Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

MAR 2020 Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Solomon Dumas. Photo by Andrew Eccles.

Note from our President & CEO

RACHEL S. MOORE

2019/2020

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

It’s a triple homecoming for us as we resume our Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center series with this presentation of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. We are back “home” in our beautiful Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as we continue the 19/20 dance season, and I am delighted you have joined us for the return of our wonderful partners at the Ailey company to their west coast home. This is also the Ailey company’s first performance at The Music Center since Matthew Rushing, formerly Ailey’s rehearsal director, was named the company’s associate artistic director under Artistic Director Robert Battle.

Not only is Matthew a Los Angeles native, he was a finalist in The Music Center’s Spotlight program in 1991, and, he, too, is coming home! Welcome back to all!

These performances give true meaning to the notion that the arts can transform lives and our understanding of one another. With its commitment to social justice, the Ailey company and its choreographers demonstrate, time and again, that the arts play a critically important role in our society, telling stories through dance that deepen our appreciation of distinctive cultures with the goal of uniting people of all races, ages and backgrounds. Whether you experience some of the company’s new works—including the two west coast premieres, Ode and Ounce of Faith—trailblazing pieces like Lazarus, or audience favorite Revelations, I am certain you will come away with a deeper sense of our commonalities and long-lasting memories. Ailey’s works are eye opening, powerful and reflect the times we live in.

You may know the Ailey company has roots in Los Angeles, where company founder Alvin Ailey trained under Lester Horton, who was credited with introducing the modern dance movement in Los Angeles. With that incredible foundation, Mr. Ailey became a pioneer in contemporary dance; his work, and that of his successors Judith Jamison and Robert Battle, have contributed beyond measure to American culture; we are honored to present Ailey at The Music Center.

I hope you will join us for our next presentation in April as Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch returns to Los Angeles for the first time since 1996 with one of its masterpieces, Palermo Palermo, that has not been seen in North America since its U.S. debut in New York in 1991. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness dance theater as only Pina Bausch could create yet, complete with spoken word, singing, acting, an enormous crashing wall, six pianos and much more! This is dance on a scale that you can experience only at The Music Center. Then, in May, we welcome back Cuba’s magnetic Malpaso Dance Company, with performances that showcase the company’s athleticism and dance prowess.

Now, more than ever, The Music Center is flexing its dance muscle with masterful and daring presentations.

As always, I value your support and welcome your ideas.

Warmly,

Rachel Moore President and CEO The Music Center

Cindy Miscikowski Board Chair

Diane G. Medina Secretary

Robert J. Abernethy Darrell Brown Vice Chairs

Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer

Rachel S. Moore President and Chief Executive Officer

William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

MEMBERS AT LARGE Charles F. Adams William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill Baldauf Susan Baumgarten Phoebe Beasley Thomas L. Beckmen Kimaada M. Brown Dannielle Campos C. Daniel Ewell Greg T. Geyer Lisa Gilford Kiki Ramos Gindler Maria Rosario Jackson Glenn Kaino Stefanie Kane Terri Kohl Carl Jordan Cary J. Lefton David Lippman Richard Lynn Martinez Mattie McFadden Lawson

DIRECTORS EMERITI Peter K. Barker Judith Beckmen Eli Broad Ronald W. Burkle Amb. (ret.) John B. Emerson* Richard M. Ferry Brindell Gottlieb Bernard A. Greenberg Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Amb. (ret.) Glen A. Holden Amb. (ret.) Lester B. Korn Kent Kresa

Elizabeth Michelson Darrell D. Miller Shelby Notkin Michael Pagano Cynthia M. Patton Karen Kay Platt Max Ramberg † Joseph Rice Richard K. Roeder Melissa Ann Romain Maria S. Salinas Lisa See Mimi Song Matthew J. Spence Marc I. Stern Philip A. Swan Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Alyce Williamson Jay Wintrob Rollin A. Ransom General Counsel †

Leave of Absence

* Chairman Emeritus

Robert F. Maguire, III Ginny Mancini Edward J. McAniff Walter M. Mirisch Fredric M. Roberts Claire L. Rothman Joni J. Smith Cynthia A. Telles James A. Thomas Andrea L. Van de Kamp* Paul M. Watson Thomas R. Weinberger Rosalind W. Wyman

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The Music Center is truly a performing arts center for the 21st century, continually pushing the boundaries to further inspire and contribute to the artistic voice of Los Angeles.

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The new Music Center Plaza continues to be a welcoming and celebratory space for all Angelenos to come together.

We couldn't be happier with the success of programs such as Dia De Los Muertos, the Very Special Arts Festival, and the record breaking N.Y.E.L.A. (the West Coast's flagship New Year's Eve event) which brought over 65,000 people from all across LA County right here to the heart of DTLA.

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WHAT’S NEXT ON THE PLAZA?

PLAY ON THE PLAZA March 28th • April 25th • May 23rd

Grab your friends and family for free games, activities and a day full of fun. Come by The Music Center Plaza on the fourth Saturday in March, April, and May to splash in the fountain, snap some selfies, explore your inner artist and spend time unwinding in this newly renovated outdoor ubran oasis.

Saturday, March 28th | 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

• Looney TunesTM Cartoons on Giant LED Screens • Lawn Games like Giant Jenga® and Connect 4® • Goat Yoga Classes • Bob Baker Marionette Theater • Art Workshops • Splish Splash Fun in the Fountain • and more!

The Music Center sincerely thanks its foundation partners who helped complete the “Plaza for All� capital campaign.

W. M. Keck Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation S. Mark Taper Foundation

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center Presents

MARCH 18 – 22 THE MUSIC CENTER’S DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Solomon Dumas. Photo by Andrew Eccles.

Support for this presentation is provided, in part, by: Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation • Center Dance Arts • Dorothy Buffum Chandler Program Fund Elisabeth Katte Harris • The Music Center Foundation • The Music Center Annual Fund Bank of America

PROGRAM

Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 20, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.

BUSK (2009, Ailey premiere 2019) Choreographed and Directed by Aszure Barton Staged by Jonathan Alsberry Music by various artists Costumes by Michelle Jank Lighting and Stage Design by Nicole Pearce Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 Chalvar Monteiro, Khalia Campbell, James Gilmer, Courtney Celeste Spears, Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, Corrin Rachelle Mitchell, Jacquelin Harris, Patrick Coker, Samantha Figgins, Solomon Dumas, Yazzmeen Laidler, Jessica Amber Pinkett, Brandon Woolridge Friday, March 20, 7:30 and Sunday, March 22, 7:30 Hope Boykin, Clifton Brown, Patrick Coker, Sarah Daley-Perdomo, James Gilmer, Jacqueline Green, Renaldo Maurice, Danica Paulos, Belén Indhira Pereyra, Jessica Amber Pinkett, Miranda Quinn, Courtney Celeste Spears, Brandon Woolridge Created by Aszure Barton & Artists in 2009, BUSK was conceived at The Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara during a residency hosted by Dianne Vapnek’s DANCEworks. The work was then further developed in residency at The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Alberta, Canada). BUSK, in its original form, is an evening-length work.

BUSK was originally made possible by generous support from DANCEworks, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and the Ringling International Arts Festival, with John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in association with the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Additional support was also provided by White Oak Conservation Center, the Howard Gilman Foundation and The Canada Council for the Arts.

Leadership support for the Company premiere of BUSK is provided by Melinda & Paul Pressler and Pamela D. Zilly & John H. Schaefer.

ASZURE BARTON received her formal dance training from Canada’s National Ballet School, where, as a student, she helped originate the Stephen Godfrey Choreographic Showcase.

She has been creating dances for more than 25 years and has collaborated with celebrated dance artists and companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Teatro alla Scala, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Nederlands Dans Theater, National Ballet of Canada, Martha Graham Dance Company, Bayerisches Staatsballett, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Sydney Dance Company, and Houston Ballet, among others. Her works have been performed on countless international stages including the Palais Garnier, Mariinsky Theater, the Kennedy Center, The Alicia Alonso Grand Theater, and Lincoln Center. She has received accolades and honors Jacqueline Green in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Gert Krautbauer.

PROGRAM

including the prestigious Arts & Letters Award, joining the ranks of Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain and Margaret Atwood.

She was the first Martha Duffy resident artist at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and is an official ambassador of contemporary dance in Canada.

She is the founder of Aszure Barton & Artists, an inter-disciplinary international dance project.

As an educator, Ms. Barton is regularly invited to collaborate with and give workshops at universities and art institutions around the globe.

“Euridice”, words and music by Marcus Vinicius da Cruz de M. Morales, copyright © Universal Music—MGB Songs (ASCAP); “Ett Bondbrollop”, composed by August Soderman; “Plume” by Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin, from the album Vjola: World of Four Strings, Kapustnik Records, Copyright © 2006; “Kung Liljekonvalje”, composed by Camille SaintSaëns; “Queen Elizabeth Whistle” and “All is loneliness”, written by Louis T. Hardin, used by special arrangement with Concord Music, Inc., on behalf of Prestige Music. All Rights Reserved; “Queen Elizabeth Whistle”, composed

by Moondog; “All is loneliness”, composed by Moondog; “Amusements”, composed by Daniel Belanger; “Salterelle”, composed by Camille Saint-Saëns

— INTERMISSION — (1960)

(2019)

Choreography by Jamar Roberts Rehearsal Associate: Marion-Skye Brooke Logan Music by Don Pullen Scenic Design by Libby Stadstad Costumes by Jamar Roberts Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 and Friday, March 20, 7:30 Jeroboam Bozeman, Chalvar Monteiro, Yannick Lebrun, Michael Jackson, Jr., Renaldo Maurice, Solomon Dumas

Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been ‘Buked: The Company Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel: Jermaine Terry, Hope Boykin, Samantha Figgins

Ode is a flower on the graves of the innocent victims of gun violence and a meditation on the beauty and fragility of life.

The world premiere of Ode is made possible with generous support from Simin N. Allison, Judith McDonough Kaminski & Joseph Kaminski, Denise Littlefield Sobel, Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach, Tracy Elise Poole and The Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn & Nicolas Rohatyn New Works Endowment Fund.

The creation of Ode is supported by commissioning funds from New York City Center.

