Spring Series: Of Joy | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | Season 46

MAY 17–19, 2024

FEATURING

OF JOY

Echoes of Our Ancestors by Maria Torres

Show Pony by Kyle Abraham

A Duo by Aszure Barton

IMPASSE by Johan Inger

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Artistic Director

David McDermott, Executive Director

Lou Conte, Founder

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance resides on the traditional homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other tribes such as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac, and Fox have also called this area home. The region has long been a center for Indigenous people to gather, trade, and maintain kinship ties. Today, one of the largest urban American Indian communities in the United States resides in Chicago, and members of this community continue to contribute to the life and culture of this city.

To learn more about the practice of land acknowledgement and the importance of honoring native land, visit usdac.us. The Chicagoland region is home to over 65,000 American Indians and the country’s oldest urban-based Native membership community center, American Indian Center Chicago (AIC). Visit aicchicago.org to learn more about AIC’s mission to foster physical and spiritual health in the community, an active connection with traditional values and practices, stronger families with multigenerational bonds, and a rising generation of educated, articulate, and visionary youth.

Welcome to Spring Series: Of Joy

My beautiful people —

With this weekend’s program, Of Joy, you are in for quite a treat! The Company has been hard at work since winter time, here, there, and everywhere:

After a triumphant tour across the East Coast, we came home and immediately jumped into an intense 3 weeks learning and polishing the remarkable IMPASSE by Johan Inger, which closes today’s concert—and how honored we are to be the first company to perform the work after its 2020 premiere. Echoes of Our Ancestors by Maria Torres and Hubbard Street Resident Artist Aszure Barton’s A Duo, which both received their electric world premieres just a few months ago, also return alongside the virtuosic Show Pony by Kyle Abraham.

What’s next for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago? Next month, we will welcome hundreds of dancers to our sold-out Summer Intensive program, and we are also just a few weeks away from announcing Season 47. Mark my words: the moves we’re making next year are not to be missed.

Yours in motion,

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell

Artistic Director

Thank you to our Season Partners

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago recognizes the generosity of The Sandra and Jack Guthman Resident Company Artistic Collaboration Fund and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Lead Sponsors of IMPASSE by Johan Inger

Support for Hubbard Street’s Resident Artist, Aszure Barton, is provided by

Jana French and Peter Gotsch

Liza Yntema

Engagement Sponsor for A Duo by Aszure Barton

Meg and Tim Callahan

Choreography Sponsor for A Duo by Aszure Barton

Marc Miller and Chris Horsman

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Photo by Michelle Reid. Cover: Hubbard Street Dancers Shota Miyoshi and Morgan Clune..

Photo by Michelle Reid, styling by Imani Sade.

This program is funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Theater rental and services have been underwritten through the support of the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.

ABOUT HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO

The mission of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is to awaken the human spirit through contemporary 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 46 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

Spring Series: Of Joy

Echoes of Our Ancestors by Maria Torres

Show Pony by Kyle Abraham

A Duo by Resident Artist Aszure Barton

IMPASSE by Johan Inger (Company Premiere)

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

Echoes of Our Ancestors (2024)

Maria Torres, Choreography

Philip Hamilton, Music

Luis Razo, Costume Design

Aja M. Jackson*, Lighting Design

Dancers: The Company

Echoes of Our Ancestors is a captivating exploration of Caribbean Latin heritage, brought to life by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. This narrative choreography blends traditional rhythms with modern influences. Performed by the company featuring Abdi, Michele, Aaron, Jacqueline, David, Shota, Simone, Alysia, Allie, Cyrie, Matt, Elliot, Jack, and Morgan, each Dancer embodies the spirit of exploration and celebration, breathing life into ancestral stories. The ensemble delivers a powerful performance that resonates with audiences, transcending time and space to remind us of our enduring connection to our roots. Thank you to my collaborators: Music Composer Philip Hamilton, Costume Designer Luis Razo, Lighting Designer Aja Jackson, and Jojo and Craig. —Maria Torres

Music: By Philip Hamilton.

15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

Show Pony (2018)

COMPANY PREMIERE: 2023

Kyle Abraham, Choreography

Jlin, Music

Fritz Masten*, Costume Design

Dan Scully*, Lighting Design

Dancers: Aaron Choate (5/17), Cyrie Topete (5/18), Alysia Johnson (5/19)

Music: Hatshepsut written and performed by Jlin.

A Duo (2024)

Aszure Barton, Choreography

Marina Herlop, Music

Rémi van Bochove, Costume Design

Nicole Pearce*, Lighting Design

Dancers:

Shota Miyoshi and Cyrie Topete (5/17 + 5/19)

Aaron Choate and Abdiel Figueroa Reyes (5/18)

Music: Miu and Shaolin Mantis composed, produced, and recorded by Marina Herlop. Electric bass, Òscar Garrobé. Mix, James Ginzburg & Marina Herlop. Courtesy of PAN.

15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

IMPASSE (2020) COMPANY PREMIERE

Johan Inger, Choreography

Fernando Hernando Magadan, Stager

Amos Ben-Tal, Ibrahim Maalouf, Music

Johan Inger, Scenic Design

Bregje van Balen, Costume Design

Tom Visser, Lighting Design

Annie Tådne, Video Design

Doef Beernink, Lighting Assistant

Dancers:

Alexandria Best, Jacqueline Burnett, Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Michele Dooley, Elliot Hammans, Jack Henderson, Alysia Johnson, Shota Miyoshi, David Schultz, Simone Stevens, Cyrie Topete, Matt Wenckowski

With Craig D. Black, Jr. (Princess Grace Award Recipient)

IMPASSE investigates our shared humanity by illuminating how societal pressures contribute to the loss of self. Obsession with “newness” and the seductions of peer pressure prohibit us from meaningful growth. The paradox of this is that together we are stronger as a community; alone, we are less.

