LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL Fri, Oct 24, 8:00 Pm Carlson Family Stage

2014 // 15 SEASON

Northrop Presents LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL Fri, Oct 24, 8:00 pm Carlson Family Stage

Closer Night Box Harry

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal in Kosmos. Photo © Leda & St.Jacques. Dear Northrop Dance Lovers, Northrop at the University of Minnesota

Ahhh…Montréal, a city of old-world charm and contemporary Presents urban energy. A city that’s as romantically traditional as it is cutting-edge innovative. It’s cosmopolitan and sophisticated, yet warm, unassuming, and almost small-town friendly. LES BALLETS JAZZ If you visit Montréal, you notice at once what an international city it is. That dynamic mix of flavors—ethnicity, culture, language, ideas, and cuisine—is just what we have on Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal’s (BJM) program tonight. It’s a DE MONTRÉAL program that is a true international mix, reminding us of just how universal the art form of dance is, and how many different cultural elements contribute to what we see on stage. Artistic Director Louis Robitaille The company, BJM, is a lot like the city it’s named for. There’s that tradition of fine ballet technique steeped in their bones. Founder Emeritus Yet, what flair and swagger they bring to their performances! Geneviève Salbaing Christine Tschida. Photo by Patrick O'Leary, And such personality and joie de vivre that you want to invite University of Minnesota. them all over for a beer after the show. Cofounders Eva von Gencsy We open with Closer, choreographed by Benjamin Millepied, who was born in Bordeaux, raised in Dakar, Eddy Toussaint Senegal, danced with New York City Ballet for more than 10 years and is now the Director of Dance at the Paris Opera Ballet. We’ll have the pleasure of seeing the work performed tonight by the dancer Millepied Ballet Master created it for in 2006: Céline Cassone. Cyrille de La Barre

Night Box gives us a glimpse of high-voltage Montréal nightlife, evoking the city through sounds, rhythms, music, and flashing lights. Choreographer Wen Wei Wang was born and raised in China, and now makes Artists his home in Canada. For this piece, he collaborated on the design with the famous Montréal design duo, UNTTLD. Daniel Alwell Christian Denice Nicholas Korkos Christina Bodie Kiera Hill Morgane Le Tiec Harry, the final piece of our program, was created by Israeli-American choreographer Barak Marshall, who Céline Cassone Alexander Hille Guillaume Michaud spent years with Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv. Teeming with energy, hope, and humor, and set to a score combining jazz, Israeli folksongs, and traditional music, it’s an extravaganza of dance that is a Mark Francis Caserta Graham Kaplan Saskya Pauzé-Bégin perfect match for the talents of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. Youri de Wilde Ashley Werhun

Thank you for joining us tonight for Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal's first Minneapolis appearance. I hope you leave feeling like they are all friends you’re going to want to invite back again! Technical and Tour Director Sound and Video Technician Daniel Ranger Manon Meunier Sincerely,

Carpenter Martin Jannard Christine Tschida Director of Northrop

NEXT UP AT NORTHROP: THE HONG KONG BALLET in Turandot, a gorgeous full-length ballet based on the Puccini opera, November 6 and 7 at Northrop.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota.

