Hubbard Street’s Season 37 Winter Series

Theater Dance Music Fall How to Dress Well Sep 4, 2014 eighth blackbird Heart and Breath Sep 12, 2014

David Bowie Variety Hour Sep 26–27, 2014 Rosas Rosas danst Rosas Oct 9–12, 2014 Michael Clark Company come, been and gone Oct 25–27, 2014 Teatro en el Blanco La Reunión Nov 1–2, 2014 Holcombe Waller Wayfinders Nov 7–9, 2014

Bowie Changes Nov 15, 21, and 22, 2014 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Princess Grace Awards: New Works Dec 4–14, 2014 Tsukasa Taiko Taiko Legacy 11 and Reduction Dec 20–21, 2014

at the Edlis Neeson Theater

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Alice Klock Fluence Photo: Todd Rosenberg

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Princess Grace Awards: New Works Dec 4–14, 2014

Glenn Edgerton, Artistic Director Jason D. Palmquist, Executive Director Jesse Bechard Jacqueline Burnett Alejandro Cerrudo Alicia Delgadillo Kellie Epperheimer Jonathan Fredrickson Michael Gross Jason Hortin Alice Klock Emilie Leriche Ana Lopez Johnny McMillan Andrew Murdock Jane Rehm David Schultz Kevin J. Shannon Jessica Tong Kristen Brogdon, General Manager Lucas Crandall, Rehearsal Director Alejandro Cerrudo, Resident Choreographer Meredith Dincolo, Artistic Associate and Coordinator, Pre-Professional Programs Jason Brown, Director of Production Ishanee DeVas, Company Manager Julie E. Ballard, Production Manager Kilroy G. Kundalini, Audio Engineer

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Stephan Panek, Head Carpenter and Stage Operations Sam Begich, Master Electrician Lisa Smeltzer, Stage Manager and Properties Master Rebecca M. Shouse, Head of Wardrobe Marisa C. Santiago, Manager of Artistic Operations Bill Melamed, Chief Marketing and Development Officer Lou Conte, Founder Running time is approximately 100 minutes including two intermissions.

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Princess Grace Awards: New Works is sponsored by the Princess Grace Foundation–USA and supported by a grant from The Chicago Community Trust.

Music by Jasper Gahunia, Robert F. Haynes and Tony Lazarra is commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.

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Princess Grace Awards: New Works Counterpoint* Kyle Abraham, Choreography, in collaboration with the artists of Hubbard Street Johannes Brahms, Music Jóhann Jóhannsson, Music Dan Scully, Lighting Design Reid Bartelme, Costume Design Harriet Jung, Costume Design December 4, 6, 11, 13 (matinée), 14 Alicia Delgadillo, Jason Hortin, Emilie Leriche, Ana Lopez, Johnny McMillan, Kevin J. Shannon, and Jessica Tong December 5, 7, 12, 13 (evening) Jesse Bechard, Jacqueline Burnett, Alicia Delgadillo, Kellie Epperheimer, Jonathan Fredrickson, Michael Gross, and Jessica Tong Length is 23 minutes

“Originally intended to be created in collaboration with Chicago footwork pioneer DJ Rashad, Counterpoint became a work of isolation and abrupt uncertainties after news of the composer’s sudden passing earlier this year. I chose to draw upon deviations of circumstance as layered metaphors for all things unforeseen.”

—Kyle Abraham Intermission

Waxing Moon Robyn Mineko Williams, Choreography Robert F. Haynes and Tony Lazarra, Music Burke Brown, Lighting Design Hogan McLaughlin, Costume Design December 4, 5, 6, 7 Andrew Murdock, Jonathan Fredrickson, and Jacqueline Burnett December 11, 12, 13 (matinée and evening), 14 Michael Gross, Johnny McMillan, and Emilie Leriche Length is 20 minutes

*Created for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Counterpoint premiered at the Chicago Dancing Festival, August 20, 2014, which took place at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL. Music by Jóhann Jóhannsson: “Tu Non Mi Perderai Mai,” from the album Gregson/Richter/ Jóhannsson, as recorded by Peter Gregson, courtesy of Mute Records, used by permission of Schirmer. Music

by Johannes Brahms: “Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor: Third Movement,” from the album Brahms Piano Concerto in D Minor, as recorded by Arthur Rubinstein, courtesy of Hallmark Records. The world premiere of Counterpoint is a Chicago Dancing Festival commission. Counterpoint is sponsored by the Princess Grace Foundation– USA and supported by a grant from The Chicago Community Trust.

