Spring Series | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | Season 48

SPRING SERIES

MAY 14, 15, + 17, 2026

Sweet Gwen Suite by Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon

Percussion IV by Bob Fosse

ATLAS by Chanel DaSilva

LubDub by Aszure Barton

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Artistic Director

David McDermott, Executive Director

Lou Conte, Founder

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance resides on the traditional homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other tribes such as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac, and Fox have also called this area home. The region has long been a center for Indigenous people to gather, trade, and maintain kinship ties. Today, one of the largest urban American Indian communities in the United States resides in Chicago, and members of this community continue to contribute to the life and culture of this city.

To learn more about the practice of land acknowledgement and the importance of honoring native land, visit usdac.us. The Chicagoland region is home to over 65,000 American Indians and the country’s oldest urban-based Native membership community center, American Indian Center Chicago (AIC). Visit aicchicago.org to learn more about AIC’s mission to foster physical and spiritual health in the community, an active connection with traditional values and practices, stronger families with multigenerational bonds, and a rising generation of educated, articulate, and visionary youth.

Welcome to Season 48: Spring Series

My beautiful people, Spring has finally sprung in Chicago, and with it comes our final home series of Season 48. Welcome, one and all!

It is absolutely wild to think that only five brief years ago, I was just starting my tenure as artistic director of this incredible company. From Day One—and even prior to that—I felt embraced by this one-of-a-kind community, and I am more inspired every day to continue leading this organization into the future. It is a charge I do not take lightly, especially with our golden 50th anniversary right around the corner (you’ll want to stay tuned for more on that soon!!).

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves! Thankfully, you won’t be able to help but stay in the moment with this remarkable Spring Series program, filled with equal parts nostalgia, ambition, and heart:

Our collaboration with The Verdon Fosse® Legacy continues, pairing the bewitching Sweet Gwen Suite by Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon with Bob’s powerful Percussion IV. Following that, we are honored to premiere Chanel DaSilva’s moving creation for Hubbard Street, ATLAS. Finally, the latest commission by Resident Artist Aszure Barton sends you out into the warm Chicago evening: the buoyant world premiere of LubDub

We hope you lean all the way in and enjoy this performance. See you soon for Season 49 up next—get into it!

Yours in motion, Linda-Denise

Fisher-Harrell Artistic Director

Thank

you

to our Season Partners

This program is funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Theater rental and services have been underwritten through the support of the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.

Cathleen McCarthy Cramer and Jim Suehr

Lead Sponsor—The World Premiere of LubDub by Aszure Barton

The Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.

Presenting Sponsor—The World Premiere of ATLAS by Chanel DaSilva

Jen and Josh Mallamud

Presenting Sponsor—The World Premiere of LubDub by Aszure Barton

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Photo by Michelle Reid. Cover: Hubbard Street Dancers Shota Miyoshi, Bianca Melidor, Dominick Brown, Elliot Hammans, Morgan Clune, and Michele Dooley. Photo by Michelle Reid. Designs by NICZKA. Styling by Tania Mackey.

ABOUT HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO

The mission of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is to awaken the human spirit through contemporary dance.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago grew out of the Lou Conte Dance Studio at LaSalle and Hubbard Streets in 1977, when Lou Conte gathered an ensemble of four dancers to perform in senior centers across Chicago. Barbara G. Cohen soon joined the company as its first Executive Director. Conte continued to direct the company for 23 years, during which he initiated and grew relationships with both emerging and established artists including Nacho Duato, Daniel Ezralow, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Twyla Tharp.

Conte’s successor Jim Vincent widened Hubbard Street’s international focus, began Hubbard Street’s collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and cultivated growth from within, launching the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop and inviting Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo to make his first work.

Gail Kalver’s 23 years of executive leadership provided continuity from 1984 through the 2006/07 season, when Executive Director Jason Palmquist joined the organization. Glenn Edgerton became Artistic Director in 2009 and, together with Palmquist, moved this legacy forward on multiple fronts.

In 2021, former company dancer Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell was named the fourth Artistic Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Season 44: RE/CHARGE marked her debut season as the artistic leader of the organization, with the goal of continuing to diversify the company’s repertoire and ensemble while building on the incredible legacy and reputation that HSDC has already established. Along with David McDermott, Executive Director since 2017, the company is looking forward to expanding its audience reach and increasing the local, national, and global reputation of Hubbard Street.

For 48 years, Hubbard Street has been one of the most original forces in contemporary dance—bringing top choreographers and works to Chicago and beyond. Hubbard Street’s ever-evolving repertory, created by today’s leading choreographic voices, makes us a company that dancers aspire to join and performance venues all over the world are eager to present. To date, the main company has performed globally in 19 countries and 44 U.S. states.

At home in Chicago, Hubbard Street performs 20 times a year and delivers renowned education programs in 50 classrooms across 17 Chicagoland schools. HSDC Education utilizes the choreographic process to teach essential problemsolving skills, creativity, and collaboration—expanding our reach beyond traditional concert dance audiences, ensuring that everyone has access to worldclass dance and instruction.

HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO Season 48: Spring Series

Sweet Gwen Suite by Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon

Percussion IV by Bob Fosse

ATLAS by Chanel DaSilva (World Premiere)

LubDub by Resident Artist Aszure Barton (World Premiere)

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Artistic Director

David McDermott, Executive Director

Lou Conte, Founder

The Company

Kyle Anders

Alexandria Best*

Dominick Brown

Jacqueline Burnett*

Aaron Choate

Morgan Clune

Michele Dooley

Elliot Hammans

Bianca Melidor

Shota Miyoshi

Andrew Murdock

David Schultz*

Simone Stevens

Cyrie Topete*

Seasonal Guest Artist

Malachi Ashley Stevens

*Denotes Princess Grace Award Recipient with Rehearsal Director

Craig D. Black, Jr.*

Sweet Gwen Suite (2021)

COMPANY PREMIERE: 2024

Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon, Choreography

Linda Haberman, Staging & Additional Choreography & Direction

Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass, Johnny Mandel, Lalo Schifrin, Music

Lynne Shankel, Arranger/Orchestrator

Bobby Pearce*, Costume Design

Harrison Pearse-Pollack, Lighting Design

Dancers:

Alexandria Best, Dominick Brown, Aaron Choate (5/14)

Dominick Brown, Aaron Choate, Cyrie Topete (5/15)

Craig D. Black, Jr., Morgan Clune, Elliot Hammans (5/17)

Music: Mexican Shuffle by Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass; Cool Hand Luke by Lalo Schifrin, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI); Mexican Breakfast by Johnny Mandel, WC Music Corp. (ASCAP).

Sweet Gwen Suite has been commissioned by New York City Center for the 2021 Fall for Dance Festival. Support for new dance works at City Center is provided by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

Please be advised: Sweet Gwen Suite incorporates prop cigarettes (non-tobacco, non-nicotine).

PAUSE

Please remain seated

Percussion IV (1978)

COMPANY PREMIERE: 2025

Bob Fosse, Choreography

Linda Haberman, Staging & Direction

Gordon Lowry Harrell, Music

Lynne Shankel, Orchestrations

Willa Kim, Costume Design

Harrison Pearse-Pollack, Lighting Design

Dancer: Shota Miyoshi (5/14), Bianca Melidor (5/15), Aaron Choate (5/17)

Music: Percussion IV by Gordon Lowry Harrell.

PAUSE

Please remain seated

ATLAS (2026)

WORLD PREMIERE

Chanel DaSilva, Choreographer

Cristina Spinei, Music

Márion Talán de la Rosa*, Costume Design

Kate Ashton*, Lighting Design

Dancers: Bianca Melidor, Simone Stevens, Cyrie Topete (5/14 + 5/17)

Jacqueline Burnett, Morgan Clune, Michele Dooley (5/15)

Inspired by the myth of Atlas, the Titan condemned to bear the weight of the universe on his shoulders for eternity, DaSilva’s ATLAS traces an echo of that burden in the bodies of women who move through our lives. It is a reflection on what is carried, often unseen: a quiet endurance, a sustaining force, a strength that holds worlds together. And yet, it also wonders—if only for a moment—what it might mean to set that weight down, or to send it skyward with a fleeting, childlike freedom.

Music: Dopamine Machines and Motus by Cristina Spinei.

20-MINUTE INTERMISSION

LubDub (2026)

WORLD PREMIERE

Aszure Barton, Choreographer

Jlin (featuring Kronos Quartet), with tracks by Kara-Lis Coverdale + Susanne Lundeng, Music

Aszure Barton with Jenah Hensel, Costume Design

Jim French, Lighting Design

Dancers: The Company

lub·dub — the two sounds of the heart valves contracting. The thrust. The lift. Made in deep collaboration with the dancers of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, whose generosity shaped the work

Music: Maji by Jlin and Kronos Quartet. By arrangement with B&H Music Publishing, Inc., o/b/o Decca Publishing, publisher and copyright owner. Nyakinyua Rise, Carbon 7, Nandi. Composed & performed by Jerrilynn Patton. By arrangement with B&H Music Publishing, Inc., o/b/o Decca Publishing, publisher and copyright owner. Courtesy of Planet Mu Records Limited. Glimt av glede by Susanne Lundeng. Nu_chanic by Kara-Lis Coverdale.