2 3 LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL (BJM) CLOSER

An internationally renowned contemporary dance BJM is one of Canada’s most popular dance Choreography by Benjamin Millepied company, BJM—Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal—is a companies. It has presented more than 2,000 Music by Philip Glass (“Mad Rush”) repertory company that presents a hybrid form performances in 66 countries to more than two Lighting by Daniel Ranger after Roderick Stewart Murray of dance that combines the aesthetics of classical million spectators, and is a veritable ambassador Costumes by UNTTLD (Simon Bélanger and José Manuel St-Jacques) ballet and embraces many other different styles of Quebec and Canadian culture worldwide. of dance. Founded in 1972 by Geneviève Salbaing, Length: 17 minutes Eva von Gencsy, and Eddy Toussaint, the company In its 43rd season, BJM has achieved a level of has pursued its own unique path over the decades. maturity and organizational stability while Dancers Very contemporary in its current approach, BJM remaining open to the ever-evolving form that Céline Cassone, Alexander Hille performances are sexy, explosive, original, and is contemporary dance. Its pieces are marked accessible, and its superb dancers are widely by dynamic physicality, virtuosity, and the strong acclaimed. The term “jazz” in the name refers personalities of its performers, all of which Set to composer Philip Glass’s “Mad Rush,” the duet Closer was created in 2006 for Céline Cassone more to a “jazzing up” of classical ballet rather contribute to the company’s unique signature. and Sébastien Marcovici (principal dancer with the New York City Ballet) and presented at the Maison than a musical or dance style. BJM has the remarkable ability to speak clearly de la Danse in Lyon, France. For BJM, the duet will be performed by the magnetic Céline Cassone and to audiences through energetic presentations of Alexander Hille. Performed and acclaimed on several world stages, Closer is a voluptuous and vibrant Since 1998, BJM has been under the masterly strong, expressive, and demanding dance. exchange, imbued with an intense yet simple sensuality, that of the tension between two bodies. command of Artistic Director Louis Robitaille. His unerring flair for attracting talented choreog- Through its performances and educational activi- Over the course of twenty minutes, Cassone is carried, pulled, and lifted with movements raphers and presenting high caliber dance pieces ties, BJM reaches out to spectators in Canada and of crystalline beauty and delicacy, rousing the sentiments of the audience, who are keeps raising the bar for his team of performers and abroad, encouraging discovery, stimulating the transported into the couple’s passionate relationship. stage professionals. Robitaille has presented works imagination, making dance accessible, and sharing by internationally acclaimed choreographers such its passion for the art form. The success of BJM is This ballet benefits from the precious support of M. Uriel G. Luft. as Mia Michaels, Trey McIntyre, Patrick Delcroix, due to the particular alchemy that allows each Rodrigo Pederneiras, Mauro Bigonzetti, Annabelle new work to become the fruit of a memorable Lopez Ochoa, Cayetano Soto, Barak Marshall, and encounter between the choreography, the dancers, Andonis Foniadakis. He is particularly interested and the audience. PAUSE in supporting and encouraging Canadian choreographers, composers, and designers. The work of celebrated Canadian choreographers such as Dominic Dumais, Crystal Pite, Aszure Barton, Wen Wei Wang, and more recently of Kristen Céré have enriched the BJM repertoire. Photo © Leda & St.Jacques. © Leda Photo Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal in Harry Jazz de Montréal . Ballets Les

4 5 NIGHT BOX HARRY

Choreography by Wen Wei Wang Artistic Direction by Louis Robitaille Music by Amute, Olaf Bender, The Steals & Grafiti, Choreography by Barak Marshall Giorgio Magnanensi, Max Richter, Paul Rogers, Victoria R. Senking Choreography Assistants: Inbar Nemirovsky, Osnat Kelner Lighting Design by James Proudfoot Music by Tommy Dorsey, Taraf Ionel Budisteanu, Balkan Beat Box, The Andrews Sisters, Costume Design by UNTTLD (Simon Bélanger and José Manuel St-Jacques) Anatol Stefanet, Dejan Petrovic, Sidney Bechet, Warsaw Village Band, Projections Production by Catherine Faucher The Hungarian Quartet, Goran Bregovic, Maria Callas, Wayne Newton Projections Creation by Denis Dulude and Christian Lalumière Lighting by Daniel Ranger Projections Collaboration by Christian Mouzard Costumes by Anne-Marie Veevaete

Length: 35 minutes Length: 40 minutes

Dancers Dancers Full Cast Full Cast

The World Premiere of this piece was in April 2012 in Erie (PA), United States. The World Premiere of this piece was in July 2012 in Montauban, France.

In creating this new piece for Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Wen Wei Wang was inspired by urban life, For this new creation, made-to-measure for the BJM dancers, the Israeli-American choreographer Barak especially as it unfolds at night. Evoking the city through sounds, rhythms, music, and an incessant Marshall was inspired by the inner battles we all wage. “Life is a constant struggle,” he says, “in which we blinking of lights, Night Box is a high-voltage work in which love, loss, sexuality, and joy are intertwined. are continually faced with conflicts with regard to culture, gender, species.” Between men and women, in particular, compromises must be made to achieve a balance. This piece revolves around the character In a state of perpetual movement, it combines contemporary ballet with street dance in alternating of Harry, who struggles to overcome forces both physical and existential. sequences for group, trio, duet, and solo. Adopting an approach in which lighting plays a central role, Wen Wei Wang recreates the full spectrum of the city at night: its private spaces, clubs, and streets. Teeming with energy, the work underscores a recurrent theme in human interactions: conflicts Against a backdrop of darkness, these diverse spaces become bathed in light. The choreographer worked and our ability to overcome them. Set to a score combining jazz, Israeli folksongs, and traditional with the Montréal design duo UNTTLD to create a new and refreshing style inspired by urban street life. music, this new opus is imbued with hope and humour, alternating group sequences, trios, and duets in a fabulous extravaganza of dance. “This work is about people and everyday life through body language, energy, relationships, and emotions, reflecting the world in which we are living. Many thanks to the dancers A work dedicated in the memory of Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman, for their collaborative spirit and their generous contribution to the concept.” major partners of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal.