Created for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Waxing Moon premiered at Princess Grace Awards: New Works, December 4, 2014 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s Edlis Neeson Theater, Chicago, IL. Original music by Robert F. Haynes and Tony Lazarra: “The Ivory Coast,” commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. Waxing Moon is sponsored by the Princess Grace Foundation– USA and supported by a grant from The Chicago Community Trust.

From left: Alice Klock and Emilie Leriche Counterpoint by Kyle Abraham Photo: Todd Rosenberg

Robyn Mineko Williams applies a minimalist aesthetic to her fourth creation for Hubbard Street’s main company and her third collaboration with Chicago composer Robert F. Haynes and fashion designer Hogan McLaughlin. As its title suggests, Waxing Moon contemplates the process of becoming; its protagonist considers possibilities for his future through engagement with two forces we see as figures.

Intermission

Enter Woven˘ Victor Quijada, Choreography Jasper Gahunia, Music Burke Brown, Lighting Design Marilène Bastien, Costume Design All performances Jacqueline Burnett, Alicia Delgadillo, Kellie Epperheimer, Emilie Leriche, Jane Rehm, Jessica Tong, Jesse Bechard, Jonathan Fredrickson, Michael Gross, Jason Hortin, Johnny McMillan, Andrew Murdock, and Kevin J. Shannon Length is 30 minutes “Enter Woven examines the push and pull of the environment we live in. It brings into focus the causal effect of our interconnected relationships. In this piece, the atmosphere is palpable; limbs reach out to cut and carve through the ether. Individuals join and compress against each other. Their bodies form architectures. These struc­tures shift, and individuals sift over, under, and through one another. We watch as their stories intertwine, detach, reconnect, and transform.” —Victor Quijada

Artists up close MCA Stage’s series of artist-centered talks, workshops, and open studios engages the public with the artists in intimate settings and provides a closer look at the creative process.

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MCA Talk First Night Dec 5 Audience members are invited to stay at the end of the performance for a conversation with Hubbard Street Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton and Victor Quijada.

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for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at Princess Grace Awards: New Works, December 4, 2014 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s Edlis Neeson Theater, Chicago, IL. Music

by Jasper Gahunia commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. Enter Woven is sponsored by the Princess Grace Foundation– USA and supported by a grant from The Chicago Community Trust.

Hubbard Street Studio Series Nov 22 MCA Stage and Hubbard Street copresented a workshop with choreographer Victor Quijada at the Lou Conte Dance Studio. Drawing from his distinctive repertoire, which deconstructs and applies choreographic principles to hip-hop, the class expanded into the arenas of theatrical interpretation, improvisation, and filmic imagery in his dance work.

Hubbard Street Dancer Kellie Epperheimer, foreground, in rehearsal for Counterpoint

by Kyle Abraham, left, at the Hubbard Street Dance Center with, far left, Alicia Delgadillo Photo: Todd Rosenberg

Sònia Sánchez Le Ça (The Id) Feb 13–15, 2015

Phenomenal dancer Sònia Sánchez channels the subconscious depth of flamenco, raw and unadorned, in a solo dance propelled by electric guitarist David Soler and vocalist Miguel Angel (“el Londro”). In her US debut, Sánchez pulls viewers into her desires and memories—and creates a flamenco language all her own.

Presented as part of the Chicago Flamenco Festival 2015

Theater Dance Music Buy tickets online at mcachicago.org Sònia Sánchez Le Ça Photo: Joan Cortés

at the Edlis Neeson Theater

About the Artistic Staff Glenn Edgerton (Artistic Director) joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago after an international career as a dancer and director. At the Joffrey Ballet, he performed leading contemporary and classical roles for eleven years under the mentorship of Robert Joffrey. In 1989, Edgerton joined the acclaimed Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), where he danced for five years.

