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DBDT: Encore!

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LORENZO RENNIE HARRIS“The Basquiat of the U.S. Contemporary dance scene,” Lorenzo

Rennie Harris has literally embodied the history of hip-hop dance. —London Times

Noted for bringing “social” dances to the “concert” stage, Rennie Harris considered the pioneer of “Street Dance Theater” and or Hip-hop Concert Dance. At the turn of the century alongside Princess Grace Kelly and Dr. Julius Erving, Harris was voted one of the most influential people in the last one

hundred years of Philadelphia history. Compared to Alvin Ailey and Bob Fosse he was awarded 3 Bessie’s, 3 Alvin Ailey Awards, an Herb Alpert Award and nominated for an Lawrence Olivier Award (UK). He’s received a Governors Artist of the year Award and the USA Artist Award for choreography (nationally). With two honorary doctorates in the Arts and Humanities (Bates College) and a doctorate in the Fine Arts (Columbia College). In 2014 Rennie Harris Puremovement finished a successful tour of the middle east such as Eygpt, Jordan, Palenstine and surrounding countries. Rennie Harris served as 1 of 4 Ambassadors for the United States as part of President Obama’s cultural exchange program Dance Motion USA. He and his company Rennie Harris Puremovement and their infectious brand of movement have pioneered a new genre Hip-hop/Street Dance Theater. Dr. Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris is atop the hip-hop heap—its leading ambassador.

NYCOLE RAYSee DBDT: Encore! Artistic Director Bio.

K ATARZYNA SK ARPETOWSK AKatarzyna Skarpetowska is a native of Warsaw, Poland. She is an alumna of NYC High School of Performing Arts and holds a BFA from The Juilliard School (1999; Benjamin Harkarvy, artistic director). Her Broadway credits include Metro (Minskoff Theatre, 1992). Kate was a member of Parsons Dance (1999–2006) and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (2007–2014) where she now works as the company’s repetiteur. She appeared as a guest artist with Battleworks Dance Company, Buglisi Dance Theater, and Glimmerglass Opera Festival. Kate was named Dance Magazine’s

“25 to Watch” in 2016 and was nominated for a NY Dance and Performance Award, The Bessie, in the emerging choreographer

category in 2017. Her choreography has been commissioned by Richmond Ballet, BalletX, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Parsons Dance, Buglisi Dance Theater, Houston METdance, Bruce Wood Dance Project, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater II, and The Juilliard School, among others. In 2018, Kate choreographed an Opera Theatre of Saint Louis production of Orfeo and Eurydice, in collaboration with director Ron Daniels and maestro Pierre Vallet. For the past 3 years, she has been a part time faculty member at UC Irvine. She resides in New York City.

CHOREOGRAPHERS

DALL AS BL ACK DANCE THEATRE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MELISSA M. YOUNGMELISSA M. YOUNG is a Honduran-American raised in Santa Ana, California. She attended Orange Coast College with a focus in Business Administration. She is a graduate of The Ailey School in New York City. She trained in three of their programs: Summer Intensive, Certificate Program and Fellowship. During her Fellowship studies, she was selected to train as an exchange student at Amsterdam School of the Arts (de Theaterschool) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Overall, her professional training includes: Ballet, Modern (Horton and Graham), and Jazz techniques, as well as West African dance.

This marks Melissa’s 27th season with Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Young started her career at DBDT as a dancer for 11 years, then Rehearsal Director, Academy Director, Associate Artistic Director, Interim Artistic Director, and was appointed as Artistic Director on September 25, 2018. Her most notable performances include: The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors in New York City, and for the U.S. Ambassadors to Ireland and Zimbabwe. She has restaged and rehearsed the diverse repertoire of DBDT, which spans over 80 ballets. She was an Assistant to the Choreographers, Hope Clarke for the Dallas Opera’s Porgy and Bess (2009) and Christopher L. Huggins for Dallas Theater Center’s production of The Wiz (2011).

Teaching master classes both nationally and internationally, Melissa specializes in the Dance Technique of Lester Horton. She was the primary Horton Technique Instructor for Dallas Black Dance Theatre from 1998–2017. As an Adjunct Instructor, she taught the Horton Technique at Dallas’ Southern Methodist University in 2004 and Texas Woman’s University in Denton from 2005–2008. She was on faculty (Horton Technique) at Ballet Center for Fort Worth and Dallas Youth Repertory Project, and continues to serve as a guest teacher at both schools. In 2014, Melissa was the Visiting Dance Artist for Abilene Christian University’s Department of Theatre. She taught ballet, modern and lyrical jazz techniques.

