THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY presents WINTERWORKS · PDF fileTHE BOSTON CONSERVATORY presents WINTERWORKS AS IS Choreography by DORRIE SILVER Music by ROLLO MAX SPREKLEY I'VE GOT NO

This organization is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

T H E B O S T O N C O N S E R V A T O R Y presents

WINTERWORKS

AS ISChoreography by DORRIE SILVER Music by ROLLO MAX SPREKLEY

I'VE GOT NO...Choreography by SARAH BERUBE

Music by ERIC SATIE

FALL BACKChoreography by EMILY JERANT-HENDRICKSON

Music by MAX RICHTER

FACING OUR LI(V)ESChoreography by NATALIE CECCHINI

Music by LUDOVICO EINAVDFI, OLAFUR ARNALDS, CLINT MANSELL and MAX RICHTER

DADDY ISSUES: A REFLECTIONChoreography by STYLES ALEXANDER Music by ADAM SAMBACH-SWOMLEY

ACCUSED (VARIATION B)Choreography by ALISON COOK BEATTY

Music by PHILIP GLASS, DAVID BOWIE and BRIAN ENO

February 19–21, 20158 p.m., Thursday–Saturday

The Boston Conservatory Theater

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—Intermission—

HOW TO BUILD AN APPARATUSChoreography by IAN BERG

Music by COLLIN RUSSELL and IAN BERG

BELOW THE BELTChoreography by TAYLOR RODMAN

Music by JEFF KINSEY

THROUGH THE MOTIONSChoreography by KEY'AIRA LOCKETT

Music by MUNIR ZACKI

OUR CONTRADICTORY RESPONSIBILITIESChoreography by CHASE MAXWELL

Music by JOHN ADAMS, IAN BERG and DUSTIN O'HALLORAN

SPEAK IIChoreography by WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN

Text by DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. and ROBERT F. KENNEDYMusic by DANIEL BERNARD ROMAINE

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DIRECTORS' NOTEWelcome to WINTERWORKS! We are very proud to present this program, which features original choreographic works by dance division students. These pieces have been developed through a months-long process, many in collaboration with student composers, under the guidance of faculty members Mary Wolff and Tommy Neblett. The sophistication of our student-created work illustrates the strength of our compositional curriculum as well as the talent and creativity of our students, and we are excited to share this work with you, our audience.

A highlight of our WINTERWORKS program is the inaugural performance of our freshman class, who are dancing on the mainstage for the first time since their arrival at The Conservatory in the fall. Our freshmen are featured in two stunning works: Accused (Variation B) by choreographer Alison Cook Beatty (B.F.A. '01, dance), and Speak II by choreographer William McLaughlin.

Cook Beatty is this year’s choice for the Alumni Commissioning Project. This project represents the dance division's commitment to support the growth of our alumni as choreographers and artists by commissioning alumni work every year and presenting this work on our mainstage.

Well known Boston artist McLaughlin is co-chair of the dance program at Boston Arts Academy (BAA). His work with our freshmen is part of a choreographic exchange between the Conservatory and BAA. This spring, Dance Division Director Cathy Young will create a work to be performed by BAA students in their spring concert.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful program with us.

Mary Wolff and Cathy Young, co-producers

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PRODUCTION STAFFProduction Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don CuriosoProduction Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patsy Collins BandesStage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda M. OttenTechnical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew ChandlerAssistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff MaynardMaster Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Winston G. LimaugeAssistant Master Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim EllisSound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darby SmothermanVideographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil RobersonCostume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca ButlerAssistant Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda FeeleyStitchers/Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Marie Collett,

Neil Fortin, Sarah KartenWardrobe Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara HartmannMarketing and Communications Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Di CoccoAudience Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Crichton

STUDENT STAFF

Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanessa KenneyProduction Department Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javier Cabrera, Kevin Connor,

Sara Cook, Sarah Goldstein, Ben Harris, Jennifer Hui, Caleb Maftei, Dani Wrenn

Costume Shop Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joy Clark, Theresa Degan, Mitzi Eppley,Cody Garcia, Kristyna Gočová, Mina Kaye,

Brenna Nopenz, Molly Shimko, Lauren WorleyRun Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellie van Amerongen, Jennifer Dinolfo,

Maya Jacobson, Abbie Paone, Ansley Speares


PROGRAMAS IS

Choreography by Dorrie SilverMusic by Rollo Max Spreckley

Costume design by Dorrie SilverLighting design by Paul Marr

Performed by: Victoria Ellis, Adele Hennigar, Santiago MacLean,

Gabrielle Rodriguez, Katharina Schier

I'VE GOT NO...Choreography by Sarah Berube

Music by Eric Satie (Je Te Veux, featuring Deena Grier, piano) Costume design by Sarah Berube

Lighting design by Paul Marr

Performed by: Victoria Ellis

FALL BACK Choreography by Emily Jerant-Hendrickson

Music by Max Richter (Infra 5)Costume design by Emily Jerant-Hendrickson


Performed by: Meghan Connolly, Elijah Dillehay, Katharina Schier

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FACING OUR LI(V)ES Choreography by Natalie Cecchini

Music by Ludovico Einavdi (Experience), Clint Mansell (Together We Will Live Forever), Olafur Arnalds (...Oglengra), Max Richter (November)

