Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film
Angell Blackfriars Theatre
Blackfriars Dance Concert 2014
November 21 & 22
Friday 8pm & Saturday 2pm
Directed by Wendy Oliver
Choreographers: Ali Kenner Brodsky, Andrea Higgins, Betsy Miller, Kathleen Nasti, Wendy Oliver, Andrea Dawn Shelley
Costume Designer: Maxine Wheelock
Lighting Designer: Tim Cryan
Associate Lighting Designer: Daniel Caplin \u2714
Dancers: Laura Angley, Lela Biggus, Kate Corrigan, Meghan Frazier, Jillian Gentile, Abby Raser, Megan Wheeler, Audrey Butler, Lauren Campbell, Maria Costa, Christina Corvese, Emma Flanagan, Shannon McMahon, Emma Lederer, Ellie Wallace, Meredith Wells, Sarah Buller, Celia Butler, Carly Furbush, Abby Garrahan, Isabella Goldstein, Monica Houghton, Christina Potts, Abby Garrahan,  Ellie Wallacehttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/bdc_2014_pubs/1001/thumbnail.jp

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Providence College DigitalCommons@Providence Playbill and Promotion Blackfriars Dance Concert 2014 Fall 11-21-2014 Blackfriars Dance Concert 2014 Playbill Providence College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/bdc_2014_pubs  Part of the Dance Commons Providence College Department ofTheatre, Dance & Film presentsBlackfriars     Dance ConcertDIRECTED BYWendy OliverCHOREOGRAPHERSAli Kenner BrodskyAndrea HigginsBetsy MillerKathleen NastiWendy OliverAndrea Dawn ShelleyCOSTUME DESIGNERMaxine WheelockLIGHTING DESIGNERTim CryanASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNERDaniel Caplin ‘14Angell Blackfriars Theatre 21 November & 22 November 2014Providence College Dance CompanyTHREE DANCESChoreography:   Wendy Oliver with the dancersComposer:  Michael Kregler (original composition, premier)   Part I  Very Slowly - A Bit Faster    Part II Briskly    Part III   Rhythmically Musicians: Michael Kregler, piano;	 	 Mary	Ellen	Kregler,	flute;	  Morgan Santos, celloDancers:   Laura Angley, Lela Biggus, Kate Corrigan, Meghan Frazier,   Jillian Gentile, Abby Raser, Megan WheelerTOGETHER ALONEChoreographer:   Kathleen NastiMusic:                Adam CrawleyDancers:             Audrey Butler, Lauren Campbell, Maria Costa, Christina Corvese,  Emma Flanagan, Shannon McMahon, Emma Lederer,  Ellie WallaceLE POULET (EXCERPT)Choreograpy:   Kathleen Nasti Music:   “Prayer to Francois Villon” by Regina SpektorDancer:  Meredith Wells WHEN IT RAINSChoreograpy:   Andrea Higgins Music:   “Quebrando Pratos” by Grupo Abaçai; “Lunda Marajoara” by   Arraial do Pavulagem; “Baião Destemperado” by   Barbatuques.Dancers:  Sarah Buller, Celia Butler, Christina Corvese, Carly Furbush,     Abby Garrahan, Isabella Goldstein, Monica Houghton,     Christina PottsThere will be one ten minute intermission.randomly randomChoreograpy:   Ali Kenner Brodsky Music:   Alec Redfern & the EyesoresDancers:  Lauren Campbell, Abby Garrahan, Isabella Goldstein,     Monica Houghton, Christina PottsLETTERS FROM GAZAChoreography:  Betsy Miller in collaboration with the performersMusic:   “On which side of the border will my tears fall?”   by Sanjana Kapoor; Djivan Gasparyan and Osvaldo Golijav,     performed by Maya BeiserDancers:            Laura Angley, Sarah Buller, Audrey Butler, Celia Butler, Kate     Corrigan, Carly Furbush, Jillian Gentile, Emma Lederer,     Shannon McMahon, Ellie WallaceFEMME6 RECOMPOSEDChoreography:  Andrea Dawn ShelleyMusic:   Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, “The Four Seasons,”     Spring & Summer & An Anthology of Noise and   Electronic Music, Vol. 3 by Michel ChionDancers:  Lela Biggus, Maria Costa, Emma Flanagan,   Meghan Frazier, Abby Raser, Megan Wheeler•Production CrewSTAGE MANAGERAlison Simone ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERSHoney PerezBen WilliamsLIGHT BOARD OPERATORDanielle ConsiglioSOUND BOARD OPERATORLogan SerabianWARDROBE Ariel CormierKristen JackowskiCOSTUME SHOPKate CorriganAshley LewisGloriana Navarro DelgadoMaggie OaksRebecca PetrocelliRosie TurnerARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHYGabrielle MarksBOX OFFICE MANAGERAlexandra Chasse BOX OFFICE & PUBLICITYLogan BruneauAlexandra ChasseJoanna McDonoughHayley McGuirlGloriana Navarro DelgadoAmanda TalbotHOUSE MANAGERLogan BruneauSCENE SHOPJake DentonGarvin GabelosBenita KalalaConor LaneErin LasherIrene MilesMaria MunarEmily SawickiAlison SimonePOSTERJoanna McDonoughUSHERSThe Friars Club•Blackfriars Dance ConcertGuest & Resident ArtistsALI KENNER BRODSKY is the artistic director of Ali Kenner Brodsky & Co. and is the 2014 recipient of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship for Choreography.  She was previously an artist-in-residence at Joyce SoHo in New York City, where she was mentored by Phyllis Lamhut.  Since her return to Providence, Kenner Brodsky has co-produced two a+b performances with Betsy Miller.  She also serves as rehearsal director for, and dances with, national touring company Lostwax Multimedia Dance. 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. For more information please visit alikennerbrodsky.com.DANIEL CAPLIN (Associate Lighting Designer) After graduating in 2014, Daniel is excited to come back to	design	 the	dance	concert.	During	his	 time	at	Providence	College,	he	designed/assistant	designed	five	dance	concerts,	and	participated	in	main	stage	theatre	productions.	