Hubbard Street Dancers Michael Gross and Jacqueline Burnett (Photo by Todd Rosenberg)
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KAHULANUI Mar 24, 2016 THE QUEBE SISTERS Apr 23, 2016 HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO Apr 28, 2016
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WELCOME WHETHER YOU ARE A FREQUENT ATTENDEE OR A FIRST-TIME VISITOR TO OUR THEATRE, WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
Since opening in 1990, Irvine Barclay Theatre has pursued programming that is unique, eclectic and diverse. We have introduced new artists to Orange County and welcomed back old friends. The artists included in this program book are indeed a testament to the Barclay’s vision of expanding horizons — and to you, our adventurous and loyal audience. Appearing for the first time in Orange County, Kahulanui, Hawai’i’s Kings of Swing, blend traditional Hawaiian music and the Big Band Swing of the 1920’s and 30’s to create a style entirely their own; The Quebe Sisters, in their first appearance at the Barclay, are 3-time national fiddle champions from Texas. Playing and singing in multi-part close harmony, their spirited musicianship and style is authentic all-American. In honor of the Barclay’s 25th anniversary season, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has been invited back to the Barclay 25 years after its first performance here during the theatre’s first season. Since then, the company has evolved into one of Americas most influential contemporary dance companies, possessing an eclectic, international repertory and an unparalleled artistic style. I hope you’ll be inspired to sample other eclectic presentations throughout the season.
Jerry Mandel, Ph.D. Interim President, Irvine Barclay Theatre
Board of Directors CHAIR Ken Rohl Chairman/Founder Rohl LLC
Stephen Barker Interim Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts University of California, Irvine
Ramona Agrela Associate Chancellor University of California, Irvine
Robert Farnsworth CEO Sonnet Technologies, Inc.
Francisco J. Ayala Professor and National Medal of Science Laureate University of California, Irvine
Michelle Grettenberg Assistant to the City Manager City of Irvine
Sean Joyce City Manager City of Irvine
Lynn Schott Mayor Pro Tem City of Irvine
Michael Kerr Community Leader
Mickie Shapiro Community Leader
William Parker Professor Emeritus Physics and Astronomy University of California, Irvine
HONORARY Steven S. Choi, Ph.D. Mayor, City of Irvine Howard Gillman, Ph.D. Chancellor, UCI IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE | 3
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KAHULANUI March 24, 2016 | Cheng Hall This program will include a 20-minute intermission. Sponsored by: Richard & Elizabeth Steele Fund Trisha Steele
Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar Lena Naipo Jr Bass/backup vocals Pat Eskildsen
Ukulele/backup vocals Duke Tatom Drums Tim Taylor Saxophone Jesse Snyder
Saxophone Bill Noble
Trombone Vincent D’Angelo Trumpet Dave Clausnitzer
Artist Representation: Herschel Freeman Agency 7684 Apahon Lane Germantown, TN 38138
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There is a new wave coming from Hawai’i’, a blend of traditional music and the Big Band Swing brought to the Aloha State by U.S. servicemen during World War II. Its leading exponent is Kahulanui (The Big Dance), a band whose energy and dynamic arrangements have caused a sensation throughout the islands. Their debut CD, Hula Ku‘i, was nominated for a 2014 Grammy Award in the Regional Roots category. Influenced by mid-20th century Hawaiian musicians and songwriters like Uncle Alvin Kaleolani Isaacs, Ray Kinney, Sam Koki, Lani McIntire and even Spike Jones, Hawai’i’s Kings of Swing are bringing their unique style to audiences across America. Kahulanui band leader, Lolena Naipo, Jr. found inspiration from his grandfather, Robert Kahulanui, who was a member of the Royal Hawaiian Band during an era when horns and drums were a part of Hawaiian music. In the CD liner notes for this debut release, Hawai’i radio icon Skylark Rossetti elaborates: “Throughout Hawai’i in the 20s and 30s, one could find orchestras playing Hawaiian swing and the house would be jumping. Lolena and Kahulanui borrow from these influences and perform classic Hawaiian songs in a syncopated style, making Hawaiian swing vibrant and alive in Hawai’i today.” “Lolena accompanied his dad who played music with Aunty Genoa Keawe and Andy Cummings, among others. As Lolena grew in his abilities, he would accompany musicians like Darrell Lupenui, Kekua Fernandez and even the Hawaiian Airlines Serenaders, and others.” Hula Ku‘i was a finalist in 2013 for the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards (Hawai’i’s version of the Grammy Awards) in three categories: Album of the Year, Group of the Year, and Most Promising New Artist of the Year.
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THE QUEBE SISTERS April 23, 2016 | Cheng Hall This program will include a 20-minute intermission.
When the Quebe Sisters from Texas take a stage, and the triple-threat fiddle champions start playing and singing in multi-part close harmony, audiences are usually transfixed, then blown away. It’s partly because the trio’s vocal and instrumental performances are authentic all-Americana, all the time, respectful of the artists that inspired them the most. And whether the Quebes (rhymes with “maybe”) are decked out in denims and boots or fashionably dressed to the nines in makeup, skirts and heels, the fresh-faced, clean-cut sisters, all in their 20s, look as good as they sound.
