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2014 // 15 SEASON

Northrop Presents THEATRE OF Tue, Feb 17, 7:30 pm Carlson Family Stage

The Lark Ascending In the Mirror of Her Mind Agon Return

Dance Theatre of Harlem in In the Mirror of Her Mind. Photo © Renata Pavam. Dear Northrop Dance Lovers, Northrop at the University of Minnesota Presents We’re excited to welcome the to the Northrop stage tonight. This legendary company began as an artistic means to turn despair into hope following the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In 1969, , the first African American dancer to become a principal dancer with the City Ballet, founded a dance school and a performing company to bring new opportunities to the young people growing up in the same neighborhood he grew up in: Harlem. He believed in the power of classical dance to bring discipline and focus to a challenged community. Since that beginning nearly a half- century ago—despite a decade-long hiatus—Dance Theatre of Harlem has inspired countless young people in , across the country, and around the world.

Christine Tschida. Photo by Patrick O'Leary, Presiding over the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s rebirth is Founders University of Minnesota. Artistic Director Virginia Johnson, a former principal dancer and one of the founding members of the company. She has Arthur MitchelL Karel Shook assembled 18 racially diverse dance artists who perform an eclectic and demanding repertoire at the highest level, ranging from new and classical to neoclassical and contemporary. The pieces they are Artistic Director sharing with us tonight demonstrate that range. VIRGINIA JOHNSON

The program opens with a treasured work by , The Lark Ascending, danced to a soaring score by Ralph Vaughn Williams. We turn to reflection with In the Mirror of Her Mind, choreographed by Christopher Ballet Master Ballet Mistress General Manager Huggins to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS. The work features a lone woman looking back on her Keith Saunders Kellye A. Saunders Elizabeth England life’s loves and losses.

Agon is a piece rich with history for Dance Theatre of Harlem because Arthur Mitchell himself danced the main pas de deux at the ballet’s premiere in 1957. A ground-breaking collaboration between two Dance Artists monumental 20th century artists—choreographer and composer Igor Stravinsky—Agon is universally regarded as a masterwork that redefined ballet in its time. Lindsey Croop Chyrstyn Fentroy Jenelle Figgins Emiko Flanagan

Our finale is Return, choreographed by , set to an infectious mix tape of Aretha Franklin Ashley Jackson Nayara Lopes Ashley Murphy and James Brown. It’s a celebratory piece, created for the company’s 30th anniversary. The choreographer called it “post-modern urban neoclassicism,” while the New York Times called it “…a witty fusion of ballet Ingrid Silva Alison Stroming Stephanie Rae Williams technique and street gait.” Da’Von Doane Keenan English Francis Lawrence We’re pleased you could be here with us this evening, with this historic company demonstrating their own rebirth in our own beautifully revitalized historic theater. Dylan Santos Anthony SavoY Jorge Andrés Villarini Samuel Wilson Sincerely,

Artistic Director Emeritus Arthur Mitchell Christine Tschida Director of Northrop

NEXT UP AT NORTHROP: THE NILE PROJECT, a collective of young master musicians demonstrating the This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota rich diversity of musical styles and rhythms from the Nile River Basin, Tuesday, February 24 at 7:00 pm. 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. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works.

2 3 THE LARK ASCENDING IN THE MIRROR OF HER MIND

Choreography by Alvin Ailey by Christopher Huggins Staging by Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish Music by Henryk Górecki Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams Costumes by Natasha Guruleva Costumes by Bea Feitler Lighting by Peter D. Leonard Lighting by Chenault Spence Assistant to the Choreographer, Levi Marsman

CHYRSTYN FENTROY FREDRICK DAVIS ASHLEY MURPHY

JENELLE FIGGINS SAMUEL WILSON DA’ VON DOANE SAMUEL WILSON ANTHONY SAVOY

Emiko Flanagan Nayara Lopes Ingrid Silva Lindsey Croop Anthony Savoy Dylan Santos Keenan English Francis Lawrence Music: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, 2nd movement, Lento e largo—Tranquillissimo

To Vaughan Williams, with his intense love of the English countryside that he knew in his youth, the lark In this powerful work, one woman reflects on the loves and losses of her lifetime represented by three represented the heart's rapture and the soul's aspiration. A miniature violin concerto in all but name, the different men. In the Mirror of Her Mind was created by Christopher Huggins, former member of Alvin composer called it a "Romance" when he completed it in 1920, after beginning it before war broke out in Ailey American Dance Theater, to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS with generous support provided by 1914. The violin rises and soars aloft above a delicate orchestral accompaniment, followed by a short folk Chris Fraley & Victor Self and the Fund in the Sun Foundation. song-like middle section, and then the soloist again takes wing. Some lines from a poem by George Meredith are inscribed on the score and aptly define the music's rhapsodic character: INTERMISSION

Singing till his heaven fills Tis love of earth that he instils And ever winging up and up Our valley is his golden cup And he the wine which overflows To lift us with him as he goes.

(from “Poems and Lyrics of the Joys of Earth” – Noel Goodwin)

The restaging and performance of The Lark Ascending has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius. Special Thanks to the Alvin Ailey Theater Foundation for the permission to perform this piece.

