edlis neeson theater miguel gutierrez and the powerful

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Parking Validate your ticket at coat check for $11 parking in the MCA garage (220 East Chicago Avenue) and Bernardin garage (747 North Wabash Avenue). The $11 parking is limited to six hours on date of performance. Lost and found To inquire about a lost item, call the museum at 312.280.2660. Unclaimed articles are held for 30 days. Seating Switch off all noise-making devices while you are in the theater. Late arrivals are seated at the management’s discretion. Food and open beverage containers are not allowed in the seating area. Reproduction Unauthorized recording and reproduction of a performance is prohibited. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 mcachicago.org General information 312.280.2660 Box office 312.397.4010 Volunteer for performances 312.397.4072 [email protected] Museum hours Tuesday: 10 am–8 pm Wednesday–Sunday: 10 am–5 pm Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day Courtesy Guidelines and Information King Harris, Chair of the Board of Trustees Madeleine Grynsztein, Pritzker Director Janet Alberti, Deputy Director Michael Darling, James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator Performance Committee Lois Eisen, Chair Katherine A. Abelson Ellen Stone Belic Pamela Crutchfield Ginger Farley Gale Fischer Jay Franke John C. Kern Lisa Yun Lee Elizabeth A. Liebman Lewis Manilow Alfred L. McDougal Paula Molner Sharon Oberlander Maya Polsky D. Elizabeth Price Carol Prins Cheryl Seder Patty Sternberg Richard Tomlinson Performance Programs Peter Taub, Director Yolanda Cesta Cursach, Associate Director Richard Norwood, Theater Production Manager Cameron Heinze, Manager Antonia Callas, Assistant Kevin Brown, House Management Associate Phil Cabeen, House Management Associate Alicia M. Graf, House Management Associate Quinlan Kirchner, House Management Associate Lucas Baisch, Intern Erik Norwich, Intern Facilities Dennis O’Shea, Manager of Technical Production Box Office Matti Allison, Manager Phongtorn Phongluantum, Assistant Manager Molly Laemle, Coordinator Gabriel Garcia, Associate Charles Hearne, Associate Nicholas Stephens, Associate Program notes compiled by Yolanda Cesta Cursach As one of the nation’s largest multidisciplinary museums devoted to the art of our time, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art of today. The museum’s performing arts program, MCA Stage, is the most active presenter of theater, dance, and music in Chicago, featuring leading performers from around the globe in the 300-seat Edlis Neeson Theater. MCA Stage is committed to presenting groundbreaking performances that focus on collaboration; working closely with artists; converging with the larger programming of the museum; and offering a contem- porary view of the traditional roots of performance. Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People And lose the name of action Thursday–Sunday, January 31–February 3, 2013 Edlis Neeson Theater Photo: Boru O'Brien O'Connell

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Page 1: Edlis Neeson Theater Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful

Parking

Validate your ticket at coat

check for $11 parking in the MCA

garage (220 East Chicago Avenue)

and Bernardin garage (747 North

Wabash Avenue). The $11 parking

is limited to six hours on date

of performance.

Lost and found

To inquire about a lost item,

call the museum at 312.280.2660.

Unclaimed articles are held for

30 days.

Seating

Switch off all noise-making

devices while you are in

the theater.

Late arrivals are seated at the

management’s discretion. Food

and open beverage containers are

not allowed in the seating area.

Reproduction

Unauthorized recording and

reproduction of a performance

is prohibited.

Museum of Contemporary Art

Chicago

220 East Chicago Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60611

mcachicago.org

General information 312.280.2660

Box office 312.397.4010

Volunteer for performances

312.397.4072

[email protected]

Museum hours

Tuesday: 10 am–8 pm

Wednesday–Sunday: 10 am–5 pm

Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving,

Christmas, and New Year’s Day

Co

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King Harris,

Chair of the

Board of Trustees

Madeleine Grynsztein,

Pritzker Director

Janet Alberti,

Deputy Director

Michael Darling,

James W. Alsdorf

Chief Curator

Performance Committee

Lois Eisen, Chair

Katherine A. Abelson

Ellen Stone Belic

Pamela Crutchfield

Ginger Farley

Gale Fischer

Jay Franke

John C. Kern

Lisa Yun Lee

Elizabeth A. Liebman

Lewis Manilow

Alfred L. McDougal

Paula Molner

Sharon Oberlander

Maya Polsky

D. Elizabeth Price

Carol Prins

Cheryl Seder

Patty Sternberg

Richard Tomlinson

Performance Programs

Peter Taub, Director

Yolanda Cesta Cursach,

Associate Director

Richard Norwood,

Theater Production Manager

Cameron Heinze, Manager

Antonia Callas, Assistant

Kevin Brown,

House Management Associate

Phil Cabeen,

House Management Associate

Alicia M. Graf,

House Management Associate

Quinlan Kirchner,

House Management Associate

Lucas Baisch, Intern

Erik Norwich, Intern

Facilities

Dennis O’Shea,

Manager of Technical

Production

Box Office

Matti Allison, Manager

Phongtorn Phongluantum,

Assistant Manager

Molly Laemle, Coordinator

Gabriel Garcia, Associate

Charles Hearne, Associate

Nicholas Stephens, Associate

Program notes compiled by

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And lose the name of action is supported by a

National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund

Project co-commissioned by MCA Chicago in part-

nership with Flynn Center for the Arts, Portland

Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), the Brooklyn

Academy of Music (BAM), and NPN. Additional sup-

port comes from the NPN Forth Fund and Residency

Program. Major contributors of NPN are the Doris

Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan

Cummings Foundation, MetLife Foundation, and the

National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency).

