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choreographers - title Frank Chaves - untitled - re-titled “Tuscan Rift” & “Sentir em nos” Edwaard Liang - untitled - re-titled “Vicissitude” Jerry Opdenaker - "Fragments" - retitled “Bailame” Melissa Barak - "Yueh Fei"
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From the Director:
Welcome to the fourth annual National
Choreographers Initiative! This project originated
with a group of community leaders, the Advisory
Committee. The committee and I have partnered
with Irvine Barclay Theatre, who presents the
showing and serves as our fiscal agent, and
the Claire Trevor School of the Arts – Dance
Department, who provides the studios for all of the
rehearsals.
The initiative brings together four choreographers,
each developing a new work of their choosing.
Fifteen professional dancers from around the
country join them to collaborate on these new
works presented this evening. It’s important for the
health and advancement of the dance community
for choreographers to have the opportunity to cre-
ate new work.
It’s exciting to see how far we have reached and
the effect of this project not only on our local com-
munity but also across the nation. From the 12
choreographers we have invited in the past to
participate 10 of their works have premiered or
developed further and performed elsewhere in the
U.S. and abroad. We have also had 35 dancers
join us representing 14 companies.
This is a unique opportunity to engage these
outstanding artists in the creative process and
promote the development of professional dance. I
hope you will join the process through our discus-
sion with the choreographers at the end of the
evening.
Thank you for supporting dance!
NCI AdvisoryCommittee
Anne Nutt, ChairBobbi CoxSophie CripeDiane DiefenderferJanet EggersHelen HollandJoanne KeithLois OsborneBarbara RobertsSally Anne SheridanPam ShueBarbara Kenady Tingley
Molly LynchNCI Director
Frank Chaves was born in Cuba. He joined River North Chicago Dance Company in 1992 as a chore-ographer, in 1994, he became co-artistic director, and 2001, assumed sole artistic directorship. An inter-national choreographer and teacher, Mr. Chaves has created numerous works for River North Chicago and other companies including Spectrum Dance Theatre, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Point Park College for the Performing Arts, Barat Repertory Dance Company, Kaleidoscope Dancers, Pori Dance Company (Fin-land), and Ballet Pacifica’s Choreographer’s Work-shop. Mr. Chaves’s theatrical commissions include work for Steppenwolf Theatre and the Cleveland Play-house. As a performer, Mr. Chaves has danced with Ballet Concerto of Miami, New York’s Ballet Hispanico, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, and six years with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2000, Mr. Chaves received a Ruth Page Dance Achievement Award for Mission, co-created with Sherry Zunker, Co-Artistic Director Emeritus of River North Chicago, in honor of the Company’s 10th anniversary.
“untitled 1”Choreography by Frank ChavesMusic Renee Aubrey “non ti amo piu”
Lighting Design Monique L’Heureux
Dancers
Adrienne Benz Lauren Fagone Brittany Fridenstine Nathaniel King Geoffrey Kropp Eddie Mikrut
“untitled 2”Choreography by Frank Chaves
Music Andreas Bocelli “Dulce Pontes: O Mare Tu”
Lighting Design Monique L’Heureux
Dancers
Adrienne Benz Eddie Mikrut
Edwaard Liang was born in Taipei, Taiwan and raised in Marin County, CA. In 1989, Mr. Liang entered the School of American Ballet. He joined New York City Ballet in the spring of 1993, and the same year he was a medal winner at the Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition and the Mae L. Wien Award. He was promoted to soloist in 1998. He danced with NYCB until 2001, when he joined the Broadway cast of Fosse, performing a leading role. In 2002, Mr. Liang became a member of the Nederlands Dans Theater 1, where he danced, choreographed and staged ballets. After returning from Holland, he returned to NYCB. He has also performed as a Guest Artist with various companies like the Norwegian National Ballet and Complexions. He has choreographed a number of works including a piece for Nederlands Dans Theater, which has been restaged for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and Configurations. He participated in the 2004 New York Choreographic Institute. He has created pieces for Cedar Lake Dance Company, New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Sadler Wells Theatre in London. He was named one of the “Top 25 to Watch” for 2006 by Dance Magazine.
