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Irvine Barclay Theatre is defined by its innovative and adventurous arts programming and the events in this program book represent the eclectic performances that make the Barclay such a special place in which to appreciate the performing arts. Orange County’s own Backhausdance presents four world premieres and introduces two new and exciting choreographers to southern California. Savion Glover, the legendary hoofer, brings his Tony Award-winning style to the Barclay with Classical Savion; and cultural satirist, Fran Lebowitz, provides stimulating conversation. The Barclay’s superb acoustics and intimate atmosphere also make it a perfect destination in which to enjoy music presentations. Linda Purl, making her first appearance at the Barclay, salutes the great women singing stars of the 1940’s and ’50’s; and as always, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County provides a rich musical experience with the St. Lawrence String Quartet. We are indebted to all who help us maintain this unique community resource: our staff and our Board of Directors; our public partners – the City of Irvine and UCI; and you, the audience. I thank you for being here with us and hope you’ll be inspired to sample other presentations throughout the season.
Jerry Mandel, Ph.D. President, Irvine Barclay Theatre
Board of Directors CHAIR Ken Rohl Chairman/Founder Rohl LLC Ramona Agrela Associate Chancellor University of California, Irvine Francisco J. Ayala Professor and National Medal of Science Laureate University of California, Irvine Stephen Barker Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts University of California, Irvine
Karen Cahill Community Leader
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BACKHAUSDANCE February 3, 2017 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.
Sponsored by an anonymous fund of the Orange County Community Foundation Jennifer Backhaus, Artistic Director Ben Tusher, Lighting Designer PROGRAM
Live Life Backward (Premiere)
Choreographers: Jennifer Backhaus & Dale A. Merrill Music: Laurie Anderson, Simon Fisher Turner, Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld Costume Design: Karen Weller Cast
Amanda Kay White with Toshiro Abbley, Samuel DeAngelo*, Evan Swenson
Black Morning (Premiere)
Choreographer: Ido Tadmor Music: Blue Calx by Aphex Twin, My Beautiful Boy by David Hirschfelder & The Trees by Max Richter Costume Design: Jojo Siu Cast
Toshiro Abbley, Tawny Chapman, Samuel DeAngelo*, Amie Kilgore, Andy Lawson**, Katie Natwick*, Kaitlin Regan, Chihiro Sano, Evan Swenson, Amanda Kay White INTERMISSION
Breach (Premiere)
Choreographer: Yin Yue Choreographic Assistant: Liane Aung Music: Max Richter, Michael Banabila & Machinefabriek Partial score composed and edited by Juliane Jones Costume Design: Yin Yue Cast
Tawny Chapman, Samuel DeAngelo*, Amie Kilgore, Kaitlin Regan, Chihiro Sano, Evan Swenson, Amanda Kay White
Hive (Premiere)
Choreographer: Jennifer Backhaus Music: White Man Sleeps by Kevin Volans performed by Kronos Quartet Costume Design: Christina Perez Cast
Toshiro Abbley, Tawny Chapman, Samuel DeAngelo*, Amie Kilgore, Kaitlin Regan, Chihiro Sano, Evan Swenson, Amanda Kay White *Backhausdance 2016–2017 Company Apprentices **Guest Performer
Special thanks to our Stage Manager Matthew Jackson. A majority of rehearsal space was generously provided by The Wooden Floor, Santa Ana, California, www.TheWoodenFloor.org Thank you also to Chapman University, Partridge Dance Center and Southland Ballet Academy for providing additional rehearsal space. 4 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE
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Coast Repertory; Fall for Dance at Segerstrom Center for the Arts; Laguna Dance Festival; Celebrate Dance Festival at the Alex Theatre; and the Los Angeles Arts Holiday Celebration at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. As artist-inresidence, Backhausdance has worked with Brigham Young University, Chapman University, Moorpark College, and Santa Ana College; and as guest artist for the California Dance Educators Association. As a member of the Arts Teach artist roster, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts education and community program, Backhausdance serves thousands of public and private school children throughout Orange and San Bernardino Counties each year. The company is also part of the McCallum Theatre Institute Aesthetic Education Program, a multidimensional arts education program developed in partnership with New York’s Lincoln Center Institute. Backhausdance hosts an annual Summer Intensive at Chapman University, a life-changing experience for pre-professional and professional dancers. The Company is dedicated to making this powerful program accessible to the dance community and provides scholarships for nearly half of the more than 100 participants.
Backhausdance, formed in 2003 by Jennifer Backhaus, is a powerful and entertaining voice in the dance world. The company’s repertory offers an eclectic and dynamic vocabulary with a wonderful sense of fluidity and strength. Featuring a diverse body of work that is innovative and artistic, Backhausdance is the recipient of 10 Lester Horton Awards from the Dance Resource Center of Los Angeles for achievements in choreography, design and performance. The repertory includes powerful, athletic dances; emotionallycharged dramatic pieces; and whimsical, humorous glimpses at the human experience. The company also offers concert pieces with a focus on younger audiences that incorporates a master class workshop component. Orange County’s critically acclaimed contemporary dance company, Backhausdance has performed extensively nationwide as well as internationally in venues such as the Schimmel Center at Pace University, New York; Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre, British Columbia; Pinedale Performing Arts Center, Wyoming; and Joyce SoHo, New York. Locally, the company has been presented by the Carpenter Performing Arts Center and Irvine Barclay Theatre, and has appeared on the Studio Series at South
Jennifer Backhaus is the founder and artistic director of Backhausdance. She was featured in OC Metro’s “40 under 40” and honored by Chapman University as Alumni of the Year for her artistic leadership of Backhausdance. As a choreographer, Jennifer’s works have been commissioned and produced by Brigham Young University, Chapman University, Los Angeles Ballet, McCallum Theatre, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, TDC of the Bay Area and Utah Regional Ballet, among others. Jennifer has earned numerous awards and honors for her choreography. Her piece, Disintegration, was presented at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. For Backhausdance, she has created numerous works, three of which have received multiple Lester Horton Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography. At the McCallum Theatre’s Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival, Jennifer has been the recipient of three consecutive awards for choreography. Currently a full-time dance faculty member at Chapman University, Jennifer is also a teaching artist for the Segerstrom Center for the Arts Education Programs, where she shares her love of dance and choreography with hundreds of students in public and private schools across southern California. A life-long learner, Jenny holds a B.F.A. in Communications and Dance from Chapman University, and received her M.F.A. in Choreography from Hollins University and the American Dance Festival (ADF).
