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WELCOME Last winter, I had the opportunity of seeing a string quartet play in New York City. Although quite young, these musicians were already brilliant technicians. However, their performance moved me for another reason. They played a challenging piece by Anton Webern. Before doing so, they explained that the piece was composed when Webern was still reeling from the loss of his mother. Having just lost someone close to me, this piece was especially poignant for me. Before that moment, I had been ambivalent towards Webern, but as I listened to this challenging piece, I felt a connection with him. It was also cathartic because, at that concert, sitting among strangers, I was finally able to pause and to grieve. That is the power and the beauty of art. Pablo Picasso once said that “there is only one way to look at things until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes.” Art can help us explore new perspectives, new worlds, and new pathways. It can help build bridges. It can also inspire goodness, motivate change, and help us better understand ourselves. Ultimately, this is why OSBA exists—to inspire, enrich and uplift our community. OSBA has a sixty-eight year tradition of uplifting our community through world-class performances. This year, we will continue this tradition with twenty stellar concerts. Our season includes elite talent like six-time Tony-award winner Audra McDonald, renowned pianist Louis Lortie, and internationally-acclaimed Parsons Dance. We will also present three Utah treasures—the Utah Symphony, Ballet West, and BYU Ballroom Dance. And for the first time ever, OSBA will present a full dance season, featuring dance companies from New York City, Los Angeles and Memphis, TN. Through it all, we hope you will find entertainment, joy, inspiration, virtuosity, and enchantment. But we also hope there will be moments of reflection, thoughtfulness, and understanding. After all, as Henry Miller said, “art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.”
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OSBA BOARD & STAFF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dr. Robert Fudge President
ADVISORS Marlene Barnett Karen Fairbanks Alan Hall Robert Harris Sharon Lewis Thomas Moore Suzy Patterson
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Emily Jayne Kunz
Tina Olsen Treasurer
FOUNDATION Russ King Chair
OUTREACH & VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Andrew Watson
Paul C. Kunz Past President/Nominating
Marti M. Clayson Secretary
Mark Stratford President Elect Melissa Bennett Vice President Jennifer Webb Secretary
Robbyn Dunn Dr. Ann Ellis Linda Forest John Gordon Dr. Val Johnson Russ King McClain Lindquist Dr. Scott Major David Malone Stephanie Moore Dr. Robert Newman Dr. Carolyn Rich-Denson Shane Schvaneveldt Jan Slabaugh
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DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Melissa Klein MARKETING MANAGER Abby Payne-Peterson
Richard White Treasurer Paul C. Kunz Andrea Lane Michael S. Malmborg Judith Mitchell Meg Naisbitt Tina Olsen Ellen Opprecht Carolyn N. Rasmussen Sherm Smith Dr. Paul Sonntag
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Under the direction of numerous dedicated Board Members and longserving Executive Directors like Jean Pell (27 years) and Sharon Macfarlane (14 years), OSBA has expanded its programming but remains committed to its mission to enrich the lives of people in northern Utah by sponsoring world-class classical music and dance programming in the Greater Ogden Area. Since its inception, OSBA has presented over 800 performances.
In 1949, Beverly Lund and Ginny Mathei decided they wanted to add even more culture to Weber County, so, with the help of a few friends and their husbands’ checkbooks, they brought the Utah Symphony to Ogden for a single performance. The total cost was $400, and three hundred people attended the concert. This 1949 concert was a big success, so the women decided to present even more concerts in Ogden. They organized a committee within the Welfare League (later the Junior League) to raise funds for the Symphony Concerts. Then, in 1957, this committee reformed and incorporated as the Ogden Guild. After a few more name changes and the addition of Ballet West performances in 1982, the organization became the Ogden Symphony Ballet Association.