PAUSE

Stephanie Williams and Anthony Savoy in Return. Photo © Matthew Murphy. 4 5 AGON RETURN

Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Choreography by Robert Garland Music by Igor Stravinsky Music by James Brown, Alfred Ellis, Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin Staging for DTH by Richard Tanner Costume Design and Execution by Pamela Allen-Cummings Lighting by Peter D. Leonard Lighting by Roma Flowers

EMIKO FLANAGAN FREDRICK DAVIS “Mother Popcorn” ASHLEY MURPHY DA'VON DOANE CHYRSTYN FENTROY Nayara Lopes Alison Stroming Chyrstyn Fentroy Lindsey Croop Ashley Jackson JENELLE FIGGINS NAYARA LOPES FRANCIS LAWRENCE ANTHONY SAVOY DA’VON DOANE Ingrid Silva Alison Stroming Ashley Jackson Lindsey Croop Keenan English Dylan Santos Francis Lawrence Jorge Andrés Villarini Fredrick Davis

Pas de Quatre: Four Men “Baby, Baby, Baby” Double Pas de Quatre: Eight Women Triple Pas de Quatre: Eight Women, Four Men LINDSEY CROOP FREDRICK DAVIS Chyrstyn Fentroy Francis Lawrence Alison Stroming Dylan Santos

First Pas de Trois Sarabande: DA'VON DOANE “I Got The Feelin’” Gaillard: NAYARA LOPES and JENELLE FIGGINS DYLAN SANTOS ASHLEY MURPHY JORGE ANDRÉS VILLARINI Coda: NAYARA LOPES, DA'VON DOANE and JENELLE FIGGINS Ashley Jackson Keenan English Nayara Lopes

Second Pas de Trois Bransle Simple: FRANCIS LAWRENCE and ANTHONY SAVOY “Call Me” Bransle Gay: CHYRSTYN FENTROY CHYRSTYN FENTROY FRANCIS LAWRENCE Bransle Double: FRANCIS LAWRENCE, CHYRSTYN FENTROY and ANTHONY SAVOY The Company

Pas de Deux EMIKO FLANAGAN and FREDRICK DAVIS “Superbad” DA’VON DOANE The Company A ground-breaking 1957 collaboration between two monumental 20th century artists, choreographer George Balanchine and composer Igor Stravinsky, Agon is universally regarded as a masterwork that Return was choreographed for Dance Theatre of Harlem's 30th anniversary. Choreographer Robert Garland redefined ballet in its time. In Agon (ancient Greek for contest), 12 dancers perform a series of solos, duets, calls the ballet's style "post-modern urban neoclassicism—an attempt to fuse an urban physical sensibility trios, and quartets. DTH Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus Arthur Mitchell danced the central pas de and a neoclassical one." Staged for 12 dancers to songs performed by James Brown and Aretha Franklin, deux in Agon at the ballet’s premiere. Return is "...a witty fusion of ballet technique and street gait whose irony toward rhythm-and-blues had the audience in stitches." (The New York Times) The Agon variations were all modeled after examples in a French dance manual of the mid-seventeenth century. Agon is not a mythical subject piece to complete a trilogy with and Orpheus. In fact, it has “Mother Popcorn” and “Superbad” performed by James Brown no musical or choreographic subject beyond the new interpretation of the venerable that are its Courtesy of Dynatone Publishing Company pretext. It was even conceived without provision for scenery, and was independent, at least in Stravinsky’s By arrangement with Warner Special Products mind of décor, period, and style. “Baby, Baby, Baby” and “Call Me” performed by Aretha Franklin Courtesy of Pronto Music and Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc. The performance of Agon, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced By arrangement with Warner Special Products in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust. “I Got the Feelin’” performed by James Brown INTERMISSION By arrangement with Fort Knox Music, Inc. Return was commissioned by Arthur Mitchell and Dance Theatre of Harlem.

6 7 DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR VIRGINIA JOHNSON

Dance Theatre of Harlem is a leading dance insti- Now 45 years old, Dance Theatre of Harlem remains A founding member of Dance Theatre of Harlem, tution of unparalleled global acclaim that uses the committed to the excellence that has sustained it Virginia Johnson was one of its principal ballerinas art form of classical ballet to change people’s lives. over the years. At the same time, it is dedicated to over a career that spanned nearly 30 years. After reaching new audiences with a powerful message retiring in 1997, Johnson went on to found Pointe Dance Theatre of Harlem was founded in 1969 by of self-reliance, artistic relevance, and individual Magazine and was editor-in chief for 10 years. Arthur Mitchell and the late Karel Shook. Mitchell, responsibility, all hallmarks of an organization the first African American dancer to become a that has played a key role in the national cultural A native of Washington, D.C., Johnson began her principal dancer with a major U. S. dialogue. training with Therrell Smith. She studied with () turned his despair at the Mary Day at the Washington School of Ballet and assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. into Three years after its relaunch, the Dance Theatre graduated from the Academy of the Washington hope by establishing a school and later a company of Harlem Company has toured across the U. S. School of Ballet and went on to be a University to bring new opportunities to the lives of the and internationally, taking its legacy of thrilling Scholar in the School of the Arts at New York young people in the Harlem neighborhood in performances, artistic innovation, and inspiration University before joining Dance Theatre of Harlem. which he grew up. He believed in the power of to audiences wherever the company performs. In training in a classical art form to bring discipline and addition, the company offers extensive community Virginia Johnson is universally recognized as one focus to a challenged community. Dance Theatre engagement and arts exposure opportunities as of the great ballerinas of her generation and is of Harlem’s unprecedented success is built on part of the organization’s mission to transform perhaps best known for her performances in the creating innovative and bold new forms of artistic lives through the art form of ballet. , A Streetcar Named Desire, and Fall expression. Through varied artistic interactions, River Legend. She has received such honors as a Dance Theatre of Harlem has inspired countless Young Achiever Award from the National Council people in New York City, across the country, and of Women; Outstanding Young Woman of America around the world. and the Dance Magazine Award; a Pen and Brush Achievement Award; the Washington Performing Arts Society’s 2008-09 Pola Nirenska Lifetime Achievement Award; and the 2009 Martha Hill Fund Mid-Career Award.

