Hudson Valley Dance Festival 2022 Program

Thomas Schumacher and Matthew White congratulate Dancers Responding to AIDS

Congratulations

Dancers

Charlie and Debbi Adelman

to AIDS on the return of Hudson Valley Dance Festival to Catskill!

RedStream technology is proud to support the ongoing vital work of Dancers Responding to AIDS

Michael F McBride and Samuel Lee Roberts

Photo by Nina Wurtzel

Tom Mendenhall and James Scully

Proudly support

Hudson Valley Dance Festival

Jaqlin Medlock and Kris Lee of Stephen Petronio Company in Stephen Petronio’s Bloom (2006)

Photo by Julie Lemberger

NOVEMBER

Best wishes, Gerry & Hank Alpert.

Catherine Hurlin in Don Quixote. Photo by Erin Baiano/Courtesy of Vail Dance Festival

Jones and family proudly support the return of Hudson Valley Dance Festival to our home ...

NY

Photo by Nina Wurtzel

ONWARD!

Continued progress for a great cause

Rick Sharp Meredith Kane

Michael F McBride and Samuel Lee Roberts Photo by Nina Wurtzel

Thank you Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

for the many years of support you’ve shown the Center.

Our mission is to support the LGBTQ+ community by promoting well-being, advocating for equity and opportunity, and celebrating our diverse experiences.

What we do together makes a difference in the Hudson Valley and beyond

By supporting breathtaking dance in the Hudson Valley, you’re giving back to people in need within your community and across the country.

Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, supports more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, including 14 here in the Hudson Valley.

Featuring

ABDULLATIF ~ D²DANCE THEATER ADAM WEINERT AND DANCERS DORRANCE DANCE LADIES OF HIP-HOP DANCE COLLECTIVE LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY and choreography by ABDULLATIF, MICHELLE DORRANCE, JONATHAN LEE, JOSÉ LIMÓN, STEPHEN PETRONIO, SKYLA SCHRETER, KHADIJAH SIFERLLAH, ADAM H. WEINERT

Lighting Supervisor LEO JANKS

Senior Production Manager

HURLIN

Production Manager JASON KOOISTRA

DENISE ROBERTS HURLIN

PERRY

PROGRAM

DORRANCE DANCE

it’s your choice

Choreography by Michelle Dorrance in collaboration with the performers

Original Music: “Invocation” by Aaron Marcellus and “7 Dead” by Penelope Wendtlandt

Sound Design by Christopher Marc

Performed by Michelle Dorrance and Byron Tittle, Aaron Marcellus and Penelope Wendtlandt

This performance of it’s your choice is made possible with generous support from Underwriter Sponsors Melina and Emerson Fisher.

ABDULLATIF ~ D²DANCE THEATER

B•W•B | The Bach•Work•Ballets_Part 1

Choreography by Abdullatif

Music: Cello Suite No. 3, Movement 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach Costumes by Stevie Crowne

Performed by Holly Curran and Amar Ramasar

This performance of B•W•B | The Bach•Work•Ballets_Part 1 is made possible with generous support from Underwriter Sponsors Deborah & Charles Adelman.

The creation of B•W•B | The Bach•Work•Ballets_Part 1 was made possible through the generous support of Deborah & Charles Adelman and The Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

LADIES OF HIP-HOP DANCE COLLECTIVE

SpeakMyMind

Choreography by Khadijah Siferllah

Poem and recording by Khadijah Siferllah

Costume by Sarah Dixey

Performed by Khadijah Siferllah

This performance of SpeakMyMind is made possible with generous support from Underwriter Sponsors Duke Dang & Charles Rosen in loving memory of David Panzer.

SKYLA SCHRETER

for your consideration

Choreography by Skyla Schreter

Music: “Shoreline Sus,” “Taiko Time // Sacrifice,” “Your Lord” and “Mind Flight” by Flying Lotus Costumes by Lauren Carmen

Performed by James Anthony, Piper Dye, Cristina Moya-Palacios, Hannah Straney for your consideration was created by Skyla Schreter to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS with generous support from Champion Sponsors Sioux Logan & Pieter Schenck.

STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY

Love Me Tender (1993/2021) (excerpt from The King Is Dead)

Choreography by Stephen Petronio

Music: “‘Love Me Tender” by Elvis Presley, Vera Matson and Ken Darby/Hill & Range Publishing Costume by H. Petal

Performed by Nicholas Sciscione

ADAM WEINERT AND DANCERS

ANTHEM (excerpt)

Choreography by Adam H. Weinert in collaboration with Yebel Gallegos and the performers

Music: “Anthem, Part 1” from Powaqqatsi by Philip Glass Costumes by Marine Penvern

Performed by Sloane Burling, Cynthia Koppe, Hannah Littman, Brandon Washington

This performance of ANTHEM is made possible with generous support from Underwriter Sponsors Frances Spark & Michel Goldberg.

