2015 Winter/Spring Season MAY 2015

Larry Poons, Untitled, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 68”x85”

Published by: Season Sponsor: BAM 2015 Winter/Spring Season #DanceAfrica

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Alan H. Fishman, Chairman of the Board

William I. Campbell, Vice Chairman of the Board

Adam E. Max, Vice Chairman of the Board DanceAfrica Karen Brooks Hopkins, President Joseph V. Melillo, 2 015 Executive Producer Brazilian rhythms. African roots.

Artistic Director Chuck Davis and Artistic Director Designate Abdel R. Salaam

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House May 22 at 7:30pm; May 23 at 2pm & 7:30pm; May 24 & 25 at 3pm Approximate running time: two hours and 15 minutes, including one intermission

Produced by BAM

Balé Folclórico da Bahia (Brazil) Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble (Bronx, NY) BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble (Brooklyn, NY)

Lighting design by Al Crawford Stage manager N’Goma Woolbright 2015 DanceAfrica sponsor: Assistant stage manager Normadien Woolbright Production stage manager Sarah Ford

BAM Community Programs Sponsor Con Edison

Presenting Sponsor of Dance Education: Forest City Ratner Companies

Major support for Global BAM provided by: Robert Sterling Clark Foundation DanceAfrica 2015 Balé Folclórico da Bahia. Photo courtesy Wendell Wagner da Bahia. Photo courtesy Wendell Balé Folclórico To the DanceAfrica Community: Greetings!

Welcome, and thank you for your unwavering support through 38 years. This performance, which allows us the opportunity to celebrate those DanceAfrica alumni who made the transition to the ancestral grounds, is filled with an enormous amount of energy. It is filled to overflowing with love from the staff, production, stage crew, ushers and, of course…. you!

This year’s DanceAfrica, Brazilian rhythms. African roots is designed to keep you energized for a very long time, thanks to the “Bs”—the Bronx’s Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble; Brazil’s Balé Folclórico da Bahia; the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble, Baba Abdel Salaam and, of course, me, Baba Chuck Davis.

All of you are important to us. Again, a hearty thanks for being in our lives and being here with us to mark the retirement of BAM’s beloved president, Karen Brooks Hopkins.

Remember to always respect our Elders after first respecting yourself. This opens the path to our quest for peace. ASE! ASE! ASE!

Baba Chuck Davis Founder/Artistic Director, DanceAfrica 2015 DanceAfrica 2015—PROGRAM NOTES

DANCEAFRICA—Brazilian rhythms. African roots.

GRIOT Baba Chuck Davis welcomes all to this grande bantaba (dancing ground).

PROCESSIONAL We welcome members of the cast as they greet the Council of Elders.

MEMORIAL DanceAfrica Candlebearers and dancers from the BAM/DanceAfrica Restoration Ensemble assist in honoring those connected with DanceAfrica since 1977 who have made the transition to the Ancestral Grounds.

BAM/RESTORATION DANCEAFRICA ENSEMBLE Welcoming Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble DanceAfrica Centerstage Artistic Directors Dance Karen Thornton Music Dellwyn Gilkes

BAMBARA DRUM AND DANCE ENSEMBLE (Bronx, NY) Director Joseph Barnes Artistic director Jewel Love Musical director Ade Love Assistant to the artistic director Noelani Love Dance captain Joy Richardson Dancers Precious T. Bonaparte, Keemaiya Collins•, Vado Diamonte, Sherece Donalds*, Maya Doyle*, Toyia Ford, Menherit Goodwyn*, Omoyemi Jinad*, Francie Johnson, Lauren Lola Jones*, Ishmael Koyate, Noelani Love, Tearra Moore*, DePre Owens•, Joy Richardson (guest artist), Carolyn Sumter Drummers Joseph Barnes, Jean Lemke-Charlotte 2, Talu Green, Mathew Hill, Iyedun Ince, Anwar Ajamu Kadar, Khary Kamau, Shaun Kelly, Ade Love, Madhu Siddappa *apprentice; • junior company

UNCHAINED Life is an open book shaped by the destiny of its characters. These characters, represented by dances from West Africa, help shape man’s existence. Kou Kou, Kawa, Konte Modou, Soko, Mendiani, and Dundunba are the dances used to tell the story of a great and resilient people. Rejoicing in our accomplishments while aligning ourselves with all the mysteries that the universe has to offer allows us to realize our destiny. Ase!!

—INTERMISSION— DanceAfrica 2015

BALÉ FOLCLÓRICO DA BAHIA (Brazil) General director Walson Botelho Artistic director Jose Santos Lighting designer Marcos De Souza Wardrobe supervisor Patricia Dos Santos Stage technicians Carlos Fonseca, Jose Kracht Sound engineer Jose Maia Stage technician Jairo Santana Wardrobe supervisor Adriana Santos Dancers Tamires Amorim, Edemilson Andrade, Ednei Cruz, Valfredo De Souza, Edilene Dos Santos, Arismar Junior, Joseilton Lapa, Tiago Lima, Luana Pessanha, Thiago Ribeiro, Denise Rocha, Luis Santana, Wagner Santana, Cleonildes Santos, Edvan Santos, Elivan Santos, Jadson Santos, Neidson Santos, Aloma Silva, Lucimar Sousa, Noelson Souza, Priscila Vaz Musicians Jose Ricardo Dos Santos, Andre Junior, Alcides Morais, Fabio Santos, Joel Santos Singers Miralva Couto, Doralucia Dos Santos, Gilmar Sampaio

SACRED HERITAGE

OXALA’S COURT Choreography Walson Botelho and José Carlos Arandiba Music Songs from Candomblé rituals In the 300 years following the colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese, more than 10 million African slaves were brought to the New World. In order to maintain their own African identity and culture, many practiced the Yoruba religion Candomblé. Created for Balé Folclórico da Bahia’s 20th anniversary and performed for the first time in the US, Sacred Heritage celebrates this rich Afro-Brazilian religious tradition through a series of dances honoring the most important African deities, or Orixás, in the pantheon. • EXÚ This dance pays homage to the Orixá sent by Olorum, the Supreme God, to create the Universe. This beloved trickster, god of the crossroads, is always honored at the beginning of any Candomblé ceremony. • YAÔ’S INITATION This segment celebrates the first public introduction of an initiate to the religion. Following a three-month period of seclusion, the Yaô is welcomed by the deities as they inhabit the celebrants’ bodies. • XIRÊ This sequence of dances dedicated to the African Gods dramatize a central aspect of Candomblé ritual: celebrants falling into trance, allowing the Orixás to assume human form and exhibit through their spontaneous movements the various aspects of their personalities, creating a temporary bridge between the human and divine. The order of these deities is: OGUM: God of iron and war OXUM: Goddess of rivers, lakes, and waterfalls OMOLÚ: God of skin diseases, plague, and death IANSÃ: Goddess of winds and storms OXOSSI: God of forests and hunters OXALÁ: Supreme God of the pantheon DanceAfrica 2015

PUXADA DE REDE (Fishermen’s Dance) Choreography Walson Botelho Music Bahian Folklore A popular demonstration still seen on the beaches of Bahia in which Iemanjá, the Goddess of the Sea, is invoked by the fishermen and their wives who through their dances and songs ask for an abundant catch.

BERIMBAU Choreography José Carlos Arandiba Music Bahian Folklore Based on an African legend, this dance tells the story of a young couple from warring tribes whose love is forbidden by their people. Taking pity on the lovers, a witch transforms them into a bird called Iuna. The sound of this bird inspired the creation of the berimbau, the musical instrument whose beautiful rhythms are played as accompaniment to the Afro-Brazilian martial art known as capoeira.