A production of BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal in coproduction with the Mercyhurst College Mary A production of BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, in coproduction with National Arts Center (Ottawa), Angelo Performing Arts Center from Pennsylvanie and Société de la Place des arts de Montréal. The Joyce Theater Foundation (New York), City of Montauban during Danse en PlaceS Festival, Segal Center for Performing Arts (Montréal).

BJM thanks the support of the Consulate General of Israel in Montréal.

INTERMISSION

6 7 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

The transition from dancing to directing the “BJM pushes boundaries—emotional, physical, artistic activities of a company was one of the biggest challenges I have had to face. While the and the limits of the art form…” dancer has to focus on his own career, the artistic —Andrea Nemetz, The Chronicle Herald director must learn how to develop and nurture such qualities as empathy, respect, and altruism.

Today, at BJM, I look to the future; continually repositioning the company, while also innovating and acquiring new knowledge. Our raison d’être is to generate a unique encounter with the public. Through BJM, I want to embellish everyday life, bring happiness where it is most needed. When we feel a certain magic at the end of a performance, I know that this kind of encounter has truly taken place.”

—Louis Robitaille

LOUIS ROBITAILLE

“Two events have had a decisive influence on my professional career: my discovery of Maurice Béjart’s Messe pour un temps présent and my encounter with Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal in 1972. Working for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens shaped my artistic itinerary. I have very fond memories of the many inspiring and exceptional encounters I had there. Choreographers such as James Kudelka, Nacho Duato, Jiří Kylián, Hans Van Manen, or Edouard Lock inspired me to seek through perseverance and true effort the satisfaction of a job well done. The many people I’ve met along the way, whether they were choreographers, managers, or creators, helped me articulate a personal approach to performance and dance which continues to guide me to this day. The projects I carried out afterwards with Bande-à-Part—which later became Danse-Théâtre de Montréal—paved the way for new challenges and new responsibilities. I learned how to engender and uphold an artistic vision, while also managing resources.

Inset: Louis Robitaille. Photo © Christopher Pozio. Main: Céline Cassone and Alexander Hille in Closer. Photo © Leda & St.Jacques. 8 9 CHOREOGRAPHERS AND BALLET MASTER