He retired from performing to become its artistic director, leading NDT 1 for a decade and presenting the works of Ji í Kylián, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, Johan Inger, Paul Lightfoot, and Sol León, among others. From 2006 to 2008, he directed the Colburn Dance Institute at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Edgerton joined Hubbard Street as associate artistic director in 2008; since 2009 as artistic director, he has built upon more than three decades of leadership in dance performance, education, and appreciation established by founder Lou Conte and continued by Conte’s successor, Jim Vincent.

Jason D. Palmquist (Executive Director) joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in May 2007, after serving the arts community in Washington, DC for nearly fifteen years. Palmquist began his career at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, completing his tenure there as vice president of dance administration.

At the Kennedy Center, he oversaw multiple world-premiere engagements

of commissioned works in dance, the formation and growth of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, and the inception in 1997 of the Millennium Stage. Palmquist presented engagements of global dance companies including the Royal Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Kirov Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, American Ballet Theatre, and New York City Ballet.

Palmquist also managed the Kennedy Center’s television initiatives, including the creation of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and a prime-time special on NBC memorializing the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

In 2004, he accepted the position of executive director at the Washington Ballet. Under his leadership, the company presented full performance seasons annually at the Kennedy Center and the Warner Theater, and nurtured its world-renowned school and extensive education and outreach programs. A graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Palmquist currently serves on the boards of the Arts Alliance of Illinois and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.

Terence Marling (Director, Hubbard Street 2) was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and trained at the Ruth Page School of Dance with renowned ballet teacher Larry Long. Following his professional work with Patricia Wilde and Terrence S. Orr at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and at Germany’s Nationaltheater Mannheim with director and choreo­ grapher Kevin O’Day, Marling became a member of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. During sixteen years onstage, he performed works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato,

Johan Inger, Ji í Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Paul Taylor, Glen Tetley and others, originating numerous roles. Beginning in 2010 as Hubbard Street Rehearsal Director, Marling taught, coached, and maintained works and premieres

by Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo, Duato, Naharin, Aszure Barton, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Alonzo King, Susan Marshall, Victor Quijada, and Twyla Tharp. Marling’s own creations have been performed

by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre as well as by both of Hubbard Street’s ensembles, and he co-choreographed with Robyn Mineko Williams the company’s first family-oriented production, Harold and the Purple Crayon: A Dance Adventure.

Marling became Director of Hubbard Street 2 in April 2013.

Lucas Crandall (Rehearsal Director) began his dance career with the Milwaukee Ballet in 1979. In 1980, he joined the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, then directed by Oscar Aráiz.

Under the direction of Ji í Kylián, he danced with Nederlands Dans Theater for two years before returning to Geneva, as soloist and later rehearsal assistant, under the direction of Gradimir Pankov. Crandall has performed and originated roles in works by notable choreographers including Aráiz, Kylián, Christopher Bruce, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Rui Horta, Amanda Miller and Ohad Naharin. In 2000, Crandall returned to the US to join Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, as Associate Artistic Director and staff at the Lou Conte Dance Studio. His teaching and coaching career includes residencies at various US universities; master classes and repertory workshops, both domestically and abroad;

and guest positions at companies including Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Northwest Professional Dance Project, and the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. Crandall’s choreographic work includes multiple premieres for Hubbard Street (Atelier, Gimme, The Set) and new works for Northwest Dance Project and Thodos Dance Chicago. Crandall was recently rehearsal director for Nederlands Dans Theater’s main company for three years, under the directorships of Paul Lightfoot and former Hubbard Street Artistic Director Jim Vincent. Crandall returned to Hubbard Street as Rehearsal Director in April 2013.

Alejandro Cerrudo (Dancer and Resident Choreographer) was born in Madrid, Spain and trained at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid. His professional career began in 1998 and includes work with Victor Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, and Nederlands Dans Theater 2.

Cerrudo joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2005, was named Choreographic Fellow in 2008, and became the company’s first Resident Choreographer in 2009. Cerrudo has choreographed thirteen works for Hubbard Street, including collaborations with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Nederlands Dans Theater. His work is in the repertory of dance companies in the United States, Australia, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands; and has been performed throughout Algeria, Canada, Morocco and Spain. In March 2012, upon receiving the Joyce Theater Foundation’s second Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance, the Pacific Northwest Ballet invited Cerrudo to choreograph his first work for the

company, Memory Glow. Additional honors include an award from the Boomerang Fund for Artists (2011) and a Prince Prize for Commissioning Original Work from the Prince Charitable Trusts (2012) for his acclaimed, first evening-length work, One Thousand Pieces. Cerrudo is one of four choreographers invited by New York City Ballet principal Wendy Whelan to create and perform original duets for Restless Creature, and he was recently announced as the 2014 USA Donnelley Fellow by United States Artists.

