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CENTRE IN THE SQUARE, KITCHENER

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 @ 8PM

BREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONSPresents

SHAPING SOUNDBREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONS

PRESENTSSHAPING SOUND

STARRINGTRAVIS WALL NICK LAZZARINI TEDDY FORANCE KYLE ROBINSON

ALSO STARRINGCHANTAL AGUIRRE CHANNING COOKE RORY FREEMAN

DANIEL GAYMON JAIMIE GOODWINKATE HARPOOTLIAN JUSTINE LUTZ BEN SUSAK

CHELSEA THEDINGA AMY YAKIMA

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERGIL STROMING

CREATIVE CONSULTANTMANDY MOORE

PRODUCERNIKOLE VALLINS

GENERAL MANAGERBRAD BAUNER

SET DESIGNJESUS RODRIGUEZ

GREGORY ANDERSON

LIGHTING DESIGNSETH JACKSON

NATHAN SCHEUER

COSTUME DESIGNEFFIE MATTHEWS

PRODUCTION MANAGERROBBIE MACLEAN

SOUND DESIGNDISTRICT 78

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONSC MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT

CREATED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY

TRAVIS WALL NICK LAZZARINI TEDDY FORANCE KYLE ROBINSON

EXCLUSIVE TOUR REPRESENTATIONEVELYN ZILBERMAN

COLUMBIA ARTISTS THEATRICALS

THE SHOWACT I

Broken In Chaos .................................................................................. Full Company

Solitude .......................................................... Jaimie Goodwin and Kyle Robinson

Between Sleep ...................................................Nick Lazzarini and Full Company

A Sudden Drift ............................................ Jaimie Goodwin and Teddy Forance

with Channing Cooke, Amy Yakima, Nick Lazzarini and Travis Wall

My Dear Love ..........................................Chelsea Thedinga and Daniel Gaymon

Exposure ...................................Channing Cooke, Kate Harpootlian, Ben Susak,

Justine Lutz, Daniel Gaymon, Kyle Robinson and Chantel Aguirre

Rouge Lounge ................................................ Jaimie Goodwin and Full Company

INTERMISSION

ACT II

Escape From Reality ....................................................................................The Men

Found ............................................................... Jaimie Goodwin and Full Company

Corruption .......................... Chantal Aguirre, Kyle Robinson and Full Company

Darkness ............................................................................................... Full Company

The Light ................................................. Amy Yakima, Travis Wall and The Men

Waking Life .......................................................................................... Full Company

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CAST

WHO’S WHOTRAVIS WALL was the runner-up for the Fox reality show So You Think You Can Dance, and is currently a resident choreographer and judge for the national dance competition show. He is a 4-time Emmy nominated choreographer for his work on So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars. Travis has choreographed stage and music videos for Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato. He choreographed for the 82nd Academy Awards as well as the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, where he worked with Drake, Florence and the Machine, Chelsea Handler, Eminem, and Rihanna. Travis also choreographed the contemporary numbers for the feature film Step Up Revolution and just finished choreographing a film with Kevin Hart. Currently, he teaches on tour with NUVO Dance Competition. Travis is a founding member of the Los Angeles based dance company Shaping Sound. Follow him at @travISova

NICK LAZZARINI His multifaceted dancing abilities have leveraged his career within the United States and abroad. Nick is the season one winner of the Fox reality show So You Think You Can Dance, and has been featured in countless publications, including the cover of Dance Spirit Magazine twice. He has performed with music sensations such as Adele on Dancing with the Stars, Kelly Clarkson at this year’s American Music Awards and Florence and the Machine at The MTV Video Music Awards. Currently, he teaches on tour for JUMP Dance Convention. Nick is a founding member of the Los Angeles based dance company Shaping Sound. Follow him at @NickLazzarini  

