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On an unseasonably balmy November evening in 1983, our city, our state, and even our nation, came together to celebrate the opening of The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, Kentucky’s largest and most technically advanced Performing Arts Center. Providing a place for everyone to gather, learn and grow—to expand their horizons through experiencing a variety of art forms—to reach outside of our walls and bring the power of the arts to every corner of the Commonwealth. 40 years later, it’s remarkable to think about the thousands of artists that have played on our stages, the thousands of young Kentucky artists whose lives were changed through our Governor’s School for the Arts and ArtsReach Programs, and the millions of people who have experienced the thrill of live entertainment at our family of venues, The Kentucky Center, the Brown Theatre, and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall. Our 40th Anniversary offers us the opportunity to envision our future. As a non-profit community organization and arts leader, Kentucky Performing Arts must always evolve to meet the changing needs of the people we serve. Through the guidance of our new mission statement, to connect and inspire through the arts, we are deepening and strengthening our commitment to being welcoming and inclusive by working to remove barriers to the joy and power of the performing arts. We thank you for joining us this evening and look forward to seeing you again. You make up the community that is Kentucky Performing Arts, and we will continue creating experiences that awaken the shared humanity, empathy, and limitless creativity in everyone. Enjoy the performance.
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Friday, November 3, 2023 | 8:00pm | The Kentucky Center-Whitney Hall FOUNDERS Arthur Mitchell Karel Shook ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert Garland
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Anna Glass REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Juan Carlos Peñuela DANCE ARTISTS
Ariana Dickerson Lindsey Donnell Carly Greene Alexandra Hutchinson Alexandra Rene Jones Kamala Saara Ingrid Silva Amanda Smith Delaney Washington Stephanie Rae Williams Derek Brockington Micah Bullard Lucas Castro Kouadio Davis Keenan English Sanford Placide Elias Re David Wright
Dance Theatre of Harlem is deeply grateful for the generous support of our individual and institutional donors. Their support helps to ensure that DTH can continue to bring the best of classical ballet to communities in Harlem and beyond. AllianceBernstein, Alphadyne Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Arnhold Foundation, Inc., Art Attack Foundation, Bank of America, BET Networks, Bloomberg LP, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Con Edison, Cornell Family Foundation, Dance/NYC, Davis/Dauray Family Fund, The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Fortitude Re, Google, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc., Hobson/ Lucas Family Foundation, Howard Gilman foundation, Inc., The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, The Jockey Hollow Foundation, Inc./ Jockey, The Klein Family Foundation, The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation Inc., MAC Cosmetics, Madison Square Garden, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Margaret T. Morris Foundation, Masters Capital Management, LLC, Meta, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, New York City Council District 7, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council, Tatiana Piankova Foundation, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, William Talbot Hillman Foundation, The Thompson Family Foundation, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation, Venable Foundation, Inc., Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Wells Fargo, Yumiko. 6
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HIGHER GROUND (Premiere January 22, 2022, Detroit Opera House) Choreography: Robert Garland Costume Design: Pamela Allen-Cummings Lighting Design: Roma Flowers
“Look Around” DEREK BROCKINGTON LUCAS CASTRO KOUADIO DAVIS LINDSEY DONNELL KAMALA SAARA INGRID SILVA “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” DEREK BROCKINGTON Lucas Castro Kouadio Davis Lindsey Donnell Kamala Saara Ingrid Silva “Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away” KAMALA MCDANIELS LUCAS CASTRO Derek Brockington Kouadio Davis Lindsey Donnell “Village Ghetto Land” LINDSEY DONNELL Lucas Castro Derek Brockington Kouadio Davis Kamala Saara Ingrid Silva “Saturn” INGRID SILVA KOUADIO DAVIS Lucas Castro Derek Brockington Lindsey Donnel Ingrid Silva “Higher Ground” Company "The ballet “Higher Ground” represents a Sankofa-esque reflection on our current times." – Robert Garland Music Credits: “Look Around” by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright ©1970; “Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away” & “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” ©1974, by Stevie Wonder; “Higher Ground” ©1973, by Stevie Wonder; “Saturn” by Michael Sembello and Stevie Wonder ©1975; “Village Ghetto Land” by Gary Byrd & Stevie Wonder ©1976 © Jobete Music Co Inc & Black Bull Music. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Commissioned by Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Special thanks to Stevie Wonder and Tracey Rounds.
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ALLEGRO BRILLANTE (World Premiere March 1, 1956. New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Dance DTH Premiere May 1, 1975, Uris Theatre, NY, NY) Choreography: George Balanchine, ©The George Balanchine Trust Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lighting: Recreated by Andrea Sala Costumes: Katy A Freeman
AMANDA SMITH KOUADIO DAVIS Lindsey Donnell Alexandra Jones Kamala Saara Delaney Washington Derrick Brockington Lucas Castro Elias Re David Wright George Balanchine called the exuberant Allegro Brillante, “Everything I know about classical ballet in thirteen minutes." One of George Balanchine’s most joyous, pure dance pieces, Allegro Brillante is set to Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 3, a work that the composer created from sketches for a composition that was intended to be his Sixth Symphony, but which instead served as a single movement work which was published posthumously in 1894. Balanchine described this ballet as a concentrated essay in the extended classical vocabulary, in which a maximum amount of choreographic development is contained within a rather restricted area of time and space. Music: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, Op 75 (1892) The performance of Allegro Brillante, a Balanchine Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style© and Balanchine Technique©. Service standards established and provided by the trust.
PAUSE WHEN LOVE (World Premiere: October 20, 2012) Choreography: Helen Pickett Music: Philip Glass Costume: Charles Heightchew Original Artwork for Fabric: Gary Kleinschmidt Lighting: Mark Stanley Assistant to the Choreographer: Kellye A. Saunders
ALEXANDRA HUTCHINSON
MICAH BULLARD
Insistent time maps our days. But when we are in love we surrender to unbridled time. What we share together during this span seems “out of time.” And then, too suddenly, time shifts into focus again. An imprint of what we shared lingers, and traces of remembrances float into view. Yes, we crawl, walk, run, and love in time. But in these brief, wondrous periods we experience timeless love, and we dance our being. – Helen Pickett Music: Knee 5 from Einstein on the Beach The choreographer wishes to thank Thomas F. DeFrantz. When Love was created as part of Harlem Dance Works 2.0, an initiative made possible through a Rockefeller Foundation 2010 NYC Cultural Innovation Grant.
