Dancing at 100 - Program

Dancing at 100Celebrating a Century of Dance

at the University of Michigan 1909-2009

We welcome you to Ann Arbor for a celebration of 100 years of dance at Michigan. It is a delight to have alumni from all years here for four days of festivities from June 10 to14 — performances, master classes,

lecture presentations, and a site-specific dance tracing the history of Dance at Michigan from its earliest beginnings at the site of the former Barbour Gymnasium, to Palmer Field, where dance made up a part of the long-ago tradition of Lantern Night, up the hill to the current dance building, then — via bus — to North Campus, the future site for dance, to experience the grand finale.

That day will end with a reception and a chance to view a remarkable display of historical dance materials, curated by faculty member Jessica Fogel. Besides the display, Professor Fogel has been at work on a commemorative book, with help from the staff at the Bentley, that lays out the fascinating, never-before-told story of Dance at Michigan, starting with the first class in “aesthetic dance” that appeared in course catalogues in 1909. The historical text covers the years from that first course listing, up through the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. There the story is taken up in essays by department chairs — Elizabeth Bergmann, Peter Sparling, Gay Delanghe, Bill DeYoung, and Angela Kane.

Welcome students, alumni, friends, and fans of dance to this four-day celebration of 100 Years of Dance at Michigan.

Christopher KendallDean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MANY INVOLVED:

The various projects for the Dancing at 100 celebrations and for this performance in particular are all interrelated, and there are many people to acknowledge. Besides those already named in the program, a very special thanks to the Bentley Historical Library staff and archivists Nancy Bartlett, Bette Schifman, Cassie Schmidt, Rachel Lwin and Emily Sanford for their invaluable research assistance and for their work on the Bentley Library Exhibit, all of which supported this performance. To Dean Kendall and Chair Angela Kane for their enthusiastic support of this project. To Peter Sparling for generously overseeing the alumni concerts, video screenings, and assisting with the Walgreen Exhibit. To administrative assistant Samantha Strayer for all her help with planning and correspondence, the Walgreen exhibit, the reception and more. To Kerianne Tupac for her generous and tireless work on the design and layout of the program and the commemorative booklet. To Betsy Goolian for her gracious and expert editing of the commemorative booklet. To Charlotte Fogel, Beth Genne, and Jeffrey Kuras for their editorial guidance. To Robin Wilson for all her help with the exhibit, proofreading, scanning, and with Ann Arbor Dance Works logistics. To Liz Bergmann for valuable information and photos all along the way. To Christian Matjias for his knowledgeable assistance with music research. To alumni Sally (Dohse) Lanius, Susie (Adams) Harrigan, and Jeannine Galetti, who provided important information through interviews. To student assistants Betsy Busald, Aidan Feldman, Kathleen Wright, Tara Sheena, and Cristina Calvar for their many hours of work on this project. To Karen Zobel and the League Ticket Office for their generous assistance. To Brent Wagner for graciously making the Towsley Auditorium available in case of rain. To Bonnie Kerschbaum and Scott Currington for assisting with securing and preparing space in the Walgreen. To Mary Simoni and Ron Torella for their assistance with funding applications. To Mary Cole for her insights about logistics and masterful planning throughout for all the events, and to Brett Finley for all of her expertise. To all the returning alumni for generously appearing in performances, choreography and lectures. And to all the dancers, choreographers, musicians, designers, and crew involved for their beautiful work. Here’s to dancing forward into our next 100 years!

— Jessica Fogel, Professor of Dance

UM dancers, perform The Myth of Persephone, 1915

Dancing at 100 CelebrationJune 10 & 11, 2009

Exhibit: Dancing at 100 Bentley Historical Library

Ann Arbor Dance WorksDuderstadt Center Video and Performance Studio

June 12, 2009 Exhibit: Dancing at 100Bentley Historical Library

Alumni Dance Concert IDuderstadt Video and Performance Studio

Alumni Dance Concert IIBetty Pease Studio Theatre, Dance Building

June 13, 2009 Legacy Lectures: Bridging Past, Present and Future

Betty Pease Studio Theater, Dance Building

Video: Dance Screenings Studio C, Dance Building

Dancing at 100 Site-Specific Performances

Starts at the Chemistry Building, 930 N. University Ave.

June 14, 2009 Dancing at 100 Site-Specific Performances

Starts at the Chemistry Building, 930 N. University Ave.

For more information on each event, visit our website at www.music.umich.edu

DANCING AT 100: THE FIRST SEVERAL DECADESBentley Historical Library, running through June 30, 2009

Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM • 1150 Beal Ave. Ann Arbor, MI Curator: Jessica Fogel, Professor of Dance, UM with Rachel Lwin and Emily Sanford

An exhibit documenting the history of dance on campus from the first Aesthetic Dancing course in the Department of Physical Education for Women in 1909 through the 1960s. Established in 1974, the Department has steadily built its reputation as a leading program training professional dancers and developing creative artists.

LEGACY LECTURES: BRIDGING PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

June 13, 2009 10 AM - 12 PMBetty Pease Studio Theater, Dance Building

Discussant: Robin Wilson, Associate Professor of Dance, UM

By the Light of a Lantern: Dance’s First Steps at UM, Jessica Fogel, Professor of Dance, UM, and The Dance Knowledge Expansion: Generations of Research & Teaching, Selma Landen Odom, Professor Emerita, Department of Dance, York University.

VIDEO: DANCE SCREENINGS

June 13, 2:30 PM - 5 PMStudio C, Dance Building

Curator: Peter Sparling, Thurnau Professor of Dance, UM

Continuous screenings of video dances created especially for the screen by dance faculty and alumni.

The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & DanceDepartment of Dance

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UM dancers, circa 1934


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ANN ARBOR DANCE WORKS 2009

June 10 & 11, 2009Duderstadt Video & Performance Studio

Choreography by Melissa Beck Matjias, Amy Chavasse, Bill DeYoung, Dana Reitz, Peter Sparling,

Leyya Mona Tawil, Sandra Torijano

Artistic Direction by Jessica FogelAssistant Artistic Direction by Robin Wilson

Lighting Design and Stage Management by Mary Cole

House Manager Amanda RutishauserProduction Assistants Andrea Mathias, GingerAnn Neslund, Sophie Torok

Ann Arbor Dance Works 2009 will run with brief pauses between dances and without an intermission

Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break or scene change. As a courtesy to others, please set pagers to silent mode. Cellular phones and electronic watch alarms should be turned off so as not to interrupt the performance. Photography, audio recording, and videotaping of any kind are not permitted due to copyright restrictions. Flash photography endangers performers by causing momentary blindness.