“Suite (Sweet) Malcolm (Part 1 Memories and Gunshots)”

by Don Pullen, published by Songs of Universal, Inc. on behalf of Andredon Music Co.; copyright © 1975

by Ella Jenkins

Music arranged by James Miller+

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man: Brandon Woolridge, James Gilmer, Chalvar Monteiro Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

The Day is Past and Gone: The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

You May Run On: The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham: The Company Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Music arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus: Akua Noni Parker, Jamar Roberts Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Processional/Honor, Honor: Renaldo Maurice, Yazzmeen Laidler, Michael Jackson, Jr., Jeroboam Bozeman Wade in the Water: Belén Indhira Pereyra, Vernard J. Gilmore, Jacqueline Green Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition

by Ella Jenkins

I Wanna Be Ready: Clifton Brown Music arranged by James Miller+

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man: Jeroboam Bozeman, Chalvar Monteiro, Kanji Segawa

Sunday, March 22, 7:30 PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been ‘Buked: The Company Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel: Patrick Coker, Jessica Amber Pinkett, Yazzmeen Laidler Music arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus: Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, Yannick Lebrun Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER Processional/Honor, Honor: Brandon Woolridge, Miranda Quinn, James Gilmer, Solomon Dumas Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Wade in the Water: Constance Stamatiou, Jamar Roberts, Akua Noni Parker Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

“Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins

The Day is Past and Gone: The Company

“A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

You May Run On: The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

Sunday, March 22, 7:30 Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, Jacqueline Green, Danica Paulos, Sarah Daley-Perdomo, Jacquelin Harris, Samantha Figgins

“A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition

I Wanna Be Ready: Yannick Lebrun Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

ODE

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins

REVELATIONS

TAKE ME TO THE WATER

— INTERMISSION —

Wade in the Water: Danica Paulos, Renaldo Maurice, Khalia Campbell

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham: The Company Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

by Ella Jenkins

I Wanna Be Ready: Vernard J. Gilmore Music arranged by James Miller+

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man: James Gilmer, Jermaine Terry, Kanji Segawa Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Friday, March 20, 7:30 PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been ‘Buked: The Company Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel: Kanji Segawa, Courtney Celeste Spears, Samantha Figgins

The Day is Past and Gone: The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

You May Run On: The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham: The Company Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Music arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus: Constance Stamatiou, Clifton Brown Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER Processional/Honor, Honor: Patrick Coker, Jessica Amber Pinkett, Solomon Dumas, Brandon Woolridge Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

* Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife, Barbara, and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Eric Gray Photography.

PROGRAM

Thursday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.

LAZARUS

Commissioning support for Lazarus provided by the Auditorium Theatre (Chicago).

Lazarus was supported by commissioning funds from Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley.

(2018)

Choreography by Rennie Harris Rehearsal Director: Nina Flagg Rehearsal Associate: Millie Heckler Music and Sound by Darrin Ross Costumes by Mark Eric Lighting by James Clotfelter Renaldo Maurice, Jeroboam Bozeman, Jamar Roberts, Hope Boykin, Sarah Daley-Perdomo, Jacqueline Green, Danica Paulos, Vernard J. Gilmore, Chalvar Monteiro, Yannick Lebrun, Belén Indhira Pereyra, Michael Jackson, Jr., Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, Akua Noni Parker, Jessica Amber Pinkett RENNIE HARRIS was born and raised in an African American community in North Philadelphia. In 1992 he founded Rennie Harris Puremovement, a Hip-Hop dance theater company dedicated to preserving and disseminating Hip-Hop culture.

Voted one of the most influential people in the last 100 years of Philadelphia history, Mr. Harris has received several accolades, including the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, the Governor’s Arts Award, a United States Artist Fellowship, and two honorary doctorates from Bates and Columbia College. The London Times wrote of Mr. Harris that he is “the Basquiat of the U.S. contemporary dance scene.” Rennie Harris Puremovement was chosen by DanceMotion USA as one of four companies to serve as Hip-Hop Ambassadors, and toured in Egypt, Israel, Palestinian territories, and Jordan in 2012. Mr. Harris was Ailey’s Artist-InResidence during the 2018–19 season.

The world premiere of Lazarus was made possible with major support from American Express.

Lazarus was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Additional commissioning support for Lazarus provided by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Music for Lazarus commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.

Additional support for the creation of Lazarus was provided by Simin N. Allison, Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach, Tracy Elise Poole, The Ellen Jewett & Richard L. Kauffman New Works Endowment Fund, and The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey ­— Sara and Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund.

“Feeling Good” performed by Nina Simone, written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. “As Yet Untitled” written and performed by Terence Trent D’Arby, Published

by BMG Platinum Songs (BMI) obo BMG VM Music Ltd obo Treehouse Publishing S.r.l., used by permission. All rights reserved. “Black Man In A White World,” performed by Michael Kiwanuka, written by Dean Cover and Michael Kiwanuka, all rights administered by WB Music Corp.

(ASCAP). “Glory, Glory” performed by Odetta. Audio of Alvin Ailey from “ESSENCE: The Television Program” (1984). Spoken text written and adapted by Rennie Harris, performed by Wadud Ahmad, Rennie Harris, and Darrin Ross. Vocals by Alonzo Chadwick, Phinizea Chadwick, Trenelle Doyle, Simone Jordan, Carl Robinson Jr., and Joshua Sommerville.

PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been ‘Buked: The Company Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel: Kanji Segawa, Jessica Amber Pinkett, Corrin Rachelle Mitchell Music arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus: Danica Paulos, Yannick Lebrun Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER Processional/Honor, Honor: Patrick Coker, Miranda Quinn, Christopher R. Wilson, Solomon Dumas Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Wade in the Water: Constance Stamatiou, Jamar Roberts, Akua Noni Parker Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition

by Ella Jenkins

I Wanna Be Ready: Vernard J. Gilmore Music arranged by James Miller+

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man: Michael Jackson, Jr., Jermaine Terry, Solomon Dumas Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

The Day is Past and Gone: The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

You May Run On: The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

— INTERMISSION — LAZARUS - ACT II — INTERMISSION — REVELATIONS

(1960)

Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham: The Company Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

* Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife, Barbara, and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

PROGRAM

Saturday, March 21, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

OUNCE OF FAITH

(2019)

Choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie Rehearsal Associate: Amy Hall Garner Music by various artists Text spoken by Darrell Grand Moultrie Costumes by Mark Eric Lighting by Mark Stanley

Saturday, March 21, 2 p.m.

I Jacqueline Green & The Company

II Solomon Dumas Renaldo Maurice Chalvar Monteiro

III Akua Noni Parker James Gilmer Miranda Quinn Brandon Woolridge Ghrai DeVore-Stokes

IV The Company

Saturday, March 21, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 22, 2 p.m.

DARRELL GRAND MOULTRIE, Harlem born and raised, has carved out an impressive career that seamlessly weaves his choreographic talents through multiple genres. A graduate of PS 144, Boys & Girls Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, LaGuardia High School of Music and Arts, and The Juilliard School, Mr. Moultrie is a proud recipient of the 2007 Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship Award. He has created works for Ailey II, Juilliard Dance Ensemble, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Atlanta Ballet, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, BalletMet Columbus, BalletX, Cincinnati Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Richmond Ballet, Smuin Ballet, and NBA Ballet in Japan. The versatility of Mr. Moultrie’s talent has led him to collaborate with hoofers Savion Glover and Marshall Davis Jr., and composer Louis York. Theatrical credits include: Invisible Thread (Second Stage Theater); Kill Move Paradise (National Black Theatre); Sugar in Our Wounds (Manhattan Theatre Club); Witness Uganda (American Repertory Theater); and Evita and Pride and Prejudice (Kansas City Repertory Theater). International credits include the opera El Público at Teatro Real in Madrid and contributing choreographer to Beyoncé’s Mrs. Carter Show world tour. Ms. Gwendolyn McLoud… thank you for believing in so many of us.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” performed by Aisha Jackson & Dante Hawkins. “Logo Talk”, composed by Wynton Marsalis and Yacub Addy, performed by Wynton Marsalis, Yacub Addy, Odadaa!, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. “Where and When” by Wynton Marsalis.

Original composition by Chuck Harmony. “Bellhead” by Liquid Liquid, licensed courtesy of Domino Publishing Company Ltd.

JESSICA LANG is an American choreographer originally from Bucks County, PA. As one of the most celebrated choreographers of her generation, Ms. Lang choreographs and teaches throughout the world. Since 1999 Ms. Lang has created more than 100 original works on companies worldwide including American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, the National Ballet of Japan, and The Joffrey Ballet, among many others. Ms. Lang was the artistic director of Jessica Lang Dance from 2011–2019, leading the creative vision of the organization that garnered remarkable acclaim performing in more than 85 cities worldwide and presented by major venues including Lincoln Center, Los Angeles Music Center, the Kennedy Center, NY City Center, Jacob’s Pillow, the Joyce Theater, BAM, Tel Aviv Opera House, among many others. For opera, Ms. Lang was the director and choreographer of Stabat Mater, created for Glimmerglass Opera and presented

by White Lights Festival at Lincoln Center, as well as the choreographer for Francesca Zambello’s production Aida for San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, and Seattle Opera.

She is the recipient of a 2018 Martha Hill MidCareer Award, the 2017 Arison Award, and a 2014 Bessie Award. Jessica Lang is a graduate of The Juilliard School under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy and a former member of Twyla Tharp’s company, THARP! EN is Ms. Lang’s 100 th ballet.

Original composition by Jakub Ciupinski.

— INTERMISSION — I Khalia Campbell & The Company

II Vernard J. Gilmore Jeroboam Bozeman Chalvar Monteiro

III Hope Boykin Michael Jackson, Jr. Jacquelin Harris Patrick Coker Danica Paulos

IV The Company Leadership support for the world premiere of Ounce of Faith is provided by The Pamela D. Zilly and John H. Schaefer New Works Endowment Fund.

The world premiere of Ounce of Faith is made possible with major support from Judith McDonough Kaminski & Joseph Kaminski, Denise Littlefield Sobel, Tai & Calvin Wingfield, and The Ellen Jewett & Richard L. Kauffman New Works Endowment Fund.

Generous support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

— INTERMISSION — EN

(2018)

Choreography by Jessica Lang Assistant to the Choreographer: Kanji Segawa Rehearsal Associates: Patrick Coker, Rachel Secrest Music by Jakub Ciupinski Set Design by Jessica Lang and Nicole Pearce Costumes by Bradon McDonald Lighting by Nicole Pearce Matthew Rushing, Sarah Daley-Perdomo, Jacqueline Green, James Gilmer, Jacquelin Harris, Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, Belén Indhira Pereyra, Chalvar Monteiro, Jeroboam Bozeman, Renaldo Maurice, Kanji Segawa, Jermaine Terry, Akua Noni Parker The creation of EN was made possible with leadership support from Melinda & Paul Pressler and Denise Littlefield Sobel.

Generous support was provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

REVELATIONS

(1960)

Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch Saturday, March 21, 2 p.m.

PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been ‘Buked: The Company Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel: Brandon Woolridge, Miranda Quinn, Yazzmeen Laidler Music arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus: Jacqueline Green, Jeroboam Bozeman Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER Processional/Honor, Honor: Patrick Coker, Jessica Amber Pinkett, James Gilmer, Brandon Woolridge Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

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Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Christopher Duggan.

