White Bird Presents: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE

BROOKLYN, NY

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RONALD K. BROWN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / FOUNDER

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White Bird’s 2023 WE ARE ONE Festival is made possible in part by funding from the Jackson Foundation

WELCOME TO THE 2ND ANNUAL WE ARE ONE FESTIVAL Thank you for joining us tonight as we open our 2023 WE ARE ONE Festival with tonight’s performance by Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE. White Bird inaugurated the WE ARE ONE Festival in 2022 as a way to celebrate not only the leadership of exceptional Artistic Directors of color, but also the range of cultural experiences represented by the dancers they bring to the stage. Ronald K. Brown, as Founder and Artistic Director of EVIDENCE, exemplifies Photo by Jingzi Zhao the leader who drives greater understanding between people from all walks of life. By deftly weaving many distinct techniques, especially those of the African diaspora, Brown continues to build upon the legacy of meaningful work and versatile performers maintained over EVIDENCE’s nearly forty-year history.

Tonight, we will first be treated to some of Ronald K. Brown’s most recent work, and then we’ll close the evening with a beloved classic. The first piece on the program, Open Door, was originally set on the dancers of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; the version you will see tonight premiered on the dancers of EVIDENCE just last month, to critical acclaim. Brown’s most recent work, The Equality of Night and Day (TEND), aided by the words of esteemed professor and political activist Angela Davis, looks back to show us how much further we have to go. Finally, Upside Down joyfully reinforces the value of Brown’s communal spirit.

Our WE ARE ONE Festival continues in two weeks with the return of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, March 2-4 at the Newmark Theatre. The company will perform An Untitled Love, Abraham’s immersive new work which pays homage to the complexities of self love and Black love and draws from the irresistible catalogue of Grammy Award-winning R&B artist D’Angelo. White Bird proudly awarded Kyle Abraham our Barney Prize in 2020 to commission An Untitled Love, and we hope you’ll be there to enjoy it with us.

Tickets to A.I.M by Kyle Abraham and the other remarkable dance companies comprising our 25th Anniversary Season - Ballet Hispánico, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and MOMIX - can be found online at whitebird.org

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RONALD K. BROWN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / FOUNDER

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RONALD K. BROWN ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ARCELL CABUAG DANCERS DEMETRIUS BURNS, SHAYLA ALAYRE CALDWELL, AUSTIN WARREN COATS, STEPHANIE CHRONOPOULOS, JOYCE EDWARDS, ISAIAH K. HARVEY, BREANA MOORE, KIRVEN DOUTHIT-BOYD, CHRISTOPHER SALANGO, SHAYLIN D. WATSON INTERIM MANAGING DIRECTOR PAMELA M. GREEN TECHNICAL DIRECTOR RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER TSUBASA KAMEI COSTUME DESIGNERS OMOTAYO WUNMI OLAIYA KEIKO VOLTAIRE REHEARSAL DIRECTORS DEMETRIUS BURNS SHAYLA ALAYRE CALDWELL ASSISTANT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR JOYCE EDWARDS ABOUT THE COMPANY Founded by Ronald K. Brown in 1985 and based in Brooklyn, New York, EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY, integrates African dance with contemporary choreography, music, and spoken word. Through its work, the company provides a unique view of human struggles, tragedies, and triumphs. Brown uses movement as a way to reinforce the importance of community in African-American culture and to acquaint audiences with the beauty of African dance forms and rhythms. EVIDENCE tours to 30 communities in the United States annually, and has traveled to Cuba, Brazil, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Hawaii, Ireland, Holland, Mexico, Columbia, South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal, and the United Kingdom to perform and teach. EVIDENCE is a dance company in demand, not only for the work presented on stage, but also for the company’s dance workshops, community classes, and master classes provided for dancers of all ages and levels of dance experience. Annually, the company reaches an audience of more than 30,000.

EVIDENCE works in partnership with the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, The Billie Holiday Theatre, and The Joyce Theater.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM OPEN DOOR (2015 - Company Premiere 2023) CHOREOGRAPHY: Ronald K. Brown ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER: Arcell Cabuag MUSIC: “La Puerta” Composed by Luis Demetrio; “Picadillo” Composed by Tito Punete; “All of the Americas” the 2nd movement of “Afro Latin Jazz Suite” by Arturo O’Farrill; “Vaca Frita” by Arturo O’Farrill COSTUME DESIGNER: Keiko Voltaire ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN: Al Crawford LIGHTING RE-CREATION: Tsubasa Kamei Open Door was originally choreographed for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2015. The creation of Open Door was supported by commissioning funds from New York City Center. Generous support was provided by The Jaharis Family Foundation, Tracy Elise Poole, and The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey - Sara & Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund.