Music: Diagnostic (2011) by Ibrahim Maalouf, copyright Mi’ster Productions IBM3, distributed by Harmonia Mundi—Lily (is 2), Will Soon Be a Woman, Maeva in the Wonderland, Your Soul, and Never Serious. Original composition by Amos Ben-Tal.

Learn more about the choreographers and the works on stage on pages 23–26.

2023–24 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 Dancers Aaron Choate and Abdiel Figueroa Reyes in A Duo by Aszure Barton. Photo by Michelle Reid

2023–24 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.

2023-24 LEADERSHIP & ARTISTIC PROFILES

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.

2022–23 LEADERSHIP & ARTISTIC PROFILES

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 Alysia Johnson, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Morgan Clune, and Aaron Choate. Photo by Michelle Reid, styling by Imani Sade.

CHOREOGRAPHER 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 has been creating dances since her days as a student at Canada’s National Ballet School. Since then, her works have been performed on countless 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. 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.” Last summer, this vision was elevated when she made her latest work for the company, this time in collaboration with her new creative partner, 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. Over 30+ years of making dances, Aszure Barton has worked with celebrated dance artists and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, 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, Ballett am Rhein, Staatstheater Hannover, Limon Dance Company, among many others. In January 2024, she 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

CHOREOGRAPHER PROFILES

Tamara Rojo. About to complete her first of three years, she is delighted to be the current Resident Artist at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Over the years, Aszure Barton has received accolades and honors, including a Bessie Award for her work BUSK. She was the first Martha Duffy Resident Artist at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in NYC and is a grateful recipient of the prestigious Canadian Arts & Letters Award, joining the ranks of Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, and Margaret Atwood. She is also an official ambassador of contemporary dance in Canada.

JOHAN INGER The Swede Johan Inger (Stockholm, 1967) joined Nederlands Dans Theater 1 in 1990 and was a high-profile dancer of the company until 2002. His debut as choreographer (1995), also for Nederlands Dans Theater, quickly became promising with immediate recognition for his ballets Dream Play and Walking Mad. He received the Lucas Hoving Production Award in October 2001. Walking Mad was later also awarded the Danza & Danza Award 2005. Johan left Nederlands Dans Theater to take on the artistic leadership of Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm in 2003 where he created numerous works. Since 2008, Johan has worked as a freelance choreographer and creates for many companies around the globe such as GoteborgsOperan, Ballet Basel, Swedish National Ballet, Compania Nacional de Danza, Aterballetto, Lyon Opera Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo and of course Nederlands Dans Theater, holding the position as Associate Choreographer from 2009 to 2016. Between 2016 and 2022, Johan choreographed his own versions of the narrative pieces Petrushka and Sleeping Beauty (Aurora’s Nap), and full evenings such as Carmen, Peer Gynt and Don Juan. He was honored in 2016 with the Benois de la Danse Prize for his Carmen (CNDMadrid), the piece One on One (NDT2), and with the Danza & Danza award for his piece Bliss, as well in 2020 for his Don Juan as best Italian production. In 2022, Johan Inger also became artistic director of Take Off Dance, a training program for pre-professional dancers between the ages of 18 and 24 based in Sevilla.

MARIA TORRES is a world-renowned Choreographer, Director, Producer, and Performer whose contributions have led Latinos in the arts. Credits include Bway & National Tour of Swing! (Tony/Drama Desk/Lucille Lortel/ TheaterWorld nominations); Seagrams DJ Live Show (Clio Award); Latin Billboard Awards (Telemundo). Off-Bway: Latin Heat, Four Guys Named Jose (Carbonelle nom), The Donkey Show Off B’way (A.R.T.), Mambo Kings, Celia: The Life & Times of Celia Cruz; Don Omar “King of Kings” (US Tour), Disney’s Golden Mickeys (International Tour). Regional: Man of La Mancha (5th Avenue Theater), Zoot Suit (Mark Taper Theatre). Film: Dance With Me (Alma nom), Disney’s Enchanted (Critics Choice), El Cantante (Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony), Fugly (John Leguizamo), Physical Attraction (Dir. Guy Guido). She is an active member of SDC and the League of Professional Theater Women. Current projects include Lovin’ Brooklyn (film), Pasion (theatre), and Havana Music Hall (development). Torres is also a philanthropist with a strong desire to encourage aspiring artists and create connections between supporting organizations that will essentially give back to youth and her own Latina roots. In establishing the Maria Torres Emerging Artists Foundation (MTEAF), she has created unique opportunities for both students in underprivileged communities and determined professional youth to experience the performing arts at the highest of levels. Many of her latest projects, including the dynamic new podcast “Hourglass: Time To Talk,” offer insight into the professional performing arts industry while focusing on personal connections to humanity and life. Torres is actively engaged in the community, focusing on building a reliable network that will uplift, inspire and “pay it forward.” After years of teaching, mentoring, and advocating, she founded the Maria Torres Emerging Artists Foundation (MTEAF), which also stands for Motivation, Teaching, Education, Action, and Fellowship. MTEAF is a rigorous, interdisciplinary educational and mentorship program in the performing arts empowering pre-teens and young adults from multiethnic and underserved communities to achieve their goals as professionals in the entertainment industry.

