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CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS At GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY

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Lou Conte Gail Kalver Founder & Artistic Director Executive Director

THE COMPANY

Shan Bai Joseph Morradian Leisa Beemer Patrick Mullaney Ron De Jesus Geoff Myers Meredith Dincolo Mary Nesvadba David Gomez Joseph P. Pantaleon Laura Haney Gomez Josef Patrick Maria Fenske John Ross Krista Ledden Jennita Russo Cheryl Mann Gregory Sample Brian McGinnis Christine Carrillo Simpson Jamy Meek Mario Alberto Zambrano

Thorn Clower Johnathan Ledden Rehearsal Directon/ Master Production Stage Manager

Todd L Clark Maria Fenski Lighting & Technical Director Costume Designer

Krista Ledden Shelley Washington Whitman Rehearsal Assistant Rehearsal Director for the Tharp Project

Anne Grove Bill Ashdown Kilroy G Kundalini Richard S. Carvlin Company Manager Wardrobe Supervison Audio Engineer Tour Carpenter

North American Tour Direction International Tour Direction John P. Luckacovic, Vice President Michael Brenner

Jay Lawrence/ Managerial Associate BB Promotion Konzertagentur GmbH Columbia Artists Management, Inc. Mannheim, Germany , New York

United Airlines is the official domestic carrier for HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO PROGRAM Saturday, October 25, 1997 at 8:00 p.m.

BAKER'S DOZEN (17 minutes)

Choreography by Twyla Tharp Original Costume Design by Santo Loquasto Original Lighting by Jennifer Tipton Recreated by Todd L. Clark Music Composed by Willie "The Lion" Smith Music Performed by Dick Hyman

Maria Fenske David Gomez Laura Haney Gomez Ron De Jesus Shan Bai Joseph Mooradian Christine Carrillo Simpson Josef Patrick Cheryl Mann Jamy Meek Krista Ledden Joseph P. Pantaleon

Echoes of Spring Tango a la Caprice Concentrating Relaxin'

"Baker's Dozen" is underwritten by The Tharp Project.

Staged by Shelley Washington Whitman. First performed by Twyla Tharp Dance in February, 1979 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York. First performed by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Theater Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany, November 22, 1990.

(Short Pause;

LADY LOST FOUND (14 minutes)

Choreography fay Daniel Ezralow Cosfume Design by Jackson Lowell Lighting Design by Howell Binkley Music by Percy Grainger i Jennita Russo, Mario Alberto Zambrano, Leisa Beemer, Gregory Sample, Patrick Mullaney

Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Shubert Theatre, Chicago, IL, April 15, 1997.

Scotch Sfrathspey & Reel, The Losf Lady Found, Mock Morris, Irish Tune from County Deny, and I'm a Young Bonnie Lassie used by arrangement with Schott & Co. Ltd. , by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner, courtesy of Polygram Classics and Jazz, a division of Polygram Records, Inc., courtesy of Academy Sound and Vision, Ltd., MCA Music and United Music and courtesy of Legacy International.

