Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Artistic Director
David McDermott, Executive Director
Lou Conte, Founder
FALL SERIES
NOV 15–24, 2024
FEATURING
return to patience by Aszure Barton
Show Pony by Kyle Abraham
Prelude to a Kiss by Lar Lubovitch
Sweet Gwen Suite by Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon
BUSK by Aszure Barton
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We recognize that Steppenwolf Theatre sits on Native land. The area our building resides on is the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, including the Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Odawa
Although for over 200 years Native Nations have been forcibly removed from this territory, we must acknowledge that this land continues to be a site of gathering and healing for more than a dozen other Tribal Nations and remains home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state of Illinois.
Want to learn about the land you are on? Visit nativeland.ca.
Steppenwolf is very grateful to their friends at the American Indian Center–Chicago, specifically Fawn Pochel, for their guidance on Steppenwolf’s new practice around Land Acknowledgements.
Welcome to Season 47: Fall Series
My beautiful people—
It is wonderful to have you with us here at the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre for the kick-off of our 47th season. When the opportunity arose for our two iconic Chicago institutions to come together for this historic series, we knew that it was going to be something special.
We wanted to bring you a program that represented the broad spectrum of what Hubbard Street Dance Chicago can do. I am constantly in awe of how these incredible Dancers transform and bring their signature artistry to such a wide range of pieces that demand technical precision and artistic excellence. You may find yourself asking as the performance progresses, “Are those the same Dancers?” and I am here to confirm, “Yes, yes they are!”
You can learn more about these pieces—as well as our lauded Summer Intensives and Movement as Partnership Education Programs—in the pages of this program. We hope you are moved to visit our website at hubbardstreetdance.com to learn even more about all that HSDC does and how you can support us.
Now—lean in and enjoy the performance!
Yours in motion,
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell
Artistic Director
program
funded in
by the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Support for Hubbard Street’s Resident Artist, Aszure Barton, is provided by Jana French and Peter Gotsch
Liza Yntema
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Photo by Michelle Reid.
Cover: Hubbard Street Dancer Michele Dooley. Costume Design by Bobby Pearce for Sweet Gwen Suite by Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon. Photo by Michelle Reid.
ABOUT HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO
The mission of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is to awaken the human spirit through contemporary dance, envisioning a dance landscape that is relevant and accessible to all.
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 47 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.
HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO
Season 47: Fall Series
return to patience by Resident Artist Aszure Barton
Show Pony by Kyle Abraham
Prelude to a Kiss by Lar Lubovitch
Sweet Gwen Suite by Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon (Company Premiere)
BUSK by Resident Artist Aszure Barton
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Artistic Director
David McDermott, Executive Director
Lou Conte, Founder
The Company
Alexandria Best*
Dominick Brown
Jacqueline Burnett*
Aaron Choate
Morgan Clune
Michele Dooley
Elliot Hammans
Jack Henderson
Bianca Melidor
Shota Miyoshi
Andrew Murdock
David Schultz*
Simone Stevens
Cyrie Topete
Seasonal Guest Artists
Jemoni Powe
Sydney Revennaugh
Company Swings
Kyle Anders
Joan Dwiartanto
*Denotes Princess Grace Award Recipient
return to patience (2015)
COMPANY PREMIERE: 2023
Aszure Barton, Choreography
Jonathan E. Alsberry, Stager
Caroline Shaw, Music
Fritz Masten*, Costume Design
Nicole Pearce*, Lighting Design
Dancers:
Alexandria Best, Dominick Brown, Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Michele Dooley, Elliot Hammans, Jack Henderson, Bianca Melidor, Shota Miyoshi, Andrew Murdock, Jemoni Powe, Sydney Revennaugh, Simone Stevens, Cyrie Topete
Featuring HSDC Summer Intensive Fellows (11/15, 11/16, 11/17):
Emmy Cheung, Morgan Manning, Piper Northburg, Kalen Simpson, Ella Querrey
Music: Gustave Le Grey by Caroline Shaw, performed by Ruogu Wen.
The costumes for return to patience were created by The Juilliard School, New York, NY
15-MINUTE INTERMISSION
Show Pony (2018)
COMPANY PREMIERE: 2023
Kyle Abraham, Choreography
Jlin, Music
Fritz Masten*, Costume Design
Dan Scully*, Lighting Design
Dancers:
Shota Miyoshi (11/15, 11/22, 11/23), Cyrie Topete (11/16 + 11/21), Aaron Choate (11/17 + 11/24)
Music: Hatshepsut written and performed by Jlin.
PAUSE
Learn more about the choreographers and the works on stage on pages 25–28.
Prelude to a Kiss (2005)
COMPANY PREMIERE: 2023
Lar Lubovitch, Choreography
Kurt Elling, Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills, Music
L. Isaac, Costume Design
Jack Mehler*, Lighting Design
Dancers:
Alexandria Best and Elliot Hammans (11/15, 11/17, 11/21, 11/23)
Morgan Clune and Jack Henderson (11/16, 11/22, 11/24)
Music: Prelude to a Kiss performed by Kurt Elling. Written by Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills. Produced by Kurt Elling, Paul Wertico, Laurence Hobgood.
PAUSE
Sweet Gwen Suite (2021)
COMPANY PREMIERE
Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon, Choreography
Linda Haberman, Staging & Additional Choreography & Direction
Herb Albert & Tijuana Brass, Johnny Mandel, Lalo Schifrin, Music
Lynne Shankel, Arranger/Orchestrator
Bobby Pearce*, Costume Design
Harrison Pearse Burke, Lighting Design
Dancers:
Dominick Brown, Aaron Choate, Cyrie Topete (11/15, 11/17, 11/21, 11/23)
Alexandria Best, Elliot Hammans, Andrew Murdock (11/16, 11/22, 11/24)
Music: Mexican Shuffle by Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass; Cool Hand Luke by Lalo Schifrin, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI); Mexican Breakfast by Johnny Mandel, WC Music Corp. (ASCAP).
Sweet Gwen Suite has been commissioned by New York City Center for the 2021 Fall for Dance Festival. Support for new dance works at City Center is provided by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
15-MINUTE INTERMISSION
BUSK (2009)
COMPANY PREMIERE: 2021
Aszure Barton, Choreography & Direction
Jonathan E. Alsberry, Stager
V. de Moraes, August Söderman, Ljova, Moondog, Daniel Belanger, Camille Saint-Saëns, 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
2024–25 LEADERSHIP & ARTISTIC PROFILES
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.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in BUSK by Aszure Barton. Photo by Danica Paulos; courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow.
2024–25 LEADERSHIP & ARTISTIC PROFILES
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 Taylor-Corbett, 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.
