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PROGRAM

Dark Meadow Suite

Choreography and Costumes: Martha Graham

Arrangement: Janet Eilber

Lighting Designer: Nick Hung

Music: Carlos Chávez†

Dancers: So Young An, Jacob Larsen

James Anthony, Alessio Crognale, Laurel Dalley Smith, Devin Loh, Marzia Memoli, Kate Reyes, Richard Villaverde, Leslie Andrea Williams

Through the act of dancing forgotten memories emerge. We sense that we have been all things. “I have been ere now a boy and a girl, a brush, a bird, and a dumb fish in the sea.” (Empedocles)

Dark Meadow Suite premiered at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC on April 1, 2016. This was commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

†La Hija de Colquide used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., agent for Carlanita Music Company, publisher and copyright owner. Adapted and conducted by Aaron Sherber.

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Cortege 2023

Preview Performance

Choreographer: Baye & Asa

Costume Designer: Caleb Krieg

Lighting Designer: Yi-Chung Chen

Music: Aiden Elias

Dancers: James Anthony, Lloyd Knight, Lorenzo Pagano, Anne Souder, Richard Villaverde, Xin Ying

Cortege 2023 World Premiere will take place on April 18, 2023 at The Joyce Theater. Cortege 2023 was made possible with a significant commissioning grant from The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation.

Major support for Cortege 2023 was provided by Christopher Jones. Production support provided by Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Connecticut.

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Canticle for Innocent Comedians

Inspired by the work from 1952 by Martha Graham

New production conceived by Janet Eilber

Lead Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh

Choreography for vignettes: Alleyne Dance, Sir Robert Cohan, Jenn Freeman, Martha Graham, Juliano Nunes, Micaela Taylor, and Yue Yin

Choreography Associate: Jenn Freeman

Lighting: Yi-Chung Chen

Costumes: Karen Young

Music: Jason Moran

Dancers: Alessio Crognale, Laurel Dalley Smith, Natasha M. Diamond-Walker, Lloyd Knight, Jacob Larsen, Anne O’Donnell, Lorenzo Pagano, Anne Souder, Richard Villaverde, Leslie Andrea Williams, Xin Ying

Canticle for Innocent Comedians premiered on March 19, 2022 in The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts at California State University, Northridge.

“This is a dance of joy, in praise of the world as it turns." Martha Graham

Opening Dance and all Interludes for the Ensemble

Choreography by Sonya Tayeh

Ensemble

I. Sun

Choreography by Sonya Tayeh

Leslie Andrea Williams

II. Earth

Choreography by Alleyne Dance

Lloyd Knight, Richard Villaverde

III. Wind

Choreography by Sir Robert Cohan

Anne O’Donnell

IV. Water

Choreography by Juliano Nunes

Anne Souder, Xin Ying

V. Fire

Choreography by Yue Yin

Jacob Larsen, Lorenzo Pagano, Richard Villaverde

VI. Moon

Choreography by Martha Graham

Anne O’Donnell, Lloyd Knight

VII. Stars

Choreography by Micaela Taylor

Laurel Dalley Smith, Lorenzo Pagano

VIII. Death/Rebirth

Choreography by Jenn Freeman

Xin Ying

Closing dance

Choreography by Sonya Tayeh

Ensemble

Major support for Canticle for Innocent Comedians was provided by Tee Scatuorchio & Michael Becker. This work was made possible with a significant commissioning grant from The O'Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation and was commissioned by The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts with support from Jazz Road | South Arts Grant, California State University Northridge and Northrop Auditorium at The University of Minnesota.

Additional support was provided by Kenneth Bloom & Abby Meiselman, and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

A creative residency was sponsored by The Church, Sag Harbor.