(Intermission) LINK THE THARP PROJECT (12 Minutes) Preview Performance The Tharp Project, an artistic collaboration between Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Choreography by Mario Alberto Zambrano and internationally renowned American choreographer Twyla Tharp, has expanded the Costume Design by Maria Fenski company's repertoire with several classic works by Tharp including The Fugue, Sue's Leg, Lighting Design by Todd L. Clark Baker's Dozen, The Golden Section, Nine Sinatra Songs, Fait Accompli and Tharp's first Music by and Foday Musa Suso original work for HSDC, / Remember Clifford. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is honored to play a vital role in the history of American dance by preserving the Tharp Jennita Russo, Joseph Mooradian, Ron De Jesus legacy for audiences worldwide. We wish to acknowledge the extraordinary generosity of the following contributors who support this artistic partnership: 'Link* is underwritten by the Seabury Foundation. AT&T Foundation Music from The Screens by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso, courtesy of PolyGram Classics Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation and Jazz, a division of PolyGram Records, Inc. and Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc. Julius Frankel Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation (Short Pause) Prince Charitable Trusts Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund THE ENVELOPE Anonymous (12 minutes) LOU CONTE (Founder and Artistic Director) began dance lessons as a child in DuQuoin, Choreography by David Parsons Illinois. A zoology major at Southern Illinois University, Mr. Conte returned to dance in 1960, Cosfume Design by Judy Wirkula inspired by Marie Hale, current artistic director of Ballet Florida. After Mr. Conte studied in Lighting by Howell Binkley Florida, New York and at the Ellis-DuBoulay School in Chicago, his career took him to Broadway Music by Gioacchino Rossini where in 1964, at the age of 22, he performed in the chorus of Bob 's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Other Broadway credits include Cabaret and Mame, both in Geoff Myers, New York and on the road. After 13 months in Europe with The George Reich Ballet, Mr. Conte Mary Nesvadba, Krista Ledden returned to Chicago in the mid-1970s to establish the Lou Conte Dance Studio, and in 1977 Gregory Sample, Joseph P. Pantaleon, Meredith Dincolo, Cheryl Mann founded Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. The company has received popular and critical praise throughout the world, including accolades from the late Fred Astaire, who after seeing HSDC's first television special, said it contained "some of the greatest dancing" he had seen in years. In Created for the Parsons Dance Company in 1984. First performed by Hubbard Street Dance addition, Mr. Conte has choreographed more than 30 musicals and a dance for Madonna in the Chicago at the Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, April 24, 1987. film A League of Their Own. He has served on the Illinois Arts Council's Dance Panel and the National Endowment for the Arts' Dance Presenters Panel. Mr. Conte has received numerous (Intermission) awards, including the inaugural Urban Gateways Jessie Woods Award, the Sidney R. Yates Arts Advocacy Award and the University Club of Chicago's Artistic Achievement Award in 1995. NA FLORESTA (The Forest) GAIL KALVER (Executive Director) a native Chicagoan, joined HSDC in 1984. She received (22 minutes) music degrees from the University of Illinois and Chicago Musical College. Ms. Kalver founded the Windy City Wind Ensemble, and performed with the Chicago Symphony, Lyric Opera and Grant Park Symphony. She joined the Ravinia Festival staff in 1976, where she was associate Choreography by Nacho Duato manager until joining HSDC. Ms. Kalver was music consultant to the Peabody award-winning Lighting Design by Nicolas Fischtel National Radio Theatre. She has served on the board of Dance/USA, the Chicago Dance Cosfume Design fay Nacho Duato Coalition and on numerous funding panels. Ms. Kalver currently serves on the boards of the Sef Design by Walter Nobbe Illinois Arts Alliance, Chicago Dancers United and on the Arts Advisory Councils of the Arts Music fay Heitor Villa-Lobos & Wagner Tiso Business Council and Bowen High School in Chicago. Ms. Kalver is the recipient of the Chicago Maria Fenske David Gomez Dance Coalition's 1988 Ruth Page Award and was recognized by Today's Chicago Woman in Laura Haney Gomez Joseph Mooradian 1996. Christine Carrillo Simpson Josef Patrick Shan Bai Jamy Meek THOM GLOWER (BalletMaster/Rehearsal Director) joined HSDC in October 1996. He began training in 1967 with George Skibine and Marjorie Tallchief at the Dallas Civic Ballet. He Jennita Russo Mario Alberto Zambrano studied at the School of American Ballet (New York) and in Paris, Amsterdam and . From 1978 to 1988, he was the Rehearsal Assistant/Ballet Master with the Dallas Ballet under Mr. Staged by Kevin Irving. Premiered by in 1990. Premiered by Hub- Skibine and Flemming Flindt. Where he staged works by Alvin Ailey, John Cranko, and Jiri bard Street Dance Chicago at the Shubert Theatre, Chicago, IL on April 15, 1997. Kylian. From 1988 to 1996, he served as Founding Artistic Director of Ballet Dallas and the Dallas Conservatory of Ballet. He