DANCE GALA 2014 FEATURING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY BY

T H E U N I VE RS ITY O F IOWA D E PA RT M E N T O F DA N C E DANC E GALA 20 14 FE AT UR I N G CH O R EO G RA PH Y BY CH ARLOT T E ADA M S • EST H E...
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T H E U N I VE RS ITY O F IOWA D E PA RT M E N T O F DA N C E

DANC E GALA 20 14 FE AT UR I N G CH O R EO G RA PH Y BY

CH ARLOT T E ADA M S • EST H E R BA K E R -TA R PAGA A R M A N D O D UART E • J E N N I F E R K AY L E • N I C H OL AS L E I C HTE R SPACE PLACE THEATER

The Iowa City Press-Citizen is the proud media sponsor of Dance Gala.

U IOWA DA N C E

2014-2015 SEASON

DANCE GALA • OCT. 16-18 & 23-25, 8 PM / OCT. 19, 2 PM ALUMNI EVENT • NOV. 7-8, 8 PM COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE • DEC. 4-6, 8 PM GRADUATE/UNDERGRADUATE CONCERT • DEC. 11-13, 8 PM AFRO/CUBAN DRUM & DANCE ENSEMBLE • DEC. 13, 2 PM UI YOUTH BALLET & SCHOOL OF DANCE WINTER EVENT • DEC. 20, 7:30 PM / DEC. 21, 2 PM FACULTY/GRADUATE CONCERT • FEB. 12-14, 8 PM DANCERS IN COMPANY HOME CONCERT • FEB. 26-28, 8 PM BUSH/LAMAMIE DE CLAIRAC THESIS • APR. 2-4, 8 PM HOLLAND/WATSON THESIS • APR. 16-18, 8 PM UNDERGRADUATE CONCERT • MAY 7-9, 8 PM UI YOUTH BALLET & SCHOOL OF DANCE SPRING CONCERT • MAY 15-16, 7:30 PM / MAY 17, 2 PM

All performances begin at 8 PM in Space Place Theater, 101 North Hall. North Hall is located at the end of Madison Street, next to the North Parking Ramp. Tickets for all* performances may be purchased through the Hancher Box Office at 319.335.1160 or 1.800.HANCHER or at www.hancher.uiowa.edu/tickets. *The Alumni Event and Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble are free, non-ticketed events.

TH E U N IVERS IT Y O F I OWA D E PA RT M E N T O F DA N C E

DANC E GA LA 2014

OCTOBER 16-18 AND 23-25 AT 8:00 P.M. OCTOBER 19 AT 2:00 P.M. © 2014 by the University of Iowa Division of Performing Arts The University of Iowa Division of Performing Arts playbills are a publication of the Division of Performing Arts (DPA) at the University of Iowa. Established in July, 2000, the DPA includes the Department of Dance, Department of Theatre Arts, the School of Music, Arts Share, and the Performing Arts Production Unit. The DPA was created to foster collaboration and artistic exchange between the artists in each of these fields and to heighten and expand public awareness of artistic and scholarly work. For more information, visit the DPA website at: dpa.uiowa.edu.

Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Chaden Djalali Director, Division of Performing Arts Chair, Department of Theatre Arts Alan MacVey Director, School of Music David Gier Chair, Department of Dance George de la Peña Administrator, Division of Performing Arts Kayt Conrad The University of Iowa prohibits discrimination in employment, educational programs, and activities on the basis of race, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preference. The University also affirms its commitment to providing equal opportunities and equal access to University facilities. For additional information on nondiscrimination policies, contact the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 319.335.0705 (voice) and 319.335.0697 (text), 202 Jessup Hall, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1315. The Division of Performing Arts is part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa.