Kristen Brogdon (General Manager) joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in July 2007 after nine years at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, where she first worked with Hubbard Street Executive Director Jason Palmquist. During her tenure at the Kennedy Center, Brogdon was responsible for programming the facility’s ballet and contemporary dance season.

She managed the Suzanne Farrell Ballet from its inception in September 2001 and led the creation and growth of the Metro DC Dance Awards. Brogdon also created and produced a commissioning program for local choreographers, facilitating work by twenty artists from Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. Prior to the Kennedy Center, she was the company manager and publicist for Li Chiao-Ping Dance, a modern dance company based in Madison, Wisconsin. Brogdon holds a Master of Arts in Business with a concentration in Arts Administration from the University of Wisconsin and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Duke University.

Lou Conte (Founder) In 1974, after a performing career that included roles in Broadway musicals such as Cabaret, Mame, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Conte established the Lou Conte Dance Studio. 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. Conte 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. Hubbard Street became an international enterprise with the inclusion of works by Ji í Kylián, Nacho Duato and Ohad Naharin. Throughout his twenty-three years as the company’s artistic director, Conte 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, Conte was inducted as a laureate into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois 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.

Choreographers

Kyle Abraham is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow who began his dance training at the Civic Light Opera Academy and the Creative and Performing Arts High School in Pittsburgh, PA. He continued his dance studies in New York, receiving a BFA from SUNY–Purchase and an MFA from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. In November 2012, Abraham was appointed New York Live Arts Resident Commissioned Artist for 2012–14; one month later, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater premiered Abraham’s Another Night in New York. Abraham received a New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Award for Outstanding Performance in Dance for The Radio Show, which was presented

by MCA Stage in February 2014. He has also received a Princess Grace Award for Choreography in 2010, the 2012 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, and a Jerome Travel and Study Grant in 2008. He was named USA Ford Fellow in 2012 and one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2009.

In addition to performing and developing new works for his company, Abraham.In.Motion, Abraham recently premiered The Serpent and The Smoke,

a pas de deux with New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan. The duet, which is part of Whelan’s work Restless Creature, premiered at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 2013.

His website is abrahaminmotion.org.

Victor Quijada creates works that eloquently deconstruct, reimagine, and apply choreographic principles to hip-hop.

His vision stretches into the arena of theatrical interpretation, improvisational approaches to movement, and the visual imagery of film. A magnetic and expansive dancer, Quijada had, by the age of twenty-six, moved from the hip-hop clubs of his native Los Angeles into a performance career with postmodern dance and ballet companies including THARP!, Ballet Tech, and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Since founding RUBBERBANDance Group in 2002, Quijada has choreographed more than twenty-four short and evening-length works, both for the company and on commission.

He also has more than a dozen film credits to his name as choreo­ grapher, director, and dramaturg. With RUBBERBANDance Group he has toured North America, Europe, Japan and Mexico. MCA Stage presented the company’s Chicago debut in 2006.

Photo credits: Creative Commons, courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Kyle Abraham); © 2013 Michael Slobodian (Victor Quijada); Cheryl Mann (Robyn Mineko Williams); Jim Newberry (Alejandro Cerrudo); Todd Rosenberg; Quinn B Wharton.

Quijada received the Bonnie Bird North American Award and the Peter Darrell Choreography Award in 2003, the OQAJ/RIDEAU Prize in 2009, and a Choreography Fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation in 2010.

From 2007 to 2011, he was an artist-inresidence at the Cinquième Salle of Place des Arts in Montréal. His company’s website is rubberbandance.com.

Purple Crayon: A Dance Adventure, a full-length work which premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Since its premiere, Harold and the Purple Crayon has been presented in many cities including Chicago, Detroit, and Tucson as well as at the American Dance Festival.

