Garth Fagan Dance I Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts I Sat, Nov 12, 8 pm

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Healthy is worth a standing ovation.

We’re proud to support so many award-winning performers. And while it may not be a Tony or Grammy, we’re also proud of own our cast for earning the highest honors in Patient Safety at Manchester Memorial Hospital and 4-Star Quality Care for Medicare and Medicaid patients. From one group of dedicated performers to another, good luck and good health!

Manchester Memorial Hospital Rockville General Hospital John A. DeQuattro Cancer Center ECHN Medical Group

Saturday, November 12, 2022, 8:00 pm

University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts Alain Frogley, Interim Dean Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Rodney Rock, Director

These performances are supported, in part, by the Anne Hayden McQuay Arts and Cultural Fund, the Arts For Tomorrow Fund, the Rochester Community Area Foundation, and the Farash Foundation.

Garth Fagan Dance programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Co-Sponsored by UConn H. Fred Simons African American Cultural Center

Media Sponsors

Cadence Arts Network, Inc. 478 Humboldt Loop Road Whitethorn, California 95589 (310) 701-9191 www.cadencearts.com

PROGRAM Prelude

"Discipline is Freedom" (September 1981, revised May 1983)

Choreography: Garth Fagan

Music: Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) and Max Roach Original Lighting Design: C.T. Oakes Costumes: Amanda Horne

Dancers: Norwood Pennewell, Davente Gilreath, Wynton Rice, Gabrielle Samuel, Sabrina Cmelak, John Crim, Daria Clarke, Ira Lindsay, Ethan Beckwith-Cohen, Destiny Felder, Nathan E. McNatt Jr., Kiara J. Haywood

Very special thanks to Abdullah Ibrahim and Max Roach. Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) on Japo Records African Piano (60002ST) Max Roach on Columbia Records M’Boom (DBL36247)

Four Women (Excerpt from Liberation Suite) (1973) "For Angela Davis"

Choreography: Garth Fagan

Music: Nina Simone Lighting Design: Garth Fagan Costumes: Garth Fagan Dancers: Natalie Rogers Dreamer (2021)

Choreography: Norwood Pennewell

Music: Baljinder Sekhon II Lighting Design: Lutin Tanner Costumes: Norwood Pennewell Dancers: Davente Gilreath, Gabrielle Samuel, Sabrina Cmelak, Daria Clarke

Contact Fours (2022)

Choreography: Norwood Pennewell Music: Marc Cary, DJ-9 and Masters of Groove Lighting Design: Lutin Tanner Costumes: Wendell C. Carmichael Dancers: Davente Gilreath, Gabrielle Samuel, Sabrina Cmelak, John Crim

– INTERMISSION –

Translation/Transition (2002)

Choreography: Garth Fagan Music: Jazz Jamaica All Stars Original Lighting Design: C.T. Oakes Costumes: Mary Nemecek Peterson Dancers: THREE Norwood Pennewell, Gabrielle Samuel, Sabrina Cmelak

TWO

Keisha Laren Clarke-Gray, Steve Humphrey, Wynton Rice, John Crim, Daria Clarke, Ira Lindsay, Destiny Felder, Ethan Beckwith-Cohen, Nathan E. McNatt Jr., Kiara J. Haywood

ONE LOVE

Keisha Laren Clarke-Gray, Norwood Pennewell, Natalie Rogers, Ira Lindsay and Company

ABOUT GARTH FAGAN DANCE

Now in its 52nd season, Garth Fagan Dance has been acclaimed as “unfailingly original” by The New York Times, which also named the Company’s piece Mudan 175/39 third of the top six dance watching moments of 2009. Tony award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan’s dancers communicate with unbridled energy the depth, precision, and grace of Fagan’s work. The Company’s “fearless” dancers are “able to sustain long adagio balances, to change direction in mid-air, to vary

the dynamic of a turn, to stop on a dime,” wrote David Vaughan in Ballet Review. Fagan’s ever-evolving dance language draws on many sources: sense of weight in modern dance, torso-centered movement and energy of Afro-Caribbean, speed and precision of ballet, and the rule breaking experimentation of the post-moderns. The Company has been cited for its excellence and originality with a New York Governor’s Arts Award and has claimed five winners of “Bessie” Awards (New York Performance Awards): Garth Fagan, Steve Humphrey, Norwood Pennewell, Natalie Rogers, and Sharon Skepple.

The troupe has performed throughout the US, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Near and Middle East, North and South America, New Zealand, Australia, and the West Indies. Foreign tours have included a 13-city tour of the Netherlands; appearances at France’s Maison de la Danse and Chateauvallon Festival; Turkey’s Istanbul Festival; the New Zealand International Arts Festival; Germany’s Internationales Tanzfest N.R.W.; Switzerland’s Basel Tanz; the Israel Festival in Jerusalem; the Vienna Festival-Tanz; Harare, Zimbabwe, with the United States Information Agency; and the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. In 1994, the company opened the then newly renovated American Center in Paris, France. In 1996, principal dancers were invited by the Federation Caledonienne de Danse to perform in La Nuit des Etoiles along with members from the New York City Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, and the Kirov Ballet. Domestically, the company has performed at such venues as Jacob’s Pillow, Spoleto USA, Dance/Aspen, and the first National Black Arts Festival. Performances in New York City venues include BAM (The Brooklyn Academy of Music), City Center, and frequent seasons at The Joyce Theater. In 1993, Garth Fagan Dance went on a national tour with the Wynton Marsalis Septet performing Fagan’s critically acclaimed evening-length work Griot New York. The company was seen nationally on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in that same piece; Griot New York aired worldwide on the PBS's Great Performances—Dance in America series in the spring of 1995, marking the company’s third appearance on that series.

