with the Louisville Ballet in 2000 and later enjoyed his role principal role with Tapestry Dance Company in Austin, TX. As a highly sought after guest artist, he has performed with numerous dance companies across the U.S. In 2007 Morgan returned to the Louisville Ballet for three more seasons performing soloist and principal roles. He teaches master classes in tap, ballet, and partnering, and has choreographed many pieces, including several that have won top choreographic honors. He also formed the dance company Impact as an expressive outlet for his and others’ choreography. His wife Amanda is also part of the MOMIX family and together, they have toured with MOMIX extensively. They are raising a family of their own back in MO. Morgan joined MOMIX in 2011.

HEATHER MAGEE (Dancer) began her relationship with MOMIX back in 2002 with the mesmerizing show Opus Cactus. She has participated in new creations, performed several of their full-length productions,



and toured the world with Lunar Sea, The Best of MOMIX, Viva MOMIX 35th Anniversary Tour, and Baseball. Since 2011 Heather has also performed as a dancer and principle character actress for Franco Dragone in his water spectacular called The House of Dancing Water located in Macau, China. She is honoured and delighted to be able to return to MOMIX for this current season. Raised in Connecticut, she began her training with Arlene Begelman and Robert Maiorano at the School of Performing Arts and graduated from the School of the Hartford Ballet. She performed with Ballet Arizona, Atlanta Ballet and Madison Ballet Theatre. Under the direction of George Jagatic (Axis Danz), she learned “flagging” and has enjoyed sharing and exploring the craft. After touring internationally with the Phantom of the Opera and dancing in the musical Carousel she found MOMIX… and the rest is history!

ELISE PACICCO (Dancer) is from Charlotte, NC and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated magna cum laude from Wake Forest University where she was a recipient of the Presidential

Scholarship and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Elise earned her MFA in dance performance and choreography from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2015. She has performed in works of Bill T. Jones, Pilobolus, Paul Taylor, Shannon Gillen, Helen Simoneau, and others. Elise was a member of Carolyn Dorfman Dance from 2015–2019, where she worked nationally and internationally as a teaching and performance artist. She also dances for Rovaco Dance Company, based in New York, under the direction of Rohan Bhargava. She is also passionate about teaching yoga and Pilates and currently teaches at Y7 Studios throughout New York City. Elise joined MOMIX in 2019.

JASON WILLIAMS (Dance Captain) began his dance career and training at Boca Ballet Theater at the age of 16 under the direction of Dan Guin and Jane Tyree. He then decided to further his studies at New World

School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. This is where he became proficient in Graham, Limon, Horton, Classical and Contemporary Ballet techniques. While there he deepened his studies by being exposed to Anatomy, Kinesiology, Labon

Movement Analysis, and Pedagogy. Jason Williams is a 2011 summa cum laude B.F.A. Graduate of New World School of the Arts. During his time there he worked with noted choreographers such as Robert Battle, Michael Uthoff, Daniel Lewis, Peter London, Darshan Bhueller, Gerard Ebitz, to name a few. During his summers he has performed in the New Prague Dance Festival in Prague, Czech Republic and Semana de Internacional de Baile in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Since completing his degree he has danced with DanceNow! MOMIX, Joseé Garant Dance Company, and Miami Contemporary Dance Company. Jason joined MOMIX in 2011.

WOODROW F. DICK III (Production Manager & Lighting Supervisor) is MOMIX’s go-to guy for anything and everything production-related. He has worked on numerous productions both big and small. Woody joined MOMIX in 2005.

PHOEBE KATZIN (Costume Designer) After graduating from Endicott College’s fashion design program, Phoebe worked for Kitty Daly, building dance costumes and dressmaking. For several years she lived in New York making costumes for Kitty Leach, Greg Barnes, and Allison Conner, among others. Phoebe has been instrumental in designing and constructing costumes for MOMIX and Pilobolus for more than 20 years.

VICTORIA MAZZARELLI (Ballet Mistress). Following an impressive and extensive professional international ballet career, Mazzarelli returned to her roots at the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory in Torrington, Conn., where she serves as Artistic Director, training the next generation of dancers.

