A.I.M by Kyle Abraham Program

2021:22

A.I.M

by KYLE ABRAHAM March 04.05 2022

Cover Photo by Carrie Schneider | Kyle Abraham – A.I.M

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CHOREOGRAPHERS NOTE “Some say we are responsible for those we love.

Others know we are responsible for those who love us.”

— Nikki Giovanni Thank you for being here to see An Untitled Love. It’s been four years in the making, and I’m so overwhelmed with emotions to finally present this work in theaters. I’m humbled, nervous and curious to finally share this work with you.

I fell in love with D’Angelo’s debut album “Brown Sugar” when I was an undergrad at Morgan State University, a Historically Black University, in Baltimore in 1995. Within his songs existed the histories and Neo-romanticism of Black Love in America. The same year marked The Million Man March, a defining moment for black men in the U.S. to unite against injustice. As part of my extended exploration of personal identity through movement, it feels important for me to dive into a process that explores and celebrates that unity and that love, in all its facets.

Ultimately, this work is dedicated to my parents, family (extended and immediate), to the cousins, aunts and uncles who aren’t blood related, but who we call family all the same. .

— Kyle Abraham, Artistic Director

Friday & Saturday | March 04.05 2022 | Moody Performance Hall

TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND In association with AT&T Performing Arts Center Presents

Artistic Director KYLE ABRAHAM Executive Director SYDNIE LIGGETT-DENNIS The Company TAMISHA A. GUY* DORCHEL HAQQ LOGAN HERNANDEZ KEERATI JINAKUNWIPHAT CLAUDE “CJ” JOHNSON CATHERINE KIRK JAE NEAL DONOVAN REED MARTELL RUFFIN GIANNA THEODORE *Princess Grace Award Recipient

Scenic and Lighting Design DAN SCULLY Sound Editor SAM CRAWFORD

Costume Design KAREN YOUNG AND KYLE ABRAHAM

Visual Art JOE BUCKINGHAM Artistic Advisors RISA STEINBERG CHARLOTTE BRATHWAITE

Friday & Saturday | March 04.05 2022 | Moody Performance Hall

PROGRAM An Untitled Love (2021) A.I.M by Kyle Abraham Choreography: Music: Scenic & Lighting Design: Visual Art: Costume Design Sound Editor: Artistic Advisor: Dramaturge:

KYLE ABRAHAM* in collaboration with A.I.M D’ANGELO & THE VANGUARD DAN SCULLY JOE BUCKINGHAM KAREN YOUNG AND KYLE ABRAHAM SAM CRAWFORD RISA STEINBERG CHARLOTTE BRATHWAITE

Performers TAMISHA A. GUY* DORCHEL HAQQ LOGAN HERNANDEZ KEERATI JINAKUNWIPHAT CLAUDE “CJ” JOHNSON CATHERINE KIRK JAE NEAL DONOVAN REED MARTELL RUFFIN GIANNA THEODORE *Princess Grace Award Recipient PROJECT SUPPORT Leadership support for An Untitled Love is generously provided by Denise Littlefield Sobel.

Additional support for An Untitled Love is provided by Steven M. Pesner.

An Untitled Love was made possible by the Nathan M. Clark Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; and New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and the Harkness Foundation for Dance. An Untitled Love was created in part through residencies at the Pillow Lab at Jacob’s Pillow; the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh, PA; the National Center for Choreography at the University of Akron; and during a “bubble” residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park and LUMBERYARD, made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. An Untitled Love was created in part to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS with generous support from Legacy Sponsors Rockefeller Brothers Fund and The SHS Foundation, in loving memory of Tom Morgan.

Commissioning support for An Untitled Love comes from American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works; August Wilson African American Cultural Center; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Houston Society for Performing Arts; Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival; The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, Director Seth Soloway; Seattle Theater Group; and White Bird, Portland, Oregon, made possible through White Bird’s 2020 Barney Choreographic Prize.

ABOUT THE COMPANY Founded in 2006 by choreographer Kyle Abraham, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham is a Black-led contemporary dance company that provides multifaceted performances, educational programming, and community-based workshops.

The mission of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham is to create a body of dance-based work that is galvanized by Black culture and history. The work, informed by and made in conjunction with artists across a range of disciplines, entwines a sensual and provocative vocabulary with a strong emphasis on music, text, video, and visual art. While grounded in choreographer Kyle Abraham’s artistic vision, A.I.M draws inspiration from a multitude of sources and movement styles.

Since A.I.M’s founding, Artistic Director Kyle Abraham has made more than 15 original works for and with the company. In 2018, A.I.M began commissioning new works and performing existing works by outside choreographers to expand its repertoire and offer a breadth of dance work to both the dancers and audiences. The repertory now includes works by Trisha Brown, Andrea Miller, Bebe Miller, Doug Varone, and A.I.M dancer and early-career choreographer Keerati Jinakunwiphat.

A.I.M's audience base is as diverse as A.I.M’s movement vocabulary, which ranges from hip-hop to formal ballet technique. As Abraham says, “I’m interested in a really wide range of folks from the brother who owns the corner store to the woman who has never even heard of a corner store.

