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Friday, February 1, 2013, 8pm Saturday, February 2, 2013, 8pm Zellerbach Hall Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Glenn Edgerton Jason D. Palmquist Artistic Director Executive Director

Dancers Garrett Patrick Anderson, Jesse Bechard, Jacqueline Burnett, Alejandro Cerrudo, Meredith Dincolo, Kellie Epperheimer, Jonathan Fredrickson, Jason Hortin, Alice Klock, Ana Lopez, Johnny McMillan, Laura O’Malley, Pablo Piantino, Penny Saunders, David Schultz, Kevin J. Shannon, Jessica Tong, Quinn B Wharton

with LINES Alonzo King Janette Gitler Founder & Artistic Director Executive Director

Dancers David Harvey, Courtney Henry, Ashley Jackson, Yujin Kim, Paul Knobloch, Michael Montgomery, Caroline Rocher, Zachary Tang, Meredith Webster, Keelan Whitmore, Kara Wilkes, Ricardo Zayas

program

Little mortal jump

intermission

AZIMUTH

intermission

Too Beaucoup

The presentation of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Patron Sponsors Markus and Barbara Trice, and Susan Marinoff and Thomas Schrag.

Cal Performances’ 2012–2013 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo.

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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton Executive Director Jason D. Palmquist General Manager Kristen Brogdon PROGRAM Rehearsal Director Terence Marling Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo Founder Lou Conte Production Manager Joseph Futral Company Manager Ishanee DeVas Lighting and Technical Director Matt Miller Wardrobe Supervisor Rebecca Shouse Stage Manager and Properties Master Aprill C. Clements Audio Engineer Kilroy G. Kundalini Head Carpenter Stephan Panek Master Electrician Sam Begich Director of External Affairs Bill Melamed Todd Rosenberg Todd Touring Coordinator Marisa Santiago Kevin Shannon and Alice Klock in Little mortal jump

Dancers Garrett Patrick Anderson, Jesse Bechard, Jacqueline Burnett, Alejandro Cerrudo, Meredith Dincolo, Little mortal jump Kellie Epperheimer, Jonathan Fredrickson, Jason Hortin, Alice Klock, Ana Lopez, Johnny McMillan, (2012) (Bay Area Premiere) Laura O’Malley, Pablo Piantino, Penny Saunders, David Schultz, Kevin J. Shannon, Jessica Tong, Quinn B Wharton Choreography Alejandro Cerrudo Music Various Artists Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 1147 West Jackson Boulevard Lighting Design Michael Korsch Chicago, Illinois 60607 Set Design Alejandro Cerrudo (312) 850-9744 Costume Design Branimira Ivanova hubbardstreetdance.com • facebook.com/hubbardstreetdance twitter.com/hubbardstreet • pinterest.com/hubbardstdance dancers

2 Jesse Bechard, Ana Lopez, Pablo Piantino, Jessica Tong, Kevin Shannon, Alice Klock, Jason Hortin, Jacqueline Burnett, David Schultz, Jonathan Fredrickson Alonzo King LINES Ballet ittle mortal jump, Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo’s tenth piece for Hubbard Founder and Artistic Director Alonzo King Street Dance Chicago, is a bubbling blend of different genres distilled into a fluid, cohesive whole. Founder and Creative Director Robert Rosenwasser L Executive Director Janette Gitler Compositionally intricate and highly technical, it features overtly theatricalized stage action and Ballet Master Arturo Fernandez relationships shot through with dark humor. Cerrudo aims to transport his audience, he says, to Production and Lighting Director G. Chris Griffin “make them forget what they did today, and what they will do tomorrow.” The work is set among Marketing Director Nancy Bertossa objects that are at times frames, at other times obstructions. Development Director Sheri Kuehl Company Manager Michelle Miulli Little mortal jump is sponsored by Bill and Orli Staley with additional support provided by members of the Choreographer’s Circle: Marc Miller and Chris Horsman, and Richard L. Rodes.

Dancers Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, Illinois, March 15, 2012. Music David Harvey, Courtney Henry, Ashley Jackson, Yujin Kim, Paul Knobloch, Michael Montgomery, by Beirut: “A Call to Arms” and “La Banlieue,” from the album The Flying Club Cup, courtesy of Ba Da Bing! Records. Used by permission of EMI Caroline Rocher, Zachary Tang, Meredith Webster, Keelan Whitmore, Kara Wilkes, Ricardo Zayas Music Publishing. Music by Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire: “Beware,” from the album Oh! The Grandeur, courtesy of Warner Music Group. Music by Alexandre Desplat: “See How They Fall: Dans les champs de blé” and “A Self-Made Hero: Thème des héros,” from the album Alexandre Desplat: Jacques Audiard’s Films, courtesy of Silva Screen Records. Music by : “Glassworks/Analog: Orange Mountain Music Archive: Closing,” Alonzo King LINES Ballet from the album Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective, as recorded by the for Nonesuch Records. Used by permission of Dungaven 26 Seventh Street Music Publishing. Music by Max Richter: “The Haunted Ocean 5,” from the album Waltz with Bashir, courtesy of Caroline World Service. Used by permission of Embassy Music Corp/LT Music Publishing. “November,” from the album Memoryhouse, courtesy of BBC Worldwide. Used by , California 94103 permission of Universal Music Publishing Group. Music by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan: “Fawn,” from the album Alice, courtesy of Anti (415) 863-3040 Records. Used by permission of Jalma Music. linesballet.org • facebook.com/alonzokinglinesballet twitter.com/linesballet • pinterest.com/linesballet INTERMISSION

