The Windless Hold by Osnel Delgado
Ne Me Quitte Pas by Spenser Theberge on a PATH by Hope Boykin
BUSK by Aszure Barton
We acknowledge that Hubbard Street Dance Chicago resides within the unceded, traditional homelands of many Indigenous Nations—The Council of the Three Fires: the Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe Nations; the Illinois Confederacy: the Peoria and Kaskaskia Nations; and the Myaamia, Wea, Thakiwaki, and Meskwaki Nations. The Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Kiikaapoi, and Mascouten Nations also call the region of northeast Illinois home. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago recognizes that this land was founded upon exclusions, erasures, and genocide of these Indigenous people. We ask you to join us in recognizing the past, present, and future generations of these Indigenous Nations.
Learn more about the land we occupy: www.native-land.ca.
When thinking about the essential components of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago to showcase during this special 45th Anniversary Sapphire Season, it was clear to us that we needed to present a diverse array of choreographic voices to really show you what HSDC is all about.
From the established to the cutting-edge, the eclecticism of our repertoire has always been a trademark of the Company. Folks know that whether they’re enjoying the sweeping, epic nature of Aszure Barton’s BUSK, or the magnetic fluidity of Spenser Theberge, or experiencing a world premiere for the very first time—the Hubbard Street Dancers (or should I say, “the mighty Hubbard Streeters,” to quote the Boston Globe from last summer!) will deliver with precision, grace, and strength.
The beauty of art is finding connections, instant connections that inspire you or that you see yourself in, as well as moments that have you saying, “Oh my God, that’s something I’ve never seen before!” I’m hoping that in Elements, you will see all of those things; that you’ll find a sense of connection to the work, whether it is through a narrative you’re familiar with or something that’s completely new to you.
Thank you for joining us in our Element
Yours in motion,
Artistic Director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell
The mission of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is to bring artists, art, and audiences together to enrich, engage, educate, and change lives through the experience of dance.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago grew out of the Lou Conte Dance Studio at LaSalle and Hubbard Streets in 1977, when Lou Conte gathered an ensemble of four dancers to perform in senior centers across Chicago. Barbara G. Cohen soon joined the company as its first Executive Director. Conte continued to direct the company for 23 years, during which he initiated and grew relationships with both emerging and established artists including Nacho Duato, Daniel Ezralow, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Twyla Tharp.
Conte’s successor Jim Vincent widened Hubbard Street’s international focus, began Hubbard Street’s collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and cultivated growth from within, launching the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop and inviting Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo to make his first work.
Gail Kalver’s 23 years of executive leadership provided continuity from 1984 through the 2006/07 season, when Executive Director Jason Palmquist joined the organization. Glenn Edgerton became Artistic Director in 2009 and, together with Palmquist, moved this legacy forward on multiple fronts.
In 2021, former company dancer Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell was named the fourth Artistic Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Season 44: RE/CHARGE marked her debut season as the artistic leader of the organization, with the goal of continuing to diversify the company’s repertoire and ensemble while building on the incredible legacy and reputation that HSDC has already established. Along with David McDermott, Executive Director since 2017, the company is looking forward to expanding its audience reach and increasing the local, national, and global reputation of Hubbard Street.
For 45 years, Hubbard Street has been one of the most original forces in contemporary dance—bringing top choreographers and works to Chicago and beyond. Hubbard Street’s ever-evolving repertory, created by today’s leading choreographic voices, makes us a company that dancers aspire to join and performance venues all over the world are eager to present. To date, the main company has performed globally in 19 countries and 44 U.S. states.
At home in Chicago, Hubbard Street performs 20 times a year and delivers renowned education programs in 50 classrooms across 17 Chicagoland schools. HSDC Education utilizes the choreographic process to teach essential problemsolving skills, creativity, and collaboration—expanding our reach beyond traditional concert dance audiences, ensuring that everyone has access to worldclass dance and instruction.
The Windless Hold by Osnel Delgado
Ne Me Quitte Pas by Spenser Theberge
on a PATH by Hope Boykin (World Premiere)
BUSK by Aszure Barton
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Artistic Director
David McDermott, Executive Director
Lou Conte, Founder
The Company
Alexandria Best
Jacqueline Burnett*
Aaron Choate
Morgan Clune
Michele Dooley
Abdiel Figueroa Reyes*
Elliot Hammans
Jack Henderson
Alysia Johnson*
Shota Miyoshi
David Schultz*
Simone Stevens
Cyrie Topete
Matt Wenckowski
*Denotes Princess Grace Award Recipient
Osnel Delgado, Choreography
Various Artists, Music
Branimira Ivanov, Costume Design
Manuel Da Silva, Lighting Design
Dancers: Jacqueline Burnett, Jack Henderson (3/30 + 3/31), Alysia Johnson, Elliot Hammans (4/1 + 4/2)
Alexandria Best, Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Michele Dooley, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Elliot Hammans, Jack Henderson, Alysia Johnson, Shota Miyoshi, David Schultz, Simone Stevens, Cyrie Topete
Spenser Theberge, Choreography
Jacques Brel, Music
Spenser Theberge with Tyler Wilson, Costume Design
Harrison Pearse Burke, Lighting Design
“Ne Me Quitte Pas has been with me for over 11 years now, and getting the chance to revisit and reimagine it with HSDC has been a total honor. The chance to work on this piece again reminds me that process is something we have to fall in love with as dancers. My goal in this iteration of Ne Me Quitte Pas was to create a frame where the dancers can perform the act of process, and where the audience can witness the dancers caring for their work and for each other in real time.” –Spenser Theberge
Dancers: Aaron Choate and Jack Henderson (3/30), Jacqueline Burnett and Elliot Hammans (3/31 + 4/1), Abdiel Figueroa Reyes and Michele Dooley (4/2)
Music: Empty Space Dance by Alexander Balanescu, performed by Balanescu Quartet. When I Look in Your Eyes by Leslie Bricusse, performed by Diana Krall. Tashweesh by Ramallah Underground, performed by Kronos Quartet. Aheym by Bryce Dessner, performed by Kronos Quartet. Orfeo ed Euridice: Mélodie by Christoph Willibald Gluck, performed by Noelia Rodiles. Chukhung by Geir Jensson, performed by Biosphere.Hope Boykin, Choreography
Caroline Shaw, Music
Ali Jackson, Underscore
Mark Eric, Costume Design
Al Crawford*, Lighting Design
Martina Viadana, Assistant to the Choreographer
Original text written and performed by Hope Boykin.