Costume design by Natalie CecchiniLighting design by Paul Marr

Performed by: Devon Colton, Mitzi Eppley, Aquila Gibbons, Camille Jackson,

Amber Laberge, Renni McGee, Lauren Worley

DADDY ISSUES: A REFLECTION Choreography by Styles Alexander

Music by Adam Sambach-Swomley (U.F.O.)Costume design by Styles Alexander


Performed by: Chloe Benitez, Emily Brillson, Dorothy Cherry, Jeffrey Ewing, Marquis Floyd,

Rachel Graubart, Darcy Guariglia, Key’Aira Lockett, Rachel Kuntz

ACCUSED (VARIATION B) FIRST PERFORMED AT LINCOLN CENTER IN 2012

Choreography by Alison Cook Beatty Music by Philip Glass (Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra),

David Bowie and Brian Eno (Low Symphony, and Heroes Symphony) Costume design by Penny Pinette

Lighting design by Paul Marr Rehearsal Assistance by Laura Pawel and Chie Mukai

Performed by: Liana Attanasio, Annelise Bucher, Kiara Burns, Johanna Butterworth, Margaret Costales, Luna Cristales, Carmen Derouin, Alyx Henigman,

Ayami Ino, Alyssa Markowitz, Callahan McGovern, Emily McGuire, Christina Morrison, Sophie Schreiber


—Intermission—

HOW TO BUILD AN APPARATUS Choreography by Ian Berg

Music by Collin Russell and Ian Berg (How to Build an Apparatus)Costume design by Ian BergLighting design by Paul Marr

Performed by: Ian Berg, Brianne Cannady, Ayan Imai-Hall, Caitlin Johnson, Leo Manzari,

April Nieves

BELOW THE BELT Choreography by Taylor Rodman

Music by Jeff KinseyCostume Design by Taylor Rodman

Lighting Design by Paul Marr

Performed by: Carolina Beachwood, Victoria Daylor, Cacia LaCount, Yue Ru Ma,

Kelsey McCormack, Jenna Mitchell, Samantha Mitrani, Jessie Thorne, Sophie Zimmer

THROUGH THE MOTIONSChoreography by Key'Aira Lockett

Music by Munir Zaki Costume design by Key'Aira Lockett


Performed by: Dorothy Cherry, Jocelyn Clark, Marquis Floyd, Yue Ru Ma, James Raney,

Styles Alexander, Allison Ward, Holly Wilder, Sherman Wood

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OUR CONTRADICTORY RESPONSIBILITIES Choreography by Chase Maxwell

Music by John Adams (op. 28), Ian Berg and Dustin O'Halloran (Shaker Loops)

Costume design by Chase MaxwellLighting design by Paul Marr

Performed by: Jade Chauvin, Meghan Connolly, Aquila Gibbons, Darcy Guariglia,

Charles Patterson, Andrea Rodriguez

SPEAK IIChoreography by William McLaughlin

Speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. KennedyMusic by Daniel Bernard Romaine

Costume design by Penney PinnetteLighting design by Paul Marr

Performed by: Kenneth Benjamin, Briana Bunkley, Jazz Bynum, Carly Cherone, Nayra Frota,

Christopher Kinsey, Georgia Lipari, Da'rius Malone, Julia Nelson, Jorge Ramos, Jordan Villanueva, Abigail Whatley


STUDENT ENSEMBLE All students are B.F.A. candidates unless otherwise noted.

DANCE ENSEMBLEStyles Alexander '16Liana Attanasio '18Chloe Benitez '15Kenneth Benjamin '18Ian Berg '16Emily Brillson '15Annelise Bucher '18Briana Bunkley '18Kiara Burns '18Johanna Butterworth '18Jazz Bynum '18Jade Chauvin '16Carly Cherone '18Dorothy Cherry '16Devon Colton '17Meghan Connolly '15Margaret Costales '18Luna Cristales '18Carmen Derouin '18Elijah Dillehay '16Victoria Ellis '15Mitzi Eppley '17Jeffrey Ewing '15Marquis Floyd '17Nayra Frota '18Aquila Gibbons '17Rachel Graubart '15Darcy Guariglia '16Alyx Henigman '18

Adele Hennigar '15Ayami Ino '18Camille Jackson '17Christopher Kinsey '18Rachel Kuntz '15Amber Laberge '17Georgia Lipari '18Key'Aira Lockett '16Santiago MacLean '17Da'rius Malone '18Alyssa Markowitz '18Renni McGee '17Callahan McGovern '18Emily McGuire '18Christina Morrison '18Julia Nelson '18Charles Patterson '16Jorge Ramos '18James Raney '17Gabrielle Rodriguez '16Andrea Rodriguez '17Yue Ru Ma '16Katharina Schier '16Sophie Schreiber '18Jordan Villanueva '18Allison Ward '17Abigail Whatley '18Holly Wilder '15Sherman Wood '15Lauren Worley '17

PRODUCTION STAFFJavier Cabrera '17Joy Clark '16Kevin Connor '15Sara Cook, B.M. '18Theresa Degan, M.F.A. '15Jennifer Dinolfo '18Mitzi Eppley '17Cody Garcia '16Kristyna Gocova '17Sarah Goldstein,

M.F.A. '15Ben Harris, M.F.A. '15Jennifer Hui '18Maya Jacobson '18Mina Kaye, M.F.A. '16Vanessa Kenney '18Caleb Maftei '18Brenna Nopenz '17Abbie Paone '18Molly Shimko, M.F.A. '16Ansley Speares '18Ellie van Amerongen '18Lauren Worley '17Dani Wrenn '16

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MARY WOLFF, producer—holds an M.F.A. from the University of Cali-fornia at Los Angeles (UCLA) and an M.A. in folklore from Indiana Uni-versity. She has choreographed for ballet, modern and folk companies, including Arizona Dance Theater, Southwest Chamber Ballet, West-wind International Folk ensemble and Mandala Folk Dance ensemble, and for Universal Pictures and Walt Disney World's Epcot Center. She has received awards from the Mas-sachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) for the Arts and Humanities and the Arizona Commission on the Arts. A former faculty member of the Uni-versity of Arizona dance program, Wolff currently teaches choreogra-phy and dance history at The Bos-ton Conservatory.