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Not surprisingly, the Quebe Sisters win standing ovations at just about every show. It’s been that way since 2000, when they started fiddling together as pre-teens. The sisters’ past is as colorful and eventful as their future is bright. Growing up in Burleson, a southern suburb of Fort Worth, Hulda, Sophia and Grace were ages 7, 10 and 12 in 1998 when they attended their first local fiddle competition in nearby Denton, and decided fiddling was what they wanted to do. The girls earned solo and group accolades early on, winning state and national championships in their respective age groups in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
The Quebes’ evolution from the whiz-kid Western swing fiddlers they were back then to the smokin’-hot young adult Americana band they are today is a remarkable story, by any measure. Along with headlining their own shows to ever-growing audiences, they’ve shared stages with American music legends like Willie Nelson, George Strait, Merle Haggard, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Ray Price, Connie Smith, Marty Stuart, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, Riders in the Sky and many others. Today, after more than a decade of travelling the U.S. and the world, and recording three acclaimed albums, Grace, Sophia and Hulda Quebe are pros in a variety of genres, and count many famous musicians among their biggest boosters. The Quebes’ unbridled passion for American music, along with their talent, skills and a lot of hard work, has taken them far beyond their wildest early aspirations. “One thing is for sure, you don’t see a group like the Quebe Sisters come along every day,” famed Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs told listeners on his own show on Nashville’s WSM. “Give them your undivided attention, and if you’re not already, you too, will become a fan.” Artist Representation: New Frontier Touring 1503 17th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212
The City of Irvine plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of Irvine Barclay Theatre. We thank the City for its generous support.
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HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO Sponsored by:
April 28, 2016 | Cheng Hall This performance will include two 15-minute intermissions.
An anonymous fund of the Orange County Community Foundation
Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton
Lighting Director Kaitlyn Breen
General Manager Karena Fiorenza Ingersoll
Head Carpenter and Stage Operations Stephan Panek
Executive Director Jason D. Palmquist
Rehearsal Director Lucas Crandall
Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo
Director of External Affairs Suzanne Appel Artistic Associate and Coordinator, Pre-Professional Programs Meredith Dincolo Founding Artistic Director Lou Conte Director of Production Jason Brown Company Manager Ishanee DeVas Head of Wardrobe Rebecca M. Shouse
Stage Manager and Properties Master Julie E. Ballard Master Electrician Sam Begich Audio Engineer Kilroy G. Kundalini
Touring Wardrobe Jenni Schwaner Ladd
Hubbard Street Dancers Jesse Bechard, Jacqueline Burnett, Alicia Delgadillo, Jeffery Duffy, Kellie Epperheimer, Michael Gross, Jason Hortin, Alice Klock, Emilie Leriche, Florian Lochner, Ana Lopez, Andrew Murdock, Penny Saunders, David Schultz, Kevin J. Shannon, Jessica Tong Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 1147 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60607 312-850-9744 | hubbardstreetdance.com
Facebook + YouTube /HubbardStreetDance Twitter + Instagram @HubbardStreet North American Representation: Sunny Artist Management Ilter Ibrahimof, Director ilter@sunnyartistmanagement.com
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PROGRAM Out of Keeping Choreography: Penny Saunders Music: Ólafur Arnalds, Volker Bertelmann, Karsten Gundermann, Hilary Hahn, Danny Norbury Set and Lighting Design: Michael Mazzola Costume Design: Branimira Ivanova
Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, December 10, 2015 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park, Chicago, IL. Music by Volker Bertelmann and Hilary Hahn: “North Atlantic” and “Clock Winder,” from the album Silfra, as performed by Hilary Hahn and Hauschka, courtesy of Universal Music Group, used by permission of G. Schirmer, Inc./ Music Sales Group. Music by Danny Norbury: “Speak, Memory,” from the album Dusk, used by permission of Danny Norbury. Music by Ólafur Arnalds: “Tomorrow’s Song,” from the album Living Room Songs. Music by Karsten Gundermann: “Faust–Episode 2– Nachspiel,” from the album Spheres, as performed by Daniel Hope and Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, conducted by Simon Halsey, courtesy of Universal Music Group, used by permission of Karsten Gundermann. Elizabeth Yntema for the Mark Ferguson Elizabeth Yntema Family Charitable Trust is the Lead Individual Sponsor of Out of Keeping by Penny Saunders. Additional support for Out of Keeping by Penny Saunders is provided by Individual Sponsors Randy and Lisa White. INTER M IS S ION
N.N.N.N. Choreography, Stage Design, Lighting and Costume Design: William Forsythe Music: Thom Willems Technical Consultant: Tanja Rühl Staging: Cyril Baldy, Amancio González
N.N.N.N. appears as a mind in four parts, four dancers in a state of constant, tacit connection. Underscored by the sudden murmured flashes of Thom Willems’ music, these dancers enter into a complex, intense inscription. Their arms, heads, bodies and legs become singular voices, each tuned and in counterpoint to the other. These performers write out a text of the voice of the body, slowly, then more and more rapidly, coalescing over and over into a linked entity of flinging arms, folding joints and a sharp, high sense of time. Hubbard Street is honored to be the first U.S. dance company to perform William Forsythe’s N.N.N.N., restaged at the Hubbard Street Dance Center in Chicago by Forsythe with original cast members Cyril Baldy and Amancio González.