Additional project support was made possible by

the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National

Dance Project, with lead funding from the Dorris

Duke Charitable Foundation and additional fund-

ing from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and

the Boeing Company Charitable Trust and The MAP

Fund, a program of Creative Capital supported

by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the

Rockefeller Foundation..

Lead commissioning and developmental support

for And lose the name of action has been pro-

vided by Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the

Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography

at Florida State University in Tallahassee and

Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Additional

coproduction support has been provided by On

the Boards and BIT Teatergarasjen. And lose

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Manhattan Cultural Council through a residency

at Building 110: LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors

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Witrak, Stephen Wu, Tal

Yarden, Christina Zani,

Jesse Zaritt, Daniel

Zika, Yes., Frania Zins,

and Pavel Zustiak.

Page 5: Edlis Neeson Theater Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful

Photo: Boru O'Brien O'Connell

Ab

ou

t th

e w

ork

An

d t

hu

s t

he

na

tiv

e h

ue

of

res

olu

tio

n

Is s

ick

lie

d o

’er,

wit

h t

he

pa

le c

as

t o

f th

ou

gh

t,

An

d e

nte

rpri

se

s o

f g

rea

t p

itc

h a

nd

mo

me

nt,

Wit

h t

his

re

ga

rd t

he

ir c

urr

en

ts t

urn

aw

ry,

An

d l

os

e t

he

na

me

of

ac

tio

n.

—H

amle

t, W

illia

m S

hake

spea

re

In 2

008,

my

fath

er b

egan

to h

ave

a se

ries

of

stro

ke-li

ke n

euro

logi

cal p

robl

ems.

Afte

r tw

o ye

ars

of m

isdi

agno

ses,

it w

as d

eter

-min

ed th

at

he h

ad a

num

ber o

f blo

od c

lots

in h

is b

rain

th

at h

ad e

leva

ted

his

cran

ial f

luid

pre

ssur

e to

a

leve

l nev

er b

efor

e se

en. A

fter a

four

and

a h

alf

mon

th-lo

ng h

ospi

tal s

tay

and

seve

ral o

pera

tions

, he

retu

rned

hom

e in

a p

hysi

cally

sta

ble

but

cogn

itive

ly d

imin

ishe

d an

d al

tere

d st

ate.

The

se

inci

dent

s co

inci

ded

with

, and

dro

ve, m

y gr

owin

g in

tere

st in

the

role

per

cept

ion

play

s to

det

erm

ine

real

ity a

nd h

ow v

ari-o

us d

isci

plin

es—

neur

olog

y,

philo

soph

y, s

omat

ics—

talk

abo

ut th

e bo

dy a

nd

min

d co

nnec

tion.

I was

relie

ved

to d

isco

ver a

gro

win

g bo

dy o

f ph

iloso

phic

al li

tera

ture

that

sta

tes

that

per

cep-

tion

and

mea

ning

are

not

mer

ely

brai

n-cr

eate

d ph

enom

ena

but t

hat t

hey

are

actio

ns th

at re

sult

from

the

body

’s in

tera

ctio

n w

ith o

ther

bod

ies

and

with

the

envi

ronm

ent.

I was

affi

rmed

in m

y be

lief t

hat m

ovem

ent i

s w

hat l

arge

ly d

eter

min

es

a se

nse

of c

hang

e in

one

’s li

fe. A

t the

sam

e tim

e I w

as s

urpr

ised

that

thes

e w

riter

s la

rgel

y ig

nore

d th

e w

ork

of s

omat

ic a

nd d

ance

pra

c-tit

ione

rs—

from

Bon

nie

Bai

nbrid

ge-C

ohen

and

M

oshe

Fel

denk

rais

to D

ebor

ah H

ay—

who

se

wor

k re

gard

ing

perc

eptio

n la

rgel

y pr

e-da

te th

e al

lege

d “d

is-c

over

ies”

in p

hilo

soph

y an

d ne

uro-

scie

nce.

I fou

nd v

ery

little

refe

renc

e to

dan

ce in

thes

e bo

oks

that

is in

form

ed b

y th

ese

ad-v

ance

men

ts

in th

e un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e bo

dy-m

ind

con-

nect

ion.

I w

onde

red

why

thes

e fie

lds

wer

e no

t ta

lkin

g to

eac

h ot

her a

nd I

won

dere

d if

my

wor

k co

uld

be a

way

of c

reat

ing

a br

idge

bet

wee

n th

em. T

his

rese

arch

info

rmed

my

evol

ving

idea

s ab

out t

he s

ense

s an

d ab

out t

he w

ay th

at p

er-

form

ance

ele

men

ts li

ke m

ovem

ent,

light

, and

so

und

inte

ract

to c

reat

e a

chor

eogr

aphi

c m

ode

of p

erce

ptio

n w

here

mea

ning

is n

ot a

n an

alyt

i-ca

l pro

posi

tion

but a

n ex

perie

ntia

l one

.

Alo

ng th

e w

ay, I

bec

ame

intri

gued

with

see

m-

ingl

y irr

atio

nal i

deas

from

the

para

nor-

mal

fiel

d,

with

thei

r foc

us o

n in

subs

tant

ial b

odie

s, a

nd I

crea

ted

a lin

k be

twee

n th

is fi

eld

and

my

expe

ri-en

ces

perfo

rmin

g an

d w

atch

ing

danc

e, w

hich

its

elf c

onst

antly

dis

appe

ars

and

haun

ts, a

nd th

e ha

lluci

na-to

ry e

xper

ienc

e of

wat

chin

g m

y fa

ther

an

d fa

mily

und

ergo

a c

hang

e I c

ould

nev

er h

ave

pred

icte

d an

d on

ly b

arel

y un

ders

tand

now

.—

Mig

uel G

utie

rrez

Photo: Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center

Page 6: Edlis Neeson Theater Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful

De

dic

ati

on

an

d t

ha

nk

s

This

pie

ce is

for m

y m

othe

r, fa

ther

, and

sis

ter.