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AZIMUTH ii (2013) (World Premiere) Courtney Henry, Ashley Jackson, Jacqueline Burnett, Yujin Kim, Kara Wilkes Kellie Epperheimer, Meredith Dincolo, Jessica Tong, Caroline Rocher Choreography Alonzo King Keelan Whitmore, Michael Montgomery, Zachary Tang Original Music Ben Juodvalkis Johnny McMillan, Ricardo Zayas, Jesse Bechard Lighting Design Axel Morgenthaler Costume Design Robert Rosenwasser iii Costume Construction Joan Raymond and Rebecca Shouse Women Visual Effects Jim Doyle iv Assistants to the Choreographer Arturo Fernandez and Terence Marling Compass Kellie Epperheimer dancers — friday evening Jonathan Fredrickson, Jason Hortin, Jesse Bechard, David Schultz i v Ensemble Jacqueline Burnett Hubbard Street Dance Chicago & Alonzo King LINES Ballet Ensemble ii vi Courtney Henry, Ashley Jackson, Jacqueline Burnett, Yujin Kim, Laura O’Malley Men Kellie Epperheimer, Meredith Dincolo, Jessica Tong, Caroline Rocher vii Keelan Whitmore, Quinn B Wharton, David Harvey Alice Klock & Kevin Shannon Johnny McMillan, Ricardo Zayas, Jesse Bechard Caroline Rocher iii viii Women Ensemble iv ix Compass Meredith Webster & David Harvey Kellie Epperheimer Men Jonathan Fredrickson, Jason Hortin, Jesse Bechard, David Schultz v n azimuth is one of three coordinates identifying a point on a sphere, relative to its center. For Meredith Webster Aexample, by knowing its azimuth, altitude, and distance, the location of a heavenly body can Ensemble be recorded by an astronomer. An azimuth is crucial to the navigation of space. A dancer is both navigator and heavenly body. vi Men “Artistically, azimuth is the distance between where you are (axis mundi) and where you are headed vii (aspiration, goal), erased by absorption. The measurement between focus and object, or observer and Alice Klock & Kevin Shannon subject, annihilated through union. If you look at shapes, steps, and movement as living things, your Caroline Rocher approach to them changes. One is not more important than another; each carries a unique message and is a potential for transcendence; and all are interlinked in the same family. You recognize that viii your relationships and interactions with them are measures of your morality and magnanimity as a Ensemble human being.”—Alonzo King ix Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet in collaboration. World Premiere: Cal Performances, Meredith Webster & David Harvey Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, California, February 1 and 2, 2013. Original music by Ben Juodvalkis. Additional music: Chamber Choir Versija: Men “Response to Magnificat: O Weisheit,” “O Sagesse.” Richard Kaplan: “Bar’chu.” Escolania de Montserrat: “A Ceremony of Carols: Interlude for Harp: A Rustling of the Angels’ Wings in the Sky of Bethlehem.” Mrs. Sidney Carter: “Pharaoh.” Azimuth was commissioned by the Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois, in celebration of its tenth anniversary; and by UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the dancers — saturday evening Arts, Irvine, California. It is funded by a 2011 Joyce Award from the Joyce Foundation, and an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the Laguna Dance Festival. The project’s touring is partially supported by a National Dance Project i Tour Award. Ensemble Hubbard Street Dance Chicago & Alonzo King LINES Ballet INTERMISSION

