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February 6, 2021 7:00 Pm Cst / 8:00 Pm Est Presenting Sponsor A Tribute to the Civil Rights Era VIRTUAL SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 6, 2021 7:00 PM CST / 8:00 PM EST PRESENTING SPONSOR VIRTUAL FEBRUARY 6, 2021 7:00 PM CST / 8:00 PM EST Proud To Support Dallas Black Theatre’s Past, Present And Future www.bankoftexas.com Gilbert Gerst | [email protected] | 214.515.1723 © 2020. Services provided by BOKF, NA. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender . BOKF, NA is a subsidiary of BOK Financial Corporation. 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 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 2018, Melissa was honored with the “We Speak Your Name” Career Achievement Award. DBDT: ENCORE! ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NYCOLE RAY Detroit native, Nycole Ray graduated from The California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in dance and choreography. She received additional training as an exchange student at the London Contemporary Dance School in England. Mrs. Ray has performed with Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Bruce Wood Dance®, Walt Disney World Entertainment, Christopher and Friends directed by Christopher L. Huggins, The Lula Washington Dance Theatre, 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. Nycole is the 2013 recipient of the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence and the 2011 Artful Dancewear Teachers Scholarship from the Dance Council of North Texas. She is also a certified Dunham Technique Instructor. Nycole is a guest artist with Dallas Black Dance Theatre and has served as a past Rehearsal Director for the Bruce Wood® Dance Project, and Assistant Rehearsal Director for Dallas Black Dance Theatre. This marks her 11th season as the Artistic Director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s DBDT: Encore! and her 23rd season with Dallas Black Dance Theatre. DBDT: ENCORE! ARTISTIC ASSISTANT / BOOKING ASSISTANT RICHARD A. FREEMAN, JR. A native of Washington, D.C., Richard began his training with District of Columbia Youth Ensemble and the Washington Ballet. He received additional training from Duke Ellington School of the Arts, as well as Virginia Commonwealth University. He danced professionally with Elisa Monte Dance, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Arts Unlimited, and Houston Grand Opera. Mr. Freeman has had the pleasure to perform in Operas/Musicals such as Casa Blanca, Brothers of the Knight, Dreams, Porgy and Bess, The WIZ and Rusalka. Some of his commercial credits include Mary Kay, Holiday Inn, and Chuck E. Chesse. Richard has choreographed works for the Atlanta Dance Connection, Texas Ballet Theater School, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, DBDT: Encore, Urban Souls Dance Company, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and I. M. Terrell Academy for STEM and VPA. Richard has been the resident choreographer for Dallas Black Dance Theatre as well as the ballet master for Spring Cypress Dance Center. He has performed works by world renowned choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Talley Beatty, Ben Stevenson, Debbie Allen, Christopher L. Huggins, Nejla Y. Yatkin, Alonzo King and many others. Along side performing he also teaches master classes and workshops across the nation. Mr. Freeman is currently the Artistic Assistant for DBDT: Encore! and the Booking Assistant for both DBDT, and DBDT: Encore! This is his 13th season with the company. PROGRAMME SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH @ 7:00PM CST Performers Ketreon Butler Carmen Cage Edie Dunn Marques Furr Floyd McLean, Jr. Bianca Melidor Jessica Popoff Terrell Rogers, Jr. Isabel Wallace-Green Hold My Hand Choreographer Nycole Ray Music Delta Rae PROGRAMME Ohh Child Choreographer Richard A. Freeman, Jr. Speech Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Music Beth Orton Motherless Child Choreographer Nycole Ray Music John Legend Here and Now Choreographer Nycole Ray Music Agnes Obel Speech Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. PROGRAMME Freedom Choreographer Nycole Ray Music Beyoncé Knowles Speech Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I Rise Choreographer Richard A. Freeman, Jr. Music Andra Day You Make Me Feel Choreographer Terrell Rogers, Jr. Music Aretha Franklin PROGRAMME Friendship Train Choreographers Kayleigh Eidson, Floyd McLean, Jr. Bianca Melidor, Amauris Ortega, Nycole Ray Terrell Rogers, Jr. Music Gladys Knight and The Pips Costume Design Nycole Ray Videography Nycole Ray Video Editing Nycole Ray Terrell Rogers, Jr. SPECIAL THANK YOU East Quarter Todd Interests CBRE Nikki Olson Edmond Giles Steven Ray DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE • STAFF THE MISSION Our mission is to create and produce contemporary modern dance at its highest level of artistic excellence. FOUNDER ANN M. WILLIAMS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MELISSA M. YOUNG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ZENETTA S. DREW DBDT COMPANY DANCERS Claude Alexander III Xavier Mack De’Anthony Vaughan Hana Delong Charles Michael Patterson Renee Walters Lailah LaRose Zion Pradier Jasmine White-Killins Sierra Noelle Jones Sean J. Smith McKinley Willis DBDT COMPANY TEACHERS Claude Alexander III Sean J. Smith Allan Kinzie Enrica Tseng Ceyhun Özsoy Michelle Zada Joshua L. Peugh DBDT: ENCORE! ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NYCOLE RAY DBDT: ENCORE! DANCERS Edie Dunn Teige Bisnought Jessica Popoff Marques Furr Ketreon Butler Terrell Rogers Jr. Floyd McLean Jr. Carmen Cage Isabel Wallace-Green Bianca Melidor ARTISTIC Academy Director Katricia Eaglin Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director Ebony McFarland Neiman
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