DARK MEADOW SUITE (1946)

The Dark Meadow Suite is made up of highlights from a much longer work by Martha Graham, Dark Meadow, which premiered in 1946. The Suite, created in 2016, is designed to feature the exceptional choreography that Graham created for the ensemble of dancers in Dark Meadow. Both the unison dancing and the partnering have been recognized as some of Graham’s most architectural, ritualistic and profound creations. They are clearly inspired by Graham’s love of the rituals of the natives of the American Southwest and Mexico, which she observed as a young woman. The Mexican composer Carlos Chavez wrote the spacious musical score for Graham. The dancers often work in counterpoint to the score using the sound of their feet and other body percussion effects. In her original program note, Graham wrote, “Dark Meadow is a re-enactment of the mysteries which attend the eternal adventure of seeking.” It is an abstract work about life’s journey and the search for connection with one’s self and one’s community. This dance is a prime example of Graham as a leader in mid-20th Century modernism.

CORTEGE 2023 (2023)

Drawing inspiration from Martha Graham's Cortege of Eagles, Baye & Asa’s work looks at Charon, the ferryman who shepherds souls to the underworld. In Graham's work, Charon is a harbinger of Troy’s inevitable fall. In Baye & Asa’s creation, they ask: who is the ferryman for the fall of the American Empire?

CANTICLE FOR INNOCENT COMEDIANS (2022)

Martha Graham created Canticle for Innocent Comedians in 1952, taking the title and inspiration from the 1938 poem by Ben Belitt, her old friend and colleague at the Bennington School of the Dance. The multifaceted work was built around eight virtuosic vignettes for the stars of the Graham Company, each celebrating a different element of nature: Sun, Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Moon, Stars and Death. The work was well received, reputed to have been magical; however, there is only a fragmented record remaining, and it is considered lost.

This 2022 Canticle for Innocent Comedians is a reimagining of the original. The choreography is completely new but draws upon Graham’s stylistic blueprint. The vignettes have been re-made for today’s Graham stars by eight dance-makers from diverse backgrounds. Fortunately, Graham’s staging of “Moon” was filmed in the 1950s and is included in the new production.

A lyrical, percussive, ruminative score has been created by the great jazz pianist, Jason Moran.

The lead choreographer, Emmy and Tony award winner Sonya Tayeh, has designed the connective tissue for this eclectic assemblage – in the words of the original poem, “that binds the halves of first and last/To single troth, in time” — for the dancers of the Ensemble, weaving in and out of the sections in a manner reminiscent of a Greek chorus, and resonating with many Graham classics.

The costumes by Karen Young are inspired by voluminous, swirling shapes that Graham often used for the costumes she herself designed. They are fabricated from recycled plastic bottles to add to the conversation about the eternal values of nature — and our responsibilities to the planet.

ABOUT MARTHA GRAHAM

Martha Graham is recognized as a primal artistic force of the 20th Century alongside Picasso, Stravinsky, James Joyce, and Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1998, TIME Magazine named Martha Graham as the “Dancer of the Century,” and People Magazine named her among the female “Icons of the Century.” As a choreographer, she was as prolific as she was complex. She created 181 ballets and a dance technique that has been compared to ballet in its scope and magnitude. Many of the great modern and ballet choreographers have studied the Martha Graham Technique or have been members of her company.

Martha Graham’s extraordinary artistic legacy has often been compared to Stanislavsky’s Art Theatre in Moscow and the Grand Kabuki Theatre of Japan, for its diversity and breadth. Her legacy is perpetuated in performance by the members of the Martha Graham Dance Company and the Martha Graham Ensemble, and by the students of the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.

In 1926, Martha Graham founded her dance company and school, living and working out of a tiny Carnegie Hall studio in midtown Manhattan. In developing her technique, Martha Graham experimented endlessly with basic human movement, beginning with the most elemental movements of contraction and release. Using these principles as the foundation for her technique, she built a vocabulary of movement that would “increase the emotional activity of the dancer’s body.”

Martha Graham’s dancing and choreography exposed the depths of human emotion through movements that were sharp, angular, jagged, and direct. The

dance world was forever altered by Martha Graham’s vision, which has been and continues to be a source of inspiration for generations of dance and theatre artists.

