The Philadelphia Dance Company

Performances by Rosita Adamo, Janine Beckles, Elyse Browning, William E. Burden, Joe Gonzalez, Victor Lewis Jr, Roxanne Lyst, Adryan Moorefield, Courtney Robinson, Jah’meek D. Williams Joan Myers Brown – Founder, Executive/Artistic Director This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a This program is partially program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment supported by a grant from the for the Arts,with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council Illinois Arts Council Agency. Agency, the Crane Group, and General Mills Foundation. (Program Subject to Change) PHILADANCO! Board of Directors

LATCHED Colette deChalus Lee, CCTE - Danielle Pierre - Beverly A. Harper - Spencer Wertheimer, Esq Choreographer: Christopher L. Huggins Joan Myers Brown - Kelly Finch - Susan B. Glazer - Deborah G. Levin Barbara Katz-Chobert Music: SOHN Jacqueline M. Roberts, Esq. - Kristi Purnell Lighting Design: Clifton Taylor Costumes: Christopher Huggins/Motions Rosita Adamo, Janine Beckles, Joe Gonzalez, Company Staff Victor Lewis Jr, Adryan Moorefield, Courtney Robinson A pas de six, danced in the brilliant essence of Christopher Huggins amazing choreographic Joan Myers Brown DFA, DHL Founder, Executive/Artistic Director style, “Latched” is about latching on to another body, soul and spirit. Though a fight to Kim Y. Bears-Bailey Associate Artistic Director pull away, it is irresistible in finding new ways to latch on to each other even when trying Marlisa J. Brown-Swint Artistic Administrative Assistant to detach. Kate Glickman & Ingrid Broadnax Development Consultants This ballet made possible by a generous support from the Karen Pressley Administrative Assistant/Insurance Coordinator Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Lomax Foundation and Anonymous. Veronica Castillo-Perez Interim Administrator Jerilyn Dressler Fiscal Mgr, Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC) -PAUSE- Debora Chase-Hicks Rehearsal Director/Coach Tommie-Waheed Evans Assistant Rehearsal Director/Choreographer BEWILDERED Clifton Taylor Lighting Designer Choreographer: Thang Dao Melody Beal Stage Manager & Tour Lighting Director Music: James Brown Janine Beckles Touring Assistant Additional music and arrangement: Ronobir Lahiri Milton Myers Resident Choreographer Christopher L. Huggins Choreographer-in- Residence Costume Design/Execution: Dante Baylor Donald T. Lunsford, II Artistic Director (D/2) Rosita Adamo, Janine Beckles, Elyse Browning, Adryan Moorefield Artistic Director (D/3) William E. Burden, Joe Gonzalez, Victor Lewis Jr, Spencer Wertheimer, Esq Counsel Roxanne Lyst, Adryan Moorefield, Courtney Robinson, Morris J. Cohen & Co., P.C. Accountants/ Auditors Jah’meek D. Williams Pamela Green Artists Representative / PMG Arts Management. KONZERTDIREKTION LANDGRAF International Representative Jeff Story Audio Technician THERE WAS... THERE IS A TIME Carmella Vassor-Johnson Wild Child Productions – Videographer Choreographer: Abdel Salaam Darrin Ross Kitinay Productions, Inc. Additional music and arrangement: Kevin Toney Massage Therapist. Monteo F. Myers, LMT, CDT Rosita Adamo, Janine Beckles, Elyse Browning, Joe Gonzalez, Victor Lewis Jr, Adryan Moorefield, Courtney Robinson, Jah’meek D. Williams Advisory Members

-PAUSE- Mikki Shepard - Michael Kaiser - Maureen Knighton - Delores Browne Christopher D’Amanda, M.D. - Jerry Gibbs, Ph.D. - Mary Hurtig - Linda Munich THINK Evelyn Sample-Oats - Reverend Sandy Reed - William A. Smith - James N. Wade Choreographer: Ronald K. Brown Barbara Wallace – Angela Brown - Lisa Yancey - Jeanne Fisher - Dawn Gibson-Brehon Rosita Adamo, Janine Beckles, Elyse Browning, William E. Burden, Joe Gonzalez, Victor Lewis Jr, Roxanne Lyst, Adryan Moorefield, Courtney Robinson, Jah’meek D. Williams PHILADANCO! The Philadelphia Dance Company Bewildered, There Was... There Is A Time, and Think are excerpts from the Apollo Theater’s James Brown: Get on the Good Foot, a 9 North Preston Street Celebration in Dance. Support for the production made possible in part by: the Ford Foundation Fund for Global Programs; JoAnn Price; PHILADANCO Way Earl W. and Amanda Stafford; the Reginald Van Lee New Works Fund; Lafayette Consolidated Government, Lafayette, LA; University of Louisiana Lafayette; Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission; Lafayette Economic Development Authority; Van Eaton & Romero, Philadelphia, PA 191-4-2210 Renee and Tawasky Ventroy; Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center; and the Rialto Center for the Arts, Georgia State ph: 215-387-8200 fax: 215-387-8203 University, Atlanta, GA. student at The Ailey School. Huggins appeared as a guest artist for several dance companies in the United States and abroad. As a master teacher and choreographer, he works in Europe, -INTERMISSION- Japan, Korea, and throughout the United States. He has taught countless master classes and workshops at several universities and dance institutions including Howard University in Washington, D.C., Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, jest to name a few. Huggins, a much A MOVEMENT FOR