PROGRAM

Wade in the Water: Danica Paulos, Solomon Dumas, Courtney Celeste Spears Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition

TAKE ME TO THE WATER Processional/Honor, Honor: Renaldo Maurice, Jessica Amber Pinkett, Michael Jackson, Jr., Jeroboam Bozeman

by Ella Jenkins

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

I Wanna Be Ready: Jermaine Terry

Wade in the Water: Belén Indhira Pereyra, Vernard J. Gilmore, Jacqueline Green

Music arranged by James Miller+

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man: Michael Jackson, Jr., James Gilmer, Chalvar Monteiro

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition

by Ella Jenkins

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

I Wanna Be Ready: Clifton Brown

The Day is Past and Gone: The Company

Music arranged by James Miller+

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

You May Run On: The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham: The Company Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man: Jeroboam Bozeman, Chalvar Monteiro, Kanji Segawa Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

The Day is Past and Gone: The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel: Jermaine Terry, Hope Boykin, Samantha Figgins Music arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus: Akua Noni Parker, Jamar Roberts Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER Processional/Honor, Honor: Renaldo Maurice, Jessica Amber Pinkett, Michael Jackson, Jr., Jeroboam Bozeman Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Wade in the Water: Belén Indhira Pereyra, Vernard J. Gilmore, Jacqueline Green Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition

by Ella Jenkins

I Wanna Be Ready: Clifton Brown Music arranged by James Miller+

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE

* Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

You May Run On: The Company

+ Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham: The Company

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife, Barbara, and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Saturday, March 21, 7:30 p.m.

PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been ‘Buked: The Company Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel: Jermaine Terry, Hope Boykin, Samantha Figgins Music arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus: Akua Noni Parker, Jamar Roberts Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

Sinner Man: Jeroboam Bozeman, Chalvar Monteiro, Kanji Segawa The Day is Past and Gone: The Company

* Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

You May Run On: The Company

+ Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham: The Company

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife, Barbara, and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Sunday, March 22, 2 p.m.

PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been ‘Buked: The Company Music arranged by Hall Johnson*

Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

* Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife, Barbara, and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

ABOUT

Alvin Ailey, Founder Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita Robert Battle, Artistic Director Matthew Rushing, Associate Artistic Director COMPANY MEMBERS Hope Boykin Jeroboam Bozeman Clifton Brown Khalia Campbell Patrick Coker Sarah Daley-Perdomo Ghrai DeVore-Stokes Solomon Dumas Samantha Figgins James Gilmer Vernard J. Gilmore

Jacqueline Green Jacquelin Harris Michael Jackson, Jr. Yazzmeen Laidler Yannick Lebrun Renaldo Maurice Corrin Rachelle Mitchell Chalvar Monteiro Akua Noni Parker Danica Paulos Belén Indhira Pereyra

Jessica Amber Pinkett Miranda Quinn Jamar Roberts Kanji Segawa Glenn Allen Sims Linda Celeste Sims Courtney Celeste Spears Constance Stamatiou Jermaine Terry Christopher R. Wilson Brandon Woolridge

Ronni Favors, Rehearsal Director Bennett Rink, Executive Director Major funding for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, American Express, Bank of America, BET Networks, Bloomberg Philanthropies, BNY Mellon, Delta Air Lines, Diageo North America, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, EHE Health, Ford Foundation, Fund II Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Hearst Foundations, M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust, New York City Center, Prudential, Related Companies, The SHS Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Southern Company, The Wallace Foundation, and Wells Fargo.

ABOUT THE COMPANY When Alvin Ailey and a small group of African American dancers took the stage on March 30, 1958, at New York City’s 92nd Street Y, the engagement was for one night only, but it turned out to be the start of a new era in the arts. Ailey envisioned a company dedicated to enriching the American modern dance heritage and preserving the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience. He became one of the trailblazers of modern dance, and the work of his Company grew to encompass education, community outreach and cultural diplomacy. To date, the Company has gone on to perform for an estimated 25 million people at theaters in 48 states and 71 countries on six continents—as well as millions more through television, film and online. More than 270 works by over 100 choreographers have been part of the Ailey repertory. In 2008, a U.S. Congressional resolution designated the Company as “a vital American cultural ambassador to the world.”

Before his untimely death in 1989, Ailey named Judith Jamison as his successor, and, over the next 21 years, she brought the Company to unprecedented success. Jamison, in turn, personally selected Robert Battle to succeed her in 2011, and The New York Times declared he “has injected the company with new life.”

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater gratefully acknowledges The Joan & Sandy Weill Global Ambassador Fund, which provides vital support for Ailey’s national and international tours.

Supporting Sponsor of The Music Center and Ailey’s National Tour Sponsor

WHO'S WHO

ALVIN AILEY FOUNDER

ROBERT BATTLE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MATTHEW RUSHING ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Alvin Ailey was born on January 5, 1931, in Rogers, Texas. His experiences of life in the rural South would later inspire some of his most memorable works. He was introduced to dance in Los Angeles by performances of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, and his formal dance training began with an introduction to Lester Horton’s classes by his friend Carmen de Lavallade. Horton, the founder of one of the first racially integrated dance companies in the United States, became a mentor for Ailey as he embarked on his professional career. After Horton’s death in 1953, Ailey became director of the Lester Horton Dance Theater and began to choreograph his own works. In the 1950s and 60s Ailey performed in four Broadway shows, including House of Flowers and Jamaica. In 1958, he founded Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to carry out his vision of a company dedicated to enriching the American modern dance heritage and preserving the uniqueness of the African American cultural experience. He established the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (now The Ailey School) in 1969 and formed the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble (now Ailey II) in 1974.

Ailey was a pioneer of programs promoting arts in education, particularly those benefiting underserved communities. Throughout his lifetime he was awarded numerous distinctions, including the Kennedy Center Honor in 1988 in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to American culture. In 2014, he posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, in recognition of his contributions and commitment to civil rights and dance in America. When Ailey died on December 1, 1989, The New York Times said of him, “you didn’t need to have known [him] personally to have been touched by his humanity, enthusiasm and exuberance and his courageous stand for multi-racial brotherhood.”

Robert Battle became artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in July 2011 after being personally selected by Judith Jamison, making him only the third person to head the Company since it was founded in 1958. Battle has a longstanding association with the Ailey organization. A frequent choreographer and artist-in-residence at Ailey since 1999, he has set many of his works on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, and at The Ailey School. The Company’s current repertory includes his ballets Ella, In/Side, and Mass.

In addition to expanding the Ailey repertory with works by artists as diverse as Ronald K. Brown, Rennie Harris, Jessica Lang and Wayne McGregor, Battle has also instituted the New Directions Choreography Lab to help develop the next generation of choreographers. Battle’s journey to the top of the modern dance world began in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida. He showed artistic talent early and studied dance at a high school arts magnet program before moving on to Miami’s New World School of the Arts, under the direction of Daniel Lewis and Gerri Houlihan, and finally to the dance program at The Juilliard School, under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy, where he met his mentor, Carolyn Adams. He danced with The Parsons Dance Company from 1994 to 2001, and also set his choreography on that company starting in 1998. Battle then founded his own Battleworks Dance Company, which made its debut in 2002 in Düsseldorf, Germany, as the U.S. representative to the World Dance Alliance’s Global Assembly. Battleworks subsequently performed extensively at venues, including The Joyce Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, American Dance Festival and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Battle was honored as one of the “Masters of African American Choreography” by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2005, and he received the prestigious Statue Award from the Princess Grace FoundationUSA in 2007. He has honorary doctorates from The University of the Arts and Marymount Manhattan College. Battle was named a 2015 visiting fellow for The Art of Change, an initiative by the Ford Foundation. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and has addressed a number of high-profile organizations, including the United Nations Leaders Programme and the UNICEF Senior Leadership Development Programme.

Matthew Rushing was born in Los Angeles, California. He began his dance training with Kashmir Blake in Inglewood, California, and later continued his training at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. He is the recipient of The Music Center's Spotlight Award and a Dance Magazine Award and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. He was a scholarship student at The Ailey School and later became a member of Ailey II. During his career, Rushing has performed as a guest artist for galas in Vail, Colorado, as well as in Austria, Canada, France, Italy and Russia. He has performed for Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, as well as at the 2010 White House Dance Series. During his time with the Company, he has choreographed three ballets: Acceptance In Surrender (2005), a collaboration with Hope Boykin and AbdurRahim Jackson; Uptown (2009), a tribute to the Harlem Renaissance; and ODETTA (2014), a celebration of “the queen of American folk music.” In 2012, he created Moan, which was set on Philadanco and premiered at The Joyce Theater. Rushing joined the company in 1992, became rehearsal director in June 2010 and became associate artistic director in 2020.

WHO'S WHO

JUDITH JAMISON ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EMERITA

BENNETT RINK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

RONNI FAVORS REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Judith Jamison joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965 and quickly became an international star. Over the next 15 years, Ailey created some of his most enduring roles for her, most notably the tour-de-force solo Cry. During the 1970s and 80s, she appeared as a guest artist with ballet companies all over the world, starred in the hit Broadway musical Sophisticated Ladies, and formed her own company, The Jamison Project. She returned to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1989 when Ailey asked her to succeed him as artistic director. In the 21 years that followed, she brought the Company to unprecedented heights—including two historic engagements in South Africa and a 50-city global tour to celebrate the Company’s 50 th anniversary.

Jamison is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, among them a prime time Emmy Award, an American Choreography Award, a Kennedy Center Honor, a National Medal of Arts, a Bessie Award, the Phoenix Award and the Handel Medallion. She was also listed in “The TIME 100: The World’s Most Influential People” and honored by First Lady Michelle Obama at the first White House Dance Series event. In 2015, she became the 50 th inductee into the Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Dance. In 2016, she received the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards. As a highly regarded choreographer, Jamison has created many celebrated works, including Divining (1984), Forgotten Time (1989), Hymn (1993), HERE... NOW. (commissioned for the 2002 Cultural Olympiad), Love Stories (with additional choreography

by Robert Battle and Rennie Harris, 2004), and Among Us (Private Spaces: Public Places, 2009).

Jamison’s autobiography, Dancing Spirit, was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and published in 1993. In 2004, under Jamison’s artistic directorship, her idea of a permanent home for the Ailey company was realized and named after beloved chairman emerita Joan Weill. Jamison continues to dedicate herself to asserting the prominence of the arts in our culture and she remains committed to promoting the significance of the Ailey legacy —using dance as a medium for honoring the past, celebrating the present and fearlessly reaching into the future.