Ann Arbor Dance Works concerts and residencies are made possible by generous funding from the Gay Delanghe

Endowment, with additional support from the Department of Dance and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

BITTER POISON FROM HANDEL ARIAS (2007)

Choreography by Peter Sparling Music by G. F. Handel, “Inumano fratel” and “Stille amare” from Tolomeo

Performed by David Daniels, countertenor Dancer: Thayer Jonutz

Choreographer’s Notes: Bitter Poison is one of three danced arias I created to the sumptuous operatic music of Handel. (The complete triptych was first performed by Peter Sparling Dance Company at the Chicago Humanities Festival in 2007.) Thayer Jonutz performs a 21st century reading of the text of an aria from Tolomeo, describing the agonies of a man who mistakenly believes he is dying from taking a fatal poison. Intricate gesture and full-out movement combine in a danced portrait that consumes the stage just as the imagined poison eats away at Tolomeo.

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER (2006)Choreography and Costume Design by Melissa Beck Matjias

Composed by Christian Matjias • Performed by Chrispin Campbell and Chris PeckLighting Design by Nadia Tykulsker • Costume Design by Melissa Beck Matjias

Dancer: Amy Cova

ACTS FAMILIAR AND SENSELESSChoreography by Amy Chavasse in collaboration with the dancers

Music by The Eels, Larry Adler, Frederic Devreese, The Rolling StonesText by Jenny Holzer from The Garden Bench, Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice

Costume Design by Melody Eggen and Amy ChavasseDancers: Betsy Busald, Aidan Feldman, and Nadia Tykulsker

SOLO FROM THE LAST FULL MOON (2008)

Choreography by Sandra TorijanoMusic by Franz Schubert “Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op 90, No. 3”

Performed by Jacques SagotDancers: Sophie Torok (June 10), Tara Sheena (June 11)

Choreographer’s Notes: The Last Full Moon is an evening-length work that was created for Danza Una, the resident professional Dance Company at the National University Costa Rica and had its premiere in 2008. The work is dedicated to all of those young souls who are taken too soon. Jacques Sagot is a Costa Rican pianist and writer.

AT LAST DEPARTS (1975)Choreography by Bill DeYoung

Music by Stephen RushDancers: Amy Cova and Thayer Jonutz

Choreographer’s Notes: The work was created for the New York City dance company De Young Dance Theater and was selected for presentation on the annual Dance Theater Workshop’s Young Choreographers Showcase.

STEPS (FOR MICHIGAN)Choreographer and Dancer Dana Reitz

Costume Design (from Necessary Weather) by Santo LoquastoThis work is performed in silence.

THE MOON IN PIERROTChoreography by Leyya Mona Tawil • Music by Topher Keyes

Dancers: Betsy Busald, Aidan Feldman, Julie Meehan, Gretchen Platt-Koch, Nadia Tykulsker, Sadie Yarrington

Formed in 1985 and housed within the Department of Dance, Ann Arbor Dance Works is comprised of a collective of UM dance faculty dedicated to the collaborative process. Performers include the members, area professionals, and the top students in the UM Dance Department, a leading training program for aspiring professional dancers. Over the years, the company has hosted many guest choreographers from the U.S. and abroad who have been in residence teaching and setting works on the company members. Since its inception, AADW has produced choreography to critical and popular acclaim nationally and internationally.

About Ann Arbor DAnce Works

Special thanks to the Duderstadt staff, who are always so generous with their time and expertise; Mary Cole for her artistry and long hours; Robin Wilson for administrative and housing assistance; Betsy Busald and Aidan Feldman for web design; Samantha Strayer, Carla Mickler-Konz, and Kathleen Wright for administrative support. Additional thanks to Chair Angela Kane for her enthusiastic support of AADW coursework and projects; Jeffrey Kuras and Amanda Mengden for use of the UProd apartment for guest artists; Leyya Tawil, Carol Teitelbaum and Dana Reitz for their masterful guest teaching. To all the faculty, alumni, and current dance majors involved — a sincere thanks for bringing these works to fruition.

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ALUMNI CONCERT I

June 12, 2009 at 3 PMDuderstadt Video & Performance Studio

Choreography by Robert Battle, Angela M. Gallo, Martha Graham, Ayako Kato, Rachel Mckinstry,

Yvonne Rainer, Susannah Windell


Hosted by Peter SparlingLighting Design and Stage Management by Nadia Tykulsker

House Manager Amanda Rutishauser

Alumni Concert I will run with brief pauses between dances and without and intermission

SATYRIC FESTIVAL SONG (1932)Choreography and Costume Design by Martha Graham

Original Music by Imre WeisshausMusic for Reconstruction by Fernando Palacios • Arranged by Aaron Sherber

Dancer: Lisa Catrett-Belrose

LOVE JUNKIE (2009)Choreographer and Dancer: Susannah Windell

Music by Enrique Granados, “Danzas Españolas, No. 2 - Andante”Performed by Alicia DeLarrocha • Costume Concept by: Susannah Windell

Choreographer’s Note: “Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.” — William Shakespeare.

CONTRADICTION OF WOMANChoreographer and Dancer: Angela M. Gallo • Music by Angelus, “French Romance”

BORN (2009)Choreographer, Costume, and Dancer: Ayako Kato

Music by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill, “Happy Birthday,” and Johann Sebastian Bach, “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele”

CHAIR/PILLOW (1969)Choreography by Yvonne Rainer

Music by Ike and Tina Turner, “River Deep, Mountain High,” produced by Phil SpectorDancer: Patricia Beaman

DAMN (1999)Choreography by Robert Battle

Music by John Mackey • Original Lighting Design by Burke WilmoreDancer: Michael Spencer Phillips

things that happen (2009)Choreographer and Dancer: Rachel Mckinstry • Music by Fuck Buttons

Acknowledgments: This piece was made possible in part by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Brooklyn Arts Council, and DanceNOW [ NYC ] I Silo.


