African Skies
*******Intermission*******
Choreographer: Terese Freedman*
Music:
“African Skies” by Michael
Brecker, arranged by Jeff Holmes
Costumes:
Ilene Goldstein
Dancers:
Yanique Antonik, Janine Croke, Melissa
Ham-Ellis, Erika Johnson, Stephanie
Naddaff, Molly Ouellette, Carla VilasBoas
*with choreographic contributions by the dancers
“Internal Chaos”
“Sound Down”
Dancer:
by Geoff Cunningham
Jazz Ensemble I:
by Joe & Geri Farrell, arranged by Ray
Ricker
Side Effects
Music:
“The Offering”
(An improvisation)
“Side Effects” by Luis Rodriguez &
Geoff Vidal
Billbob Brown
by Luis Rodriguez
Gone
Choreographer: Kenneth Lipitz
Music:
“Gone, Gone, Gone” by George
Gershwin, arranged by Gil Evans,
transcribed by Steve LaJoie
Costumes:
Jana Fugate
Dancers:
Jennifer A. Rockwell, Ross Swartwout,
Erzsi Palko, Audrey LaVallée, Caitlin
Foote, Kate Sulikowski, Laura Simeral,
Erika Johnson, Miku Hibino
“Battle of Thoughts”
by Martin Ivanov
Birdland
Choreographer: Billbob Brown
Music:
“Birdland” by Joe Zawinul, arranged by
Larry Kerchner
Dancers:
Kerry Arsenault, Michele Chrisbacher,
Joseph DiDonato, Misty Podrebartz,
Meghan Rourke, Jillian Prudente, Arlene
Steiner
“Allusions”
by Luis Rodriguez
Dust
Choreographer: Terese Freedman with Jim Coleman
Music:
“Dust” by Beata Hlavenkova & Patrik
Hlavenka
Dancers:
William Brown Jr., Melissa Ham-Ellis
de viaje/Barroco
Choreographer: Terry Creach
Music:
“de viaje” by Terry Creach, arranged &
transcribed by Jeff Wissert, Nick Biello,
Geoff Cunningham
Dancers:
Sayaka Kaiwa, Melissa Ham-Ellis, Carol
Huncik, Erika Johnson, Stephanie
Naddaff, Molly Ouellette, Amanda Byars
“’s Wonderful”
Musical Personnel
by George Gershwin, arranged by Jeff
Holmes
Street Façade
Choreographer: Augusto Soledade
Music:
“Street Façade” by Luis Rodriguez
Costumes:
Augusto Soledade
Dancers:
Kerry Arsenault, William Brown Jr.,
Kendrah Carroll, Michele Chrisbacher,
Joe DiDonato, Miku Hibino, Audrey
LaVallée, Misty Podrebartz, Jennifer A.
Rockwell, Meghan Rourke, Arlene
Steiner
Street Façade brings forth the joy of Brazilian people in celebrating
“Carnaval” in Bahia and Brazil. Groups parade while dancing to
traditional and contemporary national rhythms. It is out on the
streets that the Brazilian people have fun. A special thanks to Brazz
Dance Theater, Inc. for providing costumes.
Jeff Holmes, director
Flutes:
Saxes/woodwinds:
Sarah Young
Nick Biello, Mike Gillespie, Geoff
Vidal*, Jon Bean, Luis Rodriguez*
Horn:
Peter Layton
Trumpets/flugelhorns:
Geoff Cunningham*, Brent Adler, Jeff
Wissert*, Jared Burrell, Melissa Willis
Trombones:
Adam Mullinaux, Abby Cohen, Rachel
Dennison, George Drouillard
Piano/keyboards:
Beata Hlavenkova*, Toby Pasner
Guitar:
Patrik Hlavenka*
Basses:
Jesse Richard
Drums/percussion:
Martin Ivanov*
Additional drums & arranging:
Jeff Holmes
Additional combo members:
Patrick Shaw, bass
Rob Davol, drums
* indicates student arrangers/composers
Biographies
Billbob Brown (University Dancers director) is also the director of Chaos
Theory Dance Company. He is interested in finding a balance between
technique and improvisation, betweeh the technological and the spiritual,
between the heart and the mind. He spends his free time ……………….. in
his present home in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Terese Freedman (assistant director) is co-artistic director of
Freedman/Coleman Dance Company. She was a member of the Nancy
Spanier Dance Theater of Colorado and the Bill Evans Repertory Company.
With Jim Coleman, she has toured nationally and internationally and
received numerous choreographic commissions and awards including
Choreography Fellowships from the NEA and the Massachusetts Cultural
Council. She is currently on the faculty of UMass Amherst and Mount
Holyoke College.
Kenneth Lipitz has taught Ballet at the University of Massachusetts for the
past 14 years. He is also the owner and Artistic Director of the New
England Dance Conservatory in East Longmeadow. Ken has performed as a
soloist with the San Francisco Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, and the
Washington National Ballet. He has performed as a principal dancer and
served as an Associate Artistic Director for Winnipeg’s Contemporary
Dancers. Ken is formerly the artistic Director of Concert Dance Company of
Boston, where he performed as a principal dancer.
The UMass Dance Program is a part of the Five College Dance
Department which was formed for the mutual benefit of all member
institutions. Each school offers its own distinctive program of dance and
also collaborates with the other four as a single and uniquely rich
intercampus department. The collaborative structure of the Five College
Dance Department provides a large and diverse community of colleagues
who share pedagogic as well as artistic perspectives. The Five College
Dance Department is a nationally recognized model for excellence in dance
in higher education.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director, University Dancers
Assistant Director
Director, UMass Jazz Ensemble
Production Manager
Lighting Designer
Poster Layout and Design
Associate Director of Operations
Technical Director
Lighting Director
Audio Director
Production Stage Manager
Stage Manager
Sound Operator
Flyrail
Lightboard Operator
Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Crew
Audience Services Manager
Box Office Manager
Assistant Box Office Manager
Box Office Evening Manager
Box Office Staff
Publicity
Billbob Brown
Terese Freedman
Jeff Holmes
Jean Baxter
Brenda Cortina
Billbob Brown
Lewis Louraine
Fritz Farrington
Gerald Stockman
Michael McLauglin
Brenda Cortina
Laura Wall
Andres Acosta
Ethan Time
Bertty Martinez
Katelyn Dutkiewicz
Jaclyn Capozzi, Nadine Edwards,
Meghan McGrath, Christina Perri
Cherly Symister-Masterson
Steve Coombs
Richard Ballon
Julie Cavacco
Jill Weathers
Marilyn Kushick
With special thanks to:
Dean Lee Edwards, Roger Rideout, Department of Music and Dance, Fine
Arts Center Production Services, Betty Thurston & the Five College Dance
Department, Smith College Dance Department, Andrea Watkins, Peggy
Schwartz, Jean Karpinski, Mary Lou Laurenza, and special thanks from
Augusto Soledade to the cast of Street Façade
This program is made possible in part by a grant from the UMass Arts
Council.