CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS

Friday, May 29, 2009, 8pm Saturday, May 30, 2009, 8pm Sunday, May 31, 2009, 3pm Zellerbach Hall Mark Morris Dance Group

Craig Biesecker Samuel Black Joe Bowie Elisa Clark Amber Darragh† Rita Donahue Domingo Estrada, Jr.‡ Lauren Grant John Heginbotham David Leventhal Laurel Lynch Bradon McDonald Dallas McMurray Maile Okamura June Omura Noah Vinson Jenn Weddel Julie Worden Michelle Yard

Lesley Garrison Claudia MacPherson Kanji Segawa Billy Smith Utafumi Takemura Prentice Whitlow † on leave ‡ apprentice

Mark Morris, Artistic Director Nancy Umanoff,Executive Director

MetLife Foundation is the Mark Morris Dance Group’s Official Tour Sponsor.

Major support for the Mark Morris Dance Group is provided by Carnegie Corporation of New York, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, The Howard Gilman Foundation, Independence Community Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and Jane Stine and R. L. Stine.

The Mark Morris Dance Group New Works Fund is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Untitled Foundation, The Shelby and Frederick Gans Fund, Meyer Sound/Helen and John Meyer, and Poss Family Foundation.

The Mark Morris Dance Group’s performances are made possible with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts Dance Program.

Cal Performances’ presentation of L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces: Dance Initiative, administered by the New Foundation for the Arts, and by Bank of America.

These performances are also made possible, in part, by Patron Sponsors Kathryn and Scott Mercer.

Cal Performances’ 2008–2009 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank.

CAL PERFORMANCES 7 PROGRAM ORCHESTRA & CHORUS ROSTERS

PROGRAM PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

The Players and Their Instruments Aaron Westman ’s Dmitry Badiarov, Brussels, 2003; after A. Bagatella, Philharmonia’s musicians perform on historically accurate Padua, c. 1750 instruments. Below each player’s name is information about his or her instrument’s maker and origin. L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato Violoncello Pastoral ode after poems by John Milton, rearranged by Charles Jennens Violin William Skeen† Anonymous, Italy, c. 1680 Mark Morris, choreographer Carla Moore, Concertmaster Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, 1754 Paul Hale Adrianne Lobel, set designer Joseph Grubaugh & Sigrun Seifert, Petaluma, California, Cynthia Freivogel‡ Christine Van Loon, costume designer 1988; after A. Stradivari Johann Paul Schorn, Salzburg, 1715 James F. Ingalls, lighting designer Robert Howard Jolianne von Einem Anonymous, Italy, 1750 Mark Morris Dance Group Rowland Ross, Guilford, England, 1979; after Antonio Stradivari, Cremona Farley Pearce Antonio Garrias Rosius, Mendocino, California, 1988; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Lisa Grodin after A. Stradivari Nicholas McGegan, music director Paulo Antonio Testore, Contrada, Larga di Milano, 1736 Katherine Kyme Jane Glover, conductor Double Johann Gottlob Pfretzchner, Mittenwald, Germany, 1791 Kristin Zoernig† Chamber Chorus of the University of California, Berkeley Tyler Lewis Joseph Wrent, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1648 Marika Kuzma, director Anonymous, Brescia, c. 1580 Michelle Burr Anthony Martin Matteo Goffriler, Venice, 1709 Christine Brandes, soprano Thomas Oliver Croen, Walnut Creek, California, 2005; Lisa Saffer, soprano after F. Gobetti, Venice, 1717 Flute Iain Paton, tenor Maxine Nemerovski , Timothy Johnson, Bloomington, Indiana, 1999; after Stephen Schultz A. Stradivari Roderick Cameron, Mendocino, California, 2008; after P. Bressan, , c. 1720 Dancers Sandra Schwarz Craig Biesecker Samuel Black Joe Bowie Elisa Clark Rita Donahue Domingo Estrada, Jr. Rowland Ross, Portsmouth, England, 1987; after A. Stradivari Oboe Julie Fiorenza* Lesley Garrison Lauren Grant John Heginbotham Brian Lawson* David Leventhal Laurel Lynch Claudia MacPherson Bradon McDonald Dallas McMurray Sara Usher Gonzalo Ruiz† Desiderio Quercetani, Parma, 2001; after A. Stradivari Levin & Robinson, New York, New York, 1989; after Saxon Maile Okamura June Omura Kanji Segawa Billy Smith Utafumi Takemura models, c. 1720 Noah Vinson Jenn Weddel Prentice Whitlow Julie Worden Michelle Yard Alicia Yang Richard Duke, London, 1762 Michael DuPree * understudy H. A. Vas Dias, Decatur, Georgia, 1982; after Thomas Stanesby, England, c. 1700 Viola World Premiere November 23, 1988, Théâtre David Daniel Bowes† Bassoon Royal de , Brussels Richard Duke, London, c. 1780 Dennis Godburn† Maria Ionia Caswell Paul Halperin, Zell i.W., Germany, 1998; after M. Deper, Overture George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): William Old, Falmouth, England, 1895 Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 1 (1739) Vienna A tempo giusto — Allegro Ellie Nishi Marilyn Boenau Anonymous, Germany, 18th century Paul Halperin, Zell i.W., Germany, 1999; after M. Deper, c. 1720 There will be one 20-minute intermission.