Melissa currently serves on the Next Generation Leadership Committee for the International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc. She has served as an advisory panelist for City of Dallas/Office of Cultural Affairs, Young Audiences of Dallas, Texas Commission on the Arts and Arkansas Arts Council, as well as serving as a board member for the Dance Council of North Texas from 2010–2013. In 2000, she was presented with The Dancer’s Award for her artistic excellence and dedication to Dallas Black Dance Theatre. She was chosen as one of “The Talented Tenth” by The Dallas Weekly in 2010, for being a Young and Emerging Leader. In 2014, she received an Award of Recognition from the South Dallas Dance Festival for her service to dance and in 2016, the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence. In November 2017, Melissa received the Shining Star Award from the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance for her significant contributions to dance in Texas and beyond. During the 57th Annual South Central District Conference of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. in March 2019, Melissa was honored with the “We Speak Your Name” Career Achievement Award.

DBDT: ENCORE! ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

NYCOLE RAYA Detroit native, Nycole Ray graduated from The California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in dance. She received additional training at the California State Summer School of the Arts, Wayne State University, and as an exchange student at the London Contemporary Dance School in England. Mrs. Ray has performed with the Bruce Wood Dance Project, Walt Disney World Entertainment, Christopher and Friends directed by Christopher L. Huggins, the Lula Washington Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II and the Zadonu African Dance Company. She has worked with noted choreographers such as Donald McKayle, Dianne McIntyre, Christopher L. Huggins, Alonzo King, Donald Byrd, Bruce Wood®, Rennie Harris and Camille A. Brown. In addition to her concert dance performances, and has appeared in music videos, industrials in the U.S. and Europe.

Nycole is the 2013 recipient of the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence from the Dance Council of North Texas and has set choreography on DBDT: Encore!, Hill Dance Academy Theater in Pittsburgh, PA, Detroit Renaissance High School, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Wayne State University’s Dance Company, and the Milwaukee Dance Connection. Mrs. Ray was commissioned by The Dallas Opera, to choreograph the opera Samson and Delilah for their 2017 opening season. She has had collaborations with the Dallas Museum of Art, creating Frida, Frida and Frida based off of the Mexico exhibit in 2017, Art on 5th Avenue based on the contemporary jewelry designs of Arthur Smith in 2014, The Subtle, The Sum…Give More Than You Take, based off of the Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take exhibit in 2013, The Line of Beauty that Runs Through, based off of works from The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece exhibit along with works from their permanent collection in 2013, Le Afrique Masquerade for The Art of Disguise exhibit of African Masks in the fall of 2010, as well as a commissioned work for the Dallas Holocaust Museum in 2009.

Mrs. Ray was a featured choreographer for the Tenth Annual Choreographers Choice Series in Dallas; and premiered work in Vienna’s 2003 International Black Dance Festival. She accompanied Dr. Chuck Davis, as an invited guest, during his annual pilgrimage to Africa, and has been a teaching Assistant and adjunct at Texas Woman’s University. Mrs. Ray received the 2011 Artful Dancewear Teachers Scholarship through The Dance Council of North Texas to continue her studies, and is certificate as a certified Dunham Technique Instructor.

Nycole is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and is the Director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Summer Intensive program and has served in the past as rehearsal director for the Bruce Wood Dance Project, Assistant Rehearsal Director for Dallas Black Dance Theatre and the Director of Bloom, Dallas Black Dance Academy’s Performing Ensemble. Mrs. Ray continues to perform as a guest artist with Dallas Black Dance Theatre, marking her 23rd year with Dallas Black Dance Theatre and her 11th season as the Artistic Director of DBDT: Encore!

DBDT: ENCORE!ARTISTIC ASSISTANT / BOOKING ASSISTANT

RICHARD A.FREEMAN, JR. A native of Washington, D.C., Richard began his training with District of Columbia Youth Ensemble and the Washington Ballet. He received additional training from Duke Ellington School of the Arts, as well as Virginia Commonwealth University. He danced professionally with Elisa Monte Dance, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Arts Unlimited, and Houston Grand Opera. Mr. Freeman has had the pleasure to perform in Operas/Musicals such as Casa Blanca, Brothers of the Knight, Dreams, Porgy and Bess, The WIZ and Rusalka. Some of his commercial credits include Mary Kay, Holiday Inn, and Chuck E. Chesse. Richard has choreographed works for the Atlanta Dance Connection, Texas Ballet Theater School, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, DBDT: Encore, Urban Souls Dance Company, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and I. M. Terrell Academy for STEM and VPA. Richard has been the resident choreographer for Dallas Black Dance Theatre as well as the ballet master for Spring Cypress Dance Center. He has performed works by world renowned choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Talley Beatty, Ben Stevenson, Debbie Allen, Christopher L. Huggins, Nejla Y. Yatkin, Alonzo King and many others. Along side performing he also teaches master classes and workshops across the nation. Mr. Freeman is currently the Artistic Assistant for DBDT: Encore! and the Booking Assistant for both DBDT, and DBDT: Encore! This is his 13th season with the company.