Principal dancers Norwood Pennewell and Natalie Rogers participated in The 66th Annual Academy Awards broad-cast, joined by principal dancers from seven other major international dance companies. In 2004, the company performed at the historic opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH, and participated in the grand opening celebration of Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center; it returned in fall 2005 for its 35th anniversary season in New York City. In 2012, the company returned to BAM for the world premiere of Lighthouse/ Lightning Rod with original music composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis and scenic design by Alison Saar.

CASTING

VISION

Garth Fagan Dance (GFD) is recognized as a world-class, world-renowned, and world-wide incubator for contemporary dance, whose iconic, trademarked technique, rich and diverse repertoire, abiding commitment to diversity and inclusion, and social justice reform, invokes the guiding principle of movement and artistic expression: “discipline is freedom."

MISSION

The mission of Garth Fagan Dance is to foster awareness, advance, nurture, and share the pioneering vision of Garth Fagan, iconic choreographer, dancer and transformative leader of contemporary American dance.

Garth Fagan Dance is committed to:

• enriching our community by sharing the power and joy of danceinspiring our audiences with the highest caliber of artistic excellence on stage

• empowering our students through superior dance education by offering dance training that encourages young people, regardless of their race, gender, or financial resources to develop their full potential

• inspiring engaging and broadening our audiences of today and the future through our innovative educational programs, community partnerships and collaborations, social justice initiatives, breathtaking performances, and inclusive activities that enrich, empower, and unite communities across the globe.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 7:30 pm

University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts Alain Frogley, Interim Dean Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Rodney Rock, Director presents

The Lenard Chamber Music Series

UConn School of Fine Arts Faculty Showcase

Sophie

cello with John Blacklow, piano

Shao,

Media Sponsors

Sophie Shao sshao@sophieshao.com

PROGRAM

Sonata for Cello and Piano

George Walker (1922-2018)

I. Allegro passionato

II. Sostenuto

III. Allegro

3 Pieces for Cello and Piano

Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)

I. Modéré

II. Sans vitesse et a l’aise

III. Vite et nerveusement rythmé

Cello Sonata No. 2 Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

I. Senza tempo

II. Allegro III. Largo IV. Allegro V. Lento

Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

I. Allegro vivace

II. Adagio affettuoso

III. Allegro passionato

IV. Allegro molto

SOPHIE SHAO

Cellist Sophie Shao, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions, is a versatile and passionate artist whose performances The New York Times has noted as “eloquent, powerful” and The Washington Post called “deeply satisfying.”

Shao has appeared as soloist to critical acclaim throughout the United States: the Smith Center in Las Vegas, Lied Center in Lincoln, Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa, California, the Palladium in Carmel, Indiana, and the Bard Music Festival. She has premiered Howard Shore’s cello concerto Mythic Gardens with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony

Orchestra, the UK premiere with Keith Lockhart and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and European premiere with Ludwig Wicki and the 21st Century Orchestra at the KKL in Lucerne. Other past concerto performances include Haydn and Elgar Concerti with Lockhart and the BBC Concert Orchestra, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony, and the premiere of Richard Wilson’s The Cello Has Many Secrets with the American Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Shao has given recitals in Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Middlebury College, Phillips Collection, Walter Reade Theater and Rose Studio in Lincoln Center, the complete Bach Suites at Union College and in New York City. Her dedication to music of our time leads her to promote the music of Adolphus Hailstork, Tan Dun, Shih-Hui Chen, Lera Auerbach, Reena Esmail, Thomas Ades, and she performs with her “Sophie Shao and Friends” chamber groups which have toured from Brattleboro, VT to Sedona, AZ, while other exciting collaborations include Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera with Cho-Liang Lin, performances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest, Festival Napa Valley, Festival Mosaic, among many other presenters across the country. She has been a frequent guest at many leading festivals around the country including Caramoor, Chamber Music Northwest, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Music from Angel Fire, the Bard Festival, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and was a member of Chamber Music Society Two/Bowers Program, a young artist residency of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Ms. Shao’s recordings include the Complete Bach Suites, Andre Previn’s Reflections for Cello and English Horn and Orchestra on EMI Classics, Richard Wilson’s Diablerie and Brash Attacks and Barbara White’s My Barn Having Burned to the Ground, I Can Now See the Moon on Albany Records, Howard Shore’s original score for the movie The Betrayal on Howe Records, Marlboro Music Festival’s 50th Anniversary on Bridge Records, and Howard Shore’s Mythic Gardens on Sony Classical.

A native of Houston, Texas, Ms. Shao began playing the cello at age six, and was a student of Shirley Trepel, the former principal cellist of the Houston Symphony. At age thirteen she enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, studying cello with David Soyer and chamber music with Felix Galimir. After graduating from the Curtis Institute, she continued her cello studies with Aldo Parisot at Yale University, receiving a B.A. in Religious Studies from Yale College and an M.M. from the Yale

School of Music, where she was enrolled as a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow. She is on the faculty of University of Connecticut and is playing a Hieronymus Amati cello c.1700 on a generous loan.

JOHN BLACKLOW

Hailed for his "powerful and eloquent" playing (The New York Times), as “a gifted musical presence with a high sense of pianistic fantasy” (Salzburger Nachrichten) and “capable of the utmost in virtuosity” (Fanfare Magazine), pianist John Blacklow has toured the U.S. Europe, and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician.