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ALUMNI CONCERT IIJune 12, 2009 at 8 PM

Betty Pease Studio Theatre

Choreography by Jodi Leigh Allen, Elizabeth Weil Bergmann, Emily Berry,

Jeanne Parsons Bostian, Christine Dakin, Gay Delanghe, Martha Graham, Maureen Janson,

Lizzie Leopold, Gregory A. Patterson

Hosted by Peter SparlingLighting Design and Stage Management by Mary Cole


Alumni Concert II will run with brief pauses between dances and without an intermission

Photo on left: Pierre Barreau and Barbara Rinaldo in Beacon, 1979, choreography by Elizabeth Weil Bergmann, photo by José Sanchez


ALLELUIA (2002)Choreography by Jeanne Parsons Bostian

Music by Randall Thompson (1940)Performed by Choral Arts, director Richard Sparks, on Gothic Records, 2003

Original Lighting Design by Mary ColeDancer: Christina Sears Etter

CATCH AND RELEASE … FOR OUR DADS (2008)

Choreography by Maureen JansonMusic by Joe Townsend

Original Lighting and Stage Design by Claude HeintzDancers: Gregory Grube and Lauren Guttormsen

Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Claude, Greg, Lauren, Jessica, Peter, and Mary.

DEEP SONG (1937)Choreography and Costume by Martha Graham

Music by Henry Cowell, “Sinister Resonance” • Performed by Patrick DaughertyRecording courtesy of Patrick Daugherty and Christine Dakin

Original Lighting Design by David FinleyDancer: Christine Dakin

Notes: Deep Song premiered December 19, 1937, at the Guild Theatre in New York City.

WHO’S THE BOSS (2000)Choreography by Gregory Patterson

Music and lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin, “Our Love is Here to Stay”Performed by Ella Fitzgerald

Dancers: Jacqueline Boucard and Gregory A. Patterson

AFTERMATH (2004)Choreography by Lizzie LeopoldMusic by Arvo Pärt, “Fur Alina”

Original Lighting Design by Lizzie LeopoldDancer: Melissa Bloch

A CONSTANT THREAD (2009)Choreography and Text by Elizabeth Weil Bergmann,

Christine Dakin, and Jodi Leigh AllenMusic improvised by Ryan Edwards and Glenn Bering

Dancers: Jodi Leigh Allen, Elizabeth Weil Bergmann, Christine Dakin

AFTER (2009)Choreographer & Dancer: Emily Berry

Music by Daniel Bernard Romain, “Hip-Hop and Etudes”Performed by DBR and The Mission

VENICE, MILAN, FLORENZA (2000)Choreography by Gay Delanghe • Restaged by Robin Wilson

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, “Concerto in the Italian Style, BWV971”Original Lighting Design by Mary Cole

Pianist: Christian MatjiasDancers: Christina Sears Etter, Holly Hobbs, and Corinne Imberski

Primitive Mysteries (1931), choreography by Martha Graham, restaged in 2007 by the UM University Dance Company, photo by Peter Smith Photography


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LOOKING BACK, DANCING FORWARD:

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONJune 13 -14, 2009 at 6:30 PM

Chemistry Building, Dance Building,A Woods and Clearing on North Campus

Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break or scene change. As a courtesy to others, please set pagers to silent mode. Cellular phones and electronic watch alarms should be turned off so as not to interrupt the performance. Unauthorized Photography, audio recording, and videotaping of any kind are not permitted due to copyright restrictions. Flash photography endangers performers by causing momentary blindness.

Special thanks to the Office of the Vice President for Research, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and the Department of Dance

for funding support for this performance. Photos courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library, Ellen Brown Bogart, and Elizabeth Weil Bergmann.

Directed and Conceived by Jessica FogelScenic Design by Kasia Mrozewska • Costume Design by Suzanne Young

Projections by Jessica Fogel, with Aidan FeldmanStudio B Installation by Barbara Neri

Costume Construction by Laurie Kantner and Suzanne Young

Musicians: Aaron Gold (Music Director, Percussion), Mark Dover (Clarinet), Tomek Miernowski (Guitar),

Dan Winnick (Violin) • Sound Engineer Tomek MiernowskiStage Manager Brett Finley


Dancers/Choreographers: Jessica Fogel with: Noonie Anderson, Alana H. Barter,

Ellen Brown Bogart, Betsy Busald, Amy Cova, Susan Filipiak, Holly Hobbs, Corinne Imberski, Thayer Jonutz, Sarah Megee Martens,

Aimee McDonald-Anderson, Anna McGarry, Julie Meehan, Michelle (Levine) Millman, GingerAnn Neslund, Linda Perry,

Gretchen Platt-Koch, Eva Powers, Beverly Robinson, Tara Sheena, Marly Spieser-Schneider, Erika Stowall,

Sophie Torok, Nadia Tykulsker, Sadie Yarrington

Cameo appearances by:Aidan Feldman, Thomas Roltsch, Austin Selden

Performance Protocol:Given the unique nature of this work, please be aware of audience members around you, to determine whether or not you may be blocking their line of view. Musicians and ushers will lead you through the performance and assist you with seating. Please respond to their signals or taps on the shoulder to position you and to move on to a new location. Buses will escort you to North Campus for the final scene, and will be available to return you to your cars in the Power Center parking lot at the conclusion of the performance. For those attending the Afterglow Reception on June 13th, the buses will return to Power Center at regular intervals between 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM from the Walgreen Building.

Recorded music collage includes the following works or excerpts:“12 Graz Waltzes, D. 924, No 4 in A” by Franz Schubert, performed by Paolo Bordoni,

on the recording Schubert: Complete Waltzes, EMI, 2006.“Albumblatter, Opus 124, No. 16” and “Schlummerlied in E Flat Major” by Robert

Schumann, performed by Carol Rosenberger on the recording Perchance to Dream Delos, 1993.

“Eight Pieces for Piano, Op. 88 “Burlesque”, by Alexander Tcherepnin, performed by Bennett Lerner, from the CD Tcherepnin: Piano Music, 1985 Etcera

Excerpt from “Concierto De Arunjuez, Sketches of Spain” by Miles Davis from the recording Sketches of Spain, Sony Music Entertainment, 1959.