SAMBA DE RODA Choreography Walson Botelho Staging Walson Botelho and José Carlos Arandiba Music Bahian Folklore The most popular dance and rhythm in Bahia, the samba first appeared in Brazil as an entertainment practiced by slaves during their leisure hours. This vibrant depiction evokes the flirtatious, sensual energy of this beloved tradition.

CAPOEIRA Staging Walson Botelho and José Carlos Arandiba Music Bahian Folklore A form of martial art which originated in Africa and was brought to Brazil during the colonial period by slaves from Angola, capoeira remains one of the most popular expressions of Afro-Brazilian culture.

AFIXIRÊ Choreography Rosângela Silvestre Music Bahian Folklore With BAM/RESTORATION DANCEAFRICA ENSEMBLE Meaning “dance of happiness” in the Yorubá language of West Africa, this dance pays homage to all African countries which influenced and helped form Brazilian culture. A feast of rhythms, sounds, colors, and movements, this exuberant dance celebrates and defines the sensuality and spirit of the Bahian people.

SAMBA REGGAE Choreography José Carlos Arandiba and the company Music Bahian Folklore The most recent form of Bahian carnival rhythm and an ever-popular finale to Balé Folclórico’s program, Samba Reggae mixes Afro-Bahian rhythms such as afoxé, ijexá, and samba duro with Caribbean influence and reggae. Who’s Who

CHUCK DAVIS (artistic director and founding Cathedral of St. John the Divine since 1984 Elder) is one of the foremost teachers and and also an artist in residence at Tennessee choreographers of traditional African dance in Performing Arts Center, Aaron Davis Hall, America and has traveled extensively in Africa to and St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Harlem. study with leading African artists. Davis founded Salaam has created ballets for Joan Miller the Chuck Davis Dance Company in New York Chamber Arts Dance Players, Philadanco, City in 1968 and the African American Dance African American Dance Ensemble, Chuck Davis Ensemble in Durham, NC in 1983. He has been Dance Company, Muntu, Giwayen Mata, the a panelist for several programs of the National Paul Winter Solstice, Caribbean Cultural Center, Endowment for the Arts and is a recipient of Sakoba Dance Theatre, Union Dance Theatre of the AARP Certificate of Excellence, the North London, and Nashville Ballet. He was director Carolina Dance Alliance Award, the 1990 North of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Rhythm & Carolina Artist Award, and the North Carolina BAM from 2003 to 2005. He has served on Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Since 1991, at the the dance faculties of Lehman College, Alvin request of the governor, he has served on the Ailey American Dance Center, and American board of the North Carolina Arts Council, and Dance Festivals in Durham, NC and Seoul, in 1992 he received the North Carolina Award Korea. He has taught dance workshops in in Fine Arts, the state’s highest honor. In 1996, South Africa and Brazil and served as an arts Chuck Davis and his African American Dance delegate for the US in Moscow, Cambridge, and Ensemble were awarded a $100,000 grant Mexico City. During his 45-year career, he has from the National Dance Residency Program, studied traditional and contemporary dance from a three-year initiative launched in 1994 by the numerous dance masters from the Americas, New York Foundation for the Arts and funded by Africa, and Europe, at home and abroad. Salaam the Pew Charitable Trusts. Professional awards has been a critically acclaimed choreographer include a Monarch, a Bessie, and a BAMmie. in Europe, Central America, and the US. He In 1998, Davis was awarded a doctorate from has choreographed for television and stage, Medgar Evers College and special honors from including the New York Shakespeare Festival, Duke University for his work in promoting dance New York Musical Theater Festival, and Billie across the US. Chuck Davis and DanceAfrica Holiday Theater, where he was a director and were named to Dance Heritage Coalition’s list of choreographer. Salaam has received numerous “America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The awards, fellowships, commissions, and honors. First 100.” In 2004, he received a prestigious He is currently one of the directors of the Dance Magazine Award in honor of his many Harlem Children’s Zone/Forces of Nature Youth achievements, and in April that year he was Academy of Dance and Wellness, and an artist in honored at the Kennedy Center in the week- residence for the Bedford Stuyvesant Youth Arts long celebration “Masters of African-American Academy of Brooklyn. Choreography.” In 2006, Baba Chuck received an honorary doctorate from Williams College AL CRAWFORD (lighting designer) has been in Williamstown, MA, where he was the the lighting director of the world renowned Alvin commencement speaker. He also received the Ailey American Dance Theater since 1998. 2006 Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Now in his 17th season with the famed dance Chair for Distinguished Teaching at the American company, he has produced the lighting for Ailey Dance Festival at Duke University. In December in virtually every major theater, performing arts 2009, he received an honorary doctorate from center, and opera house on earth, touring to 48 the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Most states and more than 65 countries. Crawford has recently, the St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation had the opportunity to work directly with many announced the establishment of its Glaxo- important choreographers in the dance world SmithKline-Charles “Chuck” Davis Endowment. including Judith Jamison, Robert Battle, Ronald K. Brown, Garth Fagan, Matthew Rushing, ABDEL R. SALAAM is the artistic director George Faison, Alonzo King, Melissa Hayden, designate and artistic director of Black Dance Christopher Huggins, Hope Boykin, Jeanguy USA in St. Louis, MO and Kwanzaa Regeneration Saintus, and many others. He has designed Night at the Apollo Theater. Salaam co-founded 15 new works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Forces of Nature Dance Theatre and has served Theater, 16 for Ailey II, and numerous works for as its executive artistic director/choreographer companies worldwide. Crawford is a graduate since 1981. He was also associate artistic of the North Carolina School of the Arts. director for Chuck Davis Dance Company. He arc3design.com has been choreographer in residence for the Who’s Who

