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10 Wowed by the Energy

A hectic day in the life of Alvin Ailey dancer Rachael McLaren. By Hally Joseph

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Whatever that special something is, there’s no denying that the Fox Theatre is often a chosen destination for “will you’s?” and “I do’s!”

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DEPARTMENTS 46 Information 48 Staff/Etiquette 56 Dining Guide 60 Posh Dealz

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I WOULDN’T BE HERE WITHOUT GRADY. AN ATLANTA WITHOUT GRADY WOULD HAVE BEEN MY DEATH SENTENCE. I woke up one day in horrible pain. It turns out I had three large tumors and was rushed to the hospital, but they wouldn’t perform the surgery I needed. I went to other hospitals, but got turned down over and over. Then, one of the surgeons suggested Grady. They didn’t turn me away. Now I have a new dream: To be a Grady nurse, because I saw first-hand what that means. They treated me with dignity and respect. And Grady saved my life.

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Wowed by the

Energy A hectic day in the life of Alvin Ailey dancer Rachael McLaren.

By Hally Joseph | Photography by Andrew Eccles

Above, Right: Company members Rachael McLaren, Jacqueline Green and Glenn Allen Sims.

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hen Rachael McLaren was a little girl, everything about movement and dance attracted her. “I feel like I was dancing in the womb,” she says. “Before I even came out I feel like dancing was a part of who I was.” Fascinated with movement on screen, she often pressed up

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against the TV to watch figure skating and ballroom dance.

Now McLaren is the one being watched. As a performer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, she’s part of the 30-member company showcasing its high-energy modern dance here this week.

The Canadian-born McLaren dipped her shoes in gymnastics

leave the theater with rosy cheeks, they’re so exhilarated.”

While the feats onstage are impressive, the daily life of a touring Ailey dancer is no small accomplishment either.

and dance as a girl, then trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.

Eventually she moved to New York and attended The Ailey School.

There she progressed through the ranks, joining Ailey II – the company for rising young dancers – then making the leap to the main company in 2008.

The Ailey company is scheduled to dance across the country through May, and McLaren is ready for the ride. “A lot of people who have seen other dance companies, and have never seen our show, tell me that when they come for Alvin Ailey, they’re taken aback, wowed by the energy. It’s like they

STARTING THE DAY On a performance day, McLaren wakes up about 8 a.m. with yoga, coffee and steel-cut oatmeal. She travels with her own espresso maker and keeps in shape by taking classes at the gym, swimming and jogging.

She thought she’d hate jogging. “Who wants to just keep running? Why would you do that to yourself?” But a run through a hometown park in Manitoba got her hooked.

McLaren then goes to the theater for two-hour-long midday rehearsals, perfecting the pieces the company will perform all week. Though every theater is different, the dancers, she says, find comfort in the familiarity of their set and the stage beneath their oft-airborne feet.

“It takes a village to create something as seamless as a dance performance,” McLaren says.

“We have incredible designers, management and crew.”

When it comes to the theaters themselves, McLaren admits the Fox is a favorite. “It’s so outrageous!”

“It takes a village to create something as seamless as a dance performance”

CITY SIGHTS VS. HOTEL LIGHTS After rehearsal, Ailey dancers either explore the city or enjoy rare moments of down time at the hotel (the Georgian Terrace during the Atlanta gig). On a tight rehearsal-performance-rehearsal-performance schedule, they must shoehorn ATLANTA’S PERFORMING ARTS PUBLICATION

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Above: Members of the Company with Artistic Director Robert Battle and Associate Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya (center) and Rehearsal Director and Guest Artist Matthew Rushing (far left).

in any sightseeing without the convenience of cars.

More often than not, McLaren returns to the hotel to read, watch TV and talk on the phone. “I try to live as regular a life as I can,” she says. She loves rooms with kitchenettes and having the ability to cook her own meals. Since the company usually hits Atlanta near Valentine’s Day, the dancers traditionally throw a celebratory potluck.

TURNING ON AND TURNING IN About 6 p.m. the dancers warm up. At 7, they’re in hair and makeup. By 8, they’re onstage, often performing to sold-out houses.

“The dancers I work with are incredible athletes, and their bodies are insane,” McLaren says.

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“They’re capable of doing so many things and expressing themselves in so many ways. The audience leaves like, ‘Wow.’ They’re almost sweating like they were onstage with us. They leave feeling as if they were part of a dream.”

Post-show, dancers grab a bite to eat and a glass of wine before bathing and going to bed. It’s not unusual for audience members to spot them at a restaurant and offer congratulations. Since they travel together six to eight months a year, their dinner-table conversations are the stuff of families: some work talk but mostly life, love, friends, relatives, gossip, fears, dreams, complaints.

Atlanta audiences are a favorite, McLaren says. “The people really show up, and we really appreciate that.”

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Alvin Ailey, Founder Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita

Robert Battle, Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya, Associate Artistic Director COMPANY MEMBERS Hope Boykin Jeroboam Bozeman Sean A. Carmon Elisa Clark Sarah Daley Ghrai DeVore Antonio Douthit-Boyd Kirven Douthit-Boyd Renaldo Gardner Vernard J. Gilmore

Jacqueline Green Daniel Harder Demetia Hopkins Megan Jakel Yannick Lebrun Alicia Graf Mack Michael Francis McBride Rachael McLaren Akua Noni Parker Belen Pereyra

Jamar Roberts Samuel Lee Roberts Kelly Robotham Kanji Segawa Glenn Allen Sims Linda Celeste Sims Jermaine Terry Fana Tesfagiorgis Marcus Jarrell Willis

Matthew Rushing, Rehearsal Director and Guest Artist

Bennett Rink, Executive Director Made Possible By Bank of America

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PROGRAM THURSDAY, FEBURARY 13, 2014, at 8:00pm LIFT

(2013) Choreography by Aszure Barton Choreographic Assistance: Jonathan Emanuell Alsberry with William Briscoe Original music by Curtis Macdonald Costumes by Fritz Masten Lighting by Burke Brown The Company Support for this world premiere has been provided by The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey - Sara & Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund and Michele & Timothy Barakett.

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D-MAN IN THE WATERS (Part I)

(1989, Ailey premiere 2013) Choreography by Bill T. Jones Restaged by Janet Wong Music by Felix Mendelssohn Costumes by Liz Prince Costumes re-created for Ailey by Jon Taylor Lighting by Robert Wierzel “In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy.”

– Jenny Holzer Hope Boykin, Antonio Douthit-Boyd,Vernard J. Gilmore, Alicia Graf Mack, Michael Francis McBride, Rachael McLaren, Belen Pereyra, Jamar Roberts, Glenn Allen Sims This dance is dedicated to Demian Acquavella Major support for this Company premiere has been provided by American Express.

Support for this Company premiere has also been provided by Tracy E. Poole.

The first movement of D-Man In The Waters was commissioned by the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble and was made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.

Presented under license from New York Live Arts, Inc. Music by Felix Mendelssohn, String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20. Performed by The Guarneri String Quartet with The Orion String Quartet. Arabesque Recordings © 1998.

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PROGRAM REVELATIONS

(1960) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch

I Been ’Buked

PILGRIM OF SORROW

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel

The Company

Marcus Jarrell Willis, Hope Boykin, Jacqueline Green

Music arranged by James Miller+

Akua Noni Parker, Glenn Allen Sims

Fix Me, Jesus

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER

Processional/Honor, Honor

Michael Francis McBride, Megan Jakel, Marcus Jarrell Willis, Jermaine Terry

Wade in the Water

Linda Celeste Sims, Matthew Rushing^, Alicia Graf Mack

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition by Ella Jenkins

I Wanna Be Ready

Vernard J. Gilmore

Music arranged by James Miller+

Sinner Man

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Jeroboam Bozeman, Yannick Lebrun, Kirven Douthit-Boyd

The Day is Past and Gone

The Company

You May Run On

The Company

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham

The Company

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

^ Guest Artist

* Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife Barbara and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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PROGRAM

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014, at 8:00 p.m.

NIGHT CREATURE

(1974) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Restaged by Masazumi Chaya Music by Duke Ellington Costumes by Jane Greenwood; Recreated by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Chenault Spence “Night creatures, unlike stars, do not come OUT at night – they come ON, each thinking that before the night is out he or she will be the star.”

— Duke Ellington Movement 1 Linda Celeste Sims, Vernard J. Gilmore & The Company Movement 2 Linda Celeste Sims, Yannick Lebrun, Kelly Robotham, Elisa Clark, Belen Pereyra, Ghrai DeVore, Demetia Hopkins, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Sean A. Carmon, Jeroboam Bozeman, Renaldo Gardner, Kanji Segawa, Daniel Harder, Jermaine Terry Movement 3 Linda Celeste Sims, Vernard J. Gilmore & The Company This production was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Ford Foundation and with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Fabric dyeing of costumes by Elissa Tatigikis Iberti.