Hubbard Street Dancers Jacqueline Burnett and David Schultz. Costume Design for Georgia by Jackson Lowell. Photo by Michelle Reid.
CHOREOGRAPHER & STAGER PROFILES
KYLE ABRAHAM is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow who began his dance training at the Civic Light Opera Academy and the Creative and Performing Arts High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He continued his dance studies in New York, receiving a BFA from SUNY Purchase and an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Washington Jefferson College, and is currently serving as a visiting professor in residence at UCLA. In November 2012, Abraham was named the newly appointed New York Live Arts Resident Commissioned Artist for 2012–2014. Just one month later, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater premiered Abraham’s newest work, Another Night, at New York’s City Center to rave reviews. That same year, Abraham was named the 2012 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award recipient and 2012 USA Ford Fellow, before serving as a choreographic contributor for Beyoncé’s 2013 British Vogue cover shoot. Abraham received a prestigious Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance in Dance for his work in The Radio Show, and a Princess Grace Award for Choreography in 2010. The previous year, he was selected as one of Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch for 2009, and received a Jerome Travel and Study Grant in 2008. His choreography has been presented throughout the United States and abroad, most recently at Fall for Dance Festival at New York’s City Center, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Joyce Theater, The Los Angeles Music Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Théâtre de la Ville, Maison de la Danse, Tanz Im August, On The Boards, Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, Bates Dance Festival, Harlem Stage, Montreal, Italy, Germany, Sweden, France, Jordan, Ecuador, Dublin’s Project Arts Center, The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum located in Okinawa Japan, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Byham and The Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. In addition to performing and developing new works for his company, A.I.M, Abraham recently premiered Untitled America, a 3-part commissioned work for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and finished touring The Serpent and The Smoke, a new pas de deux for himself and acclaimed Bessie Award-winning and former New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Wendy Whelan as part of Restless Creature and choreographed for the feature-length film, The Book of Henry with acclaimed director, Colin Trevorrow. Abraham recently premiered a solo work for American Ballet Theater principle, Misty Copeland in October 2019.
Canadian-American ASZURE BARTON is a choreographer, director, and innovator who started tap dancing at the age of three and has been creating dances since her days as a student at Canada’s National Ballet School. Since then, her works have been performed on stages throughout the world, including the Palais Garnier, Mariinsky Theater, The Kennedy Center, The Alicia Alonso Grand Theater, Studio 54, Lincoln Center, and Sadler’s Wells, as well as in museums and exhibits. She has choreographed for theater, film, and opera, including Broadway, notably for the production of The Threepenny Opera, with Cyndi Lauper and Alan Cumming. In the early 2000s, she founded Aszure Barton & Artists in order to create an autonomous, interdisciplinary, and collaborative platform for process-centered creation, resulting in choreography that the US National Endowment for the Arts has equated to “watching the physical unfurling of the human psyche.” Over 30+ years of making dances, Aszure Barton has worked with celebrated artists and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jessica Chastain, Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Bayerisches Staatsballett, English National Ballet, Teatro alla Scala, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, Martha Graham Dance Company, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Limon Dance Company, among many others. She recently premiered a new work (Mere Mortals) at San Francisco Ballet in collaboration with British electronic music producer/DJ Floating Points and mixed media artists Hamill Industries—the first evening-length work created by a female choreographer in SFB’s history, curated by Artistic Director Tamara Rojo. She is also delighted to be the current Resident Artist at Hubbard Street Dance
CHOREOGRAPHER & STAGER PROFILES
Chicago. Her latest artistic venture is a creative partnership with acclaimed composer and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire; the two premiered their first new work titled A a | a B : B E N D at Kampnagel’s International Summer Festival in 2023. Meant to challenge what we think we know about the meeting of dance and music, Tanz Magazine’s Falk Schraiber sensed it’s “refusal of categorization” and called it “a collaborative work that also draws its appeal from the fact that two artists who are completely secure in their field playfully unsettle each other.” Aszure Barton continues to be an innovator of form, having contributed to an evolution of highly specialized dance and theater companies worldwide. Over the years, she has received accolades including a Bessie Award for her work BUSK. She was the first Martha Duffy Resident Artist at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and is a grateful recipient of the prestigious Canadian Arts & Letters Award, joining the likes of Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, and Margaret Atwood. She is also an official ambassador of contemporary dance in Canada.
BOB FOSSE is one of the most internationally recognized figures in the history of the performing arts for his groundbreaking, genre-defining work as a director, choreographer, performer, and writer across various mediums on both stage and screen. In 1973, he became the first director in history to win the Oscar, Tony, and Emmy awards in a single year for his spectacular triumphs with Cabaret on film, Pippin on Broadway, and “Liza with a Z” on television. Though he got his start as a performer, Mr. Fosse’s career as a creative force on Broadway began in 1954 when he served as choreographer for the Original Broadway production of The Pajama Game, earning him the first of his nine Tony Awards. He went on to choreograph Damn Yankees, Bells Are Ringing, New Girl In Town, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and direct and choreograph Redhead, Little Me, Sweet Charity (which he also conceived), Pippin, Liza, Chicago (for which he also co-wrote the book), Dancin’, Big Deal (for which he also wrote the book), and the 1986 revival of Sweet Charity. On film, he served as director and choreographer for Sweet Charity, Cabaret, All That Jazz (also co-screenwriter), and Star 80 (also co-screenwriter), earning him an Academy Award and two additional nominations for Best Director, as well as a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. All That Jazz also won the Palme d’Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. His additional film credits include choreography for The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, and The Little Prince. Born in Chicago, Mr. Fosse began dancing at age nine and made his first professional appearance at thirteen with his childhood friend Charles Grass under the name “The Riff Brothers.” After serving with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Islands during World War II, he reignited his career as a dancer, performing alongside Mary Ann Niles in Call Me Mister, Make Mine Manhattan, and Dance Me a Song. He also appeared in the MGM films Give a Girl a Break; The Affairs of Dobie Gillis; and Kiss Me, Kate. His last performing engagements were with New York City Center, dancing the title role in their revival of Pal Joey and dancing the role of The Serpent in The Little Prince on screen. Bob Fosse passed away in 1987, on the Opening Night of the National Tour of Sweet Charity. Mr. Fosse’s work constantly finds new life in productions like the long running Broadway revival of Chicago (1996), Fosse (1999), and the Broadway revival of Dancin’ (2023), as well as in the Emmy Award-winning FX series “Fosse/Verdon” (2019), and the trio of dances Sweet Gwen Suite (2021). The Verdon Fosse Legacy®, founded by his daughter, Nicole Fosse, ensures Mr. Fosse’s enduring legacy will continue to help shape the entertainment landscape for years to come.
