Hubbard Street’s Season 38 Spring Series

Glenn Edgerton, Artistic Director

FeaturingI am Mister B by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano

The Impossible by Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo

Imprint by Lucas Crandall WORLD PREMIERE

SPRING SERIESMARCH 17–20

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Hubbard Street Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo, left, in rehearsal for The Impossible with Andrew Murdock and Jessica Tong. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

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Hubbard Street Dancer Jacqueline Burnett in I am Mister B by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.



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Welcome to the Harris Theater, and to our Spring Series. We’re glad you’re here.

So far this season, we’ve brought work into our company from around the globe. We began with major acquisitions created in Germany by William Forsythe, followed by the first U.S. production of a piece choreographed in Holland by Crystal Pite, and a premiere for Hubbard Street 2 by an artist who spends half her time in China, Yin Yue. This weekend, we celebrate three artists with long-standing, rich relationships with Chicago and with Hubbard Street.

Gustavo Ramírez Sansano first came to the U.S. as a member of Hubbard Street’s main company, after which he went on to direct Chicago’s Luna Negra Dance Theater. Lucas Crandall, a Michigan native, started his career as a performer with Milwaukee Ballet, and first joined our artistic team for the 2000–01 season. And Alejandro Cerrudo has of course been with us for more than a decade; his fifteenth Hubbard Street premiere as our Resident Choreographer is coming this fall.

While many of the works in our repertoire can be considered “abstract” or “pure dance,” you will notice our Spring Series lands a little closer to the theatrical end of the spectrum. Both The Impossible and I am Mister B feature distinct characters and scenic elements, as well as gestures which nod to pantomime. Our dancers have had the opportunity to develop these skills not just in rehearsals for this program, but also through our ongoing collaboration with The Second City. As such, this Spring Series is the perfect bridge to our season closer, the return by popular demand of The Art of Falling, opening June 9 with a gala performance, followed by our Season 38 Spotlight Ball.

I’m constantly impressed with the creative range and versatility of our dancers, who can transition in an instant from abstraction, to dance-theater, to physical comedy, and back again. You’ll see some of those qualities featured this weekend, but I hope you’ll stay with us for even more through The Art of Falling, and the 2016–17 season we’re unveiling soon. Stay tuned.

Warmly,

Glenn EdgertonArtistic DirectorHubbard Street Dance Chicago

A letter from Glenn Edgerton, Artistic Director

Above: Hubbard Street Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton. Cover: Hubbard Street Dancers in I am Mister B by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, from left: Andrew Murdock, Alicia Delgadillo, Jessica Tong, and Kevin J. Shannon. Photos by Todd Rosenberg.

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Glenn EdgertonArtistic Director

Jason D. PalmquistExecutive Director

Lou ConteFounding

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Jason Brown Director of Production

Kaitlyn Breen Lighting Director

Kilroy G. Kundalini Audio Engineer

Sam Begich Master Electrician

Ishanee DeVas Company Manager

Rebecca M. Shouse Wardrobe Supervisor

Stephan Panek Head Carpenter and Stage Operations

Julie E. Ballard Stage Manager and

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Terence MarlingDirector, Hubbard Street 2

Karena Fiorenza IngersollGeneral Manager

Lucas CrandallRehearsal Director

Alejandro CerrudoResident Choreographer

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I am Mister BGustavo Ramírez Sansano, ChoreographyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, MusicMario Alberto Zambrano, TextJared B. Moore, Lighting DesignLuis Crespo, Set DesignBranimira Ivanova, Costume Design

“It’s very special for me to return to Chicago, a city that’s shown so much love and support for my work, and to Hubbard Street, where I danced early in my career as a performer. This occasion has inspired me to create a little celebration of dance, in tribute to George Balanchine, whose Theme and Variations was a favorite work of mine to perform when I was a ballet dancer. With I am Mister B, I hope to keep the energy and feeling of that classic piece alive.” —Gustavo Ramírez Sansano

This original work for Hubbard Street’s ensemble, set to the final movement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s third suite for orchestra in G major (op. 55, 1884), reunites the creative team behind Ramírez Sansano’s 2012 choreographic interpretation of Bizet’s opera, CARMEN.maquia. As its narrator explains, all 12 of this work’s dancers represent the great choreographer George Balanchine, who is widely credited for reimagining classical ballet for the twentieth century and, in particular, for American audiences.

Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL, March 12, 2015. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: “Theme and Variations: Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55, IV: Theme,” “Theme and Variations: Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55, IV: Variations I–XII,” performed by Lovro von Matačić and Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano. Courtesy of Warner Music Group. I am Mister B was commissioned by the Harris Theater for Music and Dance and the See the Dance Consortium, with additional support from the Imagine campaign provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

INTERMISSION

The ImpossibleAlejandro Cerrudo, Choreography and Staging ConceptVarious Artists, MusicMichael Korsch, Lighting DesignBranimira Ivanova, Costume Design

Alejandro Cerrudo’s thirteenth original work for Hubbard Street follows an aging couple looking back on their youth. Its poignant, surprising scenes — which appear at times as if seen through a prism, or in a hall of mirrors — raise intriguing questions about memory, mortality, partnership, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, June 5, 2014. Music by Nico Muhly: “Part IV” from the album Drones for Bedroom Community. Used with permission from Schirmer. Music by Fernando Velázquez: “Is It Over?” from the album The Impossible, and “The Illusive Spy” from the album The Spy. Used with permission from Fernando Velázquez. Music by Richard Hickox: “Barry Guy: After the Rain: Chorale” and “Barry Guy: After the Rain: Anitphon” as recorded by the City of London Sinfonia from the album NMC Revisited: Skempton, Muldowney, Guy for NMC Records. Used with permission from Warner/Chappell Music Publishing. Music by George Crumb: “Black Angels: Pavana” from the album George Crumb: Black Angels; Makrokosmos III: Music For A Summer Evening for Mode Records. Used with permission from Bridge Records Management. Music by Nils Frahm: “Familiar” from the album Felt. Used with permission from Erased Tapes Music. Music by Patrick Doyle: “Cobblers” from the album Sleuth for Verese Sarabande. Used with permission from Kobalt Music Publishing. Music by Jonny Greenwood: “Oil” and “Proven Lands” from the album There Will Be Blood. Used with permission from European American Music Distributers. Music by Nadia Sirota: “Ut” from the album First Things First for New Amsterdam Records. Used with permission from Nadia Sirota. Music by F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm: “Juri” from the album Music for Wobbling Music Versus Gravity for Sonic Pieces Records. Used with permission from Manners McDade Music Limited. Individual Sponsors of The Impossible are Meg and Tim Callahan, Joel and Katie Cory, Lauren Robishaw, Richard and Barbara Silverman, Bill and Orli Staley, and Randy and Lisa White. Costumes are underwritten by John and Jeanne Rowe. Additional support is provided by Choreographer’s Circle Member Sarah J. Nolan.


INTERMISSION

ImprintLucas Crandall, Choreography and Original ConceptTábor Radosti, Lincoln Chase, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mikael Aldén, MusicDavid Schultz, Live PercussionJason Brown, Lighting DesignBranimira Ivanova, Costume Design

“Above all I’d like to thank the artists of Hubbard Street for their commitment to this creative process, and for their contributions in the studio. With Imprint, I sought to create an experience both visceral and visual — one which expresses a collective consciousness by exploring the dancers’ instinctive responses to natural and urban imagery.” —Lucas Crandall

Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, March 17, 2016. Special thanks to Terence Marling. Music by Tábor Radosti: “Integrita,” from the album Agartta, recorded by Aliens Productions. Music by Lincoln Chase: “Nitty Gritty,” from the album In Action, as performed by Shirley Ellis, courtesy of Universal Music Group, published by Music Sales Group. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach: “Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria,” as performed by Glenn Gould, from the album Bach: Goldberg Variations (1981) as recorded by Sony Music Entertainment. Music By Mikael Aldén: “That Which Remains,” from the album That Which Remains, recorded by Cold Meat Industry. The world premiere of Imprint by Lucas Crandall is funded in part by Season 38 Spring Series Sponsors Lew and Marge Collens, J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation, John and Jeanne Rowe, Exelon, and Diversity Partner Baker & McKenzie. Bill and Orli Staley are the Leading Supporters of New Choreography Development.