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In addition, OSBA actively works to engage and educate younger patrons. For example, our Youth Guild has provided generations of high school students with opportunities to serve. We also offer a variety of education classes, from Masterworks Music Detectives to Music and Dance Explorers. And we are partnering with several local community organizations to expand these programs to reach even more children and students. This year, we will also present our second Youth Benefit Concert, featuring Young Concert Artist Xavier Foley and young aspiring musicians from our very own community. The proceeds from this concert will go to fund music education scholarships for local children. If you would like to know more about any of these programs, please do not hesitate to call our office!
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OSBA 2016–17 SEASON ENTERTAINMENT
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OCTOBER 26 Broadway Divas
OCTOBER 13 BODYTRAFFIC
DECEMBER 14 Broadway Christmas with Brain Stokes Mitchell
NOVEMBER 4 BYU Ballroom Dance JANUARY 25 Collage Dance Collective
FEBRUARY 8 Dancing & Romancing
MARCH 3 Parsons Dance
MARCH 22 Audra McDonald
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MASTERWORKS NOVEMBER 2 Rachmaninoff & Ravel
JUNE 30 Utah Symphony - Patriotic Pops at Snowbasin
DECEMBER 7 Saint-Saëns
NOVEMBER 24&25 Ballet West - Nutcracker
FEBRUARY 1 Mozart & Hayden
MARCH 13 Utah Symphony - Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs & Ham
APRIL 26 Shostakovich
APRIL 12 Utah Symphony - Scheherazade at Peery’s Egyptian Theater MAY 5 Ballet West II - Aladdin MAY 10 Youth Benefit Concert Allred Theater at the Browning Center Arts
The Ogden Symphony Ballet Association is funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Weber County Recreation, Arts, Museums, and Parks (RAMP) program, and Ogden City Arts.
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ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett
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PROGRAM And at midnight, the green bride floated through the village square... CHOREOGRAPHY Barak Marshall MUSIC Abaca String Band, Anatol Stefanet, the Barry Sisters’ Chiribim Chiribom, Boom Pam, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Margalit Oved, Oy Division, Sinfonye, Yasmin Levy, Zoltan and His Gypsy Ensemble SOUND DESIGN Giori Politi and Barak Marshall TEXT Margalit Oved, Barak Marshall, traditional Yiddish, Ladino and Judeo-Arabic sayings and songs COSTUME DESIGN Raquel Barreto LIGHTING DESIGN Burke Wilmore based on an original design by Kindred Gottlieb PERFORMERS Tina Finkelman Berkett, Joseph Davis, James Gregg, Natalie Leibert, Jessica Liu, Lindsey Matheis, Guzmán Rosado, Jamal White PREMIERE: The Joyce Theater, New York, New York, 2012 Originally narrated by my mother, the acclaimed artist Margalit Oved, this work is based in part on a true story about a family of eight sisters and one brother who were neighbors of my mother’s family in Aden, Yemen. The house they lived in became known as “The Burning House” because of the fighting, screaming and cursing that was heard from it at all hours of the day and night. It is a morality tale filled with dark humor that tells the story of how jealousy doomed all nine of the family’s children to a life filled with rage, unhappiness, and loneliness. The soundtrack is comprised primarily of Jewish love songs and hymns from the Yiddish, Ladino and Yemenite traditions. – Barak Marshall This work was commissioned by The Joyce Theater Foundation in New York City with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This work was made possible in part by Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), and The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2011: Los Angeles grant funded by a generous contribution from The Boeing Company. This work was generously underwritten by the Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch and The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation. Thank you to Levitt Pavilions for providing musical inspiration.