CHOREOGRAPHER & STAGER PROFILES
GWEN VERDON is “widely regarded as the best dancer ever to brighten the Broadway Stage” (The New York Times). Her early career was marked by her close working relationship with Jack Cole, for whom she worked as both a performer and assistant choreographer. Her most enduring professional partnership, however, was with the man she would marry, Bob Fosse. Together, Ms. Verdon and Mr. Fosse ran up a string of iconic theatrical successes not rivaled by a director/choreographer and star before or since. After she earned her first of four Tony Awards in her breakout role as Claudine in CanCan, her collaboration with Mr. Fosse began. She starred in Damn Yankees (Tony Award), New Girl in Town (Tony Award), Redhead (Tony Award), Sweet Charity (Tony nomination) and Chicago (Tony nomination). Her work in feature films includes roles in On the Riviera, David & Bathsheba, Mississippi Gambler, Damn Yankees, Cocoon, Cocoon: The Return, The Cotton Club, Nadine, Marvin’s Room, Alice, Bruno, and Walking Across Egypt. Early in her career, she helped stage Marilyn Monroe’s performance of “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend” in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She served as Artistic Advisor for Steam Heat, the Emmy Award-winning documentary about Mr. Fosse. She also appeared on the television programs “Mash,” “Fame,” “Trapper John,” “M.D.,” “Webster,” “Magnum, P.I.,” “The Equalizer,” “Dream On,” “Dear John,” “Homicide,” and “Legs.” Her work in the concert dance world spanned decades and continents, including Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance, the Beijing Ballet School in China, the Houston Ballet Company, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Counted among the hundreds of partners with whom she danced throughout the course of her career were Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolph Nureyev. Among her many accolades, Ms. Verdon won a Grammy Award for Redhead and received a National Endowment for the Arts & Humanities Award.
LAR LUBOVITCH is one of America’s most versatile and widely seen choreographers. He founded the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968. Over the course of 53 years, it has gained an international reputation as one of America’s top dance companies, produced more than 120 dances and performed before millions across the U.S. and over 40 countries. Many other major companies throughout the world have performed the company’s dances, including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and more. Lubovitch has created ice-dancing works for Olympians John Curry, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Brian Orser, JoJo Starbuck, and Paul Wylie, and he has created feature-length ice-dance specials for TV: The Planets for A&E (nominated for an International Emmy Award, a Cable AceAward, and a Grammy Award) and The Sleeping Beauty for PBS and Anglia TV, Great Britain. His theater and film work includes Sondheim/ Lapine’s Into the Woods (Tony Award nomination), The Red Shoes (Astaire Award), the Tony Award-winning revival of The King and I (on Broadway and in London’s West End), Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame in Berlin, and Robert Altman’s movie The Company (American Choreography Award). In 2016, he premiered The Bronze Horseman, based on the Pushkin poem, for the Mikhailovsky Ballet in Russia. In 1987, he conceived Dancing for Life, which took place at Lincoln Center. It was the first response by the dance community to the AIDS crisis, raising over one million dollars. Together with Jay Franke, in 2007 Lubovitch created the Chicago Dancing Festival, in collaboration with the City of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art. It presented 10 seasons entirely free to the public. Recent awards: 2007 named Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Tribune; 2008 named similarly by Chicago Magazine; 2011 designated a Ford Fellow by United States Artists and received the Dance/USA Honors Award; 2012 his dance Crisis Variations awarded the Prix Benois de la Danse for outstanding choreography at the Bolshoi Theatre; 2013 honored for lifetime achievement by the American Dance Guild; 2014 awarded an honorary doctorate by The Juilliard School; 2016 received the Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement and the Dance Magazine Award, named one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by the Dance Heritage Coalition and appointed a Distinguished Professor at UC/Irvine. In honor of his company’s 50th anniversary, in 2018 he was presented with the Martha Graham Award for lifetime achievement.
CHOREOGRAPHER & STAGER PROFILES
LINDA HABERMAN has combined her classical ballet background and years of Broadway experience to develop a unique voice as a choreographer. Her work is recognized for its demanding physicality, sophisticated style, and detailed synchronization. She attributes her time spent assisting the luminaries, Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse, for influencing her approach to both directing and choreographing. Linda is honored to be able to continue her connection to Mr. Fosse through her ongoing work with The Verdon Fosse® Legacy. In 2021 she directed, reconstructed and provided additional choreography for Sweet Gwen Suite, a trio of dances, originally choreographed by Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, which premiered at the Fall for Dance Festival. She is thrilled to explore the next evolution of this piece when she stages it for the 2024/25 season of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Ms. Haberman became the first woman to be named sole director and choreographer of the Radio City Rockettes in 2006. For the next 9 years, with her innovative choreography and use of ground-breaking technology, she pushed the iconic troupe to new heights and critical acclaim. She also created, choregraphed, and supervised multiple touring productions of the Christmas Spectacular, which played in over 80 cities across North America. Linda has choreographed numerous Off Broadway and regional productions, and her work has been seen on television shows such as the NBC broadcast of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Dancing With The Stars, America’s Got Talent, Project Runway, The Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, The Annual Daytime Emmy Awards and The Today’s Show. In Japan she directed and choreographed six productions of La Cage Aux Folles and choreographed numerous lavish productions for the world renowned Takarazuka Revue Company, as well as creating several pieces for their sold-out run at the Joyce Theatre. On Broadway, Linda was the assistant choreographer to Bob Fosse on his last show, Big Deal, was assistant choreographer to Jerome Robbins during the reconstruction and audition phase of Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and assisted choreographer, Christopher Chadman, on the hit revival of Guys and Dolls. She had featured dance roles in the original Broadway productions of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, La Cage Aux Folles and Can-Can, and she performed The Manson Trio, with Ben Vereen, in the video version of Pippin. As a young dancer Ms. Haberman trained on scholarship with San Francisco Ballet and School of American Ballet, and was an apprentice with the Harkness Ballet. Recently, Linda graciously accepted an invitation from the Jerome Robbins’ Dance Division of the New York Public Library to participate in their Oral History Project. Her interview, discussing her life and career, is now available in the library archives.