N’GOMA WOOLBRIGHT (stage manager) is a world tours. The company has toured throughout native of Jacksonville, FL. He began his career Brazil, and in 1990, 1993, 1996, and 2000 as a stage manager in 1968 with the Chuck was named Best Dance Company in Brazil by Davis Company, where he later became technical the Ministry of Culture. Since its 1992 European director. He has worked with several dance debut in Berlin, the company has returned several companies in and around New York City. Until times to Germany, France, Portugal, Sweden, recently, he was the technical director for the Finland, Denmark, and other countries. Its first dance company Forces of Nature. Woolbright’s tour in the US and Canada in early 1996 included credits include Lyon and the Jewel, Frankenstein’s performances in New York, Boston, Berkeley, Rib, The Greatest of All Time, and Muhammed Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto, Montreal, Wait for Me. He has been stage manager for Washington, DC, and other major cities. From DanceAfrica since its inception in 1977. 1996 to 2013, the troupe visited more than 120 cities on its North America tours. Its current tour, NORMADIEN WOOLBRIGHT (assistant stage Sacred Heritage, presents a repertory of authentic manager) is a graduate of the Performing Arts folkloric dances and music based on the three High School, holds a BA in dance education different influences that formed the Brazilian from Lehman College, and has studied with people: African, from the introduction of slavery Chuck Davis since her teens. She became artistic in the late 16th century; Indigena, the Brazilian director of the Chuck Davis Dance Company natives; and European, through Portuguese when Davis relocated to Durham, NC in 1989. colonization. This company, with its dancers, She now serves as road manager and director musicians, and singers, represents in all its of educational projects for the African American splendor the culture, the traditions, the beliefs, the Dance Ensemble. She remains active in the field history, the colors, the music, and the movements of dancing through teaching, performing, and of the people of Bahia. participating in school residencies. WALSON BOTELHO (general director and SARAH FORD (production stage manager), co-founder, Balé Folclórico da Bahia) is a based in NYC, recently returned from a year choreographer and former performer who working with Singapore Repertory Theatre. BAM graduated from the Federal University of Bahia with credits include the Bridge Project (As You Like a degree in cultural anthropology. He has worked It, The Tempest), Ridge Theater’s Lightning at as dance director of the Cultural Foundation of Our Feet, Persephone, and Shelter; Paul Simon’s Bahia, production director for the Balé Teatro Castro American Tunes and Songs from the Capeman, Alves in Salvador, and as assistant director, dancer, and Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. International work singer, and musician with the company Viva Bahia. includes Traveling Lady (French Institute/Alliance Aside from his work with Balé Folclórico da Bahia Française; Cité Internationale Universitaire he is also serves as artistic director for two of the de Paris); Fela! The Concert (Adelaide and most famous Bahian pop stars: Carlinhos Brown Auckland Arts Festivals); Venus in Fur (Singapore and Daniela Mercury. Repertory Theatre); and Voices of Strength (MAPP International Productions). Local credits JOSÉ CARLOS ARANDIBA (artistic director, include Fires are Confusing (New York Stage and Balé Folclórico da Bahia) has worked with the Film); Foundry Theatre’s How Much is Enough? company as artistic director since 1992. A (St. Ann’s Warehouse; ArtsEmerson, Boston); former solo performer with the Contemporary and Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Dance Group at the Federal University of Bahia, on the Sound). Ford studied with Compagnie he is an internationally recognized teacher Théâtrale F’Âme in Dakar, Senegal. and director whose work has been seen on televisions in France, Germany, and Holland. BALÉ FOLCLÓRICO DA BAHIA He has also choreographed for several European- The only professional folk dance company in based dance companies. Brazil, Balé Folclórico da Bahia was formed in 1988 by Walson Botelho and Ninho Reis in the BAMBARA DRUM AND DANCE ENSEMBLE city of Salvador in the northeastern State of Bahia. The mission of the Bambara Drum and Dance Since its first performances the following year, the Ensemble is to educate and preserve through troupe has achieved considerable international music and dance the black aesthetic—from its success, in particular at France’s Biennale de la beginning in Africa to the present day and beyond, Danse in Lyon (1994, 1996), the Sydney Festival instilling traditional African cultural values while and Spoleto Festival USA (1997 and 2000), bridging the cultural gap between people of and many important concert halls on its frequent all backgrounds and generations. This unique Who’s Who

company of “edutainers” has dazzled audiences BAM/RESTORATION DANCEAFRICA throughout the US, performing challenging ENSEMBLE and BAM have been partners for repertoire from West Africa, Cuba, and Central 18 years in a youth development effort with Africa. The Bambara Drum And Dance Ensemble DanceAfrica as its focus. The group is an annual encourages cross cultural understanding by favorite and a symbol of youth involvement celebrating traditional African culture. The in the preservation of African heritage. In company’s energy and creative versatility engages that time, more than 4,000 students have audiences and allows each individual to become taken part in professional caliber workshops. one with this experience. The company’s founder is The BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica initiative Joseph Barnes. His dream was to present African encourages participants to express themselves music and dance as a cultural enrichment to all. through the common themes of dance, music, In 1995 he and three other drummers formed visual arts, creative writing, and study of the the Bambara Drumming Society. In 2002, the cultural histories of Africa and the African group expanded to include dancers. Jewel Love diaspora. The talented young dancers of the was brought in as artistic director, Noelani Love BAM/Restoration Dance-Africa Ensemble are as assistant to the artistic director, and Adewole students from Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Love as musical director. The Ensemble has Corporation’s Youth Arts Academy, where they performed with Community School District Four receive intensive training in ballet, modern, Arts-In-Education programs throughout the East African, and contemporary dance. Observing its Harlem public school system in New York. The 48th anniversary this year, Bedford Stuyvesant company has also performed at Newark Symphony Restoration Corporation’s mission is to be the Space, New Jersey City State University, Essex catalyst for the progressive improvement of the County Community College, Grants Tomb in New quality of life for the people of central Brooklyn York, Aaron Davis Hall/Marion Theater, Hostos by utilizing every avenue available to foster Center for Performing Arts, American Museum of growth and development through economic, Natural History, University of Bridgeport, Cheyney cultural, educational, and social and artistic University (PA), BAM, New Jersey Performing ventures. The Center for Arts and Culture Arts Center, York College Performing Arts Center, (CAC) at Restoration presents year-round and for numerous local, professional, and civic multidisciplinary arts and culture programming organizations, including on TV on NY1, the Tyra with the Billie Holiday Theatre, Skylight Gallery, Banks Show, and WPIX. Youth Arts Academy, and Restoration Plaza.

In Memoriam Reinaldo Pepe, 1974—2015

Dancer, actor, model, choreographer, dance teacher

Reinaldo Pepe, born May 29, 1974, in Salvador, Bahia, began his artistic career at 18 years of age working as an actor, and was soon introduced to dance, where he distinguished himself with fine technique, beautiful movement, and his strength and great creativity.

In the Balé Folclórico da Bahia, he served as a principal dancer and soloist, choreographer, and teaching assistant, performing in major theaters in the more than 50 countries visited by the company. He received praised by critics interna- tionally for his determination and leadership.

Pepe left us abruptly in March 2015, leaving a huge gap in our company and in our hearts. We dedicate the tour to this fine professional and great friend and colleague, who was undoubtedly one of the greatest artists that Bahia has ever produced. Balé Folclórico da Bahia is honored to have danced alongside him.

Today, AFIXIRÊ—”the Dance of Joy”—is danced in Orun (heaven) for all the Orishas to welcome Pepe with open arms.

—Walson Botelho and Balé Folclórico da Bahia Photo: Wendell Wagner Photo: Wendell Who’s Who

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Kevin Chavers, Chairman, Karlvy Smith, Administrative Assistant Costumes Board of Directors Elexus Knox, After School Coordinator Hopie Lynn Burrows, Costume Designer Colvin W. Grannum, President Dyrnest K. Sinckler, Executive VP, Chief DanceAfrica Centerstage Artistic Directors Wardrobe Department Operating Officer Karen Thornton, Dance Rose Mitchel Tracey Capers, Executive VP, Programs Dellwyn Gilkes, Music Jackie Jardine Fran Carlson, Executive VP & Chief Elania Lanier Financial & Business Officer Festival Dance Instructors Simone Knox Gordon Bell, Executive VP, Shaneeka Nicholson Deborah Jordan Chief Strategy Officer Mama Andara Rahman Nicole London Lydia Yearwood Jeannie Mitchell Center for Arts and Culture Indira Etwaroo, Executive Director for the Master Drummers Hospitality Center for Arts & Culture Bilizie Tra Deirdre Brock Foluso Mimy Bianca Dorsey Youth Arts Academy Tiffany Ward Peggy Alston, Director Drummers Josette Donavon Sabine M. LaFortune, Program Manager Stephan Litzsey Theresa Stephens Edna Fulton, Bursar/Registrar David Williams