Hubbard Street Dancers Jessica Tong, left, and Andrew Murdock in The Impossible by Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

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Glenn EdgertonArtistic Director

Jason D. PalmquistExecutive Director

Lou ConteFounding Artistic Director

Karena Fiorenza IngersollGeneral Manager

Claire BatailleDirector of the Lou Conte Dance Studio

Terence MarlingDirector of Hubbard Street 2

Lucas CrandallRehearsal Director

Alejandro CerrudoResident Choreographer

Belina MizrahiController

Krista EllensohnManager of Pre-Professional Programs

Meredith DincoloArtistic Associate and Coordinator of Pre-Professional Programs

Alyssa MoralesAccounting and Operations Coordinator

Emma SpeiserManagement Associate

LaMar BrownArtistic Administration Intern

Alaya TurnboughJoey GassoErin HarnerLCDS Interns

External Affairs Suzanne AppelDirector of External Affairs

Kalena ChevalierAssociate Director of Development

Zachary WhittenburgAssociate Director of Marketing and Communication

Melissa PlattBoard Liaison and Individual Giving Manager

Allan WaiteManager of Patron and Data Services

Jose E. GaonaCorporate and Foundation Relations Coordinator

Sofia PilarMarketing Coordinator

Meghan PioliDevelopment Coordinator

Sidney CristolAdvertising, Sales and Ticketing

Elise BellucciaKiona VickroyDevelopment Interns

Youth, Education and Community Programs Kathryn HumphreysDirector of Youth, Education and Community Programs

Sarah McCartySenior Manager of School Partnerships

Keesha BeckfordYouth Programs Manager

Michelle ModrzejewskiCommunity Programs Manager

Jennifer GunterYouth Programs Coordinator

Kristen RybickiEducation Coordinator

Stefany CottonAngel HerroldBecca KosminskyLily Ryan LozonAidaa PeerzadaMecca RobinsonAmanda SmithWork Study Staff

Production StaffJason BrownDirector of Production

Ishanee DeVasCompany Manager

Kaitlyn BreenLighting Director

Julie E. BallardStage Manager and Properties Master

Kilroy G. KundaliniAudio Engineer

Stephan PanekHead Carpenter and Stage Operations

Sam BegichMaster Electrician

Wardrobe StaffRebecca M. ShouseHead of Wardrobe

Constance ThomeRachel WinbornDrapers

Greta HumphreyRedding BakerStitchers

Jenni Schwaner LaddTouring Wardrobe

Board of Directors Mayor Rahm EmanuelHonorary Chair

Sara Albrecht++Chair

Richard L. RodesPresident and Treasurer

Camille E. RudgeSecretary

John E. VazquezAssistant Treasurer

Ellis Regenbogen+Immediate Past Chair

Denise Stefan Ginascol++VP Development

Caryn JacobsAssistant VP Development

Katherine V. SchostokAssistant VP Development

Meg Siegler Callahan+VP Board Development

Marc Miller+VP Artist Training Continuum

Richard F. Tomlinson IIVP Facilities

Bija BennettBerle BlitsteinRoss B. BrickerMarge Collens+++*Joel Cory Dirk Denison Michael Downing Allan DrebinMiguel Edwards Paul Gignilliat Linda HutsonKaren H. Lennon+ Betsy Stelle Morgan Maureen Mosh Sarah J. Nolan Sheila Owens Byron Pollock++ Alyssa Rapp Lauren Robishaw Kelly Royer Mary Kay Shaw Deborah Stonebraker Randy White+

Life Directors John W. Ballantine+Corinne BrophyEdythe R. Cloonan++ Sondra Berman Epstein+ Stanley M. Freehling Charles R. Gardner Sandra P. Guthman+ James Mabie++ Marie E. O’Connor++ Timothy Schwertfeger++ Jack D. Tovin Sallyan Windt William N. Wood Prince + Past Board Chair ++ Past Board President *Deceased

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COSTUME DESIGNThe Spring Series premiere of Imprint by Lucas Crandall marks 26 Hubbard Street productions with costumes by Chicago-based designer Branimira Ivanova. Her prolific partnership with the company began in 2002, when Crandall invited Ivanova to help him create a world half-classic and half-contemporary for his biographical work Atelier, inspired by the relationship between Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel. Over the 13 seasons since,

Ivanova would go on to collaborate with both guest choreographers and in-house artists, including Marguerite Donlon, Brian Enos, Jonathan Fredrickson, Cheryl Mann, Terence Marling, Andrea Miller, Penny Saunders, Toru Shimazaki, and Robyn Mineko Williams, plus The Impossible and nine more of Alejandro Cerrudo’s premieres.

Branimira Ivanova is a graduate of both the University of Connecticut (MFA, Costume Design) and of the International Academy of Design and Technology (BFA, Fashion Design). In 2009 and 2010, Ivanova received Jeff Award nominations for her work for Lifeline Theatre’s productions of Treasure Island and Wuthering Heights; her work for the Gift Theatre’s Cloud 9 received a Jeff Award for Best Costume Design (Equity Wing) in 2012. In 2007, Ivanova received a Certificate for Excellence in Theatre Design from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, and her designs were included in the United States’ National Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial World Stage Expo. In 2002, she received Fashion Group International’s “Design Your Future Award,” and the Driehaus Award

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Top: Shannon Alvis, Terence Marling, and Alejandro Cerrudo, from left, in The Set by Lucas Crandall. Middle right: Alejandro Cerrudo and Branimira Ivanova onstage at the Harris Theater. Above: Design renderings by Branimira Ivanova for, left, I am Mister B by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, with Hubbard Street Dancers Andrew Murdock and Ana Lopez; and at right, The Impossible by Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo. Photos by Todd Rosenberg.



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Alejandro Cerrudo was born in Madrid, Spain and trained at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid. His professional career began in 1998 and includes work with Victor Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, and Nederlands Dans Theater 2. Cerrudo joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2005, was named Choreographic Fellow in 2008, and became the company’s first Resident Choreographer in 2009. Fourteen works choreographed to date for Hubbard Street include collaborations with The Second City, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Nederlands Dans Theater. These pieces and additional commissions are in repertory at companies around the U.S. as well as in Australia, Denmark, Germany,

and the Netherlands; touring engagements have brought his work still further abroad, to audiences in Algeria, Canada, Morocco, and Spain. In March 2012, Pacific Northwest Ballet invited Cerrudo to choreograph his first work for the company, Memory Glow, upon receiving the Joyce Theater Foundation’s second Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance. Additional honors include an award from the Boomerang Fund for Artists (2011), and a Prince Prize for Commissioning Original Work from the Prince Charitable Trusts (2012) for his acclaimed, first evening-length work, One Thousand Pieces. In March 2016, Switzerland’s Ballett Basel premieres his second evening-length work, Sleeping Beauty, at Theater Basel. Cerrudo was one of four choreographers invited by New York City Ballet principal Wendy Whelan to create and perform original duets for “Restless Creature,” and he is United States Artists’ 2014 USA Donnelley Fellow.