N.N.N.N. was created for and premiered by Ballett Frankfurt on November 21, 2002 at the Opernhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and first performed by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, October 15, 2015. Original score by Thom Willems. Used by permission of Thom Willems. Hubbard Street’s acquisition of N.N.N.N. is sponsored by the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, with support from Sandra and Jack Guthman through the Imagine campaign. Lead Individual Sponsors of the Season 38 Fall Series celebrating William Forsythe are Jay Franke and David Herro. Additional support is provided by Individual Sponsors Pam Crutchfield, Charles Gardner and Patti Eylar, and Richard L. Rodes. The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation is the Lead Foundation Sponsor of the Season 38 Fall Series. SH O RT PAUSE
A Picture of You Falling Choreography and Text: Crystal Pite Music: Owen Belton Voice: Kate Strong Lighting Design: Alan Brodie Costume Design: Linda Chow Staging: Peter Chu
A Picture of You Falling marked Hubbard Street’s debut in choreography by acclaimed artist Crystal Pite. The work exists in two versions, both of which premiered in 2008: a duet for dancers Peter Chu and Anne Plamondon, and this solo, first performed by Pite herself for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award Gala in Ottawa.
“I am fascinated by the shared narratives that live in our bodies — the familiar, repetitive storylines that move across cultures and generations — and the body’s role as their illustrator,” says Pite. “I’m curious about the ways in which the body can convey profound meaning through the simplest of gestures, and how distortion, iteration and analysis of familiar human action provide opportunities to recognize and re-frame ourselves in one another.”
Created and first performed by choreographer Crystal Pite at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 3, 2008. Duet version further adapted for and premiered by Kidd Pivot as part of The You Show, premiered at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany, November 4, 2010. Solo version first performed by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, March 12, 2015 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL. Original music by Owen Belton. A Picture of You Falling is sponsored by Choreographer’s Circle Member Sara Albrecht. Special thanks to Jim French, Nederlands Dans Theater and NDT alumnus Jiří Pokorný, and Peter Chu. INTE R MISSIO N
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ABOUT HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO Solo Echo Choreography: Crystal Pite Music: Johannes Brahms Lighting Design: Tom Visser Stage Design: Jay Gower Taylor Costume Design: Joke Visser, Crystal Pite Staging: Eric Beauchesne Lines for Winter By Mark Strand
Tell yourself as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing the same tune no matter where you find yourself — inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white of the moon’s gaze in a valley of snow. Tonight as it gets cold tell yourself what you know which is nothing but the tune your bones play as you keep going. And you will be able for once to lie down under the small fire of winter stars. And if it happens that you cannot go on or turn back and you find yourself where you will be at the end, tell yourself in that final flowing of cold through your limbs that you love what you are.
Created for and premiered by Nederlands Dans Theater, February 9, 2012 at the Lucent Danstheater, Den Haag, the Netherlands. First performed by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, December 10, 2015 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL. Music by Johannes Brahms: “Allegro non Troppo from Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Opus 38,” and “Adagio Affettuoso from Sonato for Cello and Piano in F Major, Opus 99,” from the album Brahms Sonatas for Cello & Piano, courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment. Poem by Mark Strand: “Lines for Winter,” from Selected Poems, © 1979 by Mark Strand and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. Sara Albrecht is the Lead Individual Sponsor of the Hubbard Street premiere of Solo Echo by Crystal Pite. Hubbard Street’s touring engagements featuring Solo Echo by Crystal Pite are sponsored by the Lauren Robishaw Creative Fund.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s core purpose is to bring artists, art and audiences together to enrich, engage, educate, transform and change lives through the experience of dance. Celebrating Season 38 in 2015–16, under the artistic leadership of Glenn Edgerton, Hubbard Street continues to innovate, supporting its creative talent while presenting repertory by the field’s internationally recognized living artists. Hubbard Street has grown through the establishment of multiple platforms alongside the Lou Conte Dance Studio, entering its fifth decade of providing a wide range of public classes and pre-professional training under the direction of founding company member Claire Bataille. Extensive Youth, Education, Community, Adaptive Dance and Family Programs, led by Kathryn Humphreys, keep the organization deeply connected to its hometown. Hubbard Street 2, led by Terence Marling, stewards early-career artists, while the main company performs all year long, domestically and around the world. Visit hubbardstreetdance.com for artist profiles, touring schedules and much more. CHOREOGRAPHERS Raised in New York and initially trained in Florida with Nolan Dingman and Christa Long, William Forsythe danced with the Joffrey Ballet and later the Stuttgart Ballet, where he was appointed resident choreographer in 1976. Over the next seven years, he created new works for the Stuttgart ensemble and ballet companies throughout Europe and the United States. In 1984, he began a 20-year tenure as director of Ballett Frankfurt, where he created works such as Artifact (1984), Impressing the Czar (1988), Limb’s Theorem (1990), The Loss of Small Detail (1991, in collaboration with composer Thom Willems and designer Issey Miyake), Eidos: Telos (1995), Endless House (1999), Kammer/Kammer (2000) and Decreation (2003). After the closure of Ballett Frankfurt in 2004, Forsythe established a new, more independent ensemble, The Forsythe Company, founded with the support of the German states of Saxony and Hesse, the cities of Dresden and Frankfurt am Main, and private sponsors. His works are prominently featured in the repertoires of virtually every major ballet company in the world, including the Mariinsky Ballet, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, London’s Royal Ballet and the Paris Opéra Ballet. Awards received by Forsythe and his ensembles include four New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards and three Laurence Olivier Awards in the U.K.; he has been conveyed the title of Commandeur des Arts et Lettres by the government of France; and he has received the German Distinguished Service Cross, the Wexner Prize, the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale, the Samuel H. Scripps / American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Swedish Carina Ari Medal. As an educator, Forsythe IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE | 9