TEDDY FORANCE grew up at his families dance studio the Hackworth School of performing arts in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He has had the opportunity to perform with Janet Jackson, Cirque Du Soleil, Florence & the Machine, Kelly Clarkson, Usher, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, & Maxwell. Teddy has performed on Ellen, Good Morning America, Dancing with The Stars, American Idol, The Oscars, The AMA’s, The Emmy’s & was in The Step Up Revolution Movie. Teddy continues to teach on JUMP Dance Convention for his 6th season! Follow him at @TeddyForance

KYLE ROBINSON is a Contemporary choreographer and teacher whose work strongly emphasizes Modern and Ballet technique. At the age of 18, he received the Gold Award in

Modern Dance from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). It was also during this time that he met legendary dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov who began to mentor Kyle from that point on. He went on to fine-tune his abilities by training at the Julliard School, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2009. Throughout his college experience and after, Kyle worked as a freelance dancer with Aszure & Artists as well as the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. He played the role of Diesel in West Side Story’s First National Tour performing the choreography of Jerome Robins. Kyle was featured on Dancing with the Stars in a pas de duex to Christina Perri’s “Arms.” He has guest starred on NBC’s Parks and Recreation and most recently can be seen on the “You Win” Chase Bank/Lowe’s national commercial. Currently, he resides in Los Angeles where he choreographs and performs for Shaping Sound Dance Company, as well as independently. Follow him at @KyleRRobinson

CHANTEL AGUIRRE trained with San Francisco Ballet, The Dance Company of SF and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has performed with San Francisco Ballet, Cedar Lake, Soul Escape, Lunge Dance Collective, Tayeh Dance, Shaping Sound and Still Motion. She has worked with Beyoncé, Adele, Florence and the Machine, The Goo Goo Dolls, Taylor Swift, Ceelo Green, Christina Perri, Panic at the Disco, Chris Brown, and was the associate choreographer for Kylie Minogue’s World Tour. TV credits: Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, the Academy Awards, VMA’s, AMA’s, MACY’s Passport, Billboard Music Awards, Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, BET Awards, GLEE, X Factor, Good Christian Belles, Two and a Half Men and Mad Men. She travels the country teaching and choreographing at various schools and tours with NUVO Dance Convention.

CHANNING COOKE grew up in Haverhill, MA where she trained under studio owner Karla Pattavina. She debuted on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance as a top twenty contestant and then went on to perform alongside Neil Patrick Harris at the 42nd Annual Academy Awards. Other TV credits include American Idol where she performed with Rihanna, The X Factor with Jessie J, So You Think You Can Dance with Jennifer Lopez, the American Music Awards, All The Right Moves, Shake It Up, Austin & Ally, Two and A Half Men, and Movement One, a dance documentary. She

WHO’S WHOcurrently teaches throughout North America and is honored to be dancing with Shaping Sound.

RORY FREEMAN at the age of 18 was a Silver Award recipient in Modern Dance from the National Foundation for Advancements in the Arts (NFFA). He then went on to earn his BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase (NY) in 2010. This gave him the opportunity to perform pieces by Bill T. Jones, Paul Taylor, Bella Lewitsky, and Luca Veggetti. In 2010, he joined the world renowned dance company, MOMIX, and performed nationally and internationally. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2013, Rory has had the honor of working and performing with companies such as Commonality, Escape Artists, and Royal Flux. In addition, he has worked with music artists such as Earth, Wind, & Fire, Taylor Swift, Paula Abdul, and Jack Wagner, among others. He has appeared in Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and Paula Abdul’s “Check Yourself” music videos. He had the pleasure of being a part of the skeleton crew to create part of the Opening Ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Rory is a part of the faculty and judges for various national conventions and competitions. He has taught & choreographed at numerous studios across the U.S. and South America. Rory is also the Co-Founder and Co-Director of MOVE: The Initiative, a dance intensive that takes place in the New England area, which he is from. Rory was honored to become a member of Shaping Sound in 2013. He was part of the company’s first ever national tour, performed at the International Festival Dans Encore, the Dizzy Feet Foundation Gala, and Dancer Palooza. Rory is thrilled to be able to work with Shaping Sound for a second season!