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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Celebrated artist Ido Tadmor is the 2011 recipient of Israel’s highly respected Landau Prize for lifetime achievement in dance. He was artistic director of the Israeli Ballet from 2014 to 2016, and led his own Tel Aviv-based company from 1995 to 2007. Today, he travels the world as a lead dancer, choreographer, judge in professional dance competitions, artistic advisor and artistic director of competitions and festivals. For the past three decades, Ido has represented the State of Israel worldwide as an ambassador of dance. He has been awarded several grants from numerous funding sources and foundations encouraging cultural activities in Israel. During his extensive performing career, Ido has been a principal dancer in companies including Bat-Dor Dance Company, Batsheva Dance Company, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and with many international collaborative projects. Ido has worked with internationally acclaimed choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Itzik Galili, Lar Lubovitch, Ohad Naharin, Robert North, Hans Van Mannen and Vladimir Vasiliev, to name a few.
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Dale A. Merrill was the artistic director of Spectrum Dance Theater in Seattle, WA, from 1985 to 2002. Under his direction, Spectrum grew from a community dance company to a repertory jazz company of national prominence, performing works by Ann Reinking, Margo Sappington, Lou Conte, Lar Lubovitch, Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Danny Buraczeski. Born in Richland, WA, he studied dance with Willam Christensen, Bruce Marks and Mattlyn Gavers at the University of Utah to augment his theatrical training. While in Utah, Dale performed with Ballet West, Pioneer Memorial Theater and the Utah Ballet Ensemble. In 1992, he became one of the first graduates of the newly instated M.F.A. in Dance at the University of Washington. As part of this nationally recognized program, he was actively involved in the education program for undergraduates, and performed contemporary masterworks of José Limon, Paul Taylor and Anna Sokolow, which added depth to his classical background. Dale has more than 25 years of choreographic credits including numerous original works, musical theater production, and a public television special, Voices Across America, starring Paul and Mira Sorvino. In 1999, he became an adjunct faculty member for the University of Washington Dance Program and for the School of Drama’s Professional Actors Training Program. In addition to teaching full-time at Spectrum Dance Theater’s Educational Programs, Dale has been a guest teacher for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Washington Contemporary Ballet and University of Montana, to name a few. Dale currently serves as Dean of the College of the Arts at Cal State Fullerton.
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Yin Yue is a versatile performer and choreographer. Born and raised in Shanghai, China, she studied classical ballet technique and Chinese classical and folk dance at Shanghai Dance School. Yin continued her education at Shanghai Normal University, and by the end of her university training, she had appeared in many festivals and dance performances throughout China. After graduating with a M.F.A. in Dance from NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts in 2008, Yin quickly gained attention as a highly original choreographer and performer. She created an innovative contemporary dance technique, FoCo (Folk-Contemporary) Technique, which soon captured the attention of the dance world. In 2016, Yin was selected as artist-in-residence at 92Y Dance Center and was awarded first place for choreography at the Shanghai Professional Performance Competition. Yin was the winner of the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago International Commissioning Project 2015; BalletX Choreographic Fellowship 2015; and the fifth annual Northwest Dance Project 2013 – and received commissions from all three companies. She was selected as the Emerging Choreographer of the 2015 Springboard Danse Montréal; and was a finalist at The A.W.A.R.D Show! in 2010, presented by New York’s The Joyce Theater Foundation. Yin is the artistic director of Yin Yue Dance Company, a New York City-based contemporary dance freelance ensemble.
COMPANY DANCERS
Toshiro Abbley, born in Los Angeles, California, started taking tap classes at the age of six. At 13, he began his classical ballet training at South Bay Ballet. Toshiro later attended Ballet Pacifica (Irvine, California) and the Ballet Academy of Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung (Munich, Germany) during his final years as a student. He was awarded first place at the prestigious Los Angeles Spotlight Awards in 2006 and was a semi-finalist at the 2007 USA International Ballet Competition. Toshiro has danced professionally with Miami City Ballet, Dutch National Ballet and the Royal Ballet of Flanders. This is his first season with Backhausdance.
Amie Kilgore, originally from Tucson, Arizona, began her dance training at the age of 11 with Mary-Beth Cabana of Ballet Tucson. In 2014, Amie graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arizona and was recognized as Outstanding Senior at the College of Fine Arts and Dance. While working toward her B.F.A. in Dance, she performed various feature roles in works by University of Arizona dance faculty, as well as world-renowned Balanchine ballets such as Rubies, Allegro Brilliante and Tarantella. Prior to graduation, Amie became a founding member of ConDanza, under the direction of Cesar Degollado Rubio. Currently, she is in her third year as a part-time performing faculty member with San Pedro City Ballet. This is Amie’s second season with Orange County’s Backhausdance.