It to

ok th

ree

year

s of

rese

arch

, dev

elop

men

t, re

hear

sal,

and

prod

uctio

n to

cre

ate

it. T

he le

vel

of s

uppo

rt th

at I

rece

ived

thro

ugho

ut th

e pr

oces

s on

a c

reat

ive,

inst

itutio

nal,

prof

essi

onal

, an

d pe

rson

al le

vel w

as u

npre

cede

nted

. I a

m

deep

ly g

rate

ful t

o ha

ve b

een

give

n so

muc

h tru

st a

nd re

spec

t fro

m s

o m

any

dedi

cate

d an

d sm

art p

eopl

e. A

s an

arti

st w

orki

ng in

the

US

, thi

s ki

nd o

f sup

port

is u

nusu

al a

nd e

xtra

or-

dina

ry. I

t is

impo

rtant

to n

ame

the

peop

le

invo

lved

to d

ispe

l the

myt

h of

the

rugg

ed in

di-

vidu

al a

rtist

and

to re

mem

ber t

hat a

rt is

nev

er

mad

e in

a v

acuu

m.

I wou

ld li

ke to

than

k M

ark

John

son,

a m

an

I’ve

neve

r met

, for

writ

ing

a bo

ok—

The

Mea

ning

of t

he B

ody:

An

Aes

thet

ics

of H

uman

U

nder

stan

ding

—th

at s

et m

any

of th

e w

heel

s of

this

pro

ject

in m

otio

n. T

hank

you

to D

onna

Fa

ye B

urch

field

for r

ecom

men

ding

that

boo

k to

me.

Tha

nk y

ou to

Brid

gette

K. K

ohnh

orst

, fo

r adv

ocat

ing

for o

ur p

roje

ct to

the

Nat

iona

l E

ndow

men

t for

the

Arts

pan

el. T

hank

you

to

the

Gug

genh

eim

Fou

ndat

ion,

for s

uppo

rting

my

rese

arch

tim

e fo

r thi

s pr

ojec

t, an

d N

ew E

ngla

nd

Foun

datio

n fo

r the

Arts

’ Nat

iona

l Dan

ce P

roje

ct,

the

Nat

iona

l Per

form

ance

Net

wor

k, th

e Je

rom

e Fo

unda

tion,

the

Bos

sak

Hei

lbro

n Fo

unda

tion,

an

d R

ocke

felle

r MA

P fu

nd fo

r the

ir cr

itica

l su

ppor

t. Th

ank

you

to th

e A

ndre

w W

. Mel

lon

Foun

datio

n, w

hose

exe

mpl

ary

visi

on fo

r sup

-po

rting

the

perfo

rmin

g ar

ts h

as re

ache

d th

is

proj

ect t

hrou

gh s

o m

any

of th

e co

mm

issi

onin

g pa

rtner

s an

d fu

ndin

g bo

dies

.

Than

k yo

u to

the

co-c

omm

issi

oner

s, w

ho

belie

ved

in th

is p

iece

and

who

, in

som

e ca

ses,

al

low

ed u

s to

dev

elop

the

piec

e at

thei

r ven

-ue

s: J

oe M

elill

o at

BA

M; P

hilip

Bith

er, M

ichè

le

Ste

inw

ald

and

Pear

l Rea

at t

he W

alke

r Art

Cen

ter;

Jen

nife

r Cal

iene

s, L

aure

n S

loan

e,

Sho

ko L

etto

n an

d C

hris

Cam

eron

at M

AN

CC

, S

ven

Åge

Birk

elan

d at

Okt

ober

dans

; Arn

ie

Mal

ina

and

Ste

ve M

cQue

en a

t the

Fly

nn C

ente

r fo

r the

Per

form

ing

Arts

; Pet

er T

aub,

Yol

anda

C

esta

Cur

sach

and

Ric

hard

Nor

woo

d at

MC

A

Chi

cago

; Lan

e C

zapl

insk

i at O

n th

e B

oard

s;

and

Ang

ela

Mat

tox

and

Erin

Bob

erg

Dau

ghto

n at

PIC

A. W

e w

ere

incr

edib

ly lu

cky

to g

et re

si-

denc

ies

in N

ew Y

ork

City

to b

uild

this

pie

ce, s

o th

ank

you

to S

am M

iller

, Mel

issa

Lev

in, S

ean

Car

roll,

and

Will

Pen

rose

at L

MC

C, a

nd M

ikha

il B

arys

hnik

ov, S

tanf

ord

Mak

ishi

, Geo

rgia

na

Pic

kett,

Ele

anor

Wal

lace

, Kris

ten

Mile

s, a

nd

Katie

Gor

um a

t Bar

yshn

ikov

Arts

Cen

ter.

I can

not s

tress

eno

ugh

how

gra

tefu

l I a

m to

B

en P

ryor

, my

man

ager

, and

Jul

ie A

lexa

nder

, m

y fin

anci

al a

ssoc

iate

, for

tire

less

ly m

akin

g su

re th

at th

e pi

ece

rece

ived

eve

ryth

ing

it ne

ed-

ed a

long

the

way

. The

ir le

vel o

f ste

war

dshi

p fo

r thi

s pi

ece,

and

for m

y w

ork

in g

ener

al,

is a

we-

insp

iring

. Tha

nk y

ou a

lso

to D

avid

B

erns

tein

for h

is w

ork

with

MG

PP.