DANIEL GAYMON was born and raised in Columbia, SC. He began dancing at the age of nine under the training of Dale Lam at the Columbia City Jazz Dance School & Company where he studied for nine years. He has worked with choreographers Mandy Moore, Travis Wall, Teddy Forance, Misha Gabriel, Dondraico Johnson and many others. He toured China in a five week touring production, and this past year he toured Germany with the Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance.

JAIMIE GOODWIN grew up in Virginia Beach, VA where she trained in performing arts under Denise Wall. She made her acting debut as a guest star on the new CBS TV show Vegas and

appeared as a co-star on Oxygen’s All The Right Moves. She was a top ten finalist on So You Think You Can Dance and regularly returns to perform with them as an ‘Allstar’. She has been seen on TV in a McDonald’s commercial; other TV credits include: episodes of Dancing with The Stars (as a guest performer and dancing with artists such as Adele and Annie Lennox), a recurring role on Glee, Two and a Half Men, lead female in Shawn Hook’s video Every Red Light, the 82nd and 85th Academy Awards, the Emmy Awards, and the 2012 and 2013 American Music Awards. You can also check her out on film in High School Musical 3, Rock of Ages, and Movement One, a dance documentary. Jaimie was the assistant choreographer to Sonya Tayeh on the Miley Cyrus and Kylie Minogue world tours and performed with Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance on several European tours. She prides herself in inspiring and sharing with others. She recently had the honor of teaching at Stanford University and continues to travel and teach with 24SEVEN. You can currently find her performing around the world with Shaping Sound!

KATE HARPOOTLIAN grew up in Columbia, SC studying at Columbia City Jazz. She has worked with choreographers such as Jason Parsons, Billy Bell, Cherice Barton, Heather Lang and Brice Mousset. Credits include: Boardwalk Empire, Dancing with the Stars, The Merce Cunningham Dance Company and The Great Gatsby premiere event. She has also acted in commercials for Special K, Sunglass Hut, and Nespresso. She has a flair for the comedy, a love of learning and teaching and enjoys anything involving dessert. Follow her @KateHarpootlian

JUSTINE LUTZ grew up in Plymouth, MN where she started dancing at the age of three. She attended Loyola Marymount University and traveled as an assistant for the Pulse on Tour for a year. TV Credits include: ABC’s Suburgatory, Fox’s Glee, Disney’s Liz and Maddie, The American Music Awards and the Teen Choice Awards. She has been seen in a Fuller mops commercial. Justine has worked with Taylor Swift, Ke$ha, Pitbull, Ed Sheeran, Paramore and Emmy winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond in God The Father. She has appeared in both Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and Ed Sheeran’s “Don’t” music videos and works with NIKE. She hopes her drive and passion will be felt as she tours with Shaping Sound.

BEN SUSAK is excited to be touring with the amazing Shaping Sound artists that he is proud to call his friends. Credits include; Wicked, Cirque du Soleil, So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars. He has worked with Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Ke$ha, Florence and the Machine, Kelly Clarkson and has been featured on American Idol. Shaping Sound, one clap!

CHELSEA THEDINGA grew up in Las Vegas and trained at Inspire Dance Company under Artistic Director Robert Contreras. After moving to Los Angeles, she began dancing with Sonya Tayeh’s dance Company Tayeh Dance and assisted choreographers on So You Think You Can Dance which led to performance opportunities on The Academy Awards, The American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Glee, America’s Got Talent, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Dancing with the Stars and So You Think Can Dance. Chelsea has toured North and South America dancing for Latin artist Chayanne’s No Hay Imposibles Tour. Recently, Chelsea performed with Stacey Tookey’s Still Motion Dance Company and with Shaping Sound on All the Right Moves.

AMY YAKIMA is the Season 10, America’s Favorite Female Dancer on the reality show So You Think You Can Dance and was a guest performer on SYTYCD Ukraine. She grew up in Northville, MI, where she began dancing at Noretta Dunworth School of Dance at the age of three. She performed in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular as ‘Clara’ in Detroit and New York City. She attended Marymount Manhattan College on scholarship in NYC and she is currently a staff member at Velocity Dance Convention.