BENJAMIN MILLEPIED WEN WEI WANG BARAK MARSHALL CYRILLE DE LA BARRE Choreographer Choreographer Choreographer Ballet Master Benjamin Millepied made his Wen Wei Wang began dancing Born and raised in Los Born in France in 1969, Cyrille choreographic debut in 2001 at an early age in China, where Angeles, California, Barak de la Barre began his dance with Passages, created for the he was born and raised. He Marshall is the son of studies at the École Nationale Lyon Conservatoire National trained and danced profes- acclaimed dancer, chore- de l'Opéra de Paris. He was Conservatoire of Musique and sionally with the Langzhou ographer, and musician also an exchange student at Danse. The following year, Song and Dance Company. Margalit Oved. Marshall the Royal Ballet School in his “Triple Duet” for Danses In 1991, he came to Canada quickly established himself London, and took advanced Concertantes was performed and joined the Judith Marcuse as one of Israeli dance's training with Tanz Forum in at Sadler’s Wells by principal dancers of the New Dance Company after which he danced with Ballet most innovative and unique voices. His first work, Cologne. At age 15 he became a member of the York City Ballet. In 2005, he created 28 Variations British Columbia for seven years. Since 2003, he Aunt Leah, won first prize in the Shades of Dance Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris, directed at on a Theme by Paganini for SAB and an original has served as Artistic Director of Wen Wei Dance. Competition and his third work, Emma Goldman's the time by Rudolf Nureyev, who gave him his version of Casse-Noisette for the Grand Théâtre Wang is the recipient of many awards such as the Wedding, represented Israel in the 1998 Bagnolet first roles as a soloist. He further advanced his de Genève with set designs and costumes by artist 2000 Clifford E. Lee Choreographic Award and the International Competition where it won first prize, technique by studying with Attilio Labis, and Paul Cox. The duet Closer, with live piano music 2006 Isadora Award for Excellence in Choreography the Adami Award, the Bonnie Byrd Award for under his direction danced several duos, including composed by Philip Glass, was part of the (Unbound). In addition to his works for Wen Wei New Choreography, and the Audience Award. His great classics such as Don Quixote, Giselle, and Benjamin Millepied & Company season at the Dance, he has choreographed for the Alberta company went on to tour extensively throughout The Sleeping Beauty. Joyce Theater in New York in 2006. That same Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Dancers Dancing, North West Europe, including performances in Berlin, Lyon, year, he created Capriccio for the American Ballet Dance Projects in Portland, and, most recently, and Paris. In 1999, Marshall was invited by Ohad He left the Opéra de Paris at age 19 to take up a Theatre’s Studio Company and Years Later, a solo Vancouver Opera's production of Nixon in China. Naharin to become the Batsheva Dance Company's position as a soloist with the Basler Ballett in for Mikhail Baryshnikov, in collaboration with first-ever house choreographer. Marshall is also a Switzerland, which was the start of his interna- Olivier Simola. singer and has performed as a soloist with Yo-Yo tional career. Appointed principal dancer with the Ma and the Silk Road Project, the Yuval Ron Ballet National de Marseille Roland Petit, he went In 2004 and 2005, Millepied was the artistic Ensemble, and the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony. on to work with the Ballet National de Nancy, director of the Morris Center Dance in Bonn Oper am Rhein, Het National Ballet of Bridgehampton and in 2006 and 2007 he was Marshall studied social theory and philosophy Amsterdam, Carolina Ballet, and the dance the “residency choregrapher” at the Baryshnikov at Harvard University. He is a guest lecturer at company Commun Instant, created by the star Arts Center. In 2010, he was choreographer and UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures. dancer and choreographer Jean-Pierre Aviotte. He advisor for the Oscar-winning film Black Swan Marshall recently received the prestigious has been involved in the company’s development directed by Darren Aronofsky. In 2011, he left New Creative Capital Grant for his new music produc- since 2001. Over the years he has also worked with York City Ballet and made five short dance films tion, Symphony of Tin Cans, with Margalit Oved great choreographers such as Béjart, Forsythe, to cello pieces by Philip Glass and founded his own and the Balkan Beat Box. His work Monger was Van Mannen, Tharp, Van Danzig, Panov, and Weiss. company in Los Angeles, “L.A. Dance Project,” a premiered in October 2008 and toured throughout creative collective seeking to present dance in all Israel, Europe, Asia, and the United States. His Often invited as a guest artist to international its forms. A world tour took the company from latest work, Rooster, premiered at the Israeli Opera festivals like Varna, Spoletto, and Osaka, de la Los Angeles to Bordeaux (Novart 2012) and then House in November 2009. He presented Rooster on Barre constantly seeks to cultivate and develop on to Paris in May 2013. In the fall of 2014, he will June 2011 at the Berlizo Opera House and Monger his dance knowledge. He explores different styles assume the role of the new Director of Dance of the on July 2011 at Campo Santo during the Estivales of dance, including modern dance, jazz, flamenco, Paris Opera. de Perpignan at the Montpellier Danse Festival tap dance, and hip-hop. 2011. Marshall currently divides his time between Tel Aviv and Los Angeles. In 2012, the choreog After more than 3,000 performances, de la Barre rapher worked on a new creation with BJM. now devotes himself to teaching. He works as an assistant choreographer (the musical comedy Romeo et Juliette in Paris), and as ballet master and professor at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Oldenburgisher Staatstheater, Fondazione Arena di Verona, and the Conservatoire d’Avignon.

