TPA Program: The Book of Life, MOMIX: Alice

Woman Cultural Centre (Rwanda) and Volcano (Canada)

The Book of Life

OCT 1 | MCCULLOUGH THEATRE

MOMIX: Alice

SEP 20 | BASS CONCERT HALL

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The Book of Life

Acclaimed writer and activist Kiki Katese takes to the stage with The Women Drummers of Rwanda in a performance filled with music and hope.

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MOMIX: Alice

“MOMIX’s Alice fills the stage with a marvelously dizzying flow of physical activities and illusions amid expansive, artful projections.”

— Wall Street Journal

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McCullough Theatre

Woman Cultural Centre (Rwanda) and Volcano (Canada) The Book of Life

Playwright / Performer / Co-creator: Gakire Katese Odile “Kiki”

Director / Co-creator: Ross Manson

The Women Drummers of Rwanda:

Kamariza Mediatrice

Mukeshimana Alphonsine

Mukamugema Chantal

Mukanyandwi Claudine

Musabyemariya Christine

Nyinawimbabazi Claudine

Uwamriya Clementine

Uwintije Clementine

A Note from the Producers: Because the global arts world is asymmetrical with respect to funding access, there is often a basic inequity in North/South partnerships. Volcano (Canada), and the Woman Cultural Centre (Rwanda), are pioneering an Asymmetric Co-production agreement based on transparency and shared agency. We would like to make this available to other producers. If you’re interested, reach us at info@volcano.ca.

Visual Animation Designer / Operator: Kristine White

Animation Designer: Sean Frey

Composer: Mutangana Moise

Producers / Production / Design: Kaitlin Hickey & Patrick Lavender

Translator and Visuals Assistant: Katese Aurore

Tour Company Manager: Kafi Pierre

Assistant Director: Abigail Whitney

Set Construction: Tuyizere Ernest, Kigali Rwanda

General Manager: Ray Bramble

Supported, in part, by the Topfer Endowment for Performing Arts Production and the Z. T. Scott Family Endowment for the Performing Arts.

Media Sponsor: KAZI

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DIRECTOR’S NOTE

Merriam Webster defines Serendipity as: “The faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.”

When I first travelled to Rwanda in 2008, I was keenly aware of Canada’s complicity in a global and wilful blindness to an unfolding genocide that had happened just over a decade earlier. Like many Canadians, I had learned of my own country’s failure to act through UN peacekeeping General Romeo Dallaire’s insistence on speaking out. He was our witness to the perils of ignorance and inaction. Western complicity, and a colonial eugenics program that ran for most of the 20th century in Rwanda before independence, had generated the most horrific imaginable consequences. Groups that had been more sociopolitical than racial, had been pitted by Europeans against one another over decades of toxic misinformation, forced labour, the introduction of identity cards, and racial favouritism based entirely on fiction. All of this was foremost in my mind.

It was in Kigali, at a coffee shop in the centre of the city, that Serendipity, like an agent of fate, put another theatre artist, Kiki Katese, in front of me. Kiki and I have had a long and productive artistic relationship ever since. We have invited each other to our respective countries to teach, to perform and to create. We have been doing this now for well over a decade. The Book of Life spans this entire time. It is a project that has taken many forms for her: short films, a book, a national letter-writing campaign, and now a play. The wisdom of it, of Kiki, of the women drummers who have been so integral to the construction of this project – this wisdom is a light, a beacon for the rest of the world, as we all peer ahead into an uncertain future. Kiki’s artmaking is, in fact, a valuable and agreeable thing.

In The Book of Life there’s an opportunity to re-invent things, to dream, to try to undo, and to propose, for a moment, another point of view, another way of revisiting the past… it’s like a ceremonial way to just rehabilitate life.

– Odile Gakire Katese

COMPANY BIOS

Gakire Katese Odile “Kiki”, as she herself describes it, is a professional dreamer and a woman of firsts. She is a Rwandan playwright, director and cultural entrepreneur. Among her many accomplishments in Rwanda are the first women’s drumming company (Ingoma Nshya, Women Initiatives), the first professional contemporary dance company (Amizero Dance Kompagnie), the first international festival (Festival Arts Azimuts), the first national festival in Rwanda (Rwanda Drum Festival), the first co-op ice cream store (Inzozi Nziza – Sweet Dreams) and the first recipient of the League of Professional Theatre Women’s Rosamond Gilder/Martha Coigney International Award. Kiki is a grand person with a warm, generous, insightful outlook on life. She has a vision that is a long one, of how art will heal and inspire her country.

Kiki is the founding director of Rwanda Professional Dreamers and is currently working on Mumataha, Remember Me and The Book of Life. More than projects related to the commemoration of the 1994 genocide, they are a dressing of wounds and come to lessen the sounds of tears and sorrow and to accompany the dead and the living on their respective journeys.

Women Drummers of Rwanda (Ingoma Nshya)

For centuries in Rwanda, drumming was an activity reserved exclusively for men. Women were not permitted to touch the drums or even approach the drummers.

In 2004, Gakire Katese Odile, “Kiki”, created the first-ever Rwandan female drumming ensemble, Ingoma Nshya – which is Kinyarwanda for ‘New Drum’ or ‘New Power’. After the near collapse of Rwanda in the wake of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis, a group of women decided it was time for a change, for the sake of the country, and, in particular, for the sake of its girls and women.

Ingoma Nshya is a visionary grass roots project with multiple goals – healing, reconciliation, women’s social and financial empowerment, and artistic excellence. For the women, the group has been a place to begin to live again, to build new relationships, to heal the wounds of the past.