8 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 9 ORCHESTRA & CHORUS ROSTERS ABOUT THE ARTISTS

UC BERKELEY CHAMBER CHORUS Mark Morris was A Celebration. Mr. Morris is a member of the born on August 29, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Horn Soprano Alto 1956, in Seattle, American Philosophical Society. In 2007, he re- Washington, where he ceived the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance R. J. Kelley Angela Arnold† Benedict‡ studied as a young man Festival lifetime achievement award. Richard Seraphinoff, Bloomington, Indiana, 2006; after Felicia Chen Penny Boys† Hoffmaster, England, c. 1740 Michelle Corpuz Caitlin Emmanuel with Verla Flowers Nalini Ghuman† Samantha Emmanuel and Perry Brunson. In The Mark Morris Dance Group was formed in the early years of his 1980 and gave its first performance that year in New Trumpet Sarah Hiebert Paul Flight‡ Alana Mailes Chris Gold career, he performed York City. The company’s touring schedule steadily John Thiessen† Mara McMillan† Nancy Hall with Lar Lubovitch, expanded to include cities both in the United States Rainer Egger, Basel, Switzerland, 2004; after J. L. Ehe III, Kendra Salois Beth Helsley Hannah Kahn, Laura and in Europe, and in 1986 it made its first nation- Nuremburg, 1746 Amy Smith Gar Wai Lee Dean, Eliot Feld and Amber Darragh al television program for the PBS series Dance in Josie Vertz Jen Wang Fred Holmgren the Koleda Balkan Dance Ensemble. He formed America. In 1988, MMDG was invited to become Vanessa Yang Yumi Thomas† Fred Holmgren, Massachusetts, 2005; after J. L. Ehe III the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1980, and has the national dance company of Belgium, and spent since created more than 120 works for the com- three years in residence at the Théâtre Royal de la Tenor Bass Timpani pany. From 1988 to 1991, he was Director of Dance Monnaie in Brussels. The company returned to the Kevin Baum‡ Lawrence Chu Todd Manley at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, United States in 1991 as one of the world’s leading Carl Boe‡ David Hess‡ Pete Woods, Aldershot, England, 1996; after 18th-century the national house of Belgium. Among dance companies, performing across the country Mickey Butts† Jeremiah Lee continental, hand tuned the works created during his tenure were three and at major international festivals. Thomas Busse† Carson Mah evening-length dances: The Hard Nut; L’Allegro, il Based in Brooklyn, New York, the company has Sean Dougall‡ Sam Maurer Penseroso ed il Moderato; and Dido and Aeneas. In maintained and strengthened its ties to several cit- Organ Joseph Espena Jeremy Park Victor Gold Maxime Rischard 1990, he founded the White Oak Dance Project ies around the world, most notably its West Coast Charles Sherman Nicholas Kotar† Jeffrey Sykes‡ with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Morris is also much home, Cal Performances in Berkeley, California; Gerrit Klop, the Netherlands, 1990 Charlie Satterfield Gabriel Wong in demand as a ballet choreographer. He has cre- and its Midwest home, the Krannert Center for ated seven works for the San Francisco Ballet since the Performing Arts in Urbana, Illinois. MMDG Harpsichord † Chamber Chorus alumna/alumnus 1994 and received commissions from American also appears regularly in New York City; Boston; Charles Sherman ‡ Guest Ballet Theatre and the Boston Ballet, among oth- Fairfax, Virginia; Seattle; and at the Jacob’s Pillow Italian harpsichord by John Phillips, Berkeley, California, ers. His work is also in the repertory of the Pacific Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts. MMDG 1984; after Giovanni Battista Giusti, Lucca, 1681 Northwest Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, New made its Mostly Mozart Festival debut in 2002 and Zealand Ballet, Ballet, English National its Tanglewood Music Festival debut in 2003 and Special thanks to Professor Davitt Moroney for lending Ballet and the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. Mr. has since been invited to both festivals annually. keyboard instruments from the collection of the UC Berkeley Morris is noted for his musicality, and he has The company’s London seasons have garnered two Department of Music. been described as “undeviating in his devotion Laurence Olivier Awards. to music.” He has worked extensively in opera, MMDG is noted for its commitment to live † Principal directing and choreographing productions for music, a feature of every performance on its full in- ‡ Principal Second Violin the , , ternational touring schedule since 1996. MMDG and the Royal Opera, collaborates with leading orchestras, opera com- Covent Garden. Mr. Morris was named a Fellow panies and musicians including cellist Yo-Yo Ma Philharmonia Production Staff of the MacArthur Foundation in 1991. He has in the Emmy Award-winning film Falling Down Cynthia Hubbard, Interim Executive Director received eight honorary doctorates to date. In Stairs (1997); Indian composer Zakir Hussain, Jeffrey D. Phillips, Artistic Administrator 2006, Mr. Morris received the New York City Mr. Ma and jazz pianist Ethan Iverson in Kolam David Daniel Bowes, Music Librarian Department of Cultural Affairs Mayor’s Award (2002); The Bad Plus inViolet Cavern (2004); Steve Renaker, Keyboard Technician for Arts and Culture and a WQXR Gramophone pianists Emanuel Ax, Garrick Ohlsson and Yoko Special Recognition Award. He is the subject of Nozaki for Mozart Dances (2006); and with the a biography by Joan Acocella (Farrar, Straus and English National Opera in Four Saints in Three Giroux), and Marlowe & Company published a Acts (2000) and King Arthur (2006), among oth- volume of photographs and critical essays entitled ers. MMDG’s film and television projects also Mark Morris’ L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: include Dido and Aeneas, The Hard Nut and two