ANTHEM by Adam H. Weinert was commissioned by EMPAC—The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, where it will premiere on Friday, November 4.

LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY

Chaconne (1942)

Choreography by José Limón

Music: “Chaconne” from Partita No. 2 in D minor for unaccompanied violin by Johann Sebastian Bach

Performed by Lauren Twomley with Johnny Gandelsman on violin.

This performance of Chaconne is made possible with generous support from Major Sponsors Nina Matis & Alan Gosule.

JONATHAN LEE

Before the Fall

Choreography by Jonathan Lee

Music: “Din Daa Daa” by George Kranz; “Only Girl (In the World)” by Crystal Johnson, Stargate and Sandy Vee Associate Choreographer: TweetBoogie

Costumes by Sarah Dixey

Performed by Sarah Botero-Ramirez, Christian Galvis, Yancy Greene, Yusaku Komori, Giuseppe Little

Before the Fall was created by Jonathan Lee to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS with generous support from Major Sponsors Nina Matis & Alan Gosule.

PROGRAM

STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY

Bloom (2006) (excerpt)

Choreography by Stephen Petronio

Original Music with Rufus Wainwright; Lyrics: “Luz aeterna”(Latin Mass) and the poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson; Choral Arrangement by Francisco J. Nuñez

Costumes by Rachel Roy

Performed by Larissa Asebedo, Liviya England, Michaela Esteban, Kris Lee, Jaqlin Medlock, Tess Montoya, Ryan Pliss, Nicholas Sciscione

This performance of Bloom is made possible with generous support from Underwriter Sponsors Tom Mendenhall & James Scully.

DRA FANFARE

Composed by Philip Glass

Conducted by Jonathan Sheffer

Performed by EOS Orchestra

DRA Fanfare is one of Philip Glass’ favorite works and was his gift to Dancers Responding to AIDS in 1999 with generous support from Jack Schlegel.

Program subject to change

Photo by Steven Pisano

BIOGRAPHIES

ABDULLATIF

Abdullatif is a choreographer, composer and writer-director from New York City. He broke out with his first choreographic commission, created for Joffrey Ballet/Winning Works in 2015. Abdullatif created a work for Fire Island Dance Festival with principal dancers from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He was also commissioned by the Ashley Bouder Project to create pieces for The Joyce Theater Ballet Festival with dancers from the New York City Ballet. His contemporary ballet and modern dance performance background juxtaposed to his commercial theater and Broadway musical resume make Abdullatif’s concert dance and theatrical works an amalgamation of immersive live performance presentations.

HOLLY CURRAN

Holly Curran is a performer currently residing bi-coastally between New York and southern Oregon. A native of New Jersey, she trained and graduated from the Rock School for Dance Education. She has danced professionally with Ballet Austin, Terra Firma Dance Theater, Claudia Schreier & Company, New Chamber Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. She is currently a member of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet at Lincoln Center. Instagram: @hollymarge

DORRANCE DANCE

Dorrance Dance is an award-winning concert dance company based in New York City that serves as a destination for the percussive dance community. Led by Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance, the company is passionately committed to expanding the audience of tap dance by creating cutting-edge collaborative new works, performing world-class tap dance repertoire with a strong commitment to live music and educating the next generation of young tap dancers. Instagram: @DorranceDance

JOHNNY GANDELSMAN

The son of a musical family from Moscow, by way of Israel, violinist, composer and producer Johnny Gandelsman combines his classical training with a restless desire to reach beyond the concert hall in exploring contemporary music. As a concert soloist and a founding member of the quartet Brooklyn Rider, Gandelsman has premiered dozens of new works and has released albums by The Knights, the Silkroad Ensemble, Brooklyn Rider and others on his label, In a Circle Records. Instagram: @johnnyg2703

JONATHAN LEE

Jonathan has toured the world choreographing for various Grammy Award- winning recording artists. He has directed and choreographed a capsule of short dance films that have made the rounds in the film festival circuit and has won three 2022 Telly Awards for his series of social impact short films. Instagram and TikTok: @IAmJonathanLee

