SDC Journal Fall 2023

SDC EXECUTIVE BOARD OFFICERS

MEMBERS OF BOARD

Evan Yionoulis

Saheem Ali Christopher Ashley Joshua Bergasse Jo Bonney Donald Byrd Rachel Chavkin Desdemona Chiang Valerie Curtis-Newton Liz Diamond Lydia Fort Leah C. Gardiner Christopher Gattelli JoAnn M. Hunter Anne Kauffman Kathleen Marshall Michael Mayer Robert O’Hara Annie-B Parson Lisa Portes Lonny Price John Rando Bartlett Sher Susan Stroman Seema Sueko Maria Torres Tamilla Woodard Annie Yee

PRESIDENT

Michael John Garcés EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Ruben Santiago-Hudson FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

Dan Knechtges TREASURER

Melia Bensussen SECRETARY

Joseph Haj SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

Casey Stangl THIRD VICE PRESIDENT

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Laura Penn HONORARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Karen Azenberg Pamela Berlin Julianne Boyd Graciela Daniele Pam MacKinnon Emily Mann Marshall W. Mason Ted Pappas Susan H. Schulman Oz Scott Dan Sullivan Victoria Traube

SDC JOURNAL EDITOR

FALL 2023 CONTRIBUTORS

Stephanie Coen

Dani Barlow Joshua Bergasse Ayodele Casel Carmen de Lavallade Michelle Dorrance Daniel Ezralow Harvey Fierstein Robb Hunter Denis Jones Kitty McNamee Danny Mefford Jerry Mitchell Darrell Grand Moultrie

MANAGING EDITOR

Kate Chisholm GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Adam Hitt EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Melia Bensussen Joshua Bergasse Terry Berliner Noah Brody Liz Diamond Justin Emeka Sheldon Epps Lydia Fort Annie-B Parson Ann M. Shanahan Seema Sueko Annie Yee SDC JOURNAL PEER-REVIEWED SECTION EDITORIAL BOARD SDCJ-PRS CO-EDITORS

Emily A. Rollie Ann M. Shanahan SDCJ-PRS BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

Kathleen M. McGeever SDCJ-PRS ASSOCIATE BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

Mayte Natalio David Neumann Adesola Osakalumi Annie-B Parson Jennifer Paulson-Lee Sam Pinkleton Steve Rankin Misha Shields Katie Spelman Rich Talauega Tone Talauega Julie Taymor Anthony Van Laast Talvin Wilks

Ruth Pe Palileo

FALL 2023 SDCJ-PRS CONTRIBUTORS

SDCJ-PRS SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Thomas B. Costello

Anne Bogart Joan Herrington James Peck

SUNY DUTCHESS

Heidi Winters Vogel WABASH COLLEGE

SDCJ-PRS PEER REVIEWERS

Donald Byrd David Callaghan Jonathan Cole Thomas Costello Kathryn Ervin Liza Gennaro Baron Kelly Travis Malone Sam O’Connell Scot Reese Stephen A. Schrum SDC JOURNAL is published by Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, located at 321 W. 44th Street, Suite 804, New York, NY 10036. ISSN 2576-6899 © 2023 Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. All rights reserved. SDC JOURNAL is a registered trademark of SDC. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the editor may be sent to SDCJournal@SDCweb.org POSTMASTER Send address changes to SDC JOURNAL, SDC, 321 W. 44th Street, Suite 804, New York, NY 10036. COVER Jerry Mitchell PHOTO Amanda Crommett

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SDC Journal Fall 2023

Published on Sep 15, 2023

SDC Journal

This issue, guest curated by Josh Bergasse, celebrates the craft of choreography and the artists who create it, their processes and approach to the craft, early influences, relationships with collaborators, and more. The issue includes a conversation between longtime collaborators Jerry Mitchell and Harvey Fierstein; an interview with Rich + Tone Talauega, conducted by SDC Foundation Director Dani Barlow; a discussion between Annie-B Parson and Sam Pinkleton; and essays by directors on choreographers—Julie Taymor on Garth Fagan and Talvin Wilks on Carmen de Lavallade. The magazine also includes a roundtable with choreographers whose careers began in the concert dance world (Ayodele Casel, Michelle Dorrance, Daniel Ezralow, and David Neumann), moderated by Kitty McNamee; and “Choreographers on Collaboration,” reflections by Robb Hunter, Denis Jones, Danny Mefford, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Mayte Natalio, Adesola Osakalumi, Jennifer Paulson-Lee, Steve Rankin, Misha Shields, Katie Spelman, and Anthony Van Laast.