“Hyperprism” by Edgar Varese on the recording Varese, Orchestral Works, Volume 2, Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Naxos, 2008.

“I Want to Go Back to Michigan” by Irving Berlin, performed by Billy Murray for Edison Records in 1914.

Excerpt from “Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582” performed by Andrea Marcon on the recording Heydey in Weimar, Hanssler Classic, 2000.

It has been a great pleasure to construct this work with UM dancers past and present on the occasion of our centennial celebration. Truly collaborative in nature, this performance traces the history of dance at UM across a century, 1909-2009. A core of eight current dance majors, joined by fourteen alumni and by UM faculty member Susan Filipiak, contributed choreography to the quilt of movement that travels from Central Campus to North Campus, honoring dance on campus past, present and future.

— Jessica Fogel, Professor of Dance

I. PAST LOCATION: CHEMISTRY BUILDING (Duration: 20 minutes)In the Chemistry Building, site of the former Barbour Gymnasium for Women which stood from 1896-1977, the performance opens with a clogging routine choreographed by Susan Filipiak who based the dance on the kinds of simple routines that were done in the early years of tap or “clogging” as it was called, selecting the 1914 Irving Berlin music from a list of songs on a UM clogging exam. This is followed by evocations of five decades, 1909-1950s, choreographed by myself.

Researching the educational background of the first teachers of dance at UM, and referring to movement manuals with which they would have been familiar, I constructed the earliest years of physical training at UM. Photos from UM’s Bentley Historical Library also supplied evidence for the styles of dance that took place at UM in the early years. Women medical doctors oversaw physical training for women at UM, and each female student received a thorough medical exam before being prescribed a required program of physical training. Early courses included Swedish gymnastics, Aesthetic Dancing (a modified form of ballet), clogging, and folk dance. The 1920s was the era of “natural dancing”, closely following the teachings of dance education pioneer Margaret Newell H’Doubler, who established the first dance major in the US at the University of Wisconsin, and who taught all of the UM dance teachers of this period. Styles change abruptly in the decade of the 1930s, and this era is inspired by a set of photos dating from 1934 taken of UM dance instructor Emily White and her students, as well as from film footage of dancers at the Bennington summer sessions in dance, which were attended by several of the UM teachers and students. The 1940s and 1950s are evoked by a brief movement phrase and a tableau, inspired by two UM photos from those decades. Entering the 1960s and 1970s, the history is picked up by alumni Alana H. Barter, Ellen Brown Bogart, Sarah Megee Martens, Michelle (Levine) Millman, Linda Perry, and Eva Powers. Set to a voice-over conceived and recorded by Ellen Brown Bogart and Sarah Megee Martens, memories of classes and performances in Barbour Gym are recalled. Linda Perry creates choreography set to Miles Davis music based on dances by UM Professor Vera Embree. The momentous restaging in 1974 of Doris Humphrey’s 1938 masterwork, Passsacaglia is re-envisioned.

II. ENROUTE (Duration: 10 minutes)Leaving the Chemistry Building, Alana H. Barter leads the audience and performers in a Haitian song and dance (congo), paying tribute to Professor Embree, who continued

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the contributions and influence of American dance pioneers Dr. Pearl Primus and Dr. Katherine Dunham. Current dance major Sadie Yarrington has choreographed a passage for dancers at eight lampposts leading to the bridge. Crossing the bridge, alumna Noonie Anderson evokes her first successful dance composition at UM, created in Liz Bergmann’s class. Continuing on, we glimpse dancers from the earliest eras at UM, in rehearsal for the kind of dance performances that took place in May on Palmer Field as part of Lantern Night Festivities. First begun in 1910 and continuing into the 1930s, Lantern Night was a ceremony in which female seniors lined up in cap and gown holding Japanese lanterns aloft while aligned in a block letter M, and “passed the torch” to the junior class. The dance performances that accompanied Lantern Night received a great deal of attention on campus, and were rehearsed for the entire year.

III. PAST/PRESENT LOCATION: DANCE BUILDING (Duration: 20 minutes)Our current Dance Building was opened in 1977, three years after the Department of Dance was established within the School of Music by Elizabeth Weil Bergmann and Dean Paul Boylan. In this portion of the performance, we witness a collage of memory vignettes choreographed by alumni from more recent eras. Framing this section of the performance are two duets by MFA alumni, beginning with Corinne Imberski and Holly Hobbs and closing with Amy Cova and Thayer Jonutz. Both duets are constructed of materials from each of the dancers’ MFA thesis solos. In between, we see movement by Anna McGarry, inspired by technique and composition classes she took at UM; a structured improvisational exploration of rootedness and the ties that bind an individual to her history by Aimee McDonald-Anderson; and solo materials by Beverly Robinson, Marly Spieser-Schneider and Erika Stowall drawn from memories of their time at UM. Next we see a study created this past semester by current major Sadie Yarrington to Edgar Varese’s Hyperprism performed by eight current dance majors. They are joined by alumna Michelle (Levine) Millman, who choreographed to the same piece of music at UM in 1965. Entering Studio B, we pass through an installation of by multi-disciplinary artist and alumna Barbara Neri, entitled Homage to our Dancing Ancestors.

IV. FUTURE LOCATION: A WOODS AND CLEARING ON N. CAMPUS (Duration: 10 minutes)Over the years, UM has been generous in creating spaces for dance on campus. It is the department’s hope that a new facility for dance will be built in the near future in an as of yet undesignated location on North Campus, where we will be able to expand our program and build stronger ties with the other performing arts on campus, as well as with scientists, visual artists, architects and engineers. Although no particular place has yet been designated for a new building, we chose our location based upon its beauty and accessibility. In our final scene, we imagine a building taking form, filled with dance. The eight current student dancers each greet the new space with their own “dance phrases for the future.” They come together to take a modern dance class. We conclude with a gathering of UM dancers past and present.

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About the Artists

Jodi Leigh ALLen (MFA, UM) has performed in Julie Taymor’s Die Zauberflote as well as Romeo et Juliette at The Metropolitan Opera. She danced in several revue shows in Aruba and while sailing throughout the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas. She has been a member of Malashock Dance and Co. and performed the tango with actor Robert Duvall. She has taught at Harvard, Keene State College, and The Groton School.

noonie Anderson (MFA 1983, UM ) is a founding member and dancer, Dance Gallery/J. Parker Copley Dance Co. 1983-1993, Ann Arbor. She is currently Program Director and Professor of Dance at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor.