Lucas Crandall began his dance career with the Milwaukee Ballet in 1979. In 1980, he joined the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, then directed by Oscar Aráiz. Under the direction of Jiří Kylián, he danced with Nederlands Dans Theater for two years before returning to Geneva, as soloist and later rehearsal assistant, under the direction of Gradimir Pankov. Crandall has performed and originated roles in works by notable choreographers including Aráiz, Kylián, Christopher Bruce, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Rui Horta, Amanda Miller and Ohad Naharin. In 2000, Crandall returned to the U.S. to join Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, as Associate Artistic Director and staff at the Lou Conte Dance Studio. His teaching and coaching career

includes residencies at various U.S. universities; master classes and repertory workshops, both domestically and abroad; and guest positions at companies including Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Northwest Professional Dance Project, and the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. Crandall’s choreographic work includes multiple premieres for Hubbard Street (Atelier, Gimme, The Set) and new works for Northwest Dance Project and Thodos Dance Chicago. Crandall was recently rehearsal director for Nederlands Dans Theater’s main company for three years, under the directorships of Paul Lightfoot and former Hubbard Street Artistic Director Jim Vincent. Crandall returned to Hubbard Street as Rehearsal Director in April 2013.

Gustavo Ramírez Sansano was artistic director of Chicago’s Luna Negra Dance Theater from 2009–13 following four years directing proyectoTITOYAYA in Valencia, Spain. Awards and recognitions he’s received for his choreography include first prizes at the Ricard Moragas competition in Barcelona, the Prix Dom Pérignon in Hamburg, and Las Artes Escénicas de la Comunidad Valenciana. International companies that have commissioned new works by Ramírez Sansano include Balé Teatro Guaíra, Ballet BC, Ballet Hispanico, Ballet Junior de Genève, BalletMet Columbus, Balletto dell’Esperia, Budapest Dance Theater, Compañía Nacional de Danza, Gyori Ballet, the Hamburg Ballet, IT Dansa, Nederlands Dans Theater,

No(one. Art House Los Angeles, Norrdans, Otra Danza, Tanz Luzerner Theater, and TanzTheater München. During his career onstage, Ramírez Sansano performed works by choreographers Jacopo Godani, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Paul Lightfoot, Hans van Manen, Ohad Naharin, Victor Ullate and others, often originating roles, at Ballet Joven de Alicante, Ballet Contemporáneo de Barcelona, Ballet de la Comunidad de Madrid, Nederlands Dans Theater 2, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Ramírez Sansano was named one of 15 choreographers to watch by POR LA DANZA magazine for its 15th anniversary, one of “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine, and a Chicagoan of the Year in the arts and entertainment by the Chicago Tribune in 2012.

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Photo of Hubbard Street Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo by Jim Newberry. Photos of Lucas Crandall and Gustavo Ramírez Sansano by Todd Rosenberg.

MARGE COLLENS(1939–2015)

Marge Collens was a force of nature, passionately committed to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. As a member of Hubbard Street’s Board of Directors beginning in 1998, Marge generously shared her expertise, and led multiple initiatives over the past two decades. She served as President in 2002 and 2003, and as Chairman from 2003 to 2006.

Throughout her tenure Marge worked tirelessly on behalf of Hubbard Street. When the company moved its studios and administrative offices to the West Loop, Marge spearheaded a fundraising campaign to renovate the façade of the Hubbard Street Dance Center, helping spur the growth of a vibrant new neighborhood. She fostered a groundbreaking collaboration between Hubbard Street’s artists and students of architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and she inspired us all with her consistent efforts to grow Hubbard Street’s endowment.

Marge’s enthusiastic sponsorship of choreography enabled Hubbard Street to secure world premieres by ascending artists, as well as established masterworks from internationally recognized dancemakers, deeply connecting Chicago audiences to the world of contemporary dance.

Her love for her husband, Lew Collens, her son Steven Collens, and daughter-in-law Caralynn Nowinski Collens, is everlasting and, likewise, Marge made Hubbard Street a part of her immediate family. Her dedication and visionary leadership will not be forgotten. The legacy and impact of her work will continue for many years to come.


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About Hubbard StreetHubbard Street Dance Chicago’s core purpose is to bring artists, art and audiences together to enrich, engage, educate, transform and change lives through the experience of dance. Celebrating its 38th season in 2015–16, Hubbard Street continues to be an innovative force, supporting its creative talent while presenting repertory by major international artists.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago grew out of the Lou Conte Dance Studio at LaSalle and Hubbard Streets in 1977, when Lou Conte gathered an ensemble of four dancers to perform in senior centers across Chicago. Barbara G. Cohen soon joined the company as its first Executive Director. Conte continued to direct the company for 23 years, during which he initiated and grew relationships with both emerging and established artists including Nacho Duato, Daniel Ezralow, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Twyla Tharp.

Conte’s successor Jim Vincent widened Hubbard Street’s international focus, began Hubbard Street’s collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and cultivated growth from within, launching the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop and inviting Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo to make his first work. Gail Kalver’s 23 years of executive leadership provided continuity from 1984 through the 2006–07 season, when Executive Director Jason Palmquist joined the organization.

Glenn Edgerton became Artistic Director in 2009 and, together with Palmquist, moved this legacy forward on multiple fronts. Inside/Out is now part of a broader strategy for building new repertoire, the Choreographic Development Initiative, which aims to be a national model for artistic development while proactively diversifying contemporary dance.

Partnerships with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and other institutions keep Hubbard Street deeply connected to its hometown. To the company’s repertoire, Edgerton has extended relationships with its signature choreographers while adding significant new voices such as Kyle Abraham, Mats Ek, Sharon Eyal, Alonzo King, Crystal Pite, and Victor Quijada.

Claire Bataille, left, and Ginger Farley in Case Closed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, 1986. Photo by Jennifer Girard.

Isaac Spencer, left, and Erin Derstine in Float by Julian Barnett, 2006. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

Shannon Alvis, left, and Terence Marling in Extremely Close by Alejandro Cerrudo, 2008. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

Choreographer Mats Ek, left, rehearses Quinn B Wharton in Casi-Casa, 2012. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.


The main company’s members comprise one of the only ensembles in the U.S. to perform all year long, domestically and around the world, while four nationally renowned Summer Intensive Programs bring young artists into its ranks. Hubbard Street 2, its second company for early-career artists, was founded in 1997 by Conte and Julie Nakagawa. Now directed by Terence Marling, HS2 cultivates young professional dancers, identifies next-generation choreographers, and performs domestically and abroad in service of arts education, collaboration, experimentation and audience development.

Hubbard Street’s Youth, Education and Community Programs are national benchmarks for partnership, dance education and urban school research. In 2008, the Parkinson’s Project became the first dance class in the Midwest for those affected by Parkinson’s disease and, with The Autism Project pilot in 2014, it’s now part of Hubbard Street’s growing Adaptive Dance Programs. Youth Dance Programs for students ages 18 months to 18 years emphasize creative expression and are offered year-round at the Hubbard Street Dance Center.

At the Lou Conte Dance Studio — where Hubbard Street began in 1974 — workshops and master classes allow access to expertise, while a broad variety of weekly classes offer training at all levels in jazz, ballet, modern, tap, African, hip-hop, yoga, Pilates® and dance fitness.

Visit hubbardstreetdance.com to learn more.

Isaac Spencer, left, and Erin Derstine in Float by Julian Barnett, 2006. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

Above left: Frank Chaves and Leslie Stevens in Mae by Richard Levi, 1987. Archival photo.

Above right: Hubbard Street 2 in The 40s by Lou Conte, 2003. Archival photo.

Center: Tobin Del Cuore, left, and Cheryl Mann in Gimme by Lucas Crandall, 2004. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

Ron De Jesús, left, Krista Ledden and Ensemble in I Remember Clifford by Twyla Tharp, 1996. Photo by Ruedi Hofmann.