“Night Creature” used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

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PAS DE DUKE

(1976) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Restaged by Masazumi Chaya Music by Duke Ellington Costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian Lighting by Chenault Spence Alicia Graf Mack, Antonio Douthit-Boyd Support for this new production has been provided by The Ellen Jewett & Richard L. Kauffman New Works Endowment Fund and Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach.

The original Ailey production was made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, and by a grant from the Ford Foundation.

Generous support for this production was received from Laren and Jesse Brill.

“Such Sweet Thunder” (1957), “Sonnet to Hank Cinq” (1957), “Clothed Woman” (1948), and “Old Man’s Blues” (1930). Used with the permission of Tempo Music, Inc., Mercer Ellington Publishing, and G. Schirmer Inc.

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PROGRAM THE RIVER

(1970, Ailey premiere 1976) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Restaged by Masazumi Chaya Music by Duke Ellington Original music coordination by Martha Johnson Costumes by A. Christina Giannini Lighting by Chenault Spence “...of birth...of the well spring of life...of reaffirmation...of the heavenly anticipation of rebirth...”

— Duke Ellington SPRING Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Kelly Robotham, Belen Pereyra, Ghrai DeVore, Elisa Clark, Sarah Daley, Demetia Hopkins, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Daniel Harder, Renaldo Gardner, Samuel Lee Roberts, Michael Francis McBride, Sean A. Carmon, Jermaine Terry, Jeroboam Bozeman MEANDER Akua Noni Parker, Yannick Lebrun, Jermaine Terry GIGGLING RAPIDS Rachael McLaren, Kirven Douthit-Boyd LAKE Linda Celeste Sims, Glenn Allen Sims & Company FALLS Yannick Lebrun, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Vernard J. Gilmore, Kirven Douthit-Boyd VORTEX Megan Jakel RIBA (MAINSTREAM) Michael Francis McBride & Company TWIN CITIES Alicia Graf Mack, Jamar Roberts & Company Support for this new production has been provided by Denise R. Sobel and The Jaharis Family Foundation.

The original Ailey production was made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, and by a grant from The Ford Foundation.

Music used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

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PROGRAM REVELATIONS

(1960) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch

I Been ’Buked

PILGRIM OF SORROW

The Company

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel

Samuel Lee Roberts, Elisa Clark, Fana Tesfagiorgis

Music arranged by James Miller+

Akua Noni Parker, Yannick Lebrun

Fix Me, Jesus

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER

Processional/Honor, Honor

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Wade in the Water

Kanji Segawa, Kelly Robotham, Marcus Jarrell Willis, Jeroboam Bozeman Belen Pereyra, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Alicia Graf Mack

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition by Ella Jenkins

Jamar Roberts

I Wanna Be Ready

Music arranged by James Miller+

Sinner Man

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Jeroboam Bozeman, Sean A. Carmon, Michael Francis McBride

The Day is Past and Gone

The Company

You May Run On

The Company

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham

The Company

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

* Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife Barbara and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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PROGRAM

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014, at 2:00 p.m.

NIGHT CREATURE

(1974) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Restaged by Masazumi Chaya Music by Duke Ellington Costumes by Jane Greenwood; Recreated by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Chenault Spence “Night creatures, unlike stars, do not come OUT at night – they come ON, each thinking — Duke Ellington that before the night is out he or she will be the star.”

Movement 1 Hope Boykin, Vernard J. Gilmore & The Company Movement 2 Hope Boykin, Glenn Allen Sims, Kelly Robotham, Elisa Clark, Belen Pereyra, Ghrai DeVore, Demetia Hopkins, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Yannick Lebrun, Jeroboam Bozeman, Renaldo Gardner, Kanji Segawa, Daniel Harder, Jermaine Terry Movement 3 Hope Boykin, Vernard J. Gilmore & The Company This production was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Ford Foundation and with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Fabric dyeing of costumes by Elissa Tatigikis Iberti.

“Night Creature” used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

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PAS DE DUKE

(1976) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Restaged by Masazumi Chaya Music by Duke Ellington Costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian Lighting by Chenault Spence Jacqueline Green, Sean A. Carmon Support for this new production has been provided by The Ellen Jewett & Richard L. Kauffman New Works Endowment Fund and Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach.

The original Ailey production was made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, and by a grant from the Ford Foundation.

Generous support for this production was received from Laren and Jesse Brill.

“Such Sweet Thunder” (1957), “Sonnet to Hank Cinq” (1957), “Clothed Woman” (1948), and “Old Man’s Blues” (1930). Used with the permission of Tempo Music, Inc., Mercer Ellington Publishing, and G. Schirmer Inc.

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Rafal Blechacz,

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PROGRAM: Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Sonata in D major, K.576; Ludwig van BEETHOVEN “Pathétique” Sonata in C minor, Op. 13; Frederic CHOPIN Nocturne in A-flat major, Op. 32; Polonaises, Op. 40; Mazurkas, Op. 63; Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39

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PROGRAM

THE RIVER

(1970, Ailey premiere 1976) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Restaged by Masazumi Chaya Music by Duke Ellington Original music coordination by Martha Johnson Costumes by A. Christina Giannini Lighting by Chenault Spence “...of birth...of the well spring of life...of reaffirmation...of the heavenly anticipation of rebirth...”

— Duke Ellington SPRING Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Kelly Robotham, Belen Pereyra, Ghrai DeVore, Elisa Clark, Sarah Daley, Demetia Hopkins, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Daniel Harder, Renaldo Gardner, Samuel Lee Roberts, Michael Francis McBride, Sean A. Carmon, Jermaine Terry, Jeroboam Bozeman MEANDER Jacqueline Green, Sean A. Carmon, Marcus Jarrell Willis GIGGLING RAPIDS Kelly Robotham, Michael Francis McBride LAKE Rachael McLaren, Vernard J. Gilmore & Company FALLS Jeroboam Bozeman, Sean A. Carmon, Daniel Harder, Renaldo Gardner VORTEX Demetia Hopkins RIBA (MAINSTREAM) Daniel Harder & Company TWIN CITIES Elisa Clark, Kirven Douthit-Boyd & Company Support for this new production has been provided by Denise R. Sobel and The Jaharis Family Foundation.

The original Ailey production was made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, and by a grant from The Ford Foundation.

Music used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

- INTERMISSION -

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PROGRAM REVELATIONS

(1960) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch

I Been ’Buked

PILGRIM OF SORROW

The Company

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel

Kanji Segawa, Elisa Clark, Fana Tesfagiorgis

Music arranged by James Miller+

Ghrai DeVore, Marcus Jarrell Willis

Fix Me, Jesus

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER

Processional/Honor, Honor

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Kanji Segawa, Kelly Robotham, Jeroboam Bozeman, Jermaine Terry

Wade in the Water

Belen Pereyra, Renaldo Gardner, Akua Noni Parker

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition by Ella Jenkins

Michael Francis McBride

I Wanna Be Ready

Music arranged by James Miller+

Sinner Man

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Daniel Harder, Jermaine Terry, Samuel Lee Roberts

The Day is Past and Gone

The Company

You May Run On

The Company

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham

The Company

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

* Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife Barbara and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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PROGRAM

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014, at 8:00 p.m.

FOUR CORNERS

(2013) Choreography by Ronald K. Brown Assistant to the Choreographer: Arcell Cabuag Music by Carl Hancock Rux and Various Artists Costumes by Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya Lighting by Al Crawford Linda Celeste Sims, Belen Pereyra, Matthew Rushing*, Glenn Allen Sims, Demetia Hopkins, Hope Boykin, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Jacqueline Green, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Daniel Harder, Michael Francis McBride * Guest Artist “Shadow Interlude,” lyrics and music by Carl Hancock Rux. Co-written by Vinicius Cantuaria. © Carl Hancock Rux, Vinicius Cantuaria. Published by Manrux Music (BMI), Tucuma Publishing (BMI). Produced by Stewart Lerman and Carl Hancock Rux. “Lamentations” music and lyrics by Carl Hancock Rux, music contribution

by Ron Trent. Published by Manrux Music (BMI), Ron Trent Music (ASCAP). Produced by Stewart Lerman and Carl Hancock Rux. “Volunteered Slavery” by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. “Da Na Ma” and “Da Na Ma (Manoo Remix)” by Yacoub.

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STRANGE HUMORS

(1998, Ailey premiere 2012) Choreography by Robert Battle Music by John Mackey Costumes by Missoni Costumes reconstructed by Jon Taylor Lighting by Burke Wilmore Jermaine Terry, Yannick Lebrun Support for this Company production was provided by The Ellen Jewett and Richard L. Kauffman New Works Endowment Fund and Daria L. Wallach.

“Strange Humors” original score by John Mackey.