Dancers: Jacqueline Burnett, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Alysia Johnson (3/30); Michele Dooley, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Alysia Johnson (3/31); Jack Henderson, Simone Stevens, Cyrie Topete (4/1); Alexandria Best, Aaron Choate, Elliot Hammans (4/2)
COMPANY PREMIERE: 2021
Aszure Barton, Choreography & Direction
Jonathan E. Alsberry, Stager
V. de Moraes, August Söderman, Ljova, Moondog, Daniel Belanger, Camille SaintSaëns, David Wikander, Music
Aszure Barton with Jonathan E. Alsberry, Musical Arrangement & Editing
Michelle Jank, Costume Design
Nicole Pearce*, Lighting & Stage Design
Originally created by Aszure Barton & Artists, BUSK was conceived at The Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara during a residency hosted by Dianne Vapnek’s DANCEworks. The work was further developed in residency at The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. BUSK was made possible by generous support from DANCEworks, The Banff Centre for Arts,, and the Ringling International Arts Festival, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in association with the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Additional support also provided by White Oak Conservation Center, the Howard Gilman Foundation, and The Canada Council for the Arts. BUSK, in its original form, is a full evening length work. Official premiere: Aszure Barton & Artists, October 8th, 2009, Ringling International Arts Festival.
Dancers: The Company
Music: Euridice composed by V. de Moraes, performed by Slava Grigoryan, courtesy of SME Australia Pty Ltd, by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Canada), published by Universal Music Publishing Canada on behalf of Universal Music Corp. Ett Bondbrollop composed by August Soderman and performed by Orphei Drangär & Eric Ericson, performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden. Plume composed and performed by Ljova. Queen Elizabeth Whistle composed and performed by Moondog, courtesy of Concord; these selections are used by special arrangement with Concord Music Group, Incl, on behalf of Prestige Music. All is Loneliness composed and performed by Moondog, courtesy of Concord; these selections are used by special arrangement with Concord Music Group, Incl, on behalf of Prestige Music. Amusements composed and performed by Daniel Belanger, (p) 2007 Daniel Bélanger (exclusive licensed to Audiogram). Love Potion Expired composed by Ljova, performed by Ljova and the Kontraband. Saltarelle composed by Camille Saint-Saëns and performed by Orphei Drangär & Eric Ericson, performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden. Kung Liljekonvalje composed by David Wikander and performed by Orphei Drangär & Eric Ericson, performed with kind permission by BIS Records, Sweden ©Nordiska Musikförlaget/2007 Gerhrmans Musikförlag AB.
*United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE is the union representing Scenic, Costume, Lighting, Sound, and Projection designers in Live Performance
Music: Entr’acte by Caroline Shaw. Underscore by Ali Jackson. Text written and performed by Hope Boykin. This work was made possible in part by residency support from Works & Process and the Chautauqua Institution.
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell (Artistic Director, she/her) ascended to this role in 2021, after an extraordinary career as a professional dance artist and educator. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and began her dance training at the Baltimore School for the Arts under the guidance of Sylvester Campbell and Stephanie Powell. She was an apprentice with the Capitol Ballet in Washington D.C. and a full fellowship student at The Ailey School. While a student at The Juilliard School, she was invited by Hubbard Street founder Lou Conte to join the main company at the age of 19, thus beginning her professional dance career. After three seasons with Hubbard Street, she became a Principal Dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, under the direction of Judith Jamison. During her 13-year tenure with the company, she performed all over the world and was featured in the works of Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Talley Beatty, Ron K. Brown, John Butler, Donald Byrd, Ulysses Dove, George Faison, Rennie Harris, Geoffrey Holder, Judith Jamison, Louis Johnson, Alonzo King, Lar Lubovitch, Donald McKayle, Elisa Monte, Jennifer Muller, David Parsons, and Dwight Rhoden. She was invited to give a number of special performances throughout her career, including the White House State Dinner in honor of the President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, and the 12th Annual Kennedy Center Gala with Nancy Wilson and Liza Minelli. She has led a distinguished career as a dance educator in her hometown of Baltimore where, since 2005, she has been a Professor of Dance at Towson University and has served on the faculty of the Baltimore School for the Arts. Her research and scholarship in continuing the Ailey legacy within the Towson University and Greater Baltimore community has resulted in the Ailey II residencies from 2011-2019 hosted by Towson University and the establishment of AileyCamp Baltimore at Towson University in 2014 where she served as Director. She holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in dance from Hollins University and is an ABT® Certified Teacher. As a scholar, her entry “Alvin Ailey” has been published by the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. She and her husband have three children.
David McDermott (Executive Director, he/him) manages organization-wide strategy and administrative functions including oversight of Hubbard Street’s finances, operations, marketing, and development departments. Most recently, he led Hubbard Street through a post-COVID-19 restructuring, guided its new access-first digital strategy, and directed the company’s recent move to Water Tower Place. Prior to joining Hubbard Street he served as the First Deputy Commissioner at the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. In this role, he managed the day-to-day operations of the department and played instrumental roles in major initiatives such as creating the Chicago Cultural Plan, revitalizing the Taste of Chicago, and ensured the success of the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Prior to his employment with the City, he led the Senator Durbin’s Department of Community Outreach, served as the Senator’s Political Director, and has managed political campaigns at the congressional, county, and municipal levels. He recently completed a fellowship at the University of Chicago’s Civic Leadership Academy and holds a degree in Public Policy from Trinity College at the University of Dublin.
Craig D. Black Jr., Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, and Jonathan E. Alsberry. Photo by Frank Ishman.
Lou Conte (Founding Artistic Director, he/him) after a performing career that included roles in Broadway musicals such as Cabaret, Mame and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, established the Lou Conte Dance Studio in 1974. Three years later, he founded what is now Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Originally the company’s sole choreographer, he developed relationships with emerging and world-renowned dancemakers Lynne TaylorCorbett, Margo Sappington and Daniel Ezralow as the company grew. He continued to build Hubbard Street’s repertoire by forging a key relationship with Twyla Tharp in the 1990s, acquiring seven of her works as well as original choreography. It then became an international enterprise with the inclusion of works by Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato and Ohad Naharin. Throughout his 23 years as the company’s artistic director, he received numerous awards including the first Ruth Page Artistic Achievements Award in 1986, the Sidney R. Yates Arts Advocacy Award in 1995, and a Chicagoan of the Year award from Chicago magazine in 1999. In 2003, he was inducted as a laureate into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, the state’s highest honor, and in 2014, was named one of five inaugural recipients of the City of Chicago’s Fifth Star Award. He has been credited by many for helping raise Chicago’s international cultural profile and for creating a welcoming climate for dance in the city, where the art form now thrives.
Jonathan E. Alsberry (Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives, he/him) from Normal, IL is a dance educator, creator and coach focused on inspiring excellence and joy in the study of Ballet, Jazz, and Modern techniques with a constant dedication to the exploration of artistry and the creative process. Currently the Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, he began dancing with his mother Lyndetta and went on to graduate from The Chicago Academy for the Arts where he has since been a guest faculty member. In 2006, he received his BFA from The Juilliard School where he met Aszure Barton. Jonathan a.k.a “Jojo” is now dancer, rehearsal director, and creative collaborator with Aszure Barton & Artists and has assisted Mrs. Barton in over a dozen creations including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bayerische Staatsballett and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2007 he also joined the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and is currently a performer, rehearsal director and teaching artist with the company. He has shared two tours with Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance as well as Evolution with Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo.