For these women, culture is a driving force that allows them to emerge from the devastation of genocide, and to create a new future.

Ingoma Nshya is now a company of 20 professional drummers –together, they are a potent symbol of a society’s ability to heal, move forward, and create hope.

Find out more at ingomanshya.org or womanculturalcentre.com

Volcano, Canada

Volcano is a Toronto-based live performance creation company. It works adventurously, collaboratively, and with an eye to making art that transcends borders, boundaries and orthodoxies. A push for equity, racial justice and human well-being is critically important to Volcano. It is specifically mandated to be inclusive, and to diversify its sector through mentoring, training and representation. In its nearly

28-year history it has explored a wide-range of ethical terrains using opera, theatre, and crossdisciplinary performance, and toured productions to three continents. It has received over 70 awards or nominations at local, national and international levels. Its shows include Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha, Century Song, White Rabbit Red Rabbit, Goodness, and many others.

Volcano’s goal is to make the world a more resilient, just and caring place through imagination, action, respect for one another and through the art it supports.

Find out more at volcano.ca

Ross Manson, Director

Ross Manson is an award-winning director, and the founding artistic director of Volcano, an internationally acclaimed theatre company based in Toronto. Volcano is an independent, concept-driven company characterized by multidisciplinarity and collaboration across intersectional identities. Ross’s shows for Volcano have toured to three continents, and won or been nominated for over seventy local, national and international awards. He has directed for theatres across Canada and around the world, including: the Canadian Stage Company; the Tarragon theatre; Luminato Festival; the Traverse Theatre Scotland; LiteraturFest Berlin; PS122 New York; the National Svenska Theatre, Helsinki, and the Edinburgh International Festival, among many others. Award recognition includes Toronto Theatre Dora awards as a director, a writer, and a producer; the KM Hunter award in Theatre; and short lists for the Siminovitch

National Directing award (twice); the Ontario Premiere’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the Toronto Arts Foundation Cultural Leadership Award.

Kristine White, Visual Animation Designer

Kristine White is a multidisciplinary artist who works with visual and performance arts practices in collaboration with theatremakers, musicians, dancers and communities. Shadow puppetry and projection are a focus of her current practise. Her work has been supported by grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, and Kingston Arts Council. Kristine has worked for national and international theatre companies designing puppets, props, and costumes, led mask and puppet-making workshops, and facilitated communitybased creative activities.

Kaitlin Hickey, Producer / Designer

Her design work has been seen on stages across Canada and Internationally. Working with Volcano Theatre since 2014, she has been a part of the Book of Life team since 2019. Recent selected credits include: Set & Lighting Design, Wildfire (Factory Theatre), Set & Lighting Design, Miss Caledonia (Regina Globe Theatre), Set & Lighting Design, Supper Club (Resource Centre for the Arts, NL); Lighting Design, Is

My Microphone On? (Canadian Stage); Lighting Design: Controlled Damage (Neptune Theatre), Set Design: Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools (Buddies in Bad Times,

Edinburgh International Festival); Production Design: Empire

Trilogy: Four Sisters (Paradigm Productions); Set Design: Noor, (Generous Friend, Aga Khan Museum); Lighting & Set Design: Knives in Hens (Coal Mine Theatre), Lighting Design: The Children’s Republic (Belfry Theatre). Nominated for multiple Dora Mavor Moore awards and the recipient of the Robert Merritt Award for outstanding lighting design.

Patrick Lavender, Producer / Designer Patrick began working with Volcano Theatre in 2014.  Since then, working with volcano on over 5 productions, he has been given the opportunity to travel as a theatre ambassador and learn from artist in many remote and fascinating communities.  These experiences will last a lifetime, and he is forever grateful. For Volcano Theatre: co-design and production for The Book of Life;  production manager and associate lighting designer for Century Song (2014 - 2018);  production manager and assistant video design for The Four Horsemen Project;  production manager and lighting design for Waiting for Godot. Patrick has received 4 Dora Mavor Moore awards for his design work in Canadian Theatre. His work has been seen internationally some career highlights include: The Edinburgh International Festival, World Stage Design in Taipei, Nova Scena in Prague, Jaffa Fest in Tel Aviv, Spoleto Festival USA, Luminato Festival in Toronto.

Kafi Pierre, Tour Company Manager

Kafi Pierre has been involved in

the Arts professionally for over 20 years. She has held roles as a Producer, Artistic Director, Creative Director, Company Manager, Artistic Consultant, and Production Coordinator with toptier international organizations.   She has a graduate certificate in arts administration and cultural management and has performed and taught in over 100 cities across five continents.  As you can see from her resume, Kafi has worked with industry legends like Franco Dragone and  Ron Kellum, in all aspects of performing arts, including arts administration, production management, strategic brand management, writing, directing, choreography, acting, coaching, set design, costuming and backstage management. After 12 years of dancing on Broadway and  Cirque du Soleil stages, Kafi joined Cirque Du Soleil as an Associate Artistic Director, touring North America for 2 years. As a company manager, she has worked for Fall for Dance North and as a producer, Ms. Pierre has worked for Danceworks, Luminato Festival, Reelworld Film Festival and is currently the Creative Producer for Season 2 of Canada’s Got Talent.