Photo by Amitava Sarkar

MARCH 13–14, 2021

PROGRAMME

Opaque (2015)

Not Transparent or translucent; not allowing light to pass through

Choreographer Nycole Ray

Music Max Richter

Lighting Velyncia Caldwell

Costume Design Nycole Ray

Dancers Teige Bisnought Ketreon Butler Carmen Cage

Edie Dunn Marques Furr

Floyd McLean, Jr. Bianca Melidor Jessica Popoff

Terrell Rogers, Jr. Isabel Wallace-Green

PROGRAMME

Tidal Intersections

Choreographer Katarzyna Skarpetowska

Music Philip Glass & Ravi Shankar

Lighting Design Velyncia Caldwell

Costume Design Katarzyna Skarpetowska

Dancers Teige Bisnought

Ketreon Butler

Carmen Cage

Edie Dunn

Marques Furr

Floyd McLean, Jr.

Bianca Melidor

Jessica Popoff

Terrell Rogers, Jr.

Isabel Wallace-Green

PROGRAMME

SPECIAL THANKS The wonderful staff of the Moody Performance Hall

City of Dallas

The following interaction will contain scenes of domestic violence, viewer discretion is advised.

Hate 2 Luv U (2019)

Choreographer Rennie Harris

Music Ralf Gum

Lighting Design Velyncia Caldwell

Costume Design Nycole Ray & Richard A. Freeman, Jr.

Dancers Teige Bisnought Ketreon Butler Carmen Cage

Edie Dunn Marques Furr

Floyd McLean, Jr. Bianca Melidor Jessica Popoff

Terrell Rogers, Jr. Isabel Wallace-Green

Videographers Nycole Ray & Richard A. Freeman, Jr.

Editor Nycole Ray

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DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE • STAFF

FOUNDERARTISTIC DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ANN M. WILLIAMSMELISSA M. YOUNGZENETTA S. DREW

THE MISSIONOur mission is to create and produce contemporary modern dance

at its highest level of artistic excellence.

DBDT: ENCORE! DANCERS

DBDT COMPANY DANCERSClaude Alexander III

Hana DelongLailah LaRose

Sierra Noelle Jones

Xavier MackCharles Michael Patterson

Zion PradierSean J. Smith

De’Anthony VaughanRenee Walters

Jasmine White-KillinsMcKinley Willis

DBDT: ENCORE! ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NYCOLE RAY

Edie DunnMarques Furr

Floyd McLean Jr.Bianca Melidor

DBDT COMPANY TEACHERS

Katricia EaglinEbony McFarlandShamonn WiseRichard A. Freeman, Jr. Claude Alexander III & Sean J. Smith

Mafe MassengaleDeAngela ChristianKristen Y. VogelCarli ConnerRamona LoganJonathan HarlosAleah Pilot

Kimberlie PageEdward Brown / Richard Battle

ARTISTICAcademy DirectorExecutive Assistant to the Artistic DirectorNeiman Marcus Group Lead Outreach TeacherDBDT: Encore! Artistic Assistant / Booking AssistantDBDT Rehearsal Assistants

ADMINISTRATIVEControllerRegistrar / Jr. AccountantGrant ManagerDevelopment Coordinator / Executive Assistant to Executive Director Communications & Community Engagement ManagerGraphic Designer / Brand ManagerJr. Graphic Designer / Video Editor

OPERATIONSDirector of Facitlites and OperationsFacilities Support

Claude Alexander IIIAllan Kinzie

Ceyhun ÖzsoyJoshua L. Peugh

Sean J. SmithEnrica Tseng

Michelle Zada

Teige BisnoughtKetreon ButlerCarmen Cage

Jessica PopoffTerrell Rogers Jr.