2024–25 COMPANY DANCERS
*Denotes Princess Grace Award Recipient
Alexandria Best*
Morgan Clune
Elliot Hammans
Shota Miyoshi
Cyrie Topete
Jacqueline Burnett*
Michele Dooley
Jack Henderson
David Schultz*
Sydney Revennaugh
Aaron Choate
Dominick Brown
Andrew Murdock
Jemoni Powe
Joan Dwiartanto
Bianca Melidor
Simone Stevens
Kyle Anders
2024–25 DANCER PROFILES
Alexandria Best (she/her, Raleigh, NC) is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina where she began her pre-professional dance training. During this time, she acquired knowledge from instructors across programs such as American Ballet Theatre, Arts Umbrella, Carolina Ballet, DamianiDance, French Academie of Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She is a 2021 graduate of Pace University where she earned her BFA in dance, with a concentration in performance and pedagogy, and a minor in business. Immediately following post-grad, Alexandria joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a Company Artist under the direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Now going into her fourth season, she has had the opportunity to perform many great works by many great-minded artists alike. She is thrilled to be announced as a 2023 Princess Grace Foundation Award winner in Dance and to be joining its community of artists. Alexandria is elated to continue her time growing her artistry and community with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in its upcoming season. Company member since 2021.
Dominick Brown (he/they, Oklahoma City, OK) is a professional dance artist originally from Oklahoma City. Brown began training under the direction of CeCe Farha. While training, he attended summer intensives with The Washington School of Ballet and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. He received a BFA from the University of The Arts in Philadelphia under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfeild as a Directors Scholar in 2021. While at the university, Brown worked with Ballet Preljocaj in Aix en Provence, France. He also attended The American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina. Brown has previously danced as a company artist with Kun Yang Lin Dancers and SALT Contemporary Dance. He has performed works by Merce Cunningham, Ihsan Rustem, Andrea Miller, Lauren Edson, Kun Yang Lin, Joni Mcdonald and Peter Chu. Dominick is thrilled to join Hubbard Street for the 2024/25 Season. Company member since 2024.
Jacqueline Burnett (she/her, Pocatello, ID) received her formative classical ballet training in her hometown of Pocatello, Idaho, from Romanian Ballet Master Marius Zirra. She moved to NYC in 2005 for the Ailey School/Fordham University joint 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. She 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. She has also 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. She recently choreographed for Milwaukee Rep’s Murder on the Orient Express and premiered a new work, co-choreographed with David Schultz, for Danza Visual in Mexico City. Company member since 2009.
Aaron Choate (they/them, Lexington, KY) is a graduate of The Juilliard School class of 2022. After studying at Diana Evans School of Dance in Kentucky, they were named a 2018 Presidential Scholar in the Arts. They have performed the works of renowned choreographers, such as Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, Justin Peck, Jamar Roberts, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rennie Harris, Spenser Theberge, Lar Lubovitch, and Ted Shawn. They are also an avid choreographer. In 2024, they were a choreographer and Artistic Lead for the Hubbard Street Teen CREATE Summer Intensive. Summer of 2023 they had a process at Gibney Dance called the Moving Towards Justice Fellowship created by Scott Autry, and in 2022, they presented a work at 92nd Street Y as a part of the Future Dance Festival. In 2021, they received the George J. Jakab Grant Award from Juilliard to create a dance film, and upon graduation they were awarded the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship. Company member since 2022.
2024–25 DANCER PROFILES
Morgan Clune (she/her, Barrington, IL) graduated from The Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2018. She was recognized as a National YoungArts Winner in New York for Contemporary dance in 2018 where she performed solo at Baryshnikov Arts Center. Upon graduation from Juilliard, Morgan was awarded the Martha Hill Prize 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 an emerging choreographer, choreographing at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s CREATE summer intensive (2023 & 2024) and The Juilliard School in 2023. Morgan is currently entering her third season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago under the direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. 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, amongst others. She has had the privilege of working with Eleone Dance Theatre and Spectrum Dance Theater. Michele is beyond excited for their fourth season with Hubbard Street! Company member since 2021.
Elliot Hammans (he/him, Santa Fe, NM) began his formal dance training in 2008 with Robert SherMachherndl 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 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 Umbrella’s 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. Company member since 2022.
Bianca Melidor (she/her, Dacula, GA) comes from Atlanta where she received her dance training at the Gwinnett Ballet Theater under the artistic direction of Lisa Sheppard Robson and Wade Walthall. Melidor then furthered her training in jazz at Point Park University under the direction of Ruben Graciani and Garfield Lemonius. In addition, she has spent many of her summers training at intensives with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mark Morris Dance Group, Ballet West, Atlanta Ballet and Dallas Black Dance Theatre. In 2018, she graduated from Point Park University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, Magna Cum Laude and soon after joined Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s DBDT: Encore! with the artistic direction of Nycole Ray. In 2021, she joined Dallas Black Dance Theatre with Melissa Young as artistic director and performed in countless programs by Matthew Rushing, Christopher Huggins, Darrell Grand Moultrie and many more. Company member since 2024.
2024–25 DANCER PROFILES
Shota Miyoshi (he/him, Kanagawa, Japan), a native of Japan, started his training in jazz and ballet at Nakura Jazz Dance Studio. He moved to the U.S. when he was 19 years old. He received his BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase College in 2022 where he studied ballet, modern techniques such as Graham and Cunningham, improvisation, and choreography in addition to several different styles in dance. He is a recipient of Adopt-a-Dancer Scholarship from SUNY Purchase College in 2021-22. He has performed works by Aszure Barton, Lar Lubovitch, Rena Butler, Rennie Harris, Maria Torres, FLOCK, Alice Klock and Florian Lochner, Johan Inger, and more. Company member since 2022.
Andrew Murdock (he/him, St. Alberta, AB, Canada) is a Canadian dancer, stager, teaching artist, and rehearsal director based out of Chicago, IL, USA. He has spent the majority of his dancing career at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Aszure Barton & Artists, Ballets Jazz Montréal, and Robyn Mineko Williams & Artists. He is a former Rehearsal Director for Ballets Jazz Montréal, guest Rehearsal Director for Para.Mar Dance Theatre, and he provides company classes and pre-professional training in the Chicagoland area. He has also staged work and assisted creations for Springboard Danse Montréal, AB&A, Ballet Jazz Montréal, RMW&A, Para.Mar Dance Theatre, Moonwater Dance Project, Arts Umbrella, American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet School of Canada, Ballet BC, Oklahoma City Ballet, Orlando Ballet, STEPS Repertory Ensemble, New York University, and is a former Artistic Lead for Hubbard Street Summer Intensives and Inside/Out choreographic workshop.
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 Cochoreographed 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) received her dance training in her hometown of Stone Mountain, GA at En Pointe School of Dance before graduating from Kennesaw State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Minor in Anthropology. Upon moving to Chicago in 2018, Simone studied on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio while simultaneously performing as a freelance artist throughout the city. Since joining the company in 2021, Simone has been recognized as one of Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch. Simone has also actively sought to further expand her community as an instructor, both regionally at The Rooted Space and Chicago Movement Collective, as well as familiarly at her alma mater. Simone is forever grateful for the spaces that continue to welcome her and the communities that continue to uplift. Company member since 2021.