BAM/Restoration Keturah Stephen Tamara Jolly Saabriah Mapp DanceAfrica T’Kiyah Townsend Noel Kelly Naia Owens Ensemble Amira Williams Qahirah Kibler Atiya Pope Christina Woods Breana LaFortune Jada Spencer Centerstage Dancers Lavasia Lawton Christvy Taha Kaylyn Alston Centerstage Alumni Damaris Lewis Deirdre Brock Camille Bailey Melissa Moore Candlebearers Kaisa Browne Kourtney Charles Christine Placide Tinuola Bello Teanna Chin Shanae Cloud Diamond Roach Timothy Bishop Colby Christina Danielle D’Avilar Michele Stafford Malik Camara Alexis Donavon Sara DeBerry Nyomie Torres Deborah Davis-Gray* Kiah Dozier Bijan Clarke Dendtler Valencia Springer Lindia Dugue Nikala Elson Myasia Dickerson Nailah Walthour Hanan Hameen Sequoia Harris Ayanna Donovan Arisa Ingram Hadiya Hyppolite Kishana Flenory Centerstage Juniors Joy Karaimu Naomi Johnson Shani Graves Wynter Dias Nailah Lisa Morris Bria Knox Thea Grier Mikua Ferrer Kianna McKoy Nailah Harris Kaleah Gaskin Memorial Room Faith Mondesire Tabresha Harris Alexandra Grant Nuse Deka Franklin Mia Nelson Shaniya Hyndman Chanel Grant Mama Katunge Mimy* Aziza Pope Keisha James Tianna Gray Aisha Starr Tianna Smith Jessica Jardine Bahiyah Leito Serena St. Clair Sherina Jardine Nuani Lewinson

ADDITIONAL DANCEAFRICA EVENTS!

FILMAFRICA—Discover the best new films from South Africa, Egypt, France, Mauritania, and a special focus on Brazil in this cinematic companion to DanceAfrica. BAM Rose Cinemas.

May 22 May 24 Shield and Spear (2015), dir. Petter Ringbom, South Africa Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998), dir. Michel Ocelot, France/ Shorts Program Belgium/Luxembourg Black Orpheus (1959), dir. Marcel Camus, Brazil/France/Italy May 23 Timbuktu (2014), dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, France/Mauritania May 25 Housemaids (2012), dir. Gabriel Mascaro, Brazil August Winds (1996), dir. Gabriel Mascaro, Brazil Winter of Discontent (2012), dir. Ibrahim El Batout, Egypt

DANCEAFRICA OUTDOOR BAZAAR—Vendors from around the world transform the streets surrounding BAM into a global marketplace offering one-of-a-kind African, Caribbean, and African-American crafts, jewelry, and food. Sat, May 23, 12—10pm | Sun, May 24, 12—8pm | Mon, May 25, 12—8pm | Rain or Shine! Ashland Pl between Hanson Pl & Fulton St | Lafayette Ave between Flatbush & Ft. Greene Who’s Who

DanceAfrica 2015—Council of Elders

Senior Elders Mama Sandra Burton Mama Amma McKen Mama Hajja Rahkiah Baba Neil Clarke Mama Katunge Mimy Abdurahman Mama Jackie Coban Mama Madeline Baba Lee Abramson Baba Chuck Davis Yayodele Nelson Baba William Mathews Mama Rahkiah Eason Mama Amma Oloriwaa Mama Linda Evans Baba Obara Wali Rahman Elders Baba Leslie Gray Mama Andara Koumba Rahman Mama Kumali Abramson Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray Baba Jonathan Robinson (Emeritus) Mama Peggy Alston Mama Doris Green Mama Esmeralda Simmons, Esq. Baba Yomi Awolowo Baba Nathaniel Boyd Hakika Baba K. Mensah Wali Mama Carol Awolowo Mama Akua Ishangi Mama Lynette White Mathews

Memorial List William MacPhearson Bernard Johnson Hodari Burkett To those who have passed Micheal Peters Kolawole Balogun Eleo Pomare on to the ancestral grounds, Bubacar Niang Ron Love Frankie Manning we will not forget you or your Doug Allan Mama KeKe Brother James Cherry contributions to the world. Nana Adowa Aforiwaa James McCoy Lena Horne Ase! Ase! Ase! Jamila Bey Evelyn “Jessie” Niles Ford Ethel Watkins-Davis Nana Opare Biea Williams Mama Guillermina Assadata Dafora John Flynn Lester Wilson Prades Correoso Ismay Andrews John Blandford Mama Willie Wilson (“Miguelina”) Alfonse Cimbe Charles Abramson Sarah Frederick Mamadou Johnson Joe Commodore Denise Delapenza Alvin Ailey Phyllis Lichtenstein Moses Mims Bill Moore James Butler Mama Margaret Quiñones Ruby Pryor Raymond Taylor Nana Osunyomi Brother Lou Meyers Phillips Stamps Earl Mack Afolabi-Sarpong Brother William Fleet Aquasiba Derby Alyo Tolbert Nana Opare Yao Baba Amiri Baraka Jerome Jeffries Noni Olaniyan Dinizulu Tata Nelson Mandela Lavinia Williams Michael Schwartz Yao Odum Reinaldo Pepe Santos Madrina Assencion Peter Tumbleston Rita D’Adamo Dr. Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan Serrano Osa Unko Loremil Machado Mama Adlyn M. Irwin Duncan Karim Braithwaite Syvilla Forte Kevin McDonald Charles E. Inniss Geoffrey Holder Thelma Hill Denton Melville Jonathan Schenker Chief Yacub Early Scott Robert Bob LaPrince Mama Pearl Ronald E. Feiner Bettina Bancroft Dave Roberson Omowale Primus Ayodele Elaine Nancy Quinn Olukose Wiles Memorial List— Beener LeRoy Radcliff Lucille Ellis Council of Elders Jamila Bey Keith Simmons Tommy Gomez Baba Walter P. Brown Percival Borde Djbril Traoure Talley Beatty Baba Hajji Bilal Falumi Prince Jimi Williams Queen Mother Abdurahman Halika Harriet Clegge Marion Cooper, Jr. Adley Moore Nana Opare Yao Al Perryman Oscar Beau Brown III Betty Carter Dinizulu Aaron Baxter LaRocque Bey Tony Davis Baba Bill Grant Ronnie Pratt Robert Hudson Iyalu Opeodu Papa Scuddie McGee Priscilla Taylor Leonard Anthony Baba Wilbert Linton Mama Sarah McGee Ron Taylor Joseph Solomon Deas Mama Sandy Royster Baba Mzee Moyo Michelle Fennell Tony Williams Nana Yoa Bonsue Baba M.B. Olatunji Mama Mary Gray Stanley Mamadi Amanqua Baba Kwame Ishangi Abdoulah Hakim Tarzer Vernon Brandon Bey Baba Chief Bey Ted Holiday Scobey Stroman Robert Boyd Mama Barbara Bey Clinton Jackson Dr. Betty Shabazz Bro. Abu Shabazz Baba Joe Nash Yusef Imam Abdul Rahman Bro. Arthur Maddox Mama Mary Umolu Mrs. King Mama Ince Mama Annie Davis Baba Luther Eddie Spencer Ralph Dorsey Baba Djimo Kouyate Sulaimaan Wilson Kofi Nkrumah Tessie Williams Papa Ladji Camara Mama Elsie Afinya Odak Alex Haley Richard B. Fisher Washington Larry Phillips Gloria Jackson Brother Mishak Sillam Baba Montego Joe Pearl Reynolds Charles Moore Bob Riordan Mama Pearl White Tommy Johnson Scobey Mitchell Malaika Holman Aaron Frazier Jacqueline Armstrong Bermiss Ray Hurrey Gregory Myles DeJean Francina Yalewa Cheryl Zincke Morris Baba Dele Osunlebo Kendrick BAM

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David Byrne has united indie bands with color Cedar Lake presents premieres and select guard teams for a singular spectacular event in renowned repertory in its June BAM programs two performances at Barclays Center by Susan Reiter by Jane Jansen Seymour BAM’s New Membership Program Baba Chuck Davis One great new membership for all. Dance—and fashion—icon!