Other credits include The Chase Brock Experience, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Nilas Martins Dance Company, and Eisenhower Dance Ensemble. Since 2007, he has been teaching, coaching and creating work at various educational institutions including Arts Umbrella, Harvard University, University of California at Irvine, Springboard Danse Montreal, Ballet Hispánico and University of Southern California.
Craig D. Black Jr. (Rehearsal Director, he/they) from San Jose, CA is the Rehearsal Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. He was appointed to this role in 2022 for the company’s 45th Anniversary: Sapphire Season. At the age of ten, Craig began dancing at South Bay Dance Center and continued his dance training at Abraham Lincoln High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In 2011, Craig received his BFA from The Juilliard School. He obtained additional training at Springboard Danse Montréal, Nederlands Dans Theater, and the School at Jacob’s Pillow. Craig is a recipient of the 2010 Princess Grace Award in Dance as well as the 2011 Lorna Strassler Award for Student Excellence from the School at Jacob’s Pillow. For six seasons Craig performed and toured with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet under the direction of Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty. In 2017, Craig joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago where he danced for five seasons before transitioning into the HSDC Rehearsal Director position. He has had the privilege of dancing works by Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Cherice Barton, Rena Butler, Alejandro Cerrudo, Peter Chu, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, William Forsythe, Jirí Kylián, Fernando Melo, Robyn Mineko Williams, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, and Cayetano Soto Ramirez among many others. Craig has had the pleasure of co-choreographing and rehearsal directing Cardi B and Offset’s 2019 BET Awards performance. Craig is a passionate teacher and mentor. He is certified in IMAGE TECH for Dancers™ introductory through advanced level. Craig is on faculty for Dupree Dance and has served as guest faculty for the Hubbard Street Professional Program, Steps on Broadway, Peridance Center, The Joffrey Academy, and New York City Dance Alliance.
Artist and choreographer ASZURE BARTON has collaborated with celebrated dancers and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Misty Copeland, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, English National Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company, and Teatro alla Scala, among many others. She is a Bessie Award Honoree and has received numerous honors including the prestigious Arts & Letters Award, joining the ranks of Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, and Margaret Atwood. She was the first Martha Duffy resident artist at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and is an official ambassador of contemporary dance in Canada. She is the founder of Aszure Barton & Artists, an inter-disciplinary international dance project.
Two time Bessie Award winner, HOPE BOYKIN was an original member of Complexions, danced with Philadanco, and most recently completed her 20th and final year with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Hope has choreographed for numerous dance companies including Philadanco, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Minnesota Dance Theater, Ballet X, Ballet Black of London, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, The Philadelphia Ballet, and has created three works for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, along with a commission from Vail Dance Festival. Hope has garnered much acclaim with her virtual work for Carolina Performing Arts, Guggenheim Works And Process Virtual Commissions initiative, and the National Black Theatre. As a motivator, Hope has been an annual keynote speaker for Lincoln Center Activate, a national education forum, which has included a special Weekend With Hope, a series of talks with friends and dance industry professionals, discussing crucial topics in our dance world. Hope serves as Artistic Advisor for Dance Education for the Kennedy Center and Artistic Lead for the Kennedy Center Dance Lab. She is Artist-In-Residence at USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance and was advisor for the Howard University Department of Dance for their 2021 spring semester. She is currently a 2022-23 Fellow of The Center for Ballet and the Arts. Hope continues to build on her work, as a writer; blending her words and cadence as a the foundation of her developing movementlanguage. As a director and dance-maker Hope received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for her own Covid Safe residency #BoykinBubble and in the fall of 2021 premiered a full evening of her choreography, An Evening of Hope at 92nd Street Y in New York City, to much acclaim. Most recently she released “Beauty Size & Color,” a short film commenting on what has changed in the first twenty years of the 21st century on PBS.org, a weekend of her own work, Moments By Hope, … a concert., as well as joining the creative team as choreographer of the Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS. As an educator, creator, mover, and motivator, Hope firmly believes there are no limits.
OSNEL DELGADO danced with Danza Contemporanea de Cuba from 2003 to 2011 before founding Malpaso Dance Company, where he serves as Artistic Director and choreographer. He has worked with choreographers Mats Ek, Rafael Bonachela, Kenneth Kvarnström, Ja Linkens, Itzik Galili, Samir Akika, Pedro Ruiz, Isidro Rolando, and George Cespedes, among others. Delgado has created works for DCC, Rakatan, and Ebony Dance of Cuba. Delgado is a 2003 graduate of the National Dance School of Havana, where he is also a professor of dance studies.
SPENSER THEBERGE is a multi-hyphenate performer and creator, working across the fields of choreography, dance, movement direction, and pedagogy. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and a former company member with the Nederlands Dans Theater I & II and The Forsythe Company, as well as a guest artist with Kidd Pivot, the Goteborgs Operans Danskompani, the ARIAS Company, and RGWW. Spenser’s creations are multi-disciplinary and genre-defying, continuously exploring identity, authenticity, and spectatorship. His individual work, as well as his work with partner Jermaine Spivey, has been commissioned and presented by LA Dance Project, The Broad Museum, The Philip Glass Days & Nights Festival, The Korzo Theater, Gothenburg Opera Dance Company, Place des Arts, Hollins University, PACT Zollverein, Reed College, and NAVEL. As a movement director and performer, Spenser has worked with artists, brands, and organizations such as Taylor Swift, Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty, Ben Platt, Gwen Stefani, LANY, UGG, Rami Malek, Ryan Pfluger, the Tune-yards, and the New York Times Magazine. He has also designed costumes for Andrea Miller, the ARIAS Company, and performing artist Frances Chiaverini, and is the text writer behind Alexander Ekman’s award-winning Cacti and Hubbub. Spenser is a former dance faculty member at California Institute of the Arts, as well as guest faculty at The Juilliard School and USC Kaufman School of Dance, and at conservatories, schools, and programs across America, Europe, and Asia. Spenser is a YoungArts award winner, a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and a Princess Grace Award winner.
Learn more about the choreographers & the works on stage on pages 23–26.
Alexandria Best (she/her, Raleigh, NC) is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina where she began her dance training and love for this expressive art form. In her formal training years, Best acquired knowledge from various instructors across programs such as American Ballet Theatre, Arts Umbrella, Carolina Ballet, French Académie of Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. During this time she also had the opportunity to perform various works by Rena Butler, Alexandra Damiani, Jessica Hendricks, Jiří Kylián, Florian Lochner and Alice Klock (also known as “FLOCK”), and Crystal Pite. Best is a graduate of Pace University, where she received her BFA in Dance, and is in her second season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Alexandria is elated to be continuing her time with the company and for all the opportunities and experiences coming forth this season. Company member since 2021.
