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WHAT’S INSIDE Dear Patrons | 7 Ballet British Columbia | 11 MOMIX | 22 TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND: Donors | 30 Board of Trustees/ Staff | 33 ATTPAC Staff | 35 cover photo MOMIX, photo by Todd Burnsed ADVERTISING Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. JBI Publishing is a division of Onstage Publications, Inc. Contents © 2019. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. DEAR PATRONS © Carter Rose Dear Patrons, SURPRISING | CAPTIVATING | INTERNATIONAL – Words that speak to what sets TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND apart. Forward-thinking, surprising, intriguing and relevant are all precepts that guide the curation of the annual seasons we put together. Dance is such a special art form. Athletic, difficult, luscious, inspiring and surprising – Time and time again, these are the descriptions I hear from audience members. For more than 37 years, TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND continues to present the coolest, the most innovative, the most remarkable dance artists touring the world today. First-time audience members say they had no idea dance was so cool, something our longtime subscribers have always known. The 2019/2020 season won’t disappoint. Creative, soulful, gymnastic and breathtaking imagery makes this a very special set of international companies. Funny, stunning, inspiring and exciting, we proudly present a season of ten extraordinary companies from the China, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, France and the United States. It is a season rich in creativity and soul-stirring performances. Success is rooted in collaboration. Together, TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND and the AT&T Performing Arts Center are dedicated to cultivating talent, new work, and advancing the Arts in our ever-expanding cultural landscape. We are committed, both individually and jointly, to supporting a collaborative community that fosters the creative process. Tonight’s presentation exemplifies our commitment to that process, and to innovative programming. We are building Blended Audiences by bringing the world to Dallas. Thank you for actively engaging in the Arts, and for being a part of the TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND and AT&T Performing Arts Center families. Sincerely, Charles Santos, Executive Director/Artistic Director TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND What we do together truly does make a difference. TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 7 FRIDAY | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 08 . 09 2019 | MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL Artistic Director Executive Director Emily Molnar John Clark The Company Anna Bekirova, Chase Buntrock, Emily Chessa, Quaba Venza Ernest, Parker Finley, Scott Fowler, Miriam Gittens, Kiera Hill, Patrick Kilbane, Jordan Lang, Justin Rapaport, Dex van ter Meij, Nicole Ward, Sophie Whittome, Kirsten Wicklund, Zenon Zubyk Emerging Artists Juan Duarte, Kiana Jung, Kierra Kelp, Emily Klukas, Evan Rapaport Director of Production/Operations Head of Wardrobe Derek Mack Kate Burrows Resident Lighting Designer/Director Production Electrician James Proudfoot Patrick Smith Artist Representative and Booking Information: Margaret Selby President, Selby/Artists Mgmt 212.382.3260 | [email protected] | selbyartistsmgmt.com TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 11 FRIDAY | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 08 . 09 2019 | MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL Program BUSK World Premiere, March 2009, Aszure Barton & Artists Choreography and Direction: Aszure Barton Music: Euridice Composed and performed by Slava Grigoryan Ett Bondbrollop Composed by August Soderman and Performed by Orphei Drangar & Eric Ericson, Performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden. Plume Composed and performed by Ljova Queen Elizabeth Whistle Composed and performed by Moondog All is Loneliness Composed and performed by Moondog Amusements Composed and performed by Daniel Belanger Publisher: Editions Achille Cassel, (p) 2007 Dabiel Belanger (exclusive licensed to Audiogram) Love Potion Expired Composed by Ljova and Performed by Ljova and the Kontraband Saltarelle Composed by Camilee Saint-Saens/Christer Solen and performed by Orphei Drangar & Eric Ericson Performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden. Lighting Design Nicole Pearce Costume Design Michelle Jank Staging Jonathan Alsberry Performers TBD INTERMISSION 12 TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FRIDAY | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 08 . 