2023–24 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*

Matt Wenckowski

Aaron Choate

Abdiel Figueroa Reyes*

Alysia Johnson*

Simone Stevens

2023–24 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 dance artist under the new direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Now going into her third 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, including many past and present HSDC members as well. 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.

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 Evan’s 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, Spencer Theberge, Lar Lubovitch, and Ted Shawn. They are also an avid choreographer. Most recently, they had a process at Gibney Dance called the Moving Towards Justice Fellowship, created by Scott Autry. 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.

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, recently choreographing at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s CREATE summer intensive and The Juilliard School in 2023. Morgan is currently entering her second season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago under the direction of Linda-Denise FisherHarrell. Company member since 2022.

2023–24 DANCER PROFILES

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 third 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 U.S. in 2011. Training: The Rock Center for Dance, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, The Joffrey Ballet summer intensive, Complexions summer intensive, Contemporary West Dance Theater (under Bernard H. Gaddis). In 2017, Figueroa Reyes became a member of Hubbard Street’s Professional Program, HS Pro (under Alexandra Wells with mentorship from Peter Chu, Claire Bataille, Glenn Edgerton, Jonathan Alsberry, and more). In 2018, he became an HSDC apprentice and in 2019, joined the main company. Dance Magazine named him a Top 25 to Watch and recognized him as 1 of 4 LatinX Dancers Breaking Boundaries in 2020. Starting his fifth year as a company member, Figueroa Reyes is delighted to be a 2022 Princess Grace Award Winner and was recently recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 Local Chicago. He is grateful to continue his growth and development with HSDC and the Chicago community. Company member since 2019.

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 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. 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.

2023–24 DANCER PROFILES

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 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.

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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Harris Theater Information

COVID Protocols:

All audience members attending performances inside the Theater will be required to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test prior to entering the facility. In addition, all audience members will be required to wear a mask while inside the venue, regardless of vaccination status. For more information, visit harristheaterchicago.org/faqs.

In Consideration of Other Patrons and the Performers:

In Consideration of Other Patrons and the Performers: Photography is not permitted in the Theater at any time and texting during performance is strictly prohibited. Film or digital images will be confiscated or deleted by the Harris Theater house staff; violators will be subject to a fine. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Smoking is prohibited within the Harris Theater. Allowance of personal items and baggage into the auditorium space is at the sole discretion of house management.

For Your Safety: Please take a moment and note the nearest exit. In the event of an emergency, follow the directions of the Harris Theater house staff. In the event of an illness or injury, inform the Harris Theater Front of House Manager.

Please turn off all cell phones. Photography is not permitted in the Theater at any time and texting during performance is strictly prohibited. Film or digital images will be confiscated or deleted by the Harris Theater house staff; violators will be subject to a fine. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Smoking is prohibited within the Harris Theater. Allowance of personal items and baggage into the auditorium space is at the sole discretion of house management.

For Your Safety:

Please take a moment and note the nearest exit. In the event of an emergency, follow the directions of the Harris Theater house staff. In the event of an illness or injury, inform the Harris Theater Front of House Manager.

Accessibility:

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating locations, swing arm aisle seating, and inclusive/wheelchair accessible restrooms are available on all auditorium seating levels. The Harris is also equipped with an FM Assistive Listening Device system. Headsets are available for check out with a valid ID. Please call the Box Office in advance at 312.334.7777 regarding ticketing and accessible seating questions. If inquiring on any additional accommodation requests to enhance your performance experience, please reach out to access@harristheaterchicago.org or call 312.334.2486 at least two weeks in advance.

Parking: Discounted parking validation is available for all ticket holders using the Millennium Park Garage. A validation machine is located on Lobby Level 5 (Upper Randolph).

Rental Information: If you have any questions about the Harris Theater, including rental of the facility, group tours, or volunteer opportunities, please email rentals@harristheaterchicago.org.

Wheelchair accessible seating locations, swing arm aisle seating, and inclusive/wheelchair accessible restrooms are available on all auditorium seating levels. The Harris is also equipped with an Infrared Assistive Listening Device system. Headsets are available for check out with a valid ID. Large print programs are available for all Harris Theater Presents engagements. Please call the Box Office in advance at 312.334.7777 regarding ticketing and accessible seating questions. If inquiring on any additional accommodation requests to enhance your performance experience, please reach out to access@harristheaterchicago.org or call 312.334.2486 at least two weeks in advance.

About the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance

Parking:

Discounted parking validation is available for all ticket holders using the Millennium Park Garage. A validation machine is located on Lobby Level 5 (Upper Randolph).

Rental Information:

If you have any questions about the Harris Theater, including rental of the facility, group tours, or volunteer opportunities, please email rentals@harristheaterchicago.org.

Harris Theater Mission:

The Harris Theater is Chicago’s home for music and dance, connecting diverse audiences with artists from across the city, the nation, and the world. An anchor institution of Millennium Park and the first multi-use performance venue built in downtown Chicago since 1929, the Harris was established in 2003 to create a much-needed home for the city’s vibrant community of midsize performing arts organizations. Today, the nonprofit Harris Theater features some of the most diverse arts and culture offerings in the city, from its Chicago-based Resident Companies to the world-renowned visiting artists who perform on its stage through the Harris Theater Presents series.

The Harris Theater is Chicago’s home for music and dance, connecting diverse audiences with artists from across the city, the nation, and the world. Opened in 2003 in Millennium Park, the Theater was the first multi-use performance venue built in downtown Chicago since 1929, and fulfilled the city’s need for a shared home for mid-size performing arts organizations. Today, the Harris features some of the most diverse arts and culture offerings of any venue in the city, and is a distinctive model for artistic quality, collaboration, and making the performing arts relevant and accessible to the widest possible audience.

