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WELCOME TO CARMEN + ROOM 4

ENVISIONED, CREATED, AND LED BY SARAH SLIPPER, WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO PROVIDING CHOREOGRAPHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEIR ARTISTIC DRIVES AND DREAMS TO FRUITION FROM THE STUDIO TO THE STAGE AND CHARTING THE FUTURE OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE.

“A COMPANY OF SLICK, SKILLED DANCERS” –The New Yorker

THANK YOU so much for joining us to help kick off NW Dance Project’s exciting and actionpacked 15th Anniversary Season!

of” with our most in-demand touring works from Ihsan, Sarah, and dear friend Patrick Delcroix; and our summer show is dedicated to new works.

Back by popular demand, we are thrilled to be presenting Resident Choreographer Ihsan Rustem’s imaginative take on opera’s most beloved story, Carmen — which Dance Magazine named 2017’s “Coolest Collaboration,” as well as to be premiering a truly unique, theatrical new work from Artistic Director Sarah Slipper.

To celebrate our fifteen-year milestone, we decided to tackle another dream of ours — reimagining and transforming what a dance experience can be. Our Trip the Light Fantastic event is going to be a multi-sensory, seat-less, traveling, original arts spectacle like nothing you’ve ever experienced, unfolding in a secret Portland treasure — Expensify’s fantastically redesigned 40,000+ square foot headquarters located in the historic former First National Bank building.

Though these worlds could hardly be further apart, these original works speak to NW Dance Project’s dedication to innovation and to the multifaceted talents of our awardwinning company dancers. They also highlight a core value of ours — artistic and creative collaboration. Carmen features sets from Spanish designer Luis Crespo and its retromodern costumes were conceived and created by local fashion star Michelle Lesniak. Room 4 finds Sarah again working with acclaimed dance composer Owen Belton, who did the original score for her Hedda production last spring, as well as original text brought to life by a cast of Northwest actors.

We hope you enjoy tonight’s performance and that you will join us for the remainder of our 2018-19 season. If you are not a subscriber yet, you can get your special three-show subscription for just $150 and enjoy all our subscriber perks such as priority seating at the lowest price, full ticket exchange privileges, and exclusive invites to our opening night artists’ receptions and other special events throughout the season.

And what a season it’s going to be! We are again handing our winter show over to our multitalented dancers; our spring show is a “best

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It truly takes a village to bring original dance works from seed to the stage, and we are enormously proud of, and thankful for, our community of artists. And like all communities, ours is evolving.

These special performances mark the final local NW Dance Project shows for four cherished dancers. Samantha Campbell, who has been by our side steadily since 2007, is starting her life’s next chapter, as is the remarkable Lindsey McGill. Additionally, dancers Elijah Labay and Julia Radick are off to new adventures as husband and wife. We wish them all the very best!

Please join us after the show at the lobby ArtBar to chat and meet our newest family members, Colleen Loverde and Kevin Pajarillaga.

It’s going to be an inspired and inspiring year of dance. We hope you will be with us to experience each and every stunning step.

For now, we thank you again for being here and we hope you enjoy the show.

Scott Lewis | Executive Director

PRESENTS

CARMEN + ROOM 4 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Scott Lewis

DANCERS Samantha Campbell Kody Jauron Lindsey McGill Andrea Parson

William Couture Elijah Labay Franco Nieto Anthony Pucci

Katherine Disenhof Colleen Loverde Kevin Pajarillaga Julia Radick

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NW DANCE PROJECT 2018–19 SEASON

NW DANCE PROJECT WAS FOUNDED IN PORTLAND IN 2004

BY PRINCIPAL DANCER, AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER, AND ACCLAIMED DANCE MENTOR SARAH SLIPPER, AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN MAKING A SPLASH AND A NAME FOR ITSELF BY DOING THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY IN DANCE. Our dedication to providing dancers and dance makers the resources and artistic freedom needed to create and take new, inspired dance works to the stage led Dance International Magazine to proclaim that we are “changing the way dance is created” and established NW Dance Project as “a laboratory, factory and repository for risk-taking new works from the next generation of choreographers from Europe and North America.”

NW Dance Project has grown into a world-class contemporary dance company and an international leader in the creation and premiere of significant new contemporary dance works.