10 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 11 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS documentaries for the United Kingdom’s South when she was 16, and to whose music she con- of the Baroque (including Handel’s ), the to mark its 25th season and the 20th anniver- Bank Show. stantly returns. Her operatic repertoire also regu- (including The Creation), sary of Nicholas McGegan as Music Director, In fall 2001, MMDG opened the Mark Morris larly includes Purcell, Gluck, Beethoven, Rossini, the Orchestre Nationale de Bordeaux et Aquitaine, Philharmonia premiered its first commissioned Dance Center in Brooklyn, housing rehearsal space Donizetti, Humperdinck (she performed Hansel and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. She will work, a one-act opera entitled To Hell and Back. for the dance community, outreach programs for und Gretel at the BBC Proms) and Knussen. In be recording a series of Haydn Masses for Naxos Written specifically for Baroque instruments by local children, as well as a school offering dance addition, she collaborates closely with the Mark in New York. Jake Heggie with a libretto by Gene Scheer, the classes to students of all ages. Morris Dance Group, for whom she has con- Jane Glover studied at the University of Oxford, commission included the unique combination ducted major productions of Purcell (King Arthur), where, after graduation, she did her D.Phil. on of soprano (Isabel Bayrakdarian) and Broadway Music Director of Handel (L’Allegro) and Mozart. 17th-century Venetian opera. She holds honor- chanteuse (Patti LuPone). To Hell and Back re- Chicago’s Music of the Ms. Glover’s concert engagements similarly ary degrees from several other universities, and is ceived high critical praise during both its premiere Baroque since 2002 take her all over the world. She has performed with a Fellow of the Royal College of Music. She was performances in San Francisco and subsequent and recently named all the major symphony and chamber orchestras created a CBE in the 2003 ’s Honours. performances at the Ravinia Festival in June 2007. Artistic Director of in Britain, repeatedly at the BBC Proms (another With the Mark Morris Dance Group, Opera at London’s highlight was Britten’s War Requiem), as well as San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque Philharmonia gave the U.S. premiere of Royal Academy of with orchestras in Europe, the United States, the Orchestra has been dedicated to historically in- Mr. Morris’s acclaimed production of Purcell’s Music, Jane Glover Far East and Australasia. In recent seasons, she formed performance of Baroque, Classical and King Arthur in partnership with Cal Performances. (conductor) made her Bauer Jerry has appeared with the San Francisco Symphony, early-Romantic music on original instruments This season, Philharmonia joins the Mark Morris professional debut at the Houston Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, since its inception in 1981. Under Music Director Dance Group in a reprise performance of Handel’s the Wexford Festival the St Louis Symphony, the Orchestra of St Luke’s Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia was named L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. Other col- in 1975, conducting her own edition of Cavalli’s (Carnegie Hall), the , the Musical America’s 2004 Ensemble of the Year, and, laborations with the Mark Morris Dance Group L’Eritrea. She joined Glyndebourne in 1979 and Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the London according to the , has become “an have occurred at New York’s Lincoln Center, was Music Director of the Glyndebourne Touring Mozart Players and the City of London Sinfonia, as ensemble for early music as fine as any in the world the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Orange Opera from 1981 to 1985, and she was Artistic well as the period orchestras Philharmonia Baroque today.” Philharmonia performs an annual sub- County Center for the Performing Arts and at Cal Director of the London Mozart Players from 1984 Orchestra and the Handel & Haydn Society. She scription season in four cities in the San Francisco Performances, with productions of Purcell’s Dido to 1991. has appeared at the Mostly Mozart Festivals in Bay Area, and is regularly heard on tour in the and Aeneas, Vivaldi’s , Handel’s L’Allegro, In continual demand on the international both New York and London. She is also especially United States and internationally. Philharmonia il Penseroso ed il Moderato and the American pre- opera stage, Ms. Glover has appeared with nu- known for her experience in the choral repertoire, has its own professional chorus, the Philharmonia miere of Mr. Morris’s production of Rameau’s merous companies including the Royal Opera and was Music Director of both the London and Chorale, and also welcomes eminent guest con- ballet-opera, Platée, which was the tour de force of House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, the Huddersfield Choral Societies. ductors to its podium, including William Christie, the 1998 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Glyndebourne, Berlin Staatsoper, Royal Danish Jane Glover’s many recordings feature a se- Andrew Parrott, Jordi Savall, Gustav Leonhardt, Among the most recorded period-instrument Opera, Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, ries of Mozart and Haydn symphonies for ASV, Monica Huggett and Trevor Pinnock. orchestras in the United States or in Europe, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Glimmerglass and arias with Felicity Lott, all with the London Under Mr. McGegan’s direction, Philharmonia Philharmonia has made 24 highly praised record- Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Australia, Mozart Players, plus other recordings of Haydn, has made several U.S. tours, including appear- ings for Harmonia Mundi, Reference Recordings Opera Theatre of St. Louis and the Teatro La Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Britten and ances on the Great Performers Series at Lincoln and BMG, and also released a self-produced two- Fenice in Venice. Known chiefly as a Mozart Walton with the London Philharmonic, the Royal Center, at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, as part CD set of music of Scarlatti on the Avie specialist, she has conducted all the Mozart op- Philharmonic and the BBC Singers. Her extensive of the International Chamber Orchestra Festival in label. Philharmonia’s live recording of Handel’s eras regularly, all over the world, since her initial broadcasting career includes the television series Minnesota, at Carnegie Hall in New York, at the oratorio received a Grammy Award nomi- performances of them in Glyndebourne in the Orchestra and Mozart, and the radio series Opera Festival del Sole in California’s Napa Valley and nation and a Gramophone Award for best Baroque 1980s. (Highlights include the Da Ponte trilogy House and Musical Dynasties, all for the BBC. at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. In vocal recording of 1991. Since 2005, Philharmonia in Chicago, with the director Diane Paulus; Die Her book, Mozart’s Women, was published to August 2005, Philharmonia made its debut at the has been issuing a series of live and archival re- Entführung at the Royal Opera, Così fan tutte in great critical acclaim in September 2005. It was BBC Proms in London, Snape Maltings (U.K.) and cordings exclusively over the Internet in partner- Berlin, etc.) But her core repertoire also includes nominated for both the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Philharmonia ship with Magnatune.com, and in spring 2007 Monteverdi (she and Paulus also performed his the Whitbread Prize for Non-Fiction. She is cur- also appeared as the featured orchestra at the Philharmonia and Magnatune.com partnered three in Chicago, in 2000, 2003 and 2006), rently writing a book on Handel. International Handel Festival in Göttingen, with iTunes on Philharmonia’s live recording of Handel (many operas including , Highlights in the 2008–2009 season include Germany, in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, now also available , , , Acis and Galatea, the operas The Turn of the Screw (Bordeaux), Philharmonia has had numerous successful on compact disc. and ), and Britten, who indeed (Milwaukee), La Clemenza di Tito (Chicago) and collaborations with celebrated musicians, com- Philharmonia was founded by harpsichordist personally influenced and guided Jane Glover The Rape of Lucretia (Aspen); concerts with Music posers and choreographers. In November 2006, and early music pioneer Laurette Goldberg, and

