Morgan Auditorium

ALABAMA REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE

Oct. 13–15 7:30pm Oct. 16 5:30pm

2015-2016 Season

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The 2015-16 season is dedicated to the memory of Peyton Trueblood.

We Are One

Peyton

ALABAMA REPERTORY DANCE THEATREDiane and Acteon, from La EsmeraldaChoreographer: Agrippina Vaganova Staging by Rita Snyder; coaching by Richard A. RichardsMusic composed by Cesare Pugni and Riccardo Drigo performed by Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Diane: Emily Scott, Katie O’Harra or Blair Ely Acteon: Aaron Carter, Collin Daffin or Bobby McClure Ensemble: Alexia Acebo, Amber Baldwin, Rachel Burton, Katie Rose Carnes, Caroline Conrad, Emma Cooper, Ellie Craven, Blair Ely, Carly Fennell, Christina Fowler, Olivia Gelfand, Hope Gilmore, Kelsey Kuhn, Abigail Lee, Gina Maiola, Alex Mannings, Lindsey McKay, Aidan Nettles, Katie O’Harra, Emily Paul, Hannah Rice, Faith Russell, Emily Scott, Alison Shuman, Bria Tyner, Rani Vance, Grace Vandewaa, Olivia ZimmermanSpecial Note: Agrippina Vaganova danced under the direction of the famous Russian choreographer, Marius Petipa. Vaganova became known as the “queen of variations” because of her talent for remembering choreography. Her ability to analyze and coach both technique and style earned her the position as Director of the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg, later to be named the Vaganova Academy in her honor. In 1935, she choreographed a new version of Diane and Acteon for a revival of Petipa’s full-length ballet La Esmeralda. The scene includes a bravura pas de deux depicting characters that are inspired by the Greco-Roman characters. This work is very rarely performed in the United States.

The Idea of AbsenceChoreographer: Sarah M. BarryMovement Invention: John Baldessari (1971) and Dancers (2015)Music: Comme Cherchant A Comprendre, Merci Stephane, Mourir Un Peu and Quasimdo Tango composed by Ghedalia TazartesDancers: Alexia Acebo, Callie Andro, Amber Baldwin, Victoria Beale, Becky Black, Rachel Burton, Katie Rose Carnes, Elise Collins, Erika Davis, Rachel Deview, Madison Fendley, Olivia Gelfand, Amy Hargroves, McKay House, Erika Issis, Grace Kurosaka, Abigail Lee, Kiley Madigan, Alex Mannings, Elizabeth Medley, Brianna Milner, Madeline Peterson, Ella Sharpe, Caroline Smith, Caroline Spillane, Laura Testino, Brie Timmons, Rani Vance, Grace Vandewaa, Olivia Zimmerman

Today is HistoryChoreograher: Qianping GuoMusic: Schindler’s List Theme composed by John Williams performed by Itzhak Perlman & The Boston Symphony OrchestraDancers: Katie O’Hara and Collin Daffin or Abigail Lee and Bobby McClure

InterfaceChoreographer: Natosha WashingtonMusic: Intro (Schizophrenia Reissue) composed by Sepultura; Cemetery Ambience composed by Yves Relos; Human Sound/Heart-Beat 1 composed by Sound Effect Volume 17; Holden (Modeselektor Remix) composed by Apparat Feat. Raz OharaDancers: Amber Baldwin, Victoria Beale, Molly Beech, George Berry, Becky Black, Katie Rose Carnes, Erika Davis, Alexa Hernandez, McKay House, Kelsey Kuhn, Grace Kurosaka, Bobby McClure, Brianna Milner, Desmond Montoya, Aidan Nettles, Kendall Niblett, Victoria Niblett, Laura Testino, Ella Sharpe, Caroline Spillane, Brie Timmons

CONGRATULATIONS to our dance program for being ranked 15th in the nation by Dance-Colleges.com!

EldoradoChoreographer: Rita SnyderMusic composed by Marvin Johnson performed by Craig Hultgren (Cellist)Narrator: Doff ProcterThe Knight: George BerryThe Shade: Collin Daffin or Bobby McClureShadows: Blair Ely, Morgan Jackson, Kelsey Kuhn, Aidan Nettles, Katie O’Harra, Anna Leigh Sharp, Alison Shuman, Bria Tyner Understudies: Jonathan Brazelton, Jay TavaresSpecial Note: This work is made possible in part by a University of Alabama CARSCA grant.The score is composed by Professor Emeritus, Marvin Johnson, with text drawn from 2 poems by Edgar Alan Poe (Eldorado and Dreamland).