Blacklow has been presented in venues such as Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, Musikverein in Vienna, the Louvre in Paris, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Alice Tully Hall, Zankel Hall, Merkin Hall, and the Morgan Library in New York City, the Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, UCLA Live, among many others. Blacklow was selected with violinist Jennifer Frautschi by Carnegie Hall and the European Concert Hall Organization for their “Rising Stars” program, and the duo was received with high acclaim at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, and the Megaron in Athens Greece, as well as on Carnegie’s own “Distinctive Debuts” series. In 2014, Albany Records released a recording of the Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano of Robert Schumann.

Blacklow is an enthusiastic interpreter of new music, premiering works by composers such as Louis Andriessen, Steve Mackey and Magnus Lindberg.

In 2015, Albany Records released American Duos, with Blacklow in collaboration with violinist Jennifer Frautschi. The CD features five works by American contemporary composers Dan Coleman, Stephen Hartke, Steve Mackey, Elena Ruehr, and Barbara White. He has also recorded for Universal Music Ltd., Deutsche Grammophon iTunes, and EDI, and has performed for many live radio broadcasts around the globe.

Blacklow has performed in several capacities with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. As keyboardist, he has worked under conductors including

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pierre Boulez, Leonard Slatkin, Rafael Payare, John Adams, and Marin Alsop, and performed in the world premiere of Soundings by John Williams at the gala opening of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Blacklow has also participated on numerous occasions with the LA Philharmonic's Chamber Music Society, on the Green Umbrella New Music Series, and has joined the orchestra on several US tours. Blacklow has also appeared with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Princeton Sound Kitchen, Quartetto Prometeo, Atlantic Brass, and many prominent recitalists.

A Steinway Artist, Blacklow was a student of Tatiana Yampolsky, graduating from both Harvard University and The Juilliard School; he also studied under John Browning, Bella Davidovich, and Leonard Shure. He serves on the piano faculty of the University of Notre Dame, and has been invited to present masterclasses around the world, including at Tanglewood, Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and Taipei National University. ---

Saturday, November 12, 2022, 8:00 pm Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

BIOGRAPHIES

GARTH FAGAN (Founder/Artistic Director/Choreographer/ President) - Garth Fagan has been called “a true original,” “a genuine leader,” and “one of the great reformers of modern dance.” Garth Fagan is the founder and artistic director of the multi award-winning Garth Fagan Dance, Garth Fagan Dance School, and the Fagan Institute East. Celebrating 52 years with this home season at the Joyce, the internationally acclaimed company is taking its rightful place as a Black Legacy dance company with a message that shows people of color are worthy, capable, and interested in telling stories that affect people of all colors and backgrounds. As an “Irreplaceable Dance Treasure” Tony and Olivier Award winner, Fagan used the dance vocabulary born of Garth Fagan Dance-Fagan Technique, to create the movement that helped build Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway to its towering heights. Over 100 million audience members have become part of one global community he helped create on stage. Fagan Technique continually renews a distinctive dance vocabulary, which draws on many sources: a sense of weight in modern dance, torso-centered movement and energy of Afro-Caribbean, the speed and precision of ballet, and the rule breaking experimentation of the postmoderns. “Originality has always been Mr. Fagan’s strong suit, not least in his transformation of recognizable idioms into a dance language that looks not only fresh but even idiosyncratic,” writes Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times. For his path-breaking

choreography for Walt Disney’s The Lion King, Fagan was awarded the prestigious 1998 Tony Award for Best Choreography. He also received the 1998 Drama Desk Award, 1998 Outer Critics Circle Award, 1998 Astaire Award, 2000 Laurence Olivier Award, 2001 Ovation Award, and the 2004 Helpmann Award for his work on the Broadway musical, which opened in fall 1997 to extraordinary critical praise. Fagan’s distinguished work in the theater also includes the first fully staged production of the Duke Ellington street opera, Queenie Pie, at the Kennedy Center in 1986 and the opening production of Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare Marathon: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1988), set in Brazil and directed by A.J. Antoon. In the world of concert dance, Fagan choreographs primarily for Garth Fagan Dance. His work, Mudan 175/39, was named by The New York Times as the third of the top six dance watching moments of 2009. The company continues to be cited for its excellence and originality, including The Los Angeles Times saying ”Consider the Fagan program a prime example of the versatility and sophistication of concert dance in this new century." Fagan has also produced commissions for a number of leading companies, including his first work on pointe, Footprints Dressed in Red, for Dance Theatre of Harlem; a solo for Judith Jamison, Scene Seen, for the debut of the Jamison Project; Jukebox for Alvin for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Never No Lament for the José Limon Company; and Ellington Elation, part of a triad of pieces commissioned by New York City Ballet in honor of Duke Ellington’s centenary and New York City Ballet’s 50th anniversary. In 2012, Lewis Segal wrote "... it was American master Garth Fagan who best fused technical virtuosity with conceptual depth ... soul-deep conviction and spectacular flair ... the indispensable dance experience of the year."

Fagan began his career when he toured Latin America with Ivy Baxter and her national dance company from Jamaica. Baxter and two other famed dance teachers from the Caribbean, Pearl

Primus and Lavinia Williams, were major influences on Fagan. In New York City, Fagan studied with Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Mary Hinkson, and Alvin Ailey, who were all central to his development. Fagan was director of Detroit’s All-City Dance Company and principal soloist and choreographer for Detroit Contemporary Dance Company and Dance Theatre of Detroit. In October 2001, Fagan, a native of Jamaica, was presented with the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander: a national honor bestowed upon him by the Jamaican government. In August 1998, he received that country’s Special Gold Musgrave Medal for his “Contribution to the World of Dance and Dance Theater” and at Prime Minister P.J. Patterson’s Independence Gala, Fagan was presented with the Prime Minister’s Award, a plate bearing the signatures of all the prime ministers of Jamaica, acknowledging his achievements.