“untitled 1”Choreography by Edwaard Liang
Music Franz Schubert “Death and the Maiden”
Lighting Design Monique L’Heureux
Dancers
Corina Gill Adam Hundt
“untitled 2”Choreography by Edwaard Liang
Music Philip Glass “Company II Violin Concerto”, “Symphony No. 3: IV”,
“Violin Concerto II”
Lighting Design Monique L’Heureux
Dancers
Corina Gill Adam Hundt
Valerie Tellmann Kristopher Wojtera Suzanne Haag Gillmer Duran Melissa Nolen Edward McPherson
Kelly Ann Sloan
followed by an INTERMISSION
Jerry Opdenaker was raised in Philadelphia, PA,
and graduated from the University of the Arts with
a degree in dance. He has danced in many jazz
and modern companies as well as Pennsylvania
Ballet. After dancing with Kansas City Ballet, he
joined Ballet Florida in 1992. He has performed
in works by Peter Martins, Val Caniparoli, Daniel
Ezralow, and Lynne Taylor-Corbett. For ten years,
he was instrumental in the development, creatively
and educationally, of STEP Ahead, Ballet Florida’s
choreographic workshop. This project received an
NEA - Access to Artistic Excellence grant twice.
He has been choreographing since 1996 and his
choreography has been performed by Ballet Florida
and Ballet Gamonet. In 2005 he participated in the
New York Choreographic Institute.
“Fragments”Choreography by Jerry Opdenaker
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum,
Everton Nelson, Gustavo Santaollalla
“Bibo no Aozura”, “Endless Flight”, “Tazarine”
Lighting Design
Monique L’Heureux
Dancers
Brittany Fridenstine Eddie Mikrut
Suzanne Haag
Edward McPherson
Adrienne BenzGillmer Duran
“Yueh Fei”Choreography by Melissa Barak
Music Huang Ruo “Yueh Fei”
Lighting Design Monique L’Heureux
1st Movement
Kelly Ann Sloan, Lauren Fagone, Adam Hundt
2nd Movement
Melissa Nolen Valerie TellmannGeoffrey Kropp Kristopher Wojtera
Corina Gill Kelly Ann Sloan Lauren Fagone Adam Hundt
3rd Movement
Corina Gill Adam Hundt
4th Movement
Lauren Fagone Corina Gill Melissa Nolen Kelly Ann Sloan Valerie Tellmann
Adam Hundt Nathaniel King Geoffrey Kropp Kristopher Wojtera
Followed by a discussion with Molly Lynch, Melissa Barak, Frank Chaves, Edwaard Liang, and Jerry Opdenaker
Melissa Barak was raised in Los Angeles, CA; trained at the Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica; and was a scholarship student at the School of American Ballet. She joined New York City Ballet in 1998 and performed many leading roles with the company, including a principal in Christopher Wheeldon’s Klavier, Helena in George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and leads in The Four Temperaments, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty. She recently became a member of the new Los Angeles Ballet. She began choreographing in 1997 and created a piece for the School of American Ballet Student Choreographic Workshop. She has participated in the New York Choreographic Institute in 2000, 2003, and 2006. She has choreographed works for New York City Ballet and Choreographers on Pointe. In 2001 she received the Mae L. Wien Award for choreography and the Choo San Goh Choreographic Award.
Dancer Biographies
Adrienne Benz was born in Vernon, New Jersey. She began her training at Allegro Dance Arts Academy and continued on full scholar-ship at Theatre Arts Dance Academy, where she per-formed with Theatre Dance America. She also studied
three summers with American Ballet Theatre. She is currently dancing with Ballet Met in Columbus, Ohio. This is her fourth season with the company. She has danced in ballets by James Kudelka, (There, below) Harrison McEldowney (Group Therapy), Gerard Charles, George Balanchine (Jewels), Stanton Welch, and David Nixon. Adrienne won the Princess Grace Foundation award in 2006.