Martha Graham’s ballets were inspired by a wide variety of sources, including modern painting, the American frontier, religious ceremonies of Native Americans, and Greek mythology. Many of her most important roles portray great women of history and mythology: Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Medea, Phaedra, Joan of Arc, and Emily Dickinson.

As an artist, Martha Graham conceived each new work in its entirety – dance, costumes, and music. During her 70 years of creating dances, Martha Graham collaborated with such artists as sculptor Isamu Noguchi; actor and director John Houseman; fashion designers Halston, Donna Karan and Calvin Klein; and renowned composers including Aaron Copland, Louis Horst (her mentor), Samuel Barber, William Schuman, Carlos Surinach, Norman Dello Joio, and Gian Carlo Menotti. Her company was the training ground for many future modern choreographers, including Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, and Twyla Tharp. She created roles for classical ballet stars such as Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, welcoming them as guests into her company. In charge of movement and dance at The Neighborhood Playhouse, she taught actors including Bette Davis, Kirk Douglas, Madonna, Liza Minnelli, Gregory Peck, Tony Randall, Anne Jackson, and Joanne Woodward how to use the body as an expressive instrument.

Her uniquely American vision and creative genius earned her numerous honors and awards such as the Laurel Leaf of the American Composers Alliance in 1959 for her service to music. Her colleagues in theater, the members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local One, voted her the recipient of the 1986 Local One Centennial Award for Dance, not to be awarded for another 100 years. In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford bestowed upon Martha Graham the United States’ highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, and declared her a “national treasure,” making her the first dancer and choreographer to receive this honor. Another Presidential honor was awarded Martha Graham in 1985 when President Ronald Reagan designated her among the first recipients of the United States National Medal of Arts.

ABOUT THE MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY

The Martha Graham Dance Company has been a world leader in the evolving art form of modern dance since its founding in 1926. Today, under the direction of Artistic Director Janet Eilber, the Company is embracing a new programming vision that showcases masterpieces by Graham alongside newly commissioned works by contemporary artists. With programs that offer a rich thematic narrative, the Company creates new platforms for contemporary dance and multiple points of access for audiences.

Since its inception, the Company has received international acclaim from audiences in over 50 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The Company has performed at such illustrious venues as the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Paris Opera House, and Covent Garden, as well as at the base of the Great Pyramids of Egypt and in the ancient Herod Atticus Theatre on the Acropolis in Athens. In addition, the Company has also produced several award-winning films broadcast on PBS and around the world.

Though Martha Graham herself is the best-known alumna of her company, the Company has provided a training ground for some of modern dance’s most celebrated performers and choreographers. Former members of the Company include Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins, Paul Taylor, John Butler and Glen Tetley. Among celebrities who have joined the Company in performance are Mikhail Baryshnikov, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Maya Plisetskaya, Tiler Peck, Misty Copeland, Herman Cornejo and Aurelie Dupont.

In recent years, the Company has challenged expectations and experimented with a wide range of offerings beyond its mainstage performances. It has created a series of intimate in-studio events, forged unusual creative partnerships with the likes of SITI Company, Performa, the New Museum, Barney's, and Siracusa’s Greek Theater Festival (to name a few); created substantial digital offerings with Google Arts and Culture, YouTube, and Cennarium; and created a model for reaching new audiences through social media. The astonishing list of artists who have created works for the Graham dancers in the last decade reads like a catalog of must-see choreographers:

Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Lucinda Childs, Marie Chouinard, Michelle Dorrance, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Andonis Foniadakis, Liz Gerring, Larry Keigwin, Michael Kliën, Pontus Lidberg, Lil Buck, Lar Lubovitch, Josie Moseley, Richard Move, Bulareyaung Pagarlava, Annie-B Parson, Yvonne Rainer, Sonya Tayeh, Doug Varone, Luca Vegetti, Gwen Welliver and Robert Wilson.