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DANIEL ALWELL roles. It was also as a soloist that she joined, in YOURI DE WILDE apprentice with Ballet BC in Vancouver where she Daniel Alwell is a recent 1999, the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. Québec native Youri de Wilde had the opportunity to collaborate and perform graduate from the Arts Cassone has had the opportunity to take part began his training as a classical extensively with the company. Hill is thrilled to begin Umbrella Dance Program, in many innovative contemporary productions ballet dancer at the age of her first season with Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. in Vancouver, Canada, and while also working with internationally renowned nine at the École Supérieure is thrilled to be starting his choreographers. She performed in several interna- de Danse de Québec. In 1993, ALEXANDER HILLE career with BJM. Born in tional galas and was the recipient, in 2006, of the he joined Le Jeune Ballet du Born in Minnesota, Alexander Ireland in 1992, he moved Étoile de Ballet 2000 dance award and in 2010, Québec and, the following Hille began dancing at the age to Canada in 2003 where he she received the Premio Asti Danza dance award. season, Les Grands Ballets of eight. Upon graduating from continued to pursue his passion for the arts. Deciding to acquire the freedom to accept a variety Canadiens. He was invited by DancEast, in New the Saint Paul Conservatory for Alwell joined Arts Umbrella in 2009 as a member of new challenges, Cassone became an indepen- Brunswick, to perform in its production of The Performing Artists in 2007, he of the Senior Dance Company. While training dent artist in 2008. She was part of Morphoses, Nutcracker and has danced in several Opéra de was accepted to the Juilliard there, he has had the honour of working with Christopher Wheeldon’s company, and she worked Montréal productions, as well as in a creation by School in New York City. While some of the finest choreographers, including with choreographer Benjamin Millepied. She joined Benjamin Hatcher presented at Tangente before attending Juilliard (graduated Azsure Barton, Walter Matteini, James Kudelka, BJM in 2008 as a dancer. joining BJM in 1998. 2011), Hille was privileged to learn the works of Fernando Magadan, Wen Wei Wang, Leslie Telford, some of the most innovative and prominent figures Gioconda Barbuto, and Stephen Shropshire, to MARK FRANCIS CASERTA CHRISTIAN DENICE in dance, including: José Limon, Merce Cunningham, name but a few. Alwell is very grateful for all the Mark Francis Caserta is from Christian Denice grew up Ohad Naharin, Mark Morris, Larry Keigwin, Stijn opportunities in his life thus far. Pennsylvania and is a graduate dancing in Westlake Village, Celis, Darell Grand Moultrie, Benjamin Millipied, of the dance program at the CA. He began his professional Bronislava Najinska, and Eliot Feld (Hille was the CHRISTINA BODIE University of the Arts in dance career at Odyssey Dance recipient of the Paul Taylor Scholarship in 2011). Originally from Edmonton, Philadelphia. From 2010 to Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah In 2009 he was thrilled to be selected to travel Alberta, Christina Bodie 2014 he danced for Complexions under the direction of Derryl to Europe with Juilliard for the inaugural Juilliard studied in the professional Contemporary Ballet and Yeager. Denice spent the next European tour, with performances at the Théatre division of the Royal Winnipeg as a guest artist with the three years at River North de Caen, the Glass Factory, and le Conservatoire Ballet School. She later went Pennsylvania Ballet. Caserta was a participant in Dance Chicago in Chicago, IL under the direction de Paris. He has spent summers working to expand on to study at The Juilliard the popular television show America’s Got Talent of Frank Chaves. He has worked with and performed his artistic horizons, by training at the Juilliard School, from which she gradu- and also in Step Up 2: The Streets. In conjunction works by Robert Battle, Sidra Bell, Lauri Stallings, School, Springboard Danse Montréal, and Move in ated in 2005 with a Bachelor with his career as a dancer, he has taught dance Roni Koresh, and Frank Chaves to name a few. He Nederlands Dans Theater. Throughout his time at of Fine Arts. While at Juilliard, Bodie performed at the Broadway Dance Center, PULSE Convention, has guest performed with the Montgomery Ballet these various programs he learned the repertory the works of renowned choreographers such as and at the Complexions Contemporary Ballet (Alabama), Greensboro Ballet (North Carolina), of Aszure Barton, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Crystal Robert Battle, Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, José summer program, where he also works as a chore- and Company E (Washington, DC). In addition, Pite, Jiří Kylián, and Paul Lightfoot & Sol Leon. Hille Limón, and Paul Taylor. Before joining BJM, Bodie ographer. He has created works for the Brooklyn Denice teaches and choreographs nationally and has worked independently, guest performing in danced for the prestigious Koresh Dance Company Dance Festival and for Pennsylvania Ballet II, internationally, recently creating two new works for Minnesota Dance Theater’s Nutcracker Fantasy, in Philadelphia. Bodie has been a member of BJM mastering several different dance styles from jazz Odyssey Dance Theater. Denice joined BJM in 2012. performing for the Greenwich Music Festival in La since 2007. to classical ballet by way of hip-hop, tap dancing, Dame a la Licorne, and also at the Louis Vuitton and African folk dance. Caserta joined the BJM KIERA HILL on 5th Avenue for New York’s Fashion’s Night out. CÉLINE CASSONE team in the summer of 2014. Born in Vancouver, Kiera Hill Hille joined Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal in the spring Born in France, Céline Cassone began her formal dance training of 2011. began studying dance as a at Arts Umbrella under the child at the Conservatoire direction of Artemis Gordon. National de Danse d’Avignon. As a member of the Arts In 1993, she joined the Deutsch Umbrella Dance Company, Oper Berlin for one year and she performed works by James then, the following season, Kudelka, Emily Molnar, Aszure the Badisches Staatstheater Barton, Lesley Telford, Gioconda Barbuto, and Wen Karlsruhe for four years. She then enrolled in the Wei Wang among others. In 2011 she was proud to Béjart Ballet Lausanne, under the direction of receive the British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship Maurice Béjart, where she performed many solo for excellence in dance. Last season Hill was an