Jacqueline Burnett (she/her, Pocatello, ID) received her ballet training in Pocatello, Idaho, from Romanian Ballet Master Marius Zirra. She moved to NYC in 2005 for the Ailey School/Fordham University BFA program, graduating magna cum laude with honors (2009). She joined HSDC in 2008 as a Center Apprentice and joined the main company in 2009. Jacqueline received a Princess Grace Honorarium in 2011 and with HSDC was part of DanceMotion USA 2013,a cultural diplomacy tour in Algeria, Morocco, and Spain. Jacqueline has served as an Artistic Lead and teacher for HSDC Summer Intensives, a repetitor for Penny Saunders, and a freelance dancer with Robyn Mineko Williams and Artists and Seattle Dance Collective. Jacqueline recently choreographed for Milwaukee Rep’s Murder on the Orient Express directed by Annika Boras and co-choreographed with David Schultz a new commission for Danza Visual in Mexico City. Company member since 2009.
Aaron Choate (they/them, Lexington, KY) is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School class of 2022. In 2018 they were named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and a YoungArts Gold Medalist. They have worked with renowned choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Justin Peck, Jamar Roberts, and Bobbi Jene Smith, and have restored works by Trisha Brown, Ted Shawn, and Paul Taylor. Aaron is an avid choreographer and was lucky enough to present their piece One Hundred People in a Line at 92nd Street Y in 2022. In 2021, they received the George J. Jakab Grant Award from Juilliard to create their first fully realized collaborative dance film. Upon graduation they were awarded the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship. Aaron is honored, humbled, and thrilled to be joining HSDC for their first season. Company member since 2022.
Morgan Clune (she/her, Barrington, IL) graduated from The Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2018. She went on to receive her BFA in dance from The Juilliard School in 2022. She was recognized as a National YoungArts Winner in New York for Contemporary dance in 2018. At Juilliard, Morgan performed works by Ohad Naharin, Aszure Barton, Bobbi Jene Smith, Justin Peck, and more. Morgan was awarded the Martha Hill Prize upon graduation for her achievement and leadership in Dance as well as a Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship for her promise as an entrepreneur and engagement in the arts. She is beyond excited to begin her professional career with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago! Company member since 2022.
Michele Dooley (she/he/they, Philadelphia, PA) is a dance artist and teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began her dance training at The Institute of the Arts, graduated from The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, and later earned her BFA in Dance from The University of the Arts. Michele has completed programs with Bates Summer intensive, BalletX Summer Program, and DCNS Summer Dance Intensive and has worked with choreographers Gary Jeter, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Aszure Barton, Jermaine Spivey, Milton Myers, Spenser Theberge, and Nora Gibson. She has had the privilege of working with Eleone Dance Theatre and Spectrum Dance Theater. She is thrilled to be back for her second season with the company! Company member since 2021.
Abdiel Figueroa Reyes (he/they, Las Vegas, NV) was born and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, before moving to the United States at the age of 11. His professional dance training began at The Rock Center for Dance, where he was a studio company member. He graduated from Las Vegas Academy of the Arts as a Dance Major in 2016 and joined Hubbard Street’s Professional Program under the direction of Alexandra Wells in 2017. In 2019 he joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a main company member. DanceMagazine named him Top 25 to Watch and recognized him as 1 of 4 LatinX Dancers Breaking Boundaries in 2020. Figueroa is delighted to be a Princess Grace Award Winner 2022 and excited to continue in his fourth season with the company. Company member since 2019.
Elliot Hammans (he/him, Santa Fe, NM) began his formal dance training in 2008 with Robert Sher-Machherndl and continued his ballet and modern dance education with Moving People Dance in Santa Fe, NM, under the direction of Curtis Uhlemann. Hammans joined Moving People Dance Company as an apprentice in 2010, trained on full scholarship at the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center in San Francisco, and attended Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 2011 and 2012 Summer Intensives. Following one season with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance and studies abroad at Austria’s Tanzzentrum SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance), Hammans earned his BFA in Dance in 2014 from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Hammans joined Hubbard Street 2 as a full company member in August 2014 and was promoted to Hubbard Street’s main company in August 2016. Company member since 2016.
Jack Henderson (he/him, Livermore, CA) grew up in Livermore, California where he began dancing at his local dance studio, Tiffany’s Dance Academy. He attended summer intensives and workshops during this time, including San Francisco Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, and Hubbard Street intensives. In 2017, he moved to Vancouver, BC, to attend Arts Umbrellas pre-graduate program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. In 2018, Jack joined the graduate program at Arts Umbrella, performing repertoire and new creations by Crystal Pite, Lukas Timulak, Amos Bental, Ihsan Rustem, and Jonathan E. Alsberry, to name a few. He is very excited about joining a team of such dedicated and talented artists. Company member since 2022.
Alysia Johnson (Alysia/she/her, Dallas, TX) first found dance at Dallas Black Dance Theatre and later went on to graduate from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she studied ballet, modern, and composition. A graduate of The Juilliard School and a two-time recipient of Juilliard’s Entrepreneurship Grant, she has served the Dallas dance community by founding and directing programs that cater to young artists in the DFW metroplex since 2015. Recently, Alysia was awarded the Princess Grace Honoraria Award for dance and she is endlessly thankful for the dance community at large for their support and unmatched creativity. Company member since 2018.
Shota Miyoshi (he/him, Kanagawa, Japan), a native of Japan, started to train in jazz and ballet at Nakura Jazz Dance Studio. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from SUNY Purchase college in 2022. He has performed works by Norbert De La Cruz, Jamar Roberts, Martin Løfsnes, Doug Varone, George Balanchine, Martha Graham and José Limón. Additional training includes MOVE|NYC|’s S.W.E.A.T and Paul Taylor Summer Intensive. He hopes to become a versatile dancer who is able to collaborate with a variety of musicians in order to create something the world has never seen before. Company member since 2022.
David Schultz (he/him, Grand Rapids, MI) began his training in Michigan with the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet, where he then performed for four seasons with its company, the Grand Rapids Ballet. David joined Hubbard Street 2 in 2009 and was promoted to the main company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, in 2011 where he has worked with many of the world’s leading contemporary choreographers. He is a recipient of a 2012 Princess Grace Award. As a choreographer David has had the honor of creating works for DanceWorks Chicago, Chambered Squared, Boston University, and a Co-choreographed piece with Jacqueline Burnett for Danza Visual in Mexico City. When he is not dancing, or choreographing David has spent many years studying music and has performed and scored many pieces for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as well as for his own works. Company member since 2011.