Bennett Rink became executive director of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation in 2013. Rink first joined Ailey as manager of special events in 1994, became development director in 1998, and then worked as senior director of development and external affairs from 2007 to 2012. In his tenure overseeing Ailey’s development, Rink led a $75 million capital campaign supporting Ailey’s first permanent home, The Joan Weill Center for Dance, which opened in 2005, and established an endowment to support major program areas. When the Company celebrated its 50 th anniversary in 2008, Rink supervised an 18-month celebration, including events, promotions, collaborations and special performances, bringing public awareness of the Ailey organization to new heights. Rink also oversaw “The Next Step Campaign,” which grew the organization’s endowment to $50 million.

As executive director, Rink launched a five-year strategic plan in 2014 to realize Robert Battle’s creative vision, expand Ailey’s educational offerings and enhance technology to extend the reach of the organization. Central to the plan has been the expansion of The Joan Weill Center for Dance, which attracts more than 200,000 visitors each year. In the fall of 2017, Ailey unveiled the Center’s Elaine Wynn and Family Education Wing, providing much-needed additional studios and classroom space to meet the growing demand for Ailey’s programs. The building now comprises 87,000 square feet and is the largest destination for dance in New York City. Mr. Rink also conceived The Campaign for Ailey’s Future, a $50 million initiative to support the Center’s expansion and the ongoing implementation of other long-range strategic priorities. During Rink’s tenure, the Company deepened its presence in New York City by establishing a spring season at Lincoln Center to complement its New York City Center winter season, while also extending its role as America’s “Cultural Ambassador to the World” with tours to Africa, Europe and South America. In order to reach audiences beyond live performances, the Company has broadened its commitment to creating film and digital content, including its first-ever theatrical movie release as part of Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance. Rink is a graduate of Syracuse University and holds a B.F.A. in theater.

Ronni Favors is from Iowa City, Iowa. After studying at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan with the Camp Scholarship, she continued her training at The Ailey School as a Fellowship student. Favors was a member of Ailey II, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and a recipient of the Min-On Art Award. Favors was the ballet instructor at the 1989 inaugural session of AileyCamp in Kansas City and served as artistic director of the camp. She is the founding director of Children’s Aid AileyCamp New York and provided guidance in the national implementation of the AileyCamp program. In 1997, Favors was named assistant rehearsal director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and was its rehearsal director from 1999–2010. She worked with local dance students who performed in Alvin Ailey’s Memoria in Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as in Seattle, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Chicago, Kansas City and New York. Most recently, she set Alvin Ailey’s Night Creature on TU Dance and Oregon Ballet Theatre.

Favors rejoined the company as rehearsal director in 2019.

WHO'S WHO HOPE BOYKIN (Durham, NC) is a three-time recipient of the American Dance Festival’s Young Tuition Scholarship. She attended Howard University and, while in Washington, D.C., performed with Lloyd Whitmore’s New World Dance Company. Boykin was a student and intern at The Ailey School.

She was assistant to the late Talley Beatty and an original member of Complexions. Boykin was a member of Philadanco and received a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie). She has choreographed three works for the Company: Acceptance In Surrender (2005), in collaboration with fellow Ailey company members Abdur-Rahim Jackson and Matthew Rushing; Go in Grace (2008), for the Company’s 50th anniversary season with music by the award-winning singing group Sweet Honey in the Rock; and r-Evolution, Dream. (2016), inspired by the speeches and sermons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with original music by Ali Jackson. Boykin was selected as a 2018–19 Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center Fellowship Candidate. Find Boykin on Twitter and Instagram at hbdance and Facebook as HopeBoykinDance.

Boykin joined the Company in 2000.

JEROBOAM BOZEMAN (Brooklyn, NY) began his dance training under Ruth Sistaire at the Ronald Edmonds Learning Center. He later joined Creative Outlet, and was granted full scholarships at the Joffrey Ballet School and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Bozeman is a gold-medal recipient of the NAACP ACT-SO Competition in Dance. He performed in Elton John and Tim Rice’s Broadway musical Aida (international tour in China) and was a part of Philadanco, Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater, and Ailey II. During the fall of 2016, Bozeman performed as a guest artist with The Royal Ballet, and Dance Magazine nominated him as one of “25 to Watch” in 2018.

Bozeman was recently featured in Bud Light's NFL 100 commercial as the Bud Knight. He has been featured in publications like Vanity Fair, Dance Magazine, Double Magazine and The New York Times. Bozeman joined the Company in 2013.

Instagram: @Jeroboamb CLIFTON BROWN (Goodyear, AZ) began his dance training at Take 5 Dance Academy and continued in the first class of the Ailey/ Fordham BFA Program in Dance. Brown began his professional career when he joined the Ailey company in 1999 and served as choreographic assistant to Judith Jamison. He has also danced with Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and was a founding

member and rehearsal director for Jessica Lang Dance. He was nominated in the U.K. for a Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Male Dancer and received a Black Theater Arts Award as well as a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie).

As a guest artist, Brown has performed with Miami City Ballet, Rome Opera Ballet, Nevada Ballet, and Parsons Dance Company. He has set the work of Alvin Ailey, Earl Mosley, and Jessica Lang on various companies around the world. Television appearances as a guest artist include So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars. He has had the privilege of performing at the White House for President Obama. Brown rejoined the Company in 2017.

KHALIA CAMPBELL (Bronx, NY) is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.

She began her formal dance training at Uptown Dance Academy.

Campbell also studied at Dance Theatre of Harlem and as a scholarship student at The Ailey School.

In 2012, Campbell was a part of the international tour of the musical Aida. She has performed with Kymera Dance, Dance Iquail, and in the 40th anniversary of The Wiz at Summerstage. Campbell also danced as a guest artist with Richard Siegal’s Ballet of Difference in Munich, Germany. In 2016, she was featured in the Christian Dior commercial for the fragrance Poison. She was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2018.

PATRICK COKER (Chester, VA) grew up in a military family stationed in many places across the country. He was awarded the American Ballet Theatre's National Trainee Scholarship from 2008 to 2010. In May 2014, Coker graduated magna cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, where he apprenticed with Ailey II in his final year.

After graduation, he spent a year dancing for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and then went on to join Jessica Lang Dance for three seasons. He has also performed with The Mark Morris Dance Group in The Hard Nut and L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance and BODYTRAFFIC. Coker joined the Company in 2019.

Find him on Instagram @pcoke.

SARAH DALEY-PERDOMO (South Elgin, IL) began her training at the Faubourg School of Ballet in Illinois under the direction of Watmora Casey and Tatyana Mazur.

She is a 2009 graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance. DaleyPerdomo trained at institutions such as the Kirov Academy, National Ballet School of Canada, The San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and intensives at Ballet Camp Illinois and Ballet Adriatico in Italy. She is a recipient of a Youth America Grand Prix Award and an ARTS Foundation Award. She was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2011.

GHRAI DeVORE-STOKES (Washington, D.C.) began her formal dance training at the Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center and was a scholarship student at The Ailey School.

She has completed summer programs at the Kirov Academy, Ballet Chicago, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. DeVore-Stokes was a member of Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater 2, Hubbard Street 2, Dance Works Chicago, and Ailey II. She has received the Danish Queen Ingrid Scholarship of Honor and the Dizzy Feet Foundation Scholarship, and she was a 2010 nominee for the first annual Clive Barnes Award.

DeVore-Stokes joined the Company in 2010.

SOLOMON DUMAS (Chicago, IL) was introduced to dance through AileyCamp. He later began his formal training at The Chicago Academy for the Arts and the Russell Talbert Dance Studio, where he received his most influential training. Dumas studied at New World School of the Arts and was a fellowship Level 1 student at The Ailey School. He has performed with companies including Garth Fagan Dance; Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company; and Labyrinth Dance Theater and was a member of Ailey II. Dumas joined the Company in 2016.

SAMANTHA FIGGINS (Washington, D.C.) began dancing at Duke Ellington School of the Arts under the tutelage of Charles Auggins and Sandra Fortune-Greene and attended summer intensives at Dance Theatre of Harlem under the direction of Arthur Mitchell. She continued her education at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. There she performed works by George Balanchine, Bill T. Jones, Paul Taylor and Twyla Tharp. Upon graduating cum laude, Figgins became a member of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, performing works by Dwight Rhoden, Jae Man Joo and Camille A. Brown. She also performed at the 2014 DanceOpen Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. Figgins was featured both on the cover of Dance Spirit magazine and in Pointe magazine’s “10 Careers to Watch” in 2013. She has worked with Beyoncé and can be seen in the film Enemy Within alongside Tiler Peck and Matthew Rushing. Figgins joined the Company in 2014.

JAMES GILMER (Pittsburgh, PA) trained at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School.

After graduating, he performed with Texture Contemporary Ballet and joined Cincinnati Ballet in 2011. While dancing with Cincinnati Ballet for six seasons, Gilmer was promoted to soloist in 2015 and performed works by George Balanchine, Septime Webre, Ohad Naharin, Val Caniparoli, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Edwaard Liang, Jennifer Archibald, Amy Seiwert, and Victoria Morgan, to name a few. Gilmer was also a member of Amy Seiwert's Imagery, performing during the summer seasons since 2013 and of ODC/dance, performing works by Brenda Way, KT Nelson, and Kate Weare.

Gilmer joined the company in 2019. Instagram: @j_gilmer VERNARD J. GILMORE (Chicago, IL) began his training at Curie Performing and Creative Arts High School in Chicago under Diane Holda. He later studied at the Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theater with Harriet Ross, Marquita Levy and Emily Stein. He received first place in the all-city NAACP ACT-SO competition in 1993.

He attended Barat College under the scholarship and tutelage of Rory Foster and Eileen Cropley.

He then studied as a scholarship student at The Ailey School and was a member of Ailey II. In 2010, he performed as part of the White House Dance Series. Gilmore is a choreographer whose work has been a part of the Ailey Dancers Resource Fund, Fire Island Dance Festival 2008, Jazz Foundation of America Gala 2010, and he produced the Dance Of Light project in 2010 and 2015. An excerpt of Gilmore’s work La Muette was performed in 2017 as part of the “Celebrating the Men of Ailey” program.

Nimbus Dance Works performed a new work

by Gilmore in 2018. Gilmore is a certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre instructor. He teaches workshops and master classes around the world.

Gilmore joined the Company in 1997.

JACQUELINE GREEN (Baltimore, MD) began her dance training at the age of 13 at the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts.

She is a 2011 cum laude graduate of the Ailey/ Fordham BFA Program under the direction of Denise Jefferson. During that time, she also received training at the Pennsylvania Regional Ballet, the Chautauqua Institution for Dance and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. In her career, she has performed works by a wide range of choreographers, including Wayne McGregor, Jiří Kylián, Elisa Monte, Ronald K. Brown, and Kyle Abraham. In 2016, she performed as a guest artist with The Royal Ballet. Green is a 2018 Bessie nominee for sustained achievement with the Company, a 2014 Dance Fellowship recipient

of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, a 2015 Clive Barnes Award nominee, a 2009 recipient of the Martha Hill Fund’s Young Professional Award, and a 2010 recipient of the Dizzy Feet Foundation Scholarship. In 2018, she performed on BET’s Black Girls Rock honoring Judith Jamison. She was a member of Ailey II in 2010 and joined the Company in 2011.