The

rese

arch

for t

his

proj

ect i

nvol

ved

a se

ries

of

inte

rvie

ws

with

a v

arie

ty o

f ext

raor

dina

ry a

rtist

s an

d pr

ofes

sion

als

from

a v

arie

ty o

f bac

kgro

unds

. Th

ank

you

to K

. J. H

olm

es, R

icha

rd S

hust

erm

an,

Alv

a N

oë, E

lean

or B

auer

, Ver

a M

ante

ro,

Jere

my

Wad

e, J

ulia

na M

ay, D

r. C

harle

s O

imet

, N

oé S

oulie

r, Je

nn J

oy, a

nd th

e B

ig B

end

Gho

st T

rack

ers

of T

alla

hass

ee fo

r sha

ring

thei

r tim

e an

d id

eas

with

me

arou

nd th

e B

ody/

Min

d co

nnec

tion.

Tha

nk y

ou to

Dia

na C

rum

for

trans

crib

ing

man

y of

thes

e in

terv

iew

s. A

nd

than

k yo

u to

Dr.

Jean

ette

Nor

den,

who

se D

VD

se

ries

on th

e br

ain

was

a h

uge

sour

ce o

f inf

or-

mat

ion

and

insp

iratio

n.

the

Apo

llo L

ight

ing

2011

Sta

ndin

g O

Aw

ard

and

was

cho

sen

as a

200

8 Yo

ung

Des

igne

r to

Wat

ch

by L

ive

Des

ign

mag

azin

e. S

he is

a c

ontri

butin

g w

riter

to L

ive

Des

ign

and

Sta

ge D

irect

ions

mag

-az

ines

. Rec

ent d

esig

ns in

clud

e G

od o

f Car

nage

an

d N

ext F

all (

Dal

las

Thea

ter C

ente

r), E

ast O

’ W

est O

’ (W

illia

ms

Col

lege

), an

d Th

e B

ad a

nd

the

Bet

ter d

irect

ed b

y D

anie

l Auk

in. S

he h

as a

B

A fr

om C

olum

bia

Uni

vers

ity a

nd a

n M

FA fr

om

New

Yor

k U

nive

rsity

.

Da

vid

Ta

bb

ert

is

a N

ew Y

ork–

base

d st

ylis

t and

cos

tum

e de

sign

er w

orki

ng in

film

, prin

t, te

levi

sion

, and

thea

ter.

Rec

ent w

ork

incl

udes

the

Sun

danc

e La

b–de

velo

ped

dram

a B

lueb

ird, s

tarr

ing

John

S

latte

ry, a

nd F

ox S

earc

hlig

ht’s

Mar

tha

Mar

cy

May

Mar

lene

, sta

rrin

g E

lizab

eth

Ols

en a

nd

John

Haw

kes,

and

Ver

y G

ood

Girl

s, s

tarr

ing

Dak

ota

Fann

ing

and

Eliz

abet

h O

lsen

. His

cos

-tu

me

desi

gns

have

bee

n pr

ofile

d by

Var

iety

, for

M

arth

a M

arcy

May

Mar

lene

, and

the

New

Yor

k Ti

mes

, as

part

of a

feat

ure

on th

e U

S N

atio

nal

Gua

rd’s

live

-act

ion

com

bat-t

rain

ing

sim

ulat

ions

. Ta

bber

t has

col

labo

rate

d w

ith M

igue

l Gut

ierr

ez

and

the

Pow

erfu

l Peo

ple

on tw

o pr

evio

us w

orks

in

clud

ing

Last

Mea

dow

for w

hich

he

rece

ived

a

Bes

sie

Aw

ard

for c

ostu

me

desi

gn.

Photo: Chris Cameron

Page 7: Edlis Neeson Theater Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful

and

is e

nrol

led

as a

dan

ce s

tude

nt a

t PA

RTS

in

Bru

ssel

s. M

cGin

n ha

s pe

rform

ed in

wor

ks b

y Jo

nah

Bok

aer,

Wal

ly C

ardo

na, M

igue

l Gut

ierr

ez,

Ishm

ael H

oust

on-J

ones

, Joh

n Ja

sper

se, J

en

McG

inn,

and

Jud

ith S

ánch

ez R

uiz,

am

ong

othe

rs.

His

cho

reog

raph

ic w

ork

has

been

sho

wn

at v

ari-

ous

inst

itutio

ns th

roug

hout

the

US

and

Eur

ope.

Ne

al

Me

dly

n

is a

New

Yor

k–ba

sed

perfo

rman

ce a

rtist

who

se

wor

k of

ten

focu

ses

on p

op m

usic

and

pop

mus

ic

figur

es. H

is w

ork

has

appe

ared

at T

he K

itche

n,

the

New

Mus

eum

for C

onte

mpo

rary

Art,

PS

12

2, a

nd J

oe’s

Pub

as

wel

l as

othe

r ven

ues

thro

ugho

ut th

e U

S a

nd in

Eur

ope.

He

prev

ious

ly

wor

ked

with

Mig

uel G

utie

rrez

and

the

Pow

erfu

l Pe

ople

on

Last

Mea

dow

, whi

ch w

on a

Bes

sie

Aw

ard,

and

I S

AY

TH

E W

OR

D, a

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith J

enny

Hol

zer.

Bo

ru O

’Bri

en

O’C

on

ne

ll

is a

n ar

tist b

ased

in B

rook

lyn

who

wor

ks w

ith

film

and

vid

eo in

stal

latio

n, p

hoto

grap

hy,

and

writ

ing.

His

rece

nt e

xhib

ition

s an

d pr

ojec

ts

have

bee

n fe

atur

ed a

t ven

ues

incl

udin

g In

visi

ble

Exp

orts

(New

Yor

k) a

nd N

ight

Gal

lery

(Los

A

ngel

es).