Chyrstyn Fentroy and Fredrick Davis in The Lark Ascending. Photo © Amitava Sarkar. 8 9 ARTISTIC TEAM

ARTHUR MITCHELL KEITH SAUNDERS KELLYE A. SAUNDERS ROBERT GARLAND Co-founder and Artistic Ballet Master Ballet Mistress Resident Choreographer Director Emeritus Keith Saunders, a native of Kellye Saunders began her Robert Garland was a member Arthur Mitchell is known Baltimore, Maryland, began dance training at the Jones- of the Dance Theatre of around the world for creating dancing in 1971 while a student Haywood School of Ballet Harlem Company from 1984 and sustaining the Dance at Harvard University. He in Washington, D.C. and through 1997, achieving the Theatre of Harlem, the inter- began his ballet training in continued at Le Centre de rank of principal dancer. nationally acclaimed ballet 1973 at the National Center Danse International in Cannes, After creating a work for the company he co-founded with for Afro-American Artists in France under the tutelage DTH School Ensemble, Arthur Karel Shook in 1969. Following Dorchester, Massachusetts. of Rosella Hightower. As a Mitchell invited Garland to a brilliant career as a principal artist with the New Saunders joined Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1975 dancer at Dance Theatre of Harlem, where she create a work for The Dance Theatre of Harlem York City Ballet, Mitchell dedicated his life to and continued his development under the tutelage spent most of her career, Saunders was a principal Company and appointed him the organization’s changing perceptions and advancing the art form of Arthur Mitchell, Karel Shook, and William dancing leading roles in Firebird, , A first resident choreographer in 1997. of ballet through the first permanently established Griffith. He became a principal dancer with DTH Song for Dead Warriors, Apollo, Serenade, Adrian African American and racially diverse ballet and performed a wide range of roles throughout (Angel on Earth), , The In addition to choreographing several ballets for company. the company’s repertoire for more than 17 years. Moor’s Pavane, Allegro Brillante, and . DTH, Garland has also created works for New He also danced with France's Ballet du Nord (1986) Saunders has also appeared on Broadway in The York City Ballet, , Oakland Ballet, Born in New York City in 1934, Mitchell began his and BalletMet of Columbus, Ohio (1987-1989). Red Shoes and Porgy and Bess and as a guest artist and many others. Garland is also a senior faculty dance training at New York City's High School of in the role of The Striptease Girl in Slaughter on member of the DTH school, webmaster for the the Performing Arts, where he won the coveted As a guest artist, Saunders appeared with Boston Tenth Avenue with New York City Ballet. After organization, and a primary instructor for the annual dance award and subsequently a full Repertory Ballet, Maryland Ballet, Eglevsky Ballet, leaving DTH, Saunders was a principal dancer with Kennedy Center–Dance Theatre of Harlem scholarship to the School of . In Ballethnic Dance Company, and the David Parsons Ballet NY and Collage Dance Collective. Other Residency Program in Washington, D.C. His 1955, he became the first African American to Company, among others. He has been a faculty guest appearances include performances with The commercial work has included music videos, become a permanent member of a major ballet member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem School, Washington Ballet, Maryland Ballet, Ballethnic commercials, and short films, including the children’s company when he joined New York City Ballet. the BalletMet Dance Academy (where he also Dance Company, Gala of International Ballet Stars, television show Sesame Street, a Nike commercial Mitchell rose quickly to the rank of Principal served as Education Director), the New Ballet Configurations Dance Company, The Flint Institute featuring New York Yankee Derek Jeter, the NAACP Dancer during his fifteen-year career with New School (now Ballet Tech), and the 92nd Street Y. of Music, Complexions , and Image Awards, a short film for designer Donna York City Ballet and electrified audiences with In 2003, Saunders was Guest Artist-in-Residence The Metropolitan Opera. Saunders has had Karan, and the “Charmin Cha-Cha” for Proctor his performances in a broad spectrum of roles. in the Dance Department at the University of extensive experience teaching and coaching and Gamble. Upon learning of the death of Reverend Dr. Martin Wyoming, and he taught and choreographed at dancers at both conservatory and professional Luther King, Jr. and with financial assistance from their Snowy Range Dance Festival from 2003–08. levels. From 2010-13, Saunders served as the Mrs. Alva B. Gimbel, the Ford Foundation, and project coordinator for Harlem Dance Works 2.0, his own savings, Mitchell founded Dance Theatre Saunders was appointed Dance Theatre of Harlem's an innovative choreographic laboratory created of Harlem with his mentor and ballet instructor assistant ballet master in 1994 and ballet master to produce new repertoire for the Dance Theatre Karel Shook. in 1996. From 2004-10, Saunders was Director of of Harlem Company. She is pursuing her under- Dancing Through Barriers®, Dance Theatre of graduate degree through the LEAP Program. With an illustrious career that has spanned over Harlem's international education and outreach fifty years, Mitchell is the recipient of the Kennedy initiative, in addition to directing the DTH Ensemble. Center Honors, a National Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the New York Living Landmark Award, the Handel Medallion, the NAACP Image Award, and more than a dozen honorary degrees.