Founded on the principle of serving Chicago’s vibrant creative community, the Theater is the home venue of more than 25 not-for-profit arts and culture organizations. The Harris Theater Presents series has featured world-renowned artists and ensembles including Laurie Anderson, Batsheva Dance, English National Ballet, Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir, Angélique Kidjo, and Paris Opéra Ballet. The Theater’s community engagement initiatives build bridges between artists and community members, providing master classes, artist talks, and free tickets for more than 35 partner organizations throughout Chicago.

The Harris represents a distinctive model for artistic excellence, collaboration, and creative symbiosis, making the performing arts relevant and accessible to the widest possible audience. Acting as both a home base for and a supportive partner of its Resident Companies, the Harris provides stateof-the-art performance space and ongoing support to nearly 30 Chicago-based performing arts organizations. Its 1,500-seat multi-use theater brings innovative and boundary-pushing productions from more than 32 countries across six continents to Chicago, creating unique opportunities for dialogue between Chicagoans and the world’s leading artists, thinkers, and innovators. The organization’s signature Harris Theater Presents series has featured acclaimed artists and ensembles including Batsheva Dance, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, English National Ballet, Joshua Bell, Joyce DiDonato, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir, Angélique Kidjo, and Paris Opéra Ballet. The Theater’s education and community engagement initiatives build bridges between artists and community members, providing master classes, artist talks, and free tickets for more than 35 partner organizations throughout Chicago.

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DESIGNER PROFILES

Echoes of Our Ancestors

Luis Razo (Costume Design) is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico. A former dancer, he moved to Chicago in 1994 and has since been a costume designer for multiple theatre and dance productions. He has designed and restored a variety of classical and modern costumes for the Chicago Academy for the Arts Dance Department’s spring and fall programs from 2012–present, including Escapades, Journey, Held, and Solitaire. Luis has also an award-winning collaborator with Joffrey Ballet Academy’s (2018–2022) productions of Momentos, Mori, Sea of Stars, Vessals Bearing, Give the People What They Want, Borders, Brush Stroke, Ballet De Cour, Now But Not Now, Porcelain, Road to Fire, On the Same Boat, Coppelia, Swan Lake, Harlequinade, Ferdinand, Fire Bird, and Appalachian Spring. Other credits: Soles (Trinity Irish Dance Company, 2021), Awake, Youth Company, We Move Lightly (Visceral Dance Chicago, 2022), Adroit by Randy Duncan (Dance for Life/Dancers United, 2018), Never Enough (DFL/DU, 2022). Finalist in Charmweddings Toilet Paper Wedding Gown Contest (2017, 2019).

Aja M. Jackson (Lighting Design) Hubbard Street Dance Company debut! Off-Broadway: A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet, Rock and Roll Man. Broadway: Fat Ham (associate). Regional (selected): Hear Word (American Repertory Theatre / The Public Theater Under the Radar Festival). Lost In Yonkers, The Art of Burning, Pride and Prejudice, Simona’s Search (Hartford Stage). The Art of Burning, The Band’s Visit (Huntington Theatre Company); A Doll’s House, Harvey, World Goes Round, Behold, A Negress (Everyman Theatre); Fences (Shakespeare and Company); World Goes Round (Olney Theatre); Pimpinone and Ino (Boston Early Music Festival). Associate: Goddess (Berkeley Rep). Dance: Hot Water over Raised Fists (Modern Connections); Resident Lighting Designer for movement company, HoldTight. Awards: OEAA Outstanding Lighting Design—Kinky Boots (2022). Teaching: Boston University, National Theatre Institute. Proud member of USA 829. www.ajajacksonlighting.com | IG: @ajamjackson

Show Pony

Fritz Masten (Costume Design) has designed for theater internationally. He is pleased to have work being shown by Hubbard Street for the fourth time.

Dan Scully (Lighting Design) is a New York based lighting and projection designer, working in all forms of live performance. Recent work includes designs for the Royal Ballet of England, New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Carnegie Hall. Previous credits include Rocky (Broadway), Jedermann (Salzburger Festspeile), and productions at Trinity Rep, Westport Country Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Asolo Rep, 92Y, La Jolla, among others. Dan is the resident designer for Kyle Abraham / AIM. MFA–NYU/Tisch.

A Duo

Rémi van Bochove (Costume Design) a Fashion Design graduate from the École Supérieure de Mode de Montréal ESG-UQAM in 2017, is known for his meticulous work and cinematic style. His first collection, “Les Fleurs d’Opium,” captured attention at the 2017 Festival Mode & Design in Montreal. Gaining notoriety, he collaborated with multimedia company Moment Factory on the Sakuya Lumina project in Osaka, Japan. Rémi’s creations have adorned nearly thirty music videos, commercials, short films, and public events, including the Revolution show and music festivals in Montreal. After dressing artists abroad, including in France and Germany, he continued his collaboration with choreographer Aszure Barton on AA|AB: BEND in 2023, following their first collaboration on Les Chambres des Jacques with Ballets Jazz Montreal in 2022.

Nicole Pearce (Lighting 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.