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NYMAN STRING QUARTET NO. 2 (World Premiere March 1, 2019, Eisenhower Hall, West Point, NY) Choreography: Robert Garland Music: Michael Nyman Costume Design and Execution: Pamela Allen-Cummings Lighting Design: Roma Flowers I DEREK BROCKINGTON MICAH BULLARD KOUADIO DAVIS ELIAS RE DAVID WRIGHT II LINDSEY DONNELL ALEXANDRA HUTCHINSON KAMALA SAARA INGRID SILVA AMANDA SMITH III KOUADIO DAVIS IV DAVID WRIGHT CARLY GREENE STEPHANIE RAE WILLIAMS MICAH BULLARD KAMALA SAARA V KOUADIO DAVIS AMANDA SMITH ELIAS RE ALEXANDRA JONES DEREK BROCKINGTON VI THE COMPANY
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THE DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM COMPANY ARTISTS
ARIANA DICKERSON
LINDSEY DONNELL
CARLY GREENE
ALEXANDRA HUTCHINSON
ALEXANDRA RENE JONES
KAMALA SAARA
INGRID SILVA
AMANDA SMITH
DELANEY WASHINGTON
STEPHANIE RAE WILLIAMS
DEREK BROCKINGTON
MICAH BULLARD
LUCAS CASTRO
KOUADIO DAVIS
KEENAN ENGLISH
SANFORD PLACIDE
ELIAS RE
DAVID WRIGHT
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WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY DEREK BROCKINGTON Born: Chicago, IL and raised in Holland, MI. Training: Grand Rapids Ballet School, Interlochen Arts Academy, Ballet West, and Pennsylvania Ballet Summer Intensives. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifth season), Cincinnati Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet. Repertoire includes works by Claudia Schreier, Robert Garland, Stanton Welch, George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Darrell Grand Moultrie. Along with DTH’s Alexandra Hutchinson, he coordinates DTH social media. MICAH BULLARD Born: Houston, TX. Training: The Dance Center of Baytown, University of Oklahoma School of Dance (BFA 2019), Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Ballet Program, Dance Theatre of Harlem Summer Intensive, Texas Ballet Theater Summer Intensive. Professional Experience: Oklahoma City Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season). Repertoire includes works by: Robert Garland, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Geoffrey Holder, Helen Pickett, Nacho Duato, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Alejandro Cerrudo, Merce Cunningham, Amy Hall Garner, Trey McIntyre, Colin Connor, Stanton Welch, Claudia Schreier and Tiffany Rae-Fisher. LUCAS CASTRO Born: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Training: Centro de Dança Rio (Brazil), The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), City Dance Conservatory, American Ballet Theatre School, The Washington School of Ballet and The School at Jacob's Pillow. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season), Utah Metropolitan Ballet (Principal Dancer), The Washington Ballet (Trainee), Cia de Ballet Dalal Achcar. Repertoire include works by Robert Garland, George
Balanchine, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Geoffrey Holder, Amy Seiwert, Claudia Schreier, Jennifer Archibald, Jacqueline Colledge, Heather Gray, Ariel Wright, Alan Hineline, Septime Webre, Xiomara Reyes, Mimmo Miccolis, YuanYuan Wang, Caroline Rocher, Robert J Priori, Stanislav Issaev, Lorraine Spiegler, Dalal Achcar, Eric Frederic, Diana Tomasetig, Marius Petipa, Angelica Fiorani, Flavia Burlini, Giuliana Catapan, Andrea Sales and Carla Martins. Lucas is an ABT-certified teacher from Preprimary to level 3 of the NTC curriculum. KOUADIO DAVIS Born: Oneonta, NY. Training: Holbrook-Wade School of Dance, Fokine Ballet, New York State Summer School of the Arts with Daniel Ulbricht, NYCB. Carolyn Adams. Alvin Ailey, Nutmeg Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, Alonzo King Lines, French Academie of Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Springboard Danse Montreal. 2019 Graduate of Ellison Ballet. Awards: Youth America Grand Prix in 2017 and 2018, where he and his partner won second and then first place in the contemporary Pas de Deux category. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fourth season). ARIANA DICKERSON Born: Pensacola, FL, raised in Dayton, OH. Training: Interlochen Arts Academy, and summer intensives with Alonzo King Lines, Boston Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet, and Cincinnati Ballet. Education: Indiana University Bloomington Jacobs School of Music, Bachelor of Science in Ballet and Media Advertising. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season). Repertoire includes works by Justin Peck, Dwight Rhoden, Ulysses Dove, Pytor Ilych Tchaikovsky, and George Balanchine.
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Ariana is the recipient of the IU Premier Young Artist Award, the Brown Girls Do Ballet Scholarship for Change, Interlochen Young Artist Award, and the Interlochen Arts Academy Fine Arts Award. LINDSEY DONNELL Born: Midland, TX. Training: La Petite Dance Studio, Midland Festival Ballet under Susan Clark. Education: cum laude graduate of Butler University, degrees in Dance-Arts Administration and Journalism. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (eleventh season), Nashville Ballet (trainee). Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, Ulysses Dove, Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa, Geoffrey Holder, Donald Byrd, Dianne McIntyre, and Robert Garland. Awards and Honors: featured artist at opening of One World, Trade Center, TedxBroadway 2016, performer at Kennedy Center Honors 2016 & 2022, & White House performance for Michelle Obama.
Arts in Dance and Bachelor of Arts in Digital Technology and Emerging Media. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season). Repertoire included works by George Balanchine, Alvin Ailey, Geoffrey Holder, Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa, Jennifer Archibald, Silas Farley, Helen Simoneau, and Ethan Colangelo. Carly is a two-time YAGP New York Semi-Finalist and was a recipient of the Dance Council of North Texas Scholarship and the Alvin Ailey Artistic Scholarship.
KEENAN ENGLISH Born: Randallstown, MD. Training: Baltimore School for the Arts, Boston Ballet, and School of American Ballet. Professional Experience: Boston Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Carolina Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem (fourth season). Repertoire includes ballets by Nacho Duato, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Ulysses Dove, Helen Pickett, Robert Garland, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Val Caniparoli, Alvin Ailey, Septime Webre, Nicolo Fonte, Francesca Harper, Lynn Taylor Corbett.