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hubbard street dance chicago The main company’s 18 members comprise one of the only ensembles in the United States to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s core purpose perform all year long, domestically and around is to bring artists, art and audiences together the world, while a nationally renowned Summer to enrich, engage, educate, and transform lives Intensive Program brings young artists into its through the experience of dance. Now celebrat- ranks. Hubbard Street 2, its second company ing its Landmark 35th Anniversary Season, for young professional artists, was founded in Hubbard Street continues to be an innovative 1997 by Mr. Conte and Julie Nakagawa. Now force, supporting its creative talent while pre- directed by Taryn Kaschock Russell, Hubbard senting repertory by major international artists. Street 2 appears throughout the United States Hubbard Street Dance Chicago grew out and overseas, often in service of dance education of the Lou Conte Dance Studio at LaSalle and through master classes and workshops. Hubbard Streets in 1977, when Lou Conte gath- Hubbard Street’s Education and Community Todd Rosenberg Todd ered an ensemble of four dancers to perform in Programs are nationwide benchmarks for arts senior centers across Chicago. Barbara G. Cohen outreach in schools, impacting the lives of thou- Too Beaucoup soon joined the company as its first Executive sands of students. In 2009, Hubbard Street (2011) (West Coast Premiere) Director. Mr. Conte continued to direct the launched youth and family programs to teach company for 23 years, during which he initi- dance with an emphasis on creative expres- Choreography Sharon Eyal and Gaï Behar ated and grew relationships with both emerging sion. People with Parkinson’s are welcome to Music Ori Lichtik and established artists including , Hubbard Street to join the first dance classes in Soundtrack Design Ori Lichtik, Sharon Eyal, and Gaï Behar Daniel Ezralow, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, the Midwest for those affected by the disease. Costume Design Sharon Eyal and Gaï Behar Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and . The Lou Conte Dance Studio has been train- Lighting Design Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) Mr. Conte’s successor, Jim Vincent, wid- ing the next generation of artists and dance en- ened Hubbard Street’s international focus, be- thusiasts, at all ages and skill levels, since 1974. dancers gan Hubbard Street’s collaboration with the Glenn Edgerton Jesse Bechard, Jacqueline Burnett, Alejandro Cerrudo, Meredith Dincolo, Kellie Epperheimer, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and cultivated (Artistic Director) joined Jonathan Fredrickson, Jason Hortin, Alice Klock, Ana Lopez, Johnny McMillan, growth from within, launching the Inside/ Hubbard Street Dance Chicago after an in- Laura O’Malley, Pablo Piantino, David Schultz, Kevin Shannon, Jessica Tong Out Choreographic Workshop and inviting ternational career as a dancer and director. At Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo to the , he performed leading roles, his ensemble work by Sharon Eyal and her regular collaborator Gaï Behar premiered make his first work. Gail Kalver’s 23 years of contemporary and classical, for eleven years un- Talongside Ohad Naharin’s THREE TO MAX in 2011, comprising Hubbard Street’s first program executive leadership provided continuity from der the mentorship of Robert Joffrey. In 1989, devoted to contemporary Israeli choreography. In the piece, cold and mechanical movements collide 1984 through the 2006–2007 season, when Mr. Edgerton joined the acclaimed Nederlands with wildly expressive, personal ones, as its beat-driven soundtrack cruises through Gang of Four, Executive Director Jason Palmquist joined Dans Theater (NDT), where he danced for five Vicious Pink, Depeche Mode, Ivan Pavlov (CoH), Leonard Cohen, Cole Porter, Vice, Art Blakey the organization. years. He retired from performing to become and the Jazz Messengers, and Oren Barzilay. Glenn Edgerton became Artistic Director in its artistic director, leading NDT for a decade Too Beaucoup’s performers appear onstage in unisex, flesh-colored costumes with severe wigs 2009 and, together with Palmquist, moved this and presenting the works of Jiří Kylián, Hans and white contact lenses—simultaneously exposed and dehumanized. Hubbard Street is the only legacy forward on multiple fronts. Inside/Out van Manen, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, American dance company to present Behar and Eyal’s critically acclaimed work. now begins the creative process for danc(e)volve, Mats Ek, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, Johan Inger, two weeks devoted to new work presented at the and Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, among oth- Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, Illinois, March 17, 2011. Museum of Contemporary Art. Partnerships ers. From 2006 to 2008, he directed the Colburn Technical support provided by the Irvine Barclay Theater, Irvine, California. Music by Gang of Four: “At Home He’s a Tourist,” from the album with the Chicago Symphony, the Art Institute of Dance Institute at the Colburn School of Entertainment! for Warner Music Group. Music by Vicious Pink: “8:15 to Nowhere” for PIAS. Music by Depeche Mode: “See You” and “The Meaning of Love,” from the album A Broken Frame for Warner Music Group. Music by CoH: “Quadrate für Max-Ernst,” from the album 0397 Chicago, and other institutions keep Hubbard Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Mr. Edgerton Post-Pop for Editions Mego. Music by Leonard Cohen: “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye,” as recorded by IV League. Music by Cole Porter: “It’s Street deeply connected to its hometown. To joined Hubbard Street as associate artistic di- De-Lovely,” from the album Ted Sommer: Pleasant Percussion: The Music of Cole Porter for Universal Music Group. Music by Vice: “Temptations” from the album Trojan Horse for Tresor Records. Music by Bobby Timmons: “Moanin’” from the album Moanin’, as recorded by Art Blakey and the the company’s repertoire, Mr. Edgerton has ex- rector in 2008; since 2009, he has built upon Jazz Messengers for EMI Music. Music by Oren Barzilay: “God’s Creation,” from the album Sorrow Demons Joy Blizzards for High Fidelity Records. tended relationships with its signature choreog- more than three decades of leadership in dance The Sara Lee Foundation is the Lead Corporate Sponsor of Too Beaucoup. This work was created as part of Hubbard Street’s 2011 Israel Project, supported by Meg and Tim Callahan and Jane and Michael Strauss, Lead Individual Sponsors; Randy and Lisa White, Individual Sponsors; and raphers while adding significant new voices such performance, education, and appreciation estab- Choreographer’s Circle members Richard L. Rodes and Sandy Fisher. Ms. Fisher’s gift is in honor of Byron and Judy Pollock. as Mats Ek and Sharon Eyal, Alonzo King, and lished by founder Lou Conte and continued by Victor Quijada. Conte’s successor, Jim Vincent.