Williams has made works for Grand Rapids Ballet, Visceral Dance Chicago, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, and the Nexus Project. She was one of two winners in 2012 of Northwest Dance Project’s Pretty Creatives International Choreographic Competition and was the recipient of a 2013 Choreography Fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation–USA. She is also a 2015 Princess Grace Works in Progress resident at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City. Her website is robynminekowilliams.com.

Robyn Mineko Williams is a dancer and choreographer from Chicago, Illinois. She was a member of River North Chicago Dance Company (now River North Dance Chicago) for four years before joining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2000. During her twelve years as a company member, Williams performed works by renowned dancemakers including Ohad Naharin, Ji í Kylián, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, and Johan Inger, and originated roles in new choreography

by Jorma Elo, Alejandro Cerrudo, Sharon Eyal, Aszure Barton, Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovitch, and others.

Williams created her first work in 2001 for Hubbard Street’s Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop and has continued to participate in subsequent seasons. In 2010, she and Terence Marling, Hubbard Street 2 Director, co-choreographed Harold and the

Dancers

Jesse Bechard (Bolton, MA) began his formal ballet training at age sixteen and graduated from Walnut Hill School for the Arts. He attended summer programs at Boston Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and Ballet Austin. In 2000, having completed his freshman year at the University of Chicago, he returned to dance,

performing for one year with Ballet Austin and for eight with Richmond Ballet, in works by John Butler, Jessica Lang, Val Caniparoli, William Soleau, Mauricio Wainrot, and Colin Conner.

Bechard joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in August 2010.

Alejandro Cerrudo (Madrid, Spain) See artistic staff biographies

Jacqueline Burnett (Pocatello, ID) received classical ballet training in Pocatello, Idaho from Romanian ballet master Marius Zirra, with additional summer training at Ballet Idaho, Brindusa-Moore Ballet Academy, Universal (Kirov) Ballet Academy, the Juilliard School and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors from the Ailey School and Fordham University’s joint program in New York City in 2009. Burnett joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a Center Apprentice in January 2008 while concurrently completing her BFA degree, and became a full company member in August 2009. She is also a 2011–12 Princess Grace Honorarium recipient.

Alicia Delgadillo (Charlotte, NC) began her classical training at the Susan Hayward School of Dance in San Francisco, California. She continued her studies in North Carolina with Gay Porter and Bridget Porter Young at the Charlotte School of Ballet.

In 2004, Delgadillo began studying full time with Daniel and Rebecca Wiley at Piedmont School of Music and Dance. She has attended summer programs with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, American Ballet Theatre, the Juilliard School, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Springboard Danse Montréal. A graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, Delgadillo has performed works by Sidra Bell, Jennifer Muller, and Camille A. Brown, among others. She joined

Hubbard Street 2 in August 2011 and was promoted to the main company in April 2014.

Kellie Epperheimer (Los Osos, CA) began her dance training in 1988 at the Academy of Dance and Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo. She joined Hubbard Street 2 in January 2005 and was promoted to the main company in January 2007.

Jonathan Fredrickson (Corpus Christi, TX) studied ballet at the Munro Ballet Studios, home to Corpus Christi Ballet, under teachers Kay Boone and Cristina Munro. He received his BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from California Institute of the Arts in 2006.

Immediately thereafter, he joined the Limón Dance Company, performing

lead roles and creating two original works. He is a former winner of Hubbard Street’s National Choreographic Competition and was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2011 for his choreography.

Fredrickson joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in February 2011.

Michael Gross (Poughquag, NY) earned a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona and received much of his early training from Colorado Jazz Dance Company in Colorado Springs, CO, followed by further studies at the American Academy of Ballet and Springboard Danse Montréal. Formerly a member of River North Dance Chicago and Visceral Dance Chicago, Gross has also performed with Elements Contemporary Ballet and in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s holiday production, Welcome Yule!

Gross joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in August 2014 and thanks his friends and family for their love and support.

Jason Hortin (Olympia, WA) graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a BFA in Dance under the direction of Louis Kavoura.

His performance career includes work with Moving People Dance Theatre, the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, and River North Dance Chicago. Hortin joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as an apprentice in August 2007 and was promoted to the main company in July 2008.