DESIGNER PROFILES

IMPASSE

Fernando Hernando Magadan (Stager) is a freelance stager, choreographer and teacher with roots in professional gymnastics. Throughout his 20 seasons with the Nederlands Dans Theater, he created with and performed works by prominent choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Crystal Pite, Sol Leon, Paul Lightfoot, Johan Inger, and Hofesh Shechter among others. Notably, he was invited to perform at the Benois de la Danse Gala Performance at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. He later went on to be rehearsal director and ultimately Artistic Leader of the prestigious junior ensemble NDT2. He has been invited to teach in dance institutions around the world and has set works of Jiří Kylián, Johan Inger, Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot for companies such us the Norwegian National Ballet, Ballet British Columbia, Ballett Zürich and Ballett Saarländisches Staatstheater. Characterized by his highly physical, inventive and musical movement vocabulary, Magadan has created original works for companies such as NDT1 and NDT2, Cross Connection Ballet Company, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Ballet Mainz, Ballett Saarländisches Staatstheater, Korzo Theater, Ballet British Columbia, Theater Luzerner, Korzo Theater and BODYTRAFFIC.

Amos Ben-Tal (Music) (Israel, 1979) is a musician, choreographer and artistic leader of the artist-collective OFFprojects. After studying guitar in his youth, Amos completed his dance training in 1997 at The National Ballet School in Toronto, Canada. He then moved to Holland where he danced at NDT for nine years, making his choreographic debut in 2005 with the piece Track for NDT1. In 2006, Amos left NDT to dedicate himself to developing his own creations. Alongside his freelance choreography work, Amos started the rock band Noblesse and toured extensively in the club circuit of The Netherlands. In 2012, Amos founded OFFprojects, an interdisciplinary collective of former dancers of NDT and Batsheva Ensemble. With his group, he created several well-received performances among them 60, Howl (winner Dioraphte Prize), Interval and PART. Amos composes music and text for all of his pieces. As a composer, he has collaborated with such choreographers as Johan Inger, Vaclav Kunes and Edan Gorlicki and with such musicians as Ragazze Quartet, Salvador Breed and Ry-X. In recent years, he has developed a particularly strong collaboration with Imre & Marne van Opstal, composing music for most of their works to date. Social media: @offprojects. Soundcloud: hcps:// soundcloud.com/user-247662104. www.offprojects.nl

Ibrahim Maalouf (Music), born in Beirut in 1980, is an internationally renowned French trumpeter. He has released over twenty critically acclaimed albums and soundtracks, becoming France’s most popular jazz musician. His musical career transcends genres, exploring jazz, pop, classical, electronic, and incorporating Asian and African influences, creating an explosive intercultural blend. In recent years, Ibrahim Maalouf made history as the first Franco-Lebanese instrumentalist nominated for a Grammy Award in 2022 for his album “Queen of Sheba” in collaboration with Angélique Kidjo. This recognition was further solidified in 2023 with the release of his 17th studio album, “Capacity to Love,” earning him another Grammy nomination for the song Todo colores, featuring Cimafunk, Tank & The Bangas. His performances have garnered international attention, touring in over forty countries and receiving praise from prestigious media outlets such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR, and WNYC. Ibrahim Maalouf has also expanded his influence through collaborations with renowned artists such as Sting, Sharon Stone, A$AP ROCKY, J Balvin, and Marcus Miller, all under the enlightened support of Quincy Jones. His success extends beyond music, as he has composed film scores, including the soundtrack for Gad Elmaleh’s Reste un peu in 2022, and French film director Claude Lelouch invited him to compose music for his 51st feature film in 2024. His impressive journey and ability to transcend musical boundaries make him an essential figure in contemporary music.

Tom Visser (Lighting Design) Born into a theatrical family, Thomas Visser grew up in the Irish countryside. Visser began working on musical theatre productions at the age of 18 and before moving into contemporary dance collaborations at age 24. Visser has worked with renowned performing arts companies including Nederlands Dans Theater, The Royal Ballet, Paris Opera, The Norwegian National Ballet, Les Ballet de Monte-Carlo, The Royal Swedish Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and Sadlers Wells to name a few. Visser has created original lighting designs for choreographers including Alexander Ekman, Johan Inger, Crystal Pite, Stijn Celis, Medhi Walerski, Lukas Timulak and Joeri Dubbe. Since 2016, Visser has started creating his own projects including art installations and interactive media.

Annie Tådne (Video Design) works at the intersection of art and technology. Her work spans a diverse range of mediums and environments such as theatre, club culture, music and installation. Her interests lie in the synthesis of art, technology and architecture, where music and movement is paramount in all of her creations. She explores spatial and embodied cognition through audiovisual and performative modes of expression and has created works for a variety of performance art projects at institutions such as the Southbank Centre, Tate Britain, Nederlands Dans Theatre and Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theatre.

SPOTLIGHT ON: Echoes of Our Ancestors Maria Torres

Company Dancers Abdiel Figueroa Reyes and Cyrie

Topete share insights on the deeply personal creation process and collaboration at the heart of Maria Torres’ latest work for Hubbard Street.

What was the creation process with Maria like for you? What did you discuss during the creation of your respective solo roles (‘Explorer’ and ‘Liberation’)?

Cyrie: Working with Maria felt like home. I was immediately in awe of and felt connected to her fire. Throughout the creation process, we talked extensively about the tension of cultural identity. Growing up, I struggled with the tug and pull of “not being Asian enough” or “not being Latinx enough” and didn’t know where I belonged. I didn’t know when or how to express myself freely without consequences. Maria and I resonated with the simple statement, “Enough is enough.” We took this statement and ran with it, and together we created the ‘Liberation’ solo.

Abdiel: Maria and I began the process of developing the ‘Explorer’ role with the idea of searching for and discovering one’s origins. We improvised to multiple tracks, and as I discovered my movement, the composer rearranged the track based on my exploration of the solo. Maria pushed me to be demanding of my own power and curiosity. She wanted to depict my ongoing process of discovering my beginnings, and in that way, the solo is a tribute to the transformation of my roots.