ALAnA h. BArter (MA Education 1972, UM) is Associate Director of VSA Arts of Michigan. While at UM, she assisted Vera Embree and served as a Grad Teaching Fellow in Dance, and returned in 1983 as a Visiting Professor of Dance. She has designed, developed and coordinated dance curricula throughout Southeastern Michigan. She has been a dance performer and choreographer for the concert stage, opera and theater, and has taught and conducted dance research in North and South America, Europe, and Africa. She is the proud parent of three sons and three grandsons.

PAtriciA BeAmAn (BFA 1979, UM) has been dancing professionally in New York City and beyond as both a contemporary and a Baroque performer since graduation. She is Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan Univ., and an Adjunct Professor in Dance History at NYU’s Tisch School of the Performing Arts and at the New School. She is currently researching the juxtaposition of the formulaic similarities between 18th century French theatrical dances and those of analytic postmodern dance of the 1960s.

meLissA Beck mAtJiAs (MFA, UM) is on the faculty of the Depts. of Dance and Musical Theatre. She is the 2006 recipient of the Maggie Allesee New Choreography Award presented by the Michigan Dance Council. She has created works for dance, theatre, musical theatre, and opera and has taught for Arts Unlimited: A Lincoln Center Institute and Ohio Wolftrap.

eLizABeth WeiL BergmAnn (MA, UM) is currently Director of Dance, Lecturer and Resident Choreographer at Harvard Univ. and has served as Dance Chair and faculty at The UM, Cal State Univ./Long Beach, Shenandoah Univ., and Florida International Univ. She received the UM Distinguished Faculty Award as well as the Citation of Merit for Lifetime Achievement by the Alumni Association. She has received 3 NEA Choreography grants, a 3-year California Arts Council grant, a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, was a Fulbright Scholar to Trinidad and is the co-author of Connecting To Creativity: Ten Keys To Unlocking Your Creative Process, Capitol Books.

emiLy Berry (BDA 1998, UM) is the artistic director of B3W, which has performed in the US, Mexico, and England. She has performed with Boris Willis Moves, Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company, Restless Native Dance, Lesole’s Dance Project, Alafia Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance Ensemble, among others. She has taught at various US universities and is currently an assistant professor of dance at Queensborough Community College in Queens, NY.

meLissA BLoch (BDA 2006, UM) is a founding member of the Leopold Group. Melissa has also danced works by Alonzo King and Michigan alum Alexandra Beller. She is a certified Pilates instructor and fitness instructor at Chicago’s Exhale Spa.

eLLen BroWn BogArt (BS (1972) and MA (1974) in education, UM) has taught at the Boston Conservatory and danced with Dance Circle and Concert Dance Co. In NYC, she performed with Rosalind Newman and Dancers and Andy DeGroat. She taught preschool and kindergarten for twelve years and is a certified Pilates teacher. She also choreographs musicals for a small private school. Bogart lives in Stony Creek, CT, with her daughter, Kate and husband, Nelson.

JeAnne PArsons BostiAn, an alumna of the Dept. of Theatre & Drama, was on faculty in the dance programs at both UM and Eastern Michigan Univ. throughout the 1950s - 60s, where Gay Delanghe and Peter Sparling were onetime students of hers. She danced with Ted Shawn at Jacob’s Pillow, José Limón, Myra Kinch, and others. She was selected by Agnes DeMille to dance the role of Dream Laurie in the first touring company of Oklahoma!. Jeanne’s beautiful performances, generous spirit, and commitment to artistic integrity have touched dancers and audiences alike for over six decades.

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Betsy BusALd (senior BFA, UM) trained at the Jordan College Academy of dance at Butler Univ. She has performed with the UM Univ. Dance Co., Alexan Dance, the Jordan Dance Ensemble, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre.

LisA cAtrett-BeLrose (MFA, UM) is a founding member of Peter Sparling Dance Company Lisa was a member of Jazz Dance Theater from 1991-93. Lisa has worked with choreographers Gladys Bailin, Dalton/Hartel, Mark Dendy, Doug Nielsen, David Parsons and Shapiro/Smith. Previously a UM lecturer in dance, she is currently on the faculty of Grand Valley State University.

About the Artists

About the Artists

Amy chAvAsse joined the UM dance faculty in 2006 after six years as Artist in Residence at Middlebury College. She has been a guest artist/ faculty member at Arizona State, Virginia Commonwealth, UNC-Greensboro, NC School of the Arts, George Washington, University of Calgary, Bennington College and Cornish College of the Arts. As a choreographer, she has collaborated and worked with many notable artists including Peter Schmitz, everything smaller, Lisa Gonzales, Sue Rees, Paul Matteson and her sister, Caroline Chavasse. As Artistic Director of ChavasseDance&Performance, her work has been presented throughout the U.S. (NYC, DC, San Diego, Seattle, VT, AZ, NC). Internationally, she has taught and her work has been produced in Trinidad, Cuba, Lithuania, Austria, Colombia, Italy and Argentina.

mAry coLe began her involvement with the Dept. of Dance in 1981 when she started graduate school in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama. In 1986 the Dept. of Dance hired Mary to teach production, be the lighting designer, stage manager, technical director and anything else that needed doing person. She is still here and loving it.