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MINUS 16

(1999, Ailey premiere 2011) Choreography by Ohad Naharin Restaged by Danielle Agami Music by Various Artists Costumes by Ohad Naharin Lighting by Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi)

Celebrating Mari Kajiwara (1951–2001) Ailey company member (1970–84) and late wife of Ohad Naharin Samuel Lee Roberts, Demetia Hopkins, Megan Jakel, Jeroboam Bozeman, Alicia Graf Mack, Hope Boykin, Vernard J. Gilmore, Glenn Allen Sims, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Sarah Daley, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Yannick Lebrun, Kelly Robotham, Akua Noni Parker, Renaldo Gardner, Michael Francis McBride, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Ghrai DeVore, Elisa Clark, Jermaine Terry Leadership support for this production was provided, in part, by American Express.

Generous support was also provided by NJPAC Alternate Routes.

Minus 16 is based on excerpts from Mabul (1992), Anaphaza (1993), Zachacha (1998), and Three (2005). The duet set to Nisi Dominus, R.608 – IV. Cum dederit (Andante) by Vivaldi was originally created for Mari Kajiwara.

“It Must Be True” performed by The John Buzon Trio. Written by Gus Arnheim, Harry Barris, and Gordon Clifford. Used by permission with EMI Mills Music Inc. “Hava Nagila” © 1963, ren. 1991 Surf Beat Music. All rights reserved. Written and arranged by Dick Dale under license from Surf Beat Music (ASCAP). “Echad Mi Yode’a” lyrics and music traditional. Arranged by The Tractor’s Revenge (Green, Belleli, Leibovitch). Published

by The Tractor’s Revenge (Green, Belleli, Leibovitch). Nisi Dominus, R.608 – IV. Cum dederit (Andante) by Vivaldi performed by James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music, and Christopher Hogwood. “Over The Rainbow” by E.Y. ‘YIP’ Harburg and Harold Arlen. Used by permission of EMI Feist Catalog Inc. One Hundred Percent (100%) ASCAP. “Hooray For Hollywood” (Richard Whiting and Johnny Mercer) © 1937 (Renewed) WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) All rights reserved. Used by permission. Written by John Mercer and Richard Whiting.

Used by permission with Warner/Chappell Music. “Sway” by Pablo Beltran Ruiz, Luis Demetrio, Traconis Molina, and Norman Gimbel; Words West LLC d/b/a Butterfield Music (BMI). All rights reserved.

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REVELATIONS

(1960) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch

I Been ’Buked

PILGRIM OF SORROW

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel

The Company

Michael Francis McBride, Hope Boykin, Jacqueline Green

Music arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus

Linda Celeste Sims, Glenn Allen Sims

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER

Processional/Honor, Honor

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Wade in the Water

Daniel Harder, Megan Jakel, Jeroboam Bozeman, Marcus Jarrell Willis Rachael McLaren, Matthew Rushing^, Alicia Graf Mack

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition by Ella Jenkins

I Wanna Be Ready

Vernard J. Gilmore

Music arranged by James Miller+

Sinner Man

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Marcus Jarrell Willis, Yannick Lebrun, Renaldo Gardner

The Day is Past and Gone

The Company

You May Run On

The Company

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham

The Company

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

^ Guest Artist * Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife Barbara and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2014, at 3:00 p.m.

LIFT

(2013) Choreography by Aszure Barton Choreographic Assistance: Jonathan Emanuell Alsberry with William Briscoe Original music by Curtis Macdonald Costumes by Fritz Masten Lighting by Burke Brown The Company Support for this world premiere has been provided by The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey - Sara & Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund and Michele & Timothy Barakett.

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D-MAN IN THE WATERS (Part I)

(1989, Ailey premiere 2013) Choreography by Bill T. Jones Restaged by Janet Wong Music by Felix Mendelssohn Costumes by Liz Prince Costumes re-created for Ailey by Jon Taylor Lighting by Robert Wierzel “In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy.”

– Jenny Holzer Hope Boykin, Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Vernard J. Gilmore, Alicia Graf Mack, Michael Francis McBride, Rachael McLaren, Belen Pereyra, Jamar Roberts, Glenn Allen Sims This dance is dedicated to Demian Acquavella Major support for this Company premiere has been provided by American Express.

Support for this Company premiere has also been provided by Tracy E. Poole.

The first movement of D-Man In The Waters was commissioned by the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble and was made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.

Presented under license from New York Live Arts, Inc. Music by Felix Mendelssohn, String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20. Performed by The Guarneri String Quartet with The Orion String Quartet. Arabesque Recordings © 1998.

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PROGRAM REVELATIONS

(1960) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch

I Been ’Buked

PILGRIM OF SORROW

The Company

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel

Jeroboam Bozeman, Megan Jakel, Fana Tesfagiorgis

Music arranged by James Miller+

Ghrai DeVore, Jermaine Terry

Fix Me, Jesus

Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER

Processional/Honor, Honor

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Wade in the Water

Daniel Harder, Kelly Robotham, Sean A. Carmon, Samuel Lee Roberts Demetia Hopkins, Renaldo Gardner, Akua Noni Parker

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition by Ella Jenkins

Marcus Jarrell Willis

I Wanna Be Ready

Music arranged by James Miller+

Sinner Man

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Jeroboam Bozeman, Sean A. Carmon, Kanji Segawa

The Day is Past and Gone

The Company

You May Run On

The Company

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham

The Company

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

* Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife Barbara and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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ALL ABOUT AILEY Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater grew from a now-fabled performance in March 1958 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Led by Alvin Ailey and a group of young AfricanAmerican modern dancers, that performance changed forever the perception of American dance. The Ailey company has gone on to perform for an estimated 25 million people at theaters in 48 states and 71 countries on six continents—as well as millions more through television broadcasts. In 2008 a U.S. Congressional resolution designated the Company as “a vital American cultural ambassador to the world” that celebrates the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dance heritage. When Mr. Ailey began creating dances, he drew upon his “blood memories” of Texas, the blues, spirituals, and gospel as inspiration, which resulted in the creation of his most popular and critically acclaimed work, Revelations.

Although he created 79 ballets over his lifetime, Mr. Ailey maintained that his company was not exclusively a repository for his own work. Today, the Company continues Mr. Ailey’s mission by presenting important works of the past and commissioning new ones.

In all, more than 235 works by more than 90 choreographers have been part of the Ailey company’s repertory. Before his untimely death in 1989, Alvin Ailey named Judith Jamison as his successor, and over the next 21 years she brought the Company to unprecedented success. Ms. Jamison, in turn, personally selected Robert Battle to succeed her in 2011, and The New York Times declared he “has injected the company with new life.”

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater gratefully acknowledges The Joan & Sandy Weill Global Ambassador Fund, which provides vital support for Ailey’s national and international tours.

ROBERT BATTLE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert Battle became artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in July 2011 after being personally selected

by Judith Jamison, making him only the third person to head the Company since it was founded in 1958. Mr. Battle has a long-standing association with the Ailey organization. A frequent choreographer and artist-in-residence at Ailey since 1999, he has set many of his works on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, and at The Ailey School. The Company’s current repertory includes his ballets In/Side and Strange Humors. In addition to expanding the Ailey repertory with works by artists as diverse as Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Ronald K. Brown, Garth Fagan, Bill T. Jones, Jiří Kylián, Wayne McGregor, Ohad Naharin, and Paul Taylor, Mr. Battle has also instituted the New Directions Choreography Lab to help develop the next generation of choreographers. Mr.

Battle’s journey to the top of the modern dance world began in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida. He showed artistic talent early and studied dance at a high school arts magnet program before moving on to Miami’s New World School of the Arts, under the direction of Daniel Lewis and Gerri Houlihan, and finally to the dance program at The Juilliard School, under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy, where he met his mentor, Carolyn Adams.

He danced with the Parsons Dance Company from 1994 to 2001, and also set his choreography on that company starting in 1998. Mr. Battle then founded his own Battleworks Dance Company, which made its debut in 2002 in Düsseldorf, Germany, as the U.S. representative to the World Dance Alliance’s Global Assembly.

Battleworks subsequently performed extensively at venues, venues, including The Joyce Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, American Dance Festival, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Mr. Battle was honored as ATLANTA’S PERFORMING ARTS PUBLICATION 33 15

BIOS one of the “Masters of African-American Choreography” by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2005, and he received the prestigious Statue Award from the Princess Grace Foundation-USA in 2007. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and has addressed a number of high-profile organizations, including the United Nations Leaders Programme and the UNICEF Senior Leadership Development Programme.