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PROGRAM Fragile Dwellings CHOREOGRAPHY Stijn Celis MUSIC Arvo Part - Da Pacem, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis; Boulez: Sur Incises; Messagesquisse; Anthèmes 2 performed by Hae-Sun Kang COSTUME DESIGN Stijn Celis and BODYTRAFFIC SET and LIGHTING DESIGN Erwin Redl PERFORMERS Joseph Davis, Natalie Leibert, Lindsey Matheis, Guzman Rosado PREMIERE: Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles, California, 2011 I wanted to make a work based on a dialogue with silence and emptiness. Fragile Dwellings is dedicated to the homeless Los Angelinos. – Stijn Celis - INTERMISSION -
Once again, before you go CHOREOGRAPHY Victor Quijada MUSIC COMPOSER Jasper Gahunia COSTUMES BODYTRAFFIC LIGHTING DESIGN Burke Wilmore based on an original design by Yan Lee Chan PERFORMERS Tina Berkett, Joseph Davis, James Gregg, Guzmán Rosado, Jamal White PREMIERE: Lensic Performing Arts Center, November 2014 This work was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, and is a recipient of the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project Touring Award, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This work was generously underwritten by Nathan and Karen Sandler. This work was co-commissioned by The Music Center 801.399.9214
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PROGRAM o2Joy CHOREOGRAPHY Richard Siegal COMPOSERS Oscar Peterson’s Mumbles, Billie Holiday’s On the Sunny Side of the Street, Ella Fitzgerald’s All of Me, Glenn Miller’s Taps Miller, Oscar Peterson’s My One and Only MUSIC EDITING David Karaganis COSTUME DESIGN Rita DiLorenzo and Richard Siegal LIGHTING DESIGN Burke Wilmore based on an original design by Kindred Gottlieb PERFORMERS Tina Finkelman Berkett, Joseph Davis, Lindsey Matheis, Guzmán Rosado, Jamal White PREMIERE: The Joyce Theater, New York, New York, 2012 An exuberant homage to American jazz standards, o2Joy is, as its title suggests, an expression of sheer joy through music and movement.
ABOUT BODYTRAFFIC For BODYTRAFFIC’s 10th anniversary season, the company will tour internationally to over 20 cities including Moscow & St. Petersburg Russia for CONTEXT. Diana Vishneva and The Hague Netherlands for The Holland Dance Festival. BODYTRAFFIC has helped establish Los Angeles as a major center for contemporary dance. Founded in 2007 by Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett, BODYTRAFFIC has surged to the forefront of the concert dance world, recruiting great talent from around the globe to create world-class contemporary dance by distinctive choreographic voices. Named “the company of the future” by The Joyce Theater Foundation, Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch, and “Best of Culture” by The Los Angeles Times, the company is internationally recognized for their high quality of work. The Los Angeles Times says
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BODYTRAFFIC is “one of the most talked-about companies - not just in LA, but nationwide”. Repertory includes works by MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham, Sidra Bell, Stijn Celis, Sarah Elgart, Alex Ketley, Anton Lachky, Loni Landon, Barak Marshall, Andrea Miller, Laura Gorenstein Miller, Joshua L. Peugh, Arthur Pita, Victor Quijada, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Zoe Scofield, Hofesh Shechter, Richard Siegal, and Guy Weizman & Roni Haver. BODYTRAFFIC has performed for sold-out audiences at prestigious theaters and festivals around the world, including, The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Israeli Opera/ Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, Chutzpah! Festival, Laguna Dance Festival, The Broad Stage, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts,
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ABOUT BODYTRAFFIC World Music/CRASHarts, the Winspear Opera House, and the American Dance Festival. In 2012, BODYTRAFFIC performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for its opening night gala conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. In 2014, the company collaborated with sculptor Gustavo Godoy for a site-specific endeavor at The Music Center. In 2016, BODYTRAFFIC made its Hollywood Bowl debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a special evening titled LA Dances. In addition to performing, BODYTRAFFIC has an extensive outreach and education program that provides training opportunities for preprofessionals and customized dance experiences for inner- city schools in Los Angeles, as well as underserved populations around the globe. In 2015, BODYTRAFFIC was selected to be cultural ambassadors for the United States via DanceMotion USA℠, a dynamic cultural diplomacy program that supports United States foreign
