Blackfriars Dance Concert 2017
DIRECTED BY Wendy Oliver
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Ali Kenner Brodsky
Cayley Christoforou
Bill Evans
Sara Lustig
Wendy Oliver (with the dancers)
Eva Marie Pacheco
Kathleen Nasti
COSTUME COORDINATOR Maxine Wheelock
LIGHTING DESIGNER Daniel Caplin Angell
DANCERS
Kirsten Coffey, Stephanie Cameron, Daniela Diaz, Deirdre McMahon, Samantha Oakley, Katherine Pineo, Jamie Podracky, Gabriella Ricciardone, Maya Young. Gillian Klein, Maria Fonts, Natalie Phelps, Abbey Raser, Alanna Daley, Devon Guanci, Emma Lederer, Kaitlin McGovern, Lela Biggus, Emma Flanagan, Meg Frazier, Anna Sabo, Claudia Seguin, Ali Kenner Brodsky, Caroline Mallon
Angell Blackfriars Theatre
November 17, 7:30PM
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Providence CollegeDigitalCommons@ProvidencePlaybill and Promotion Blackfriars Dance Concert 2017Fall 11-17-2017Blackfriars Dance Concert 2017 PlaybillProvidence CollegeFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/bdc_2017_pubsPart of the Dance CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Blackfriars Dance Concert 2017 at DigitalCommons@Providence. It has been accepted forinclusion in Playbill and Promotion by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Providence. For more information, please contactelizabeth.tietjen@providence.edu.Recommended CitationProvidence College, "Blackfriars Dance Concert 2017 Playbill" (2017). Playbill and Promotion. 1.https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/bdc_2017_pubs/1PHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO RECORDING of any kind is strictly prohibited during performances in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre and the Bowab Studio Theatre.  PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELLULAR PHONES AND PAGERS before the performance begins. TEXT MESSAGING  IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE THEATRE during the performance out of respect to the performers and as a courtesy to those seated near you.THE MAIN RESTROOMS are located down the stairs in the lower lobby.    ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS are located at either end of the main lobby. If you are a person with a disability and require an assistive device, service, or other accommodation to participate in events in the Smith Center, please contact the Central Reservations Coordinator (401-865-2070; M-F 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) well in advance.TICKETS FOR EVENTS in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre and the Bowab Studio Theatre may be purchased online or over the telephone by Visa or Mastercard. If we have an accurate email for you, information will be sent to you prior to all mainstage events.  To add your name to our list or to purchase tickets, call 401-865-2218 or visit www.providence.edu/theatre.THE BOX OFFICE AT THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE ARTS is open for walk-up sales 1:30-5:00 PM Monday through Friday when classes are in session, and one hour prior to curtain on performance days.  Cash, check, or credit cards are accepted for walk-up sales. ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL AND CANNOT BE REFUNDED.  You may exchange tickets for a different performance of the same production by returning your tickets to the Box Office up to 24 hours prior to curtain, subject to seat availability.Blackfriars  Dance Concert     2017Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film presents DIRECTED BY Wendy Oliver CHOREOGRAPHERSAli Kenner BrodskyCayley ChristoforouBill EvansSara LustigWendy Oliver (with the dancers)Eva Marie PachecoKathleen NastiCOSTUME COORDINATORMaxine WheelockLIGHTING DESIGNER Daniel CaplinAngell Blackfriars Theatre 17 November & 18 November 20177:30pm & 2pm Providence College Dance Company Choreograhpy:Music:Rehersal Direction: Music: Dancers (alphabetically by last name): Music: Dancers: Music:  Dancers: Music composer: Music arranger: Performer: Choreography: Choreographer: Music composer: Dancers: Bill Evans Arranged and recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra Bill Evans and Don Halquist Composed by Duke EllingtonKirsten Coffey, Stephanie Cameron, Daniela Diaz, Deirdre McMahon, Samantha Oakley, Katherine Pineo, Jamie Podracky, Gabriella Ricciardone, Maya YoungComposed by Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown and Charles Tobias Kirsten Coffey, Samantha Oakley,  Gabriella RicciardoneComposed by Duke EllingtonDaniela Diaz, Deirdre McMahon, Katherine Pineo, Maya YoungTchaikovsky, Harry Nillson, Jamie xx Tony LustigElizabeth Gharavi Sara LustigAli Kenner Brodsky Andy Russ Gillian Klein, Maria Fonts, Samantha Oakley, Natalie Phelps, Jaime Podracky, Abbey Raser “Jukebox” was inspired by the Hollywood movie musicals Evans grew up watching in the 1940s. This excerpt is Evans’ homage to movie stars, including Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda, musical acts such as the Andrew Sisters and popular personalities of the day, including Rosie the Riveter, a cheerleader, and a bobby soxer.   