Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Program Book

Note from our President & CEO RACHEL S. MOORE

It’s our boldest dance season yet, and I’m so pleased you have joined us to experience it! Welcome to the 21st season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, the West Coast’s longest-running series of dance residencies featuring some of the world’s most compelling ballet and contemporary dance companies and works by amazingly talented choreographers.

The inaugural company for this season, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, is certainly no exception. This incredible company, known as an original force in contemporary dance, takes the stage here at The Music Center’s Ahmanson Theatre with two West Coast premieres — Coltrane’s Favorite Things and Dear Frankie — along with BUSK, a creation by the company’s artist-in-residence Aszure Barton, whose work we have had the honor to present in the past.

Under the leadership of its new Artistic Director, Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, a former principal dancer at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has pushed the boundaries of contemporary dance in ways that align with our vision to deepen the cultural lives of Angelenos with captivating, innovative and thought-provoking works. Linda-Denise’s artistic vision highlights her understanding of the intersection between tradition and innovation, offering a new dimension and a renewed sense of energy and creativity. The dancers are extraordinary, with raw energy, athleticism and undeniable beauty that draws us in. Brava to Linda-Denise and to all the dancers for their accomplishments.

Linda-Denise’s joining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is a prime example of the rise of female artistic leaders in dance companies, a trend that is transforming the dance field. This diversification of artistic voices brings unique perspectives and narratives to the forefront, often with a more distinctive range of choreographic styles and thematic explorations. This season, we are proud to present works by strong, incredible women and about strong, dynamic women. I hope you will go on this journey with us as we explore artistry that is contributing to a vibrant future for dance.

We’ll take a short break for the holidays but will be back on February 9–11, 2024, at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, for The Rite of Spring (Pina Bausch) paired with common ground[s], a new work created, performed and inspired by the lives of two remarkable women who juggled roles as choreographers, professors and grandmothers. I know this will be a very special experience as we witness the talents of a specially assembled company of 34 dancers from 14 African nations.

We are enormously grateful for the support and dedication of our series namesake, Glorya Kaufman, and offer much thanks to Center Dance Arts, founding supporter of our dance series, for their commitment to The Music Center and to dance and dancing in Los Angeles.

Enjoy the performance!

Rachel S. Moore, President & CEO

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Hubbard Street Dancers Alysia Johnson and Abdiel Figueroa Reyes. Photo by Michelle Reid. Styling by Imani Sade.

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HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO

The Music Center’s Ahmanson Theatre

Sep. 29–Oct. 1, 2023

— The New York Times

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Street

Hubbard

Dancer Simone Stevens. Photo by Frank Ishman.

“Hubbard Street Dance Chicago ought to bottle itself as a cure for the ills of the era.”

HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO

LINDA-DENISE FISHER-HARRELL, Artistic Director

DAVID McDERMOTT, Executive Director LOU CONTE, Founder

THE COMPANY

ALEXANDRIA BEST*

JACQUELINE BURNETT*

AARON CHOATE

MORGAN CLUNE

MICHELE DOOLEY

ABDIEL FIGUEROA REYES*

ELLIOT HAMMANS

JACK HENDERSON

ALYSIA JOHNSON*

SHOTA MIYOSHI

DAVID SCHULTZ*

SIMONE STEVENS

CYRIE TOPETE

MATT WENCKOWSKI

HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO STAFF

LEADERSHIP

LINDA-DENISE FISHER-HARRELL , Artistic Director

DAVID MCDERMOTT, Executive Director

ARTISTIC STAFF

JONATHAN E. ALSBERRY, Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives

CRAIG D. BLACK, JR.*, Rehearsal Director

KRISTA ELLENSOHN, Manager of Training Operations

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

ABBY OLSON, General Manager

JESSICA ADLER, CORINNE KIBLER, JEN SOLOWAY, ARTS FMS

Financial Management Services

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MELISSA ROSENBERG, Special Events & Development Operations Manager

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NIKKI HORWITZ, Grants Coordinator

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MEGAN MORAN, Manager of Marketing & Communications

YOUTH, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

EBONÉ HARDEN, Director of Education

PRODUCTION

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KATE DARBY, Stage Manager and Head of Props

JACK HORWITCH, Head Electrician

JENAH HENSEL, Head of Wardrobe

MICHAEL KROLL , Head Carpenter

* Denotes Princess Grace Award Recipient

The mission of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) is to bring artists, art and audiences together to enrich, engage, educate and change lives through the experience of dance.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago grew out of the Lou Conte Dance Studio at LaSalle and Hubbard Streets in 1977, when Lou Conte gathered an ensemble of four dancers to perform in senior centers across Chicago. Barbara G. Cohen soon joined the company as its first executive director. Conte continued to direct the company for 23 years, during which he initiated and grew relationships with both emerging and established artists including Nacho Duato, Daniel Ezralow, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Twyla Tharp. Conte’s successor, Jim Vincent, widened Hubbard Street’s international focus, began Hubbard Street’s collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and cultivated growth from within, launching the Inside/ Out Choreographic Workshop and inviting Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo to make his first work. Gail Kalver’s 23 years of executive leadership provided continuity from 1984 through the 2006–2007 season, when Executive Director Jason Palmquist joined the organization. Glenn Edgerton became artistic director in 2009 and, together with Palmquist, moved this legacy forward on multiple fronts.