12 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 13 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS is represented exclusively in North America by and throughout California, as well as concert Brooklyn); The Hard Nut (La Monnaie; BAM); and abroad, performing at many of the world’s California Artists Management. tours to Canada, England, Germany (Göthingen Le nozze di Figaro (Brussels); Orfeo ed Euridice most distinguished festivals and concert series in Festival), Austria, Ukraine and the Czech Republic. (BAM; U.S. tour). On Broadway, she developed, programs spanning from recitals and chamber mu- Marika Kuzma recently returned to Berkeley after In 2006, the Chamber Chorus was invited to produced and designed sets for the Tony Award- sic to oratorio and opera. a year in Montreal, where she was chef de chœur for Brazil to sing J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew with nominated musical A Year with Frog and Toad, On In the 2008–2009 season, Ms. Brandes’s op- the Montreal Symphony, preparing the symphony the Youth Orchestra of the Americas under Kent the Town (directed by George C. Wolfe), The Diary eratic appearances include return engagements chorus in works by Bach, Bellini, Wagner, Debussy Nagano. Last season, it performed Steve Reich’s of Anne Frank, the Tony-winning Passion and with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Cleopatra and Ravel. She has directed choirs at UC Berkeley challenging Desert Music. Twelve Dreams (Lincoln Center), all directed by in Giulio Cesare and with the Seattle Opera as since 1990, leading them in works ranging from Among Chamber Chorus recordings, its James Lapine. Other credits include An American Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. She also covers the medieval Carmina Burana to premieres of new Handel’s Susannah on Harmonia Mundi and Tragedy, the new Tobias Picker opera (Metropolitan the role of Ginevra in Ariodante at San Francisco works. Her choirs here have often been invited to Liderman’s Song of Songs received Grammy Award Opera), Lady in the Dark (Royal National Theatre, Opera. Concert performances see her with the perform with professional ensembles such as the nominations, and its Icons of Slavic Music is known London) and Street Scene (), National Symphony Orchestra in and with Berkeley Symphony, Midsummer Mozart Festival in Eastern Europe as well as America. The chorus all directed by . Her projects the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in Handel’s and Oakland East Bay Symphony, as well as the is competitively selected from singer-musicians in for include Dr. Atomic, the new John L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. She has guest the greater campus community: undergraduates, Adams opera (); The Rake’s During the past season, Ms. Brandes made her directed the Oakland Symphony Chorus, Berkeley graduate students, faculty and staff. Progress (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris); Nixon in Washington National Opera debut as Catherine in Symphony, Composers Inc., the Handel Society China (BAM; Bobigny, Paris; Amsterdam); Le William Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge and re- of Dartmouth College, choirs at the University of nozze di Figaro (Pepsico Summerfare, New York; turned to the Central City Opera as Maria Corona Virginia and Oklahoma City University, and the DESIGNERS Bobigny); Così fan tutte (Pepsico Summerfare, New in ’s The Saint of Bleecker St. Lawrence Choir in Montreal. In Early Music, York); The Magic Flute (Glyndebourne Festival, Street. Her concert schedule included performanc- Ms. Kuzma has directed the Collegium at the James F. Ingalls (lighting designer) has designed England); The Mikado (Chicago Lyric Opera). es of Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri with Amherst Early Music Festival and led a “chant- for several Mark Morris works including Orfeo For choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, she Sir Simon Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra; along” at Grace Cathedral. In contemporary music, ed Euridice (Metropolitan Opera); King Arthur designed Swan Lake (Pennsylvania Ballet) and the Mozart Requiem with John Nelson and the she has conducted premieres of works by Karchin, (English National Opera); Sylvia, Sandpaper Ballet, An American in Paris (New York City Ballet). Her Handel & Haydn Society; Bach’s St. Matthew Reich, Rockmaker, Rzewski and Takemitsu. Of Maelstrom and Pacific (San Francisco Ballet); Platée honors include Lucille Lortel, Obie, Long Wharf’s Passion with Jane Glover and the Music of the Ukrainian descent, Ms. Kuzma has a special affin- (Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and New York City Murphy, Emmy and Jefferson awards and Drama Baroque; Handel’s L’Allegro with the Mark Morris ity for Eastern European choral music of various Opera); L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, Dido Desk, Maharam and Fanny award nominations. Dance Group and the Seattle Symphony; and centuries and has published articles and given talks and Aeneas and The Hard Nut (MMDG); Ein Herz Haydn’s Mass in the Time of War with Bernard on the topic internationally. (Paris Opera Ballet); and the initial White Oak Christine Van Loon (costume designer) was born Labadie and the San Francisco Symphony. Project tour. His work in Chicago includes Salome in Hoeilaart, Belgium, and has studied commer- Recent symphonic appearances have includ- The Chamber Chorus of the University of (Lyric Opera), The Clean House, Dollhouse, House cial art and costume and set design. At the Théâtre ed concerts with the Chicago Symphony under California, Berkeley, is the university’s premiere and Garden, The Misanthrope, Book of the Night Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, she worked in the batons of both Pierre Boulez and Esa-Pekka vocal ensemble. A select group of 30 singers, the and Martin Guerre (Goodman Theatre) and The both the set and costume departments and with Salonen; performances of ’s El Niño ensemble is particularly acclaimed for its readings Well-Appointed Room, The Pain and the Itch, The Maurice Béjart’s Ballet of the 20th Century. with the Tokyo Symphony; Bach’s St. John Passion of both early and contemporary music. The chorus Violet Hour, Purple Heart, After the Quake and Ms. Van Loon has designed the costumes for sev- with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony; has frequently performed with the Philharmonia Valparaiso (Steppenwolf Theater). Most recently, eral Mark Morris productions, including Dido L’Enfant et les sortilèges with Sir Simon Rattle and Baroque Orchestra and the Mark Morris Dance he designed A Flowering Tree and La Passion de and Aeneas. the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Mozart’s Requiem Group, joining them in the U.S. premieres of Platée Simone (New Crowned Hope, Barbican Centre, with the Cleveland Orchestra and John Nelson; and King Arthur. It has also premiered and record- London) and Dr. Atomic (Holland Festival/ SINGERS Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Rafael Frühbeck ed works by noted American composers Elinor De Nederlandse Opera and San Francisco Opera). de Burgos and Beethoven’s Egmont with Wolfgang Armer, Richard Felciano, Morton Feldman, Lou He often collaborates with Saint Joseph Ballet in Noted for her radiant, crystal- Sawallisch and the Philadelphia Orchestra; Harrison, Jorge Liderman and John Thow. Their Santa Ana, California. line voice and superb musi- Mozart opera arias and Strauss orchestral songs concerts have been featured on Voice of America, cianship, soprano Christine with the National Symphony and Heinz Fricke; Public Radio International and Austrian Radio Adrianne Lobel’s (set designer) projects for Mark Brandes brings her committed Bach Cantatas with the New World Symphony; broadcasts. Concert engagements have included Morris include