Glenn Edgerton (Artistic Director) joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago after an international career as a dancer and director. At the Joffrey Ballet, he performed leading roles, contemporary and classical, for 11 years under the mentorship of Robert Joffrey. In 1989, Edgerton joined the acclaimed Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), where he danced for five years. He retired from performing to become its artistic director, leading NDT 1 for a decade and presenting the works of Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, Johan Inger, Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, among others. From 2006 to 2008, he directed the Colburn Dance Institute at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Edgerton joined Hubbard Street as associate artistic director in 2008; since 2009 as artistic director, he has built upon more than three decades of leadership in dance performance, education and appreciation established by founder Lou Conte and continued by Conte’s successor, Jim Vincent.

Jason D. Palmquist (Executive Director) joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in May 2007, after serving the arts community in Washington, D.C. for nearly 15 years. Palmquist began his career at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, completing his tenure there as vice president of dance administration. At the Kennedy Center, he oversaw multiple world-premiere engagements of commissioned works in dance, the formation and growth of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet and the inception in 1997 of the Millennium Stage, an award-winning, free daily performance series that to date has served more than 3 million patrons. Deeply enriching the Kennedy Center’s artistic programming, Palmquist successfully presented engagements of global dance companies including the Royal Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Kirov Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet. Palmquist also managed the Kennedy Center’s television initiatives, including the creation of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and a prime-time special on NBC memorializing the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks. In 2004, he accepted the position of executive director at the Washington Ballet. Under his leadership, the company presented full performance seasons annually at the Kennedy Center and the Warner Theater, and nurtured its world-renowned school and extensive education and outreach programs. A graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Palmquist currently serves on the boards of the Arts Alliance of Illinois and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.

Karena Fiorenza Ingersoll (General Manager) brings more than a decade of experience to Hubbard Street as a leader, fundraiser and producer in the performing arts. Most recently, she served as the associate managing director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California, where she line-produced and managed all new play development efforts, shepherding 30% growth in capacity. Previous tenures include executive director of contemporary dance company Robert Moses’ Kin (San Francisco, CA), associate managing director of Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven, CT), management fellow during ArtsEmerson’s inaugural presenting year (Boston, MA), annual fund manager at Aurora Theatre (Berkeley, CA), and international experience in Mexico City working for a nonprofit humanitarian group. While in the Bay Area, Fiorenza Ingersoll was secretary and then president of the Berkeley Cultural Trust and a proud member of the Bay Area Latino Theatre Artists Network. She is also a freelance arts management strategist and artist representative, partnering with individual artists and ensembles whose work gives voice to underrepresented stories and perspectives. Recognized nationally, Fiorenza Ingersoll was invited in 2014 by Theatre Communications Group to be part of its SPARK Leadership Program’s inaugural class. She holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA in Theater Management from Yale University.

Terence Marling (Director of Hubbard Street 2), born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, trained at the Ruth Page School of Dance with renowned ballet teacher Larry Long. Following his professional work with Patricia Wilde and Terrence S. Orr at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and at Germany’s Nationaltheater Mannheim with director and choreographer Kevin O’Day, Marling became a member of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. During 16 years onstage, he performed works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Paul Taylor, Glen Tetley and others, originating numerous roles. Beginning in 2010 as Hubbard Street Rehearsal Director, Marling taught, coached and maintained works and premieres by Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo, Duato, Naharin, Aszure Barton, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Alonzo King, Susan Marshall, Victor Quijada and Twyla Tharp. Marling’s own creations have been performed by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre as well as both of Hubbard Street’s ensembles, and he co-choreographed with Robyn Mineko Williams the company’s first family-oriented production, Harold and the Purple Crayon: A Dance Adventure. Marling became Director of Hubbard Street 2 in April 2013.

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Alejandro Cerrudo (Resident Choreographer) See Choreographer Profiles.

Lucas Crandall (Rehearsal Director) See Choreographer Profiles.

Kathryn Humphreys (Director of Education, Youth and Community Programs) joined Hubbard Street in 2002. She develops and implements dance-education initiatives designed to improve teacher and teaching-artist practice and collaboration, to effect whole-school change and further the field’s understanding of the role of dance in public education. She oversees program development, implementation, and management of all of Hubbard Street’s in-school and community initiatives. With more than two decades of experience in arts education, her work supports local and national groups and, under her direction, the department has engaged in a series of in-depth research initiatives, contributing unique knowledge and assessment tools to the field, many of which have been widely published. Humphreys launched Hubbard Street Youth Dance Programs in 2007, connecting the choreographic process curricula Hubbard Street pioneered in schools with training in traditional dance techniques, for a unique and diverse slate of classes currently serving more than 1,000 students per year. The department’s Family Workshop Series brings generations together through dance, while Hubbard Street’s innovative Adaptive Dance Programs expand movement opportunities for Chicagoans with physical and mental disabilities. Humphreys consults locally and nationally on issues related to dance education, and holds an MA in Dance from Texas Woman’s University.

Claire Bataille (Director of the Lou Conte Dance Studio) was a founding dancer with Hubbard Street from 1977 to 1992, performing works created by Lou Conte, Twyla Tharp, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Daniel Ezralow, John McFall and Margo Sappington. She received the Ruth Page Award for Outstanding Dancer in 1992. From 1977 to 2001, Bataille also served the company as Assistant Artistic Director, Ballet Mistress and Rehearsal Director. She choreographed five works between 1978 and 1985 and toured nationally and internationally with Hubbard Street. Bataille began teaching at the Lou Conte Dance Studio in 1975 and has been teaching dance in Chicago ever since. In 2003, she earned her certification in the Pilates Method with Romana’s Pilates in New York. In 2005, Bataille was appointed Associate Director of the Lou Conte Dance Studio at the Hubbard Street Dance Center and became its Director in 2008.

Suzanne Appel (Director of External Affairs) joined Hubbard Street in August 2015 following a decade of arts leadership roles with an emphasis on business development, revenue generation, and producing the work of form-challenging artists. Most recently she served as managing director of The Cutting Ball Theater in San Francisco, where she nearly doubled the organization’s operating budget and built a two-plus-month operating reserve in four years. Her previous roles include director of individual giving at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City, associate managing director at Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, management fellow at Berkeley Repertory Theater, and assistant director of the annual fund at Wesleyan University. While in San Francisco, she served on the board of the Tenderloin Community Benefit District. Appel maintains a freelance practice as a financial and strategic management consultant for arts organizations, holds an MBA from Yale School of Management, an MFA in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama, and a BA from Wesleyan University.

Lou Conte (Founding Artistic Director), after a performing career that included roles in Broadway musicals such as Cabaret, Mame and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, established the Lou Conte Dance Studio in 1974. Three years later, he founded what is now Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Originally the company’s sole choreographer, he developed relationships with emerging and world-renowned dancemakers Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Margo Sappington and Daniel Ezralow as the company grew. Conte continued to build Hubbard Street’s repertoire by forging a key relationship with Twyla Tharp in the 1990s, acquiring seven of her works as well as original choreography. It then became an international enterprise with the inclusion of works by Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato and Ohad Naharin. Throughout his 23 years as the company’s artistic director, Conte received numerous awards including the first Ruth Page Artistic Achievements Award in 1986, the Sidney R. Yates Arts Advocacy Award in 1995, and a Chicagoan of the Year award from Chicago magazine in 1999. In 2003, Conte was inducted as a laureate into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, the state’s highest honor, and in 2014, was named one of five inaugural recipients of the City of Chicago’s Fifth Star Award. He has been credited by many for helping raise Chicago’s international cultural profile and for creating a welcoming climate for dance in the city, where the art form now thrives.

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2015–16 DANCER PROFILES

Jesse Bechard (Bolton, MA) began his formal ballet training at age 16, graduated from Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and attended training programs at Boston Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Ballet Austin. In 2000, having completed his freshman year at the University of Chicago, he returned to dance, performing for one year with Ballet Austin and for eight with Richmond Ballet. Bechard joined Hubbard Street in August 2010.

