Friday Evening, January 11, 2013, at 5:30 Jodi Kaplan presents BOOKING DANCE FESTIVAL NYC AN EVENING OF DYNAMIC SHOWCASES FEATURING THE BEST OF DANCE FROM ACROSS THE U.S. See a stunning array of 27 dance companies from across the U.S. performing exquisite and diverse showcases in the most breathtaking setting imaginable. www.bookingdance.com Thank you for joining us at Jazz at Lincoln Center for this once-in-a-lifetime experience! There will be no intermission during this performance. The audience is free to come and go throughout the evening. Kindly exit as needed during speaking pauses every hour. Please turn off all cell phones, alarms, and other electronic devices. THE ALLEN ROOM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL jalc.org P R O G R A M Booking Dance Festival NYC Featured Artists MAIN ROSTER GUEST ARTISTS Banafsheh (NYC) ACB Company (NYC) www.namah.net www.acbdance.org Dallas Black Dance Theatre (Dallas, TX) Ashley A. Friend (NYC) www.dbdt.com www.dancecore.org Freespace Dance (NYC) BEings Dance (NYC) www.freespacedance.com www.beingsdance.com Michael Mao Dance (NYC) BODYART (NYC) www.michaelmaodance.org www.bodyartdance.com Paula Josa-Jones Performance Works (NY) Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance (NYC) www.paulajosajones.org www.coradance.com Rebecca Stenn Company (NYC) Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (Chicago, IL) www.rebeccastenncompany.com www.deeplyrootedproductions.org Marie-Christine Giordano Dance (NYC) BOUTIQUE ROSTER www.mcgiordanodance.org A Palo Seco Flamenco Company (NYC) NY2Dance (NYC) www.apalosecoflamenco.com www.ny2dance.com August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble The Francesca Harper Project (NYC) (Pittsburgh, PA) www.augustwilsoncenter.org The Nerve Tank (NYC) www.nervetank.com BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance (NYC) www.bodystoriesfellion.org Cori Marquis + the Nines (IX) (NYC) www.corimarquis.typepad.com Kanopy Dance Company (Madison, WI) www.kanopydance.org Tiffany Mills Company (NYC) www.tiffanymillscompany.org L.A. Contemporary Dance (Los Angeles, CA) www.lacontemporarydance.org Louise Reichlin & Dancers (Los Angeles, CA) www.lachoreographersanddancers.org Missouri Contemporary Ballet (MO) www.missouricontemporaryballet.com PTERO Dance Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) www.pterodance.org Synthesis Dance Project (NYC) www.synthesisdanceproject.com P R O G R A M Order of the Program 5:30–6:30 p.m. ACB Company NY2Dance Synthesis Dance Project Tiffany Mills Company Ashley A. Friend PTERO Dance Theatre Marie-Christine Giordano Dance Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance 6:30–8:00 p.m. Missouri Contemporary Ballet A Palo Seco Flamenco Company Deeply Rooted Dance Theater BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble Louise Reichlin & Dancers L.A. Contemporary Dance The Francesca Harper Project BODYART 8:00–9:00 p.m. Banafsheh Michael Mao Dance Dallas Black Dance Theatre Freespace Dance Rebecca Stenn Company Paula Josa-Jones Performance Works 9:00–10:00 p.m. Missouri Contemporary Ballet Kanopy Dance Company BEings Dance The Nerve Tank Cori Marquis + The Nines (IX) 10:00–11:30 p.m. Synthesis Dance Project BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance Ashley A. Friend PTERO Dance Theatre Deeply Rooted Dance Theater August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble Louise Reichlin & Dancers A Palo Seco Flamenco Company P R O G R A M Booking Dance JODI KAPLAN & ASSOCIATES / Jodi Kaplan & Associates/Booking Dance BOOKING DANCE (Producing Agency) is a personal “boutique agency” that books Expect to be inspired, transfixed, and dance companies on extensive tours transformed by a dynamic range of the best throughout the U.S. and internationally. dance companies in the U.S. performing Director Jodi Kaplan also consults with tonight. Ranging in styles, including both established and newly formed dance classical, modern, ballet, jazz, dance theater, companies in developing stronger artistic and traditional dance from around the globe, programming and performing engagements. this dance festival showcases innovative and She now offers creative consulting and diverse works by 27 American dance career development guidance via Skype to companies in 36 works with more than 150 international artists. dancers and musicians in one show for one magical night. After producing international For the past 20 years Booking Dance has Booking Dance Festivals for the past five booked extensive tours in South and Central years, (including the Olympics in Beijing America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, (2008) and London (2012) and annual and Guatemala); Europe (Turkey, Germany, dance festivals in Edinburgh, Scotland), and Spain); and throughout the U.S. with producer Jodi Kaplan brings the best of engagements at American Dance Festival, The dance from across the U.S. to New York Kennedy Center, Jacob’s Pillow, the Joyce City for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Theater, The New Victory Theater, and the Additionally, the agency has partnered with World Financial Center. Jodi Kaplan & Bryant Park for the past three years to