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Larry Poons Larry Poons was born in 1937 and grew up in New York. In 1955, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music, and two years later transferred to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He was given his first one-man exhibition in 1963 at Richard Bellamy’s famed Green Gallery, and in 1965 his work was included in MoMA’s celebrated exhibition, The Responsive Eye. In 1969, Poons was the youngest artist featured in curator Henry Geldzahler’s landmark survey, New York Painting and Sculpture, 1940—70. In 1981 the MFA Boston organized an exhibition of his paintings from the 1970s. The work of Larry Poons is included in major museum

Larry Poons, Untitled, 2009 and private collections throughout the US and abroad. Acrylic on canvas, 68” x 85” He currently lives and works in New York. Courtesy of Danese/Corey Gallery and the artist This work is currently available for purchase; all proceeds benefit BAM. For pricing and inquiries, please contact BAM Visual Art at [email protected] or 718.636.4101. 2015 WINTER/SPRING #ContemporaryColor Art Direction & Design by Doyle Partners; Art Direction & Design by Doyle Partners; photo by Julieta Cervantes

David Byrne by Jane Jansen Seymour Raises Flags David Byrne fans know to expect the unexpected. bike racks for BAM. Over the years, this former frontman of the seminal rock band Talking Heads has enjoyed Byrne’s latest endeavor requires an arena to fit an extensive solo career, indulging in his passion the explosive energy of color guard teams plus for world music, brass orchestras, and countless live music as Contemporary Color takes over collaborations with artists of all genres. He has Barclays Center June 27 and 28, co-presented not shied from expressing his artistic vision on by BAM and Barclays Center. He was introduced film (beginning with True Stories) along with to the visual spectacle of this “sport of the arts” soundtracks, including Grammy-winning music when a high school asked to use his music from for the movie The Last Emperor. He has also The Forest, a theater work by director Robert branched into writing, most recently about his Wilson at BAM in 1988. Byrne was transfixed by love of bicycling (Bicycle Diaries) in print, plus footage showing the World Wide Championship an interactive e-book explaining his view of How competition, saying he was amazed and Music Works. delighted to find himself in a new world he didn’t know existed. The spectacle included massive Crisscrossing creative outlets, Byrne has turned groups flipping flags, spinning sabres, and spaces into instruments (Playing the Building, syncing steps in sequin-studded costumes, all an installation at New York’s Battery Maritime set to piped-in sound. Byrne began to wonder— Museum) and incorporated dance movement in what if these performances had stellar live his last world tour supporting the album of songs music? It would be fun for the musicians, too. written with Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. His concept album with Fat Contemporary Color—which Time Out New Boy Slim chronicling the life of Imelda Marcos, York says “might be in the coolest event of the Here Lies Love, evolved into an award-winning season”—pairs 10 elite color guard teams from theatrical production. Byrne’s recent ties with North America with musical artists backed by an BAM include performing in a tribute to William all-star band to provide a live original soundtrack. Onyeabor, and designing witty alphabet-based Byrne told The New York Times how he chose #ContemporaryColor the participants with a “certain bigness” to two albums) appears on the lineup along with their sound, in order to match the passion of the Brooklyn-based indie-pop band Lucius, the teams. Although most were unfamiliar whose power vocals were heard recently onstage with the sport, a varied list of enthusiastic at BAM with the band Tweedy. Canadian pop musicians joined the quest. Beyond the two star Nelly Furtado, best known for her hit “I’m dates in Brooklyn, Contemporary Color is Like a Bird,” adds her signature vocal style to part of the Luminato Festival (a project co- the stage. Prolific genre-spanning composer Nico commissioner) on June 22 and 23 at the Air Muhly (his collaboration with Sufjan Stevens Canada Centre in Toronto. and Bryce Dessner, Planetarium, was presented in 2013 at BAM, where he has performed For this event, Byrne taps the talented multi- numerous times) is planning to partner with Ira instrumentalist St. Vincent, his collaborator for Glass, the host of the popular broadcast This the album Love This Giant and a Grammy winner American Life. And Beastie Boy Ad-Rock reunites for her own self-titled album. Also on board is with longtime musical collaborator Money Mark chef, singer-songwriter, and Harlem native Kelis, for the performance, adding their NYC swagger who weaves together a 1990s vibe of electro to the proceedings. dance, soul, and Afrobeat for a contemporary mix. Singer-songwriter Tom Krell is the About the performance, Byrne admits, “We’re mastermind behind contemporary experimental all slightly out of our comfort zone, but very pop group How To Dress Well. And Merrill excited.” He even concedes how it’s “sort of Garbus, who has been performing as tUnE-yArDs a crazy idea.” That’s coming from the source— since 2009, brings her worldview in a quirky, another impulse turned to action from the angular sound, after travel to Haiti offered the mind of David Byrne. motivation for her latest album Nikki Nack. Jane Jansen Seymour is a music writer for New Producer, songwriter, and NYC-based British Music Matters (nmmatters.com). artist Devonté Hynes (a.k.a. Blood Orange on

ATOMIC BOMB!: The Music of BOMB!: The Music of David Byrne in ATOMIC Onyeabor at BAM in 2014. Photo: Mike Benigno William BAM

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Baba Chuck Davis, DanceAfrica’s founder and artistic director, adds “emeritus” to his title this year, and welcomes Abdel Salaam, who leads DanceAfrica into its fourth decade.

Baba Chuck has been an unforgettable presence each year in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House for 38 years, distinguished by his generosity, warmth, and “Ago! Amee!,” as well as his majestic fashion sense. Here is but a sampling from over the years. See how Baba Chuck has celebrated the country’s largest African dance and culture festival.

2006 2014 With Umkathi Theatre Works. 2014. Photo: Dino Perucci With Umkathi Theatre Works. With Monica Dueñas Avalos, Peru Negro. 2006. Photo: Jack Vartoogian With Monica Dueñas Avalos, Peru 2015 WINTER/SPRING