MASAZUMI CHAYA, ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Masazumi Chaya was born in Fukuoka, Japan, where he began his classical ballet training. Upon moving to New York in December 1970, he studied modern dance and performed with the Richard Englund Repertory Company. Mr. Chaya joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1972 and performed with the Company for 15 years. In 1988, he became the Company’s rehearsal director after serving as assistant rehearsal director for two years. A master teacher both on tour with the Company and in his native Japan, he served as choreographic assistant to Alvin Ailey and John Butler. In 1991, Mr. Chaya was named associate artistic director of the Company. He continues to provide invaluable creative assistance in all facets of its operations. Mr. Chaya has restaged numerous ballets by Alvin Ailey, including Flowers for the State Ballet of Missouri (1990) and The River for the Royal Swedish Ballet (1993), Ballet Florida (1995), National Ballet of Prague (1995), Pennsylvania Ballet (1996), and Colorado Ballet (1998). He has also restaged The Mooche, The Stack-Up, Episodes, Bad Blood, Hidden Rites, and Witness for the Company. At the beginning of his tenure as associate artistic director, Mr. Chaya restaged Ailey’s For ‘Bird’ - With Love for a Dance in America program entitled Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Steps Ahead. In 2000, he restaged Ailey’s Night Creature for the Rome Opera House and The River for La Scala Ballet. In 2002, Mr. Chaya coordinated the Company’s appearance at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, 34 16 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

broadcast on NBC. In 2003, he restaged The River for North Carolina Dance Theatre and for Julio Bocca’s Ballet Argentina. Most recently, Mr. Chaya restaged Pas de Duke, The River, Streams, Urban Folk Dance, and Vespers for the Company. As a performer, Mr. Chaya appeared on Japanese television in both dramatic and musical productions.

He wishes to recognize the artistic contribution and spirit of his late friend and fellow artist, Michihiko Oka. ALVIN AILEY, FOUNDER Alvin Ailey was born on January 5, 1931, in Rogers, Texas. His experiences of life in the rural South would later inspire some of his most memorable works. He was introduced to dance in Los Angeles by performances of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, and his formal dance training began with an introduction to Lester Horton’s classes by his friend Carmen de Lavallade. Horton, the founder of one of the first raciallyintegrated dance companies in the United States, became a mentor for Mr. Ailey as he embarked on his professional career. After Horton’s death in 1953, Mr. Ailey became director of the Lester Horton Dance Theater and began to choreograph his own works.

In the 1950s and 60s, Mr. Ailey performed in four Broadway shows, including House of Flowers and Jamaica. In 1958, he founded Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to carry out his vision of a company dedicated to enriching the American modern dance heritage and preserving the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience. He established the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (now The Ailey School) in 1969 and formed the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble (now Ailey II) in 1974. Mr. Ailey was a pioneer of programs promoting arts in education, particularly those benefiting underserved communities. Throughout his lifetime he was awarded numerous distinctions, including the Kennedy Center Honor in 1988 in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to American culture. When Mr. Ailey died on December 1, 1989, The New York Times

BIOS said of him, “you didn’t need to have known [him] personally to have been touched by his humanity, enthusiasm, and exuberance and his courageous stand for multi-racial brotherhood.”

JUDITH JAMISON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EMERITA

her idea of a permanent home for the Ailey company was realized and named after beloved Chairman Joan Weill. Ms. Jamison continues to dedicate herself to asserting the prominence of the arts in our culture and she remains committed to promoting the significance of the Ailey legacy—using dance as a medium for honoring the past, celebrating the present, and fearlessly reaching into the future.

Judith Jamison joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965 and quickly became an international star. Over the next 15 years, Mr. Ailey created some of his most enduring roles for her, most notably the tour-deforce solo Cry. During the 1970s and 80s, she appeared as a guest artist with ballet companies all over the world, starred in the hit Broadway musical Sophisticated Ladies, and formed her own company, The Jamison Project. She returned to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1989 when Mr. Ailey asked her to succeed him as artistic director. In the 21 years that followed, she brought the Company to unprecedented heights—including two historic engagements in South Africa and a 50-city global tour to celebrate the Company’s 50th anniversary.

Ms. Jamison is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, among them a prime time Emmy Award, an American Choreography Award, the Kennedy Center Honor, a National Medal of Arts, a Bessie Award, the Phoenix Award, and the Handel Medallion. She was also listed in “The TIME 100: The World’s Most Influential People” and honored by First Lady Michelle Obama at the first White House Dance Series event. This year, she became the 50th inductee into the Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Dance. As a highly regarded choreographer, Ms. Jamison has created many celebrated works, including Divining (1984), Forgotten Time (1989), Hymn (1993), HERE…NOW. (commissioned for the 2002 Cultural Olympiad), Love Stories (with additional choreography by Robert Battle and Rennie Harris, 2004), and Among Us (Private Spaces: Public Places) (2009).

Ms. Jamison’s autobiography, Dancing Spirit, was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and published in 1993. In 2004, under Ms. Jamison’s artistic directorship,

ASZURE BARTON, an award-winning Canadian choreographer based in New York City, is the founder and artistic director of Aszure Barton & Artists, a collective of visual, sound, and performing artists.

She has choreographed works for Mikhail

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MATTHEW RUSHING, REHEARSAL DIRECTOR AND GUEST ARTIST Matthew Rushing was born in Los Angeles, California. He began his dance training with Kashmir Blake in Inglewood, California, and later continued his training at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.

He is the recipient of a Spotlight Award and Dance Magazine Award and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. He was a scholarship student at The Ailey School and later became a member of Ailey II, where he danced for a year. During his career, Mr. Rushing has performed as a guest artist for galas in Vail, Colorado, as well as in Austria, Canada, France, Italy, and Russia. He has performed for Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, as well as at the 2010 White House Dance Series. During his time with the Company, he has choreographed two ballets: Acceptance In Surrender (2005), a collaboration with Hope Boykin and AbdurRahim Jackson, and Uptown (2009), a tribute to the Harlem Renaissance. In 2012, he created Moan, which was set on Philadanco and premiered at The Joyce Theater. Mr. Rushing joined the Company in 1992 and became rehearsal director in June 2010.

CHOREOGRAPHERS AND COMPOSERS

BIOS Baryshnikov, Ekaterina Shipulina/Bolshoi Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Houston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, among many others. She choreographed the Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, directed by Scott Elliott (translation: Wallace Shawn, starring Alan Cumming, Cyndi Lauper, Nellie Mackay, and Ana Gasteyer). She has been an artistin-residence at The Baryshnikov Arts Center and The Banff Centre in Canada. Ms. Barton was proclaimed the official ambassador of contemporary choreography in Alberta, and most recently she was honored with the Koerner Award for Choreography as well as Canada’s prestigious Arts & Letters Award.

Her work continues to tour internationally.

Visit: aszurebarton.com RONALD K. BROWN founded Evidence, A Dance Company in 1985 and is the company’s artistic director. Mr. Brown has also set works on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, Cleo Parker Robinson Ensemble, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Jennifer Muller/The Works, Philadanco, Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago, and Ballet Hispanico. He choreographed Regina Taylor’s play Crowns and won an AUDELCO Award for his work on that production. Mr. Brown has received a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie), two Black Theater Alliance Awards, and a Fred and Adele Astaire Award for his choreography on Broadway for the Tony Award–winning The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

Mr. Brown has received the John Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Choreographers Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, United States Artists Rose Fellowship, and The Ailey Apex Award for teaching. Mr. Brown is a member of Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.

BILL T. JONES is the recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors; a 2010 Tony Award for Best Choreography of the critically acclaimed FELA!; a 2007 Tony Award, 2007 Obie Award, and 2006 Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Callaway Award for his choreography for Spring 18 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

Awakening; the 2010 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award; the 2007 USA Eileen Harris Norton Fellowship; the 2006 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreography for The Seven; the 2005 Wexner Prize; the 2005 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement; the 2005 Harlem Renaissance Award; the 2003 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize; and the 1994 MacArthur “Genius” Award. In 2000, the Dance Heritage Coalition named Mr. Jones an “Irreplaceable Dance Treasure.” He choreographed and performed worldwide with his late partner, Arnie Zane, before forming the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1982, for which he has created more than 140 works. In 2011, Mr. Jones was named executive artistic director of New York Live Arts.

JOHN MACKEY has received commissions from Parsons Dance Company, New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, Dallas Wind Symphony, Zzyzx Saxophone Quartet, the U.S. Air Force Band, and many others.

A frequent collaborator, he has worked with artists ranging from The Blue Devils Drum to conductor Marin Alsop, and from choreographer Robert Battle to the U.S. Olympic synchronized swim team. Mr. Mackey holds degrees from The Juilliard School and The Cleveland Institute of Music.

OHAD NAHARIN is one of the world’s preeminent contemporary choreographers and has been the recipient of several major awards. Born in 1952 in Kibbutz Mizra, Israel, Mr. Naharin trained at Batsheva Dance Company, The School of American Ballet, The Juilliard School, and Maurice Béjart’s Ballet du XXe Siècle in Brussels, among others. After living in New York from 1978–90, he returned to Israel in 1990 when he was appointed artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company. Mr. Naharin has since choreographed more than 20 works exclusively for Batsheva, and he has restaged many of those works for companies around the world. He has also pioneered “Gaga,” a movement language that emphasizes exploration of sensation with improvisational techniques.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY HOPE BOYKIN (Durham, NC) is a threetime recipient of the American Dance Festival’s Young Tuition Scholarship. She attended Howard University and, while in Washington, D.C., she performed with Lloyd Whitmore’s New World Dance Company.