Love Learns to DanceChoreographer: Cornelius CarterMusic: Stay with Me and Latch performed by Sam SmithDancers: George Berry, Jordan Brown, Katie Rose Carnes, Collin Daffin, Madison Fendley, Erika Issis, Grace Kurosaka, Desmond Montoya, Victoria Niblett, Alexia Acebo, Victoria Beale, Molly Beech, Becky Black, Jonathan Brazelton, Aaron Carter, Erika Davis, Blair Ely, Amy Hargroves, Tiffany Heimbach, Morgan Jackson, Cate Kroehnke, Abigail Lee, Alex Mannings, Bobby McClure, Kaylynn McHugh, Brianna Milner, Kendall Niblett, Faith Russell, Emily Scott, Anna Leigh Sharp, Ella Sharpe, Alison Shuman, Jay Tavares, Bria Tyner, Rani Vance, Olivia Zimmerman

UA FACULTY/STAFFCornelius Carter is Director of Dance at The University of Alabama, and Artistic Director of the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre. Carter has been awarded the National Outstanding Doctoral and Research Universities Professor of the Year award by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Washington, D.C. He has received the award for the 2001-2002 Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award by the Alabama Alumni Association. Mr. Carter attended the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University in St. Louis, MO and received his

MFA in Dance from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Carter has danced with Cleo Robinson Parker Dance Ensemble, and studied at The Ailey School in New York on scholarship. Carter has been the Artistic Director of the first contemporary dance company and school in Reykjavik, Iceland, Faculty member at the American Ballet Theatre, American Dance Festival (Moscow & Ekaterinburg, Russia & Seoul, Korea), Bates Dance Festival and Harvard Summer Dance Festival (Dean of Students) and at the American Choreographers Showcase where he presented and performed his choreography in France, Holland, Austria, Vienna and Lithuania. Carter continues to set new works with student companies, professional companies and other university dance programs in the United States and abroad. He has served as Guest Rehearsal Director for Dance Brazil in Bahia, Brazil. He also teaches and choreographs for the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive Program (2001- present) and debuted his work with Broadway Dance Center in New York in 2013. Carter spent this past summer abroad teaching master classes and setting choreography in Italy at the Balletto di Civitavecchia and in China at the Liaoning Ballet. Carter also judged for the Miss America Outstanding Teen 2014 Competition. He recently presented work at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He was also appointed faculty member at Broadway Dance.

Stacy Alley is Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre/Dance at the University of Alabama (UA) as well as a professional director and choreographer whose recent credits include work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Forestburgh Playhouse in NY, the Festival Internacional de Teatro y Danza in Chile, the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, and SummerTide Theatre. UA directing and/or choreography credits include: 42nd Street, Urinetown, Merrily We Roll Along, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Show Boat, Side Man, Chicago, Flora the Red Menace and Big River as well as several pieces in Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre concerts.

Stacy has been performing professionally for thirty years, including five years as a featured dancer in Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular. She is a member of the Association of Theatre for Higher Education, the Alabama Conference of Theatre, and the Society of Directors and Choreographers, and serves on the Board of the Musical Theatre Educators Alliance, the Southeastern Theatre Conference, and SAG-AFTRA’s Miami Local. Stacy has taught in various venues all over the US and in Sweden at the Ballet Academy of Gothenburg and the University of Gothenburg’s Academy of Music and Drama. She holds an MFA in Acting from he University of Alabama, a BA in Theatre from the University of Southern California, and is a Certified Movement Analyst through The Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in NYC.

UA FACULTY/STAFFSarah M. Barry, MFA, CLMA, is an Associate Professor of dance at the University of Alabama teaching modern technique, choreography and improvisation, dance pedagogy and dance history. Sarah is honored to be a 2014-2017 Leadership Board Faculty Fellow, as well as a recipient of the Alabama State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant for 2014-2015. In 2013, she received UA’s prestigious Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award and was the recipient of the Druid City Arts Award for Dance Educator of the Year. Sarah’s choreography has been shown across the U.S. and internationally, including performances in Sorrento, Italy, Biel, Switzerland and at the 2015 and 2008 Edinburgh International Fringe Festivals. Her

screendance “there, again” was selected for the 2015 Kalamata Interational Dance Festival, the 2014 Festival Miden in Greece and the 2012 San Francisco Dance Film Festival. Her film “so you want me always to paint flowers” was selected for the 2014 Utah Dance Film Festival and Motion Captured as part of Dance Month 2012 in Houston, TX. Sarah has been a guest instructor for Emory University, the Alabama Dance Festival, the American College Dance Association, the Children’s Dance Foundation and the Alberta School of the Performing Arts. She earned her MFA in modern dance at the University of Utah along with a certification in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis (CLMA) through the Integrated Movement Studies program. She also holds a BFA in dance from Sam Houston State University as well as a teaching certification in Labanotation from the Ohio State University.