2025–26 LEADERSHIP & ARTISTIC PROFILES

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell (Artistic Director, she/her) is the Artistic Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, appointed in 2021 after an extraordinary career as a professional dance artist and educator. Her appointment marked a historic first: she is the company’s first alumna, woman, and person of color to lead the organization. Under her visionary leadership, Hubbard Street has experienced a revival, returning to pre-pandemic vibrancy with sleek, memorable programming and a renewed era of artistic excellence. Her impact has been recognized in The New York Times (“At Hubbard Street: Making a Place for ‘the Other Folks’”) and on the cover of Dance Magazine (August 2023, “Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is Returning to Stability—And Its Roots”). Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Fisher-Harrell trained at the Baltimore School for the Arts with Sylvester Campbell and Stephanie Powell, apprenticed with the Capitol Ballet under Doris Jones, and studied on full fellowship at The Ailey School before attending The Juilliard School. She began her professional career with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the invitation of founder Lou Conte. She performed with the company for 3 years before becoming a Principal Dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, under the legendary Judith Jamison. During her 13-year tenure with Ailey, Fisher-Harrell toured globally and was featured in works by Alvin Ailey, John Butler, Ronald K. Brown, Ulysses Dove, Rennie Harris, Judith Jamison, Alonzo King, Lar Lubovitch, Donald McKayle, Elisa Monte, and Dwight Rhoden. Career highlights include guest artist performances at Les Étoiles du 21e Siècle in Paris and Toronto, World Stars of the Opera in Budapest, and special appearances at the White House State Dinner in honor of the President of Kenya and the Kennedy Center’s 12th Annual Gala alongside Nancy Wilson and Liza Minnelli. As an educator and leader, Fisher-Harrell has had a profound impact in her hometown of Baltimore. A Professor of Dance at Towson University since 2005, she also served on the faculty of the Baltimore School for the Arts, served as director, founder, and principal grant writer for AileyCamp Baltimore at Towson University, and facilitated nine Ailey II residencies at Towson University. Her mentorship has shaped the next generation of artists, many of whom now perform in professional companies and productions worldwide. Fisher-Harrell holds an MFA in Dance from Hollins University. Her pedagogy is dual focused, the Lester Horton Technique and an ABT® Certified Ballet Teacher; she remains a sought-after instructor for universities, companies, and organizations nationwide. Her scholarship includes the entry “Alvin Ailey” in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. In 2025, she was honored with the Martha Hill Mid-Career Award for her artistic excellence, visionary leadership, and enduring impact on the dance field.

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David McDermott (Executive Director, he/him) leads Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s organization-wide strategy and administration, overseeing the company’s finances, operations, marketing, and development. Before joining Hubbard Street, he served as First Deputy Commissioner at the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, where he managed daily operations and helped shape major initiatives including the Chicago Cultural Plan and the launch of the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Earlier in his career, McDermott served as Political and Community Outreach Director for U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and managed political campaigns at the congressional, county, and municipal levels. He is a graduate of Trinity College at the University of Dublin with a degree in Public Policy and recently completed a fellowship at the University of Chicago’s Civic Leadership Academy.

Craig D. Black Jr., Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, and Jonathan E. Alsberry. Photo by Frank Ishman.

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Lou Conte (Founding Artistic Director, he/him) after a performing career that included roles in Broadway musicals such as Cabaret, Mame and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, established the Lou Conte Dance Studio in 1974. Three years later, he founded what is now Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Originally the company’s sole choreographer, he developed relationships with emerging and world-renowned dancemakers Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Margo Sappington and Daniel Ezralow as the company grew. He continued to build Hubbard Street’s repertoire by forging a key relationship with Twyla Tharp in the 1990s, acquiring seven of her works as well as original choreography. It then became an international enterprise with the inclusion of works by Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato and Ohad Naharin. Throughout his 23 years as the company’s artistic director, he received numerous awards including the first Ruth Page Artistic Achievements Award in 1986, the Sidney R. Yates Arts Advocacy Award in 1995, and a Chicagoan of the Year award from Chicago magazine in 1999. In 2003, he was inducted as a laureate into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, the state’s highest honor, and in 2014, was named one of five inaugural recipients of the City of Chicago’s Fifth Star Award. He has been credited by many for helping raise Chicago’s international cultural profile and for creating a welcoming climate for dance in the city, where the art form now thrives.

Jonathan E. Alsberry (Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives, he/him). As Senior Rehearsal Director and Director of Summer Intensives, Jonathan shapes the daily practice of the company dancers while fostering connectivity across departments. He designs physically mindful schedules that ensure seamless transitions between repertory stagings, new creations, and performances. He also leads morning company classes rooted in wellness, joy, and excellence. As Director of Summer Intensives, he curates four dynamic programs, bringing in diverse choreographers and instructors, highlighting Chicago’s cultural richness, and attracting aspiring dancers ages 13–25 from across the globe. Jonathan’s dance journey began at his mother’s Agape Dance Center, continued at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, and led to a BFA from The Juilliard School, where formative collaborations with Aszure Barton and Lar Lubovitch launched long-standing creative partnerships. Affectionately known as “Jojo,” he is a Creative Associate with Aszure Barton & Artists, assisting on works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Hamburg Ballet, Malpaso Dance Company, and Teatro alla Scala. He also performed with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company for over a decade, continuing his work as a stager and teaching artist. He has performed internationally with legends including Mikhail Baryshnikov and Alessandra Ferri, and with organizations such as Despertares, The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and LA Opera. Other collaborations include Luna Negra Dance Theater,

2025–26 LEADERSHIP & ARTISTIC PROFILES

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, The Chase Brock Experience, and Pier Group Dance. Now in his ninth season with Hubbard Street, Jonathan brings joy, rigor, and artistry into every space he enters. Through partnerships with organizations like Springboard Danse, Arts Umbrella, and the Chicago Dance Health Fund, he remains committed to nurturing the next generation and uplifting the spirit of dance.

Craig D. Black Jr. (Rehearsal Director, he/they) from San Jose, CA is a dancer, educator, stager, and the Rehearsal Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. He was appointed to this role in 2022 for the company’s 45th Anniversary: Sapphire Season. At the age of ten Craig began dancing at South Bay Dance Center and continued his dance training at Abraham Lincoln High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In 2011, Craig received his BFA from The Juilliard School. He obtained additional training at Springboard Danse Montréal, Nederlands Dans Theater, and the School at Jacob’s Pillow. Craig is a recipient of the 2010 Princess Grace Award in Dance as well as the 2011 Lorna Strassler Award for Student Excellence from the School at Jacob’s Pillow. For six seasons Craig performed and toured with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet under the direction of Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty. In 2017, Craig joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago where he danced for five seasons before transitioning into the HSDC Rehearsal Director position. Now in his fourth season as rehearsal director, Craig has been a guest artist with HSDC and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, a guest rehearsal director for FLOCK, and a stager for Alejandro Cerrudo. He has had the privilege of dancing works by Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Cherice Barton, Rena Butler, Alejandro Cerrudo, Peter Chu, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, William Forsythe, Rennie Harris, Johan Inger, Jirí Kylián, Fernando Melo, Robyn Mineko-Williams, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, and Cayetano Soto Ramirez among many others. Craig has had the pleasure of co-choreographing and rehearsal directing Cardi B and Offset’s 2019 BET Awards performance as well as assisting Robyn Mineko-Williams with the official music video for Sen Morimoto’s Pressure on the Pulse. Craig is a passionate teacher and mentor. He is certified in IMAGE TECH for Dancers™ introductory through advanced level. He has been a guest company class instructor for DanceAspen, Giordano Dance Chicago, and South Chicago Dance Theatre. Additionally, Craig is on faculty for Dupree Dance and has served as guest faculty for the Hubbard Street Professional Program, The Joffrey Academy, New York City Dance Alliance, Peridance Center, and Steps on Broadway.

CHOREOGRAPHER + STAGER PROFILES

ASZURE BARTON is a prolific creator whose dance work has been equated to “watching the physical unfurling of the human psyche” by the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts. She started tap dancing at the age of three and has been creating for as long as she can remember. Her works have been performed on stages throughout the world, including the Palais Garnier, Mariinsky Theater, The Kennedy Center, Studio 54, Lincoln Center, and Sadler’s Wells, as well as in museums and exhibits, such as the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. She has choreographed for theater, film, and opera, including Broadway, notably for the production of The Threepenny Opera. Early in her career, she founded her own project, Aszure Barton & Artists, in order to create an autonomous, interdisciplinary, and collaborative platform for process-centered creation. Aszure has worked with celebrated artists and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jessica Chastain, Misty Copeland, Alan Cumming, Cyndi Lauper, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Nederlands Dans Theater, Teatro alla Scala, American Ballet Theatre, Sydney Dance Company, English National Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company, and Martha Graham Dance Company, among others. She recently premiered a new work (Mere Mortals) at San Francisco Ballet in collaboration with British electronic music producer/DJ Floating Points and mixed media artists Hamill Industries—the first eveninglength work created by a woman in SFB’s history, curated by Artistic Director Tamara Rojo. Aszure is House Choreographer with Gauthier Dance | Theaterhaus Stuttgart and is delighted to be the current Resident Artist at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Her latest artistic venture is a fertile collaboration with acclaimed trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire; the two premiered their first work titled B E N D at Kampnagel’s International Summer Festival and are now touring it internationally with the partnership of Pomegranate Arts. Tanz Magazine’s Falk Schraiber described its “refusal of categorization” and called it “a collaborative work that also draws its appeal from the fact that two artists who are completely secure in their field playfully unsettle each other.” They’ve since created new work for Hamburg Ballett and the Limón Dance Company. Aszure Barton continues to be an innovator of form, having contributed to an evolution of dance and theater companies worldwide. Over the years, she has received accolades including a Bessie Award for her work Busk. She was the first Martha Duffy Resident Artist at Baryshnikov Arts and is a recipient of the prestigious Arts & Letters Award, joining the likes of Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, and Margaret Atwood. She is also an official ambassador of contemporary choreography in Canada. As an educator, Aszure is creative partner with Boston Conservatory at Berklee College and has built a longtime working relationship with The Juilliard School.

