Hedwig Dances Board of Directors Jan Bartoszek, Founder & Artistic Director Amanda Zinn, President Julie Volkmann, Director of Operations and Kay Burnett, Chair Development Daniel Weathersby, Treasurer Maray Gutierrez Ramis, Artistic Associate Karen Yan, Secretary Victor Alexander, Resident Choreographer Ken Bowen, Director Jacob Buerger, Dancer Jeffery Mau, Director Rigoberto Fernandez Saura, Dancer Marla Philpot, Director Olivia Gonzalez, Dancer Michael Reed, Director Crystal Gurrola, Dancer Mary Lass Stewart, Director Jessie Gutierrez, Dancer Jan Bartoszek, (ExOfficio) Oksana Kuzma, Dancer Taimy Ramos, Dancer Sharon Eiseman, Emeritus 2019 Frank Fishella, Emeritus Jan Patterson, Emeritus Staff Advisory Board Chris Frerichs, Development Consultant Janet Carl Smith, Former Deputy Commis- Vin Reed, Graphic Design sioner of Cultural Affairs, Chicago (Retired) Nike Whitcomb Associates, Inc., Jeffrey Usow, Attorney, MayerBrown LLP Fundraising Consultant Karen VanderLinde, Consultant, Michael Anestor, Volunteer PricewaterhouseCoopers (Retired) Kathrene Wales, Arts Management Hedwignites 2019 Consultant
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Hedwig Dances is funded in part by The Arts Your support is critical to Hedwig Dances ability Work Fund for Organizational Development, a to continue its mission of creating, cultivating and donor advised fund of the Chicago Community performing contemporary dances that provoke Foundation; The MacArthur Fund for Arts and emotion, connection and wonder. Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; You may make your checks payable to The Chicago Community Foundation; The Hedwig Dances or you may donate online now at National Performance Network (NPN bit.ly/HedwigNites2019 Performance Residency Program, Creation Fund and Forth Fund); The John D. and Catherine T. Hedwig Dances is a 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization MacArthur International Connections Fund; in good standing. Your donation is always tax deductible 3Arts and 3Arts Partners; The Illinois Arts to the full extent of the law. Council Agency; Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; The Albert Pick Jr. Fund; Bloomberg Philanthropies; Hyman and Shirley Hill Charitable Foundation, and many generous individuals. Additional support from Chicago Dancemakers Forum and High Concept Labs. Friday, March 8, 2019 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Contact Us THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO For more information about Hedwig Dances, including Hedwig Dances is in residence at upcoming events, please visit us online at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts HedwigDances.com 1016 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60610
Hedwig Please join us for our Annual Benefit Gala and Performance
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO 201 East Ontario Street | Chicago
6:00 PM Cocktail Reception with Globally-Inspired Delicacies in the elegant and sophisticated setting of The Arts Club of Chicago Raffle/Silent Auction Meet and Mingle with our Hedwig Dance 6:45 PM Award Recipients Dinner seatings begin plus Hedwig Dances’ Artistic and Administrative 7:45 PM Leadership, Dancers Opening remarks from honored guest and Designers. Henry Godinez Resident Artistic Associate at Goodman Theatre Be the first to learn about Hedwig Dance Awards Presentation to Hedwig Dances’ exciting plans for Vin Reed 2019 and beyond. Creative Director, Vin Design, LLC for Dance Advocacy Presented by Kevin McGirr Immediate Past Board President Dance for Life
Ping Chong Director, Playwright, and Choreographer for Dance Heritage Presented by Peter Taub Curator
Champagne Toast Live Auction and Paddle Raise Led by Jess Elfing
8:30 PM Hedwig Dances’ Performance Dessert & Coffee