We commission gifted choreographers from around the world to create on our classically trained yet daring and fearless professional company, giving them full artistic freedom and all the resources needed to bring their artistic drives, inspirations and dreams to fruition and to the stage. With over 270 new dance works created and premiered in Portland to date — more than any other company in the country — NW Dance Project truly is “the ‘it’ company…one of the most dynamic dance troupes in the country” (Oregon Public Broadcasting) and “an essential part of the city’s arts scene” (The Oregonian), with “some of the best dancers you will ever see.” (Calgary Herald) And while Portland gets to experience our works first, the world is watching.

NW Dance Project took the Audience Award at the prestigious 25th annual Hannover Choreographic Competition in Germany in April 2011. Later the same year, we were picked the winner, out of nearly 200 entrants from around the world, of the 2011 Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest, and as the winner, enjoyed two sold-out, standing ovation London performances in June 2012 as part of the Cultural Olympiad.

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We are so proud that four of our talented dancers have been awarded the most prestigious award in dance — The Princess Grace Award: Andrea Parson in 2010; Franco Nieto in 2012; Viktor Usov in 2014; and Ching Ching Wong in 2015.

Audiences in Oregon, New York, Seattle, Arizona, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Colorado, Los Angeles, Houston, London, throughout Canada and Germany, and even Mongolia have been similarly wowed by the company’s touring performances. NW Dance Project is proud to represent Portland and further our city’s glowing and growing reputation as a destination for dance and inspired new works of art.

We are equally proud of the work we do in our cherished local community that occurs off the theater stage.

Our innovative and interactive Dance Moves outreach program brings free dance classes and workshops to thousands of at-risk and low-income young members of our community each season. Our Arts Access initiative provides numerous fully accessible, professional dance performances locally each season, even drawing a record breaking, 4000-strong crowd to the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater to experience the company perform select works from our all-original-repertoire.

NW Dance Project is also an extraordinary and comprehensive training center for all dancers. We hold open community classes for adults and youth seven days a week in our beautiful Creative Center at 211 NE 10 th Avenue, as well as special opportunities for professional and pre-professional dancers such as our signature LAUNCH project and our esteemed Summer Dance Intensive.

NW Dance Project believes in dance. We believe everyone can dance and anyone can appreciate the beauty and power of human movement. We believe that dance can, and should, touch and enrich each and every person’s life. And with tonight’s special performance, we believe you’ll agree.

“SARAH SLIPPER IS TRULY GIFTED. THIS IS WHAT DANCE SHOULD BE ... SHE FOUND THE POINT AT WHICH THE FORM OF DANCE (STEPS, TECHNIQUE, FEET, PERFORMANCE) COMBINE TO CREATE A WORK OF ART.” —The News Record

Photo / Christopher Peddecord Dancers / Franco Nieto + Andrea Parson

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / SARAH SLIPPER SARAH SLIPPER was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, and received her professional training at the Royal Ballet School in London, England and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.

In 1980, she made her professional debut with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a corps de ballet member, and became one of the company’s leading dramatic ballerinas. Sarah worked closely with many internationally renowned directors, choreographers and teachers, including Arnold Spohr, Rudi van Dantzig, Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián, Agnes de Mille, Galina Yordanova, and Alla Savchenko. Sarah was noted for her classical line and dramatic abilities, dancing the principal roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Giselle, and The Nutcracker.

In addition to the classical repertoire, she received worldwide acclaim for her performances of contemporary ballets, most notably Nobert Vesak’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe and the award winning Belong pas de deux. After Sarah left the stage, she continued her passion for music and drama, studying theatre at the honours

level at the University of Winnipeg, and in Oxford, England. During the 1996/97 season, she served as ballet mistress of Alberta Ballet, and from 1997/99 as ballet mistress of Oregon Ballet Theatre. Sarah’s command of classical and contemporary styles is demonstrated in her active role of teaching and coaching younger dancers.

As a guest master teacher, Sarah has worked with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Austin, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Jefferson Dancers and the Dance Departments of the University of Utah, Cornish College of the Arts, and the University of Iowa. An award winning independent choreographer, Sarah is presently based in Portland, Oregon, creating dance worldwide. She has worked with prominent dance companies including the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Louisville Ballet, BalletNY, Alberta Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Cornish Dance Theater, NW Dance Project and The Jefferson Dancers. She was awarded the Grand Prize for Choreography

at the International Choreographic Competition Saint Sauveur 2000 for her ballet Shattered Night, which was created on the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. During her choreographic residency at Festival des Arts in Quebec, Canada, her ballet A River In A Dry Land, was described by the Montreal Gazette as “one of the finest choreographies produced in residency.”

