Dorrance Dance Playbill 10/02/22

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Welcome back to Modlin Center for the Arts! I am grateful for this opportunity to be together again and thrilled with the season we have put together because I know that every artist can—and will—create unforgettable moments.

Across our 2022-2023 season, you will find artists from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, with an emphasis on BIPOC and women-led companies. And you will discover a range of stories, dance, and music of many different genres—some familiar, others new. Each performance is a unique window into the human experience, which I hope will open new paths for conversation and connection.

As the season continues, I look forward to visiting with you in the lobby and hearing about your experiences at the Modlin Center. We want you to be a part of the Modlin community. The Department of Music Free Concert Series and UR Free Theatre and Dance season add 30+ additional opportunities to see compelling performances. And UR Museums host exhibitions and programs that are free and open to the public. Thank you for being with us.

Paul Brohan, Executive Director

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SEPTEMBER

FRI. 9 7:30 PM David Esleck Trio

THU. 15 7:30 PM Steep Canyon Rangers

SUN. 18 3:00 PM Joanne Kong, piano, harpsichord and clavichord

THU. 22 7:30 PM DeLanna Studi, And So We Walked

FRI. 23 7:30 PM Family Weekend Concert

WED. 28 7:30 PM Dreamers' Circus

THU.-FRI 29-30 7:30 PM Smart People

OCTOBER

SAT. 1 7:30 PM Smart People

SUN. 2 2:00 PM Smart People

SUN. 2 7:30 PM Dorrance Dance, SOUNDspace

THU. 6 7:30 PM Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

FRI. 14 7:30 PM Bill Irwin, On Beckett

SUN. 16 2:00 PM 12th Annual Celebration of Dance

FRI. 21 7:30 PM Step Afrika!, Drumfolk

SUN. 23 3:00 PM Sonia De Los Santos, Family Arts Day

THU. 27 7:30 PM Susanna Phillips, soprano

SUN, 30 3:00 PM UR Schola Cantorum and Women's Chorale

NOVEMBER

FRI.-SAT. 4-5 Multiple Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival*

WED. 9 7:30 PM UR Jazz & Contemporary Combos

THUR. 10 7:30 PM Aaron Diehl Trio

SAT. 12 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Amal Kassir

SUN. 13 3:00 PM Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 60 thAnniversary Celebration

WED. 16 7:30 PM UR Jazz Ensemble

THU.-SAT. 17-19 7:30 PM Miss You Like Hell

SUN. 20 2:00 PM Miss You Like Hell

SUN. 20 3:00 PM Global Sounds

MON. 21 7:30 PM UR Wind Ensemble

MON. 28 7:30 PM UR Chamber Ensembles

WED. 30 7:30 PM UR Symphony Orchestra

DECEMBER

SUN. 4 5:00 PM 8:00 PM 49th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols

JANUARY

SAT. 21 7:30 PM Kronos Quartet, At War With Ourselves

FRI. 27 7:30 PM Mark Morris Dance Group, The Look of Love

FEBRUARY

WED. 1 7:30 PM Richard Becker, piano

FRI. 3 7:30 PM Fred Hersch and esperanza spalding

SUN. 5 3:00 PM Anthony McGill, clarinet, and Gloria Chien, piano

FRI. 10 7:30 PM Rosanne Cash

WED. 15 7:30 PM Joshua Redman, 3x3

SUN. 19 3:00 PM Third Coast Percussion and Flutronix

WED. 22 7:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

THU.-SAT. 24-26 7:30 PM University Dancers 38th Annual Concert

SUN. 26 3:00 PM Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh

MARCH

WED. 1 7:30 PM Ashwini Ramaswamy, Let the Crows Come

SUN. 19 3:00 PM Doris Wylee-Becker, piano

MON. 20 7:30 PM Neumann Lecture on Music, Dr. Sherry D. Lee, Professor of Musicology