CATHY YOUNG, producer—re-ceived a B.A. in sociology and wom-en's studies from Harvard University and an M.F.A. in dance from the Uni-versity of Illinois. Young is nationally recognized as a master teacher and has conducted residencies at more than 30 colleges around the coun-try, as well as at the Bates Dance Festival, Florida Dance Festival and the International Open Look Festi-val in St. Petersburg, Russia. While she is best known as a teacher and choreographer of jazz dance, her 30 years of experience in the field of dance have been wide-ranging

and diverse. As a performer, Young has danced with a number of com-panies, including Zenon Dance Company and Danny Buraczeski's JAZZ DANCE! She has also toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe and has performed in prestigious venues such as the Joyce Theater in New York and Ja-cob's Pillow Dance Festival. For the past 20 years, Young has focused on creating her own works, a dynamic mix of styles and dance forms that intermingles jazz, modern, contact improvisation, social dance and gymnastics. She creates choreog-raphy for her own company, Cathy Young Dance, and has also been commissioned by professional com-panies and presenters including The Walker Art Center, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Pennsylvania Dance Theatre, Zenon Dance Company, The Minnesota Opera and interna-tionally by Kannon Dance Company of St. Petersburg, Russia. Her chore-ography has been recognized with awards and grants from the McK-night Foundation, Jerome Foun-dation, Target Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board, among others. She was previously depart-ment chair and an associate profes-sor of dance at Ursinus College and now proudly serves as the Director of the Dance Division of The Boston Conservatory.

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MERRICK NELSON, assistant pro-ducer—joined The Boston Con-servatory Dance Division in 2011. Nelson is a graduate of the New England Conservatory (NEC), where he finished a M.M. in viola perfor-mance in 2009, studying with Carol Rodland. Nelson later served as an assistant librarian in NEC's Perfor-mance Library. Prior to studying at NEC, Nelson completed a B.A. at Boston University in 2003 under Michelle LaCourse. He is currently principal violist of the Brookline Symphony and was a member of the Boston Philharmonic for five years.

ALISON COOK BEATTY (B.F.A. ‘01, dance), choreographer—is from Milford, CT. She received a B.F.A. from The Boston Conservatory and was awarded the Ruth Sand-holm Ambrose Scholarship Award. Cook Beatty is the artistic director of Alison Cook Beatty Dance Com-pany (formally ACB Dance Com-pany), founded in 2012 and based in New York City. The company has performed throughout California, Connecticut, New York, New Jer-sey, Vermont, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. As the choreogra-pher and artistic director of Alison Cook Beatty Dance Company, her work has been commissioned by such companies as Columbia Bal-let Collaborative, Carolina Ballet

Theater, the Joffrey Ballet School NYC, Opera Dolche, NYU and Ballet Next. In 2012, Ballet Next commis-sioned her work TINTINNABULI for its Joyce Theater season, as well as performances at the 92nd Street Y and Kaatsban. Cook Beatty worked closely with Michele Wiles, Ballet Next artistic director and Jason Reil-ly, principal dancer of the Stuttgart Ballet during the creation of this dance. Beatty has been awarded the 2013 sjDANCEco Award for Ar-tistic Merit & Best Choreography, the Caroline H. Newhouse Scholar-ship Award, a grant from the Putney School in Vermont, as well as grants from the Milford Fine Arts Coun-cil and the Arts Council of Greater New Haven in Connecticut. As a dancer she has performed with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Tay-lor 2, and many other prominent choreographers and companies in NYC. She is currently on the faculty at the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC. Read Cook Beatty’s complete bio at: alisoncookbeatty.com.

WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN, chore-ographer—serves as dance de-partment co-chair at Boston Arts Academy (BAA), Boston’s high school for the performing and vi-sual arts. In addition to Boston Arts Academy, McLaughlin has served on faculty at many of Boston’s most prestigious arts institutions, in-

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cluding Boston Ballet, The Boston Conservatory, Concord Academy’s Summer Stages, The Jeannette Neill Dance Studio, Needham Dance Theater and The Walnut Hill School. As a guest artist, McLaughlin has both taught and choreographed throughout the Greater Boston area. He has also served as both co-director and artistic director of Boston Dance Collective’s Summer Outreach Program, now known as the Boston University REACH Pro-gram. As a professional dancer, McLaughlin has performed with Ace Entertainment, Impulse Dance Company, Concert Dance Company of Boston, Prometheus Dance The-ater, Marcus Schulkind and Friends and Boston Dance Collective. During his time with these companies, he performed works choreographed by Diane Arvanites, Fred Benjamin, Donald Byrd, Allen Collier, Adrienne Hawkins, Bebe Miller, Christien Polos, Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson and Randy Warshaw, to name a few. While on faculty at BAA, his choreography has been chosen for performance at the Na-tional High School Dance Festival’s Gala and has been presented at The Calhoun School, Harvard School of Education and for the Harvard Strategic Data Project. In 2011, he was invited by Boston superinten-dent Carol Johnson to present his work at The Great City Schools Na-

tional Convention. In 2008, he was awarded a SURDNA Artist Fellow-ship, during which he returned to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for the fourth time, participating in the Choreographer’s Lab, directed by Celeste Miller and “J.R.” Glover. In 2012, McLaughlin was a Massachu-setts Cultural Councils 2012 Artist Fellowship finalist. In 2014, he was the recipient of the Outstanding Educator Advocate Award in Dance at the Arts/Learning Artful Stem Symposium. He received a B.A. from Cambridge College.