I want those people to interact, and I want them to be sitting next to each other sensing the other person’s experience. And then, I want them to stick around for the post-performance discussion and hear the other person’s perspective and learn more about each other. That’s what is most exciting for me.”

KYLE ABRAHAM (pronouns: he/him) 2018 Princess Grace Statue Award Recipient, 2017-18 Joyce Creative Residency Artist, 2016 Doris Duke Award Recipient and 2015 City Center Choreographer in Residence, KYLE ABRAHAM is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow who began his dance training at the Civic Light Opera Academy and the Creative and Performing Arts High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He continued

his dance studies in New York, receiving a BFA from SUNY Purchase, an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Washington Jefferson College. He has served as a visiting professor in residence at UCLA’s World Arts Cultures in Dance program from 2016 to 2021. And in 2021, he was named the Claude and Alfred Mann Endowed Professorship in Dance at The University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Abraham currently sits on the advisory board for Dance Magazine and the artist advisory board for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2020, he was selected to be Dance Magazine’s first-ever Guest Editor.

Rebecca Bengal of Vogue wrote, “What Abraham brings … is an avantgarde aesthetic, an original and politically minded downtown sensibility that doesn’t distinguish between genres but freely draws on a vocabulary that is as much Merce and Martha as it is Eadweard Muybridge and Michael Jackson.”

In addition to performing and developing new works for his company A.I.M

by Kyle Abraham, Abraham has been commissioned by a variety of dance companies. Most recently, Abraham received two international commissions from the Royal Ballet. Abraham’s work, Optional Family, a divertissement premiered in May 2021 as part of their 21st Century Choreographers program. He was also commissioned to be the first Black choreographer to create a one-act ballet for the Royal Ballet, set to premiere in spring 2022.

Additionally, Abraham premiered When We Fell in 2021, his third creation for New York City Ballet, which The New York Times reviewed as “among the most beautiful dance films of the pandemic.” Previously, Abraham collaborated with NYCB Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley on Ces noms que nous portons, a Lincoln Center and NYCB commissioned solo; choreographed Unto The End, We Meet, commissioned by the National Ballet of Cuba, and choreographed the music video for Sufjan Stevens’ Sugar. He premiered to be seen, a new solo for American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Calvin Royal III, for the 2020 virtual Fall For Dance Festival. The New York Times raved on “how skilled he has become at mingling the ballet vernacular with other forms, from hip-hop to West African movement” and his unique talent for “finding the person within the dancer and the bodies within a body.”

In fall 2019, he choreographed Ash, a solo work for ABT Principal Dancer Misty Copeland; Only The Lonely, a newly commissioned work for Paul Taylor American Modern Dance; and The Bystander, a new commission for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago to rave reviews. Abraham premiered the Bessienominated The Runaway for NYCB’s 2018 Fall Fashion Gala, which was recognized as one of the “Best Dance of 2018” by The New York Times.

In 2016, Abraham premiered Untitled America, a 3-part commissioned work for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; toured The Serpent and The Smoke, a pas de deux for himself and acclaimed Bessie Award-winning and former New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Wendy Whelan as part of Restless Creature; and choreographed for the feature-length film, The Book of Henry, for acclaimed director Colin Trevorrow.

In 2012, Abraham served as a choreographic contributor for Beyonce’s 2013 British Vogue cover shoot, named the 2012 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award recipient, 2012 USA Ford Fellow, and the New York Live Arts Resident Commissioned Artist for 2012–2014. Later that year, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater premiered Abraham’s Another Night at New York City Center.

Abraham has also received a prestigious Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance in Dance for his work in The Radio Show, and a Princess Grace Award for Choreography in 2010. The previous year, he was selected as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 To Watch” for 2009, and received a Jerome Travel and Study Grant in 2008.

His choreography has been presented throughout the United States and abroad; at Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Joyce Theater, The Los Angeles Music Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Théâtre de la Ville, Sadler’s Wells, Maison de la Danse, Tanz Im August, On The Boards, Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, Bates Dance Festival, Harlem Stage, Montreal, Ottawa, Italy, Germany, Sweden, France, Jordan, Ecuador, Dublin’s Project Arts Center, The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum located in Okinawa Japan, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Byham and The KellyStrayhorn Theater in his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. In 2011, OUT Magazine labeled Abraham as the “best and brightest creative talent to emerge in New York City in the age of Obama”.

DANCER BIOGRAPHIES TAMISHA A. GUY (Dancer, pronouns: she/her) a native of Trinidad and Tobago, began her formal dance training at Ballet Tech, under the direction of Eliot Feld. Later she attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and SUNY Purchase College as a double major in dance and arts management. She has completed summer programs with Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Springboard Danse Montreal, and has performed works by William Forsythe, Pam Tanowitz and Mark Morris. In 2013, Guy graduated with honors from SUNY Purchase College and joined the Martha Graham Dance Company shortly after. In 2016 Guy was selected as one of Dance Magazine's Top 25 to Watch and she also received the 2016 Princess Grace Award. In 2017, she was named one of the Best Dancers of the Year by Dance Europe. In 2021, she was awarded the 2022 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Dance which recognizes foreign-born scientists and artists in the United States. Tamisha joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2014.