Associates/Booking Dance also runs produce Booking Dance in Bryant Park. This marketing seminars at the Association of event brings an audience of thousands to the Performing Arts Presenters and teaches heart of New York and previews the shows professional artists the business side of from the annual Booking Dance Festival. performing. Ms. Kaplan established the Ready to Book workshop series eight years From 2009–12 Booking Dance Festival ago and now teaches it in New York City Edinburgh has garnered worldwide acclaim and throughout the world. She is currently and five-star reviews, and most importantly authoring a book entitled Booking Dance. positioning U.S. dance artists to gain inter- national exposure and touring opportunities. What makes Jodi Kaplan so exceptional is The shows have been featured on the BBC her enthusiasm. She is enthusiastic about World News, BBC Scotland, CNN, and were my ideas as a choreographer, the welcomed with enthusiasm from audiences, direction of my company, and my goals many of which had never seen dance before. as an artist. This enthusiasm bubbles Jodi Kaplan & Associates/Booking Dance over into her work with presenters, produced its first international festival, fellow agents, and all of her clients and Booking Dance Festival Beijing 2008 to artists, thus securing her place as one of coincide with the Beijing Olympics, featuring the most productive and well liked the National Ballet of China performing a booking agents in dance. world premiere. Endorsed by the U.S. —Rebecca Stenn, Ambassador in China, the festival implemented Artistic Director, extensive outreach activities and performances Rebecca Stenn Company at an outdoor Olympic venue. For more information, please visit bookingdance.com. P R O G R A M About Jodi Kaplan With a strong dance back- Blue Planet Run’s start at the United ground, Jodi Kaplan has Nations. The aforementioned events featured successfully bridged the world Hilary Swank, Jessica Biel, and Giuliana of artist and agent. Since Rancic among others. Other PR events in founding Jodi Kaplan & New York include producing/consulting for Associates/Booking Dance the Microsoft Encarta Bee at the New York 20 years ago, Ms. Kaplan Public Library, Major League Baseball/Jiffy has booked millions of Peanut Butter in Central Park, and Make a dollars in performance engagements with Wish Foundation/Chile Magic in Herald hundreds of venues in the U.S. and Square. Additional visual design consulting internationally. Ms. Kaplan is a former includes the McDonald’s campaign during dancer/choreographer and toured as a guest the 2008 Beijing Olympics and recently with artist throughout Scotland, England, France, the Rachel Ray Show. Portugal, the Czech Republic/Slovakia, and the Caribbean. Her teaching experience As an artist, Ms. Kaplan is internationally includes faculty positions at the Jamaica renowned for producing and directing dance School of Dance (West Indies), Jubilee Hall films. Her award-winning shorts have in Covent Garden (London), and the screened at more than 100 festivals, Film/Video Workshops (Maine). museums, and venues worldwide, including Dance for Camera at Lincoln Center and Additional international experience includes New Directors/New Films at the Museum a residency in India where Ms. Kaplan led of Modern Art and the World’s Fair in arts business workshops for constituents in Lisbon, Portugal. Her work has also been Delhi at the Habitat Centre and screened her broadcast on PBS and The Sundance film work as a retrospective at DanzLenz. Channel. In addition to her film work, she is She also taught intensive film workshops at a member of the Screen Actors Guild and her the Asian Academy of Film and Television, photography has been exhibited at the Tate where she was honored to receive a lifetime Modern. Additionally, her paintings are in membership at the prestigious institution. elite collections in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. As a visual designer, Ms. Kaplan produces the designs for press/media announcements Ms. Kaplan is currently collaborating with with top corporate clients and PR firms, pioneer dance photographer Lois Greenfield including GolinHarris, Edelman, and Porter on an international feature film The 18th Novelli. Her most recent projects include the Parallel, which explores ritual dance and design for McDonald’s McRib launch in prayer around the world. They recently shot Times Square, a Nick Jonas/MTV Superstar the first segment in Western Australia and event with Quaker, a Glade celebrity event presented a program at the Perth Institute of at The Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, the Contemporary Art. Ms. Kaplan holds a B.A. Dow/Olympics top partnership press degree with high honors in religion/ announcement at The Four Seasons in New philosophy from Smith College (Phi Beta York, and for Dow’s media launch for its Kappa), a M.F.A in film from Columbia Live Earth Run for Water at The Lighthouse University, and a graduate diploma in at Chelsea Piers. She designed and produced international relations from Hebrew the production elements of The Blue Planet University in Jerusalem as a Wallenberg Run media launch at the Tate Modern in Scholar.