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

For 46 years, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has been one of the most original forces in contemporary dance — bringing top choreographers and works to Chicago and beyond. HSDC's ever-evolving repertory, created by today’s leading choreographic voices, makes them a company that dancers aspire to join and performance venues all over the world are eager to host. To date, the main company has performed globally in 19 countries and 44 U.S. states.

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

Hubbard Street Dancers Alexandria Best and Shota Miyoshi. Photo by Michelle Reid. Styling by Imani Sade.

BUSK (2009)

Company Premiere: 2021

Choreography & Direction: Aszure Barton

Stager: Jonathan E. Alsberry

Music: V. de Moraes, August Söderman, Ljova, Moondog, Daniel Belanger, Camille Saint-Saëns, David Wikander

Musical Arrangement & Editing: Aszure Barton with Jonathan E. Alsberry

Costume Design: Michelle Jank

Lighting & Stage Design: Nicole Pearce*

Originally created by Aszure Barton & Artists, BUSK was conceived at The Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara during a residency hosted by Dianne Vapnek’s DANCEworks. The work was further developed in residency at The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. BUSK was made possible by generous support from DANCEworks, The Banff Centre for Arts, and the Ringling International Arts Festival, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in association with the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Additional support also provided by White Oak Conservation Center, the Howard Gilman Foundation, and The Canada Council for the Arts. BUSK, in its original form, is a full evening length work. Official premiere: Aszure Barton & Artists, October 8, 2009, Ringling International Arts Festival.

Dancers: The Company

Music: Euridice composed by V. de Moraes, performed by Slava Grigoryan, courtesy of SME Australia Pty Ltd, by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Canada), published by Universal Music Publishing Canada on behalf of Universal Music Corp. Ett Bondbrollop composed by August Soderman and performed by Orphei Drangär & Eric Ericson, performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden. Plume composed and performed by Ljova. Queen Elizabeth Whistle composed and performed by Moondog, courtesy of Concord; these selections are used by special arrangement with Concord Music Group, Incl, on behalf of Prestige Music. All is Loneliness composed and performed by Moondog, courtesy of Concord; these selections are used by special arrangement with Concord Music Group, Incl, on behalf of Prestige Music. Amusements composed and performed by Daniel Belanger, (p) 2007 Daniel Bélanger

(exclusive licensed to Audiogram). Love Potion Expired composed by Ljova, performed by Ljova and the Kontraband. Saltarelle composed by Camille Saint-Saëns and performed by Orphei Drangär & Eric Ericson, performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden. Kung Liljekonvalje composed by David Wikander and performed by Orphei Drangär & Eric Ericson, performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden ©Nordiska Musikförlaget/2007 Gerhrmans Musikförlag AB.

— 15 MIN. INTERMISSION —

COLTRANE’S FAVORITE THINGS (2010)

Company Premiere: 2023

Choreography: Lar Lubovitch

Stager: Jonathan E. Alsberry

Music recording: John Coltrane Quartet’s live performance of “My Favorite Things”

Music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Scenery: Jackson Pollock, “Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)”

Lighting: Jack Mehler*

“In his time, the music of John Coltrane was described as ‘sheets of sound’, due to the aural environment created by his innovative wall-towall, top-to-bottom, overall constancy of sound. Simultaneously, mid-century artist Jackson Pollock was creating pictures depicting a visual environment for which the entire surface of the canvas itself was an overall ‘action field,’ the term coined to describe his paintings. In this dance, I have sought to draw a parallel between Coltrane’s sheets of sound and Pollock’s field of action.” — Lar Lubovitch

Dancers:

Duet: Alexandria Best, Shota Miyoshi (9/29 + 9/30); Cyrie Topete, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes (10/1)

Quartet: Morgan Clune, Matt Wenckowski, Jaqueline Burnett, Aaron Choate (9/29 + 9/30); Alysia Johnson, David Schultz, Michele Dooley, Jack Henderson (10/1)

Trio: Elliot Hammans, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Jack Henderson (9/29 + 9/30); Shota Miyoshi, Simone Stevens, Matt Wenckowski (10/1)

Music: My Favorite Things. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. This selection is used by special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein: A Concord Company, concord.com. All Rights Reserved.