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Lindsey Croop Da’Von Doane Keenan English Jenelle Figgins Midland, Texas Salisbury, Maryland Randallstown, Maryland Washington, D.C. Lindsey Croop began her formal Da’ Von Doane began his Keenan English began his Jenelle Figgins began her ballet training at Coleman training at the Salisbury Studio formal ballet training at the training at the historic Jones- Academy under the direction of Dance (now Salisbury age of 12 with the Baltimore Haywood School of Ballet of Susan Clark and Judy Dance Academy) where he County Youth Ballet. From and School Coleman. She continued her trained with Betty Webster, there, he went on to attend of the Arts. While training, studies during summer inten- Tatiana Akinfieva-Smith, and the Baltimore School for The she received scholarships sives with Milwaukee Ballet, Elena Manakhova. As a Arts. Upon return for his senior to attend Dance Theatre of , Orlando Ballet, , and member of the school’s regional dance company, year at the School For The Arts, he was invited to Harlem’s Kennedy Center Residency and Summer The Ailey School. Following high school, Croop the Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre, he performed join the Trainee program at School, Intensive. Figgins went on to attend SUNY Purchase attended Butler University, where she received various roles in annual productions of The where he studied for a year under the Pao Scholar- New York on partial scholarship and in 2011 received dual degrees in dance arts administration and Nutcracker, Coppélia, Scheherazade, and the ship. While there, English had the opportunity to her B.F.A. with honors in dance. There she danced strategic communications. Croop began her Polovtsian Dances, among others. Doane has perform with Boston Ballet in Romeo and Juliet, in works by George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, and professional career with Nashville Ballet's second attended summer intensives at the Kirov Academy Don Quixote, , and the Annual Gala. Twyla Tharp. Following her graduation she accepted company, performing under the direction of Paul of Ballet (Washington, D.C.) and the Atlantic In the summer of 2012, English attended the a full scholarship to attend Springboard Danse Vasterling in full-length ballets that included The Contemporary Ballet Theatre. At age 15, he returned summer course at The School of American Ballet. Montreal under the tutelage of Alexandre Wells Nutcracker, Giselle, and Swan Lake. Prior to joining to ACBT as a full-time academic student and Later that fall he enrolled as a full time student and Emily Molnar. She has danced professionally the DTH Company, she trained and performed trained there for four years. Doane moved to New on the Carolyn Wright-Lewis Scholarship. During with Hinton Battle, Sidra Bell Dance New York, with the Professional Training Program at DTH. York and joined the Dance Theatre of Harlem his two years at SAB he performed in Balanchine's Mettin Movement, Collage Dance Collective, and Ensemble, performing in venues across the country Serenade, Coppelia, and Western Symphony. English Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal. She is a Fredrick Davis including Jacob’s Pillow. Doane has appeared with attended summer courses at , 2014 Princess Grace Awards Winner. Brooklyn, New York Ballet Noir at East River Park as part of Summer- , Boston Ballet, and the Born in New York City, Fredrick Stage, in the 200th Anniversary Chopin School of American Ballet. Davis moved to Chattanooga, Celebration and the 2010 World Dance Gala Tennessee and started his in Kielce, Poland. As a guest artist, Doane has Chyrstyn Fentroy training at the age of 11 with a performed with the Classical Contemporary Ballet Los Angeles, California full scholarship for Ballet Theatre and with choreographer Ja' Malik in E-moves Chyrstyn Mariah Fentroy was Tennessee. In 2004, he gradu- Emerging Choreographers Showcase. With Dance born and raised in Los Angeles, ated from the Chattanooga Theatre of Harlem, Doane has danced leading roles California, where she trained High School Center for Creative Arts and moved in Glinka Pas de Trois, In the Mirror of Her Mind, with her mother Ruth Fentroy back to New York City to continue his training at New Bach, Return, Fete Noir, South African Suite, until the age of 17. She then the School. After completing three Concerto In F, and Contested Space. moved to New York City after years with Joffrey, he received full summer intensive being offered a scholarship to scholarships at American Ballet Theatre, Boston the Joffrey Ballet School trainee program. During Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Ballet her first year there, she was asked to join the Joffrey Academy East, Magnus Midwest Dance, and Ballet Ballet School Performance Company in which Tennessee. Davis then joined the Roxey Ballet she danced several principal roles in works such Company, dancing in such works as Othello, Carmen, as Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations and Davis Diana and Actaeon, and Sleeping Beauty. Soon Robertson’s UnEquilibrium. Fentroy competed in after finishing his season with Roxey, Davis the Youth America Grand Prix finals in New York in joined the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble. 2010 and 2011 and was selected for the re-launch He has also worked as a freelancer with Ballet of the DTH company in 2012. A budding choreog- Fantastique, Benjamin Briones Ballet, Staten rapher, she was asked to compete in the Beijing Island Ballet, and Ajkun Ballet Theatre. Davis has International Ballet and Choreography Competition participated in The Kennedy Center Honors, the as well as other contemporary choreography Donald McKayle Tribute performance in Irvine, competitions. California, and the Paramount Theatre Gala in Seattle, Washington.