Simone Stevens (she/her, Atlanta, GA) earned her BA in Dance and Minor in Anthropology from Kennesaw State University in July 2017. One year post-grad, Stevens moved to Chicago and trained on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio where she was mentored by Laura Wade, Ethan Kirschbaum, and Kristina Fluty. During that time, Stevens also freelanced throughout the city and performed works choreographed by Alice Klock, Alysia Johnson, Hanna Brictson, LOUD Bodies, and Joshua Peugh among others. Most recently she performed as a company member with Katlin Bourgeois’s Ensemble180 and was on faculty with Ethan Kirschbaum’s Chicago Movement Collective before joining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In Stevens’s first season as a member of HSDC, she will be performing works choreographed by Jermaine Maurice Spivey, Aszure Barton, Rena Butler, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato and others. Company member since 2021.
Cyrie Topete (she/her, Peoria, AZ) is from Peoria, Arizona, where she trained in competitive dance beginning at the age of thirteen. She then graduated from The Juilliard School where she received her BFA in the summer of 2022. Cyrie was given the FENDI Vanguard Award and is a YoungArts winner. She also attended programs including, Springboard Danse Montreal, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, B12 in Berlin, Germany, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and more. She has also performed works by Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Alan Lucien Øyen, Bobbi Jene Smith, Peter Chu, Justin Peck, Aszure Barton, Jenn Freeman, and Jamar Roberts. Cyrie is extremely honored and excited to embark on this new journey with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago! Company member since 2022.
Matt Wenckowski (he/him, St. Charles, IL) received his early training at Moves Dance Studio in North Aurora and trained as a competitive dancer with Excel Dance Productions. In 2009, Matt joined the Joffrey Academy’s pre-professional programs under the direction of Alexei Kremnev and Anna Reznik, performing in The Nutcracker and more. He studied at Lou Conte Dance Studio under the guidance of Claire Bataille and joined DanceWorks Chicago in 2013 under the direction of Julie Nakagawa. In 2015, he joined the Grand Rapids Ballet performing soloist roles in classical and contemporary works. He’s performed pieces by Alejandro Cerrudo, Trey McIntyre, Ben Stevenson, George Balanchine, Yuri Possokhov, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Val Caniparoli, Robyn Mineko Williams, Penny Saunders, and more. Matt is thrilled and grateful to be part of HSDC and would like to thank his parents for all they’ve done to support him. Company member since 2022.
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Branimira Ivanova (Costume Design) is currently based in New Orleans, LA. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut (MFA Costume design) and the International Academy of Design and Technology (BFA Fashion Design). She has been designing costumes for dance companies in Europe and the USA for two decades. She began her stage design career with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2002. Branimira has worked with companies such as Pacific Northwest Ballet, Malpaso, Gauthier Dance, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Arizona Ballet, Breakbone Dance Company, National Portuguese Ballet and Introdans to name a few. In addition to being a costume designer, she also runs a minimalist contemporary sportswear company HOI Clothing and is an Interpreter of Design/Technical Director at Hogan McLaughlin.
Manuel Da Silva (Lighting Design) A New York City based lighting designer born in Caracas, Venezuela, Manuel has had the pleasure of designing a wide a variety of productions. He has worked with companies such as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Malpaso Dance Company, El Repertorio Español, among others. He has also had the chance to design many world premieres at the Off-Broadway El Repertorio Español including stage adaptations of famous hispanic novels such as La Tia Julia y El Escribidor and El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba. Since the fall of 2016, Manuel has been the lighting supervisor for Havanabased Malpaso Dance Company, an associate company of the Joyce Theater. With Malpaso, Manuel has toured extensively including stops in Germany, Cuba, Canada, and a large portion of the United States. Manuel holds a BFA in Lighting Design from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Tyler Wilson (Co-Costume Design, with Spenser Theberge) is a Chicago-based costume designer. Costume design; Regional: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Illinois Shakespeare Festival), World Premiere
An Extra Penny (Louisburg Theatre), Stillwater, A Christmas Carol (Kansas City Repertory Theater): 4:48 Psychosis (The Living Room Theatre); Afflicted: Daughters of Salem (The Coterie); Picnic (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Caucasian Chalk Circle, Seven Guitars, Burnt by the Sun (UMKC Theatre); Cyrano, Othello (Riverside Theatre). Education: BA, Illinois State University; MFA, University Missouri-Kansas City. Faculty Wake Forest University (2017). www.tylerwilsondesigns.com.
Harrison Pearse Burke (Lighting Design) joined Hubbard Street in the Fall of 2021 as Director of Production. Prior to working with Hubbard Street, Harrison served as the Resident Lighting Designer & Production Manager of The Yard, on Martha’s Vineyard, and the Assistant Lighting Director of Boston Ballet. Within Hubbard Street’s repertory, Harrison’s lighting can be seen in As the Wind Blows by Amy Hall Garner and Ne Me Quitte Pas by Spenser Theberge. Nationally, his work can be seen on Raphael Xavier, Amirah Sackett, The Davis Sisters, The ERA, The Bang Group, and Subject:Matter. Harrison holds a BFA in Lighting Design from Boston University.
Caroline Shaw (Music) is a musician who moves among roles, genres, and mediums, trying to imagine a world of sound that has never been heard before but has always existed. She is the recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music, several Grammy awards, an honorary doctorate from Yale, and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. She has worked with a range of artists including Rosalía, Renée Fleming, and Yo Yo Ma, and she has contributed music to films and tv series including Fleishman is in Trouble, Bombshell, Yellowjackets, Maid, Dark, and Beyonce’s Homecoming. Her favorite color is yellow, and her favorite smell is rosemary.
Ali Jackson (Underscore) Award-winning musician, composer, arranger, educator, and percussionist Ali Jackson developed his talent at an early age. A virtuoso, Ali has contributed significant musicalworks as a composer and arranger and he holds the distinction of being the first percussionist to perform and create music across the entire spectrum of musical styles. Ali has performed and recorded with a multitude of artists including Aretha Franklin, Lionel Hampton, Abbey Lincoln, Buster Williams, Wynton Marsalis, Willie Nelson, Tony Bennett, Jones, Eric Clapton and many others. As a bandleader, Ali has recorded eight albums, including Amalgamations, Wheelz Keep Rollin’, Jazz en Tête, Big Brown Getdown and 2 albums with Yes! Trio, Yes! and Groove du Jour in which he produced and was awarded 2019 Recording of the year of France (Grand Prix Disque Du L’Année). Ali is also an acclaimed composer, whose works include a 2021 commission for BalletX In the Distance with collaborator Hope Boykin.
Mark Eric (Costume Design) is a costume and fashion designer based in New York City, where he trained at the Fashion Institute of Technology. After designing for several New York City fashion houses, he discovered his passion for costuming for the stage. He enjoys bringing his unique fashion sensibility to his design, often employing artisanal techniques when creating his signature costumes. He has designed costumes for: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Jamar Roberts, Hope Boykin, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Rennie Harris, Robbie Fairchild, and Robert Battle to name a few. He has costumed works for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theater, Paul Taylor Dance Company, BalletX, and Ballet Hispanico, among others. Follow along on instagram @MARKERICdesign and at www.markericdesign.com.
