Dance concert program, 2003. The University of the Arts School of Dance Presents A Celebration of World Dance. Program A, the Merriam Theater, December 12 and 13, 2003. PDF
Preview Dance concert program, 2003. The University of the Arts School of Dance Presents A Celebration of World Dance. Program A, the Merriam Theater, December 12 and 13, 2003.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS 2003 School of Dance presen• ts CELEBRATION O F ORLD DA i/) Program A • The Merriam Theater December 12 & 13, 2003 ^m TheUniversity oftheArts Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/danceconcertdec2003univ A Celebration of World Dance Merriam Theater The University of the Arts "Dancingas an art, we may be sure, cannotdie out, but willalways be undergoinga rebirth. Not merely as an art, butalso as a social custom, it perpetually emerges afresh from the soul ofthepeople.... " -Havelock Ellis The School ofDance offers professional training leadingto a four-year BFA degree in Ballet, Modern, or Jazz; or in Performance/Dance Education; or to a two-year Certificate. Our aspiringyoung artists are prepared to pursue careers in perform- ance, teaching or choreography. Recognizing the changing parameters of our art form, we encourage and support individual student creativity and provide the knowledge and skills necessary for graduates to manage their future careers. Former students ofthe School of Dance have gone on to perform with such promi- nent companies as Alvin Ailey, the Joffrey Ballet, Philadanco, Jose Limon Dance Company, Bejart, and Momix.They have also appeared in Broadway productions of Fosse, Fame, 42nd Street and Movin'On. Alumni have become dance teachers in high schools, colleges, and private dance studios. Graduates have found numerous choreographic opportunities in companies throughout the world and several have established theirown companies. The SchoolofDance is one ofthe largest dance programs in the United States. This March, more than 1200 dancers from Australia, Bermuda, Japan, Hawaii and across the United States will come to the UArts School of Dance for the 7th National/International High School Dance Festival. The 4 days ofclasses, perform- ancesandworkshopsculminateingala performancesintheMerriamTheater,show- casingthe best ofhigh school dance. Thankyouforsharing thisevening with usandwe hopeyou enjoythe program. Please notethatall photographyand allvideography is strictly prohibited. Thankyou foryourcooperation. Program ^^^^^^^™ critics award Choreography: Brian Sanders Music: CraigArmstrong Dancers: CatherineAcquaviva,AnthonyCarol, Robyn Cohen, Mathew Oaks, Patty Foster,Jon Kennette,Jessica Kroboth,John Luna, Faith McPherson, Chrostina Merrill, LaCeda Nelson,Jessica Osborne, Daryl Philbert, Summer Phillips, Emily Price, Meagan Rumberger,TerrySlade,Tricia Stanley, CherylValo, KatieWilcox LE BAL PERDU Choreography: Myriam Herve-Gil Music: Montage ofFrench chansons Dancers: Michelle Chung,Joi Favor, Kelly Gill, Desiree Godsell, Mariah Lewkowitz, Maxx Passion, Angela Ramakis, Kristi Reim, Margaret Ryder, Krysat Scott, Bridgid Sheridan, Blythe Smith, Kristin Tilltson, MaureenToner THE GIFT Choreography: Ronen Koresh Music: JohnVoshbikian Dancers: Brandon Brown,Joseph Bunn,Jessica Daley, Leslie Ferrelli, Christina Hedrick, Monica Horowitz,Juliet Mahon, Rachel Maclsaac,Trina Moffett, Darian Moore, Brandon Ranson- Walsh,Alexander Ringler,Joseph Rivera, Caitlin Waid, KristinaWellinghoff Intermission COMPARSA Staged by: Maria Urrutia Music: Transfusion Ensemble with specialguestfaculty performers: ElioVilla Franca, piano, Marlin Simon, congas, and Marc Dicciani, Director, School ofMusic on timbales MikeCemprola Altosax JaronAbercrombie-Olevsky Piano Steve Marr TenorSax Adam Blackstone Bass Josh Musselwhite Baritonesax Mike DeCastro Drums Evan Lindner Trumpet Justin Freeland-Sokol Drums AndresCotto Trumpet Lauren Lark Vocal Dayv Frost Trombone BeckySayer Vocal Sean McGowan Guitar Jaime Korkos Vocal Dancers: School ofDance Freshman Class, Members ofConga and Latin Magic ensembles CONGA Choreography: Wayne St.David Assistanttothe Choreographer: Emily Luderitz Music: Transfusion Ensemble Dancers: DanielleAviezer,Abby Borzewski, Richard Dieter, Beri Driscoll, Jaclyn Dunne, Lindsay Dwyer, LindseyGruber,Ashley Harris,Jessica Kroboth, Rachel Levy, Sara Lyons,Yaqshan Abdul-Malik,Teneise Mitchell, Chantal Parret, Ryan Richardson,Alex Ringler, PatrickSky Rodgers, Kathleen Ruolph, Catherine Scanlon, Rachel Spada, DanielleTorre, RyanTurek, NathanielWadw, Brendan Ranson Walsh, Kristen Wellinghoff, Brad Wood MAGALENHA Alo Brazil musiciansand singers PatricioAcevedo, Peter Bertini,Joe Bryant,Jim Hamilton, Ron Howerton,Tom Lowery, Eugene Rausa, Elizabeth Sayre,AlexShaw, Mike Stevens LATIN MAGIC * Choreography: Cuban Pete and Barbara Craddock Rehearsal Director: KimY. Bears-Bailey Music: Puerto Rico, written byAntonio Hart, arranged by UArts alumnus MikeJarosz Performed bytheTransfusion Ensemble underthe Direction ofMarc Dicciani Dancers: Brandon Brown, GinnyCarey,Jessica Daley, Beri Driscoll,Jaclyn Dunne, Leslie Ferrelli, Patty Foster, Desiree Godsell,Adrienne Hall, Christina Hedrick,JesseJones, Kara Kubacki, Rikki McKinney, Marvin Millora,Teneise Mitchell,Trina Moffett, LaCeda Nelson, Michael Prendergast, Lauren Putty,TerrySlade, Erica Smith, Dara Stevens, Michale Velez, NathanielWade, Brendan Walsh, Kristen Wellinghoff, Daneen Wright, Nicole Yezzi, RachelZimmerman FACULTYLIST ModernDance DanceCompositionand Costumedirector:ClydeMichael SusanB.Glazer,Director KimBears-Bailey Improvisation Hayes MariaUrrutia,Assistanttothe JenniferBinford ManfredFischbeck,CurtHaworth, TechnicalDirector,Lighting Director JoanMyersBrown,Visiting WayneStDavid,BrianSanders, Designer:JayMadara MarleneRice-Whittaker, Distinguished ConnieVandarakis Secretary GuestArtist Accompanists ManfredFischbeck BusinessofDance TomBaust Faculty CurtHaworth SusanGlazer,EliseKurland LarisaTrumpBell Ballet Brian Sanders MusicSurvey/LanguageofMusic HansBoman ChristineCox FayeSnow AnnettedeMedio,StephenJay OtisClark ScottJovovitch DanceTherapy-EliseTropea JimHamilton AndrewPap TapDance DanceEducation,SusanGlazer, AsyaHaykin SuzanneSlenn KarenCleighton ConnieVandarakis Ricklannacone JonSherman LaVaughnRobinson Yoga-NancyKantra JohnLevis CaroleLuppescuSklaroff Pilates-BrieNeff TomLowery EvaSzabo African Dance-JeanineOsayande DanceHistory-CatherineRobert IrinaPriog Jazz/TheaterDance BHriapziHloiapn-DMaonncceel-PDeutredreBnertini DHeaanlctehNaontdatFiiotnne-ssPe-teLrisBaerFtoixni VJeaflfeSnttoirnyaSlutsky PNeatnecryBKeratnitnria SRpuabniioshDance-NancyHeller,Anna TPheedaatgeorgFyu-ncPteiaorlnsS/cSheanfifoerr RonenKoresh SocialDance-KellyRay Production-PeterBertini DMoolnlayldMiLsugnaslfloard Voice-TerryGreenland WayneSt.David Program Notes THECRITIC'SAWARD TheChoreographer: ModerndancefacultymemberBrianSandersfoundedArchetype DanceCompany whilehewasasenioratThe UniversityoftheArtsin1992. In1994,thecompanychanged itsnameto JUNKand beganreceivingrecognitionandawards.Mr.Sandersalsobeganalongrelationshipwith MOMIX,touringandchoreographingforthecompany. Brian'schoreographyforthe PrinceMusic Theater'spresentationof'The HiddenSky'(2000)andtheWilmaTheaterspresentationof'BigLove' (2003) wasawarded"BestChoreography"bythe Philadelphia Inquirerandanominationforthe2003 BarrymoreAwards.Hisfull-lengthwork'TheGate'(2003)wascommissionedand billedasa"Spotlight Show"bythe Philadelphia FringeFestival. BrianSandershasbeen honored byhispeers. Hewasawarded a"RockyAward"in 2002and 2003and,in 2000receivedthePGN LambdaAwardfor"OutstandingArtist Contribution byand IndividualintheArts." This "Critic'sAward" goestothelittlebitofcriticinalltheartists. Howdoartistsfeelwhentheyseeoth- ers'art? Doestheircriticrule?Istheircriticfreetobeinspired? Isthelittleguyatpeace? Doestheircritic secretlydesiretodobetter?Alltheseand moreareaskedwhen notjusttheroleofcriticandartistis reversed but,thevenueitselfisturned insideout. LEBALPERDU TheChoreographer: Parisian-basedvisitingartistMyriam Herve-GilismarkingherthirdvisittoThe UniversityoftheArts. Internationallyknownasachoreographerandateacherstrivingtodevelopthecre- ativityofeachdancer,herobjectiveistoexploreand refinethesenseofmovementinterpretation