Ms. Boykin was a student and intern at The Ailey School. She was assistant to the late Talley Beatty and an original member of Complexions. Ms. Boykin was a member of Philadanco and received a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie). In 2005, Ms. Boykin choreographed Acceptance in Surrender in collaboration with AbdurRahim Jackson and Matthew Rushing for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Most recently she choreographed Go in Grace with award-winning singing group Sweet Honey in the Rock for the Company’s 50th anniversary season. Ms. Boykin joined the Company in 2000.

JEROBOAM BOZEMAN (Brooklyn, NY) began his dance training under Ruth Sistaire at the Ronald Edmonds Learning Center. He later joined Creative Outlet, under Jamel Gaines, and was granted full scholarships at the Joffrey Ballet School and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Mr. Bozeman is a goldmedal recipient of the NAACP ACT-SO Competition in Dance. He performed in Elton John and Tim Rice’s Broadway musical Aida (international tour in China) and was a part of Philadanco, Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater, and Ailey II. This is Mr. Bozeman’s first year with the Company.

SEAN A. CARMON (Beaumont, TX) attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and later graduated from the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program in Dance in 2010. As a college senior he was a member of Elisa Monte Dance and subsequently originated the role of Phaedra in the 2010 Tony Award–winning revival of La Cage Aux Folles. Mr. Carmon also performed in the longest-running musical on Broadway, The Phantom of the Opera. He has appeared as a guest artist with the International Dance Association in Italy and with the Cape Dance Company in South Africa. Mr. Carmon joined the Company in 2011.

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ELISA CLARK (Brandywine, MD) received her early training from the Maryland Youth Ballet and earned her B.F.A. from The Juilliard School, under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy. She was a founding member of Robert Battle’s Battleworks Dance Company from 2001 to 2006, where she also served as company manager. In addition, Ms. Clark was a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, as well as a dancer at the Metropolitan Opera, where she worked with Crystal Pite, among others.

She has assisted Mr. Battle on several commissions, including Juba and Love Stories. As a teacher, Ms. Clark has been on faculty at the American Dance Festival, taught numerous master classes throughout the nation and abroad, and worked closely alongside Carolyn Adams. She is a 2008 Princess Grace Award winner. This is Ms. Clark’s first year with the Company.

SARAH DALEY (South Elgin, IL) began her training at the Faubourg School of Ballet in Illinois under the direction of Watmora Casey and Tatyana Mazur. She is a 2009 graduate of the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program in Dance. Ms. Daley has trained at institutions such as the Kirov Academy, National Ballet School of Canada, The San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and intensives at Ballet Camp Illinois and Ballet Adriatico in Italy. She is a recipient of a Youth America Grand Prix Award and an ARTS Foundation Award. She was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2011.

GHRAI DeVORE (Washington, D.C.) began her formal dance training at the Chicago Multicultural Dance Center and was a scholarship student at The Ailey School.

She has completed summer programs at the Kirov Academy, Ballet Chicago, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Ms. DeVore was a member of Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater 2, Hubbard Street 2, Dance Works Chicago, and Ailey II. She is a recipient of the Danish Queen Ingrid Scholarship of Honor and the Dizzy Feet Foundation Scholarship, and she was a 2010 nominee for the first ATLANTA’S PERFORMING ARTS PUBLICATION 19

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BIOS annual Clive Barnes Award. Ms. DeVore joined the Company in 2010.

ANTONIO DOUTHIT-BOYD (St. Louis, MO) began his dance training at age 16 at the Center of Contemporary Arts under the direction of Lee Nolting and at the Alexandra School of Ballet. He also trained at North Carolina School of the Arts, the Joffrey Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem School. Mr. Douthit-Boyd became a member of Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1999 and appeared in featured roles in the ballets South African Suite, Dougla, Concerto in F, Return, and Dwight Rhoden’s Twist. He was promoted to soloist in 2003. He also performed with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Mr. Douthit-Boyd joined the Company in 2004.

KIRVEN DOUTHIT-BOYD (Boston, MA) began his formal dance training at the Boston Arts Academy and joined Boston Youth Moves in 1999, under the direction of Jim Viera and Jeannette Neill. He also trained on scholarship at the Boston Conservatory and as a scholarship student at The Ailey School. Mr. Douthit-Boyd has danced with Battleworks Dance Company, Parsons Dance Company, and Ailey II. He performed at the White House Dance Series in 2010. Mr. Douthit-Boyd joined the Company in 2004.

RENALDO GARDNER (Gary, IN) began his dance training with Tony Simpson and is a graduate of Talent Unlimited High School.

He attended the Emerson School for Visual and Performing Arts and studied with Larry Brewer and Michael Davis. Mr. Gardner was a scholarship student at The Ailey School, has trained on scholarship at Ballet Chicago and Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and had an internship at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. In 2008, he received second place in modern dance from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and received the Dizzy Feet Foundation Scholarship in 2009.

In February 2012, Mr. Gardner was honored with the key to the city of Gary, Indiana, his hometown. He was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2011.

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VERNARD J. GILMORE (Chicago, IL) began dancing at Curie Performing and Creative Arts High School in Chicago and later studied at the Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theatre with Harriet Ross, Marquita Levy, and Emily Stein. He attended Barat College as a dance scholarship recipient and received first place in the all-city NAACP ACT-SO Competition in Dance in 1993. He studied as a scholarship student at The Ailey School and was a member of Ailey II. In 2010, he performed at the White House Dance Series. Mr. Gilmore is an active choreographer for the Ailey Dancers Resource Fund and has choreographed for Fire Island Dance Festival 2008 and Jazz Foundation of America Gala 2010; he also produced the Dance of Light Project in January 2010. Mr. Gilmore is a certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® instructor. He continues to teach workshops and master classes around the world. Mr. Gilmore joined the Company in 1997.

JACQUELINE GREEN (Baltimore, MD) began her dance training at the Baltimore School for the Arts under the direction of Norma Pera, Deborah Robinson, and Anton Wilson. She is a graduate of the Ailey/ Fordham B.F.A. Program in Dance. Ms. Green has attended summer programs at Pennsylvania Regional Ballet, Chautauqua Institution, Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.

She has performed works by a variety of choreographers, including Elisa Monte, Helen Pickett, Francesca Harper, Aszure Barton, Earl Mosley, and Michael Vernon.

Ms. Green was the recipient of the Martha Hill Fund’s Young Professional Award in 2009 and the Dizzy Feet Foundation Scholarship in 2010. She was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2011.

DANIEL HARDER (Bowie, MD) began dancing at Suitland High School’s Center for the Visual and Performing Arts in Maryland.

He is a graduate of the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program in Dance, where he was awarded the Jerome Robbins/Layton Foundation Scholarship. He participated in the Holland Dance Festival with The Ailey School and as

BIOS a member of the Francesca Harper Project.

After dancing in the European tour of West Side Story, Mr. Harder became a member of Ailey II. He joined the Company in 2010.

DEMETIA HOPKINS (Orange, VA) began her dance training at the Orange School of Performing Arts under the direction of her uncle Ricardo Porter and Heather Powell. She has studied at the National Youth Ballet of Virginia, Virginia School of the Arts, the Summer Dance International Course in Burgos, Spain, The Rock School, and Dance Theatre of Harlem School. Ms. Hopkins graduated with honors from the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program in Dance in 2009, and she was a recipient of a Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts in 2011.

Ms. Hopkins was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2010.

MEGAN JAKEL (Waterford, MI) trained in ballet and jazz in her hometown. As a senior in high school she spent a year dancing with the City Ballet of San Diego. In 2005, Ms. Jakel was an apprentice and rehearsal director for the Francesca Harper Project.

She graduated with honors in May 2007 from the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program in Dance. Ms. Jakel has performed works by choreographers David Parsons, Debbie Allen, Thaddeus Davis, Hans van Manen, and Dwight Rhoden. She was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2009.

ALICIA GRAF MACK (Columbia, MD) trained at Ballet Royale Institute of Maryland under Donna Pidel. Prior to dancing with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 2005 to 2008, Mrs. Mack was a principal dancer with Dance Theatre of Harlem and a member of Complexions. In addition to performing at several galas and festivals, she has been a guest performer with Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Andre 3000, Beyonce, and Alicia Keys. Mrs. Mack is the recipient of the Columbia University Medal of Excellence and Smithsonian magazine’s Young Innovator Award. She graduated magna cum laude with honors in history from Columbia University and received an M.A. in nonprofit management from Washington University in St. Louis. Mrs. Mack is the co-founder of Daisha and Alicia Graf Arts Collective, an initiative dedicated to enriching lives through the arts. She rejoined the Company in 2011.