INTERMISSION 15 minutes

THE EQUALITY OF NIGHT AND DAY (2022) CHOREOGRAPHY: Ronald K. Brown ORIGINAL MUSIC: Jason Moran SPEECHES: Angela Davis IMAGE CURATION: Deborah Willis SCENOGRAPHY: Tsubasa Kamei COSTUME DESIGNER: Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya Music originally commissioned and performed by Jason Moran, with speech and spoken word by Angela Y. Davis. Used by permission.

Thanks and credit to Shawn Walker, Andrew Lichtenstein, Bob Adelman at Adelman Images, Bruce Davidson at Magnum Photos, and Charles Moore for their photography work seen in TEND.

The Equality of Night and Day was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. This work has been commissioned by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance; Global Arts Live, a notfor-profit presenting organization located in Cambridge, MA; and the O’DonnellGreen Music and Dance Foundation. Additional support was provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Created in part during creative development residencies at LUMBERYARD and Center of Creative Arts (COCA) made possible by the Mellon Foundation, the work was also supported by additional creative development residency at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University. The Equality of the Night and Day premiered at Jacob’s Pillow on June 29, 2022 and was supported in part by Jacob’s Pillow through a residency in the Pillow Lab and additional funding for live music.

INTERMISSION 10 minutes

UPSIDE DOWN (1998) CHOREOGRAPHY: Ronald K. Brown MUSIC: Oumou Sangare and Wunmi Olaiya ORIGINAL LIGHTING FOR EVIDENCE: Brenda Gray LIGHTING RE-CREATION: Tsubasa Kamei COSTUME DESIGNER: Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya Upside Down is an excerpt from the evening-length work Destiny. The full evening work was created in collaboration with Rokiya Kone of the Ivory Coast and her company Jeune Ballet d’ Afrique Noire, and premiered at Aaron Davis Hall in June 1998. The development and creation of Destiny received support from Africa Exchange, the Rockefeller Multi-Arts Projects and Production Fund, the Aaron Davis Hall Fund for New Work, and Evidence/Circle of Friends.

Support for the re-creation of Upside Down costumes made possible by Peg Alston and Willis Burton, Judy Byrd-Blaylock, Dwayne Ashley, Darrell and Carmen Gay, Bruce Gordon and Tawana Tibbs, Joanne E. Hill, Bernard H. Jackson and Joyce Mullins-Jackson, Terry McMillan, and W. Omar Karriem.

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Please scan the QR code to the right, or visit https://www.whitebird.org/ronald-k-brown to learn more about the company and the artists.

RONALD K. BROWN (Founder/Artistic Director) raised in Brooklyn, NY, founded EVIDENCE, A Dance Company in 1985.

He has worked with Mary Anthony Dance Theater, Jennifer Muller/The Works, as well as other choreographers and artists, and Mo no has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School. Brown has set works on Alvin Ailey American DanceTheater, Ailey II, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Jeune Ballet d’Afrique Noire, Ko-Thi Dance Company, Philadanco, Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago, Ballet Hispánico, TU Dance, and Malpaso Dance Company.

He has collaborated with such artists as composer/designer Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya, the late writer Craig G. Harris, director Ernie McClintock’s Jazz Actors Theater, choreographers Patricia Hoffbauer and Rokiya Kone, composers Robert Een, Oliver Lake, Bernadette Speech, David Simons, and Don Meissner, and musicians Jason Moran, Arturo O’ Farrill and Meshell Ndegeocello.

Brown is the recipient of the 2020 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. His other awards and recognitions include the AUDELCO Award for his choreography in Regina Taylor’s award-winning play Crowns, two Black Theater Alliance Awards, and a Fred & Adele Astaire Award for Outstanding Choreography in the Tony Award winning Broadway and national touring production of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, adapted by Suzan Lori Parks, arranged by Diedre Murray, and directed by Diane Paulus.

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Brown was named Def Dance Jam Workshop 2000 Mentor of the Year and has received a Doris Duke Artist Award, New York City Center Fellowship, Joyce Theater Artist Residency Center Fellowship, Scripps/ADF Award, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Choreographers Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, United States Artists Fellowship, a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award, Dance Magazine Award, and The Ailey Apex Award. Ronald K. Brown is a Creative Administration Research artist at NCCAkron. Brown is Co-Artistic Director of the Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble and a member of Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.

ARCELL CABUAG (Associate Artistic Director/Dancer) (is a firstgeneration Filipino-American from San Jose, CA. He moved to New York City in 1996 to attend the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, where he was introduced to Ronald K. Brown. Soon after, he joined EVIDENCE, A Dance Company as its first apprentice, became a company member one year later, and has served as its Associate Artistic Director since 2004. He currently teaches EVIDENCE repertory at Princeton University and is thrilled to be the newly appointed Billie Holiday Theatre’s Youth Arts Academy Director of Education.