Isabel Wallace-Green

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

A. Shonn Brown VP Governance/Nominating Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Carisma Ramsey Fields VP Marketing JP Morgan

Richard Lee VP Audit AlixPartners, LLP

Clem Maddox VP Government Affairs Charter Spectrum

Frank Samuels VP Strategic Planning Retired, Accenture

Willow Sanchez VP Artistic Law Office of Willow Sanchez, Counsel to the Arts

Dr. Marvin E. Robinson Chairman, Emeritus Accommodations, Inc.

Gilbert Gerst Chairman Bank of Texas

Georgia Scaife President Retired, SuperMedia, LLC

Mark D. Cooks Vice President City of Duncanville

Lee McKinney Treasurer Retired, City of Dallas

Paulette Turner Secretary Integrated Leadership Concepts, Inc.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Juanita Brown Downtown Business News

Joleen Chambers Community Volunteer

Angela Chapman Bright Legacy Enterprises, LLC

Greer L. Christian Charles Schwab

Kellie L. Crewse True North Advisors

Kyle Davis Locke Lord, LLP

Robbie Douglas Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

Ann E. Dudley ** Retired, American Airlines/American Eagle

Lawanda Penland Dunwell ** The Raytheon Company

Ella Goode Johnson Liaison, OAC/City of Dallas

Stephanie L. Johnson AT&T

Marianne Lamont Texas Instruments

Terrence G. Maiden Russell Glen Company

Rev. Claude Maples Community Volunteer

Holly Mayer P.R.I.D.E. Rehab

Shelia McAfee MUFG Union Bank, N.A.

Heidi K. Murray Leadership Women

Kim Noltemy Dallas Symphony Orchestra

JeAnna L. Parker PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Sheena Payne Global Payne Solutions

** National Board Members

Jack Skinner VP IT & Security Oversee My IT, LLC

Kim Whitaker VP Development DFW International Airport

Ann M. Williams Founder Dallas Black Dance Theatre

Lisa Young ** VP Finance Ernst & Young, LLP

Kymberley Scalia HALL Group

Boski Sharma Communities Foundation of Texas

Diane Stephenson American Red Cross North Texas Region

Linda Todd LMT Global Consulting Solutions LLC

Jim Washington The Dallas Weekly

Petre White Community Volunteer

Freda Wright Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

Keron Wright Wright Legal Services PLLC

2020 –2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TEIGE BISNOUGHTOriginally from Reading, England, Teige began his training taking certificate grade exams for the Royal Academy of Dance. He later trained at The Arts Educational Schools, London, and joined the ArtsEd youth dance company as well as set his own work on the company. In 2017 he moved to New York and attended The Ailey school as a Scholarship student. In his time there he worked with choreographers such as Ray Mercer, Troy Powell, Bradley Shelver and Brice Moussette. He also appeared in Alvin Ailey’s Memoria during Ailey’s 60th Anniversary season at New York City Center. In his last year at the school, he apprenticed with Ailey II. Other productions include NYC United against Cancer, Artists Unite 2020, and In Our America: A Concert for the Soul of our Nation.

KETREON BUTLERA native of Plaquemine, Louisian a, Ketreon Butler began his dance training under the direction of Sharon Mathews at Baton Rouge Magnet High School. He was then awarded a full scholarship to train at the Dancer’s Workshop and Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre under the artistic direction of Sharon Mathews and Molly Buchmann. He has trained on full scholarships at The Oklahoma City Ballet, The Debbie Allen Dance Academy, The National Choreography Intensive, and The American Ballet Theatre. In 2015, he was awarded the Regional Dance America: Choreography Award for his piece Yearn. This marks his second season with DBDT: Encore!

CARMEN CAGEA native of Jacksonville, Florida, Carmen began her pre-professional training at the Jacksonville Center for the arts and the Douglas Anderson School of the arts. She is a 2018 graduate of SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance, and a minor in Arts Management. Carmen has performed renowned works by Kevin Wynn, Doug Varone, Martha Graham, Trisha Brown, Christopher L. Huggins, Levi Marsman and José Limón. She has completed intensives at The Ailey School, Dance Italia, Movement Invention Project, Bates Dance Festival and Dallas Black Dance Theatre. She has performed at the Kuandu Arts Festival in Taipei Taiwan, New York live Arts, New York City Center, and Peridance Capezio Center. This is Carmen’s third season with DBDT: Encore!