DORCHEL HAQQ (Associate Artist, pronouns: she/her), raised in Harlem, began to ignite and embody history at Dance Theater of Harlem. At Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts then later at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College SUNY, Dorchel initiated her discovery of the body as a political statement. Through Purchase College, Dorchel studied at Korea National School of the Arts and was an Adopt-a-dancer recipient. In past collaborations with Johannes Wieland, Stephanie Batten Bland, Maxine Doyle, Loni Landon, Sidra Bell and Kayla Farrish, Dorchel has developed movement practices, questions, and challenges that bring to life an imaginative world. Dorchel is the co-founder of LLAB RATS, an interdisciplinary arts collective that creates through collaboration in response to social injustice. Dorchel explores fantasy and abstracts the echo of transgenerational trauma in her body of culture through film, sound exploration, and object investigations. Dorchel’s recent choreographic works, for Battery Dance Festival, the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College SUNY, and NYPopsUp, illuminates these ideals. Dorchel is a, Springboard-curated, recipient of Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation AIR Founder’s Residency and a 2021 City Artist Corps Grant recipient. Dorchel is an adjunct lecturer at Purchase College and joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham the fall of 2020.

LOGAN HERNANDEZ (Associate Artist, pronouns: he/him) Originally from Central Florida, first began exploring movement through the underground scene of hip-hop and street culture when he started breakdancing at the age of ten. In 2012, Logan began his formal training with Orlando City Ballet, and continued his training at Osceola County School for The Arts. Over the years, Logan has continued to expand his movement research, learning from artists such as Ohad Naharin, Jone San Martin, Scott Jennings, and many others. He recently attended Arts Umbrella Post Secondary Program in Vancouver, British Columbia where he performed repertoire by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Tom Weinberger, Nacho Duato, Jiri Kylian, and Marco Goecke.

In 2018, Logan joined MADBOOTS DANCE under the direction of Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz. In 2021/2022, he will be performing with VIM VIGOR DANCE COMPANY. Logan joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2018, and he has accompanied Kyle Abraham as a choreographic assistant for Ballet Nacional de Cuba; as well as for the creation of Ash, a solo created on American Ballet Theatre’s principal dancer Misty Copeland.

KEERATI JINAKUNWIPHAT (Dancer, pronouns: she/her), originally from Chicago, IL., received her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase and was a recipient of the Adopt-A-Dancer Scholarship. She has additionally studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Springboard Danse Montreal.

She has worked with and performed works of artists such as Kyle Abraham, Nicole von Arx, Trisha Brown, Jasmine Ellis, Hannah Garner, Shannon Gillen, Andrea Miller, Kevin Wynn, and Doug Varone. She has assisted Kyle Abraham in new commissioned work for New York City Ballet and Paul Taylor Dance Company. As a freelance choreographer, Keerati has presented her own choreographic works at the American Dance Guild Festival, Triskelion Arts, Dixon Place, Battery Dance Festival, Dance Gallery Festival, the Joyce Theater and New Victory Dance. She has been commissioned to set and create works on the Evanston Dance Ensemble, the Martha Graham School, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Houston Contemporary Dance Company, and New England Ballet Theatre.

Keerati has graced the cover of Dance Magazine featured as ‘25 to Watch’ for 2021. Keerati joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2016.

CLAUDE “CJ” JOHNSON (Dancer, pronouns: he/him) hails from Chicago IL, where he began his formal dance training at the Chicago Academy for the Arts under the direction of Randy Duncan. He continued his dance training at SUNY Purchase College, where he was awarded the Adopt-A-Dancer Scholarship. During CJ’s studies, he performed works by choreographers Johannes Weiland, Aszure Barton, Doug Varone, Kevin Wynn, Rosalind Newman, Alexandra Beller, and Stuart Loungway. CJ also attended summer intensives with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago; Doug Varone & Dancers; Movement Invention Project; and Springboard Dance Montreal under the direction of Alexandra Wells, where he performed work by Shannon Gillen and Elia Mrak. CJ joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2017.

CATHERINE KIRK (Marketing Associate and Dancer, pronouns: she/her) was born on the unceded land of the Kiickaapoi and Wichita peoples, now called Dallas, Texas. She began formally studying dance at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts before graduating from New York University, Tisch School of Dance. A multi-hyphenate, Catherine is also a dance maker, marketing strategist, arts administrator, dance educator, and yoga teacher. Kirk has completed seasonal programs with San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Movement Invention Project, and Springboard Danse Montreal, where she performed work by Fernando Melo, Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal. Upon graduating, Catherine apprenticed for Sidra Bell Dance NY before collaborating and performing with Danakah Dance, UNA Productions, Burr Johnson, Jasmine Hearn, and Helen Simoneau Danse. She is thrilled to be working as A.I.M’s Marketing Associate and performing with the company.

Catherine joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2013.