In 2012, Garth Fagan was selected as an “Irreplaceable Dance Treasure” by The Dance Heritage Coalition, symbolizing an irreplaceable dance treasure who has made a significant impact on dance as an art form, demonstrated artistic excellence, enriched the nation's cultural heritage, demonstrated the potential to enhance the lives of future generations and shown itself worthy of national and international recognition. In 2011, the Institute of Caribbean Studies, which celebrates excellence in literature, science, technology, community service, and corporate leadership, presented Fagan with the Marcus Garvey Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2012, the University of Rochester and its Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies awarded The Frederick Douglass Medal to Fagan to acknowledge his scholarship and civic engagement that honor the Douglass' legacy. In Fall 2017, Garth received A Lifetime Achievement award from the American Dance Guild.

He is a Chancellor’s Award-winning Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of the State University of New York,

and taught for over three decades at the State University of New York at Brockport. In fall 2003, Fagan received the George Eastman Medal from the University of Rochester for “outstanding achievement and dedicated service.” He holds honorary doctorates from the Juilliard School, the University of Rochester, Nazareth College of Rochester, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. In 2001, he was the recipient of the Golden Plate Award and was inducted into the American Academy of Achievement. In 1996, he was named a Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow. Fagan received the 2001 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a prestigious threeyear choreography fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In recognition of his contribution to modern dance, Fagan has received the Dance Magazine Award for “significant contributions to dance during a distinguished career” and a Bessie Award for Sustained Achievement. Other awards include the Monarch Award from the National Council for Culture and Art, the Lillian Fairchild Award, and the Arts Achievement Award from his alma mater, Wayne State University. On October 1, 2021, Fagan received the distinguished Eastman Luminary Award for his extraordinary service to music and the arts at both local and national level.

PRINCIPAL DANCERS

NORWOOD

PENNEWELL (Rehearsal

Director/Choreographer/ Principal Dancer) – Norwood Pennewell joined Garth Fagan Dance in 1978 and is the quintessential Garth Fagan dancer and is Fagan's assistant and muse. Pennewell is a recipient of a 1988 New York Performance Award "Bessie" and has had several major works created for him, including Passion Distanced, Time After Before Place, and Moth Dreams, among others. Pennewell's dancing has been seen all over the world and on Great Performances, The Tonight Show and in Duke

Ellington's Queenie Pie. In 1994, he was invited to perform in the “66th Annual Academy Awards” broadcast. Pennewell teaches both company and master classes for Garth Fagan Dance. He assisted Mr. Fagan during his work on Broadway’s The Lion King and the NYC Ballet 50th anniversary Ellington project.

Norwood “PJ” Pennewell has a 44-year performance history as a world-class dancer, and a decades long understanding of Fagan Technique. Over the last eleven years, Mr. Pennewell has choreographed eleven new works on Garth Fagan Dance and is in fact the only choreographer to set works on Garth Fagan Dance, other than Mr. Fagan. Nine of these works held their world premiere at The Joyce Theatre in New York City to rave reviews. Of his work, the Village Voice said, “As you'd expect, Pennewell's movement and formal acuity are rooted in his mentor's style. But right away, there's a smart quirk ...” The New York Times said, “Mr. Pennewell knows how to organize bodies. And he knows these bodies: their strengths, their weaknesses, their inclinations, in relation to a very particular way of moving.” Each work uses the Fagan Technique as a foundation and deftly shows Mr. Pennewell developing his craft by taking risks with musical choices and movement phrases in relationship to the music, lighting, and costuming.

Pennewell’s work has demonstrated that he has successfully learned to focus on each individual dancer’s strengths and how to incorporate those strengths into his choreography. Mr. Pennewell also has a critical understanding of Garth Fagan Dance as a cutting-edge contemporary modern dance company. He is able to combine into his creative process the unique elements of the Fagan Technique with sophisticated concepts and movement invention.

STEVE HUMPHREY (Principal Dancer) - Steve Humphrey is the only original member of Garth Fagan Dance still dancing

and is the company’s first "Bessie" Award winner. He helped formulate the Fagan Technique in its early stages and has mentored new Fagan dancers over his 51-year tenure at Garth Fagan Dance. Garth Fagan, Humphrey’s teacher, mentor, and only choreographer, has created several major roles for him including Oatka Trail which garnered him a "Bessie" Award in 1984. Steve was also featured on PBS Great Performances “Griot New York” and in Duke Ellington’s musical, Queenie Pie, at the Kennedy Center.

He approaches every day with a positive attitude and a disciplined work ethic which has allowed his distinguished longevity with the company. Steve is grateful for the ongoing love and support of Garth Fagan, the company, the Rochester community, and audiences around the world and is deeply grateful for the love and support of his wife of twenty-seven years.

NATALIE ROGERS-CROPPER (School Director/ Assistant Rehearsal Director/Principal Dancer) – Natalie Rogers-Cropper is a graduate of the Juilliard School (B.F.A. Class of 1984) and joined Garth Fagan Dance in 1989. As a principal dancer, in 1992, she received the prestigious “Bessie” award for her performances. She is also a 1993 recipient of The President’s Award from her country of birth, Trinidad and Tobago. Natalie was voted one of the top three female modern dancers in the world, by readers of Dance magazine in the 2004 “Readers Choice'' awards. Natalie has danced at the 66th Annual Academy Awards and appeared in a principal role in Great Performances production of Garth Fagan’s Griot New York performed live with the Wynton Marsalis Septet. Natalie was one of Mr. Fagan’s assistants for the Tony Award-winning megahit The Lion King on Broadway. She also assisted Mr. Fagan in setting Ellington Elation on the New York City Ballet, and Jukebox for Alvin and From Before on The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ms. Rogers-Cropper has taught

the Fagan technique worldwide for 32 years, becoming school director in 2004. For her leadership in business, and all her other achievements over her 32 years, her career with Garth Fagan Dance, Natalie became one of the recipients of the Women of Excellence Award from the Rochester Business Journal in April 2021.