MON. 27 7:30 PM Bruce Stevens, organ

FRI. 31 7:30 PM Christian McBride’s New Jawn

WED. 5 7:30 PM UR Symphony Orchestra

THUR. 6 7:30 PM UR Jazz & Contemporary Combos

MON. 10 7:30 PM UR Wind Ensemble

WED. 12 7:30 PM Leyla McCalla

THU.-SAT. 13-15 7:30 PM The Rivals

SAT. 15 3:00 PM Global Sounds

APRIL

SUN, 16 3:00 PM UR Schola Cantorum and Women's Chorale

SUN. 16 2:00 PM The Rivals

MON. 17 7:30 PM UR Chamber Ensembles

THU. 20 7:30 PM Cuban Spectacular

SAT. 13 11:00 AM 3:00 PM Compagnia TPO, Farfalle

SUN. 14 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Compagnia TPO, Farfalle

MAY

Dorrance Dance, Basses Loaded, Three to One, SOUNDspace

Tonight’s program will run approximately 70 minutes, without intermission. Stay after the performance for a moderated Q&A discussion with the artists.

Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance Company

Christopher Broughton, Elizabeth Burke, Donovan Dorrance, Michelle Dorrance, Luke Hickey, Claudia Rahardjanoto, Gregory Richardson, Leonardo Sandoval, Byron Tittle

Basses Loaded (2019)

Choreography by Michelle Dorrance in collaboration with and with solo improvisation by the dancers

Music by Donovan Dorrance and Gregory Richardson with Kate Davis and Michelle Dorrance

Lighting Design by Kathy Kaufmann

Costume Design by Andrew Jordan

Dancers: Elizabeth Burke Luke Hickey Leonardo Sandoval Byron Tittle

Photo Credit: Stephanie Berger

Musicians: Donovan Dorrance (electric bass), Michelle Dorrance (electric bass), Claudia Rahardjanoto (double bass), Gregory Richardson (double and electric bass)

Basses Loaded has been commissioned by New York City Center. Support for new dance works at City Center is provided by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Three to One (2011)

Choreography by Michelle Dorrance

Lighting Design by Kathy Kaufmann

Costume Design by Michelle Dorrance and Mishay Petronelli

Music: “Nannou”

Written By: Richard D James

Published By: B MG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd;

Used by permission. All rights reserved.

“A Rat’s Nest”

Written By: Thom Yorke

Courtesy of Kobalt Music

Dancers: Michelle Dorrance Byron Tittle

The creation of Three to One was made possible, in part, by the Danspace Project 2010-2011 Commissioning Initiative with support from the Jerome Foundation. Danspace’s Commissioning Initiative is a core component of the Choreographic Center Without Walls (CW²).

Choreography by Michelle Dorrance with solo improvisation by the dancers

Additional Choreography by Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie and Byron Tittle

Original Music by Gregory Richardson

Original Body Percussion Score by Leonardo Sandoval

Lighting Design by Kathy Kaufmann

Costumes by Mishay Petronelli, Michelle Dorrance, and Byron Tittle

Dancers: Christopher Broughton

Elizabeth Burke

Luke Hickey

Claudia Rahardjanoto Leonardo Sandoval

Byron Tittle

Musician: Gregory Richardson (Bass)

The creation of SOUNDspace was made possible, in part, by the Danspace Project 2012-2013 Commissioning Initiative, with support from the New York State Council on the Arts. As part of Danspace Project’s Choreographic Center Without Walls, Dorrance received a production residency supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

About Dorrance Dance

Dorrance Dance is an award-winning tap dance company based in New York City. Led by Michelle Dorrance, the company supports dancers and musicians who embody and push the dynamic range that tap dance has to offer. The company’s mission is to engage with audiences on a musical and emotional level, and to share the complex history and powerful legacy of this Black American art form through performance and education.

Founded in 2011 by artistic director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow Michelle Dorrance, the company has received countless accolades, rave reviews, and has performed at venues including Danspace Project, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, New York City Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Vail Dance Festival, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Works and Process at the Guggenheim, Carolina Performing Arts at UNC Chapel Hill, Cal Performances at UC Berkeley, among many others, including international venues in Canada, France, Germany, Spain, England, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Russia.