Coltrane’s Favorite Things was commissioned in part by Ronald E. Creamer Jr., Elysabeth Kleinhans, W. Patrick McMullan III, Maxine Pollak, Dale L. Ponikvar and Lewis R. Steinberg. Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950. Jackson Pollock (American, 1912-1956). Enamel on canvas, H. 105, W. 207 in. (266.7 x 525.8 cm), George A. Hearn Fund, 1957 (57.92) © 2010

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York. Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, U.S.A. Photo credit: Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY.

Choreography copyright © Lar Lubovitch 2010

— 15 MIN. INTERMISSION —

DEAR FRANKIE (2023)

Choreography: Rennie Harris

Music: Darrin Ross, Rennie Harris

Costume Design: Imani Sade

Lighting Design: James Clotfelter

Assistant to the Choreographer: Angel D. Anderson

Letter to Frankie written by: Rennie Harris

“This work is an homage to the city of Chicago, the godfather of House Music DJ Frankie Knuckles, the infamous dance club The Warehouse and its club members. Frankie Knuckles and the other noted Chicago DJs introduced House music to the world. As a result, Chicago’s unique sound and dance have impacted not only music but fashion, television, film, radio and pop, and underground culture as we know it today.” —Rennie Harris

Dancers: The Company

Music: Requiem For Jay B, Lights Eternal, and We Gon Be Alright, composed, produced and mixed by Darrin Ross. Dear Frankie composed by Darrin Ross, produced by Darrin Ross and Rennie Harris. Letter to Frankie written by Rennie Harris. Vocals by Rennie Harris, Darrin Ross, Church Triumphant Choir, Hubbard Street Dancers.

*United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE is the union representing Scenic, Costume, Lighting, Sound, and Projection designers in Live Performance

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in BUSK by Aszure Barton.

Photo by Danica Paulos; courtesy of Jacob's Pillow

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP

LINDA-DENISE FISHERHARRELL, Artistic Director, (she/her) ascended to this role in 2021 after an extraordinary career as a professional dance artist and educator. She was born in Baltimore, MD, and began her dance training at the Baltimore School for the Arts under the guidance of Sylvester Campbell and Stephanie Powell. She was an apprentice with the Capitol Ballet in Washington, D.C., and a full fellowship student at The Ailey School. While a student at The Juilliard School, she was invited by Hubbard Street founder Lou Conte to join the main company at the age of 19, thus beginning her professional dance career. After three seasons with Hubbard Street, she became a principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, under the direction of Judith Jamison. During her 13-year tenure with the company, she performed all over the world and was featured in the works of Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Talley Beatty, Ron K. Brown, John Butler, Donald Byrd, Ulysses Dove, George Faison, Rennie Harris, Geoffrey Holder, Judith Jamison, Louis Johnson, Alonzo King, Lar Lubovitch, Donald McKayle, Elisa Monte, Jennifer Muller, David Parsons and Dwight Rhoden. She was invited to give a number of special performances throughout her career, including The White House State Dinner in honor of the President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki and the 12th Annual Kennedy Center Gala with Nancy Wilson and Liza Minnelli. She has led a distinguished career as a dance educator in her hometown of Baltimore where, since 2005, she has been a professor of dance at Towson University and has served on the faculty of the Baltimore School for the Arts. Her research and scholarship in continuing the Ailey legacy within the Towson University and Greater Baltimore community has resulted in the Ailey II residencies from 2011–2019 hosted by Towson University and the establishment of AileyCamp Baltimore at Towson University in 2014 where she served as director. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in dance from Hollins University and is an ABT® Certified Teacher. As a scholar, her entry Alvin Ailey has been published by the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. She and her husband have three children.

DAVID MCDERMOTT, Executive Director, (he/him), manages organization-wide strategy and administrative functions including oversight of Hubbard Street’s finances, operations, marketing and development departments. Most recently, he led Hubbard Street through a post-COVID restructuring, guided its new access-first digital strategy, and directed the

company’s recent move to Water Tower Place. Prior to joining Hubbard Street, he served as the first deputy commissioner at the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. In this role, he managed the day-to-day operations of the department and played instrumental roles in major initiatives such as creating the Chicago Cultural Plan, revitalizing the Taste of Chicago and ensuring the success of the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Prior to his employment with the city, he led Senator Durbin’s Department of Community Outreach, served as the Senator’s political director and has managed political campaigns at the congressional, county and municipal levels. He recently completed a fellowship at the University of Chicago’s Civic Leadership Academy and holds a degree in public policy from Trinity College at the University of Dublin.