WELCOME TO DANCE GALA 2014 In the spirit of the North Hall renovation project, the Department of Dance, too, is renewing its commitment to fresh looks and perspectives. Our intention this year is to challenge the choreographers and students to also embrace these changes and to create unique and stimulating work both visually and conceptually. We invite you to join and enjoy this spirit of renewal. Explore questions about “passion as a double-edged sword” through the work of Jennifer Kayle. Consider the disturbing power of personal or professional rejection “and the ‘little death’ with each receipt” with Charlotte Adams. Enter a cultural shift with Armando Duarte as he celebrates his research of Brazilian artist Antônio Nóbrega. In addition to the work of our excellent faculty, we are pleased to showcase the work of two guest artists—Nicholas Leichter and Esther Baker-Tarpaga. Nicholas Leichter, dancer and choreographer, has performed in over 50 cities and 12 countries. We are fortunate to have him return to UI as a visiting professor this year. “Nicholas Leichter creates cultural narratives where movement tells the story. Leichter’s hybrid approach draws from many sources, including traditional, contemporary, folk, and popular dance, as well as musical theater.” Esther Baker-Tarpaga, Grant Wood Fellow 2013-14. Our exciting partnership last year with Esther and her partners from Intermedia yielded some intriguing art. From the space-altering Collaborative Performance 2013, to the exciting Ten Tiny Performances at the Englert Theater, Esther always invites us to see dance with fresh eyes. The Department of Dance is pleased to have her and her Intermedia team back to challenge our definitions of space, gender, image, and performance. So, sit back and enjoy part one. Then, during intermission, don’t sit back! Get refreshed while our crew and performers transform the space for yet another perspective on performance and performance space. Note: those who wish to watch the transformation are welcome to observe from the specially designated seats. Please see an usher if you need assistance.

As always, we thank our invaluable team of artistic collaborators and crew, including Adriana Fernandez, Briana Maxwell, Don Ladd, Please remember to turn off all cell phones and pagers before entering the theater. Nathan Brauner, Cindy Kubu, Juliana Waechter, Brent Garrett, Alex Bush, Kristan Hellige, and our colleagues from Intermedia. We also Photographing, videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is thank all the students who helped create these moments of artistic strictly prohibited. engagement and provocation. Please note: This production includes the use of haze. The second half of the production (after intermission) includes adult content and partial nudity. The Iowa City Press Citizen is a proud media sponsor of Dance Gala 2014. Cover photo and design by Alex Bush.

A special thank you to Marty Christiansen of The Mill for once again hosting our Gala cast party.

George de la Peña Chair, Department of Dance

DANCE GALA 2014 ARTISTIC STAFF GALA DIRECTOR COSTUME DESIGN George de la Peña Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer Juliana Waechter

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER Esther Baker-Tarpaga LIGHTING DESIGN Laurel Shoemaker

FACULTY CHOREOGRAPHERS Charlotte Adams LIGHTING ASSISTANT Armando Duarte Sarah Resch Jennifer Kayle Nicholas Leichter STAGE MANAGER Adriana Fernandez

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Nathan Brauner

PRODUCTION AND DANCE DEPARTMENT STAFF Dance Department Chair.....................................George de la Peña Dance Faculty...............Charlotte Adams, Jim Albert, Eloy Barragán Armando Duarte, Eleanor Goudie-Averill, Jennifer Kayle, Rebekah Kowal, Nicholas Leichter, Kristin Marrs Production Manager....................................................Richard Loula Technical Director...............................................................Don Ladd Production and Facilities Specialist...............................Jennifer Hall Production Stage Manager......................................Briana Maxwell* Costume Manager Dance & Opera.................................Cindy Kubu Costume Tailor..........................................................Joyce McKinley Dance Costume Assistant......................................Juliana Waechter Costume Construction & Wardrobe Crew....................Osean Perez, Juliana Waechter, Andrea Wright Electrics Supervisor...................................................Jessica Vidden Assistant Electrician.....................................................Kelley Pfeiler Electrician...................................................................Ray Ockenfels Light Board Operator....................................................Kelley Pfeiler

Audio/Video Supervisor...............................................Brent Garrett Video Technician..................................................Rob Bergenstock Sound Board Operator...............................................Drew Sumner Scenery Supervisor.........................................................Mike Nolte Scenic Fabricator.............................................................Ken Keith Production Assistants, Carpentry..........Claire Barrett, Gavin Blair, Adam Crossett, Hayley Nelson, Tommy Tygret, Amy Pajak, Conner Miller Deck Crew....................Erin Durian, Jaime Lindsay, Tessa Ritchey Academic Coordinator.................................................Madison Bell Fall Studio Scheduler.............................................Nathan Brauner Dance Videographer.................................................Gabriel Patino Dance Audio Lab...................................................Jason Palamara Piano Tuner....................................................................Tim Strang Space Place Supervisor.........................................LeeAnn Yeckley Marketing Coordinator..............................................Kristan Hellige Marketing Assistant.........................................................Alex Bush