ALEXANDRA HUTCHINSON Born: Wilmington, DE. Training: The Washington School of Ballet, Wilmington Academy of Dance, and summer intensives with Alvin Ailey, Alonzo King, Carolina Ballet, Ballet Chicago, and Nashville Ballet 2. Education: Bachelor of Science in Ballet, Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (sixth season), Nashville Ballet. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Stanton Welch, Robert Garland, Helen Pickett, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Nacho Duato, Paul Vasterling, Septime Webre and Michael Vernon. Alexandra is the recipient of The Pierians Foundation Incorporated 2018 Emerging Young Artist Award, Virginia Johnson Scholar, Washington School of Ballet Professional Training Program tuition stipend, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Along with Derek Brockington, she coordinates DTH social media.
CARLY GREENE Born: Flower Mound, TX. Training: The Ballet Conservatory, The Ailey School, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Dance Ensemble, Summer Intensives with Houston Ballet, The School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Colorado Ballet. Education: Magna Cum Laude graduate of Fordham University, Bachelor of Fine
ALEXANDRA RENE JONES Born: Indianapolis, IN. Training: Indianapolis School of Ballet and Indiana University Ballet Theater. Summer Intensives with Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Philadelphia Ballet, and Ballet Rhode Island. Ballet Rhode Island; Professional
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Experience: Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project; Indianapolis Ballet (Guest Artist); Dance Kaleidoscope (Guest Artist), Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season). Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Jerome Robbins, Antony Tudor, Sasha Janes, Theresa Jimmerson (Fervers), Michael Vernon and Yury Yanowsky. Alexandra is the recipient of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Premier Young Talent Scholarship & Music Faculty Award. Alexandra is also featured in the book “People of Indiana University”. SANFORD PLACIDE Born: Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Training: Ballet Etudes of South Florida, Manhattan Youth Ballet, The French Académie of Ballet, Nadege Hottier, American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballet Austin, Ballet
Hispanico, Lines Ballet, and Miami City Ballet. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifth season), Alberta Ballet in Canada, Ballet West, Charlotte Ballet (formerly NCDT), Ballet Etudes of South Florida, Vorhees Ballet Theatre, Ballet Des Amériques, Fjkdance, Collage Dance Collective, Black Iris Dance Project, Boca Ballet Theatre, Ballet Northwest, Traverse City Dance Project, and Accent Dance. In commemoration of Haitian Flag Day 2018, Sanford partnered with the Consulate General of Haiti in New York to organize and produce UNI, an art collective where he premiered the riveting ballet MAGA. In 2019, Sanford produced Sans-Souci, the second staging in the UNI series and was honored by the Consulate General of Haiti in New York for his work in preserving Haitian culture. Repertoire includes works by George
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ELIAS RE Born: Milan, Italy. Training: La Scala Ballet School, Sarasota Cuban Ballet School, Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season), American Repertory Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, RP Civic Ballet Training Company. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, Geoffrey Holder, Stanton Welch, Robert Garland, Claire Davidson, Anna Rita Larghi, Gino Labate, Victor Alexander, and DTH Alumni Da’Von Doane. KAMALA SAARA Born: Los Angeles, CA. Training: Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, School of American Ballet. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season). Kamala is a recipient of the Grow Annenberg Fellowship and a full scholarship for the School of American Ballet. She received 1st place Award for Training and the Performance Scholarship at the 2018 Bolshoi Ballet Academy and placed 2nd in the Classical category at the 2016 Youth American Grand Prix Paris, France.
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INGRID SILVA Born: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Training: Projeto Dançando Para Não Dançar, Escola de Dança Maria Olenewa, and Centro de Movimento Debora Colker. Education: Universidade da Cidade. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (eleventh season), Grupo Corpo(apprentice), Armitage Gone! Dance. Repertoire includes works by Arthur Mitchell, Donald Byrd, George Balanchine, Dianne McIntyre, John Alleyne, Darrel Grand Moultrie, Francesca Harper, Robert Garland, Carol Armitage, Deborah Colker, Rodrigo Pederneiras and Annabelle LopezA U D I E N C E
Ocha. In 2017 Silva was the first African Brazilian to be on the cover of Pointe Magazine and appeared on the cover of Vogue Brasil November 2020. She is the Founder of @PodHer & Co Founder of @blacksinballet. AMANDA SMITH Born: Orange County, CA. Training: Charlotte Ballet, SUNY Purchase, Joffrey Ballet School, Anaheim Ballet, Ballet Pacifica. Coaching by Glenda Lucena, Patricia McBride, & Antonia Francesci . Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (sixth season), Charlotte Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Black Iris Project. Repertoire includes works by Arthur Mitchell, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Claudia Schreier, Robert Garland, Amy Hall Garner, Charis Moses, Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe, Stanton Welch, Nacho Duato, Tiffany Rea- Fisher, Jerome Robbins, Anthony Tudor, Jeremy McQueen, Nicolo Fonte, Jessica Lang, George Balanchine, Sasha James, Dwight Rhoden, Alonzo King, Jiri Killian, Dianne McIntyre and Helen Pickett. Amanda was featured in the April 2019 issue of Dance Magazine and the 2016 PBS documentary Black Ballerina. DELANEY WASHINGTON Born: San Francisco Bay area. Training: Lise la Cour's LaCademy, The Ailey School/ Fordham University, and Jacob's Pillow Summer Program 2021 under the direction of Helen Pickett and Milton Myers. Professional Experience: Palm Beach Dance Festival, Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season). Repertoire includes works by Dwight Rhoden, Helen Simoneau, Yusha Marie-Sorzano, Maurya Kerr, Pedro Ruiz, and Andre Zachery. Delaney is the recipient of the Alvin Ailey Artistic Scholarship. STEPHANIE RAE WILLIAMS Born: Salt Lake City, UT. Training: Dallas Dance
Academy with Lyndette Galen and Fiona Fairrie, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Springboard Danse Montreal, The Juilliard School, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, and Houston Ballet Academy. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (thirteenth season), The Francesca Harper Project, ARC Dance Seattle, Complexions Contemporary Dance Company, Ballet Black, and Texas Ballet Theatre. Repertoire includes works by Pam Tanowitz, Nacho Duato, Jose Limon, Helen Pickett, Arthur Mitchell, Donald Byrd, George Balanchine, John Alleyne, Dianne McIntyre, Darrel Grand Moultrie, Francesca Harper, Liam Scarlett, Robert Garland, and David Fernandez. Stephanie is the recipient of The Dallas Dance Council’s 2017 Natalie Skelton Award, 2013 Dance Magazine “On the Rise”, 2006 National Foundation for the Arts Award, 2006 Youth America Grand Prix finalist, Oprah Winfrey Fellowship recipient at the Ailey School, 2004 Texas Commission on the Arts Young Master. DAVID WRIGHT Born: Ft. Polk, LA. Training: Infiniti Performing Arts Center, Indiana Ballet Conservatory, Orlando Ballet School. Professional Experience: Orlando Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season). Repertoire: Jorden Morris’ Moulin Rouge, Val Caniparolis’ Lamberna, Orlando Ballet’s Nutcracker, and Carmina Burana. David was a finalist at Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition 2019.