Abigail Whitney, Assistant Director

Abigail Whitney is an actor, film and theatre director, and an international fashion model. Her first tv credit includes playing Moonshadow, a superhero on Amazon’s The Boys. She won Best Stage Director for her theatre directorial debut at UofT’s Drama Coalition Awards and Audience Choice Award for her second work

as a theatre director at UofT’s Drama Festival. She’s modeled across Canada and abroad in national and international magazines. She’s featured in Covergirl, Sephora, Sirens, Lululemon campaigns and more. Her debut short film Seule that she independently wrote, produced and directed is airing on CBC Gem. She is independently writing and directing her next short film.

Katese Aurore, Translator & Visuals Assistant Katese Aurore has been working with Ingoma Nshya and the Woman Cultural Centre since 2019 when she collaborated in the production of a day event celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of Ingoma Nshya in Kigali. She has been assisting with administrative and financial work, with logistics and communication. In 2022, she joined the team of “The Book of Life” as a producer and a translator as they performed in Rwanda and in Scotland at the Edinburgh International Festival and at Clifton Street Festival. In 2023, she will also be working as the project manager of “Gira Ingoma – One Drum per Girl”, a program ensuring artistic education for girls in ten primary and secondary schools in Huye district. She is the next generation of Ingoma Nshya as she is taking over the legacy.

MOMIX: Alice

Founder & Artistic Director: Moses Pendleton

Associate Director: Cynthia Quinn with Orla Baxendale, Heather Conn, Nathaniel Davis, Derek Elliott Jr., Hailey Green, Seah Hagan, Aurelie Garcia, and Adam Ross

Assisted By: Anthony Bocconi, Beau Campbell, Jennifer Chicheportiche, Samantha Chiesa, Heather Conn, Gregory De Armond, Jonathan Eden, Matt Giordano, Seah Hagan, Hannah Klinkman, Sean Langford, Heather Magee, Sarah Nachbauer, Jade Primicias, Rebecca Rasmussen, Colton Wall, and Jason Williams

Production Manager & Lighting Supervisor: Woodrow F. Dick III

Technical Crew: Alexa Denney, Lily Fontes

Lighting Design: Michael Korsch

Music Collage: Moses Pendleton

Music Editing: Andrew Hanson

Video Design: Woodrow F. Dick, III

Spider Puppet Design: Michael Curry

Costume Design: Phoebe Katzin

Costume Construction: Phoebe Katzin & Beryl Taylor

Ballet Mistress: Victoria Mazzarelli

Research Consultant: Philip Holland

Communications Manager: Quinn Pendleton

Company Manager: Paula Budetti Burns

Supported, in part, by the Topfer Endowment for Performing Arts Production and the Z. T. Scott Family Endowment for the Performing Arts.

This production of Alice has been funded, in part, by a contribution from Next Move Dance.

Media Sponsor: Austin PBS | KUT-FM | Do512 Family

ALICE PROGRAM NOTE

Travel down the rabbit hole MOMIXstyle with Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, Alice, inspired by Alice in Wonderland. As Alice’s body grows and shrinks and grows again, MOMIX dancers extend themselves by means of props, ropes, and other dancers. “We don’t intend to retell the whole Alice story,” he says, “but to use it as a taking off point for invention. I’m curious to see what will emerge, and I’m getting curiouser and curiouser the more I learn about Lewis Carroll. I share his passion for photography and his proclivity for puns.” The Alice story is full of imagery and absurd logic—before there was Surrealism, there was Alice. Alice is an invitation to invent, to let the imagination run wild. “Go Ask Alice”, sang Grace Slick in White Rabbit—she also said, “feed your head.” Pendleton continues, “You can see why I think Alice is a natural fit for MOMIX and an opportunity for us to extend our reach. We want to take this show into places we haven’t been before in terms of the fusion of dance, lighting, music, costumes, and projected imagery. Our puns are visual, not verbal. It’s not modern dance, it’s MOMIX—under the spell of Lewis Carroll, who was under the spell of Alice—who was still learning to spell.” As with every MOMIX production, you never quite know what you are going to get. Hopefully, audiences will be taken on a journey that is both magical, mysterious, fun, eccentric, and much more. As Alice falls down the rabbit hole and experiences every kind of transformation, we invite you to follow her. We see

Alice as an invitation to invent, to dream, to alter the way we perceive the world, to open it to new possibilities. The stage is our rabbit hole, we welcome you to drop in!”

-Moses Pendleton, Artistic Director

‘Would you tell me, please. which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.”

“I don’t much care where -” “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”

– Lewis Carroll

Photo by Sharen Bradford

ACT ONE: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

A Summer Day

Alice Down the Rabbit Hole

Pool of Tears

A Trip of Rabbits

The Tweedles

The Cheshire Cat

Advice from a Blue Caterpillar

The Lobster Quadrille

Mad Hatters

The Queen of Diamonds

The Queen of Clubs Versus The Queen of Spades

The Mad Queen of Hearts

Cracked Mirrors

- Intermission -

ACT TWO: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

There is Another Shore Into the Woods

The Wolf-Spied-Her

Looking Through Stained Glass

Garden of Molar Bears & Other Creatures

The Mock Turtle Deflated

Trial of the Fallen Cards

Bed of Roses

Go Ask Alice

Photo by Equilibre Monaco

ALICE SOUNDTRACK

Des Chapeaux dans les Lapins by Odezenne: Alix Calliet, Jacques Cormary, and Matthia Lucchini, SDRM

Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks, Womb Duvet by Origamibiro: Tom Hill, Andy Tytherleigh, and The Joy of Box, Two Thousand and Eleven Ribbon Music

Faster and Faster by Tony Kinsey, KMP LTD

Fortress of Doors, Fungiferous Flora, Skool Daze, Falling Down the Rabbit Hole by Chris Vrenna & Mark Blasquez, Almo/Pink Lava

Taal Se Taal by Alka Yagnik & Udit Narayan: A.R. Rahman & Anand Bakshi, Tips Industry Music Publishing

The Cheshire Cat by Danny Elfman, Wonderland Music Company

Restless by Sounds from the Ground: Nick Woolfson & Eliot Jones, Sherlock Holmes Music LTD

The Lobster Quadrille by Franz Ferdinand: Alexander Huntley, Nick McCarthy, Paul Thompson, and Robert Hardy, Universal Polygram Intl.