Juxebox (Excerpts) (1974)1. Five O’Clock Whistle 2. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree3. Take the “A” Train fishin’ for...Loss is like a wind, it either carries you to a new destination or it traps you in an ocean of stagnation. You must quickly learn how to navigate the sail, for stagnation is death. -Val Uchendujust because...Choreographer: Music composer: Dancers: Choreographer: Music composer: Music performer: Dancers: Music composed and performed by: Choreographed and performed by: Choreographer: Music composer and performer: Dancers: Choreographer: Music composers: Performers: Dancers: Eva Marie PachecoTony LustigAlanna Daley, Daniela Diaz, Devon Guanci, Emma Lederer, Caroline Mallon, Kaitlin McGovern, Gabriella RicciardoneKathleen NastiColdplayGlass of Water and Politik performed by ColdplayLela Biggus, Emma Flanagan, Meg Frazier, Gillian Klein, Katherine Pineo, Anna Sabo, Claudia Seguin, and Maya YoungMorganEve SwainAli Kenner BrodskyCayley ChristoforouRaining in my Head and Anger by QuokLela Biggus. Stephanie Cameron, Emma Flanagan, Maria Fonts, Meg Frazier, Devon Guanci, Natalie Phelps, Anna Sabo, Claudia SeguinWendy Oliver with the dancersParts 1 & 2, Leroy Anderson; Part 3, Archibald JoyceRTE Concert OrchestraKirsten Coffey, Alanna Daley, Caroline Mallon, Kaitlin McGovern, Deirdre McMahon, Abby RaserVariations on a ThemeThere will be one ten minute intermission.Confluence Choreographic contributions by the dancers.In memory of Liz Kenner“the most depressing piece...”DriftOffice SuiteSTAGE MANAGERTeddy KiritsyASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERSCaprial HarrisElizabeth JancsyLIGHT BOARD OPERATOREmily ClarkSOUND BOARD OPERATORCatherine Garrett WARDROBE RUNNING CREWPauline D’AgostinoSteven SawanGabby SanchezRUNNING CREWAJ RoskamDan CarrollARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHYGabrielle MarksPOSTERLaura RostkowskiUSHERSThe Friars ClubBOX OFFICE MANAGERKathleen Moore HOUSE MANAGERSThalea Gauthier Annie RomanoLaura RostkowskiBOX OFFICE & PUBLICITYEmily ClarkGabi DessThalea GauthierKathleen MooreAnnie RomanoLaura RostkowskiSCENE SHOPMatt CalogeroBridgette ClarkeSophia ClarkinGerardo DavilaJake DentonMireya LopezAnnie RodriguezSam RosengardenCOSTUME SHOPKirsten Coffey Lauren KuhnSamantha MarcheseBrigid McGrathRachael McMillanLucille Vasquez•Production Crew Ali Kenner Brodsky, the artistic director of ali kenner brodsky & co., makes work that is gesturally rich and thoughtfully crafted. Kenner Brodsky was a 2016 Emerging Choreographer in Residence at Bates Dance Festival and the 2014 recipient of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) Choreography Fellowship.  From 2003-2004 she was an artist-in-residence at The Joyce SoHo under the mentorship of Phyllis Lamhut.  Her work has been performed throughout New York City at venues including Joyce SoHo, the Puffin Room, DanceNow Festivals, Dance Space, WAX, Dixon Place, Judson Church and Dumbo Dance Festival, and in New England at Bates Dance Festival, The Dance Complex, AS220, The Jamestown Arts Center, The Great Friends Festival, Provincetown Dance Festival, Massachusetts Dance Festival, Southern Vermont Dance Festival and Dance for Peace. She is on the adjunct dance faculty at Salve Regina University and Dean College, and has been a guest choreographer for both schools, as well as for Providence College.Daniel Caplin (lighting designer) This is the third dance concert Daniel has designed since graduating from Providence College in 2014 with a Bachelor’s in History and Theatre. He is currently enrolled in Providence College’s Graduate program, pursuing a Master’s degree in American History. Daniel has been a consultant and designer on various productions in the Rhode Island area, and he’s excited to be back designing at his alma mater.  