policy goals by engaging international audiences through educational opportunities, cultural exchange, and performance. Produced by BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), DanceMotion USA℠ is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State. BODYTRAFFIC has also served as cultural ambassadors for the United States in South Korea (2016) and Algeria (2017). BODYTRAFFIC has received generous support from the New England Foundation for the Arts, Princess Grace Foundation, The Joyce Theater Foundation, The Sydney D. Holland Foundation, Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, American Jewish University, and the Dance Department at Loyola Marymount University. www.BODYTRAFFIC.com
BIOGRAPHIES ARTISTIC DIRECTORS LILLIAN ROSE BARBEITO has a BFA from The Juilliard School where she studied on a 4 year, full-tuition scholarship awarded by Tomorrow’s Leaders of America. As a dancer, Lillian has had an extensive performance career that took her to Europe, New York, and then finally to Los Angeles, where she founded BODYTRAFFIC with Tina Berkett. She has taught internationally for organizations such as CALARTS, Idyllwild Arts Academy, L’Artere in Quebec City, Loyola Marymount University, Lyon Opera Ballet, Northwest Dance Project, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Southland Ballet Academy, The Wooden Floor, UCLA’s department of World Arts and Cultures and Westside Academy of Dance. Lillian is one of 15 teachers in the world who is certified to teach Anouk van Dijk’s groundbreaking Countertechnique. She has choreographed over 50 works for high schools, universities, competitions, and regional ballet companies and professional modern dance companies throughout the US and Canada.
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TINA FINKELMAN BERKETT (Artistic Director / Performer) grew up in New York City. Under the tutelage of Michele Cuccaro Cain, she trained and learned to love dance. Tina attended Barnard College, Columbia University. Upon graduation she joined Aszure Barton & Artists and performed with the company throughout the United States, including at Jacob’s Pillow and Spoleto festivals. Tina became Aszure Barton’s assistant and taught alongside Barton both in the US and abroad. She had the incredible honor of being a founding member of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance. In 2007, she moved to Los Angeles and founded BODYTRAFFIC with Lillian Barbeito. Tina and her husband Bryan are proud parents to their son Jack. CHOREOGRAPHERS STIJN CELIS started his dance education at the Koninklijke Balletschool in Antwerp. He studied at the Graham school in Florence, danced with Royal Ballet of Flanders, Zurich Ballet, Contemporary Dance Zurich, and Le Ballet du
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BIOGRAPHIES Grand Theatre de Genève. In Genève, Mr. Celis started choreographing and was invited to choreograph for the opening performance of the Holland Festival. He later danced and choreographed for the Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm. In 1998, Mr. Celis stopped performing and moved back to Antwerp to study stage design at the Hogeschool voor Dramatische Kunsten and later worked at the Het Zuidelijk Toneel. He resumed choreographing creating ballets for Ballet Gulbenkian, Les Grands ballets Canadiens, Ballet Nurnberg, Bern Ballet, Cedar Lake, IT danca, Ballet Mainz, Diversions, Icelandic Dance Company, Sujet a Vif, Nederlands Dans Theater II, and Ballet Wiesbaden. He collaborated in opera productions at La Monnaie, Nederlandse Reisopera, and Les Rencontres d’Opera Baroque. From 2004 until 2007 Mr. Celis was the artistic director of the Ballett des Stadttheater in Bern. Recently, Mr. Celis choreographed Henze’s Ondine for Aalto ballet in Essen and has been a short-term scholar at the Juilliard School. His future commissions