SKYLAR BOYKIN (SWING) was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Since the age of nine she trained at Dance Industry Performing Arts Center in ballet, jazz, contemporary, improvisation and choreography. In 2010, she was selected as a Texas YoungMaster and was awarded multiple grants to further her studies in the art of dance. In 2012, from a field of 5,000 contestants, she was named YoungArts Winner in modern dance and choreography from which she traveled to Miami to perform with 20 other dancers at the Miami New World Center. Skylar has had the privilege to attend many workshops and intensives including, Cedar Lake Contemporary

Ballet in New York, Batsheva Dance Company in Israel and Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop.

GIL STROMING BREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONS(EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) Gil is regarded as one of the leading dance entrepreneurs in the world. Before his business ventures, Gil began his dance career at 12 years old with the Kirov Student Ballet Company. From there, he was cast in the hit Off-Broadway show Tap Dogs. Upon leaving the show at age 18, Gil created his own tap dance company, Break The Floor. Break The Floor performed for the NBA at Madison Square Garden, for the internationally televised Goodwill Games (TBS), The Marian Anderson Awards (PBS), the Thanksgiving Day Parade (ABC), The Princess Grace Awards, and with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Gil has appeared on numerous television programs including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Today Show, Live With Regis and Kathie Lee, the Kennedy Center’s 25th Anniversary Honors (PBS) and on Chris Rock’s comedy album, Bigger and Blacker. Gil is also the face of Capezio tap shoes, gracing the cover of Capezio tap shoe boxes worldwide. Following his dance career, Gil created Break The Floor Productions, LLC. Break The Floor Productions is one of the world’s preeminent dance entertainment companies, encompassing touring theatrical productions, dance workshops, photo and video production, corporate events and apparel. Break The Floor Productions has produced some of the most premier dance events of our time including NUVO Dance Convention, 24 Seven Dance Convention & the world’s largest dance convention JUMP! With a broad range of business prospects and a reach of over 500,000+ dancers annually, Break The Floor Productions is largely responsible for the transformation of dance entertainment.

NIKOLE VALLINS (PRODUCER) is a producer and former casting director. Producing projects include: The National Tour of Shaping Sound, DancerPalooza, Capezio A.C.E. Awards Winners Festival, Happy We’ll Be, a dance narrative at Roseland Ballroom, Make Believe on Broadway at The Bernard Jacobs Theater, Broadway Celebrates Whitney Houston at Joe’s Pub, I’M IN starring Rachelle Rak at Le Poisson Rouge, D Watts: Spoken Word Preserves at the Helen Mills Theater and Broadway’s Future: Steven Jamail at the Lincoln Center Library.

WHO’S WHO

WHO’S WHOFOR BOOKING INQUIRIES CONTACT:

EVELYN ZILBERMAN COLUMBIA ARTISTS THEATRICALS BOOKING@BROADWAYCAT.COM

917.206.4600

Production Manager ..........................Robby MacLeanLighting Director .............................. Terese PorterfieldProduction Carpenter ......................... Michael HetzerProduction Properties ......................................John RexWardrobe Supervisor ............................ Tysh HawkinsCostume Designer ................................ Effie MathewsLighting Designer .....Seth Jackson, Nathan ScheuerSet Designer ......... Jesus Rodriguez, Greg AndersonMerchandise Associate ..........................Gary VaughnPhysical Therapist ..............................Michele NielsonMarketing & Public Relations ........................C Major

EntertainmentOnline Advertising .....................Arthouse InteractiveProduction Assistant ..........................Jordan RichbartGraphic Design ...............................Alex Ray Vasquez,

Samantha Van SantAdditional Choreography By .......Kate Harpootlian,

Matthew Peacock, Ben Susak, Chelsea Thedinga

As a casting director, she has worked on such Broadway productions as A Chorus Line, Finian’s Rainbow, White Christmas, The Lion King, Gypsy, Dreamgirls, Grease, the NY City Center Encores! Series and the feature films, Hairspray and Nine. Nikole is on the Artistic Advisory board of Rosie’s Theater Kids and is a founding board member of The Performing Arts Project.