Sarah’s works have been described as “absolutely remarkable... grippingly pits breezy romanticism against a sinister undercurrent.” (The Oregonian) and “...a complete, enclosed world, a somber yet hopeful winter landscape across which the three couples thread in a long, smoothly unfolding skein of dance” (The New York Times). A Fine Balance, her pas de deux created during NW Dance Project’s inaugural season, was a finalist for the prestigious Benois de la Danse award in 2006 and was performed at the Bolshoi Theatre as part of the award’s gala celebration. Sarah is currently working on several new creations and serves as the Artistic Director of NW Dance Project.

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STAFF

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Scott Lewis COMPANY MANAGER Michael De Farias Moura EDUCATION & OUTREACH COORDINATOR Caitlin Warren ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Jennifer Hancock STUDIO STAFF Kolina Chitta + Lauren Herrman + Morgan Lunsford LIGHTING DESIGNER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jeff Forbes PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Thyra Hartshorn COSTUME & WARDROBE MANAGEMENT Alexa Stark ACCOMPANISTS Ray McKean + Susan Schroeder GRAPHIC DESIGN Rachel Beckwith WEB SUPPORT Christopher Peddecord PHOTOGRAPHY William Anthony + Blaine Truitt Covert + Michael Slobodian VIDEOGRAPHY Ralph Davis, Action Video + Michael Slobodian HEALTH & WELLNESS Dr. Katharine Zeller PHYSICAL THERAPY West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic ACCOUNTING Richard Winkel, CPA BOOKKEEPING Susan Matlack Jones & Associates PRINTING & MAILING ProGraphics + MetroPresort STUDIO SUPPORT Soleil Larkens + Rosina Gelormino Company portraits by Michael Slobodian

RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER IHSAN RUSTEM Ihsan Rustem was born in London and studied from 1998-2000 at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, during in which time he was a member of the National Youth Dance Company. His professional performance career began in the UK with Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion Pictures; in Germany at Ballet Theater Munich (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz); Introdans in the Netherlands; and in Switzerland as a founding member of both the Stadt Theater Bern Ballett (Cathy Marston) and the Tanz Luzerner Theater. Ihsan has worked with many of today’s leading choreographers including Mats Ek, Ji í Kylián, Hans van Manen and Paul Lightfoot and Sol León; has originated roles in works by Hofesh Shechter, Alexander Ekman, Wayne McGregor, Matthew Bourne, Stijn Celis, Cayetano Soto, Felix Landerer; and has performed further works by William Forsythe & Twyla Tharp, amongst others. He works extensively with and regularly assists choreographer Patrick Delcroix.

In 2010, Sarah Slipper invited Ihsan to Portland to create his first commission for a company. The resulting work, State of Matter, went on to receive international success, winning both the Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest in 2011 and the Audience Choice Award at the 25th International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover, Germany. Rustem has since gone on to choreograph for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 2, Istanbul State Ballet MDT, Lucerne Dance Theater Switzerland, BYU Contemporary Dance Theater & Theater Ballet Utah USA, Würzburg Ballet Germany, DSC Company Italy, Akbank Sanat Istanbul, Interdans Festival Belgium, Palucca Schule Dresden and Holland’s ArtEz Dansacademie. He has choreographed four original for works for NW Dance Project to date, his first work State of Matter in 2010, and in 2012 he returned to Portland to create Mother Tongue. In March 2015 he premiered his third work for NW Dance Project “Yidam,” and was also appointed NW Dance Project’s Resident Choreographer. Most recently, in March 2016, Ihsan premiered his fourth original creation, “Le Fil Rouge,” and his fifth original creation, “Bolero” in October 2016, for NW Dance Project, which will be toured nationally and internationally.

Ihsan was the 2014 recipient of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s International Commissioning Project and Whim W’Him’s inaugural Choreographic Shindig, in 2015.

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DANCER BIOGRAPHIES

Evansville Ballet, and Salt Creek Ballet. He has had the opportunity to perform works

by Aszure Barton, Nelly van Bommel, Thang Dao, James Gregg, Felix Landerer, Joshua Manculich, Jiří Pokorný, Ihsan Rustem, and Yin Yue.