The current company dancers hail from around the world and, while grounded in their Graham core training, can also slip into the style of contemporary choreographers like a second skin, bringing technical brilliance and artistic nuance to all they do — from brand new works to Graham classics and those from early pioneers such as Isadora Duncan, Jane Dudley, Anna Sokolow, and Mary Wigman. “Some of the most skilled and powerful dancers you can ever hope to see,” according to The Washington Post last year. “One of the great companies of the world,” says The New York Times, while Los Angeles Times notes, “They seem able to do anything, and to make it look easy as well as poetic.”

STAFF

LaRue Allen, Executive Director

Janet Eilber, Artistic Director

Denise Vale, Senior Artistic Associate

Simona Ferrara, General Manager

Mariola Briales, Company Manager

Fran Kirmser, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Special Events

A. Apostol, Director of Development Operations

Malinda Logan, Development Associate

Joyce Herring, Director of Martha Graham Resources

Melissa Sherwood, Director of Marketing

Maclaine Lowery, Marketing Associate

Amy Santos, Office Manager

Stephanie Shin, Assistant to the Executive Director

Chloe Morrell, Production Supervisor

Yi-Chung Chen, Lighting Supervisor

Caleb Krieg, Wardrobe Supervisor

Karen Young, Costume Consultant

Ashley Brown, Director of the Martha Graham School

Tami Alesson, Dean of Students and Government Affairs

Virginie Mécène, Program Director/Director of Graham 2

Lone Larsen, Program Director

Amélie Bénard, Teens@Graham Program Director

Matilde Santos, School Assistant

Janet Stapleton, Press Agent

REGISSEURS

Elizabeth Auclair, Amélie Bénard, Tadej Brdnik, Lone Larsen, Peggy Lyman, Virginie Mécène, Miki Orihara, Ben Schultz, Marni Thomas, Oliver Tobin, Ken Topping, Denise Vale, Blakeley White-McGuire

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Lorraine S. Oler, Chair

Javier Morgado, Vice-Chair

Inger Witter, President

Barbara Cohen, Development Chairman

Judith G. Schlosser, Chairman Emeritus

Matthew Dapolito, Treasurer

LaRue Allen, Executive Director

Janet Eilber, Artistic Director

Amy Blumenthal, Geoff Fallon, Russell Guthrie, Christine Jowers, Jayne Millard, Nichole Perkins, Stephen M. Rooks, Lori Sackler, Lawrence Stein, Tee Scatuorchio, Ellis Wood

THE COMPANY

Lloyd Knight, Xin Ying, Natasha M. Diamond-Walker, Anne O'Donnell, Lorenzo Pagano, Anne Souder, So Young An, Alessio Crognale, Laurel Dalley Smith, Jacob Larsen, Marzia Memoli, Richard Villaverde, Leslie Andrea Williams, James Anthony, Devin Loh, Kate Reyes

Major support for the Martha Graham Dance Company is provided by: Howard Gilman Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council

New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature

The Artists employed in this production are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists AFL-CIO.

In the tradition of its founder, the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance remains committed to being a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist organization, and will honor this pledge through its ongoing practices, policies and behaviors.

Copyright to all Martha Graham dances presented held by the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. All rights reserved.

Thursday, March 23, 2023, 7:30 pm

Martha Graham Dance Company BIOS

JANET EILBER (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)

Janet Eilber has been the Company’s artistic director since 2005. Her direction has focused on creating new forms of audience access to Martha Graham’s masterworks. These initiatives include contextual programming, educational and community partnerships, use of new media, commissions from today’s top choreographers and creative events such as the Lamentation Variations. Earlier in her career, Ms. Eilber worked closely with Martha Graham. She danced many of Graham’s greatest roles, had roles created for her by Graham, and was directed by Graham in most of the major roles of the repertory. She soloed at the White House, was partnered by Rudolf Nureyev, starred in three segments of Dance in America, and has since taught, lectured, and directed Graham ballets internationally. Apart from her work with Graham, Ms. Eilber has performed in films, on television, and on Broadway directed by such greats as Agnes deMille and Bob Fosse and has received four Lester Horton Awards for her reconstruction and performance of seminal American modern dance. She has served as Director of Arts Education for the Dana Foundation, guiding the Foundation’s support for Teaching Artist training and contributing regularly to its arts education publications. Ms. Eilber is a Trustee Emeritus of the Interlochen Center for the Arts. She is married to screenwriter/director John Warren, with whom she has two daughters, Madeline and Eva.