Mexicali, Jacquadi by Polo and Pan: Paul Armand-Delille & Alexandre Grynszpan, EOS

1977 by Ana Tijoux, BMG

Don’t Worry, We’ll Be Watching You, Smoke and Mirrors by Gotye: Wouter De Backer, Songs of Kobalt Music

Prologue/Cherry Ripe by Richard Hartley, He Pro Tunes, Inc.

The Sea by Joey Pecoraro, Rough Trade Songs

Divine Moments of Truth by Shpongle: Simon James Posford & Raja Ram, Twisted Music LTD

Requiem by House Made of Dawn, Arcane Creative Publishing

2 Songar (Two Songs) II Vogguvis (Lullaby) by Jon Leifs, Iceland Music

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Indifferent Universe, Liminalidad, Espera by Lucrecia Dalt, RVNG Intl.

White Rabbit words and music by Grace Wing Slick, Irving Music, Inc. (on behalf of Copperpenny Music)

Perpetuum Mobile by Simon Jeffes, Daniel Myer, Barbara Thompson, and Dejan Samardzic, Editions Penguin Cafe LTD.

Photo by Sharen Bradford

ABOUT THE COMPANY

MOMIX, a company of dancerillusionists founded and directed by Moses Pendleton, has been presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty for more than 40 years. From its base in Washington, Connecticut, the company has developed a devoted worldwide following. In addition to stage performances, MOMIX has also worked in film and television, as well as corporate advertising, with national commercials for Hanes and Target, and presentations for Mercedes-Benz, Fiat, and Pirelli. With performances on PBS’s “Dance in America” series, France’s Antenne II, and Italian RAI television, the company’s repertory has been beamed to 55 countries. The Rhombus Media film of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with MOMIX and the Montreal Symphony was the winner of an International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special. MOMIX was also featured in IMAGINE, one of the first 3-D IMAX films released in IMAX theaters worldwide.

MOMIX dancers Cynthia Quinn and Karl Baumann, under Moses Pendleton’s direction, played the role of “Bluey” in the feature film F/X2, and White Widow, co-choreographed by Pendleton and Quinn, was featured in Robert Altman’s movie The Company. With nothing more than light, shadow, fabric, props, and the human body, MOMIX continues to astonish and delight audiences on five continents.

WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY

Moses Pendleton (Artistic Director) has been one of America’s most innovative and widely performed choreographers and directors for almost 50 years. A cofounder of the groundbreaking Pilobolus Dance Theater in 1971, he formed his own company, MOMIX, with Alison Chase in 1980. Mr. Pendleton has also worked extensively in film, TV, and opera and as a choreographer for ballet companies and special events.

Mr. Pendleton was born and raised on a dairy farm in Northern Vermont. His earliest experiences as a showman came from exhibiting his family’s dairy cows at the Caledonian County Fair. He received his BA in English Literature from Dartmouth College in 1971. Pilobolus began touring immediately, and the group shot to fame in the 1970s, performing on Broadway under the sponsorship of Pierre Cardin, touring internationally, and appearing in PBS’s Dance in America and Great Performances series. By the end of the decade, Mr. Pendleton had begun to work

outside of Pilobolus, performing in and serving as principal choreographer for the Paris Opera’s Intégrale Erik Satie in 1979 and choreographing the Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid in 1980. In that same year, he created MOMIX, which rapidly established an international reputation for inventive and often illusionistic choreography. The troupe has now been creating new work under his direction and touring worldwide for four decades.

Mr. Pendleton has also been active as a performer and choreographer for other companies. He staged Picabia’s Dadaist ballet Relâche for the Paris Opera Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet, and Tutuguri, based on the writings of Artaud, for the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He created the role of the Fool for Yuri Lyubimov’s production of Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina at La Scala, choreographed Rameau’s Platée for the U.S. Spoleto Festival, and contributed choreography to Lina Wertmuller’s production of Carmen at the Munich State Opera. Mr. Pendleton has created new works for the Arizona Ballet and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and he teamed up with Danny Ezralow and David Parsons, both former MOMIX dancers, to choreograph

AEROS with the Romanian National Gymnastics Team. Most recently, Mr. Pendleton choreographed

The Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva and 50 ballerinas, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Mr. Pendleton’s film and television work include the feature film F/X2 with Cynthia Quinn, Moses Pendleton Presents Moses Pendleton for ABC ARTS

cable (winner of a CINE Golden Eagle award), and Pictures at an Exhibition with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony, which received an International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special in 1991. Mr. Pendleton has also made music videos with Prince, Julian Lennon, and Cathy Dennis, among others.

Mr. Pendleton is an avid photographer whose work has been presented in Rome, Milan, Florence, and Aspen. Images of the sunflower plantings at his home in northwestern Connecticut have been featured in numerous books and articles on gardening. He is the subject of Salto di Gravita by Lisavetta Scarbi (1999), and his photographs accompany the sixteen cantos of Phil Holland’s The Dance Must Follow (2015), which takes Mr. Pendleton’s own creative process as its subject.