FIVE sought after choreographer, has created ballets for numerous companies, including Dallas Black Choreographer: Dawn Marie Bazemore Dance Theatre, Ailey II, Philadanco, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Broadway Dance Center Music: A compilation of various artists of Tokyo, Oslo Dance Ensemble in Oslo, Norway. He is a 2002 and 2008 recipient of the Ira Lighting Design: Nick Kolin Aldridge Award for Best Choreography from the Black Theatre Alliance in Chicago for his work Enemy Behind the Gates and Pyrokinesis. He also worked on several projects for Disney in Costume Design/Execution: Natasha Guruleva Orlando, Florida. Huggins is a silver medalist from the Seoul International Contemporary Dance Competition, resident choreographer at Duke Ellington High School for the Arts in Washington, Section I – The Breakdown D.C., and will serve as Artist-in-Residence for The Ailey School in 2009. Most recently, he was Janine Beckles, Elyse Browning, William E. Burden, Joe Gonzalez, the choreographer for the 50th Anniversary Opening Night Gala for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Huggins is currently a faculty member at The Ailey School. Victor Lewis Jr, Adryan Moorefield, Courtney Robinson, Jah’meek D. Williams

Joan Myers Brown, DFA, DHL (Founder, Executive Artistic Director) Ms. Brown is the Section II – For Five founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and The Philadelphia School of Dance Arts. She serves as honorary chairperson for the International Association of Blacks Joe Gonzalez in Dance, an organization she established in 1991. She is also founder of the International with William E. Burden, Victor Lewis Jr, Adryan Moorefield Conference of Black Dance Companies in 1988. She is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts, which bestowed upon her an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, and is a member of the dance faculty at Howard University in Washington, DC. She was also Section III – Exoneration? awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters by Ursinus College. Listed in Who’s Who in The Cast America and described as an “innovator and communicator,” Ms. Brown has made significant contributions to the national and international arts communities. She remains a tireless advocate Inspired by the events surrounding the “Central Park 5”, this piece aims to uncover the and spokesperson and is a model of tenacity, hope and discipline. Ms. Brown is the proud structure of a community and socio-political system that failed to protect the lives of five mother of three daughters Marlisa, Dannielle and Megan, and grandmother of six. It must be innocent young boys living in Harlem in 1989. “You can forgive, but you won’t forget. emphasized that Joan Myers Brown’s efforts for dance excellence are only part of her contribution You can’t forget what you lost. No money can ever bring that time back.” - Kharey Wise to society and Philadelphia in particular. She speaks out, talks back and shows up. She was (Ken Burns, David McMahon, Sarah Burns, documentary, “The Central Park 5”, 2012) co-chair of Dance/USA Philadelphia. She has received the prestigious Philadelphia Award and This ballet made possible by the generous support of the November 7, 2010 was declared Joan Myers Brown Living Legacy Day. Her memoirs were National Endowment for the Arts, the Mertz-Gilmore Foundation and the Shubert Foundation documented in a recent publication “Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina”, by author Brenda Dixon Gottschild and she has received awards from the City of Philadelphia, the State of Pennsylvania and the Embassy of the United States of America. Brown was designated in 2013 as one of the Top 10 Philadelphians honored as a Distinguished ENEMY BEHIND THE GATE Daughter of Pennsylvania and Outstanding Alumni of West Philadelphia High School. July Choreographer: Christopher Huggins 2013 Joan Myers Brown received the prestigious National Medal of Arts Award presented by Music: Steve Reich President Barak Obama. Most recently she was honored by Tuskegee University and given Original Lighting Design: William H. Grant, III The XIX Visionary Award and the American Dance Guild Honoree Award. In May she received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. Costume Design: Christopher Huggins Costume Execution: Natasha Guruleva Rosita Adamo, Janine Beckles, Elyse Browning, William E. Burden, The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) is a nonprofit organization that presents the highest quality of professional dance performance and improves the skills of emerging and Joe Gonzalez, Victor Lewis Jr, Roxanne Lyst, Adryan Moorefield, professional dancers and choreographers in a nurturing environment, while increasing the Courtney Robinson, Jah’meek D. Williams appreciation of dance among its many communities. Across the nation and around the world, PHILADANCO is celebrated for its innovation, creativity and preservation of predominantly Af- “Enemy Behind the Gate” is a work that was inspired by enemies that live within our midst. rican-American traditions in dance. Founded in 1970, PHILADANCO has