DENISE VALE (SENIOR ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE)

Denise Vale danced with the Company for ten years dancing many of the major roles of the Graham repertory. She is well known for her performance as Woman in White in Diversion of Angels, and widely acclaimed as the first Leader in the reconstruction of “Steps in the Street”. She starred in Night Chant, a ballet created for her by Martha Graham, and in the Graham solos Lamentation, Frontier, Satyric

Festival Song, and Serenata Morisca. As Senior Artistic Associate, Ms. Vale serves primarily as the rehearsal director for the Martha Graham Company, is on the faculty of the Graham School, and travels throughout the world teaching master classes in the Graham Technique for dancers of all ages and abilities. Ms Vale also restages the Graham ballets for major dance companies such as Ballet de Lorraine, Ballet Flanders, Semperoper in Dresden, Germany and the Grand Theater Opera in Lodz, Poland.

LLOYD KNIGHT (PRINCIPAL)

Lloyd Knight joined the Company in 2005 and performs the major male roles of the Graham repertory including Appalachian Spring, Embattled Garden, Night Journey and many others. Dance Magazine named him one of the “Top 25 Dancers to Watch” in 2010 and one of the best performers of 2015. Mr. Knight has starred with ballet greats Wendy Whelan and Misty Copeland in signature Graham duets and has had roles created for him by such renowned artists as Nacho Duato and Pam Tanowitz. He is currently a principal guest artist for The Royal Ballet of Flanders directed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Born in England and raised in Miami, he trained at Miami Conservatory of Ballet and New World School of the Arts.

XIN YING (PRINCIPAL)

Xin Ying joined the Company in 2011 and performs many of Martha Graham’s own roles including Herodiade, Errand into the Maze, Chronicle, Lamentation, Deep Song, and Cave of the Heart. Ms. Xin has also danced solo roles in Clytemnestra and Diversion of Angels. She has been featured in works created for the Company by Nacho Duato, Pontus Lidberg, Annie-B Parson, Kyle Abraham, Liz Gerring, Maxine Doyle and Bobbi Jene Smith. Ms. Xin also starred in the Chinese production Dreams and has been commissioned to create new choreography for Co•Lab Dance. Her Instagram account, on which she posts her own improvisations, has thousands of followers.

NATASHA M. DIAMOND-WALKER (SOLOIST)

Natasha M. Diamond-Walker is from Los Angeles and joined the Company in 2011. A lead in many of Graham’s ballets, most memorably, she was the first Black woman to perform Graham's iconic solo Lamentation in America as a member of the company in 2020. With MGDC she has been a collaborator on original works by

Kyle Abraham, Bobbi Jene Smith, Pam Tanowitz, Annie-B Parson and Nacho Duato, to name a few. In addition to her work at Graham she enjoys her work as both an actress and movement director for TV/ Film, and site-specific performance. She is the Artistic Director of the Lester Horton Dance Theater in Los Angeles, a private Classical Pilates instructor, and a published writer. She is also an Ailey School/ Fordham University alumni.

ANNE O’DONNELL (SOLOIST)

Anne O'Donnell joined the Company in 2014 and performs lead roles in Graham's Appalachian Spring, Dark Meadow Suite, El Penitente, Diversion of Angels and new works by Maxine Doyle and Bobbi Jene Smith, Pam Tanowitz, Annie-B Parson, Mats Ek, Lar Lubovitch and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. She danced with Ailey II and Buglisi Dance Theatre and attended Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Program, Glimmerglass Opera Festival, and Springboard Danse Montreal. She appeared on the cover of Dance Spirit's February 2016 Issue "Young and Modern".