King Arthur (English National artistry to repertoire ranging Handel’s Messiah with the Toronto Symphony, appearances locally in Hertz Hall, St. Mark’s Opera), Platée (Royal Opera, London, Edinburgh from the 17th century to newly the New York Philharmonic and the Minnesota Church, Zellerbach Hall, Oakland’s Paramount and New York City Opera); L’Allegro, il Penseroso composed works and enjoys an Orchestra; Carmina Burana with the Houston Theater, Grace Cathedral, Davies Symphony Hall ed il Moderato (La Monnaie, Brussels; BAM, active career in North America Symphony; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with Neeme 14 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 15 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Järvi and the Detroit Symphony; and Barber’s China, directed by Peter Sellars at Houston Grand Sony Classical and performed with the Boston City of Birmingham Opera directed by Graham Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Mahler’s Symphony Opera, followed by performances at Netherlands Symphony under Seiji Ozawa at Carnegie Hall and Vick, and rehearsing and covering the role of Licco No. 4 with Andreas Delfs and the Milwaukee Opera, the Edinburgh Festival, Brooklyn Academy the Kennedy Center. He also gave the world pre- in Cavalli’s Ercole Amante for the Nederlandse Symphony. She has also bowed at Lincoln Center’s of Music, Washington Opera, Frankfurt Opera, miere of Harbison’s Four Psalms with the Chicago Opera Amsterdam. Future appearances include a Mostly Mozart Festival and at the Ravinia Festival Australia’s and Théâtre du Symphony Orchestra. return to the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, in with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, as Châtelet in Paris. In March 2008, Mr. Maddalena sang the title Adès’s Powder Her Face in 2010. well as with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, His association with John Adams continued role in the premiere of Kirke Mechem’s John Brown Born in Scotland, Mr. Paton first rose to in- Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Chamber Music in two more recent roles: the Captain in Adams’s at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. In fall 2008, he ternational fame when replacing Plácido Domingo Society of Lincoln Center and the Freiburger , which premiered at the created the role of Art Kamen in the acclaimed pre- as tenor soloist in Lloyd Webber’s Requiem in Barockorchester, among others. Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and received miere of Wallace’s The Bonesetter’s Daughterat San Australia, New Zealand and Norway. He followed Ms. Brandes’s operatic career has been high- performances at the Opera de Lyon, the Brooklyn Francisco Opera. In July 2009, Mr. Maddalena this in 1997 as Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus Dem lighted by engagements at Houston Grand Opera Academy of Music, San Francisco Opera and at will perform in the premiere of ’s The Serail for Opéra National du Rhin, conducted by in Ariodante with Christopher Hogwood and in the Vienna Festival prior to being recorded by Letter with . In fall 2009, he will William Christie, with whom he also recorded Falstaff with ; at Seattle Opera Nonesuch under Kent Nagano; and Jack Hubbard sing the premiere of ’s Death and the the opera for Erato. He performed Tamino in The in Giulio Cesare; and at in in for San Francisco Opera. Powers in Monaco. He has been invited to make Magic Flute and Shepherd in Tristan und Isolde L’Incoronazione di Poppea with Harry Bicket and Mr. Maddalena has appeared with many other his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2011 as Nixon in for Scottish Opera, as well as recording the role in Hänsel und Gretel with Alan Gilbert. Additional leading opera companies in the United States and . of Eurimachos in Dallapiccola’s Ulisse with the performances of the artist’s distinguished career abroad, including New York City Opera, San An active concert artist, Mr. Maddalena BBC Symphony, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. have brought her to San Diego Opera in Ariodante; Francisco Opera, Atlanta Opera, Opera Theatre can be heard in repertoire ranging from Bach to He sang a critically acclaimed Ferrando in a new Lyric Opera of Kansas City in The Turn of the Screw; of St. Louis, Opera Boston, Frankfurt Opera, and Hindemith. He has performed The Messiah with production of Così fan tutte with De Vlaamse Central City Opera in L’Incoronazione di Poppea; Glyndebourne Festival Opera, as well as with the Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society; Hindemith’s Opera; the title role in The Rake’s Progress in Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Foundation in Così fan tutte; Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Requiem with Wolfgang Sawallisch and the Berlin; Lensky in Eugene Onegin for Opera North; Opera Theatre of St. Louis in Cimarosa’s The Secret Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra of the Accademia di Santi Cecilia in Acis and Galatea with the Philharmonia Baroque Marriage, Glimmerglass Opera both in Handel’s Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish Rome; Bach’s St. John Passion in Turin; Harbison’s Orchestra in San Francisco; and Britten’s Gloriana and Acis and Galatea, San Francisco Orchestra, Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Words from Paterson with the San Francisco with Opera North in Barcelona. Opera in Semele under the baton of Sir Charles Cecilia in Rome and the London Symphony Symphony; and Carmina Burana in Seville, Spain, More recent successes have included Albert Mackerras; the Opéra de Nancy in Alcina; New Orchestra. He is a frequent collaborator with di- and Palermo, Italy. He sang Schubert’s Winterreise Herring for Opera North; Oronte in Alcina con- York City Opera in Acis and Galatea and Platée; rector Peter Sellars and sang major roles in Sellars’s at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Robert ducted by Nicholas McGegan at the Göttingen and to the Opera Company of Philadelphia in Die stagings of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas (the Spano as accompanist, and the complete cycle of Festival; and Beppe in I Pagliacci at the Royal Zauberflöte, L’Elisir d’amore and . Count in Le nozze di Figaro and Guglielmo in Così Bach cantatas with Boston’s Emmanuel Music. Albert Hall. In 2006, he sang Almaviva in Dijon; Additionally, Ms. Brandes has performed Le nozze fan tutte), as well as his productions of operas by James Maddalena has recorded for Decca/ Belfiore in La Finta Giardiniera at the Zürich di Figaro with New York City Opera, Opera Pacific Haydn, Handel and Adams. London, BMG Classical Catalyst, Nonesuch, Opera; Publio in Il Sogno di in Klagenfurt; and with the opera companies of Minnesota, Besides Adams, Mr. Maddalena has collabo- Teldec, Sony Classical, Harmonia Mundi and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in San Francisco; Montréal, Philadelphia and Québec. rated with many contemporary composers, in- EMI. He can be heard on the Grammy-winning Astromonte in Der Stein der Weisen for Garsington Christine Brandes has recorded for EMI, BMG/ cluding John Harbison, Gunther Schuller, Elliot recording of Nixon in China on Nonesuch and the Opera; and last year made his Salzburg Festival Conifer Classics, Dorian, Harmonia Mundi USA, Goldenthal, Robert Moran, Domenic Argento, Emmy-winning PBS telecast, now on DVD. début as Publio. Virgin Classics and Koch International. Marc Blitzstein and . He sang Mr. Paton’s vast concert experience has in- the world premiere of ’s Harvey Tenor Iain Paton’s dra- cluded Messiah with the Rias Kammerchor and The renowned baritone Milk with Houston Grand Opera, and later at San matic flair and technical Freiburger Baroque Orchestra in Montreux and James Maddalena com- Francisco Opera in a production that was recorded superiority continue