Alice Klock (Bainbridge Island, WA) began dancing at age 11. In 2003, she attended Interlochen Arts Academy, graduating with artistic and academic high honors. In 2007, Klock relocated to San Francisco to enroll in Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Dominican University of California’s joint BFA program. Klock has also studied

dance at San Francisco Ballet School, the National Ballet School of Canada, Miami City Ballet School, the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Springboard Danse Montréal and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She has worked professionally with San Francisco choreographer Gregory Dawson and performed with Alonzo King LINES Ballet during its fall 2008 season. Klock joined Hubbard Street in September 2009 and was promoted to the main company in August 2011.

Emilie Leriche (Santa Fe, NM) began her dance training at the age of eight. In 2007 she began her formal dance training at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, with additional summer study at Joffrey Midwest, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance.

Leriche has performed alongside the dancers of zoe | juniper, and at the WestWave Dance Festival as a member of Maurya Kerr’s tinypistol.

Leriche joined Hubbard Street 2 in 2011 and was promoted to the main company in 2013.

2 as an apprentice in September 2010, became a Hubbard Street 2 company member in August 2011, and was promoted in April 2012 to the main company. McMillan was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2013.

Ana Lopez (A Coruña, Spain) began her formal training at Conservatorio de Danza Diputacion de A Coruña.

Upon graduating Isaac Diaz Pardo High School, she continued her training at Centro Internacional de Danza Carmen Roche. Lopez danced with Joven Ballet Carmen Roche, Compañía Nacional de Danza 2 and Ballet Theater Munich before joining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in January 2008.

Johnny McMillan (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) began his training at age 12 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy, receiving its Young Artists’ Award in dance. He has also trained at the San Francisco Conservatory and Bartholin International Seminar and worked with Gleich Dances under the direction of Julia Gleich. McMillan joined Hubbard Street

Andrew Murdock (St. Albert, AB) is a graduate of the Juilliard School, from which he received a BFA in Dance under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes.

Prior to being a regular collaborator with Aszure Barton & Artists, Murdock performed with Gallim Dance and BJM Danse, formerly Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. Additional collaborators and colleagues include Cherice Barton, Joshua Beamish, Andy Blankenbuehler, Nina Chung, Joe Lanteri, Austin McCormick, Michelle Mola, Abdel Salaam, and Edgar Zendejas. He has appeared at the Greenwich Music Festival, with Zack Winokur, and with Geneviève Dorion-Coupal at Just for Laughs and Le 400e Anniversaire de la Ville de Québec. As a rehearsal assistant to Aszure Barton, he has worked with American Ballet Theatre, Canada’s National Ballet School and Ballet BC, New York University, the Steps Ensemble, Arts Umbrella, and Springboard Danse Montréal. Murdock joined Hubbard Street’s main company in 2013.

Jane Rehm (Perrysburg, OH) trained at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and San Francisco Ballet School. Rehm danced with Ballet Memphis from 2001–10, then joined Smuin Ballet, where she was featured in works by choreographers including Julia Adam, Trey McIntyre, Mark Godden, Amy Seiwert, Adam Hougland, and Helen Pickett. Rehm has also choreographed for Smuin Ballet and Ballet Memphis, and has appeared as a guest artist with Robert Dekkers’ Post:Ballet. Rehm is currently working toward her Bachelor of Arts degree in the LEAP program at St. Mary’s College and joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in September 2014.

David Schultz (Grand Rapids, MI) began training in Michigan with the School of Grand Rapids Ballet and later

studied at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto. He performed for four seasons with Grand Rapids Ballet and has danced works by George Balanchine, Gordon Pierce Schmidt, Peter Sparling, and Septime Webre.

Schultz joined Hubbard Street 2 in September 2009 and was promoted to the main company in August 2011.

Schultz is the recipient of a 2012 Princess Grace Award.

Kevin J. Shannon (Baltimore, MD) began dancing under the guidance of Lester Holmes. He graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts with additional training at the School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet School, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Parsons Dance. He earned his BFA in 2007 at the Juilliard School, toured nationally with the Juilliard School Ensemble, and appeared in the “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast television special The Juilliard School: Celebrating 100 Years. Shannon joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in November 2007.