DANCERS

DAVENTE GILREATH (Guest Dancer) - was born and raised in Minnesota. He began his dance training there at the Perpich Center for Arts Education where he was exposed to various forms and styles of dance including modern, ballet, jazz, African, and contact improvisation. Gilreath then furthered his career and studies in dance at the University of Minnesota where he received his BFA in Dance studying from professors such as Ananya Chatterjea, Erin Thompson, and Toni Pierce-Sands. During the pursuit of his degree, he was also able to perform and create work with local Minnesota-based companies such as Contempo Physical Dance and Threads Dance Project. Gilreath joined Garth Fagan Dance in 2014 and was senior company member and is the former director of the Garth Fagan Dance Student Ensemble. Also, he has taught Intermediate/ Advanced Fagan Technique for the Garth Fagan Dance School and for the Garth Fagan Summer Movement Institute.

KEISHA LAREN CLARKE GRAY (Guest Dancer) - is of Jamaican descent from Brooklyn, New York and graduated from CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) with a BFA in Dance. She is a Performing Artist, Choreographer, and Instructor. Keisha toured worldwide with Garth Fagan Dance and Lula Washington Dance Theatre. She was also a Swing/Dance Captain with The Lion King on Broadway and The National Tour and an original cast member in Los Angeles. She is the Director of Shine Your Light dance ministry and owner of Arise Light Shine Yoga Inc. Keisha is honored to be touring with Garth Fagan Dance again

and she thanks God, her Husband, & her family for all that she is. ***Proverbs 3:5-6 & Isaiah 60:1***

WYNTON RICE - started his dance journey at Ursinus College where he graduated with a BA in dance. Upon graduation he started his career at the Garth Fagan Dance Company where he spent ten years performing and touring as well as teaching the Fagan technique. Wynton is currently residing in Rochester, New York where he is on the faculty of the Hochstein School of Music and Dance, The Aquinas Institute and The Montessori School of Rochester where he teaches dance and wellness.

GABRIELLE SAMUEL (Dancer) - joined Garth Fagan Dance in April 2021. She hails from San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, and trained at Eugene Joseph Trinidad Dance Theatre, The Alpha Theatrical Dance Company, The Shift Contemporary Dance Company, Marabella Open Bible Church Dance Academy and Caribbean School of Dancing. She studied Dance, African & African American Studies, and Archaeology at Washington University in St Louis. Gabrielle has experience in Modern, Ballet, Contemporary, Afro-Contemporary, Afropop, Liturgical, Horton, Dunham, Ghanaian dance, and Talawa Technique. She has worked with Raja Feather Kelly, Ronald K Brown, Cecil Slaughter, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Jillene Forde and Joaquín Collado, among other choreographers. She enjoys Garth Fagan Dance's fusion of Europeanist and Africanist dance vocabulary and is grateful for the family and friends whose support has made it possible for her to be here.

SABRINA CMELAK (Dancer) - received her BFA in dance and BA in psychology at Fordham University in partnership with the Ailey School. Prior to college, she studied at: Riverside Ballet Arts, The Debbie Allen Dance Academy, The Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, and The Ailey School. She has trained extensively in Ballet, Contemporary, Horton, Dunham,

Graham, Jazz, West African, and Tap. Additionally, she attended summer intensives, such as The Bolshoi Ballet, The French Academy of Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Dance, and was a scholarship student for several summers at The Ailey School. Sabrina has worked with Debbie Allen, Hope Boykin, Amy Hall Garner, and Earl Mosley. She joined Garth Fagan Dance in June of 2021.

JOHN CRIM (Dancer) - is a recent graduate of The Alonzo King Lines Training program, and current company member of Garth Fagan Dance, John Crim is a dancer and choreographer based in Rochester, New York. After graduating high school from Interlochen Arts Academy, he’s worked under the close eye of Alonzo King, Joseph Morrisey, and countless other notable mentorships. He creates and expands on what the body can provide to dance and movement. This is his 2nd season with Garth Fagan Dance and he is thrilled to be able to share his gifts with you.

DARIA CLARKE (Dancer) - from Charlotte, NC, Daria began her technical training at the age of seven. At thirteen, she joined Charlotte Performing Arts Academy and met her longtime mentor, Siara Fuller, who pushed her to develop her musicality and individuality as an artist. She toured nationally for six years, winning numerous scholarships, awards, and opportunities to train with various artists in the commercial and concert dance world. In May 2021, She received her BFA in dance with a concentration in choreography and performance from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. During her time there, she was chosen to perform solo and group works by Ronald K. Brown, Clarice Young, Janet Lilly, Maurice Watson, B.J. Sullivan, and Francine Ott. When she discovered Garth Fagan Dance, she was intrigued by the blending of Africanist movement qualities with European dance styles. She is excited to continue performing and mastering the Fagan Technique while she is a member of the company.

DESTINY FELDER (Dancer) - is an Atlanta native who trained in ballet, modern, tap, jazz, and contemporary at the studio Price Performing Arts Center. Her technical abilities are heavily influenced by her instructors Roscoe Sales, Andrea Pride, and Aldownna Morrison. Within her training, Destiny got to work closely with Adam Parson and Jason Holly. She was awarded an opportunity to study abroad in Ancona Italy. After Italy, Destiny started her journey towards getting her BFA at the University of the Arts. There, she studied closely with Tommy-Waheed Evans, Gary Jeter, and Kim Bears-Bailey, among others. While Destiny was in school, she was a part of Philadanco’s second company “D-2” under the wings of Donald Lunsford. Destiny now holds a BFA from the University of the Arts. Destiny is currently dancing with the Garth Fagan Dance Company.