to Paris; Il Primo Omicidio conducted by René Jacobs mands a large and varied by Teldec under Donald Runnicles. In St. Louis, sustain an impressive ca- at the Innsbruck Festival; Britten’s War Requiem repertoire ranging from Mr. Maddalena sang Hobson in the premiere of reer. Currently singing the in Istanbul; and Haydn’s The Seasons with the Monteverdi to contempo- David Carlson’s The Midnight Angel. In 2001, he role Filippo in Haydn’s Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Most recent rary opera. He first gained sang the role of Gideon March in ’s L’Infedeltà delusa (conduct- projects include Handel’s L’Allegro conducted by international recognition at Houston Grand Opera. He sang ed by Jeremie Rohrer) for Nicholas McGegan at the Mostly Mozart Festival for his portrayal of the title the premiere of ’s Vietnam ora- Aix en Provence, his most in New York; in Tokyo in 2007; role in the world premiere torio Fire Water Paper with the Pacific Symphony recent successes include and this year Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Lyric soprano Lisa Saffer Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) and for concert arias, Mark Morris. has graced opera and Exsultate, jubilate and his Masses. She takes partic- DANCERS concert stages worldwide ular joy in performance of bel canto roles, especially Elisa Clark received her with her versatility, intel- Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore and Norina Craig Biesecker, from early training from the ligence and musicality in Don Pasquale. Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Maryland Youth Ballet in a range of repertoire, Ms. Saffer is also widely recognized for her received a B.S. in music ed- and her B.F.A. from The whether it be with English skill as an interpreter of contemporary scores and ucation from West Chester Juilliard School, under National Opera in the is identified with the works of Oliver Knussen, University of Pennsylvania. the direction of Benjamin title role in Berg’s Lulu, several of which she has recorded for Deutsche While teaching music in Harkarvy. She has danced Handel’s Messiah with the Grammophon. With the Chicago Symphony, she Philadelphia, he studied with the Lar Lubovitch Philadelphia Orchestra or J. Henry Fair has performed James Primrosch’s From a Book of ballet with John White, Dance Company, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Hours/Rilke (conducted by Christoph Eschenbach) Margarita de Saa and Bryan Nederlands Dans Theater and Battleworks Dance the New York Philharmonic. and John Harbison’s Four Psalms (conducted by Koulman, and worked with choreographers Tim Company before joining MMDG in 2006. For her London performance as Lulu, Antonio Pappano); Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortilèges and Lina Early. In New York City, he has worked Ms. Clark has also worked with the Alvin Ailey Ms. Saffer received the Royal Philharmonic with the Cleveland Orchestra and Pierre Boulez with Pascal Rioult, Carolyn Dorfman, New York American Dance Theater, as assistant to Robert Society Award for best vocal performance, and she at Carnegie Hall; David del Tredici’s Ecstatic Theater Ballet, Mark Dendy and Gerald Casel. Battle. She has been on the faculty of the American was nominated for an Olivier Award for outstand- Alice with the Atlanta Symphony and Robert Mr. Biesecker joined MMDG in 2003. Dance Festival and teaches for MMDG. Ms. Clark ing achievement in opera, London’s equivalent of Spano; and numerous works with Amsterdam’s is a 2008–2009 Princess Grace Modern Dance Broadway’s Tony Award. She is as much at home Schoenberg Ensemble. In addition to Lulu, on Samuel Black is originally Honorarium Award Winner. singing Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro as the opera stage she has been acclaimed for perfor- from Berkeley, California, she is his C minor Mass, and has delighted and as- mances in Harrison Birtwhistle’s Punch and Judy where he began studying Amber Darragh is origi- tonished audiences with performances in Britten’s and Morton Feldman’s Neither for Netherlands tap at the age of nine with nally from Newport, opera, The Rape of Lucretia, conducted by Oliver Opera; Hans Werner Henze’s Elegy for Young Katie Maltsberger. He re- Oregon, where she began Knussen, and his Spring Serenade, written for or- Lovers at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and at ceived his B.F.A. in dance her dance training with chestra and conducted by Robert Spano. the Tanglewood Festival; Janáček’s Cunning Little from SUNY Purchase, Nancy Mittleman. She re- Ms. Saffer first came to prominence for her Vixen for Houston Grand Opera; and as Marie in where he performed works ceived her B.F.A. from The performances of Baroque operas in Stephen Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten, which she has per- by Mark Morris, Paul Juilliard School in 1999 Wadsworth’s Monteverdi cycle. She soon began formed at English National Opera, Opera Bastille Taylor, Zvi Gotheiner, Sean Curran and Kevin and then danced with the appearing on CD in a landmark series of Handel and New York City Opera. Wynn. During a semester at the Rotterdamse Limón Dance Company for recordings with conductor Nicholas McGegan on Ms. Saffer frequently performs chamber mu- Dansacademie in Holland, Mr. Black had the op- two years. She is a recipient of the 2001 Princess Harmonia Mundi USA. Ms. Saffer is now much in sic under the auspices of such organizations as the portunity to dance in several Dutch cities and in Grace Award and has presented her own choreog- demand for Handel roles at venues including Santa Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, Germany. He has performed in New York with raphy both in New York and abroad. Ms. Darragh Fe Opera, Glimmerglass, New York City Opera, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New David Parker, Takehiro Ueyama and Nelly van joined MMDG in 2001. the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, York Festival of Song, Santa Fe Chamber Music Bommel. Mr. Black first worked with MMDG in Germany, and Barcelona’s Gran Teatro del Liceu. Festival, and recitals in Lincoln Center’s “Art of 2005 and became a company member in 2007. Rita Donahue was born She also appears with leading orchestras in Baroque the Song” series and at the Kennedy Center for the and raised in Fairfax, repertoire, including the Detroit and Indianapolis Vocal Arts Society. Joe Bowie was born in Virginia, and attended symphonies, the Minnesota and Philadelphia or- Ms. Saffer’s many recordings appear on Lansing, Michigan, and George Mason University, chestras, the National Symphony in Washington Harmonia Mundi USA, Virgin Classics, New began dancing while at- where she graduated DC, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Philharmonia World Records, Deutsche Grammophon, Chandos tending Brown University, with honors in dance Baroque Orchestra, with whom she appeared on and Telarc. Her most recent release is Chandos’s from which he graduated and English in 2002. She tour at Disney Hall in Los Angeles and Carnegie’s three-disc set of Lulu. with honors in English danced with bopi’s black Zankel Hall in New York. A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Lisa Saffer and American literature. sheep / dances by kraig pat- Ms. Saffer is sought after as a Mozart interpret- now makes her home in Portland, Maine. She is a In New York, he has per- terson before joining MMDG in 2003. er, acclaimed for her performances as Sandrina (La voracious reader who also enjoys hiking and yoga. formed in the works of finta giardiniera), Despina (Così fan tutte), Servillia She also loves to cook, exploring her Greek and Robert Wilson and Ulysses Dove and also danced (La clemenza di Tito), Aminta (Il re pastore) and Italian culinary heritage. with the Paul Taylor Dance Company for two years before going to Belgium in 1989 to work with