CHASE MAXWELL (B.F.A. '16, dance), choreographer—has appeared in Fits of Hissy and Rave at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston. Since Maxwell demanded tap shoes at age three, he has single-mindedly focused on a career as a performer. He appeared in multiple productions of The Nutcracker for Peninsula Ballet Theater starting at age five. Maxwell was cast as Tiny Tim in American Conservatory Theater’s production of A Christmas Carol at Geary Theater in San Francisco at age seven. He also appeared in ACT’s world premiere of Korczak’s Children as Symonek. Max-well performed as the Shepherd Boy soloist in Tosca at the Redlands Mu-sic Festival. He also appeared in prin-cipal roles in the Los Angeles Opera company productions of Falstaff, and La Bohème, as well as lead/under-


study in Madame Butterfly. Maxwell received multidisciplinary training at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy for more than ten years. He continued to perform in theater productions throughout the country, includ-ing: Oman, Oh Man at the Kennedy Center, Twist at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta and Pasadena Playhouse, and the national tour of Brothers of the Knight. He also appeared in Los Angeles area productions of: The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, Alex in Wonder-land, The Bayou Legend, Dancing in the Wings, and Dreams. Chase per-formed on stage at the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl with Herbie Hancock. He has performed at benefits for Jane Goodall and Ste-vie Wonder. He was also the inaugu-ral recipient of the Dizzy Feet Foun-dation Scholarship awarded to nine dancers in the U.S. Maxwell has ap-peared in commercials, music videos and print ads as well as television ap-pearances on What I Like About You, Jimmy Kimmel Live, That’s So Raven, and Dance Revolution. He worked as an assistant choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance as well as recently assisting Daniel Pelzig on the production of Guys and Dolls for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR.

NATALIE CECCHINI (B.F.A. '17, dance), choreographer—began her training at the age of three at

The Canton Ballet in Canton, OH, studying under Cassandra Crow-ley, Jennifer Catazaro and Angelo Lemmo. Performing many years with Canton Ballet, she had the op-portunity to perform leading roles in The Nutcracker, Cinderella, La Bayadere and Paquita. She has been to numerous summer intensives, in-cluding Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, American Ballet Theatre Col-legiate Program in New York City, as well as touring numerous European countries with the summer pro-gram Tanzsommer. She has studied closely with world renowned teach-ers Laura Alonso, Melissa Bowman, Rochelle Zide-Booth and New York City Ballet soloist Zachary Catazaro. This is her third time having the op-portunity to showcase her chore-ography in a performance, having been inspired by works created on her by Angelo Lemmo, who was awarded several Regional Dance America awards, and Armando Luna, the principal teacher at At-lanta Ballet’s Centre for Dance Edu-cation. Christopher Wheeldon also played a major role in Cecchini’s choreographic pursuit. She aims to have her choreography bring light to topics that are ignored or ne-glected in society, opening discus-sion on controversial ideas.

DORRIE SILVER (B.F.A. '16, dance), choreographer—was born and

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raised in Brooklyn, NY. She began her training at Brighton Ballet Theater studying Russian Ballet. She went on to study ballet at Manhattan Youth Ballet with a full scholarship, while attending LaGuardia High School for the Arts. There, she was exposed to modern dance under the direction of Michelle Mathesius, graduating on the honor roll for her class. Silver has had the honor of working with and performing works by Troy Powell, Zvi Gotheiner and Dwight Rhoden. She has attended summer intensives such as Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Alonzo King LINES ballet on scholarship. Last summer, Silver had the pleasure of interning at The Mark Morris School in Brooklyn. As a junior at The Boston Conservatory, she has had the privilege of per-forming works by Diane Arvanites, Richard Colton, Mark Morris and Uri Sands. She is honored to be premier-ing her first choreographic and col-laborative work in WINTERWORKS.

EMILY JERANT-HENDRICKSON (B.F.A. '16, dance), choreographer—has per-formed works by Richard Colton, Tommy Neblett and Cathy Young at The Boston Conservatory. Jerant-Hendrickson has been a member of Lorraine Chapman the Company for the past four years, where she has performed in artBEAT, the Massa-chusetts Dance Festival, Boston Uni-versity’s Dance Showcase, the Across

the Ages Dance Project, Movement at the Mills, LCTC’s 10th Anniversary Showcase, Six Degrees of Separa-tion, the Southern Vermont Dance Festival, the Cape Dance Festival and Pentacle’s Fall Further 2 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in NYC. She has also danced with various other Boston artists, including Audra Cara-betta, Annie Kloppenberg and Dan-iel McCusker.