Jessica Tong (Binghamton, NY) received her formal training at the Ballet School in Salt Lake City, Utah under Jan Clark Fugit, as well as at the University of Utah, where she was a member of Utah Ballet. Her studies also included summer programs at American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet School, and the Lou Conte Dance Studio. Tong danced with BalletMet in Ohio, Eliot Feld’s Ballet Tech in New York, and with Hubbard Street 2 before joining the main Company in January 2007. Tong was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2009.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s core purpose is to bring artists, art, and audiences together to enrich, engage, educate, transform, and change lives through the experience of dance.

Celebrating Season 37 in 2014–15, under the artistic leadership of Glenn Edgerton, Hubbard Street continues to innovate, supporting its creative talent while presenting repertory by the field’s internationally recognized living

artists. This Winter Series program marks the company’s third MCA Stage engagement since 2012, each of them devoted to new works created through Hubbard Street’s Choreographic Development Initiative. Hubbard Street has grown through the establishment of multiple platforms alongside the Lou Conte Dance Studio, which enters its fifth decade of providing a wide range of public classes and pre-professional training under the direction of founding company member Claire Bataille.

Extensive Youth, Education, Community, Adaptive Dance, and Family Programs, led by Kathryn Humphreys, keep the organization deeply connected to its hometown.

Hubbard Street 2, led by Terence Marling, stewards early-career artists, while the main company performs all year long, both domestically and around the world. For artist profiles, class schedules, upcoming tour dates and much more, visit hubbardstreetdance.com.

Hubbard Street Staff and Board

Board of Directors

Administration Colleen Sonnefeldt, Senior Manager of Finance

and Administration Krista Ellensohn, Manager, Pre-Professional Programs Meredith Dincolo, Artistic Associate and

Coordinator, Pre-Professional Programs Marisa C. Santiago, Manager of Artistic Operations Jessica Lotz, Accounting and Operations Coordinator Diana Drummond, Hanna Morfogen, Artistic

Administration Interns Erica Neal, LCDS Kemper Fellow

Executive Committee Ellis Regenbogen†, Chair Sara Albrecht, President Camille E. Rudge, Secretary Mary Kay Shaw, Treasurer Richard L. Rodes, Assistant Treasurer Meg Siegler Callahan*, Immediate

Past Chair Caryn Jacobs, VP of Development Nancy J. Brown, Assistant VP

of Development Karen H. Lennon*, VP of Board Development Alyssa Rapp, Assistant VP of

Board Development Marc Miller*, VP of the Artist

Training Continuum Richard F. Tomlinson II, VP

of Facilities Paul Gignilliat Byron Pollock† Randy White*

External Affairs Bill Melamed, Chief Marketing and Development Officer Kalena Chevalier, Associate Director of Development Ronia Holmes, Associate Director of Marketing Nicole Dionisio, Annual Fund Manager Allan Waite, Manager of Ticketing and Patron Services Zachary Whittenburg, Manager of Communication Ron Wittman, Manager of Corporate and

Foundation Relations Meghan Pioli, Development Coordinator Victoria Palmer, Marketing Coordinator Sidney Cristol, Advertising, Sales and Ticketing Education, Youth and Community Programs Kathryn Humphreys, Director of Education,

Youth and Community Programs Sarah McCarty, Senior Manager of School Partnerships Kelsey Allison, Youth Programs Manager Mara Jacobucci, Education Fellow Jennifer Gunter, Youth Programs Fellow Jessica Madden, Teaching Artist Fellow

Directors at Large Ross B. Bricker Corinne Brophy Marge Collens* Joel Cory Dirk Denison Damian V. Dolyniuk Michael Downing Allan Drebin Linda Hutson Karen Kuenster Betsy Stelle Morgan Maureen Mosh Sarah J. Nolan James F. Oates* Sheila Owens Lauren Robishaw Ross Shelleman Denise Stefan-Ginascol Deborah Stonebraker John Vazquez Life Directors Sandra P. Guthman* John W. Ballantine* Edythe R. Cloonan† Sondra Berman Epstein* Stanley M. Freehling Charles R. Gardner James Mabie † Marie E. O’Connor † Timothy Schwertfeger† Jack D. Tovin Sallyan Windt William N. Wood Prince*

* Past Board Chair † Past Board President

Thank you Lead support for the 2014–15 season of MCA Stage is prov­ided

by Elizabeth A. Liebman.

Generous support for MCA Dance is provided by David Herro and Jay Franke.