include Gothenburg Ballet, Ballet of the Semperoper Dresden, Introdans Holland and Jacob’s Pillow. Mr. Celis currently resides in Montreux, Switzerland. BARAK MARSHALL Son of acclaimed dancer, choreographer and singer Margalit Oved, Barak is one of Israel’s most celebrated choreographers. Three years after accidentally starting to dance at the age of 26, his company appeared at the prestigious 1998 Paris Bagnolet Competition where it swept the awards before going to tour Europe. In 1999, Ohad Naharin invited Barak to become the Batsheva Dance Company’s first-ever house choreographer. A severe leg injury forced him to stop dancing in 2001. Seven years later, the Suzanne Dellal Centre asked him to return to Israel, marking the beginning of an artistic partnership. His works Monger, Rooster and Wonderland, have been performed over 200 times including appearances at Montepellier Danse, London’s Dance Umbrella, Jacob’s Pillow, Holland Dance Festival, Lyon Maison de la Danse, and Royce Hall. Barak is also a singer and has performed as a soloist with Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road. He is the recipient of the Lester Horton Award for Outstanding Choreography as well as a Creative Capital Grant for a new music production with Margalit Oved and Balkan Beat Box. Barak studied social theory and philosophy at Harvard University and currently splits his time between Tel Aviv and Los Angeles. VICTOR QUIJADA’s work eloquently re-imagines, de-constructs, and applies choreographic principles to hip-hop ideology, examining humanity through a unique fusion of aesthetics. His vision stretches into the arena
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of theatrical interpretation, improvisational approaches, and the visual imagery of film. A magnetic and expansive dancer, by age 26, Victor had moved from the hip-hop clubs of his native Los Angeles to a performance career with internationally-acclaimed postmodern and ballet dance companies such as THARP!, Ballet Tech, and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Since creating RUBBERBANDance Group in 2002, Victor has choreographed over 24 short and full-length pieces both within the company structure and as commissions, and has toured with his company across North America, and in Europe, Japan, and Mexico. He has over a dozen film credits to his name either as choreographer, director, or dramaturge. Victor received the Bonnie Bird NorthAmerican Award and the Peter Darrell Choreography Award in 2003, the OQAJ/RIDEAU Prize in 2009, and a Princess Grace Awards Choreographic Fellowship in 2010. From 2007 to 2011, he was an artist-in-residence at the Cinquième Salle of Place des Arts in Montreal. RICHARD SIEGAL is the founder and artistic director of The Bakery Paris–Berlin (2005). Recognized by a New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award, The German National Theater Faust Award, S.A.C.D. Prize, a Beaumarchais, and The Mouson Award, Richard Siegal has generated international attention for a body of work that includes performances, new media projects, workshops and publications. Richard Siegal has been Artist/Choreographerin-Residence at ZKM/Karlsruhe, Bennington College and The Baryshnikov Arts Center. As a faculty member of the American Dance Festival, he curated the annual Forsythe Festival. Siegal is a MacDowell fellow and honorary member of The Bolshoi Ballet’s Benoit de la Danse. PERFORMERS JOSEPH DAVIS was born and raised in the beautiful hills of upstate New York, and can be easily identified from a distance by his cacophonous laughter. He began his studies at The Draper Center for Dance Education in Rochester, New York and continued his training at The Juilliard School on tuition scholarship from New York City Dance Alliance, where he received his BFA under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. Joseph has had the opportunity to perform works of Jíri Kylián, Crystal Pite, Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot, Kyle Abraham, Shannon Gillen, Twyla Tharp, Martha Graham, José Limón, Camille A. Brown, Joeri Dubbe and Sylvain Emard. He has also performed alongside Brian Brooks Moving Company at New York City Center’s Fall for Dance festival, and in Kate Weare’s residency at BAM Fisher Hall. Joe joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2016.