Amy covA (MFA 2009, UM) has been teaching modern, jazz and body conditioning at UM for the past two years. She has performed and presented work nationally and internationally at venues such as Jazz Dance World Congress in San Jose, Costa Rica and Chicago, MTV, ABC and E!. Through support from the Center for World Performance Studies, Amy will study in Brazil this summer and return to create work for her new company with Thayer Jonutz.

christine dAkin (UM 1969-1972) for more than 30 years with the Martha Graham Dance Co. and its artistic director laureate is known for her performances of Martha Graham’s own roles and those created for her by Twyla Tharp, Robert Wilson and Martha Clarke. She was honored with a “Bessie” and Dance Magazine Award. Her own work has been supported by a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, the Rockefeller US-Mexico Fund for Culture, and the USIA in Russia and South America and Arts Link in Russia. At Harvard Univ. she is visiting lecturer and was a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellow. On The Juilliard School faculty for ten years, she teaches at the Neighborhood Playhouse and is currently filming an international collaboration of dancers and musicians – La Voz del Cuerpo/The Body Speaks, exploring Martha Graham’s technique and art.

gAy deLAnghe (1940-2006) (MA, UM) returned to teach at UM in 1972 after choreographing, teaching and performing in New York City with such seminal choreographers as Lucas Hoving and Yvonne Rainer. Delanghe had the longest tenure of anyone on the UM dance faculty, teaching until she retired in 2006, and chairing the department from 1995-2002. She was a founding member of Ann Arbor Dance Works, and the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the ArtServe Michigan Governor’s Award for Arts and Culture. A passionate advocate for the arts, Delanghe was active in local, regional and national organizations. She trained generations of dancers at UM, who remember her fondly.

About the Artists

BiLL de young is a Professor in the UM Dance Dept. He has danced with the companies of Al Huang, Bella Lewitzky, Rudy Perez, Elizabeth Keen and Cliff Keuter. In 1975, he formed the DeYoung Dance Theatre in New York City. He was guest director of the National Dance Co. of Costa Rica, where he also was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar. Mr. De Young is a recipient of a Kellogg National Fellowship, two NEA Choreography Fellowships, a Jerome Foundation Award and several grants from The MCACA. He has been a cultural specialist for the USIA/Arts America and a member of Affiliate Artists, Inc. Mr. De Young has worked extensively throughout Mexico, Central and South America, Europe and Asia.

christinA seArs etter (BDA, UM) is a choreographer, dancer, educator and active member of the performing arts community in Ann Arbor with a passion for collaboration within and between the arts, frequently working with musicians, composers, writers and visual artists. She has worked in the medium of dance for modern, tap and experimental concerts, plays, such as Shakespeare’s The Tempest, musicals, and is Artistic Director of People Dancing — www.peopledancing.org.

AidAn FeLdmAn (senior UM, Dance/Computer Science) has worked with choreographers Peter Sparling, Rennie Harris and Doug Varone. He is currently performing in Wild Swan Theater’s Hawk, You Are My Brother, Chicago’s Leopold Group, and will dance with New York City-based Agua Dulce Dance Theater in a video piece by Alison Dobbins later this summer.

susAn FiLiPiAk is a lecturer of dance in the UM Dept. of Musical Theatre, where she teaches all levels of tap dance. She is founder and director of Swing City Dance Studio in Ann Arbor.

Brett FinLey works as a freelance stage manager for opera companies around the country, including Ft. Worth Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, Michigan Opera Theatre. She frequently works for the UM Dept. of Theatre & Drama mentoring student opera stage managers. She spent 10 years on the UM faculty teaching stage management and stage managing the annual concert for the Dept. of Dance.

JessicA FogeL, Professor of Dance, spent a decade in New York City performing, choreographing and teaching before joining the UM faculty in 1985, where she became a founding member of Ann Arbor Dance Works, for which she now serves as Artistic Director. Her works have been produced nationally and internationally since 1974 in NYC and such places as Japan, Greece, Ireland, Costa Rica and Mexico. She has also mounted several large-scale site-specific performances in locations around Ann Arbor (Mapping the River 08) and in Japan. She has spearheaded the Dancing at 100 celebrations, initiated through her discoveries of UM’s dance history. She is thrilled to be mapping the past, present and future of UM dance with current students and alumni.

About the Artists

AngeLA m. gALLo (MFA, UM) is Artistic Director of Sapphire Moon Dance Co. and Assistant Professor of Dance / Dance Program Coordinator at Coker College. Highlights of Angela’s performing career include the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists (Toronto), Piccolo Spoleto Festival (Charleston), White Wave Dance Festival, Dancenow Downtown Festival, Dance Theatre Workshop and others. Angela also currently dances with the Power Co. in Columbia, SC.

AAron goLd (BFA Jazz and Contemplative Studies 2008, UM) is a drummer and percussionist born in the United States and raised in the Czech Republic. His travels have instilled in him a great appreciation and respect for the people, traditions, food and music of indigenous cultures.

gregory gruBe (BA in English/Art History, U. Delaware; BS in Dance, UW-Madison) has danced professionally for the Madison Opera under the direction of Maureen Janson and presents his own choreographic work through Bare Bones Dance, an artist’s collective in Madison, WI.

LAuren guttormsen (senior at UW-Madison, School of Journalism and Mass Communication) has trained with Royanne Cruthers, Jin-Wen Yu, Nina Watt and Marlene Skog. She has performed the work of Maureen Janson, Alwin Nikolais, José Limón, Jin-Wen Yu, and with the Madison Opera Ballet. hoLLy hoBBs (MFA 1999, UM) is a member of Ann Arbor’s Peter Sparling Dance Co. and currently teaches and choreographs at Eastern Michigan Univ. and Hillsdale College.

corinne imBerski (MFA 1999, UM) has presented her work throughout the United States, and in France, Bulgaria, and Canada. She has been a featured performer with HNM Dance Co., Ann Arbor Dance Works, Univ. Dancers, UT Dance Co., and Peter Sparling Dance Co. Currently, Corinne is a member of Detroit Dance Collective where she has been a dancer/choreographer since 1999, and is a Visiting Asst. Professor of Dance at Hillsdale College.

mAureen JAnson, (MFA, UM) currently working both in Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies and the Dance Program, has created over 40 original modern dance works and has choreographed and coached movement for the Madison Opera, Artistic Home (where she is an artistic associate), Remy Bumppo Theatre, Great River Shakespeare Festival, UW Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, and for ten seasons with American Players Theatre. She has held teaching residencies at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Wichita State Univ., Illinois Wesleyan Univ., Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks, Université Laval, Alfred Univ., Victory Gardens Theatre and Illinois Institute of Technology, and as a writer/editor, she has recently contributed to Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine, and Dance Studio Life and edited Anna Paskevska’s Ballet Beyond Tradition.

thAyer Jonutz (MFA 2009, UM) toured to such places as South Korea, India, and the Philippines while an undergrad. He was a member of Repertory Dance Theater/Utah for five seasons and performed works by Daniel Nagrin, Molissa Fenley, and Douglas Dunn. He will assume a faculty position at Oakland Univ. and has started a new dance company with Amy Cova.