DBDT: ENCORE!DANCERS

EDIE DUNNHails from London, England and began her training at Sylvia Young Theatre School. She has been Dance Captain for London’s West End show Godspell where she understudied the lead role of Morgan. Alongside other shows in West End, Edie has also back up danced for Robbie Williams and on Britain’s Got Talent and done various commercials and voice overs. She attended the Ailey Summer intensive in 2016 and moved to New York that same year. Edie is a Graduate of the Ailey School Certificate Program class 2020. Since her time in New York she has worked with world renowned choreographers such as Darrell Grand Moultrie, Early Mosley, Clifton Brown, Hollie Wright, Alrick Thomas, Maleek Washington, Nijawwon K. Matthews, Sidra Bell, Shay Bland, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Norbert De La Cruiz, Jamar Roberts and many more. She has also performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade with The Ailey School, and has also performed a section of Mr Ailey’s Revelations at City Center a long side the company. Edie has also performed at NJPAC, MMAC, symphony space, Baryshnikov Arts Center, the Joan Weill Center for Dance, Marriott Hotel along with others. Along side dance, Edie also choreographs–her works have been performed on students at The Ailey School and with Earl Mosleys Institute of the Arts students at City Center. This is Edie’s first season with DBDT: Encore!

MARQUES FURRMarques Gregory Furr of Nashville, TN & DC/MD/VA area graduated with a B.F.A. in Dance with a minor in Musical Theatre from the University of the Arts. He began his formal training at the Nashville School of the Arts. He danced with Eleone Dance Theatre for three seasons. Mr. Furr traveled on Broadway with the production of Ragtime and is the recipient of the Tennessee Dance Festival’s Kitty Sharp Ballet Award. He has studied on Scholarship at The Dance Theater of Harlem, Ballet X and received the Oprah Winfrey Foundation Scholarship at The Ailey School for summer studies in 2018. He has performed the works of Juel D. Lane, Robert Battle, Gary D. Jeter, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Beth Gill, Kyle Clark, Dara J. Meredith, Amy Hall Garner, Lamar Baylor, Nora Gibson, Wayne St. David, Shawn-Lamere Williams, Thaddeus and Tonya Wideman-Davis, Molly Misgala, and E. Leon Evans. This is his second season with DBDT: Encore!

FLOYD MCLEAN JR.A native of East Orange, NJ, began his pre-professional dance training at Sharron Miller’s Academy for The Performing Arts In Montclair, NJ and The Cicely L. Tyson High School of Performing and Fine Arts. He has trained at The Dance Theater of Harlem, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, NYU Future Dancers and Dance makers and Dallas Black Dance Theatre intensives. Floyd is a 2018 graduate with a BFA in Dance from Point Park University where he was awarded the Don Craig Scholarship. He has trained with and danced in works by Garfield Lemonius, Jason McDole, Kiesha Lalama, Joshua L. Peugh, Stephanie Batten-Bland, Doug Bentz, Christopher L. Huggins, and many more. This is his third season with DBDT: Encore!

BIANCA MELIDORA native of Atlanta, Georgia, Bianca received her dance training at the Gwinnett Ballet Theater under the artistic direction of Lisa Sheppard Robson and Wade Walthall. Bianca furthered her training at Point Park University, with professors Jason McDole, Judith Leifer-Bentz, and many others. In 2018, Bianca graduated from Point Park receiving her Bachelor in Fine Arts with Magna Cum Laude. Having been part of a conservatory directed under Ruben Graciani and Garfield Lemonius, Bianca has had opportunities to work with choreographers such as Troy Powell, Sidra Bell, Helen Simoneau, Kiesha Lalama and many others along with performing works by Mark Morris and José Limón. In addition, Bianca has spent many of her summers training at intensives like Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mark Morris Dance Group, Ballet West, Atlanta Ballet, and Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Along with her training, Bianca enjoys teaching students of all ages in ballet, jazz, modern, and Haitian folklore dance. Bianca is excited to participate in her third season with DBDT: Encore!

JESSICA POPOFFA native of Garden City, MI Jessica started her pre-professional training at Angie Hahn’s Academy of Dance. She is a 2019 graduate from the University of Oklahoma where she earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ballet Pedagogy. There, Jessica had the opportunity to perform works by Trey McIntyre, David Hochoy, and Alejandro Cerrudo. She has also trained at BalletMet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Dallas Black Dance Theatre summer intensives. This is Jessica’s second season with DBDT: Encore!