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Jason D. Palmquist (Executive Director) joined under Mr. O’Day’s direction, where he partici- the collections of the Whitney Museum, the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in May 2007, af- pated in the creation of numerous new works. New York Public Library’s Spencer Collection, ter serving the arts community in Washington, Marling joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Alonzo King (Founder & Artistic Director) is and the Museum of Modern Art New York’s D.C., for nearly 15 years. Mr. Palmquist began in April 2006 and danced with the company a visionary choreographer who is altering the Department of Books and Illustrated Prints. his career at the John F. Kennedy Center for the until December 2009. He originated roles in way we look at ballet. Mr. King calls his works Performing Arts, completing his tenure there as choreography by Jorma Elo, Toru Shimazaki, “thought structures,” created by the manipu- Janette Gitler (Executive Director) brings more vice president of dance administration. At the Jim Vincent, Lucas Crandall, and Alejandro lation of energies that exist in matter through than 25 years of experience in senior leader- Kennedy Center, he oversaw multiple world- Cerrudo, and danced works by Kylián, Naharin, laws, which govern the shapes and movement ship and management, organizational develop- premiere engagements of commissioned works Marguerite Donlon, Nacho Duato, Susan directions of everything that exists. His works ment, strategic planning, and fundraising to in dance, the formation and growth of the Marshall, and others. Mr. Marling became are in repertory at companies worldwide, in- LINES Ballet. She most recently served as an Ballet and the inception in 1997 Rehearsal Director in January 2010 and that cluding the , Béjart Ballet independent consultant and producer, work- of the Millennium Stage, an award-winning, same year joined forces with Hubbard Street Lausanne, Les de Monte-Carlo, Alvin ing with nonprofit organizations on strategic free daily performance series that to date has dancer Robyn Mineko Williams to co-create Ailey American Dance Theater, Hong Kong planning, production, program development, served more than three million patrons. Deeply Hubbard Street 2’s first family-oriented pro- Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. communications, and fundraising. Former cli- enriching the Kennedy Center’s artistic pro- gram, Harold and the Purple Crayon: A Dance Among his many collaborators are legendary ents include the Golden Gate National Parks gramming, Mr. Palmquist successfully present- Adventure. jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, actor Danny Conservancy, Angel Island Association, the San ed engagements of global dance companies in- Glover, oud master Hamza al Din, composer Francisco Free Clinic, and the San Francisco cluding , Alvin Ailey American After a performing career that included roles Paweł Szymański, jazz piansit Jason Moran, tab- Symphony, where she was Executive Producer Dance Theater, the Kirov Ballet, Paul Taylor in Broadway musicals such as Cabaret, Mame, la master Zakir Hussain, the Ba’Aka from the of its acclaimed Keeping Score series. As a con- Dance Company, Theatre, and and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Central African Republic, and China’s Shaolin sultant, Ms. Gitler served the Marine Mammal . He also managed the Trying, Lou Conte (Founder) established the monks. He has worked extensively in opera, Center, as the Interim Executive Director at 142 Kennedy Center’s television initiatives, includ- Lou Conte Dance Studio in 1974. Three years television, and film; renowned for his pedagogy, Throckmorton Theatre, and as Interim Chief ing the creation of the Mark Twain Prize for later, he founded what is now Hubbard Street he has guest-taught for dance companies around Operating Officer at ArtWorks for Change. American Humor and a prime-time special on Dance Chicago. Originally the company’s sole the globe. The John F. Kennedy Center for the NBC memorializing the first anniversary of the choreographer, he developed relationships with Performing Arts named