has staged throughout the United States and has "Floresta Amazonica" written by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Used with permission of Sociedad worked with the Santa Fe Opera, the Dallas Opera and the Lyric Opera of Dallas. He premiered Brasileira de Autores Teatrales. his own work, Notturno, in March 1996. THE COMPANY HISTORY OF HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO SHAN BAI (Beijing, China) started her dance training at the school of the Silk Road Dance Internationally recognized as Chicago's premier dance company, Hubbard Street Dance Company in Beijing, China. She completed her BFA at Point Park College in Pittsburgh, PA and Chicago maintains a distinctive repertoire which includes works by world-class choreographers received the Young Artist Scholarship to the American Dance Festival and to the Martha Twyla Tharp, Nacho Duato, Daniel Ezralow, Kevin O'Day, Margo Sappington and David Par- Graham School. She has studied dance with David Hochoy, Doug Varone, Diane Gray and sons. HSDC is a living archive for significant choreographic works and is an innovative force Pearl Lang. Ms. Bai joined HSDC in 1992. in dance. Celebrating its 20 anniversary season in 1997-1998, the company combines clas- sical ballet technique, theatrical jazz and to create an unparalleled artistic LEISA BEEMER (Monster, IN) studied dance on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio and style. with Richard Arve, Birute Barodicaite, Warren Conover, Larry Long and Lynn DiCianni. She has performed with the Arve Quartet, Cerqua/Rivera, Walt Disney World's Pocahontas and in Founded in 1977 by veteran dancer/choreographer Lou Conte, the company began as an numerous industrials, commercials and musical theater productions. Ms. Beemer began ensemble of four women, giving its first public performance in 1978 at a senior citizens home dancing with HSDC in 1996 and thanks Mom, Dad and Ryan. under the auspices of Urban Gateways, an arts education organization. Today, as an ensem- ble of 22 culturally diverse and internationally-acclaimed dancers, the company performs annu- RON DE JESUS (Chicago, IL) began his dance training at Northeastern Illinois University. ally for a world-wide audience of more than 100,000 people. HSDC has appeared at cele- Prior to joining HSDC in 1986, he was a member of Ensemble Espanol, Joseph Holmes brated dance venues including the American Dance Festival, DanceAspen, the Holland Dance Chicago Dance Theatre and the Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble. In 1990 he chore- Festival, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, The , the Kennedy Center, the Ravinia ographed Shakti for HSDC. Mr. De Jesus received a 1996 Ruth Page Dance Achievement Festival, and the Singapore Festival of the Arts. Through outreach programs annually serving Award for his outstanding dancing with HSDC. more than 1 7,000 students and senior citizens, HSDC maintains a strong commitment to the community. MEREDITH DINCOLO (Bloomfield Hills, Ml) studied under lacob Lascu and the Schools of American, Chicago and Boston Ballet. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, she trained From its inception, HSDC has captured public attention, appearing in numerous U.S. and at the Lou Conte Dance Studio and as an apprentice with River North Dance Company in 1993. Canadian television programs. Wl iW/Channel 11 (Chicago) produced and aired HSDC's She has performed with Ballet Theater of Chicago and Ruth Page's Nutcracker. Ms. Dincolo first special in 1981. After viewing the company's television debut, Fred Astaire called the per- joined HSDC in 1996. formance "some of the greatest dancing I've seen in years." A second WTTW special, hosted by Gwen Verdon, aired nationally in 1985. In 1988, the national PBS special A Grand Night - MARLA FENSKE (Edmonton, Alberta) joined HSDC in 1994. She began training in The Performing Arts Salute to Public Television featured HSDC as one of the best in American gymnastics, then studied dance at the Pacific Dance Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, and performing arts. The company appeared on NBC's Today Show in 1988 and on CBS's Crown the Banff School of Fine Arts. After training three years at the School of Les Grands Ballet Jewel, a television special honoring the sixtieth anniversary of Chicago's historic Civic Opera Canadiennes, Ms. Fenske joined Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal where she danced from House in 1989. In 1986, the state of Illinois presented HSDC with the Governor's Award, a 1990-1994. prestigious acknowledgment of the company's prominence and exemplary achievement. DAVID GOMEZ (Day/on, OH) began his career at age twelve as a breakdancer with Rapid artistic growth has been reflected in the financial realm as well. HSDC's budget has SoulPatrol and the Circuit Breakers. After some formal training, he studied and performed with grown from $8,000 in 1978 to approximately $3.6 million for the 1997-1998 season. As a the Dance Theatre of Dayton under the direction of Debbie DeRado and Melissa Swartz. He has not-for-profit organization, HSDC annually raises over $1.6 million from individual, corporate, also danced with the Salt Creek Ballet, Akasha Dance Company and Ruth Page's Nutcracker. foundation and government contributions. He joined HSDC in 1992.

