Program: Idan Cohen Dance Company

IDAN COHEN DANCE COMPANY

at UC San Diego Friday, May 20, 2016, at 8 pm Mandeville Auditorium

Thank You to Our Performance Sponsors SPONSOR: Galinson Family Foundation UC SAN DIEGO PARTNER: LGBT Resource Center and Hillel of San Diego at UCSD

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ArtPower presents

IDAN COHEN DANCE COMPANY

Friday, May 20, at 8:00 pm Post-Performance ArtTalk Mandeville Auditorium

program Gender Bender Choreography: Idan Cohen Music: Andrea, Contortions (No New York), Teenage Jeesus and the Jurks (No New York), HTRK, Calvin Harris, Mars, Virgin prunes, Naomi Shemer, Rami Fortis Dancers: Noa Shiloh, Naama Tamir, Tomer Giat, Tomer Golan, Coral Friedman Artistic advisor, rehearsal and stage manager: Melanie Berson Lighting designer: Netta Koren Music advisor: Eyal Bromberg Soundtrack editor: Idan Cohen Vocal work: Offir Dagan Stage design: Shimon Castiel, Zohar Shoef Graphic designer and artwork: Galit Marciano, Adi Shafran Costume design: Idan Cohen Producer: Hadas Antman

About the Program Gender Bender is an autobiographical fantasy that takes Cohen back to his early years, growing up in the ‘80s.

Drawing upon punk and pop culture, Gender Bender incorporates images that reflect personal and social identities of masculinity, femininity, and all that lies in between. The piece takes gender inspired images from the ‘80s on a journey throughout the past and the present, creating a cultural cobweb of music, imagery, and dance. It aspires to be a reflection of the influences and forces projected onto us by the past and present culture and social environment we create, and are being created by.

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About the COmPany Idan Cohen is being supported by The Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture.

The Idan Cohen Dance Company USA tour has also been made possible thanks to the generous contributions of: The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The Israel Lottery Council for the Arts; Asylum Arts, a global network for Jewish Culture; Amherst College Theater and Dance Department (MA, USA); UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts and Lisa Naugle (CA, USA); The Jewish Federation & Family Services (CA, USA); Chad Michael Hall and Multiplex Dance (CA, USA); ArtPower at the University of California San Diego (CA, USA).

About the Artist Idan Cohen was born June 6, 1978 and raised in Kibbutz Mizra, Israel. Living in a kibbutz—an agricultural based socialist community—has had a large effect on his artistic life and work.

He received a scholarship to study theater and fine arts at the “Art Colony,” in Israel’s Negev Desert and graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance with a bachelor of arts in choreography in 2015. The following year, he continued with his master of fine arts in choreography and is due to graduate in 2017. He was admitted to a video-dance project by the Bat-Sheva Dance Company dancer Lara Bersak (France) before he joined the world renowned Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company founded by Yehudit Arnon.

Since 2005, Idan has been performing, creating, and teaching as an international awardwinning choreographer. A psychological sensibility, a keen sense of musicality, and a profound understanding of the cultural context, makes his work a rare combination of analysis and compassion.

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ARTPOWER DonorS 2015–16 VISIONARY ($50,000+)

Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund of the Jewish

Community Foundation

CATALYST ($20,000–49,999)

Jon and Bobbie Gilbert George Clement Perkins Endowment The Weil Family Foundation

CREATOR ($10,000–19,999)

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Epstein Family Foundation Sam B. Ersan Michael and Susanna Flaster Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon

of the Galinson Family Foundation Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner New England Foundation for the Arts

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PERFORMER ($5,000–9,999)

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Amnon and Lee Ben-Yehuda Joan Jordan Bernstein Hamburger Chamber Music Series

Endowment Fund

ADVOCATE ($2,500–4,999)

Ann Spira Cambell Ronald and Wynnona Goldman Mehran and Susan Goulian Renita Greenberg Alexa Kirkwood Hirsch Charles and Marilyn Perrin Edith High Sanchez and Paul Sanchez Lee and Judith Talner

GUARDIAN ($1,000–2,499)