Cayley Christoforou is a New England-based artist who is currently the artistic operations manager of Urbanity Dance in Boston, Mass. Her choreography has been presented at the Boston Contemporary Dance Festival (2014, 2016, 2017) and the Southern Vermont Dance Festival (2015). This past year, Christoforou was the assistant director for the Extensions Dance Company Concert and an adjunct faculty member and choreographer for the Salve Regina University dance program in Newport, RI. She was featured in Dance Studio Life’s contemporary and modern magazine issue 2017. Cayley received her M.B.A. and her undergraduate degree in English communications with a minor in dance from Salve Regina University. Upon graduation, Cayley was the recipient of the Salve Regina University Dance Award 2015. Cayley would like to thank the dancers in her piece for making her vision come to life! William/Bill Evans is professor emeritus at the College at Brockport, SUNY and distinguished professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico. He danced, choreographed and served as artistic coordinator with Repertory Dance Theatre from 1967 through 74, and has since created or reconstructed 19 works for that company. He has choreographed another 260 works for 75 professional modern, ballet and tap dance companies. The Bill Evans Dance Company, founded in 1975, has appeared in all 50 states, throughout Mexico and Canada, and has taken Mr. Evans to 25 other countries. BEDCO has appeared at the American Dance Festival, the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and many international dance festivals in Latin America, Europe and Australia. The Bill Evans Summer Institute of Dance was founded in 1977. Each year, it produces intensive workshops for professional and emerging educators. Evans has been awarded several fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and received the Choreography Fellowship from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts in 2016. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Dance Education Organization, the American Dance Guild and Dance Teacher Magazine and an honorary doctorate from the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. He was named one of three favorite world tap dancers in the Dance Magazine Readers’ Poll. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah and the Outstanding Dance Educator Award from the New York State Dance Education Association. He will celebrate his 78th birthday with dance performances at AS220, 95 Empire Street, Providence, on April 7 at 7:30 and April 8 at 4:00. billevansdance.orgBlackfriars Dance Concert Guest Artists & Resident Artists Sara Barney Lustig, native to Rhode Island, graduated with a B.F.A. in Contemporary Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After graduation, she was awarded the Kenan Fellowship with Lincoln Center Institute in New York City and in 2015 graduated with an M.A. from the London Contemporary Dance School, where she had the honor of performing on tour with the University’s collegiate company, EDge. Sara resides in New York City as a Freelance Artist and is on faculty at Chrystie Street Ballet Academy.   www.SaraBarney.comKathleen Nasti holds a BA in Classical Studies and Theatre from Dickinson College, an MBA from Lehigh University, and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.   She is currently a 2017-2018 Next Steps for Boston Dance Artist, an award from The Boston Foundation and Aliad Fund. Her research has been presented and/or published in the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science and The Congress on Research in Dance. She danced extensively with Alyce Finwall Dance Theatre and worked with many independent New York choreographers including:  Scott Lyons, Skip Costa, Giada Ferrone, Lars Rosager, Edward Augustyn, and Max Stone among others.  She was also a dancer with the American Dance Machine, Radio City Christmas Spectacular and Broadway Bares.  She performed Aerial Track Harness Dance with Lisa Giobbi Movement Theatre and appeared in the film Morphing Gravity.  She has been a lecturer in the dance departments of Muhlenberg College, Cedar Crest College, Dean College, Providence College, The University of Scranton, Temple University, Dickinson College, SungKyunKwan University (Seoul, Korea), the American College Dance Festival, and PA Governor’s School for the Arts.  Her work has been presented by:  World Music CRASHarts, The Dance Complex, Steps on Broadway, Tracks//Where will dance take you?, Green Street Studios, and Gibney Dance, among others. www.katnasti.comWendy Oliver, M.F.A, Ed.D, is Professor of Dance at Providence College and directs and choreographs for the PC Dance Company.  