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RISING EXCELLENCE Trials Tribulations Triumph DBDT: Encore! Tribulations Triumph RISING EXCELLENCE Trials Tribulations Triumph VIRTUAL ON-DEMAND APRIL 17–18, 2021 PRESENTING SPONSOR CHOREOGRAPHY SPONSORS LEGACY SPONSOR SEASON SPONSORS SEASON SUPPORTERS COVID RESILIENCE SPONSORS Anonymous PNC LKS Foundation Wells Fargo Mid-America Arts Alliance United States Anonymous Regional Arts Resilience Fund Communities Foundation of Texas/ North Texas Giving Day Coronavirus Relief Fund Chase National Endowment for the Arts CARES Act Deedie Rose Oversee My IT, LLC TACA Emergency Arts Relief Fund Dallas Black Dance Theatre Board of Directors Sally Pian & Ira Silverman Henry C. Beck, Jr. Donor Advised Fund at Texas Lucy and Henry Billingsley Fund at Texas Women’s Foundation Women’s Foundation Kate Wilson Davis Fund at Texas Women’s Ford Reynolds Fund of the Southwest Foundation Community Foundation The Eugene McDermott Foundation Keron Wright PROMOTIONAL ADVOCATES Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Fort Worth Assembly Hotel Concierge International Association of Blacks in Dance Outings & Innings, Harvard University VisitDallas CHOREOGRAPHERS Photo courtesy the artist JESS HENDRICKS JESS HENDRICKS graduated from the University of Colorado with a BFA in Dance. Her training and education includes Perry Mansfield School of the Performing Arts, American Dance Festival, Harvard Dance Festival, EDGE Scholarship, Gus Giordano and Hubbard Dance Street. Her credits include commercials and industrials for Godiva, L’Oreal, Reebok, Toys R Us, Universal Studios, Volkswagen and Warner Brothers. Jess worked on the European tour of HAIR as Dance Captain for years, performed for the opening premiers of Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby and can be seen in such movies as Living Out Loud and Between The Sheets. She has danced in or been the assistant choreographer to the World Ski Championships, Elan Awards, Bob Fosse Awards, Ms. America Pageant, CARNIVAL, Dance Break and Broadway Bares. Jess has choreographed the New York musicals “The Shaggs”, “The Book Of The Dun Cow” and “Dead City” as well as the movie musical “Free Fall”. She has choreographed the music video “Just A Dress” for the Berlin Film Festival and Sofia Strati’s “Mia Agapi Fotia” for Eurovision. Jess has taught at Universities and Festivals throughout Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway and the United States. Jess was a company member with “The Wes Veldink Movement” and Co-Created her own company “Two Peas & A Pod” in NYC. She has created work for A Great Big World and Alicia Keys Set The World On Fire Tour. Jess has debuted work at Carnegie Hall and Brooklyn Academy of Music, as well as set work on Houston METdance, Marymount Manhattan College, Point Park University, PACE University, Wanderlust Dance Project and Dance Lab New York. She recently just finished a production of Midsummer Nights Dream in NYC and is currently an adjunct professor at PACE University, on faculty with 24Seven Dance Convention, a Co-Founder of Dancers Give Back Dallas and sits on the Board of Micaela’s Army Foundation in Dallas, Texas. CHOREOGRAPHERS Photo courtesy the artist JOSHUA L. PEUGH Dark Cirlces Contemporary Dance Founder/Artistic Director JOSHUA L. PEUGH is the Founder and Artistic Director of Dark Circles Contemporary Dance and Co-founder of Fair Assembly. A graduate of Southern Methodist University, he has created work for festivals in Asia, Europe, and North America, winning awards for his choreography in South Korea, Japan, Canada, and the USA. He was the recipient of the Grand Prize at the McCallum Theatre’s 18th Annual Choreography Festival and was chosen as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.” Joshua served as choreographer for legendary soprano Kathleen Battle’s concert Underground Railroad - A Spiritual Journey and was the 2018 recipient of the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence. He has created over 40 new works for BalletX, Ballet Memphis, The Big Muddy Dance Company, BODYTRAFFIC, Bruce Wood Dance Project, Company E, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Dance Lab NY, DanceWorks Chicago, Eisenhower Dance, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, MADCO, METdance, Tulsa Ballet, WaterTower Theatre, and Whim W’Him, among others. Photo by Brian Guilliaux NYCOLE RAY See DBDT: Encore! Artistic Director Bio. DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MELISSA M. YOUNG MELISSA M. YOUNG is a Honduran-American raised in Santa Ana, California. She attended Orange Coast College with a focus in Business Administration. She is a graduate of The Ailey School in New York City. She trained in three of their programs: Summer Intensive, Certificate Program and Fellowship. During her Fellowship studies, she was selected to train as an exchange student at Amsterdam School of the Arts (de Theaterschool) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Overall, her professional training includes: Ballet, Modern (Horton and Graham), and Jazz techniques, as well as West African dance. This marks Melissa’s 27th season with Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Young started her career at DBDT as a