MICHAEL FRANCIS McBRIDE (Johnson City, NY) began his training at the Danek School of Performing Arts and later trained at Amber Perkins School of the Arts in Norwich, New York. Mr. McBride attended Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts for two consecutive summers and was also assistant to Mr. Mosley when he set the piece Saddle UP! on the Company in 2007. In January 2012, Mr. McBride performed and taught as a guest artist with the JUNTOS Collective in Guatemala. Mr. McBride graduated magna YANNICK LEBRUN (Cayenne, French cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Guiana) began training in his native country Program in Dance in 2010 after he joined the at the Adaclam School, under the guidance Company in 2009. of Jeanine Verin. After graduating high school in 2004, he moved to New York City RACHAEL McLAREN (Manitoba, Canada) to study at The Ailey School as a scholarship began her formal dance training at the Royal student. Mr. Lebrun has performed works by Winnipeg Ballet School. After graduating choreographers Troy Powell, Debbie Allen, from high school she joined the Toronto Scott Rink, Thaddeus Davis, Nilas Martins, cast of Mamma Mia! Ms. McLaren moved Dwight Rhoden, and Francesca Harper. to New York City to study at The Ailey He was named one of Dance Magazine’s School as a scholarship student and later “25 to Watch” in 2011, and, in 2013, France- joined Ailey II. She has performed works by Amérique magazine highlighted him as Karole Armitage, Dwight Rhoden, Francesca one of the 50 most talented French in the Harper, and Nilas Martins. Ms. McLaren United States. Mr. Lebrun was a member of joined the Company in 2008.

Ailey II and joined the Company in 2008.

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BIOS AKUA NONI PARKER (Kinston, NC) began her ballet training at the age of three and moved to Wilmington, Delaware, at age 12 to continue her professional training at the Academy of the Dance. In 2000, she joined Dance Theatre of Harlem, where she danced lead roles in Agon, Giselle, and The Four Temperaments. Thereafter, she danced with Cincinnati Ballet and Ballet San Jose.

Ms. Parker joined the Company in 2008.

BELEN PEREYRA (Lawrence, MA) began her formal dance training at the Boston Arts Academy, where she graduated as valedictorian. She was also a member of Origination Cultural Arts Center in Boston. Upon moving to New York City, Ms. Pereyra was closely mentored by Earl Mosley and danced with Camille A. Brown & Dancers for three years, during which time she performed at The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and Dancers Responding to AIDS’ annual events, Dance from the Heart and The Fire Island Dance Festival. Ms. Pereyra was an apprentice for Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company, and has performed with Lula Washington Dance Theater, Nathan Trice, and Roger C. Jeffrey. She assisted Matthew Rushing with his ballet Uptown for the Ailey company in 2009. Ms. Pereyra joined the Company in 2011.

JAMAR ROBERTS (Miami, FL) graduated from the New World School of the Arts. He trained at the Dance Empire of Miami and as a scholarship student at The Ailey School.

Mr. Roberts was a member of Ailey II and Complexions. He first joined the Company in 2002.

SAMUEL LEE ROBERTS (Quakertown, PA) began his dance training under the direction of Kathleen Johnston and attended The Juilliard School. He performed in the first international show of Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Mexico City and danced with the New York cast from 1999–2004.

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member of Battleworks Dance Company.

In May 2006, Mr. Roberts was named Dance Magazine’s “On the Rise” dancer. He performed several roles in Julie Taymor’s film Across the Universe and the original opera Grendel. Mr. Roberts joined the Company in 2009.

KELLY ROBOTHAM (New York, NY) is a graduate of New World School of the Arts and trained as a scholarship student at The Ailey School and the Dance Theatre of Harlem School. She is also a graduate of The Juilliard School, where she studied under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes and worked with Robert Battle. Ms. Robotham has also performed works by José Limón, Martha Graham, Mark Morris, and Jerome Robbins. In 2009, she was selected from The Juilliard Dance Division to participate in a cultural exchange tour to Costa Rica and soon after became an apprentice with River North Chicago Dance Company. Ms. Robotham was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2011.

KANJI SEGAWA (Kanagawa, Japan) began his modern dance training with his mother, Erika Akoh, and studied ballet with Kan and Ju Horiuchi at Unique Ballet Theatre in Tokyo. In 1997, Mr. Segawa came to the United States under the Japanese Government Artist Fellowship to train at The Ailey School. Mr. Segawa was a member of Ailey II from 2000–02 and Robert Battle’s Battleworks Dance Company from 2002–10.

He worked extensively with choreographer Mark Morris from 2004–11, repeatedly appearing in Mr. Morris’ various productions, including as a principal dancer in John Adams’ Nixon in China at The Metropolitan Opera. He has also worked with Aszure Barton’s Aszure and Artists, Jessica Lang Dance, Earl Mosley, Jennifer Muller/The Works, and Igal Perry. Mr. Segawa joined the Company in 2011.

GLENN ALLEN SIMS (Long Branch, NJ) began his classical dance training at the Academy of Dance Arts in Red Bank, New Jersey. He attended The Juilliard School under the artistic guidance of Benjamin

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BIOS Harkarvy. In 2004, Mr. Sims was the youngest person to be inducted into the Long Branch High School’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. He has been seen in several network television programs, including BET Honors, Dancing with the Stars, The Today Show, and So You Think You Can Dance. In 2010, Mr. Sims taught as a master teacher in Ravenna, Italy, for Dance Up Ravenna, sponsored by the International Dance Association, and performed in the White House Dance Series. He has performed for the king of Morocco and is a certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® instructor. In 2011, Mr. Sims wrote a featured guest blog for Dance Magazine. Recently, he became a certified pilates mat trainer. Mr. Sims joined the Company in 1997.

LINDA CELESTE SIMS (Bronx, NY) began her dance training at Ballet Hispanico School of Dance and is a graduate of LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts. In 1994, Ms. Sims was granted an award by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She was highlighted in the “Best of 2009” list in Dance Magazine and has performed as a guest star on So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, and The Today Show. She has also made guest appearances at the White House Dance Series, Youth America Grand Prix, Vail International Dance Festival, and galas in Budapest and Vienna. Ms. Sims joined the Company in 1996.

She began training at Ballet Madison and Inter-lochen Arts Academy High School.

Ms. Tesfagiorgis also trained at summer and winter intensives at Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Professionally, she has danced with Ailey II, Brian Harlan Brooks’ Continuum, Alenka Cizmesja’s Art DeConstructed, Dance Iquail, Freddie Moore’s Footprints, and Samuel Pott’s Nimbus Dance Works. Ms. Tesfagiorgis has been a rehearsal assistant for Hope Boykin, Earl Mosley, Pedro Ruiz, Matthew Rushing, and Sylvia Waters. This is her first year with the Company.

MARCUS JARRELL WILLIS (Houston, TX) began his formal training at the Johnston Performing Arts Middle School, the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and Discovery Dance Group in Houston, Texas. At age 16, he moved to New York City and studied at The Ailey School as a scholarship student. Mr. Willis is a recipient of a Level 1 ARTS Award given by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and has received scholarships to many schools, including The Juilliard School.

He was a member of Ailey II and also worked with Pascal Rioult Dance Theater, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, and Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza. Mr. Willis joined the Company in 2008.

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JERMAINE TERRY (Washington, D.C.) The Judith McDonough Kaminski began his dance training in Kissimmee at Dancer Endowment Fund.

James Dance Center. He graduated cum laude with a B.F.A. in dance performance from the University of South Florida, where he received scholarships for excellence in performance and choreography. Mr. Terry was a scholarship student at The Ailey School and a member of Ailey II, and he has performed with Buglisi Dance Theatre, Arch Dance, Dance Iquail, and Philadanco. Mr. Terry joined the Company in 2010.

FANA TESFAGIORGIS (Madison, WI) is a graduate of the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program in Dance, with a minor in journalism.