IRA LINDSAY (Dancer) - is from Washington, D.C. Ira began his training as a West African dancer at Dance Institute of Washington. Ira went on to graduate from The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where he majored in Theater. Returning to his first love, he then joined the Katherine Smith Contemporary Dance Ensemble. Ira owns a BFA in Dance from University of the Arts, under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. During his collegiate training, he performed works by renowned choreographers such as Merce Cunningham, Mark Haim, and Tommie-Waheed Evans and has worked with other distinguished dance artists like Kim Bears-Bailey, Sidra Bell, and Helen Simoneau. In 2020, Ira became a member of Philadanco’s second company “D-2,” under the direction of Joan Myers Brown. Ira is now a company apprentice with Garth Fagan Dance.

ETHAN BECKWITH-COHEN (Dancer) - took his first Fagan class at the age of three. Born and raised in Rochester, he has studied at Garth Fagan Dance, Rochester’s School of the Arts, Bush Mango Youth Project, Borinquen Dance Theatre, FuturPointe Dance, and other organizations. Ethan holds a

BFA in Dance from The University of the Arts, where under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfeild he had the opportunity to work with artists such as Sidra Bell, Doug Varone, Kim BaresBailey, Mark Caserta, and many others. Ethan has always held a passion for choreography. He has created multiple dance works and curated many community-based projects. As he begins his first season with the company, Ethan extends deep gratitude to his teachers, mentors, peers, friends, and family that have supported and guided him to this beautifully full circle moment.

NATHAN E. MCNATT, JR. (Dancer) - Nathan E. McNatt Jr. (22), born in Washington, DC began his formal dance training at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Under the direction of Charles Augins. During his time at Ellington Nathan was also a founding member of the Katherine Smith Contemporary Dance Ensemble (KSCDE), under the Artistic Direction of Katherine Smith and Assistant Direction of Shene Keys. He has attended intensives at The Ailey School in New York and The Rock School in Philadelphia. In May of 2021 Nathan graduated from the University of the Arts with his BFA majoring in Dance and a minor in Music Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology. He was a member of Eleone Dance Theater from 2018 to 2022 under the artistic direction of Shawn-lamere Williams and Dara Meredith. Throughout his career Nathan has worked with choreographers such as Kim Y. BearsBailey, Christopher Huggins, Gary Jeter, Tommie Waheed-Evans, and Milton Meyers.

KIARA J. HAYWOOD (Dancer) - was born and raised in Queens, NY. She began her dance training at Step By Step Dance Studio where she then went on to assist and teach for many years. In 2018, Kiara graduated from Professional Performing Arts High School where she studied with the Ailey School. She has trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Horton, West African, and Modern. Kiara then went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance in May of 2022 at University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

As well becoming certified in Franklin Method Art of the Plié and Pilates Mat. Through UArts, she was able to work with and perform works by Katie Swords Thurman and Tommie-Waheed Evans, Jesse Zaritt and Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Sidra Bell and Sara Procopio, Annie Rigney, Emily Wexler, as well as TV Rerun by Merce Cunningham, staged by Andrea Weber.

STAFF

WILLIAM J.

FERGUSON

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(Executive Director of Garth Fagan

Dance) - is a thought leader navigating the future of a global dance treasure, a person of distinction nationally providing insight and advice for a number of Boards and Initiatives, and is founder of Bilbilravago LLC, a jewelry & sculpture company where he also maintains artistic insights as one of the lead designers of fine jewelry and installation creations. Ferguson spent his formative years, 6-17 in Turkey and Germany, and is a U.S. Air Force veteran; he was a crew chief on OV-10a light attack and observation aircraft. Ferguson joined Garth Fagan Dance in 1989 and became a senior company member in 1996. While teaching and growing administratively and artistically, Ferguson has worked at every level within the Garth Fagan Dance School since 1990. In an effort to share more fully, Ferguson created and began directing the Garth Fagan Dance Student Ensemble in 2000. For twenty years, the ensemble has become a nurturing ground for the next generations of Fagan experts and off-book thinkers. He has choreographed and executive produced performances of the Ensemble at venues across the middle region of New York State and at noted places including The MAG’s Clothesline Festival, preserved Sonnenberg Gardens, the Susan B Anthony House; home of one of the mothers of women's suffrage, and most recently at the City of Rochester Black Heritage Performance at the Hochstein School of Music.

The Garth Fagan Dance Student Ensemble was chosen in collaboration with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Trumpeter Herb Smith as one of five arts organizations awarded $100,000 by The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation. The Ensemble provided local at-risk teens with an intensive, innovative, introduction to dance, complete with culminating free public performances that helped realign the lives of several participants and their families. The program included after-school classes in Fagan Technique, specialized workshops in topics that included anti-bullying, street safety, and nutrition. The initiative exemplified the role that music, visual arts, and dance could play in the life of those most vulnerable. Additionally, field trips for students and parents to local cultural institutions; developed into an evening of original works performed by the students with original choreography by Ferguson and music by Herb Smith.

Ferguson, who was also a noted compositional intellect before joining Fagan, has also taught Technique, dance composition, and repertory classes at the Garth Fagan Dance Summer Movement Institute since its inception in 2004. After retiring from the concert stage in 2008, Ferguson embraced the position of Executive Artistic Liaison for Garth Fagan Dance and Personal Assistant to Garth Fagan. Through the years, his roles have included Company manager, Production manager, and Facilities Manager. He also contributed to the curation and archival digitizing of Garth Fagan and Fagan Dancers history and origin story, including maintaining archival video, producing Television and radio commercials, national and international ads, marketing and grant peripherals for Garth Fagan Dance. Currently, he is the lead in the development of a Cooperative-Creative connection with Rochester Institute of Technology/ National Institute for the Deaf and creating a national Fagan Technique department at the lauded university.