How do the stories contained in Echoes of Our Ancestors speak to your own story?

Abdiel: I have always experienced my surroundings through the lens of change and curiosity. Maria trusted me to tap into my memories from the island [Puerto Rico], the voyage to the States, and establishing my new life here to fuel the solo. It’s a beautiful thing to create in the present with the whispers and echoes of my past.

Cyrie: There’s this sense of freedom and jubilation to share our stories—we have something to say and we’re going to say it with our full selves. I couldn’t be happier and more honored to share my story loud and proud on stage with Hubbard Street audiences!

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Top: Hubbard Street Dancer Cyrie Topete in Echoes of Our Ancestors by Maria Torres. Photo by Kristie Kahns.

Bottom: Hubbard Street Dancer Abdiel Figueroa Reyes in Echoes of Our Ancestors by Maria Torres. Photo by Michelle Reid.

SPOTLIGHT ON: Show Pony Kyle Abraham

With the return of this tour de force solo piece, Company Dancers Alysia Johnson and Cyrie Topete offer insight into the unique connections between the work and the Hubbard Street Dancers.

Tell us about the origin story of Show Pony and its journey to Hubbard Street.

ALYSIA: I reached out to choreographer Kyle Abraham, who I met at the Jacob’s Pillow Summer Intensive, and together we created Show Pony in February 2018 as part of completing my BFA at The Juilliard School. A couple months after I performed it, Kyle asked me if I would help restage the work on his professional company [A.I.M.].

Five years later, Show Pony is now part of Hubbard Street’s repertoire, and the overwhelmingly positive reception from HSDC audiences feels like such a compliment to my younger self, an affirmation that the work I did prior to joining HSDC was always aligned with my future goals. Rehearsing and performing it now is so intimate and ridiculously fun. I’m able to celebrate who I was then and who I am now.

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.

ALYSIA: The work has always played on my real life—shy versus extroverted, theatrical and technical, groovy and classic, so for those five minutes, I’m really just sharing myself without fear of being too much or not enough, and that has been nothing but empowering.

What do you enjoy most about dancing Show Pony? What are you excited to share with audiences through this work?

ALYSIA: This piece taps into all sides of me. Show Pony allows me to merge my fantasy and reality as I dabble between techniques and moods. I love that when audiences see it for the first time, they usually have no idea that a lot of the movement is improvisational, being generated in real-time.

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!’

Hubbard Street Dancer Alysia Johnson. Photo by Michelle Reid, Show Pony Costume Design by Fritz Masten.

SPOTLIGHT ON: A Duo

HSDC Resident Artist Aszure Barton

Company Dancers Aaron Choate and Abdiel Figueroa Reyes reflect on Barton’s unique, freeing creation process for this vibrant new piece.

What was it like creating this new work with Aszure?

AARON: She walks into the space every day with these fleeting feelings and emotions and instincts, and all of the work is built off of that.

ABDIEL: Something special has been the play and the curiosity that she’s allowed from the beginning. Even on the first day, it was very much like, let’s see how the two of us interact and connect and move around each other.

What would you say the tone or feeling of this new work is like, to you?

ABDIEL: There’s a little bit of BUSK moments, there’s a little bit of return to patience her language is just very much ‘her!’ Her playfulness, her silliness, have just made the whole process very special. I feel like people are going to be able to see it.

AARON: Because there’s so many layers to the movement, and because it’s so hard— her work is so incredibly hard—that you’re so overwhelmed with what you have to accomplish that it makes the space feel energized. It’s what draws people into the word because you can feel the rigor, and you can feel the specificity of it.

Resident Artist Aszure Barton with Hubbard Street Dancers Aaron Choate and Abdiel Figueroa Reyes and Senior Rehearsal Director Jonathan E. Alsberry. Photo by David Schultz.

SPOTLIGHT ON: IMPASSE

Johan Inger

“How do we bridge the gap that grows as we stagnate?”

Hubbard Street is proud to be the first company to perform IMPASSE since its world premiere by NDT2 at Nederlands Dans Theater in 2020.

This dynamic piece by Johan Inger explores themes of isolation, peer pressure, and “newness” with urgency and verve.

Stager Fernando Hernando Magadan worked with the Company Dancers for three weeks in April to breathe life into this iteration of the piece, and had this to say about the process:

“This very theatrical piece requires presence, requires interpretation, it requires sensitivity, it requires feeling the real thing—and they [the Hubbard Street Dancers] are really professionals!”

Of Joy

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago rehearsing IMPASSE by Johan Inger.

Photos 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?

Hubbard Street Dancers Shota Miyoshi and Alexandria Best. Photo by Michelle Reid, styling by Imani Sade.

SPOTLIGHT ON: Anne Kasdorf and Adaptive Dance at HSDC

Did you know that in addition to touring dance performances, HSDC also shares our acclaimed Adaptive Dance teaching methods and programs with teaching professionals and dancers all over the country?

Discover what Teaching Artist Anne Kasdorf had to say about these unique opportunities.

How did you develop the curriculum you took with you on tour?

Anne: I first imagined what I would share out, I looked at some of the professional development processes we’ve created in the past, and thought, “What would I want to know if I was a teaching artist in this setting?”

Also, every single group of students is different - it doesn’t matter who they are, where they are, adaptive, neurotypical, or mobility-variant—and so you’re constantly tailoring what you’re bringing into the classroom. So we started with an idea, a structure, that we could then differentiate from there.

Tell us a little bit about what it was like to be on tour with the company.