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Tawny Chapman, originally from southern California, has worked for more than 15 years as an accomplished performer, innovative choreographer and influential educator. Currently performing in her 12th season with Backhausdance, Tawny is a graduate of Chapman University, earning a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and an alumna of the Orange County School of the Arts’ Commercial Dance Conservatory. She has performed the work of Jennifer Backhaus, Dee Caspary, Jodie Gates, Sean Greene, Liz Imperio and William Lu, among others. Tawny is on the faculty at Impact Dance
Center (Los Alamitos) and the Orange County School of the Arts’ Commercial Dance Conservatory, where she also serves as a program facilitator. In addition to performing and teaching, Tawny’s award-winning choreographic works have been performed at Pasadena Dance Festival, Backhausdance’s Platform, Encore Dance Festival, Studio A Dance’s DanceSpot, Hart Pulse Dance’s MixMatch Dance Festival, The Core Collective, and beyond.
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Kaitlin Regan discovered her love of dance at the age of three in Phoenix, Arizona. For 10 years, she was a member of Dance Motion, performing featured roles in classics and original works. In 2004, she moved to Orange, California to attend Chapman University. There she studied with Jennifer Backhaus, in addition to a long list of OC’s top ballet, contemporary jazz and modern dance teachers. She has performed works by Nancy Dickson-Lewis, Mike Esperanza, Sean Greene, Dale Merrill and Amy Nakamura. A well-known dance teacher, Kaitlin helped develop a dance program for students with special needs that she has employed since 2010. She is currently a teaching artist for Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ ESCAPE project, which helps Englishlanguage learners understand science concepts through dance. She is also on the faulty at Avanti Dance Company in Costa Mesa, California, and Dancecapade in Walnut, California. Kaitlin has been a member of Backhausdance since 2010. Chihiro Sano, originally from Japan, began her modern dance training at the age of seven under the direction of Akiko Ishii. She joined Backhausdance as an apprentice and has been a full company member since 2010. Chihiro has worked as an assistant to Artistic Director Jennifer Backhaus on freelance projects such as the Irvine Valley College Faculty Dance Concert, the East Valley Dance Project and Studio Project in Palm Desert, and the Temecula Community Theater Dance Project. A certified yoga instructor, Chihiro is passionate about sharing her love of dance and yoga with people of all ages.
Evan Swenson began dancing at the age of seven in his native Fresno, California. At the age of 12, he started attending summer programs; and at 17 was invited by Houston Ballet Academy to study year-round and complete his professional training. Evan has danced with Atlanta Ballet, Houston Ballet and New York Theatre Ballet, in addition to appearing as a guest artist around the country. He has danced principal roles in many legendary ballets, and has worked with choreographers such as Marie de la Palme, Trey McIntyre, Ben Stevenson and Lila York, to name a few. Currently, Evan works with several different companies, including Clairobscur Dance Company, Helios Dance Theater, Luminario Ballet and Motion/Tribe. He has toured with Long Beach Ballet as part of their Ambassadors to China program. Evan is a model on the SyFy show Face-Off; and was featured as Dillon in the film Barbie in the Pink Shoes. This is his second season with Backhausdance.
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Amanda Kay White is a founding member of Backhausdance. An alumna of Chapman University, she holds a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and a B.A. in Communication Arts with an emphasis in Advertising. Amanda recently graduated with a master’s of fine arts in choreography from Jacksonville University. Her choreographic works have been seen at Pasadena Dance Festival, American Celebration, The Core Collective, Epilepsy Network Benefit Concert, Chapman Touring Company, American College Dance Festival, MixMatch Dance Festival and Chapman University faculty concerts. Amanda is currently on the faculty at Chapman University, Orange County School of the Arts and South Coast Conservatory (SCC). In addition to teaching at SCC, she is the executive advisor to their national award-winning dance team and managing director of the Jazz Department. In 2009, she founded Compass Dance Company, a preprofessional contemporary dance company for emerging artists, ages 14 and older. BACKHAUSDANCE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Artistic Director
Michael Kerr, President Christopher Blank Robert Farnsworth Ginny Davies Joann Leatherby Lynda Thomas
Jennifer Backhaus
Managing Director
Marica Pendjer
Educational Outreach Director
Jenn Bassage Bonfil
Summer Intensive Director/ Graphic Designer & Social Media Manager
Tawny Chapman
Lighting Designer
Ben Tusher
COMPANY ADVISORS Nancy Dickson-Lewis Jeremy Hunt Kim Olmos Douglas Rankin
Stage Manager
Matthew Jackson
Ballet Mistress/ Rehearsal Assistant
Kim Olmos
Backhausdance would also like to extend its heartfelt appreciation to all its donors and supporters, with special recognition to Benny Mor for the establishment of the B. Mor Summer Intensive Scholarship. For Booking Information: Rachel Cohen Cadence Arts Network rachel@cadencearts.com 310.701.9191
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LINDA PURL: MIDNIGHT CARAVAN February 4, 2017 | Cheng Hall This performance will have one 15-minute intermission.