Qianping Guo is an Associate Professor of Dance at The University of Alabama. He is a native of China where he began his ballet training at the age of eleven with Shenyang Music Conservatory, and in 2002 he graduated from the University of Arizona in Theatre Arts & Dance with his MFA. He has danced with two of the top ballet companies in China and America, including Liaoning Ballet of China and Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle. Ping has performed many principal and solo roles of ballet including: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Gisslle, Le Corsaire and George Balanchine’s ballets, Jewels Rubies, Stars and Stripes and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. When he was a dancer, he participated in many national and

international ballet competitions including China’s 1st National Ballet Competition in 1985, in which he won the silver medal; the 2nd International Ballet Competition in New York in 1987; the 13th International Ballet Competition in Varna Bulgaria in 1988; and the 7th International Ballet Competition in France in 1988, in which he won the gold medal. Ping has been a valuable liaison in international studies, developing dance academic program exchanges between China and United States. He has used his diverse background to his advantage, teaching between China and America and combining methods to develop students’ artistic careers. The Chinese students he has mentored and coached have gone on to win gold and silver medals at international and national ballet competitions. He was awarded a certificate of qualification to teach to Vaganova ballet method in St. Petersburg, Russia and is a certified teacher for American Ballet Theater’s National Training Curriculum.

UA FACULTY/STAFFLawrence Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Dance at The University of Alabama. Lawrence received a BFA in Dance from the University of Southern Mississippi and an MFA in Dance from Florida State University. Professionally, he devoted several years with the internationally acclaimed modern dance company, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. Additionally, he has performed as a guest artist in a variety of venues; on the concert stage, PBS television programs, dinner theatres, and summer dance intensives. Jackson has choreographed over 75 original works for the concert stage. As an instructor, he has taught and continues to guest teach and choreograph at various universities, academies and summer

workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad. As a scholar, Jackson has published in many scholarly journals in the field of Black Dance. Most recently, he co-edited and published a special edition devoted to Black Dance in the Journal of Pan African Studies. This edition marked the second occurrence in history, where an academic journal edition was committed solely to Black Dance.As a dance educator and choreographer, Lawrence approaches the teaching of dance by focusing on the direction of contemporary movement elements, choreographic principles, and performance. Lawrence’s objective is to facilitate excellence in the promotion of dance education. He attempts to aid his students in advancing their theoretical and analytical foundations for dance through discipline-based studies.

Rebecca Salzer, Assistant Professor of Dance, is interested in collaborative and multi-disciplinary art-making. Her recent work for the stage has been seen at Links Hall Chicago, Highways Performance Space and Gallery in Los Angeles, and The La Jolla Playhouse. Her films and videos continue to be programmed in national and international film festivals and on PBS-affiliate stations. Ms. Salzer is a Jacob K. Javits Fellow. She holds a BA in Humanities from Yale University and an MFA in Dance Theatre from the University of California, San Diego.

Rita Snyder is an Associate Professor of Dance and teaches ballet and modern dance technique, anatomy/kinesiology for dance and dance history. She stages classical ballet repertoire and choreographs original contemporary ballets and modern works for ARDT. Recent staging for ARDT includes the Grand Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire and Grand Pas Classique. Prior to teaching at the University of Alabama, Ms. Snyder performed professionally with ballet and modern dance companies and musical theatre venues. As a choreographer, her works have been chosen for the American College Dance Festival Association Gala Concert (Aeternum) and presented in Barcelona and Madrid Spain (Pasión Para Dos), and her dance film, Ballet Noir:

The Tango, was accepted and presented at the 2006 International Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. Ms. Snyder originally started out as a music major (violin), and played professionally for three years before switching to dance. She received her MFA from the University of Utah in ballet pedagogy and choreography as well as a BFA in modern dance performance. She and her husband currently compete in International Standard, American Smooth and American Rhythm dance and have qualified for Nationals.