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CHANEL DaSILVA A native of Brooklyn, NY, Chanel is a multifaceted artist whose work reflects her deep connection to the transformative power of the arts. As an entrepreneur, choreographer, director, and ARTivist she uses dance as a vehicle for social change and evolution towards a more diverse, just, and inclusive dance industry and society. Chanel is the Co-Founder & CEO of Strategy & New Initiatives for MOVE|NYC|—an arts and social justice organization with the mission of creating greater equity and diversity in the dance profession and beyond. She is also a Choreographer & Director creating new, provocative works that reflect the complexities of what it means to be human. Chanel is also the Founder & CEO of the women’s leadership and empowerment platform, CATAPULT. After being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and graduating with her BFA from The Juilliard School, Chanel became a member of the highly celebrated Trey McIntyre Project, based in Boise, Idaho, where she was a muse for the creation of many of Mr. McIntyre’s works. She danced lead roles in his masterpieces Ma Maison—in collaboration with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Sun Road—in collaboration with PBS’s “Faces of America” series, Gravity Heroes, and Mercury Half-Life. Chanel was featured on the cover of Dance Magazine with TMP in 2011 and was a part of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s “Dance Motion USA”, touring throughout Asia with TMP as a cultural ambassador to the United States of America. Upon returning to New York City, Chanel became a member of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and performed iconic Lubovitch works such as Coltrane’s Favorite Things, Transparent Things, and The Black Rose. Throughout her career Chanel has been blessed to dance and tour internationally across Europe, Asia, South America, The Caribbean, and the United States; living the life and career she dreamed of as a young girl. #DanceDidThat. In 2016 Chanel began her career as a choreographer and has since created choreographic works for institutions such as Gibney Company, The Joffrey Ballet, American Repertory Theater, The Juilliard School, Parsons Dance Company, Ballet Memphis, Dallas Black Dance Theater, The Washington Ballet, and Ballet Black among others. She has choreographed and directed music productions for Esperanza Spalding (Twelve Little Spells) and Nathalie Joachim (Ki moun ou ye) and is also a notable repetiteur of the works of Trey McIntyre, having re-staged his ballets on companies and institutions across the nation. Chanel is a widely sought-after educator, mentor, keynote speaker, and consultant having led master workshops and seminars across the nation for institutions such as The Juilliard School, SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Harvard University, New York University, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, The Scottish Ballet, Ballet Hispanico, and New Orleans Ballet Association. Her work has been centered both on dance training & education, as well as professional development & career management for pre-professional dancers, and DEI strategies for Arts Leaders. Over the years Chanel has received recognition from numerous institutions including The Joffrey Ballet Winning Works Choreographic Competition, the Martha Hill Dance Fund Mid-Career Award, a 2011 Princess Grace Award, and the 2008 Martha Hill Prize awarded by The Juilliard School. She is a National YoungArts Winner, was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and was featured on the 2004 PBS Documentary “American Talent”. In 2019 Chanel received an IRNE nomination for Best Choreography for “The Black Clown” which premiered at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA. Chanel attributes her success and longevity in the dance field to the tribe of artists, educators and mentors that opened the doors

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to the dance industry for her at an early age, including the Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center, Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, The Ailey School, Springboard Danse Montreal and The Juilliard School.

BOB FOSSE is one of the most internationally recognized figures in the history of the performing arts for his groundbreaking, genredefining work as a director, choreographer, performer, and writer across various mediums on both stage and screen. In 1973, he became the first director in history to win the Oscar, Tony, and Emmy awards in a single year for his spectacular triumphs with Cabaret on film, Pippin on Broadway, and “Liza with a Z” on television. Though he got his start as a performer, Mr. Fosse’s career as a creative force on Broadway began in 1954 when he served as choreographer for the Original Broadway production of The Pajama Game, earning him the first of his nine Tony Awards. He went on to choreograph Damn Yankees, Bells Are Ringing, New Girl In Town, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and direct and choreograph Redhead, Little Me, Sweet Charity (which he also conceived), Pippin, Liza, Chicago (for which he also co-wrote the book), Dancin’, Big Deal (for which he also wrote the book), and the 1986 revival of Sweet Charity. On film, he served as director and choreographer for Sweet Charity, Cabaret, All That Jazz (also co-screenwriter), and Star 80 (also co-screenwriter), earning him an Academy Award and two additional nominations for Best Director, as well as a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. All That Jazz also won the Palme d’Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. His additional film credits include choreography for The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, and The Little Prince. Born in Chicago, Mr. Fosse began dancing at age nine and made his first professional appearance at thirteen with his childhood friend Charles Grass under the name “The Riff Brothers.” After serving with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Islands during World War II, he reignited his career as a dancer, performing alongside Mary Ann Niles in Call Me Mister, Make Mine Manhattan, and Dance Me a Song. He also appeared in the MGM films Give a Girl a Break; The Affairs of Dobie Gillis; and Kiss Me, Kate. His last performing engagements were with New York City Center, dancing the title role in their revival of Pal Joey and dancing the role of The Serpent in The Little Prince on screen. Bob Fosse passed away in 1987, on the Opening Night of the National Tour of Sweet Charity. Mr. Fosse’s work constantly finds new life in productions like the long running Broadway revival of Chicago (1996), Fosse (1999), and the Broadway revival of Dancin’ (2023), as well as in the Emmy Award-winning FX series “Fosse/ Verdon” (2019), and the trio of dances Sweet Gwen Suite (2021). The Verdon Fosse Legacy®, founded by his daughter, Nicole Fosse, ensures Mr. Fosse’s enduring legacy will continue to help shape the entertainment landscape for years to come.

GWEN VERDON is “widely regarded as the best dancer ever to brighten the Broadway Stage” (The New York Times). Her early career was marked by her close working relationship with Jack Cole, for whom she worked as both a performer and assistant choreographer. Her most enduring professional partnership, however, was with the man she would marry, Bob Fosse. Together, Ms. Verdon and Mr. Fosse ran up a string of iconic theatrical successes not rivaled by a director/choreographer and star before or since. After she earned her first of four Tony Awards in her breakout role as Claudine in Can-Can, her collaboration with Mr. Fosse began. She starred

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in Damn Yankees (Tony Award), New Girl in Town (Tony Award), Redhead (Tony Award), Sweet Charity (Tony nomination) and Chicago (Tony nomination). Her work in feature films includes roles in On the Riviera, David & Bathsheba, Mississippi Gambler, Damn Yankees, Cocoon, Cocoon: The Return, The Cotton Club, Nadine, Marvin’s Room, Alice, Bruno, and Walking Across Egypt. Early in her career, she helped stage Marilyn Monroe’s performance of “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend” in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She served as Artistic Advisor for Steam Heat, the Emmy Award-winning documentary about Mr. Fosse. She also appeared on the television programs “Mash,” “Fame,” “Trapper John,” “M.D.,” “Webster,” “Magnum, P.I.,” “The Equalizer,” “Dream On,” “Dear John,” “Homicide,” and “Legs.” Her work in the concert dance world spanned decades and continents, including Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance, the Beijing Ballet School in China, the Houston Ballet Company, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Counted among the hundreds of partners with whom she danced throughout the course of her career were Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolph Nureyev. Among her many accolades, Ms. Verdon won a Grammy Award for Redhead and received a National Endowment for the Arts & Humanities Award.

LINDA HABERMAN is best known as the visionary behind the modernday Rockettes, where her work has been recognized for its demanding physicality, sophisticated style, and detailed synchronization. She attributes her time spent assisting the luminaries Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse for influencing her approach to both directing and choreographing. Linda is honored to continue her connection to Mr. Fosse through her ongoing work with the Verdon Fosse Legacy®, where she was recently named Artistic Director of Concert Development. She directed, staged, and provided additional choreography for Sweet Gwen Suite, a trio of dances originally choreographed by Fosse and Verdon, which premiered at the Fall for Dance Festival in 2021. Since then, she has taken the lead in the ongoing partnership between TVFL and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, where she staged both Sweet Gwen Suite and Fosse’s Percussion IV. She is excited to begin work on a new piece as part of the Fosse Forward Initiative. In 2006, Ms. Haberman became the first woman to be named sole director and choreographer of the Radio City Rockettes. For the next 8 years, with her innovative choreography and use of groundbreaking technology, she pushed the iconic troupe to new heights and critical acclaim. She also created multiple touring productions of the Christmas Spectacular, which played in over 80 cities across North America. Linda has choreographed numerous Off-Broadway and regional productions, and her work has been seen on television shows such as the NBC broadcast of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Dancing with the Stars, America’s Got Talent, and The Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting. In Japan, she directed and choreographed six productions of La Cage aux Folles and choreographed for the worldrenowned Takarazuka Revue Company. On Broadway, Linda was assistant choreographer to Bob Fosse on his last show, Big Deal, was assistant choreographer to Jerome Robbins during the reconstruction phase of Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and assisted Christopher Chadman on the hit revival of Guys and Dolls. She was in the original Broadway productions of Dancin’, La Cage aux Folles, Can-Can, and the video version of Pippin. Ms. Haberman grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she began studying ballet at age 9. As a young teen, she trained on scholarship with the San Francisco Ballet, School of American Ballet, and the Apprenticeship Program at the Harkness Ballet.

2025–26 COMPANY DANCERS

Alexandria Best*

Morgan Clune

Elliot Hammans

Shota Miyoshi

Cyrie Topete*

Jacqueline Burnett*

Michele Dooley

David Schultz*

Aaron Choate

Dominick Brown

Andrew Murdock

Malachi Ashley Stevens

Bianca Melidor

Simone Stevens

Kyle Anders

*Denotes Princess Grace Award Recipient

Seasonal Guest Artist

2025–26 DANCER PROFILES

Kyle Anders (he/him, Sykesville, MD) is from Sykesville, Maryland where he began his training at Savage Dance Company under the direction of Nichole Savage and Brandy Fry for thirteen years. He is a 2024 graduate of The University of Arizona, where he received his BFA in Dance and BSBA in Business Management. Within his four years studying at Arizona, Kyle received numerous performance opportunities, such as being a featured soloist in Thang Dao’s Nevermore, performing in Duane Cyrus’ Bolero at The Joyce Theater, alongside roles in works by Martha Graham, Frank Chavez, Paul Taylor, Jason Hortin, and more. He is additionally an alumni of The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, directed by Milton Myers, and attended Orsolina28, focusing on Marco Goecke repertoire.

Alexandria Best (she/her, Raleigh, NC) is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina where she began her pre-professional dance training. During this time, she acquired knowledge from instructors across programs such as American Ballet Theatre, Arts Umbrella, Carolina Ballet, DamianiDance, French Academie of Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She is a 2021 graduate of Pace University where she earned her BFA in dance, with a concentration in performance and pedagogy, and a minor in business. Immediately following post-grad, Alexandria joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a Company Artist under the direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Now going into her fifth season, she has had the opportunity to perform a diverse body of repertoire by many greatminded artists. She is honored to be named a 2023 Princess Grace Foundation Award winner in Dance and to be joining its legacy of artists. Alexandria is thrilled to continue her time growing her artistry and community with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in its upcoming season.