Additional generous support is provided by Caryn and King Harris, and Lois and Steve Eisen and the Eisen Family Foundation.

The MCA is a proud member of Museums in the Park and receives major support from the Chicago Park District.

Friends of the MCA Stage $10,000–24,999 Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Ginger Farley and Bob Shapiro Andreas Walburg-Wolfegg $5,000–9,999 Sara Albrecht Ellen Stone Belic Patricia Cox Pamela Crutchfield Karen and Jim Frank The Irving Harris Foundation Susie Karkomi and Marvin Leavitt The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C. Farley Jr. Family Foundation Maya Polsky Carol Prins and John Hart $1,000–4,999 Amphion Foundation, Inc. Leigh and Henry Bienen Sarai Hoffman and Stephen Pratt Cynthia Hunt and Philip Rudolph Maecenas Susan Manning and Doug Doetsch Herbert R. and Paula Molner Sharon Oberlander Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies Cheryl and John Seder Ms. Patricia F. Sternberg

$500–999 Leslie Bodenstein and Jason Pickleman Julie and Shane Campbell Terri and Stephen Geifman Mark Light Anonymous $499 and under Jane & Issi David Brown Coleen Kealey MCA North Shore Affiliates Jane Mordini Matthew F. O’Connor Jacquelyn Paine and Robert Barr Richard Poston Kazu Yamamoto Anonymous

As of December 2014

Chicago Downtown/ Magnificent Mile Foundation Season Sponsor

Preferred Hotel Partner

The MCA is a proud partner of the National Performance Network.

Courtesy guidelines and information Parking Validate your ticket at the coat check for $11 parking in the MCA garage (220 East Chicago Avenue), the John Hancock Center Self-Park (875 N. Michigan, ent­rance at Chestnut and Delaware), or the Bernardin garage (747 North MCA Stage’s groundbreaking performances are an integral part Wabash). Discounted parking is limited of MCA Chicago’s artist-activated, audience-engaged programming. to six hours on the date of performance.

Along with the museum’s exhibitions and educational initiatives, they encourage a broad and diverse community to experience Lost and Found and discuss the work and ideas of living artists.

To inquire about a lost item, call the museum at 312.280.2660. Unclaimed Performance Programs King Harris, Chair of articles are held for thirty days.

Peter Taub, Director the Board of Trustees As an internationally renowned institution devoted to contemporary culture, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents the most thought-provoking visual art and performing arts of our time. MCA Stage is a vibrant series presenting theater, dance, and music by leading artists from the US and around the world in MCA’s three-hundred-seat Edlis Neeson Theater.

Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director Bob Fisher, Interim Deputy Director Michael Darling, James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator

Performance Committee Lois Eisen, Chair Ellen Stone Belic Patricia Cox Ginger Farley Jay Franke John C. Kern Lisa Yun Lee Elizabeth A. Liebman Paula Molner Sharon Oberlander Maya Polsky D. Elizabeth Price Carol Prins Cheryl Seder Patty Sternberg Richard Tomlinson

Yolanda Cesta Cursach, Associate Director Cameron Heinze, Manager Richard Norwood, Theater Production Manager Lacey Holmes, Assistant Andrew Gordon, Intern Meaghan Murphy, Metcalf Intern Alison Marie Reilly, Intern Alda Akhsar Tchochiev, Intern

House Management Kevin Brown, Associate Phill Cabeen, Associate Tiffany Goodman, Associate Quinlan Kirchner, Associate Box Office Matti Allison, Manager Phongtorn Phongluantum, Assistant Manager Molly Laemle, Coordinator Fontaine Capel, Coordinator Amy Esposito, Associate Bobby Johnson, Associate Diandra Miller, Associate Program notes compiled

by Yolanda Cesta Cursach

Seating Please switch off all noise-making devices while you are in the theater.

Patrons are seated at the management’s discretion. Food and open beverage containers are not allowed in the seating area.

Reproduction Unauthorized recording and repro­ duction of a performance is prohibited.

General information 312.280.2660 Box office 312.397.4010 Volunteer for performances 312.397.4072 mcastage@mcachicago.org

220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 312.280.2660 mcachicago.org

Museum hours Tuesday: 10 am–8 pm Wednesday–Sunday: 10 am–5 pm Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day