Festive Cocktail Attire Salsa Lesson from our Dancers Valet Parking Available HENRY GODINEZ - KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Henry Godinez is a professor in the Department of Theatre at Northwestern University and the Resident Ar s c Associate at the Goodman Theatre, where he is the director of the La no Theatre Fes val. Significant among Henry’s long list of credits at the Goodman include fostering the co-produc on of Pedro Paramo with Teatro Buendia of Cuba, direc ng The Sins of Sor Juana, Boleros for the Disenchanted that had its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre. Godinez is the co-founder and former ar s c director of Teatro Vista and has directed produc ons at Portland Center Stage, Signature Theatre Company in NYC, Kansas City We Celebrate Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and Colorado Shakespeare Fes val. Contemporary Dance & Movement Makers Recipient of numerous awards, his ac ng credits include Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers Theatre, and on Film/TV including The Fugi ve, Above the Law, The Beast, Boss, Chicago Code, Chicago PD and Chicago Fire. PLAY + BAUHAUS HEDWIGNites 2019 marks another A long me friend of Hedwig Dances, Henry was born in Havana, Cuba, and serves on significant event in the life of Hedwig Dances. Tonight we stand the Board of Directors of both the Illinois Arts Council Agency and Albany Park Theater Project on the threshold of the 35th anniversary year since I founded as well as the Editorial Board of Northwestern University Press. Hedwig Dances. We also joyfully con nue the conferral of the ______Hedwig Dance Awards, a tradi on that began at last year’s gala. As one of the longest standing dance companies in Hedwig Dances Upcoming Events Chicago we have a lot to be thankful for. Each day we are reminded that Hedwig’s ar s c successes are a direct result of the SEA LEVEL: Above and Below generous gi s from individuals and organiza ons, the cri cal Ruth Page Center for the Arts - 1016 N. Dearborn Ave. wri ngs of journalists, reviewers and essayists, the expert advice March 21 & 23, 2019 | 7:30 pm and intercession of those in aligned industries, and the movement BAUHAUS SYMPOSIUM: Bauhaus Beyond Borders makers of every stripe who have emblazoned the path on which Exploring the Legacy in the 21st Century we dance. We must also acknowledge the kindred ar sts who Northwestern University collaborate with us bringing their dis nc ve gi s to the works we
April 6, 2019 make. In that spirit, we express thanks to Henry Godinez who
serves as our keynote speaker this evening. FUTURA Tonight we call out and celebrate the names and efforts of Bauhaus Centennial Fes val in Dessau Germany these individuals: Vin Reed and Ping Chong. Each in his own way September 12, 2019 has made a las ng impact on Hedwig Dances, on me, and on the Look for details coming soon: dance community at large. Thank you for joining us in in this Hedwig Dances Touch Tour Germany Berlin - Weimar - Dessau - culmina ng in Futura Dessau Performance celebra on of contemporary dance & movement makers. September 5 - September 13, 2019 -Jan Bartoszek
World Premiere of Jan Bartoszek’s SPACE PLAY At a historic landmark theatre in Chicago TBA spring 2019 February 26, 2020 VIN REED for DANCE ADVOCACY-Presented by Kevin McGirr PING CHONG for DANCE HERITAGE-Presented by Peter Taub Vin Reed’s curious commitment to the dance community has Ping Chong is a theater director, choreographer, and video involved everything but the dance. installa on ar st. Born in Toronto and raised in New York City’s Vin finds inspira on everywhere. This has fueled his crea vity that Chinatown, he is a seminal figure in the Asian American arts movement, has included marke ng dance companies, designing sets, costuming, an interna onally acclaimed ar st and a pioneer in the use of media in choreography, and crea ng rogue engagements to expand public awareness theater. His theatrical works bring his unique ar s c vision to bear on for dance. major historical issues of our mes, and focus on bringing unheard voices An Ohio na ve, a er gradua ng from University of Cincinna 's and under-represented stories to the stage. Encompassing puppetry, renowned College of Design, Art, Architecture & Planning, Vin joined Eva dance, documentary theater, sound, media and other experimental Maddox Associates, a pioneer in branded environments. During his me theater forms, his works have explored a wide variety of subjects from a there, he and the company received numerous na