Mr. King a Master of Arturo Fernandez (Ballet Master), a native September 11 attacks. In 2004, he accepted the emerging and world-renowned dancemak- Choreography in 2005. He is a writer and lec- of Oakland, California, began his training at position of executive director at the Washington ers Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Margo Sappington turer, and former commissioner for the City and the School of Performing Arts of USIU in San Ballet. Under his leadership, the company pre- and Daniel Ezralow as the company grew. Mr. County of San Francisco. He was awarded the Diego. Following two years of intensive study, he sented full performance seasons annually at Conte continued to build Hubbard Street’s rep- Green Honors Chair Professorship from Texas joined San Diego Ballet in 1976. Mr. Fernandez the Kennedy Center and the Warner Theater, ertoire by forging a key relationship with Twyla Christian University, and he holds honorary doc- has also performed with California Ballet, and nurtured its world-renowned school and Tharp in the 1990s, acquiring seven of her works torates from Dominican University of California , Ballet, Les Ballets extensive education and outreach programs. A as well as original choreography. It then became and the California Institute of the Arts. Trockadero de Monte Carlo, and Pittsburgh graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, an international enterprise with the inclusion of Ballet Theatre. Upon returning to California, Mr. Palmquist currently serves on the boards works by Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, and Ohad Robert Rosenwasser (Founder & Creative he joined Oakland Ballet and assisted the cho- of the Arts Alliance of Illinois and the Harris Naharin. Throughout his 23 years as the com- Director) shapes the aesthetic and artistic di- reographers of ODC/Dance from 1988 to 1991. Theater for Music and Dance. pany’s artistic director, Mr. Conte received rection of each project of Alonzo King LINES Mr. Fernandez has choreographed for the James numerous awards, including the first Ruth Ballet, including conceptual design and produc- Sewell Ballet, Inland Pacific Ballet, and Alonzo Terence Marling (Rehearsal Director) began Page Artistic Achievements Award in 1986, the tion. In addition to his work with the Company, King LINES Ballet, and presented his work training in 1982 at the Ruth Page School of Sidney R. Yates Arts Advocacy Award in 1995, he has designed for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, in self-produced concerts throughout the Bay Dance under the direction of master ballet teach- and a Chicagoan of the Year award from Chicago Béjart Ballet Lausanne, the Royal Swedish Ballet, Area. Ballet Master for LINES Ballet since 1992, er Larry Long. In 1994, he joined Pittsburgh magazine in 1999. In 2003, Mr. Conte was in- the Joffrey Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet, and Alvin Mr. Fernandez assists Alonzo King in the cre- Ballet Theatre, directed by Patricia Wilde, ducted as a laureate into the Lincoln Academy Ailey American Dance Theater. For more than ation of new works. In 2001, he directed LINES and performed works by , of Illinois, the state’s highest honor. He has been two decades, Mr. Rosenwasser was art director Ballet’s first Pre-Professional Summer Program, Glen Tetley, Paul Taylor, Jiří Kylián, Ohad credited by many for helping raise Chicago’s at Kelsey St. Press, where he collaborated with complementing nearly two decades of commit- Naharin, Kevin O’Day, and Dwight Rhoden, international cultural profile and for creating a artists and poets, including Richard Tuttle, Kiki ment to the LINES Dance Center, the LINES as well as full-length ballets from the classical welcoming climate for dance in the city, where Smith, Laurie Reid, Anne Dunn, Kate Delos, Training Program, and a B.F.A. program of- repertoire. In 2003, Mr. Marling was invited the art form now thrives. Rena Rosenwasser, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, fered in partnership with Dominican University to join Germany’s Nationaltheater Mannheim and Barbara Guest. His work can be found in of California. Since 1998, he has coordinated