a legacy of breaking THEY LOOK LIKE YOU…THEY ACT LIKE YOU…THEY LIVE LIKE YOU BUT, THEY barriers and building bridges across cultural divides, consistently performing for audiences ARE NOT ONE OF YOU. The Gate is not invincible but it’s yours to secure. Set to the representing an amalgamation of people from diverse communities. PHILADANCO is recognized burning music of Steve Reich and danced by the explosive energy of PHILADANCO. for its artistic integrity, superbly trained dancers and electrifying performances. Inherent in our mission is a commitment to empowering youth with crucial leadership and development skills The creation of “Enemy Behind the Gate” was sponsored by Altria, Inc. Additional funding that facilitate achievement and success in the world of dance and everyday life. from Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation and an Anonymous Donor also made this work possible. MUSIC CREDITS in Moscow, Russia. He and his company also led the historic procession for Nelson and Winnie Mandela on their visit to New York in 1990. Years later, in 1997, he served as a “Bewildered” Written by Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup - Tee Pee Music Company - Leonard Whitcup Inc. cultural delegate to the Dance Umbrella/Dance Alive Festival in Johannesburg, South “Cold Sweat (Parts 1 & 2)” Written by James Brown and Alfred James Ellis - sed by permission of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) - All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. © 1967 (renewed) Africa through the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He also served as the Artistic Director for “Down and Out in New York City” Written by Ward Leslie Chandler and Barry R. De Vorzon - Donna Dijon Music Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Annual Gospel Festival for four years.Mr. Salaam and his Publications - David Peel, Orange Peel Publishing Company company were funded through the New England Foundation for the Arts/ National Dance “Get on the Good Foot (Parts 1 & 2)” Written by James Brown, Fred Wesley, and Joe Mims - Used by permission Project to develop “Rhythm Legacy: The Living Books” which premiered in 2001 at the of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) - All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. © 1972 (renewed) “Money Won’t Change You (Parts 1 & 2)” Written by James Brown and Nat Jones - Used by permission of Dynatone Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvey Theater. The project was then awarded additional Publishing Company (BMI) - All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. © 1966 funding to tour the United States during its 2002-2003 season. “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud (Parts 1 & 2)” Written by James Brown and Alfred James Ellis - Used by permission of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) - All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. © 1968 “The Payback” Written by James Brown, Fred Wesley, and John Starks - Used by permission of Dynatone Publishing RONALD K. BROWN (Think) Brown founded Evidence, A Dance Company in1985. Company (BMI) - All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. © 1973 (renewed) He has worked with Mary Anthony Dance Theater, Jennifer Muller/The Works and other “There Was a Time” Written by James Brown and Buddy J. Hobgood - Used by permission of Golo Publishing choreographers and artists. Brown has set works on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Company (BMI), Trio Music Co., Inc. (BMI), and Fort Knox Music Co. (BMI) - All rights on behalf of Golo Publishing Ailey II, Cleo Parker Robinson Ensemble, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Jennifer Company, administered by Unichappell Music Inc. © 1967 (renewed) “Think (About It)” Written by James Brown - Used by permission of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) - All rights Muller/The Works, Jeune Ballet d’Afrique Noire, Ko-Thi Dance Company, Philadanco, Muntu administered by Unichappell Music Inc. © 1972 (renewed) Dance Theater of Chicago and Ballet Hispanico. He has collaborated with such artists as “Hell” Written by James Brown - Used by permission of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) - All rights administered composer/designer Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya, the late writer Craig G. Harris, director Ernie by Unichappell Music Inc. © 1974 (renewed) “I Got the Feelin’” Written by James Brown - Used by permission of Fort Knox Music, Inc. McClintock’s Jazz Actors Theater, choreographers Patricia Hoffbauer and Rokiya Kone, “Let Yourself Go” Written by James Brown - Used by permission of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) - All rights and composers Robert Een, Oliver Lake, Bernadette Speech, David Simons, and Don on behalf of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI), administered by Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI). © 1967 (renewed) Meissner. He choreographed Regina Taylor’s award-winning play, Crowns and won an “Make It Funky (Part 1)” Written by James Brown and Charles Fred Bobbitt - Used by