Anne: One of the best parts about it was getting to talk to other teaching artists. We are all passing ships, whether we are local, or not—you’re going to your students, and they’re going to theirs. Teaching artistry can feel isolating at times, and knowing that you are not alone in this experience can be such a turning point.

I also got to connect with the Company Dancers more—for example, taking community class, having dinner together—so that felt really powerful. Continuing to find the connectivity between Artistic and Education has helped our curriculum just blossom.

What has enabled Hubbard Street to offer these types of opportunities?

Anne: The baseline is having a Director of Education [Eboné Harden] who is unendingly open to possibility. She is a partner, she is a champion, she is there and ready to try things!

Anne Kasdorf. Photo by Lumosco.

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?

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Pictured: Students and teachers at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy and the Academy for Global Citizenship during HSDC MAP Residencies.

Photos courtesy of HSDC Education.

CIRCLE PLACES SOCIETY

Moments before each performance, our Dancers take hands center stage in a cherished Hubbard Street ritual known as Circle Places. Circle Places celebrates each individual artist as they come together to form a powerful collective.

Transform your Hubbard Street experience and become a member of Circle Places Society—a benefits program for HSDC supporters. Donate at any time to unlock special discounts, advance access to announcements, and exclusive invitations to events and behind-the-scenes looks throughout the season!

Visit hubbardstreetdance.com/circleplaces or scan the QR code to learn more.

Your contribution provides critical funding to change lives through the experience of dance.

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, Kelley Dorhauer, Corinne Kibler, Arts FMS

Financial Management Services

External Affairs

Katie Grogan Director of Development

Melissa Rosenberg Special Events & Development

Operations Manager

Clara Trippe Development Storyteller

Haley Gillespie Development 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

Michelle Modrzejewski

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

Steven Collens Chair

Kristin Conley President

Camille E. Rudge Treasurer

Jodi Patt Secretary

Marc Miller^ VP of Development

Debra Moritz VP of Membership

Ross B. Bricker

Heather Caruso

Rima Chakrabarti, MD

Mara S. Georges

Larry Gilbert^

Jae Lee

Solange Sandy Lloyd

Jen Mallamud

Mary Lou Marinas

Suzet McKinney, DrPH

Jasminka Milpak

Kristen Otterson

Alison L. 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 February 1st, 2023 and April 1st, 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 Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Polk Bros. Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

$50,000–$99,999

Chicago Athletic Clubs

Julius N. Frankel Foundation

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

$25,000–$49,999

Conagra Brands Foundation

Illinois Arts Council Agency

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Prince Charitable Trusts

Elizabeth Louise Smith Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Anonymous (1)

$10,000–$24,999

CIBC Commercial Banking

Georges & Synowiecki Ltd

John R. Halligan Charitable Fund

National Endowment for the Arts

PPM America, Inc./Jackson National Life Insurance

Sage Foundation

The Siragusa Family Foundation

William Blair and Company, LLC

Anonymous (1)

$5,000–$9,999

AbbVie

Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P.

The Irving Harris Foundation

Jenner & Block, LLP

The Poetry Foundation

Dr. Scholl Foundation

Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation

$1,000–$4,999

Cushman & Wakefield

Council for Canadian American Relations

Dancing Angels Foundation

JLL

The Joyce Foundation

Sahara Enterprises Inc.

Skyline Construction

WAWOS

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, Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C. Farley, Jr. Family Foundation

Jana French and Peter Gotsch

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

The Estate of Corinne Brophy

Meg and Tim Callahan

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+

Jae Lee and Michael Heffernan+

Solange Sandy Lloyd and Arnold Schraa

Mary Lou Marinas+

Jen and Josh Mallamud+

Marc Miller and Chris Horsman

Debra and Blake Moritz

Adrienne Parker+

Jodi Patt and Wesley Crampton+

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

$5,000—$9,999

John and Caroline Ballantine

Ross B. Bricker and Nina Vinik

Robert Celin and Oscar Carrillo+

Dafne Guisard+

Mirja Spooner Haffner+

Ian Jacobs and Valarie Chang+

Kay Mabie

Ron and Elise Magers+

Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson+

Nabeela Rasheed+

Eleanor and William Revelle

Bill and Orli Staley+

Paula Steiner and David Hellman+

Jack and Niki Tovin+

Anonymous (2)

$2,500—$4,999

Siobhan Flynn and Alec Dike+

Katie Grogan and James Schulte+

Bruce and Jamie Hague

Patricia Harper+

Jan Kliger+

Howard and Gail Lanznar+

David McDermott and Molly Graber

Thomas J. O’Keefe+

Kim Schaffer and Don Sandler+

Carol Siegler+

$1,000—$2,499

Greg Albiero and Mark Zampardo

Sandra Bass

Shaun and Andy Block

Heather Caruso+

Hugo and Catherine Chavez+

Sandi Cooksey and Todd Clark+

Joel and Katie Cory+

David and Terri Dieter+

Thomas Durica and Susan Jacob

Thomas J. Feie

Lynn and James Grogan+

Adam Grymkowski

Jastromb Family

Philanthropic Fund

Jonathan and Sally Kovler

Zarah Latif and Sandeep Mannur+

Walter Mah

Suzet McKinney+

Michael Meadows+

Kathleen Miles+

JD Miller and Mike Aden+

Sally and Ted Miller

Jasminka Milpak and Daniel Lapish+

Steve and DeeDee Morcos

Jennifer Lynne Nelson+

Stacey Newman

Kesha Pate

Eleanor Pollack+

Jeaneane and John Quinn

Barbara Reed+

Lynn Ritchie

Janice Rodgers

Lee Rosenberg

Ted Schmidt+

Charles and Bea Schutz+

Ziemowit Smulkowski+

Eric and Tammy Steele

Peter Vale

Holly Wathan+

Gary and Ladonna Wicklund+

Michael Wilczynski+

Anonymous (3)