TERRELL ROGERS, JR.A native of Baltimore, MD, is a recent graduate from Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts under the direction of Garfield Lemonius. He began his dance training with the Ava Fields Dance Company under the direction of Ava Fields. He later received a full scholarship to study at Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory. He has attended summer intensives at Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Dallas Black Dance Theatre. During his time at Point Park, he trained and performed works by master choreographers and teachers, José Limón, Lucinda Childs, Jennifer Archibald, Ori Flomin, Judith Leifer-Bentz, Garfield Lemonius, Jason McDole, and Kiesha Lalama. This will be Terrell’s third season with DBDT: Encore!

ISABEL WALLACE-GREENOriginally from Houston, Texas, Isabel Wallace-Green began dancing at Houston Ballet Academy. She graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University/The Ailey School with a BFA in Dance and African/African American Studies. She has performed with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center, New Chamber Ballet, Urban Souls Dance Company, and was an Ensemble member of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Isabel attended summer programs at Boston Ballet School, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Abraham.In.Motion. She has performed works by choreographers Alvin Ailey, Ephrat Asherie, Adam Barruch, Earl Mosley, and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish. This is Isabel’s first season with DBDT: Encore!

Teige Bisnought, Edie Dunn photography by Nir Ariel. Isabel Wallace-Green photo provided by the artist.All other photography by Brian Guilliaux.

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ARTISTIC SPONSORS

DBDT Resident ChoreographerAndy McCarthy & Samara Kline

DBDT Male DancersDiane & Hal Brierley

DBDT: Encore! DancersNorma & Don Stone

DBDT Choreography19th Amendment Centennial FundNancy A. Nasher & David J. HaemiseggerNational Endowment for the Arts

SEASON & INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORS

LEGACY SPONSOR

ASCENDANCE ENDOWMENTS

SEASON & INSTITUTIONAL DONORSMarch 1, 2020 – March 1, 2021

Anonymous

Dallas Black Dance Theatre Board of

Directors

Fidelity Foundation

Hersh Fund for Summer Programs

Perot Foundation

Simmons Fund for Executive Excellence

Norma & Don Stone Legacy Fund

Gail Warrior

CORPORATE & INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

$200,000 & Above Anonymous Simmons Sisters Fund

$100,000 – $199,999 City of Dallas – Office of Arts and Culture Texas Instruments Foundation

$50,000 – $99,999 Anonymous The Eugene McDermott Foundation Mid-America Arts Alliance National Endowment for the Arts Wells Fargo

$25,000 – $49,999 Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas International Association of Blacks in Dance PNC The Shubert Foundation, Inc. TACA Texas Instruments $15,000 – $24,999 Anonymous The David M. Crowley Foundation Hersh Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts

$10,000 – $14,999 19th Amendment Centennial Fund Chase Lexus Macy’s The Rea Charitable Trust

$5,000 – $9,999 Bank of Texas, N.A. The Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust The Hall Group Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Locke Lord LLP MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Rosemary Haggar Vaughan Family Foundation UPS Foundation

$1,000 - $4,999 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Alpha Xi Omega Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Omicron Mu Omega Chapter/ Legacy of Service Foundation Ben E. Keith Foundation Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Communities Foundation of Texas Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. – Dallas Alumnae Chapter Energized for STEM Academy Giana Foundation HEB/Central Market Oncor Plano North Metroplex (TX) Chapter, The Links, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Trinity Chapter, The Links, Inc.

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BENEFACTORS CIRCLE & COMPANY MEMBERSMarch 1, 2020 – March 1, 2021

Visionary $25,000 & AboveHenry C. Beck, Jr. Donor Advised Fund at Texas Women’s FoundationKate Wilson Davis Fund at Texas Women’s FoundationLKS FoundationHolly & Tom Mayer ~Andy McCarthy & Samara Kline ~Nancy A. Nasher & David J. Haemisegger ~Norma & Don Stone

Choreographer $10,000 – $24,999Diane & Hal Brierley Dr. Arlene Ford & Christopher ReynoldsDeedie Rose

Director $5,000 – $9,999Suzanne & Enrico Bartolucci Angela Chapman + Maureen & Robert Decherd Kim Noltemy +Sally Pian & Ira SilvermanCharley & Rozene Pride EnterprisesKeron Wright + Lisa + & Stuart Young

Principal $2,500 – $4,999Joleen + & Jim ChambersGwendolyn & Arthur GeorgeDr. John Humphreys Desiree’ & David KnochKasha & Richard Lee + Terrence Maiden + Avalyn & Daron Pace DeMetris SampsonJames SherrardPamela & Kevin StephensPaulette + & Herb Turner/ Integrated Leadership Concepts Inc.