LORENZO PAGANO (SOLOIST)

Lorenzo Pagano joined the Company in 2012 and dances lead roles in Graham’s Appalachian Spring, Embattled Garden, Night Journey, and Diversion of Angels and in contemporary works by Andonis Foniadakis, Lucinda Childs, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Nacho Duato, Pontus Lidberg and Lar Lubovitch. A native of Torino, Italy, he moved to the US and trained as a scholarship student at The School at Jacob’s Pillow and The Martha Graham School. In 2016 Pagano received the Italian International Dance Award for “Male Rising Star”.

ANNE SOUDER (SOLOIST)

Anne Souder joined the Company in 2015 and performs Martha Graham's own roles in Dark Meadow Suite, Chronicle, Deep Song, and Ekstasis. Roles have also been created for her by such luminaries as Marie Chouinard, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Maxine Doyle and Bobbi Jene Smith. Ms. Souder began her training in Maryville, Tennessee and graduated from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program with a double major in Dance and Theology while performing works by Alvin Ailey, Ron K. Brown, and more. She was also a member of Graham 2 and awarded a Dizzy Feet Foundation scholarship.

SO YOUNG AN (DANCER)

So Young An, a native of South Korea, joined the Company in 2016 and dances featured roles in Graham ballets as well as new works. Ms. An is the recipient of the International Arts Award and the Grand Prize at the Korea National Ballet Grand Prix. She has danced with Korean National Ballet Company, Seoul Performing Arts Company and Buglisi Dance Theatre. She has also performed works by Yuri Grigorovich, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Mats Ek, Patricia Ruanne and Samantha Dunster.

ALESSIO CROGNALE (DANCER)

Alessio Crognale from Abruzzo, Italy, joined the Company in 2017 and dances featured roles in Graham’s Errand into the Maze, Embattled Garden and Diversion of Angels as the Man in White as well as in works by Pontus Lidberg, Michelle Dorrance, Larry Kegwin, Bulareyaung Pagarlava, Micaela Taylor, Juliano Nunes, Sonya Tayeh, among others. Mr. Crognale graduated with high honors from Centro Studio Coreografici Teatro Carcano in Milan and from the Graham School where he was a member of Graham 2.

LAUREL DALLEY SMITH (DANCER)

Laurel Dalley Smith joined the Company in 2015. Performing principal roles in Appalachian Spring, Steps in the Street, Errand into the Maze, Cave of the Heart and Diversion of Angels. Also creating new roles with contemporary choreographers Hofesh Schechter, Pam Tanowitz, Bobbi Jene Smith, Annie B Parsons amongst others. Laurel guests internationally with award winning LA/UK based Yorke Dance Project, performing work created on her by Yolande Yorke Edgell and Sir Robert Cohan. Laurel recently created the role of Ariadne in Deborah Warner’s World premiere of ‘Minotaur, choreography by Kim Brandstrup.

JACOB LARSEN (DANCER)

Jacob Larsen joined the Company in 2016 and performs featured roles in Appalachian Spring, Diversion of Angels, Secular Games and Pontus Lidberg’s Woodland. He received his BFA from Marymount Manhattan College performing works by Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Aszure Barton among others. He has worked with Sidra Bell Dance New York, performed works by Alexander Ekman and Banning Boulding at Springboard Danse Montréal 2015, and was a member of Graham 2.

MARZIA MEMOLI (DANCER)

Marzia Memoli from Palermo, Italy, joined the Company in 2016 and performs lead roles in Graham’s El Penitente, Steps in the Street, Satyric Festival Song and works by Elisa Monte, Hofesh Shechter, Bobbi Jean Smith, Lar Lubovitch, Maxine Doyle, Andrea Miller and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. In 2018 Dance Spirit said she “may be the... Company’s newest dancer, but her classical lines and easy grace are already turning heads”. She performs for Twyla Tharp Dance, in “In the Upper Room” and “Nine Sinatra Songs”. She graduated from Bejart’s school, where she performed with the Bejart Ballet Lausanne.