12 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 13 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS and taught for Alonzo King’s Professional Jacqueline Burnett, from Meredith Dincolo, from Jason Hortin, from Olympia, Workshop. Productions of Mr. King’s choreog- Pocatello, Idaho, received Indianapolis, Indiana, began Washington, graduated from raphy have been staged by Mr. Fernandez at nu- classical ballet training from dancing at age seven in the University of Nevada, Las merous companies, colleges and universities, in- Romanian ballet master Indianapolis and continued Vegas, with a B.F.A. in dance cluding the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, Marius Zirra, with additional her training under Iacob under the direction of Louis New York University, Washington University in summer training at Ballet Lascu in Michigan. She grad- Kavoura. His performance ca- St. Louis, and Western Michigan University. Idaho, Brindusa-Moore Ballet Academy, Kirov uated from the University of Notre Dame in reer includes work with Moving People Dance Academy of Ballet, the Juilliard School, and the 1993, then moved to Chicago to pursue a dance Theatre, the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, hubbard street dancers San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She grad- career. In 1996, Ms. Dincolo joined Hubbard and River North Dance Chicago. Mr. Hortin uated magna cum laude with departmental hon- Street Dance Chicago, remaining a member for joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as an ap- Garrett Patrick Anderson, ors from the Ailey School and Fordham four years under the direction of Company prentice in August 2007 and was promoted to from Tucson, Arizona, began University’s joint program in New York City in founder Lou Conte. In 2000, she joined France’s the main Company in July 2008. his training in Walnut Creek, 2009. Ms. Burnett joined Hubbard Street Dance Lyon Opera Ballet and went on to perform with California, under the direc- Chicago as a Center Apprentice in January 2008 Nationaltheater Mannheim in Germany with Alice Klock, from Ann Arbor, tion of Richard Cammack while concurrently completing her B.F.A. de- director-choreographers Kevin O’Day and Michigan, began dancing at and Zola Dishong at the gree, and became a full Company member in Dominique Dumais. She returned to Hubbard age eleven. In 2003, she at- Contra Costa Ballet Centre. He went on to August 2009. She is also a 2011–2012 Princess Street Dance Chicago in November 2004. tended Interlochen Arts study at School and in Grace Honorarium recipient. Academy, graduating with ar- School’s Professional Kellie Epperheimer, from tistic and academic high hon- Division. In 2001, Mr. Anderson joined San Alejandro Cerrudo (Resident Los Osos, California, began ors. In 2007, she relocated to San Francisco to Francisco Ballet as a member of the corps de bal- Choreographer) was born in her dance training in 1988 at enroll in Alonzo King LINES Ballet and let and, in 2005, was promoted to soloist. In Madrid, Spain, and trained at the Academy of Dance and Dominican University of California’s joint 2008, he joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders in the Real Conservatorio Civic Ballet of San Luis B.F.A. program. Ms. Klock has also studied Antwerp, Belgium, as a first soloist, under the Professional de Danza de Obispo. She joined Hubbard dance at San Francisco Ballet School, the direction of Kathryn Bennetts. In January 2011, Madrid. His professional ca- Street 2 in January 2005 and apprenticed with National Ballet School of Canada, Miami City he returned to the United States to perform with reer began in 1998 and includes work with Victor the main Company beginning in December Ballet School, the San Francisco Conservatory Trey McIntyre Project and joined Hubbard Ullate Ballet, , Nederlands Dans 2006. Ms. Epperheimer joined Hubbard Street of Dance, Springboard Danse Montreal, and Street Dance Chicago later that year. Theater 2, and, since 2005, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in January 2008. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She has worked Mr. Anderson received a scholarship from Dance Chicago. In 2008, Mr. Cerrudo was professionally with San Francisco choreographer ’s National Training named Hubbard Street Choreographic Fellow Jonathan Fredrickson, from Gregory Dawson and performed with Alonzo Program and holds a B.A. in dance from and became the company’s first Resident Corpus Christi, Texas, stud- King LINES Ballet during its fall 2008 season. St. Mary’s College of California. Choreographer in 2009. His eleven works to date ied ballet at the Munro Ballet Ms. Klock joined Hubbard Street 2 in September choreographed at Hubbard Street include unique Studios, home to Corpus 2009 and was promoted into the main Company Jesse Bechard, from Bolton, collaborations with the Chicago Symphony Christi Ballet, under teachers in August 2011. Massachusetts, began his for- Orchestra and Nederlands Dans Theater. These Kay Boone and Cristina mal ballet training at age 16 pieces and additional commissions are in reper- Munro. He received his B.F.A. in dance perfor- Ana Lopez, from A Coruña, and graduated from Walnut tory at companies in Germany, Denmark, the mance and choreography from California Spain, began her formal Hill School for the Arts. He Netherlands, Australia, and around the United Institute of the Arts in 2006. Immediately there- training at Conservatorio de attended summer programs at States. Always dancing and constantly creating, after, he joined the Limón Dance Company, Danza Deputación de A , Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and Mr. Cerrudo was honored in 2011 with an award performing lead roles and creating two original Coruña. Upon graduating . In 2000, having completed his from the Boomerang Fund for Artists. In 2012, works. He is a former winner of Hubbard Street’s Isaac Díaz Pardo High freshman year at the University of Chicago, he he received a Prince Prize for Commissioning National Choreographic Competition and was School, she continued her training at Centro returned to dance, performing for one year with Original Work from the Prince Charitable named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” Internacional de Danza Carmen Roche. Ballet Austin and for eight with Richmond Trusts, for his first full-length work, One in 2011 for his choreography. Mr. Fredrickson Ms. Lopez danced with Joven Ballet Carmen Ballet, in works by John Butler, Jessica Lang, Val Thousand Pieces. Mr. Cerrudo’s forthcoming cre- joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in Roche, Compañía Nacional de Danza 2, and Caniparoli, William Soleau, Mauricio Wainrot, ation for Pacific Northwest Ballet is supported February 2011. Ballet Theater Munich before joining Hubbard and Colin Conner. Mr. Bechard joined Hubbard by the Joyce Theater Foundation’s Rudolf Street Dance Chicago in January 2008. Street Dance Chicago in August 2010. Nureyev Prize for New Dance.