Tedd Firth
Musical Director
Randy Landis Bass
Jim McCarty Drums
“When she said it, I knew it was a big life note. I could not have imagined, however, the ways in which Rosemary Clooney’s advice to me, ‘Keep singing – the music will never let you down,’ would continue to unfold in my life. One of the ways was when Rex Reed invited me to be a part of his tribute to Ira Gershwin with musical director Tedd Firth. Tedd is a genius. He is generous. He is at once a singer’s and an actor’s accompanist. He plays the subtext of a lyric – and because I approach songs as an actress first, this was kismet for me. “Growing up, I was fascinated by the records on my parents’ turntable. In my imagination, it conjured up a glamorous after-dark world…and conjured especially images of those singing ladies. Johnny Mercer said, ‘There are three kinds of people in the world − men, women, and girl singers.’ I’ve been lucky to know a few of the truly great ones − Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, Dinah Shore, Polly Bergen − and have, like all of us, admired them and so many more. This is our small way of paying tribute to their collective, enduring and inspiring talents.” – Linda Purl
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LINDA PURL Linda Purl’s recent recurring television roles include: Barbara Fortnum on Reckless; Barbara Pelt on True Blood; Helene Beasley on The Office; and Elizabeth Gaines on the Golden Globe Awardwinning series, Homeland. Linda has starred in over 45 made-for-TV movies, and is especially known for her roles as Charlene Matlock on Matlock and Ashley Pfister, Fonzie’s fiancée, on Happy Days. She appeared on Broadway in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Getting and Spending; and Off-Broadway in The Baby Dance and Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Regional theater credits include: the Long Wharf, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Old Globe, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory, Santa Fe Opera, Cleveland Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Berkeley Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival (six seasons), Laguna Playhouse, Lensic Santa Fe, the Princess Grace Theatre in Monaco, Imperial Theatre in Tokyo. Among her films are Disney’s Mighty Joe Young and the award-winning indie film, Sundays. Born in Connecticut, Purl grew up in Japan, becoming the only foreigner to have trained at the Toho Geino Academy. Her studies continued at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She is the founding director of the California International Theatre Festival. Purl is currently touring with her solo concert, Midnight Caravan – Celebrating the Great Ladies of the Glamorous Nightclub Era; Up Jumped Spring; and Let It Swing with the very wonderful Tom Wopat. Linda’s solo albums include: Alone Together; Out of this World—Live; Midnight Caravan; and the newly released, Up Jumped Spring. Concert venues include: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Feinstein’s at the Regency (New York), Catalina Jazz Club (Los Angeles), Crazy Coqs and The Pheasantry (London), Club Raye (Paris); and Satin Doll (Tokyo). www.lindapurl.com
Sunday, February 5, 2017, 3pm Irvine Barclay Theatre
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JOHN ADAMS’ 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET Geoff Nuttall, violin Owen Dalby, violin Lesley Robertson, viola Christopher Costanza, cello
First Quartet (2008)
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Movement I Movement II Selections from “John’s Book of Alleged Dances (1994)
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Toot Nipple Pavane: She's so Fine Stubble Crotchet Alligator Escalator
- interMissiOn Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (1824-5)
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Assai sostenuto – Allegro Allegro ma non tanto Molto adagio – Andante [‘Sacred Song of Thanksgiving to the Deity from a Convalescent, in the Lydian Mode’] Alla marcia, assai vivace – Più allegro Allegro appassionato – Presto The St. Lawrence String Quartet appears by arrangement with David Rowe Artists www.davidroweartists.com St. Lawrence String recordings can be heard on EMI Classics and ArtistShare www.artistshare.com The St. Lawrence String Quartet is Ensemble-in-Residence at Stanford University www.slsq.com
Laguna Chamber Music Series sponsored by Mr. Sam B. Ersan Concert Sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts
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Composer, conductor, and creative thinker—John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music. His works, both operatic and symphonic, stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound, and the profoundly humanist nature of their themes. Over the past 25 years, Adams’ music has played a decisive role in turning the tide of contemporary musical aesthetics away from academic modernism and toward a more expansive, expressive language, entirely characteristic of his New World surroundings. John Adams turns seventy in February of 2017, and his music will be heard that year throughout the U.S. and Europe. Orchestras and opera companies in London, Berlin, New York, St. Louis, Stockholm, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and San Francisco will focus on his work and tour it internationally. In December, Adams will conduct his oratorio El Niño with the London Symphony Orchestra in London and Paris, and later lead a complete concert performance and recording for Nonesuch Records of his 2005 opera Doctor Atomic at the Barbican Centre with the BBC Symphony. ADAMS: FIRST QUARTET (2008) "String quartet writing is one of the most difficult challenges a composer can take on,” American composer John Adams once said. Adams is not a string player and views the medium of quartet writing “a matter of very long-term ‘work in progress.’" His on-going collaboration with the St. Lawrence String Quartet has resulted in three substantial, half-hour works that occupy a IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE | 11
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significant corner of a large catalog. The two most recent were both completed in 2014 after a long gestation: a Second Quartet and Absolute Jest for quartet and orchestra, based on fragments of two of Beethoven’s late quartets and commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony to celebrate its centennial season. The 28-minute First Quartet was the earliest, in 2008. Originally the only work with a generic title in Adams’s catalog, it’s an intriguingly direct, no-nonsense header from a composer known for evocative titles that invite immediate investigation. It follows an earlier string quartet titled John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994), written for the Kronos Quartet and for performance with the pre-recorded sounds of a prepared piano. A five-minute second string quartet, Fellow Traveler (2007), was a 50th birthday present for director Peter Sellars, with whom Adams has collaborated on several major, often controversial, often hugely successful stage works over the past three decades. It was a characteristically compelling SLSQ performance of Alleged Dances and Beethoven’s Op. 132 that led to the commission for today’s string quartet. “I got about ten other things that I should be doing, but I dove right in,” Adams said. Given its première at The Juilliard School on January 31, 2009, Adams’ First Quartet is in two movements, the first more than twice the length of the second. It opens in a rhythmically driven, pulsing manner, as fragments of a theme are passed from one instrument to another, creating 2 12 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE
a constantly shifting texture. “I started out as a young composer very influenced by American minimalism and you can still hear vestiges of this in the quartet,” Adams said at the Canadian première of the piece at the Banff Centre. “You can hear a very strong sense of beat. The first movement starts in a very ticking, energized way and then lyrical shapes start filtering in and out. That basic sense of pulsation—a regular ticking—is present throughout the piece.” The opening movement is essentially three movements in one, played without break. In the central slow movement, recitative-like declamations from solo instruments are juxtaposed with more reflective ensemble passages. This leads to a spiky scherzo (“a crazy little scherzo”) which soon fades away into wisps of sound and a tranquil close. The energy and momentum of the work’s opening is played out in the pulsing finale. “This piece was inspired by this wonderful quartet, the SLSQ,” Adams says. “I was reminded how much the sound of the string quartet is like elevated human discourse. It’s like speech brought to the highest, most sublime level in the hands of a great composer. So I wanted to attempt to express my own voice in the medium of the quartet.” — © 2016 Keith Horner. Comments welcomed: khnotes@sympatico.ca adaMs: “jOhn’s BOOK OF alleged dances” (1994) The Alleged Dances were the next pieces written after the Violin Concerto, a complex work that took a full year to compose. The Concerto emboldened me to go further with string writing, and some of the techniques and gestures I’d touched on in it appeared again in the new string quartet, only in a less earnest guise. The “Book” is a collection of ten dances, six of which are accompanied by a recorded percussion track made of prepared piano sounds. The prepared piano was, of course, the invention of John Cage, who first put erasers, nuts, bolts, and other damping objects in the strings of the grand piano, thereby transforming it into a kind of pygmy gamelan. In the original version of Alleged Dances the prepared piano sounds were organized as loops installed in an onstage sampler, and one of the quartet players triggered them on cue with a foot pedal. This made for a lot of suspense in the live performance— perhaps too much, as the potential for crash-and-
The dances were “alleged” because the steps for them had yet to be invented (although by now a number of choreographers, including Paul Taylor, have created pieces around them). The general tone is dry, droll, sardonic. The music was composed with the personalities of the Kronos players very much in mind. The little pavane, “She’s So Fine,” for example, is expressly made for Joan Jeanrenaud’s sweetly lyrical high cello register, and the hoe-down “Dogjam” honors David Harrington’s bluegrass proclivities. —John Adams BEETHOVEN: QUARTET IN A MINOR, Op. 132 (1824-5) The five string quartets and Grosse Fuge that Beethoven composed during the last five years of his life mark the pinnacle of his chamber music. Ideas from one spill over to the next. The A minor quartet was the second of the sequence to be completed and was originally laid out in four movements. Then, in the spring of 1825, Beethoven fell seriously ill, with a variety of debilitating diseases. Towards the end of May, he began to recover and the change in his physical well-being had a profound impact on the quartet. A central slow movement was the immediate result. Beethoven marked it Sacred Song of Thanksgiving to the Deity from a Convalescent. It is one of the most sublime pieces of music ever written—and one of the longest quartet movements, at almost half the length of the quartet itself. Its contemplative stillness is enhanced by the conscious use of an old church mode known as the Lydian mode. Beethoven mentions it in the score, as if to remind us that the old church modes, with their spiritual, often mystical and tonally ambiguous connotations, were a deep source of inspiration in his late works. The slow movement’s successive alternations of Adagio and Andante bring new expressions of relief from the composer. These are noted in the margin of his score as “Feeling new strength” and “You returned my strength to find me in the evening” and, in the final section, “With the most intimate feeling.” Because of the generally dark character of much of the quartet, this transcendental slow movement seems to radiate inner release from outward suffering.
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burn was so high that Kronos eventually persuaded me to create a CD of the loops, a decision that allowed for significantly less anxiety during concerts.
Beethoven made this huge slow movement the centerpiece of a vast, arch-like structure. The quartet opens with an Allegro, built around two contrasting themes, and presenting a thread of unresolved contradictions. The movement departs from conventional form, as does the substantial scherzo which follows. Its central pastoral episode, nominally a trio section, begins with a musette-like theme high on the first violin. It continues with a ländler theme which Beethoven wrote down in his sketchbook when he first went to Vienna many years earlier. After the sublime, heavenly slow movement, the mood is abruptly broken by a march—which brings us back to earth with a bump. As in the Ninth Symphony, an instrumental recitative leads to the finale. Its impassioned, waltz-like theme, which gives way to an unequivocal feeling of joy, was, in fact, originally designed to be the finale of the Ninth before Beethoven decided on a choral ending for this work. Both works end with a feeling of transcendence and triumph. — © 2016 Keith Horner Comments welcomed: khnotes@sympatico.ca ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET "Modern...dramatic...superb...wickedly...attentive... with a hint of rock 'n roll energy..." are just a few ways critics describe the musical phenomenon that is the St. Lawrence String Quartet. The SLSQ is renowned for the intensity of its performances, its 3 IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE | 13
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breadth of repertoire, and its commitment to concert experiences that are at once intellectually exciting and emotionally alive. Highlights in 201617 include performances of John Adams’ “Absolute Jest” for string quartet and orchestra with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic, and with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony, as well as the European premières of Adams’ second string quartet. Fiercely committed to collaboration with living composers, the SLSQ's fruitful partnership with Adams, Jonathan Berger, Osvaldo Golijov and many others has yielded some of the finest additions to the quartet literature in recent years. The Quartet is especially dedicated to the music of Haydn, and is recording his groundbreaking set of six Op. 20 quartets in high-definition video for a free, universal release online in 2017. According to The New Yorker, "...no other North American quartet plays the music of Haydn with more intelligence, expressivity, and force..." Established in Toronto in 1989, the SLSQ quickly earned acclaim at top international chamber music competitions and was soon playing hundreds of concerts per year worldwide. It established an ongoing residency at Spoleto Festival USA, made prize-winning recordings for EMI of music by Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and Golijov, earning two Grammy nominations and a host of other prizes before being appointed ensemble-in-residence at Stanford University in 1999. At Stanford, the SLSQ is at the forefront of intellectual life on campus. The SLSQ directs the music department's chamber music program, and frequently collaborates with other departments, including the Schools of Law, Medicine, Business and Education. The Quartet performs regularly at Stanford Live, hosts an annual chamber music seminar, and runs the Emerging String Quartet Program through which it mentors the next generation of young quartets. In the words of Alex Ross of The New Yorker: "The St. Lawrence are remarkable not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection."