Add

ition

ally

, Trip

le C

anop

y re

cent

ly

com

mis

sion

ed a

wor

k fo

r Frie

ze N

Y. H

e w

as

cura

tor o

f Mee

ting

Poin

t, th

e 20

12 e

xhib

ition

of

chor

eogr

aphy

, vis

ual a

rt, a

nd s

ound

for M

ount

Tr

empe

r Arts

, whi

ch fe

atur

ed w

ork

by J

en

Ros

enbl

it, C

. Spe

ncer

Yeh

, Ei A

raka

wa,

Ser

gei

Tche

repn

in, S

haro

n Lo

ckha

rt, X

avie

r Cha

, Dav

id

Levi

ne, C

harle

s A

tlas,

Dav

id H

orvi

tz, J

acqu

es

Vid

al, a

nd N

icho

las

Buf

fon.

His

ow

n w

ork

has

been

feat

ured

in th

e pu

blic

atio

ns B

lind

Spo

t, Tr

iple

Can

opy,

Bid

oun,

and

Vic

e. H

e re

ceiv

ed

his

MFA

from

Bar

d C

olle

ge, i

n 20

11, a

nd h

is

BFA

from

the

Sch

ool o

f the

Mus

eum

of F

ine

Arts

Bos

ton.

Th

om

as

Be

nja

min

Sn

ap

p P

ryo

r /

tbs

pM

GM

T

is a

n in

depe

nden

t arts

man

ager

, pro

duce

r, an

d cu

rato

r ope

ratin

g un

der t

he m

onik

er

tbsp

MG

MT.

His

cur

rent

pro

ject

s in

clud

e pr

oduc

-in

g an

d to

urin

g th

e pe

rform

ance

wor

ks o

f M

igue

l Gut

ierr

ez a

nd th

e Po

wer

ful P

eopl

e,

Traj

al H

arre

ll, Is

hmae

l Hou

ston

-Jon

es, Y

vonn

e M

eier

, Wal

ly C

ardo

na, a

nd D

ebor

ah H

ay.

Pryo

r is

the

cura

tor a

nd p

rodu

cer f

or A

mer

ican

R

ealn

ess,

an

annu

al fe

stiv

al o

f con

tem

po-

rary

per

form

ance

at A

bron

s A

rts C

ente

r in

New

Yor

k (B

est o

f Dan

ce 2

010,

Artf

orum

). H

e w

as th

e di

rect

or o

f ope

ratio

ns fo

r Cen

ter f

or

Perfo

rman

ce R

esea

rch,

an

artis

t rep

rese

nta-

tive

at P

enta

cle,

a p

roje

ct m

anag

er fo

r Che

z B

ushw

ick,

and

a m

embe

r of t

he p

lann

ing

and

deve

lopm

ent d

epar

tmen

t at B

rook

lyn

Aca

dem

y of

Mus

ic. P

ryor

ser

ved

as c

hair

of th

e A

gent

s C

ounc

il an

d Tr

uste

e fo

r Dan

ce U

SA

from

20

08 to

201

0. H

e w

as th

e re

cipi

ent o

f the

201

0 G

abrie

la T

udor

Fel

low

ship

in c

ultu

ral m

anag

e-m

ent.

He

has

serv

ed a

s a

pane

list a

nd re

ader

fo

r CE

C A

rtsLi

nk, t

he J

erom

e Fo

unda

tion,

C

reat

ive

Cap

ital,

and

the

Nat

iona

l End

owm

ent

for t

he A

rts. t

bspM

GM

T.co

m

Na

tali

e R

ob

in

is a

New

Yor

k–ba

sed

light

ing

desi

gner

for t

he-

ater

, ope

ra, d

ance

, mus

ic, a

nd p

erfo

rman

ce a

rt an

d to

urs

natio

nally

and

inte

rnat

iona

lly a

s lig

ht-

ing

supe

rvis

or a

nd p

rodu

ctio

n m

anag

er fo

r var

i-ou

s co

mpa

nies

. She

is th

e as

soci

ate

prod

ucer

an

d pr

oduc

tion

man

ager

of A

mer

ican

Rea

lnes

s,

a fe

stiv

al o

f con

tem

pora

ry p

erfo

rman

ce c

urat

ed

by B

en P

ryor

for A

bron

s A

rts C

ente

r. S

he is

a

foun

ding

com

pany

mem

ber o

f Pol

ybe

+ S

eats

; an

ass

ocia

te a

rtist

of T

arge

t Mar

gin

Thea

ter;

an

d an

adj

unct

facu

lty m

embe

r at N

ew Y

ork

Uni

vers

ity’s

Tis

ch S

choo

l of t

he A

rts d

epar

tmen

t of

und

ergr

adua

te d

ram

a. R

obin

is th

e w

inne

r of

MG

PP

has

bee

n in

cred

ibly

luck

y to

rece

ive

supp

ort f

rom

indi

vidu

al d

onor

s. T

hank

you

to

our o

ngoi

ng d

onor

s an

d th

e ba

cker

s of

our

su

cces

sful

Kic

ksta

rter C

ampa

ign,

with

who

se

supp

ort w

e w

ere

able

to c

ompl

ete

the

piec

e.

Than

k yo

u to

Ste

phan

ie P

erei

ra a

nd M

arin

S

ande

r-H

olzm

an fo

r the

ir as

sist

ance

with

the

Kic

ksta

rter C

ampa

ign.

And

a s

peci

al s

hout

out

go

es to

Alb

erto

Ors

o an

d Je

ff Le

e fo

r ope

ning

up

thei

r hom

e fo

r our

ben

efit

rece

ptio

n.

For t

heir

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

at v

ario

us s

tage

s in

the

proj

ect,

I wou

ld li

ke to

than

k G

abe

Riv

es-

Cor

bett,

Jul

ie B

alla

rd, G

rant

McD

onal

d, a

nd B

en

Dem

ares

t. Th

ank

you

to o

ur c

urre

nt te

chni

cal

team

—N

atal

ie R

obin

and

Jim

in B

rels

ford

—fo

r al

l the

har

d w

ork

they

do

to b

ring

this

ben

evo-

lent

bea

st to

life

in m

ultip

le p

lace

s.