Dominick Brown (he/they, Oklahoma City, OK) is a professional dance artist originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dominick began training under the direction of CeCe Farha. While training, Dominick attended summer intensives with The Washington School of Ballet and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Dominick received a BFA from the University of The Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfeild as a Directors Scholar in 2021. While at the university, Dominick worked with Ballet Preljocaj in Aix en Provence, France. Dominick also attended The American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina. Dominick has previously danced as a company artist with Kun Yang Lin Dancers and SALT Contemporary Dance. Dominick joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a main company dancer in 2024. Dominick has performed works by Merce Cunningham, Ihsan Rustem, Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, Ohad Naharin, Aszure Barton, Mathew Rushing, James Gregg, Johan Inger, and Peter Chu. Dominick is thrilled to embark on their second season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

Jacqueline Burnett (she/her, Pocatello, ID) received her formative classical ballet training in her hometown of Pocatello, Idaho, from Romanian Ballet Master Marius Zirra. She moved to New York City in 2005 to pursue the Ailey School/Fordham University joint BFA degree, graduating magna cum laude with departmental honors in 2009. She joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in January 2008 as a Center Apprentice while completing her degree and became a member of the main company in August 2009. She received a 2011 Princess Grace Honorarium for Dance and was a member of the HSDC contingent for DanceMotion USA 2013, a U.S. State Department/Brooklyn Academy of Music cultural diplomacy tour in Algeria, Morocco, and Spain. In addition to dancing with HSDC, she also teaches company class, has choreographed for the Create Summer Intensive, serves as a repetiteur for choreographies by Penny Saunders (Ballet Idaho, Grand Rapids Ballet, Seattle Dance Collective, Royal New Zealand Ballet), and is a freelance dancer with Robyn Mineko Williams and Artists. Her choreography has been commissioned by Chicago Movement Collective for the Claire Bataille Legacy Program, Danza Visual in Mexico City, and Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s production of Murder on the Orient Express under the direction of Annika Boras.

2025–26 DANCER PROFILES

Aaron Choate (they/them, Lexington, KY) is a graduate of The Juilliard School class of 2022. After studying at Diana Evans School of Dance in Kentucky, they were named a 2018 Presidential Scholar in the Arts. They have performed the works of renowned choreographers, such as Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Bob Fosse/ Gwen Verdon, Ohad Naharin, Justin Peck, Matthew Rushing, Jamar Roberts, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rennie Harris, Lar Lubovitch, and Ted Shawn. They are also an avid choreographer. In 2025 they were an Emerging Choreographer for Springboard Danse Pittsburgh’s 25th anniversary. In the same year they created a work for the composition department of Princeton for their semi-annual “Sound Kitchen”. Summer of 2023 they had a process at Gibney Dance called the Moving Towards Justice Fellowship created by Scott Autry and in 2022, they presented a work at 92nd Street Y as a part of the Future Dance Festival.

Morgan Clune (she/her, Barrington, IL) graduated from The Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2018. She was recognized as a National YoungArts Winner in New York for Contemporary dance in 2018 where she performed solo at Baryshnikov Arts Center. Morgan attended the Juilliard School under direction of Alicia Graf Mack between 2018-2022 where she worked with renowned choreographers such as Bobbi Jene Smith, Justin Peck, Jamar Roberts, Ohad Naharin, and more. Upon graduation from Juilliard, Morgan was awarded the Martha Hill Prize for her achievement and leadership in Dance as well as a Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship for her promise as an entrepreneur and her engagement in the arts. She is an emerging choreographer, choreographing at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s CREATE Summer Intensives (2023 & 2024) and The Juilliard School Summer Dance Intensive in 2023. Morgan is currently in her fourth season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago under the direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell.

Michele Dooley (she/he/they, Philadelphia, PA) is a dance artist and teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Michele began training at The Institute of the Arts, continued studying at The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, and later earned a BFA in Dance from The University of the Arts. Michele has had the pleasure of working with numerous choreographers throughout their professional career, such as Gary Jeter, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Donald Byrd, Aszure Barton, Jermaine Spivey, Spenser Theberge, and Matthew Rushing, amongst others. Michele has worked with Eleone Dance Theatre and Spectrum Dance Theater, and they are beyond thrilled to continue their artistic journey with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago!

Elliot Hammans (he/him, Santa Fe, NM) began his formal dance training in 2008 with Robert SherMachherndl and continued his ballet and modern dance education with Moving People Dance in Santa Fe, NM, under the direction of Curtis Uhlemann. He joined Moving People Dance Company as an apprentice in 2010, trained on full scholarship at the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center in San Francisco, and attended Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 2011 and 2012 Summer Intensives. Following studies abroad at Austria’s Tanzzentrum SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance), he earned his BFA in Dance in 2014 from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. He joined Hubbard Street 2 in August 2014 and was promoted to Hubbard Street’s main company in August 2016. Elliot also works at Athletico Physical Therapy as a Rehabilitation Aide and enjoys practicing and teaching somatic methods.

2025–26 DANCER PROFILES

Bianca Melidor (she/her, Dacula, GA) comes from Atlanta where she received her dance training at the Gwinnett Ballet Theater under the artistic direction of Lisa Sheppard Robson and Wade Walthall. Melidor then furthered her training in jazz at Point Park University under the direction of Ruben Graciani and Garfield Lemonius. In addition, she has spent many of her summers training at intensives with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mark Morris Dance Group, Ballet West, Atlanta Ballet and Dallas Black Dance Theatre. She graduated from Point Park University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, Magna Cum Laude and soon after joined Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s DBDT: Encore! with the artistic direction of Nycole Ray. After three seasons, she joined the main company of Dallas Black Dance Theatre with Melissa Young as artistic director and performed in countless programs by Matthew Rushing, Christopher Huggins, Darrell Grand Moultrie, and many more. Bianca is delighted to continue her professional career with HSDC.

Shota Miyoshi (he/him, Kanagawa, Japan) trained extensively in jazz, ballet, tap, and hip-hop before moving to the United States to pursue his studies at SUNY Purchase College, where he earned his BFA in Dance in 2022. Upon graduation, he joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, performing works by acclaimed choreographers including Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, Matthew Rushing, Rena Butler, FLOCK (Alice Klock and Florian Lochner), and James Gregg, among others. Expanding his artistry into choreography, Shota was commissioned to create new works for The Joffrey Ballet’s Winning Works 2025 and New Dances 2025. For more information, please visit https://shotamiyoshi. wixsite.com/shota-miyoshi-dance.

Andrew Murdock (he/him, St. Alberta, AB, Canada) is a Canadian dancer, stager, stagehand, teaching artist, and rehearsal director based out of Chicago, IL, USA. He holds a BFA from The Juilliard School and has spent the majority of his dancing career at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Aszure Barton & Artists, Ballets Jazz Montréal, and Robyn Mineko Williams & Artists. He is a former Rehearsal Director for Ballets Jazz Montréal, guest Rehearsal Director for Para.Mar Dance Theatre, and he provides company classes and pre-professional training in the Chicagoland area. He has also staged work and assisted creations for Springboard Danse Montréal, AB&A, Ballet Jazz Montréal, RMW&A, Para.Mar Dance Theatre, Moonwater Dance Project, Arts Umbrella, American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet School of Canada, Ballet BC, Oklahoma City Ballet, Orlando Ballet, STEPS Repertory Ensemble, New York University, and is a former Artistic Lead for Hubbard Street Summer Intensives and Inside/Out choreographic workshop.

David Schultz (he/him, Grand Rapids, MI) began his training in Michigan with the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet, where he then performed for four seasons with its company, the Grand Rapids Ballet. He joined Hubbard Street 2 in 2009 and was promoted to the main company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, in 2011 where he has worked with many of the world’s leading contemporary choreographers. He is a recipient of a 2012 Princess Grace Award. As a choreographer he has had the honor of creating works for DanceWorks Chicago, Chambered Squared, Boston University, and a Co-choreographed piece with Jacqueline Burnett for Danza Visual in Mexico City. When he is not dancing, or choreographing, he has spent many years studying music and has performed and scored many pieces for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as well as for his own works.

2025–26 DANCER PROFILES

Simone Stevens (she/her, Atlanta, GA) received her dance training in her hometown of Stone Mountain, GA at En Pointe School of Dance before graduating from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Minor in Anthropology. Upon moving to Chicago, Simone studied on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio, receiving mentorship from the incomparable Claire Bataille, Laura Wade, and Ethan Kirschbaum. Simultaneously, she performed as a freelance artist throughout the city, working closely with Hanna Brictson and Katlin Bourgeouis, among others. In addition to performing with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Simone has been recognized as one of Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch; served as creative Lead for the company’s Summer Intensives; and expanded her network as an instructor at The Rooted Space, Red Clay Dance Center, and her alma mater. Forever grateful for the spaces and communities that continue to welcome and uplift her, Simone looks forward to embarking on a fifth year with the company.

Cyrie Topete (she/they, Peoria, AZ) is from Peoria, Arizona. Following her father, she began as a break-dancer and started training in competitive dance at the age of thirteen. She was recognized as a YoungArts Merit winner in 2018 before moving to New York City. She graduated with a BFA from The Juilliard School in 2022, where she received the FENDI Vanguard Award. Following graduation, Cyrie was featured in an On Running brand ad choreographed by Justin Peck and joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Company. Entering her fourth season, she’s had the opportunity to perform works by Aszure Barton, Johan Inger, Ohad Naharin, Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon, James Gregg, Rennie Harris, Kyle Abraham, FLOCK, Rena Butler, and more. She’s been featured in Dance Magazine’s “On the Rise” and choreographed for the HSDC Create Summer Intensive in 2024 & 2025. She is ecstatic to be announced as a 2025 Princess Grace Honoraria Recipient and to be a part of a prestigious community of artists. Cyrie is honored to contribute to the enduring and impactful legacy that Hubbard Street carries forward.