LADIES OF HIP-HOP DANCE COLLECTIVE

Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective is an all-female intergenerational collective that creates works illuminating the strength and diversity of women in hip-hop. Present in the work are the freestyle origins of street and club dance culture. Led by Michele Byrd-McPhee, Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective creates work that celebrates and centers feminist narratives examining the intersections of gender, race and resistance. Instagram and TikTok: @ladiesofhiphop

LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY

Founded in 1946 by José Limón and Doris Humphrey, the Limón Dance Company has been at the vanguard of American modern dance since its inception and is considered one of the world’s great dance companies. Choreographer and dancer José Limón is credited with creating one of the world’s most important and enduring dance legacies — an art form responsible for the creation, growth and support of modern dance in this country. The Limón Dance Company illustrates the timelessness of Limón’s work and vision.

STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY

Stephen Petronio Company was founded in 1984 to support the creative work of modern dance choreographer Stephen Petronio and has since expanded to include legacy initiatives to honor the past, present and future in the field. Developing and presenting original choreography, the Bloodlines initiative restages postmodern dance works by acclaimed artists. Bloodlines(future) commissions new solo works from young choreographers. Located in the Hudson Valley, the Petronio Residency Center, supports future choreographic invention with artist residencies and education initiatives.

Instagram: @stephenpetroniocompany

AMAR RAMASAR

Born in the Bronx, NY, Amar Ramasar joined the New York City Ballet in 2000 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2009. He retired in June. While at NYCB, he originated featured roles in a number of ballets, including Mauro Bigonzetti’s Luce Nascota, Oltremare and AMARIA; Wayne McGregor’s Outlier; Justin Peck’s Paz de la Jolla, Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes and The Times are Racing; and Alexei Ratmansky’s Odessa, Pictures at an Exhibition and Russian Seasons, among others. Ramasar made his Broadway debut in 2018, appearing in the revivals of Carousel and West Side Story.

Instagram: @ramastar81

SKYLA SCHRETER

Skyla Schreter is a Hudson-Valley based choreographer, multi-disciplinary artist and a former dancer with San Francisco Ballet. Schreter’s work is rooted in the form of ballet, yet it synthesizes stylistic elements from various genres of dance, art and culture - often incorporating new media, visual art and soundscape. Instagram: @skylaschreter.art

KHADIJAH SIFERLLAH

Khadijah Siferllah is a National Young Arts Award recipient and Emmy-nominated dancer and choreographer. Based in New York City and Minnesota’s Twin Cities, she is a practitioner of hip-hop, house and traditional African (Guinean) dance. Her work is a reflection of her cultures and seeks to contribute to the betterment of her communities.

LAUREN TWOMLEY

Lauren Twomley joined the Limón Dance Company in 2019. She has performed in Limón’s classics and has worked with contemporary choreographers Chafin Seymour, Francesca Harper, Kate Weare, Raul Tamez and Olivier Tarpoga. Twomley currently works with Soluq Dance Theater, acts as a dancer, rehearsal coordinator and social media manager for Peter Stathas Dance, and is a teaching artist for the José Limón Dance Foundation. Instagram: @laurentwoms

ADAM H. WEINERT

Adam H. Weinert is a choreographer, researcher and gardener based in Hudson, NY. He produced and choreographed two award-winning dance films screened nationally and abroad, and his performance works have toured to four continents including a number of non-traditional dance venues such as the Museum of Modern Art, The Tate Britain Museum and The Tate Modern Museum. In 2020, Weinert was named a Bessie Honoree for his work reconstructing and interrogating the choreographic legacy of modern dance pioneer Ted Shawn. Instagram: @adamhweinert

PENELOPE WENDTLANDT

Penelope Wendtlandt is a multi-disciplinary performer originally from Germany. Her favorite credits include being a company member of Stomp; performing with Dorrance Dance at New York City Center, Jacobs Pillow and the Guggenheim Museum; creating a role in the upcoming immersive show “The Fallen Saint’’ and, most recently, composing and performing at Columbia University the live score accompaniment for the new play “The Historical Range of Ursus Americanus,” which was made entirely on her loop pedal with voice, body percussion and a kick drum.

DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS

In a New York City apartment 31 years ago, two dozen dancers brainstormed what they could do to help so many of their colleagues who were battling AIDS. Denise Roberts Hurlin and Hernando Cortez, dancers with Paul Taylor Dance Company at the time, mobilized the group and ultimately created Dancers Responding to AIDS in 1991. It was the dance community’s first ongoing effort to raise awareness and money to directly help those living with AIDS.

As a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Dancers Responding to AIDS helps support the essential programs of the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Dancers’ Resource while also providing grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.