JAE NEAL (Dancer, pronouns: they/them) was born and raised in Michigan and received their training from Western Michigan University. There, they performed in professional works such as Strict Love by Doug Varone, Temporal Trance by Frank Chavez and Harrison McEldowney’s Dance Sport.

Since relocating to New York, Jae has had the privilege of working with SYREN Modern Dance, Christina Noel Reaves, Catapult Entertainment, Katherine Helen Fisher Dance, and Nathan Trice. Jae joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2011.

DONOVAN REED (Dancer, pronouns: he/him), Philadelphia, PA, began his dance training at the age of 16. Soon after, Donovan attended college at The University of The Arts, he was awarded his BFA in May of 2016. During his time in college, Donovan participated as an artist in residence at Die Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt, DE. In addition, he participated in an independent artist program where his training was extended with The Pennsylvania Ballet. Other studies include PHILADANCO!, Eleone Dance Theatre and The Rock School for Dance Education. He has performed works by choreographers Sidra Bell, Regina Van Berkel, Sharon Eyal, Tommie Waheed-Evans, Beth Gill, Andrea Miller, Tania Isaac, Meredith Rainey, and Helen Simoneau. Donovan joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2018.

MARTELL RUFFIN (Dancer, pronouns: he/him), Chicago, IL, began his formal dance training at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago in 2009. He attended Chicago High School for the Arts under then-director Lisa Johnson-Willingham, former dancer of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Martell has been awarded dance scholarship to intensives at Joffrey Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Complexions, and received first place in the all-city NAACP ACT-SO Competition 2011. Martell trained at The Ailey School as a scholarship student and has performed works by Lisa Johnson-Willingham, Earl Mosley, George Faison, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Matthew Rushing, Jae Man Joo, Robert Battle, and Alvin Ailey. Martell has also been seen in the “poison girl” Christian Dior commercial for women's fragrance and an Urban Outfitters commercial for music artist Samantha Urbani. Martell has completed his two years with Ailey II and is now contributing Choreographer & Performer for Triptych (Eyes of One Another), an Opera based on Robert Mappethorpe.

Martell joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2020.

GIANNA THEODORE (Dancer, pronouns: she/her), raised in West Palm Beach, Florida, began her dance training at Ballet East Studio under the direction of Susan Lyle and Chelsea Nasby. Gianna is a graduate of A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, and a three-time YoungArts Merit Scholar/Honorable Mention. She graduated with a BFA in dance from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program Class of 2020. Throughout the course of her training, she has performed works by Robert Battle, Chuck Wilt, and Bradley Shelver.

She attended Springboard Danse Montreal, where she performed work created by RUBBERBANDANCE, and Parts & Labour Danse. Gianna has

ventured through many cultures and styles of dance, such as house and African, which has helped land her lead roles in music videos. She has also performed professionally with artists such as Ebony Williams, Mark Caserta, Maleek Washington, and Jennifer Archibald. She recently performed during a residency with Helen Simoneau Danse. Gianna joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2019.

CREATIVE TEAM BIOGRAPHIES CHARLOTTE BRATHWAITE (Artistic Advisor, pronouns: she/her) as a creator and director her genre-defying works illuminate the realities and the dreams of the marginalized and center unheard, unseen, and overlooked stories. Dealing with subject matter from the historical past to the distant future, her work brings to light issues of social justice, race, sex, power and the complexities of the human condition. Awards: Art Matters, Princess Grace, Creative Capital, United States Artist, Map Fund.

Associate Professor Theater Arts MIT. www.charlottebrathwaite.com

JOE BUCKINGHAM (Visual Art, pronouns: he/him) is a visual artist who was born in Germany, raised in Hollis Queens, and presently living in Long Island NY. His art is a reflection of his experiences growing up in New York, where he was inspired by the visuals of the 1970's and 1980's: the gritty textures and layers juxtaposed with colorful graffiti. His work has been seen in galleries in NYC, Tokyo, and more. He is a graduate of the High School of Art & Design (NYC) and New York Institute of Technology (NY).

SAM CRAWFORD (Sound Editor, pronouns: he/him) completed degrees in English and Audio Technology at Indiana University in 2003. Crawford’s recent compositions and sound designs have included works for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company (Venice Biennale, 2010), Kyle Abraham (Pavement, 2012), Camille A. Brown and Dancers (BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, 2016), and David Dorfman Dance (Aroundtown, 2017). La Medea, Crawford’s live multi-media collaboration with director Yara Travieso, premiered at PS122’s Coil Festival in January of 2017.

DAN SCULLY (Lighting & Scenic Design, pronouns: he/him) is a New York based lighting and projection designer, and has been the resident lighting designer for A.I.M since its founding, including for the full-length evening works Pavement, Live! The Realest M.C., and the Bessie Award winning The Radio Show. Recent dance work includes designs for New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey / American Dance Theater, BODYTRAFFIC, Hubbard Street Dance Project, Misty Copeland, among others. Theater and concert credits include Rocky (Broadway), Jedermann (Salzburger Festspeile), The Orchestra Rocks! (Carnegie Hall), and Peter and The Wolf (John Lithgow / Carnegie Hall).