Paying it forward, he serves as Vice President of the Board of the Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance, is a member of the George Eastman Museum board and has served in an Advisory role for the New York State Council of the Arts. A prostate cancer survivor, his greatest joy is being husband to Nicolette Depass and father to his sons, William Donovan and Nicholas Lamond.

LUTIN TANNER (Lighting Designer & Production Manager) - Lutin hails from Mankato, Minnesota. He received a BA in Dance and Theatre from Western Michigan University. He joined Garth Fagan Dance as a dancer from 1995-2000. Lutin then transitioned to resident Lighting Designer & Production Manager for Dance New Amsterdam in NHYC. Using his unique dance lighting perspective, Lutin has worked with a wide range of artists from Arthur Aviles, Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boy’s of Dance, Nathan Trice, Theresa Duhon, Alex Beller, Ronald K. Brown Evidence, Nomad Contemporary Ballet, Mal Paso, Earl Mosley Diversity of Dance, Sweet Bird Productions and Eglevsky Ballet to name a few. Lutin was honored to return to Garth Fagan Dance as their Resident Lighting Designer & Production Stage Manager. Thanks and love to his wife Adrienne, for her understanding of the late nights. Big UP! To his sons Lucien & Ellington, Love & Peace!

C oSt rs★

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

2022 - 2023 Co-Chairs: Lin Klein & Jane Moskowitz $500 per person, $1,000 per couple

Elena Sevilla & Paul Aho Mona & Greg Anderson Marianne Barton Deborah Walsh Bellingham

In Memory of Dr. Bruce A. Bellingham Honey & Harry Birkenruth Ruth Buczynski Carol Colombo

In Memory of Paul Colombo Anne D’Alleva

Madison & Bob Day Susan & John DeWolf Stan & Sandy Hale Judy & Peter Halvorson

Patricia Hempel

Shareen Hertel & Donald Swinton

Jan Huber

Tina & Bryan Huey Blair T. Johnson & Blanche Serban

Lynn & Harry Johnson Janet & George Jones Lin & Waldo Klein

James Knox Ann Kouatly Becky & Scott Lehmann

Jean & John Lenard Gene Likens & Leola Spilbor Margarethe & Matthew Mashikian Antonia Moran

Jane & Robert Moskowitz Constance & Rodney Rock Nancy & John Silander Beverly Sims & William Okeson Anne & Winthrop Smith Maurice Thompson Karen Zimmer Susan Zito

Join the CoStars, Jorgensen’s Active Volunteers!

The CoStars is a special group of volunteers who generously donate not only $500 per person, but also their talent and time. The invaluable CoStars support Jorgensen through community advocacy by creative fund-raising activities, and by hosting pre- and post-concert receptions that often feature world-class luminaries. The CoStars have been instrumental in the purchase of the new portable chamber stage and acoustical shell, a new Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano, funding the JOY! Conservatory Program, the installation of the exterior Jorgensen message center, the renovation of the Jorgensen Gallery, and continued support of Jorgensen programming. By becoming a CoStar, you’ll join with other vibrant, thoughtful and devoted arts lovers who have made Jorgensen’s success a priority.

CoStars receive an honorary membership in the Jorgensen Circle of Friends at the Producers Circle level. Benefits include early ticket ordering privileges for one full year from the date of enrollment; reserved lower-level parking in the North Garage, providing a speedier exit after each Jorgensen event; and recognition in the Jorgensen playbill.

As a Special Thank You... An Invitation to the CoStars

CoStar members receive an exclusive invitation to attend the Annual Sneak Peek hosted by Jorgensen Director Rodney Rock. This party offers attendees an exciting preview of the coming season – prior to the public announcement. Join the CoStars and be the first to know what’s new!

If you are interested in becoming a CoStar, please contact Rodney Rock at 860-486-1983, or by e-mail at rodney.rock@uconn.edu.

Circle of Friends 2022-2023 Jorgensen

Become a Friend of Jorgensen!

We invite you to join Jorgensen’s Circle of Friends, a group of generous arts supporters who over the years have made vital contributions to Jorgensen’s special projects, commissioned works, and interior restorations. Your membership in the Circle of Friends entitles you to early ticket ordering privileges for one full year from the date of your enrollment; you will be recognized in the Jorgensen Playbill; and if you contribute at the Directors or Producers Circle levels, you will enjoy reserved parking in the North Campus Parking Garage for each Jorgensen performance you attend.

Please consider making your tax-deductible donation and become a Circle of Friends member today. Simply call 860-486-4226 for more information.

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

gratefully acknowledges the support of its Friends.

