UA DANCE 2015/2016 SEASON THE PRISM SERIES
TO OUR AUDIENCE Exactly 20 years ago, UA Dance moved from what had been “committee” status to a division in the School of Music and Dance. Ten years ago, Dance became its own School, having built a program of quality and its own state-of-the-art theatre. Now as one of the top dance programs in the country, and blessed by the completion of an award winning performance facility, wave after wave of dance majors have rehearsed and performed as members of the UA Dance Ensemble. The 29,000 square foot complex, which houses a 300-seat theatre with spacious stage, is host to some 40 to 50 performances a year by UA Dance. No longer a “committee,” we are instead a community -- students, staff and faculty in partnership with our invaluable arts patrons and supporters. As UA Dance, we enjoy the continuum with those who have made the journey with us, and like a prism that breaks white light into colors, we see more clearly now the full spectrum of UA Dance. As artists, we use dance as a vehicle to reach back to the past, reveal the present, and with you as our audience, take part in creating the future. The dream we have for our dancers is vibrant, and one we share with you. So please accept this as your invitation to dream...
-Jory Hancock, Director School of Dance, Stevie Eller Endowed Chair
(Left) UA Dance Ensemble member, Jadyn Reddy. (Cover) UA Dance Ensemble alumna, Allison Yurcak. Photos by Ed Flores.
NEW LEGACY GIFTS Creating legacies of their own are: Tom and Cande Grogan for the Grogan Initiative for Advanced Theatre Technology Ken and Linda Robin for development of the Ken and Linda Robin Costume Lab and the Ken and Linda Robin Fund for Ballet Masterworks Thom Sherwood and John Fikkan for the Fikkan and Sherwood Fund for Dance
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PREMIUM BLEND October 30 - November 8 SINGLE TICKET PRICES Adult $33 Senior, Military $28 UA Employee $28 Student $15
Opening this year’s Premium Blend will be Elizabeth George’s ballet rendering of a rich Paganini score, followed by Tamara Dyke Compton’s modern exploration of the search for courage, performed to music from the Louisiana Bayou. Closing the first half is a contemporary ballet for all women by Melissa Lowe. Her Invisible Sun interprets a quote from Sir Thomas Browne: “Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.”
(Right) UA Dance Ensemble members, Jadyn Reddy and Raffles Durbin in Elizabeth George’s, Paganini Waltz. Photo by Ed Flores. (Top right opposite page) UA Dance Ensemble members rehearsing The Unsung by José Limón. Photo by Ed Flores. (Bottom right opposite page) UA Dance men auditioning for The Unsung by José Limón. Photo by Ed Flores.
Photo (left) by Ed Flores featuring Elizabeth George’s “Paganini Waltz” Photos (top right) by Beatriz Schiller featuring José Limón’s, “The Unsung” Photo (bottom right) by Ed Flores featuring UA Dance Ensemble members rehearsing for “The Unsung”
UA Dance student choreographers, Alexandra Yonkovich and Gianni Howell. Photo by Ed Flores
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THE UNSUNG
is made possible through lead gifts from: Frank and Betsy Babb Stephen Golden and Susan Tarrence James and Joan Horwitz Anita Katz Dan Leach and the generous support of others.
As the centerpiece, and in homage to the American Indian, the UA Dance Ensemble presents José Limón’s stunning masterwork, The Unsung. Performed without musical accompaniment, The Unsung creates both its own environment and “score,” as the dancers create from the stage the rhythm and sounds of tribal culture. This work for eight men offers a solo for each of the dancers, as well as full ensemble sections, all suggesting aspects of American Indian lore. José Limón, a modern dance pioneer, was born in Mexico in 1908 and is internationally celebrated for his powerful and influential style. The Unsung has been performed around the world, and with staging by Colin Connor and rehearsal direction by Douglas Nielsen and Amy Ernst, the piece will be presented by UA Dance at the Joyce Theatre, NYC, October 24 and 25, 2015.
HERE & NOW - STUDENT SPOTLIGHT December 3 - December 6 SINGLE TICKET PRICES Adult $25 Senior, Military $23 UA Employee $23 Student $12
Let our students lift your spirits as we present an evening of choreography by the best and brightest of our 150 undergraduate and graduates. Here the dance faculty step aside and cheer with you as these young artists step into the spotlight with work that is newly created just for this moment. “Here and Now ….” refers to both the group of students moving towards graduation but who are still here, and to all young artists who -- with their bodies, minds and hearts -- continue to create art in spite of the many challenges they face. They dance because dance is what they are driven to do.