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Arthur Mitchell invited Robert Garland to create a work for The Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and appointed him the organization’s first Resident Choreographer. Prior to becoming DTH Artistic Director he served as Director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem school. In addition to choreographing several ballets for DTH Mr. Garland has also created works for New York City Ballet, Britain's Royal Ballet, Oakland Ballet, and most recently San Francisco Ballet. His commercial work has included music videos commercials and short films including the children’s television show Sesame Street a Nike commercial featuring New York Yankee Derek Jeter the NAACP Image Awards a short film for designer Donna Karan and the “Charmin Cha-Cha” for Proctor and Gamble. Mr. Garland holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Juilliard School in New York City. ARTHUR MITCHELL (Co-Founder) Arthur Mitchell is known around the world for creating and sustaining Dance Theatre of Harlem, the internationally acclaimed ballet company he co-founded with Karel Shook in 1969. Following a brilliant career as a principal artist with the New York City Ballet Mr. Mitchell dedicated his life to changing perceptions and advancing the art form of ballet through the first permanently established African American and racially diverse ballet company. Born in New York City in 1934 Mr. Mitchell began his dance training at New York City's High School of the Performing Arts where he won the coveted annual dance award and subsequently a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet. In 1955 16
he became the first male African American to become a permanent member of a major ballet company when he joined New York City Ballet. Mr. Mitchell rose quickly to the rank of Principal Dancer during his fifteen-year career with New York City Ballet and electrified audiences with his performances in a broad spectrum of roles. Upon learning of the death of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and with financial assistance from Mrs. Alva B. Gimbel, The Ford Foundation, and his own savings, Mr. Mitchell founded Dance Theatre of Harlem with his mentor and ballet instructor Karel Shook. With an illustrious career that spanned over fifty years Mr. Mitchell was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors a National Medal of the Arts a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship the New York Living Landmark Award the Handel Medallion the NAACP Image Award and more than a dozen honorary degrees. KAREL SHOOK (Co-Founder) Shook played a key role as teacher and mentor to African American dance artists in New York in the 1950s. In addition to cofounding Dance Theatre of Harlem with Arthur Mitchell in 1969 he also was a ballet master choreographer and author. Born in 1920, Mr. Shook was a native of Renton Washington. Encouraged to study ballet at age 13, he was a protégé of Nellie Cornish and received a scholarship to the Cornish School of Allied Arts in Seattle. While his performance career was brief, he appeared on Broadway and danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and New York City Ballet. Mr. Shook’s brief performance career led to teaching and choreographing mainly in Europe
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but also in New York. In the early 50s he opened Studio Arts one of the few dance studios in the city where African Americans could study ballet. Among his students were Carmen de Lavallade, Pearl Primus, Geoffrey Holder, Louis Johnson, Alvin Ailey, and Arthur Mitchell who first came to him at age 17. Mr. Shook left New York in 1959 to become the ballet master of the Dutch National Ballet where he was when his former student Arthur Mitchell asked him to return to New York to help create the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Mr. Shook was an advocate of the universality of classical ballet. His book Elements of Classical Ballet explores the development of classical ballet in such countries across the globe as China Turkey Iran Japan Cuba and Mexico. In 1980 he was awarded the United States Presidential Award for “Excellence and Dedication in Education.” JUAN CARLOS PEÑUELA (Rehearsal Director) A native of Cali Colombia, Juan Carlos Peñuela began dancing at the age of 12 with Incolballet, a ballet-centered secondary school. After graduation Mr. Peñuela was invited by Artistic Director Gloria Castro to join Ballet de Cali Colombia's National Company as a soloist where he performed in a variety of leading roles in contemporary works as well as classical pieces. Mr. Peñuela has danced with Ballet Arizona, Dance Theatre of Harlem Pennsylvania Ballet Maximum Dance Ballet Gamonet Chamber Dance Project, and Ballet NY.
in New York City, Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theatre, Ena Ballet Company in Japan, & Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts International Summer Intensive in Kent, CT. In 2011 he was invited to Malaysia where he taught at their international festival, restaged Don Quixote, and coached artists from all over the world for their International Gala of the Stars. From 2014 to 2018 Juan Carlos held the position of Ballet Master with Ballet Hispanico in New York City as well Senior Ballet Teacher for their School of Dance. He has served as a faculty member at Joffrey Ballet School, Marymount Manhattan Collage Ballet, Academy East in New York City, Alvin Ailey, and as a guest teacher at The Juilliard School and Dance Theatre of Harlem’s professional company. Mr. Penuela holds a Romana’s Pilates certification and teaches Pilates designed for dancers. In 2011 he became certified in The American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum. During the summer of 2013 he was invited to teach in Italy as a faculty member of Alvin Ailey School. Since 2017 he has taught at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet summer program. In 2014 and 2017 he attended the CPYB teacher’s workshop and 2017 was featured in the August edition of Dance Teacher Magazine. For the last seven years he has been invited to Panama City as guest teacher and as adjudicator to Danza Activa Competition and the Ecuador Danza Ciad competition.
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ANNA GLASS (Executive Director) Anna has been involved in the performing arts as both an artist and arts administrator for over 17
twenty years. She produced Carmen de Lavallade’s solo show As I Remember It, an intimate portrait of this legendary artist. Anna previously served as the Managing Director of 651 ARTS a presenting/ producing arts organization dedicated to celebrating contemporary performing arts of the African Diaspora. While at 651 ARTS she co-produced numerous projects including the highly regarded national tour of FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance.
National Dance Project grant program. After receiving her Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton School of Law Anna became the Artist Representative for the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company where she also performed for three years (DCDC2). She is a licensed attorney in the State of New York and lives in Harlem with her husband and daughter.