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KATHERINE DISENHOF

SAMANTHA CAMPBELL

is from Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended the University of Utah as a Ballet major and graduated with a B.F.A. in May 2007.

She was a member of Utah Ballet for three years while at the University, danced with Alabama Ballet and danced on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago). Samantha has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, Lucas Crandall, Sarah Slipper, Donald McKayle, James Canfield, Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Noam Gagnon, Edgar Zendejas, Maurice Causey, Lauren Edson, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

was born and raised in Mill Valley, California, where she trained at Marin Ballet. She graduated from Stanford University in 2012 with a B.A. in Human Biology and received the Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts.

Katherine was a member of Robert Moses’ Kin for four years, with which she toured internationally and was part of a cast that received the 2015 Isadora Duncan Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Performance-Company.” She was also on staff at Alonzo King LINES Ballet for five years as the BFA Program Coordinator and Graphic Designer. Katherine attended NW Dance Project’s 2017 LAUNCH project.

KODY JAURON

WILLIAM COUTURE

was born and raised in St. Paul Minnesota, where he attended the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts, and from there went to San Francisco to study at Dominican University of California with LINES ballet. While in college Will traveled as a guest artist to perform with the Southern California Ballet, Santa Rosa Ballet, and LINES ballet. In 2013 Will received a scholarship with the Dizzy Feet Foundation and was invited to perform a solo at their gala event. After graduating in 2015 Will returned to Minnesota to dance with Shapiro and Smith Dance and teach.

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hails from Phoenix, Arizona where he began his formal dance instruction at age 15 with Andrew Needhammer. Shortly after, Kody furthered his pre-professional studies with the Miami City Ballet School and Ballet Austin’s Professional Division Trainee Program where he was honored to become a recipient of the Sarah & Ernest Butler Scholarship. After one year at Ballet Austin, Kody was promoted to an apprentice to the company where he danced for two additional seasons. Kody has supplemented his training at Lou Conte Dance Studio’s scholarship program, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The School at Jacob’s Pillow, Springboard Danse Montréal, and most recently at NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH:10. Prior to joining NW Dance Project, Kody danced with DanceWorks Chicago under the tutelage of Julie Nakagawa and has been a featured guest artist with the Ruth Page Civic Ballet,

ELIJAH LABAY

was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and started training at Ballet Arts Academy in Spokane, Washington. In 2004, Elijah joined Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division and then attended the Fellowship Program at The Ailey School on full scholarship. He received a Professional Advancement Award at Jacob’s Pillow to work with Aszure Barton, Helen Pickett, and Tero Saarinen.

In 2009, Elijah joined Florida Dance Theatre directed by Carol Erkes and had the opportunity to choreograph Kaos in Wonderland. Elijah attended NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH:4 project where he worked with choreographers Loni Landon and James Gregg. He was featured in NW Dance Project’s premiere of André Mesquita’s duet, A Short History of Walking, and in other original NW Dance Project works created by Patrick Delcroix, Ihsan Rustem, Lucas Crandall, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, Sarah Slipper, Noam Gagnon, Olivier Wevers, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

COLLEEN LOVERDE

is a graduate of Point Park University where she earned her B.F.A. in dance as well as a minor in journalism. While training at Point Park, she had the privilege of performing works choreographed by Martha Graham, Luke Murphy, Garfield Lemons Gregory Dolbashion, MADBOOTS DANCE, and Alexandra Damiani. Most recently, Colleen performed with Patrick O’Brien Dance, and worked as a freelance dancer in New York City. At Springboard Danse Montreal she had the opportunity to perform in original works by Vim Vigor Dance Company’s Shannon Gillen, German choreographer Ryan Mason, Johannes Wieland of Staatstheater Kassel, and Micaela Taylor of the TL Collective. While attending NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH project, she has had the privilege of performing original works by Alysa Pires, Alice Klock, Kristen Cere, and Meghan Lou before being invited to join the company.

Grace Award for Dance. Franco received a full page feature in the February 2014 issue of Dance Magazine.

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LINDSEY MCGILL

was born in Houston, Texas. She began her formal dance training under Elizabeth and Rosemary Molak in Orange County, California and continued training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the direction of Ben Stevenson, Clara Cravey and Priscilla Nathan Murphy. Since graduating from Houston Ballet Academy, Lindsey has worked with Jane Weiner’s Hope Stone Dance, Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, iMEE, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, O Dance, NobleMotion Dance, The Next Stage Project, KDNY and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2.