Performance credits include: dancing with Camille A. Brown, Mekeda Thomas, Rock the House for Paramount Pictures; The Shoji Tabuchi Show (Branson, MO); the Richard Rodgers Centennial Production of The King and I; and dance festivals worldwide. Arcell taught classes and performed with EVIDENCE throughout Africa as a US Ambassador with Dance Motion USA. TV Credits include: Law & Order: SVU’s ¨Choreographed¨ and Codorniu Cava commercial with PILOBOLUS shot in Barcelona and aired on Spanish television. He has assisted Mr. Brown in creating repertory on Philadanco Dance Company; MUNTU Drum and Dance Company; TU Dance; Ballet Hispánico; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company and served as associate choreographer for the Tony Award winning Broadway and national touring productions of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Mr. Cabuag is proud to serve the dance community as a long standing educator and advocate nationally and abroad. Education, advocacy, and teaching EVIDENCE repertory work include: Professor of Dance at Long Island University (Brooklyn Campus); Education Director of the Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble; Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York University; University of Massachusetts; Boston Arts Academy, Peridance Certificate Program, The Ailey Fordham BFA and Certificate Programs; University of Washington, University of the Arts, Kent State, DeSales University, Coker College, Marymount Manhattan College, and Boston Conservatory. Arcell is a 2004 New York Dance and Performance ¨Bessie¨ Award winner for his performance and work with EVIDENCE.

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DEMETRIUS BURNS (Rehearsal Director/Dancer) was born in Anniston, AL, and grew up in Boston, MA. He received his MFA in dancer from Hollins University and his BFA with an emphasis in Choreography from Boston Conservatory where he performed repertoire by Karole Armitage, Mark Morris, Darrel Moultrie, and many more as well as choreographed Urinetown on the musical theatre department. He spent several summers at the Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts as a student, intern, and instructor. He attended the Bates Dance Festival, and Sidra Bell Modules. Demetrius also attended Jacob’s Pillow Social dance program with the American Dance Guild Scholarship under the direction of Camille A. Brown and Moncell Durden and returned the following summer for the Improvisation Traditions and Innovation program under the direction of Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Demetrius is a recipient of the EVIDENCE Dance Workshop Series Beth Young Scholarship and became a company member of EVIDENCE in 2016.

SHAYLA ALAYRE CALDWELL (Rehearsal Director / Guest Artist) is a native of New Haven, CT. She began dancing at a very young age with mother, dance teacher, and mentor, Shari Caldwell. After being introduced to Guinean culture by Aly Tatchol Camara she became heavily influenced by traditional West African dance. Shayla was further introduced to various styles of dance, choreographers, as well as composition while attending the Educational Center for the Arts and Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts. She studied briefly in the BFA program at Virginia Commonwealth University before joining Ronald K. Brown/ EVIDENCE in 2011. After 6 years with the company, she was promoted to assistant rehearsal director. She has found the balance between concert and commercial work through touring and teaching hip hop styles. She is currently EVIDENCE Rehearsal Director and Guest Artist as well as an adjunct professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

JOYCE EDWARDS (Assistant Rehearsal Director/Dancer) from Rochester, NY, is a lifelong student who uses her artistry to spread love unconditionally and ferociously. She is a graduate of The College at Brockport, SUNY with a BFA in dance. Joyce is known for her performance in works by Bessie Award winning choreographer Beth Gill and Netta Yerushalmy (Brand New Sidewalk, Pitkin Grove, Paramodernities). She is mentioned in the 2019 Dance Magazine issue of “25 to Watch” in 2020.

EVIDENCE welcomed Joyce as an apprentice in May of 2018, and later as a company member following her premiere in Ronald K. Brown’s Mercy at Bard SummerScape Dance Festival. She is the Assistant Rehearsal Director, and has had the opportunity to assist setting repertory on students at the Center of Creative Arts in St. Louis and the New Orleans Ballet Association (2021). Joyce became a company member of EVIDENCE in 2019.

TSUBASA KAMEI (Technical Director/Production Manager/Resident Lighting Designer) has toured with the company to more than 85 venues globally and internationally. Credits include: Scen and lighting for Mercy (World Premiere), lighting for Four Corners; Dancing Spirit (Company Premiere); New Conversations: Iron Meets Water (World Premiere) for Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE. He has also designed The Call (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) and Where The Light Shines Through (TU Dance), all choreographed by Ronald K. Brown.

AUSTIN WARREN COATS (Dancer) is an interdisciplinary artist with a Magna Cum Laude bachelor’s degree in Dance Studies from Kent State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Originally from Reynoldsburg, OH, he has had the honor to work with artists such as Silvana Cardell, Angela Luem, Catherine Meredith, Jess Pretty, and Jamal White. He has attended summer intensives at The Joffrey Ballet School, Ruth Page Center of the Performing Arts, and Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE on scholarship. Austin has many interests in the arts including fine art, dance, and fashion design. He is a published illustrator in college publications and illustrates for various dancers’ projects. His life goal is to become a choreographer and artistic director. Austin became a company member of EVIDENCE in 2021.

