Complexions Contemporary Ballet, in association with The Joyce Theater Foundation, presents
FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Dwight Rhoden
Desmond Richardson
RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER
Dwight Rhoden
ARTISTIC ADVISORS
Carmen de Lavallade & Sarita Allen
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Christina Dooling, Gary W. Jeter II, Natiya Kezevadze, & Clifford Williams
GENERAL MANAGER
Michael J. Moore
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR &
RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER
Michael Korsch
BALLET MASTER
Meg Paul
PRODUCTION
STAGE MANAGER
Meghan Rose Murphy
THE COMPANY
Doug Baum, Jennie Begley, Andrew Brader, Jillian Davis, Addison Ector, Jenna Graves, Youngsil Kim,
Kelly Marsh IV, Ashley Nicole Mayeux, Phil Orsano, Kelly Sneddon, Terk Waters
APPRENTICES: Shanna Irwin & Timothy Stickney
20th ANNIVERSARY GALA GUEST ARTISTS
Misty Copeland, Bahiyah Hibah, Denis Matvienko , Anastasia Matvienko,
Desmond Richardson, and Clifford Williams
NORDC/NOBA Center for Dance Students:
Tia Alexander, Isabella Beninate, Kennedy Dorsey, Mallory Jimenez, Celeste Jupiter, Taylor Landry,
Cori Lewis, Emma Loetzerich, Sarah Meunier, Jaelyn Robinson, Ashlie Russell, Adison Sampson
This season is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor
Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Leadership support for The Joyce Theater’s 2014–2015 season has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.
The Joyce Theater Foundation gratefully acknowledges the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for its generous endowment to
support dance performances at The Joyce Theater.
Generous support for this engagement was provided through a grant from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation to
encourage the performance of New York City-based companies at The Joyce Theater.
The Joyce Theater’s Engagement Assistance Program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the
support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and is supported, in part, by public funds from the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to
Council Member Corey Johnson.
Major support for The Joyce has been provided by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Ford Foundation,
The Howard Gilman Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Pasculano Foundation, The Fan Fox and
Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and The Shubert Foundation. Additional major support has been provided by
First Republic Bank, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The SHS Foundation,
and the Windhover Foundation.
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program A
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7:30pm; Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:30pm; Friday, Nov. 21, 8pm;
Saturday, Nov. 22, 8pm; Sunday, Nov. 23, 7:30pm
HEAD SPACE (World Premiere)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music by: Terence Blanchard
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company
Head Space was commissioned by the New Orleans Ballet Association with the support of Chevron
through the Chevron Master Artist Series.
INTERMISSION
IGUAL (New York Premiere)
Choreography by: Marcelo Gomes
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Original composition by: Ian Ng
Music Performed by: Tessa Lark and Charles Yang
Costumes by: Eric Winterling
Performed by: Ashley Mayeux, Kelly Sneddon, Addison Ector and Terk Waters
Igual was commissioned through the generous support of The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation.
Special Thanks to Dancers Responding to Aids
TESTAMENT (2011, Excerpt)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: “Amazing Grace,” Traditional
Costume Design by: Jae Man Joo
Performed by: Jillian Davis and Andrew Brader
Testament was commissioned through the generous support of TITAS/Dallas, TX.
I AM YOUR MAN (2010)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: Seal
Costume Design by: DM Design
Performed by: Phil Orsano and Doug Baum
INTERMISSION
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THE GROOVE (2012, Company Premiere)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Staged by: Traci Gilchrest Kubie
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: Pet Shop Boys and City House Music
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company
The Groove originally premiered with North Carolina Dance Theater/Charlotte Ballet.
program B
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 7:30pm; Wednesday, Nov. 26, 7:30pm; Friday, Nov. 28, 8pm;
Saturday, Nov. 29, 8pm; Sunday, Nov. 30, 7:30pm
HEAD SPACE (World Premiere)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music by: Terence Blanchard
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company
Head Space was commissioned by the New Orleans Ballet Association with the support of Chevron
through the Chevron Master Artist Series.
INTERMISSION
HISSY FITS (2006)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Music Performed by: Gabriela Montero and Eroica Trio
Costumes by: DM Design
Performed by: Ashley Mayeux, Kelly Sneddon, Jennie Begley, Youngsil Kim, Shanna Irwin,
Phil Orsano, Addison Ector, Doug Baum, Andrew Brader, Terk Waters
Hissy Fits was commissioned by NJPAC Alternate Routes.
INTERMISSION
INNERVISIONS (2013)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: Suite of songs by Stevie Wonder
Costumes by: Kelly Brown
Performed by: The Company
The creation of Innervisions is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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program C
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2pm; Sunday, Nov. 23, 2pm; Saturday, Nov. 29, 2pm;
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2pm
HEAD SPACE (World Premiere)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music by: Terence Blanchard
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company
Head Space was commissioned by the New Orleans Ballet Association with the support of Chevron
through the Chevron Master Artist Series.
INTERMISSION
INNERVISIONS (2013)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: Suite of songs by Stevie Wonder
Costumes by: Kelly Brown
Performed by: The Company
The creation of Innervisions is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
program D
Thursday, Nov. 20, 7pm
20th Anniversary Celebration hosted by Phylicia Rashad
HEAD SPACE (World Premiere, Excerpt)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music by: Terence Blanchard
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company & NORDC/NOBA Center for Dance Students
Head Space was commissioned by the New Orleans Ballet Association with the support of Chevron
through the Chevron Master Artist Series.