Regional: Trinity Rep., GEVA, Asolo Rep., Cleveland Playhouse, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and Two River Theater Company. MFA-NYU/Tisch.

RISA STEINBERG (Artistic Advisor, pronouns: she/her) has been an active member of the dance community for more than 35 years as a performer, teacher, re-constructor of the works of José Limón, and mentor to young and emerging choreographers. She has travelled the world performing and teaching extensively. She was born in New York City and graduated from the Juilliard School earning a Bachelors of Fine Arts. A former principal dancer with the José Limón Dance Company, Bill Cratty Dance Theater, Annabel Gamson, Anna Sokolow’s Player’s Project, Colin Connor, and American Repertory Dance Company of Los Angeles, Ms. Steinberg has also been a guest artist with choreographers including Wally Cardona, Sean Curran, and DanzaHoy of Caracas, Venezuela. She has been on the faculty at the Juilliard School since 2001 and she held the position of Associate Director of Juilliard Dance from 2008-2016. She was a dance panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts; now sits on the Artists Advisory board for the José Limón Dance Foundation and is on the selection committee of The Bessies.

Ms. Steinberg is a cast member of Sleep No More.

KAREN YOUNG (Costume Design, pronouns: she/her) is a New York based costume designer who has designed clothes for many of Kyle Abraham and A.I.M.’s works including: Drive, the Gettin’, INDY, Meditation, Big Rings, and An Untitled Love. Recent design for dance includes projects with: the Martha Graham Dance Company, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Basel, Brian Brooks, Lucinda Childs, Pontus Lidberg, Troy Schumacher, Sonya Tayeh, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Acosta Danza, Malpaso Dance Cuba, Miami City Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

She designed the costumes for Wendy Whelan's projects Restless Creature and The Day and is currently directing the reconstruction and design of the costumes of Martha Graham’s entire repertoire for the Martha Graham Dance Company. Recent design for theater includes Geoff Sobelle’s Home (BAM) and Third Rail Projects highly acclaimed immersive shows Confection (Folger Theater) and Then She Fell. karenyoungcostume.com For more information, to get involved, or purchase your A.I.M merchandise, please visit http://aimbykyleabraham.org. Follow A.I.M on Instagram @aimbykyleabraham.

Company Credits Artistic Director: Executive Director:

KYLE ABRAHAM SYDNIE LIGGETT-DENNIS

A.I.M Board of Directors Stephen Simcock (chair), Kyle Abraham (Artistic Director, ex-officio), Cheryl Bergenfeld, Chris Calkins, Adrienne Edwards, Suzanne Hall, Mark A. Leavitt, Glenn Ligon, Bebe Neuwirth, Carrie Schneider, Gilda Squire, Julia Strickland Company and Tour Operations General Manager: Rehearsal Director: Company Manager: Production Stage Manager: Lighting and Video Supervisor: Production and Lighting Advisor:

HILLARY KOOISTRA MATTHEW BAKER AMBER LEE PARKER MEREDITH BELIS GABRIEL ESPARZA DAN STEARNS

Development Director of Development: Development Manager:

LAUREN CRONK KRISTINE LIWAG

Press and Marketing Marketing and Communications Specialist: Marketing Associate: Press Agent:

LAURA DIFFENDERFER CATHERINE KIRK LISA LABRADO

Finance Finance Manager:

LUCY MALLETT

Generous support for A.I.M provided by: American Dance Abroad; Nathan M. Clark Foundation; Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Ford Foundation; Howard Gilman Foundation; Harkness Foundation for Dance; The DuBose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund; The Hyde and Watson Foundation; The International Association of Blacks in Dance; Joyce Theater Foundation; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; New Music USA; New York Community Trust; Princess Grace FoundationUSA; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; and Samuel H. Scripps Foundation. Public funding provided by The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

A.I.M is supported through the Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative (COHI) | Managing Organizational Vitality and Endurance, a program of The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) in partnership with the Nonprofit Finance Fund with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

A.I.M is a proud supporter of Dancers Responding to AIDS, which helps ensure that those most in need receive the care and comfort they would otherwise do without. Founded in 1991 by former Paul Taylor Dance Company members Denise Roberts Hurlin and Hernando Cortez, DRA relies on the extraordinary compassion and efforts of the performing arts community to fund a safety net of social services for those in need. Together, we can make a difference for those less fortunate than us. Donate at www.dradance.org/donate.