Funds raised by DRA and Broadway Cares help to ensure that those most in need have access to lifesaving medications, counseling, healthy meals, emergency financial assistance and more.

DRA and its supporters have proven since 1991 that what we do together makes a difference.

Denise Roberts Hurlin, Founding Director Abigail Richards, Development Officer

LEADERSHIP SUPPORTERS

MAJOR SPONSOR

Nina Matis & Alan Gosule CHAMPION

Sioux Logan & Pieter Schenck COMMUNITY BUILDER

Thomas Schumacher & Matthew White UNDERWRITER

Deborah & Charles Adelman

Duke Dang & Charles Rosen in memory of David Panzer Melina and Emerson Fisher

Tom Mendenhall & James Scully

Frances Spark & Michel Goldberg BENEFACTOR

Hank & Gerry Alpert

Rob Ashford & Kevin Ryan

Rick Sharp & Meredith Kane

SUPPORTER

Emily Carey & Jeffrey Embree

The Enoch Foundation

Hayden Coleman and Donn-Evans Reichardt

Steven Hatfield & Patrick Riordan

Finch Hudson

Judith Nelson

Michael Peck & Eric Winterling

Cynthia R. Richards

Mary & Saul Sanders in honor of Charlie & Debbi Adelman

Todd M. Whitley & Gary O. Holder in loving memory of James Roe

as of September 22, 2022

STEERING COMMITTEE

Deborah & Charles Adelman

Duke Dang & Charles Rosen

Todd M. Whitley & Gary O. Holder

HOST COMMITTEE

Stanley M. Ackert III & Robert P. Rems Rob Ashford & Kevin Ryan Sena Baron

Emily Carey & Jeffrey Embree

D. Michael Dvorchak & Timothy Stookesberry Melina Fisher Corey Friedlander MaryEllen Gallagher

Lauren M. Gibbs & Robert K. Jenkins III Naomi Grabel

Robert Hoven & Wayne Holmen Phyllis Lamhut Terry Law & Llew Young Daniela Marino-Goldberg Nina Matis & Alan Gosule Michelle Matteson

Tom Mendenhall & James Scully Donna & Martin Rich Pieter Schenck & Sioux Logan Kay Stamer Louis Tenaglia Tara M. VanRoy Anne Wennerstrand

SPECIAL THANKS

Peter Aaron

Patty Austin

Beattie Powers Place

Rob Berman

Bridge Street Theater

Chase Brock

Michele Byrd-McPhee

Creekside

Catering

Peter Criswell

Claire Deane

Ben Dietschi

EMPAC

Ashley Ferro-Murray

Chris Gilbert

Sean Griffin

Bob Hoven

Tina Huang-Abrams

Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Center

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

Sonja Kostich

Sean Meagher

Modern Accord Depot

Ruth Moe

Stephen Petronio

Production Resource Group

Dante Puleio

Rose Brand

Cassandra Stern Sound Associates Inc.

Works & Process

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Abigail Richards

Colyn Fiendel, Samuel-Moses Jones

Nick Mayo, Jeff Siebert

Masenheimer

Declan Moore

Zach Bower

Jenny Garcia

Cat Domiano

James Cella, David Roberts

Jeff Johnson-Doherty

Kevin McAnarney

Andrew Blaise, Quinton Champitto, Matthew Fairlee, Jon Famularo, Brian Griffin, Henry Hurlin, Andrew Karl, Louise Kim,Celeste Lannen, Brian Murphy, Harold Scott, Michael Serapiglia, riki viv

DRA ANGELS CIRCLE AND VISIONARY CIRCLE

The following are members of the Dancers Responding to AIDS Visionary Circle and Angels Circle as of September 22, 2022. Names in bold indicate Premier Visionaries and Archangels, donors who increased their gift by 25 percent or more over the previous year. Contributions are not related to event ticket or merchandise purchases.

Visionaries and Angels provide essential support for those affected by COVID-19, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses across the country. We salute these donors for their compassion and commitment to helping others in need.

In appreciation of this generous support, Visionaries and Angels receive exclusive invitations to virtual and in-person events and VIP status at some of Broadway Cares’ most high-profile events, as well as a host of other benefits.

There are many ways to become a member of the Visionary Circle or Angels Circle, including charging on a monthly or quarterly basis. If your employer matches charitable contributions, a gift of $500 or more can qualify you for membership.

For more information about the benefits of the Dancers Responding to AIDS Visionary Circle or Angels Circle, please contact Abigail Richards, development officer, at richards@broadwaycares.org or 212.840.0770, ext. 235.