is regularly invited to lecture and give workshops at universities and cultural institutions. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London, and holds an Honorary Doctorate from The Juilliard School in New York City. Forsythe is currently Professor of Dance and Artistic Advisor for the Choreographic Institute at the University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Visit williamforsythe.de to learn more. Born in Terrace, British Columbia and raised on the Canadian west coast, choreographer and performer Crystal Pite is a former company member of Ballet British Columbia and William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt. Pite’s professional choreographic debut was in 1990, at Ballet British Columbia; since then, she has created more than 40 works for companies such as Nederlands Dans Theater, Cullberg Ballet, Ballett Frankfurt, the National Ballet of Canada, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Ballet British Columbia, and Louise Lecavalier / Fou Glorieux, plus collaborations with the Electric Company Theatre and acclaimed director Robert Lepage. In 2002, Pite formed the company Kidd Pivot, which tours nationally and internationally. She is the recipient of the Banff Centre’s Clifford E. Lee Award (1995), the Bonnie Bird North American Choreography Award (2004), the Isadora Award (2005), two Dora Mavor Moore Awards (2009 and 2012), a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award (2006), and the Governor General of Canada’s Performing Arts Award, Mentorship Program (2008). Pite also received the 2011 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, the inaugural Lola Award in 2012, the Canada Council’s 2012 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize, and a 2015 National Dance Award. Visit kiddpivot.org to learn more. Penny Saunders graduated from the Harid Conservatory in 1995. She then began her professional career with the American Repertory Ballet under the direction of Septime Webre, danced with Ballet Arizona and MOMIX, and was a founding member of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (then Cedar Lake Ensemble). In 2004, Saunders joined Hubbard Street, where she began to pursue her choreographic interests, creating for Hubbard Street 2 in 2011 through its International Commissioning Project, and premiering her first work for Hubbard Street’s main company in 2013. She has since choreographed for the Nexus Project, Owen/Cox Dance Group, SFDanceworks, Whim W’Him, Grand Rapids Ballet, and Neos Dance Theatre as a choreographer in residence at the University of Akron. In 2015 Saunders returned to Hubbard Street’s main company and began a three-year choreographic residency with Grand Rapids Ballet. She thanks her lovely husband and beautiful son for all of their support.
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HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO STAFF Glenn Edgerton (Artistic Director) joined Hubbard Street after an international career as a dancer and director. At the Joffrey Ballet, he performed leading roles, contemporary and classical, for 11 years under the mentorship of Robert Joffrey. In 1989, Edgerton joined the acclaimed Nederlands Dans Theater, where he danced for five years and was artistic director for a decade, after which he directed the Colburn Dance Institute at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Edgerton joined Hubbard Street as associate artistic director in 2008; since 2009 as artistic director, he has built upon more than three decades of leadership in dance performance, education and appreciation established by founder Lou Conte and continued by Conte’s successor, Jim Vincent. Jason D. Palmquist (Executive Director) joined Hubbard Street in 2007, after serving the arts community in Washington, D.C. for nearly 15 years. Palmquist began his career at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, completing his tenure there as vice president of dance administration, overseeing multiple world-premiere engagements of commissioned works in dance, the formation and growth of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet and the inception in 1997 of the Millennium Stage, an award-winning, free daily performance series. Palmquist also managed the Kennedy Center’s television initiatives, including the creation of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and a prime-time special on NBC memorializing the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks. He then served as executive director at the Washington Ballet. A graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Palmquist currently serves on the boards of the Arts Alliance of Illinois and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
Karena Fiorenza Ingersoll (General Manager) joined Hubbard Street in 2015 after serving as associate managing director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where she lineproduced and managed all new play development efforts. Previous tenures include executive director of contemporary dance company, Robert Moses’ Kin (San Francisco, CA), associate managing director of Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven, CT), management fellow during ArtsEmerson’s inaugural presenting year (Boston, MA), and annual fund manager at Aurora Theatre (Berkeley, CA). While in the Bay Area, Fiorenza Ingersoll was secretary and then president of the Berkeley Cultural Trust, a proud member of the Bay Area Latino Theatre Artists Network, and was invited in 2014 by Theatre Communications Group to be part of its SPARK Leadership Program’s inaugural class. She holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and a MFA in Theater Management from Yale University. Alejandro Cerrudo (Resident Choreographer) was born in Spain and trained at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid. His performing career began in 1998 and included work with Victor Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 2, and Hubbard Street, which he
joined as a dancer in 2005. Fourteen works choreographed since becoming its first resident choreographer in 2009 include collaborations with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Nederlands Dans Theater; additional works are in repertory at companies around the U.S. as well as in Australia, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. His honors include the Joyce Theater Foundation’s second Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance, an award from the Boomerang Fund for Artists (2011), a Prince Prize for Commissioning Original Work, and the 2014 USA Donnelley Fellowship from United States Artists.