Daniel	just	finished	work	on	Enron at Second Story Theatre, where he played in the ensemble. After this, he is looking forward to designing What Dreams May Come: A Musical Revue, opening in February 2015 at Providence College and is honored to be working for his alma mater. TIM CRYAN Lighting Designer; Previous collaborations with Providence College include: The Cripple of Inishmaan, Curtains, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds, Gypsy, The Good Doctor, Hedda Gabler, Little Women, Lysistrata, Poor Murderer, Twelfth Night, Urinetown, Waiting for Lefty, and the Fall 2009 – 2013 Blackfriars Dance Concerts. Additional recent design credits include Fiasco Theatre Co.’s Into the Woods (McCarter Theatre & the Old Globe), Cymbeline (TFANA/ Barrow St Theatre), Twelfth Night (Access Theatre), Measure for Measure (New Victory Theatre), and Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folger Theatre).  In addition to his work as a designer, Tim is also the production manager for The Berkshire Fringe, and an adjunct faculty member of the Dance Department at Long Island University. http://timcryan.netANDREA HIGGINS received her Master’s Degree in Performing Arts Dance from the American University in Washington, DC. Andrea’s commitment to dance includes over 25 years of experience as a dancer, choreographer, director, producer, and educator. She has performed principal roles in classical, contemporary, Latin, ballroom, jazz, tap, and Broadway-style productions. She has served on the dance faculty	of	numerous	private	studios,	colleges,	and	at	an	independent	school	for	grades	five	through	twelve.	She is presently the principal ballet teacher for the Hispanic Classical Ballet. A somatic education specialist, Andrea	has	taught	Pilates	and	is	certified	as	a	 teacher	of	 the	Feldenkrais	Method	of	movement.	She	has	developed therapeutic movement programs for dancers (and others) and is the director of Kinesthetic Edge (www.KinEdge.com). MICHAEL KREGLER (composer) Accompanist/pianist/composer/arranger Mike Kregler was born in New York, New York. He earned both undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Miami before beginning his wide-ranging career in music. Mike has played extensively throughout the Northeast and currently serves as faculty accompanist and lecturer at Providence College. He has also accompanied at Rhode Island College, the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, and The College of New Jersey. In addition to his collegiate duties, Mike spent several years playing in the studio of renowned soprano Maria Spacagna. As composer and arranger, Mike has been published by Walton and GIA for his compositions “Soldier’s Elegy,” “The Baby’s Dance,” and “Heart, We Will Forget Him!” Kregler’s “Sentimiento Becqueriano,”	 a	 new	work	 for	 piano	 and	 chorus	 after	 five	Rimas	 of	 the	 Spanish	 poet	Gustavo	Adolfo	Bécquer, will be premiered by the student vocal group I Cantori at PC this November.BETSY MILLER (Special Lecturer in Dance) is a dance artist, educator, and facilitator based in Providence. Her choreography has been presented in New York, Ohio, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Texas, and she has received funding from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and The Ohio State University. She has performed with Lostwax Multimedia Dance, inFluxDance, Fusionworks Company, and has recently appeared in works by Kathleen Hermesdorf, Heidi Henderson, Terry Creach, Doug Varone and others. Betsy serves as the Dance Coordinator of Providence’s major community arts organization, AS220, where she is also on the faculty. Betsy holds an MFA in Dance from The Ohio State University and a BA in Dance from Connecticut College.KATHLEEN NASTI received her BA from Dickinson College, MBA from Lehigh University, and MFA from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. In NYC, she performed with Skip Costa, Lars Rosager, Giada Ferrone, Max Stone, Alyce Finwall, Jerry Mitchell, American Dance Machine for the 21st Century, and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular among others.  She relocated to Boston where she worked with Reggie Wilson, Lisa Giobbi Movement Theatre, 1,000 Virtues Dance, Zoe Dance and the Urban Nutcracker. She has taught and choreographed at several universities and dance programs, including Muhlenberg College, Dean College, Temple University, Dickinson College, Cedar Crest College, University of Scranton, American College Dance Festival, SungKyunKwan University, and PA Governor’s School for the Arts.  At Muhlenberg, she also served as the director of their Community Dance and Pilates Center.WENDY OLIVER, MFA, EdD 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.  Prior to coming to Providence College, she performed with the Minneapolis-based dance company Contactworks; she has also had the opportunity to collaborate with live musicians and composers many times during her career.  She also serves as the Editor for Journal of Dance Education, and recently edited the book Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches, published by UPF in 2014.  In 2010, she published the book Writing about Dance with Human Kinetics Publishing, and currently she has a contract for another book on dance and gender.  