Gillmer Duran was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. He trained at the Ballet Farten (Fundacion Arte Nuevo) and Ballet Tempo de Caracas. He has pre-viously danced with the Ballet Metropolitano de Caracas, Ballet Nuevo
Mundo de Caracas, Ballet National de Caracas Teresa Carreno. In 2003 he joined Tulsa Ballet Theatre and is currently dancing with Eugene Ballet doing solo and principal roles. He has performed works by Toni Pimble, Robert Battle, Daniel Pelzig (Princess and the Pea), Mauricio Wainrot and Vicente Nebrada (Romeo and Juliet).
Lauren Fagone, original-ly from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, trained at the School of American Ballet, Chautauqua Ballet, and the Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet. After apprenticing with North Carolina Dance Theatre in
Charlotte, NC, she attended Indiana University for two years, where she studied with Leslie Peck and Violette Verdy. Lauren joined Richmond Ballet as an apprentice in 2001, and
will return for her fifth season as a company member this fall.
Brittany Fridenstine was born in Boise, Idaho, and raised in Seattle, Washington. She trained in the professional divi-sion program at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Currently a member of the American Repertory Ballet, she has
previously danced with James Sewell Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Ballet Memphis, and Minnesota Dance Theatre. She has performed work by George Balanchine, Lila York, Trey McIntyre, Mark Godden, and Paul Taylor; and origi-nated roles in ballets by Mark Godden, James Sewell, Kent Stowell, Val Caniparoli, Christian Burns, and Luca Veggetti.
Corina Gill was born in Boulder City, Nevada. She trained at the Black Mountain Dance Center and studied in summer intensive programs with San Diego Ballet, Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet,
American Ballet Theatre, and Ballet Pacifica. She has her BA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine. She has danced with Feld Ballet Tech, Ballet Pacifica, State Street Ballet and is currently in the Los Angeles Ballet. She has danced in ballets by Robert Sund (Alice in Wonderland), Val Caniparoli, William Soleau (Carmen), Rodney Gustafson, Molly Lynch and George Balanchine.
Suzanne Haag was born in Buffalo, New York. She trained at the School of the Hartford Ballet with teachers Maria Youskevitch and Kirk Peterson. She received her BS in Arts Administration and Dance from Butler University, and graduated
Cum Laude with Departmental Honors. She previously danced with Nevada Ballet Theatre and Ballet Internationale. She is currently
dancing with Eugene Ballet in Oregon. She has performed in works by Toni Pimble, Robert Battle (Circle Line Square), Daniel Pelzig, Kirk Peterson and Bruce Steivel (Paquita).
Adam Hundt was born in Kettering, Ohio. He trained with Gem City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet School, and Milwaukee Ballet School. He has danced with Hubbard Street 2, American Repertory Ballet and Ballet Pacifica. He is
currently in his fourth season with BalletMet in Columbus, Ohio. He has danced in ballets by Dwight Rhoden (Carmina Burana), Stanton Welch, Jodie Gates, Harrison McEldowney, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Dominic Walsh (Love Inter-Fear), Molly Lynch, Choo San Goh and George Balanchine (Allegro Brillante).
Nathaniel King was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He started his training at the Ballet Royale Institute of Maryland. He later trained on full scholarship at both Houston Ballet and The Rock School. He danced with the Pittsburgh Ballet
Theater under Terrance Orr. He then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, to join Ballet West under the direction of Jonas Kage. He has performed in ballets by James Canfield (Equinox), Hans Van Manen (In and Out), Salvatore Aiello, Antony Tudor (Echoing of Trumpets), and Dwight Rhoden.
Geoffrey Kropp was born in Bakersfield, California. He trained for two years at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and is currently danc-ing with Kansas City Ballet, where he has performed in The Nutcracker (Todd Bolender), Stravinsky Violin
Concerto (George Balanchine), Duece Coupe (Twyla Tharp), Great Galloping Gottschalk (Lynne Taylor-Corbett) and Sentinel (David Berke), among others.
Edward McPherson was born in Tucson, Arizona. He studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy and at Indiana University School of Music. He has been a guest art-ist with several companies. He is currently dancing with Ballet West under the direc-
tion of Adam Sklute in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has performed in ballets by Antony Tudor, William Christensen, George Balanchine (Theme and Variations), August Bournonville,, James Canfield, John Clifford (Glassworks) and John Butler (Carmina Burana).
