Dance Department presents Fall Repertoire 2020 Artistic Director Chair of Dance Nancy Lushington Technical Director Philip Treviño Costume Coordinator/ Wardrobe Supervisor Production Sound Designer Mondo Morales Dan Cooper 4. Collaboration 1. Direction Catherine Cabeen SPATIUM Film Editing Emily S. Ulrich Choreographer Alberto del Saz Sound & Music Design Carolyn M. Rupp in collaboration with Dancers Choreography Kate Altman, Natasha Arce, Carmela Music Come to Me Arcidi, Sophia Aste, Sophia Baker, Gregory Composer Chillout Bantugan, Brandon Barnes, Melissa Film Editing Alberto del Saz Barnhizer, Mya Bowden, Kayleigh Bowen, Sound Design Dan Cooper Nick Camarero, Kiva Carman-Frank, Beatriz Castro, Destiny Cloud, Gabriella Dimartino, Nancy Donnes, Allison Feller, Lucie Fink, Emily Freeny, Angelina Hahn, Kenley Hardwick, Chloe Hauge, Peyton 2. Processing... Havens, Yasmeena Jay, Evelyn Johnson, Choreographer Monique Smith Monet Jones, Kirsten Kauffmann, Jade Music I. Bury a Friend Kelley, Julia Kelson, Martin Kineavy, II. I Wish you Were Gay Ingeborg Kolstad, Marissa Milan, Peter III. Everything I Wanted Ramirez, Azura Ramsay, Rebekka Ryan, Composers I. Billie Eilish and KPH Meghan Stenwick, Laura Stile, Truus Van de II. Billie Eilish and Vox Freaks Graaf, Carlie Wenzel, Jasmine Williams, III. Billie Eilish and Cardo Granz Mari Witwer Film Editing Laura Stile ’22 Words of Inspiration From Natasha Bedingfield, George Bernhard Sound Design Dan Cooper Shaw, Dave Bixby, Emily Brennan, Patrick Blaisure, Buddha, Marc & Angel Chernoff; Chika, Hailey Cooke, A Dance Teacher of Gabrielle’s from years ago, Emily Dick son, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, Team Fearless, Carrie Fisher, Erich Fromm, Robert 3. VULTUS Frost, Lady Gaga, Ingeborg’s Mom, Susan Choreographer Alberto del Saz Jeffers, Frida Kahlo, Kaleo, Frank Ocean, in collaboration with Dancers Tim McGraw, Mac Miller, Dan Millman, Music Daphnis 26 Marilyn Monroe, The New Seekers, Composer Biosphere Morgan Harper Nichols, Stevie Nicks, Keke Film Editing Alberto del Saz Palmer, Jacques Prévert, Riley’s Dad, Cheryl Sound Design Dan Cooper Strayed, Spencer Sutherland, Donna Tartt Special thanks to the family and friend who served as videographers. Dance Energies 6. (Excerpts) 1959 Choreographer May O’Donnell Reconstruction Nancy Lushington Composer Ray Green Film Editing MacKenzie England Sound Design Dan Cooper 5. AQUAM MANIBUS Choreographer Alberto del Saz Special thanks to the O’Donnell Green Music and Dance Foundation. in collaboration with Dancers Music Ikata Composer Biosphere Film Editing Alberto del Saz Sound Design Dan Cooper 7. BRIDGE Choreography | Writing | Narration The MMC Dance Company Concept | Filming | Editing Darshan Singh Bhuller Composer Julian Lynch MoveOpolis!, among others. She directed Dance Theater, later renamed the Mur- the Dutch National Ballet. Jan received Darshan Singh Bhuller Hyphen, an interdisciplinary performance ray Louis and Nikolais Dance Company. his MA in Dance/Movement Therapy Company group from 2009-2019. The New York Times Mr. Del Saz has appeared for President from Drexel University. He has been a Darshan called Hyphen, “highly kinetic, complex… Reagan at the Kennedy Center Honors regular guest teacher at Ballet West, teaching Singh Bhuller visually exquisite,” and “beautifully per- in a CBS telecast featuring the Nikolais Company Class, Men’s Class and coaching was as dancer, formed.” Cabeen is currently an Associate Dance Theater as well as on PBS American Repertoire. Following an invitation of the choreogra- Professor of Dance at Marymount Manhat- Masters series in “Nik and Murray”, an Albanian Minister of Culture, he taught, pher, rehears- tan College (MMC). In her time at MMC, award winning documentary film by choreographed, and consulted for the al director Cabeen has created several new courses for Christian Blackwood. He has also repre- Tirana Opera Ballet, Tirana College of and teacher the college; one that looks at gender rep- sented the United States State Department Arts, and the Albanian Academy of Arts. with London resentation in 20th century dance history, on a tour of India, appeared at the Paris Jan has set all major classical full-length Contempo- one that celebrates and explores American Opera Garnier in a Homage to Alwin Niko- ballets and is a sought-after trainer/coach for rary Dance dance history through the lens of race/ lais and at the Next Wave Festival with Bill professional dancers and international Theatre racism/anti-racism, and one that focuses T. Jones and Arnie Zane Dance Company. ballet competitors. His Students include, from 1979 on the somatic experience of participating Mr. Del Saz is the Reconstruction among others, American Youth Grand to 1994 un- in Social Justice Movements. In addition Director of the Nikolais/Louis repertory Prix Finals