Hudson Valley Dance Festival 2013 Program

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Photo by Rosalie O’Connor

Saturday, October 12, 2013

produced by & benefiting a program of Broadway Cares/Equity FIghts AIDS



HUDSON VALLEY FESTIVAL Produced by and benefiting

a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

FEATURING PERFORMANCES AND CHOREOGRAPHY BY Evidence, A Dance Company Marcelo Gomes Monica Bill Barnes & Company Stephen Petronio Company STEERING COMMITTEE Duke Dang & Charles Rosen Erik Piecuch & Alex Wright Todd Whitley HOST COMMITTEE Stanley M. Ackert, III & Robert P. Rems • Deborah & Charles Adelman Josef Asteinza & Randall Bourscheidt • Jared Aswegan Scott Butler & Jack Boyd • Michael Fiur & Jerry Lombardi MaryEllen Gallagher • Edward M. Handlin, III & DJ Brumfield • Richard Hamilton Robert Hoven & Wayne Holmen • Robert LuPone • Hermes Mallea & Carey Maloney James Manfredi & Mark Beard • Lisa Fox Martin & Dick May Nina Matis & Alan Gosule • Ashton & Johnnie Hawkins Peter O’Hara & John Garofalo • Michele Saunders • Cindy & Mark Sichel Nina Sklansky • Kay Stamer • Chelsea Streifender • Steven George Swanson Lee Tannen & Tom Wells • Lock Whitney & Sandro Cagnin

LIGHTING SUPERVISOR Jamie Roderick ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION MANAGER Christopher DeLuise PRODUCTION MANAGER Nathan P. Hurlin PRODUCERS Denise Roberts Hurlin Christopher F. Davis Sarah Cardillo


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ABOUT DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS In a New York City apartment more than 20 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. The vitality of DRA comes from the extraordinary compassion and efforts of the performing arts community to fund a safety net of social services for those in need. As a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, DRA helps support more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide as well as the essential programs of The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Dancers’ Resource. Funds raised by DRA and Broadway Cares help to ensure that those most in need have access to life saving medicines, counseling, healthy meals, supportive housing, emergency financial assistance and more. DRA has shown since 1991 that what we do together makes a difference.

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Denise Roberts Hurlin, Founding Director Christopher F. Davis, Producer Sarah Cardillo, Development Officer


PROGRAM MONICA BILL BARNES & COMPANY I Feel Like Choreography by Monica Bill Barnes Music: “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” by James Brown Costumes by Kelly Hanson Performed by Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass

STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY Underland (excerpt) Choreography by Stephen Petronio Music by Nick Cave courtesy of EMI Music, Film & TV and Mute Song Ltd Music Producer: Tony Cohen Soundscape: Paul Healy Costumes by Tara Subkoff Performed by Julian De Leon, Davalois Fearon, Josh D. Green, Gino Grenek, Barrington Hinds, Natalie Mackessy, Jaqlin Medlock, Nicholas Sciscione, Melissa Toogood, Joshua Tuason

MARCELO GOMES Endlos Choreography by Marcelo Gomes Music: “Mozart-Adagio” by Arvo Pärt Costumes by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung Performed by Thomas Forster and Jessica Saund Endlos was created by Marcelo Gomes to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS, with generous support provided by The Charles Evans Foundation.

MONICA BILL BARNES & COMPANY Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host (excerpt) Choreography by Monica Bill Barnes Music: “From Art of the Canon” by Moondog Costumes by Kelly Hanson Performed by Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass


EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY Torch Choreography by Ronald K. Brown Music by Teddy Douglas & DJ Zinhie, featuring Busiswa Gqulu mixed by RKB Costumes by Keiko Voltaire Performed by Ronald K. Brown, Arcell Cabuag, Shayla Caldwell, Maresa D’Amore-Morrison, Coral Dolphin, Solomon Dumas, Randall Riley, Annique Roberts, Clarice Young

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.

Photo by Rosalie O’Connor

Program subject to change


BIOGRAPHIES EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY Founded by Ronald K. Brown in 1985 and based in Brooklyn, NY, Evidence, A Dance Company focuses on the fusion of African dance with contemporary choreography and spoken word. This work provides a unique view of human struggles, tragedies and triumphs. Brown uses movement as a way to reinforce the importance of community in African-American culture and to acquaint audiences with the beauty of African forms and rhythms.