inorder toobtainamaximumtechnicalprecision,gesturallyaswellasinexpression.Therapportwiththepublic, spaceandtimeareelementsalwayspresentin herchoreography. Le BalPerdu,createdforthe UArtsSchoolofDancestudents,isamemoryofaperiodoftimethatwill neverreturn. Itiswitty,poignantandstylisticallyconfident,withoutbeinglocked intooneapproachor onevisionoftheidea. THEGIFT TheChoreographer: Roni Koreshiswellknownforhispassionateand powerfulchoreography which has broughtadistinctand unrivaledartisticpresencetotheUnitedStates. Bornand raised in Israel, Koresh arrived in NewYorkCitytopursue hisperformingcareer. Drawntochoreographyandteaching,hejoined the UArtsSchoolofDancefacultyin1986andfounded hiscompanyin1991. Heistherecipientofnumer- ousgrantsandawards. Hiscompanytoursnationallytogreatacclaim. TheGiftisanintenseandexplosivetaleofhumannaturethatexposesourinabilitytocherishthegiftsof beautyandgenerosity.Throughouthistory,thesegiftscould haveenhancedourlivesandtaughtustobe betterpeople; instead,wetrytocontrolandownthem.And ifunabletodoso,wedestroythem. Program Notes Continued. THECOMPARSA TheChoreographer: Cuban-born MariaUrrutia,whilenotworkingasanAssistanttotheDirectorofthe SchoolofDance,isasecond-yearEdMstudentandafrequentperformerthroughoutPhiladelphia. Her expertisehasserved usallwellintheLatinMusicand Danceproject.Mariahaschoreographedandper- formed in numerouseventswherethecomparsa(achoreographed parade)and rumbaweretheprevail- ingdances. Folkdanceinthehistoricalcontext,therumbaisanintimateexpressionofsensualityand celebration. UNACONGA TheChoreographer:JazzfacultymemberWayneSt. David isaregularcontributortotheSchoolofDance Merriamconcerts. Hisworkishighlyregardedthroughouttheareaandisshown nationallyinschools andcolleges.Thisdanceisacelebrationofthejoy,exuberanceandflavorofLatin music. Itwascreated fortherepertorycourseforJuniorJazzmajors. MAGALENHA AloBrasil,acollectiveprojectmadeupofeleven Philadelphiamusiciansfromthreegenerations,was bornoutofapassionforBrazilian music. Theband'sshowsdrawaudiencesintoa "tornadoofrhythm andsound" -anirresistible,fullbody-and-soulexperience.Whetherparadingdown BroadStreet,open- ingforgalaeventsorawardsceremoniesatPhiladelphia'stoptheaters,concerthalls,and historicalcen- ters,orentrancinghundredsofrevelersatlocalnightspots,AloBrasildeliverstightly-arrangedrenditions ofsambabatucada,sambareggae,pagode,form,maracatu,ijexa,andotherAfrican-influenced music from Brazil.ManyofthesemusiciansarealsoaccompanistsfortheSchoolofDance. LATINMAGIC TheChoreographer:Cuban Pete,"KingoftheMambo Beat"and hispartnerBarbaraCraddock,teachthe authenticrhythmsofLatin musicandtraditionaldanceforms.Cuban Peteisalegendarydancerknown worldwidesincethe1950sforhistalentand passionforthemambogenre; hisnicknamereferstoahit mambosongcreatedforhim byDesiArnez. Hissignaturestylemadehimanicononthedancefloorand heistherecipientofnumerousawardsforhiscontributionstotheLatindancecommunity. Hispartner, BarbaraCraddockhasbeenaprofessionaldancersincetheageoffifteenand bringsmorethan40years ofperformanceandteachingexperiencetothedancefloor. Sheisaschooled ballroomdancerwhospe- cializesin Latindance,butisalsotrained in ballet,tapandjazz.Recenttelevisiondocumentarieshave featuredCuban Pete'sinfluenceon mambo,includinghisworkbehind-the-scenesaschoreographerand consultantfortheAntonio Banderaspopularmovie,TheMamboKings. Hewasalsofeaturedonarecent localTVshow,PuertoRican Panoramawith UArtsSchoolofDancemajor, DaneenWright. Peteand Barbara'schoreographyfortheUArtsdancersstressestherhythmicallycomplex"clave,"theimportant beatunderthemambomusicthatdefinesitscharacter. *"LatinMagic"isfundedin partbytheNationalCollegeChoreography ^^*^J0 Initiative(NCCI),aleadershipInitiativeoftheNationalEndowmentforthe ArtsDawnitche/aUdSdiAt,iotnhaelnsautpipoonraltsbeyrvtihceeDoarngaaniFzoautnidoantifoonr,prisofaedsmsiinoinsatledraendceb.y™"N»AD,™'i„«u"E«*™Tt Credits: ProductionDirector:SusanB.Glazer ProductionAssociate:MariaUrrutia CostumeDesigner:MichaelClydeHayes LightingDesigner:layMadara StageManager:TravisMesman ProgramCover&Design:JessicaWaters
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