JACQUELIN HARRIS (Charlotte, NC) began her dance training at Dance Productions Studios under the direction of Lori Long. Harris received a silver ARTS award from the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts and was a Presidential Scholar in the Arts semifinalist. She has studied at Joffrey Ballet School and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. She graduated with honors from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance.

In 2016, Harris was named one of the “25 to Watch”

by Dance Magazine. Most recently, she received a 2017 dance fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation-USA. She was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2014.

MICHAEL JACKSON, JR. (New Orleans, LA) began his dance training at age 14 at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., under the direction of Charles Augins. He became a member of Dance Theatre of Harlem Dancing through Barriers Ensemble in 2005. In 2006, he joined Dallas Black Dance Theatre, and, in 2008 joined Philadanco, where he also worked as artistic director of D3. Jackson joined the Company in 2011 and rejoined in 2015.

YAZZMEEN LAIDLER (Miami, FL) graduated from New World School of the Arts. She trained at Traci Young-Bryon’s Young Contemporary Dance Theatre and The Ailey School summer intensive. Laidler received her B.F.A. from University of the Arts and was a company member of Eleone Dance Theatre. She is the 2016 award-winning Pennsylvania Choreographer, setting work for Pennsylvania Ballet II. She has performed works by Jae Man Joo, Dwight Rhoden, Tommie Waheed-Evans, Doug Varone, Juel D. Lane and Darrell Moultrie, to name a few. She has performed as a guest artist with Owen/Cox Dance and is a former company member of Ailey II. She is thrilled to be joining the company this season.

WHO'S WHO YANNICK LEBRUN (Cayenne, French Guiana) began training in his native country at the Adaclam School under the guidance of Jeanine Verin. After graduating high school in 2004, he moved to New York City to study at The Ailey School as a scholarship student. Lebrun has performed works by choreographers Troy Powell, Debbie Allen, Scott Rink, Thaddeus Davis, Nilas Martins, Dwight Rhoden and Francesca Harper.

He was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2011, and, in 2013, France-Amérique magazine highlighted him as one of the 50 most talented French in the United States. In November 2016, Lebrun was a guest performer with The Royal Ballet in Wayne McGregor’s Chroma. In 2019, Lebrun choreographed his first work for Ailey II entitled Saa Magni. Lebrun was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2008.

RENALDO MAURICE (Gary, IN) began his dance training with Tony Simpson and graduated from Talent Unlimited High School. He attended Emerson School for Visual and Performing Arts, studying with Larry Brewer and Michael Davis.

Maurice was a scholarship student at The Ailey School, Ballet Chicago, and Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and interned at Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. He received second place in modern dance from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and received the Dizzy Feet Foundation Scholarship. In 2012, he was honored with the key to the city of his hometown Gary, Indiana, and named a state representative.

Maurice incorporated his passion for dance with social responsibility as the co-artistic director of the South Shore Dance Alliance in Indiana.

He was a member of Ailey II for three years and joined the Company in 2011 and rejoined in 2019.

Find Maurice on Facebook at Maurice Gardner and Instagram at r_maurice25.

CORRIN RACHELLE MITCHELL (Baltimore, MD) began her dance training in her hometown at LeRe’s Performing Arts Center, owned by her mother and father. She attended Baltimore School for the Arts where she trained with Norma Pera and Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Mitchell graduated from Point Park University in 2017 with a B.F.A. in dance where she worked with choreographers Troy Powell, Garfield Lemonius and Debbie Allen. After completing one year of apprenticeship, Mitchell joined Ailey II in 2017 where she performed works choreographed by Uri Sands, Bradley Shelver, Troy Powell, Robert Battle, Darrell Grand Moultrie and Amy Hall. Mitchell joined the Company in 2019.

Instagram: @corrinrachellemitchell

WHO'S WHO CHALVAR MONTEIRO (Montclair, NJ) began training at Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts and went on to study at The Ailey School. He received his BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase, where he performed works by Merce Cunningham, Helen Pickett, Doug Varone, Dianne McIntyre, Kevin Wynn and Paul Taylor.

Since graduating Monteiro has worked with Sidra Bell Dance New York, Elisa Monte Dance, Keigwin + Company, BODYTRAFFIC and most extensively with Abraham.In.Motion. He assisted Kyle Abraham in setting and creating work for Barnard College, Princeton University, Emory University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature.

In April 2019, Monteiro was selected to participate in Merce Cunningham Trust’s Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event. He was in Ailey II and joined the Company in 2015. To see more personal and creative interests, follow Monteiro on Instagram at chlvrmntro.

AKUA NONI PARKER (Kin-ston, NC) began professional dance training at the Academy of the Dance in Wilmington, Delaware.

After graduating high school, she joined Dance Theatre of Harlem, where she performed principal roles in George Balanchine’s Agon, Serenade and The Four Temperaments, as well as the title role in Michael Smuin’s St. Louis Woman. Parker was also a company member with the Cincinnati Ballet and Ballet San Jose, and had the honor of being the first African American ballerina to dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Ballet San Jose’s The Nutcracker. Since joining the Company in 2008, Parker has performed featured roles in Ailey’s Blues Suite, Night Creature, Masekela Langage, The River and Cry. She has also performed featured roles in Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, Wayne McGregor’s Chroma, and the title role in Geoffrey Holder’s Prodigal Prince. To see Parker’s outside projects and interests, follow her on Instagram at onlyupward.

DANICA PAULOS (Huntington Beach, CA) began dance training at Orange County Dance Center and continued studying at world renowned institutions such as The Juilliard School, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet and The School at Jacob’s Pillow.

Paulos graduated from the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, where she trained at The Ailey School as a scholarship

student. Paulos is a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Level 1 YoungArts finalist award winner. In addition to originating several roles and being featured in the Company’s repertory, Paulos is also very passionate about her role as photographer for the Company’s Instagram account, sharing a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of Ailey dancers. She has modeled and been featured in Elle Magazine, Double Magazine, Refinery29, and graced the cover of Dance Magazine, where she was named one of “25 to Watch” in 2015. She was a member of Ailey II prior to joining the Company in 2014.

BELÉN INDHIRA PEREYRA (Lawrence, MA) began training at Boston Arts Academy, where she graduated as valedictorian, and was a member of NIA Dance Troupe at Origination Cultural Arts Center. Upon moving to New York City, Pereyra was closely mentored by Earl Mosley and danced with Camille A. Brown & Dancers for three years, during which time she performed at The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and Dancers Responding to AIDS’ annual events Dance from the Heart and The Fire Island Dance Festival.

Pereyra was an apprentice for Ronald K. Brown/ Evidence, A Dance Company, and has performed with Lula Washington Dance Theater, Nathan Trice, and Roger C. Jeffrey. She has been featured in Dance Magazine, Island Origins Magazine, Boston Magazine, and the Improper Bostonian. Pereyra is a certified SAFE® FLOOR coach. She assisted Matthew Rushing with Uptown for the Company in 2009 and joined in 2011.

JESSICA AMBER PINKETT (Baltimore, MD) began her dance training at Baltimore Dance Tech under the direction of Stephanie Powell. Pinkett is a proud graduate from George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology. She is a bronze medal recipient from the NAACP ACT-SO competition in Dance. Pinkett has worked with choreographers including Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Ray Mercer, Darrell Grand Moultrie, and others. She has performed as a guest artist with The Black Iris Project and was a member of Ailey II. From Towson University, she graduated with honors and earned a B.F.A. in dance performance and choreography. Pinkett has been featured in campaigns for Coach, Equinox Hotels and Jesus Christ Superstar. Pinkett joined the company in 2018. Instagram: @jessica.a.pinkett

MIRANDA QUINN (Baltimore, MD) trained in various genres of dance from the ages of two to 18 at Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts under the artistic direction of Shannon Torres. Quinn recently graduated from The Juilliard School while under the newly appointed direction of Alicia Graf Mack. Her attendance at the school was made possible by the Jerome L. Grene Fellowship. She has had the privilege to work in creation processes with Austin McCormick, Aszure Barton, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Roy Assaf and Stephanie Batten Bland. She has also had the opportunity to perform repertory of Nacho Duato, Merce Cunningham and Alejandro Cerrudo. Quinn is beyond thrilled and honored to become part of the Ailey family and legacy.

JAMAR ROBERTS (Miami, FL) graduated from the New World School of the Arts. He trained at the Dance Empire of Miami, where he continues to teach, and as a fellowship student at The Ailey School. Roberts was a member of Ailey II and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Dance Magazine featured Roberts as one of “25 to Watch” in 2007 and on the cover in 2013. He performed at The White House in 2010, and as a guest star on So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, and The Ellen Degeneres Show. In 2015, he made his Ailey II choreographic debut with his work Gêmeos, set to the music of Afrobeat star Fela Kuti. His first work for the Company, Members Don’t Get Weary, premiered in 2017. Roberts won Outstanding Performer at the prestigious New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards and was a guest star with London’s Royal Ballet. He first joined the Company in 2002 and was named the first Ailey resident choreographer in 2019.

KANJI SEGAWA (Kanagawa, Japan) began modern dance training with his mother, Erika Akoh, and studied ballet with Kan Horiuchi and Ju Horiuchi in Tokyo.

In 1997 Mr. Segawa came to the U.S. under the Japanese Government Artist Fellowship to train at The Ailey School. Segawa was a member of Ailey II from 2000–02 and Battleworks Dance Company from 2002–10. Segawa worked extensively with choreographer Mark Morris from 2004–11, repeatedly appearing with Mark Morris Dance Group including as a principal dancer in John Adams’ Nixon in China at The Metropolitan Opera. In addition, Segawa has worked closely with choreographer Jessica Lang since 1999, assisting her on new creations for American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and The National Ballet of Japan among others, and staging her work on companies, universities and schools around the world. Segawa joined the Company in 2011.

GLENN ALLEN SIMS (Long Branch, NJ) began classical dance training at the Academy of Dance Arts in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, and was a scholarship student to The Ailey School’s Summer Intensive. Sims attended The Juilliard School under Benjamin Harkarvy. In 2004, Sims was the youngest person to be inducted into the Long Branch High School’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. He has been featured on several network television programs, including BET Honors, Dancing with the Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and So You Think You Can Dance. Sims is a master teacher, certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre instructor, and certified pilates mat instructor. He has performed as an international guest artist for galas in Rome, Italy, and Mexico City, Mexico, as well as the White House Dance Series and for the king of Morocco.