Al Crawford (Lighting Design)Al is an NYC based lighting artist working globally in a broad variety of genres. He currently serves as the General Manager of City Theatrical, Inc., the world’s prominent manufacturer of bespoke lighting products and accessories. Al was the Lighting Director of the worldrenowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for 25 years. Al has had the opportunity to work directly with many important choreographers in the dance world including Judith Jamison, Robert Battle, George Faison, Hope Boykin, Osnel Delgado, Jeanguy Saintus and many others. A huge believer in cross-genre design, Al founded Arc3design, a lighting design group dedicated to merging his theatrical aesthetic into all areas of art, architecture, dance, live music, theater, broadcast, and live event production. Al has been awarded the Knight of Illumination Award, considered globally to be one of the top achievements in Lighting Design. Al is a member of United Scenic Artists (USA-829) and the International Alliance for Theatrical Stage Employees (Local 635). He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Michelle Jank (Costume Design) is a creative consultant and designer. Her aesthetic vision is executed across the worlds of film, fashion, jewellery, costume and theatrical design, show production, and fashion styling. As well as showing and exhibiting her own solo garments and jewellery designs, she has collaborated creatively with some of the world’s greatest design agencies and creative clients. Her stage projects have included costumes and creative direction for The Sydney Dance Company, collaborations with the American Ballet Theatre, the Netherlands Dance Company, the Baryshnikov Center for the Arts in New York, the New York City Ballet, English National Ballet, Deutsche Oper Am Rhein, and Munich State Ballet. The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney and the National Gallery of Victoria are home to several of Michelle’s custom garments, on display in their permanent collections, receiving a citation for her contribution to fashion design and the arts.
Nicole Pearce (Lighting & Stage Design) is a multidisciplinary artist living in Queens, NY. Her work has been seen across the United States, Cuba, England, Germany, Japan, Korea, Italy, New Zealand, and Russia. Recent works include The Look of Love choreographed by Mark Morris with the Mark Morris Dance Group, Catch Me If You Can directed by Molly Smith with Arena Stage, and Children’s Songs choreographed by Jessica Lang with American Ballet Theatre. Her installation of 1,000 paintings entitled Tiny Paintings for Big Hearts is open to doctors, nurses, staff, and patients of Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst, NY.
Talk about the creation process for The Windless Hold when HSDC commissioned it from you back in 2019.
I was passing through a difficult moment in my life. My grandma had just passed away a few months earlier, and I was really, really affected by that loss. I wanted to use that sense of loss in the piece. I also based the piece a little bit off of Dante’s Inferno, and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Those two components during the process were used to reference the idea of circles, a vortex…trying to rescue the person you are losing forever.
Do you reference myths and legends a lot in your work?
I love stories. I think it’s important because that’s human nature—it’s based on stories, and we need legends to inspire us to continue following our dreams, so it’s something that I’m really attached to in my process.
What is most exciting to you about drawing on these shared stories and universal themes?
Everybody feels sorrow, pain— everybody has losses in their life. I think using those experiences for the stage helps build communication and connection between the stage and the audience. [The audience] is not necessarily moved because of the story; they are moved because there is something real behind what is happening up there.
Hubbard Street Dancers Jack Henderson and Jacqueline Burnett in The Windless Hold by Osnel Delgado.
Tell us about the origins of Ne Me Quitte Pas we understand the story starts 11 years ago? Yes, this piece has been with me for a long time! I started working on it as a student at Juilliard— it was a solo at first. It was sort of a bridge in time, right when I was leaving school and I knew I was going to NDT [Nederlands Dans Theater]. The following year, I had an opportunity to create for a workshop performance, so I decided to source from that solo material to make a duet version, as though it were a duet all along.
But that was 11 years ago and revisiting this work has been a trip! That not only was me, but elements of those choices still exist in me. Trying to figure out how to scoop a little bit in from what I care about now and also say, “Yeah, you’re still valid, Past Me,” and getting those things to show up at the same time—that has been the Hubbard Street version of the work.
What has been unique to the process of creating this version of the work for Hubbard Street?
I knew right away when I came in to create on Hubbard Street, I couldn’t just work with two or four or six people—I gotta have ’em all! I wanted to see what would happen when setting different versions of the same work on different bodies, personalities, and identities. The dance was initially a duet between two maleidentifying partners, and now we see lots of different constellations of partnerships because there’s a lot of different representation inside of the company.
I hope that the audience, in the sense of challenging their expectations, feels a balance of different states of being as they watch. They may not understand the work completely right away, and maybe there’s a little bit of wonder about what’s going on; maybe they lean away, maybe they also lean in, and then maybe they get exactly what they want—but perhaps it ends in a way they’re not used to things ending. I like to remind not only the audience, but also myself and performers, that we can decide how a performance goes. Rules don’t have to be followed traditionally just because we’re on stage in a theater, and we can explore in different ways.
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You and Linda-Denise danced together as company members at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, right?
Yes, I’ve known Linda-Denise for many years— more than 20, even though both of us are not quite 30(!)—and when she joined HSDC as Artistic Director, she immediately reached out and said to me, “If there’s any idea you have, I’d love for you to come and add this to the company’s repertory.” And how could you say no to someone offering you that opportunity?
What was it like to create with the Hubbard Street Dancers? What was unique about the experience?
I started the process of creating this work as part of Guggenheim Works & Process, so I came in with a bit of a vocabulary, but I wasn’t locked into it. The dancers were able to translate my movement language on their bodies so quickly and it felt like it was right for them. I also surrendered what my initial thoughts were to whatever they were giving me.
Honestly, I have been struggling with my health this last year. But every day I’ve come into this space, I’ve left feeling 200% better. Every day these artists and the support team have made me feel like I’m a part of this family, that I have this love surrounding me. Every part of this experience has just pushed me forward and I really am leaving here with a lot of confidence because of the love that I’ve gotten at Hubbard Street.
What can you share about the inspiration behind on a PATH? With this work, I feel like I’m sharing about understanding that this journey that I’m on is mine. It can’t be compared to anyone else’s. And so how do I convey all of that? How do I share this information, how do I let the dancers know that even though they’re all individual, they’re all beautifully and wonderfully made as individuals, that they’re walking on their own path?
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BUSK choreographer
Aszure Barton has been named Hubbard Street’s next Resident Artist
Partnering with HSDC, Barton embarks on a three-year, processbased period of collaboration, creation, and mutual growth with the Company.
“Making dances has always been about bringing people together to facilitate deeper connections,” says Barton. “I’m continually looking for new insight with collaborators that inspire and challenge me, and I’ve really enjoyed working with the Hubbard artists in the past, so I’m honored that Linda-Denise is interested in collaborating. The coming-together is just so exciting!”