KEY’AIRA LOCKETT (B.F.A. '16, dance), choreographer—is a native of Dal-las, TX and began her dance train-ing at the age of three. Her role in the ensemble of Dallas Black Dance Academy led her to become an ap-prentice with the second company for the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, under the direction of Nycole Ray. While part of the company, she also attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where she was a part of the dance department under the di-rection of Lily Weiss. Lockett has re-ceived additional training from The Ailey School, Debbie Allen Summer Intensive and Perry Mansfield sum-mer Dance Intensive. She has also worked with choreographers such as Bridget Moore, Troy Powell, Chris-topher Huggins, Linda Kent, Thang dao, Ernesta Corvino, Robert Moses and Dwight Rhoden, just to name a few. Lockett is currently attending The Boston Conservatory, where she


is in a four-year program to receive a B.F.A. in contemporary dance perfor-mance with an emphasis in Chore-ography and pedagogy.

SARAH ELIZABETH BERUBE (B.F.A. '15, dance), choreographer—is originally from Winston-Salem NC and began her training at an early age under the direction of Brantley Shapiro at Wake Forest University. She later entered the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), where she trained with Susan McCullough and Ethan Steifel. During her years at UNCSA, she studied under pro-fessionally accredited teachers and choreographers and spent her sum-mers studying with Carolina Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Hub-bard Street Dance. In her final year at UNCSA, she had the fortunate op-portunity to perform in the all school musical of Oklahoma! under the di-rection of Broadway’s Terrence Mann and Gemze Delappe. After graduat-ing high school, she attended Florida State University, where she worked with artists such as Gerri Houlihan, Dan Wagoner, Abby Yager and Su-san Ferrell. After a year of training, Berube transferred into The Boston Conservatory, where she performed works by choreographers Mark Mor-ris, Robert Moses, Adam Barruch, Omar Carrum, Claudia LaVista and Colleen Thomas. Currently in her senior year at The Boston Conserva-

tory, she is expected to graduate in May 2015 with a B.F.A. in contempo-rary dance performance and an em-phasis in creating performance.

IAN BERG (B.F.A. '16, dance), chore-ographer—is a tap dancer from Chicago, Illinois. Contributors: Col-lin Russell, Carlee Travis, Michael Figueroa, Marianne Moore, Michaela Kaye, Jumaane Taylor, Star Dixon, Cameron Perry, Michelle Dorrance, Ayan Imai-Hall, Brent Fletcher, Blaise Pascal, Werner Heisenberg, John Coltrane, Steven Xia, Amtrak, Nicho-las Young, Reggie Watts, The Necks, James Raney, Tommy Neblett, Cait-lin Johnson, April Nieves, Brianne Cannady, Danny McCusker, Warren Craft, Yvonne Rainer, Luke Hickey, Jason Samuels-Smith, Jason Janas, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Jaques Derrida, Leo Manzari, Mary Wolff, Karl Marx, Uri Sands, Brian Brooks, Heath-er Chappell, Patrick Berg, Dianne Walker, Fela Kuti, Alissa Cardone, Ol-ivier Besson, Dr Jimmy Slyde, Wayne McGregor, Bril Barret, Ferdinand de Saussure, Mike Murphy, Merce Cun-ningham, Michel Foucault, Stanley Kubrick, Tristan Bruns, Sam Weber, Naoyuki Hashimoto, Amiri Baraka.

REBECCA SHANNON BUTLER, costume shop manager—holds a B.F.A. from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has been with The Boston Conserva-

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tory since starting out as an intern in 2004, where favorite productions include Romeo and Juliet, The Mi-kado and The Wild Party. Freelance costume design credits include The Boston Conservatory (Hair, Reflec-tions), Actors’ Shakespeare Project (Cymbeline, The Merry Wives of Wind-sor) and Intermezzo Chamber Op-era Series (Rocket’s Red Blare, The Diva Monologues, The Prodigal Son, Anne Hutchinson). Butler is a found-ing member of the designers’ stu-dio, The Industrial Stitchers Guild, and has created costumes and tex-tile art for organizations in Boston and beyond.

TAYLOR RODMAN (B.F.A. '16, dance), choreographer—is a junior dance division student at The Boston Con-servatory with an emphasis in Creat-ing Performance. A Dallas, Texas na-tive, she formally trained at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts under the direction of Lily Weiss. There she per-formed works by Robert Battle, Larry Keigwin, Dwight Rhoden, Takehiro Ueyama, and Troy Powell, among others. Taylor’s passion and curiosity for choreography grew at Booker T. Washington HSPVA under the influ-ence of Kyle Richards. In 2012, she was named a YoungArts Silver Win-ner in choreography for her piece entitled “Now.” She was also named a 2012 Presidential Scholar in the

Arts in choreography where she performed at The Kennedy Center alongside nineteen other artistic scholars. She enjoys collaborating with her peers from different artis-tic mediums, and experimenting with intensions behind movement. While at The Boston Conservatory Taylor has performed works by Di-ane Arvanites, Dwight Rhoden, Mar-got Gelber, Richard Colton, and Uri Sands. In the future she aspires to tour the world performing, freelance choreographing, and teaching. In the meantime, Taylor is focused on furthering her technical and artistic relationship with movement at The Boston Conservatory.

PAUL MARR, lighting designer—is thrilled to be working with The Boston Conservatory again, having designed for both opera and dance productions in the past. He has de-signed for many other companies in the city, including Prometheus Dance, Kelley Donovan and Dancers and, most recently, Caitlin Corbett. When not freelance designing, Marr works full time as the electrics su-pervisor at Blue Man Group.