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CREDITS ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Joan H. Weill, Chairman Daria L. Wallach, President Simin N. Allison, Debra L. Lee, Linda M. Lindenbaum, Arthur J. Mirante II, John H. Schaefer, Vice-Chairmen James G. Abruzzo, Gina F. Adams, Frank R. Ahimaz, Eleanor S. Applewhaite, Robert Battle, Nicole A. Bernard, Anthony M. Carvette, Kathryn C. Chenault, Anita-Agnes O. Hassell, Jenny Ireland, Anthony S. Kendall, Robert Kissane, Michelle Y. Lee, Natasha Leibel Levine, M.D., Anthony A. Lewis, Leslie L. Maheras, Henry McGee, Stephen J. Meringoff, Gabriella E. Morris, Marylin L. Prince, Robin C. Royals, Richard Speciale, Marc S. Strachan, Lemar Swinney Philip Laskawy, Harold Levine, Stanley Plesent, Esq., Chairmen Emeriti ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION Recipient of the National Medal of Arts Bennett Rink – Executive Director Calvin Hunt – Senior Director of Performance and Production Pamela Robinson – Chief Financial Officer Thomas Cott – Senior Director of Marketing and Creative Content Kimberly Watson – Senior Director of Development

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David Kerr, Master Electrician Russell J. Cowans IV, Sound Engineer Karl-Gosta Larsson, Property Master Mychael G. Chinn, Assistant Company Manager Nicole A. Walters, Assistant Stage Manager Roya Abab, Assistant Lighting Director Dante Baylor and Corin Wright, Wardrobe Assistants Andrew Blacks, Flyman Zane Beatty, Assistant Electrician Christina Collura, Performance and Production Project Manager Donald J. Rose, M.D., Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, Hospital for Joint Disease Shaw Bronner, Director of Physical Therapy Sheyi Ojofeitimi, Physical Therapist Sarah Rakov, Physical Therapist TOURING CONTACTS North American Agent OPUS 3 ARTISTS 470 Park Avenue South, 9th Fl North New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-584-7500, opus3artists.com International Agent ASKONAS HOLT LTD. Lincoln House, 300 High Holborn, London WC1V 7JH, United Kingdom Tel: +44-20-7400-1700 Jonathan Fleming, Senior Project Manager jonathan.fleming@askonasholt.co.uk PRODUCTION CREDITS Lighting system provided by 4Wall Entertainment. Touring sound system provided by Gibson Entertainment Services.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION THE THEATRE A fully restored 1929 “Movie Palace,” the Fox Theatre, with 4,678 seats, is a multiple-purpose facility, housing Broadway shows, ballet, symphonies, concerts, movies, and private corporate events.

PRIVATE ROOMS The Fox Theatre has three private rental spaces, with accommodations for 25 to 1,200 guests. Our Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon are beautifully decorated and can be set up to your specifications. The Landmarks Lounge is adjacent to the lobby and is perfect for a small pre-show and intermission event. To book your ”Fabulous Fox“ evening, please call 404.881.2100 or visit us at www.foxtheatre.org.

TICKET OFFICE The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is located in the arcade entrance to the theatre. The Ticket Office is open for walk up ticket sales Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and Saturday,10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is not open on Sundays unless there is a performance. On event days, the Ticket Office opens two hours prior to show time. Doors to the Fox open one hour prior to show time.

Tickets for all performances at the Fox may be purchased online at www.FoxTheatre.org, all Ticket Alternative outlets and all Atlanta-area Whole Foods Markets, by calling 855-285-8499, or by visiting the Fox Theatre Ticket Office in person during regular Box Office hours.

GROUP SALES The Fox Theatre Group Sales Department offers discounts to Groups for most Broadway shows. The Group Sales office is open Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call 404 881-2000 or email foxgroup@foxtheatre.org.

CONCESSIONS Concession stands are located in the Spanish Room, main lobby, and on the mezzanine lobby level.

RESTROOMS Restrooms are located off the Main Lobby (downstairs), Mezzanine Lobby levels, and the Gallery level. Accessible restroom facilities are located in the Spanish Room and Accessible/Family restrooms are located through the Office door in the main lobby.

GIFT SHOP The Fox Theatre operates a gift shop selling history books, T-shirts, sweatshirts, and an assortment of other theatre-related merchandise. The gift shop is located in the Spanish Room.

TOURS Fox Theatre Tours are conducted Mondays and Thursdays at 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, and 1:00 PM. Saturday tours are offered at 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM. Fox Theatre Tours are guided by Fox employees well-versed in the Fox’s history, current events, awards, and upcoming shows.

Tickets for Fox Theatre Tours are available at the Fox Theatre Ticket Office or online at www.FoxAtlTix.com.

Special Tours can range from backstage to architectural to a school or college group. Please contact the Fox Theatre by calling (404) 881-2100 to schedule your group tour.

LOST AND FOUND Lost and found items are turned in to the Event Staff’s office.

To check on lost items, please call 404-881-2119. Lost and found items will be retained for 30 days.

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EMERGENCY INFORMATION In the event of an emergency, please walk to the nearest exit.

Do Not Run. SMOKING In accordance with the Fulton County Clean Air Ordinance, the Fox Theatre is a smoke-free facility. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas.

ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY The Fox Theatre strives to make events accessible to all guests.

If you require assistance during your visit to the Fox Theatre please seek out or ask for one of our Accessible Ambassadors.

These staff members are attired in the traditional Fox Theatre uniform however also have gold braid and white gloves to make them easier to see. The Fox Theatre offers the use of wheelchairs, listening devices and booster seats at no additional charge. Our Ambassadors will assist you to special restroom accommodations.

Note: Steep Steps lead to all seats on the upper levels. For assistance needed or additional information on programs, please contact the Event Staff’s office at: 404-881-2117.

TICKETS To purchase accessible seating at the Fox Theatre please call: 404-881-2016 Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM or on Saturday, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. A Fox Theatre Ticket Office Associate will be happy to help you. Ticket buyers may also visit the ticketing site at www.FoxTheatre.org.

PROGRAMS PROVIDED Opened Captioning Performance Sponsored in partnership through TDF (Theatre Development Fund).

ELEVATORS Elevators are located at the north end of each lobby. The elevators are available during all performances and make it possible to access each lobby without the use of stairs. Patrons should be aware that access to upper seating areas do involve stairs.

PARKING Parking is available within a four-block radius in all directions of the Fox Theatre. Advanced reserved parking is available for sale at the Fox Ticket Office or by calling 855-285-8499. The Fox Theatre assumes no responsibility for vehicles parked in any of the privately owned parking lots operating in the Fox Theatre district.

PERFORMANCE NOTES All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be admitted to the theatre. Not all events are suitable for children.

Infants will not be admitted to adult programs/performances. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management, in conjunction with the wishes of the producers.

Please turn off all pagers and cell phones prior to the beginning of each performance.

Camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited.

Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)

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ETIQUETTE 1. Please arrive early. Latecomers may not be seated until intermission.

2. Take care of personal needs (drinks of water or restroom) before the performance begins.

3. Please silence or turn off all electronic devices, including cell phones, beepers, and watch alarms. We encourage you to share your experience at the Fox via social media, but please refrain from doing so or texting during performances; the glow from your device is distracting.

4. Most shows do not allow photography of any kind.

Flash photography inside the theatre is never allowed as it is a distraction to those around you and a danger to the performers.

5. The overture is part of the performance. Please cease talking at this point.

6. Dear Lovebirds, when you lean your heads together, you block the view of the people behind you. Please consider the people that will be seated behind you when choosing whether or not to wear a hat or what hair style you choose.

7. Please refrain from talking, humming, or singing along with the show, except when encouraged to do so by the artist or show.

8. Please wait for an appropriate moment to dig something out of your pocket or bag.

9. Go easy with the perfume and cologne, many people are highly allergic.

10. If you need assistance during the show, please go to your nearest volunteer usher. If additional assistance is needed the usher will get the appropriate person to further help you.

11. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress or before the actors have taken their final bows is discourteous. Wait until it is over and then exit with the rest of the audience.

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STAFF

Allan C. Vella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President & C.E.O. Adina Alford Erwin . . . Vice President & General Manager Jeff Quesenberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President & C.F.O. Jennifer S. Farmer . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Sales/Ballrooms Jay Forrester . . . Director of Concessions & Merchandising Molly Fortune . . . . Director of Restoration and Operations Elton Houze . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Systems Jamie Vosmeier . . . . . . . . Director of Ticket Sales & Service Shelly Kleppsattel . . . . . . . . . Booking & Contract Associate Rick Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Rachel Bomeli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Office Manager Ken Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guest Services Manager Nikki Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales Manager Carmie McDonald . . . . Community Engagement Manager Shelby Moody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Sales Manager Russ SauvĂŠ . . . . . . E-Commerce and Social Media Manager Amy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Len Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Project Manager Rebecca J. Graham . . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager Ken Shook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patron Services Coordinator Gary Hardaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter Larry Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Flyman Scott Hardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property Master Ray T. Haynie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician Cary Oldknow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Electrician Rodney Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Sound Engineer Larry-Douglas Embury . . . . . . . . . . . . Organist in Residence

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Edward L. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman Keith O Cowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chairman Clara Axam, Robyn Barkin, John Busby, Jr., Beauchamp Carr, Renee Dye, Sheffield Hale, John Holder, Edward Hutchison, Walt Huntley, Craig Jones, Jay Myers, Glen Romm, Alan Thomas, Carolyn Wills

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s you cruise up Peachtree Street from North Avenue, the scenery unfolds: a gleaming skyscraper followed by a neoclassical hotel followed by a little housethat-became-a-restaurant. It’s the Midtown mix, where urban chic meets Southern genteel meets a bit of bawdy.