Lucas Crandall (Rehearsal Director) began his dance career in 1979 with the Milwaukee Ballet. In 1980, he joined the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, then danced with Nederlands Dans Theater for two years under the direction of Jiří Kylián, before returning to Geneva as soloist and later rehearsal assistant. His teaching and coaching career includes residencies at various U.S. universities; master classes and repertory workshops, both domestically and abroad; and guest positions at companies including Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Northwest Professional Dance Project, and the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. Rehearsal director for Nederlands Dans Theater’s main company for three years, Crandall returned to Hubbard Street as rehearsal director in April 2013.
Suzanne Appel (Director, External Affairs) joined Hubbard Street in August 2015 following a decade of arts leadership roles with an emphasis on business development, revenue generation, and producing the work of form-challenging artists. Most recently she served as managing director of The Cutting Ball Theater in San Francisco, where she nearly doubled the organization’s operating budget and built a twoplus-month operating reserve in four years. Her previous roles include director of individual giving at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City, associate managing director at Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, management fellow at Berkeley Repertory Theater, and assistant director of the annual fund at Wesleyan University. While in San Francisco, she served on the board of the Tenderloin Community Benefit District. Appel maintains a freelance practice as a financial and strategic management consultant for arts organizations, holds an MBA from Yale School of Management, an MFA in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama, and a BA from Wesleyan University.
Lou Conte (Founder), 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. Conte 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, Conte 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, Conte 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. HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO DANCERS Jesse Bechard (Bolton, MA) began his formal ballet training at age 16, graduated from Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and attended training programs at Boston Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Ballet Austin. In 2000, having completed his freshman year at the University of Chicago, he returned to dance, performing for one year with Ballet Austin and for eight with Richmond Ballet. Bechard joined Hubbard Street in August 2010.
Jacqueline Burnett (Pocatello, ID) studied classical ballet with Marius Zirra, with additional training at Ballet Idaho, Brindusa-Moore Ballet Academy, the Universal (Kirov) Ballet Academy, The Juilliard School and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors from the Ailey School and Fordham University’s joint program in New York City in 2009, while an apprentice with Hubbard Street. She was promoted to the main company in August 2009, and is a 2011–12 Princess Grace Honorarium recipient.
Alicia Delgadillo (Charlotte, NC) began her classical training at the Susan Hayward School of Dance in San Francisco, and continued her studies in North Carolina at the Charlotte School of Ballet and the Piedmont School of Music and Dance. She graduated with honors from the Ailey School and Fordham University’s joint program in New York City in 2012, while a member of Hubbard Street 2. She was promoted to the main company in April 2014. Jeffery Duffy (Adamsville, GA) began dancing at age three and attended the Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts at Pebblebrook High School; Talent Unlimited High School; and The Juilliard School in New York City. He has performed with the Juilliard Dance Ensemble at Lincoln Center and the Chicago Dancing Festival, and as a guest artist with Dance Theatre of Harlem. At the McCallum Theatre Institute’s 2013 Choreography Festival, Duffy and Alexander Jones received the Division I Second Place Prize; Duffy is also the recipient of an Alan D. Marks Entrepreneurship Grant, and winner of the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Arts Entrepreneurship Prize. He joined Hubbard Street in August 2015.
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Kellie Epperheimer (Los Osos, CA) began her dance training in 1988 at the Academy of Dance and Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo, and attended training programs at the Joffrey Ballet School and The Juilliard School in New York City. A founding member of Cedar Lake Ensemble (later Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet), she joined Hubbard Street 2 in January 2005, and was promoted to the main company in January 2007. Michael Gross (Poughquag, NY) earned a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona and received much of his early training from Colorado Jazz Dance Company in Colorado Springs, followed by further studies at the American Academy of Ballet and Springboard Danse Montréal. Formerly a member of River North Dance Chicago and Visceral Dance Chicago, Gross has also performed with Elements Contemporary Ballet and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Gross joined Hubbard Street in August 2014. Jason Hortin (Olympia, WA) graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a BFA in Dance under the direction of Louis Kavouras. His performance career includes work with Moving People Dance Theatre, Erick Hawkins Dance Company and River North Dance Chicago. Hortin joined Hubbard Street as an apprentice in August 2007 and was promoted to the main company in July 2008.
Alice Klock (Whidbey Island, WA) began dancing at age 11. She trained at Interlochen Arts Academy from 2003 to 2007, and in Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Dominican University of California’s joint BFA program from 2007 to 2009. Klock then joined Hubbard Street 2 in September 2009 and was promoted to the main company in September 2011.
Emilie Leriche (Santa Fe, NM) began her formal dance training in 2007 at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, with additional summer study at Joffrey Midwest, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. Leriche has performed alongside the dancers of zoe | juniper, and at the WestWave Dance Festival as a member of Maurya Kerr’s tinypistol. Leriche joined Hubbard Street 2 in 2011, was promoted to the main company in 2013, was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2015, and is the recipient of a 2015 Dance Fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation–USA. Florian Lochner (Frankenhardt, Germany) trained at Ballettschule Malsam in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim, where he was the recipient of its Birgit Keil Dance Foundation scholarship. Lochner earned his master’s degree in the performing arts and joined Gauthier Dance Company in Stuttgart in 2011. He received a “Best of the Season” nomination in Germany’s Dance for You! Magazine in September 2013, and joined Hubbard Street in August 2015.