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

JONATHAN E. ALSBERRY, Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives, (he/him), from Normal, IL, is a dance educator, creator and coach focused on inspiring excellence and joy in the study of ballet, jazz, and modern techniques with a constant dedication to the exploration of artistry and the creative process. Currently the senior rehearsal

director and director of Summer Intensives with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, he began dancing with his mother Lyndetta and went on to graduate from The Chicago Academy for the Arts where he has since been a guest faculty member. In 2006, he received his BFA from The Juilliard School where he met Aszure Barton. Alsberry is now dancer, rehearsal director and creative collaborator with Aszure Barton & Artists and has assisted Barton in over a dozen creations for dance companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bayerische Staatsballett and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2007, he also joined the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and is currently a performer, rehearsal director and teaching artist with the company. He has shared two tours with Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance as well as Evolution with Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo. Other credits include The Chase Brock Experience, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Nilas Martins Dance Company, and Eisenhower Dance Ensemble. Since 2007, he has been teaching, coaching and creating work at various educational institutions including Arts Umbrella, Harvard University; University of California; Irvine; Springboard Danse Montreal; Ballet Hispánico and University of Southern California.

CRAIG D. BLACK JR., (he/they) from San Jose, CA, is the rehearsal director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. He was appointed to this role in 2022 for the company’s 45th Anniversary: Sapphire Season

At the age of 10, Black began dancing at South Bay Dance Center and continued his dance training at Abraham Lincoln High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In 2011, Black received his BFA from The Juilliard School. He obtained additional training at Springboard Danse Montréal, Nederlands Dans Theater, and the School at Jacob’s Pillow. Black is a recipient of the 2010 Princess Grace Award in Dance as well as the 2011 Lorna Strassler Award for Student Excellence from the School at Jacob’s Pillow. For six seasons, Black performed and toured with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet under the direction of Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty. In 2017, Black joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) where he danced for five seasons before transitioning into the HSDC rehearsal director position. He has had the privilege of dancing works by Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Cherice Barton, Rena Butler, Alejandro Cerrudo, Peter Chu, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, William Forsythe, Jirí Kylián, Fernando Melo, Robyn Mineko-Williams, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite and Cayetano Soto Ramirez, among many others. Black has had the pleasure of co-choreographing and rehearsal directing Cardi B and Offset’s 2019 BET Awards performance. Black is a passionate teacher and mentor. He is certified in IMAGE TECH for Dancers™ introductory through advanced level.

Black is on faculty for Dupree Dance and has served as guest faculty for the Hubbard Street Professional Program, Steps on Broadway, Peridance Center, The Joffrey Academy and New York City Dance Alliance.

CHOREOGRAPHERS

ASZURE BARTON has collaborated with celebrated dancers and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Misty Copeland, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, English National Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company and Teatro alla Scala, among many others. She is a Bessie Award winner and has received numerous honors including the prestigious Arts & Letters Award, joining the ranks of Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain and Margaret Atwood. She was the first Martha Duffy resident artist at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and is an official ambassador of contemporary dance in Canada. She is the founder of Aszure Barton & Artists, an interdisciplinary international dance project.

RENNIE HARRIS is known for bringing social dances to the concert stage and coining the term Street Dance Theater. He has broken new ground as one of the first Hip-Hop choreographers to set works on ballet-based companies such as Ballet Memphis, Colorado Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco), Giordano Dance Chicago, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and more. He is also the first street dancer commissioned to create an evening-length work on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and to serve as a resident artist at The Ailey School. He’s received three Bessie Awards, five Black Theater Alvin Ailey Awards, a Herb Alpert Award and been nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award (U.K.) He has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award in choreography (McCullum Theater, 2019). Harris was also voted as one of the most influential people in the last 100 years of Philadelphia’s history (City Paper) and has been compared to Basquiat, Alvin Ailey and Bob Fosse. In addition, he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, PEW Fellowship, a USA Artist of the Year Fellowship, a Governor’s Artist of the Year Award, and is noted as the first street dancer to receive two honorary doctorate degrees from both Bates College (Lewiston, ME) and Columbia College (Chicago). He served as a cultural ambassador

WHO'S WHO

for Ronald Reagan’s U.S. Embassy Tour in 1986 and was invited to The White House by the Clinton administration in 2001 to share in the recognition of African American artists making a difference in the world. Rennie Harris Puremovement has performed for such dignitaries as the Queen Elizabeth II and the Princess of Monaco, and was chosen as one of four U.S. companies to serve as cultural ambassadors for President Obama’s Dance Motion USA and toured Israel, Jordan, Ramulah, Egypt, Palestine and surrounding countries. Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris is atop the Hip-Hip heap as its leading ambassador. Harris is a recent recipient of the 2020 Doris Duke artist award.