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Domingo Estrada, Jr., a B.F.A. from ’s Tisch School Laurel Lynch began her under director Frank Corsaro, and was the choreo- native of Victoria, Texas, of the Arts and teaches dance internationally. Ms. dance training in Petaluma, graphic assistant to Donald McKayle at the Alvin recently acquired a B.F.A. Grant is married to fellow dancer David Leventhal. California. After a few too Ailey American Dance Theater. Mr. McDonald in ballet and modern many Nutcrackers, she joined MMDG in 2000. dance at Texas Christian John Heginbotham is moved to New York to at- University. He currently from Anchorage, Alaska. tend The Juilliard School, Dallas McMurray, from El works with choreographers He is a graduate of The where she performed Cerrito, California, began Leslie Scott, BODYart Juilliard School (B.F.A., works by Robert Battle, dancing at age four, study- Dance; Mary Seidman, 1993) and has danced in Margie Gillis, José Limón ing jazz, tap, and acrobat- Mary Seidman & Dancers; and Christian von the companies of Susan and Ohad Naharin. Since graduation in May ics with Katie Maltsberger Howard, Von Howard Project. He made his Marshall, Pilobolus Dance 2003, Ms. Lynch has danced for Dušan Týnek and ballet with Yukiko MMDG debut during last season’s The Hard Nut Theater (guest artist), John Dance Theatre, Sue Bernhard Danceworks, Sakakura. He received a at Cal Performances. Mr. Estrada would like to Jasperse and Ben Munisteri. Pat Catterson, Stephan Koplowitz and T.E.A. B.F.A. in dance from the thank God, his family and all who support his His choreography is featured in the work of record- (Transpersonal Education and Art). She has per- California Institute of the passion! ing artists Fischerspooner and in Champ: A Space formed at the Festival Oltre Passo in Lecce, Italy, Arts. Mr. McMurray has performed with the Opera (New York International Fringe Festival). and appeared as a guest artist with Petaluma City Limón Dance Company as well as in works by Lesley Garrison grew up As a teacher, Mr. Heginbotham works regularly Ballet. Ms. Lynch performed with MMDG as an Jiří Kylián, Alonzo King, Robert Moses and Colin in Swansea, Illinois, and with members of the Brooklyn Parkinson Group. apprentice in 2006 and became a company mem- Connor. Mr. McMurray joined MMDG as an ap- received much of her early He joined the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1998. ber in 2007. prentice in 2006 and became a company member training at the Center of in 2007. Creative Arts in St. Louis. David Leventhal has Claudia MacPherson was She is a 2007 graduate of danced with MMDG born in Wisconsin, but she Maile Okamura is origi- the Conservatory of Dance since 1997. He performs calls Kentucky home. She nally from San Diego, at the State University of principal roles in The Hard received her B.F.A. in California. She was a New York at Purchase. Nut, L’Allegro, il Penseroso dance from Alvin Ailey/ member of Boston Ballet She has also studied at Interlochen Arts Academy, ed il Moderato and Romeo Fordham University, where II from 1992 to 1993 Rotterdamse Dansacademie, Jacob’s Pillow and and Juliet, on Motifs of she worked with Nathan and Ballet Arizona from The Professional Project. She has performed with Shakespeare. He is a faculty Trice, Jennifer Muller and 1993 to 1996. She has the Kevin Wynn Collection, Nelly van Bommel’s member of the Mark Morris Ron Brown, among oth- danced with choreogra- NØA Dance and Sidra Bell Dance New York. She Dance Center in Brooklyn, and teaches technique ers, and performed at City Center in Alvin Ailey’s phers Neta Pulvermacher, first performed with MMDG last season in the and repertory at schools and universities. He is one Memoria. She has also worked with Eva Dean Zvi Gotheiner and Gerald Casel, among others. Seattle performances of L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il of the founding teachers of MMDG’s “Dance for Dance, the Kevin Wynn Collection, SuriCo and Ms. Okamura began working with MMDG in Moderato and toured with Mark Morris’s Romeo & Parkinson’s” program, and leads classes around the Tattooed Ballerinas. She first appeared with 1998 and became a company member in 2001. Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare this season. the world for people with Parkinson’s disease. MMDG in The Hard Nut last season and toured Raised in Newton, Massachusetts, he received with Mark Morris’s Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of June Omura was born in New Lauren Grant, born and his early training from Boston Ballet School and Shakespeare this season. York, grew up in Birmingham, raised in Highland Park, graduated from Brown University with honors in Alabama, and graduated from Illinois, has danced with English literature. He is married to fellow dancer Bradon McDonald re- Barnard College with honors the Mark Morris Dance Lauren Grant. ceived his B.F.A. from The in dance and English. She first Group since 1996. She Juilliard School in 1997. studied with Mark Morris in has appeared in 40 of He danced with the Limón 1986 and joined MMDG in Mr. Morris’s works and Dance Company for three 1988. In 2005, she received a New York Dance and performs leading roles in years and was the recipient Performance Award (“Bessie”) for her career with The Hard Nut and Mozart of the 1998 Princess Grace the company. Ms. Omura and her husband are the Dances. Ms. Grant has been featured in Time Out Award. He has choreo- proud parents of twin girls and a boy. She is grate- New York, Dance Magazine and a recently pub- graphed and presented his ful to her family, Mark Morris and MMDG for lished book, Meet the Dancers , as well as the subject own works internationally, served as choreographer their love and support. of a photograph by Annie Leibovitz. She holds a for seven Juilliard Opera Company productions 20 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 21 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Kanji Segawa began his Utafumi Takemura re- Prentice Whitlow has training with his mother, ceived her B.F.A. with hon- studied at the Richmond Erika Akoh, and studied ors in dance from SUNY Ballet and recently received ballet with Kan Horiuchi Purchase and her M.F.A. a B.F.A. in dance from in Tokyo, Japan. In 1997, from New York University’s George Mason University, he came to the United Tisch School of the Arts, where he performed the States to study at the where she was a recipient works of Mark Morris, Paul Ailey School on a Japanese of the Siedman Award for Taylor, Patrick Corbin, government fellowship. Dance. She has performed Kate Skarpetowska and Mr. Segawa has been a member of Battleworks with numerous companies and choreographers in Daniel Ezralow. He is currently a member of Ririe- Dance Company, Jennifer Muller/The Works and New York City and currently dances with Pam Woodbury Dance Company and has also per- Ailey II. He first performed with MMDG in The Tanowitz Dance, Freefall and Paz Tanjuaquio. formed with The Slaughter Project, Karen Reedy Hard Nut in London in 2004 and has since ap- She has happily performed in The Hard Nut since Dance and Dissonance Dance Theater. This is his peared in Mr. Morris’s productions of L’Allegro, il 1993 and L’Allegro, il Penseroso and il Moderato first engagement with MMDG. Penseroso ed il Moderato, King Arthur with English since 2002. National Opera and Orfeo ed Euridice with the Julie Worden graduated Metropolitan Opera. Noah Vinson received from the North Carolina his B.A. in dance from School of the Arts and Billy Smith grew up in Columbia College Chicago, joined MMDG in 1994. Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he worked with and attended George Shirley Mordine, Jan Erkert Mason University un- and Brian Jeffrey. In New der a full academic and York, he has danced with dance talent scholarship. Teri and Oliver Steele and He graduated magna cum the Kevin Wynn Collection. laude in 2007 and received He began working with MMDG in 2002 and be- achievement awards in per- came a company member in 2004. Michelle Yard was born formance, choreography and academic endeavors. in Brooklyn, New York, While at George Mason, Mr. Smith performed Jenn Weddel grew up in and began her professional the works by Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, Lar Longmont, Colorado, and dance training at the New Lubovitch, Doug Varone, Daniel Ezralow, Larry received her early train- York City High School of Keigwin, Susan Marshall and Susan Shields. Mr. ing from Boulder Ballet the Performing Arts. Upon Smith’s own piece, 3-Way Stop, was selected to Company. She holds a graduation, she received the open the 2006 American College Dance Festival B.F.A. from Southern Helen Tamiris and B’nai Gala at Ohio State University, and his original Methodist University, and B’rith awards. For three choreography for a production of Bye Bye Birdie also studied at the Boston years, she was a scholarship student at the Alvin garnered much critical praise. As an actor, Mr. Conservatory, Colorado Ailey Dance Center. She also attended New York Smith’s regional theatre credits include Tulsa in University and the Laban Center, London. In New University’s Tisch School of the Arts, from which Gypsy, Mr. Mistoffelees in CATS and Dream Curly York, since 2001 she has performed with RedWall she graduated with a B.F.A. Ms. Yard joined in Oklahoma!. Since May 2007, he has spent his Dance Theatre, Sue Bernhard Danceworks, Vencl MMDG in 1997. Mom, thank you. time traveling the world as a member of Parsons Dance Trio, Rocha Dance Theatre and with vari- Dance. ous choreographers, including Alan Danielson and Connie Procopio. She has presented her own work in Manhattan and continues to collaborate with TEA Dance Company under the direction of Ella Ben-Aharon and Sahar Javedani. Ms. Weddel per- formed with MMDG as an apprentice in 2006 and became a company member in 2007.