Oliver teaches a variety of courses at Providence College as well as chairing the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Film.ANDREA DAWN SHELLEY born in Miami, Florida, received her classical ballet training predominately from Magda G. Auñon. Ms. Shelley received additional training with the Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet and Joffrey Ballet. She studied dance at the University of South Florida and holds a B.A. degree in Dance Education from Florida International University. Andrea began her professional career with Southern Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet and has since danced as a principal artist with Maximum Dance Company, Miami Contemporary Dance Company, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater and State Street Ballet as a company member. Shelley has choreographed original works for Ballet Florida, Miami Contemporary Dance Company, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, State Street Ballet, and others. She has received numerous awards for her choreography, including the gold medal for an ensemble work at the World Ballet Competition in Orlando, FL. Shelley currently dances as a principal artist and is the Co-Founding Associate Artistic Director of iMEE Dance Company.  Learn more about iMEE, please visit: www.imeedanceco.comSend your check with your choice of scholarship noted on the memo line to:Office of Annual Giving, Harkins Hall, Room 412, Providence College 1 Cunningham Square, Providence RI 02918401-865-1296 or development@providence.edu for more informationDonations to scholarship funds are fully tax deductible.We would like to acknowledge the recipients of the 2014-2015 Theatre, Dance & Film Scholarships.Blackfriars Guild ScholarshipKatrina Pavao ‘16, Alison Simone ‘16John Bowab ScholarshipVeronica Murphy ‘17, Logan Serabian ‘16John Patrick Garrity Jr. ‘73 ScholarshipKatcy Stephan ‘16John F. Leonard ScholarshipLogan Serabian ‘16, Katcy Stephan ‘16We 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 the theatre scholarship of your choice. Blackfriars Guild ScholarshipJohn Bowab ScholarshipJohn Patrick Garrity Jr. ‘73 ScholarshipJohn F. Leonard Scholarship P a r t n e r  U p ! It takes Y O U  to tango.Now, more than ever, our students need you.Professor / Chair, Dept. of Theatre, Dance & Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wendy OliverAssistant Professor/Managing Director, Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim CalitriProfessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Costa-Cabral, Mary G. FarrellRev. Kenneth Gumbert, O.P.Associate Professor . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John GarrityAssistant Professor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Megan Chang, Ben SweeneySpecial Lecturers-Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate  Ambrosini, Jennifer MaddenDave Rabinow, Scott StetsSpecial Lecturer-Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy MillerSpecial Lecturer -Oral Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kate LohmanTechnical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George MarksAssistant Technical Director/Master Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer  CrockettCostume Shop Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxine WheelockAdministrative Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . .Ali  BoydProduction	Office	Assistant.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	Susan		WernerDepartment of Theatre, Dance & FilmThank You to the followingbusinesses for their publicityAS200115 Empire Street, Providence401.831.3663Brooklyn Coffee & Tea House209 Douglas Avenue,Providence401.575.2284Craftland235 Westminster StreetProvidence401.272.4285Eastern Art & Picture Frame1376 Eddy Street, Providence401-781-8363Mind 2 Body Fit Studio60 Valley Street, Providence774.406.8222Stereo Discount Center198 Angell Street, Providence401.521.0022Domenick PanzarellaExpert Guitar Service and Repairmachineswithmagnets.com/repairs/401.475.2655Box Office Information & PoliciesTickets for events in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre and Bowab Studio Theatre may be purchased online or over the telephone by Visa or Mastercard. If you are on our mailing list, information will be sent to you prior to all mainstage events.  To be placed on our mailing 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, and one hour prior to curtain on all 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 availablity.BOX OFFICE: 401-865-2218www.providence.edu/theatrePatron InformationPHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO RECORDING of any kind is strictly prohibited during performances in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre.  PLEASE TURN OFF CELLULAR PHONES AND PAGERS before the performance begins. Out of respect to the performers and as a courtesy to those seated next to you, TEXT MESSAGING  IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE THEATRE during the performance.ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS are located at either end of the main lobby.  THE MAIN RESTROOMS are located down the stairs in the lower lobby.  At the end of Intermission, an announcement will be made, audible in all restrooms and lobbies.

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