Sims was featured on the cover of and wrote a featured guest blog for Dance Magazine. He has originated featured roles by Carmen de Lavallade, Judith Jamison, Lynn Taylor Corbett, Mauro Bigonzetti, Rennie Harris and Ronald K. Brown. Sims joined the Company in 1997.

LINDA CELESTE SIMS (Bronx, NY) began training at Ballet Hispánico School of Dance and graduated from LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts. She has won Arts Recognition in 1994, Outstanding Performance at the 2014 Bessie Awards, received the 2016 Inspiración Award from Ballet Hispánico, received the 2017 Dance Magazine Award and was honored this year at BAAD’s 20 th Anniversary.

Sims has been featured in Dance Magazine, New York Amsterdam News, Refinery29 and on So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Mo'Nique Show, LIVE with Kelly and Michael, and the Today Show.

Sims has appeared at the White House Series, Youth America Grand Prix, Vail International Dance Festival, Evidence Dance Company; galas in Budapest, Vienna and Rome; and has originated roles by Judith Jamison, Donald Byrd, Alonzo King, Dwight Rhoden, Ronald K. Brown, Mauro Bigonzetti, Jennifer Muller, Karole Armitage, Lynn Taylor Corbett, Rennie Harris, Christopher L. Huggins, and Azure Barton.

She teaches master classes worldwide and is a certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre instructor.

Sims joined the Company in 1996 and is the assistant to the Rehearsal Director.

COURTNEY CELESTE SPEARS (Baltimore, MD) of Bahamian descent, began formal training at the Baltimore School for the Arts under the direction of Norma Pera.

She is a graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, where she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in dance and communications. Spears has attended summer intensives at The Juilliard School, Cedar Lake, and American Ballet Theatre, where she was named the National Training Scholar for two consecutive years. She has performed works by Ray Mercer, Jae Man Joo, Rennie Harris, Jessica Lang and Dwight Rhoden. She was recognized on the cover of Howard Magazine as a “Rising Young Star” and received The Denise Jefferson Memorial Scholarship. Spears is the recipient of a 2015 Dance Fellowship from the Princess Grace FoundationUSA and is the founder and director of ArtSea Dance, an outreach program and dance management company based in the Bahamas.

She was a member of Ailey II and joined the Company in 2018. Find Spears on Instagram @bahamaballerina.

CONSTANCE STAMATIOU (Charlotte, NC) began her dance training at Pat Hall’s Dance Unlimited and North Carolina Dance Theatre. She graduated from NorthWest School of the Arts and studied at SUNY Purchase before becoming a fellowship student at The Ailey School. In 2009, Stamatiou received the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the performing and visual arts. She performed at the White House Dance Series and has been a guest performer on So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, Logo’s Trailblazer Honors and The Today Show. Stamatiou has also danced in the films Shake Rattle & Roll and in Dan Pritzker’s Bolden. Stamatiou was a member of Ailey ll and a guest artist for Dance Grand Moultrie and Caroline Calouche & Co. She is a certified Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis instructor and a mother of two.

Follow her on Instagram at constancestamatiou.

Stamatiou first joined the Company in 2007 and rejoined in 2016.

JERMAINE TERRY (Washington, D.C.) began his dance training in Kissimmee, Florida, at James Dance Center.

He graduated cum laude with a B.F.A. in dance performance from the University of South Florida, where he received scholarships for excellence in performance and choreography. Terry was a scholarship student at The Ailey School and a member of Ailey II, and he has performed with Buglisi Dance Theatre, Arch Dance, Dance Iquail and Philadanco and as a guest artist on the television show So You Think You Can Dance. In 2013, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from USF for outstanding service to the arts. He has made costumes for the

WHO'S WHO Company, Ailey II, Philadanco, Jessica Lang Dance, and The Black Iris Project, to name a few. His evening wear designs have been in Essence online as well as shot by the late Bill Cunningham for the style section of The New York Times. Terry joined the Company in 2010. Please follow Terry on Instagram at Jerms83.

CHRISTOPHER R. WILSON (Augusta, GA) is a graduate of John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School and most recently graduated cum laude from the Ailey/ Fordham BFA Program in Dance. He has studied at Colton Ballet School, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and The School at Jacob’s Pillow. He began his professional career with BHdos, the second company of Ballet Hispánico and has performed at The World Monument Fund's Hadrian Gala honoring Queen Sofía of Spain as well as the 2017 Essence Festival in New Orleans.

He has performed works by choreographers Matthew Rushing, Kyle Abraham, Emily Molnar, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Eduardo Vilaro, to name a few. He has performed as a guest artist with The Black Iris Project and was a member of Ailey II. Wilson joined the Company in 2018.

Follow his tour and dance adventures @christopher.r.wilson on Instagram.

BRANDON WOOLRIDGE (Spring Hill, FL) began his dance training at John Leggio’s Center for the Performing Arts at age 11 in his hometown, where he first learned about the Company’s legacy through Ailey Arts In Education. He graduated from F.W. Springstead High School and performed in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre.

Woolridge trained at The Ailey School as a scholarship student where he performed works by choreographers Ronald K. Brown, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Earl Mosley and Troy Powell and appeared in Alvin Ailey’s Memoria during Ailey’s 60th Anniversary season at New York City Center.

He was briefly a member of Ailey II before joining the Company in 2019.

The Ailey dancers are supported, in part,

by The Judith McDonough Kaminski Dancer Endowment Fund.

ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Daria L. Wallach, Chairman Anthony S. Kendall, President Tia Breakley-China, Sela Thompson Collins, Jaishri Kapoor, Stephen J. Meringoff, Arthur J. Mirante II, Vice-Chairmen Rosalind Hudnell Robert Kissane Debra L. Lee Anthony A. Lewis Leslie L. Maheras Lucinda C. Martinez Johnbull E. Okpara Stanley Plesent, Esq.

Joy Allen-Altimare Eleanor S. Applewhaite Robert Battle Paulette Mullings Bradnock Gunther T. Bright Debra A. Coleman Robyn Coles Laura D. Corb

Lata N. Reddy Bennett Rink Richard Speciale Joan H. Weill Gillian Wynn Pamela D. Zilly

Philip Laskawy, Stanley Plesent, Esq., Joan H. Weill, Chairmen Emeriti Debra L. Lee, Henry McGee, Presidents Emeriti Gina F. Adams, Simin N. Allison, Anthony M. Carvette, Kathryn C. Chenault, Guido Goldman, Bruce S. Gordon, John H. Schaefer, Lemar Swinney, Honorary Trustees

ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION Recipient of the National Medal of Arts

Bennett Rink — Executive Director Pamela Robinson — Chief Financial Officer Thomas Cott — Senior Director of Marketing and Creative Content

ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER Ronni Favors, Rehearsal Director Jamar Roberts, Resident Choreographer Linda Celeste Sims, Assistant to the Rehearsal Director Clifton Brown, Assistant to the Rehearsal Director Eric D. Wright, General Manager Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs Gregory Stuart, Company Manager Joseph Anthony Gaito, Technical Director Kristin Colvin Young, Production Stage Manager Al Crawford, Lighting Director Jon Taylor, Wardrobe Supervisor DJ Adderley, Master Carpenter Marq Gonzalez, Master Electrician Jason McGuire, Sound Engineer Chris Theodore, Property Master

TOURING CONTACTS North American Agent OPUS 3 ARTISTS Tel: 212-584-7500 opus3artists.com

Sumaya Jackson, Assistant Company Manager Chelsea Gillespie, Assistant Stage Manager Roya Abab, Associate Lighting Director Dante Baylor, Wardrobe Assistant Katie Chihaby, Wardrobe Assistant Jorge Lanuza, Flyman/Assistant Carpenter Henry Wilen, Assistant Electrician Michael Windham, Production and Licensing Administrator Michelle Grazio, Administrator of Company Business Affairs Donald J. Rose, M.D., Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, NYU Langone Health Shaw Bronner, Director of Physical Therapy Sheyi Ojofeitimi, Physical Therapist Kala Flagg, Physical Therapist

PRODUCTION CREDITS International Agent ASKONAS HOLT LTD. Tel: +44-20-7400-1700 askonasholt.co.uk

Lighting system provided by 4Wall Entertainment.

Touring sound system provided by Gibson Entertainment Services.

Domestic trucking services provided by Stage Call Corporation.

All headshots by Andrew Eccles, except Mr. Ailey by Jack Mitchell, Mr. Gilmer by Nichols Korkos, Ms. Mitchell by Kyle Froman, Ms. Quinn by Gregory Costanzo, and Mr. Woolridge by Nir Arieli.

Alvin Ailey is a proud member of Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance.

Dancers appear at the courtesy of the American Guild of Musical Artists.

Alvin Ailey crew members belong to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

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The Music Center Board of Directors welcomes two esteemed members of the community.

BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT

CINDY MISCIKOWSKI, THE MUSIC CENTER BOARD CHAIR What an exciting journey we have had since the opening of The Music Center Plaza over Labor Day weekend last year.

I want to thank our Board of Trustees for their leadership in helping create a welcoming place for all Angelenos to engage with the arts. In the coming months, we will continue to activate and bring the new Plaza to life with innovative community and educational programming.

I’d like to welcome our newest additions to The Music Center’s Board of Directors: Thomas Beckmen and Carl Jordan. We are delighted to have their involvement during this pivotal moment in our history.

Enjoy the show!

THOMAS L. BECKMEN Thomas L. Beckmen is the Chair of the Board for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Tom served on the LA Phil Board of Directors from 2003 to 2011 and from 2015 until the present.

Beckmen career began in 1958 after he opened a music store with his band director while still in college. He traveled the country for a decade as a salesman for C. Bruno and Sons, a musical instrument importer and distributor. In 1965, Beckmen and his wife Judy moved to California to open a distribution center for C. Bruno. He established his own distribution company in 1972, Beckmen Musical Instruments. Two years later, he changed the name to Roland Corp. U.S. to focus on the distribution and development of Roland and Boss projects in the U.S. With his keen insight, he envisioned that electronics would play an important role in the performance and production of music. He was able to establish Roland products as a leader in the industry. Beckmen sold Roland U.S. to its parent company, Roland Japan, and, after a short retirement, he and Judy with their son, Steve, established Beckmen Vineyards in Santa Ynez Valley, where they have been growing and producing wine since 1994.

For more than 40 years, the Beckmens have been strong supporters of the arts and arts education. In addition to the LA Phil, Beckmen also served on the USC Thornton School of Music's Board of Councilors and on the board of Colburn School. He was educated at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and studied trombone at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. The Beckmens have provided generous support to the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center at Inglewood.

CARL JORDAN Carl Jordan is executive vice president and regional executive for U.S. Bank.

Jordan has been in banking for over 39 years, including 26 years with U.S. Bank.