Eddie Mikrut was born in Fountain Valley, California, and just finished his ninth season with Nashville Ballet. Mr. Mikrut has been featured as John Bell in Ann Marie DeAngelo’s The Bell Witch, Prince Desire in Sleeping Beauty, and
Siegfried in Swan Lake, as well as performing leading roles in Raymonda Variations and The Nutcracker. He has also danced leading roles in Paul Vasterling’s Dracula and Robin Hood, and Albrecht in Giselle. Mr. Mikrut received his B.A. from the University of California, Irvine. His film and television credits include Austin Powers, Mrs. Santa Claus with Angela Lansbury, Fame L.A., and numerous television commercials.
Melissa Nolen was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She trained at the Briarwood Ballet School. She also attended Indiana University School of Music Ballet Department, studying with Violette Verdy and Leslie Peck. She currently dances
with Eugene Ballet in Oregon. She has per-formed in ballets by Toni Pimble (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Daniel Pelzig, Eloy Barragan, Bruce Steivel and Robert Battle (Circle Line Square). She has received two grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts to choreograph new ballets for Eugene Ballet/Ballet Idaho.
Kelly Ann Sloan was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. She studied at the New Jersey School of Ballet and attended summer intensive programs at American Ballet Theatre. She has her BSOF from Indiana University in Ballet and Journalism. She
has danced with the Cincinnati Opera and the Cincinnati Ballet. She is currently performing with the Los Angeles Ballet. She has per-formed works by Victoria Morgan, Kirk Peterson (Don Quixote), George Balanchine (Concerto Barocco), Donald McKayle, (Rainbow Round My Shoulder) John Butler and Val Caniparoli.
Valerie Tellmann, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, began her dance training with the Tulsa Ballet, Lexington Ballet, and the Richmond Ballet before joining Richmond Ballet’s profes-sional company in 2000. She thrives on the opportu-
nity to perform and to be exposed to a variety of dance styles. Some of her notable neo-clas-sical roles have included Mauricio Wainrot’s Now and Then, Colin Connor’s Street and Legends, and Val Caniparoli’s Djangology. Her favorite classical roles range from George Balanchine’s Who Cares and Serenade to John Butler’s Carmina Burana. Her favorite full-length ballet roles have been Myrtha in Giselle and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker.
Kristopher Wojtera, a native of Poland, graduated from the National Ballet School of Gdansk, Poland. He has danced for the National Theatre of Warsaw, Poland; was a soloist in the Columbia City Ballet, South Carolina;
and is currently a first soloist with the Louisville Ballet in Kentucky. Kristopher has performed the works of George Balanchine (Serenade, Theme and Variations, Who Cares), Choo-San Goh (Variations Serieuses), Robert North (Troy Game), and Antony Tudor (Echoing of Trumpets), among others.
Monique L’Heureux (Lighting Designer) is a Lester Horton award-winning lighting designer who has been working in the field of dance for two decades. She is delighted to be a part of NCI, her seventh collaboration with artistic director Molly Lynch.
Ms. L’Heureux recently finished lighting half of the national Regional Dance America festi-val in Pittsburgh, a five-day event featuring 86 performing companies from across the nation.
Her dance design credits include a special performance at the International Ballet Com-petition, Dance Kaleidoscope, SOLA, Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet, Backhausdance, Anjani Ambegaokar, Media City Ballet, Jazz Spectrum, Rhapsody in Taps, and Danza Floricanto, among others. Her theatre design credits include the summer season at the Hol-lywood Bowl, Pasadena Playhouse, Dallas Theatre Center, and Laguna Playhouse.
She is an accomplished artist and photog-rapher whose work has been shown in gal-leries including the VIVA Gallery, Long Beach Arts Center, City of Brea Gallery, and The Stage Gallery in New York. She is a member of United Scenic Artists.