UA FACULTY/STAFFJohn Virciglio is an Adjunct Dance Faculty and began his training at the age of two with Birmingham Dance Theatre. After graduating high school, John attended The University of Alabama and graduated with a BS in business administration. While at Alabama, he became a member of Dance Alabama! and was the tap, jazz and hip-hop instructor for The Academy of Ballet and Jazz, as well as its Company Director. In 2000, he won the title of Mr. Dance, for Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, and in 2001, he went on to create The “On Location” Video Experience®, a program that gives dancers a “Behind-the-Scenes” look into making a music video. John then moved to Los Angeles where he earned a film degree through the

NYFA and launched his own production company, SHARKBITE PRODUCTIONS™. An accomplished choreographer, instructor and performer, John has traveled the United States as an instructor and adjudicator. In 2008, he produced, directed and choreographed Frequency, a huge multimedia performance piece that was a collaboration he facilitated between UA Theatre & Dance, Telecommunications and Film, Art and Engineering. In 2011, John changed the way live theatre is conceived with his first full-length, original production The Realm, the first show to use stereoscopic 3D to create a virtual environment for live performers in real-time. John has also worked with choreographer and Michael Jackson protégé, Eddie Garcia, to produce Twisted Branches.

Lyndell McDonald currently serves as Technical Supervisor for the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Alabama. He is a member of the IATSE local 78 stage union and has a preferred concentration in lighting design. In addition, he has served as lighting designer and technical director for Dance Alabama! and Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre for over a decade with oversight of six dance productions annually. This past year he served as the guest lighting designer for Contemporary Choreographers Collective(COCO) Dance Festival in Trinidad and Tobago and for American College Dance Association South-West Region Conference at Texas Tech University. He has also served as Lighting

Designer for the Birmingham Dance Theatre, NS Studio in Birmingham and the Pointe Dance Arts also located in Birmingham. His theater design credits include: The Grapes of Wrath, The Piano Lesson and Romeo and Juliet just to name of a few. His union credits include production setup for Jay-Z’s Holy Grail tour, Miranda Lambert’s Platinum tour and Mama Mia!. He has also produced work for theAlabama Shakespeare Festival, American Ballet Theater and The University of Alabama’s SummerTide Theatre productions. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from The University of Alabama.

PRODUCTION TEAMMolly Akin (Costume Designer) is a second year MFA Costume Design and Production candidate from Marthasville, MO. Previous UA credits include: 42nd Street (Asst. Costume Designer), Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre (Costume Designer) and Twelfth Night (Asst. Costume Designer and Milliner).

Camille Stillman (Stage Manager) is a Junior double major in Theatre and Dance from Colorado. Previous UA credits include: Dance Collection (Stage Manager), Dance Alabama! (Light Board Operator and Asst. Stage Manager), Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre (Light Board Operator).

Aharon Thomas (Costume Designer) is a first year MFA Costume Design and Production candidate from Little Rock, AR. She is making her UA design debut! She is thankful for the opportunity and God’s blessings. Huge love and hugs to Mom, Dukes, Stephanie Thomas and her first born niece Ayla Noelle.

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHERNatosha Washington, Artistic Director and Choreographer for the Penguin Lady Dance Collective in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been a professional choreographer and director since 2004 after receiving her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah in Modern Dance. Her duet “House of Timothy” was selected to be performed at the 2004 National College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center, received the Best Performance award, and was featured in Dance Magazine. Natosha co-directed RawMoves (2004-2013) which received a Slammy Award for Best New Dance Company in Salt Lake City. As a highly sought after choreographer, her work has been seen on many professional and collegiate companies, including Repertory Dance

Theatre, University of Utah, Brigham Young University, BYU-Idaho, and Utah Valley University, along with secondary school companies including Sunset Studio Company in West Virginia, and Saint Mary’s Hall in Houston, Texas. Many of these works were part of touring programs and were seen in the United States and Russia, Croatia, New Zealand, Brazil, Fiji, England and China. As a teacher at Judge Memorial High School (2005-2012), Natosha developed and created curriculum for the Men’s Dance Program. She currently teaches at Northwest Middle School where she is developing an educational program for at-risk students to work with University of Utah Dance students in realizing the possibilities of receiving higher education. Natosha recently joined the teaching staff of Now and Next’s Mentoring Dance Project, which is a nationally recognized mentoring organization that develops leaders in dance and movement education. She would like to thank the dancers for their willingness to explore, experiment and create with her. She would also like to thank The University of Alabama Dance Program for their generosity during her stay.