RICHARD VILLAVERDE (DANCER)

Richard Villaverde, born and raised in Miami, FL, began dancing at the age of 13, privately coached by Maria Eugenia Lorenzo. Richard is a New World School of the Arts graduate and received his B.F.A from University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Notably, he was a part of Arsenale della Danza 2012 at La Biennale de Venezia under the direction of Ismael Ivo. He later joined BalletX (2012-2021) where he was featured in works by Matthew Neenan, Dwight Rodan, Nicolo Fonte, Penny Saunders, Cayetano Soto, Trey McIntyre, Jodie Gates, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. He performed at the Vail International Dance Festival, Ballet Sun Valley, Belgrade Dance Festival as well as at Jacob’s Pillow.

LESLIE ANDREA WILLIAMS (DANCER)

Leslie Andrea Williams grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ms. Williams performs numerous featured roles in iconic Graham ballets. Some of her most notable roles have been dancing the solo Deep Song, and performing as the lead in Chronicle. Her performance in Chronicle earned her a naming in the New York Times “Best Dance of 2019” list. Ms. Williams’s has also been profiled in Dance Magazine, Teen Vogue, Psychology Today, and Marie Claire Taiwan. Her work has been described in reviews as “hypnotic” and “larger than life.” Ms. Williams is graduate of the Julliard School.

JAMES ANTHONY (NEW DANCER)

James Anthony was born in New York City. He began his training at Manhattan Youth Ballet. He graduated from Point Park University in 2020. During his junior year, he worked In The Heights

The Musical, choreographed by Rickey Tripp. James has worked with choreographers such as Christopher Huggins, Edwaard Liang, Matthew Powell, Ohad Naharin, Cameron McKinney, Yusha-Marie Soriano, Rutkay Özpinarand, and Katarzyna Skarpetowska. James is very excited to start his journey with the Martha Graham company.

DEVIN LOH (NEW DANCER)

Devin Loh, from Fanwood, NJ, Ms. Loh holds a BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY. She was named a recipient of the Bert Terborgh Award upon graduation for Leadership and Excellence in Dance. Shortly after, Ms. Loh continued her performance and pedagogical studies at the Martha Graham School, and performed with Graham 2. This is her first season with the Company.

KATE REYES (NEW DANCER)

Kate Reyes is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, where she received her BFA in Dance. Kate has received further training from Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS, The Martha Graham School, The Taylor School, and Manhattan Youth Ballet. Upon graduating college, Kate joined the Graham 2 company in 2020.

BAYE & ASA (CHOREOGRAPHERS)

Baye & Asa is a company creating movement art projects directed & choreographed by Amadi ‘Baye’ Washington & Sam ‘Asa’ Pratt. We grew up together in New York City, and that shared educational history is the mother of our work. Hip Hop & African dance languages are the foundation of our technique. The rhythms of these techniques inform the way we energetically confront contemporary dance & theater. We’ve presented our live work at The Joyce Theater, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pioneer Works, The 92nd Street Y, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jacob’s Pillow, DanceHouse Vancouver, Blacklight Summit, Battery Dance Festival, and were selected as one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" for 2022. Our film work has won numerous awards and has been presented internationally. In the coming year, we’ll begin new commissions for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Baryshnikov Arts Center.

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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

Pamela Diggle

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.