Cyrie Topete (she/they, Peoria, AZ) is from Peoria, Arizona, where she trained in competitive dance starting at the age of 13. She then moved to New York City and received her BFA at The Juilliard School, class of 2022. During her time at Juilliard, she was given Juilliard’s FENDI Vanguard Award and attended programs including Springboard Danse Montreal, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, B12 in Berlin, Germany, Youngarts LA, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and more. She was also recognized for choreographic opportunities including Juilliard’s Choreography and Composers in 2021, National Sawdust’s Blueprint Fellowship in 2019, and Juilliard’s Choreographic Honors in 2019. Cyrie has had the opportunity to perform works by Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Alan Lucien Øyen, Kyle Abraham, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rennie Harris, Peter Chu, Justin Peck, Aszure Barton, Rena Butler, Jenn Freeman, and Jamar Roberts. During her first season with HSDC, she was featured in Dance Magazine’s “On the Rise”. Company member since 2022.
2024–25 DANCER PROFILES
Jemoni Powe (he/him, Las Vegas, NV) is an upcoming dancer, choreographer, and pedagogue from Las Vegas, Nevada. Beginning his training at the School of Nevada Ballet, he was soon chosen as a Merit winner in Dance and Choreography for the National YoungArts Foundation. He debuted in a music video by Grammy award-winning Jazz artist Gregory Porter entitled “Revival.” He is highlighted in the November 2020 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine as one of five dancers to follow. He is a 2024 graduate from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He was a Gallim Company artist and an artist with NVA and Guests, recently performing the works From and Sama by Andrea Miller and Mont Blanc by Nicole Von Arx. Jemoni is overjoyed to be joining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago this season as a Seasonal Guest Artist.
Sydney Revennaugh (she/her, Marion, IN) is from Marion, Indiana and began her training with Dancers Edge under direction of Brandy Revennaugh and Brooke Napier, as well as Indiana Ballet Conservatory under direction of Alyona Yakovleva-Randall. She is a 2024 Juilliard School graduate where she earned a BFA in dance. During her four years at Juilliard, she attended summer programs with Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet BC and Arts Umbrella. She was a YoungArts Finalist in 2020 and received a silver medal for modern/contemporary dance. At the Juilliard School, she performed works by Tiler Peck, Ohad Naharin, Rena Butler, Aszure Barton, Jamar Roberts, Camille A. Brown, Omar Román De Jesús and Kyle Abraham among others. She often performed in Student Choreographic Workshops.
Kyle Anders (he/him, Sykesville, MD) is from Sykesville, Maryland where he began his training at Savage Dance Company under the direction of Nichole Savage and Brandy Fry for 13 years. He is a 2024 graduate of The University of Arizona, where he received his BFA in Dance and BSBA in Business Management. Within his four years studying at Arizona, Kyle received numerous performance opportunities, such as being a featured soloist in Thang Dao’s Nevermore, performing in Duane Cyrus’ Bolero at The Joyce Theater, alongside roles in works by Martha Graham, Frank Chavez, Paul Taylor, Jason Hortin, and more. He is additionally an alumni of The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, directed by Milton Myers, and attended Orsolina28, focusing on Marco Goecke repertoire. Kyle is extremely grateful and overjoyed to be joining HSDC this season as a Company Swing.
Joan Dwiartanto (she/her, Singapore) is a multifaceted artist working as a dancer and filmmaker. She graduated from The Juilliard School in 2022, where she worked with choreographers such as Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, Justin Peck, Or Schraiber and Bobbi Jene Smith. In 2020, Joan co-directed a collaborative film for The Park Avenue Armory’s 100 Years | 100 Women event in New York City and worked with principal dancer of American Ballet Theatre, James Whiteside, as the creative videographer in his own Ballet film Marilyn’s Funeral. She then went on to direct her own dance film, Crying On The Island They Own which premiered in early 2022, and has since won multiple film festival awards. Joan went on to join YYDC, a dance company founded by Yue Yin, where she performed in Yue Yin’s evening-length pieces NOWHERE (2023) and most recently, SOMEWHERE (2024) in NYC.
Welcome 2024 Summer Intensive Fellows
Since 2023, 6 dancers from HSDC’s Summer Intensive programs are chosen annually to return during the regular season to join the Company for a week-long residency when they participate in a world premiere creation process. Fellows get an exclusive opportunity to experience firsthand what it takes to be part of a professional dance company. This year, 5 Fellows are performing in return to patience during the first weekend of Fall Series. Congratulations Emmy, Morgan, Piper, Kalen, and Ella—it’s been wonderful having you with us!
Emmy Cheung (she/her) grew up in Irvine, California where she developed her love for dance. She began training at West Coast School of the Arts under the direction of Paula Kessinger. Her primary training was furthered by attending the Orange County School of the Arts under the direction of Jim Kolb and Nicole Berger. Emmy was awarded Spotlight Music Center’s Grand Prize Finalist for non-classical dance in 2021. She then was named a YoungArts winner in modern-contemporary dance in 2022, also becoming a Presidential Scholar in the Arts semi-finalist. Mentors, Zak Schlegel and Chalatorn Ujamras, have helped her grow as a performer and as an artist beyond the stage. Emmy is pursuing her BFA in Dance at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, where she has performed works of choreographers Roderick George, Tessandra Chavez, Dani Rowe, and Tyce Diorio.
Morgan Manning (she/her) is a fourth year BFA modern dance student at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA, and an art area honor graduate of Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, TX. Her early dance training began at several studios throughout the Houston Metropolitan area in a variety of styles. She spent 7 years training with Artistic Soul Dance Company, under the direction of Jade Whitmire. Morgan has had the opportunity to perform repertory work from Norbert De La Cruz III, Bob Fosse, Martha Nichols, Roderick George, Candace Brown, Jess Hendricks, Christopher L. Huggins, and Jenn Freeman. When Morgan is not in the classroom or rehearsing for the next Point Park dance concert, she is traveling with the Adrenaline and Revive Dance Conventions as one of their Faculty Assistants.