HERE & NOW STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
is made possible through the generous support of Lori Mackstaller
COLOR WHEEL FEBRUARY 24 - FEBRUARY 28 SINGLE TICKET PRICES Adult $33 Senior, Military $28 UA Employee $28 Student $15 Here we provide the variety our audiences have come to expect. Ballet, jazz, modern and ballroom complete the prism that is Color Wheel. In Rockin’ Chair, by Sam Watson, an old fashioned rocking chair is the site of new love as a young couple dance to a guitar score of Eric Bibb. In the short ballet Broadway Lights, by Melissa Lowe and Elizabeth George, the energy of Broadway is portrayed by a couple dancing to Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm.” Juxtaposing jazz music and ballet, James Clouser has made a dance to the live recording of “Exit Music for a Film” (Radiohead) made at the famed Village Vanguard by the Brad Mehldau Trio. And two works by Michael Williams are offered. A hat, a glove, a chair, a cane – ITZaJAZZthing! combines iconic jazz dance accessories with a score by jazz trumpet virtuoso, Wynton Marsalis, and Sent Here mixes contemporary and ballroom in a dance for two. In Antique Epigraphs, created by Jerome Robbins for NYC Ballet in 1984, “eight women dressed in gorgeous earth toned sheer over-dresses are Greek sculptures come to life. Two-dimensional shapes melt seamlessly into softly unaccented dancing as a chorus of seated women, like drawings on an antiquated vase, serves as a backdrop for idyllic solos.”* When Boston Ballet presented the work in 2011, that company became the first outside of New York City Ballet to perform Antique Epigraphs. Four years later, UA Dance is pleased to include Antique Epigraphs on its 2015-16 Season. Staging this favorite Robbins’ work is Helene Alexopoulos, a member of the original NYC Ballet cast, and serving as rehearsal director will be faculty member Melissa Lowe. *Ballet-Dance Magazine, Cecly Placenti
As part of the Ballet Masterworks Fund, Antique Epigraphs is made possible through lead gifts from: Judy and Jim Brown, Merrily and George Davis, Elayne and James Glasser, Mary Jo Ghory, Wesley Green, Sandy and Elliott Heiman, Lyn Papanikolas and J. David Mackstaller, Sara Naylor, Jean and Jordan Nerenberg, Linda and Ken Robin, Thom Sherwood and John Fikkan, Harriet Silverman and the generous support of others.
Jerome Robbins’ Antique Epigraphs featuring members of the UA Dance Ensemble. Photo by permission of The Robbins Rights Trust. Photo by Ed Flores.
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SPRING COLLECTION APRIL 22 - MAY 1 SINGLE TICKET PRICES Adult $31 Senior, Military $27 UA Employee $27 Student $15 The 2015-16 Season is powered by the choreography of award winning faculty as well as the masterworks of José Limón, Jerome Robbins, and in Spring Collection, Ohad Naharin. Commissions from over 20 companies around the world have placed Naharin in the forefront of contemporary choreographers, and UA Dance, with support from the Israel Institute and The Center for Judaic Studies, is honored to be able to include excerpts of his work in our final concerts of the year. Complimentary to the work of Naharin will be Amy Ernst’s In the Shadows of the Dreamers. In the 70 years that have passed since the liberation of Auschwitz, various remembrances have been created to honor the struggle of that time. To choral composer Eric Whitacre’s haunting “Five Hebrew Love Songs,” Ernst uses her dancers to separate dream from reality, despair from hope. Additional faculty works include one of Sam Watson’s signature pieces, Badum Boom, set to a lightning fast drum score recorded live in 1956. At the other end of the music spectrum will be James Clouser’s A Perfect Challenge, set to George Bizet’s “Chromatic Variations in C Major for Piano.” Classical in form, these variations suggest the romanticism of Schumann and Chopin, and at moments, the forward looking and transcendent harmonies of Liszt and Scriabin.
Amy Ernst’s In The Shadows of the Dreamers featuring members of the UA Dance Ensemble. Photo by Ed Flores.
Additional faculty choreography will come from Elizabeth George and Tamara Dyke Compton, and two new works by Michael Williams include Rising, which celebrates the human spirit, and CATS in HATS (and this time no spats) -- a new duet for tap dancing “dudes.”
JUMP START -
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT APRIL 21 - APRIL 30
SINGLE TICKET PRICES Adult $25 Senior, Military $23 UA Employee $23 Student $12
Jump Start will give you a glimpse into a not too distant future, because a new era is about to begin. The next generation of dance artists are about to break from our stage and fan out across the country.
JUMP START
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT is made possible through the generous support of Lori Mackstaller
While here as members of UA Dance, our young choreographers and dancers have showcased their work not only in Arizona, but across the country and beyond. Their “jump start” has been the time spent as a member of the UA Dance Ensemble, and while the faculty has offered one perspective, you, as audience members, have played a role as well. We thank you for that. And remember, Jump Start is just the beginning; not the end... UA Dance Ensemble members and student choreographers. Photo by Ed Flores.
