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CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE ONSTAGE Thomas Ammerpohl Thomas Today’s performance is sponsored by

Blake and Linda Gall

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Nancy VanLandingham, chair Bonnie Marshall Lam Hood, vice chair Pieter Ouwehand Melinda Stearns William Asbury Lillian Upcraft Lynn Sidehamer Brown Pat Williams Philip Burlingame Nina Woskob Deb Latta Eileen Leibowitz student representative Ellie Lewis Stephanie Corcino Christine Lichtig Jesse Scott Mary Ellen Litzinger CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE presents

Architecture in Motion™ Artistic Director Jacques Heim Executive Director Jennifer Cheng Director of Production/ The Company Director of Development Stage Manager Ana Carolina Brotons and Finance Renée Larsen Engmyr Cal T. Chester Matt Wells Leandro Damasco Jr. Institute Co-Directors Technical Director Ezra Masse-Mahar Jones Welsh Jonathan Meyer Chelsea Pierce Chisa Yamaguchi Lighting Director Jessie Ryan Luc Hediger Connor Senning Rehearsal Director Amy Tuley Shauna Martinez Transportation/ Rico Velazquez Technical Assistant Chisa Yamaguchi Choreographer Matt Christensen Leandro Damasco Jr. Set Engineering Director of Operations Production Assistant and Construction Ilona Piotrowska Ezra Masse-Mahar Mike McCluskey Costume Coordinator and Tina Trefethen Video Archivist Amy Tuley McCluskey, Ltd. Leandro Damasco Jr.

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7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Eisenhower Auditorium This performance includes one intermission.

sponsors Blake and Linda Gall

The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

For the safety of the artists and for the comfort of the audience, cameras and other recording devices are not permitted in the theatre during the performance. PROGRAM Fluid Infinities (2013) Fluid Infinities is the final installment in L’Espace du Temps, a trilogy that was commissioned from the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and co-commissioned by the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. This installment is set on an abstract dome structure sitting on a reflection of itself. The performers explore metaphors of infinite space, continuous movement, and our voyage into the unknown future. The dome’s organic patterns evoke the craters of the moon, a honeycomb of bees, a shifting brain, or an undiscovered starship. As the trilogy concludes, Fluid Infinities investigates the persistence of life through struggle and the promise of life to change beyond the space of time. “Fluid Infinities” Music: Symphony No. 3 by Philip Glass © 1995 Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc. Used by Permission. Original Collaborators: Dusty Alvarado, Leandro Damasco Jr., Alicia Garrity, Brandon Grimm, Shauna Martinez, Ezra Masse-Mahar, Chelsea Pierce, Amy Tuley, Chisa Yamaguchi, Garrett Wolf Concept and Directed by: Jacques Heim Choreographed by: The company Musical Director and Dramaturg: Bruno Louchouarn Associate Choreographer: Monica Campbell Production Design: Adam Davis Artistic Consultant: Michael Curry Project Manager: Renée Larsen Engmyr Dome: Original Design Concept: Tina Trefethen Structural Design/Construction: TFX trans fx, Mike McCluskey, Tina Trefethen Lighting/Electrics Design and Fabrication: Mike McCluskey Paint and Finish: McCluskey, Ltd.

Tube: Design/Construction: Tina Trefethen, Mike McCluskey Deck and Support Equipment: Structural Design/Construction Tina Trefethen, Mike McCluskey Lighting Design: John E. D. Bass Associate Lighting Designer: Nicholas Davidson Costume Concept and Design: Brandon Grimm Costume Construction and Fabrication: Kelly Maglia Soft Sculpture Fabrication: Hilary Sepp Production Assistant: Elizabeth Van Vleck Assistant Choreographer: Briana Bowie Fluid Infinities was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association; co-commissioned by Movimentos 2014, University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, and Syracuse University. Diavolo extends special thanks to Jordan Piemer, Thor Steingraber, Jay Quantrill, Victoria Looseleaf, Melinda Ritchie, and Chad Michael Hall. Support for Fluid Infinities was provided, in part, by the Cheng Family Foundation, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Fluid Infinities premiered in 2013 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