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Mark Morris Dance Group Staff Thanks to Maxine Morris.

Artistic Director Mark Morris Sincerest thanks to all the dancers for their dedication, Executive Director Nancy Umanoff commitment and incalculable contribution to the work.

Production Additional funding has been received from the Altman Foundation; The Capezio/ Technical Director Johan Henckens Ballet Makers Dance Foundation; The Harry S. Black and Allon Fuller Fund; Assistant to the Choreographer Matthew Rose Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Inc.; Dance Heritage Coalition; Lighting Supervisor Leo Janks Google, Inc.; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; The Iovino Family Foundation; Wardrobe Supervisor Katherine M. Patterson Leon Lowenstein Foundation; Materials for the Arts; McDermott, Will & Emery; Sound Supervisor Jim Abdou The New York Community Trust; The Edith Glick Shoolman Children’s Foundation; USArtists International; The Vilcek Foundation; The Princess Grace Foundation/USA; Administration and the Friends of the Mark Morris Dance Group. General Manager Aaron Mattocks Company Manager Adrienne Bryant For more information, contact: Director of Finance Elizabeth Fox Mark Morris Dance Group Finance Associate Marea Chaveco 3 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11217-1415 Marketing and Development phone (718) 624-8400 Director of Marketing and Development Lauren Cherubini fax (718) 624-8900 Associate Director, Marketing and [email protected] Corporate Support Christy Bolingbroke www.mmdg.org Special Projects Manager Alexandro Pacheco Development Assistant Moss Allen Office Assistant Jay Selinger

Education Director of Education Eva Nichols School Administrator Diane Ogunusi School Bursar Marc Castelli

Dance Center Operations Studio Manager Karyn Treadwell Production Manager Matthew Eggleton Administrative Assistant Hilary Tanabe Music Coordinator Bruce Lazarus Facility Manager Joseph Tsiporin Maintenance Ray Calderon

Booking Representation Michael Mushalla (Double M Arts & Events) Media and General Consultation Services William Murray (Better Attitude, Inc) Legal Counsel Mark Selinger (McDermott, Will & Emery) Accountant O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, LLP Orthopædist David S. Weiss, MD (NYU-HJD Department of Orthopædic Surgery) Hilot Therapist Jeffrey Cohen

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