Photo Credit: Stephanie Berger

Major support for Dorrance Dance is provided by:

National Endowment for the Arts

New York State Council on the Arts

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Mellon Foundation

Howard Gilman Foundation

The Shubert Foundation Inc.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Harkness Foundation for Dance

Dorrance Dance Staff

Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance

Interim Executive Director

General Manager

Production Manager/Sound Designer

Andrea Nellis, Arts FMS

Tina Huang Abrams

Christopher Marc

Administrative and Company Manager Remi Shimode

Manager Amanda Hameline

Co-Dance Captains

Elizabeth Burke & Byron Tittle

Musical Director Gregory Richardson

Lighting Designer Kathy Kaufmann

Stage Manager Olivia Brown

Financial Administrator

Artist Representative

Belina Mizrahi, Arts FMS

B arbara Frum, outer/most

Michelle Dorrance ( Artistic Director/Choreographer) is a New York City-based artist. Mentored by Gene Medler (North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble), she was fortunate to study under many of the last master hoofers. Career highlights include: STOMP, Derick Grant’s Imagine Tap!, Jason Samuels Smith’s Charlie’s Angels/ Chasing the Bird, Ayodele Casel’s Diary of a Tap Dancer, Mable Lee’s Dancing Ladies, and touring with Darwin Deez. Company work includes: Savion Glover’s Ti Dii, Manhattan Tap, Barbara Duffy and Co., JazzTap Ensemble, and Rumba Tap. Solo work ranges from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to commissions for the Martha Graham Dance Company and American Ballet Theatre. A 2018 Doris Duke Artist, 2017 Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow, and 2015 MacArthur Fellow, Dorrance is humbled to have been acknowledged and supported by United States Artists, The Joyce Theater, New York City Center, the Alpert Awards, Jacob’s Pillow, Princess Grace Foundation-USA, The Field, American Tap Dance Foundation, and the Bessie Awards. Dorrance holds a B.A. from New York University and is a Capezio Athlete.

Christopher Broughton (Dancer) is from Los Angeles and began dancing at age 11. Under Paul and Arlene Kennedy at Universal Dance Design, he was a member of the Kennedy Tap Company and received the national NAACP ACTSO Award twice. He is a current member of nationally proclaimed New York-based tap dance company Dorrance Dance, under the direction of MacArthur Genius Grant award winner Michelle Dorrance. His noteworthy performances include Capezio’s 130th Anniversary, New York City Center’s Cotton Club Parade; Juba! Master’s of Tap and Percussive Dance at the Kennedy Center; and Broadway’s Tony and Astaire Award–winning production After Midnight and Jelly’s Last.

Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy

Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy

Elizabeth Burke (Co-Dance Captain/Dancer) has worked full time with Dorrance Dance since the company’s first performance in 2011. A Chapel Hill, North Carolina native, Burke spent 11 years under the tutelage of her mentor, Gene Medler, in the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble, and later graduated from Marymount Manhattan College, magna cum laude, with BA degrees in Political Science and Communication Arts. Aside from DD, she teaches nationally, choreographs, and appears with Luke Hickey in myriad artistic capacities.

Donovan Dorrance (Musician) Donovan Dorrance hails from North Carolina where he trained as a multi-instrumentalist before moving to New York to work with Dorrance Dance, with whom he’s had the opportunity to compose original music and tour internationally since 2014. In 2016, he and Gregory Richardson received a New Music USA grant to score Dorrance Dance’s Myelination which they then released as an album. Outside of dance, Dorrance composes for film, theatre, podcasts, and as a solo artist.

Luke Hickey (Dancer) is a NYC based tap dance artist and choreographer, named by Dance Magazine among ‘25 To Watch’ in 2020. Hickey credits his knowledge and achievements to the incomparable brilliance of his mentor, JUBA Award recipient Gene Medler (North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble). His choreography has been presented by Jacob’s Pillow, Birdland Jazz Club and the Chelsea Factory, to name a few. Luke is honored to be a company member of Michelle Dorrance’s Dorrance Dance.

Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy

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Claudia Rahardjanoto (Dancer), born and raised in Berlin, Germany, Claudia started her professional dance career at the Deutsche Oper Berlin at the age of nine. At fifteen, she fell in love with tap dance under the tutelage of Sven Göttlicher and Marie-Christin Zeisset and moved to NYC in 2003 to pursue a career in tap dance. A Dorrance Dance member since the company’s inception, Claudia hopes to continue to share her love and passion for music and the art of tap dance through her teaching and performing worldwide.

Gregory Richardson (Musical Director/Composer/Musician) is a multiinstrumentalist focusing on upright and electric bass. He’s the co-creator of Music From The Sole, an Afro-Brazilian tap dance and live band show that is currently in residence at Lincoln Center Education. He’s played drums, keys, and guitar with the band Darwin Deez at the world’s largest music festivals in the UK, Australia, Japan, Germany, and Austria.

Leonardo Sandoval (Dancer), Brazilian tap dancer and choreographer Leonardo Sandoval is renowned for blending America’s great tap tradition with Brazil’s rich rhythmic and musical heritage. A member of Dorrance Dance since 2014, he also directs Music From The Sole, a tap and live music company, with composer Gregory Richardson. Leonardo is a 2021 Dance Magazine “25 To Watch”, received a 2022 Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise, and is a 2022 NYSCA/ NYFA Artist Fellow in Choreography.

Byron Tittle (Co-Dance Captain/Dancer), at a young age started tap dance with David Rider and the American Tap Dance Foundation in his hometown of New York. Wanting to study other disciplines, he also trained at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. Byron recently toured the United States, Australia, and New Zealand with Hugh Jackman in The Man, The Music, The Show, and is humbled to have received a 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Dance Fellowship Award.

Production Team Bios

Olivia Brown (Stage Manager) Olivia Brown is a NYC based Stage Manager and Freelance Technician specializing in dance production. Throughout the past year, she has worked at Jacob’s Pillow, Park Avenue Armory, and Chelsea Factory in both administrative and production roles to help bring artistic visions to life. When not working in the arts, Olivia can be found working as a personal trainer.

Kathy Kaufmann (Lighting Designer), is a New York City native, and two time Bessie recipient. She is resident designer at the esteemed Danspace Project at St. Marks Church, and has taught at Sarah Lawrence and NYU. She designs regularly for Dorrance Dance, Joanna Kotze, The Bang Group, Mariana Valencia, Rebecca Stenn, Ephrat Asherie Dance, Vicky Shick, and Music From The Sole.

Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy

Christopher Marc (Production Manager/Sound Designer) is a NYC-based Sound Designer & Production Manager from Minneapolis, MN. He has designed and engineered sound for Michelle Dorrance, Music From the Sole, Variety Life Productions, Lincoln Center Restart Stages, Luke Hickey, and Michael Jellick, as well as regional and off-broadway productions with the Kennedy Center, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, IJB Productions, Aquila Theatre, and Mills Entertainment. Christopher also designs/builds custom floors for percussive dance and is owner/operator of @CMarcAudio.

Photo Credit: Ben McKeown

Photo Credit: Em Watson

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Modlin Arts

RHIANNON GIDDENS & FRANCESCO TURRISI

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022

7:30 PM

Camp Concert Hall

A daughter of the American South and an Italian mutilinstrumentalist collaborate to blend her roots, his upbringing, and the Celtic influences of their adopted home in Ireland.

BILL IRWIN, ON BECKETT

Friday, October 14, 2022

7:30 PM

Alice Jepson Theatre

Beloved clown and Tony awardwinner Bill Irwin applies his sensibility to the words of playwright Samuel Beckett.

STEP AFRIKA!, DRUMFOLK

Friday, Oct 21, 2022

7:30 PM

Alice Jepson Theatre

The first professional company dedicated to the African American tradition of stepping shares a tale of resistance, resilience, and reclamation.

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