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IGUAL (New York Premiere)
Choreography by: Marcelo Gomes
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music Composed by: Ian Ng
Music Performed by: Tessa Lark and Charles Yang
Costume Design by: Eric Winterling
Performed by: Ashley Mayeux, Kelly Sneddon, Addison Ector, and Terk Waters
Igual was commissioned through the generous support of The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation.
With Special Thanks to Dancers Responding to Aids
THE GREAT GATSBY BALLET (2014, Except)
Directed and Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Art Director: Denis Matvienko
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music Composed by: Konstantin Meladze
Set and Costume Design by: Vyacheslav Okunev
Assistants to the choreographer: Desmond Richardson, Christina Dooling,
Gary W. Jeter II, Natiya Kezevadze
Performed by: Anastasia Matvienko and Denis Matvienko
World Premiere in Kiev, Ukraine (http://gatsbyballet.com)
TESTAMENT (2011, Excerpt)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: “Amazing Grace,” Traditional
Costume Design by: Jae Man Joo
Performed by: Bahiyah Hibah and Andrew Brader
Testament was commissioned through the generous support of TITAS/Dallas, TX.
WHAT COME, THEREAFTER (2011, Excerpt)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: “Chromatic Fantasies & Impromptus” by ELEW
Costume Design by: Jae Man Joo
Performed by: Desmond Richardson
The creation of What Come, Thereafter is supported, in part, by the generosity of
ArtsFair Master Trust. Public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council have supported the development and production of this ballet.
Funds for the composer’s commission and performance were generously provided by the
Baisley Powell Elebash Live Music for Dance Grants from the American Music Center.
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AVE MARIA
(1995)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: Traditional
Costume Design by: DM Design
Performed by: Misty Copeland and Clifford Williams
I AM YOUR MAN
(2010)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: Seal
Costume Design by: DM Design
Performed by: Phil Orsano and Doug Baum
INTERMISSION
THE GROOVE (2012, Excerpt)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Staged by: Traci Gilchrest Kubie
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Music: Pet Shop Boys and City House Music
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company
The Groove originally premiered with North Carolina Dance Theater/Charlotte Ballet.
About the Company
It is artistic directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson’s lifelong appreciation for the
artistic and aesthetic appeal of the multicultural that forms the cornerstone of Complexions
Contemporary Ballet’s singular approach to reinventing dance. Founded in 1994, Complexions
Contemporary Ballet uses a ground-breaking mix of methods, styles, and cultures to create an
entirely new and exciting vision of human movement over the past 20 years.
Complexions has received numerous awards, including The New York Times Critics’ Choice
Award. It has appeared throughout the US at venues including The Joyce Theater, Lincoln
Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and New Victory Theater in New York, Mahalia Jackson
Theater for the Performing Arts (New Orleans), Paramount Theatre (Seattle), The Music
Center (Los Angeles), Winspear Opera House (Dallas), Cutler Majestic Theater (Boston), and
Music Hall (Detroit).
The Company has appeared at major European dance festivals, including Italy’s Festival of
Dance, for four consecutive years; the Isle De Dance Festival in Paris; the Maison De La Dance
Festival in Lyon; the Holland Dance Festival; Steps International Dance Festival in Switzerland;
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Łódź Biennale; Warsaw Ballet Festival; Kraków Spring Ballet Festival; the Dance Festival of
Canary Islands (Spain); the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur (Canada); and in Korea, Brazil,
Japan, Egypt, Israel, Russia, New Zealand, and Australia.
The company’s foremost innovation is that dance should be about removing boundaries,
not reinforcing them. Whether it be the limiting traditions of a single style, period, venue,
or culture, Complexions transcends them all, creating an open, continually evolving form
of dance that reflects the movement of our world—and all its constituent cultures—as an
interrelated whole.
In 2006, Complexions held its first Summer Intensive program, serving 80 students in its
first year. The program has grown to three cities and serves over 300 students annually.
Since 2009, a Winter Intensive was added to the roster, serving an additional 400 students.
Complexions’ artistic directors and company members teach master classes throughout the
country, sharing the Complexions technique with dancers of all levels.
Together, Rhoden and Richardson have created in Complexions an institution that embodies
its historical moment, a sanctuary where those passionate about dance can celebrate its past
while simultaneously building its future. In the 19 years since its inception, the company has
born witness to a world that is becoming more fluid, more changeable, and more culturally
interconnected than ever before—in other words, a world that is becoming more and more
like Complexions itself.
Who’s who in the Company
DWIGHT RHODEN (Founding Artistic Director/Resident Choreographer) has
established a remarkably wide-ranging career, earning distinction from
The New York Times as “one of the most sought out choreographers of the
day.” A native of Dayton, Ohio who began dancing at age 17, Rhoden has
performed with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Les Ballets Jazz de
Montreal, and as a principal dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
As a performer, he has appeared in numerous television specials,
documentaries, and commercials throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, and he
has been a featured performer on many PBS “Great Performances” specials.
In 1994, Rhoden and legendary dancer Desmond Richardson founded Complexions
Contemporary Ballet. Together, they have brought their unique brand of contemporary
dance to the world for nearly two decades. Complexions is widely considered as “America’s
Original Multicultural Dance Company,” and is celebrated for its pioneering spirit and the
building of a universal brand that continues to challenge traditional ideas and redefine
possibilities in the dance arena.
Under Rhoden’s direction, Complexions has become an in-demand dance institution. Leading
the way as a destination for innovation through courageous and cutting edge programming,
Complexions has become a force to be reckoned with. Over the years, Complexions has
remained consistent in delivering a profound passion for diversity that has framed its vision
and become its hallmark.