Stay tuned for upcoming event, programming, and season announcements to learn more about what this exciting partnership has in store.
HSDC Resident Artist Aszure Barton. Photo by Michelle Reid.As you enjoy today’s program, we invite you to Delve Into Dance with us and enrich your experience by considering some of the following questions before, during, and after the performance:
n How does the music/soundscape contribute to your experience of the piece?
n Do any of the pieces evoke other art forms or societal/cultural influences?
n What emotions do particular movements or moments bring up for you?
n Do you think the choreographers created their pieces with a specific message or story to convey? If so, what?
HSDC is proud to offer the oldest Parkinson’s dance program in the Midwest. Hear from cofounder Sarah Cullen Fuller about the genesis of the program and her hopes for the future.
Tell us about the creation of The Parkinson’s Project. When I was very young, my father was injured in a car accident, and that kind of laid the groundwork for the way I view the world; how people move, who has access to things, who does not—so then in college I was interested in answering the question, “How can you create access for dancers with disabilities?” Later on, when I was a member of Hubbard Street’s main company, my husband Brian, a chiropractor, stumbled across an article in Scientific American about Argentine Tango and the benefits of it for people with Parkinson’s Disease. I read the article while I was touring with the company, and I thought, “You know, it would be so cool if we could start something like this at Hubbard Street.”
What exciting things are happening in the fields of Adaptive, Physically Integrated, or Disability-Forward Dance right now?
They’re becoming their own fields in their own right. You’re starting to see a lot of research in higher education related to the fields; you have artists like Alice Sheppard with Kinetic Light who’s performing at places like the MCA and at the Joyce and all over the country—so I would say that there is more exposure. These grassroots movements are now becoming codified, and there are more opportunities for the scope of artists with disabilities to be working than there have been ever in the past. So I’m really excited about that.
What are your hopes for the future of The Parkinson’s Project?
I would love to see it co-exist with other models of dance that have access for all at their core: multigenerational, hinging upon equity and inclusion, with an invitation to dance on the table at all times, for everyone.
April 11, 2023–May 9, 2023
Every Tuesday at 10am CST over Zoom
May 16, 2023–June 6, 2023
Every Tuesday at 11:15am CST in-person at the HSDC Studio at Water Tower Place
June 13, 2023–July 4, 2023
Every Tuesday at 10am CST outdoors in Seneca Park (In collaboration with Seneca Park & Eli M. Schulman Playground Summer Series in the Park)
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Your contribution provides critical funding to change lives through the experience of dance.
Our incredible Dancers are essential to who we are, but they’re only part of our story. The other part? You!
Support from people like you is essential in helping Hubbard Street Dance Chicago enrich, engage, educate, and change lives through the experience of dance.
Nurtures young minds through our award-winning education programs that reach over 1,000 students in primary through high school levels in more than 50 classrooms across Chicago. We encourage students to be inquisitive, make mistakes, and celebrate the process of learning by connecting their bodies and brains.
Brings the world’s best and brightest choreographic voices to Chicago to work with our Dancers and the broader community, including public school students. It also shares the exceptional talents of our Dancers across the country and the world when we tour.
Generates essential conversations to help us explore new creative possibilities. The virtual workshops and comprehensive study guides we create help address diversity, prejudice, culture, and appropriation in the arts.
Pushes contemporary dance in new directions. Besides showcasing world premiere works, we’ve streamed select performances to 31 countries for free, and films from our virtual season have won numerous awards!
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell
Artistic Director
David McDermott
Executive Director
Artistic Staff
Jonathan E. Alsberry Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives
Craig D. Black, Jr. Rehearsal Director
Krista Ellensohn Manager of Training
Operations
Administrative Staff
Abby Olson
General Manager
Belina Mizrahi and Corinne Kibler, Arts FMS
Financial Management Services
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Katie Grogan
Director of Development
Melissa Rosenberg
Individual Giving Manager
Ashley Echevarría Development Coordinator
Nikki Horwitz
Grants Coordinator
Erik Kaiko Director of Marketing & Communications
Megan Moran
Manager of Marketing & Communications
Youth, Education, and Community Programs
Eboné Harden Director of Education
Teaching Artist Faculty
Jamie Brunson
Rebeca G. Griffin
Anne Kasdorf
Danielle “Dani” Kfoury
Daisy Rueda
Julia Rzonca
Molly Strom
Desiree “Desi” VanDyke
Education Special Projects
Michelle Modrzejewski
June Tanoue
Production
Harrison Pearse Burke Director of Production
Kate Darby
Stage Manager and Head of Props
Casey Doyle
Head of Audio
Jack Horwitch Head Electrician
Kevin Upham
Head Carpenter and Stage Operations
Board of Directors
Steven Collens Chair
Kristin Conley President
Camille E. Rudge Treasurer
Jodi Patt Secretary
Larry Gilbert
Immediate Past Chair, VP of Development
Yasmine Winkler
VP of Membership
Ross B. Bricker
Heather Caruso
Mara S. Georges
Ronda Joubert
Solange Sandy Lloyd
Jasminka Milpak
Marc Miller
Debra Moritz
Alison L. Richards
Life Directors
John W. Ballantine+
Corinne Brophy
Meg Callahan
Edythe R. Cloonan++*
Pam Crutchfield
Sondra Berman Epstein+*
Stanley M. Freehling*
Charles R. Gardner
Paul Gignilliat
Sandra P. Guthman+
Gail Kalver
James Mabie++*
Marie E. O’Connor++*
Byron Pollock++*
Timothy Schwertfeger++
Jack D. Tovin
Randy White
William N. Wood Prince+
+ Past Board Chair
++ Past Board President
*In Memoriam
Program Book
Erik Kaiko Editor
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We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following corporations, foundations, government agencies, and individuals who made gifts to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago between December 1, 2021 and February 1, 2023. Their support kept the company moving, even while apart, and made the performance you enjoy today possible.
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Hubbard Street appreciates the support of all its donors and regrets the inability to list those who contributed less than $250 due to space limitations.