LAR LUBOVITCH is one of America’s most versatile and widely seen choreographers. He founded the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968. Over the course of 53 years, it has gained an international reputation as one of America’s top dance companies, produced more than 120 dances and performed before millions across the U.S. and over 40 countries. Many other major companies throughout the world have performed the company’s dances, including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company and more. Lubovitch has created ice-dancing works for Olympians John Curry, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Brian Orser, JoJo Starbuck and Paul Wylie, and he has created feature-length ice-dance specials for TV: The Planets for A&E (nominated for an International Emmy ® Award, a Cable AceAward, and a Grammy Award®) and The Sleeping Beauty for PBS and Anglia TV, Great Britain. His theater and film work includes Sondheim/ Lapine’s Into the Woods (Tony Award® nomination), The Red Shoes (Astaire Award), the Tony Award®-winning revival of The King and I (on Broadway and in London’s West End), Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame in Berlin, and Robert Altman’s movie The Company (American Choreography Award). In 2016, he premiered The Bronze Horseman, based on the Pushkin poem, for the Mikhailovsky Ballet in Russia. In 1987, he conceived Dancing for Life, which took place at the Lincoln Center. It was the first response by the dance community to the AIDS crisis, raising over $1 million dollars. Together with Jay Franke, in 2007, Lubovitch created the Chicago Dancing Festival, in collaboration with the City of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art. It presented 10 seasons entirely free to the public. Recent awards: 2007 named Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Tribune; 2008 named similarly by Chicago Magazine; 2011 designated a Ford Fellow by United States Artists and received the Dance/ USA Honors Award; 2012 his dance Crisis Variations awarded the Prix Benois de la Danse for outstanding choreography at the Bolshoi Theatre; 2013 honored

for lifetime achievement by the American Dance Guild; 2014 awarded an honorary doctorate by The Juilliard School; 2016 received the Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement and the Dance Magazine Award, named one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by the Dance Heritage Coalition and appointed a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Irvine. In honor of his company’s 50th anniversary in 2018, he was presented with the Martha Graham Award for lifetime achievement.

DANCERS

ALEXANDRIA BEST (she/ her) is a native of Raleigh, NC, where she began her preprofessional dance training. During that time, she acquired knowledge from instructors across programs such as American Ballet Theatre, Arts Umbrella, Carolina Ballet, DamianiDance, French Academie of Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She is a 2021 graduate of Pace University where she earned her BFA in dance, with a concentration in performance and pedagogy, and a minor in business. Immediately following postgrad, Best joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a company dance artist under the new direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Now going into her third season, she has had the opportunity to perform many great works by many great-minded artists alike. She is thrilled to be announced as a 2023 Princess Grace Foundation Award winner in Dance and to be joining its community of artists, including many past and present Hubbard Street Dance Chicago members as well. Best is elated to continue her time growing her artistry and community with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in its upcoming season.

JACQUELINE BURNETT (she/ her) received her formative classical ballet training in her hometown of Pocatello, ID, from Romanian Ballet Master Marius Zirra. She moved to New York in 2005 for the Ailey School/ Fordham University joint BFA program, graduating magna cum laude with honors (2009). She joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2008 as a Center Apprentice and joined the main company in 2009. She received a Princess Grace Honorarium in 2011 and, with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, was part of DanceMotion USA 2013, a cultural diplomacy tour in Algeria, Morocco and Spain. She has also served as an artistic lead and teacher for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Summer Intensives, a repetitor for Penny Saunders and a freelance dancer with Robyn Mineko Williams and Artists and Seattle Dance Collective. She recently choreographed for Milwaukee Rep’s Murder on the Orient Express and premiered a new work, cochoreographed with David Schultz, for Danza Visual in Mexico City.

AARON CHOATE (they/them) of Lexington, KY, is a graduate of The Juilliard School class of 2022. After studying at Diana Evan's School of Dance in Kentucky, they were named a 2018 Presidential Scholar in the Arts. They have performed the works of renowned choreographers, such as Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, Justin Peck, Jamar Roberts, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rennie Harris, Spencer Theberge, Lar Lubovitch, and Ted Shawn. They are also an avid choreographer. Most recently, they had a process at Gibney Dance called the Moving Towards Justice Fellowship, created by Scott Autry. In 2022, they presented a work at 92nd Street Y as a part of the Future Dance Festival. In 2021, they received the George J. Jakab Grant Award from Juilliard to create a dance film, and upon graduation, they were awarded the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship.