DON CURIOSO, production manager—has served The Boston Conservatory for 13 years. Curioso served as production manager for Civic Light Opera in Seattle, WA and was production manager/techni-


cal director for Suffolk University. Professional credits include Ameri-can Musical Theater, Long Wharf Theater, The Garde Arts Center and Yale Repertory Theater. Early career highlights include Babes In Arms, directed by Ginger Rogers; the pre-Broadway production of Late Nite Comic, starring Robert Lupone; the inaugural season of Connecticut Repertory Theater; and The Gifts of The Magi and Children Of Eden, fea-turing then unknown Cheyenne Jackson. Recent Conservatory high-lights include Opening Note!; pro-ductions with the late Dana Bray-ton; numerous collaborations with theater, dance, music and opera; serving as the liaison at Midway Stu-dios during the Conservatory 2009 off-campus season; and hosting the Production Managers Forum in Bos-ton. Curioso received his M.F.A. in technical direction and production management from the University of Connecticut. His teaching cred-its include Wagner College, Suffolk University and The Boston Conser-vatory.

PATSY COLLINS BANDES, pro-duction stage manager—is cur-rently in her 11th year at The Boston Conservatory, where she has been the production stage manager for more than 100 productions. She also directed The Skin of Our Teeth, Waiting for Godot, Cloud 9 and Ros-

encrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead for The Boston Conservatory. Other companies for which she has stage managed include North Shore Mu-sic Theatre, Prometheus Dance, Boston Children's Chorus, Intermez-zo Chamber Opera and the Den-ver Center Theatre Company (1998 Tony Award), where she worked on the world premieres of The Laramie Project and Give 'em a Bit of Mystery: Shakespeare and the Old Tradition. Collins Bandes is a member of The Boston Conservatory Theater Divi-sion and Dance Division faculties, teaching freshmen production and stagecraft. She holds a B.A. in the-ater with an emphasis in directing from the University of Northern Colorado and is pursuing an A.L.M. at Harvard University.

AMANDA M. OTTEN, stage man-ager—recently moved to Boston to serve as stage manager for The Boston Conservatory. Since relocat-ing, she has also worked as the pro-duction stage manager for Odyssey Opera's Un giorno di regno, Boston Opera Collaborative's Albert Herring and the world premiere produc-tion of Let's Make a Sandwich with Boston Conservatory Ensemble-in-Residence Guerilla Opera. Before moving to Boston, Otten worked in Chicago for several years as pro-duction stage manager for the op-era program at Northwestern Uni-

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versity. Some of her credits include L'incoronazione di Poppea, Albert Her-ring, Die Fledermaus and Street Scene. She has also worked with Ash Lawn Opera, Triad Stage and Looking-glass Theater Company, where she worked on the world premiere of Trust by David Schwimmer. Otten holds a B.F.A. in technical produc-tion from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

ANDREW CHANDLER, technical director—is originally from Ala-bama and most recently lived in New York City, where he was the produc-tion manager and technical director for anything from musical theater, dance and opera to corporate meet-ings and experiential events. He has worked for Fourth Wall Events, Tinc Productions, The New York Musi-cal Theatre Festival and The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Insti-tute and has freelanced for Off- and Off-Off-Broadway productions, such as The Man Who Came to Dinner (Pe-cadillo Theatre Company), Triassic Parq (Amas Musical Theatre), Aca-demia Nuts (NYMF 2014) and various events in New York City and across the U.S. He received a B.A. from Flor-ida State University in 2009.

AMANDA FEELEY, assistant cos-tume shop manager—holds a B.F.A. in fashion design from Mas-sachusetts College of Art and De-

sign. She has worked as a costume technician across the U.S., including The Santa Fe Opera and Walt Dis-ney World, and locally at Costume Works and Atlantic Coast Theatri-cal Supply. She has also worked as a costume designer for recent pro-ductions including Legally Blonde: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone and The Wedding Singer, and she re-ceived an EMACT DASH nomination for her work on Beehive: The 60s Mu-sical. Feeley's fashion design work has been shown in Boston Fashion Week and other New England fash-ion shows.

WINSTON G. LIMAUGE, master electrician—is celebrating his fifth year at The Boston Conservatory. His past design credits include Wait-ing for Godot and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (The Boston Conservatory), Abduction from the Seraglio (Harrisburg Opera) and True West (Open Stage), as well as the world premiere of Rockets Red Blare and Diva Monologues (Intermezzo Opera Company). He has worked as an assistant lighting designer for the world premieres of The English Chan-nel (C. Walsh Theatre and Vineyard Playhouse) and Beckett at 100 (New College Theatre), as well as the IRNE-nominated production of A Streetcar Named Desire (New Repertory The-atre).


DANCE FACULTY & STAFF

FACULTYDiane ArvanitesDe Ama BattleOlivier BessonJulia BoyntonAlissa CardoneLorraine ChapmanMichelle ChassePatsy Collins-BandesGianni Di MarcoMaggy Gorrill

Aaron JensenTai JimenezShannon Lee JonesLeslie Shafer KovalJohn KuntzChelsea LewisDaniel McCuskerTommy NeblettDenise Pons LeoneMarcus Schulkind

Donna SilvaSydney SkybetterAmy SpencerAdrianna SuarezMila ThigpenJim VieraDean VollickGemma WilliamsMary WolffLeslie Woodies

Cathy Young, Director of the Dance DivisionTommy Neblett, Assistant Director of the Dance DivisionMerrick Nelson, Assistant to the Director of the Dance Division

PENNEY PINETTE, costume de-signer—teaches costume construc-tion and technology for Boston University and Tufts University. She has worked as a draper for American Repertory Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company, as well as de-signing for film, theater and dance throughout Boston.