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by Susan Reiter

It’s been a busy year between BAM engagements &Siegal danced in Newcool York during the 1990s, for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, which performing with Doug Elkins, Mark Dendy, and returns to the Howard Gilman Opera House Janis Brenner while venturing into choreography with two programs June 3—6. Following its himself. “I cut my teeth in New York. It’s where inaugural BAM season, which marked this I fell in love with dance and dancers. They were energetic, distinctively edgy troupe’s 10th halcyon years. New York is the community anniversary, Cedar Lake introduced a new to which I first felt membership. It was choreographic initiative, Cedar Lab, which exceptionally nurturing,” Siegal wrote recently culminated in performances of five new works by email from Germany. He moved to Europe in created by company members. 1997 to join William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt. After seven years, he moved on, “to concentrate The company toured to Germany last fall, and on plowing my youth into my own field, as it then debuted in Australia and New Zealand. were,” he wrote. In February, they presented a full-company installation, with live music, conceived/directed Pop HD, for 12 dancers, is the first commission by Artistic Director Alexandra Damiani. This by Damiani, who became the company’s second month they perform in Boston and then return artistic director last year. She had seen a piece to BAM, where the repertory includes world and Siegal made in Munich with women on pointe, New York premieres. and was eager to have him bring that element into a work for Cedar Lake. “I thought it was very Particularly intriguing is Pop HD, by Richard sexy and smart and cool,” Damiani said of the Siegal—an American based in Europe whose Munich dance. “I feel like it’s a challenge for the work has had few chances to be seen in New dancers, to bring more verticality into their work. York in recent years. Cedar Lake’s mission has We had been doing a lot on the floor.” been to introduce New York audiences to dances by cutting-edge choreographers who often have Indicative of Siegal’s far-flung career, he was busy careers in other parts of the world, but working on a project in Madagascar when whose work is less known in these parts. Damiani contacted him. But schedules aligned, #CedarLakeDance and he came for an initial three weeks to open to what the dancers could bring to the collaborate with the Cedar Lake dancers, table.” So thanks to Cedar Lake, New York will returning in late April to complete Pop HD. have a rare glimpse of Siegal’s work. The last time he was in town, performing the solo As if Siegal wrote that even before working with the Stranger, he won a Bessie Award. “But since then company, “I was well aware of Cedar Lake’s I have developed a large body of work in Europe stellar reputation. The dancers I had met over the that has never been shared with my original years from the company were all tremendous.” community. It is a reality I regret,” he wrote. Once he arrived at their Chelsea studio, he found they were all very much in sync. “Their The BAM programs also include the New York competencies, both stylistic and artistic, are like a premiere of Rain Dogs, by Dutch choreographer gold mine to me. We share so much in common, I Johan Inger. Restaged last year, it is a series could not have picked them better myself.” of whimsical relationship portraits set to music by Tom Waits. The company will also perform The title of Siegal’s dance is taken from the Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue by associate album of music to which it is set. “When I choreographer Crystal Pite, Necessity, Again by choreograph to pre-existing music, the dance Jo Strømgren, and Jirˇí Kylián’s Indigo Rose. is driven largely by that initial choice. After, in the studio, choreographing is an act of acute, The BAM performances are scheduled to be the collective listening. Fundamentally, the music company’s final season, since it was announced must elicit in me a desire to move my body. After in late March that Cedar Lake would be seeing video of the dancers, I chose music off an closing its operations. As these BAM programs album called Pop HD by Uwe Schmidt, a.k.a. vividly demonstrate, Cedar Lake has added an Atom™, because it had that effect on me and I iconoclastic, exciting, and crucial voice to the felt it would for the dancers as well.” New York dance scene that will be missed.

“There was great energy in the studio,” Damiani Susan Reiter contributes articles on dance to TDF said during a phone interview. “He’s soft-spoken, Stages, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications. but very clear about what he wanted—and also . Photo: Paula Lobo Duets . Photo: Paula Ten Securing BAM’s Future

BAM Endowment A great institution is built upon on a secure future. At BAM, a growing endowment is the foundation for expansive programming that continues to set new standards for artistic daring and excellence. The BAM Endowment provides the financial underpinning to launch new artistic initiatives, plan for future years, seize opportunities for institutional advancement, and confront unanticipated challenges. BAM sincerely thanks those listed below for their generous support in securing BAM’s future.

$5,000,000 and above $500,000 and above $100,000 and above Richard B. Fisher & Jeanne The Campbell Family Foundation Michael Bailkin, Marvin Levine, Donovan Fisher The Devitre Fund Jesse Masyr, David Stadtmauer The Howard Gilman Foundation Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman Robert & Joan Catell Fund for The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Charles J. & Irene F. Hamm Education Programs Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Maribelle & Stephen Leavitt Neil D. & Kathleen M. Chrisman Endowment Fund for Community, Diane & Adam E. Max Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III Educational, & Mary & Jim Ottaway Jr. in honor of Madison S. Finlay Public Affairs Programs Ruth Blackburne Ottaway Francena T. Harrison Rockefeller Brothers Fund Performance Fund $1,000,000 and above Jonathan F.P. & Diana V.C. Rose Rita K. Hillman Altria Group, Inc./Next Wave Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Forward Fund Nora Ann Wallace & Jack Nusbaum Richard Hulbert BAM Fund to Support Emerging Independence Community Bank and Local Musicians $250,000 and above Stephanie & Tim Ingrassia Brooklyn Community Foundation The Bohen Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edgar A. Lampert The Irene Diamond Fund The Jessica E. Smith and Kevin R. Annie Leibovitz & Studio Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Brine Charitable Trust Leo Burnett, USA Emily H. Fisher The Charles & Valerie Diker Dance James McLaren & Lawton Fitt The Ford Foundation Fund to Endowment Fund Sarah G. Miller & Frank L. Coulson Support Collaborative Creativity The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Morgan Stanley Community Among U.S. Artists Michael Bancroft Goth Endowed and Educational Fund The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Annual Performance Fund J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated Fund For Opera & Music-Theater William Randolph Hearst The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc. Bruce C. Ratner Endowment for Education and May & Samuel Rudin Family William Boss Sandberg Humanities Programs Foundation The Peter Jay Sharp Fund for Opera The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ame Vennema and Theater Carole & Irwin Lainoff Verizon Communications The SHS Foundation Maxwell Family Fund in Community The Isak and Rose Weinman The Starr Foundation Funds, Inc. Foundation in honor of Madame The Geraldine Stutz Trust, Inc. Lilliana Teruzzi The Winston Foundation Anonymous

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Planned Giving Another way to help BAM prepare for the future is by making a provision in your estate plans. You create a legacy for many generations to come and ensure BAM’s excellence continues for the next 150 years. Existing options for planned giving include making a bequest in your will, and naming BAM as a beneficiary in your retirement plan or insurance policy, among others. Unless otherwise specified by a donor, it is BAM’s policy to apply planned gifts toward its endowment. Individuals who have made such gifts are recognized in the select group of patrons known as BAM Angels.

Our special thanks to the foresight of the charitable BAM Angels listed below.

BAM Angels Denis Azaro Barbara T. Hoffman David L. Ramsay, MD Bettina Bancroft William Josephson William Boss Sandberg Robert & Joan Catell Charlotte & Stanley Kriegel Louis Sanders Neil D. Chrisman Edgar A. Lampert Harriet L. Senz Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III Harvey Lichtenstein Toni Mendez Shapiro Mallory Factor Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein Bella F. Stoll Madison S. Finlay Hamish & Georgene M. Maxwell Lynn M. Stirrup Richard B. Fisher Scott C. McDonald PaulaMarie Susi Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman Evelyn & Everett Ortner Charlene Magen Weinstein Barry M. Fox Frank J. & Adeline Pannizzo Judge Franklin R. Weissberg Rita Hillman William Winthrop Parsons Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn Marie D. Powers

For more information on the BAM Endowment or on Planned Giving opportunities please contact Denis Azaro at 718.636.4193 or [email protected]. All inquiries will remain strictly confidential. BAM

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2015 WINTER/SPRING BAMKIDS A Human Being Died That Night MOVIE MATINEE The Fugard Theatre and Eric Abraham The Best of BAMkids Film Festival (ages 4—7) By Nicholas Wright, based on the book by Jun 7 | BRC Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela EAT, DRINK & BE LITERARY Directed by Jonathan Munby Through Jun 21 | FS Jane Smiley | Moderated by Lorin Stein Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Jun 2 | BC Choreography by Johan Inger, Jirˇí Kylián, Crystal Pite, Richard Siegal, and Jo Strømgren Rachel Kushner | Moderated by Lorin Stein Jun 3—6 | OH Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation Jun 10 | BC

BAM and Barclays Center present COMEDY Contemporary Color Conceived by David Byrne Marc Maron: The Maronation Jun 27 & 28 | Barclays Center Jun 26 | OH

BAMCINÉMATEK BAM R&B FESTIVAL AT METROTECH REPERTORY, CLASSICS, FESTIVALS STARTS AT NOON, FREE ADMISSION! Black & White ‘Scope: International Cinema Bobby Rush Jun 4 May 29—Jun 16 | BRC