Than

k yo

u to

Jul

iana

May

for h

er p

ersp

icac

-ity

, int

ellig

ence

, and

unf

lagg

ing

supp

ort o

f thi

s pr

ojec

t in

her r

ole

as d

ram

atur

g. M

any

peop

le

wer

e pr

esen

t in

vario

us s

how

ings

of t

he p

iece

-in

-pro

gres

s, a

nd I’

d lik

e to

esp

ecia

lly th

ank

Nea

l Bea

sley

, Jen

n Jo

y, a

nd S

amua

el T

opia

ry

for t

heir

cons

iste

ntly

per

cept

ive

and

thou

ghtfu

l in

sigh

ts in

to m

y w

ork.

Eno

rmou

s th

anks

goe

s to

Bra

d H

ampt

on, f

or h

is c

onsi

dera

tion,

love

, an

d en

thus

iasm

.

Than

k yo

u to

Pau

l Dun

can

for h

is w

ork

in s

hap-

ing

this

pie

ce. T

hank

you

to J

ames

McG

inn

for h

is b

eaut

iful w

ork

thro

ugho

ut th

e pr

oces

s of

this

pie

ce a

s an

und

erst

udy.

Tha

nk y

ou to

th

e m

agni

ficen

t des

ign

colla

bora

tors

—Le

nore

D

oxse

e, N

eal M

edly

n, B

oru

O’B

rien

O’C

onne

ll,

Dav

id T

abbe

rt—w

hose

con

tribu

tions

utte

rly

defin

e th

e sh

ape

and

tone

of t

his

piec

e, a

nd

who

se p

rese

nce

thro

ugho

ut th

e pr

oces

s w

ere

cons

iste

nt s

ourc

es o

f ins

pira

tion.

I am

so

grat

eful

to th

em fo

r bel

ievi

ng in

this

pro

ject

and

gi

ving

so

muc

h of

them

selv

es to

it. T

hank

you

to

Mat

t Kes

sler

for h

is a

ssis

tanc

e in

the

cons

truc-

tion

of th

e co

stum

es.

And

, fin

ally

, my

grea

test

than

ks g

o to

my

per-

form

ing

colla

bora

tors

: Mic

helle

Bou

lé, H

ilary

C

lark

, Luk

e G

eorg

e, K

. J. H

olm

es, a

nd Is

hmae

l H

oust

on-J

ones

. The

y he

ard

ever

y in

spira

tion,

in

secu

rity,

and

que

stio

n an

d he

ld th

em w

ith

inte

grity

and

com

mitm

ent.

It is

an

hono

r and

pr

ivile

ge to

spe

nd s

o m

uch

time

in s

o m

any

plac

es to

geth

er, t

o id

entif

y th

e or

gani

c fo

od

stor

e in

eve

ry la

st c

ity w

e dr

ive

thro

ugh,

and

to

shar

e th

e st

age

with

you

, my

hero

es.

—M

igue

l Gut

ierr

ez

Page 8: Edlis Neeson Theater Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful

Ab

ou

t th

e a

rtis

ts

Mig

ue

l G

uti

err

ez

is a

New

Yor

k–ba

sed

danc

e an

d m

usic

arti

st

and

poet

. He

crea

tes

solo

and

gro

up p

iece

s w

ith a

var

iety

of a

rtist

s un

der t

he m

onik

er

Mig

uel G

utie

rrez

and

the

Pow

erfu

l Peo

ple

(MG

PP

). H

e is

inte

rest

ed in

end

urin

g ph

iloso

-ph

ical

que

stio

ns a

bout

des

ire, l

ongi

ng, a

nd th

e se

arch

for m

eani

ng, a

nd h

is w

ork

sits

insi

de

a le

gacy

of p

roce

ss-fo

cuse

d ex

perim

enta

l da

nce

whi

le d

raw

ing

on fa

r-re

achi

ng in

fluen

ces

such

as

endu

ranc

e-ba

sed

perfo

rman

ce a

rt,

nois

e m

usic

, ecs

tatic

exp

erie

nce

in s

ocia

l and

re

ligio

us ri

tual

s, th

e st

udy

of m

ind-

body

so

mat

ic s

yste

ms,

and

var

ious

his

torie

s of

sp

ecta

cle

incl

udin

g B

road

way

, Veg

as,

and

quee

r per

form

ance

in a

ltern

ativ

e cl

ubs

from

the

1980

s to

the

pres

ent.

Gut

ierr

ez a

ssem

bled

the

first

inca

rnat

ion

of th

e Po

wer

ful P

eopl

e in

200

1. C

omm

itted

to w

orki

ng

outs

ide

the

tradi

tiona

l mod

el o

f a d

ance

com

-pa

ny, G

utie

rrez

see

s th

e pa

rtici

patin

g ar

tists

in

his

wor

k—da

ncer

s, c

ompo

sers

, des

igne

rs, a

nd

visu

al a

rtist

s—as

par

t of a

n ev

er-e

xpan

ding

ne

t of i

nspi

ring

colla

bora

tors

. Gut

ierr

ez’s

goa

l, re

gard

less

of t

he s

cale

of t

he p

roje

ct, i

s to

cre

-at

e ch

alle

ngin

g an

d th

ough

t-pro

voki

ng p

erfo

r-m

ance

exp

erie

nces

.