THE SEASON UpCOMING CONCERTS FEBRUARY 2017 8
Kodo DADAN 2017 Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
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Laguna Beach Music Festival Johannes Moser, cello Laguna Playhouse
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Yuja Wang, piano Leonidas Kavakos, violin Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
MARCH 2017 3
Mandelring Quartet Irvine Barclay Theatre
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St. Petersburg Philharmonic Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
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National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
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Danish National Symphony Orchestra Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
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Alina Ibragimova, violin Cedric Tiberghien, piano Irvine Barclay Theatre
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Bach’s St. John Passion with Bach Academy Stuttgart Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
MAY 2017 3
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
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Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
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SAVION GLOVER IN CLASSICAL SAVION February 10 –11, 2017 | Cheng Hall This performance will not have an intermission.
Sponsored by:
HumanKind Philanthropic Fund Sponsored by an anonymous fund of the Orange County Community Foundation Direction and Choreography by
Savion Glover Produced by
Savion Glover Productions CLASSICAL SAVION Tonight’s program will include selections from the following: A. VIVALDI
A. DVOŘÁK J. S. BACH
Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315, “Summer” Presto
Concerto No. 3 in F Major, RV 293, “Autumn” Allegro Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297, “Winter” Allegro non molto
String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American” Finale: vivace ma non troppo Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 Allegro
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 Badinerie D. SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 Allegro molto Allegretto F. MENDELSSOHN Octet for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo Presto YAELISA
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SAVION GLOVER Tony Award-winning tap dancer, choreographer and producer, Savion Glover is celebrating his 32nd year as a performing artist in show business. Broadway and film credits include: The Tap Dance Kid; Black & Blue; Jelly’s Last Jam; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk; the movie Tap with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Jr.; Spike Lee’s Bamboozled; and the acclaimed Academy Award-winning Warner Brothers release of Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet 2 (2011), both choreographed by Savion Glover. Most recently recognized for his award-winning choreography in the acclaimed Broadway musical, Shuffle Along, Mr. Glover continues to focus on bringing attention to the art form of Tap Dance as an instrumental component as well as maintaining a highly entertaining visual. Mr. Glover has also enjoyed dancing on concert stages throughout the world with legendary jazz musicians such as Jack DeJohnette, Roy Haynes and McCoy Tyner. In his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, Savion Glover holds the honor of being on the board of directors at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), where he also serves as NJPAC’s Dance Ambassador. Also in his hometown, Savion Glover established the HooFeRzCLub School for Tap as well as Savion Glover Productions – a production entity highlighting the tradition of tap dancing and sound that also serves as a team-based organization that seeks to provide quality production and project management services for tap dancers. Production credits for Savion Glover Productions include Classical Savion, Bare Soundz, Visions of a Bible, SoLo iN TiME, SoLe Sanctuary, Invitation to a Dancer, STePz, Savion Glover and The Otherz, and assistant segment producer of Savion Glover’s Bare Soundz appearance on Dancing with the Stars. Savion Glover is thankful for and wishes to forever acknowledge Jimmy Slyde, Gregory Hines, Isaiah Lon Chaney, Buster Brown, Dianne Walker, Chuck Green, Sir Slyde, Ralph Brown, Ivery Dan, Henry LeTang, George Hillman, and John Coltrane, some of the greatest entertaining Hooferz and musicians to date. Artist Representation: Columbia Artists Music, LLC 1790 Broadway, 16th Floor New York, NY 10019 www.camimusic.com
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The City of Irvine plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of Irvine Barclay Theatre. We thank the City for its generous support.
Dance Visions 2017 Master Choreographers of the 20th/21st Centuries
Feb. 23-25 Chad Michael Hall and Tong Wang, Artistic Directors Lisa Naugle, Producer
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Photo by Cheryl Mann Photography
Choreographers: Lar Lubovitch Donald McKayle Molly Lynch Chad Michael Hall George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust With Maestro Stephen Tucker and the UCI symphony Orchestra and an original composition by Alan Terricciano
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FRAN LEBOWITZ February 27, 2017 | Cheng Hall This performance will not have an intermission.
(Photo by Christopher Macsurak)
Duration: 30 minutes conversation with moderator, Rick Reiff, followed by Q & A session with the audience.