INNOVATOR GIFTS OF $10,000 TO $24,999 Peter Schenck & Sioux Logan Yardi Systems Anonymous

GUARDIAN GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $9,999 Mark Bergamini & Christopher Oates

Robert N. Cory & Schuichiro Takeda LaFountaine Family Foundation Eli Milbaur & Ryan Cangello

James Pepper Stephen Kroll Reidy in memory of Carolyn Reidy Barbara Rohdie

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman

CHAMPION GIFTS OF $2,500 TO $4,999 Gerry & Hank Alpert

James Andrews in honor of Dr. Steven Margolin & Maryanne Travalione Gerald M. Appelstein Andrew Berdon

Michael & Diane Christian Thomas Cott

Mark Donofrio & Alexander Lach Judy & Tim Dove Theo Elliman

John & Margaret Falk

Dale Fournier & Michael Wellington Nina Matis & Alan Gosule Richard McCune & Brian Carroll Marius Meland & Eng Kian Ooi

Judith A. Nelson

Bebe Neuwirth & Chris Calkins

AMBASSADOR GIFTS OF $1,000 TO $2,499 Ward Auerbach & Andy Baker Sena Baron Mark Bernhardt Michael-Demby Cain Frank Conway

William C. Cubberley Duke Dang & Charles Rosen Tim Devin & Erik Frantzen Bonnie Pfeifer Evans Peter Farrell

Robert Faust & Roger Kluge Kevin & Helen Flanagan Alison & Jim French Corey Friedlander Thomas Garner Darrell M.W. George and Scott Turner David G. Hanna Alan Hassell

Geoffrey Hoefer & Thomas Wei Daphne Hsu & Jeff Rosen

Dr. Jaime Huertas & Mr. Kenneth A. O’Brien Winston Bernard Layne Christopher Leary Rosalind Lippel Paulette Mann John & Michelle Matteson Eric Reiner

Teresa Reyes & Martin Monas Ed Simonelli & Hernando Cortez Jr. Todd Whitley & Gary Holder Christian Zimmermann

Zufall Family Foundation

BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS

Tom Viola

Executive Director

Lane Beauchamp

Director of Communications

Larry Cook

Director of Finance & Administration

Valerie Lau-Kee

Producing Director

Danny Whitman

Director of Development

PRODUCTION

James Cella

Michael Carmine Di Bianco

Trisha Doss

Nathan Hurlin

Jason Kooistra

Dan Perry

Scott T. Stevens

COMMUNICATIONS

Mo Brady Al Dawkins

Felicia Fitzpatrick Jenny Garcia

Dominic Grijalva

Melissa Magliula Victor Rodriguez DEVELOPMENT

Jenna Adamek

Sarah Cardillo

Cat Domiano

Lori Feren Brian Marshall Taylor Mattes

Nick Mayo

Jack Noseworthy Susan Slotoroff

Julianna Whalen

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Michelle Abesamis

Ngoc Ha Bui

R. Keith Bullock Ed Garrison

Donald Huppert

Rose M. James Michael McLean

Brian O’Donnell

Michael Paulsen

Madeline Reed

RETAIL OUTREACH

Peter Borzotta

Feliziano Flores Andy Halliday

DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS & CLASSICAL ACTION

Denise Roberts Hurlin Abigail Richards

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS

Robert E. Wankel, President

Thomas Schumacher, Executive Vice President

Ira Mont, First Vice President

Mary McColl, Second Vice President

Sherry Cohen, Third Vice President

Philip Birsh, Treasurer

Judith Rice, Secretary

Paul Libin, President Emeritus

TRUSTEES

Ted Arthur

Cornelius Baker

Joseph Benincasa

David Binder

Chris Boneau

Barry Brown

Kate Burton

Lisa Dawn Cave Kathleen Chalfant Sherry Cohen Gavin Creel Alan Cumming

Maria Di Dia Linda Duncombe Mandy Gonzalez Amanda Green Tom Harris

Richard Hester

Richard Jay-Alexander Beverly Jenkins Cherry Jones Francis Jue Adam Krauthamer

Nathan Lane Peter Lawrence

Joe Machota Kimberly Marable Kevin McCollum Kenneth McGee

Jerry Mitchell Brian Moreland Javier Muñoz

John Eric Parker Bernadette Peters Billy Porter

Lauren Reid Chita Rivera Jordan Roth Nick Scandalios Mark Shacket

Kate Shindle

Charlotte St. Martin

David Stone

Tom Viola (ex-officio) Channing Wickham

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