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Tribute and Memorial gifts are a meaningful way to recognize individuals who have a connection to Hubbard Street. For more information or to make a gift please contact the Development Office at giving@hubbardstreetdance.com
In honor of Abby, Linda-D, David, and all the amazing HS dancers
Kesha Pate
In honor of Sara Albrecht
Dedrea Gray
In honor of Jonathan Alsberry
Harriet and Irwin Ross
In honor of Michael and Nancy Basofin
Jonathan Basofin
In memory of Claire Bataille
Elizabeth Stewart
In honor of Craig D. Black, Jr.,
Andrew Murdock, and Kevin J. Shannon
Kesha Pate
In honor of Craig D. Black, Jr., and Kevin Shannon
Kristen Otterson
In honor of Jacqueline Burnett
Nicole I. Dean
In honor of Jacqueline Burnett and David Schultz
Anne M. Gaffney
In honor of Steven Collens’s birthday
Terry and Todd Holzman
In memory of Edythe R. Cloonan
Broad Street Homecare
Randy and Lisa White
Lauren Wolven and Family
In honor of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell
Meg and Timothy Callahan
Paula Gilbert
Randy and Lisa White
Josianne Pennington
In honor of Sara Fox
Seth Lawrence Fox
In memory of Frances Glickman
Barbara Vertel
In honor of Katie Grogan
Sarah R. Mischner
In memory of Susan Heston
Brian Heston
In honor of Chris Horsman’s birthday
Donald Santoski and April Brazell
In honor of Caryn Jendro and Phil Fensel
Geri Colesworthy
In honor of Christina King
Brian King
In memory of Malcolm M. Lloyd, MD
Solange Sandy Lloyd
In honor of David McDermott
Kesha Pate
In honor of Marc Miller
Sally and Ted Miller
In honor of Marc Miller and Chris Horsman
Michael Grant and Carol McMahan
In honor of the Parkinson’s Project
Richard and Marjorie Ettlinger
Dale Schlafer
In memory of Byron Pollock
Sheldon Holzman
In honor of Rich Rodes
Kevin Kranzusch
Karen Teitelbaum
In honor of Camille Rudge
Carole Hildebrandt
In honor of Kevin J. Shannon
Meredith George
Kristen Otterson
William and Edith Shannon
Barbara Grunewald
Mary Kay Shaw
In honor of James Schulte
Sid Bala
In honor of Connie Shiau
David J. Briggs
In honor of Jack Tovin
Hal and Lisa Tovin
In honor of Jessica Tong
Ed Hu
In honor of the retirement of Marilee C. Unruh
Karen Kirby
Alexandra Wells
Arts Consulting Group
Athletico Physical Therapy
Campbell & Company
C5 create with no limits
Allied Integrated Marketing
Advertising
Athletico Physical Therapy
Official Provider of Physical Therapy
Chicago Athletic Clubs
Official Health Club
Arts Consulting Group
Executive Search and Strategic Planning
Taylor Ford, Jeremy Harris, Greg Smith
Accompanists
Chanel DaSilva, Kimberly Dulac, Randy Duncan, Meredith Dincolo, Ethan Kirschbaum, Andrew Murdock, Julie Nakagawa, Ashley Rockwood, Laura Wade, South Chicago Dance Theatre*,
Red Clay Dance Company*, Deeply Rooted
Dance Theater*
Company Teachers
Savills
Real Estate
Quarles & Brady
Legal Services
Chicago Athletic Clubs
Microsoft Corporation
Taste Media Group
Tessitura
Franczek P.C.
Legal Services
Jenner & Block
Legal Services
Michelle Reid
HSDC Resident Photographer; Season 45
Identity Photography
Imani Sade
Season 45 Identity Styling
Frank Ishman
Headshots and Bio Photography
David Schultz
Rehearsal Photography
Motion/Pictures Dance Project
Inside the Studio Production Team
Carol Fox & Associates
Public Relations
Communiqué Graphic Design
Graphic Design
*Community Class Partners
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is grateful to the following individuals who have included us in their estate plans. Our future is more secure because of their generosity.
Meg and Tim Callahan
Josephine H. Deutsch*
Marge* and Lew Collens
Denise Stefan Ginascol and John Ginascol
Jane Ellen Murray
Edward and Gayla Nieminen
Sarah J. Nolan
James F. Oates*
Edna K. Papazian*
Byron Pollock*
Alyssa J. Rapp
Richard L. Rodes
Richard Schieler*
Landon N. Stigall*
Sandra Van Tilburg
J. Randall White
*deceased
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following donors to the Endowment for Health and Wellness and the Endowment for Artistic Programs, which was established with a generous grant from the Ford Foundation.
$100,000 and above
Meg and Tim Callahan
Pamela Crutchfield
The Davee Foundation
Josephine H. Deutsch Trust
The Ford Foundation
Jay Franke and David Herro
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Jim* and Kay Mabie
Nancy A. Lauter & Alfred L. McDougal Charitable Fund
Timothy R. Schwertfeger and Gail Waller
$50,000–$99,999
Sara Albrecht
John and Caroline Ballantine
Deborah Bricker
Sidney and Sondra
Berman Epstein
Sandra and Jack Guthman
Mrs. Eleanor Wood Prince
William N. Wood Prince
The Rhoades Foundation
Earl and Sandra Rusnak
Randy and Lisa White
$25,000–$49,999
Lew Collens
Harold Florsheim
Paul and Ellen Gignilliat
Bernard and Averill Leviton
Dale and Dana Machalleck
James F. Oates
Randy White and Hope Wollman
$10,000–$24,999
Dean Balice
Katherine and Christopher Barber
Roger and Julie Baskes
Joseph and Anne Bohne
Janice Y. Burnham and Raymond B. Carney
James and Edie Cloonan
Joel and Katie Cory
Allan and Ellen Drebin
Susan and Bryan Erler
Trudy Giesel
Denise Stefan Ginascol and John Ginascol
Mary Louise Gorno
Jacqueline Hurlbutt and Norman Waite
Sarah J. Nolan
Dina Norris and Steve Young
Byron and Judy Pollock
Sally and Ellis Regenbogen
Eleanor and William Revelle
Dana and Andre Rice
Kevin and Camille Rudge
Warren D. Shifferd Jr.
Richard and Ann Tomlinson
Robert and Nancy Unglaub
Earl and Susan Webb
Sallyan Windt
$5,000–$9,999
Julia Antonatos
Sanchen Barnum
William and Donna Barrows
The Sidney and June Barrows Foundation
Corinne Brophy
Carla J. Eyre and Peter F. Gallagher
Charlie Gardner and Patti Eylar
Judith Grubner and Craig Jobson
Stephanie Hickman
Linda Hutson
Marc Miller and Chris Horsman
Pat Pulido Sanchez and Manuel Sanchez
John Schwartz
Kenneth Shanoff and Steve Young
Deborah and Kelly Stonebraker
Jack and Niki Tovin
$1,000–$4,999
Kathy Catrambone
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Carolyn Clift
Thomas and Lois Colberg
Jocelyn B. Hamlar and Leighton J. Toney
Jastromb Family
Philanthropic Fund
Rachel Corn Kluge and Scott Kluge
David Mekemson and Irene Petruniak
Maureen Mosh
Donald Ratner
Patrick J. Schieble
Richard Turner and David Jenkins
$250–$999
Bill Nygren Foundation
Todd Magazine
Sheila Owens
Steven and Frances Shapiro
*deceased
To close this milestone Season, Summer Series: Facets celebrates the company’s 45-year legacy of multifaceted artistic excellence and pushing the bounds of what contemporary dance is and can be.
Hubbard Street Dancer Abdiel Figueroa Reyes. Photo by Michelle Reid, styling by Imani Sade