INTERMISSION

Transit Space (2012) Transit Space explores themes of feeling lost, finding a sense of purpose, and com- ing together. Influenced by the documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, Transit Space uses skateboard ramps as set pieces to represent an urban environment with ever-shifting physical and emotional spaces. Original Collaborators: Brandon Grimm, Jennifer Huffman, Shauna Martinez, Ashley Nilson, Omar Olivas, Crystal Runk, Anibal Sandoval, Ben Sayles, Chisa Yamaguchi Original Concept and Directed by: Jacques Heim Writer: Steve Connell Composer/Sound Designer: Paul James Prendergast Set Design Ramps: Sibyl Wickersheimer Set Design Bridges: Tina Trefethen Set Concept, Engineering, and Construction: Mike McCluskey, McCluskey, Ltd., and Tina Trefethen Lighting Design: John E. D. Bass Physical Interactive Designers: David Beaudry and Valeria Beaudry Voice Artists: Sekou Andrews, Alix Angelis, Vincent Cardinale, Jennifer Christopher, Steve Connell, Mayda del Valle, Lauren Dragan, Justin Huen, Adam Jennings, Tracy Lockwood, Shauna Martinez, Thea Monyee, Omar Olivas, Johannes Williams, Chisa Yamaguchi Skateboarding Consultants: Jesse Martinez and Nathan Pratt of Dogtown and Z-Boys Skateboarding Advisors: Angel Aparicio, Seth Milner, Garrett Surjue Rehearsal Stage Manager: Elizabeth Van Vleck A very special thank you to Corey Madden, Amy Dupain Vashaw, Elisha Clark Halpin, Peter Aeschbacher, Marcus Shaffer, Khanjan Mehta, and Mark Baker. Transit Space was commissioned by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State and co-commissioned by Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, Los Angeles. Transit Space premiered in 2012 at Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium.

All choreography is by the company, under the direction of Jacques Heim. DIO AV LO Architecture in Motion

Diavolo performs a distinct style of architecture in motion that uses abstract and recognized structures to explore the relationship between the danger of our environment and the fragility of the human body.

Diavolo is a fusion of many different movement vocabularies, such as everyday movement, ballet, contemporary, acrobatics, gymnastics, martial arts, and hip-hop. What Diavolo does on stage is like a live abstract painting. There is no narrative, but strong themes pervade the work, such as human struggle, fear, danger, survival, chaos, order, deconstruction, reconstruction, destiny, destination, faith, and love.

Founded in 1992 by Jacques Heim, Diavolo has an extensive performance history throughout the United States and countries within Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In more than sixteen seasons of touring, Diavolo has performed for hundreds of thousands of concertgoers worldwide, as well as millions more on television.

During the past twenty years, Diavolo has created dozens of dance works, form- ing one of the dance field’s most compelling repertoires, from seminal pieces like Trajectoire (1999–2001) to new works like Cubicle (2014–2015).

The Los Angeles Philharmonic commissioned Diavolo to create L’Espace du Temps, a trilogy of new dance works, each of which premiered live with the orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl: Foreign Bodies (2007), Fearful Symmetries (2010), and Fluid Infinities(2013). The entire trilogy received its premiere as a single concert program at the 2014 Movimentos Festival in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Inspired by the movement of skateboarding, Transit Space (2012) was the first dance work ever created in residency at Glorya Kaufman presents Dance at The Music Center, Los Angeles. Transit Space received its world premiere at Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium as the culminating event of Diavolo’s participation in the national Creative Campus initiative.

Education and outreach are crucial to Diavolo’s mission. The company brings dance to tens of thousands of community members annually through young people’s concerts, in-school assemblies, intensive trainings, master classes, and residen- cies. Diavolo regularly conducts extensive community engagement workshops in schools, hospitals, and juvenile detention centers. In Los Angeles, the Diavolo Institute offers dance education and outreach programs that increase active arts participation and community engagement for youth and families.

Diavolo has an original online series about the company’s life, both on stage and off stage, available to watch for free at diavolo.org. For regular updates, join the email list, like Diavolo on Facebook, and follow @Diavolo_LA on Twitter and Instagram. reographed KÀ at the MGM Grand, BIOGRAPHIES Las Vegas. He’s worked as consulting choreographer on Ice Age Live!, an arena show that had its world premiere at London’s Wembley Stadium. He was invited to be a creative direc-

Mara Zaslove Mara tor for the opening ceremony of The 16th Asian Games, in Guangzhou, China. In 2005, Heim was the artistic director for the Taurus Stunt Awards and returned in 2007 to stage a movement/stunt piece, The Car. With Center Theater Group, Heim created choreography for The Stones, directed by Corey Madden. On television, his work has appeared on BBC America’s Dancing with the Stars and Bravo’s Step Up and Dance.