dancer for 11 years, then Rehearsal Director, Academy Director, Associate Artistic Director, Interim Artistic Director, and was appointed as Artistic Director on September 25, 2018. Her most notable performances include: The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors in New York City, and for the U.S. Ambassadors to Ireland and Zimbabwe. She has restaged and rehearsed the diverse repertoire of DBDT, which spans over 80 ballets. She was an Assistant to the Choreographers, Hope Clarke for the Dallas Opera’s Porgy and Bess (2009) and Christopher L. Huggins for Dallas Theater Center’s production of The Wiz (2011). Teaching master classes both nationally and internationally, Melissa specializes in the Dance Technique of Lester Horton. She was the primary Horton Technique Instructor for Dallas Black Dance Theatre from 1998–2017. As an Adjunct Instructor, she taught the Horton Technique at Dallas’ Southern Methodist University in 2004 and Texas Woman’s University in Denton from 2005–2008. She was on faculty (Horton Technique) at Ballet Center for Fort Worth and Dallas Youth Repertory Project, and continues to serve as a guest teacher at both schools. In 2014, Melissa was the Visiting Dance Artist for Abilene Christian University’s Department of Theatre. She taught ballet, modern and lyrical jazz techniques. Melissa currently serves on the Next Generation Leadership Committee for the International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc. She has served as an advisory panelist for City of Dallas/Office of Cultural Affairs, Young Audiences of Dallas, Texas Commission on the Arts and Arkansas Arts Council, as well as serving as a board member for the Dance Council of North Texas from 2010–2013. In 2000, she was presented with The Dancer’s Award for her artistic excellence and dedication to Dallas Black Dance Theatre. She was chosen as one of “The Talented Tenth” by The Dallas Weekly in 2010, for being a Young and Emerging Leader. In 2014, she received an Award of Recognition from the South Dallas Dance Festival for her service to dance and in 2016, the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence. In November 2017, Melissa received the Shining Star Award from the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance for her significant contributions to dance in Texas and beyond. During the 57th Annual South Central District Conference of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. in March 2019, Melissa was honored with the “We Speak Your Name” Career Achievement Award. DBDT: ENCORE! ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NYCOLE RAY A Detroit native, Nycole Ray graduated from The California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in dance. She received additional training at the California State Summer School of the Arts, Wayne State University, and as an exchange student at the London Contemporary Dance School in England. Mrs. Ray has performed with the Bruce Wood Dance Project, Walt Disney World Entertainment, Christopher and Friends directed by Christopher L. Huggins, the Lula Washington Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II and the Zadonu African Dance Company. She has worked with noted choreographers such as Donald McKayle, Dianne McIntyre, Christopher L. Huggins, Alonzo King, Donald Byrd, Bruce Wood®, Rennie Harris and Camille A. Brown. In addition to her concert dance performances, and has appeared in music videos, industrials in the U.S. and Europe. Nycole is the 2013 recipient of the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence from the Dance Council of North Texas and has set choreography on DBDT: Encore!, Hill Dance Academy Theater in Pittsburgh, PA, Detroit Renaissance High School, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Wayne State University’s Dance Company, and the Milwaukee Dance Connection. Mrs. Ray was commissioned by The Dallas Opera, to choreograph the opera Samson and Delilah for their 2017 opening season. She has had collaborations with the Dallas Museum of Art, creating Frida, Frida and Frida based off of the Mexico exhibit in 2017, Art on 5th Avenue based on the contemporary jewelry designs of Arthur Smith in 2014, The Subtle, The Sum…Give More Than You Take, based off of the Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take exhibit in 2013, The Line of Beauty that Runs Through, based off of works from The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece exhibit along with works from their permanent collection in 2013, Le Afrique Masquerade for The Art of Disguise exhibit of African Masks in the fall of 2010, as well as a commissioned work for the Dallas Holocaust Museum in 2009. Mrs. Ray was a featured choreographer for the Tenth Annual Choreographers Choice Series in Dallas; and premiered work in Vienna’s 2003 International Black Dance Festival. She accompanied Dr. Chuck Davis, as an invited guest, during his annual pilgrimage to Africa, and has been a teaching Assistant and adjunct at Texas Woman’s University. Mrs. Ray received the 2011 Artful Dancewear Teachers Scholarship through The Dance Council of North Texas to continue her studies, and is certificate as a certified Dunham Technique Instructor.
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