Mr. Pendleton was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1977. He was a recipient of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Governor’s Award in 1998. He received the Positano Choreographic Award in 1999 and the 2002 American Choreography Award for his contributions to choreography for film and television. In 2010, Mr. Pendleton received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (HDFA) from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he delivered the commencement address. In 2021, Mr. Pendleton received an Honorary Doctor of Arts from his alma mater, Dartmouth College for his lifetime contribution to the arts.

Cynthia Quinn (Associate Director) grew up in Southern California. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Riverside and continued there as an Associate in Dance for five years. As a member of Pilobolus in the 1980s, she performed on Broadway and throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Israel, and Japan, and she collaborated on the choreography of Day Two, Elegy for the Moment, Mirage, What Grows in Huygens Window and Stabat Mater. Ms. Quinn began performing with MOMIX in 1983 and has toured worldwide with the company. She has appeared in numerous television programs and music videos, and has assisted Moses Pendleton in the choreography of Pulcinella for the Ballet Nancy in France, Tutuguri for the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Platée for the Spoleto Festival USA, Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel in New York, AccorDION for the Zurich-Volksbuhne Theatre, Carmen for the Munich State Opera, as well as Opus Cactus for the Arizona Ballet and Noir Blanc for the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. She has also appeared as a guest artist with the Ballet Théâtre Française de Nancy, the Deutsche Oper Berlin Ballet,

and the Munich State Opera, as well as international galas in Italy, France, and Japan. Ms. Quinn made her film debut as “Bluey” (a role she shared with Karl Baumann) in F/X2. She was a featured performer in the Emmy Award-winning Pictures at an Exhibition with the Montreal Symphony and has also appeared in the 3D IMAX film IMAGINE. Ms. Quinn is a board member of the Nutmeg Conservatory in Torrington, Conn., and is on the advisory board of Torrington’s Susan B. Anthony Project. She was featured with Ru Paul and k.d. lang for M.A.C. Cosmetics’ “Fashion Cares” benefit in Toronto and Vancouver. Ms. Quinn is co-choreographer of “White Widow,” which is featured prominently in Robert Altman’s The Company. Ms. Quinn was also featured in the film “First Born,” with Elisabeth Shue. Most recently, she co-choreographed The Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Her most rewarding and challenging role, however, has been as a mother to her daughter, Quinn Elisabeth.

Órla Baxendale (Dancer) is originally from Lancashire, UK where she trained and competed in Irish Dancing from a very early age. Her love of dance led her to train at Northern Ballet Academy and Elmhurst Ballet School. In 2018 she moved to New York to train as a scholarship student at The Ailey School. Since graduating, Órla has performed professionally across the UK and United States in various styles including Contemporary Dance, Classical Ballet and Musical Theatre as well as Film/TV and Live Stage Productions. She has worked for NYFW, H&M, Coach and Commodity Fragrances, and danced at The Choreographers Carnival. She was cast in the World Premiere production of Romeo and Juliet for Sir Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Company, and also performed as Juliet for Women In Dance’s Romeo and Juliet - The Choice. Most recently, Órla performed in the show English with an Accent at Lincoln Center in New York City. She is a soon to be certified Pilates Teacher, and works as a Performance Entertainer across the Tri-State Area. Órla joined MOMIX in June 2023!

Heather Conn (Dancer) is originally from New York. She attended the Long Island High School for the Arts as a dance major and holds a BFA in dance from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Additionally, she has trained with the Joffrey Ballet School, the Bolshoi Ballet, and the Boston Conservatory, among others. Heather has performed professionally across the United States and beyond, in contemporary dance, musical theater, film, and live production art. She has performed in such notable venues as Radio City Music Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Apollo Theater, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Folies Bergere in Paris, France. Heather has danced for Nickerson-Rossi Dance, Schoen Movement Company, and The Orsano Project as assistant to Phil Orsano. She was given a leading role in Busch Gardens Christmastown production of their show Miracles. She performs for TEN31 Productions as a “living art” performer at events, as well as the live arts company Moving On. Heather is featured in the published photography book Dance Across the USA by Jonathan Givens, as a dancer representing the state of New York. She is a certified Yoga teacher, a certified Animal Flow® instructor, and an Essential Oil Specialist.

Heather has a passion for healing and is an advocate for social justice, wildlife, and the Earth. Heather joined MOMIX in 2018.

Nathaniel Davis (Dance Captain) was born in Toronto, Canada, and started his training at the age of seventeen. He attended the New World School of the Arts college graduating cum laude in 2015 with a BFA in dance. He has previously worked with the Peter London Dance Company in Miami, Florida, and Artichoke Dance Company in Brooklyn, New York. He has performed works by Robert Battle, Daniel Ulbricht, George Balanchine, Jose Limon, Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones, and Darshan Bueller. Nathaniel joined MOMIX in 2017.

to train with Trinette Singleton, Julia A. Mayo, TImothy Cowart, and Angela Sigley Grossman, and had the opportunity to perform excerpts from Paul Taylor’s Cloven Kingdom restaged by Annmaria Mazzini. More recently, Derek worked with Luis Villabon as an Offstage Cover and Swing in A Chorus Line at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Apart from dancing and acting, Derek holds a Black Belt in Traditional Karate, Jeet Kune Do, and Lee Jun Fan Gung Fu, and has an International Certification in Parkour. Derek loves and thanks his family for their undying support. Derek joined MOMIX in August 2022.