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GRAHAM KAPLAN MORGANE LE TIEC GUILLAUME MICHAUD ASHLEY WERHUN Born and raised in Richmond, Born in France in 1986, Born in Quebec, intern Ashley Werhun began her BC, Graham Kaplan started Morgane Le Tiec began her Guillaume Michaud started formal training in Edmonton, dancing at age 9, and received dance training at age five at dancing at the age of six. Alberta. Her training was his early training at Rachael the Conservatoire de Saint- He has received training in supplemented by attending Poirier’s Danzmode Productions. Maur. She continued her many dance styles, including The National Ballet of Canada, To further his education, he studies from 1995 to 1998, hip-hop, contemporary, social Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The joined Arts Umbrella’s Graduate and the following year dance, and jazz. While pursuing Banff Center, and The Juilliard Program in 2011, under the entered the École de Ballet studies at the École supérieure School. Werhun later studied direction of Artemis Gordon and Lynn Sheppard. de l’Opéra de Paris and the Conservatoire du 8e de Ballet of Québec, Michaud has appeared on at The Alberta Ballet School and Alonzo King’s As a member of the Arts Umbrella Dance Company arrondissement. In 1999, she was accepted at the television and worked at Just for Laughs and Cirque LINES Ballet. Before joining Trey McIntyre Project for the past two years, Kaplan has performed Conservatoire nationale supérieur de musique et du Soleil. Guillaume joined the company in 2013. in 2008, she performed with NorthWest Dance original works by Aszure Barton, Lesley Telford, de danse in Paris, from which she graduated in Project and Ballet British Columbia. She has James Kudelka, Fernando Magadan, Gioconda 2004. Le Tiec performed in Alexandre Bourdat’s SASKYA PAUZÉ-BÉGIN had the privilege to perform the works of Lauri Barbuto, and Walter Matteini, among others. In Ainsi-soient-elle, Loïc Perela’s 23h59, Jania Batista’s Saskya Pauzé-Bégin studied Stallings, Thaddeus Davis, Septime Weber, Alonzo addition, he has worked in collaboration with Sanctus, and choregraphed 4:50 dream. In January at the École supérieure de King, Maurya Kerr, Yannis Adoniou, and Trey Ballet BC, under Artistic Director Emily Molnar. 2008, she danced with the Lyon Ballet and appeared ballet du Québec from 2011 McIntyre. Her six seasons with TMP inspired This is Kaplan’s first year as an apprentice with BJM. in a work by Marc Ribaud. From December 2008 to 2014. She spent the past the creation of numerous new works and world to May 2009, she danced with La La La Human two summers at the Arts premiers. As an Artist in Residence at St. Luke’s NICHOLAS KORKOS Steps in Édouard Lock’s production of Amjad. Umbrella summer Intensive Children Hospital, she uses dance as therapy to Native San Franciscan She worked with the Montalvo/Hervieu troupe workshop in Vancouver, and promote joy and healing. She cherishes these Nicholas Korkos trained before joining BJM in the spring of 2011. attended summer ballet classes experiences and finds inspiration in each moment. predominantly at Alonzo in Berlin taught by William Forsythe, learning the Werhun is thrilled to begin her first season with King LINES Ballet School. repertoire of The Nutcracker by Claude Caron, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. He has been a member of Swan Lake by Taïna Morales, Balanchine’s Robert Moses' KIN, project Diamonds, Episodes by Josyanne Sidimus, agora, tinypistol, Zhukov Seascape by Judith Marcuse, M.O.R. by Gioconda Dance Theatre, Hubbard Barbuto, and Hommage by Sophie Estel. She Street 2, and most recently, Aszure Barton and began her first season with BJM in 2014 as the Artists. In addition, Korkos has performed with second recipient of the Eva von Gencsy Scholarship, LINES Ballet and the San Francisco Opera. This which supports emerging young dancers in Quebec. is Korkos' first season with BJM.