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For nearly two decades, Rhoden’s choreography has been the lynchpin in the development
of the Complexions repertory. For over 18 years, Rhoden’s work has filled some of the most
prestigious theaters across the globe, including The Joyce Theater, The Bolshoi Theater
(Moscow), The Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg), Maison de la Danse (Lyon), The Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles), Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York), Cairo Opera House
(Egypt), The Arts Center (Australia), The Auditorium Theater (Chicago), Tel Aviv Opera House
(Israel), The ASB Theater (New Zealand), Holland Dance Festival, Grand Théâtre de Genève
(Switzerland), and Isle De Dance Festival (Paris), to name a few. Complexions and Rhoden’s
work has been presented on five continents and in over 20 countries, including the United
States, Canada, South America, Mexico, Europe, Asia, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Russia,
The Baltic Region, Egypt, Israel, and the Middle East. “Musicality, innovation, purpose,
consistency, a brilliant use of stage space and the ability to tell a story — all these qualities
make him (Rhoden) one of today’s elect choreographers.” The Los Angeles Times
Since 1994, Rhoden has created over 80 ballets for Complexions, as well as numerous
other companies, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Arizona Ballet, Aspen
Santa Fe Ballet, BalletMet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Colorado Ballet, Dayton Contemporary
Dance Company, The Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, New York City Ballet/Diamond Project,
North Carolina Dance Theatre, The Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadanco, Mariinsky Ballet/Kirov,
Minneapolis Dance Theater, Phoenix Dance Company, Sacramento Ballet, Oakland Ballet,
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, The Washington Ballet, and Zenon Dance Company, among
others. Mr. Rhoden has also directed and choreographed for television, film, theater, and live
performances, including “So You Think You Can Dance,” E! Entertainment’s Tribute to Style,
Amici, and Cirque Du Soleil’s Zumanity. Rhoden has also choreographed and appeared in the
feature film One Last Dance. He has worked with, and/or created works for such high-profile
artists as Prince, Lenny Kravitz, Kelly Clarkson, ELEW, David Rozenblatt, Nicholas Payton,
The Drifters, Paul Simon, Billy Strayhorn, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, U2, The Turtle Creek
Chorus, and Patrick Swayze. Rhoden was recently commissioned to create a work for the
centennial celebration of renowned collage artist Romare Bearden and choreograph
The Great Gatsby, which will premiere this fall, for the Mariinsky Theatre. “Rhoden’s work
is post-Balanchinean choreography, a new aesthetic in movement, stage, picture, and
performance concepts reflecting a post-modern, techno-savvy worldview.” Dance Magazine
Widely known as “a dancer’s choreographer,” Rhoden has worked with, coached, and created
for some of the most diverse artists spanning the worlds of ballet and contemporary dance,
including legendary dance artists Carmen De Lavallade, Wendy Whelan, Maria Kowroski,
Diana Vishneva, Desmond Richardson, Sandra Brown, Jodie Gates, and Gus Solomons, to
name a few. Rhoden is the Resident Choreographer of North Carolina Dance Theatre and has
lectured, taught, created works for, and served as artist in residence at universities around
the United States, including New York University, Juilliard, UC Irvine, Skidmore College, and
The University of Mississippi, where his 2004 Racial Reconciliation Project was credited as a
catalyst for dialogue in a community that has been historically divided.
Rhoden is a beneficiary recipient of various honors and awards, including the New York
Foundation for the Arts Award, The Choo San Goh Award for Choreography, and The Ailey
School’s Apex Award in recognition of his extensive contributions to the field of dance.
In 2014, Dwight Rhoden was celebrated with a Honorary Doctorate Degree from Boston
Conservatory and was inducted into the Hall of Fame from New York Foundation for the Arts
for outstanding choreography.
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DESMOND RICHARDSON (Founding Artistic Director/ Artist-in-Residence) is
the recipient of the 60th Capezio Dance Award (2011), a Tony Award Nominee
for his work on Fosse (1999), and recipient of a Dance Magazine Award (2007).
Hailed by The New York Times as “one of the great modern dancers of his time,”
Richardson is a multi-talented artist who has mastered a wide range of dance
genres from his roots in hip hop, classical, modern, and contemporary ballet.
Praised for his powerful dancing and singular performance quality, Richardson
has been the hallmark performer who has shaped the essence of the Complexions style.
His roles as a principal dancer and guest artist with such notable companies as Alvin Ailey,
Frankfurt Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Swedish Opera Ballet,
San Francisco Ballet, Washington Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Austin Ballet, Aspen
Santa Fe Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Teatro Massimo, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet have
helped shape his artistry.
In 1997, Richardson become the first African American principal dancer with American Ballet
Theatre and was chosen by choreographer Lar Lubovitch to create the title role in Othello.
Regarding his performance of the work, The New York Times described Richardson as “one of
the most majestic dancers to ever tread the Metropolitan Opera House stage.” Working in
television, film, and video in the United States and abroad, Richardson has performed with
such musical artists as Michael Jackson, Prince, Aretha Franklin, En Vogue, and Madonna.
In 2009, Richardson made his Broadway singing debut in the Burt Bacarach/Hal David
musical revue The Look Of Love (Ann Reinking /Scott Ellis) and was cast in the lead role of
Tony in Twyla Tharp’s hit musical Movin’ Out in 2004. Richardson has appeared in films such
as the Oscar winning movie Chicago, Charles Randolph Wright’s Preaching to the Choir, the
Patrick Swayze /Lisa Niemi film One Last Dance, and the Julie Taymor film Across The Universe,
in addition to dancing the lead role of Beowulf in Taymor’s adaptation of Grendel at the LA
Opera and the New York State Theater. He can also be seen on DVD in Teatro alla Scala’s
opera Moise e Pharone, sharing the stage with dance sensation Roberto Bolle conducted by
Maestro Riccardo Muti.