Anna has served as a consultant providing strategic planning and fundraising guidance to various non-profit arts organizations including Urban Bush Women and the Weeksville Heritage Center. She currently serves on the board of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. She has served as a Hub Site for the New England Foundation for the Arts’
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STAFF CREDITS Dance Theatre of Harlem Inc. Everett Center for the Performing Arts 466 West 152nd Street | New York NY 10031-1814 (212) 690-2800 | Fax: (212) 690-8736 www.dancetheatreofharlem.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ackneil M. Muldrow III, Chairman Leslie Wims Morris, Vice-Chairman | Martino R. Moore, Secretary Kevin M. Cofsky Richard Constable III Molly A. Hall Isabel Kallman Erika Munro Kennerly
Aliya LeeKong Sharon Madison Carmen Perkins Azhar Richmond Tangela Richter
Scott Simpson Bonita C. Stewart Peter Sung China White
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Robert Garland Artistic Director Anna Glass Executive Director Sharon Duncan Director of Individual Giving Kristine Liwag Director of Institutional Giving Seth Bauer Manager of Individual Giving Jessica Frazier Development Associate Keyana K. Patterson Marketing Manager
Destiny Rosa Marketing Associate Billy Zavelson Press Representative Alexandra Hutchinson and Derek Brockington Social Media Coordinators Marc Martin Senior Director of Finance & Administration Stephen Foster Manager of Finance & Administration
Hero Doucas Human Resources Manager Dawn Gibson-Brehon Management Executive Marino Ferraras Director of Building Operations Jordan Oldham Events & Venues Operations Manager Kenneth Thomas Facility Manager Marco Recinos Maintenance
COMPANY STAFF Juan Carlos Peñuela Andrea Sala Donald J. Rose, M.D. Rehearsal Director Lighting Supervisor Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, Derrick McBride Alicia Thompson NYU Langone Orthopedics Senior Director of Artistic Planning Assistant Stage Manager Alison Deleget & Joshua Honrado Melinda Bloom Katy Freeman Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, Company Manager Wardrobe Supervisor Physical Therapy Alexandra Tenenbaum Molly McEvoy & Wellness Consultants Production Manager Athletic Trainer & COVID Compliance
DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM SCHOOL & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Tai Jimenez School Director Dawn Gibson-Brehon Management Executive Augustus van Heerden Associate Director Lower/Upper School Rachel Sekyi Associate Director Tendu Program
Karen Farnum-Williams Student Affairs Officer Najeree Wallace School Accountant Rachael Davidson School Monitor and Dancing Through Barriers Liaison
Amanda Parache Virtual School Monitor Alexis Andrews, Bethania Gomes, Marsha Fay Knight, Darryl Quinton, Danielle Thomas, Sarah Wingo, DTH School Teachers Rachael Davidson, Tabitha Kelly Dancing Through Barriers Teachers
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Glenview Trust Enriching Life Series
THE OLD FRIENDS ACOUSTIC TOUR STARRING BEN RECTOR WITH JORDY SEARCY Thursday, November 9, 2023 | 8:00pm | The Kentucky Center – Whitney Hall
Fifteen years after starting his career writing songs and touring in his Honda Accord on the weekends, Ben Rector found himself at home and at the piano in March 2020. The alchemy of life’s big questions, more downtime than he’d had in a decade, and those now all-toofamiliar “unprecedented times” resulted in his career album: The Joy of Music. The project includes a breathtaking short film (featuring seven songs brought to life with stunning cinematography), 20
inviting listeners and viewers to visit a dream world that communicates Rector’s creative process and his reckoning with his job as an artist. He is led through the film’s chapters by his new friend Joy, a Muppet monster he created with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. In this fantastic and dream-like landscape we see and hear Rector overcome a deep-seated fear of failure, dancing and singing his way through the journey of rediscovering the joy of music.
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Rector has built a dedicated touring base, regularly selling out theaters and amphitheaters across the country, including three consecutive nights at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Ben Rector has amassed over a billion streams across all platforms, has performed on numerous late night and morning TV shows including Conan, The Today Show, Jimmy Kimmel, Live With Kelly and Ryan, The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and as a celebrity mentor on American Idol alongside alongside Ryan Tedder, Jewel, Brian McKnight, Jason Aldean and more. His records have
topped numerous Billboard charts, with his last two records landing at #1 on Billboard's US Folk and #2 on Billboard's US Rock and US Indie charts. Rector has built a dedicated touring base, regularly selling out theaters and amphitheaters across the country, including three consecutive nights at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
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Outback Presents and Kentucky Performing Arts present
ARI SHAFFIR – THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY TOUR Friday, November 10, 2023 | 7:00pm | The Kentucky Center – Bomhard Theater
Ari Shaffir is an American standup comedian. In addition to his numerous appearances on the Joe Rogan podcast, he is best known for his last special, Jew, which has garnered almost 6 million views and was written up in The NY Times in its list of best specials of the year. You might also know Ari from the storytelling show he created and hosted on Comedy Central called This Is Not Happening. Ari also has a Netflix special called “Double Negative” and a Comedy Central special called Paid Regular. Ari Shaffir has also appeared on WTF with Marc Maron, The Adam Carolla Show, Your Mom's House, 2 Bears 1 Cave, Theo Von’s 22
podcast, Andrew Schulz’s podcast, TigerBelly, and many many more. These appearances have made him a favorite in the comedy podcast world. His own podcast, Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank is a chart topper that comes out every week wherever you watch or listen to podcasts. Ari is the reigning president of the LOS podcast to which he has no affiliation. And he placed first in the non-steroid category of the legendary Sober October challenge, which he also destroyed shortly thereafter so he could found Protect Our Parks with Shane Gillis and Mark Normand which he fooled Joe Rogan into hosting.
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Outback Presents and Kentucky Performing Arts present
PEPPA PIG’S SING-ALONG PARTY! Saturday, November 18, 2023 | 2:00pm | Brown Theatre
Peppa, George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig are throwing a Sing-Along Party and you are invited! In this new show you can join in the fun as Peppa and friends teach some of their favorite songs. Dance, clap, and sing with Peppa
and her family along with Pedro Pony, Suzy Sheep, and Gerald Giraffe. Blow up those balloons and get the disco ball ready as you and your family party along with Peppa in this 60-minute interactive musical adventure!