Andra Day with Kate David Band Jun 11 BAMcinemaFest Erica Campbell Jun 18 Jun 17—28 | BRC Al B. Sure! Jun 25 Karen Brooks Hopkins Selects Jun 29 & 30 | BRC

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BAM wishes to thank our patrons for all the operating, capital, and endowment support you’ve given us over the past year. (List represents gifts between April 1, 2014—April 1, 2015)

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Karen Brooks Hopkins, President Steven Serafin, Special Consultant James D’Adamo, Head Electrician,OH SECURITY Joseph V. Melillo, Executive & Editor, BAM: The Complete Amy Domjan, Asst. Electrician, OH Chris Thompson, Security Manager Producer Works Nicholas Varacalli, Master of Melvin Patterson, Manuel Taveras, Alice Bernstein, Executive Vice Properties, OH Supervising Attendant Guards President ARCHIVES Marc Putz, Sound Engineer, OH Kenneth Aguillera, Collie Dean, Stephanie S. Hughley, Vice President Sharon Lehner, Director of Archives James Kehoe, Head Carpenter, HT Senior Attendant Guards of Education & Humanities & Sarah Gentile, Digital Project Archivist Joseph Werner III, Asst. Carpenter, HT Marlon Desouza, Felix Jusino, BAMcinématek Louie Fleck, Archives Manager John Manderbach, Head Kevin Lemon, Teonia Smith, Andel John Lanasa, Vice President of Bree Midavaine, Mary Rhymer, Electrician, HT Thomas, Michael Whyte, Attendant Marketing & Communications Processing Archivists Edward Donohue, Master of Guards Riccardo Salmona, Vice President Jan Carr, Digital Content Writer Properties, HT for Institutional Advancement Anita Goss, Volunteer Librarian Alison Dabdoub, Sound Engineer, HT CUSTODIAL SERVICES Keith Stubblefield, Chief Financial Patrice Edwards, Chase John, Oscar Gruchalski, Utility Man Ramon Cabassa, Custodial Supervisor Officer and Vice President of Ivonne Paredes, Anika Paris, Mark Richard Wurzbach, Utility Man Yossess Allen, Allan Boyce, Ludlow Finance & Administration Toepfer, Rebecca Walsh, Kendra Mary Lou Houston, Wardrobe Chamberlain, Isaias Flores, Mayra Williams, Interns Supervisor Guillen, Ron Rathan, Akeon Thomas, PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Larysa McKenna, Volunteer Custodians Grace Eubank, Manager ARTIST SERVICES Annie Steingold, Intern GENERAL MANAGEMENT Mary Reilly, Director of Artist Services DEVELOPMENT Patrick J. Scully, General Manager Stacey Dinner, Artist Services CORPORATE RELATIONS BAM ROSE CINEMAS Sara Danielsen, Asst. General Manager Chantal Bernard, Director of Efi Shahar, Cinema Executive Manager, Fisher Building Jeannine Baca, Britney Polites, Corporate Relations Manager Carrie Reynolds, Asst. General Artist Services Representatives Gwendolyn Pointer, Director, Michael Katz, Projectionist Manager Emma Acciani, Fisher Representative Corporate Sponsorships/New Adam Goldberg, Asst. Manager Jaclyn Bouton, Project Manager Business Development Adam Birnbaum, Film Buyer Liana Agredo, Jessie Fairbanks, THEATER MANAGEMENT Ashley Jacobson, Corporate Andreea Drogeanu, Brente Kelly, Project Supervisors Christine M. Gruder, Theater Manager Relations Manager Davina Roberts, Anthony Shields Jr., Molly Rodino, GM Coordinator, John L. Jones, Assoc. Theater Elizabeth Sarkady, Business Head Floor Staff Budgets & Contracts Manager Development Manager Chris Mode, Admin. Asst. & Sonia Clayton, Jacqueline David, Rebecca Carew, Corporate ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING BAMshop Liaison Leroy Houston, Theater Staff Sponsorship Project Coordinator Stonie Darling, Department Manager Nivia Prescod, BAM Fisher Front Supervisors Katerina Patouri, Intern Ross Marshall, Manager of Artistic of House Rep. & Rentals Asst. Planning BUILDING OPERATIONS ENDOWMENT & PLANNED GIVING Courtney Surmanek, Admin. Asst. PRODUCTION Rohan Bhasin, Facilities Manager Denis Azaro, Endowment & Neil Kutner, Director of Production Wendy Berot, Special Projects Planned Giving Director PROGRAMS & CURATORIAL Josh Escajeda, Dylan Nachand, Manager Alexandra Biss, Manager of Board Nick Schwartz-Hall, Line Producer Assoc. Production Managers Markee Glover, Mailroom Clerk Relations Amy Cassello, Assoc. Producer, Paul Bartlett, Ryan Gastelum, Robyn Goldstein, Mailroom Asst. Next Wave Festival Jennifer Grutza, Elizabeth Moreau, Elaine Colon, Jean Smith, Building INDIVIDUAL GIVING Darrell M. McNeill, Assoc. Producer, Barbara Wohlsen, Production Services Assoc. Barbara Cummings, Director of Music Supervisors Steve McDowell, Auxiliary Technician Development Rachel Katwan, Asst. Line Producer Danielle Colburn, Laura Williams, Summer Krounbi, Building William Lynch, Director of R. Michael Blanco, DanceMotion Palmer Johnston, Production Operations Coordinator Leadership Gifts USASM, Project Director Coordinators Glenn Alan Stiskal, Director of Sophia Shackleton, DanceMotion Heli Soell, Admin. Coordinator BUILDING MAINTENANCE Major Gifts USASM, Project Manager Eliza Brennessel, Intern Anthony Shields, Maintenance Gwendolyn Dunaif, Assoc. Ashley Yergens, DanceMotion Supervisor Director, Major Gifts & Patron USASM, Project Assistant STAGE CREW Daniel Curato, Calvin Brackett, Programs Paige Haroldson, DanceMotion Thomas Paulucci, Crew Chief Ronald Hunter, Maintainers Richard Serrano, Research Manager USASM, Intern Cyrus Similly, Head Carpenter, OH Carl Blango, Asst. Maintainer Ben Lasser, Manager, Patron Danny Kapilian, Producer, R&B Paul McManus, Ass’t. Carpenter/ Program Festival, MetroTech Flyman, OH BAM Staff