THOMAS FORSTER Thomas Forster, a native of London, began his ballet training at the age of 8 with the Royal Ballet School Associate Programme. He has performed with the Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Ballet. Forster joined American Ballet Theatre’s corps de ballet in December 2007. His repertory with the company includes Lorenzo in Don Quixote, Her Lover in Jardin aux Lilas, His Friend in The Moor’s Pavane, the Spanish Dance in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, Lord Montague in Romeo and Juliet, the Spanish Suitor in The Sleeping Beauty, von ˇ Rothbart and the Spanish Dance in Swan Lake and Apollo in Sylvia.

MARCELO GOMES Marcelo Gomes, a native of Brazil, joined American Ballet Theatre in 1997 as a member of the corps de ballet. He was promoted to soloist in 2000 and principal dancer in 2002. He has performed in virtually every full-length classical ballet in the company’s repertoire. Gomes has performed leading roles in the works of George Balanchine, Anthony Tudor, Jerome Robbins, and Martha Graham, and has worked with, as well as created roles for, ˇ Kylián, Lar Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Jirí Lubovitch, Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky. Gomes recently has begun a successful choreographic career and has created pieces for dancers from American Ballet Theatre, La Scala and Kings of the Dance. In October 2011 he won a Bessie Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in ABT’s production of Giselle.

MONICA BILL BARNES & COMPANY Monica Bill Barnes & Company is a contemporary American dance company founded under the artistic direction of choreographer Monica Bill Barnes. The company has performed throughout New York City in venues ranging from Joe’s Pub to Carnegie Hall, and has been presented in more than 50 cities throughout the United States, including performances at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Fire Island Dance Festival and American Dance Festival. Barnes recently joined forces with This American Life public radio host Ira Glass to create a new show that combines radio and dance, Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host. monicabillbarnes.com


JESSICA SAUND Jessica Saund, formerly a member of English National Ballet, began her dance training with California Ballet and later studied at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC, on full scholarship. Saund joined the Washington School of Ballet in 1996 under the direction of Mary Day. She was invited to study with Le Jeune Ballet de France in Paris in 1999. Saund joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in January 2006. Her repertoire with the company includes the Countess in The Sleeping Beauty, the Spanish Princess and the Spanish Dance in Swan Lake.

Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Stephen Petronio is widely regarded as one of the leading dance-makers of his generation. New music, visual art and fashion collide in his dances producing powerfully modern landscapes for the senses. For 30 years, he has built a body of work with some of the most talented and provocative artists in the world, including composers, visual artists and fashion designers. Founded in 1984, Stephen Petronio Company has been presented at prestigious venues on six continents and Petronio has been commissioned by premier modern and ballet companies throughout the world.

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SPONSORS Champion $10,000 Nina Matis & Alan Gosule Benefactor $2,500 Deborah & Charles Adelman City National Bank Erik Piecuch Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen In loving memory of David Panzer Stuart Thompson & Joe Baker Epicurean Sponsor $2,500 Mary Sharp Cronson Supporter $1,000 Gerry & Hank Alpert Gerald M. Appelstein Dan Arshack & Nancey Rosensweig

Jared Aswegan Doreen Parsley Davis James G. & Purcell Scheu Palmer Foundation Barbara & Bob Rohdie Cindy & Mark Sichel Frances Spork & Michel Goldberg Lock Whitney & Sandro Cagnin Community Supporters Friends of Beattie-Powers Greene County Council on the Arts Snap Fitness Thomas Cole National Historic Site As of October 1, 2013

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WHAT WE DO TOG E THER MAKES A DIFFERENCE $ 5 0 pays for gas to drive to a health clinic $125 helps provide home care for someone struggling in their fight with AIDS $ 25 0 covers anti-viral medications for a man who’s lost his job and his health insurance $ 5 0 0 pays overdue rent and keeps a single mom with AIDS and her family in their home $1,0 0 0 provides a hot, nutritious meal for 350 men, women and children To learn more about Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ National Grants Program and the more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide we help fund, please visit broadwaycares.org/national_grants_program.