$500—$999

Susan Bass and Stephen Marcus

Stuart Brainerd & Elise Paschen+

Kellie and Dean Clune

Jeff Corbin and Massimo Pacilli

Jessica and Evan Dadosky+

Kathy DeHoff

Scott Deininger

Judy Desenis and Scott Peterson

Molly Flanagan+

Anne Gaffney+

Julie L. Gentes+

Jeffrey Griffin+

Ada M. Guggenheim & Jon Will+

Elizabeth Halajian and Andrew Burdick

Harlequin Floors+

Ashley Hartman+

Lauren Huefner+

Lianne and Daniel Jacobs+

Marsha Kamen+

Nicholas and Rachael Kanich+

Stephen and Maria Lans+

Jim and Beverly Maguire

Michael McStraw+

Bill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad

Geoff Myers+

Katlyn Nicolai+

Ferenc Paller+

A. Paton

Suzie Pretekin+

Bonnie and Michael Rothman

Saf Sarich+

Mary Kay Shaw

Giorgiana Varvaroi+

Paul Waas

Debora Widmer

William Ziemann

Anonymous (2)

$250—$499

Susan and Lawrence Aaron+

Arts FMS

MarySue Barrett+

Richard M Bendix Jr+

Jennie Berkson and David Edelstein+

Larry Berlin

Henry and Leigh Bienen

Linda Bierig

Thomas Broderick

Howard and Carol Burnett+

Dr. Nancy Church and Mr. Charles Jett+

Azurii Collier+

Victoria Darrow

Cindy Delmar

Janet Elkins

Sarah Eng+

Cathy Ethridge

Leslie Ann Fox+

Christine Galloway+

Sheldon and Susan Good+

Mary Ellen Guest+

John Jawor+

Leslie Jeffery+

Alisa Katzen+

Susan and Steve Kaufman

Stephanie Keehn+

Gina Kennedy

Brian and Christina King+

Pilar and Brian Korgel

Michael Krauss

Christopher Kurtz+

Mark Larsen+

Veronica Levine

Jerry McIlvain

Linda and Bob Mendelson+

Sarah Solotaroff Mirkin+

Maureen Mudron+

Andrew and Judy L. Porte

Charles and Marilynn Rivkin+

Emma Rodriguez-Ayala+

Linda Rosencranz+

Robert and Marsha Rosner

Steve Roy and Lloyd Kohler+

Earl and Sandra Rusnak

Robert and Mary Ann Savard+

Steven and Elizabeth Schultz+

David Shulman

Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith

Maria Stamas

Patty Sternberg

Dr. Cynthia Stewart+

Carol Stone

Richard Straub+

Karen Teitelbaum

LeRoss and Ruth Thompson+

Mary Toll and William Heimann

Sandra Van Tilburg

John Tullsen+

Randy and Lisa White

Marc Wilkow+

Karen Wilmot+

Caren Yanis+

+ Indicates an increased gift or new donor within the giving period

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

SUPPORT

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 Jaqueline Burnett

Anne Gaffney

In memory of Corinne Brophy

Robert Glaze

In honor of Meg Callahan

Her loving mother and sisters

In honor of Steven Collens

Karen Teitelbaum

In memory of Mamie Dooley and Lula Calwise

Teresa Dooley

In honor of Sara Fox

Seth Lawrence Fox

In honor of Katie Grogan

Mary Ellen Guest

In memory of Alan R. and Lois M. Hinds Anonymous

In honor of Debra Moritz

Edith Falk

In memory of Jane Ellen Murray

Edwin Wentz

In honor of Rich Rodes

John Tullsen

In honor of Yasmine Winkler

Emma Rodriguez-Ayala

Contributed Materials and Services

Arts Consulting Group

Athletico Physical Therapy

Chicago Athletic Clubs

J&L Catering

Microsoft Corporation

Soundlight Entertainment Tessitura

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in Echoes of Our Ancestors by Maria Torres. Photo by Kristie Kahns

Special Services

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

Mallory Baker, Jeremy Harris, Taylor Ford, Joyce Lindsey, Jonathan Schang, Imogen Smith Accompanists

Meredith Dincolo, Kimberly Dulac, Roderick George, Nan Giordano, Daniel “BRAVEMONK”

Haywood, Kelsa “K-Soul” Rieger-Haywood, Noelle Kayser, Andrew Murdock, Julia Nakagawa, Verena Pircher, Wade Schaaf, Kevin Shannon, Julianna Rubio Slager, Kia Smith, Risa Steinberg, Jasmin Taylor, Jessica Tomlinson, Laura Wade, Ailvin Ailey American Dance Theater*, Ballet 5:8*, DanceWorks Chicago*, Chicago Repertory Ballet*, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater*, Giordano DanceWorks Chicago*,

PARA.MAR Dance Theatre*, South Chicago Dance Theatre*, Red Clay Dance Company* Company Teachers

Savills

Real Estate

Quarles & Brady

Legal Services

Franczek P.C.

Legal Services

Jenner & Block

Legal Services

Michelle Reid

HSDC Resident Photographer; Season 46

Identity Photography

Imani Sade

Season 46 Identity Styling

Frank Ishman

Headshots and Bio 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

SUPPORT

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 Dancer Cyrie Topete.

Photo by Michelle Reid.