14 15 ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AGENTS McKNIGHT ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS Managing Partner Asia - Quebec Europe Ginette Gaulin Agence Station Bleue Thierry Duclos For Dancers and Choreographers Elisabeth Comtois Le Trait D'Union Administrative Director T. 514-273-3093 T. +33 (0)5 45 94 75 95 McKnight Fellowship News Pascale Correïa [email protected] [email protected] Two McKnight Choreography Fellows Director of Development Canada, China, Australia, South America participated in our National Residencies Véronique Thibault New Zealand Maria Rita Stumpf program this summer. Todd Jordan Antares Promoçoes Ltda Communications and Paquin Artists Agency T. +5 19 58 58 22 86 2012 McKnight Choreography Fellow Carl Flink Development Assistant T. 204-988-1133 [email protected] was in residence at the American Dance Festival Marie Moiny [email protected] this summer. He spent six weeks at the festival in United States Durham, NC, where he taught classes, and created Rachel Cohen and premiered a new work, An Unkindness of Ravens. Cadence Arts Network Inc. T. 310-838-0849 [email protected]

Photo by Grant Halverson © American Dance Festival.

2012 McKnight Choreography Fellow Ananya BJM gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of: Chatterjea spent a week in residence with her company Ananya Dance Theatre, at Tofte Lake Center (TLC) on beautiful Tofte Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. In TLC’s new dance rehearsal space, the company prepared for their performance of Neel: Blutopias of Radical Dreaming.

BJM recognizes the important contribution of the Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Foundation for their support in the development of new works. Ananya Dance Theatre. Photo © Srija Chatterjea Sen.