permission of Dynatone AUDELCO Award for his work on that production. Brown has won a Fred & Adele Astaire Publishing Company (BMI) - All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. © 1971 (renewed) Award for Outstanding Choreography in the Tony winning The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess, Special thanks to Benny Cardenas and Cleopatra Records. Generous support for the creation of the Apollo Theater’s adapted by Suzan Lori Parks, arrangement by Diedre Murray & directed by Diane Paulus. In production of the James Brown: Get on the Good Foot, a Celebration in Dance from the Ford Foundation Fund for addition Brown was named Def Dance Jam Workshop Mentor of the Year in 2000 and has Global Programs, JoAnn Price, Earl W. and Amanda Stafford, and the Reginald Van Lee New Works Fund. This program was launched in partnership with the Lafayette Consolidated Government, Lafayette, LA, Joey Durel, received; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts President; the University of Louisiana Lafayette, Joseph Savoie, PhD, President; Lafayette Convention and Visitors Choreographers Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, United States Commission; Lafayette Economic Development Authority, Van Eaton & Romero, and Renee and Tawasky Ventroy. Artists Fellowship, and The Ailey Apex Award for teaching. Brown is a member of Stage Co-commissioned by Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center and the Rialto Center for the Arts, Directors & Choreographers Society. Georgia State University. THE CHOREOGRAPHERS DAWN MARIE BAZEMORE (A Movement for Five) Dawn Marie Bazemore was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She received her early professional training from the Fournier– (Bewildered) Born in Danang, Vietnam. He currently resides in New York THANG DAO Grego Performing Arts Center and Covenant Ballet Theater of Brooklyn. Dawn Marie was City as a dancer and choreographer. Thang received his formal dance education from the also awarded scholarships to train at Ballet Academy East, Dance Theater of Harlem, Juilliard School and the Boston Conservatory. Thang holds a BFA in dance from The Boston Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and the Joffrey Ballet School. After graduating from Conservatory and an MA from New York University. He danced for the Stephen Petronio the New York City High School for Performing Arts, Dawn Marie went on to earn a BFA in Company from 2001-2006, leaving to focus on his choreographic career. He has also worked Dance from the State University of New York at Purchase and in 2014 earned her MFA in for the Metropolitan Opera and Little Orchestra Society. Thang has presented his works dance from Hollins University. She was also a finalist in the 1994 Arts Recognition and in Boston, New York City, and Austin, with acclaimed reviews by THE BOSTON GLOBE, Talent Search and a recipient of the Helen Tamiris Award for Excellence in Dance. In​ 1998, AUSTIN 360 and THE NEW YORK TIMES. In 2006, his ballet STEPPING GROUND, Dawn Marie joined the Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco) were she served as a choreographed on Ballet Austin for the 1st Biennial NEW AMERICAN TALENT/DANCE, principal dancer for 10 years. She has also performed with Fred Benjamin Dance Company, received the Audience Choice Award on all four nights. Thang is also the recipient of the Deeply Rooted Productions and Dances Patrelle. Dawn Marie’s musical theater credits 2008 Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship. include Regional: Dreamgirls (Lorrell), Purlie, Aint Misbehavin’, All Shook Up (Sylvia) and Broadway: the First National Tour of The Color Purple. ​ Currently, Dawn Marie is serving (There was….There is a Time) Executive Artistic Director of ‘Forces ABDEL SALAAM as a faculty member at Berks Ballet Theatre Conservatory of Dance and Wayne Ballet & of Nature’. After several years of artistic and spiritual service, Mr. Salaam was offered a Center for Dance Arts teaching all levels of ballet & modern dance. Most recently, she has commission in 1988 by the Very Reverend James Parks Morton, Dean of the Cathedral been awarded. Most recently Dawn Marie served as the fall artist-in-residence at Virginia of St. John the Divine, to help create the first African Episcopal Mass for the Church using Commonwealth University. African dance and music as a liturgical voice.This evolved into his work and company in their Annual St. Francis Day and Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice Celebrations, which continue CHRISTOPHER HUGGINS (Latched & Enemy Behind the Gates) Christopher L. Huggins to this day.During the 80’s, Mr. Salaam served as a delegate for the Artists for Ecology’s is a former member of the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Originally from International Summit at the Sundance Institute in Utah; the Conference on Third World Boston, Massachusetts, Huggins trained under Andrea Herbert Major, Danny Sloan, and Arts and European Theater in Oxford, England; and the 12th Annual Festival for Peace Martha Gray. He attended SUNY Purchase, The Julliard School, and was a fellowship