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The Angels Circle offers an opportunity to support Dancers Responding to AIDS yearround. Angels receive an exciting array of benefits as a show of our appreciation for their generous contribution of $1,000 or more, not related to the purchase of event tickets. Donations to The Angels Circle are vital as they provide a dependable foundation of support for hundreds of HIV/AIDS and family service organizations nationwide and the myriad of social service programs of The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative and The Dancers’ Resource. Angels receive VIP status at some of DRA and Broadway Cares’ annual events including Gypsy of the Year, the Easter Bonnet Competition and Dance from the Heart, as well as a host of other exciting benefits. There are many ways to become a member of The Angels Circle. You can join as an individual, a couple, a family or even as part of a group of friends, co-workers, fan club or sports league. You can charge your membership on a monthly or quarterly basis. In addition, if your employer matches charitable contributions, a gift of $500 or more can qualify for membership at the $1,000 level. For more information about the benefits of The Angels Circle, please contact Ryan Walls, major gifts officer, at walls@broadwaycares.org or 212.840.0770, ext. 275. Dancers Responding to AIDS acknowledges and thanks the generous members of the DRA Angels Circle for their invaluable and sustaining support. Names in bold indicate DRA Archangels, donors who have increased their gift by 25 percent or more over the previous year.

PRODUCER

($50,000 and above) Bonnie Pfeiffer Evans & The Charles Evans Foundation

BOX SEAT

($2,500 to $4,999) James Andrews Peter Farrell

FRONT MEZZANINE

($1,000 to $2,499) Gerald M. Appelstein Frank Conway Thomas Cott in memory of Philip Carlson William C. Cubberley Maurice Brandon Curry Duke Dang & Charles Rosen Michael Demby-Cain Kevin & Helen Flanagan Dale J. Fournier & Michael R. Wellington Judith Hoffman Karl Kemp Kenneth Koen Judith A. Nelson in memory of Wayne McCarthy Bebe Neuwirth & Chris Calkins Teresa Reyes & Martin Monas Robert Schaffer


PRODUCTION CREDITS Company Manager..................................................................................................…Kimberly Russell House Manager…..............................................................................................................Robert Bartley Production Assistants…...........Chris Gizzi, Dennis Henriquez, Brian O’Donnell Graphic Design.............................................................................…Carol A. Ingram, Joy Nelson Program Design…......................................................................................................................Joy Nelson Print and Hospitality Manager....................................................................…Yvonne Ghareeb Ticketing Manager...........................................................................................................…Cat Domiano Reception Coordinator….............................................................................................Frank Conway Photographers…....................................Daniel Roberts, Rob Shannon, Emily Watson DJ...............................................................................................................................................…Giovanni diMola Media Representatives...................................................…Kevin McAnarney, Mike Smith, Cheryl Vosburg

VOLUNTEERS

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Abby Birsch, Luciano Francelli, Kico Govantes, Alexandra Halpern, Freeda Handelsman, Jared Handelsman, Zachary S. Lane, Michael Lavin, Linda Le, Virginia Martin, Claudia McNulty, Jennifer Meehan, Portia Munson, Becky Polley, Janet Riccobono, David Roberts, Mark Rogers, Olivia Rogers, Jeff Shove, Daniel Sierra, Shane Tattan, Nick Vogelson and volunteers from Catskill Department of Public Works


SPECIAL THANKS Kyle Adams Ruth Adams Michael & Marianne Albin Nancy Arismendi Patty Austin Jenine Bennett Richard Bodin Dick Brooks Rob Bujan Gregory Cary Andrew Collins Susan Davies Laura DiRado D. Michael Devorchak Greg Feller Sarah & Peter Finn Steve Friedman Charlie Ferrusi Judith Grunberg Frank Guido Florence Hayle Akemi Hiatt Gregory Hughes Mariclare Hulbert Maya Horowitz iWeiss

Pip Jones Jill Kolodin Ken Landin Harry Laughlin Brittany Lesavoy Peter Lesser Christopher K. Morgan David Perry Kina Poon Fawn Potash Nancy Richards David Rosenberg Bentley Roton Marianne Russell Gary Schiro Vincent Seeley Liz Shaw Sharon Shepard Showstoppers New York Donna Skiff Paul Smart Polly Sparling Joanna Szu Sarah Taft