Soloist $1,250 – $2,499Anonymous (1)Regina & Matamba AustinLucy & Henry Billingsley Fund at Texas Women’s FoundationDorris & Houston BogusVirginia BronsonCarisma Ramsey Fields +Jacquelyn & Gilbert Gerst +Jeremy Gregg • ∞Tyrous & Vera IngramKatherine LawrenceJeAnna Parker + Monica Payne/ Morgan StanleyMargot B. Perot Georgia Scaife + Boski Sharma + & Sharad GuptaChelsea & Jack Skinner +Alice & Richard StevensonKim +∞ & Thomas Whitaker

Ensemble $500 – $1,249Anonymous (4)Kimberly Aldrich-BickhamTara AllenKalita & Edward BlessingRobert BookA. Shonn Brown +Greer Christian + Tom Connelly Mark Cooks + Kellie + & James Crewse Ronda & David CrissKyle Davis +Ann E. Dudley +Lawanda Penland Dunwell +Shelly Garcia & Owen FosterDr. & Mrs. William J. FrazierRosalyn JacksonStephanie L. Johnson +Quo Johnson • Anita KelleyMarianne Lamont + Ramona Logan **Clem Maddox + Joseph & Sandra MaloneWilson & Gwyn MasonShelia McAfee +Lee McKinney +Montgomery FamilyHeidi K. Murray +Sheena Payne +Lucilo Peña & Lee CobbBrenda J. PetersPottorff Family Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas Jennifer RichieFrank Samuels + Patricia SantiagoKymberley Scalia +

Michelle SimpkinsRichard SmithMarsha ThorntonArquila A. ToddLinda + & Frederick D. Todd IIJohn TrimbleKristen Y. Vogel **Zannie & Glenn VossBarbara & Dr. Myron WatkinsPetre White +LaTricia & Keith WillisFreda + & Keith Wright Dancer $250 – $499 Anonymous (3)Lynn & Carey BaldwinBeck, Cobb, Dupre, Donley & Jarmon FamilyMeyer L. Bodoff Discretionary Fund of the Southwest Community FoundationAlice & James BreedloveShelby J. BrownSandra & Ronald CageDr. Florence CoxMegan CreaseyCTARC BookclubGreg DavisTonya Mayberry DavisJamika Doakes Zenetta S. Drew **Lucy DurbinLacy DurhamAyanna EstelleNicholas & Ferrell FellowsJanice & Smith W. Howard, Jr.Felicia Z. Lee Veletta Forsythe-Lill & John LillKathy & Randy LusterPatricia & Curtis MeadowsPaula McCloud • ∞ Amenemope’ McKinneySabrina & Cleon McKnightBetty Boyd-Meis

BENEFACTORS CIRCLE & COMPANY MEMBERSMarch 1, 2020 – March 1, 2021

BENEFACTORS CIRCLE & COMPANY MEMBERSMarch 1, 2020 – March 1, 2021

DANCER, cont.Kallie MillarDeborah & Jim NugentDr. W. P. RadmanTherese & Berthold RombergFamily of Kyla RounsovilleNikki & Earnie RutherfordWillow Sanchez +, Peter & Lana LewisJeannette SiegelDena SimsAngela SmithJudy & Phil SmithDiane Stephenson +Darcel StewartKyle TalkingtonCeazari ThreadgillPamela VaughanPhyllis T. WardC. S’Thembile WestDavid L. WestbrooksBrandy Moriah Wicker & Nic SletteJulie & Fredie WilliamsLalanii Wilson-JonesMelissa M. Young**Danielle Young

Apprentice $100 – $249 Anonymous (15)Valerie AdairRoberto AgostiniDonnie AlbertRonald K. AlexanderJeanette Allen & Jhordyn NelsonDonna D. Baines, DDSThomas BalcomBrenda BakerSusan BanittBeverly BarberDr. Gloria Batiste-RobertsCynthia Becker & Ricardo RobertoNancy Beckham-McDonald

Susie A. BellCarol BiggerCalvin BluiettBrendia BrewerWhitney BrewerKaren BrooksSaretta BrooksBill BrownCarole BrownLaura Jo & Dr. Jeremy BrownJami BrownCheryl Denise BrownleeJo Anne BrunsonRobin M. CaldwellMerle CarmoucheMildred CarrethersMaria CarterYevette & Grover CarterDaryl ChambersShelia Cheatham-MartinAdeola ChukwumahNatasha ClarkBonnie CobbChristy & Mike CoffeyJerome Coleman Sylvester CollierCarli Conner **Trudi & Jeff ConnerRena CookeCarol CroweRobert E. DaisCarol Patrice DabnerIan Derrer & Daniel JamesMegan DimmerLydia & Darryl DunningtonLaura & Jim EinspanierFrances & Mike FranklinHeather FroehlichPeter GaonaUlivia GilbertDarrin GreenCharles GreeneStar & Ian GrieveMarcie GuidryStevens GuillaumeAnn & James HambletonCarol & Steve Harlos