2024 SUMMER INTENSIVE FELLOWS
Piper Northburg (she/her) is from Fort Collins, Colorado where she began her training at Canyon Concert Ballet and Studio West Dance Center during high school, receiving comprehensive instruction in contemporary, jazz, ballet, hip hop, modern, tap, and pointe. She is currently in her third year at The University of Arizona, pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. In addition to her academic studies, Piper is an apprentice with contemporary dance company Ballare Carmel, under the direction of Lillian Barbeito. She has refined her skills through participation in several intensives, including the Carmel Dance Festival Summer Program, Hubbard Street Explore Intensive, Perry Mansfield Professional Dance Intensive, and BODYTRAFFIC. Piper is also a recipient of the Medici Scholarship, recognizing her dedication to the arts. This fall, she joined the panel at Dance Visions which highlights creative works and underscores the importance of scholarly inquiry representing the University of Arizona School of Dance.
Kalen Simpson (he/him) is a driven dancer from Fort Washington Maryland. He started his dance journey at the age of 7, training in Ballet, Contemporary, Tap, African, etc. A current junior dance major at the George Mason University School of Dance, Kalen Simpson has gotten the opportunity to perform work by Rena Butler, Kyle Abraham, Susan Shields, Doug Varone, and many more. He furthers training by participating in summer programs such as The Hubbard Street CREATE Intensive, Netherlands Dance Theater, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, and the Jacobs Pillow Contemporary Dance Ensemble. In addition to performance, Kalen is passionate about choreography and has continued to create works throughout his time in education.
Ella Querrey (she/her) is nineteen and from Naperville, Illinois. She began training at the Inspire School of Dance at age two and is now pursuing her BFA in Dance at USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. During her freshman year, she worked closely with Tyce Diorio and Rodrick George. Ella studied in Berlin, collaborating with dancers from the Pina Bausch Foundation to explore experimental art and performance. Her artistry has been shaped by programs and intensives like Peter Chu’s Chuthis Movement, Tony Testa’s BlackBox1 film, Steps on Broadway, New York City Dance Alliance, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Hubbard Street. Ella has worked closely with artists like Hanna Brictson and Adam McGaw and has choreographed for high schools and studios in her hometown. She is passionate about sharing space with emerging artists, promoting mental health awareness, and teaching local elementary students through USC Kaufman Connections.
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Resident Artist Aszure Barton
Since being named Hubbard Street’s Resident Artist in 2023, Aszure Barton has updated her meditative return to patience on the Company, created the mesmerizing A Duo, and is bringing back BUSK after critical and audience acclaim. With the mosaic Blue Soup coming to HSDC in Spring 2025, she is just getting started.
Partnering with HSDC, Barton continues her unique three-year, process-based 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 comingtogether is just so exciting!”
HSDC Resident Artist Aszure Barton. Photo by Michelle Reid.
SPOTLIGHT ON: Show Pony Kyle Abraham
With the return of this tour de force solo piece, Company Dancer Cyrie Topete offers insight into the unique experience of bringing this virtuosic work to life:
What kind of energy do you need to bring to a work like Show Pony? What goes through your mind while dancing the solo?
CYRIE: I approach Show Pony with no hesitancy. The work requires your most confident self and being present with your spontaneous and playful choices. I task myself before the curtain goes up to surprise myself, take risks, and leave everything out on the stage.
What do you enjoy most about dancing Show Pony? What are you excited to share with audiences through this work?
CYRIE: Show Pony gives the “fever dream” effect. It feels as if I’m freezing time and it’s just me, the stage, the high ponytail, and the iconic golden body suit. It’s a new solo every single time I perform the work. I feel powerful and confident, and I feel safe to ‘roar!’
Top: Hubbard Street Dancer Aaron Choate in Show Pony by Kyle Abraham. Photo by Michelle Reid.
Bottom: Hubbard Street Dancer Shota Miyoshi in Show Pony by Kyle Abraham. Musco Center.
Photo by Karen Tapia.
SPOTLIGHT ON: Prelude to a Kiss Lar Lubovitch
HSDC first had the honor of performing Prelude to a Kiss by Lar Lubovitch after being invited to participate in his 80th birthday celebration at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City in 2023. We sat down with Company Dancers Alexandria Best, Morgan Clune, Elliot Hammans, and Jack Henderson to reflect on their experiences with the piece so far:
Tell us about the process of learning Prelude to a Kiss.
JACK: We all started learning together, the whole company, a little over a year ago. We were all matched up with somebody, and then we shifted around throughout the week.
What is unique about learning and performing a Lar Lubovitch work?
ELLIOT: Lar really gives a lot of freedom in terms of what you find with each other, and what is important between the two bodies, the two people, and how they relate to his movement.
MORGAN: Lar focuses on the shapes in the space, and the choreography of the whole space, even when it’s just a duet. Curves, lines, trajectories— those are all in there.
ALLIE: The ‘Lar technique’ of it is the bones, the structure of a piece, and then you fill it in. So it’s nice having had that beforehand [from Coltrane’s Favorite Things] knowing things like, “Oh, when I get to this movement, and it is a curve—that is a ‘Lar Curve.’ And I know that he’s going to really want me to curve my whole body with it—but how am I going to make that curve my own just a little bit, and fill in the parts just before and after?”
MORGAN: I feel like for him, his choreography is the painting of what the music sounds like.
ELLIOT: He’s trying to draw the music in the space, it feels like.
SPOTLIGHT ON: Sweet Gwen Suite
Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon
That’s right: HSDC is currently the only dance company in the world with a Bob Fosse or Gwen Verdon work in its repertoire, thanks to a special partnership with The Verdon Fosse® Legacy.
Linda Haberman, an instrumental part of the Legacy and long-time collaborator of Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon, is responsible for the Staging, Additional Choreography, and Direction of Sweet Gwen Suite. We caught up with Linda to learn more about this unique piece’s place in dance history:
Tell us how Sweet Gwen Suite came to be.
In 2019, [daughter of Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon] Nicole Fosse called me and said that City Center in New York City was interested in commissioning a work for their Fall for Dance Festival. She sent me the videos of three very separate pieces that had been done in the late 60s by Bob and Gwen. Two of them were done for a Bob Hope special and one was done for the Ed Sullivan Show.
I had an idea about how to connect them, and Nicole was totally on board with all of it and very involved in the development stage. The next task for me was to actually take these old videos, learn the choreography count-bycount, and really tune in to every nuance. I kept as much original choreography as I possibly could, and wherever I needed something else, I turned to a large amount of Bob Fosse choreography that is available elsewhere—I viewed every single thing I could get my hands on. If I’ve done my job well, you’ll never know the difference between what I put in and what was there originally.
Are there any particular things that audiences, especially fans of Fosse & Verdon, should look out for in the piece?