Heim taught movement and dance for many years at Cal State LA and UCLA. In addition to three United States Artists Fellowship nomina- JACQUES HEIM (artistic director) tions and four Alpert Award nomina- has been a transformative choreog- tions, he has received the Martha rapher for more than twenty years. Hill Choreography Award of the He founded Diavolo in 1992 and has American Dance Festival, the Special directed the company’s distinct style Prize of the Jury at the Saitama of architecture in motion ever since. International Dance Festival, a Brody Arts Fund fellowship, and a James Heim was born and raised in Paris. Irvine Foundation Fellowship. His earliest experiences with performance came from street performing. SHAUNA MARTINEZ (rehearsal He attended Middlebury College director) grew up in Derby, Kansas, (B.F.A. in theatre, dance, and film), where she trained in dance and the University of Surrey in England gymnastics. She was a collegiate (certificate in analysis and criticism cheerleading All-American and an of dance), and the California Institute award-winning instructor for the for the Arts (M.F.A. in choreography). National Cheerleaders Association. She earned a B.F.A. in dance from In addition to his work with Diavolo, Wichita State University. Martinez’s Heim has worked extensively for choreography was chosen to con- other companies in dance, theatre, clude the gala performances at the television, and special events world- American College Dance Festival. wide. For Cirque du Soleil, he cho- She is accomplished in ballet, modern, jazz, mime, and hip-hop. Damasco performs as a soloist and Dance credits include dre.dance, has launched his own company, Joe Torry, Sinbad, and setting work Project Engine, named for the nick- at the University of Georgia, Brenau name given to him by Diavolo’s University, Cal State LA, and Wichita Jacques Heim. State University. She has been with Diavolo for five seasons. CAL T. CHESTER (performer) is originally from Albuquerque, New ANA CAROLINA BROTONS Mexico, but grew up in Arkansas. (performer) was born in Miami and He earned a B.F.A. in dance at the started dancing at the age of 33. University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Brotons’ training is in cheerleading He toured internationally as a dancer with TopGun All-Stars, ballet, mod- and aerial performer with Royal ern, jazz, tap, hip-hop, and salsa with Caribbean Cruise Lines. Chester per- New Image Dance Company. She formed in and choreographed for the earned a B.F.A. from the University American College Dance Festival and of the Arts in modern dance perfor- Regional Dance America. After being mance. Brotons has performed in captivated by the work of Diavolo for music videos, as well as two national many years, he is overjoyed to live tours with the show SuperWHY Live. his dream to be part of the touring Through Diavolo, she continues to company. expand her horizons as a dancer, performer, and artist. EZRA MASSE-MAHAR (performer) has trained in acrobatics LEANDRO DAMASCO JR. and ballet at Merritt Dance Center. (performer/choreographer) started He was a competitive diver for many his professional career with Nicholas years. He went to the University of Leichter at the Joyce Theater in Buffalo to study tap, jazz, ballet, and New York City. He has performed modern dance. With Diavolo, he has Leichter’s Killa solo at Sacramento discovered his love of the interac- State. Other dance credits include tion of movement and architectural Randee Pauvfe’s Misgivings. Training structures. includes an apprenticeship with Joe Goode Performance Group; the CHELSEA PIERCE (performer) American College Dance Festival is from Texas. She earned a B.F.A (chosen by Jean Freebury to per- in dance performance from the form Merce Cunningham’s Inlets University of Texas, Austin. She has 2). He earned a B.A. in dance from been seen on the hit reality series Sacramento State with instructors A Chance to Dance and has recently Lorelei Bayne, Melissa Wynn, Lisa performed Ohad Naharin’s Minus Ross, Nolan T’sani, and Deborah Froh 16, as well as William Forsythe’s In Miller. Teaching credits include CSU the Middle and Somewhat Elevated. Sacramento (adjunct faculty), Marin Pierce has also worked with chore- Academy, and ACDFA conferences. ographers Alex Ketley and Charlotte In addition to his work with Diavolo, Boye-Christensen. Additional dance Thomas Ammerpohl Thomas