BRAD BAUNER (GENERAL MANAGER) Brad Bauner was an Associate Producer of Broadway’s Burn the Floor (2010). He previously served as the Associate Producer for Post Street Theater and Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco. He was the General Manager of Rat Pack: Live at the Sands for two tours. Brad also spent seven years as the Associate General Manager of the smash hit STOMP. Additionally, Brad is a television writer, playwright and lyricist.

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CENTRE IN THE SQUAREBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chair ................................................................Bruce GordonVice Chair ...................................................Murray GambleMayor ..........................................................Berry VrbanovicCouncillor ........................................................John GazzolaCouncillor .......................................................... Scott DaveyCouncillor ............................................................. Paul SinghBoard Member ...................................................Hilary AbelBoard Member ............................ Jennifer Appleby VinesBoard Member .........................................Sandy DelamereBoard Member ..............................................Carol LeamanBoard Member .......................................... Shawn MathersBoard Member ........................................... Marcus Shantz

ADMINISTRATIONChief Executive Officer ............................. Sandra Bender

Finance, Administration and Box OfficeController ...............................................................Deb DaubFinancial Accountant .......................................Sylvia CookAdministrative Assistant ........................Serena St. LouisDirector of Operations ................................Pamela SauvePatron Services Supervisor ......................Hildred NelsonTicketing Services Coordinator ..................Margie HoggTicketing Services Coordinator ................. Lisa Williams

Production, Technical Services and Maintenance Director Of Building Operations/Technical Services ........................................... Rob SonodaProduction & Rentals Coordinator ..............Rachel FallisProgramming Manager ..........................Greg HendersonCrew Chief/Properties Manager .............Adam QualterHead Sound Engineer ....................................Bob LuffmanAssistant Stage Electrician, Projection & Video ................................ Michael MacleanHead Carpenter ........................................... Jim ConstableAssistant Head Of Carp/Flyman....................Jim TurnerChief Maintenance Engineer ...........................Bill SharpeMaintenance Assistant ................................... Jay TreuschOperations Coordinator ..............................Dwayne PriceFront Of House Supervisor............................Kris OzolinsGuest Services Manager ......................Dwayne Bryshun

Marketing and Sponsorship Marketing Manager ..................................Rachelle GarciaMarketing & Communications Coordinator...............Mariam AhmadBusiness Development Officer .....................Peter MeierPublicist, KL Strategic Communications........... Karen LorenowiczSocial Media & Publicity Assistant ...........Aleta Wilson

For more than 30 years, Centre In The Square has played a leading role in promoting the highest quality of local and international music and performing arts in southwestern Ontario. The Centre is dedicated to promoting performing arts that entertain, inspire, engage and create memorable experiences for the region. The venue’s main hall, a 2,047-seat state-of-the-art theatre boasts superior acoustics and is widely regarded as one of the finest performance space in North America. A registered not-for-profit charitable organization, The Centre is governed by a 14-member board with a staff of 210 full-time and part-time employees.

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2014/2015 SPONSORSThe Centre would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support, which has a profound and lasting impact on the quality of our program and facilities.

Season & Ticket Back Sponsor.......Heffner Lexus/ Hefner ToyotaSupported By .......................................... City Of KitchenerSupported By ........................................Canadian HeritageCommunity Ticket Program ......................... Tim HortonsCommunity Ticket Program Supporter .................................City Of WaterlooCommunity Ticket Program Supporter ..............................City Of CambridgeElectric ThursdaysTM Sponsor .........................KW Hydro30 Under 30 Program Sponsor ...........TD Canada TrustFamily Programming Sponsor ...............Oxford LearningOnStage Series Supporter ...............SOCAN FoundationCommunications Sponsor ................. Execulink TelecomDigital Projection Sponsor..................................... ChristieLobby Screens Donated By ...... Gibson Sound & VisionInformation Technology Sponsor .................The Waterloo Networking CompanyMedia Sponsor ..........................Waterloo Region RecordAdvertising Supporter ................................ Three Kretans

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