ProducerMr. and Mrs. William Roberts
DirectorBobbi Cox
Frank W. Lynch
ChoreographerWilliam Gillespie
Anne B. NuttMr. and Mrs. John Stahr
Mrs. Richard Steele
DancerMr. and Mrs. Henry EggersThe Robinson Foundation
Michelle F. Rohé
DesignerMrs. Alan V. Andrews
Alan Andrews and Molly LynchFran BassPaul Blank
Mr. and Mrs. Larry CripeDiane Diefenderfer and David Hanlon
Frome Family FoundationJoanne and Dennis Keith
Ed Moen and Janek SchergenMr. & Mrs. J. Matthew Osborne
Mr. Andrew RoseGeorge H. Russell
Don and Sally Anne Sheridan
Dance ContributorBeverly and David Carmichael
Mr. and Mrs. Van HollandDr. Burton Karson
Kathryn Lynch and Robert McDonnellMr. and Mrs. Carl Neisser
Marshall ParkerCyndi and David Runstrom
Ann and Dick SimMr. and Mrs. Keith Swayne
Ms. Barbara Kenady TingleyPaula Tomei and David Emmes
PartnerDiane BakerStacie BrandtLaurie Brown
Bronny DanielsDebra Davis
Dawidoff FamilyRoger du Plessis
Kay FarandaCliff Faulkner and Shigeru Yaji
Gillian Finley and Robert LabareeMary and Andrew Franklin
Judi Gorski amd Rod HarronGlenn Highland
James and Carol HollasChristine JohnsonChuck Johnston
Lorenzo and Karen KnappJames Joseph Koller
Maurice MandelDebra Maxwell
Mrs. Michael McNalleyJohn and Margi MurraySuzy and Jack Peltason
Marica Pendjer and John MillerJames PenrodRobert Petel
Jane and Pat PhelanJanice Gudde Plastino
Dolly PlattLouise Ringwalt
Bruce and Jan SchererJack and Katy SchoellermanMr. and Mrs. William Shue
Richard SneedLiz Stillwell
Gary and Karen ThorneJohn Warndahl
Carol and Kent Wilken
The National Choreographers Initiative would like to thank the following individuals for their support of the 2007 Initiative:
Special Thanks
Diane DiefenderferDonald McKayleAlan Terricciano
Dr. Jack GiangiulioUCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts
- Dance DepartmentIrvine Barclay Theatre – Board of Directors
Theodore Robbins FordEnterprise Car Rental
Irvine Barclay TheatreBoard of Directors
Gary Singer, Chairman
Donna BrownellArlene ChengMark CoyleBobbi CoxTony EllisMorgan EvansRobert FarnsworthNohema FernándezMary Ann GaidoSam GoldsteinKurt HagelSkip JohnsonSean JoyceJerry MandelPatricia L. MurphyRick PaikoffWilliam H. ParkerLeason PomeroyRyan RiechesMickie L. ShapiroRobert E. TarltonCheryl TroskyLisa Bhathal VogelJudy White
Ex OfficioBeth KromMayor, City of Irvine
Michael V. Drake, M.D.Chancellor, UCI
AdministrationDouglas C. Rankin, President
Domenick Ietto, Vice President
Christopher Burrill, General Manager
Karen Drews Hanlon, Dir of Communications
Gary Payne, Director of Finance
Luanne Bauer, Box Office Manager
Helena Danovich, Marketing Assistant
Ginny Hayward, Assistant to the President
Jim Laird, Production Manager
Peggy Magee, Patron Services Manager
Jeff Stamper, Assistant Production Manager
Eva Doane, Development Assistant
David Walker, Assistant Box Office Manager
2006 NC
I photos by Robert S
alas
This vivid, action portrait captures memorable dances from the big screen with Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, and the Nicholas Brothers interspersing live dance and film sequences. In the second half, the show shifts to a fresh look at the theater works of contemporary tap masters Jimmy Slyde and Gregory Hines. This company of 6 dancers, performing to live music, reflects the vibrancy of American tap dance, the brilliance of choreography and improvisation, and the dancers’ ability to draw on the past as they create the future.
Jazz Tap Ensemble
October 13 at 8pm
“It will make you jump out of your shoes and
beat your feet.” - Wall Street Journal
JTE was commissioned by the California Arts Council in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces Program to create this work as part of a project to celebrate the best of American cultural and artistic legacy.
American Tap Masterpieces
949.854.4646www.thebarclay.org