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TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND SUPPORTERS As of February 28, 2022 PLATINUM $20,000 and up American Airlines Beverly Blumenthal* City of Dallas, Office of Arts and Cultural Dallas Morning News Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District Program Claire Dewar~ Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Mona and Bill~ Graue Gayle and Jim Halperin/Heritage Auction Galleries Zoé deRopp Hart~ and Todd Hart Lola~ and Todd Lott Neiman Marcus Roberto Powers Janine and Charles Pulman DeMetris Sampson~ Sheraton Dallas Hotel Texas Commission on the Arts Jean Baptiste "Tad" Adoue, III Fund of The Dallas Foundation TACA (The Community Arts Alliance) Donna M. Wilhelm Family Philanthropy Fund GOLD $10,000-$19,999 Anonymous CBS TV Crow Museum of Asian Art of the University of Texas Dallas Trammell S. Crow Empire Baking Co/Meaders and Robert Ozarow Read and Steven~ Gendler Hall Arts Restaurant Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas Ambassador Ron Kirk and Matrice~ Ellis-Kirk Daniel H. Lome Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Lucilo A. Peña and Lee A. Cobb~ Cindy and George Santos Margaret Selby/Selby Artists Management Greg Swalwell and Terry Connor, Carter Thomas and Rod Bowman The Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust SILVER $5,000-$9,999 Dabney and Ric Abel Anonymous Arts Midwest Touring Fund Audrey and Joel~ Bines/AlixPartners Lois Anne Bond Harlan R. Crow Foundation Carol A. Crowe Lauren Embrey/Embrey Family Foundation Rebecca and Barron Fletcher, III Michael Ginsberg and Lorri Michel/Sterlizia Foundation Gail Griswold~ and Bill Brice, Jr. Tracey Nash Huntley and David Huntley KERA Ann and Fred~ Margolin Carolyn and David Miller Susan and Bill Montgomery Harry S. Moss Foundation Dana Nearburg Deedie Rose

Eugene Sepulveda and Steven Tomlinson Nancy Whitenack BRONZE $2,000-$4,999 Anonymous Association of Performing Arts Professionals Cultural Exchange Fund Steve Atkinson and Ted Kincaid Sue~ and Ted Benn John R. Blanton, Jr. and Deborah Handler Kitty~ and Keith Carter Anne Clayton and Jacques Vroom III Communities Foundation of Texas Delia and Michael~ Crossley Lenore~ and Kevin Diamond Meghan Downey Bess and Ted Enloe Veronica~ and John Erickson Wanda Gierhart-Fearing~ and Dean Fearing Helen and Jerome Frank Michelle Gill Steven Goldfine and Deborah Deitsch Perez Emilio Gomez Patty and Tom Hussey Rusty and John Jaggers JCB by Jean-Charles Boisset Rodger Kobes~ and Michael Keller Carol and Mark Kreditor Lisa and Peter Kraus Bill Leazer Veronica S. Moyé Enrique MacGregor and Mark Niermann Jill and Brent Magnuson Gail and Guillermo Marmol Tom and Charlene Marsh Family Foundation McManemin Family Fund of the Communities Foundation Meadows Collier Carla Nichols Lynn and Hisashi Nikaidoh Mary and Sean O’Brien Finley O’Neill and Scott O’Neill Joe Pacetti and Tristan Nieves Sally Pian and Ira Silverman Dr. Rhonda Porterfield and Dr. Arthur Bollon~ Tracy Preston~ Saundra Steinberg ~ and Matthew Wilner Arlene Switzer Steinfield~ and David Steinfield Texas Women’s Foundation/Roslyn Dawson Thompson and Rex Thompson Titens Family Philanthropic Fund of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation Stacey and Michael~ Titens Thompson & Knight Foundation Turningpoint Foundation/Molly Byrne Katherine~ and Brian Walker Chandana Weerasekara~ Lily~ and Jeff Weiss PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $1,000-$1,999 Anonymous Richard Babb and Phillip Neely

Barbara and William Benac Mary Blake and Chuck Meadows Mickie and Jeff Bragalone Kathy Chamberlain/Chamberlain Ballet Jerry Bywaters Cochran* The Dallas Voice Lisa Dawson and Tom Maurstad Maureen and Robert Decherd Doodlebug Diana Dutton and Tony Grindl Julie and Bob England Faynetta Fort Rishi Ganti David Glover and Jorge Martinez Sally Hansen Denise Huddle Susan and Donald Paul Jarzemsky Kathryn Jordan Janet and Terry Kafka Norman Kaplan* Donna M. Kun Mary Noel Lamont Robert Langdon Alexandra and Robert Lavie Veletta Forsythe Lill and John C. Lill Francis Luttmer and Jose Gomez Alyssa Martin William McManemin Regina Montoya and Paul Coggins Jay Oppenheimer Joseph Patti Mary and Robert Potter Sheri and Andrew Rosen Capera Ryan/Christie’s Auction House Patricia Santiago Ann Simmons and Cara Moore Gloria Snead Smith Limousine Mandy Strauss Dr. Martin and Judy Tobey Diane Lynn Wahl

Sarah and Alan Losinger Candace MacMahon Patricia Meadows Doug Mitchell and Ed Calcote Margaret Nelson Christi Nicolas Kim Noltemy Jacqueline Porter/The Dallas Conservatory Ralph Randall Raymond Vineyards Genie and Gary Short Karen and Martin Sosland Bentley Tibbs/Hushpuckena, Inc. Mo Thompson

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $500-$999 Naomi Aberly and Larry Lebowitz for the Lebowitz Family Foundation Mike Birrer Debra Bishop Paula Blackmon Julie Bleicher Rebecca and Ken Bruder Lauren Corr Kathleen Delsanter and Sari Bahl Sally and Tom Dunning Patsy Fagadau Kim Fredenberg Marge and Larry Goodman Kathy and Graham Greene Maria Hasbany Amy nd Scott Hofland L. Keith Hughes Leslie Irwin Louise W. Kahn Endowment Fund of the Dallas Foundation Joe Kobell