Derek Elliott, Jr. (Dancer) is a recent graduate of DeSales University where he graduated with a BA in both Musical Theatre Performance and Dance. He has had the privilege

Hailey Green (Dancer) grew up in the outskirts of Chicago where she began dancing at a young age. In 2021, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance. Shortly after, she moved to NYC and trained at Broadway Dance Center. Hailey has performed at sea with Step One Dance Company, cruising on the Holland America Line. She currently works as a model when she is not dancing. Hailey is very excited to begin her first season

with MOMIX, having joined the company in June 2023.

of the creation and premiere of their newest show, Alice. Seah joined MOMIX in 2017.

Seah Hagan (Dance Captain) Born and raised in Tallahassee Florida, Seah is a third-generation dancer. She began her training at the Southern Academy of Ballet Arts under the tutelage of Natalia Botha and Charles Hagan. At age fourteen she became an Advanced Company member with the Pas de Vie Ballet where she performed many classical and contemporary soloist and principal roles. Along with her ballet and modern training, Seah is also an experienced ballroom dancer, having competed in multiple world championships. At age 16, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Florida State University Schools. Seah also held a part-time position with the State of Florida at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. On her 18th birthday, Seah began her professional dance career with the world-renowned company MOMIX. She has since toured across the United States, Canada, and Europe performing in three original shows, VIVA MOMIX Forever, Opus Cactus, and Alice where she has performed featured solos in all three. Seah was also a member

Aurelie Garcia (Dancer) is a dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer. She grew up in the South of France, where she first started dancing at a local dance school. At eighteen, she moved to New York City to attend The Ailey School, graduating from their scholarship program in 2018. She has performed works by Ray Mercer, Elizabeth Roxas, Tracy Inman, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Talley Beatty, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Eduardo Vilaro, Michelle Manzanalez, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Pedro Ruiz, and Alvin Ailey. Since moving to New York to pursue her dance career, Aurelie has performed with companies such as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, Ntrinsik Movement, Bloodline Dance Theater, Ann Nuo Spiritual Dance Art, VLDC, OCA Dance, and ACBD. Aurelie joined MOMIX in 2019.

Adam Ross (Dancer) began training at a young age in Chesapeake, VA. He went on to compete in regional and national dance competitions throughout the East Coast. As a teen, he attended the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, VA, where he focused on Ballet and Modern technique. Currently a senior at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Adam is working towards his BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance. Adam has performed works from Paul Taylor, Erick Hawkins, Martha Graham, Murray Louis, and Gabrielle Lamb, as well as multiple creations from faculty, students, and alumni from the Conservatory. Dance Intensives and workshops include Point Park University, Milwaukee Ballet, RUBBERBANDance Group, and CoMotion. Adam is excited to begin his professional career with MOMIX, while simultaneously completing his degree this spring. Adam joined MOMIX in August 2022.

Phoebe Katzin (Costume Designer) After graduating from Endicott College’s fashion design program, Phoebe worked for Kitty Daly, building dance costumes and

dressmaking. For several years she lived in New York making costumes for Kitty Leach, Greg Barnes, and Allison Conner, among others. Phoebe has been instrumental in designing and constructing costumes for MOMIX and Pilobolus for more than 20 years.

Michael Korsch (Lighting Designer) is a lighting and scenic designer based in Philadelphia. He has worked with numerous directors and choreographers, creating visual designs for dance and theatre throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Michael has been the resident lighting/ scenic designer and technical director for Complexions Contemporary Ballet since 1998, and the resident lighting designer for Ballet Arizona since 2001. In addition, he has created original designs for companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Aspen/ Santa Fe Ballet, BalletMet, BalletX, Carolina Ballet, Cleveland Play House, DanceBrazil, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Daytona Contemporary Dance Company, Disney Creative Entertainment, English National Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Oakland Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Sacramento Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin and Washington Ballet, and has worked with MOMIX on several shows.

WOODROW F. DICK III (Production

Manager & Lighting Supervisor) is MOMIX’s go-to guy for anything and everything production-related. He has worked on numerous productions both big and small. Woody joined MOMIX in 2005.

Victoria Mazzarelli (Ballet Mistress). Following an impressive and extensive professional international ballet career, Mazzarelli returned to her roots at the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory in Torrington, Conn., where she serves as Artistic Director, training the next generation of dancers.