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Johnny McMillan, from Penny Saunders, from West Jessica Tong, from Bing- Courtney Henry, from West Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, be- Palm Beach, Florida, received hamton, New York, received Palm Beach, Florida, began gan his training at age twelve, her formal dance training at her formal training at the her training at Palm Beach and graduated from Interlochen and graduated from the Harid Ballet School in Salt Lake Ballet Center. As a high Arts Academy, receiving its Conservatory in Boca Raton. City, Utah, under Jan Clark school senior, Ms. Henry was Young Artists’ Award in While furthering her studies Fugit, as well as at the a finalist in Youth American dance. He has also trained at the San Francisco with Elisabeth Carroll, she joined the American University of Utah, where she was a member of Grand Prix’s “Stars of Tomorrow” program in Conservatory and the Bartholin International Repertory Ballet in New Jersey. Ms. Saunders Utah Ballet. Her studies also included summer New York City. After graduating from the A. W. Seminar, and worked with Gleich Dances under has also performed with Ballet Arizona, toured programs at American Ballet Theatre, San Dreyfoos School of the Arts, she returned to the direction of Julia Gleich. Mr. McMillan extensively with MOMIX, and was a member of Francisco Ballet School, and the Lou Conte New York to attend Fordham University/The joined Hubbard Street 2 as an apprentice in Cedar Lake Ensemble before joining Hubbard Dance Studio. Ms. Tong danced with BalletMet Ailey School, where she earned a B.F.A. in September 2010, became a Hubbard Street 2 Street Dance Chicago in November 2004. in Ohio, Eliot Feld’s Ballet Tech in New York, dance. Ms. Henry has worked with choreogra- company member in August 2011, and was pro- and with Hubbard Street 2 before joining the phers including Francesca Harper, Troy Powell, moted in April 2012 to the main Company. He David Schultz, from Grand main Company in January 2007. She was named Robert Moses, and Elisa Monte, and joined was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Rapids, Michigan, began one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2009. LINES Ballet in 2011. Watch” in 2013. training in Michigan with the School of Grand Rapids Ballet Quinn B Wharton, from Ashley Jackson, from North Laura O’Malley, from and later studied at Canada’s Seattle, Washington, trained Carolina, trained at Susan’s Phoenix, Arizona, danced National Ballet School in at Ewajo Dance Center, North Dance Unlimited and gradu- with Boston Ballet, and ex- Toronto. He performed for four seasons with Carolina School of the Arts, ated from the North Carolina tensively in Europe with the Grand Rapids Ballet and has danced works by Academy, School of the Arts, where she and as George Balanchine, Gordon Pierce Schmidt, Pacific Northwest Ballet studied under teachers Nina a soloist with the Stuttgart Peter Sparling, and Septime Webre. Mr. Schultz School, and San Francisco Ballet School. In Danilova and Melissa Hayden. As a member of Ballet. At age 13, she received a full scholarship joined Hubbard Street 2 in September 2009 and 2005, he joined San Francisco Ballet, where he North Carolina Dance Theatre II, she per- to train at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in was promoted to the main Company in August performed choreography by George Balanchine, formed works including George Balanchine’s Washington, D.C., from which she graduated in 2011. He is the recipient of a 2012 Princess , Michel Fokine, William Serenade, Alvin Ailey’s The River, and Jean- 2000. Ms. O’Malley returned to the United Grace Award. Forsythe, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Mark Pierre Bonnefoux’s Carmina Burana. In 2009, States to join Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in Morris, Paul Taylor, , Christopher she received the Congressional Black Caucus July 2012. Kevin J. Shannon, from Wheeldon, and Renato Zanella. Mr. Wharton Foundation’s Performing Arts medal, and has Baltimore, Maryland, began joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in July been featured in Dance Magazine. In 2010, she Pablo Piantino, from dancing under the guidance of 2012 and is also a professional photographer was honored with Princess Grace Foundation Mendoza, Argentina, began Lester Holmes. He graduated and videographer. and Chris Hellman dance awards. She is cur- dancing at age 14. His train- from the Baltimore School for rently enrolled in the Liberal Education for Arts ing included private seminars the Arts with additional train- lines ballet dancers Professionals Program at Saint Mary’s College with Hector Zaraspe and ing at the School of American Ballet, Miami of California. Ms. Jackson joined LINES Ballet studies at both the Colón City Ballet School, Paul Taylor Dance Company, David Harvey, from the in 2006. Theatre School and the Juilliard School, from and Parsons Dance. He earned his B.F.A. in Pacific Northwest, studied which he received his B.F.A. After performing 2007 at the Juilliard School, toured nationally dance under Michael Falotico Yujin Kim was born in with the Colón Theatre and the with the Juilliard School Ensemble and ap- in Poulsbo, Washington. He Busan, South Korea, and Juilliard School Dance Ensemble, Mr. Piantino peared in the Live from Lincoln Center broadcast later attended Interlochen studied Korean traditional joined San Francisco Ballet in 1999 and television special, The Juilliard School: Celebrating Arts Academy and graduated dance for two years before be- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in August 2005. 100 Years. Mr. Shannon joined Hubbard Street from the Kirov Ballet Academy in Washington, ginning ballet lessons at age Dance Chicago in November 2007. D.C. After one year of membership in the twelve. She trained at the LINES Ballet Training Program, Mr. Harvey Young Ji Kim Ballet Studio, the Peniel joined LINES Ballet in 2008. International Arts School, and the Pre-Korean National University of Arts, then attended Zürich’s Hochschule für Musik und Theater on