Midtown is Atlanta’s heart, a place known for good food, great theater and texuberant nightlife. For many people, it’s also home — whether that home is a high-rise condo, a street-level apartment or a Queen Anne Victorian. Others commute here for work — from government employees to business execs to the waitstaff of that nearby restaurant. Here’s a quick look.

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counterculture, the largest hippie district in the South, full of headshops and coffeehouses. A century earlier, “Midtown” was mostly a line of mansions along Peachtree Street. To the north was the farm that eventually became Piedmont Park. In the early 1900s, the farms, fields and woods south of the park became residential. The area declined after World War II and homes were turned into boarding houses and apartments. Economic resurgence began with the construction of Colony Square in the 1970s.

WHO LIVES HERE | Families, couples and singles, straight and gay, are all part of a population that more than doubled in the past decade.

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nightlife? Try Halo Lounge in the basement of the Biltmore Hotel.

SHOPPING | The Midtown Mile, a 14-block stretch of Peachtree, has national chains and novel boutiques. CB2 stocks sleek contemporary furnishings. Ligne Roset has European-inspired designer furniture. Find colorful vintage clothes at Clothing Warehouse, fine men’s clothing at H. Stockton and women’s designer apparel at Fab’rik.

GRAB A BITE | Empire State South and South City Kitchen serve Southern food with a fresh twist. Mary Mac’s Tea Room, a landmark since 1945, features the traditional meat and three.

Ecco has a sophisticated Mediterranean Italian menu. Einstein’s and Joe’s on Juniper are classic Midtown, their streetside patios crowded during spring and summer. Apache Café, a performance space and art gallery, serves Southwestern-, Latin- and Caribbean-inspired fare. And don’t miss the food trucks that regularly show up on Peachtree Street. white exterior and eye-pleasing lines. It’s part of the Woodruff Arts Center, also home to the Alliance Theatre, the biggest professional theater in the South, and the world-famous Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Across the street is MODA — the Museum of Design Atlanta.

Take in a touring musical or concert at the Fox Theatre, get cultured (with beer) at the New American Shakespeare Tavern. Take the whole family to the Center for Puppetry Arts, one of the best of its kind in the country. At Piedmont Park, stop and look at the Noguchi playscape, a playground created by Japanese artist Isamu Noguchi. At the Atlanta Botanical Garden, you can meander along the Canopy Walk, a 600-foot suspension bridge in the trees. Want

FINDING IT Apache Café: 64 3rd St. N.W., 404.876.5436.

Atlanta Botanical Garden: 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E., 404.876.5859.

CB2: 1080 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.894.3763.

Center for Puppetry Arts: 1404 Spring St. N.W., 404.873.3089.

Clothing Warehouse: 999 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.815.5280.

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FUN FACT | One-fourth of Midtown households don’t own a car because the neighborhood is easy to walk and has three MARTA stations (North Avenue, Midtown and Arts Center).

Tree-lined streets and sidewalks add to the pedestrian-friendly vibe.

HIDDEN GEM | At the corner of 10th and Peachtree, across from the Federal Reserve Bank, artist Zachary Coffin has installed a 22,500-pound boulder called “Rockspinner.”

Anyone can walk up and move this massive rock, spinning it around on a steel axis. It’s a piece of participatory art that plays with the idea of gravity. Perfect for this playful piece of Atlanta.

Ecco: 40 7th St. N.E., 404.347.9555.

Empire State South: 999 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.541.1105.

Fab’rik: 1114 West Peachtree St. N.W., 404.881.8223.

Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E., 855.285.8499 (tickets only).

Halo Lounge, 817 West Peachtree St. N.W., 404.962.7333.

Ligne Roset: 805 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.541.1212.

Mary Mac’s Tea Room: 224

Ponce De Leon Ave. N.E., 404.876.1800.

MODA: 1315 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.979-6455.

South City Kitchen: 1144 Crescent Ave. N.E., 404.873.7358.

Woodruff Arts Center: 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.733.5000.

New American Shakespeare Tavern: 499 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.874.5299.

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Could it be the twinkling stars in the bright blue sky or the magic of the stage? Whatever that special something is, there’s no denying that the Fox Theatre is often a chosen destination for “will you’s?” and “I do’s!”

In the past five years, the Fox has hosted 172 weddings, which usually take place in the Egyptian Ballroom and/or the Grand Salon. Together, the two can hold up to 1,100 people. There even have been weddings on the Fox stage.

Many patrons say “I do” here, but so do Fox employees. It’s what they like to call “Love Stories from the Fox.” The Fox marquee carried the proposal for Jennifer Schiveree Farmer, who oversees weddings and private events. It was June 2005.

She noticed the message as she headed toward the office that morning but didn’t realize it was meant for her until her boyfriend, Thomas, popped out from beneath the marquee and popped the question.

Their wedding reception took place in the ballrooms on Nov. 5, 2007.

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Richard Sprayberry and wife Susan both work in the private events department. To them, the Fox is the setting for their 50-plusyear love story.

The tale began in 1960 with their first date, the Hitchcock thriller Psycho on the big screen.

Two years later they became engaged, at their prom, also at the Fox. On Nov. 22, 1963, they were married.

Two children and four grandchildren later, they found themselves back where it began, as employees. Richard and Susan became ushers in 1997. They liked to tell people that they were going out for dinner and a show, when, in reality, they were sitting in the Arcade and eating peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches before ushering.

Both also worked as tour guides before joining the events staff in the early 2000s. Now they enjoy taking part in the love stories of other young couples.

We have a hunch they’ll celebrate their 50th anniversary at the Fox, too.

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By Eleah Hamilton

Ahavath Achim Synagogue's Cultural Arts Performance Series presents:

Ann Marie McPhail, soprano • Laura Ardan, clarinet Elizabeth Tiscione, English horn • Mike Tiscione, trumpet Helen Hwaya Kim, violin • Catherine Lynn, viola • Brad Ritchie, cello Paula Peace, piano • Elizabeth Pridgen, guest piano

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ARTICLE 14 — Whether dining at lunch, brunch or dinner, Article 14 is about the experience. The menus include options inspired by chef Chris Blobaum’s coast-to-coast American cuisine. In 2013, Jezebel magazine named Article 14 one of Atlanta’s 100 best restaurants. Reservations are gladly accepted at 404.443.8432. 1180 Peachtree St. N.E., Suite B, Atlanta, GA 30309. M THE LAWRENCE — A Midtown restaurant concept where quality, innovation, style and comfort are the focus, as are delivering an unexpected and unique experience. The Lawrence strives to rethink food in a fresh way in a comfortable intown neighborhood setting. 905 Juniper St. N.E. 404.961.7177. thelawrenceatlanta.com, M LOBBY — The menu at this sophisticated American restaurant focuses on seasonal fare. In the lobby of TWELVE Atlantic Station. 361 17th St. N.E., 404.961.7370, lobbyattwelve.com, M 56 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

THE MELTING POT — A premiere fondue restaurant where guests can enjoy a choice of fondue cooking styles and a variety of unique entrees, salads and indulgent desserts. Four Atlanta locations. 754 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.389.0099, meltingpot.com. M MURPHY’S — This restaurant has one of the city’s top brunch menus, but it’s known for great people-watching and contemporary comfort food. 997 Virginia Ave N.E., 404.872.0904, murphysvh.com, VH ONE. MIDTOWN KITCHEN — Dine on fresh, seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmosphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Road, 404.892.4111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M NEIGHBORHOODS CODES: A-Alpharetta, B-Buckhead, DK-Dekalb, D-Downtown, DW-Dunwoody, IP-Inman Park, M-Midtown, OFW-Old Forth Ward, P-Perimeter Mall area, SS-Sandy Springs, VH-Virginia Highland, NA-North Atlanta, V-Vinings, W-Westside

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DINING GUIDE TWO URBAN LICKS — “Fiery” American cooking meets live music at this hip hangout. 820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404.522.4622, twourbanlicks.com. M

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SOUTH CITY KITCHEN — With a stylish, Southern-contemporary menu, this DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Two locations: Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave., 404.873.7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Parkway, 770.435.0700, southcitykitchen.com. M, V

ELEVEN RESTAURANT & BAR — A luxurious destination at Loews Atlanta Hotel. Delectable cuisine, vibrant cocktails and live music. Visit Eleven for pre- or post-performance cocktails or a quick bite that always gets a standing ovation.

1065 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.745.5745, loewshotels. com/restaurants/eleven/cuisine. M PRIME — Enjoy steak, sushi and seafood in a festive atmosphere near Lenox Square mall. 3393 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.812.0555, h2sr.com. B RUTH'S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE — A favorite local steakhouse with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hot spots. Sides are generous, and the quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent. Three locations: Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.365.0660; Sandy Springs, 5788

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BREWPUB/ GOURMET PUB FARE GORDON BIERSCH — Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox Theatre.

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