09 2019 | MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL B.R.I.S.A. World Premiere, March 2014, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 North American Premiere, November 2017, Ballet BC Choreography and Set Design: Johan Inger Music: Original music and sound editing Amos Ben-Tal Black Swan Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti Performed by Nina Simone Courtesy of Parlophone Records / Warner Music UK and by arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing, by arrangement with G Schirmer, Inc. publisher and copyright owner Wild is the Wind Composed by Ned Washington and Dimitri Tiomkin Performed by Nina Simone Courtesy of Verve Records, under license from Universal Music Canada Inc. Copyright Chappell & Co, Inc. (ASCAP) (TIOMKIN). All rights reserved. Used by Permission of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, Inc. on behalf of Catharine Hinen Music Sinnerman Traditional – adapted by Nina Simone Performed by Nina Simone Courtesy of Verve Records, under license from Universal Music Canada Inc., copyright WB Music Corp, (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Lighting Design Tom Visser Costume Design Bregje van Balen Staging Yvan Dubreuil Performers TBD TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 13 ABOUT BALLET BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded in 1986, Ballet BC has been under the the creation and performance of new works. Since leadership of Artistic Director Emily Molnar since 2009, the Company has developed a repertoire 2009. Ballet BC is an internationally acclaimed of more than 45 new works by acclaimed collaborative and creation-based contemporary Canadian and international choreographers ballet company that is a leader and resource in the including William Forsythe, Cayetano Soto, creation, production and education of contemporary Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, Medhi Walerski, dance in Canada. Bold and innovative, the Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Adi Company’s distinctive style and approach has made Salant, Emanuel Gat, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, a unique and valuable national contribution to the Jacopo Godani, Company 605, Jorma Elo, Wen development of dance. In 2019, the Company Wei Wang, Itzik Galili, Serge Bennathan, Walter was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Matteini, José Navas, Emily Molnar, Lesley Telford, Dance Production for their tour to Sadler’s Wells Nicolo Fonte, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Kevin in London which featured Solo Echo by Crystal Pite, O’Day, Shawn Hounsell, Gioconda Barbuto, 16+ a room by Emily Molnar, and Bill by Sharon Simone Orlando, Robert Glumbek and Aszure Barton Eyal and Gai Behar. among others. Ballet BC’s dancers are a group of open-minded Under the artistic direction of Emily Molnar, and curious artists, each unique for their dynamic former member of The National Ballet of Canada, movement while sharing an intuitive passion for Ballet BC and the Ballett Frankfurt, the Company dance. Ballet BC is committed to its role as a actively fosters collaborations that support artists, leader in the community through dancer training choreographers and audiences alike, furthering the opportunities, community and audience outreach, boundaries of contemporary dance. The company and professional development activities. embraces excellence in the practice of contemporary ballet, with its wide diversity of technique and style, The Company presents a diverse repertoire of honouring its roots and components. Canadian and international work from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and is a hotbed for WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY EMILY MOLNAR, C.M., Disappearing and Becoming, Aniel, 16 + a room, Artistic Director, has steered the RITE, Keep Dreaming, I’m Driving, When You Left, unique company of 18 dancers and most recently, To This Daywhich premiered into a celebrated era of in 2018. innovation and collaboration. Since the start of her tenure in Named The Globe and Mail’s 2013 Dance Artist 2009, the Company has of the Year, Molnar is the 2016 recipient of the developed a diverse repertoire that includes more Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award, BC Community than 45 new works by celebrated Canadian and Achievement Award and the YWCA Women of international choreographers. Distinction Award in Art, Culture & Design. She was recently appointed to the Order of Canada for Molnar is a graduate of the National Ballet School her artistic leadership of Ballet BC and creative and a former member of the National Ballet of contribution to advancing dance in Canada. Canada, a soloist with the Ballett Frankfurt under director William Forsythe, and a principal dancer As an active mentor, advocate, and coach, with Ballet BC. An internationally respected and Molnar follows her passion to nurture artists and critically acclaimed dance artist and choreographer, choreographers, to educate and support the research Molnar worked and toured extensively throughout and development of dance and artistic leadership, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada and the U.S., and explore the role of the artist in society. For six where she created works for