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QUEENS OF SOUL
FRIDAY JAN 19, 2024 PRESENTED BY
THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA BOB BERNHARDT, CONDUCTOR An evening featuring hits made famous by the reigning divas of Soul and R&B: Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Nina Simone, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson, Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys and Adele. Features three female singers performing popular hits made famous by these powerful and soulful songstresses.
TICKETS AT LOUISVILLEORCHESTRA.ORG
CONCERT PROGRAM PROUD MARY AT LAST NEW ATTITUDE MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY ROLLING IN THE DEEP THE BEST FALLIN’ I’M EVERY WOMAN
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WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING YOU KNOW I’M NO GOOD HELLO RESPECT FREEWAY OF LOVE YOU MAKE ME FEEL
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Kentucky Performing Arts presents
CHRIS ISAAK - IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS TOUR Tuesday, November 21, 2023 | 7:30pm | Brown Theatre
Over the course of his 40-year career, Platinum-selling and GRAMMY-nominated singer & actor Chris Isaak has performed to sold-out crowds across the globe with his longtime band Silvertone. His music and film credits include thirteen critically acclaimed studio albums, 12 chart-topping singles along with several motion pictures, such as The Silence of the Lambs and That Thing You Do! His work has also taken him behind the scenes, creating music for multiple film soundtracks, including Eyes Wide Shut, True Romance, Wild at Heart, and Blue Velvet.
Isaak has starred in his own critically acclaimed television series The Chris Isaak Show on SHOWTIME, has previously served as a judge on The X Factor Australia, and hosted the music talk show, The Chris Isaak Hour on BIO. 2019 marked the 30th Anniversary of Isaak’s beloved Heart-Shaped World album, which includes his breakthrough classic “Wicked Game.” Newly released Everybody Knows It’s Christmas is Isaak's second career Christmas album and features 13 tracks of originals and covers. Isaak was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance by the Americana Honors.
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ANNUAL SUPPORT Commonwealth of Kentucky, The Honorable Andy Beshear, Governor Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet | The Honorable Lindy Casebier, Secretary | The Kentucky General Assembly Kentucky Performing Arts Foundation, as of 10/4/23 The Honorable & Mrs. Jerry E. Abramson, matched by Hardscuffle, Inc. In Memory of Alan & Carol Adelberg Dr. Kandis & Mr. Donnie Adkins AIA Kentucky Alpha Energy Solutions** Anonymous Dr. Walter E. App & Donna W. Tilson Aqua Treat, Inc.** Dr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Arensman James & Susan Armagno Adam & Sheila Ashley AT&T The Audience Group** Robert & Judith Ayotte John & Jane Baird B.J. Killian Foundation Kim & Mark Baker Jim & Sibylla Banks Jeremy & Jennifer Barger G. Campbell Barnum & Laura Melillo Barnum Mark & Kathy Barrens Allison Baumann Becky Becherer Drs. Daniel and Clarissa Beiting Heather and Peter Bell Maryann Bell Marilyn Benner Josh & Megan Bentley Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Karla Blain Keith & Cheryl Board Ms. Eloise Boarman Kristen & Justin Bouchard Wilma Brady Brown-Forman Corporation Brown-Forman Foundation Mrs. Christina Lee Brown Freddie Brown Dr. Georgeann Brown The Owsley Brown II Family Foundation The Brown Hotel** Gregory Bubalo & Pamela Klinner James Burns Marianne Butler Dolores Calebs Joseph & Julie Caldwell Charles & Linda Cauble Dennis & Joyce Cardwell Keith & Rene Cartwright Lindy Casebier Rachel Cecil, matched by UnitedHealth Group Marica Chacona Marc and Shannon Charnas Mr. Michael & Dr. Nancy Chiara David Clark John Austin Clark John & Gretchen Clark June Woo Clausen Kenneth and Carolle Clay Thomas Conley Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Treasury
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Commonwealth Credit Union Kristin Coppage Nick Covault Paula Covault Frederic and Linda Cowan Mr. Roger Cude & Mrs. Kathie Markle-Cude Ms. C.S. Dalgleish Elizabeth Davis J.P. Davis Chris & Steve Delaney Ms. Clarice Denoux Dr. John & Mrs. Dee Ann Derr Leonidas Deters & Penelope Shaw Pietra Diwan Eric & Claudette Doyle Chris & Melody Drexler Mrs. Maria J. Eckerle Mr. Michael Eckstein Rev. John G. Eifler Mr. & Mrs. John Elder Elite Graphics Ann-Lynn Ellerkamp Employees of Kentucky Performing Arts Mr. & Mrs. William Esakov Eric & Kimberly Esteran Fifth Third Bank Fiji Water Company, LLC Brian & LaVonne Fingerson John Flinn & Cindy Vaughn Jeffrey & Cindy Foster Gregg & Leslie Fowler Mr. Randall Fox Ms. Sandra Frazier Sharon Fredenhagen Tonia & David French in Honor of Willa French Michael & Kate Fryar The Galt House Hotel Dr. Brent Garrett & Mrs. Glenda Marker Charles & Cynthia Gerson The Gheens Foundation Sheldon & Nancy Gilman The Glenview Trust Company The Goben-Franklin Fund of Thrivent Charitable Impact and Investing™ Dr. & Mrs. Richard Goldwin The Grady Christine Grass Ellen Gray Alice Green GSA Students, Class of 2023 Dr. & Mrs. William Gump Ellen Hagan & David Flores Thomas Hagan Joe & Shannon Hamilton Ken & Judy Handmaker Kristen Hanel Jane & Randy Hansbrough Julia Hansbrough, matched by Google Inc. Tim & Paula Harry The Harshaw Family Foundation Frank & Paula Harshaw
Da-Wyone Haynes, matched by Aegon Transamerica Foundation Michael Heicken Jerry & Christy Henderson Drew Hensley Joe & Kelly Hertzman Ms. Deborah Hibberd James Hite Hays Augusta Brown Holland & Gill Holland, Jr. Dr. John P. & Mrs. Christel Hollis Dr. W. Keith Hornung Joan Huber Erik Hudak Ms. Marybeth Irvine Anna Sunshine Ison Harry & Sherry Jacobson-Beyer Stephen & Mary Jones William Jones Caitlin Joy Ian & Denise Kalina Daniel Kalonick Charlie & Teresa Kamer Charles Kane Joanne Kelleher Keeneland Foundation Inc. Michael Kimmel & Missy McKiernan Mr. Ray Kirkland Klein Family Foundation Kentucky Department of Education Kentucky Music Educators Association Robert M. Klein Minjung Ko Dale Koeneman Marjorie & Robert Kohn Kroger Community Rewards Paul and Wendy Kubitskey Sean Lair & Casper R. Ter Kuile Joyce Langley Mr. Lance & Mrs. Marie Larsen Amy & Sterling Lapinski Diane Laughlin Abhay & Amy Lele Robin LeMastus LEO Weekly** LG&E and KU Foundation Douglas Lotz & Gentry Easley Ronald Loughry & Bethany Breetz Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government Louisville Tourism Louisville Public Media** Louisville Water Meredith Loveless Mr. Todd P. Lowe & Ms. Fran C. Ratterman Heather Lucas James D. Ludwig Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lynch Mansbach Endowment Fund at Foundation for the Tri-State Community Rebecca Mark