Among his many honors are the Bessie Award, Benois de lla Danse (nominee), Monarch
Award, The Ailey Apex Award, Presidential Scholar in the Arts Award, and the NFAA Alumni
Award. He and collaborator Dwight Rhoden partnered with Prima Ballerina Diana Vishneva for
her one-woman show Beauty In Motion at New York City Center, Orange County Performing
Arts Center and in Moscow, Russia. Richardson recently returned to Russia as invited guest
performer to partner with the incomparable Diana Vishneva for the White Nights Festival at
the Mariinsky Theatre in a pas de deux created for Richardson and Vishneva titled Three Point
Turn. Richardson has been featured guest artist on the world tour of The Kings Of Dance (Ardani
Artists), appeared on Fox Television’s “So You Think You Can Dance” as celebrity guest performer
and as choreographer with Rhoden, and on the hit television show “AMICI” in Rome, Italy.
Last year, Richardson joined Sir Elton John, Hillary Swank, Adam Lambert, and President
Clinton, among other stars and dignitaries, as part of Vienna’s prestigious Life Ball 2013, where
he created the role of King Schahriyar in the 1001 Nights theme. Richardson can be seen in
the 2014 Independent film Fall To Rise with Daphne Rubin Vega, Katherine Crockett and
Tamara Tunie and was featured in the seven Tony Award nominated Broadway musical revue
After Midnight. In Moscow, Russia, he was invited to dance at the prestigious Kremlin Gala and
as a celebrity guest performer on the popular late night talk show “Urgant.”
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MARCELO GOMES (Choreographer, Igual), a native of Brazil, began his dance
studies at the age of five at the Helena Lobato and Dalal Aschcar ballet
schools in Rio de Janeiro. Upon winning the Revelation Prize at the Festival
of Dance in Joinville in 1993, he traveled to the United States to continue his
training at The Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, as well as at the
schools of the Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Cuballet, where he studied
under Alicia Alonso. Mr. Gomes was awarded second place at the National
Society of Arts and Letters in 1994 and was the recipient of the Hope Prize at Lausanne in
1996, after which, he spent a year at the school of the Paris Opera Ballet.
Mr. Gomes joined American Ballet Theatre in 1997 as a member of the Corps de Ballet and
rose quickly through the ranks, being promoted to Soloist in 2000 and Principal Dancer
in 2002. He has performed in virtually every full-length classical ballet in the company’s
repertoire, including Romeo in Romeo and Juliet; Albrecht in Giselle; Prince Siegfried, Benno,
and von Rothbart in Swan Lake; Solor in La Bayadere; Prince Desire in Sleeping Beauty; Franz
in Coppelia; Espada and Basilio in Don Quixote; Prince Charming in Cinderella; Onegin and
Prince Gremin in Onegin; Conrad, Ali the Slave, and Lankendem in Le Corsaire; the Cavalier
in The Nutcracker; the Moor in Othello; Jeanne de Brienne and Abderakman in Raymonda;
Lescaut and Des Grieux in Manon; Armand in Lady of the Camellias; and Pyotr in The Bright
Stream. Mr. Gomes has performed leading roles in the works of George Balanchine, Mikhail
Fokine, Anthony Tudor, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Jerome Robbins, Sir Frederick Ashton,
John Cranko, and Martha Graham and has worked with, as well as created roles for, Twyla
Tharp, John Neumeier, William Forsythe, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Jiří Kylian, Lar Lubovitch,
James Kudelka, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei
Ratmansky, and Matthew Bourne.
Mr. Gomes’ performances have been seen throughout the world. In addition to his touring
with American Ballet Theatre, he has appeared at many international dance festivals and
has been a guest artist with the Kirov Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, National
Ballet of Canada, Houston Ballet, Teatro Colon, Teatro Municipal Do Rio de Janeiro, Universal
Ballet, Mikhailovsky Ballet, and New York City Ballet. He accompanied Alessandra Ferri on her
farewell tour in Japan and Italy in 2008 and was the recipient of the prestigious Prix Benois de
la Dance award in Moscow the same year.
Mr. Gomes has recently begun a successful choreographic career and has created pieces
for dancers from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, La Scala, and Kings of the
Dance. His ballet Apothéose, created for Julie Kent and Roberto Bolle, had its premiere on the
opening night of American Ballet Theatre’s Metropolitan Opera House engagement in May
2013. His most recent work, Aftereffect, entered the repertoire of ABT in spring of 2014 at the
Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, DC.
IAN NG (Music Composition, Igual) is a New York City-based composer.
He graduated from NYU in 2013 with a Master’s Degree in Music Composition.
As NYU resident composer, he premiered his Cité en l’air in February 2012 at
Symphony Space in New York City. He won the American Prize, ASCAP
Morton Gould Young Composer Award, and Robert Avalon International
Music Composition Competition for his Grand Jeté on a Violin, which
premiered as a dance piece entitled Toccare, choreographed by Marcelo
Gomes in April 2012 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. In 2009, he was awarded
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First Prize for his musical re-imagining of MC Escher’s works, Liberation of Souls, at the ACL
Young Composers Competition. He has also conceived, composed and co-directed two
theater pieces: Pas d’Electronique and Bang.
Mr. Ng has composed music for the NYU Symphony Orchestra, the Brooklyn Symphony
Orchestra, JACK Quartet, AndPlay, Susanville Symphony, the NYU Contemporary Music
Ensemble, the Atlantic Music Festival Contemporary Ensemble, the Hong Kong Arts Festival,
City Contemporary Dance Company, violinists Charles Yang and Tessa Lark, and pianist
Dimitri Dover. Igual, his second collaboration with Marcelo Gomes, had its premiere at the
20th Anniversary of the Fire Island Dance Festival this past July.