His

pie

ces

incl

ude

HE

AVE

NS

WH

AT H

AVE

I D

ON

E (2

010)

; I S

AY

TH

E W

OR

D (2

010,

col

-la

bora

tion

with

Jen

ny H

olze

r); L

ast M

eado

w

(200

9, B

essi

e A

war

d fo

r Cre

ativ

e Te

am);

Not

hing

, No

thin

g (2

008)

; Eve

ryon

e (2

007)

; m

yend

less

love

(200

6); a

nd R

etro

spec

tive

Exh

ibiti

onis

t and

Diff

icul

t Bod

ies

(200

5, B

essi

e A

war

d fo

r Cho

reog

raph

y), a

mon

g ot

hers

. His

w

ork

has

been

pre

sent

ed a

t fes

tival

s an

d ve

n-ue

s na

tiona

lly a

nd in

tern

atio

nally

, inc

ludi

ng

the

Am

eric

an R

ealn

ess

Fest

ival

in N

ew Y

ork;

Fest

ival

d’A

utom

ne in

Par

is; A

ntip

odes

Fes

tival

in

Bre

st, F

ranc

e; T

BA

/PIC

A in

Por

tland

, Ore

gon;

O

ut T

here

Fes

tival

at t

he W

alke

r Art

Cen

ter i

n M

inne

apol

is, M

inne

sota

; UN

AM

in M

exic

o C

ity;

and

ImPu

lsTa

nz in

Vie

nna.

Gut

ierr

ez h

as re

ceiv

ed s

uppo

rt fro

m C

reat

ive

Cap

ital,

the

Jero

me

Foun

datio

n, R

ocke

felle

r M

AP

Fun

d, N

ew Y

ork

Foun

datio

n fo

r the

Arts

, N

atio

nal E

ndow

men

t for

the

Arts

, and

Nat

iona

l Pe

rform

ance

Net

wor

k. In

201

0 he

rece

ived

fel-

low

ship

s fro

m th

e G

ugge

nhei

m F

ound

atio

n, th

e Fo

unda

tion

for C

onte

mpo

rary

Art,

and

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

Arti

sts.

In a

dditi

on to

the

two

Bes

sies

he

rece

ived

for h

is o

wn

wor

k, h

e re

ceiv

ed a

B

essi

e in

200

2 fo

r his

wor

k as

a d

ance

r with

Jo

hn J

aspe

rse

Com

pany

. He

has

crea

ted

com

-m

issi

ons

for P

hilli

p A

dam

’s M

elbo

urne

-bas

ed

com

pany

Bal

letL

ab (2

007)

and

Pitt

sbur

gh-

base

d La

bCo

(200

4). H

e ha

s w

orke

d w

ith

Syd

ney—

base

d co

mpa

ny T

he F

ondu

e S

et o

n tw

o pr

ojec

ts; i

n 20

10 h

e cr

eate

d so

urce

mat

e-ria

l for

its

rese

arch

resi

denc

y at

Cam

pbel

ltow

n A

rts C

entre

and

in 2

012

he c

reat

ed a

n or

igin

al

piec

e th

roug

h a

resi

denc

y at

Car

riage

Wor

ks. I

n 20

10 a

nd 2

011

he e

ngag

ed in

a re

sear

ch re

si-

denc

y w

ith A

ustra

lian

danc

e ar

tist L

uke

Geo

rge

thro

ugh

Arts

Hou

se in

Mel

bour

ne. H

e ha

s ch

o-re

ogra

phed

and

per

form

ed in

the

mus

ic v

ideo

s fo

r Hol

com

be W

alle

r’s s

ong

“Har

dlin

ers”

and

Le

Tig

re’s

“Aer

obic

on,”

whi

ch w

ent v

iral a

nd

spaw

ned

vario

us m

emes

. He

has

serv

ed a

s th

e cu

rato

r for

The

Kitc

hen’

s D

ance

and

Pro

cess

pr

ogra

m a

nd C

hez

Bus

hwic

k’s

infa

mou

s S

HTU

DIO

SH

OW

.

As

a si

nger

Gut

ierr

ez h

as p

erfo

rmed

with

Ant

ony

and

the

John

sons

and

Fre

nch

celli

st/g

uita

rist

Vin

cent

Seg

al; r

ecor

ded

with

My

Rob

ot F

riend

an

d C

hris

For

syth

; and

pla

yed

in th

e se

min

al

Ju

lie

Ale

xa

nd

er

is o

rigin

ally

from

Hou

ston

and

has

live

d an

d w

orke

d in

New

Yor

k si

nce

2002

. She

has

w

orke

d w

ith M

igue

l Gut

ierr

ez a

nd th

e Po

wer

ful

Peop

le fo

r sev

eral

yea

rs in

var

ious

adm

ini-

stra

tive

capa

citie

s an

d as

a p

erfo

rmer

. She

is

danc

ing

with

Yas

uko

Yoko

shi i

n he

r wor

k B

ELL

, whi

ch p

rem

iere

s at

New

Yor

k Li

ve A

rts

in M

arch

201

3. 

Jim

in B

rels

ford

is

a s

ound

des

igne

r and

eng

inee

r for

mus

ic,

thea

ter,

and

film

. His

wor

k in

clud

es th

e de

sign

of

Mar

at/S

ade

(Bur

row

s Th

eate

r), a

ssis

-ta

nt s

ound

des

ign

of T

he T

otal

Ben

t (Pu

blic

Th

eate

r), s

ound

sys

tem

ass

ocia

te fo

r Mie

s Ju

lie, e

ngin

eer f

or K

aren

O’s

Sto

p Th

e V

irgen

s (S

t. A

nn’s

War

ehou

se),

and

engi

neer

for t

he

tour

of Y

oung

Jea

n Le

e’s

Unt

itled

Fem

inis

t S

how

. He

has

serv

ed a

s a

resi

dent

eng

inee

r at

the

Will

iam

stow

n Th

eate

r Fes

tival

, Cel

ebra

te

Bro

okly

n!, a

nd T

he B

ox.