COMPOSER’S CIRCLE $100-$249 Stephanie Al Otaiba Brenda Anderson Anonymous Anonymous in honor of Sandra Steinberg Sari Bahl Giving Fund Dave Bedford Karl Berger Jo and Ralph Blackburn Kathy Brown Teresa Byrd Lisa Calhoun Jan Callender Beverly and Don Campbell Mildred Carrethers Fran Carris Sarah and Christopher Cauble Patricia and James Chatt Michael Chilen Philip Clemmons Kay Colbert and Carlos Barroso Jennifer Conley

CHOREOGRAPHER’S CIRCLE $250-$499 Cordell Adams Deobrah and Paget Alves Anonymous Laura Bowers Jeff Christenson Joan Davidow and Stuart Glass Michele DeSalme and Frederick Toulmin Paulette Deutman Wayne Gilbert Mark Heymann Debbie and Stratton Horres Margaret H. Jordan Susan Paul and Jim Kipp Donovan Miller Deborah and Jim Nugent Annita and Mark Ryan Stanley Sanders Sue and Sam Sayah The Benevity Community Impact Fund Ellen Tye Dale Van Vleck Marilyn and Larry Waisanen Maureen and John Wangermann Donna and Ronald Whitehead Michelle Wilson

Nina Cortell and Bob Fine, M.D. Cece Cox Carol L. Croy Rebecca Daniels Dawn Edelman Debbie Eichner Lawrence and Linda Elkin Tammy Elkins Dean Fearing Mark Foster John Frazier and Tom De Arman Elaine Gadzicki and James Malter Barbara and Stowe Gardner Ruben Gerding Jamie Gonzales Murray Gordon Daniel Guenther and Tom Fowler Marcie Guidry Debbi Haacke Lisa and Eric Hall Alex Hamerman Jennifer Heffernan Pamela R. Hill Stephen Hoffner Holly Hrabik Joanne Hurtekant Ronit Ilan Scott Johnson Michael Kaufman Kristina Kirkenaer-Hart Bonnie Kudlicki Elizabeth Lang-Miers and Jeb Miers Alan H Levi Lillian Lin Janice Lombardi Kathy and Randy Luster David Marquis Thomas R. Marshall Julie and Anthony Matt Kathryn McBride Susan McNabb Courtney Clendenin and Joshua Miller Paula Miller Alejandro Munoz Elya Naxon Christi Neill Linda O'Connor Lynn and Mark Oristano Kathie Parsons Anthony Petrosky Katrina Phillips Cheryl and Scott Pike V. Diane Pitts Marianne Pohle Cheryl Pollman Deborah Popiealrczyk Rebecca Posten Lynne Richardson Cynthia Rollow and Edward Bennett Sonja Bilger Romanowski Charles Santos and Rick Bond Keira Scanks Sally Schreiber Rob Senders

Chris and Ken Sherman Erica Shoemaker Debbie and Todd Siddens Nancy and Rene Somodevilla Melanie H. Spiegel Jacquelin and William Stavi-Raines Molly Steele Richard Stern Dorit and Michael Suffness Lenore M Sullivan and Barry N Henry Tina Syring The Boeing Company Gift Match Program The Meadows Foundation Gift Match Program Linda and Hubert Threats Rebecca Torres Jean-Louis Trochu Douglas Unger Elizabeth Van Vleck Nancy Vasto Georgia Vickers Linda Vorhies Sarah and John Wechsler Nancy Whittier Renae Williams Niles Michael Wilson Andrea Wolf Judy Youngblood and Dan Butler ARTIST’S CIRCLE $0-$99 Almandla Abdellatif Adiarys Almeida Chrystal Almeida Eugene Alvarez Lalaina Alvarez Anonymous Louise Applebome Judy and Dennis Ashworth Renee Baker Charles Barefoot Danica Barker Kevin Beavers Janice Berman Julie Blackwell James Bolton Kimberly Booras Kimberly Bowdry Sharon Bradford Monica Bragle Alana and Ronald Brame Jean Ann Brock Shelby Brown Tony Burks Terry Burns and Ron Kristy Jane Burruss Sophie Burton Lakecha Butler Julia Callaway Kathleen Campbell Alekzeta Cantu-Hensley Stan Carpenter and Jerry Baden Maria Carter Carlos Castro Jeaneen Chappell