Malachi Ashley Stevens (they/them, Abingdon, MD) is a multidisciplinary artist, blending dance, choreography, and poetry to tell powerful stories. Their journey began in the church, where movement became a spiritual expression and foundation for their artistic voice. They trained at Divine Dance Institute and graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts (Class of 2021), later earning a BFA from USC Kaufman with a minor in Communication and receiving the Artistic Excellence scholarship. They have performed works by renowned choreographers including Kyle Abraham, Hope Boykin, Tassandra Chavez, Peter Chu, E. Moncell Durden, Micaela Taylor, Justin Peck, Helen Pickett, and Jiří Kylián. Their training includes prestigious programs such as Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary, Nederlands Dans Theater, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Gallim dance company, and Springboard Pittsburgh. They are passionate about blending physicality and narrative to move and challenge audiences—and they are thrilled to begin their professional career with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

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Pictured: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in As the Wind Blows by Amy Hall Garner Photo by Danica Paulos, courtesy of Jacob's Pillow.

DESIGNER PROFILES

Sweet Gwen Suite

Lynne Shankel (Arranger/Orchestrator, Sweet Gwen Suite and Percussion IV) is a composer, lyricist, orchestrator, arranger and music supervisor. Lynne (along with lyricist Sara Cooper) won the 2022 Richard Rodgers Award for Perpetual Sunshine & The Ghost Girls. Other shows include HoT (music) Postcard American Town (music and lyrics) and bare: The Musical (music for additional songs). Lynne was music supervisor/ arranger/orchestrator for Allegiance starring Lea Salonga and George Takei and was the first woman to solely orchestrate a new musical on Broadway. Bway: Allegiance, Crybaby (music direction/arrangements); Company (resident music supervisor). Select credits as orchestrator/arranger: White Girl In Danger, Altar Boyz, (Drama Desk nomination); The Extraordinary Ordinary (Drama Desk Nomination); Annie Live (NBC); Life After; Breathe (2020 album and film); Allegiance (The Old Globe, Craig Noel Award for Orchestrations); Chita Rivera (Carnegie Hall, PBS); Boston Pops, New York Pops, San Francisco Symphony, Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Bobby Pearce (Costume Design) Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Broadway’s Taboo. Design highlights: Stage—Children of Eden (Kennedy Center), Really Rosie (Bucks County Playhouse), Ritual Cyclical (Lincoln Center), Summer o Love (Ogunquit Playhouse), Falling For Eve (York Theatre), The Marvelous Wonderettes (NYC, Albany, Cincinnati, Long Beach, San Jose, and Sacramento), Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Las Vegas), The Syringa Tree (New York/London), Red Dog Howls (El Portal/LA), L’Incoronazione de Poppea (Wolf Trap Opera) and Chita Rivera’s Tour Chita & All That Jazz. Television—‘The Rosie O’Donnell Show,’ ‘Rosie Live,’ ‘The RosieShow’ and ‘The Big Gay Sketch Show.’ Films—Let It Snow starring Bernadette Peters. He’s designed for Liza Minnelli, Gwen Verdon, Madeline Kahn, Elizabeth Ashley, Glenn Close, Marla Maples, and International Skating Champions—Maia and Alex Shibutani and Evan Bates (2014 Olympics). bobbypearce.com.

Harrison Pearse-Pollack (Lighting Design, Sweet Gwen Suite and Percussion IV) is a Chicago-based Lighting Designer and Production Manager. Currently, Harrison is the Director of Production of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, where he has lit works by Amy Hall Garner and Spenser Theberge. Previously, Harrison has served as the Resident Lighting Designer of The Yard, Assistant Lighting Director of Boston Ballet, and the Dance Production Manager for Celebrity Series of Boston. His work can be seen onstage with Heather Stewart | Little House Dance, Jenna Pollack Projects, Ciro Collective, Subject:Matter, The Gottabees, and more. Harrison is a graduate of the Boston University School of Design & Production.

Percussion IV

Gordon Lowry Harrell (Music) is an accomplished Broadway musical director, arranger, and conductor. Born on September 10, 1940, in Galveston, Texas, Harrell has built an impressive career spanning multiple decades in musical theater. His Broadway credits include Senator Joe, Rachel Lily Rosenbloom and Don’t You Forget It, Cantebury Tales, 1776, Georgy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Inner City, Rockabye Hamlet, Dancin’, La Cage Aux Folles, The Three Musketeers, Grind, Big Deal, Teddy & Alice, City of Angels, Nick & Nora, The Red Shoes, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Life, and Fosse. His expertise encompasses dance music arrangements, incidental music composition, and full musical direction, making him a multifaceted talent in the Broadway community. His contributions to musical theater have helped shape some of Broadway’s most memorable productions of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Willa Kim (Costume Design) (1917–2016) was a Korean-American costume designer for ballet, stage, film and opera. She studied art at Los Angeles City College and received a scholarship to the Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts: CalArts). After graduating, she worked with costume designers Barbara Karinska and Raoul Pène Du Bois at Paramount Studios. Kim worked on a number of successful Broadway productions with Du Bois, including Gypsy, The Music Man and Bells are Ringing. Kim began her solo designing career in the 1960s and over the course of her life received numerous awards and recognition for her work. She received Drama Desk Awards for Operation Sidewinder (1970), Promenade (1970) and The Screens (1972); and a Drama Desk nomination for Legs Diamond (1989). She received Tony Award nominations for Goodtime Charlie (1975), Dancin’ (1978), Song and Dance (1986),and Legs Diamond (1989) and won Tony Awards for Sophisticated Ladies (1981) and The Will Rogers Follies (1991). She received Obies for Robert Lowell’s trilogy The Old Glory and Woman Before a Glass, as well as Emmys for Michael Smuin’s The Tempest and for Song for Dead Warriors. Toward the end of her career, she was honored with numerous awards. In 1999 she won the TDF/ Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2003 FIT’s 2003 Patricia Zipprodt Award for Innovative Costume Design, in 2005 the United States Institute for Theater Technology distinguished Achievement Award, and in 2007 she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

DESIGNER PROFILES

ATLAS

Cristina Spinei (Music) is a Juilliard-trained composer and performer who has written for numerous orchestras and chamber ensembles. She is best known for her work with dance, having been commissioned by Joffrey Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Parsons Dance, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and many more. Cristina has established herself as one of Nashville’s most versatile, forward-thinking musicians: Nashville Arts dubbed her “gifted and engaging,” while The East Nashvillian praises her “adventuresome imagination.” Self-described as “minimalish,” Cristina anchors her musical ideas in melody, movement, and loops. Though she frequently adopts repeating patterns, her music evokes more dance than trance, combining her love for beautifully crafted melodies and movement-heavy rhythms. Cristina’s music appears on Music for Dance (Toccata Classics), Ex Voto (Sonder House), Rachel Lee Priday’s Fluid Dynamics, as well as on St. Michel Strings’ album Adagio, a record nominated for a Latin GRAMMY® Award.

Márion Talán de la Rosa (Costume Design) is a Brooklyn-based costume designer from Mexico City whose work spans dance, opera, and theater. For over two decades, she has collaborated with multidisciplinary artists on and off Broadway. Current dance collaborations include Sonya Tayeh, Jenn Freeman, Jose Limón Dance Company, Jawole Wolla Jo Zollar, Caleb Teicher Dance, Mayte Natalio, Pilobolus, AMP Dance, Gibney Company BodyTraffic and the Juilliard School of Dance.

Kate Ashton (Lighting Design) Recent work includes Cinderella and Swan Lake (Ballet West), The Sleeping Beauty (The Washington Ballet), Of Mice and Men (Houston Grand Opera), Elizabeth Cree (Glimmerglass), A Thousand Acres and Wozzeck (Des Moines Metro Opera), Hometown to the World (Santa Fe Opera), Josephine and I (The Public Theater), Turn of the Screw and over 30 other productions (Juilliard), Tales of Hoffman (Aspen Music Festival), Tango Song & Dance (Kennedy Center). Kate is the Lighting Director for Fall for Dance at New York City Center and has designed pieces for the Festival including Christopher Wheeldon’s The Two of Us and Herman Cornejo’s Spectre of the Black Rose. Upcoming: Cosi (Glimmerglass), Tosca and Of Mice and Men (DMMO). B.A.: College of William & Mary, MFA: New York University. Member, United Scenic Artists. www.kateashtonlighting.com.

LubDub

Jenah Hensel (Costume Design with Aszure Barton) (she/her) is excited to be the Associate Costume Designer for LubDub—and to add “associate designer” to her list of credits alongside her work as Head of Wardrobe at Hubbard. She’s a proud member of IATSE TWU Local 769, with credits including swing dresser on Hamilton and star dresser on the first national tours of Frozen, Hadestown, and Six (plus a few more along the way). She’s also worked in costumes for television, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Joffrey Ballet, and has designed for Loyola University’s dance department. She trained through an apprenticeship in tutu building with Randall Newsom and mentorships with Virginia Heaven, Debra McGuire, and Hope Hanafin— learning from some truly incredible artists. Endless love and thanks to her kids—Alex, Aiden, and Vienne—for their patience (and for sharing her with the theatre), and to her partner Michael… ILYTM.

Jim French (Lighting Design) Jim French’s lighting has been seen in more than twenty five countries around the globe. Highlights of Jim’s work in dance include twenty seven world premieres for San Francisco Ballet, nine seasons as resident designer for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and long running collaborations with choreographers Val Caniparoli, Amy Seiwert, Pascal Rioult, and with vertical dance company Bandaloop. At home in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has collaborated with Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Opera Parallele, Shotgun Players, Kronos Quartet, Joe Goode Performance Group, ODC Dance, Post:Ballet, SF Danceworks, West Edge Opera, and has been the house Lighting Designer at SF Jazz. Favorite credits from further afield include Finnish National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Czech National Ballet, Ballet West, Ballett Basel, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Nederlands Dans Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, Carte Blanche, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, and LA Dance Project. Jim has designed lighting for the Global Climate Action Summit, and volunteers for Dancers Responding to AIDS and Bike East Bay.

Harris Theater Information

COVID Protocols:

All audience members attending performances inside the Theater will be required to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test prior to entering the facility. In addition, all audience members will be required to wear a mask while inside the venue, regardless of vaccination status. For more information, visit harristheaterchicago.org/faqs.

In Consideration of Other Patrons and the Performers:

In Consideration of Other Patrons and the Performers: Photography is not permitted in the Theater at any time and texting during performance is strictly prohibited. Film or digital images will be confiscated or deleted by the Harris Theater house staff; violators will be subject to a fine. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Smoking is prohibited within the Harris Theater. Allowance of personal items and baggage into the auditorium space is at the sole discretion of house management.