He has served in various roles that include branch management, small business sales management, district management and regional management of the U.S. Bank Southern California In-Store and Metropolitan branches.

Jordan manages Consumer and Business Banking for the Southern California region. The region covers Los Angeles, Orange County, the Inland Empire and San Diego markets. He oversees 370 branches, over 2,700 employees and a total of $16 billion in deposits.

Jordan is involved and active in many community organizations and non-profits that include serving since 2017 on the board of directors for Discovery Cube Orange County and chairman of the Board for The LGBT Center of Orange County. He has also served on the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles (CA) and currently chairs their capital campaign committee. He has traveled to Bangladesh and Vietnam on International Builds for Habitat for Humanity.

Jordan attended Long Beach State University and CBA’s Graduate School of Retail Bank Management at Furman University in South Carolina.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Jamar Roberts Photo by Andrew Eccles.

Center Dance Arts (CDA) is a dynamic community of patrons who share a passion for dance. As the founding supporter of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, CDA is celebrating 20 years of shaping the landscape of dance in Los Angeles.

CENTER DANCE ARTS 2019-20 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jane Jelenko* Chair/ Founding President

Susan Baumgarten President

JoAnn Bourne Vice President and Treasurer

Joan Herman Secretary

Liane Weintraub* Founding Chair

Charlene Achki-Repko Susan Baumgarten JoAnn Bourne Jane Arnault-Factor* Homeira Goldstein Hany Haddad Mira Hashmall Joan Herman Liz Levitt Hirsch*

Jane Jelenko* Patrick Kinsella Nigel Lythgoe Judith Reichman Dominque Shelton Leipzig Julia Strickland Bradley Tabach-Bank Sue Tsao Diane Wittenberg

CENTER DANCE ARTS 2019–20 MEMBERS DANCE AMBASSADORS ($10,000+) Charlene Achki-Repko Jane Arnault-Factor * Susan Baumgarten JoAnn and Wayland Bourne Dwight Broadneax and Greg Moesser Walter and Ruth Chameides Helen Funai Erickson Lisa Field Joan A. Friedman, PhD and Robert N. Braun, MD Homeira Goldstein Hany Haddad / U.S. Bank J. Mira Hashmall, Esq. Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej Liz Levitt Hirsch * Jane Jelenko * Carol and Patrick Kinsella Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D Kohl MaddocksBrown Foundation

Olivia and Anthony Neece Steven Neu Judith Reichman, MD Dominique R. Shelton Marie H. Song Catharine and Jeffrey Soros Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl Bradley Tabach-Bank and Dee Dee Dorskind Sue Tsao Cynthia Watson, MD and David B. Katzin, MD, PHD Ron Watson Alyce Williamson * Diane Wittenberg and David Minning PRINCIPAL PATRON ($5,000 – $9,999) Elizabeth and Otis Chandler Karla and Richard Chernick Christopher Combs and Charlotte Hughes

Elizabeth and Brack Duker Judy Fiskin June Li Anita Lorber Fran and Ray Stark Foundation / Wendy Stark Morrissey PREMIERE DANCE PATRON ($2,500 – $4,999) Libbie Agran Barry Baker Irene and Stuart Boyd Catherine Cristall Lynne and James DeWitt Jennifer Diener * Gerry Friedman * Susan Friedman * Aliza Lesser Beth and Leslie Michelson Kathy and Michael Moray Jerry Rosenstock Helene Rosenzweig, M.D. I.H. Sutnick Allan and Roslyn Holt Swartz *

Vera Tsai Stuart M. Warren Dean Wong DANCE PATRON ($1,000 – $2,499) Josephine Baurac Dr. Judith F. Blumenthal Lillian Chin Sharon Darnov Leslie and Frederick Gaylord * Nicholas Goldsborough Leonie and Marcy Gross Claire and Robert Heron Christine M. Hessler Freya and Mark Ivener Barbara and Richard Kernochan Vivian Krepack Julie McDonald Patrick Morrow Valeria Rico-Nikolov and Nicholas Nikolov Renae Williams Niles and Greg Niles Ellen Pansky

David R. Pullman Hadley and Lee Rierson Maxine Savitz Sherie and Alan Schneider David Shaw Katya Sussman Laurie Vender and Stephen Halper Daniel and Janice Wallace Marcia and Charles Wasserman Thomas Weinberger Mpambo Wina * Founding Member

JOIN NOW!

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CENTER DANCE ARTS CELEBRATES ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

Welcome!

2009 Tour de Force Gala with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

The Music Center welcomes Charlene Achki-Repko to the Center Dance Arts Board of Directors Achki-Repko is a native Californian and passionate dance enthusiast who retired from an accomplished and dynamic career in publishing. She is proud to champion dance at The Music Center, and along with various industry boards, also serves on the boards of American Dance Movement and Facing History and Ourselves.

2011 Center Dance Arts Gala honoring Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

2017 Post-performance Reception

2019 Ailey Dance Party

2000

CDA is founded in partnership with The Music Center “to create and nurture a unique environment that will make Los Angeles an important center for world-class dance” and begins fundraising and planning for dance presentations at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Glorya Kaufman (center) with (from left) CDA members Renae Williams Niles, Jane Jelenko, Liane Weintraub and Liz Levitt Hirsch.

2003

Dance at The Music Center presents its inaugural season including Dance Theatre of Harlem, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet and the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

2005

CDA supports Dance at The Music Center’s community initiatives including outreach to local dance studios, open rehearsals, student matinees, master classes and residencies in partnership with visiting companies.

2007

CDA supports The Music Center’s co-commission and West Coast Premiere of Slow Dancing by David Michalek, an extraordinary outdoor video installation, free to the public on The Music Center Plaza.

David Michalek’s Slow Dancing on The Music Center Plaza.

2009

The dance series is renamed Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center in honor of a groundbreaking gift from Glorya Kaufman. CDA renews its commitment to provide significant annual funding for the dance series.

2012

CDA is lead sponsor for the commission and World Premiere of L.A. Dance Project under the direction of Benjamin Millepied at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Benjamin Millepied and Natalie Portman at L.A. Dance Project Premiere.

“Congratulations to Center Dance Arts on 20 years of leadership in the dance community! I am delighted that together we work to bring world-class dance to The Music Center, and to shape the landscape of the arts in Los Angeles.”

— Glorya Kaufman 2019

CDA members travel to Edinburgh and London for a curated trip of performances, tours and talks.

Past trips have included Jacob's Pillow, Paris, Argentina, Uruguay, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Havana.

Moves After Dark performance by Contra-Tiempo.

2015

CDA-sponsored The Music Center's Moves After Dark features local dance companies performing in nontraditional spaces on The Music Center campus.

2017

Dance at The Music Center presents the U.S. premiere of Akram Khan's Until the Lions, performed "on location" at Culver Studios.

CDA kicks off its 20th anniversary celebration with a dance season preview brunch at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Member events are designed to be fun and educational, and have featured Misty Copeland, David Hallberg, Diana Vishneva, Kyle Abraham, William Forsythe, Paloma Herrera, Mark Morris and many others.

2020 You're Invited!

SAVE THE DATE for

CENTER DANCE ARTS 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

10/10/2020 POPPY

West Hollywood Nightclub Catharine Soros, Glorya Kaufman, Rachel Moore, Akram Khan, Joy Alpuerto Ritter and collaborators.

cda@musiccenter.org

Join us as we guide the next generation of creative leaders

The Music Center's Spotlight is a year-long arts training and scholarship program open to all high school students in SoCal at no cost. The program provides invaluable guidance and mentorship across seven artistic disciplines.

Contact spotlightsupport@MusicCenter.org or (213) 972-4344 for more information

SAVE THE DATE!

Spotlight Grand Finale Performance Saturday, May 30, 2020 | 7:00 p.m.

The Music Center’s Ahmanson Theatre

Special Host Lindsay Mendez Spotlight Alumna and Tony AwardÂŽ Winner!

DOROTHY B. CHANDLER LEGACY SOCIETY

WAYS TO GIVE • Include a bequest in your will or living trust.

• Create an estate note, an irrevocable pledge against one’s estate.

Help champion the arts for future generations of Angelenos by becoming a member of our Legacy Society.

Many of our donors, like you, have decided to join the Dorothy B. Chandler Legacy Society by making a planned or endowed gift. Legacy gifts help ensure The Music Center will continue to be a renowned performing arts center.

Legacy gifts ensure that Los Angeles will be an epicenter of creativity and that future residents will experience the most compelling and highest quality engagements the world has to offer.

No gift is too big or too small to leave a lasting heritage. Together, we can preserve the inspiration and encouragement that only the arts can provide.

• Create an endowed fund.

• Establish a charitable gift annuity or charitable remainder trust.

• Designate The Music Center as a beneficiary of your retirement plan or life insurance policy.

To learn more about our Legacy Society and ways to meet your charitable goals, contact Cheryl Brown at (213) 972-3316 or cbrown@musiccenter.org

FRIENDS OF TMC ARTS Champion the arts for all by joining Friends of TMC Arts.

Support relevant, engaging arts experiences that deepen the cultural lives of everyone in Los Angeles County and enjoy special access and benefits. Membership begins at $100, and, depending on the level of support, includes: • Priority handling of dance subscriptions; • Passes to member-exclusive technical dance rehearsals; and • The Music Center Arts & Culture perks card.