Producers Circle $500/person $1,000 & above/ couple Elena Sevilla & Paul Aho* Mona & Greg Anderson* Marianne Barton* Deborah Walsh jjBellingham* In Memory of Dr. Bruce A. jjjjjjjjjjjBellingham* Honey & Harry Birkenruth* Ruth Buczynski* Carol Colombo* In Memory of Paul Colombo* Anne D’Alleva* Madison & Bob Day* Susan & John DeWolf* Ms. Joan N. jjjjjjjjjjjjjGionfriddo

In Memory of Elaine D. jjNeiswanger, jjRobert jjjjjjNeiswanger, jj& Thomas jjNeiswanger Stan & Sandy Hale* Judy & Peter Halvorson* Patricia Hempel* Shareen Hertel & jjDonald Swinton* Jan Huber* Tina & Bryan Huey* Blair T. Johnson & jjBlanche Serban* Lynn & Harry Johnson* Janet & George Jones* Lin & Waldo Klein* James Knox* Ann Kouatly* Becky & Scott Lehmann*

Jean & John Lenard* Gene Likens & Leola Spilbor* Margarethe & Matthew Mashikian* Antonia Moran* Jane & Robert Moskowitz* Craig & Karen Nass Barbara Rhein & Stan Shaw Constance & Rodney Rock* Nancy & John Silander* Beverly Sims & William Okeson* Anne & Winthrop Smith* Maurice Thompson* Karen Zimmer* Susan Zito* * Members of the Jorgensen CoStars

Directors Circle

$250/person, $500/couple Kenneth A. Doeg Mona & Todd Friedland

In honor of Jane Moskowitz

Mr. David Johnson David & Carol Jordan Tom Martin & Susan Spiggle Carl Nawrocki Cheryl A. & Mark J. Roy Bonnie Ryan

Ms. Nancy Swiacki Keith Wilson & Marjorie Hayes

Artists Circle $125/person, $250/couple M. Kevin & Jeanne Fahey Betty & Kenneth Hanson Rob & Mary Hoskin

Ms. Cathy Jameson & Ms. Renee Fournier

Len Oberg Mrs. Kristin Santini

Susan Stoppelman

Harriet Walker

Patrons Circle

$50/person, $100/couple Anonymous Cynthia & Roger Adams Dorothy Blocker Susan & John Boland

Ms. Joyce Donohoo Richard & Karin James Dr. & Mrs. Uwe & Helen Koehn Yves & Carol Kraus Donna Matulis Pamela Paine

Jacqueline Seide Adeline Theis George Thompson

Dr. & Mrs. Joel Zuckerbraun

Critics Circle

$25/person, $50/couple Anonymous

Mrs. Audrey Gough

Dr. & Mrs. Ed & Susan Grace John H. Mayer & Irwin M. Krieger Linda Pelletier Mr. & Mrs. Ettore & jjLaura Raccagni Sari & jjJames Rosokoff Dr. Jay S. Shivers

Director’s Fund

Diane & Joseph Briody Carol Colombo David & Marilyn Foster Jennifer Person Mr. Allen Schmied & Ms. Tina Polttila-Schmied Nancy & John Silander Ms. Joanne Sousa In Memory of John P. Sousa

Endowed Sponsorship Program

The Endowed Sponsorship Program provides individuals and families with the opportunity to support Jorgensen by sponsoring any concert or other program. Benefits to Endowed Sponsors will include name recognition in the Jorgensen playbill, additional recognition in the community through press releases provided by the University, and an opportunity to visit with the guest artist.

Sponsorship could be a means of celebrating a special holiday or anniversary, or of dedicating an event to a loved one. Most importantly, by contributing to the cost of current programs, sponsors would help ensure that the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts will continue to present wonderful music and other programs in the future. Your gift would benefit not only Jorgensen, but also the community at large.

Patrons interested in sponsoring an event should contact Rodney Rock at 860-486-1983 or rodney.rock@uconn.edu for further information.

Jorgensen Outreach for Youth

Funded through private contributions as well as corporate support, JOY! provides school-age children, many from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with access to live performances and special enrichment programs. Now in its 15th season, the JOY! Conservatory program offers instrumental and vocal students in grades 9-12 the opportunity for a rigorous course of study including private lessons, ensemble rehearsals and coaching, and basic musicianship courses. For more information, contact Jorgensen director Rodney Rock at 860-486-1983.

Corporate / Foundation Sponsors

SBM Charitable Foundation

Diamond / $1000+

Carol Colombo Nancy & John Silander

Ruby / $300+

Becky & Scott Lehmann

The University of Connecticut League, Inc.

Sapphire / $100+

Carol & David Jordan James Knox

Pearl / up to $99

Irwin Krieger & John Mayer

Pamela Paine

Peter Polomski

Bonnie Ryan Marti & Tom Smith

Dale Swett

Joanne Todd

Lenard Chamber Music Endowment Fund

The Lenard Chamber Series is made possible through the generosity of longtime patrons Jean and John Lenard and the Lenard Chamber Music Endowment.

Thanks to the generous philanthropy of patrons Jean and John Lenard, chamber music, one of the hallmarks and most dearly loved elements of the programming at Jorgensen, is secure well into the future. Also thanks to the Lenard Endowment, UConn students, non-UConn students, and area youth are invited to attend all chamber music events for free.

Please join this giving community and make your contribution today. To make a gift, contact Jorgensen Director Rodney Rock at rodney.rock@uconn.edu or 860-486-1983,

Jean & John Lenard

Elena Sevilla & Paul Aho

Greg & Mona Anderson

Deborah Walsh Bellingham

Ruth Buczynski

Carol Colombo Anne D’Alleva

Kenneth Doeg

Judy & Peter Halvorson

Patricia Hempel

George & Janet Jones

Carol & David Jordan

Lin & Waldo Klein

James Knox

June & Henry Krisch

Becky & Scott Lehmann

Shoshana Levinson & Chris Crossgrove Julia J. & Carl W. Lindquist, MD

Joan & Austin McGuigan

Jane & Robert Moskowitz

Lauren & Eric Prause

Donald Shankweiler & Ruth Garrett Millikan

John & Nancy Silander Beverly Sims & William Okeson

Marilyn & Arthur Wright

Samara Joy CABARET

by the H. Fred Simons African American Cultural Center & the UConn Women’s Center

“The close precision and frothy power of her voice stand out immediately … so does the depth of her comfort within the jazz tradition” – The New York Times

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