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Hank GarrettLinna and Richard RobinsonLisa RyanJoyce Sanders and

Bob LebovitzPatricia SantiagoChristine and Ken ShermanNancy SomodevillaMelanie SpiegelDorit and Michael SuffnessLenore M. Sullivan and

Barry N. HenryLester TaubJames ThomasLynn and Jim ThomasMeagan Kirk ThompsonLinda and Hubert ThreatsDr. Martin and Judy TobeyBruce E. TurnerDouglas UngerElizabeth Van VleckNancy VastoGeorgia VickersBarbara and Bill WaltonChalmers WardMichael WeinmanDonna and Ronald WhiteheadMichael WilsonAndrea Wolf

ARTIST’S CIRCLE $0 and upAlmeida AdiarysChrystal AlmeidaTalal Al-MuhannaAnonymousAnonymousRenee BakerCatherine BarnesJerod BarnesMaura BartleyAndrea BeckJerome BellLaura BillingsleyJ BlackwellKaryn BloomFrances BranhamJean BrockBrandye BrownNichol BunnDanny Buraczeski and

Les JohnsonStan Carpenter and

Jerry BadenFran Carris

Crystal CarterDorothy CawleyRichard CerroneNancy ChildsMary CloutierSean CooperSherry CopelandJacqueline CzitromRuth DandalidesAudrey DecherdPatty DelaneyLouise DelanoKathleen DelsanterWilliam DenigerConstance DePaulaLaura Doolittle Stefania DragomirKaren EavesJodie ElderApril EllisJames EngelbrechtDebra EngstromSusan ErnstNeil Erwin and Lauren PartoviOsvaldo FajardoTony FarrerDiana FenvesPaul FerraroSharon FisherMelissa FlemingMallory Fosdick and

Bobby GibbsEvelyn FoxNancy Franks James GarzaLarry GlazerSharon and David GleesonAmber GreenShannon GreenJack GreenmanGinny HajekSusan HanlonVanessa Harrington-BrooksJana HartlineChris HeinbaughKaren HillPamela HillElizabeth HirschSharon HollandElizabeth JeffettMollie JohnsonThomas KemperDennis KnieryLois KowalskyDavid LeggettKarin LesicaJeff LewisPatricia MagadiniRobert MagnussonDavid MairsJoan MartinNina MartinJulie and Anthony MattAbby McCartneyHunter McGrathChris McintyreMitchell MenezesOlga Metz

Abbie MeyeringMargaret MieschLynette MillerPaul MillerMuriel MimuraBarry MooreChet MorrisonGeraldine MullaneAlejandro MunozDonna NickelsChristina ParkerMichelle ParkerDiana and Michael PayerRiana Pellicane-Hart and

Tami PellicaneSusan PerezAnnette PinkertonMarianne PohleEllen PresbyDebra PriestJC PuckettAlejandro PuertoSusan RumseyCynthia Rollow and

Edward BennettRochelle RubinKeira ScanksNinon SchalkJohn SchmereinAlexandra SchwartzSarah SchweitzerTanya ScottKaren ShumwayLinkie SeltzerDr. D.D. SetyEfrain SainDouglas StarkPatricia StellaRichard SternBennett StokesKevin TilletFred ToothmanGrethel ToothmanWalker TriggJeffrey UnderwoodCarolyn and William VandiverMoriah WallaceLiz WallyNancy WalkerDurward Watson and

Michael KaufmanMonda WatsonB WeinsteinJanis and Dennis WellsJoan L WeltmanMary WestfallCheryl WhiteWilliam WilcoxMary Williford-ShadeJack WrightsonJudy Youngblood and

Dan Butler

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BOARD OF TRUSTEESDeMetris Sampson, President

Joel BinesArthur P. BollonHoward BrownKitty CarterLee CobbMichael CrossleyClaire DewarLenore DiamondMatrice Ellis-Kirk

Veronica EricksonSteven GendlerWanda GierhartEmilio GomezBill GraueGail GriswoldGayle HalperinZoe DeRopp HartLola Lott

Jill MagnusonFred MargolinCharles SantosArlene Switzer-SteinfieldMichael TitensJacques Vroom IIIKate WalkerLily Cabatu Weiss

HONORARY BOARDTom AdamsPenny AtkissWilliam P. BenacBeverly BlumenthalJeanne Marie Clossey