STEPHANIE CHRONOPOULOS (Dancer) is a firstgeneration Greek American, born and raised in New York City. She graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. in Dance from LIU Brooklyn where she had the privilege of performing works by choreographers Khaleah London, Frederick Earl Mosley, Erika Pujic, Doug Varone, and Ronald K. Brown. In 2015, she became a company member of Forces of Nature Dance Theater under the Direction of Abdel Salaam. During her time with the company, she performed in the Bessie Award winning Healing Sevens at BAM’s DanceAfrica, and in the revival of Terrestrial Wombs at the Apollo Theater. Stephanie has also apprenticed with Jennifer Muller/ The Works and is the recipient of the EVIDENCE Dance Workshop Series Beth Young Scholarship. Stephanie became a company member of EVIDENCE in 2019.

ISAIAH K. HARVEY (Dancer) began his dance training at Innervisions Theater Arts Center in his hometown Queens, NY and earned his BFA in Dance from Montclair State University.

He also trained at the Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and The Ailey School, where he received the Bob Fosse Gwen Verdon Scholarship. He has performed works by Ulysses Dove, Camille A. Brown, Rennie Harris, and Alvin Ailey’s Memoria with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and danced with Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Black Iris Project: Vibrant Voices, and as a backup dancer for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 Contestant Olivia Lux, among others. Isaiah teaches throughout New York City and as a certified Lester Horton Technique Instructor. Isaiah became a company member of EVIDENCE in 2022.

BREANA MOORE (Dancer) is a Memphis, TN, native. She graduated from the Certificate Training Program at the Ailey School and holds a B.S. in Human & Organizational Development and Sociology from Vanderbilt University. Breana has had the privilege of performing works by Alvin Ailey, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Ronald K. Brown, Norbert De La Cruz, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Yusha Marie-Sorzano, and Judine Somerville.

Breana also performed with The Ailey School in

Merce Cunningham’s 100th Anniversary tribute show at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

In August of 2019, Breana joined EVIDENCE as an apprentice and performed for the Joyce Theater season in February of 2020. Breana is a recipient of the EVIDENCE Dance Workshop Series Beth Young Scholarship. Breana became a company member of EVIDENCE in 2021.

KIRVEN DOUTHIT-BOYD (Guest Artist Dancer) of Boston, MA began his formal dance training at the Boston Arts Academy in 1998, and joined Boston Youth Moves in 1999. In 2018, he earned his M.F.A. from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.

He has also trained on scholarship at The Boston Conservatory, and The Ailey School prior to performing with Battleworks Dance Company, Ailey II, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 2004-2015. He joined Ron K. Brown/ EVIDENCE, A Dance Company as a Guest Artist in 2016. He has choreographed works for The Ailey School, The Juilliard School, Webster University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Ailey II. He has also staged works by Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, and Robert Battle on companies in Japan and St. Louis. DouthitBoyd currently resides in St Louis, Missouri where he works as the Co-Artistic Director of Dance at the Center of Creative Arts (COCA), the fourth largest multidisciplinary community arts center in the country and as Distinguished Performing Artist at Washington University.

CHRISTOPHER SALANGO (Dancer) from Stockton, CA received his Bachelor of Arts in dance from California State University, Sacramento where he discovered his love for Dunham Technique, under the tutelage of Dr. Linda Goodrich, Dr. Halifu Osumare, and Bernard Brown. Christopher continued his training with Urban Bush Women’s Summer Arts program, Elisa Monte Dance Summer Series, and is a two-time recipient of the EVIDENCE Dance Workshop Series Beth Young Scholarship. He is a second-year candidate for the Institute of Dunham Certification and is excited to continue his journey while performing with his EVIDENCE family. Christopher became a company member of EVIDENCE in 2021.

SHAYLIN D. WATSON (Dancer) was born in Lanham, MD, and trained at Duke Ellington School of the Arts under the instruction of Charles Augins and Katherine Smith. She obtained a BFA in Dance with a concentration in Choreography and Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While in North Carolina, her choreography was featured in the National Black Theater Festival (Winston Salem, NC, 2019). Shaylin is a recipient of the EVIDENCE dance workshop series Beth Young Scholarship and has also received scholarships to intensives such as American Dance Festival and UNC School of the Arts. She has performed works by choreographers such as Clarice Young, T Lang, Christopher Huggins, Marcus White, and Shen Wei. She had the opportunity to assist setting repertory for EVIDENCE on students at the New Orleans Ballet Association (2021). Shaylin became a company member of EVIDENCE in 2019.

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