For Your Safety: Please take a moment and note the nearest exit. In the event of an emergency, follow the directions of the Harris Theater house staff. In the event of an illness or injury, inform the Harris Theater Front of House Manager.

Please turn off all cell phones. Photography is not permitted in the Theater at any time and texting during performance is strictly prohibited. Film or digital images will be confiscated or deleted by the Harris Theater house staff; violators will be subject to a fine. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Smoking is prohibited within the Harris Theater. Allowance of personal items and baggage into the auditorium space is at the sole discretion of house management.

For Your Safety:

Please take a moment and note the nearest exit. In the event of an emergency, follow the directions of the Harris Theater house staff. In the event of an illness or injury, inform the Harris Theater Front of House Manager.

Accessibility:

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating locations, swing arm aisle seating, and inclusive/wheelchair accessible restrooms are available on all auditorium seating levels. The Harris is also equipped with an FM Assistive Listening Device system. Headsets are available for check out with a valid ID. Please call the Box Office in advance at 312.334.7777 regarding ticketing and accessible seating questions. If inquiring on any additional accommodation requests to enhance your performance experience, please reach out to access@harristheaterchicago.org or call 312.334.2486 at least two weeks in advance.

Parking: Discounted parking validation is available for all ticket holders using the Millennium Park Garage. A validation machine is located on Lobby Level 5 (Upper Randolph).

Rental Information: If you have any questions about the Harris Theater, including rental of the facility, group tours, or volunteer opportunities, please email rentals@harristheaterchicago.org.

Wheelchair accessible seating locations, swing arm aisle seating, and inclusive/wheelchair accessible restrooms are available on all auditorium seating levels. The Harris is also equipped with an Infrared Assistive Listening Device system. Headsets are available for check out with a valid ID. Large print programs are available for all Harris Theater Presents engagements. Please call the Box Office in advance at 312.334.7777 regarding ticketing and accessible seating questions. If inquiring on any additional accommodation requests to enhance your performance experience, please reach out to access@harristheaterchicago.org or call 312.334.2486 at least two weeks in advance.

About the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance

Parking:

Discounted parking validation is available for all ticket holders using the Millennium Park Garage. A validation machine is located on Lobby Level 5 (Upper Randolph).

Rental Information:

If you have any questions about the Harris Theater, including rental of the facility, group tours, or volunteer opportunities, please email rentals@harristheaterchicago.org.

Harris Theater Mission:

The Harris Theater is Chicago’s home for music and dance, connecting diverse audiences with artists from across the city, the nation, and the world. An anchor institution of Millennium Park and the first multi-use performance venue built in downtown Chicago since 1929, the Harris was established in 2003 to create a much-needed home for the city’s vibrant community of midsize performing arts organizations. Today, the nonprofit Harris Theater features some of the most diverse arts and culture offerings in the city, from its Chicago-based Resident Companies to the world-renowned visiting artists who perform on its stage through the Harris Theater Presents series.

The Harris Theater is Chicago’s home for music and dance, connecting diverse audiences with artists from across the city, the nation, and the world. Opened in 2003 in Millennium Park, the Theater was the first multi-use performance venue built in downtown Chicago since 1929, and fulfilled the city’s need for a shared home for mid-size performing arts organizations. Today, the Harris features some of the most diverse arts and culture offerings of any venue in the city, and is a distinctive model for artistic quality, collaboration, and making the performing arts relevant and accessible to the widest possible audience.

Founded on the principle of serving Chicago’s vibrant creative community, the Theater is the home venue of more than 25 not-for-profit arts and culture organizations. The Harris Theater Presents series has featured world-renowned artists and ensembles including Laurie Anderson, Batsheva Dance, English National Ballet, Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir, Angélique Kidjo, and Paris Opéra Ballet. The Theater’s community engagement initiatives build bridges between artists and community members, providing master classes, artist talks, and free tickets for more than 35 partner organizations throughout Chicago.

The Harris represents a distinctive model for artistic excellence, collaboration, and creative symbiosis, making the performing arts relevant and accessible to the widest possible audience. Acting as both a home base for and a supportive partner of its Resident Companies, the Harris provides stateof-the-art performance space and ongoing support to nearly 30 Chicago-based performing arts organizations. Its 1,500-seat multi-use theater brings innovative and boundary-pushing productions from more than 32 countries across six continents to Chicago, creating unique opportunities for dialogue between Chicagoans and the world’s leading artists, thinkers, and innovators. The organization’s signature Harris Theater Presents series has featured acclaimed artists and ensembles including Batsheva Dance, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, English National Ballet, Joshua Bell, Joyce DiDonato, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir, Angélique Kidjo, and Paris Opéra Ballet. The Theater’s education and community engagement initiatives build bridges between artists and community members, providing master classes, artist talks, and free tickets for more than 35 partner organizations throughout Chicago.

To learn more about the Harris Theater, Chicago’s state-of-the-art 1,500-seat performance venue in Millennium Park, visit harristheaterchicago.org.

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SPOTLIGHT ON: Verdon Fosse Legacy

Thanks to our partnership with The Verdon Fosse® Legacy, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is honored to serve as the exclusive repertory home for Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon’s choreography and present these two iconic works as part of our Season 48 Spring Series.

Choreographed for Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ in 1978 and originally premiered on Hubbard Street in 1991, Percussion IV is a technically and emotionally demanding solo that speaks to the timeless human experience of overcoming self-doubt. Sweet Gwen Suite is a re-imagining of three works originally made for television in the late 1960s, reconstructed for the concert dance stage in 2021 with direction and additional choreography by Linda Haberman.

We asked Linda Haberman, Stager of both pieces on the Company, and Hubbard Street Artistic Director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell to share a few insights on the works:

Fosse and Verdon’s choreography is all about the details in both movement and emotion. What are some key differences between Sweet Gwen Suite and Percussion IV?

Linda H.: Percussion IV was originally rather dark, and it has a very big emotional arc to it—very different from Sweet Gwen Suite, which is fun and humorous. Where I was asking for a sort of wry humor in Sweet Gwen Suite, with this [Percussion IV] I’m asking them to dig into a more vulnerable, raw emotional place. You know when you feel no matter what you do, it’s just not good enough? The dancer has to be at the peak of feeling that emotion.

Hubbard Street has a long history with Fosse and Verdon. What is the significance of presenting their works for today’s audiences?

Linda-Denise: As a legacy company founded in 1977, it’s really nice to have these anchors that bring us back to how we got here in the first place. [Founding Artistic Director] Lou Conte was highly influenced by Bob Fosse. There’s no better way to do that than with The Verdon Fosse® Legacy. They’re entrusting us to do Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon’s work. It’s incredibly special and I think it really helps define who we are.

Linda H.: There’s no outlet for a lot of this work—it was done years ago, it’s not going to be done on Broadway, it came from various sources. To mold it into a concert setting and have it performed by the dancers of Hubbard Street—it’s just perfect.

For more behind-the-scenes insights, scan the QR codes to watch episodes from our mini-documentary series, Inside the Studio.

Hubbard Street Dancers Aaron Choate, Cyrie Topete, and Dominick Brown in Sweet Gwen Suite by Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. Photo by Michelle Reid.

Percussion IV Sweet Gwen Suite

SPOTLIGHT ON: ATLAS

ATLAS is the result of a highly collaborative process between choreographer Chanel DaSilva and the Hubbard Street Dancers, showcasing the full range of their physicality, artistry, and humanity. Hubbard Street Dancers Simone Stevens and Cyrie Topete offer their perspectives:

Describe the experience of working with Chanel on ATLAS. What was the creation process like for you?

Simone: We started by discussion almost every day in rehearsal. The backbone of this piece is how much dialog we’ve been able to share with Chanel and how much she’s been able to share with us.

Cyrie: Yes, that was pivotal for this process and how we’ve been able to sculpt this world together because permission of vulnerability was established from the start. Physicality, yes, is very much there, but also the mind and heart conversation is, too. Our senses and emotions are very heightened. How we see each other and how we partner—we feel very sensitive towards each other.

What are your hopes for the audience’s experience with ATLAS?

Simone: I’m excited for the audience to have a sense of community as they’re watching it. There’s so many ways you can relate to what you’re seeing on stage. I think that the world we’re creating with Chanel and each other in this piece is really intimate, but it’s also relatable. Maybe it’s one you already feel like you’re part of, one that you don’t have to ask to step into or wait for permission. I’m hoping that it invites the audience to take a moment to reflect as we’re also reflecting in real time on stage.

For more behind-the-scenes insights, scan the QR code to watch the Inside the Studio episode featuring the creation of ATLAS

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago rehearsing ATLAS by Chanel DaSilva. Photo by Michelle Reid.

SPOTLIGHT ON: LubDub

The latest creation by Aszure Barton as part of her multi-year Hubbard Street residency, LubDub encapsulates the joy of making with the Hubbard Street Dancers. Read on for more from Aszure:

Tell us about what it was like getting back into the Hubbard Street studio. It’s extremely meaningful to be back making work with the Company. Through the process, I discovered this space and beauty and happiness again—which has been really transformative.

You have a remarkable ability to bring such vivid performances out of the Dancers. Can you speak to how you collaborate with them in your creative process? My relationship with dancers is my community, and the dancers here are also my community. So I feel that communication, being with them in studio, they’re so open and they trust me. They have a good time in the process—there’s a lot of laughter! - and without the laughter, I don’t think anything can move. I create through feeling, and through a dialogue with the dancers. They’re just open and willing to be fools with me.

What makes you excited about audiences coming to experience your work right at this moment?

If people come to the theater right now, I’m celebrating! I think it’s an incredibly important moment for us to come together, and to step away from our electronics, and actually watch something that can change you, that can actually share beauty in such an extraordinary way. We’re able to go to the moon—and—we’re also able to dance like that! It’s exciting to think that if we focus our energy towards something beautiful, it is actually more powerful than I think we often give it credit for.

Open this QR code with your camera app to watch Aszure’s latest episode of Inside the Studio!

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in rehearsal with Resident Artist Aszure Barton. Photos by Brandon Jones.