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Emiko Flanagan Ashley Jackson, Francis Lawrence Germany, Italy, and Greece. Murphy has also taught Westlake Village, High Point, North Carolina Melbourne, Australia for the DTH Kennedy Center Residency. She has California Ashley Jackson graduated with Francis Lawrence studied at also appeared at the , on BET’s 106 & Emiko Flanagan received honors from the North School Park, the game show Jeopardy, and represented the her early dance training at Carolina School of the Arts and graduated with a diploma U.S. in a cultural exchange program in Kingston, California Dance Theatre and while also training at Susan’s in dance. While still a student, Jamaica. In 2011, she was chosen for a new work by attended summer programs Dance Unlimited. She began he performed with The Christopher L. Huggins that was commissioned for at , her professional career at Australian Ballet and with its Dancers Responding to AIDS. Boston Ballet, and San North Carolina Dance Theatre regional Dancers Company Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She continued where she danced ballets by Dwight Roden, George for two years. Upon arriving in the U.S., Lawrence DYLAN SANTOS her studies at UC Irvine as a BFA student in Dance Balanchine, and Alvin Ailey. She then joined Alonzo joined New York Theatre Ballet for their 30th Sao Paulo, Brazil Performance. After her sophomore year, she took a King LINES Ballet and had the pleasure of touring season in Cinderella and Dance/Speak: The Life Dylan Santos began his studies leave of absence from school to be a trainee with to over twenty-five countries with them for eight of and has danced for the Grand at Centro de Artes Pavilhao the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. The following year years. During that time, she received a Princess Rapids Ballet Company under the direction of D in Brazil under the direction Flanagan was an apprentice with the Richmond Grace Award and the Chris Hellman Award in Patricia Barker. During his time in the company, he of Ricardo Scheir. At the age Ballet and spent one year in the Alonzo King LINES 2010. She has also received the Congressional performed repertoire by George Balanchine, Twyla of 15 he was a finalist at Youth Ballet Training Program. She has performed in works Black Caucus Foundation’s Performing Arts medal Tharp, José Limón, Paul Taylor, , Lew American Grand Prix in New by choreographers such as George Balanchine, and academic scholarship that was presented Christensen, David Parson, and Mario Radacovsky. York City where he was awarded William Forsythe, Salvatore Aiello, Jodie Gates, to her in Washington, D.C. Jackson was featured Lawrence has studied in programs offered by The scholarships for study at several schools including Alexei Kremnev, and Keelan Whitmore. in Dance Magazine’s 2009 article “On the Rise” Ailey School, Complexions, and Hubbard Street, the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, FL where he and was the focus of an article by the High Point getting to work with choreographers such as Pedro ultimately decided to continue his studies. After Nayara Lopes Enterprise in 2009. Among other newspapers and Ruiz, Olivier Weavers, Dwight Rhoden, and Desmond working as a trainee with the , Curitiba, Brazil magazines, she can be found on the cover of the Richardson. He joined the Dance Theatre of Harlem Santos joined the Orlando Ballet under direction of Nayara Lopes started dancing April 2011 Baystages Magazine. Jackson is currently company in 2012. Robert Hill, where he performed in many produc- at age six and trained at the enrolled in the LEAP program at Saint Mary’s College tions including Giselle, Carmen, and Esmeralda. School of Theatre Dance of California. Ashley Murphy With Ballet Chicago, Santos first performed such Guaira in Brazil and American Shreveport, Balanchine works Serenade, Swan Lake, Who Cares, Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Ashley Murphy began her and Divertimento No.15. He has also danced lead Kennedy Onassis in New dance training at age three. roles in Coppelia, Le Corsaire, Sleeping Beauty, York City. Following her early She was enrolled in the pre- Cinderella, and Swan Lake and has worked with training, she joined Orlando Ballet II, where she professional division at Carol many choreographers and teachers including performed roles in Carmen, Giselle, and A Midsummer Anglin Dance Center from , Phillip Broomhead, Claudio Munoz, Night’s Dream. She joined The National Ballet 1993-2002, where she became Andrew Murphy, Anna-Marie Holmes, Deidre of Canada as an Apprentice in 2011 where she a member of Louisiana Dance Miles Burger, Oliver Munoz, Alexei Kremnev, Anna performed in many full-length ballets including Theatre, an Honor Company of Regional Dance Reznik, Kim Marsh, Patricia Miller, and Ashley The Nutcracker, Giselle, La Fille mal Gardée, and America. She has also performed for Shreveport Wheater. He has worked in company productions Alice in Wonderland. Lopes has competed in ballet Opera and Moscow State Ballet as well as in the with the Houston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and Paris competitions such as the New York finals of Youth premiere of William Joyce’s The Leaf Men and Opera Ballet. America Grand Prix where she received the Mary The Brave Good Bugs. She represented LDT in Day Special Award and the Youth America Grand the Regional Dance America performance at the Prix-Regionals (Columbia, SC) where she was the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Grand Prix Winner 2011. She has worked with Mississippi, and attended summer programs at choreographers including Christopher Wheeldon, New York’s Joffrey Ballet School and The Ailey James Kudelka, Lindsay Fischer, Robert Hill, School. In 2002, Murphy went on to train and Raymond Lukens, and Jessica Lang. Additional perform with Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Dancing roles include Kitri in Don Quixote, Allegro Brilliante, Through Barriers® Ensemble. The following year, and the Black Swan and Sleeping Beauty pas de deux. she was accepted into the DTH Company and toured with them throughout the and to foreign countries that included Great Britain,

