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WHAT’S INSIDE Dear Patrons | 7 Ezralow Dance | 11 Shadowland: The New Adventure | 18 TITAS Presents: Donors | 24 Board of Trustees/ Staff | 33 ATTPAC Staff | 35 cover photo Beijing Dance Theater, Wild Grass by Li Huimin 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 DIVERSE | CAPTIVATING | GROUNDBREAKING – Words that speak to what sets TITAS Presents 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 35 years, TITAS Presents 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 2018/2019 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 United States and China. It is a season rich in creativity and soul-stirring performances. Success is rooted in collaboration. Together, TITAS Presents 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 bring the world to Dallas. Thank you for actively engaging in the Arts, and for being a part of the TITAS Presents and AT&T Performing Arts Center families. What we do together, truly does make a difference. Sincerely, Charles Santos Executive Director/Artistic Director TITAS TITAS PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 7 FRIDAY & SATURDAY | MARCH 29 . 30 2019 | MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL EZRALOW DANCE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHOREOGRAPHER Daniel Ezralow ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR LIGHTING DESIGNER Arabella Ezralow Dan Weingarten VIDEO PROJECTION DESIGN COSTUME SUPERVISOR Marc Rosenthal, Luca Parmigiani, Vanessa Nichole Daniel Ezralow, Arabella Ezralow MUSIC SUPERVISION REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Fabio Martini Anthea Young Ezralow Dance Company’s OPEN is performed without an intermission. TITAS PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 11 FRIDAY & SATURDAY | MARCH 29 . 30 2019 | MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL O P E N CONCEIVED BY Daniel Ezralow and Arabella Ezralow PERFORMED BY Jake Bevens, Patrick Cook, Vanessa Nichole, Re’Sean Pates, Owen Scarlett, Morgan Van Gemert, Sasha Rivero, Anthea Young MUSIC BY Khachaturian, Chopin, Beethoven, Ponchielli, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Prokofiev, Albinoni, Strauss and Bach COSTUMES American Apparel, Marsha Brady, Constance Hoffman VIDEO PROJECTION DESIGN Marc Rosenthal, Luca Parmigiani, Daniel Ezralow, Arabella Ezralow Program (subject to change) Hendersons Biz Men Kelp Dreams Clean up AFGO Carmen Three Fates Grounded Breathing Syrinx Black and White Olympiads Stepping Stones Chroma Ezralow Dance Company’s OPEN is performed without an intermission. 12 TITAS PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DIRECTOR’S NOTE To move… to jump… to dance… to escape score of treasured classics created by a collection gravity and the homogeneity of society and of classical composers. I have purposefully become yourself. Life is a marvelous kaleidoscope chosen to choreograph to these very familiar of countless simple actions that are as unique classical pieces as I want the familiarity to the as each and every one of us. Each expression in music to act like an old friend who welcomes life is a dance in itself; even the most you into a new place to explore, play, rediscover imperceptible shiver can be beautiful. Much and reinvent. like the journey of a seed searching to plant itself, dances spring forth from the most Dance is very much a duet-with what’s unusual combinations of circumstances in life, happening on the stage and the audience. cross-pollinating and reinventing themselves OPEN is meant to be a duet with you. My again and again. intention is to uplift and inspire smiles through the language of contemporary dance OPEN was first created in Italy in 2012. and classical music combined. Thank you for The work unfolds through a joyful series of joining us this evening. vignettes, woven together with a gentle abstract -Daniel Ezralow and physical narrative. Some of the themes explored are the intensity of the business world “Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of versus the calmness of nature, ecology and the Daniel Ezralow” playfulness of color. The scenes are set to a -Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review 2016 EZRALOW DANCE Ezralow Dance is a movement based dance, theatre, film, visual arts, opera and ensemble known internationally for its performance; unique workshops designed to explosive physicality, originative thought and awaken and inspire individuals through breath, playful humor. Founding artistic director and movement and creative expression; mentoring choreographer, Daniel Ezralow, has assembled and internship programs; explorative research a diverse and talented group of world class projects combining storytelling, technology performers to fuel invention, collaboration and the arts, probing the questions of dancing and play, while making a creative home for and humanity. Ezralow Dance collaborates his expansive and eclectic body of work. The with performers, composers, visual artists, breadth of Ezralow’s creative work includes the writers, filmmakers, technicians and designers development and touring of signature works; interweaving contemporary dance with a catalogue of international commissions provocative ideas and striking visuals. spanning and mingling the disciplines of CREATIVE TEAM DANIEL EZRALOW (Founder, Artistic Director New York City, Rome, Paris, Tokyo, China and Choreographer) Carving an award-winning and other cities around the world including his career that has expanded the boundaries of spectacular creation and staging of The Opening dance; masterfully traversed the mediums of live Ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, performance, film and television, from modest Russia. He is revered for his live and filmed venues to the world’s greatest stages; with an site-specific installations at the Getty Museum approach both visceral and imaginative, Mr. and The Ford Theatre in Los Angeles, Yankee Ezralow’s unique style of physical expression Stadium and the Guggenheim Museum in has earned him a distinguished international NYC, The Louvre Museum and The Pompidou reputation as a groundbreaking artist. He has Centre in Paris and most recently at Fuksas’s choreographed Arena and Stadium events in new Center of Congress, La Nuvola, Rome. His TITAS PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 13 CREATIVE TEAM choreography and aerial creations are currently The Greatest Show After the Weekend with Fiorello celebrated in the hit show The Beatles LOVE by (RIE TV/4 episodes), Amici (Channel 5/2006- Cirque du Soleil (10 years running in Las Vegas), 2011), San Remo Music Festival (RIE TV/2008- the seminal musical filmAcross the Universe Ron 2012/1999/1990). He has directed music Howard’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas and videos, created choreography and staged shows Robert Altman’s Pret a Porter. On Broadway he for artists including Ludovico Eudaudi, Katy created the choreography and high flying athletic Perry, U2, Shania Twain, Josh Groban, Beyonce movement of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. Knowles, Faith Hill, Andrea Bocelli, Lucio Mr. Ezralow’s 2017, spectacle collaborations can Dalla, Sara Bareilles, Filipa Jordanna, Sting, be viewed in Katy Perry’s recent award-winning David Bowie, Vittorio Gassman and Ricky video Chained to the Rhythm, the 59th Annual Martin. Mr. Ezralow has also been involved GRAMMY AWARDS, THE BRIT AWARDS 2017, with worldwide ad campaigns for companies the infamous MET BALL 2017, Metropolitan such as Pleats Please Issey Miyake, The Gap, Museum and Saturday Night Live, NYC. TIM Mobile, Vaseline, Raymond Weil, Lavatza, Mr. Ezralow’s was commissioned in 2015 to Fuji Xerox, Morelatto, Ilford Film, Cutty Sark, conceive, direct and choreograph the new and Sapporro Beer, Ariston, Hewlitt Packard, The original dance theater play PEARL, inspired world cup soccer and he captivated viewers with by the life of writer and humanitarian, Pearl his movement and physical prowess, as Dannon S. Buck. The Huffington Post called the show Yogurt’s spokesperson for five consecutive “a stunning collaborative spectacle of dance, years (1999–2003). Extolled by The Chicago theater, film, music, multimedia and history.” Tribune as “One of the best American dancer PEARL opened at Lincoln Center’s David H. choreographers now working on an international Koch Theater 2015, toured Canada 2016 and scale” Mr. Ezralow is