DARBY SMOTHERMAN, sound engineer—has designed and en-gineered sound around the world, from Hong Kong to New Zealand, from Alaska to the Dominican Re-public, and many points in between. Locally, she has designed shows for the American Repertory Theatre and ArtsEmerson, among others. She received an M.F.A. in sound design from Boston University.

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Chairman's Circle ($25,000 and above)AnonymousDavis UWC Scholars ProgramFanny B. Reed TrustJan Veen Educational TrustPamela S. KunkemuellerEmanuel and Sheila LandsmanMassachusetts Cultural Council

President 's Circle ($15,000–$24,999)Davi-Ellen and Bruce Chabner, M.D.Diana Dohrmann '71Mimi and Roger HewlettHolly Burnet Mikula and Gary MikulaWilliam E. and Bertha E. Schrafft

CharitableTrust

Ipswich Circle ($10,000–$14,999)Alice Willard Dorr FoundationGregory E. Bulger and Richard J. DixMark H. Cooley, M.D.Oliver and Cynthia CurmeJephson Educational TrustsAnne and Lyle J. Micheli, M.D.Charlotte Prescott NewtonAnthony Pangaro and Creelea Henderson

Hemenway Circle ($5,000–$9,999)AnonymousEmanuel D. BergerElizabeth S. BoverouxRonald and Ronni CastyJennie ChanChristos and Eva E. Pappas FoundationJoAnne and Charles DickinsonCarol Efron-Flier and Steven R. Flier, M.D.John S. FosterPreston B. GrandinAlfred and Pat HoustonKaren KleinB. J. KrintzmanLizbeth and George KruppLaura D. Kunkemueller and John AndreiniGlenn E. Mahnken

Maritza and Brian McKay P '16Kelly and Brian McKernanRichard OrtnerChristopher PerryCarmen A. PuopoloGeraldine R. and Stephen J. RicciSeth Sprague Educational & Charitable

FoundationDarius SidebothamKatherine and David Scott SloanPeter J. WenderAmy K. and Edward G. WertheimGeorge C. WhiteThomas and Stathy White P '13 '15Marillyn Zacharis

Fellowship Circle ($2,500–$4,999)Anne N. CuervoNelson J. Darling, Jr.Sonya and Karl FeitelbergKate Sides FlatherCynthia and Leonardo Galletto P '18Jane and Timothy C. GilletteEdwin D. Graves '85Alice and Laurence B. JacobsJanet B. KaminsteinSidney A. KenyonRicardo and Marla LewitusPamela A. MurrayPaul and Virginia Cabot Charitable TrustLisa ReidWarren A. SeamansCorinne and Charles Straubing P '16The Presser FoundationJason S. WeissmanWells Fargo Private BankHaskell WerlinDavid W. White '66Diann Zenda '69

Fenway Circle ($1,000–$2,499)Cynthia and Jack W. AberAdelard and Valeda Lea Roy FoundationPamela and Ron C. Ancrum

The Boston Conservatory gratefully acknowledges the contributors listed below, whose generous gifts support the Conservatory's educational and performance programs. To all, our deepest thanks.

THE BOSTON CONSERVATORYANNUAL FUND

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Ira J. BenowitzLinda Cabot BlackScott W. Blake '76Lance BrisboisWilliam D. BrohnShari Brunson P '17Dr. Abra K. BushPaul and Catherine ButtenwieserPeter P. CampisanoFay ChandlerJudith ChasinClementi Family Charitable TrustNancy and Edward ConditDoreen Donovan CorkinPrescott B. and Joan CrockerWarren R. CutlerSasiree CutterMike Delduchetto and Bassima BashourAna and Antonio Fernandez P '12Leon Earl FernandezMiles A. Fish, III '63Edward Fleck and Eileen McCormackJill A. FopianoRemmi Franklin and Richard LyonBill and Lynne GillenChristina and David GlenRobert GoldsmithJean HackettHalderstein Owl TrustBruce HangenBernadette and Charles Holdener P '12Lisa and Christopher P. KanebLeslie Jacobson Kaye '89Jung-Ja KimElaine B. KirshenbaumKate and Tom KushMichelle Y. Lee '83Erin V. LehmanMarilyn Levitt and Andrew FriedlandRoger and Sheila LockwoodJudith and Michael Longthorne P '12Gregory MaillouxDavid and Kathy MaisterGeorge and Jacquie McClellandAndrew and Joyce Miller P '17Frederick T. Miller and Kathryn E. CadeJohn F. NatoliEugenia L. Douglas O 'Brien '73Barbara Goodwin Papesch

Donna PinoNancy and H. Calvin PlaceKathryn D. and Alfred Pohl P '16Constance M. and Kirk RamsauerDiana B. Roberts and Robert C. BrayIvy and Francis ScriccoLesley Ann Skillen and Laurence CantorWilma Hernandez Tripodi '66Samantha and John WilliamsMarilyn H. Zuckerman, Esq.