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ANTHONY JAVIER SAVOY ALISON STROMING JORGE ANDRÉS VILLARINI SAMUEL WILSON Annapolis, Maryland Recife, Brazil San Juan, Puerto Rico Bremerton, Washington At the age of 16, Anthony Accepted to The School of Jorge Andrés Villarini is an Samuel Wilson started dancing Javier Savoy began his classical American Ballet where she alum of the JKO School at ballet at the age of 15 with training on scholarship at began her formal ballet training American Ballet Theatre. the Peninsula Dance Theatre. Abigail Francisco's School of at the age of nine, Alison He received his BFA in dance Since then, he has danced Classical Ballet. In 2006, after Stroming performed many from Marymount Manhattan in summer programs such participating in the National children’s roles with the New College in May 2011. Upon as Summer Dance Lab in High School Dance Festival, York City Ballet in numerous graduation, Villarini danced Walla Walla, Washington and Savoy was named the Maryland All State Dancer productions. She attended the American Ballet for three seasons with BalletMet Columbus in American Ballet Theatre in Austin, Texas. It wasn’t by the Congressional House Representative of Theater Summer Intensive in New York in 2004 Ohio where he was awarded the Columbus Dances until 2003, when Wilson came to Dance Theatre Maryland. He continued his studies at Point Park where Franco De Vita offered her a full scholarship Choreographic Fellowship by the Greater Columbus of Harlem, that he started his professional career University. In 2008, he left Point Park University, to to the new Junior Division where she continued her Arts Council. Most recently, Villarini toured the and joined the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble. attend Anne Arundel Community College, working training. Stroming toured with The American Ballet Mediterranean with the Dance DTH has provided Wilson with the opportunity to toward a Bachelors in Fine Arts and a minor in Theater II in Europe in 2010 and 2011. She was a Company performing at the Villa Adriana Interna- perform in venues such as the White House, BET's biology. He has attended summer intensives with demonstrator for the regional tour of Jump: The tional Festival in Italy and the Odeon of Herodes 106 & Park, Fox 5 News, The Kennedy Center, and American Ballet Theatre, Point Park University, The Alternative Convention directed by her brother, Gil Atticus at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The Joyce Theater in New York. He has also had the Kirov Academy, and Dance Theatre of Harlem, all Stroming. Stroming also won the title of Miss New Villarini's versatile performance experience expands opportunity to work with world-renowned choreo- on scholarship. In 2010, Savoy joined Dance Theatre York’s Outstanding Teen 2010 and represented from ballets within the classical repertoire, graphers and study under influential teachers of Harlem Ensemble and in 2011 he participated in NY at the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen masterworks by George Balanchine, John Butler, like Arthur Mitchell and Eva Evdokimova. Wilson Fire Island Dance Festival 17, in collaboration with competition, where she won Overall Talent. Martha Graham, and Alvin Nikolais, as well as has also developed into a high caliber teacher and Dancers Responding to AIDS and Broadway Cares. Stroming was the recipient of the Dizzy Feet contemporary works by Amedeo Amodio, James dance coach himself, working in ballet schools He has as served as a cultural ambassador for the Foundation Scholarship in 2010. She danced for Kudelka, Edwaard Liang, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, and summer programs such as Usdan Center U.S. while performing and providing community two seasons with the Alberta Ballet in Canada and Rodney Rivera, Christopher Wheeldon, and Shen Wei. for the Creative and Performing Arts and the outreach in Kingston, Jamaica. He has also worked most recently with under the Voorhees Ballet. with FOX on Nigel Lythgoe's groundbreaking hit direction of Jose Manuel Carreno where she television series, “So You Think You Can Dance” performed works by Dwight Rhoden, Twyla Tharp, STEPHANIE RAE WILLIAMS Season 10. Ohad Naharin, George Balanchine, and Igal Perry. Salt Lake City, Utah Stephanie Rae Williams began INGRID SILVA her training at Dallas Dance Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Academy with Lyndette Galen Ingrid Silva began her formal and Fiona Fairrie. Prior to join- ballet training at the age of ing Dance Theatre of Harlem eight at Dançando Para Não Ensemble in 2010, she danced Dançar, the Deborah Colker with The Francesca Harper School, and Escola de Dança Project, Complexions Dance Company, Ballet Maria Olenewa. She has also Black, and Texas Ballet Theatre, where she made apprenticed with company her professional debut. She trained summers at Grupo Corpo in Brazil. After entering the Hubbard Chicago, Springboard Danse Universidade da Cidade College, she decided to Montreal, The , Alonzo King's LINES follow her passion and traveled to New York in Ballet, and Houston Ballet Academy. Williams 2007. That summer, she attended the Dance Theatre was featured in Dance Magazine's “On the Rise” of Harlem Summer Intensive Program, and in the August 2013 edition, and she was a Fellowship afterward joined the school’s Professional Training recipient at the Ailey School, a 2006 National Program. She became a member of the Dance Foundation for the Arts Award Winner, a 2006 Theatre of Harlem Ensemble in 2008. Silva has Youth America Grand Prix Finalist, and a 2004 also performed with Armitage Gone! Dance Texas Commission on the Arts Young Master. performing GAGA-Gaku at the Joyce Theater in 2011.