A scene from Fluid Infinities credits include the Tanzsommer sum- Multiplex Dance. Teaching experi- mer dance tour. She has an incredible ence includes the Diavolo Institute love for teaching and inspiring young and Broadway Dance Center in New artists. York City. Her original work has been seen in HATCH Performance JESSIE RYAN (performer) started Series and at the Laguna Dance dancing and tumbling at a young Festival. Ryan also creates dance age in her hometown of Denville, films, including documentary shorts New Jersey. She earned a B.F.A. with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, in dance from Adelphi University Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and the and an M.F.A. in dance from the Diavolo Institute. University of California, Irvine. Her past company work includes tour- CONNOR SENNING (performer) ing with LM Project and founding is from Midlothian, Virginia. He has member and rehearsal director of a B.F.A. in modern dance from the University of the Arts with instruc- Omar and Jennifer Olivas, Dianna tion from Donna Faye Burchfield. Andrews, Dustin Crumbaugh, and Senning received the Presidential Calvin Jarrell. Featured in concert Talent Scholarship recogniz- at American College Dance Festival ing him for Excellence in Modern Association’s regional conference. Performance. He earned a diploma Training includes modern, ballet, jazz, from the University of North Carolina salsa, and gymnastics. School of the Arts. Dance credits include Brian Sanders’ JUNK; Oliver!; CHISA YAMAGUCHI (performer/ a Cunningham Residency with institute co-director) was born and Rashaun Mitchell; studies in Forsythe raised in the San Francisco Bay area. Technologies at the Konservatorium She earned a B.A. in world arts and Wien in Vienna and Centre National cultures and Asian American Studies de la Danse in Paris. He thanks his with training from Maria Gillespie, loving family for always stand- Shel Wagner, Tamra-Henna, Nyoman ing behind him in every part of his Cerita, and Germaine Acony. When journey. not working with Diavolo, Yamaguchi teaches recreational gymnastics and AMY TULEY (performer) is from dances professionally as an Egyptian Cleburne, Texas. She has a B.F.A from belly dancer. She also travels the the University of North Texas. Her world as an international volunteer background is tumbling, competitive in New Zealand, Fiji, Costa Rica, cheerleading, and jazz and modern Guatemala, Egypt, and Portugal. She dance. She was a member of the has performed in Diavolo’s education North Texas Dancers for three years. programs since 2007 and joined the She has attended numerous dance touring company in 2009. intensives and has shown original work at the American College Dance RENÉE LARSEN ENGMYR Festival. She most recently co-cho- (director of production) has been reographed Nick Cave’s collaborative director of production since 2009. performance art project Heard. Prior to that, she performed in the Diavolo touring company for six RICO VELAZQUEZ (performer)was seasons. Originally from the San born and raised in Chicago. Although Francisco Bay area, Engmyr’s train- he was involved in football, wrestling, ing includes jazz, ballet, tap, modern, and track and field, he developed gymnastics, and Tae Kwon Do. She a taste for performance art while earned a B.A. in dance and psychol- showing off his talents on the dance ogy from the University of California, floor at weddings and birthday par- Irvine. She was a founder member ties. He earned a B.S. from Southern of Eveoke Dance Theatre in San Illinois University at Edwardsville Diego. She spent four years perform- with instruction from Kristin Best ing with Eveoke and working as the Kinscherff. At SIUE, Velazquez company’s rehearsal assistant. She performed works by Jon Lehrer, teaches fitness and Pilates classes in Michael Mizerany, Paula David, Los Angeles. Julie shelton

A scene from Transit Space

JONATHAN MEYER (technical He earned a B.F.A. in theatre at director) has been involved with Loyola Marymount University in Los the arts his entire life. He began as Angeles. Hediger’s university light- a woodworker at age 14. He has ing design credits include Putting it worked as a rigger; fly rail opera- Together, Chekhov Shorts, Twelfth tor, and lighting director on concert Night, Rent, Spring Awakening, dance shows, touring Broadway Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, shows, and more at the Walton Arts American Buffalo, A Midsummer Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Night’s Dream, and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot. Los LUC HEDIGER (lighting director) Angeles theatre credits include Long has lived in more than ten countries, Beach Playhouse and South Coast including Switzerland and Austria. Repertory. luchediger.com

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