AyAko kAto (MFA 1998, UM) hails from Japan. She established a music and dance collaborative dance company, Art Union Humanscape, with a double bassist Jason Roebke in 1998, and has performed in the United States, Japan and Europe. www.artunionhumanscape.net.

Lizzie LeoPoLd (BFA 2006, UM) is the founder and artistic director of the Leopold Group, a Chicago/New York-based modern dance co. She was recently awarded Best Choreographer for the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival for her work on the new musical Green Eyes. Leopold is currently pursuing her Masters in Performance Studies at New York Univ. Tisch School. www.leopoldgroup.org.

sArAh megee mArtens (MFA 1975, UM) was on the dance faculty at Eastern Michigan Univ. from 1975-1981, during which she taught modern dance, dance composition, ballet, & Labanotation and continued to choreograph extensively and perform locally. In 1986, she purchased Dance Alliance in Saline, MI, and taught creative movement and ballet until she sold the studio in 2005. Sarah is now a certified Pilates instructor. She and her husband, Rob, have two grown sons, Ted and Nick.

christiAn mAtJiAs (Piano) Associate Professor of Dance and Music in the Dept. of Dance at Michigan since 1998. Artist Website: www.christianm.org

Aimee mcdonALd-Anderson (BFA 1996, UM) is founder of Terpsichore’s Kitchen Dance Theatre, produces the choreographers’ showcase, Dancing in Summer, and has presented her dance works internationally. She is owner of and Master Trainer for GYROTONIC® Ann Arbor & The Movement Center.

AnnA mcgArry (BFA 2003, UM) received her early dance training at Meg Nutting’s Studio, Dance Arts Academy and Ballet Etc, all in Traverse City, MI. She has also trained abroad with the Kyrgyz National Ballet and taught ballet at the Ak-Jol Children’s Shelter in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She was a programs director at Dexter Academy of Dance and Music from 2003-2008. After the birth of her second child she decided to stay home with her two sons and enjoy the journey of motherhood.

rAcheL mckinstry (BFA 2001, UM) lives in Brooklyn, NY. She dances everywhere. For more info: www.launchmovementexperiment.com.

About the Artists

JuLie meehAn (senior, BFA Dance/BA English, UM) is from Toledo, OH. In addition to dancing since the age of three she also played for the flute for eight years.

micheLLe (Levine) miLLmAn (BS Education 1967, UM) is a Master Teacher of the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning (Classical style) with forty years of experience. Millman is the director of Companeros de Flamenco, a performing group that presents the vibrant dance and music of Spain. She is an extraordinarily proud mother of two college-age sons and a proud wife and homemaker.

kAsiA mrozeWskA has designed internationally and in Krakow, Poland. Regionally she has designed for the Michigan Classical Repertory Theatre, Ann Arbor Dance Works, the Pioneer Theater Guild, and several UM theatre and dance productions. She has collaborated on projects with Jessica Fogel, Bill DeYoung, Peter Sparling and Robin Wilson.

BArBArA neri (MFA 1980, UM) is an internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist and published scholar with a studio in Michigan. Her previous and current projects can be explored at barbaraneri.com.

gingerAnn nesLund (senior, Biochemistry/sophomore, BFA Dance, UM) of Presque Isle, MI, has been dancing for 15 years. She would like to thank everyone who has made it possible for her to continue her dance education.

gregory A. PAtterson (MFA 1987, UM) is Dance Program Director and an Associate Professor of Dance at Oakland Univ. and Founder and Artistic Director of Patterson Rhythm Pace Dance Co. He has been a member of Harbinger Dance Co., Eisenhower Dance Ensemble (EDE), Ann Arbor Dance Works, and Rigmarole Dance Co. and has performed with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. and the Doug Elkins Dance Co. His work has been performed by EDE, WMU, BGSU, Alma College, and Bal-Chi Dance Co. Mr. Patterson is a recipient of the Maggie Allesee Choreography Award.

LindA Perry (BA in speech/theatre and dance; MFA 1976, UM) spent many years on the East Coast dancing and working in management, merchandising, and sales in the apparel field, she relocated to Michigan and currently is a manager with The Health & Fitness Center at Washtenaw Community College, in addition to managing her own Pilates business.

michAeL sPencer PhiLLiPs (BFA 1999, UM) has worked with the Cunningham Repertory Group, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co., New York City Opera, Battleworks Dance Co., and has been a member of RIOULT since 2002. Since joining Pascal Rioult’s Co., Michael has become one of the Co.’s Outreach Teaching Artists and its Licensing Manager. Mr. Phillips has choreographed his own work, as well, most notably with Cosmosis Productions, Universal Records, and the Ailey School.

About the Artists

gretchen PLAtt-koch (BFA senior in dance/movement science minor, UM) is from Oak Park, IL, and has been dancing for 18 years. She wants to thank her family and friends for all of their love and support!

evA PoWers (BS in dance education, UM) is Assoc. Professor and former Chair of Dance (1993-2003) at Wayne State Univ, where she continues to teach. She is guest artist, choreographer and master teacher statewide, nationally and internationally, as well as a Stott Pilates instructor trainer and examiner, and GYROTONIC® certified.

dAnA reitz (BS, Dance/Theatre UM) choreographer, dancer and visual artist, has created numerous projects since 1973. She has collaborated with lighting artists Jennifer Tipton and James Turrell, and has created works for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Kabuki master Tamasaburo Bando. A Guggenheim Fellow, she has received support from the NEA and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and her work has been seen throughout Europe, Australia, Asia, and North America.

BeverLy roBinson (MFA 1990) has taught at Dance Alliance in Saline, MI, since graduating. Currently she is working with special needs children in dance and training in brain and movement therapies.

thomAs roLtsch (sophomore BFA/BS dance/communications, UM) from Ada, MI, is pleased to make a cameo appearance in Looking Back, Dancing Forward.

stePhen rush is UM Professor and Music Director of the Dept. of Dance as well as Director of Digital Music Ensemble. His compositions have been recorded by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Stolzman, and “Blue” Gene Tyranny, with recordings on Centaur, MMC, O.O. Discs, CALA and Equilibrium labels. His music has been performed in Germany, Japan, France, Russia, and he currently performs with Roscoe Mitchell, Pauline Oliveros, Peter Kowald and NYC-based jazz ensemble Yuganaut. He has received grants from the Kellogg Foundation, American Music Center, and Meet the Composer.