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

PROGRAM Please Note:

This production includes adult language and the use of haze. The second half of this production (after intermission) includes adult content and partial nudity. During intermission, there will be a transformation of the theater for an environmental piece. We ask everyone who is able to exit the auditorium during this time. For those who prefer to remain seated and observe the transformation, we ask that you sit in the designated special seating area. Doors will reopen after the fifteen minute intermission. The first portion of the environmental piece will require willing audience members to stand. Regular seating will become available during the course of the piece. Please see an usher if you need assistance. We thank you for your cooperation.

FIVE REJECTIONS AND A FUNERAL Choreography: Music: Text: Video Design: Costume Design: Lighting Design:

Charlotte Adams in creative collaboration with the dancers Jason Palamara on Buzzer and Bells, Billy Higgens, The Dead Brothers, Circus Contraption, Tom Waits; edited by Jason Palamara Charlotte Adams with creative input from Jason Palamara Alex Bush Juliana Waechter Laurel Shoemaker

Performers:

Danielle Beeman, Blake Boseneiler, Tyler Clark, Irina Gass, Taylor Gillhouse, Emily McElwain, Mary O’Connor, Brooke Robinson, Kathryn Skinner, Kristen Vasilakos (Understudy: Devanshi Mishra)

WHEN COLOUR ALIGNS Choreography: Music: Costume Design: Lighting Design:

Nicholas Leichter Chicago, The-Dream, Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer Laurel Shoemaker

Performers:

Malinda Baty, Korinne Fangmann, Courtney Fleming, Crystal Gurrola, Madeline Korn, Anna Krupp, Celina LaBat, Kathryn Skinner, Melanie Swihart, Calvin Windschitl

RIDING MAD HORSES Choreography: Jennifer Kayle in collaboration with the cast Music: Jason Palamara Text: Jennifer Kayle, with quotations from The St. Louis Mirror, Henri Cazalis, André Maurois, Abraham Miller, William Penn Costume Design: Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer Lighting Design: Laurel Shoemaker Performers:

Erin Corcoran, Crystal Gurrola, Venezia Manuel, Anthony Pucci, Melanie Swihart, Calvin Windschitl (Understudies: Kayln Sankey, Tallis Strub) “A man in a passion rides a mad horse.” --Benjamin Franklin

DE ANTÔNIO, DE BRINCANTE E VIRA MUNDO Choreography: Music: Video Design: Photography: Costume Design: Lighting Design:

Armando Duarte, in collaboration with the dancers Antônio Nóbrega, Chico Science, Fred 04, Siba, Lucio Maia, and Paulo Rafael; incidental music, special sound effects, and editing by Jason Palamara Alex Bush Alex Bush, and selections from frevo 100 anos de folia Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer Laurel Shoemaker

Performers:

Anthony Pucci and Erin Corcoran with Dorothy Armstrong, Tyler Clark, Irina Grass, Bridget Heddens, Emily McElwain, Courtney Paulsen, Amy Simonson, Kristen Vasilakos and Nicole Zozulia Dedicated to Antônio Nóbrega, Brazilian composer, dancer, and researcher “Toninho,” this one is for you! My gratitude to the cast members for their great input, dedication, and hard work to bring this piece to life, thank you!

-INTERMISSION-

hands up DIS/UNITY-make this not us against them Directed by: Music: Video Design: Costume Design: Scenery Design: Lighting Design:

Esther Baker-Tarpaga Barber, Zebra Katz, Shinamo Moki, Tous les matins du Monde, Angie Stone Naoki Izumo Juliana Waechter Heidi Wiren Bartlett with Barber, Esther Baker-Tarpaga, Corinne Teed, David Dunlap Laurel Shoemaker

Performers and Artists: Barber, Heidi Wiren Bartlett, David Dunlap, Courtney Flemming, Hannah Gross, Duane Lee Holland, Naoki Izuma, Anna Krupp, Paula Lamamie de Clairac, Brooke Robinson, Amy Simonson, Kuldeep Singh, Kathryn Skinner, Corinne Teed, Destiny Washington, Maurice Watson This work is an installation performance developed over a one-week residency. Please feel free to roam through the space and look at the performers and work from multiple perspectives. This piece was developed in collaboration with all the artists and I am honored to have worked with this talented community.