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Texas Performing Arts Staff

Bob Bursey

Executive and Artistic Director

Bianca Hooi

Assistant to the Executive and Artistic Director

B USINESS OFFICE

Robert Cross

General Manager

Kamille Deysel

Senior Human Resources Coordinator

Kristi Lampi

Associate Director, Business Operations

Leigh Remeny Business Operations Manager

DEVELOPMENT

Anna Langdell

Director of Development

Amy Burgar

Associate Director, Development

Chelsea Casner

Development Associate

Miguel Robles

Development Associate

EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT

Tim Rogers

Director of Education and Engagement

Brenda Simms

Program Coordinator, Education & Curriculum Development

Aubrey Felty

Emerging Arts Professional, Education and Engagement

FABRICATION & ACADEMIC PRODUCTION

Jeff Grapko

Director of Fabrication and Academic Production

Scott Bussey

Facility Manager and Senior Technical Director

Carolyn Hardin

Properties Manager

Jason Huerta

Operations Manager, Fabrication

J. E. Johnson

Associate Director of Fabrication

Karen Maness

Associate Director of Fabrication

Ashton Bennett Murphy

Project Specialist, Fabrication

Hank Schwemmer

Lead Fabricator

David Tolin

Project Manager, Fabrication

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Phil Rosenthal

Director of Marketing and Communications

Lizzie Choffel Cantu

Senior Graphic Designer

Erica De Leon

Marketing Specialist, Digital Media

Brady Dyer

Associate Director, Communications

Romina Jara

Marketing Manager

PRODUCTION

Jim Larkin

Director of Production

Sarah Cantu

Lighting Supervisor

Michael Shanks

Assistant Lighting Supervisor

Travis Perrin

Staging and Rigging Supervisor

Ruben Vasquez

Assistant Staging and Rigging Supervisor

Blake Addyson

Production Supervisor

Kat Carson

Production Supervisor

Drew Millay

Audio Video Supervisor

PROGRAMS & EVENTS

Brendan Burke

Programming Manager

Ellie Holm

Event Manager

Mika O’Dwyer

Emerging Arts Professional, Event Management

TICKETING & GUEST EXPERIENCE

Blake McDonald

Director of Guest Experience

Amanda Adams

Associate Director, Guest Services

Meredith Delay

Patron Services Manager

Tess Todora

Director of Ticketing

Shade Oyegbola

Associate Director, Ticketing

Dianne Whitehair

Ticketing Systems Manager

Basil Montemayor

Ticketing Manager

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House Managers

Dina Black

Virginia Bosman

Margaret Byron

Nancy Carrales

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Janine Dos Remedios

Tony C Garcia

Sam Hallam

Leslie Hawkins

Carlos Hernandez-Heine

Olga Kasma-Carnes

Charlotte Klein

Tamara Klindt

Sharon Kojzarek

Eric Lee

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Lee Rodgers

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Jacob Zamarripa

Leadership Board

The Texas Performing Arts Leadership Board is a group of volunteer leaders in the arts, business, and philanthropy. The Board is dedicated to expanding Texas Performing Arts’ world-class programming, positioning the organization as an international leader in the performing arts, and strengthening the bond between the performing arts and the communities we serve.

Donors

Board Members

Brian Haley, Chair

Carly Christopher

Jaime Davila

Tamara Dorrance

Dennis Eakin

Deborah Green

Mike Herman

Steve Houston

Steve Kahng

Nancy & Angus

Littlejohn

Chris Mattsson

Lauren Reid

Marc Seriff

Lisa B. Thompson

Natasa & Michael Valocchi

Texas Performing Arts is a nonprofit supported by generous patrons and donors. We extend a special thank you to the following major supporters:*

$100,000+ Anonymous

Carly & Clayton Christopher

William & Anita Cochran

Jaime Davila

Kandace & Dennis Eakin

Deborah Green

Caroline & Brian Haley

Abbey & Mike Herman

Mimi & Steve Houston

Maria & Steve Kahng

Nancy & Angus

Littlejohn

Julia Marsden

Chris Mattsson

Susan & Robert Morse

Carolyn & Marc Seriff

The Tocker Foundation

Natasa & Michael Valocchi

$50,000–99,999

Carolyn Rice Bartlett Charitable Foundation

Isabella Cunningham

$10,000–49,999

Mary Ann & Andrew Heller

Marcia & Gary Nelson

Bettye Nowlin

Laura & David Starks

Special gratitude to donors who have established endowments at Texas Performing Arts to provide long-term funding for mission-driven projects and programs:

Alex and Dee Massad Endowment Fund

Arts Education Endowment

Joann and Gaylord Jentz Endowment for Student Engagement

Kathy Panoff Texas Performing Arts Student Engagement Endowment

Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Concert Hall Endowment

William & Anita Cochran Endowment for Performing Arts Access & Education

Phillip Auth Endowed Dance Fund for Texas Performing Arts

PAC Fund for the Creation of New American Art

Performing Arts Center Endowment for Performing Excellence

Robert L. Tocker Endowed Excellence Fund for Student Volunteerism

Topfer Endowment for Performing Arts Production

Z. T. Scott Family Endowment for the Performing Arts

*Gifts pledged or received as of August 17, 2023

Texas Inner Circle Members

Texas Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the financial support of our members. Each year, members help fund robust education and engagement initiatives, affordable student tickets, and critical student employment opportunities that make Texas Performing Arts so much more than what you see on our stages.

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE

$10,000+

Kristin and Joshua Alexander

Heather Crenshaw Petkovsek

Lynne Dobson and Greg Woodridge

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Julia Marsden

Glenn, Jennifer, Waylon, and Wyatt Muniz

Jacqueline and Shawn O’Farrell

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Debbie and Jim Ramsey

Gina and Don Reese

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Barry and Laura Smith

Carole Tower and Matthew St. Louis

Shari and Eric Stein

Renee Butler and Kay Stowell

Louann and Larry Temple

Bill and Claudia Wilson

Carol Walsh-Knutson and Kelley Knutson

Dr. Mary G. Yancy

Annie Zucker and Michael Regester

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$1,500–2,999

Mandy and Heather Andress

Bonnie L. Bain

Carolyn R. Bartlett

Cynthia and Jim Bast

Becky Beaver

Dr. Steven A. Beebe

Kyndel Bennett

Grizelda and Tim Black

Tahra and Michael Boatright

Andrew Bowman

Joann and Scot Brew

Michelle Brocklesby

Kara and Shelby Brown

Kim and Thomas Reed Brown

Danielle Bundy

Sam Caire

Shellie and Martin Campos

Carol and Shannon Casey

Raquel and TJ Chandler

Anita and William Cochran

Tracy Coffin

Beth and Walter Compton

Cathy and Rick Coneway

Karen and Bill Cox

Monica and Carl De Leon

Niccolo and Natasha De Masi

Joan Dentler

Kathleen Dignan

Dana and Ken Dockser

Jared Ellis

K Susan Farias

Ken Fess

Nanci L. Fisher

Jennifer Floyd

Pamela and David Frager

Sandra Freed

Alicia Furst

Robert Gardner

Nancy Gary and Ruth Cude

Eva Garza-nyer

Cheryl and R. James George, Jr.