Thank you to the following organizations and businesses that helped us spread the word about the inaugural Hudson Valley Dance Festival Body Be Well Pilates The Egg The Glimmerglass Festival Helsinki on Broadway Hudson Home Hudson Opera House Hudson Wine Merchants Jacob’s Pillow Dance Kaatsbaan International Dance Center National Dance Museum OMI International Arts Center PS21 Performance Spaces for the 21st Century The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Verdigris Tea & Chocolate Bar Works & Process at the Guggenheim




Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS STAFF Tom Viola Executive Director Michael Graziano Producing Director PRODUCTION Christopher DeLuise Cat Domiano Trisha Doss Nathan Hurlin Skip Lawing Joe Norton Kimberly Russell Scott T. Stevens Timothey Sullivan Danny Whitman Director of Communications & Development COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT Lane Beauchamp Josh Blye Mo Brady Frank Conway Carol A. Ingram Joy Nelson Dex Ostling Roy Palijaro Ryan Walls Aaron Waytkus Larry Cook Director of Finance & Administration FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Michelle Abesamis Ngoc Ha Bui R. Keith Bullock Ed Garrison Yvonne Ghareeb Dennis Henriquez Donald Huppert Rose M. James Brian O’Donnell Dan Perry Madeline Reed RETAIL OUTREACH Peter Borzotta Andy Halliday Chris Gizzi DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS Denise Roberts Hurlin Christopher F. Davis Sarah Cardillo CLASSICAL ACTION Chris Kenney

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Paul Libin, President Ira Mont, First Vice President Thomas Schumacher, Second Vice President Nina Lannan, Third Vice President Sherry Cohen, Fourth Vice President Philip Birsh, Treasurer Judith Rice, Secretary TRUSTEES Cornelius Baker John Barnes Scott Barnes Joseph Benincasa Chris Boneau Bob Boyett Barry Brown Kate Burton Robert Callely Kathleen Chalfant Alan Cumming Gavin Darraugh Michael David B. Merle Debuskey Maria Di Dia Paul DiDonato Sam Ellis Richard Frankel Roy Harris Richard Hester Craig Jacobs Richard Jay-Alexander Cherry Jones Nathan Lane Jay Laudato Margo Lion Nancy Mahon Mary McColl Kevin McCollum Michael McElroy Terrence McNally Jerry Mitchell Bernadette Peters Chita Rivera Jordan Roth Nick Scandalios Peter Schneider Robert Score Marian Seldes Jeffrey Seller Philip J. Smith Charlotte St. Martin David Stone Stuart Thompson Tim Tompkins Tom Viola (ex-officio) Robert E. Wankel Beth Williams Nick Wyman (as of October 2012)


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Villages of Hunter and Tannersville, Catskill Mountains, New York

2013 FALL/Winter PerFOrMinG ArtS SeASOn Our 2014 Season will be published soon! Visit www.catskillmtn.org for updates as they become available

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Catskill Jazz Factory Masters on the Mountaintop: Legendary Saxophonist Lew tabackin and the Aaron Diehl trio October 26, 2013, 8:00 pm Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter tickets Purchased Ahead: $23; $18 seniors; $7 students tickets Purchased At Door: $27; $21 seniors; $7 students

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Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra: Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Grieg and Copland

november 30, 2013, 8:00 pm Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter tickets Purchased Ahead: $23; $18 seniors; $7 students tickets Purchased At Door: $27; $21 seniors; $7 students

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national Marionette Theatre: “Sleeping Beauty�

December 14, 2013, 3:30 pm Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter tickets Purchased Ahead: $10; $7 children under 12 tickets Purchased At Door: $12; $7 children under 12

tiCketS/MOre inFO: 518 263 2063 or www.catskillmtn.org Catskill Mountain Foundation is supported in part by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the Greene County Legislature through the County Initiative Program administered in Greene County by the Greene County Council on the Arts, by the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, by Friends of the Orpheum (FOTO), by the Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation, by Ulster Savings Bank, by Stewarts Shops, and by private donations.


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