Mr. Ng’s 2014-15 season includes collaborations and commissions from the American Ballet
Theatre’s JKO School, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, New York Symphonic Brass, Hong
Kong New Music Ensemble, Duo Scordatura, and the EtM Con Edison Composer Residency
program at Lighthouse Guild International. For more,visit ianng.instantencore.com.
CHARLES YANG (Music Performance, Igual) has been described by The
Boston Globe as one who “plays classical violin with the charisma of a rock
star.” The 26 year old Juilliard graduate began his violin studies with his
mother in Austin, Texas and has since studied with world-renowned
pedagogues Kurt Sassmanshaus, Paul Kantor, Brian Lewis, and Glenn
Dicterow. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras and in recitals in the
United States, Europe, Brazil, Russia, China, Japan, and Taiwan. The Mayor of
Austin declared June 9, 2005 “Charles Yang Day.” A frequent guest on the Emmy Award
winning PBS show “From the Top,” Mr. Yang has also been heard on National Public Radio in
Washington, DC and Boston. His original violin concerto Covers: Concerto for Popular Culture
and Orchestra, composed with Armand Ranjbaran, had its premiere October 2013 with the
Peoria Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Yang’s improvisational crossover abilities as a violinist, electric violinist, vocalist, and
guitarist have led to featured performances with a variety of artists at the Aspen Music
Festival, the Cayman Arts Festival, the Moab Music Festival, Caramoor, the EG Conference,
Google Zeitgeist, YouTube Space Los Angeles, Interlochen, and on stage at venues such as
Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, David H. Koch Theater, Dizzy’s
Club Coca-Cola, David Rubinstein Atrium, The Royal Danish Theatre, Le Poisson Rouge,
Highline Ballroom, Joe’s Pub, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Forbidden City in
Beijing. Mr. Yang collaborated with Marcelo Gomes on his solo Paganini and on his ballet
Toccare, which featured an original score by Ian Ng. Other collaborations include work with
Jake Shimabukuro, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Ray Benson, Jonathan Batiste, Michael Barrett,
Daxun Zhang, Arcade Fire, Eminem, Lady Gaga, and CDZA. Mr. Yang has performed in the
presence of two former U.S. Presidents and the Queen of Denmark. He is featured in Nick
Romeo’s book Driven.
Regarding Mr. Yang, The Texas Observer has noted, “Mr. Yang is a true crossover artist, a
pioneer who can hop between classical and popular music and bring fresh ideas to fans of
both genres. Rather than maintaining an insular focus and simply assuming that an audience
for classical music will always exist, he wants to actively create that audience, to persuade
and seduce others into enjoying a type of music as passionately as he does.” For more, visit
www.charlesyangmusic.com.
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TESSA LARK (Music Performance, Igual), winner of the prestigious Naumburg
International Violin Award in 2012, has been consistently praised by critics
and audiences alike for her astounding range of sounds, technical agility and
musical elegance.
Lark, age 25, was recently named the Silver Medalist of the 2014 International
Violin Competition of Indianapolis, making her the highest-ranked Americanborn winner in the Competition’s history. She is a recipient of a career grant
from the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the Performing and Visual Arts. Other
awards include the first prize in both the 2008 Irving Klein International Strings Competition
and the 2006 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players; and top prizes in
the 2012 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition as part of her piano trio, Modêtre,
and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in 2009.
At age 16, Lark was soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and has since performed
with the Louisville Orchestra; Santa Fe, Indianapolis, Cheyenne, Santa Cruz, Cape Ann, Melrose
and Peninsula Symphonies; Gettysburg and Mission Chamber Orchestras; Chinese Opera
and Ballet Symphony Orchestra, and New England Conservatory’s Symphony Orchestra.
Lark has given many solo recitals, including her Carnegie Hall debut recital in Weill Hall and
other concerts for the San Francisco Performances series, the radio broadcasted Dame Myra
Hess Memorial Concert series, Ravinia’s Bennett-Gordon Classics series, Chamber Music Tulsa
series, and the Caramoor Wednesday Morning Concert series.
A passionate chamber musician, she has been invited to many summer festivals, including
Yellow Barn, Steans Institute for Young Artists at the Ravinia Festival, the Perlman Music
Program’s Chamber Music Workshop, and Music@Menlo. Tessa Lark is a member of the
Caramoor Virtuosi and has participated in the Music in the Vineyards Festival, the Wadsworth
Chamber Music series and Caramoor’s Rising Star Series. She has collaborated with a long
list of renowned artists including Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, Donald Weilerstein, Pamela
Frank, Kim Kashkashian and Ralph Kirshbaum.
Lark began her violin studies at age six. She joined the Starling Strings Program at University
of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music in 2001 and studied with Kurt Sassmannshaus.
She entered New England Conservatory in the fall of 2006 and completed her Master’s degree
in May 2012. In addition to her busy performance schedule, Lark has served on the faculty of
the Great Wall International Music Academy in Beijing, China and as resident faculty at Lee
University School of Music. As a From the Top alumna, Lark plays an active role in their arts
leadership program as a performer and educator.
Keeping in touch with her Kentucky roots, Lark enjoys playing bluegrass and Appalachian
music. She collaborates frequently with Mark O’Connor and is included in his CD “MOC4,”
released in June 2014.
Lark plays a Tononi violin, made in 1675, on generous loan to her from the Ravinia Festival.
For more, visit www.violinium.com.