FRAN LEBOWITZ Author, Journalist & Social Observer Purveyor of urban cool, witty chronicler of the “me decade” and the cultural satirist whom many call the heir to Dorothy Parker, Fran Lebowitz remains one of the foremost advocates of the Extreme Statement. She offers insights on timely issues such as gender, race, gay rights, and the media as well as her own pet peeves — including celebrity culture, tourists and strollers. In an interview in the New York Observer, Ms. Lebowitz holds forth on former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg, “We don’t have time for Bloomberg...there are certain things that are in the public sphere and certain things that are in the private sphere...What people eat? It’s their own business. Bedbugs he should take care of. That’s a public health issue. Did you ever hear anyone say, ‘Do you like New York?’ ‘No, too salty.’” Lebowitz on multiculturalism: “It’s pathetic. Of course the world is diverse. And the differences always express themselves. It’s much more important that you emphasize similarities…there 20 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE
is practically nobody willing to identify themselves as American anymore because everybody is too busy identifying themselves with the area of their lives in which they feel the most victimized.” On aging: “At a certain point, the worst picture taken of you when you are 25 is better than the best picture taken of you when you’re 45,” and “What everyone says when you turn 60 is, ‘It’s better than the alternative.’ If the only thing worse than being 60 is death, that’s pretty bad.” That is Fran Lebowitz off the cuff. Her writing — pointed, taut and economical — is equally forthright, irascible, and unapologetically opinionated. Fran Lebowitz’s first two classic books of essays, Metropolitan Life and Social Studies, have been collected in the Fran Lebowitz Reader. She is also the author of the children’s book, Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas. A documentary film about Fran Lebowitz, Public Speaking, directed by Martin Scorsese, premiered on HBO in November 2010. RICK REIFF Moderator Mr. Reiff is the Editor at Large of the Orange County Business Journal as well as Host and Producer at PBS SoCal-TV. He is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist, four-time Golden Mike winner and three-time Emmy nominee. Artist Representation: Steven Barclay Agency 12 Western Avenue Petaluma, California 94952 ww.barclayagency.com
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Gary Payne
Karen Wood
Karen Drews Hanlon
Lori Grayson
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Josh Roberts
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Jeff Stamper Tim Owens
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Irvine Barclay Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of our donors who help support the “big talent” in our “small hall.” Gifts to the Annual Fund for Excellence assist the Barclay in presenting an international roster of performers while keeping tickets reasonably priced. They also support our ArtsReach programs provided to the schools at little or no cost and “family-friendly” programming on stage. The Barclay’s mission also embraces making its beautiful facilities available to diverse community organizations, UCI, and other educational institutions. Thank you to all of our generous donors listed here for their contributions during the previous 12 months! If you would like to join the ranks of those who make it all possible at the Barclay, you may make a donation online at www.thebarclay.org or call 949.854.4607. PUBLIC PARTNERS
City of Irvine University of California, Irvine BRAVO BARCLAY PRESENTING SPONSOR $10,000 AND ABOVE
Allergan Foundation An Anonymous Fund of the Orange County Community Foundation Drs. Francisco and Hana Ayala Cheng Family Foundation City National Bank Erika Dadura-Crane and Marc Crane Robin Follman-Otta Haskell & White LLP HumanKind Philanthropic Fund Michael Kerr Toni and Terry McDonald National Endowment for the Arts William and Janice Parker Family Fund Rohl LLC – Ken and Amber Rohl Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund Trisha Steele Elizabeth C. and Thomas T. Tierney
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BRAVO BARCLAY PARTNER $5,000 – $9,999
Lynette and Richard Berg Bruce and Karen Cahill Gartley Charitable Foundation Fund New England Foundation for the Arts Salwa and Sabri Rizkalla Michelle Rohe Gary and Melanie Singer Western States Arts Federation BRAVO BARCLAY BENEFACTOR $2,500 – $4,999
Milt and Mary Ann Bower Jerry and Whitney Mandel Linda I. Smith Foundation Frank Wagner and Lynn O’Hearn Wagner Judy and Wes Whitmore BRAVO BARCLAY PATRON $1,000 – $2,499
The Beall Family Foundation Douglas Bradley Carol and Les Elliot Bruce Kerr and Ann Patterson Dr. Paul and Ellen Lee Carl Neisser Peter and Alexandra Neptune Albert and Tricia Nichols Fund
Bruce and Esmeralda Ogilvie Susan Rhodes and Goran Matijasevic Chiyo and Stanton Rowe Deborah and Frank Rugani Ellen and Vasily Semeniuta Simon Foundation for Education and Housing Nancy Smith Thomas and Marilyn Sutton Majid and Sohaila Zarrinkelk ENCORE CIRCLE ENTHUSIAST $250 – $999 Oscar R. Aguirre Richard Alexander Brien Amspoker and Ellen Breitman John W. Ballantyne Robert and Delphi Ballinger Lindy Balmer Larry and Sue Ann Beaty Honorable Marian Bergeson Scott and Cheryl Berry Leia Bowers Laurie Brady and Dr. Sam Mary Watson-Bruce Clifford and Jennifer Cheng Denise Chilcote Ms. Mary Cobb John Coyne Kenneth J. Craig, Jr. Roger du Plessis Peggie Fariss Paul and Sandra Findly