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER Esther Baker-Tarpaga is an Assistant Professor in the Dance Program at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is a choreographer, performance artist, and co-artistic director of Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project (www.btdanceproject.com), which has performed throughout Africa, Asia, and the US. She is a performance Associate of La Pocha Nostra/Guillermo Gomez-Pena and has toured with David Photo by Nick Francher Rousseve/REALITY. She recently was a Grant Wood Fellow in Dance at the University of Iowa, and has taught at the Ohio State University, University of California Los Angeles, Action Danse Morocco, Atelier Aex Corps Senegal, and Rio Hondo Community College. An Artist in Residence at Marin Headlands in 2013, she is also a recipient of a NY Live Arts Suitcase Fund, BETHA Grant, and was a US Cultural Envoy in Guinea, Botswana, and South Africa. She co-directs an annual dance/music workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and curates a vlog (www.shiftafrica.wordpress.com) featuring artists working in Africa. Her recent publications include essays in Live Arts Almanac and Routldege Encyclopedia of Modernism. She has a BA from Bowdoin College and an MA and MFA in World Arts and Cultures from the University of California Los Angeles.

FACULTY CHOREOGRAPHERS Charlotte Adams’ choreography has been described as “arresting” (The New York Times), “gorgeous” and “delicious” (The Tucson Weekly), describing a style that combines Adams’ signature wit and athleticism with an eye for the poetry of human foibles. In 2001, Charlotte Adams and Dancers premiered at New York’s Joyce SoHo and was selected for return seasons in 2003 and 2006. Notable projects include performances at The University of Puerto Rico, San Juan with the Dance Knots Project 2013; the selection of Adams’ choreography for the White Wave DUMBO Dance Festival, 2009 and 2012; a collaborative project with colleague Jennifer Kayle entitled Virtually Yours, presented by El Museo Centro Leon in Santiago, Dominican Republic and Highways Performance Space in Los Angeles 2010; and commissions, re-stagings, and collaborations with artists, companies and dance programs in Tucson, AZ, Asheville, NC, Lincoln, NE, Fort Worth, TX, Montpellier and Toulouse, France, New York and Iowa City. Adams began her choreographic career in Tucson, Arizona as a founding member of Tenth Street Danceworks. She received numerous grants from Arizona agencies for choreography and was awarded the prestigious $25,000 Arizona Arts Award. Under her direction, the company performed throughout the southwest and in tours to Nebraska,

Texas, North Carolina, and numerous cites in Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Australia, and Southern France. After directing the dance program for two years at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Adams joined the faculty in the Department of Dance at the University of Iowa in 1998, teaching modern technique, dance kinesiology, choreography, and yoga. She is presently the director of Dancers in Company. UI Professor Armando Duarte (www. duartedance.com), a native Brazilian, holds a BS degree in Physical Education from the University of São Paulo and an MFA degree in Choreography and Performance from New York University. He has received numerous awards throughout his career and has created 70 original choreographies plus re-staged numerous works since coming to UI in 1993. He has choreographed for companies in the US, Brazil, and other countries, and more than half of his repertory is based on or related to his native Brazilian culture. Currently, his academic research involves an in-depth investigation of Brazilian Carnival, for which he created a course: Brazilian Culture and Carnival, offering an in-depth view of the culture of Samba and Carnival in Brazil, with emphasis on the African-Brazilian Diaspora in dance, music, design, and street performance. Since winter 2008, he has led groups of UI students to experience the Brazilian Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. He has presented his research at conferences throughout the US at the American Popular Culture Association Conference in San Antonio (From Entrudo to Carnival – The History of the Schools of Samba of Rio de Janeiro/2011) and Washington, DC (Master of Ceremonies and Flag Carriers: A Representation of the Brazilian Samba Schools – History, Tradition and Professionalism/2013) He also shares his knowledge on this fascinating subject through lectures and presentations to schools, colleges, and communities throughout Iowa and the Midwest. In 2013 he was invited to participate in the First International Dance Seminar in São Paulo, and the Fifth Seminar of Dance in Anápolis, Brazil. Most recently, Mr. Duarte was a guest teacher for some of the most important Brazilian companies, such as the São Paulo Companhia de Danças, Balé da Cidade de São Paulo, the Das Los Grupo de Dança, and the prestigious Escola do Bale do Teatro Bolshoi do Brasil. Jennifer Kayle is an Associate Professor, the MFA Program CoDirector, and holds a BA from Middlebury College and an MFA from Smith College. Her choreography is deeply informed by improvisational research and collaborative process as collective knowledge-production. Kayle’s dancing has been described as “muscular presence” (Dance Source Houston), while her work has been reviewed as “provocative, tight, with