MORGAN CLUNE (she/her), from Barrington, IL, graduated from The Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2018. She was recognized as a National YoungArts Winner in New York for Contemporary dance in 2018 where she performed solo at Baryshnikov Arts Center. Upon graduation from Juilliard, Morgan was awarded the Martha Hill Prize for her achievement and leadership in Dance as well as a Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship for her promise as an entrepreneur and engagement in the arts. She is an emerging choreographer, recently choreographing at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s CREATE summer intensive and The Juilliard School in 2023. Clune is currently entering her second season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago under the direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell.

MICHELE DOOLEY (she/he/they) is a dance artist and teacher from Philadelphia. She began her dance training at The Institute of the Arts, graduated from The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, and later earned her BFA in dance from The University of the Arts. She has completed programs with Bates Summer intensive, BalletX Summer Program and DCNS Summer Dance Intensive and has worked with choreographers Gary Jeter, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Aszure Barton, Jermaine Spivey, Milton Myers, Spenser Theberge and Nora Gibson. She has had the privilege of working with Eleone Dance Theatre and Spectrum Dance Theater. She is thrilled to be back for her third season with the company!

ABDIEL FIGUEROA REYES (he/ they), from Las Vegas, NV, was born and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, before moving to the U.S. in 2011. Figueroa Reyes' training includes: The Rock Center for Dance, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, The Joffrey Ballet summer intensive, Complexions summer intensive and Contemporary West Dance Theater (under Bernard H. Gaddis). In 2017, Figueroa Reyes became a member of Hubbard Street’s Professional Program HS Pro (under Alexandra Wells with mentorship from Peter Chu, Claire Bataille, Glenn Edgerton, Jonathan Alsberry, and more). In 2018, he became an Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) apprentice and, in 2019, joined the main company. Dance Magazine named him a Top 25 to Watch and recognized him as one of four LatinX Dancers Breaking Boundaries in 2020. Starting his fifth year as a company member, Figueroa Reyes is delighted to be a 2022 Princess Grace Award Winner and was recently recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 Local Chicago. He is grateful to continue his growth and development with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the Chicago community.

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

JACK HENDERSON (he/him) grew up in Livermore, CA, where he began dancing at his local dance studio Tiffany's Dance Academy. He attended summer intensives and workshops during this time, including San Francisco Ballet, Dutch National Ballet and Hubbard Street intensives. In 2017, he moved to Vancouver, B.C., to attend Arts Umbrella’s pre-graduate program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. In 2018, he joined the graduate program at Arts Umbrella, performing repertoire and new creations by Crystal Pite, Lukas Timulak, Amos Bental, Ihsan Rustem and Jonathan E. Alsberry, to name a few.

ALYSIA JOHNSON (she/her)

from Dallas, TX, first found dance at Dallas Black Dance Theatre and later went on to graduate from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she studied ballet, modern and composition. A graduate of The Juilliard School and a two-time recipient of Juilliard’s Entrepreneurship Grant, she has served the Dallas dance community by founding and directing programs that cater to young artists in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex since 2015. Recently, she was awarded the Princess Grace Honoraria Award for Dance, and she is endlessly thankful for the dance community at large for their support and unmatched creativity.

SHOTA MIYOSHI (he/him)

from Kanagawa, Japan, started to train in Jazz and ballet at Nakura jazz Dance Studio. He received his BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase in 2022. He has performed works by Norbert De La Cruz III, Jamar Roberts, Martin Løfsnes, Doug Varone, George Balanchine, Martha Graham and José Limón. Additional training includes MOVE|NYC|’s S.W.E.A.T and Paul Taylor Summer Intensive. He hopes to become a versatile dancer who is able to collaborate with a variety of musicians in order to create something the world has never seen before.

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

SIMONE STEVENS (she/her) from Atlanta, GA, received her dance training in her hometown of Stone Mountain, GA at En Pointe School of Dance before graduating from Kennesaw State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Minor in Anthropology.

Upon moving to Chicago in 2018, Stevens studied on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio while simultaneously performing as a freelance artist throughout the city. Since joining the company in 2021, Stevens has been recognized as one of Dance Magazine's 25 To Watch. Stevens has also actively sought to further expand her community as an instructor, both regionally at The Rooted Space and Chicago Movement Collective, as well as at her alma mater. Stevens is forever grateful for the spaces that continue to welcome her and the communities that continue to uplift.