Sponsor Circle ($500–$999)AnonymousSarah Schimmel and Cornelius BakkerHoward H. BengeleJudi Taylor Cantor and Murray CantorSuzanne and Greg Carpenter P '16Aldo CrugnolaMark and Lourdes Del Col P '17Donald N. Di Salvo, M.D.Christopher and Rebecca Ewing P '15Phyllis and Thomas FroeschleMargaret GambleLili A. Gottfried, M.D. and

Philip L. Goldsmith, M.D.Diane Asseo GrilichesShannon and Joseph GustafsonJianbing Chen and Hong GuoRosemary and John HarbisonPeter Katz '85Nancy D. and William L. KingmanArleen R. KulinLaurie and Mark Kundla P '17Sharon Lee and Howard RichLeigh and Brian Lytwynec P '08/10Constantine Maroulis '02Middlesex Musical Arts SocietyMarisa and Enrico MihichRictor NorenJames Orleans '81Alison and Gregory O 'Shanick P '16Barry PerkinsEdward Reisert '90Gary and Danna Rodman P '16Elizabeth and Richard Siccone P '16Matthew Stover and Elizabeth RichterMargaret and Olaf ThorpJanice Weber and John NewtonKathleen and Jeffery Zavotsky P '18

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Benefactor Circle ($250–$499)David AlbertAlchemy FoundationPamela and John Andreas P'17Mary Jo Ashenfelter '83Elaine and Konstantinos Athanasiou P'16Jeannine M. AyotteRonald BarbagalloAmanda Beresford and David Lawton P'17Elizabeth Brew Boyd and John BoydJane C. and John M. BradleyNicole BrennanMadelon and Kenneth BuresJames and Susan ButlerFrank Campofelice P'15Jill Cecala P'17Jennifer Cecchini P'17David Cerutti and Marc FelberbaumKatherine and James ChaceRonald Chappell and Catherine Ryan P'16Joseph and Sherry Chen P'18La Donna Cherry P'16Walter and Maggie ClassDirk Coburn and Jeanine Kelly-CoburnChristine and Daniel Cook P'01Shirley and Robert Crane P'14Narda and Joel Derouin P'18Russell Devuyst '78Susan and Richard Dobbs P'14/16Ronald and Brenda Duska P'17Steven and Susan Eisenberg '17Elizabeth FeinsteinJudith and John FeltonSusan Glancy '99Henry A. GoodrowThomas GreggKate HewlettJane and Mark HirshJon and Elizabeth Hollander P'14

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Gifts are reflective of Annual Fund contributions in 2013–2014 or 2014–2015.

For more information about supporting The Boston Conservatory, please contact: Lance Brisbois, Director of Individual Giving at [email protected] or (617) 912–9276.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

David Scott Sloan, ChairLaura D. Kunkemueller,

Vice ChairGregory E. Bulger, TreasurerAlfred D. Houston,

Immediate Past ChairRichard Ortner, PresidentRon AncrumElizabeth S. BoverouxDavi-Ellen ChabnerCynthia K. CurmeJoanne W. Dickinson, Esq.Dr. Diana Dohrmann '71Gail S. FlattoMimi HewlettJanet Sharp KershawTeresa KosterB.J. Krintzman, Esq.Kelly C. McKernanJoseph C. McNayLyle J. Micheli, M.D.Charlotte Prescott NewtonAnthony PangaroChristopher D. PerrySuzanne H. RollertDarius SidebothamPeter J. WenderGeorge C. WhiteMarillyn ZacharisRhoda Bernard, Ed.D., Faculty

Trustee, Chair, Music EducationTyler Whitaker '15, Musical

Theater, President, Student Government Association

TRUSTEES EMERITI/AE

Caroline McMillan CollingsFranklin Warren Hobbs, IIIGary R. MikulaRobert P. Moncreiff, Esq.Glendora M. Putnam, Esq.William A. Seymour,

President EmeritusDonald R. Sohn, Ph.D.

BOARD OF OVERSEERS

John F. Natoli, Esq., ChairStacy Parkinson, Vice Chair,

P'14, P'16Thomas Kush, Immediate

Past ChairHoward H. Bengele, Ph.D.Peter P. Campisano, Ph.D.Doreen Donovan CorkinPrescott B. CrockerAnne N. CuervoWarren R. CutlerSasiree CutterRonald F. Duska, Ph.D., P'17Steven E. Eisenberg, Esq., P'17Miles A. Fish III '63Kate Sides FlatherEdward C. FleckJill A. Fopiano, C.F.A.John S. FosterRemmi FranklinJennifer A. FraserAndrew FriedlandJo-Del GaethChristina P. GlenPreston GrandinJean HackettAlice JacobsElaine B. KirshenbaumKate KushErin V. Lehman, Ph.D.Marilyn LevittRicardo Lewitus, M.D.Richard V. Lombardi '50Michele ManganaroFrederick T. MillerMichael G. MoyerPamela A. MurrayBarbara G. PapeschH. Calvin PlaceKathryn D. Pohl, P'16Geraldine R. RicciIvy C. ScriccoWarren A. SeamansJason S. WeissmanAmy K. WertheimEdward D. WertheimMarilyn H. Zuckerman, Esq.

ADMINISTRATION

Richard Ortner President

James O'Dell Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs

Andy Vores Interim Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

Evan Merck Director of Academic Planning and Operations

Abra K. Bush, D.M.A. Director of the Music Division

Neil Donohoe Director of the Theater Divison

Judson Evans Director of the Liberal Arts Division

Cathy Young, M.F.A. Director of the Dance Division

Terry E. Whittum Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs

Leslie Jacobson Kaye Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Andrea Di Cocco Director of Marketing and Communications

Kimberly Haack Director of External Relations

Eric M. Norman Vice President for Finance and Planning

Bob Xavier Director of Information Technology

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