Jacqueline Burnett (Pocatello, ID) received classical ballet training in Pocatello, Idaho from Romanian ballet master Marius Zirra, with additional summer training at Ballet Idaho, Brindusa-Moore Ballet Academy, the Universal (Kirov) Ballet Academy, the Juilliard School and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors from the Ailey School and Fordham University’s joint program in New York City in 2009, while an apprentice with Hubbard Street. She was promoted to the main company in August 2009 and is a 2011–12 Princess Grace Honorarium recipient.

Alicia Delgadillo (Charlotte, NC) began her classical training at the Susan Hayward School of Dance in San Francisco, California, and continued her studies in North Carolina with Gay Porter and Bridget Porter Young at the Charlotte School of Ballet. In 2004, Delgadillo began studying full time with Daniel and Rebecca Wiley at Piedmont School of Music and Dance. She has attended summer programs at Hubbard Street, the Juilliard School, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Springboard Danse Montréal. Delgadillo graduated with honors from the Ailey School and Fordham University’s joint program in New York City in 2012, while a member of Hubbard Street 2, and was promoted to the main company in April 2014.

Jeffery Duffy (Adamsville, GA) began dancing at age three and attended the Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton, Georgia; Talent Unlimited High School; and the Juilliard School in New York City. He has performed with the Juilliard Dance Ensemble at Lincoln Center and the Chicago Dancing Festival, and as a guest artist with Dance Theatre of Harlem. At the McCallum Theatre Institute’s 2013 Choreography Festival, Duffy and Alexander Jones received the Division I Second Place Prize for their original work, Open it to Speak; Duffy is also the recipient of an Alan D. Marks Entrepreneurship Grant, and winner of the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Arts Entrepreneurship Prize. He joined Hubbard Street in August 2015.

Kellie Epperheimer (Los Osos, CA) began her dance training in 1988 at the Academy of Dance and Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo, and attended training programs at the Joffrey Ballet School and the Juilliard School in New York City. A founding member of Cedar Lake Ensemble (later Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet), she joined Hubbard Street 2 in January 2005, and was promoted to the main company in January 2007.



Michael Gross (Poughquag, NY) earned a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona and received much of his early training from Colorado Jazz Dance Company in Colorado Springs, followed by further studies at the American Academy of Ballet and Springboard Danse Montréal. Formerly a member of River North Dance Chicago and Visceral Dance Chicago, Gross has also performed with Elements Contemporary Ballet and in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s holiday production, Welcome Yule! Gross joined Hubbard Street in August 2014 and thanks his friends and family for their love and support.

Jason Hortin (Olympia, WA) graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a BFA in Dance under the direction of Louis Kavouras. His performance career includes work with Moving People Dance Theatre, Erick Hawkins Dance Company and River North Dance Chicago. Hortin joined Hubbard Street as an apprentice in August 2007 and was promoted to the main company in July 2008.

Alice Klock (Whidbey Island, WA) began dancing at age 11. She trained at Interlochen Arts Academy from 2003–07, and in Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Dominican University of California’s joint BFA program from 2007–09. Klock then joined Hubbard Street 2 in September 2009 and was promoted to the main company in September 2011.

Emilie Leriche (Santa Fe, NM) began her dance training at the age of eight. In 2007 she began her formal dance training at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, with additional summer study at Joffrey Midwest, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. Leriche has performed alongside the dancers of zoe | juniper, and at the WestWave Dance Festival as a member of Maurya Kerr’s tinypistol. Leriche joined Hubbard Street 2 in 2011, was promoted to the main company in 2013, was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2015, and is the recipient of a 2015 Dance Fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation–USA.

Florian Lochner (Frankenhardt, Germany) trained at Ballettschule Malsam in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim, where he was the recipient of its Birgit Keil Dance Foundation scholarship. Lochner earned his master’s degree in the performing arts and joined Gauthier Dance Company in Stuttgart in 2011, performing works by numerous choreographers including Mauro Bigonzetti, Jiří Bubeníček, Alejandro Cerrudo, Alexander Ekman, Itzik Galili, Eric Gauthier, Marco Goeke, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Christian Spuck, Cayetano Soto, Philip Taylor, Stephan Thoss, Paul Lightfoot and Sol León. He received a “Best of the Season” nomination in Germany’s Dance for You! Magazine in September 2013, and joined Hubbard Street in August 2015.

Ana Lopez (A Coruña, Spain) began her formal training at Conservatorio de Danza Diputacion de A Coruña. Upon graduating Isaac Diaz Pardo High School, she continued her training at Centro Internacional de Danza Carmen Roche. Prior to joining Hubbard Street in January 2008, Lopez danced with Joven Ballet Carmen Roche, with Compañía Nacional de Danza 2 in works by Nacho Duato and Tony Fabre, and at Ballet Theater Munich under the directorship of Philip Taylor. She was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2012.

2015–16 DANCER PROFILES

Andrew Murdock (St. Albert, AB) is a graduate of the Juilliard School, from which he received a BFA in Dance under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. Prior to being a regular collaborator with Aszure Barton & Artists, Murdock performed with Gallim Dance and BJM Danse, formerly Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. Additional collaborators and colleagues include Cherice Barton, Joshua Beamish, Andy Blankenbuehler, Nina Chung, Joe Lanteri, Austin McCormick, Michelle Mola, Abdel Salaam and Edgar Zendejas. He has appeared at the Greenwich Music Festival, with Zack Winokur, and with Geneviève Dorion-Coupal at Just for Laughs and Le 400e Anniversaire de la Ville de Québec. As a rehearsal assistant to Aszure Barton, he has worked with American Ballet Theatre, Canada’s National Ballet School and Ballet BC, New York University, the Steps Ensemble, Arts Umbrella and Springboard Danse Montréal. He joined Hubbard Street in 2013.

Penny Saunders (West Palm Beach, FL) graduated from the Harid Conservatory in 1995. She then began her professional career with the American Repertory Ballet under the direction of Septime Webre, danced with Ballet Arizona and MOMIX, and was a founding member of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (then Cedar Lake Ensemble). In 2004, Saunders joined Hubbard Street, where she began to pursue her choreographic interests, creating for Hubbard Street 2 in 2011 through its International Commissioning Project, and premiering her first work for Hubbard Street’s main company in 2013. She has since choreographed for the Nexus Project, Owen/Cox Dance Group, SFDanceworks, Whim W’Him, Grand Rapids Ballet, and Neos Dance Theatre as a choreographer in residence at the University of Akron. In 2015 Saunders returned to Hubbard Street’s main company and began a three-year choreographic residency with Grand Rapids Ballet. She thanks her lovely husband and beautiful son for all of their support.

David Schultz (Grand Rapids, MI) began training in Michigan with the School of Grand Rapids Ballet, where he then performed for four seasons with its company, Grand Rapids Ballet. Schultz joined Hubbard Street 2 in September 2009 and was promoted to the main company in August 2011, and he is the recipient of a 2012 Princess Grace Award.

Kevin J. Shannon (Baltimore, MD) began dancing under the guidance of Lester Holmes. He graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts with additional training at the School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet School, Paul Taylor Dance Company and Parsons Dance. He earned his BFA in 2007 at the Juilliard School, toured nationally with the Juilliard Dance Ensemble and appeared in the “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast television special The Juilliard School: Celebrating 100 Years. Shannon joined Hubbard Street in November 2007.

Jessica Tong (Binghamton, NY) received her formal training at the Ballet School in Salt Lake City under Jan Clark Fugit, as well as at the University of Utah, where she was a member of Utah Ballet. Tong danced with BalletMet in Ohio, Eliot Feld’s Ballet Tech in New York City and with Hubbard Street 2 before joining the main company in January 2007. She was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2009, and currently serves on Chicago Dancers United’s Ambassador Committee for Dance for Life Chicago.