Asst. Stage Manager: Whitney Clark Light Board Operator: Kryssalyn Bayne

Sound Board Operator: Whittney ClarkStage Crew: Emily Crosslin and Sarah Curran

RUN CREW

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SCHOLARSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS

Angels ($1,000 – $4,999)Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hedgspeth Jr., Linda L. & Robert Shumilas

Gold Stars ($250 – $499)Joan & Jon Atkinson, Joan Barth, Neil & Christine Dietsch, Bob Halli, H. Scott & Nita Hestevold, Jack & Fran Jecen,Kenneth Lichstein, Linda & Terry Olivet, Norvin Richards, John Ross, Dr. & Mrs. Warren Spruill

Bronze Star ($50 – $99)Chester & Suzanne Alexander, Rona Donahoe, Tanya Fratto, Julie Friedman, Memorie Gosa,Richard Light LeComte, Michael Malinconico,Michael Wayne Rhiney, Hunter Thomas,Mary Kay Webb, Asia Webber

Platinum Stars ($500 – $999)John Burke, Linda Dobbins, Ralph & April Lane, Pamela J. McCollough, Dianne & Bill Teague, Lauren Wilson & Andy Fitch

Silver Stars ($100 – $249)Hillyard Beans, Joe Benson, Ian Brown, Jessica Clare Comas, Madeleine Hill, John Lochman, James Merrell, Mark Nelson, Charlotte Nix, Don Noble, Michael & Jill Picone, Mark Reynolds, Ana Schuber, Charles Starling, Alice Taylor, Louise Videau

Rising Star ($20 – $49)Dr. Lynne Adrian, Steven Alsip, William Flanagan, James Helga, Janis Helton, Jennifer McMurray, Christie Les, Stephanie Shamblin, Michael Steward, Shirley Tucker, Ronald Witte, Robert Zarzour

Guardian Angels ($5,000 +)Clark West Endowed Scholarship Fund, Robert A. Cowan, Pikes Peak Community Foundation, Society for the Fine Arts Gift Fund (Dance), Society for the Fine Arts Gift Fund (Theatre), Ed Williams Endowed Scholarship in Theatre Education

FACULTY AND STAFF

Molly Akin, Tom Alsip, Naomi Ambroise, Ian Andersen, Elizabeth Bernhardt, Emily Mae Billington, David Bolus, Eryn Brooks, Raines Carr, Jackson Curtright, William Green, Emily Haggerty, Cassie Hoppas, Lindsey Kelly, Meghan Lalonde, Chalise Ludlow, Tim Lytle, Britt Mahan, Russell McKinley, Charles Moncrief, Justin Mosher, Morgan Ozenbaugh, Meghan Pearson, Chelsea Reynolds, Katie Ritchie, Emma Schenkenberger, Jamie Schor, Mae Seay, Brandon Smith, Katie Stankovich, Zack Stoltz, Aharon Thomas, David Trump, Garrett Walsh, Elizabeth Whalen, Justin Williams

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

Department Chair, Bill Teague Administrative Secretary, Sharron Skipper Office Associate II, Nancy CalvertActing, Seth Panitch Acting/Voice, Allison HetzelActing/Stage Movement, Kelly Schoger Costume Design/Production, Donna MeesterCostume Technology, Jacki Armit Costume Shop Manager, Todd RobertsTheatre History/Playwriting, Dr. Steve Burch Director of Dance, Cornelius CarterModern/Choreography, Sarah M. BarryBallet, Qianping Guo Jazz, Lawrence JacksonModern, Rebecca Salzer

Ballet/Modern/Anatomy, Rita SnyderTechnical Supervisor, Lyndell T. McDonald Adjunct Dance Faculty, John Virciglio Director of Musical Theatre, Raphael Crystal Vocal Instruction/Musical Theatre, William A. Martin Musical Theatre/Dance, Stacy Alley Vocal Instruction, Emily Herring Technical Direction, F. Randy deCelleScenic Design, Andy FitchLighting Design, Bill TeagueScenery Studio Supervisor, Jeanette LackeyArts Management, Dominic Yeager Patron Services Manager, Molly Page Directing Adjunct, Ed WilliamsTheatre Adjunct, Jason Armit

SPECIAL THANKS

Chris Wise