Travis Calvert, Project Coordinator, Paul Weintrob, Education Intern Jamie Kraus, Nancy Chow, Digital GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY Major Gifts Suzanne Youngerman, Curatorial Media Coordinators AFFAIRS Kaylen Higgins, Admin. Asst. Consultant Josephine Llorente, Digital Tamara McCaw, Director of Production Asst. Govt. & Community Affairs INSTITUTIONAL GIVING HUMANITIES Casey Cleverly, Creative Services Dewonnie Frederick, Community Clemente Luna, Director of Violaine Huisman, Director of Project Manager Affairs & Bazaar Manager Institutional Giving Humanities Katherine McDonald, Creative Ilex Bien-Aime, Govt. & Kailin Husayko, Semra Ercin, Molly Silberberg, Humanities Services Admin. Assoc. Community Affairs Coordinator Institutional Giving Managers Manager Stephanie Caragliano, Institutional Sam Denitz, Intern MARKETING HUMAN RESOURCES Giving Coordinator Gillian Fallon, Director of Seth Azizollahoff, Director of Duncan Lindsay, Intern LEAD INSTRUCTORS Marketing Human Resources Joshua Cabat, Young Film Critics Raphaele de Boisblanc, Melanie Jenny Rodriguez, Human MEMBERSHIP Samara Gaev, Arts & Justice Cherry, Allison Kadin, Program Resources Manager Katherine King, Director of Michael LoMonico, Shakespeare Marketing Managers Cynthia Smith, Payroll Manager Membership Programs Teaches Teachers Rhea Daniels, Program Marketing Sajal Javid, Benefits Manager Sarah Mischner, Membership Jenny Rocha, Dancing into the Projects Coordinator Samara Alexander, Recruiter Manager Future Laura Scholl, Marketing Operations Alexis Boehmler, Human Bruce Smolanoff, Telefund Pat Hall, BAM/Restoration Manager Resources Coordinator Manager DanceAfrica Coordinator Britt Aronovich, Marketing Taryn Kao, Intern Cheryl-Lyn Miller, Membership Revenue Manager Coordinator TEACHING ARTISTS Catherine Charnov, Marketing INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Kate Rakowski, Telefund Assistant Sarah Abrams, Harold Asst. William Allen Lee III, Director of Shannon Alexander, Jessica Akyeampong, Sékou Alájé, Lucile Hecht, Intern Information Technology Benton, Allison Bodwell, Jennifer Armas, Brigitte Barnett- Thomas Brown, Tessitura Stéphanie De Latour, Justin Gray, Loftis, Rebecca Bliss, Melissa STRATEGIC MARKETING Business Manager Kimberly Howard, Samantha Brown, Mahogany Browne, Molly Meloy, Director of Strategic Ira Sibulkin, Assoc. Director of IT Inniss, Melissa Krzywicki, Emilie Chia-Ti Chiu, Darian Dauchan, Marketing Chris Tusciuk, Web Development McDonald, Joe Mulligan, Adrienne Harris Eisenstadt, Imani Faye, Joaquin Esteva, Advertising Manager Reynolds, Amanda Wilder, Kimani Fowlin, Ana Garcia, Manager Timothy Assam, Systems Membership Representatives Glenn Gordon, Ingrid Gordon, Claire Frisbie, Content Marketing Administrator Rachael Holmes, Mel House, Manager Svetlana Mikhalevskaya, Database PATRON SERVICES Albert Iturregui-Elias, Gwendolyn Nathan Gould, Marketing Manager, Developer Ramzi Awn, Director of Patron Kelso, Nicole Kempskie, Ashley Development Jason Q. Minnis, IT Project Services Lee, Abigail Levine, Spencer Lott, Chris Tyler, Content Marketing Asst. Manager Michael Kendrick, Manager of Farai Malianga, Hector Morales, Matthew Taylor, Andrei Iliescu, Patron Services & Donor Michael Mullen, Kwesi Nkroma, TICKET SERVICES Web Developers Relations Gene Osborne, Pamela Patrick, G. Scott Kubovsak, Director of Jersy Rodriguez, Technical Jessica Hindle, Patron Services Drew Petersen, Korey Phillips, Ticket Services Support Manager Coordinator Katie Issel Pitre, Baba Wali Fred Dorso, Treasurer Susan Bishop, Admin. Coordinator Samantha Shay, Alexander Jofe, Rahman, Mike Ramsey, Gwenyth Victor Jouvert, First Asst. Treasurer Lucas Austin, Junior Desktop Patron Services Assts. Reitz, Najee Ritter, Victor Sanchez, Kevin McLoughlin, Charlie Dolce, Analyst Robby Stamper, Rohiatou Siby, Russell Grier, Asst. Treasurers SPECIAL EVENTS Elizabeth Simmons, Keomi Tarver, Royda C. Venture, Ticket Services PROJECT MANAGEMENT Margaret Breed, Director of Karen Thornton-Daniels, Leese Manager Jeremy Dewey, Director, Project Special Events Walker, Adia Whitaker, Todd Georgina Richardson, Customer Management Marissa Neiman, James Vause, Woodard Care Manager Stephanie Sherline, Project Special Events Managers Giovanny Lopez, Ticket Services Management Assoc. Paloma Wake, Special Events MARKETING & Coordinator Coordinator COMMUNICATIONS Latasha McNeil, Asst. Manager COMMUNICATIONS Ryan Mauldin, Senior Ticket Audience Research & Analysis VISUAL ART Sandy Sawotka, Director of Services Representative George A. Wachtel Holly Shen, Curator of Visual Arts Communications Saul Almiachev, Anaïs Blin, Louisa Mary Gordanier, Visual Arts Asst. Joe Guttridge, Assoc. Director de Butts, Justin Dash, Dominique Bookseller Hadley Leary, Intern of Publicity Delgado, Evan Dice, Robert Greenlight Bookstore Susan Yung, Editorial Manager Ebanks, Miranda Gauvin, Joya EDUCATION & HUMANITIES & Sarah Garvey, David Hsieh, Harris, Warren Ng, Elsie Pacella, European Production BAMCINÉMATEK Adriana Leshko, Publicity Edward Raube-Wilson, Tara Representative Shana Parker, Director of Managers Ricasa, Shanice Tulley, Noel Vega, On Tour Ltd., Roger Chapman Operations for E&H Baha Ebrahimzadeh, Publicist Jimmy Weaver, Althea Wilkinson, Jennifer Leeson, Operations James Sutton, Publications Asst. Ticket Services Representatives Film Buyer Manager for E&H Drew Devero, Publicity Intern Adam Birnbaum Jackie Katz, Education Assoc. FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Victoria Collado, Education Asst. CREATIVE CAPITAL PROJECTS Immigration Counsel Rebekah Gordon, Admin. Asst. Clara Cornelius, Creative Director Jonathan Jones, Director, Capital Jonathan Ginsburg, Fettman, Patrick Morin, Assoc. Director Projects Tolchin and Majors, PC BAMCINÉMATEK of Design Matthew Baclini, Capital Projects Gabriele Caroti, Director Ryan Rowlett, Senior Interactive Analyst Insurance Broker Nellie Killian, David Reilly, Designer Laura Grady, Capital Projects Dewitt Stern Programmers Katie Positerry, Interactive Manager Lisa Thomas, Publicity Manager Designer Legal Counsel Andrew Chan, Marketing Manager Michelle Angelosanto, Kyle FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Ronald E. Feiner PC Jesse Trussell, Programming Asst. Richardson, Designers Ellen Leszynski, Project Hannah Thomas, Publicity & Benjamin Cohen, Assoc. Director Coordinator Medical Consultants Marketing Asst. of Video Ahmar Butt, MD Ryan Werner, Programmer at Ben Katz, Video Production FINANCE Anders Cohen, MD Large Manager Kozue Oshiro, Controller Kate Rouhandeh, Intern Alexander Guns, Catherine Lee, Tameka White, Asst. Controller Restaurateur Video Production Assts. Claudia Bailey, Budget Manager Great Performances EDUCATION Jenny Choi, Publications Manager Brian Gee, Accounting Assoc. Steven McIntosh, Director of Seán McKeithan, Robert Wood, David McCullough, Budget Education & Family Programs Copywriters Coordinator April 15, 2015 John P. Tighe, Asst. Director of Seon Gomez, Staff Accountant Education DIGITAL MEDIA AND PROJECT Iman Bance, Accounting Asst. John S. Foster, Education Manager MANAGEMENT Adam Sachs, Fiscal Manager Eveline Chang, Verushka Wray, Stephen Litner, Director of Digital Douglas Fischer, Fiscal Coordinator Program Managers Media and Creative Production Yusuf Siddiquee, Fiscal Asst. Cathleen Plazas, Program Aaron Weibel, Manager of Web Coordinator Production