Artistic Staff Producer Thomas Carto OMDA Division Head and Interim Dance Division Head Director Jiang Qi Stage Management Advisor Michele Kay Technical Director Stirling Shelton DANCE Resident Lighting Designer Jim H. Gage SERIES PRESENTS Sound Advisor Chuck Hatcher Faculty, Dance Division Jiang Qi, Chair Deirdre Carberry, Michael Tevlin Adjunct Faculty Steve Beirens, Ka-Ron Brown Lehman, Ben Flanders, Donna Grisez-Weber, Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer, Patti James, Daniel Mathers, Judith Mikita, Jennifer Roig-Francoli, Karen Wissel Physical Therapist Mindy Nagel Program Coordinator Colleen Condit SPRING DANCE Staff Assistant Sierra Crum Costume Coordinator Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer Costume Assistant David Morton CONCERT Accompanists Greg Chesney, Robert Conda, Liang Liang, Connie Mak, Keaton Neely, David Ralphs, Douglas Sutton, Janice Zhou JIANG QI, director Production Staff Lighting Designer Angelina Vyushkova Associate Lighting Designer Nik Robalino Resident Master Electrician Ted Rhymer Master Electrician Sam Llewellyn CCM BALLET ENSEMBLE Stage Manager Corrie Mitchell Assistant Stage Manager Hayley Hunt CCM CHAMBER PLAYERS Sound GA & Sound Board Operator Chris Head Light Board Operator Sarah Andersson CCM CHAMBER CHOIR Production Crew Kacee Hamant, Cameron Hill, Nick Pelaccio, Nathanial Riccio, Adam Zeph SPECIAL THANKS TO Will Brenner Thursday, April 18, 2013, 8:00 p.m. Cincinnati Ballet Company Friday, April 19, 2013, 8:00 p.m. Contemporary Dance Theater Saturday, April 20, 2013, 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. Janet Light Patricia Corbett Theater Rene Micheo Diana Queen of Diana’s Dancewear Tonight’s performance is made possible The Dance Department by the Corbett-McLain Distinguished Chair in Dance. gratefully acknowledges the support of The Corbett Endowment at CCM. for Columbia City Ballet. She has the distinction of Twyla Tharp creating the ballerina role for her in “The Little Ballet” partnered by Mr. Baryshnikov. She performed with Baryshnikov & Co. on three US tours and danced internationally with Elena Tchernichova’s American PROGRAM Classical Ballet Company and with Alexander Godunov’s Stars of American Ballet. She danced with Mr. Baryshnikov in Balanchine’s Ballet School (World Premiere) “Who Cares?” at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and also on PBS Great Performances. Her other stellar partners included Kevin McKenzie, Choreographer: Jiang Qi Fernando Bujones, Patrick Bissell, Ross Stretton, Robert LaFosse Music: La Revue de cuisine, Bohuslav Martinů, and Robert Hill. Ms. Carberry also appeared in several other Great ed. Christopher Hogwood Performances program specials. She adjudicated and taught for Paula Lighting: Nik Robalino Abdul’s Company Dance. She taught for Wayne State University, Costumes: Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer Emory University and the University of Alabama. She also taught Conductor: Danielle Gaudry for professional ballet company schools including: ABT, Washington Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Alabama Ballet and Cincinnati Ballet. She is A ballet infused with slapstick comedy gives a behind-the- and has been for many years a faculty member of the ABT summer scenes look at a ballet school from the 20th century. The intensive programs. She is an ABT Certified Teacher for Primary-Level students analyze their space, bodies and movements while 7 and Partnering. Ms. Carberry is and has been featured in numerous exploring their true identity. editions of Who’s Who in America. Judith Mikita, Adjunct Faculty at CCM Chamber Players Judith Mikita’s choreography has been presented nationally and Kylie Stultz, clarinet internationally, including the American Dance Festival, the New Daniel Shifren, bassoon York International Independent Film Festival, Biagiotti Art Gallery in Daniel Arute, trumpet Florence, Italy, Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Contemporary Evan Hurley, violin Dance Theater at Aronoff Center for the Arts, the as well as the Christian Schrock, cello CEA-nominated, Acclaim award-winning “The Edge” at Ensemble Edward Neeman, piano Theater. As a dancer, she worked with Martha Clarke (Pilobolus), Gus Solomons, Jr. (Merce Cunningham), Lucas Hoving (Jose Limon), Marni Leading Girl Thomas (Martha Graham), Loretta Livingston (Bella Lewitzsky). She Gia Bolton + danced in New York, Chicago and nationally with the professional Rae Vrbancic * # x companies of Shirley Mordine, Jan Erkert, and Bob Eisen. Last season she performed at the Architectural Artifacts showcase in Leading Boy Chicago, “Jim Caruso’s Birdland Cast Party on Tour” in Pittsburgh, James Ferguson * # and at the White Mountain Dance Festival, NY. Signature works Aaron Hanekamp + x include Mildred’s Closet, Happy Town, 165 ‘Ways in recognition of the CCM Steinway Piano acquisition and Kathy and