Move like you mean it.

Behind every curtain call is strength, resilience, and discipline. At Athletico, we understand the physical demands of the performing arts—because we treat performers every day. Whether you're on stage under the lights or taking it all in from the house, we’re here to help you keep moving with purpose.

Hubbard Street Dancer Michele Dooley. Photo by Michelle Reid. Designs by NICZKA. Styling by Tania Mackey.

As you enjoy today’s program, we invite you to Delve Into Dance with us and enrich your experience by considering some of the following questions before, during, and after the performance:

n How does the music/soundscape contribute to your experience of the piece?

n Do any of the pieces evoke other art forms or societal/cultural influences?

n What emotions do particular movements or moments bring up for you?

n Do you think the choreographers created their pieces with a specific message or story to convey? If so, what?

Hubbard Street Dancer Elliot Hammans. Photo by Michelle Reid. Designs by NICZKA. Styling by Tania Mackey

NEW MEMBER BENEFITS OPPORTUNITIES

Whether you’re a current member looking to upgrade or considering membership for the rst time, we encourage you to learn more about our robust member bene ts and nd the level that’s right for you!

SUSTAINERS’ CIRCLE

$10+ monthly

Our monthly Sustaining members provide critical annual support which funds initiatives like Teaching Artists instruction in Chicago Public Schools and daily physical therapy to keep our Company Dancers healthy.

CIRCLE PLACES SOCIETY

$25 0 – 4,999

Our Circle Places members provide integral annual support which enables programs like our Summer Intensive Fellowships, and annual Community Matinee performance series.

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

$5,000+

Our Director’s Circle members provide transformative support which increases opportunities to bring new work to the Hubbard Street repertoire and keep the world’s brightest talent right here at Hubbard Street.

Secure your membership and transform your Hubbard Street experience today!

www.hubbardstreetdance.com/support-us/become-a-member

Pictured: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in IMPASSE by Johan Inger. Photo by Michelle Reid.

SPOTLIGHT ON: HSDC Education Movement as Partnership

We partner with schools and community organizations across Chicago to provide access to our programs in support of our mission to awaken the human spirit through contemporary dance.

Interested in partnering with HSDC Education?

Open this QR code with your camera app to complete our Residency Interest form.

Pictured: Students and teachers at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy and the Academy for Global Citizenship during HSDC MAP Residencies.

Photos courtesy of HSDC Education.

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HUBBARD STREET STAFF AND BOARD

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell

Artistic Director

David McDermott

Executive Director

Artistic Staff

Jonathan E. Alsberry

Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives

Craig D. Black, Jr.

Rehearsal Director

Shawn Lent Manager of Training Programs

Administrative Staff

Abby Olson

General Manager

Arts FMS

Financial Management Services

External Affairs

Mollie Alexander Director of Development

Haley Gillespie

Associate Director of Development

Jensen Rasmussen Development Coordinator

Erik Kaiko Director of Marketing & Communications

Megan Moran

Associate Director of Marketing & Communications

Brandon Jones

Content Creation Specialist

Youth, Education, and Community Programs

Eboné Harden Director of Education

Learning Specialists

Jamie Brunson

Rebeca G. Griffin

Anne Kasdorf

Michelle Modrzejewski

Teaching Artist Faculty

Danielle “Dani” Kfoury

Mara Noguez

Daisy Rueda

Julia Rzonca

Molly Strom June Tanoue

Desiree “Desi” VanDyke

Production

Harrison Pearse-Pollack Director of Production

Kate Darby

Stage Manager and Head of Props

Bill Green

Head of Audio

Jenah Hensel Head of Wardrobe

Jack Horwitch

Head Electrician

Kevin Upham Head Carpenter

Board of Directors

Steven Collens Chair

Kristin Conley President

Jasminka Milpak Treasurer

Jodi Patt

Secretary

Jen Mallamud VP of Development

Samir Mayekar VP of Membership

Directors at Large

Heather Caruso

Allyson Esposito

Michael Fassnacht

Mara S. Georges

Larry Gilbert^

Ashley Hartman

Solange Sandy Lloyd

Diane Longoria

Mary Lou Marinas

Suzet McKinney, DrPH

Kristen Otterson

Alison Richards

Benna Wilde

Yasmine Winkler

Life Directors

John W. Ballantine^

Corinne Brophy*

Meg Callahan^

Edythe R. Cloonan^*

Pamela Crutchfield

Sondra Berman Epstein^*

Stanley M. Freehling*

Charles R. Gardner

Paul Gignilliat*

Sandra P. Guthman^

Gail Kalver

James Mabie^*

Marie E. O’Connor^*

Byron Pollock^**

Timothy Schwertfeger^

Jack D. Tovin

Randy White^

William N. Wood Prince^

^ Past Board Chair or President

*In Memoriam

Program Book

Erik Kaiko Editor

Communiqué Graphic Design Designer

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following corporations, foundations, government agencies, and individuals who made gifts to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago between February 1st, 2025, and April 19th, 2026. Their support keeps the company moving and makes the performance you enjoy today possible.

Corporate, Foundation & Government Support

$100,000 and above

Athletico Physical Therapy

Good Chaos

Polk Bros. Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

$50,000 $99,999

Julius N. Frankel Foundation

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Illinois Arts Council Agency

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

$25,000 $49,999

Alphawood Foundation

The Crown Family Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Anonymous (1)

$10,000 $24,999

The Auditorium

Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation Inc.

CIBC

Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P.

The Irving Harris Foundation

John R. Halligan Charitable Fund

Make It Better Foundation

Prince Charitable Trusts

Proctor & Gamble Company

Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation

The Siragusa Family Foundation

Verit Advisors

William Blair

Anonymous (1)

$5,000 $9,999

AbbVie

The Chicago Community Trust

J&L Catering

Jenner & Block, LLP

Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts

Dr. Scholl Foundation

$1,000 $4,999

Arts FMS

Kovler Family Foundation

Janet Mandell

Quinn Family Foundation

Sahara Enterprises Inc.

Individual Support SUPPORT

$100,000 and above

Marla and Larry Gilbert

The Estate of

Nancy Lauter McDougal

$25,000 $99,999

Meg and Tim Callahan

Steven and Caralynn Collens

Cathleen McCarthy Cramer and Jim Suehr

Jana French and Peter Gotsch

Sandra and Jack Guthman

Kristen Otterson

Judy Wise and the Baskin Family Foundation

$10,000 $24,999

Sharon and Neil Book

Collens Family Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation

Kristin Conley and Andrew Sudds

Joel and Katie Cory

Pamela Crutchfield

Siobhan Flynn and Alec Dike

Allyson Esposito

Ginger Farley

Adrienne Foley

Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner

Mara Georges and Michael Mutz

Ted Grady

Mirja Haffner

Jae Lee and Michael Heffernan

Krystyna Kiel and Alexander Templeton

Solange Sandy Lloyd and Arnold Schraa

Diane and Alejandro Longoria

Ron and Elise Magers

Jen and Josh Mallamud

Mary Lou Marinas

Debra and Blake Moritz

Michael and Margo Oberman

Abby McCormick O’Neil and D. Carroll Joynes

Jodi Patt and Wesley Crampton

Alison Richards

Richard L. Rodes

Burton X. and

Sheli Z. Rosenberg

Benna and Hal Wilde

Yasmine and George Winkler

Liza Yntema, In support of female leadership in dance Anonymous (1)

$5,000 $9,999

John and Caroline Ballantine

Cinda Berry and Arthur Krumrey

Ross B. Bricker and Nina Vinik

Joyce Chelberg

Carol Coletta

Michelle Collins

Damian Dolyniuk and Kelly Royer, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Mary Josephs

Walter Mah

Marc Miller and Chris Horsman

Eleanor and William Revelle

Bill Staley

Jack Tovin

Nigel and Joanna Travis

Randy and Lisa White Anonymous (2)

$2,500 $4,999

Brian and Tracy Coe

Nancy Contel

Jeff Corbin and Massimo Pacilli

Thomas Cramer

Bruce Crown

Scott Deininger

Adam Grymkowski

Jamie & Bruce Hague

Trish Harper

Samir Mayekar

Coco Meers

Sally and Ted Miller

Aaron Rudberg

Shreyas Shah

Deborah and Kelly Stonebraker

Sarah Whitford

Gary and Ladonna Wicklund

$1,000 $2,499

Greg Albiero and Mark Zampardo

Mollie Alexander and Frank Hogan

Charles Arnold

Michelle Atherton

MarySue Barrett

Sandra Bass

Debra Berstein-Siegel

Shaun and Andrew Block

Howard and Carol Burnett

Heather Caruso

Drs. Helen and Paul Chang

Hugo and Catherine Chavez

Sandi Cooksey and Todd Clark

Rosemarie Eck

Jennifer Edgcomb

Cathy Ethridge

Molly Flanagan

Randall Frank

Martin and Laly Furrer

Delta Greene

Rachel and Devin Gross

Erin Harkey

Nancy Honeycutt

Kym and Darrell Hubbard

Lauren Huefner

Jastromb Family Philanthropic Fund

Marsha Kamen

Kurtis Kossen

Janet Lang

Stephanie Letchinger

Susan Bass Marcus and Stephen D. Marcus

Kevin McGirr

Kathleen Miles

Jasminka Milpak and Daniel Lapish

Susan Miner

Geoff Myers

Jennifer Lynne Nelson

Stacey and Tom Newman

Denise Nitterhouse

Susan Nutson

Julie O’Connell

Eleanor Pollack

Suzie Pretekin

Anna Rappaport

Barbara Reed

Rich Regan

Lynn Ritchie

Janice Rodgers

Robert and Marsha Rosner

Bonnie and Michael Rothman

Earl and Sandra Rusnak

SUPPORT

Kim Schaffer and Don Sandler

Merry Schroeder

Elizabeth and Steven Schultz

Charles and Bea Schutz

Elisa K Spain and Art Beyda

Carol Stone

Richard Straub

Lyndon Taylor and Daphne Roscoe-Taylor

Peter Vale

Jay and Donna Williams

Carolyn Zaslaw and Stephen Miller

William Ziemann

Anonymous (4)