She has also had opportunities to dance in projects by a number of independent artists including Jhon R. Stronks, Paola Georgudis, Teresa Chapman, Amy Ell’s Vault and Freneticore. Lindsey participated in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH:5 project.

ANDREA PARSON 2010 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNER

began her early dance training in Hillsboro, Oregon, at NW Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Anita Mitchell. She received her B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2008. Andrea has taught dance throughout Oregon and Washington and has participated in workshops with the Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, anoukvandijk dc and the NW Dance Project.

She has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Patrick Delcroix, Sarah Slipper, James Canfield, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Ihsan Rustem, Andrea Miller, Aszure Barton, Noam Gagnon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Maurice Causey, Lucas Crandall, Wen Wei Wang, Alejandro Cerrudo, Cayetano Soto, Loni Landon, Edgar Zendejas, Carla Mann and Minh Tran. In June 2010, Dance Magazine named Andrea their dancer “On the Rise.” The following month, Andrea received her biggest career honor to date, winning a 2010 Princess Grace Award for Dance and she appeared on the cover of Dance Spirit Magazine in February 2011, which did a feature on her and another on the company.

was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, began his dance training at Studio Dance under Michele Burke. He attended the University of Iowa, where he received a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography. While attending university, he had the privilege to perform extensively in faculty, graduate, and undergraduate work — most notably a site-specific work at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia with the visually stunning Tori Lawrence & Co, as well as an evening-length work exploring energy cultures at an Anthroprocene symposium hosted by the University of Wyoming with Incite Insight Arts. Anthony danced for the past four years with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre in their productions of Carmen, Don Giovanni, and others.

Anthony is also a 200-hour certified yoga instructor through the Yoga Alliance. In 2017 he attended NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH project.

KEVIN PAJARILLAGA

FRANCO NIETO 2012 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNER

was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington. Franco was an athlete playing football for seven years before making his choice to dance. Franco began his training at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and Columbia Dance, later studying under Tracey Durbin as a student and an assistant in Portland. Franco graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a B.F.A. in Jazz in 2009. Franco has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, James Canfield, Sarah Slipper, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Maurice Causey, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Noam Gagnon, Loni Landon and Lauren Edson.

In August 2012, Franco was one of only six dancers in the U.S. to win a Princess

is a Washington D.C native who began his training at CityDance Conservatory in 2010 before attending Point Park University from 2012 to 2016. Since then, Kevin has danced professionally with YY Dance Company, Sonya Tayeh Dance Company, PrioreDance, Bruce Wood Dance, and I.C. Movement Project, as well as guesting with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Parsons Dance Company (at the National High School Dance Festival), Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Focus Cia De Danca in Brazil. He has had the privilege to dance works by Crystal Pite, Alejandro Cerrudo, Victor Quijada, Lar Lubovitch, Jessica Lang, Andrea Miller, Loni Landon, Gregory Dolbashian, Dwight Rhoden, and Ronen Koresh, among others.

Kevin participated in NW Dance Project’s 2018 LAUNCH project before being invited to join the company.

JULIA RADICK

was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from LaGuardia Arts High School and earned her B.F.A. in Dance from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She has also trained at North Carolina School of the Arts, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and with Batsheva. Julia has danced original works

by Nathan Trice, Brunilda Ruiz, James Sutton, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Aszure Barton, and Kate Weare. She was a member of the Yomoco and has performed with Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre.

Julia is a certified Mind Body Dancer™ yoga instructor. Julia took part in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH:7 project.

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Andre Baker Allison Brando Samantha Campbell James Canfield Kim Choeychan William Couture Lucas Crandall Jason Davis Michelle Davis Mariecella Devine Cora Guerin Charlene Hannibal Izzy Holmes Kody Jauron Tracy Julias Sharee Lane Morgan Lunsford Ella Matweyou Lindsey McGill Morgan Moore Thorey Mountain Franco Nieto Abby Parker Andrea Parson Anthony Pucci Julia Radick Sarah Slipper Vanessa Thiessen Gerard Theoret Jasmin Trotter Caitlin Warren

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper

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COMPANY MEMBERS Samantha Campbell William Couture Katherine Disenhof Kody Jauron Elijah Labay Colleen Loverde Lindsey McGill Franco Nieto Kevin Pajarillaga Andrea Parson Anthony Pucci Julia Radick

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