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Tom & Joslyn Marksbury Martha and Jerry Martin William Martz Mr. Anthyun Mask Elizabeth McCoy C.T. McKenna Andrea & Andrew McLeroy Madelyn Mees Lisa Merchant Julia Meredith Kathryn Mershon & Todd Gardner Drs. Chris D. Mescia & Tricia J. Gray Katherine Milam Dave & Linda Miles Terri & Dave Miller Loren Mills Jennifer A. Moore Pat Moremen Dennis Morris & Linda Ellingsworth Mr. Glenn E. Mowbray & Ms. Colette Crown Mr. & Mrs. R. Charles Moyer Ann Mudge Dr. Marcia Myers Dr. Keith Myrick Alex Ng Mary & Ted Nixon Kevin & Emily Nolan Ms. Susan H. Norris Northwestern Mutual The Norton Foundation, Inc. Jennifer & Dan O’Brien, matched by the GE Foundation Matching Gift Program Sean O’Leary Mrs. Judith Olliges Mr. Kevin Olusola Alexandra Ottaviano Doug & Shari Owen Patrick Owen & Norman Dixon Stephen & Cindy Owen Ms. Meredith Parente C. Grey Pash Ashley B. Pearl Aaron and Heather Pennell Ms. Lynn Pereira Danielle Perkins Mr. Tom Person & Mrs. Melissa Richards-Person Duane Peterson Nathan Petrie Mike & Cindy Phelps Harry Pickens PNC Bank PNC Broadway in Louisville/ Louisville Theatrical Association PNC Foundation Mr. Stuart Pollard C.F. Pollard Foundation Henry & Sharon Potter Carol & Hank Preston Jeff & Leigh Anne Preston Rolf Provan & Yamilca Rodriguez Gordon and Patty Rademaker
ANNUAL SUPPORT Tracy Redmon Rick & Becky Reed Ms. Linda Remington Republic Bank Dr. Jeffrey Richardson For Louise V. Richter Laura Rigenberger Mr. & Mrs. J. Daniel Rivers Jonathan & Julie Roberts Robert & Clarice Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall, III Mark & Kay Rountree Mr. Anthony & Mrs. Jane Ruhl Beth Ruley John W. Russ & Cheryl Ungerleider Jamie & Michelle Sanders Russell & Theresa Saunders Billy Santos Scantland Family Fund Stephanie Schaefer Chris Schinaman Rob & Hope Schmidlapp Dr. Marilyn Schorin In Memory of Eudora Vance Scott Seelbach Hotel** Ann Shake Ellen & Max Shapira Linda Shelman Dr. Nicholas Silvestros Joseph & Joan Sireci Larry Sloan & Helen Cohen
Joseph Small Christopher Smith & Jennifer Bertrand Irvin & Connie Smith Jerry Smith Nathan Smith, matched by GE Appliances, a Haier Company Mr. & Mrs. Kenney M. Snell Mary Ann Sodrel Whitney & Trevor Soergel Tom & Cara Solley George & Karin Sonnier South Arts Dr. Charles Sowder Phillip & Karen Sparkes SquarePeg Group Inc. Peggy Stamps Bob & Silvana Steen Robert Steinmetz & Barbara Elliot Mary Clay Stites Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company Bill Stone William Stout Drs. Catherine Newton & Gordon Strauss Lindy Street Dr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Sturgeon David & Carolyn Tandy Malissa Taylor
EVENTS CALENDAR NOVEMBER 2-12
First Date (Six Performances) CenterStage at The Trager Family JCC JewishLouisville.org
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An Evening with the Late John Cleese 7:30PM The Louisville Palace LouisvillePalace.com
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An Intimate Evening w. Nathaniel Rateliff 8PM The Louisville Palace LouisvillePalace.com
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Peter Frampton: Never Say Never Tour 8PM The Louisville Palace LouisvillePalace.com
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Louisville Orchestra Holiday POPS 7:30PM The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall LouisvilleOrchestra.org
Nov. 28 - Dec. 3
Broadway in Louisville TINA - The Tina Turner Musical The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Louisville.Broadway.com
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Thacker Ms. Brenda Thompson Karen Thompson Rom & Mary Thompson Mark & Martha Thompson Dr. Diane Tobin Josh & Olesia Toole Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Sandra Trager Bryan & Ruth Trautwein Laura G. Turner Charitable Foundation Bob & Vicky Ullrich University of Kentucky College of Design** University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts** University of Kentucky Office of the Provost** Sally & Robert Vail Jonathan Voet Robert & Bonnie Vogt Volunteers of the Kentucky Center* Dina Vuturo Cindy Walker Timothy Walker Gary Wall Beth Ward Russ Wardlaw
Rev. Valerie Washington Nathan & Olivia Webb Dr. John & Mrs. Linda Weeter James & Marianne Welch Ann Waterman & Niles Welch Welch Printing** John & Marilyn Werst Ms. Rebecca West WHAS 11** Edyth Wheeler Stephen & Patricia Wheeler Chad & Jayne Willett Benjamin Wiseman Phoebe Wood Michael & Jeannie Wright Ralph Wright In Memory of Mrs. Irma Yatros David F. Young & Cheryl Cahill Dominic & Lisa Zangari Dr. Kenneth & Shelly Zegart Mr. Brian Zehnder & Ms. Melissa Rolf Ms. Susan G. Zepeda & Dr. Fred P. Seifer Mrs. Ann Zimmerman Cynthia and Joel Zipperle
*Kentucky Performing Arts Volunteers’ value of donated time is more than $100,000 annually **In-Kind Donation
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KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gregory J. Bubalo, Chair • Robert M. Klein, Vice-Chair Mary R. Nixon, Secretary • Phil Lynch, Treasurer Laura Melillo Barnum JP Davis Hannah L. Drake Dr. Maryanne Elliott Paula Harshaw
William H. Jones Kate Latts Joseph Leavell Patricia A. Mathison James K. Murphy
Stephen T. Owen Dr. Rahul Reddy Lindy Street Rev. Dr. Valerie Washington Sarah Yarmuth
DIRECTORS EMERITI Madeline Abramson Owsley Brown II (1942–2011) Wendell Cherry (1935–1991)
Gordon B. Davidson (1926–2015) C. Edward Glasscock
Robert W. Rounsavall, III Rose Lenihan Rubel (1922–2002)
KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Todd Lowe, Chair Kim Baker, Vice-Chair • Eileen Saunders, Secretary • Cindy Zipperle, Treasurer Carolle Jones Clay J. Tim Galbraith Lillian Hunt Brad Keller Chris Kipper
R. Charles Moyer Doug Owen Rolf Provan Chase Sanders
Diane Tobin, Ph.D. Ruth Wimsatt Trautwein Lisa Zangari
KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS EXECUTIVE STAFF Kim Baker President and CEO
Dawn Driskell Vice President, Finance
Heather Weston Bell Senior Vice President, Community Engagement