Jorgensen

Circle of Friends 2022-2023

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

Bellingham*

In Memory of Dr. Bruce A. Bellingham*

Honey & Harry Birkenruth*

Ruth Buczynski*

Carol Colombo*

In Memory of Paul Colombo*

Michael E. Cucka

Anne D’Alleva*

Madison & Bob Day*

Mr. Paul D’Italia

Susan & John DeWolf*

Ms. Joan N. Gionfriddo

In Memory of

Elaine D. Neiswanger, Robert Neiswanger, & Thomas Neiswanger

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*

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

Lynn & Marjorie Brown

Kenneth A. Doeg

Mona & Todd Friedland

In honor of Jane Moskowitz

Mr. David Johnson

David & Carol Jordan

Maureen Kohler & John Zavokjancik

Tom Martin & Susan Spiggle

Carl Nawrocki

Mr. & Ms. Steven & Barbara Rogers

Cheryl A. & Mark J. Roy

Bonnie Ryan

Ms. Nancy Swiacki

Keith Wilson & Marjorie Hayes

Artists Circle

$125/person, $250/couple

Patricia Anderson

Mr. & Mrs. Bennett & Linda Brockman

Dr. & Mrs. Steven & Elaine Cohen

Maryellen Donnelly & James Krall

M. Kevin & Jeanne Fahey

Mrs. Alice Hale

Betty & Kenneth Hanson

Rob & Mary Hoskin

Ms. Cathy Jameson & Ms. Renee Fournier

Ms. Mary Lacek & Mr. Neil Aldin

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Leibowitz

Len Oberg

Daryl & Paul Ramsey

Mrs. Kristin Santini

Susan Stoppelman

Harriet Walker

Patrons Circle

$50/person, $100/couple

Anonymous

Cynthia & Roger Adams

Robert Bittner

Dorothy Blocker

Susan & John Boland

Carol & Carl Brolin

Irene & Richard Brown

Ms. Joyce Donohoo

Lorraine Gallup

Richard & Karin James

Col. & Dr. Leonard & Judith Kaplan

Art Kirschenbaum & Cheryl Pomerantz

Dr. & Mrs. Uwe & Helen Koehn

Yves & Carol Kraus

Robin Lubatkin

Donna Matulis

Rev. Donald Miller

Pamela Paine

Judith Rhodes

Jacqueline Seide

Paul & Annette Shapiro

Adeline Theis

Susanna Thomas

George Thompson

Aaron Tumel

Dr. & Mrs. Joel Zuckerbraun

Critics Circle

$25/person, $50/couple

Anonymous

Ms. Kathleen Donahue

Mrs. Audrey Gough

Dr. & Mrs. Ed & Susan Grace

John H. Mayer & Irwin M. Krieger

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Linonis

Wesley & Mary Lord

Joseph & Nancy Madar

Stan & Sue McMillen

Linda Pelletier

Mr. & Mrs. Ettore & Laura Raccagni

Sari & James Rosokoff

John & Marilyn Shirley

Dr. Jay S. Shivers

Mrs. Pamela Sutkaitis

Director’s Fund

Paul Aho & Elena Sevilla

Mona & Greg Anderson

Honey & Harry Birkenruth

Diane & Joseph Briody

Carol Colombo

Paula & Keith Enderle

David & Marilyn Foster

Jo & George Fox

Mr. Thomas French

Lin & Waldo Klein Fund

Jane & Robert Moskowitz

In honor of Linda K. Klein, PhD & Rodney D. Rock

NICABM

Jennifer Person

Mr. Allen Schmied & Ms. Tina Polttila-Schmied

Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz & Ms. Merle Potchinsky

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+

Honey & Harry Birkenruth

Carol Colombo

Nancy & John Silander

Mrs. Nora Stevens

Ruby / $300+

Becky & Scott Lehmann

The University of Connecticut League, Inc.

Sapphire / $100+

Dorothy Blocker

Margaret Dillon & Larry Bowman

Shingo Goto

Carol & David Jordan

Craig Knox

In Memory of Jane Knox

James Knox

Carl Nawrocki

Peter Polomski

Joanne Sousa

Pearl / up to $99

Mr. Paul D’Italia

Irwin Krieger & John Mayer

Robin Lubatkin

Pamela Paine

Bonnie Ryan

Marti & Tom Smith

Dale Swett

Joanne Todd

Ilene Whitacre

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, or visit jorgensen.uconn.edu/online/article/lenard-endowment.

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 and Austin McGuigan

Jane & Robert Moskowitz

Lauren & Eric Prause

Donald Shankweiler & Ruth Garrett Millikan

John & Nancy Silander

Beverly Sims & William Okeson

Kenneth & Janet Slavett

Marilyn & Arthur Wright

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