CYRIE TOPETE (she/they) is from Peoria, AZ, where she trained in competitive dance starting at the age of 13. She then moved to New York City and received her BFA at The Juilliard School, class of 2022. During her time at Juilliard, she was given Juilliard’s FENDI Vanguard Award and attended programs including Springboard Danse Montreal, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, B12 in Berlin, Germany, Youngarts LA, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and more. She was also recognized for choreographic opportunities including Juilliard’s Choreography and Composers in 2021, National Sawdust’s Blueprint Fellowship in 2019, and Juilliard’s Choreographic Honors in 2019. Topete has had the opportunity to perform works by Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Alan Lucien Øyen, Kyle Abraham, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rennie Harris, Peter Chu, Justin Peck, Aszure Barton, Rena Butler, Jenn Freeman, and Jamar Roberts. During her first season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, she was featured in Dance Magazine’s “On the Rise”.

MATT WENCKOWSKI (he/him) from St. Charles, IL, received his early training at Moves Dance Studio in North Aurora and trained as a competitive dancer with Excel Dance Productions. In 2009, he joined The Joffrey Academy’s pre-professional programs under the direction of Alexei Kremnev and Anna Reznik, performing in The Nutcracker and more. He studied at Lou Conte Dance Studio under the guidance of Claire Bataille and joined DanceWorks Chicago in 2013, under the direction of Julie Nakagawa. In 2015, he joined the Grand Rapids Ballet performing soloist roles in classical and contemporary works. He has performed pieces by Alejandro Cerrudo, Trey McIntyre, Ben Stevenson, George Balanchine, Yuri Possokhov, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Val Caniparoli, Robyn Mineko Williams, Penny Saunders and more. He is thrilled and grateful to be part of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and would like to thank his parents for all they have done to support him.

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OUR SUPPORTERS: ENDOWMENT AND PLANNED GIFTS

The Music Center is grateful for the generosity and support of our contributors who have established endowments and planned gifts in their estate plans. Over the years, planned gifts have significantly impacted our programs, and we are thankful for the foresight of these dedicated individuals who have made legacy gifts.

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$100,000–$999,999

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$50,000–$99,999

Gregory Adams

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$25,000–$49,999

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MaddocksBrown Foundation

Diane G. Medina

David Minning and Diane Wittenberg

Thomas Weinberger and Leslie Vermut

$1,000–$4,999

Stanley and Joan Abrams

Aileen Adams

Thano A. Adamson

Addison Square Garden

Henning Andersen and Mary Pottala

Linda and Richard Adler

Keith and Ingrid Agre

Geraldine Alden

Steve and Barbara Allen

Barr Foundation

Barry Baker

Howard Banchik

Paul N. Barkopoulos, M.D.

Josephine Baurac

David Bender

Leigh Lindsey and Andrew Blaine

Irene and Stuart Boyd

Geri Brawerman

Darrell R. Brown

Burnand-Partridge Foundation

Reynolds Cafferata

Fanya Carter

Rose Chan and Warren Loui Household

Annie Chu

Margaret Sheehy Collins

Donors from 7-01-2022 through 08-25-2023

The Music Center strives to acknowledge all our supporters appropriately. If your name has been misspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Advancement Office at (213) 972-3333.

The Music Center Thanks Its Supporters

INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS Continued

$1,000–$4,999 (CONT.)

Janet Cooper

Marilyn and Don Conlan

Alice Coulombe

Sharon and Gray Davis

Christina and Emmanuel Di Donna

Jennifer Diener

Mark Dipaola

Laura Donnelley

Dody Dorn and Kevin Hughes

Malsi Doyle and Michael R. Forman

Constance B. Elliot

Don and Jackie Feinstein

Malsi Doyle and Michael R. Forman

Susan Friedman

Diane Futterman

Leslie and Frederick Gaylord

Patricia Glaser and Sam Mudie

Larry Gold

Roslyn and Abner Goldstine

Kelly and Louis Gonda

Helen Gordon

Stuart and Adrienne Green

Paul Greenberg

Cynthia Griffin

Agnes Grohs

Leonie Gross

Marcy Gross

Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, M.D.

Penny Haberman

Lisa and Steven Hansen

Claire and Robert Heron

Christine M. Hessler

Fritz Hoelscher

AC Hoffing

Katinka and Eugene Holt

Douglas Honig and Monique Gingold

Bonnie Oda Homsey and Philip R. Homsey II

Louise Horvitz

Joan Hotchkis

Nancy Huang-Sommer

Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen

Natsuo Kawada

Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald

Rhonda Leal

The Bob Hope Legacy

Robert Iger and Willow Bay

Ana Iglesias

William H. Isacoff, M.D.