MICHAEL KORSCH (Technical Director and Resident Lighting Designer) is
lighting and scenic designer based in Philadelphia, PA, where he earned his
BA in Theater at Temple University. He has worked with numerous directors
and choreographers, creating visual designs for dance and theater
throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Michael
has been the resident lighting and scenic designer, as well as technical
director, for Complexions Contemporary Ballet since 1998 and the resident
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lighting designer for Ballet Arizona since 2001. In addition, he has created designs for
companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet, BalletMet,
BalletX, Carolina Ballet, Cleveland Play House, DanceBrazil, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dayton
Contemporary Dance Company, Disney Creative Entertainment, English National Ballet,
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, MOMIX, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Oakland Ballet,
Pennsylvania Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Royal Danish Ballet, Sacramento Ballet,
Staatsballett Berlin, and Washington Ballet, among others.
MEG PAUL (Ballet Master) received her early training with Southern Ballet
Theatre in Orlando, Florida. After winning the International Dance Competition
of the Americas, Meg was invited to train on full scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet
School in New York City. At fifteen, Meg began her professional career touring
with the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group and the Joffrey Ballet II apprentice
company. She was promoted to the Joffrey Ballet at nineteen, rising through
the ranks to perform leading roles in ballets such as The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum
Fairy), Love Songs, Italian Suite, La Vivandiere Pas De Six, The Clowns, Valentine, Suite Saint-Saens,
Light Rain, Billboards, Les Sacre Du Printemps, A Trifling, and more.
Meg is a recipient of The Princess Grace Award and has been a principal dancer with the
Joffrey Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Ron De Jesus Dance. She directed
Ballet Builders, a New York City showcase for emerging choreographers and was Ballet
Master for the Joffrey Ballet Ensemble. Meg was a faculty member at The Joffrey Ballet School
in New York City and has taught master classes around the nation for the past decade. Along
with her husband Vince Paul, Meg co-founded World Arts Inc., a representation agency
that represented national and international companies, such as Nacho Duato’s Compania
Nacional De Danza, Les Ballets De Monte Carlo, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Les
Grand Ballets Canadian.
Meg assisted Twyla Tharp for the Tony-award winning show Movin’ Out, serving as Dance
Captain during the Broadway run. Meg performed both leading roles as Brenda and Judy,
and she also staged the national touring cast of Movin’ Out.
Meg was the Director of Dance at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, where she
conceived and directed a benefit for dance titled National City Stars of Ballet and Broadway.
For her work on National City Stars of Ballet and Broadway, Meg was honored by the Detroit
Free Press as one of Detroit’s Renaissance Heroes in 2008.
Meg is thrilled to return to Complexions Contemporary Ballet as Ballet Master. Also, Meg is a
full time faculty member at the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne
State University. She is Artistic Director of the WSU Dance Workshop and is Program Director
for the Complexions Detroit Summer Intensive at Wayne State University, celebrating its
fourth season this summer.
DOUG BAUM (Dancer) began his dance training in Maryland at Mid-Atlantic
Center for the Performing Arts before graduating from the Baltimore School
for the Arts in 2006. In 2010, Baum received his BFA from Fordham University
in collaboration with The Ailey School, where he apprenticed with Ailey II for
two years. Baum has participated in programs such as Springboard Danse,
NDT Maximum Dance Course, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Fire Island Dance
Festival before joining his first professional company. Since graduating,
Baum has toured internationally with Rasta Thomas Bad Boys of Dance, Compagnie Flak, and
Les Ballets Jazz. Baum has completed three seasons with Zhukov Dance Theater, in addition
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to guesting with Jose Mateo, Ezdanza, Thang Dao, Company XIV, Peridance, and iLuminate as
seen on “America’s Got Talent.” Baum joined Complexions in 2014.
ANDREW BRADER (Dancer) was born and raised in New Orleans, LA, and
trained at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, The Harid Conservatory,
and the Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre. He was
invited to join ABT as an apprentice dancing with the company at
The Metropolitan Opera House and later joined the Houston Ballet. Andrew
danced with the Los Angeles Ballet for four seasons, performing principal roles
in Balanchine’s Agon, The Four Temperaments, Stravinsky Violin Concerto,
Serenade, Kammermusik No.2, Lar Lubovitch’s The Evangelist, Bournonville’s Napoli Pas de Six,
and original works by Josie Walsh, Sonya Tayeh, Olivier Wevers, and Melissa Barak’s Scrying
presented as the first dance installation performed at NYC’s Museum of Modern Art. Brader
was a 2009 Lester Horton Award nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Performance and
spent two seasons with BalletMet Columbus before joining Städtische Theater Chemnitz as a
soloist in Chemnitz, Germany. Brader joined Complexions in 2014.
JENNIE BEGLEY (Dancer) was born in Manila, Philippines. She started her
dance training at the age of two at Metropolitan Academy of Dance in
Denver, CO and later at the International Ballet School. He summer studies
included American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance.
In Denver, Begley danced four seasons with Ballet Ariel and two seasons with
Dawson/Wallace Dance Project under the direction of James Wallace, former
dancer at Company C Contemporary Ballet, and Gregory Dawson of Alonzo
King LINES Ballet. Begley was a featured dancer on Season 10 of the television show “So You
Think You Can Dance” and joined Complexions in 2014.
JILLIAN DAVIS (Dancer), who grew up in Kutztown, PA, received her classical
training at Princeton Dance and Theater Studio with Susan Jaffe and Risa
Kaplowitz, and Pacific Northwest Ballet in their Professional Division under
full-tuition scholarship. Since changing her focus to contemporary ballet, she
studied briefly with Alonzo King LINES Ballet and has performed works by
Amanda Miller, Enrico Labayen, Kate Thomas with Ballet Neo, and Alexander
Tressor, among others. Davis joined Complexions in 2014.