16 17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF

Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. Staff Everett Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director Virginia Johnson 466 West 152nd Street Executive Consultants Sharon Gersten Luckman and Anna Glass New York, NY 10031-1814 Administration & HR Manager Marilyn Abalos 212-690-2800, 212-690-8736 (fax) Director, Individual Giving Sharon Duncan dancetheatreofharlem.org Individual Giving Manager Amanda L. Kerpius Senior Development Officer JoAnn Wong Development Consultant Lisa Van Putten Board of Directors Archives & Preservation Judy Tyrus Solin Michael D. Armstrong, Chairman Marketing Consultant Melissa Y. Hudnell Leslie Wims Morris, Vice-Chairman Marketing Associate Keyana K. Patterson Ackneil M. Muldrow, III, Vice-Chairman Accountant Mary DeRosa Zandra Perry Ogbomo, Treasurer Receptionists Leslie Ann Davis, Yaseem Hayes, Liz McAllister, Don M. Tellock, Esq., Secretary Romaine Sergeant, LaShawn Wallace Maintenance Alberto Recinos, Kenia Sanchez, Lillian Recinos, Kendrick F. Ashton Jr. Marcos Recinos, Ana TeJeda Nancy Pforzheimer Aronson Frank Baker Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts III Dance Theatre of Harlem School Kevin M. Cofsky Professional Training Program Director Robert Garland Isabel Kallman Lower/Upper School Director Augustus Van Heerdan Sylvia R. Lindsey Student Administrator Kenya Massey-Rodriguez Spencer Means Business Affairs Officer Ruben Ortiz DTB® Education/ Asha Richards Outreach Administrator Roberto Villanueva Anne E. Robinson Program Associate Theara Ward School Associate Karen Farnum Williams

Company Staff Ballet Master Keith Saunders Ballet Master Kellye A. Saunders Dance Theatre of Harlem is supported in part by public and private funds from General Manager Elizabeth England Tour Manager Melinda Bloom The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Production Stage Manager Jack Lynch The Thompson Family Foundation, Inc. Lighting Supervisor John Cuff The Ford Foundation Wardrobe Manager Oran Bumroongchart The Carl & Lilly Pforzheimer Foundation, Inc. Company Pianist Coty Cockrell The Shubert Foundation Booking Manager Edward Schoelwer NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council Resident Choreographer Robert Garland New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo Public Relations Gilda Squire Media Relations and the New York State Legislature Physical Therapist Alison Deleget, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries National Endowment for the Arts

18 19 McKNIGHT FELLOWSHIPS Film SCREENiNGS For Dancers and Choreographers AT NORTHROP

McKNIGHT Fellowship News Congratulations to our McKnight Fellowship Program dance artists on their recent performances. mARTHA GRAHAm DANCE COmPANY “martha Graham: in Performance” Thu, Apr 2, 6:00 pm SOLO SOLO is a commissioning program of the McKnight Fellowships for Dancers. As part of their awarded fellowship, Northrop commissions a choreographer of each dance fellow’s choosing to create a new work EiFmAN BAllET expressly for them. SOLO was presented at Northrop in October, 2014. “Camille Claudel” Thu, Apr 23, 6:00 pm

“: Ballet Rehearsal” Sun, Apr 26, 4:00 pm

Performance previews are also held prior to all season dance performances in the Best Buy Theater and are FREE and open to the public. For more information, visit Kari Mosel Tamara Ober Gregory Waletski northrop.umn.edu. Choreography by Lane Gifford Choreography by D.J. Mendel Choreography by Karen Sherman

Eifman Ballet in Rodin. Photo © Nicolay Krusser. Photos © Tim Rummelhoff © Photos Taryn Griggs Ashwini Ramaswamy Stephen Schroeder Choreography by Jodi Melnick Choreography by Alarmel Valli Choreography by James Morrow

McKnight International Artist Northrop's McKnight International Artist program invites one international choreographer each year to spend time in residence in Minnesota, collaborating with Minnesota dance artists, and developing new work. Cuban choreographer Osnel Delgado was the 2014 McKnight International Artist, and the McKnight Have a Glass, On Us Fellowship program partnered with Zenon Dance Company.