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Ana Lopez (A Coruña, Spain) began her formal training at Conservatorio de Danza Diputacion de A Coruña in Spain. Upon graduating Isaac Diaz Pardo High School, she continued her training at Centro Internacional de Danza Carmen Roche. Prior to joining Hubbard Street in January 2008, Lopez danced with Joven Ballet Carmen Roche, with Compañía Nacional de Danza 2, and at Ballet Theater Munich under the directorship of Philip Taylor. She was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2012.
Andrew Murdock (St. Albert, Alberta, Canada) is a graduate of The Juilliard School, from which he received a BFA in Dance under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. He has performed with Aszure Barton & Artists, Gallim Dance and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal; at the Greenwich Music Festival and Just for Laughs; and was part of Le 400e Anniversaire de la Ville de Québec. As a rehearsal assistant to Aszure Barton, he has worked with American Ballet Theatre, Canada’s National Ballet School and Ballet BC, New York University, the Steps Ensemble, Arts Umbrella and Springboard Danse Montréal. He joined Hubbard Street in 2013. Penny Saunders (West Palm Beach, FL) See Choreographer Profiles.
David Schultz (Grand Rapids, MI) began training in Michigan with the School of Grand Rapids Ballet, where he then performed for four seasons with its company, Grand Rapids Ballet. Schultz joined Hubbard Street 2 in September 2009 and was promoted to the main company in August 2011. He is the recipient of a 2012 Princess Grace Award.
Kevin J. Shannon (Baltimore, MD) began dancing under the guidance of Lester Holmes. He graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts with additional training at the School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet School, Paul Taylor Dance Company and Parsons Dance. He earned his BFA in 2007 at The Juilliard School, toured nationally with the Juilliard Dance Ensemble and appeared in the “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast television special The Juilliard School: Celebrating 100 Years. Shannon joined Hubbard Street in November 2007.
Jessica Tong (Binghamton, NY) received her formal training at the Ballet School in Salt Lake City under Jan Clark Fugit, as well as at the University of Utah, where she was a member of Utah Ballet. Tong danced with BalletMet in Ohio, Eliot Feld’s Ballet Tech in New York City and with Hubbard Street 2 before joining the main company in January 2007. She was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2009, and currently serves on Chicago Dancers United’s Ambassador Committee for Dance for Life Chicago.
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Call the Box Office at 949.854.4646 Monday through Friday from 10am until 6pm; Saturday and Sunday from noon until 4pm. On days of a performance, the Box Office remains open through intermission. MasterCard, VISA, American Express, and Discover accepted. Late Seating To prevent disruption of a performance in progress, patrons who have not entered the theatre when the performance begins may be asked to wait in the lobby until there is a suitable interval.
Ushers Ushers are located at each auditorium entrance and at designated stations in the lobby. Please consult an usher if you need assistance. If you are interested in joining the usher staff, please contact the Patron Services Manager at: 949.854.4193; darling@thebarclay.org. Public Parking Parking is provided for a fee in the structure located at the corner of West Peltason and Campus Drive.
Restrooms Restrooms are located on the main lobby level near the box office. Drinking fountains are located on either side of the main lobby staircase and on the second level. Listening Devices Listening devices for amplifying stage sound are available at the concessions bar free of charge.
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Children Children are welcome. However, not all events are appropriate for small children. A paid ticket is required for everyone entering the theatre, including infants and children. The box office can provide advice regarding an event’s suitability.
Theatre Tours Backstage tours of the Barclay are offered through the theatre’s ArtsReach program. For information, or to reserve tours for schools or community groups please call 949.854.4193.
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Staff Jerry Mandel, Ph.D., Interim President Ginny W. Hayward, Assistant to the President
Christopher Burrill, General Manager Lori Grayson, Director of Development Karen Drews Hanlon, Director of Communications Gary Payne, Director of Finance Douglas C. Rankin, Programming Advisor/ President Emeritus