16 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 17 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS full scholarship. Winner of numerous competi- Caroline Rocher trained in Meredith Webster, from Charlotte, Ms. Wilkes performed works by tions in South Korea, Ms. Kim was awarded a France at the Conservatoire Manitowoc, Wisconsin, stud- Nacho Duato, Twyla Tharp, Alvin Ailey, gold medal at the 2005 Prix de Lausanne de Montpellier, and later in ied dance with Jean Wolfmeyer, Jacqulyn Buglisi, George Balanchine, Dwight International Ballet Competition. She has Switzerland at the Rudra then attended the Harid Rhoden, and Mark Godden. She was named one danced with Sun Hee Kim Ballet Company, Béjart Lausanne School. In Conservatory in Florida and of “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine in 2009 National Opera Company of Korea, and the 1998, she relocated to the Seattle’s Pacific Northwest and joined LINES Ballet in 2011. Covenant Journey Musical Group. Ms. Kim United States, to study at New York’s Alvin Ballet School. In 2003, she earned a B.S. in en- joined LINES Ballet in 2011. Ailey American Dance Center, joined Dance vironmental science from the University of Ricardo Zayas, from Theatre of Harlem in 1999, and was promoted to Washington. Prior to moving to San Francisco, Brooklyn, New York, studied Paul Knobloch was born in the following year. Ms. Rocher Ms. Webster performed in Seattle with Sonia on scholarship at the schools Canberra, Australia, began has performed leading roles in notable works by Dawkins’s Prism Dance Theater and Spectrum of his dance training at the Glen Tetley, Dwight Rhoden, and Michael Dance Theater. Ms. Webster joined LINES and San Francisco Ballet. In Canberra Dance Development Smuin, plus many by George Balanchine in- Ballet in 2005 and was honored with a Princess 2005, He graduated with Centre, and completed his cluding Apollo, Concerto Barocco, The Four Grace Award in 2007. honors from Fordham University, joining Ailey studies at the Australian Temperaments, and The Prodigal Son. Her part- II during his senior year. He has also performed Ballet School, graduating with honors in 1997. ners onstage have included ballet stars Vladimir Keelan Whitmore, from with Complexions and He has received numerous awards and scholar- Malakhov and Damian Woetzel. In 2004, Rockford, Illinois, trained at Shen Wei Dance Arts. Mr. Zayas joined LINES ships and, in 2001, was named the ACT Young Ms. Rocher appeared in the Gala des Étoiles du the Rockford Dance Company Ballet in 2007 and, in 2009, was named one of Australian of the Year. Mr. Knobloch has per- 21ème siècle in , and then joined Germany’s and the Joffrey Ballet School/ “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine. formed internationally with West Australian Bayerisches Staatsballett. She joined LINES New School University, and Ballet, , in 2007 after one year as member of graduated from Michigan’s Dancer photos: Hubbard Street by Cheryl Mann; Ballet, and Béjart Ballet Lausanne, interpreting France’s Lyon Opéra Ballet. Interlochen Arts Academy. As a member for five LINES Ballet by Quinn B Wharton. classic repertoire such as Les Sylphides, La seasons of , Mr. Whitmore Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, Raymonda, Zachary Tang, born and performed works by choreographers including and Romeo and Juliet. Choreographers whose raised in Texas, began train- George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Jerome work he has performed include George ing with Joyce Beck at Robbins, and Twyla Tharp. In 2006, he became Balanchine, Jiří Kylián, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Dancescape. He went on to a member of the . His , and Maurice Béjart. He has graduate from the High choreography has been showcased in workshop also created works of his own while at the School for Performing and and gala performances, presented by Kansas Australian Ballet, and was commissioned by Visual Arts in 2007, under the direction of City Ballet, Virginia School of the Arts, the Canada’s Ballet Victoria. Mr. Knobloch joined Luanne Carter. Mr. Tang has studied dance at LINES Ballet Training Program and Regional LINES Ballet in 2012. Ballet Austin, , the Joffrey Ballet, Dance America, which presented Mr. Whitmore Perry Mansfield, and Springboard Danse with its National Choreography Recognition Michael Montgomery of Montreal. Upon receiving his B.F.A. from the Award in 2005. That same year, he co-founded Long Beach, California, Juilliard School under the direction of Lawrence Kansas City–based multidisciplinary ensemble trained at the Orange County Rhodes, Mr. Tang was awarded the Hector Quixotic Fusion. Mr. Whitmore joined LINES High School of the Arts and Zaraspe Prize for choreography. Dance artists Ballet in 2006. studied in The Ailey School’s whose work he has performed include Peter Certificate Program. In 2011, Chu, Victor Quijada, Alexander Ekman, Stijn Kara Wilkes, a native of he graduated from LINES Ballet and Dominican Celis, Larry Kegwin, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Wisconsin, began her profes- University’s B.F.A. program. Mr. Montgomery Mark Morris, José Limón, Anthony Tudor, Eliot sional career performing clas- was awarded the American College Dance Feld, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, and sical and contemporary works Festival Association’s Best Student Performer Bronislava Nijinska. Mr. Tang joined LINES for five seasons as a member of award for the Southwest Region in 2008. In Ballet in 2011 and was named one of “25 to Milwaukee Ballet. In 2006, 2010, he joined LINES Ballet and was named a Watch” by Dance Magazine in 2012. she was invited to join Victor Ullate Ballet in Shenson Performing Arts Fellow. Mr. Montgomery Madrid, Spain; she then returned to the United was named one of “25 to Watch” by Dance States and was a member of North Carolina Magazine in 2013. Dance Theatre for four seasons. While based in

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