If they’re fans, they’ll see some things—especially in the third section—little “Easter Eggs” from snippets of other numbers. There’s also a little shout-out to Beyoncé in it. I don’t know all the details, but she was inspired by this piece for her [‘Single Ladies’] video. So we’re doing a little shout-out back to her in a super fun way. Audiences may or may not get that depending on their knowledge of both Beyoncé and Fosse!
Linda Haberman of The Verdon Fosse Legacy with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Photo by Michelle Reid.
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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?
Hubbard Street Dancers Morgan Clune and Elliot Hammans. Costume Design for Dichotomy of a Journey by Branimira Ivanova. Photo by Michelle Reid.
SPOTLIGHT ON: HSDC Education Movement as Partnership
We partner with schools and community organizations across Chicago to provide access to our programs in support of our mission to awaken the human spirit through contemporary dance.
Interested in partnering with HSDC Education?
Open this QR code with your camera app to complete our Residency Interest form.
Pictured: Students and teachers at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy and the Academy for Global Citizenship during HSDC MAP Residencies.
Photos courtesy of HSDC Education.
HUBBARD STREET STAFF AND BOARD
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
Jessica Adler, Corinne Kibler, Jen Soloway, Arts FMS Financial Management Services
External Affairs
Mollie Alexander Director of Development
Haley Gillespie Interim Manager of Development
Clara Trippe Development Storyteller
Erik Kaiko Director of Marketing & Communications
Megan Moran Manager of Marketing & Communications
Youth, Education, and Community Programs
Eboné Harden Director of Education
Learning Specialists
Jamie Brunson
Rebeca G. Griffin
Anne Kasdorf
Michelle Modrzejewski
Teaching Artist Faculty
Danielle “Dani” Kfoury
Mara Noguez
Daisy Rueda
Julia Rzonca
Molly Strom
June Tanoue
Desiree “Desi” VanDyke
Production
Harrison Pearse Burke Director of Production
Kate Darby
Stage Manager and Head of Props
Bill Green Head of Audio
Jenah Hensel Head of Wardrobe
Jack Horwitch
Head Electrician
Michael Kroll Head Carpenter
Board of Directors
Officers
Steven Collens Chair
Kristin Conley President
Larry Gilbert^ Treasurer
Jodi Patt Secretary
Jen Mallamud VP of Development
Debra Moritz VP of Membership
Directors at Large
Ross B. Bricker
Heather Caruso
Rima Chakrabarti, MD
Mara S. Georges
Jae Lee
Solange Sandy Lloyd
Samir Mayekar
Mary Lou Marinas
Suzet McKinney, DrPH
Jasminka Milpak
Kristen Otterson
Alison Richards
Benna Wilde
Yasmine Winkler
Life Directors
John W. Ballantine^
Corinne Brophy*
Meg Callahan^
Edythe R. Cloonan^*
Pamela 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 or President
*In Memoriam
Program Book
Erik Kaiko
Editor
Communiqué Graphic Design
Designer
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following corporations, foundations, government agencies, and individuals who made gifts to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago between September 1, 2023 and October 21, 2024. Their support kept the company moving and made the performance you enjoy today possible.
Corporate, Foundation & Government Support
$100,000 and above
Athletico Physical Therapy
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Hearst Foundations
Polk Bros. Foundation
Pritzker Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
$50,000–$99,999
Julius N. Frankel Foundation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Illinois Arts Council Agency
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
$25,000–$49,999
Alphawood Foundation
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Elizabeth Louise Smith Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Anonymous (2)
$10,000–$24,999
CIBC Commercial Banking
John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
Georges & Synowiecki Ltd
National Endowment for the Arts
Prince Charitable Trusts
PPM America, Inc./Jackson National Life Insurance
The Siragusa Family Foundation
William Blair and Company, LLC
$5,000–$9,999
AbbVie
Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P.
The Irving Harris Foundation
Jenner & Block, LLP
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation
$1,000–$4,999
The Joyce Foundation
Sahara Enterprises Inc.
Individual Support SUPPORT
$100,000 and above
The Estate of Edward T. Mack
The Estate of Nancy Lauter McDougal
$25,000–$99,999
Ginger Farley and Bob Shapiro
Marla and Larry Gilbert
Sandra and Jack Guthman
Abby McCormick O’Neil and D. Carroll Joynes
Kristen Otterson
Richard L. Rodes
Judy Wise
$10,000–$24,999
Meg and Tim Callahan
Rima Chakrabarti
Joyce Chelberg
Collens Family Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation
Steven and Caralynn Collens
Kristin Conley and Andrew Sudds
Cathleen McCarthy Cramer and Jim Suehr
Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner
Mara Georges and Michael Mutz
Jae Lee and Michael Heffernan
Solange Sandy Lloyd and Arnold Schraa
Ron and Elise Magers
Jen and Josh Mallamud
Mary Lou Marinas
Marc Miller and Chris Horsman
Debra and Blake Moritz
Jodi Patt and Wesley Crampton
Judy Pollock
Alison Richards
Burton X. and Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Camille and Kevin Rudge
Edwin Wentz
Benna and Hal Wilde
Yasmine and George Winkler
Liza Yntema, In support of female leadership in dance
Anonymous (3)
$5,000—$9,999
John and Caroline Ballantine
Ross B. Bricker and Nina Vinik
Siobhan Flynn and Alec Dike
Ted Grady
Mirja Spooner Haffner
Ian Jacobs and Valarie Chang
Mary Josephs
Kay Mabie
Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson
Eleanor and William Revelle
Bill and Orli Staley
Paula Steiner and David Hellman
Jack Tovin
Anonymous
$2,500—$4,999
Joel and Katie Cory
Bruce and Jamie Hague
Patricia Harper
Jan Kliger
Howard and Gail Lanznar
David McDermott and Molly Graber
Thomas J. O’Keefe
Rosy and Pamela
Kim Schaffer and Don Sandler
Carol Siegler
Randy and Lisa White
Gary and Ladonna Wicklund
$1,000—$2,499
Greg Albiero and Mark Zampardo
Charles Arnold
Regina and Luke Bakalar
Sandra Bass