Janet, which Ballet Master was performed at a state-wide conference for the Kentucky Sexual Luca De-Poli * # x Assault and Domestic Violence Association. Ms. Mikita served David Morton + on the faculties of the University of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, Indiana University, Northern Kentucky University and Ballet Mistress Antioch College, as guest artist at Wright State University and Miami University, and artist-in-residence at the University of Utah. Judith Stephanie Hammer * + x holds an MFA in dance from the University of Michigan, and a BA in Jennifer Levin # Theater and Dance from Indiana University. She has served UC/CCM as adjunct faculty since 1995. Girl in Glasses Gia Bolton * Asia Harrison # x Jennifer Levin + CCM has become an All-Steinway School through the kindness of its donors. A generous gift by Patricia A. Corbett in her estate plan has played a key role in making this a reality. Artists’ Profiles Nutty Boy Trevor Misplay * # Martin Roosaare + x Jiang Qi, Chair and Professor at CCM Professor Jiang Qi trained at the Beijing Dance Academy and New Boy received his BFA and MFA from University of Utah’s Department of Sterling Faust * + # x Ballet. He danced with the National Song and Dance Ensemble of China, as well as the National Ballet of China. He was featured in the Boys & Girls film, “The Song of Chinese Revolution,” before joining Ballet West in Audrey Barrett, Emily Chu, Luca De-Poli, Sterling Faust, 1986 as a soloist. He was promoted to principal dancer in 1988 and Jessica Goldstein-Kral, Gabrielle Gulan, Lauren Hansen, Asia a ballet master in 2000. Jiang joined CCM in 2001 as an assistant Harrison, Emily Henderson, Jennifer Levin, Brianna Levy, Molly professor and became a tenured professor in 2011. As a guest artist, he has danced or choreographed works, or taught master classes McGivern, Trevor Misplay, David Morton, Katie Norton-Bliss, throughout the world including: Hong Kong Ballet, Pacific Northwest Martin Roosaare, Elizabeth Smith, Katherine Tackett, Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Louisville Ballet, BalletMet, Valerie Walker Singapore Dance Theater, Toshiko Sato Ballet of Japan, Tianjin Ballet of China, Guangzhou Ballet of China, Suzhou Ballet of China, Utah * Thursday Night + Friday Night # Saturday Matinee x Saturday Evening Regional Ballet, Utah Ballet, Joffrey Ballet School and HK Jean Wong School of Ballet. His awards include: Top Award in All China’s Dance Competition in 1980; the Artistic Excellence in Choreography Project – Pause – with The National Endowment for the Arts from 2005 to 2010; a third place for choreography in China’s National Dance Competition Lotus Cup in 2008; and a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011 from …And Ye Shall Be as Gods… University of Utah. In 2010 he was featured on CCTV, China’s National TV’s documentary film, “Artist.” Choreographer: Michael Tevlin Music: Serenade in A, Igor Stravinsky Pianist: Connie Mak Michael Tevlin, Associate Professor at CCM Lighting: Nik Robalino Michael Tevlin has been on the faculty at CCM since 1999. He is Scenic Design: Michael Tevlin and Nik Robalino a graduate of Butler University and received his Master’s Degree Costumes: Michael Tevlin in Ballet from the School of Music at Indiana University. Under his direction, the Fort Wayne Ballet and Memphis Ballet became highly Adam acclaimed companies with outstanding affiliated training academics. Aaron Hanekamp * # He spent four years on the dance faculty of the Interlochen Center for the Arts. An internationally respected teacher, he was awarded Trevor Misplay + the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Award by the Royal Academy of Dance David Morton x in London. He has twice been named Master Artist by Indiana Arts Commission; and has received a National Endowment for the Arts Eve Choreography Fellowship. Gia Bolton * # Kelly Korfhage + Ellyn McCarthy x Deirdre Carberry, Assistant Professor at CCM Deirdre Carberry joined CCM’s faculty in the fall of 2008. At age 14, Serpent Ms. Carberry was invited by Mikhail Baryshnikov to join American Mandy Milligan * # Ballet Theatre. She was and continues to be the youngest company David Morton + member to have performed solo and principal roles. She danced with Corinne Elkins x ABT for 12 years. At age 13, she won the silver medal at the First US International Ballet Competition. She studied with some of the most I renowned pedagogues and illustrious dancers. She was schooled on And the Lord God planted a garden eastward of Eden: and scholarships from Balanchine’s School of American Ballet, Harkness there he put the man whom he had formed … and from one of House and David Howard Studio. Other professional affiliations as a his ribs … he made a woman. soloist and principal dancer include: Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Memphis Ballet and Miami City Ballet. She was the Ballet