ADDISON ECTOR (Dancer), from Los Angeles, began his dance training at
the Debbie Allen Dance Academy at age 13. After high school, he was
accepted into the scholarship program at The Ailey School, where he was the
recipient of the Alvin Ailey Scholarship after three years. He also attended the
Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program in 2012 and performed with Germaul
Barnes/Viewsic Expressions Dance. Ector joined Complexions in 2013.
JENNA GRAVES (Dancer) began her dance training at Olga Kresin’s Ballet
School and later attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and
Performing Arts. As a scholarship student, Jenna trained at The Ailey School
and was a member of the dance company Eleone Connections. Graves has
participated in a number of dance competitions including the Youth America
Grand Prix, where she was featured in the documentary First Position, the
Barcelona International Dance Competition, and the Tanzolymp Danz
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Festival. She was a member of Ailey II, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company,and has performed with
Zest Collective. Graves joined Complexions in 2014.
YOUNGSIL KIM (Dancer) was born in Okayama City, Japan. She began her
ballet training at Sugimoto Sonoko Ballet with Sonoko Sugimoto and
Svetlana Assaouliak. At age 18, Youngsil moved to New York City to study
dance at the Joffrey Ballet School and later at Ellison Ballet professional
training program, where she graduated in 2008. She has danced with
Configuration Dance Theatre, Eglevsky Ballet, Connecticut Ballet Company,
Ballet Hispanico II, and Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. She has
had the opportunity to perform works by choreographers including Susan Jaffe, Igal Peri, Jiři
Kylián, William Forsythe, Sidra Bell, Enzo Celli, and Dwight Rhoden. She has studied summers
at Walnut Hill, Houston Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Springboard Montreal, and
Complexions. Kim joined Complexions in 2013.
KELLY MARSH IV (Dancer) started dancing at the age of 13 in his hometown of
St. Louis, MO at the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) under the direction of Lee
Nolting. He furthered his studies in dance as a fellowship student at The Ailey
School, then as a ballet major at the University of North Carolina School of the
Arts, where he received his BFA in Dance. Marsh has worked with choreographers
such as Susan Jaffe, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Douglas Becker, Francesca Harper,
Brenda Daniels, Ethan Stiefel, and Kate Skarpetowska, to name a few. Marsh
was a recipient of the Oprah Winfrey Foundation Fellowship scholarship and a member of the
National Honor Society of Dance Arts. Marsh joined Complexions in 2014.
ASHLEY NICOLE MAYEUX (Dancer) is a graduate of SUNY Purchase College.
She studied with Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey, Ballet Austin, and
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She has performed with the Pepsico Theater,
Dance Theatre Lab, and Summerstage. In 2011, she toured with the
international production of the Broadway musical AIDA. Mayeux joined
Complexions in 2012.
PHIL ORSANO (Dancer) was born in Queens, NY and began his training at
the Long Island High School of the Arts. After spending two years at LIHSA,
Orsano attended Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he received
his BFA in Dance Performance. With Hubbard Street 2, Orsano toured and
taught for many schools around Chicago and the states. He has also taught
for the Complexions Summer Intensives and guest classes internationally.
Commercially, Orsano worked on the Italian TV Program “AMICI di Maria De
Filippi,” which was choreographed by Danny Ezralow, for two seasons. He also can be seen on
TV/Film in “Mobbed,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” and on “The Client List.”
He has performed for Madonna’s Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project, Dana Foglia’s VATIC,
the Ellenie Universal CityWalk Show, on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” with BP
MAJOR, KINNECT Xbox360 in Times Square featuring Lady Sovereign and Ne-Yo, and others.
Music Video credits include Debbie Gibson/Jace Hall video “Electric Youth Reloaded,” Kaya
Jones’ “Release the Energy,” and Meta and the Cornerstones’ “The Lost Girl.” Orsano originally
joined Complexions in 2008 and rejoined in 2013.
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KELLY SNEDDON (Dancer), of Baltimore, MD, began her dance education at
Dancemoves Studio under the direction of Susan Joines. Kelly attended the
University of North Carolina School of the Arts before moving to New York
City, where she studied at the Joffrey Ballet School and became a member of
the Joffrey Ballet School’s Touring Company. She has received awards from
National Foundation for the Arts, Youth America Grand Prix, and Maryland
Distinguished Scholar for the Arts. Sneddon joined Complexions in 2012.
TERK WATERS (Dancer), from Mansfield, OH, began his training at the age of
17 with Tony Calucci at the Dance Extension in Columbus, OH. He received
his BFA in Dance from Western Michigan University, where he performed in
works by Antony Tudor, Frank Chaves, and Ron DeJesus, among others.
Waters has also trained with The City Ballet of San Diego and River North
Chicago Dance Company. He previously danced with the Eisenhower Dance
Ensemble before joining Complexions in 2010.
SHANNA IRWIN (Apprentice) grew up in Landing, NJ. Throughout high
school, she trained and performed with Generations of Dance, as well as The
New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble, under the direction of Nancy Turano.
She spent summers at The Vancouver Arts Umbrella, Complexions, and World
Dance Movement, Italy. In April 2014, Irwin began touring with Complexions
before receiving her BFA in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College in
May 2014. Irwin joined Complexions in 2014.
TIM STICKNEY (Apprentice) began dancing at the age of three at a variety of schools
in upstate New York, North Carolina, and Massachusetts, most notably The Gold
School under the direction of Rennie Gold. He graduated from the Ailey/Fordham
BFA program in 2014, and while there, he performed in Memoria and Revelations
with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York’s City Center. He has performed
in the work of Dwight Rhoden, Francesca Harper, Ronald K. Brown, Karole Armitage,
and Bob Fosse, among others. Stickney joined Complexions in 2014.