Tomoko Iwakawa

Judith Jenkins

Ruth Jervis

Randi and Richard Jones

Ruth M. Jones

Mary Ann Rosenfeld Kadish and Sheldon Kadish

Linda and David Kagel

Natsuo Kawada

James Kelly

Barbara and Richard Kernochan

Jay Kinn and Jules Vogel

Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald/Strauss Foundation

Vivian Krepack

Kathleen and John Lacey

Rosanne Lapan

Carl W. Large

Rhonda Leal

Stephen Lee

Dr. Melvyn Lewis

Joanne and Ethan Lipsig

Anslyene Lloyd

Marlene and Sandy Louchheim

Lillian Lovelace

Maureen and Robert Lucas

Paula Marcus

Pauline Marks

Brian H. Martin

Julie McDonald

Beth McGlynn and James Zapp

Scott McKenney

Linda and Sheldon Mehr

Patricia Miller

Kathy and Michael Moray

Renae Williams Niles and Greg Niles

Michael I. Nissman

Frank O'Dea

Alan Oppenheimer

Robert Pagnotta

Ellen Pansky

Michael and Susan Patzakis

Rosalyn Laudati and James Pick

Debbie Powell

Travis Powers & Jeanne McDonald-Powers

The Present Family Foundation

David Richard Pullman

Leslie Raffel and Robert Wemischer

Paula Reach

Ellen Regenstreif

Freddie and Kathleen Reiss

Jennifer Revit

Dr. Richard Rho and Mr. Steven DeMille

Hadley and Lee Rierson

Julia M. Ritter

Robert and Maureen Lucas Family Foundation

Ann and Robert Ronus

Jaclyn Rosenberg

Laura and James Rosenwald

Helene Rosenzweig, M.D.

Mimi Rotter

Linda and Tony Rubin

Nancy Lee Ruyter

Desiree and Joel Samuels

Carol Saikhon

Ariane & Lionel Sauvage

Maxine Savitz

Mariette and Alexander Sawchuk

Bob and Helene Schacter

Sherie and Alan Schneider

Shelly and Mark Scott

Stanley E. Sellers, Jr.

David Shaw and Sheila Blackwell

Joan Snyder

Catharine and Jeffrey Soros

Lev L Spiro

Rick Stone

I.H. Sutnick

Kristan and Philip A. Swan

Joanne Takahashi

Barbara Augusta Teichert

Charles and Geneva Thornton/ Thornton Foundation

William and Jessica Turner

Andrea Van de Kamp

Estevan Vasquez

Laurie Vender and Stephen Halper

Daniel and Janice Wallace

Marcia and Charles Wasserman

Doris Weitz and Alexander Williams III

John White

Susan and Josh Wieder

Hashim Williams

Donald Wing and Bonnie Nash

Kaitlyn R. Wuensch

Ellen and Arnold Zetcher

Rosanne J. Ziering

Susan Zolla

The Music Center strives to acknowledge all our supporters appropriately. If your name has been misspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Advancement Office at (213) 972-3333.

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT

$1,000,000 AND ABOVE

The Ahmanson Foundation

County of Los Angeles

U.S. Small Business Administration

$100,000–$999,999

California Arts Council

The Hearst Foundations

The Herb Alpert Foundation

The Music Center Foundation

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation

$50,000–$99,999

The Annenberg Foundation

The Capital Group Companies

Bank of America / Dannielle Campos

City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

Entravision Communications Corporation

Genesis Inspiration Foundation

Los Angeles County

Department of Arts and Culture

Max H. Gluck Foundation

$25,000–$49,999

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

PMG LLP / Greg Geyer

The Louis and Harold Price Foundation

Porsche

The Robert Nelson Foundation

California Urban Housing, LLC

Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation

U.S. Bank / Carl Jordan

$10,000–$24,999

California Wellness Foundation

Colburn Foundation

David Geffen Foundation

Edison International

Fox Rothschild LLP / Darrell D. Miller

HUB International Insurance Services, Inc.

The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers

The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation

Macy’s

Munger Tolles & Olson LLP Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

The Sidley Austin Foundation

Sony Pictures Entertainment

W. M. Keck Foundation

$5,000–$9,999

Downtown Works Los Angeles

Kaiser Permanente

Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust

$1,000–$4,999

Anthem Blue Cross

Breslauer, Rutman & Anderson Inc.

Friars Charitable Foundation

Central City Association of LA

IATSE - Local 33

Justin Construction

Rodriguez, Horii, Choi & Cafferata LLP

M.J. Hellmuth Plumbing, Inc.

Pro One Stage Productions

SJM Industrial Radio

Structured Assets Sales LLC

Sunrise Window Cleaners, Inc.

Weingart Foundation

Photo by John McCoy for The Music Center. Special thanks to our donors who wish to remain anonymous.

Donors from 7-01-2022 through 08-25-2023

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

Hilda L. Solis Supervisor, First District

Janice Hahn Chair, Fourth District

Kathryn Barger Supervisor, Fifth District

Holly J. Mitchell Supervisor, Second District

Lindsey P. Horvath Chair Pro Tem, Third District