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2015–16 HS2 DANCER PROFILES

Katlin Michael Bourgeois (Gonzales, LA) began dancing in 2010 at various studios in Louisiana including NOCCA (the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts) and A Touch of Class Performing Arts. After attending Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Summer Program in San Francisco in 2012, he accepted a full scholarship to join the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program, from which he graduated in May 2014. Bourgeois has performed in works by numerous choreographers including Andrew Brader, Sandrine Cassini, Lee-Wei Chao, Kara Davis, Gregory Dawson, Maurya Kerr, Nikoloz Makhateli and Uri Sands. He joined Hubbard Street 2 as an apprentice in August 2014 and was promoted to full company member in August 2015.

Zachary Enquist (Plymouth, MN) began training at Summit School of Dance in Plymouth, MN. He holds a BFA in Dance from SUNY–Purchase College in New York, where he performed works by choreographers Doug Varone, Lar Lubovitch, Stephen Petronio, Bill T. Jones and Merce Cunningham. Other training includes summer studies at the Juilliard School, Movement Invention Project and Springboard Danse Montréal, where he performed repertory by William Forsythe, Stijn Celis and Robyn Mineko Williams. Enquist spent a semester abroad at Codarts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and was an apprentice at Mark Morris Dance Group. Enquist joined Hubbard Street 2 as a full company member in August 2014.

Elliot Hammans (Santa Fe, NM) began his formal dance training in 2008 with Robert Sher-Machherndl and continued his ballet and modern dance education with Moving People Dance in Santa Fe, NM, under the direction of Curtis Uhlemann. Hammans joined Moving People Dance Company as an apprentice in 2010, trained on full scholarship at the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center in San Francisco, and attended Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 2011 and 2012 Summer Intensives. Following one season with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance and studies abroad at Austria’s Tanzzentrum SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance), Hammans earned his BFA in Dance in 2014 from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Choreographers whose work he has performed include Sean Curran, Gail Gilbert, Crystal Pite, Kendra Portier and Nathan Trice. Hammans joined Hubbard Street 2 as a full company member in August 2014.

Jade Hooper (Riverside, CA) began training under the direction of Clifford J. Breland and Anthony Jackson at Bre Dance Studio, continuing at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Summer Program, where she received its Homer Avila Scholarship Award. She earned her BFA in dance with a minor in math and science from CalArts and joined Hubbard Street 2 as a full company member in August 2015.

Natalie Leibert (Moorpark, CA) began training at various dance schools in the Los Angeles area including company work with Westside Dance Project in Redondo Beach, and Pacific Festival Ballet in Agoura Hills. She continued training at the Miami City Ballet School and, most recently, completed a year in Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Training Program. Leibert has attended workshops and programs at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, the Joffrey Ballet School, the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Juilliard School, in addition to Nederlands Dans Theater and Batsheva Dance Company. She has performed works by choreographers including Iratxe Ansa, Sandrine Cassini, Jessie Hartley, Will Johnston, Menghan Lou and Carmen Rozestraten. Leibert joined Hubbard Street 2 as an apprentice in August 2014 and was promoted to full company member in August 2015.


Adrienne Lipson (London, ON) began her dance training in London, Ontario under the tutelage of Jennifer Swan, and continued her studies at Ryerson University, where she received a BFA with honors upon her graduation in spring 2013. While in Toronto, Lipson performed with Typecast Dance Company and was a founding member of Rock Bottom Movement. Lipson attended the Proarte Danza Summer Intensive and Kenny Pearl’s Emerging Artists Summer Intensive, in addition to training programs at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, LADMMI (Montréal’s L’École de Danse Contemporaine), the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and Springboard Danse Montréal, where she performed works by choreographers Aszure Barton, Barak Marshall and Robyn Mineko Williams. Lipson joined Hubbard Street 2 as an apprentice in August 2013 and was promoted to full company member in August 2014.

HS2 Apprentice Christina Vargas (Bowie, MD) began her early training in the Cecchetti technique of ballet under the guidance of Pamela Moore, and continued her studies at Maryland Youth Ballet followed by two years in Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Training Program, from which she graduated in May 2015. She also attended summer programs and workshops at the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and the Peridance Capezio Center. Choreographers whose works Vargas has performed include Iratxe Ansa, Sidra Bell, Sandrine Cassini, Gregory Dawson, Joanna Haigood, Maurya Kerr, Jenny Stulberg and Liu Yi-feng. She joined Hubbard Street 2 as an HS2 Apprentice in August 2015.

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Hubbard Street Dancers Kevin J. Shannon and Alicia Delgadillo. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.


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Ginger FarleyThomas J. FeieJodie GatesJulie L. GentesPhil GeyskensBill and Ethel GofenDavid and Carol GolderJames and Andrea GordonMichael Grant and Carol McMahanCarmela and Chris GriffinJohn Grinney and Heidi WestlandBrian HerbstrittSheldon HolzmanIan Jacobs and Valerie ChangJastromb Family Philanthropic FundDaniel JosephJoe and Leanne KleinJames and Lisa KnightChristine E. KnuthKoldyke Family FundMatt and Mikelle KrugerMonica LecceseHoward and Gail LanznarKaren and Peter LennonPhilip Lumpkin and William TedfordSandra McNaughtonBill Melamed and Jamey LundbladHelen MelchiorRichard MelmanDiane and Bob MernaGary Metzner and Scott JohnsonPamela G. MeyerMichael MoriartyMaureen MoshBradley T. NelsonKenneth NorganJulie O’ConnellThomas J. O’KeefeCharlene OsborneJason OttSheila OwensDon and Carol RandelAlyssa Rapp and Hal MorrisNaomi and John ReeseThe J. Rich Company LLCEve RogersKevin and Camille E. RudgeSteven and Lauren ScheibeKatherine V. SchostokCarleen Schreder and Ralph MusicantTJ SayeDawn StanislawRobin Steans and Leonard GailJane and Michael StraussJames Tanner and Catherine AllegraPeter Q. and Michelle S. ThompsonMichael and Linda WelshDaniel WheelerWilliam Ziemann and Virginia Tallman

DancePartners $500–$999Anonymous (3)Steve AbramsJames and Sheila AmendTom and Tina BerrySherrill BodineStuart Brainerd and Elise PaschenJanet DauparasSandra Jaggi DiPasqualeTom DohertyCraig and Janet DuchossoisBryan Dunn and Barbara LarsenJennifer EdgcombRichard and Marjorie EttlingerTom FaheyJoel FraderAmy FranceticLio GettyJill GlaserMorris GoodmanMadeleine Grynsztejn and

Tom ShapiroJayne HanauerPeter Hood and Christine WorleyJim Huberty and Marc GilesMira IliescuJohn JaworAlan JonesGeorge T. Jones, M.D. and

V. Lynn JonesLisa KeyKrystyna Kiel and

Alexander TempletonKevin KranzuschLinda and Peter KrivkovichScott LangVictoria LautmanLew and Laurie LeibowitzSydney LeungRobert LiemLaura LindnerMargie LiottaKitty McNameeTheodore MilbyJon and Lois MillsRobert MuellerLaura MynttiEdward and Gayla NieminenHiroshi and Kathleen OkanoKevin OzanSteve Palmquist and Kathryn NussAaron and Helene ParisDiane and John PatienceCathy PeponisKaren PierceJonathan and Robin PlotkinBonnie PodolskyEleanor PollackElizabeth Price and Louis YeciesJ. Timothy RitchieMichael and Bonnie Rothman

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Katie SakachJennifer SeniorShelly ShannonPatricia SternbergGregory and Cynthia TaylorKimberly TaylorMichael and Sharon TiknisWayne F. TjadenMary Ellen Toll and

William HeimannWendy VishnyPaul WaasDouglas and Pam WalterJohn and Amy WardJerold WassermanKeven and Nick WilderKaren WilmotDr. Sherry Young and Family

$250–$499AnonymousCarolyn AndrewsGregg AubyRandy and Lorraine BarbaLinda BierigThe Robert Thomas Bobins