Winner Male, Finals 2nd Place der Artistic Director Robert Cohan. He to teaching at MMC’s main Upper East and has staged the Nikolais/Louis reper- Female, and Prix de Lausanne Professional also danced as a member of Siobhan Da- Side campus, Cabeen teaches at Bedford tory on university and professional dance Level 1st prize. His work has been performed vies Dance Company in 1991 and was As- Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum- companies around the world. Among in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Jan sistant to the Director of Richard Alston security prison for women, through MMC’s others: (North Carolina School of the teaches and choreographs regularly in Dance Company from 1994 to 1996. He prison education program. Cabeen is also a Arts, The Juilliard School, Conservatoire Japan and has served as Director of multiple directed numerous dance theatre produc- certified yoga instructor and a teaching art- de la Danse de Paris, Ririe-Woodbury Summer Ballet Workshops over the years. tions & short films through his own com- ist for the Bill T Jones/ Arnie Zane Company. Dance Company, The Joffrey Ballet of pany Singh Productions since 1990 and Cabeen has also been a member of the dance Chicago, Ballet Met, University of Wash- Nancy Lushington was Artistic Director of Phoenix Dance faculties at Cornish College, University ington, University of Illinois, Rutgers State Theatre (UK) between 2002-2006. Cho- of Washington, and Middlebury College. University, Brigham Young University, Embodying Historic Repertory reographic works for international compa- catherinecabeen.com. Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in N a n c y nies include CeDeCe and for Companhia Photo by Jaqi Medlock ’07. Angers, Southern Utah University, George Lushington de Bailado Contemporaneo, (Portugal). Mason University, Boston Conservatory, graduated Scottish Dance Theatre, CandoCo Dance University of Utah, Georgia Tech, Hunter with de- Company, Nordic Dance Theatre, Rambert Alberto Del Saz College, Marymount Manhattan College, partmental Dance Company, Opening Ceremony for Performance Beyond the Camera- Barnard College, Montclair State University, honors in the Millennium Dome and Shaolin Wheel Introdans, BallettCompagnie Oldenburg). dance from of Life (Shaolin Monks of China), Graeae Visual Stimuli and Aesthetics Mr. Del Saz has been with the Nikolais/ Adelphi and La Fura Dels Baus, Gravity & Lev- Louis Foundation for 37 years, at the University. ity and Graham 2 Dance Company (NYC) ALBERTO moment his focus is in preserving the She danced He continues to work internationally as DEL SAZ Nikolais/Louis technique, repertory and freelance choreographer and filmmaker. was born in legacy through his teaching and directing. as a solo- Bilbao, ist with Spain. At an the May O’Donnell Concert Dance Com- Catherine Cabeen early age he Jan Dijkwel pany for over 15 years. She has performed Collaboration studied ice- Psychology & Group Dynamics, professionally with the Joyce Trisler s k a t i n g , Danscompany, Theater Dance Collection, Dance and Civic Engagement which later and How it Relates to the Choreo- The Asolo Opera, and Verlezza Dance, as Cather i n e led to his first graphic well as in Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass” at Cabeen, MFA performing the Kennedy Center. She has appeared is an artist and career. In Process on television in May O’Donnell’s Dance teacher based 1980 Mr. del Energies, Mass, and was a featured dancer in NYC. She Saz became the Spanish National Cham- Jan Dijkwel in a national commercial choreographed is a former pion in figure skating and soon made his completed his by Lynne Taylor Corbett. She is one of dancer with debut with Holiday on Ice-International. BFA in Ballet the few dancers who set Ms. O’Donnell’s the Bill T His early dance training was received at the Performance works both in the US and abroad. She Jones/Arnie Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab from the great at the Dutch has choreographed over 30 works for Zane Compa- teachers of the technique: Hanya Holm, National colleges, universities and regional ny, the Mar- Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, Claudia Ballet companies. Ms. Lushington has taught tha Graham Gitelman, Tandy Beal, Beverly Blossom Acad- internationally in Cyprus, Graz Aus- Dance Company, and Richard Move’s and others. In 1985 Mr. Del Saz made his emy, the Netherlands after which tria and at Bolzano Danza in Italy. debut as a lead soloist with the Nikolais Dijkwel performed extensively with She has also taught Master Classes in Ferrara, Barcelona, London and through- NEC, NJSO, NYNME, NYYS, Seattle Sym- April of 2018 Mondo was selected to show out the United States. She has served on the Dan Cooper phony - Octave 9, American Composers Or- at Fashion Week Brooklyn and was