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BIOGRAPHIES JAMES GREGG was raised in Oklahoma and started dancing at the age of nine. He trained with Ballet Oklahoma, Houston Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet Academy, The Edge Performing Arts Center (LA), and Lou Conte Dance Studio. James moved to Chicago to dance with River North Chicago Dance Company in 1999. He was with RNCDC for several years before moving to MontrÈal, where he danced with Les Ballet Jazz de MontrÈal. He has performed the works of many renowned choreographers including Aszure Barton, Mauro Bigonzetti, Frank Chaves, Danny Ezralow, Harrison McEldowney, Mia Michaels, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Rodrigo Pedernieras, Crystal Pite, Victor Quijada, and Edgar Zendajas. James started choreographing as a youngster in school but really found his passion when he arrived in Chicago, where he dove into working with different dancers and companies. He has set works on River North Chicago Dance Company, Northwest Dance Project’s Pretty Creatives Competition, Les Ballet Jazz Workshop, and for Springboard Danse Project. James joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2015. NATALIE LEIBERT began training at various dance schools in the Los Angeles area including company work with Westside Dance Project in Redondo Beach, and Pacific Festival Ballet in Agoura Hills. She continued training at the Miami City Ballet School and Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program. Leibert has attended workshops and programs at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, the Joffrey Ballet School, the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Juilliard School, in addition to Nederlands Dans Theater and Batsheva Dance Company. Natalie joined Hubbard Street 2 as an apprentice in August 2014 and was promoted to full company member in August 2015 through 2016. She joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2016. JESSICA LIU holds a BFA in Ballet as well as a BS in Exercise Physiology from the University of Utah. She received additional training from Alonzo King LINES Ballet, the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and the Washington Ballet. Past projects include LED, SALT Contemporary Dance, and Oakland Ballet Company, performing the work of Lauren Edson, Gabrielle Lamb, Brendan Duggan, and Garrett Smith, among others. Jessica has presented choreography at Mudson, a Salt Lake City-based works-in-progress series, and choreographed for Municipal Ballet, Boise Dance Co-Op, and summer intensives for the University of Utah’s Ballet
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Department, Ballet West, and Boise State University. Additionally, she served as the assistant director of SALT II, the second company of SALT Contemporary Dance. Jessica joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2017. LINDSEY MATHEIS is from North Carolina and trained at UNC School of the Arts, LINES Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Hubbard Street, and Batsheva. Upon completion of the LINES Ballet training program in 2009, she joined Northwest Dance Project. She has performed original roles in works by Danielle Agami, Patrick Delcroix, Gregory Dolbashian, Loni Landon, Andrea Miller, Jiří Pokorný, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Ihsan Rustem, Kate Wallich, Wen Wei Wang, Yin Yue, Edgar Zendejas, and others. In addition, she has produced/directed several dance festivals in Portland, OR to critical acclaim. Lindsey is extremely excited to be joining BODYTRAFFIC. Guzmán ROSADO started dancing at the International School of Dance of Carmen Roche Scaena in Madrid on a scholarship sponsored by the Ministerio de Cultura de Madrid. Guzmán danced with Ballet Joven de Carmen Roche until 1999, when he was offered a scholarship to attend the School of American Ballet (SAB). After his time at SAB, Edward Villella invited him to dance with Miami City Ballet. From 2002 to 2007, Guzmán danced with Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporaneo. In 2007, with André Mesquita and Teresa Alves da Silva, Guzmán co-founded a cultural platform, Tok’Art. He has performed extensively as a guest artist throughout Europe. He teaches ballet, yoga, and movement workshops. Guzmán is currently BODYTRAFFIC’s resident filmmaker and has won awards for his film work. Guzman joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2012. JAMAL WHITE was raised in Atlanta, GA and began his training at Dance Makers of Atlanta under the direction of Denise and Lynise Heard. He studied as a scholarship student at Virginia School of the Arts and trained in intensive programs at Kirov Academy of Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and London Contemporary Dance School. In 2011, Mr. White received a B.F.A. in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University, where he performed works by Arthur Mitchell, George Balanchine, Pascal Rioult, Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, and Martha Graham. He has also performed in Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet, Missouri Ballet Theater, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Alvin Ailey II, and Collage Dance Collective. Jamal joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2017.
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Dance Theater’s performances “The Lotus Eaters” and “Beautiful Monsters.”