FoundationsGreg and Cassie BoyleRobert and Joell BrightfeltBonnie BrooksJanet Carl Smith and Mel SmithCatherine and Hugo ChavezSally CoderElizabeth and William ColemanHelene ConnollyBarbara CoussementV. Alexandra Darrow Beth DavisRobert and Quinn DelaneyCindy DelmarDuane M. DesParte and

John C. SchneiderAndrew and Diann DincoloBuck DodsonTimothy and Gina Dunning

Thomas DuricaTodd ElhmanElizabeth Fama and John CochraneWilliam and Jean FischerPaul and Christine FisherJim and Deb FordArthur L. Frank, M.D.Jennifer GavelekAlan and Linda GoldbergLori GordonHarry and Lyne HalmeKatharine HathawayBen HladilekCharles and Caroline HuebnerBonnie Humphrey and

John O’DonnellCraig Hanenburg and Bill KuczekLori Hess Pleiss and Clark HessCharles and Caroline HuebnerMary JakockoJanet KalbhenMary KamraczewskiLinda and Bernard KastoryJohn and Anne KernBrian and Elizabeth KlugeJames and Jeannette KrestonMegan LevinRon and Fifi LevinJoan LovellSteven MaassDonald L. MacCorquodaleHarry and Karyn MadorinWalter Mah and

Margaret MattssonJessica MalkinMelissa Matarrese and

Dan McEnerneyStephen and Susan Bass MarcusRichard MartinottiMaria McCabeMichelle McCarthyRenee Menegaz-Bock and

R. Darrell BockLoren MillerStacey NewmanMarie E. O’Connor

Tom and Jeanne OlofsonAudrey and John PatonSarah PesetskyJohn F. Podjasek III Charitable FundAndrew and Judy L. PorteJohn PowersGail RegenbogenRuud RoggekampLinda RosencranzHarriet and Irwin Ross Gregory and Sloan SalahNick SarrosPatricia Schostok ReeseLinda SchurmanMary SpludeRandel Steele and

Margaret GonzalesNikki and Fredric SteinHal S. StewartGeorge Streeter and

Kristina HowardWilliam and Mary SummersDan ThorsonBernard VrijburgStacy WellsJulia WheelerJennifer Weuve and Jeffrey GitelleJon WillJay and Donna WilliamsRuth Ann WisenerKirk and Jasmine YoungSharlene Young

Hubbard Street appreciates the support of the corporations, foundations and individuals that contribute gifts up to $250 and regrets the inability to list their names due to space limitations.

For any corrections to program name listings please call the Development Office at 312-850-9744 ext. 172 or email [email protected].

Hubbard Street Dancer Michael Gross. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.


GIFTS IN HONOR AND MEMORYGifts made on behalf of others in tribute and memory are meaningful ways to recognize individuals who have connections to Hubbard Street. For more information or to make a gift, please call the Development Office at 312-850-9744 ext. 172 or email [email protected].

In Honor of Sara AlbrechtSandra Jaggi DiPasqualeMadeline Grynsztejn and Tom ShapiroBeth HellerAnne KaplanLisa KeyBill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad

In Honor of Meg CallahanJonathan and Robin PlotkinDavid and Gabrielle Rousso

In Honor of Carol ColettaLio GettyPhilanthropy Ohio

In Memory of Marge CollensAnonymousLindsay Avner and Gregg KaplanDavid BakerHarold and Roberta BarronMelvyn H. BloomAbram and Ilene BluesteinThe Robert Thomas Bobins

FoundationsMichael and Sheila BradfordKathleen BuenikVincent and Ann CabansagJudith CarrPamela CrutchfieldLynn CutlerCraig and Janet DuchossoisRachel and Fred DulinBryan Dunn and Barbara LarsenSidney and Sondra Berman EpsteinBurt and Marion FainmanPatti Eylar and Charles GardnerRobert and Linda Dunn GlickNaama and David GoldenbergSteven Gould, M.D.Martin Grochala and Fred ReulandSandra and Jack GuthmanYvonne HeydenAustin HirschKathleen HurleyLinda HutsonGary JohnsonMelvin KattenKelly KleimanRobyn KobesGary and Joan laserStephanie LetchingerAdam LevineHazel LewisJessica MalkinCharlotte MarksMarc Miller and Chris Horsman

William E. MoellerMaureen MoshThomas and Valerie NowinskiGustavo PesquinWilliam PomerantzLisa ReederJohn and Jeanne RoweJeffrey and Susan RubensteinLewis and Barbara SchneiderDouglas and Pam WalterRandy and Lisa WhiteKeven and Nick WilderJay and Donna WilliamsSallyan WindtNan and Shelly Winner

In Honor of Patti EylarLinda Hutson

In Honor of Charles Gardner and Patti EylarGreg Cameron and Greg Thompson

In Memory of Gilbert GhezMichael GrossmanKatharina KoppMelynda LopinMaurice Rabb

In Honor of the Marriage of George Halik and Scott WechslerGeorge and Mary Perlstein

In Memory of Dr. Jack HsuSteve BrownWarren and Joan EagleBonnie Humphrey and

John O’DonnellDiana LeeKathleen McCombJoy MeekHiroshi and Kathleen OkanoDale SchlaferPeter ShullDaniel WheelerKirk and Jasmin YoungDr. Sherry Young and FamilyJulia Wheeler

In Honor of Linda Hutson’s BirthdaySallyan Windt

In Honor of Dietrich KlevornAmy Carbone

In Honor of Karen and Peter LennonKeven and Nick Wilder

In Honor of Cheri LundiCassidy Lundin

In Honor of Marc Miller’s BirthdayDavid and Kathryn DonovanJune DornMichael Grant and Carol McMahanRenee Haber-SchwartzGeorge HorsmanLinda and Bernard KastorySteven MaassRon and Elise MagersRobert and Barbara MasonSally and Ted MillerWayne Myers and Sarah CaldicottRuth NelsonTom and Jeanne Olofson

In Honor of Marc MillerBeth Davis

In Memory of Jim OatesCorinne BrophyKirk and Beverly BusbyLinda HutsonThe Rhoades Foundation

In Honor of Melissa PlattKaren Platt

In Honor of Sally and Ellis RegenbogenLisa Regenbogen

In Honor of Rich RodesThomas J. Feie Kevin Kranzusch

In Memory of Susan SchlaferAnonymous

In Honor of Kevin J. ShannonFred Follansbee

In Honor of Katherine SchostokPaul and Ann KrousePatricia Schostok Reese

In Honor of Deborah StonebrakerSteven and Lauren Scheibe

In Honor of Sallyan WindtHenry and Cookie KohnPatricia Pell

In Memory of Yuk Yiu YeeWai Gen Yee


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When your company joins Hubbard Street’s Corporate Circle, it receives exclusive benefits including performance tickets and an invitation to observe company rehearsal in our West Loop studios.

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The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance is a 1,500-seat state-of-the art performance venue located in Chicago’s Millennium Park. Opened in November 2003, the nonprofit Harris Theater was the first multi-use performance venue built in downtown Chicago since 1929. Harris Theater serves as a unique national model of collaboration between the philanthropic community and performing arts organizations in music and dance. More than a decade later, the Theater features the most diverse offerings of any venue in Chicago, hosting local, national, and internationally renowned

artists and ensembles.

The Harris Theater’s primary mission is to partner with an array of Chicago’s music and dance performing arts organizations to help them build the resources and infrastructure necessary to achieve artistic growth and long-term organizational sustainability. The Harris Theater’s original group of 12 resident companies has grown to include 35 diverse and exceptionally talented performing arts organizations, including internationally acclaimed Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNow, and collaborations with Lyric Opera of Chicago, National Museum of Mexican Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and Columbia College Chicago. Through these partnerships, the Theater has earned national recognition as a distinctive model for collaboration, performance, and artistic advancement.