HSDC's 1997-1998 performance schedule began with a three day celebration at Navy Pier in LAURA HANEY GOMEZ (Colorado Springs, CO) began her dance training with Esther Chicago to commence the company's 20 anniversary season. This is followed by a fall tour Geoffrey and Michael Allen, then continued her training at Walnut Hill School for the Arts. She in the Midwest and Southeast and dates in Munich and Frankfurt, Germany. HSDC then re- studied on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio before joining River North Dance turns home to Chicago in the spring for a three week engagement. A South American tour is Company. Ms. Gomez has performed as a guest artist with David Puszh Dance Company. She planned for summer, 1998. joined HSDC in 1992 and would like to thank the audience for supporting the arts.

In 1978, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago was launched to fill a community need. KRISTA LEDDEN (Rochester, Ml) began dancing at an early age with Rory Foster, Carol Today it stands as one of the most renowned dance companies in America as well Walker and Randy Duncan. She studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy, the American Dance as an emblem of Chicago's international cultural profile. Festival, DanceAspen and North Carolina School for the Arts. Although accepted at the Juilliard Conservatory, she joined the Twyla Tharp Dance Company in 1987. She joined HSDC in 1990 and became a rehearsal assistant in 1994.

CHERYL MANN (Orlando, FL) graduated from Point Park College in Pittsburgh, PA. She has performed with the James Kelly Choreography Project, Civic Light Opera, Southern Ballet Theater and at Walt Disney World. She danced with River North Dance Company for three years before joining HSDC in May 1997. BRIAN McGINNIS (Worcester, Ma) before joining HSDC in 1997, Brian graduated from The CHRISTINE CARRILLO SIMPSON (South Holland, IL) a native Chicagoan, is in her ninth with a BFA. season with HSDC. She currently studies with Thorn Clower, Julie Nakagawa-Bottcher, Birute Barodicaite and Larry Long. She has performed in Ruth Page's Nutcracker, and as a guest artist JAMY MEEK (Lubbock, TX) began his training at I'Academie Royale des Beaux Arts in at Barat College. and studied with Victor Moreno and Peggy Willis-Aamio in Lubbock. He danced with Ballet Lubbock, Willis Ballet and for the San Antonio Metropolis Ballet. He has performed in musical MARIO ALBERTO ZAMBRANO (Houston, TX) studied at the High School for the Performing theater and holds a BA in Performing Arts from Oklahoma City University. He joined HSDC in Arts in Houston and the Academy. He has danced with the Houston Ballet, June 1996. Corpus Christi Ballet Company and the Delia Stewart Dance Company. He was named a 1994 Presidential Scholars in the Arts and received a 1995 Princess Grace Award. Although offered JOSEPH MOORADIAN (Dearborn, Ml) has been dancing professionally since 1984. He a full scholarship to North Carolina School of the Arts and to the Juilliard Conservatory, he joined HSDC in 1991. joined HSDC in 1994.