$500 $999

Kyle Anders and Family

Peggy Beata

Linda Bierig

Jeanne Brett

Erin Kae Brown

Courtney Burk

Gerald Caporicci

Kellie and Dean Clune

Joseph Deal

Kathy DeHoff

Judy Desenis and Scott Peterson

Deanna Deutschman

Lori Dimun

Kimberly Dulac

Thomas Durica and Susan Jacob

Laura Eisen

Jennifer Elsener

Susan Feibus

Carol Fox and Howard Girovich

Julie L. Gentes

Mary Guggenheim & Jon Will

Rusty Hernandez

Caroline and Mark Hinrichs

Chris and Paula Hoste

Chardai Johnson

Jayme and Mark Kaufmann

Gina Kennedy

Scott Klemm

Jan Kliger

Mark Larsen

Sandy Marks

David McDermott and Molly Graber

Cammie and Ian McLeod

Bill Melamed and

Jamey Lundblad

Fabiana Barcelo Podesta

Kara Riggio

Barbara and David Roen

Steven and Erika Rossa

Mary Kay Shaw

Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith

Jennifer Statler

Eric and Tammy Steele

Shiela Vinczeller

Kathy Wassmann

Michael and Linda Welsh

Joanna Wozniak

Anonymous (2)

$250 $499

Gene Amromin

Robert C. Anderson

Jim Andrews & Rich Cohrs

Henry and Leigh Bienen

Bernadette Muller Broccolo and Timothy E. Broccolo

Therese and Christopher Brown

Elizabeth Burnett and Brian Orr

John and Sally Carton

April Clobes

Maureen A. Crowley

Barbara and Michael Davis

Cindy M. Delmar

Bruce and Maria Doughty

Sarah Eng

Edith and Gerald Falk

Alex Fraenkel

Leslie Glazier

Michael and Amy Gordon

Craig Griffith

Veronica Guadalupe

Harry and Lynn Halme

Tiffany Henderson

Dr. Robert Henry

George and Andrea Hutchinson

Mary Ittleson

Jackie Robinson Ivy

John Jawor

Victoria Johnson

Alisa Katzen

Nikki and Max Kaufman

Susan and Steve Kaufman

Del and Donna Kolacki

Pilar and Brian Korgel

Thomas Kruse

Veronica & Barry Levine

Benjamin Levinsky

Charles Loomis

Lucy Mallett

Michael McStraw and Andy Flaherty

Stephanie Medvigy

Heather Mlodinow

Mary Nasenbenny

Arts FMS

The O’Leary Family

Andrew and Judy L. Porte

Sarah Ricciardi

Anne Rogers

Linda Rosencranz

Emily Rosengren and Richard Lee

Steve Roy and Lloyd Kohler

Jonathan Ruiz and Cindy Chen

Mitchell Sabshon

JEMS

Allyson Sand

Sue Mowery-Schalk

Michael and Rhoda Schlesinger

Janelle Sevilis

Katherine Shank

Lauren Baznik Spahr

Patty Sternberg

Mary Toll and William Heimann

Dana Shepard Treister and Dr. Michael Roy Treister

Sandra Van Tilburg

Paul Waas

Allan Waite and Greg Ostfeld

The Whitaker Family

Karen Wilmot

Amanda Woodward and Andrew Campbell

Manuela Zoninsein

Anonymous (1)

Hubbard Street appreciates the support of all its donors and regrets the inability to list those who contributed less than $250 due to space limitations.

For any corrections to program name listings please contact the Development Office at giving@ hubbardstreetdance.com

Gifts in Honor and Memory

Tribute and Memorial gifts are a meaningful way to recognize individuals who have a connection to Hubbard Street. For more information or to make a gift please contact the Development Office at giving@hubbardstreetdance.com

In honor of Meg Callahan

From Kim and Don

Jan Kliger

Deborah and Kelly Stonebraker

In honor of Steven Collens

Burton X. and Sheli Z. Rosenberg

In honor of Kristin Conley

Rachel and Devin Gross

In honor of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell

Elizabeth Yntema and Mark Ferguson

In honor of Charlie Gardner and Patti Eylar

Kevin McGirr

In honor of Paul Gignilliat

Randy and Lisa White

In honor of Haley Gillespie

Charlie Gardner and Patti Eylar

In honor of David McDermott

Ginny and Jeff Rogers

In honor of Marc Miller

Sally and Ted Miller

In honor of William N. Wood-Prince and Patrick B. Wood-Prince

Benna and Hal Wilde

In honor of and gratitude for all those who taught the adult dance classes at 218 S Wabash in the late 80s and early 90s

Denise Nitterhouse

In honor of the staff and dancers for a terrific day hosting the OLLI Creative Spark class and for your dedication to the arts...

Nancy Contel

Contributed Materials and Services

Athletico Physical Therapy

HMS Media

J&L Catering

Microsoft Corporation

Soundlight Entertainment

Tessitura

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in Blue Soup by Aszure Barton. Photo by Michelle Reid

SUPPORT Special Services

Allied Integrated Marketing

Advertising

Athletico Physical Therapy

Official Provider of Physical Therapy

Jeremy Harris, Joyce Lindsey, Jonathan Schang, Imogen Smith

Accompanists

Sophie Allen, Jacqueline Burnett, Meredith Dincolo, Cheryl Mann Del Cuore, Julie Nakagawa, Verena Pircher, Taryn Kaschock

Russell, Kevin Shannon, Jessica Tomlinson, Jim Vincent, Laura Wade, DanceWorks Chicago*, Little Fire Artist Collective* Company Teachers

Savills

Real Estate

Quarles & Brady

Franczek P.C.

Legal Services

Michelle Reid

HSDC Resident Photographer; Season 48

Identity Photography

Rachel Mills Tessitura Consulting

Frank Ishman

2021–23 Headshot Photography

Motion/Pictures Dance Project Inside the Studio Production Team

Martin Wilde

Audio Description Services (5/17)

Veramarie Baldoza

ASL Interpretation Services (5/17)

Erin Pitts

Grant Writer

Campbell & Company Fundraising Consulting

Gemini Graphics, Inc. Print and Mail Services

MDR Creative, Inc.

Event Management

Linelight Design

Graphic Design

Communiqué Graphic Design

Graphic Design

*Community Class Partners

Lou Conte Founders Society

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is grateful to the following individuals who have included us in their estate plans. Our future is more secure because of their generosity.

Corinne Brophy*

Meg and Tim Callahan

Marge* and Lew Collens

Josephine H. Deutsch*

Charlie Gardner and Patti Eylar

Denise Stefan Ginascol and John Ginascol

Sandra L. Kuzlik

Edward T. Mack*

Walter Mah

Jane Ellen Murray*

Edward and Gayla Nieminen

Sarah J. Nolan

James F. Oates*

Edna K. Papazian*

Byron Pollock*

Alyssa J. Rapp

Richard L. Rodes

Richard Schieler*

Landon N. Stigall*

Sandra Van Tilburg

J. Randall White

*deceased

Donations of any size can be mailed to:

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | PO Box 778859 | Chicago, IL 60677-8859

SUPPORT Endowments

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following donors to the Endowment for Health and Wellness and the Endowment for Artistic Programs, which was established with a generous grant from the Ford Foundation.

$100,000 and above

Meg and Tim Callahan

Pamela Crutchfield

The Davee Foundation

Josephine H. Deutsch Trust

The Ford Foundation

Jay Franke and David Herro

The John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur Foundation

Jim* and Kay Mabie

Nancy A. Lauter & Alfred L.

McDougal Charitable Fund

Timothy R. Schwertfeger and Gail Waller

$50,000–$99,999

Sara Albrecht

John and Caroline Ballantine

Deborah Bricker

Sidney and Sondra Berman Epstein*

Sandra and Jack Guthman

Mrs. Eleanor Wood Prince

William N. Wood Prince

The Rhoades Foundation

Earl and Sandra Rusnak

Randy and Lisa White

$25,000–$49,999

Lew Collens

Harold Florsheim

Paul and Ellen Gignilliat

Bernard and Averill Leviton

Dale and Dana Machalleck

James F. Oates*

Randy White and Hope Wollman

$10,000–$24,999

Dean Balice

Katherine and Christopher Barber

Roger and Julie Baskes

Joseph and Anne Bohne

Janice Y. Burnham and Raymond B. Carney

James and Edie Cloonan

Joel and Katie Cory

Allan and Ellen Drebin

Susan and Bryan Erler

Trudy Giesel

Denise Stefan Ginascol and John Ginascol

Mary Louise Gorno

Jacqueline Hurlbutt and Norman Waite

Sarah J. Nolan

Dina Norris and Steve Young

Byron* and Judy Pollock

Sally and Ellis Regenbogen

Eleanor and William Revelle

Dana and Andre Rice

Kevin and Camille Rudge

Warren D. Shifferd Jr.

Richard and Ann Tomlinson

Robert and Nancy Unglaub

Earl and Susan Webb

Sallyan Windt

$5,000–$9,999

Julia Antonatos

Sanchen Barnum

William and Donna Barrows

The Sidney and June Barrows Foundation

Corinne Brophy*

Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner

Carla J. Eyre and Peter F. Gallagher

Judith Grubner and Craig Jobson

Stephanie Hickman

Linda Hutson

Marc Miller and Chris Horsman

Pat Pulido Sanchez and Manuel Sanchez

John Schwartz

Kenneth Shanoff and Steve Young

Deborah and Kelly Stonebraker

Jack and Niki Tovin

$1,000–$4,999

Kathy Catrambone

Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation

Carolyn Clift

Thomas and Lois Colberg

Jocelyn B. Hamlar and Leighton J. Toney

Jastromb Family Philanthropic Fund

Rachel Corn Kluge and Scott Kluge

David Mekemson and Irene Petruniak

Maureen Mosh

Donald Ratner

Patrick J. Schieble

Richard Turner and David Jenkins

$250–$999

Bill Nygren Foundation

Todd Magazine

Sheila Owens

Steven and Frances Shapiro

*deceased

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Artistic Director

David McDermott, Executive Director

Lou Conte, Founder

COMING SOON

Hubbard Street Dancers Cyrie Topete and Shota Miyoshi.

Photo by Michelle Reid. Styling by Renee Moreno.