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18 19 GUEST SERVICES NORTHROP STAFF Ground Level East & West Coat Check Norsyazana Ab Jalil, Student Production Assistant Guest Services Provide: Tom Archibald, Event Manager »Listening devices »Coat check Nate Bahr, Special Projects Assistant Henry Bielenberg, Student Production Assistant »Large print programs »Lost and found services Kali Bruhnke, Ticket Office Assistant »Taxi calling service (If calling your own taxi, our address Justin Burke, Technical Director is 84 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455) Jack Caughey, Student Production Assistant Krissy Chepp, Senior Ticket Office Assistant Surdyk’s Café Mary Ellen Childs, Program Director, McKnight Artist Fellowships Surdyk’s Café is on the first floor, west side of Northrop. for Choreographers and Dancers Hours: 7:30 am – 7:00 pm, Monday–Friday and 10:00 am – Robb Clasen, House Manager Haley Cramer, External Relations Assistant 3:00 pm Saturday. Surdyk’s concessions (including wine Brooke Dillon, Communications Manager and beer) are located on the east and west sides of each Sally Dischinger, Operations Director level before and during performances happening on the Laura Durenberger-Grunow, Systems Configuration Assistant Carlson Family Stage. Welles Emerson, Annual Giving Officer Melanie Featherstone, Student Production Assistant Restrooms Dan Forke, Graphic Design Intern Restrooms are located on every level and side of the Ola Gbadebo, Ticket Office Assistant Alec George, Ticket Office Assistant building, including family restrooms (except on the Matt Greenfield, Assistant to Principal Specialist fourth floor, where there is a women’s restroom on the Ken Hahn, Systems Configuration Assistant east side, and a men’s restroom on the west side only). Leah Hart-Cadd, Grants & Sponsorships Specialist A GLOBAL SYMPHONY OF Cari Hatcher, Marketing & Publicity Director General Ticket Information Rahfat Hussain, Financial Analyst For any ticketing questions, visit U of M Tickets and Alex Johnson, Senior Ticket Office Assistant Events on the ground floor of west and east sides of the Brad Kern, Stage Manager & Audio Video Supervisor Grace Lansing, Student Supervisor building or visit northrop.umn.edu for the most current Candy Lord, Principal Specialist 445,000 ALUMNI listing of events. Joe Lunaburg, Ticket Office Assistant Molly Mattson, Ticket Office Assistant Replacing Lost Tickets Sammy Matuke, Senior Ticket Office Assistant For your convenience, U of M Tickets & Events keeps Mac Mischke, Ticket Office Assistant record of your purchase, should you lose or forget Mallory Mitchell, External Relations Assistant 52,381 your tickets. Maxwell Nelson, Student Production Assistant 182,624 Allana Olson, Stage Manager & Lighting Supervisor Accommodating Special Needs Alexander Pham, Marketing & Publicity Intern Members SUPPORT our work Bryanne Presley, Senior Ticket Office Assistant MAGAZINES per year share our alumni Northrop has accessible seating; please ask an usher to enrich the lives of alumni, Holly Radis-McCluskey, Director, U of M Tickets & Events accomplishments, student successes, for assistance. Elevators are located on both the east Michael Reedy, Student Production Assistant open doors for students, and and the University’s impact and west sides of the building. Accessibility services, Claire Richie, Ticket Office Assistant strengthen the U including parking information, are available upon request. Daniel Ringold, Graphic Designer Alexis Roy, Ticket Office Assistant If a guest wishes to transfer from their wheelchair to Eve Roycraft, Business Analyst David Russell, Audience Services Manager fixed seats, the wheelchair will be taken to the outer Megan Sangster, Event Coordinator lobby to comply with local fire code regulations. At Robin Sauerwein, Business Manager/Accountant the end of the performance an usher will return the Rob Schmidt, Stage Manager wheelchair to the guest. Adam Schrankler, Student Production Assistant Alex Smith, Ticket Office Assistant NEW GRADUATES CONNECTIONS in our Cameras and Cell Phones Julie Strothman, Event Manager annually are welcomed COLLEGIATE SOCIETY LinkedIn group spark Use of cameras and recording equipment are not Emma Strub, Student Engagement Intern career networking Nicole Stumpf, Marketing & Publicity Intern to the alumni family BOARDS keep alumni permitted in the theater. Please be considerate and Megan Sykora, Ticket Office Assistant connected with the U turn off your cell phones or other electronic devices Allyson Taubenheim, Student Engagement Coordinator during the performance. Abby Taylor, Student Engagement Intern Becky Taylor, Ticket Office Assistant Motorist Assistance Sarah Thompson, External Relations Director University of Minnesota provides free jump starts, Jake Torkelson, Student Production Assistant vehicle unlocking, and flat tire changes to vehicles in Christine Tschida, Director of Northrop University parking facilities Mon–Fri, 7:00 am–10:00 pm. Natalie Wilson, Program Associate MEMBERS MAKE IT HAPPEN Miranda Woehrle, Creative Director Call 612-626-PARK (7275) for assistance. Dan Wozney, Data Manager Melissa Wray, Assistant to the Director Campus Security Escort Chen (Ian) Ye, Assistant to Principal Specialist MinnesotaAlumni.org/join Trained security monitors are available 24/7 to walk or bike with anyone on campus. This free service is provided by the University of Minnesota Police Department. Please call 612-624-WALK (9255) or ask Find our social pages: MinnesotaAlumni.org/Social an usher to contact them for you. Tag us in your posts: @umnalumni Questions? If you have any questions or concerns, please ask an usher or anyone with a Northrop name tag.

20 UMAA_Ad_Northrop_Program_V2.indd 1 9/17/14 1:36 PM 21 THANK YOU FRIENDS OF NORTHROP Northrop would like to thank its Institutional Supporters. We would like to thank the following individuals whose generous support makes Northrop’s transformative cultural experiences possible. Make your mark on Northrop’s future by becoming a Friend today! $100,000+ Learn more about giving opportunities at northrop.umn.edu/support-northrop

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Northrop is always buzzing with both free and ticketed events. We invite you to explore this University of Minnesota East Bank gem! Visit our website for a full list of events.

THE HONG KONG BALLET Thu, Nov 6 & Fri, Nov 7

THE SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET Thu, Dec 4

DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM Tue, Feb 17

THE NILE PROJECT Tue, Feb 24

CCN DE CRÉTEIL ET VAL-DE-MARNE / COMPAGNIE KÄFIG Tue, Mar 10

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY Fri, Apr 10 & Sat, Apr 11

EIFMAN BALLET Tue, Apr 28 & Wed, Apr 29