Le

no

re D

ox

se

e

is a

ligh

ting

desi

gner

for t

heat

er, o

pera

, and

da

nce.

With

Mig

uel G

utie

rrez

and

the

Pow

erfu

l Pe

ople

she

has

des

igne

d La

st M

eado

w

(Bes

sie

Aw

ard)

, HE

AVE

NS

WH

AT H

AVE

I D

ON

E, E

very

one,

Ret

rosp

ectiv

e E

xhib

ition

ist

and

Diff

icul

t Bod

ies

(Bes

sie

Aw

ard)

, dA

MN

ATIO

N rO

AD

, I S

uccu

mb,

and

ent

er th

e se

en. H

er o

ther

des

igns

for d

ance

incl

ude

Mor

gan

Thor

son’

s S

pace

hold

er F

estiv

al

and

Hea

ven,

as

wel

l as

Kare

n S

herm

an’s

C

oppe

rhea

d an

d C

old

Com

fort.

Dox

see

is th

e re

side

nt li

ghtin

g de

sign

er fo

r Tar

get M

argi

n Th

eate

r and

has

des

igne

d fo

r man

y N

ew Y

ork

thea

ters

incl

udin

g N

ew Y

ork

City

Ope

ra, L

a M

aMa,

HE

RE

Arts

Cen

ter,

Dan

ce T

heat

er

Wor

ksho

p, a

nd T

he K

itche

n.

Pa

ul

Du

nc

an

is

a L

ondo

n-bo

rn a

rtist

and

act

or. H

e re

cent

ly

wor

ked

with

dire

ctor

Dav

id F

inch

er o

n va

rious

fil

m a

nd te

levi

sion

pro

ject

s an

d ap

pear

ed o

n H

BO

’s B

oard

wal

k E

mpi

re. H

e gr

adua

ted

from

th

e C

hels

ea S

choo

l of A

rt in

199

2 an

d is

bas

ed

in B

rook

lyn.

Ma

tt K

es

sle

r ha

s w

orke

d in

thea

ter,

film

, and

tele

visi

on in

N

ew Y

ork

sinc

e 20

09. H

e ho

lds

a B

FA fr

om th

e U

nive

rsity

of C

inci

nnat

i Col

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arna

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Da

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xts,

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vaila

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n 20

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ur o

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ativ

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ecom

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guild

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rtifie

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lden

krai

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actit

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r, an

d si

nce

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s be

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vol

unte

er m

ento

r for

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men

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n D

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gram

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arts

edu

catio

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r New

Yor

k C

ity p

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choo

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cher

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ased

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ew Y

ork.

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ha

s w

orke

d w

ith M

igue

l Gut

ierr

ez a

nd th

e Po

wer

ful P

eopl

e si

nce

2001

, rec

eivi

ng a

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sie

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ard

for h

er p

erfo

rman

ce a

s Ja

mes

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n an

d co

llabo

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n in

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crea

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GP

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t M

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as w

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ith D

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ah H

ay

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illia

m F

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com

mis

sion

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hn S

cott,

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id W

ampa

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na

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eth

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ith

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chez

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z, D

oug

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ne (M

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polit

an

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ra B

alle

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pera

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orad

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abrie

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asso

n. S

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olla

bora

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with

cel

list a

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com

pose

r Okk

yung

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and

is a

lso

curr

ently

w

orki

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layw

right

and

dire

ctor

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dens

ohn.

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ow

n ch

oreo

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hy h

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show

n in

New

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ce a

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t Th

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ood

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spac

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ente

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form

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earc

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ies,

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emen

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earc

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son

Chu

rch,

and

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e Pr

ojec

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m, w

here

she

re

ceiv

ed a

n E

mer

ging

Arti

st C

omm

issi

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(Mar

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013)

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lé is

on

the

teac

hing

facu

lty a

nd A

rtist

s A

dvis

ory

Cou

ncil

at M

ovem

ent R

esea

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and

has

been

facu

lty a

t the

New

Sch

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lins

Uni

vers

ity, a

nd th

e U

nive

rsity

of I

llino

is, a

s w

ell a

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gues

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cher

at o

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inst

itutio

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N

orth

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a, E

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lia, a

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side

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at J

udso

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side

ncie

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nce)

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d D

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chol

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ip re

cipi

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t Im

puls

tanz

in

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atio

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out t

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rtist

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sit m

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wor

dpre

ss.c

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rk

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sed

danc

e ar

tist.

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beg

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wor

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utie

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and

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in 1

998,

and

mor

e re

cent

ly w

ith Y

oung

Je

an L

ee (U

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emin

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how

), Te

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O’C

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r (si

nce

2004

), Lu

cian

a A

chug

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Kin

zel,

and

Laris

sa V

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2008

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rk w

as

hono

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with

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essi

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wor

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pace

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artfo

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lark

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form

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t Th

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ce a

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roce

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8), a

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t the

form

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ance

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ater

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hop

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kno

wn

as N

ew Y

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Arts

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hile

a 2

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resh

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cks

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colla

bora

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issa

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rt of

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’s S

tudi

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erie

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side

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alum

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f Uni

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of th

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rts in

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ce, a

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estiv

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reac

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at t

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reat

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artfo

rd

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dem

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form

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as

a al

umni

gue

st

artis

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r mor

e in

form

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out t

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it hi

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and

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shor

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t Abr

on A

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emen

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earc

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dson

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is a

reci

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pres

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room

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est m

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ms

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helle

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mm

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r mor

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form

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rtist

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ase

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net.

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J.

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dan

ce a

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or, s

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r, an

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has

exp

lore

d im

prov

isat

ion

as p

roce

ss

and

perfo

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ince

198

1 an

d be

gan

wor

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Mig

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and

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mon

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p (n

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