Chris Kaelin Vice President, Operations
Tamekka Cornelius, Ph.D. Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Nick Covault Vice President, Education and Community
Loren Mills Vice President, Human Resources Will Richards Vice President, Facilities & Production
Julie Roberts Vice President, Development & Advocacy Rob Schmidlapp Vice President, Information Systems Christian Adelberg Vice President, Marketing & Communications
KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS ENCORE SOCIETY The Encore Society recognizes individuals who have demonstrated support for the long-term well-being of Kentucky Performing Arts with an estate gift or notification of their bequest intention or other planned gift.
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Mrs. William Habich Mrs. Ada Lee Kane Mrs. Helen Lang Kathy Monin Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Parkinson Ms. Terry H. Sales A U D I E N C E
Sharon Sanak Ms. Helen Stockton Mrs. Murrel Straley Jeanne D. Vuturo Jennifer Love Webb
CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT We salute the following organizations for their support of Kentucky Performing Arts:
B. J. KILLIAN FOUNDATION
TOURISM, ARTS AND HERITAGE CABINET
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KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS SERVICES TICKETS For complete event information and to order tickets by phone, call Kentucky Performing Arts Ticket Service at (502) 584-7777 or order tickets online at KentuckyPerformingArts.org. Kentucky Performing Arts Ticket Service’s hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Drive-thru ticket service is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets purchased by phone and online are subject to service charges. On performance dates, the ticket office is open one-half hour past curtain time. Gift certificates are available in any dollar amount at the Box Office and are not redeemable for cash. MAIN PHONE NUMBER (502) 562-0100 PARKING More than 2,000 parking spaces offer direct access to The Kentucky Center from Sixth St. The elevators located in the garage will take you to the main lobby. You may also enter the Riverfront Garage from Fourth or Sixth Sts. Level C of the garage also will give you direct access to the main lobby. At the Brown Theatre, parking is available in the lot across from the theatre, and parking garage entrances are located on Third St., north of Broadway or on Fourth St., north of Broadway. At Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, parking is available in the neighboring Swan Street and Vine Street lots. FACILITIES RENTAL From a wedding reception to a convention, Kentucky Performing Arts’ venues, The Kentucky Center, the Brown Theatre and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, are the perfect place to “stage” your event. For more information, contact Stacey Hallahan, shallahan@kentuckyperformingarts.org. KPA DONORS Kentucky Performing Arts donors receive a variety of benefits, including buying tickets before the public, priority seating, and no handling fees. For more information, contact (502) 566-5144 or visit SUPPORT KPA on our website. For Corporate Membership benefits, contact Julie Roberts at (502) 562-0100, Ext. 105, or jroberts@kentuckyperformingarts.org. VOLUNTEERS The Volunteer Program offers the public a chance to be a part of the great events at The Kentucky Center, the Brown Theatre and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall. To volunteer, contact the Volunteer Hotline at (502) 566-5141. 30
COURTESY • As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off all audible message systems. • The emergency phone number to leave with babysitters or message centers are (502) 566-5128 (The Kentucky Center) and (502) 566-5188 (The Brown Theatre). • Be sure to leave your theater and seat number for easy location. • Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theaters. • Latecomers will be seated at appropriate breaks in the program, as established by each performing group. Please be considerate of your fellow audience members during performances. Please remain seated after the performance until the lights are brought up. • Children should be able to sit in a seat quietly throughout the performance. • To properly enforce fire codes, everyone attending an event, regardless of age, must have a ticket. ACCESSIBILITY Wheelchair accessible seating at Kentucky Performing Arts venues is available on every seating and parking level, as well as ticket counters and personal conveniences at appropriate heights. FM and infrared hearing devices are available to provide hearing amplification for patrons with hearing disabilities in all spaces of The Kentucky Center, the Brown Theatre, and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, including meeting spaces. Audio Description is available for selected performances for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Caption Theater is available for selected performances as a service for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Program materials are available in large-print from your usher. Please make reservations for services at the time you purchase your ticket through the Box Office to ensure the best seating location for the service requested. Call (502) 566-5111 (V), 711 (TRS), or email access@kentuckycenter.org for more information about the range of accessibility options we offer, or to receive this information in an alternate format.
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AMERICAN ART FROM THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
Tickets at speedmuseum.org
This exhibition is made possible
Exhibition season sponsored by:
by the leadership support of the
Cary Brown and Steven E. Epstein
Terra Foundation for American Art
Sociable Weaver Foundation
and organized by the Princeton
Debra and Ronald Murphy
University Art Museum.
DAV FAM Art Fund
Additional major support provided by:
Detail: Renee Cox, born 1960, Colgate, Jamaica; active New York, NY The Signing, 2018, printed 2022
Carol Sharpe Harper, Grafton
Inkjet print
Harper and Spencer Harper III
28 3/4 x 84 in.
DAV FAM Art Fund
Princeton University Art Museum
Carol and Tracy Farmer
Museum purchase,
Max and Ellen Shapira
Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Fund
Media sponsor
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