Rue & Tuck HenryKimberly D HillGlendora & Calvin HiltonJacquelyn HoustonWesley Hunt L. JohnsonMelinda & Jim JohnsonTamara JohnsonHoliday & Merv JonesMargaret H. JordanAnnalise KeanLisa Taylor-Kennedy & Keith KennedySheilon KingLisa & Alan KravitzEmelda Lawrence & Ryan PleasantFelicia LeeCraig LewisDiane LovickDenae MalewskiSusan & Benton MangueiraJoel A. MartinMa Fe Massengale **Janice MastersonCharlotte McKenzieGail McVeaCamille Stearns MillerMarianne Miller & Steve ShippJoyce & Harvey MitchellVickie & James MitchellRia NarsiahCarolyn OladunjoyeLatonya OlokodanaMaizie & Clyde OrrRachael OrtizKimberlie Page **Joan PayseurNicole PayseurJan PierceAleah Pilot **Yemaya Ponder PittsStephanie PowellTegwin & David PulleyPamela & Scott PurcelLiza & Brett Raynor

BENEFACTORS CIRCLE & COMPANY MEMBERSMarch 1, 2020 – March 1, 2021

APPRENTICE, cont.Dena & Larry ReesLeslie RichardsonLisa RyanJan SandersKeira ScanksDetra ScheeleLuanne Schultz Sheila ScullockAudrey SeldenJeannette SiegelThe A & K Smircic Fund Doris SmithErin SmithSandra T. SmithNancy & René SomodevillaMelissa & Paul StewartDr. Robert Stinnett Wendy & Jeremy StrickLatasha TanksleyLinda TezenoCheryl ThompsonDiccy ThurmanTamia & Ahren TryonVictor ValdesCorlis Lyons VanceCarly VillarrealLinda S. VorhiesMaureen & John WangermannDaisy WattsAnn M. Williams +Ashanti WilliamsBrittny WilliamsMichael L. WilsonDenisea Woodard John Wooten Edwin & Darlene YoungNorma Young

Associate $40 – $99 Anonymous (20) Valerie Beard-Elliott Ruth BeilKathleen & Kevin BishopDr. Sharon L. BlackmanHelen Boening

Chandra BooneSonya E. Braddy Latisha BrandonAttorney Vg BrooksGeorgia BrownPatricia A. BroyardKecia ByarsMarilyn Calhoun Johnnie CampbellAnette CarlisleJohnnie ChatmanAudra & Terrence ChavisSharron & Nicholas ConradJoan A. CoxTivona CurtisZavior DakersVincent DavisMalcolm DickinsonElizabeth DodsonApril EllisRose EngellandBritney EnglishMelissa FlemingLaTonya FlournoyMegan FuentesDawn Funches Allen Anne Marie Gan Aaron GloverBarbara GollmanSherrie GrayAngela HodgesJohn R. HuberClayton HufftHarry IngramMark E. JacobsJill & Charles JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Lelious A. JohnsonVadrina & Sterling Johnson JrJane B. JonesDr. Peggy & Hon. Ronald JonesVal & Mishic LiberatoreGloria B. LockettCheryl LongL. LundySachin MakhijaBrittany MasonConnie McDonaldLorca MelidorMetropolitan PressOtto O. Meyers

Philanda MorganAngela MotenDoris NewhouseNathan OlsonKelly D O’NealDerryle G. Peace Steven, Nycole ** & Essex RayKimberly RayeLynne RichardsonJohn RosenbergGrace RovnerBertha ScottBettie ScottMichael SelmanIneze & Gerald Slaughter Destini TeagueEboni ThornhillThomas ThorntonNicole ThrowerPaulette WalkerJeri Warren, PhD Dorothy WeirDorothy Whaley Karen WieseDr. Avia WilkersonRobert WilmothErica Wright

Gifts Made in Honor ofMelissa Mangueira By Susan & Benton Mangueira

Mary M. Sampson By Dr. & Mrs. William J. Frazier By Jack & Jill of America, Inc. Dallas Associates

Ann Williams By Barbara & Dr. Myron Watkins

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