Joyce Axelrod and Joseph Fisch Bjorn Bjerede and Josephine A. Kiernan Maureen and C. Peter Brown Nelson and Janice Byrne Carol and Jeffrey Chang Alain Cohen and Denise Warren Ruth Covell Martha and Edward Dennis Wayne and Elizabeth Dernetz Dr. Diane Everett-Barbolla Drs. Edwin and Wita Gardiner Norman J. Goldberg and Fusako Yokotobi Pat Jacoby Liz Lancaster and Eli Shefter Marvin and Reinette Levine Ruth Stern and Mort Levy Barbara and Robert Nemiroff Hans Paar and Kim Signoret-Paar Clayton and Susan Peimer

Anne Marie Pleska and Luc Cayet Elaine and Jerry Schneider Robert and Lauren Resnik Arthur and Molli Wagner Zelda Waxenberg

SUPPORTER ($500–999)

Janice Alper and Charles Kantor Ginger and Ken Baldwin Douglas Bradley Sam and Teresa Buss Bill Coltellaro and Eric Cohen Bill Michalsky Phyllis and Ed Mirsky Nessa O’Shaughnessy Anne Otterson Edward and Arlene Pelavin Sharon Perkowski Samuel Popkin and Susan Shirk Joseph W. Watson

CONTRIBUTOR ($250–499)

K. Andrew Achterkirchen Connie and George Beardsley William and Wendy Brody Patti and Brian Carlos Jeffrey C. Donahue and Gail Donahue Meg and Allan Goldstein Carol Hinrichs Barry and Helen Lebowitz Robert and Arleen Lettas Athina Markou and Mark Geyer Joani Nelson Rod and Barbara Orth Carol Plantamura and Felix Prael Gary and Brenda Ratcliff Doug and Eva Richman Jim and Kathleen Stiven Mr. and Mrs. Eli Strich Johanna Thompson Sylvia Wechter

SPARK ($100–249)

Shirley Babior and Judith Richards Paulyne Becerra Mary L. Beebe Geoffrey Clow Ed and Edie Drcar Carol Hobson Renee D. Johnson Cynthia Kroll Jane and Herbert Lazerow Carole Leland Elaine and Howard Maltz Kate Oesterreicher Ina Page Luc R. Pelletier Dance

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Stephen and Susan Shuchter Janet Smarr Ellen Speert and Paul Henry Jimmy Tran Carey G. Wall Shirley Weaver Anonymous, In honor of Jimmy Tran

ARTPOWER STAFF DONORS Molly Clark Carolena Deutsch-Garcia Jordan Peimer Jason Smith Joanna Szu Rebecca Webb

CORPORATE SPONSORS

GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS

MEDIA SPONSOR

POWERPLAYERS PowerPlayers are an exceptional group of donors that have made a three year commitment to support ArtPower. This multi-year support is crucial to ArtPower’s continued success and growth.

Joyce Axelrod Joan Bernstein Alain Cohen Martha Dennis Phyllis Epstein Elaine Galinson Bobbie Gilbert Norman Goldberg 6

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Renita Greenberg Eric Lasley Kim Signoret-Paar Hans Paar Robert and Lauren Resnik Arthur and Molli Wagner Zelda Waxenberg Pat Weil A portion of funding for ArtPower is provided by the UC San Diego Student Services Fee Committee.

Donor list as of 05.02.2016

ARTPOWER STAFF

Molly Clark, Associate Director of Artistic

Planning & Education Carolena Deutsch-Garcia, Associate

Director of Development John Morgan, Box Office Manager Sean Nash, Ticketing Coordinator Christine de Pagter, Interim Associate

Director of Development Jordan Peimer, Executive Director Jason Smith, Production Manager Joanna Szu, Associate Director of Marketing

and Communications Rebecca Webb, Film Curator

STUDENT STAFF

Grason Caldwell, Marketing Assistant Crystal K. Chan, Film Curatorial

Assistant Intern Minhtri Chu, Marketing Intern Riley Dewitt-Rickards, Production Assistant Austin Eamnarangkool, Marketing Intern Keita Funakawa, Film Curatorial Assistant Camille Latzke, Marketing Intern Aileen Liang, Marketing Assistant Joyce Liang, Marketing Intern Derrick Lieu, Marketing Intern Cliff Mann, Film Curatorial Assistant Connie Oh, Marketing Intern Kendra Quinlan, Marketing Intern Emily Small, Marketing Intern Maryanee Vargas, Marketing Intern Bryant Vu, Marketing Assistant Karen Wang, Production Assistant