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Reservations recommended and Private Dining available Call 612.362.6666 for reservations or visit www.beaconpublichouse.com Photos © Steve Niedorf © Steve Photos Zenon Dance Company premiered Osnel Delgado's new work Coming Home at the Cowles Center in November 2014.

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FLYING FOOT FORUM Kevin Kling’s comedy set in post-Snow White era: The Percussion Project Feb 27 & 28 “witty, offbeat and unpretentious...unlike anything in Disney or the Brothers Grimm...” –Pioneer Press

Directed by Michael Sommers February 26 – March 8 Whiting Proscenium Theatre, Rarig Center

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22 23 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 Justin Burke, Technical Director »Taxi calling service (If calling your own taxi, our address Jack Caughey, Student Production Assistant is 84 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455) Krissy Chepp, Senior Ticket Office Assistant Mary Ellen Childs, Program Director, McKnight Artist Fellowships Surdyk’s Café for Choreographers and Dancers 15% OFF! Surdyk’s Café is on the first floor, west side of Northrop. Robb Clasen, House Manager Hours: 7:30 am–7:00 pm, Monday–Friday and 10:00 am– Haley Cramer, External Relations Assistant Shiyun Deng (April), Assistant to Principal Specialist Attend two or more 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 Northrop spring season level before and during performances happening on the Laura Durenberger-Grunow, Systems Configuration Assistant Carlson Family Stage. Welles Emerson, Annual Giving Officer Norma Farah, Ticket Office Assistant performances and get Restrooms Melanie Featherstone, Student Production Assistant Restrooms are located on every level and side of the Dan Forke, Graphic Design Intern Ola Gbadebo, Ticket Office Assistant 15% off. building, including family restrooms (except on the Alec George, Ticket Office Assistant fourth floor, where there is a women’s restroom on the Matt Greenfield, Assistant to Principal Specialist Use code: spring15. east side, and a men’s restroom on the west side only). Ken Hahn, Systems Configuration Assistant Leah Hart-Cadd, Grants & Sponsorships Specialist General Ticket Information Cari Hatcher, Marketing & Publicity Director For any ticketing questions, visit U of M Tickets and Taner Hoppe, Ticket Office Assistant Events on the ground floor of west and east sides of the Rahfat Hussain, Financial Analyst Alex Johnson, Senior Ticket Office Assistant building or visit northrop.umn.edu for the most current Brad Kern, Stage Manager & Audio Video Supervisor Offer valid for The Nile Project, CCN de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne/ Compagnie Käfig, listing of events. Martha Graham Dance Company, and Eifman Ballet. Not valid on previously purchased Grace Lansing, Student Supervisor tickets or in conjunction with other discounts. Order online, in person, or by phone. Shu Xian Lim (Sienna), Ticket Office Assistant Replacing Lost Tickets Candy Lord, Principal Specialist Martha Graham’s Ying Xin in Diversion of Angels. Photo © Hibbard Nash Photography. For your convenience, U of M Tickets & Events keeps Molly Mattson, Ticket Office Assistant record of your purchase, should you lose or forget Sammy Matuke, Senior Ticket Office Assistant your tickets. Mallory Mitchell, External Relations Assistant Maxwell Nelson, Student Production Assistant Allana Olson, Stage Manager & Lighting Supervisor Accommodating Special Needs Alexander Pham, Marketing & Publicity Intern Northrop has accessible seating; please ask an usher Bryanne Presley, Senior Ticket Office Assistant WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE AT ST. CATHERINE UNIVERSITY for assistance. Elevators are located on both the east Holly Radis-McCluskey, Director, U of M Tickets & Events and west sides of the building. Accessibility services, Michael Reedy, Student Production Assistant Raisin’ Cane: including parking information, are available upon request. Claire Richie, Ticket Office Assistant Camille A. 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26 27 2014 // 15 SEASON

THE NILE PROJECT Tue, Feb 24, 7:00 pm

A concert and cultural celebration mixing African instruments and vocal harmonies to showcase the unique and varied musical traditions of the Nile River Basin.

CCN DE CRÉTEIL ET DU VAL-DE-MARNE/ COMPAGNIE KÄFIG Tue, Mar 10 Hip-hop, capoeira, acrobatics, and bossa nova Attend two or more Northrop spring MARTHA GRAHAM season performances DANCE COMPANY and get 15% off. Fri, Apr 10 & Sat, Apr 11 Two different programs, Use code: spring15. with Friday's featuring U of M dancers

EIFMAN BALLET Tue, Apr 28 & Wed, Apr 29 Rodin, a full length ballet about the terrible price of genius

Photo courtesy of The Nile Project.