The Theater supports this mission by providing these partner organizations with subsidized rental, technical expertise, and marketing support, allowing the organizations to focus on what they do best—bringing the finest in music and dance performances to the public. The Theater offers professional development opportunities, including the innovative Learning Lab, endorsed with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Harris Theater is also dedicated to presenting internationally acclaimed music and dance organizations to enhance its reputation as well as to help build audiences for the Theater’s resident companies. Through the Harris Theater Presents series, the Theater has achieved widespread recognition as a vital cultural anchor in Chicago. Daniel Barenboim, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Renée Fleming, the Hamburg Ballet, Lang Lang, the New York City Ballet, the Paris Opéra Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet, Stephen Sondheim, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and many others have graced the Harris’ Elizabeth Morse Genius Stage through this series.

The Harris maintains a strong emphasis on community engagement through enrichment activities and their Access Tickets Program, in which the Harris Theater partners with health and human services agencies and community organizations to provide underwritten performance tickets for individuals facing illness, disability, and challenging life circumstances. Since 2009, the Theater has provided over 8,800 tickets to children and families, representing 25 neighborhoods across the city of Chicago. Learn more about Community Engagement programs at engage.harristheaterchicago.org.

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OfficersAlexandra C. Nichols, Chairman Peter M. Ellis, Vice Chair Elizabeth Hartigan Connelly, Vice Chair Ricardo T. Rosenkranz, MD, Vice Chair Mary Kay Sullivan, Vice Chair Marilyn Fatt Vitale, Secretary David Snyder, Treasurer Caryn Harris, Executive Committee, Member at LargeMichael Tiknis, Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols President and Managing Director Endowed Chair

TrusteesJames L. Alexander, Past ChairmanJohn W. BallantineLee Blackwell BaurPaul S. BoulisPeter M. Ellis, Vice ChairLouise FrankJay FrankeRobert J. Gauch, Jr.Sandra P. Guthman, Past ChairmanCaryn Harris, Executive Committee,

Member at LargeJoan W. Harris, Past ChairmanElizabeth Hartigan Connelly, Vice ChairChristine N. Evans KellyDeborah A. KorompilasMerrillyn J. KosierMac MacLellanP Douglas McKeen

Zarin MehtaJudith NeisserAlexandra C. Nichols, ChairmanKenneth R. NorganAbby McCormick O’Neil, Past ChairmanJason Palmquist, Ex-OfficioRicardo T. Rosenkranz, MD, Vice ChairWilliam Ruffin, Ex-OfficioPatrick M. SheahanJohn Q SmithDavid Snyder, TreasurerJeffrey D. SteeleMary Kay Sullivan, Vice ChairMichael Tiknis, Ex-OfficioMarilyn Fatt Vitale, SecretaryElliot WeissbluthDori WilsonMaria Zec

BOARD OF TRUSTEESHARRIS THEATER FOR MUSIC AND DANCE

(Listing as of February 24, 2016)

Life TrusteesPeter M. Ascoli Cameron S. Avery Marshall Field V James J. Glasser Sarah Solotaroff Mirkin Harrison I. Steans Robin S. Tryloff

Executive StaffMichael Tiknis,

Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols President and Managing Director Endowed Chair

Cheryl Mendelson, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President External Affairs

Laura Hanssel, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President Administration

AdministrationLori Dimun,

Vice President of Operations & Production

Mary Jo Rudney, Director of Finance

Jake Anderson, Manager of Artistic Administration

Gena Lavery, Finance Manager

Meghan McNamara, Manager of Community Engagement & Partnerships

Emily Macaluso, Manager of Operations

John McDonagh, Facilities Mananger

Hillary Pearson, Operations CoordinatorDawn Wilson,

Technical CoordinatorErin Swanson, Assistant to the President and

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ProductionAndy Principe, Head CarpenterJeff Rollinson, FlymanJeffrey Kolack, Head of PropsDon Dome Jr., Head of AudioKevin Sullivan, Electrician

DevelopmentJodi Kurtze,

Vice President of DevelopmentAmanda Lawson,

Director of Annual Giving & Sponsorships

Josh Fox, Manager of Corporate & Foundation Relations

Elizabeth Halajian, Manager of Annual Giving & Special Events

Catherine Miller, Manager of Campaign Gifts & Board Relations

Samantha Shay, Development & Stewardship Assistant

MarketingPatricia Barretto,

Vice President of Marketing & Communications

Jamie Sherman, Manager of Public Relations & Communications

Samantha Allinson, Digital Production DesignerMary Larkin, Marketing Coordinator

Ticketing ServicesGregg Brody, Box Office Treasurer

Front of HouseKay Harlow, House ManagerJamelle Robinson, Concessions ManagerMelaney Reed, Saints CoordinatorThe Saints, Volunteer Usher Corps

STAFFHARRIS THEATER FOR MUSIC AND DANCE

(Listing as of February 22, 2016)

Rental information: If you have any questions about the Harris Theater, including rental of the facility, group tours, or volunteer opportunities, please call the administrative office Monday through Friday, 9AM–5PM, at 312.334.2407.

Ticket purchases: To purchase tickets, visit HarrisTheaterChicago.org. Call or visit our Box Office at 312.334.7777 Monday through Friday, 12–6PM or until curtain on performance days. For group tickets for 10 or more people, call our Sales Office at 312.334.2419.

In consideration of other patrons and the performers: Please turn off all cell phones. Photography is not permitted in the Theater at any time. Film or digital images will be confiscated or deleted by the Harris Theater house staff; violators will be subject to a fine. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Smoking is prohibited within the Harris Theater. Allowance of personal items and baggage into the auditorium space is at the sole discretion of House Management

For your safety: Please take a moment and note the nearest exit. In the event of an emergency, follow the directions of the Harris Theater house staff. In the event of an illness or injury, inform the Harris Theater house manager.

Accessibility: Infrared assisted listening devices are available from the Harris Theater house staff. The Theater is equipped for easy access to all seating levels for patrons needing special access. Please advise the Box Office prior to the performance for any special seating needs.

Parking: Discounted parking validation is available for all ticket holders using the Millennium Park Garage. A validation machine is located next to the Box Office on the Orchestra Level, as you enter the Theater lobby.

Lost and found: Retrieved items will be held for 30 days with the Harris Theater house staff at 312.334.2403.

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of dance and comedy with @TheSecondCity + @HubbardStreet. Full of laughter and joy. n @denisesarah: Inspired! One of the best dance

shows I have EVER seen! Hands down. What a brilliant collaboration. We laughed, we cried. So moved, reminded of why dance is SO important

to me. n “Goes down like a favorite cocktail: familiar and exhilarating all at once.” —Seen and Heard International n @emaritraffie: Man…

@TheSecondCity meets @HubbardStreet was something else. n @TheAmyBrenneman: Holy moly. Heart split open by The Art of Falling.

When I grow up, I wanna do that. n “Dance will never be funnier, and comedy will never be more graceful.” —Downtown Los Angeles News

Point taken. The Art of Falling returns to the Harris Theater, beginning June 9.

“Hugely entertaining and strikingly emotional…not-to-be-missed.” ★★★★/4 —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

“It’s hard to imagine a more seamless marriage.” ★★★★★/5 —Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago

BACK TOGETHER BY POPULAR DEMAND. TICKETS ON SALE NOW.hubbardstreetdance.com/summer 312-850-9744Special rates available for groups of ten or more — visit hubbardstreetdance.com/groups or call 312-850-9744 ext. 164.

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Performing at

Commissioning Sponsor

Commissioned by the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park, with support from Sandra and Jack Guthman through the Imagine Campaign.

Hubbard Street Dancer Jessica Tong with actor Travis Turner of The Second City. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

Summer Series Sponsors

Diversity Partner

Hubbard Street’s Season 38 Spring Series

Documents

Transcript of Hubbard Street’s Season 38 Spring Series