Dr. Lisa Go and Dr. Lucas Wong

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Mohit Goyal

Sven Griffin

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Jeremy Harrell

Sarah Harris

Jennifer and Randall Harris

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Sheri Henriksen

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Melissa and Rick Gorskie

David Honeycutt

Jody Hooten

Michael Hostick

Amy and Jeffrey Hubert

Jeanine Hudson

Rob Ignatowski and Daniel Pacheco

Linda and James Jarvis

Victoria Johnson

Helen Johnston

Dr. Peniel Joseph

Maxx Judd and Donn Gauger

K Friese & Associates*

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Lynn Katz and Scott Hinz

William Kellogg

Heather King

Betsy and Matt Kirksey

Margaret Denena and Cliff Knowles

Sheila Kothmann

Loree and Burney LaChance

Matthew Lara

Donna, Calvin and Callie Lee

Ellen and Richard Leyh

Dracos Locario

Jennifer and Christian Loew

Katherine Maddox

Casey Blass and Lee Manford

Salman Manzur

Art Markman

Leslie and Charles Martinez

Richard McCathron

Molly McDonald

Alexandra and Tom McKeone

Ford McTee

Christine Messina

Melissa Moloney and Chris Walk

John and Brenda Mosher

Meri Nelson

Scott Neuendorf

Jeff Neumann

Milam Newby

Linda Nguyen and Jorge Garcia

Cathy Oliver

OroSolutions*

Vicki Osherow

Terri Pascoe

Connie and Samuel Pate

Michele and Roy Peck

Robert Perez

Shari Pflueger

Machelle Pharr

Liz and Jon Phelan

Suzanne Pickens and Douglas Hoitenga

Luis Ramirez

Sara and Dick Rathgeber

Richie & Gueringer P.C.*

Bob Roberts

Susan and Cesar Rodriguez

Chuck Ross and Brian Hencey

Jaime Rubenstein

Steve Schaffer

Susan Schaffer

Teresa Schaffer

Nina and Frank Seely

Vijay Sitaram

Lorri Stevenson

Bruce Stuckman

Joan and Peter Swartz

Caroline Tang

Caroline, Olivia, and John Taylor

Heather and Jeffrey Tramonte

Erin Vander Leest and Tom Pyle

Daniel and Sara-Jane Watson

Angie Watson

Leslie and Bryan Weston

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Jacqueline Wittmuss

Melinda Young

Micka and Richard Ziehr

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Lauren Aldredge

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Page and Neal Amador

Brian Amato

Libby Amato

Joe Annis

Laura Arabie

Cecelia Arvallo

Evan Atkinson

Tony Aventa

Donna and Manuel Ayala

Catherine Bachik

The Ballon Family

Jana and Barry Bandera

Elisa and Scott Barnes

Armando Basualdo

Anne Bawden

Travis and George Baxter-Holder

Joshua Becker

April Berman

Carolyn and Jon Bible

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Kevin Black and William Basinger

Denis Blake

Stephanie and Michael Blanck

Robert Bracewell

Brook and Gerald Broesche

Christy and William K. Browning

Esther Ray Burns

Annie Burridge

Robert Bush

Robert Butchofsky

Kelly Canavan

Geri Candow

Ms. Susie Capozza

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Shane Chambers

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Beth Chelton

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Sharon Cohan

Sarah Compton

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Jeanette Cortinas

Jessica Cullen

Elaine Daigle

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Wilma Dankovich

Lorraine and John Davis

Lisa and Paul Delacruz

Lucy Ditmore

Kristin Doles

Susan and David Donaldson

Christa Dove

Kevin Dowling

Bethany Dudley

Glenn and Britta Dukes

Maria Dwyer

Jeffrey Dwyer

Brian Dziuk

Susan and David Eckelkamp

Michael L. Edwards

Kelsey Elliott

Tim Elliott

Sheila Ellwood

Julia Evans

Rebecca D. Ewing

Whitney Falcon

Travis Farris

Jane W. Fountain

Drs. April and Donald Fox

Christopher Frampton

Vivian and James Froncek

Rob Fuller

Sara J. Gaetjens

Katina and Matthew Gase

Maragaret Gessner and Andrew Alpar

Breanna and James Giannoules

Sharon and Richard Gibbons

Sean Gibbons

Nancy and Glenn Gilkey

Laura and John Gill

Don Gladden

Becky and Craig Griffin

Jana and John Grimes

Dr. Suchitra Gururaj and Joe Carey

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Elizabeth Gutierrez

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PRESENTING SPONSORS

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Supporters like you believe Texas Performing Arts has the power to create joy, transcend differences and change lives.

Thank you for helping us become one of the nation’s highest-impact live arts organizations.

Did you know there are money-wise ways to plan for your future and support your passions? By making a gift to Texas Performing Arts through your will, trust or estate plan, you can ensure vibrant performing arts programming continues for generations — all while meeting your financial and family goals.

Call 800-687-4602 or email giftplan@austin.utexas.edu for more information.

learn more about gift and estate planning at utexas.planmygift.org/tpa-encore

Photo by Robert Silver

“All the world’s a stage.”

William Shakespeare We talk about being the best. And about changing the world. It’s not just talk. It’s our legacies.