Carrie and Brandon Chenault William Chipman Susan Chizeck David Chong Chip Clint Jan Collett Sean Cooper Nancy and Barry Crossman Carolyn Cruse Joe Czyz Christine Daudelin Jane Davis Jillian Davis Patty Delaney Larned Louise Delano Arcelia Delphin Ian Derrer and Daniel James Pam and Rubi Deslorieux Anthony Dinh Mary Lee Dixon Alissa Doll Bryan Douglas Stefania Dragomir Nancy DuBois Monica and Christopher Ducic Janis Dworkis Karen Eaves Jodie Elder April Ellis Debra Engstrom Rola Fakhoury Robin Fiddes Leigh Files Karla Finnell Sharon Fisher Avrim Fishkind Melissa Fleming Evelyn Fox Nancy Franks John Frazier Rita Garza James Garza Howard Gottlieb Gregory Graham Shannon Green Debra Haddock Jill and Dan Haerle Laura Hagan Andrea Hagar Jeanet Dreskin-Haig and Donald Haig Patricia Halpern Cheryti Hames Tracy Hargis Lucy Hart Mark Hefner Chris Heinbaugh Angela Herron Suzzane Henry Dorina Hertner Ed Hill Katy and Selwyn Hill Jan Holeywell-Smith Sharon Holland Andrew Hopkins

Becki Howard Sarah Hubach Suzie Jary and Eric Pratt Elizabeth Jeffett Lyssa Jenkens Jennifer and Russell Jennings Guillaume Jimenez Josie Johnson Taylor and Patrick Johnson Renea Jones Conway Jordan Melissa Jordan Darlene Judy Jean and Don Kennerly Kathryn Kessler Gregory Kilhoffer Sheilon King Jonas Klabin Vince Kordsmeier Dennis Kniery Lori Lawrenz Nicole LeBlance and Bill Zeeble Dorothea Lee Sally Lefevre G&J Maria Lowery M Lubinus Lorn MacDougal Patricia Magadini Glenn E Manuel Douglas Martin Joan Martin Nina Martin Susan Mattsen Diana Mausolf Sally McCurdy Hunter McGrath Sarah McGuire Chris Mcintyre Alison Medinis Mitchell Menezes Abbie Meyering and John Sadler Donnice and Jordan Michel Paul Miller Muriel E. McGuire Bridget L. Moore Barry Moore Claudia Morgana Ben Morris Chet Morrison Courtney Mulcahy Alice Murray Pamela Navarro Natalie Newman Shannon Norris Cynthia Ockleberry Linda Owen Kimberlie Page Christina Parker Michael Parker Riana Pellicane-Hart Néstor Leonardo Pérez Karla Pettigrew Claudia and Scott Pingsterhaus

Ellen Presby Jim Price Chad Priest Terri Provencal Cinde Rawn Cat Reynolds Stephanie Riggall Amy Ripley Matt Rivera Sharon Roberts Dan Rockwell Karen Rodrigue Anonymous Rochelle Rubin Dr. Scott Rudes Susan Rumsey Lisa Ryan Savannah Saxton Ninon Schalk Bernard Schmidt Jane Scholz Tanya Scott Maris Segal Clark Senders Scooter Settle Manisha Shah Sonya Sheard Joanne Silverman Jennifer Simpson Lauren Singer Shelley Snyder Lori Soderbergh Stephanie Spaulding Nancy S Spence Athena Spencer TW Spilker Leishawn Spotted Bear Felicia Stacks Patricia Stella Jeanette Stevens Janis Stillings

Debbie and Jay Storey Deidre Strand Sally Strong Eric Sweeney Bradley Swiger Peggy Tapp Monica L. Tenhunen Myrna Ventura Thibault Keely Tidrow Fred Toothman Walker Trigg Pat Tuzer Christopher Vo and Timothy Wildin Gordon Walker Katherine and Brian Walker Sadie Wallace Liz Wally Karen Walter Barbara Walton Kortney Ward Olivier Weavers Scott Weinert B Weinstein Joel Weinthal Paula Wenstrom Amanda and Michael West Olivier Wevers Dawn Maddux White Rickey "Rick" Williams Joy and Delwin Williams Marc Williams Mary Williford-Shade Sunny Wood James William Woodall Diane Woodend Jones Donna Wurster Susan Yanofsky Melissa Young JoEllen Zabel Meredith and Ian Zapata

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES DeMetris Sampson, President Sue Benn Joel Bines Arthur P. Bollon Kitty Carter Lee Cobb Michael Crossley Claire Dewar Lenore Diamond WeissVeronica Erickson

Wanda Gierhart Fearing Steven Gendler Bill Graue Gail Griswold Zoe DeRopp Hart Matrice Ellis-Kirk Lola Lott Rodger Kobes Fred Margolin

Tracy Preston Charles Santos Saundra Steinberg Arlene Switzer Steinfield Michael Titens Katherine Walker Chandana Weerasekara Lily Cabatu

HONORARY BOARD Tom Adams (TITAS Co-Founder) Bess Enloe Alan Lerner Penny Atkiss Rebecca Enloe Fletcher Charlene Marsh William Benac Kathryn D. Greene Lynn Nikaidoh Jeanne Marie Clossey Carol Hall Deedie Rose Lauren Embrey Sally Hansen

Charles Santos Executive Director/Artistic Director

John Frazier Director of Operations

Tammy Elkins Director of Finance

Elizabeth Van Vleck Director of Development

Tom Adams and Gene Leggett TITAS Co-Founders

700 N. Pearl Street, Suite 1800, Dallas, TX 75201 Administrative Office: 214.978.2855 · Box Office: 214.880.0202 titas.org

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