Shaun and Andy Block
Stuart Brainerd and Elise Paschen
Jennie Oh Brown and Stephen Brown
Dustin and Phoebe Cahan
Adam Caplan and Amisha Rigia
Heather Caruso
Sandi Cooksey and Todd Clark
Jeff Corbin and Massimo Pacilli
Marsha and Philip Dowd
Thomas Durica and Susan Jacob
Paul and Sunny Fischer
Randall and Ellen Frank
Michael Grant and Carol McMahan
Adam Grymkowski
Erin Harkey
Adolfo Hernandez
Jastromb Family
Philanthropic Fund
Blaise Keane
Jonathan and Sally Kovler
Walter Mah
Niko and Steven Mayer
John McCartney
Michael Meadows
Kathleen Miles
JD Miller and Mike Aden
Sally and Ted Miller
Jasminka Milpak and Daniel Lapish
Nathan Mount and Molly Strom
Jennifer Lynne Nelson
Stacey Newman
Eleanor Pollack
Jeaneane and John Quinn
Lynn Ritchie
Robert and Marsha Rosner
Ted Schmidt
Mary Kay Shaw
Eric and Tammy Steele
Peter Vale
Anonymous (4)
$500—$999
Jeanne Brett
Thomas Brown
Jessica and Evan Dadosky
Kathy DeHoff
Judy Desenis and Scott Peterson
Jennifer Elsener
Eynav and Avi Epstein
Edith and Gerald Falk
Wendy Fox and H. Jon Schneider
Martin and Laly Furrer
Anne Gaffney
SUPPORT
Julie L. Gentes
Mary Graber
Nori and Teddy Greenstein
Jeff and Rebeca Griffin
Ada M. Guggenheim and Jon Will
Harlequin Floors
Ashley Hartman
Rusty Hernandez
Heather Holderman
Andrea Hutchinson
Stephanie Keehn
Scott Klemm
Janet Lang
Mark Larsen
Stephen and Maria Lans
Maureen Loughnane and Evan Henschel
Susan Bass Marcus and Stephen Marcus
Bill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad
Ferenc Paller
Katherine and Jason Patch
A. Paton
Anna Rappaport
Bonnie and Michael Rothman
Elizabeth and Steven Schultz
Stephen Siegel and Robin Drayer
Crystal and Jaime Topete
Rafael Torres
Paul Waas
Brant and Nina Yung
William Ziemann
Anonymous (2)
$250—$499
Susan and Lawrence Aaron
Diane and William Anderson
Arts FMS
MarySue Barrett
Richard M Bendix Jr
Larry Berlin
Henry and Leigh Bienen
Linda Bierig
Giovanna Breu
Thomas Broderick
Howard and Carol Burnett
Scott and Jen Christiansen
Nancy Church and Charles Jett
Victoria Darrow
Beth Davis
Cindy Delmar
Raff Donelson and Dan Puchalla
Rosemarie Eck
Jennifer Edgcomb
Janet Elkins
Cathy Ethridge
Susan Feibus
Molly Flanagan
Leslie Ann Fox
Sheldon and Susan Good
Michael and Amy Gordon
Rachel Graham
Veronica Guadalupe
Mary Ellen Guest
Caroline and Mark Hinrichs
John Jawor
Leslie Jeffery
Marsha Kamen
Alisa Katzen
Nikki and Max Kaufman
Susan and Steve Kaufman
Gina Kennedy
Pilar and Brian Korgel
Christopher Kurtz
Lisa Laws
Terry Levin
Eileen Lewis
Diane Longoria
Jerry McIlvain
Camille McLeod
Linda and Bob Mendelson
Sarah Solotaroff Mirkin
Maureen Mudron
Joanne Nemerovski
Andrew and Judy L. Porte
Kass Prince and Craig Boleman
Tatiana Ramierez
Charles and Marilynn Rivkin
Emma Rodriguez-Ayala
Linda Rosencranz
Robert and Mary Ann Savard
Roberta Schlesinger
Merry Schroeder
Dan and MaryEllen Schwartz
David Shulman
Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith
Patty Sternberg
Carol Stone
Richard Straub
Karen Teitelbaum
LeRoss and Ruth Thompson
Michael and Dana Treister
Sandra Van Tilburg
John Tullsen
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.
For any corrections to program name listings please contact the Development Office at giving@ hubbardstreetdance.com
Gifts in Honor and Memory
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 Ross Bricker
Anne M. Gaffney
In honor of Jacqueline Burnett
Robin Drayer and Stephen Siegel
In honor of Meg Callahan
Her loving mother and sisters
In honor of Lisa Clow
Erin Madarieta and Greg Clow
In honor of Steven Collens
Karen Teitelbaum
In memory of Carol Jean Coulas
Frederick Fox
Bank of America Private Bank, Pat Provenzano and Mary Rembelos-Makula
In honor of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell
Michael and Dana Treister
In honor of Sara Fox
Seth Fox
In honor of Katie Grogan
Mary Ellen Guest
In honor of Alan R. and Lois M. Hinds
Anonymous
In honor of David McDermott
Stephanie and Peter Keehn
In memory of Jane Ellen Murray
Edwin Wentz
In honor of Rich Rodes
John Tullsen and Evan Siegel
In memory of Niki Tovin
Sheldon Gross
Neal and Kathleen Klunick
Deborah Newmark and Peter Norman
Anne and John Oppenheimer
Sira and Steve
Randy and Lisa White
Howard Zodikoff
In honor of Yasmine Winkler
Emma Rodriguez-Ayala
Contributed Materials and Services
Athletico Physical Therapy
J&L Catering
Microsoft Corporation
Soundlight Entertainment Tessitura
Alysia Johnson, Cyrie Topete, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Matt Wenckowski, and Alexandria Best in return to patience by Aszure Barton. Photo by Michelle Reid.
SUPPORT
Special Services
Allied Integrated Marketing
Advertising
Athletico Physical Therapy
Official Provider of Physical Therapy
Jeremy Harris, Jonathan Schang, Imogen Smith Accompanists
Jacqueline Burnett, Meredith Dincolo, James
Gregg, Julie Nakagawa, Verena Pircher, Kevin Shannon, Laura Wade, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre*, DanceWorks Chicago*
Company Teachers
Savills
Real Estate
Quarles & Brady
Legal Services
Franczek P.C.
Legal Services
Jenner & Block
Legal Services
Michelle Reid
HSDC Resident Photographer; Season 47
Identity Photography
Frank Ishman
2021–23 Headshot Photography
David Schultz
Rehearsal Photography
Motion/Pictures Dance Project
Inside the Studio Production Team
SoundLight Entertainment 2024 Spotlight Ball Video Production & HSDC
Resident Videographers
Carol Fox & Associates
Public Relations
Communiqué Graphic Design
Graphic Design
*Community Class Partners
Lou Conte Founders Society
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
Marge* and Lew Collens
Josephine H. Deutsch*
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
Donations of any size can be mailed to:
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago PO Box 778859 Chicago, IL 60677-8859
Endowments
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*
Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner
Carla J. Eyre and Peter F. Gallagher
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
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Rehearsal Director Craig D. Black, Jr. with Dancers Jacqueline Burnett and Morgan Clune in IMPASSE by Johan Inger. Photo by Michelle Reid.