onal and interna onal hidden genocide in Africa to moderniza on in China to the experiences of awards for innova on. Muslim youth in post 9/11 America. Throughout, the common thread has Vin was introduced to the Windy City's vibrant dance community been a unifying commitment to ar s c innova on and social when he was selected to design the iden ty and user experience of responsibility. SeeChicago-Dance.com. Crea ng las ng impressions around dance, a most Since 1972, as founder and ar s c director of Ping Chong + ephemeral art form, was a match well-suited for Vin's mul -disciplinary skill. Company, he has created over 100 produc ons which have been He has worked relessly to build audiences, and market performance presented at major theaters, fes vals and museums worldwide. Major accessibility, to support the ar s c visions of the city’s excep onal dance interdisciplinary works include Collidescope: Adventures in Pre and Post talent including Hedwig Dances, Giordano Dance Chicago, Chicago Human Racial America ( with Talvin Wilks, 2013 University of Maryland, 2015 Rhythm Project, Danceworks Chicago, Same Planet Performance Project, University of Massachuse s Amherst, 2017 Wake Forest University), Luna Negra and many more. Throne of Blood (2010 Brooklyn Academy of Music and Oregon In 2006 Lar Lubovitch invited Vin to be a part of the founding team of Shakespeare Fes val), Cathay: Three Tales of China (2005 the John F. the Chicago Dancing Fes val. His design and marke ng talents exposed Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts), Kwaidan (1998 Center for thousands of people to the visceral power of dance and included crea ng Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Fes val), Deshima (1990 Tokyo Interna onal "Signatures", a full-color program guide with 100% of the ad revenue going Theater Fes val), Nosferatu (1985/1991 La MaMa), Angels of back into the dance community. “Signatures” provided the opportunity for Swedenborg (1984/2011), among many others. marke ng budgets to be self-sustaining. In 1992, he created the first Undesirable Elements produc on, an As arts budgets ghtened during the recession, Vin became ongoing series of community-based oral history projects, working with passionate about pushing arts funding through the community to reach real people to explore issues of culture and iden ty. Representa ve works emerging ar sts. Vin began sharing his skills in construc on, fashion, and in the UE Series include DIFFICULT LIVES (2019, Tokyo Metropolitan photography. He provided photos and video to hundreds of choreographers Theater) BEYOND SACRED: Voices of Muslim Iden ty (2015, LaGuardia allowing them to promote their work and take bigger stages. He created Performing Arts Center and touring) INSIDE/OUT: Voices of the Disability costumes and set pieces for dozens of dance makers to build their vision into Community (2008, Kennedy Center), CRY FOR PEACE: Voices from the bigger movements. And he has endlessly postered Chicago to bring public Congo (2010 Syracuse Stage) and GAIJIN (1995 Yomiuri Prize, Tokyo awareness to our energe c dance community. Metropolitan Theatre.) His puppet theater work ALAXSXA|ALASKAl Vin uses a storytelling aesthe c to crea vely connect with audiences. premiered in August 2017 and con nues to tour. His costumes have been featured on WMAQ-NBC 5, in Time Out Chicago and Theatre Communica ons Group has published two volumes of his seen at "Break Out," the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 2013 dance plays “The East West Quartet” and “Undesirable Elements: Real People, retrospect. Real Lives, Real Theatre”. Ping Chong is the recipient of a Guggenheim He was a founding board member of Danceworks Chicago and Fellowship, a USA Ar st Fellowship, two BESSIE awards, two OBIE awards, currently sits on their advisory board. In addi on, Vin has been an adjunct a Doris Duke Performing Ar st Award, a 2015 Ford Founda on Art of professor of fashion studies at the College of DuPage, and is currently a guest Change Fellowship and a 2014 Na onal Medal of Arts awarded by lecturer at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. President Obama in the White House.