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Call (213) 972-4349 Visit musiccenter.org/membership Email membership@musiccenter.org Text TMCARTS to 443-21

The Music Center Thanks Its Supporters Donors listed as of February 1st, 2020

INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS $1,000,000 and above Robert J. Abernethy Wallis Annenberg Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation Terri and Jerry Kohl The Ring-Miscikowski Foundation / The Ring Foundation / Cindy Miscikowski Merle and Peter Mullin Marie and Mimi Song $100,000–$999,999 Judy and Tom Beckmen Helen and Peter Bing Louise and John Bryson Field Family Foundation Helen Funai Erickson Kiki and David Gindler Dr. Susan E. Kendall Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D Kohl Marla and Cary Lefton Jody and David Lippman Barbara and Joel Marcus Rachel Moore and Rob Ryan Chad Olsen and Brian Duck The Estate of Joyce Rabinov Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Fredric Roberts Wendy and Ken Ruby Howard Sherman and Gregg Houston Lisa Specht Marc and Eva Stern Foundation Walter Ulloa and Alexandra Seros Dietrich Gene Wagner Alyce Williamson $50,000–$99,999 Pamela and Dennis Beck Jane Centofante Charlotte and Leslie Moore Foundation Edgerton Foundation Marcia Israel Foundation Beth and Leslie Michelson Tina and Jerry Moss Rose and Michael Pagano Allison and Richard Roeder Kurt and Susan Wegleitner

$25,000–$49,999 Kathy and Charles Adams Dr. Martin Balser * Stuart and Rebecca Bowne Valentine and Jonathan Gelman Lee Graff Foundation Gloria and Glen Holden Stefanie Kane / YourCause LLC Trustee / PricewaterhouseCoopers LSMK Investments Darrell Douglas Miller Teresita and Shelby Notkin The Estate of Robert W. Olsen Cynthia M. Patton Karen Kay Platt and Lawrence B. Platt Lisa See and Richard Kendall Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl Wendy and Jay Wintrob $10,000–$24,999 Donna M. Altmann Maria V. Altmann Foundation Jane Arnault-Factor Jill Baldauf and Steven Grossman Susan Baumgarten JoAnn and Wayland Bourne Claire and Brad Brian Maynard and Linda Brittan/ Traub-Brittan Family Foundation Dwight Broadneax and Greg Moesser Darrell R. Brown Walter and Ruth Chameides Ana and Robert Cook Joan A. Friedman, PhD and Robert N. Braun, MD Homeira and Arnold Goldstein Hany G. Haddad Mira Hashmall, Esq. Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej Liz Levitt Hirsch Darryl Holter and Carole Shammas Jane Jelenko Randi and Richard Jones Suzanne and Richard Kayne Carol and Patrick Kinsella Kenneth Lipper

Cathy and Mark Louchheim MaddocksBrown Foundation Barbara and Buzz McCoy Olivia and Anthony Neece Steven W. Neu Judith Reichman, MD Charlene Achki-Repko Joseph Rice Dominique Shelton Catharine and Jeffrey Soros Matthew J. Spence Fran and Ray Stark Foundation / Wendy Stark Morrissey Bradley Tabach-Bank and Dee Dee Dorskind Sally and James Thomas Sue Tsao Elinor and Rubin Turner Cynthia Watson, MD and David B. Katzin, MD, PHD The Estate of Ron Watson The Wetsman Foundation / Janis and William Wetsman Diane Wittenberg and David Minning Rosalind Wyman $5,000–$9,999 Beverly and Frank Arnstein Rosanna Hirshon Bogart Elizabeth and Otis Chandler Richard and Karla Chernick Christopher Combs and Charlotte Hughes Alice and Joseph Coulombe Elizabeth and Brack Duker Maxine Dunitz Maude and Richard Ferry Judy Fiskin Lisa and Andrew Gilford Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, MD Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald Carl W. Large June Li LLWW Foundation Anita Lorber Robert and Maureen Lucas Family Foundation Nigel Lythgoe

Nancy and Patrick McCabe Diane G. Medina The Albert Parvin Foundation Elizabeth Samson Frank J. Sherwood Performing Arts Fund Steven C. and Jennifer M. Walske / Walske Charitable Foundation Dennis Wasser and Ruth Roberts Wasser Aviva Weiner and Paulino Fontes Robert Willett $1,000–$4,999 Gay and Harry Abrams Libbie Agran Keith and Ingrid Agre Dean V. Ambrose The Baltimore Family Fund Howard Banchik Susan Brauneiss and Marc Gamsin Mary Jane Boggs Barger Josephine Baurac Maralee Beck and Andrew Safir June and Paul Bilgore Debra and Norris Bishton Yvonne Bogdanovich Pauline and Glenn Boghosian Lynn A. Booth Irene and Stuart Boyd Geri Brawerman Lynne M. O. Brickner Kimaada Brown Debbie and Jim Burrows C&R Newman Family Foundation Dannielle Campos Emily Carino Marcy Carsey Fanya Carter Estate of Maurice and Jane Cattani Lillian Chin Marjore Chronister Annie Chu Pamela and V. Shannon Clyne Jane and Lawrence Cohen Barry and Janet Cooper Catherine Cristall Alison Bryan Crowell and Richard Crowell

THE MUSIC CENTER SUPPORTERS

$1,000–$4,999 cont.

Suzanne Crowell Louisa and Stuart Cushman Mary Levin Cutler Sharon Darnov Eunice David Nancy and Donald de Brier Lynne and James DeWitt Jennifer Diener Laura Donnelley Dody Dorn and Kevin Hughes Malsi Doyle and Michael R. Forman Betty J. Dranow Suzanne Dworak-Peck, LCSW MegAnn and Craig Ellis The Estate of Lois Erburu Pun'kin's Feiman Family Foundation Nanette and Burton Forester Harold Frankl Gerry Friedman Susan Friedman Diane Futterman Louise Grant Garland Constance and John Gavin Frederick and Leslie Gaylord Susan and David Gersh Allen and Renee Gilbert Nicholas Goldsborough Elaine Goldsmith Julie and Bruce Goldsmith Helen Gordon Louis Goren The Lenore and Bernard Greenberg Fund Marcy Gross Laura C. Guthman Lisa and Steven Hansen Jeanne and Michael Harris Betty Hayman Diane J. Henderson Claire and Robert Heron Christine M. Hessler Katinka and Eugene Holt Louise Horvitz Joan and John F. Hotchkis Virginia Huey Ingrid and Frederic Ingram Jane Ann Jackson Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D. Michael and Lois Jacobs Daniel Jaffe and Cynthia Monaco Louise and Thomas Jones Ruth M. Jones Mary Ann Rosenfeld Kadish and Sheldon Kadish Barbara and Richard Kernochan

Nadine and Robert Kirkpatrick Joanne Kozberg Robin Kramer Vivian Krepack Grace Latt Andrea Layne Betty and Maury Leonard The Leslie and Jack Kavanaugh Foundation Aliza and Mike Lesser Barbara Levinson Dr. Melvyn Lewis Leigh Lindsey and Andrew Blaine Joanne and Ethan Lipsig Ellen and Mark Lipson Anslyene Lloyd Marlene and Sandy Louchheim Elizabeth and Robert Lowe Kirk Luetkehans Alfred E Mann Family Foundation Claudia and Michael Margolis Pauline Marks James and Laura Maslon Denise McCain-Tharnstrom Julie McDonald Janis B. McEldowney Beth McGlynn and James Zapp Irene Mecchi Linda and Sheldon Mehr Raylene and Bruce Meyer Carolyn Miller Patricia Miller Vibiana Molina Kathy and Michael Moray Patrick Morrow Carol and Jerry Muchin David and Angella Nazarian Chris and Richard Newman Valeria Rico-Nikolov and Nicholas Nikolov Renae Williams Niles and Greg Niles Michael I. Nissman Annette and Peter O'Malley Alan Oppenheimer Ellen Pansky Sharon Patrick Michael and Susan Patzakis Cheryl Petersen and Roger Lustberg Janet Petersen Mary Petit and Eleanor Torres Nina and Leo Pircher Daniel J. Pocapalia The Present Family Foundation Carol Swanson Price Marilyn and Allen Pucket David Richard Pullman

Ina Lee Ramer Rollin A. Ransom Esq Suzanne and Frederic Rheinstein Hadley and Lee Rierson Ricki and Marvin Ring Rosemary Ringwald Debbie Rodin Ann and Robert Ronus Kaitlyn R. Wuensch Melissa Rosenberg and Lev Spiro Jerry Rosenstock Barbara and Peter Rosenthal Helene Rosenzweig, M.D. Susan and Marvin Rothenberg Thomas Safran Ariane and Lionel Sauvage Maxine Savitz Mariette and Alexander Sawchuk Sherie and Alan Schneider Sandra and Vin Scully Joan and Arnold Seidel Stanley E. Sellers, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. P.K. Shah David Shaw Bonnie Sherman Laura and William Siart Muriel F. Siebert Foundation Margarete Sikand Rosemary Simmons Rosa and Robert Sinnott Shani Berko Smolens Lucerne Snipes Elliot Stahler Eugene and Marilyn Stein Family Foundation Richard Stone and Marjorie Bender Katya and David Sussman I.H. Sutnick Philip A. Swan Allan and Roslyn Holt Swartz Thornton Foundation Karen Todman Reva and William Tooley Alex Trebek Vera Tsai Laurie Vender and Stephen Halper Catalina Joos Vergara Gillian and John Wagner Daniel and Janice Wallace Stuart M. Warren Hope Warschaw Marcia and Charles Wasserman Ph.D. Thomas Weinberger and Leslie Vermut Bill and Susan Weintraub

Sheila and Wally Weisman Luanne Wells Robert Allan White Leilani J. Wilmore Mpambo Wina Dean Wong Ellen and Arnold Zetcher And those who wish to remain anonymous *

Deceased

The Music Center strives to acknowledge all of our supporters appropriately. If your name has been misspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Advancement Office at (213) 972-3362.

The Music Center Thanks Its Supporters Donors listed as of February 1st, 2020

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS $1,000,000 and above The Ahmanson Foundation The Annenberg Foundation Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions County of Los Angeles The Ring-Miscikowski Foundation / The Ring Foundation / Cindy Miscikowski The Rose Hills Foundation $100,000–$999,999 Bank of America / Dannielle Campos Dorothy Buffum Chandler Program Fund The James Irvine Foundation The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation S. Mark Taper Foundation W. M. Keck Foundation Wells Fargo Bank / Joseph Rice $50,000–$99,999 Entravision Communications Corporation / Walter F. Ulloa Max H. Gluck Foundation Moss Foundation The Music Center Foundation $25,000–$49,999 The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation The Capital Group Companies / Kimaada Brown California Arts Council City National Bank / Michael Pagano Costa de Oro Television City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation YourCause LLC Trustee PricewaterhouseCoopers / Stefanie Kane KPMG LLP / Greg Geyer The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Los Angeles County Dept. of Arts and Culture National Endowment for the Arts Socius Group, LLC Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP U.S. Bank / Carl Jordan

$10,000–$24,999 All About the 360, Inc. / Think Jam Inc. Amgen Foundation / Cynthia M. Patton Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Colburn Foundation Fox Rothschild LLP / Darrell D. Miller The Grand HUB International Insurance Services, Inc. The Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation The Louis and Harold Price Foundation The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation Macy's Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Shay Family Foundation The Sidley Austin Foundation Union Bank I.N. and Susanna H. Van Nuys Foundation $5,000–$9,999 Capital Research & Management Co. / Michael Stockton Chevron Corporation Cigna Edison International Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc.

Kaiser Permanente Korean Cultural Center Sidney Stern Memorial Trust $1,000–$4,999 Alphonse Burnand and Charles Partridge Scholarship Trust Harold and Nadine Davidson Foundation Harold Davidson & Associates, Inc. Gladys Turk Foundation Morrison & Foerster Foundation Probity International Corp.

Rodriguez, Horii, Choi & Cafferata LLP See's Candies, Inc. And those who wish to remain anonymous

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS, Second District; SHEILA J. KUEHL, Third District; KATHRYN BARGER, Fifth District, Chair; HILDA L. SOLIS, First District; and JANICE HAHN, Fourth District