wit and stage craft…serious chops” (Vox Fringe, MN), and “distinct… affecting scenes” (Hampshire Gazette, MA). Recent venues include 2013 Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival at Ruth Page Hall, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life at New Territory/ Cuerpo de Danza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Zipline, a showcase of female choreographers produced in Philadelphia. With composer Burton Beerman, she presented Flamingo at Symphony Space, NYC, and at the 31st International New Music Festival in Ohio. In 2010, with Charlotte Adams, Kayle co-created Virtually Yours/Virtualmente Tuy@s, a work asking if tourism and technology are creating new and subtle forms of colonialism, presented at Highways, Los Angeles, and the prestigious El Centro Leon in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Other presentations include 2008 seasons at New York’s Joyce Soho and Chicago’s Links Hall, the Dostoevsky Museum Theatre, and the Body/ Word International Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. Professional teaching adventures include Performatica 2014, Cholula, Mexico, where she also performed with Analia Alegre-Femenias in their duo Women Over The Wall, a season at Bates Young Dancers workshop, and the bi-annual professional intensive, MICI: Movement Intensive in Compositional Improvisation, which she co-founded with her collaborative company, The Architects. Nicholas Leichter has taught throughout the United States and at festivals in Africa, Asia, Canada, and Eastern and Western Europe, and he has been on faculty at Tisch School of the Arts and the American Dance Festival in Durham, New York, Russia, Korea, and Shanghai. Leichter has created over 25 works for his own company, including Carmina Burana and Rite of Spring commissioned by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and Sweetwash with Eisa Davis for The Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach Community College. Recent commissions include Connecticut College, Wayne State University, The Barnard Project, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and je danse donc je suis in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Leichter has been artist-inresidence and guest artist at many institutions including CSU Summer Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Hollins University, George Washington University, University of Houston, Muhlenberg College, and Idaho State University. Leichter received the 2006 Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award from Wesleyan University. In 2008, he received a Choreographer Fellowship from NYFA and a National Performance Network/Network of Cultural Centers of Color Artist-of-Color Residency Award at Sacramento State. He received the 2009 Copperfoot Award for Choreography from Wayne State University. Leichter is on the artist board of Dance Theater Workshop.

COMPOSER Jason Palamara is a fourth year PhD student in music composition at the University of Iowa. He is an active performer on the violin and laptop and was a founding member of the Bonecrusher Ensemble of Louisville, KY and the 24+24 Hour Composition Project in Iowa City. Jason currently works as the audio engineer and composer for the University of Iowa Department of Dance. Specializing in electroacoustic music, collaboration, improvisation, and audience engagement, Jason composes music for many dance department projects.

COSTUME DESIGN Juliana Waechter is a graduate of the University of Iowa with degrees in both Anthropology and Art. In 2004 she was hired by the University of Iowa Department of Dance to oversee wardrobe inventory and maintenance at Halsey Hall, providing costume design support to students and faculty. Recent designs for dance include Alan Sener’s Untitled Dance and Eloy Barragan’s Bajos los Puntos del Silencio for Dance Gala 2012. Her 2013 design work includes the reconstruction of Jennifer Kayle’s A Million Fools on Fire and Charlotte Adam’s work The Secret Life of Gravity. For Dancers In Company 2014 Juliana created looks for Eloy Barragan’s After All, Ethan Rome’s Myagi Style, Charlotte Adam’s Under Cover, and Esther and Olivier Baker-Tarpaga’s I’ve tried Running, as well as collaborating with Jeremy Blair for Whoa, Man! and Lindsay Fisher for (Un)tethered for their graduate thesis concert. Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer is the Scenery and Costume Designer for the UI Division of Performing Arts Production Unit designing for opera and dance. Recent dance designs include costumes for Dance Gala 2013, Eloy Barragán’s Bona Cara?!?! and Magnetic Field, a reconstruction by Alumni Fellow Simone Ferro, and for Dancers in Company 2014, Photo: Michael Kreiser Photography Lisa Gonzales’ Bleed, George de la Pena’s Dream State: or Jung and Restless, and Seltsame Seligkeit (Strange Bliss) choreographed by Jennifer Kayle. Some of her recent designs for Martha Ellen Tye Opera Theater include Patience, Die Fledermaus, Berlin to Broadway, Iolanthe, and La Clemenza di Tito.