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OUTSIDE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION... ...INSIDE YOUR CALENDAR
JAZZ IN AZ Tuesday, September 29 / 7:30pm Wednesday, September 30 / 7:30pm Thursday, October 1 / 7:30pm Stevie Eller Dance Theatre SINGLE TICKET PRICES Adult $16 Senior, Military $14 UA Employee $14 Student $12 One Act - One Hour! A feast of Jazz, tap, and contemporary dance, including Sam Watson’s glass study, titled Unbreakable, Tamara Dyke Compton’s False Front, and James Clouser’s wickedly clever Cue Ball Trio. Maya Angelou’s soulful poem, “Still I Rise,” is the motivation for Kat Chang’s dance of the same name. Three works by Jazz in AZ Director, Michael Williams, complete the menu. His Distant Hearts, set to Australian Hip Hop artist, Goyte, is joined by Each Step, a duet to Barbara Streisand vocals, and Do you Wanna REMIX, danced to a remixed live performance of Herbie Hancock’s classic, “Rock.” It sets the stage to rock. And it does… UA Dance Ensemble member Taylor Bradley. Photo by Ed Flores.
TAKE A SEAT - SPECIAL EVENT! Sunday, October 11, 2015 / 3:30 – 5:30 pm Stevie Eller Dance Theatre Join us for a delightful afternoon featuring an exclusive UA Dance season preview performance and delectable fare! This unique fundraising event in the award-winning Stevie Eller Dance Theatre will support the world-class UA School of Dance in its mission to provide excellence in dance education and performance. Single ticket: $75 ($50 tax deductible) Couples ticket: $125 ($75 tax deductible) Special Opportunity! Name a seat at the event. $450/Seat (fully tax deductible) For more information visit http://dance.arizona.edu/support/take_a_seat/ Or call 520.621.1263
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BEHIND THE DANCE A SPECIAL INVITATION The UA Dance Ensemble is comprised of 140 premier dancers from across the country, and the world, pursuing a rigorous degree in dance at the University of Arizona School of Dance. Trained in ballet, modern, and jazz, the dancers of the UA Dance Ensemble embody the now and are the sculptors of tomorrow’s cultural landscape.
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UA Dance men in audition for The Unsung. Photo by Ed Flores.
IN SUPPORT OF UA DANCE REPETOIRE UA Dance would like to acknowledge the following for their support of: The Unsung Barbara and Wayne Algire, Frank and Betsy Babb, Barbara and Lee Beach, Sarah Boroson, Stephen Golden and Susan Tarrence, James and Joan Horowitz, Anita Katz, Dan Leach, Robert and Virginia McKay, William T. Neumann, Mary Stevens, Janice Wilhelmi and James Stewart (gifts as of September 9, 2015) Antique Epigraphs and the Ballet Masterworks Fund Marlys A. Beider, James Brown, George and Merrily Davis, Frances Epsen, Jerome Feder, James Glasser, Mary Jo Ghory, Wesley Green, Sandy and Elliott Heiman, David Mackstaller, Sara Naylor, Jordan Nerenberg, William T. Neumann, Ken and Linda Robin, Thom Sherwood and John Fikkan, Herschel and Jill Rosenzweig, Harriet Silverman, Norman Soloway (gifts as of September 9, 2015) Excerpts of Works by Ohad Naharin The staging of works by Ohad Naharin is supported by the Israel Institute, which is dedicated to enhancing knowledge and the study of modern Israel and The Center for Judaic Studies, University of Arizona.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS & PARKING If there is a basketball game which coincides with a UA Dance performance, and you, as a season subscriber, have purchased parking on the mall, you will still have a parking space on the mall. Guaranteed! There may be occasion when a rain contingency plan is put in place due to the lawns being too soaked to accommodate parking. In the event of rain and voucher permit displacement, the permits will be honored at the Second Street garage. The monitor will be moved to the entrance of the garage to welcome patrons and to provide them with a swipe exit pass. Also a 6-passenger golf cart will be provided on the SE corner outside the garage for guests and visitors wanting a ride to the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre.
Michael Williams’ ITZaJAZZthing! featuring members of the UA Dance Ensemble. Photo by Ed Flores.
Your parking pass will display the following language: Due to inclement weather, if lawn is closed, vehicles will either be directed to park along curb of University or if occurs on same date of Men’s Basketball game, will be accommodated in the Second Street garage with cart service courtesy of UA Dance. NO REFUNDS/NO EXCHANGES If there is a basketball game which coincides with a UA Dance performance, and you have NOT purchased parking on the mall, there will be parking available in the Second Street Garage, and a shuttle will take you to and from Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. Parking in that garage will carry a $5 pre-pay charge for those without mall passes, but the shuttle service is free to you. (Shuttle courtesy of UA Dance.)
Parking is available in the Cherry Avenue Garage. Street parking and handicapped parking is available along Hawthorne near Warren and on 2nd Street. Meters are not enforced on evenings or weekends. There are surface lots on First Street between Martin and Campbell and on Sixth Street, directly south of The Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. Both lots are usually available on evenings and weekends as well.
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Amy Ernst’s In The Shadows of the Dreamers featuring members of the UA Dance Ensemble. Photo by Ed Flores.
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