Jeff Stamper, Production Manager Tim Owens, Associate Production Manager Lu Bauer, Box Office Manager Josh Roberts, Assistant Box Office Manager Robin Darling, Patron Services Manager Nathan Dwyer, Bar Manager Helena Danovich, Marketing Assistant Ingrid Strayer, Finance Assistant
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Annual Fund for
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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 Bobbi Cox Haskell & White LLP Patricia Murphy Hirata and Gerry Hirata HumanKind Philanthropic Fund Michael Kerr Toni and Terry McDonald National Endowment for the Arts Pacific Life Foundation William and Janice Parker Family Fund Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Richard & Elizabeth Steele Fund Trisha Steele Lynda Thomas BRAVO BARCLAY PARTNER $5,000 – $9,999 Arts Consulting Group Chris and Lori Burrill Gartley Charitable Foundation William Gillespie Foundation New England Foundation for the Arts
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Salwa and Sabri Rizkalla Michelle Rohe
BRAVO BARCLAY BENEFACTOR $2,500 – $4,999 Rick and Wendy Aversano Yvonne and Damien Jordan Dr. Paul and Mrs. Ellen Lee Rohl LLC – Kenneth and Amber Rohl Linda I. Smith Foundation Alan and Barbara Wiener
BRAVO BARCLAY PATRON $1,000 – $2,499 James and Elaine Alexiou The Beall Family Foundation The British Council Barbara Klein The Millstream Fund Donald and Ui Natenstedt Peter and Alexandra Neptune Tom Nielsen Barbara Roberts Chiyo and Stanton Rowe Michael Shubert and Associates, LLC Nancy Smith ENCORE CIRCLE ENTHUSIAST $250 – $999 Oscar R. Aguirre Richard Alexander Brien Amspoker and Ellen Breitman John W. Ballantyne
Robert and Delphi Ballinger Ms. Lindy Balmer Betty Barry Dr. Michael Bear Larry and Sue Ann Beaty Honorable Marian Bergeson Linda Berquist Scott Berry Suzanne Boras Leia Bowers Mary and Dave Bruce The Bukaty Family Lisa and Robert Burnand Harold and Eleanor Carpenter John Coyne Bob and Burnetta Denham Joan M. Donahue Roger du Plessis Joel and Melanie Durst Robert and Nancy Eagan David Falconer Bonnie Rae Feers Nancy Field Cathie Fields Carol Foster Mark A. Franzen Ellen Fujikawa Robert and Margaret Green Ramya Harishankar and Hari Krishnamurthy Ginny and Chuck Hayward Barbara Helton Dan and Nicole Honigman Judy and Terry Jones Christina Kaoh Judy Kaufman and George Farkas Martin G. Langer Vicki and Richard Lee In Memory of Estelle Levy Peggy and Alex Maradudin Helen McMillan Sharon McNalley
Michael L. and Nancy Meyer Reiko and Mitsuhiko Nakano Keith and June Nelson Neurocare, Inc. Mike and Pat Noggle Ogilvie Family Tom and Amber Orradre Robert Parker Suzanne T. Peltason Omar and Irene Perez Remembering Mel Posin Edward and Betty Quilligan Dennis Repp Dr. Stephen M. Rochford Nancy Lee Ruyter Psychiatry Schaepper Judith M. Schmidt Louise Schwennesen Frances Segal and Michael Friedson Trudy Vermeer Selleck Dorothea Silavs Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith Dorothy J. Solinger Deborah and Frank Rugani Jack and Katharine Schoellerman Kia Stora Diane Stovall Richard and Jane Sungaila Thomas and Marilyn Sutton Shelley Thunen Marilyn and Angelo Vassos Vendini, Inc. Kathy Vickers and Jeremy Freimund Emily Vogler and Daniel Flynn Michael Voronel Kim Waterson Charles and Marilyn Wright Xiaofan Yuan Majid and Sohaila Zarrinkelk
ENCORE CIRCLE SUPPORTER $100 – $249
Paul and Sandra Findly Donna Fisher Constance and Dick Fleming Nelson and Elizabeth Flores Ruby Foo Jeannine Ford Kimberly Fox Roberta Fox Lisa Friend Heather Fuller Mary Ann Gaido Galeos Cafe Shelli and Majid Ghassemieh Bernard and Phyllis Gilmore Marcella Gilmore and Edward Muehl Lisa Glass S. Glass Family Valerie Glass Dennis Glauber Ben and Sandie Goelman Lawrence Goldberg Lori Grayson Linda and George Greene Janice Groh Paul and Nancy Groner Sanjiv and Geeta Grover Patrick and Trisha Guinet Ranjan and Angela Gupta Matthew and Annemarie Hall Rebecca Hall Jim and Berri Harris Carole S. Harrison Thomas Hartman Thomas Heinz and Denise Van Horn June and Miles Herman David Herzlinger Dan and Nicole Honigman Elizabeth Howard Yonghong Hu Dana Huff IBM Matching Grants Program JoAnn Iles Robert Ingold Dennis and Irene Iverson Lori Johnstone Dr. Mitchell Katz and Mrs. Linda Scott-Katz Kenneth Kelly Bijan Khamanian Clare Kiklowicz Eung Jin Kim Jay King Gregory and Maureen Kirkorowicz Steve and Lynne Koffler Kerry Krisher William Kroener Arthur S. Kroll Rosa Kwong Dr. and Mrs. John Lagourgue Carmen Lasso Edwina Lawrence