Her choreography has been performed in New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and throughout the Upper Midwest, where she performed independently and as a member of Contactworks prior to coming to Rhode Island.  She is a past recipient of grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts group collaborations. She teaches a variety of dance courses at PC in addition to running the Saturday morning Children’s Dance Program. She also serves as the Editor for Journal of Dance Education, and her edited book Dance and Gender was published in January, 2017 with University Press of Florida.Eva Marie Pacheco is Artistic Director of Providence Ballet Theatre. Currently on faculty at Rhode Island College, she is a guest teacher at Providence College, Brown University,  Connecticut College, Salve Regina University and Roger Williams University. Eva Marie was a founding member of Festival Ballet under the Direction of Christine Hennesey and Winthrop Cory. She performed with the Island Moving Company, Everett Dance Theatre, Cadence Dance Project and carolsomersDANCE. As a choreographer, she created several works for Festival Ballet and Island Moving Company and as a visiting artist created several works for Providence College,  Rhode Island College and Salve Regina University.Maxine Wheelock, (Costume Coordinator): Since 2006, Maxine has been the Costume Shop Supervisor in the department of Theatre, Dance and Film at Providence College.  In those ten years, she has built and/or coordinated costumes for all theatre and dance productions, working with many different designers and choreographers.  Prior to coming to PC she served as principal dressmaker at Foothills Theatre and costume designer at the Forum Theatre, both regional theatres in Worcester, Massachusetts.  She was principal dressmaker for Wood & Poplyk, whose design work for “Showboat” was nominated for an Emmy after airing on the PBS series “Great Performances”. Last season she designed the costumes for the department’s mainstage production of Our Town.academicWendy Oliver,  Professor, Chair,       Dept. of  Theatre, Dance & Film            Kate Ambrosini,  Adjunct Faculty-TheatreAli Angelone,  Adjunct Faculty-       Oral CommunicationAli Boyd,  Administrative CoordinatorJames M. Calitri,  Assistant ProfessorMegan Chang,  Assistant ProfessorDavid Costa-Cabral,  ProfessorMary Farrell,  Professor (on sabbatical)John Garrity,  Associate ProfessorRev. Kenneth Gumbert, O.P.,  ProfessorDavid Harper,  Musical Director -   Vocal CoachRobin James,  Adjunct Faculty -   Oral CommunicationsKate Lohman,  Adjunct Faculty-      Oral Communications Jennifer Madden,  Adjunct Faculty-TheatreKat Nasti,  Adjunct Faculty- DanceDave Rabinow,  Adjunct Faculty  and  Creative Drama CoordinatorLinda Sutherland,  Adjunct Faculty-Theatre Ben Sweeney,  Adjunct Faculty-FilmPatricia Tulli-Hawkridge,  Adjunct Faculty -   Theatreproduction    James M. Calitri,  Managing Director, TheatreTrevor Elliott,  Assistant Technical DirectorGeorge Marks,  Technical DirectorSusan Werner,  Production Office AssistantMaxine Wheelock,   Costume Shop SupervisorAS200115 Empire Street, Providence401.831.3663Brooklyn Coffee & Tea House209 Douglas Avenue, Providence401.575.2284Craftland235 Westminster Street, Providence401.272.4285La Salle BakeryProvidence993 Smith Street, 401.831.9563685 Admiral Street, 401.228.0081Eastern Art & Picture Frame1376 Eddy Street, Providence401-781-8363Mind 2 Body Fit Studio60 Valley Street,  Providence774.406.8222Domenick PanzarellaExpert Guitar Service and Repairmachineswithmagnets.com/repairs/401.475.2655Stereo Discount Center, 279 Taunton Avenue, East Providence 401.521.0022Frey Florist50 Radcliffe Ave, Providence401.521.3539THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR PUBLICITY!Department of Theatre, Dance, & Film Send your donation in any amount to:Department of  Theatre, Dance & FilmProvidence CollegeOne Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918Give to the scholarship of  your choice. Scholarships include: Blackfriars Guild Scholarship John Bowab Scholarship John Patrick Garrity Jr. ‘73 Scholarship John F. Leonard ScholarshipWe have a goal to make all of  our scholarships full-tuition scholarships.  Help us reach that goal for a talented student you have seen on stage by directing your tax-deductible donation to any of  our scholarships.For more information: Institutional Advancement/Gift Processing 401.865.2845Be a rainmaker!...it’s about learning todance in the rain.” - Vivien Greene“Life isn’t about watiting forthe storm to pass...

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