Austin seLden (senior, BFA, UM) grew up in Farmington Hills, MI, with his two younger sisters, Angela and Rose. He started dancing his sophomore year of high school to fulfill a physical education credit and now is pursuing it as a career. Austin will be making a cameo appearance; then it’s behind the camera to pursue the intriguing relationship dance and camera into the future.

tArA sheenA (junior, BFA, UM) from Commerce, MI, and just finished her sophomore year in the Dept. of Dance. This summer she plans to travel to New York to pursue internships with Parsons Dance Co., Shen Wei Dance Arts, Danspace Project, and Keigwin + Co. as well as work with Mark Dendy for a performance at the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival.

About the Artists

Peter sPArLing is Thurnau Professor of Dance and a 25-year member of the UM Dance faculty. Active as a performer, choreographer, regisseur, writer, video artist and lecturer, he has initiated and directed numerous interdisciplinary projects. A former member of both the José Limón and Martha Graham Dance Companies, he often sets works by Graham on companies around the world. His most recent projects are Babel, a screendance shown at the 2007 N.Y. Dance on Camera Festival and toured internationally, Climbing Sainte-Victoire, a made-for-television homage to Paul Cézanne, broadcast recently on Michigan Televison/WFUM, and Son of Clytemnestra, published in the Winter 2008/9 issue of Ballet Review.

mArLy sPieser-schneider (BFA 2009, UM) is currently creating a show with two fellow graduates, which will tour to various locations in the Ann Arbor area and Northern Michigan throughout the summer. She is excited to continue to develop and discover her own voice as well as actively pursue collaboration within the field of dance and beyond.

erikA stoWALL (BFA 2008, UM) resides in Harper Woods, MI, where she teaches dance at a charter school in Detroit, MI. Her space reflects her time spent at UM.

LeyyA monA tAWiL (BDA 1997, UM) is the Artistic Director of Dance Elixir, based in San Francisco. Dance Elixir has been presented by San Francisco International Arts Festival, Dance New Amsterdam, The Flea, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Arab American National Museum, Bohemian National Home, Arts at Middlebury, Alwan for the Arts, and in Montreal, Amsterdam, London, the Czech Republic and at the Beirut International Platform of Dance 2009. Leyya has taught in professional studios and academia since 1997. From 2007-2009 she was the Middlebury College Artist-In-Residence in Dance (Vermont). She is also the co-director of Temescal Arts Center in Oakland, CA. She received the UM Emerging Artist Award in Dance 2008.

sAndrA toriJAno is an Associate Professor in the UM Dept. of Dance. She received her training at the National Univ. of Costa Rica and danced there in Danza Una. Torijano was soloist with The National Dance Co. of Costa Rica and has performed, taught and choreographed extensively throughout Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States, Europe and South America. In May 2009, her evening length work entitled Amighetti was performed in Beijing, China for the Meet in Beijing international festival.

soPhie torok (senior BFA, UM) was born in Budapest, Hungary. She would like to thank her family for all their support.

nAdiA tykuLsker (senior BFA, UM) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York but is honored to be able to celebrate 100 years of dance at Michigan.

About the Artists

roBin WiLson, performer, choreographer, educator, improviser and singer, is an Associate Professor of Dance at the University of Michigan. Best known as a founding member of NY’s Urban Bush Women, she also performed with the companies of Dianne McIntyre, Kevin Wynn, Dorothy Vislocky, Anita Gonzalez, among others. Her choreography has been commissioned by the Lexington Children’s Theater, Metro Theater Co., Syncopated, Inc., Dance and Performance Co., Washington Univ. Dance Theatre, and Happendance Dance Co. She was the recipient of the 1999 Maggie Allesee New Choreographers Award as well as the 1998 Marcus Artist in Residence at Washington Univ. A member of Ann Arbor Dance Works since 1996, Wilson continues to perform and teach throughout the U.S. and conduct research in African Diasporic dance forms and African American Liturgical Dance.

susAnnAh WindeLL (MFA 2005, UM) taught as an adjunct faculty member at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California from 2003-2005 and currently serves as an adjunct faculty member and the Pre-College Contemporary Dance Program Coordinator at Indiana Univ.

sAdie yArrington (junior BFA/BS, dance/biological anthropology, UM) is a native of Ann Arbor and has been lucky to experience the excitement and growth of the Dept. of Dance over the past decade.

suzAnne young British born and trained in London, Suzanne has resided in Ann Arbor for a number of years. She has designed for The Wild Swan Theater, Ann Arbor Civic Theatre, Ann Arbor Symphony and Ann Arbor Dance Works. She is happy to be part of this historic occasion.

About the Artists

(Re)Visionary DancesPaul Taylor’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) with premières

by Amy Chavasse, Jessica Fogel, and Sandra TorijanoUniversity Dance Company

February 4 at 7:30 PM • February 5 & 6 at 8 PM • February 7 at 2 PM • Power Center

Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) by Paul Taylor highlights the University Dance Company’s 2010 concert. This 30th anniversary staging of Taylor’s irreverent and brilliant work is in celebration of the foremost American modern choreographer’s 80th birthday. A delicious double-narrative, the dance tells a Runyonesque detective story juxtaposed against the daily rituals and intrigues of a touring dance company. Sacre is set to Stravinsky’s eminent piano score of the same name, in the 1947 version for four hands to be played live. According to the San Francisco Examiner, “Paul Taylor is without question the greatest living American choreographer.” Premiered in 1980, Sacre layers highly stylized movement with a melancholy wit to create what The New York Times declared “some of the most exciting movement in modern choreography… propulsive and original.” Faculty member Amy Chavasse creates a new dance exploring unusual physical and emotional intersections in collaboration with composer/musicians Stephen Rush and Chris Peck. Chavasse’s work features unexpected and unconventional partnering through complex rhythms and structures. Premières by faculty Sandra Torijano and Jessica Fogel will round out the evening.

The restaging of Paul Taylor’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Above: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) photo by Tom Caravaglia, courtesy Paul Taylor Dance Company.

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