Carter Lee Josephine Lee Benjamin and Sunny Leos Alla Liberstein Anne Llewellyn Nancy Locke Christa and Gerry Long Junling Ma Christian and Sharon Maas Robert D. and Pat MacDonald Glenn and Laura MacKinnon Peggy and Alex Maradudin William and Nancy March Marshall and Marilyn Martinez Goran Matijasevic William K. Maxwell David and Teryl McDermott William McKaig Sherry McKuin Ken and Gisela Meier Tony and Barbara Mendoza Vivian Mendoza Wanda Mendoza Mark and Jan Merryfield Dr. Frank and Mrs. Linda Meyskens Mela and Ricardo Miledi Peter Milner Gabriella Miotto Heather Mircheff Jean Montague Hiroko and Yoshiharu Moriwaki John and Marjorie Murray Nancy and William Murray John Nahina Julie Nakata Beth Nicholas Michael and Sylvia Nieto Lorrie and John Odell James Olney and Laura O’Connor Orange County Community Foundation Lauren and Richard Packard Thomas Paris and Lauren Smith Pam Paul Ann and Bernal Peralta Dan Pillasch Leo and Sheila Pinsky Janice and Richard Plastino Edward Pope and Antoinette Olivera Julie and Michael Potter Donna Powell Natalie and Nick Punto Sharon and Gary Qualls Sarah Quinn Miriam and Israel Ramirez Elaine Ramsay Margaret Redmond John and Sheryl Redpath Stephanie Reich Claudia Ried-Kraemer and Alan Kraemer
Jill Ries Margaret C. Riggs Betty and Nash Rivera Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Robins Christopher Rochlen Thomas Roddel Francie Rope Michael Rose and Blanca Cervantes Stephanie and Eric Rubery Charles R. Rusky Karen Salita De Anne Sbardellati Walter Scacchi and Christine Fluor-Schacci Joann Schaum Carol Schwab Sandra and Arthur Selvan Diana Serio Lori Shapiro Thomas Shimada Diane and Igal Silber Jackie Smiley Frederick Smith Otto Smith Shirley and Coy Smith Paul Spas Betty and Hugh Spilsbury William Spurgeon Hugh Stevenson and Jan Burns Daniel and Jeannette Stokols Robert Stopher Ingrid Strayer John and Margaret Sun Alice Swan Law Offices of Jeri E. Tabback Celia and Julio Taleisnik Michael Talens Steve Tamura Thomas Tancredi Earleen Thomas Andrew and Karen Thornburn Torlic Family Johanna Tilley Eric Tobiessen Gary and Peranza Topjon Robert Travers Howard and Marcia Tucker Sylvia C. Turner Lydia and Dennis Tyler Dr. Rodger Uchizono Kathy Vickers and Jeremy Freimund Anne Walthall Virginia Weddle Diane Wick Daniel and Courtney Wiercioch George and Flo-Ree Woodruff Jing Wu and Wing Wong Sara Yang Kurt Youngs Ruth Yunker Chi Zhang
NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS INITIATIVE
Gale Edelberg and Bob Butnik David and Beverly Carmichael Concierge Podiatry Newport Beach 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 Robert Farnsworth Cliff Faulkner and Shigeru Yaji Gilian Finley and Robert Labaree Roberta Fox Mary and Andrew Franklin Sandy and Don French William Gillespie Foundation Judith A. Gorski Dr. and Mrs. Denis Gray Judy Jones Dr. Burton L. Karson Joanne and Dennis Keith
Michael Kerr Carolyn and William Klein Dr. Martin G. Langer Phuong and Joseph S. Lewis III Kathryn Lynch and Robert McDonnell Molly Lynch and Alan Andrews Jack Lyons Debra Maxwell Sharon McNalley Ed Moen and Janek Schergen John and Margi Murray Mr. and Mrs. Mitsuhiko Nakano National Endowment for the Arts Carl Neisser Tom and Marilyn Nielsen Northern Trust Bank of California Anne B. Nutt Mrs. J. Matthew Osborne Marshall Parker Cyrus Parker-Jeannette John and Charlene Pasko James Penrod Jody Pike Janice and Richard Plastino
Dolly A. Platt, Ph.D. Edward and Diana Putz Barbara Roberts Robinson Foundation Michelle Rohe Andrew Rose Bruce and Jan Scherer Jack and Katy Schellerman Sally Anne and Don Sheridan Igal and Diane Silber Ann Sim Jackie Smiley Grace Songolo Elizabeth R. Steele Studio du Corps Pilates Center of Orange County Jennifer Szabo Chris Thayer Karen and Gary Thorne Barbara and Jack Tingley Gretchen and William Valentine Max and Peggy Weismair Mary Vensel White and T. Jason White Shigeru Yaji
Katherine Ahn Dennis and Cindy Alderson Steven and Alexandria Allan Patricia Allison Thomas and Virginia Amlie Jan Arnoldus Debbie Aslanian Diane and Dennis Baker Pauline Baker Sarah and David Ball Cindy and Steven Bandel Rivka Barasch Tony Battaglia and Meredith Lee Shannon Barisoff George and Linda Bauer Shelley Beckham Craig Behrens Henry Bennett Jeannie Berryman Susan and Steven Bierlich Richard H. Bigelow Christopher Blank Eric S. Blum Michael and Margaret Bodeau Darci Bodin Lupe Borboa Laurie Brady Rosanna Brichta Scott Brinkerhoff Jon and Donna Brownell Margaret Brummel Susan Bryant and David Gardiner Douglas T. Burch, Jr. Linda and Roland Bye Sandra Jones Campbell Clifford and Jennifer Cheng Denise Chilcote Deanna Choi Kate and Michael P. Clark Tim Collins Jeff Corp Kenneth J. Craig, Jr. Anahid Crecelius Madeleine and Alan Crivaro Shannon Davis Michelle Dean Dr. Edward Deeb Arturo and Domna Del Rio Deborah Denise Sheila Dennis William Domino Patsy and Douglas Downs Jacolyn Dudley Alan and Rosemary Dugard David Dupre Rad and Toni Dwyer Robert and Nancy Eagan Donna Emmett Peggie Fariss
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 Ann Marie DeAngelo Productions Diane and Dennis Baker Ballet Barres West William H. Bardens Victoria Barrett Dr. Michael Bear Honorable Marian Bergeson Paul Blank Theodore Bradshaw Stacie Brandt Laurie and Bart Brown
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