PATRICK MULLANEY (Chicago, IL), winner of the 1988 Ruth Page Award for "Outstanding Dancer of the Year", began his training as a gymnast. He attended Illinois State University and danced with the University Dance Theatre before joining Joseph Holmes in 1985. He is on the faculty of the Chicago National Masters Association and has taught master classes in the U.S. CHOREOGRAPHERS and Mexico. He joined HSDC in 1992. NACHO DUATO (Choreographer) was born in , Spain, in 1957, and trained with the GEOFF MYERS (Si. Louis, MO) rejoined HSDC in 1997 following a three-year hiatus. He has Rambert School in London, Maurice Bejart's Mundra School in Brussels and the Alvin Alley performed with the Verona Ballet, River North, Milwaukee Dance Theatre and Ruth Page's American Dance Center in New York. In 1980 Mr. Duato joined the Cullberg Ballet in Nutcracker. Mr. Myers danced with HSDC from 1984-1993 and was a Ruth Page nominee in and a year later Jiri Kylian brought him to the Nederlands Dans Theater in Holland 1993. He has since completed a BA in TV/video production. where he was named Resident Choreographer in 1988. Since June 1990, Mr. Duato has been Artistic Director of Compama Nacional de Danza (Spain), where he created the following works: MARY NESVADBA (Houston, TX) studied and danced at the Fort Worth Ballet. Ms. Nesvadba Concierto Madrigal, Opus Plot, Empty, Coming Together, Mediterrania, Cautiva and Tabulae. spent two summers with the School of American Ballet in NYC and three years with the Houston Ballet School, where she received the Michael Wismond Award for most outstanding student. DANIEL EZRALOW (Choreographer) created SUPER STRAIGHT is coming down, READ MY She became an apprentice with HSDC in 1990 and joined as a full company member in 1993. HIPS, In Praise of Shadows and Lady Lost Found for HSDC. A native of , he studied dancing at U.C. Berkeley and has performed with 5X2 Plus, , Paul Taylor and JOSEPH P. PANTALEON (Son Diego, CA) began his training at age 19 at San Diego State Pilobolus. In 1980, he co-founded Momix and in 1986 he co-founded ISO Dance. Mr. University. He has worked with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, the PASACAT Performing Ezralow has created original works for HSDC, Batsheva Dance Co. of Israel, , Arts Company, River North Dance Company, Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble, Barat Rudolf Nureyev and London Contemporary Dance Co., among others. Mr. Ezralow works College Repertory Dance Ensemble and The James Kelly Choreography Project. He joined extensively in film and television in the U.S. and Europe, with such artists as Lina Wertmullerand HSDC in 1993. Mauro Bolognini. He has choreographed music videos for Sting, U2 and David Bowie. He recently toured Europe performing his one-man multi-media show Mandala. JOSEF PATRICK (Baltimore, MD) began his dance studies at the age of ten with Ellen Young. After graduating from the School for the Arts in Baltimore, he performed with Walt Disney World DAVID PARSONS (choreographer) was born in Illinois and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Productions, Burt Reynolds' Jupiter Theater and Southern Ballet Theater in Florida. Mr. Patrick Mr. Parsons first studied dance with Cliff Kirwin and Paul Chambers. From 1978-1987 Mr. joined HSDC in 1985 and won a Chicago Dance Coalition Ruth Page Award in 1994 for his Parsons was a leading dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Mr. Parsons has created outstanding work in The Tharp Project. 50 works for The Parsons Dance Company as well as pieces for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, American Ballet Theater, the National Ballet of and the Atlanta Ballet. Mr. JOHN ROSS (Portland, OR) studied on scholarship at the Academy of Ballet Oregon and the Parsons is a three-time recipient of Fellowship Grants from the NEA. Mr. Parsons has been . He has performed with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Chicago featured on numerous television productions, most notably Alive From Off Center and Dance in and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Mr. Ross most recently danced with the River North Dance America on PBS and A&E's Breakfast With the Arts. David is currently working on Channeling, Company before joining HSDC in March 1995. which will premiere this fall.

JENNITA RUSSO (Elgin, IL) studied dance with Donna Muzio and trained at the National TWYLA THARP (Choreographer) has been making dance for thirty years. Academy of Arts in Champaign, IL, and the Pennsylvania Ballet School. She has danced with the Off Center Ballet in New York and Feld Ballets/NY. From 1991-1994, Ms. Russo was with Pennsylvania Ballet under the direction of Christopher d'Amboise. She joined HSDC in 1994.

GREGORY SAMPLE (Louisville, KY) began dancing at age four. He is currently completing his BFA in contemporary dance at North Carolina School of the Arts and will graduate in May 1998. He joined HSDC in June 1997. BORDERS* American Arts Alliance