RAQUEL BARRETO (Costume Designer) is a Brazilianborn costume designer working in theater, dance, and opera. Raquel has also collaborated with choreographers Yolande Snaith, Robert Moses, and Allyson Green. She received an MFA in Costume Design from UC San Diego and is on the design faculty at UCLA. RITA DiLORENZO (Costume Designer) studied fashion at Apparel Arts in San Francisco and received her bachelor of arts from San Francisco State University. Designing primarily in the women’s contemporary market, she has worked with such notable companies as Banana Republic, Joie, and Forever 21. Rita currently lives and works in Los Angeles. JASPER GAHUNIA (aka DJ Lil’ Jaz, eljay II) (Music Composer) is a DJ, producer, songwriter, musician, and teacher. He began his ground-breaking musical career as a specialized DJ (turntablist), competing in Toronto-area DMC competitions in the mid-1990s, winning the Toronto DMC DJ competition title three times, and becoming the Canadian DMC Champion in 1998. During this competitive run, he also shared the International Turntablist Federation (ITF) Western Hemisphere Team title with his crew, Turnstylez, and became ITF World Beat Juggling Champ a year later. Jaz has graced stages worldwide as a DJ and keyboardist with Nelly Furtado and k-os. He currently teaches the firstever “Scratch from Scratch: DJ Fundamentals” course at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music, the institution from which he obtained his classical music degree in piano. He has also collaborated with the Canadian Opera Company in the production of a series of mini-operas fused with hip-hop beats and scratching. He has created the musical scores for many of Victor Quijada’s stage productions and commissions, as well as for the 2012 award-winning short film, Gravity of Center. KINDRED GOTTLIEB (Lighting Designer) began designing lights in 1992 for the Amherst 5-College Dance Department. After serving as Lighting Design Associate at Seattle Repertory Theater she moved to Berlin where she became Technical Director of the dance theater DOCK 11 and worked as a free-lance sculptor. She designed lights for many Berlin-based dance companies including Felix Ruckard, Zen in the Basement, Yuko Caseki, Sten Rudstrom, Tanzakademie Balance, and the Ponderosa Dance Festival. For the past six years Kindred served as Master Electrician for the UCLA Theater Department and most recently designed lights for Helios
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YAN LEE CHAN (Lighting Designer) Based in Montreal, Yan Lee Chan has worked in the performing arts for more than a decade. He first studied lighting design at the Saint-Hyacinthe School for Theatre Arts, where he earned a degree in stage management and technical direction. After graduation, he worked primarily in Europe, collaborating with Olivier Duplessis and other dance artists. Since his early teens, Yan has also performed as a sleight-of-hand magician and he has subsequently developed new lighting concepts that create stage illusions. Yan Lee Chan has worked with many Canadian choreographers and performing arts companies including Victor Quijada’s RUBBERBANDance Group and it’s various commissions, notably with BODYTRAFFIC, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Scottish Dance Theatre. DORA QUINTANILLA (Company Manager) is originally from Monterrey, México. Her studies and career as a dancer informed her understanding on how to handle the production and managing of dance companies. She has collaborated as a performer, stage manager, production/tour manager and assistant to Artistic Directors with different national and international artists in multidisciplinary projects. She served as Artist & Event Services Manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for five years, focusing on arranging all artistic and administrative logistics, and the many other facets of this 10-week Internationally renowned dance festival. She is happy to have joined the BODYTRAFFIC family in 2013. BURKE WILMORE (Production Manager & Lighting Designer) is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and an honors graduate of Wesleyan University. He has designed or adapted seven works for BODYTRAFFIC and has also lit the work of Camille A. Brown (Black Girl: Linguistic Play, Mr. Tol E. Rance, City of Rain). He was the resident designer for Battleworks (2001–2010) and to date has lit five of Robert Battle’s works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For American Repertory Ballet, he lit Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet. He frequently collaborates with Broadway star André de Shields, for whom he lit the Louis Armstrong musical Ambassador Satch, and designed scenery and lighting for de Shields’ production of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Mr. Wilmore designed scenery and lighting for Apollo Club Harlem, and Ellington at Christmas, both at the Apollo Theater.
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FRIENDS OF OSBA Thank you to all our donors! This concert would not have been possible without you. Includes Donations Received April 1, 2017–March 31, 2018
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