Lauren EmbreyBess EnloeRebecca Enloe FletcherKathryn D. GreeneCarol Hall

Sally HansenAlan LernerCharlene MarshLynn NikaidohDeedie Rose

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Charles SantosExecutive Director/Artistic Director

Tammy ElkinsDirector of Finance

John FrazierOperations Manager

Elizabeth Van VleckDevelopment Officer

Tom Adams and Gene LeggettCo-Founders of TITAS

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AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

CENTER STAFFSENIOR STAFFPaul Cathey General ManagerKelli Criswell Administrative AssistantTracy Hargis Vice President of Human ResourcesChris Heinbaugh Vice President of External AffairsMichelle Holmes Vice President of MarketingKathie Parsons Chief Financial OfficerDebbie Storey President & CEO

BOX OFFICE & TICKETING SERVICESBlanca Carranza Ticket Services ManagerAshley Davis Ticket Services SupervisorJohn McCoy Ticket Services ManagerCurtis Meek Sr. Director of Ticket Services & AnalyticsTJ Micallef Ticket Services ManagerAlan Pollard Senior Ticket Services AgentPriscilla Schmitt Ticket Services SupervisorKatie Spanos Associate Director of Ticket Services

CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSErika Bocanegra Corporate Partnerships AssociateKathryn Cox Director of Corporate PartnershipsJefferson Ferguson Account Manager

DEVELOPMENTKathy Everitt Board & Donor Relations ManagerMeagan Hemenway Director of Annual FundSavannah Saxton Development Associate

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTAutumn Garrison Director of Ed & Comm EngagementAhila Gulasekaram Ed & Comm Engagement Asst. MgrJoya Johnson Ed & Comm Engagement Coordinator

EXTERNAL AFFAIRSDrew Eubank Communications & External Affairs ManagerHector Garcia Strategic Services Manager

FINANCE & ACCOUNTINGCaleb Adeogun Director of Financial Planning & AnalysisDon Anderson ControllerRobin Kong Financial AnalystCarol Taino-Chew Staff Accountant

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYErik Bowers Shared Data Support SpecialistPhillip De Leon Shared Data Services ManagerStewart Fowler Technology Infrastructure ManagerAdam Hourigan Director of Information TechnologySterling Vicks IT Support SpecialistMatt Winchester Director of Shared Data Services

MARKETINGCindy Evans Director of PublicityBrian Irvin Senior Graphic DesignerShaliyah Johnson Graphic DesignerMatt Lyle Digital Marketing ManagerChris McDonald Senior Marketing ManagerNatasha Porizkova Digital Marketing ManagerGreg Robertson Group Sales ManagerStephanie Spaulding Senior Director of MarketingBill Spellman Director of Digital Marketing

OPERATIONSGraeme Bice Director of OperationsRichard Bowlin Facilities Technician SupervisorJabari Earl Event ManagerSteve Green Facilities Lead TechnicianLinda Keogh Administrative Operations ManagerNaomi Link Event ManagerTim McCaghren Facilities TechnicianRian Mendez Facilities TechnicianChuck Thomas Director of FacilitiesJennifer Ulich Senior Event ManagerTed Whitehead Safety Operations Manager

PATRON SERVICESMarissa Bateman Front of House ManagerRobert McDowell Director of Patron ServicesCharles Moore Senior Front of House ManagerAnastasia Pharr Senior Front of House Manager

PRODUCTIONAlex Benningfield Technical Coordinator IAdam Bowlin Carpentry & Rigging ManagerTim Callahan Head CarpenterWeston Keifer Technical DirectorPatrick Keller Head FlymanAaron Johansen Lighting ManagerBart McGeehon Production ManagerCandice Miears Technical Coordinator IIEric Miller Production Senior ManagerMatt Pearce Technical Coordinator ILee Terry Head ElectricianJeff Waite Technical Coordinator IIAmanda West Director of ProductionJonathan White II Head AudioJohn White Head Properties

PROGRAMMING Caroline Crocker Director of Broadway Presentations Ryan Henry Talent Buyer Anne Kogan Programming Manager Alex Reyes Programming Coordinator Greg Seamon Director of Programming


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