Carol Foster Mark A. Franzen Mike Fuhr Ellen Fujikawa Ramya Harishankar and Hari Krishnamurthy Charles and Janet Henze IBM Matching Grants Program Yvonne and Damien Jordan Joanne and Dennis Keith The Kelleher Family Eung Jin Kim Dr. Martin G. Langer Vicki and Richard Lee Curtis Ling Robert D. and Pat MacDonald Leonard and Joalyn Mushin Reiko and Mitsuhiko Nakano Mike and Pat Noggle Orange County Community Foundation Tom and Amber Orradre Robert Parker Suzanne T. Peltason Dr. Stephen M. Rochford Joel B. Rothman Nancy Lee Ruyter Louise Schwennesen Frances Segal and Michael Friedson Frederick Smith Dorothy J. Solinger John Sorich Kia Stora Diane Stovall Synchrony Financial
Jennifer Szabo Law Offices of Jeri E. Tabback Urban Kitchen Group — Cucina Enoteca Marilyn and Angelo Vassos Vendini, Inc. Kathy Vickers and Jeremy Freimund Craig Wickwire Charles and Marilyn Wright
Michael and Kate Clark Joseph L. and Kathleen Y. Coleman Nancy Cramer Frank Crance and Andrea Bouas Anahid Crecelius Madeleine and Alan Crivaro Dr. Edward Deeb Joan M. Donahue Patsy and Douglas Downs Jacolyn Dudley Alan and Rosemary Dugard David Dupre Rad and Toni Dwyer Robert and Nancy Eagan Donna Emmett David Falconer Cathie Fields Ruby Foo Roberta Fox Lisa Friend Elisabeth and Lester Fruth Heather Fuller Mary Ann Gaido Ismael Garcia David George Marcella Gilmore and Edward Muehl S. Glass Family Ben and Sandie Goelman Lawrence Goldberg Lloyd Goldwater Jeffrey Gordon Paul and Nancy Groner Sanjiv and Geeta Grover Matthew and Annemarie Hall Kim and Dennis Hampton Jim and Berri Harris Carole S. Harrison Thomas Hartman Barbara Helton Colin Henderson Richard and Sara Hess Dan and Nicole Honigman Dana Huff JoAnn Iles Robert Ingold Gary and Linda Globerman Jackson Katrina Jauregui Korey Jorgensen Christina Kaoh Judy Kaufman and George Farkas
Clare Kiklowicz Jeannine Kouns Kerry Krisher Charles Kristenson Arthur S. Kroll Dr. and Mrs. John Lagourgue Carter Lee Susan Leisten Benjamin and Sunny Leos Neal Littlejohn Nancy Locke Christian and Sharon Maas Albert Martinez William McKaig Sherry McKuin Helen McMillan Sharon McNalley Kristy and Danny Melita Vivian Mendoza Wanda Mendoza Rob and Carolyn Merritt Mark and Jan Merryfield Dr. Frank and Mrs. Linda Meyskens Peter Milner Gabriella Miotto Nancy and William Murray Julie Nakata Huey Yann Ooi Lauren and Richard Packard Jeri Pauloski Omar and Irene Perez Edward Pope and Antoinette Olivera Donna Powell Edward and Betty Quilligan Elaine Ramsay Michael Recendez John and Sheryl Redpath Dennis Repp Shari Rezai Thomas Ringland Ms. Francie Rope Michael Rose and Blanca Cervantes Stephanie and Eric Rubery Charles R. Rusky Karen Salita De Anne Sbardellati Psychiatry Schaepper Judith M. Schmidt Jack and Katharine Schoellerman Jeff and Linda Schulein
Trudy Vermeer Selleck Cl Sexsmith Strybel Mr. Gordon Sheldall Dorothea Silavs Jackie Smiley John L. and Mary Smith Kathy Soderlund Paul Spas Candace Spennato Betty and Hugh Spilsbury William Spurgeon Daniel and Jeannette Stokols Robert Stopher Ingrid Strayer Richard and Jane Sungaila Paula Sweet Celia and Julio Taleisnik Michael Talens Steve Tamura Thomas Tancredi Cindy and Steven Bandel Ernestina and Charles Benson Don and Linda Dressler Michael L. and Nancy Meyer Mela and Ricardo Miledi John and Marjorie Murray Leo and Sheila Pinsky Johanna Tilley Eric Tobiessen Gary and Peranza Topjon Torlic Family Catherine and Mark Turkel Marjorie Tussing Neurocare, Inc Kathy Vickers and Jeremy Freimund Michael Voronel Raymond Ward Cathy Warner Steven and Carolyn Watanabe Kim Waterson Virginia Weddle Brian West Diane Wick Daniel and Courtney Wiercioch Richard and Barbara Wilkes Kurt Youngs Chi Zhang
NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS INITIATIVE
David and Beverly Carmichael Bobbi Cox Sophia and Larry Cripe Bronny Daniels Diane Diefenderfer and David Hanlon Roger du Plessis Gale Edelberg and Bob Butnik Henry and Janet Eggers David Emmes and Paula Tomei Kay S. Faranda Cliff Faulkner and Shigeru Yaji Roberta Fox Mary and Andrew Franklin Sandy and Don French Judith A. Gorski Dr. and Mrs. Denis Gray Dana Huff Chuck Johnston Dr. Burton L. Karson Joanne and Dennis Keith
Robert Labaree and Gillian Finley Dr. Martin G. Langer Kathryn Lynch and Robert McDonnell Molly Lynch and Alan Andrews Debra Maxwell Sharon McNalley John and Margi Murray National Endowment for the Arts Carl Neisser Tom and Marilyn Nielsen Northern Trust Bank of California Anne B. Nutt Marshall Parker John and Charlene Pasko James Penrod Jody Pike Janice and Richard Plastino Dolly A. Platt, PhD Edward and Diana Putz Salwa Rizkalla
Barbara Roberts Robinson Foundation Michelle Rohe Andrew Rose Jack and Katy Schellerman Betty Schweickert Sally Anne and Don Sheridan Igal and Diane Silber Ann Sim Jackie Smiley Don and Grace Laffoon Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund Jennifer Szabo Karen and Gary Thorne Barbara and Jack Tingley Mary Vensel White and T. Jason White William Gillespie Foundation
ENCORE CIRCLE SUPPORTER $100 – $249 Bob and Burnetta Denham Katherine Ahn Dennis and Cindy Alderson Nick and Sue Alexopoulos Robert Allgeier Patricia Allison AmazonSmile Foundation Jan Arnoldus Debbie Aslanian Rivka Barasch Shannon Barisoff Betty Barry George and Linda Bauer Shelley Beckham Sandra and William Beckman Craig Behrens Linda Berquist Cesar Betancourt Susan and Steven Bierlich Richard H. Bigelow Michael and Margaret Bodeau Suzanne Boras Seth Brindis and Stephanie Reich Scott Brinkerhoff Susan Bryant and David Gardiner The Bukaty Family Douglas T. Burch, Jr. Lisa and Robert Burnand Jeff and Cindy Busche Linda and Roland Bye Sandra Jones Campbell Luisa Cano Harold and Eleanor Carpenter Grace Chen Rita Chenoweth Che Chereskin Deanna Choi
As a partner in the annual National Choreographers Initiative, Irvine Barclay Theatre is also pleased to acknowledge all those who support this important contribution to American dance.
Betty B. and Roy Anderson Betsy Andrews and Alex Moad Mrs. Alan V. Andrews Diane and Dennis Baker Ballet Barres West William H. Bardens Dr. Michael Bear Beau Corps Studio Honorable Marian Bergeson Paul Blank Theodore Bradshaw Stacie Brandt Laurie and Bart Brown
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