Board of Trustees
DeJuan Wilson, President
Kriena Nederveen, Vice-President
Rosemarie Y. Ingleton, M.D., Vice-President
Mark Sohn, Secretary
Judith M. Hoffman, Chairwoman
Wren Brown, Vice Chair
Debbie Allen
Angela Bassett
Margo Cohen Feinberg
Board of Advisors
Cynthia Fischer
Carmen de Lavallade
Guido Goldman
Susan Jaffe
Lisa Niemi
Elizabeth Roxas Dobrish
Dwight Rhoden
Desmond Richardson
Mark Roppel
Elizabeth Roxas Dobrish
Cecily Tyson
Courtney B. Vance
Pauletta Washington
Artistic & Technical Staff
Artistic Directors................................................Dwight Rhoden
Artists in Residence........................................Christina Dooling
.......................................................................Desmond Richardson
............Gary W. Jeter II, Natiya Kezevadze, Clifford Williams
Resident Choreographer.................................Dwight Rhoden
Technical Director/Resident Lighting Designer..............
Ballet Master .................................................................... Meg Paul
...................................................................................Michael Korsch
Artistic Advisors.........................................Carmen de Lavallade
Production Stage Manager................Meghan Rose Murphy
...........................................................................................Sarita Allen
Joyce Season Wardrobe Coordinator ................... Jon Taylor
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Administrative Staff & Special Services
General Manager ............................................. Michael Moore
Bookkeeper.......................................................Pentacle
Admin & Development Associate ........................ Danni Gee
Summer/Winter Intensive Director ........... Michael Thomas
PR & Marketing ............................................. GOGO Publishing
COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet
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New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 777-7771 www.complexionsdance.org
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Complexions Contemporary Ballet sincerely thanks its generous contributors listed below whose gifts over the past year are greatly appreciated.
Benefactors
Anonymous
Chevron Master Artist Series
National Endowment for the Arts
New Orleans Ballet Association
New York State Council on the Arts
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Rockefeller Brothers Foundation
Mark Sohn
Partners
Elizabeth Roxas Dobrish
Dr. Rosemarie Ingleton
John Leitzy
Rockell Metcalf
David Monn
Kriena Nederveen
Mark Roppel
De Juan Wilson
Sponsors
Cynthia Fischer
Guido Goldman
Dwayne Lunde
Robert Schaffer
Marilyn Schmich
Sybille Szaggars
Donors
Sarita Allen
Carmen Cummings
B. Michael & Mark Anthony Edwards
Penny Frank
Abenaa Frempong
Steve Lewis
Lindsay Nelko
Stacey Newton
Carlo & Natasha Schiattarella
Rebecca Rigert & Vernon Scott
Louise Stock
Dennis Williams
Gunner Winston
Helene Zipper
Supporter
John Avina
Jacqueline Barchilon
Frank Lee Barringer
Lisa Becker
Kalyn Berg
Alisa Bernard
Michael Blake
Eliza Buddenhagen
James Castillo
Erodney Davis
Carmen De Lavallade
Christina DiChiara
Ramona Dunlap
Jodie Gates
Karen Giles
Hannah Goldstein
Tylie-Anne Guldemond
Christiane Hachey
Allen Harvey
Kimberly Hatchett
Colette Hawkins
Vivian Hoexter
Patricia Jozan
Douglas Kerbs
Richard Kielar
Lillian Kraemer
Dana Kirschenbaum
Greg Lagola
Marla and Dave Lamendola
Jennifer and Richard Lerner
Aubrey Lynch
Felicia and Michael Mathias
Mark Matousek
David Moore
Andrew Overton
Elizabeth Penn
Damali Peterman
Jeffrey Polston
Jennifer Rich
Michael Reese
Margaret Selby
Susan Sneddon
Mike Stanley
Michael Thomas
Andree & Tom Walsh
Vera Wells
Sherri Williams
Nicholas Vanderborgh
Bart Ziegler
Friend
Danielle Altchiler
Victoria Da Dalt
Julia DellaTorre
Alli Esposito
Hailey Flame
Sophie Jivotovski
Kelly Klein
Tina Kurzius
Martin Lager
Danielle LeBron
Brandee Marvin
Taylor McMahon
Ava Montague
Shurla Nelson
Jill Swaykus
Martha Schulze
Emily Slater
Alexis Stefanou
Jake Tribus
List as of 10/28/14
SPECIAL THANKS
Alvin Ailey Studios, Sharen Bradford, Lily Cabatu Weiss, CAMI Spectrum, Capezio, Audrey Christenson, David Claps,
Elena Comendador, Martha Cooper, Tyrone Davidson, DANY Studios, Chris Davis, Amadea Edwards, Patrick Francisco,
Freed of London, Curb Gardner, Gelsey Kirkland Academy, Grishko, Jenny Hamilton, Harlem School of the Arts, Kim
Hellams, Denise Robert Hurlin, Marie Johansson, Rennica Johnson, Jae Man Joo, The Joyce Theater Foundation,
Traci Gilcrest Kubie, Tracy Lukoff, Mark Morris Dance Center, Martha Graham Studios, Marymount Manhattan College,
National Dance Institute, National Minority Business Council, NY City Center Studios, NY Dancewear, New Orleans
Ballet Association, On Stage Dancewear, Sansha, Scott Schlexer, Margaret Selby, Linda Shelton, Wayne State University/
Maggie Allesee Department of Dance, Martin Wechsler
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