LIGHTING DESIGN Laurel Shoemaker has been working in the performing arts as a lighting designer and theatre artist for 30 years. Currently residing in Lincoln, Nebraska, she is a freelance designer and Assistant Professor in Theatre Lighting for the University of Nebraska. Credits include productions with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street 2, the Chicago Dancing Festival, the Joyce Soho (with Charlotte Adams), the University of Iowa, and the University of Nebraska. Laurel holds an MFA in Lighting Design from Florida State University and a BFA in Theatrical Design from the University of Nebraska. Specific design credits include: The Chicago Dancing Festival (Lighting Director), Flipside: The Patti Page Story (Off Broadway at the 59 East 59th Street Theatre, NY), The Marriage of Figaro (Winner of the 2002 National Opera Association Award for Best Production) produced by the Martha Ellen Tye Opera Theatre at the University of Iowa; Scenery for Dead Man Walking (Winner of the 2008 National Opera Association Award for Best Production), and Street Scene (Winner of the 2001 National Opera Association Award for Best Production); Lighting for Cosi Fan Tutte (Winner of the 1998 National Opera Association Award for Best Production), and The Most Happy Fella (Winner of Best Sets at the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera ’07), all produced by the University of Nebraska/Lincoln.

SCENIC DESIGN Barber is a second year MFA candidate in the University of Iowa’s Intermedia program. Intermedia is a conceptualized socially based artistic practice utilizing new media and the like. Barber received his BFA from Atlanta College of Art (now Savannah College of Art and Design) and became an over-user of parentheses (supposedly implying inner thought). He loves to think of himself as multitasked i.e. feeding two birds with one seed (and not harming them with one stone). Since arriving in Iowa City, Barber has performed at the Englert Theatre (Ten Tiny Performances), exhibited at PS1 (Reframing the City), and contributed to the public art project The People’s Pyramid. Prior to Iowa City, Barber’s selected exhibitions include the Museum of Science (Chicago, IL), Rialto Theatre (Atlanta, GA), Grand River Creative Corridor, (Detroit, MI), and Mason Murer Gallery (Atlanta, GA). Barber’s celebrity collectors include Speech (lead singer of Arrested Development), Kevin Cole (artist), and Tavis Smiley (TV personality).

Heidi Wiren Bartlett is a sculptor, performer, curator, and educator from Lincoln, Nebraska. She received her BFA in Studio Art from Concordia University in Seward, Nebrakska and is currently an MFA candidate in Intermedia at the University of Iowa. Drawing from a variety of sources, her recent interests include middle class quasi-mysticism, Midwestern culture, kinesthetic empathy, embodied research of animals and objects, and sexuality. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Great Plains, United States, and internationally, including shows at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (Omaha, NE), Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (Nebraska City, NE), and Drift Station (Lincoln, NE), Elsewhere Collective (Greensboro, NC), Sangmyung University (Sangmyung, Korea), La Cueva del Cadejo (Heredia, Costa Rica), New York Center for Art and Media Studies (New York, NY), and the Ana Mendieta Gallery, Space Place Theater, and Englert Theater in Iowa City, IA.

VIDEO DESIGN Alex Bush is currently in her third year of graduate study at the University of Iowa, where she is working toward an MFA in dance with an emphasis in choreography. Born and raised in Flint, Michigan, she holds a BFA in dance from Florida State University. Recently, her work has been presented at the University of Iowa, the Dance Shorts Film Festival (Tampa, FL), and the Detroit Dance City Festival (Detroit, MI). Next month, her short film your body and its bones will be screened at the Movies by Movers festival in Boone, North Carolina. Alex was a dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist with Circle of Dance Repertory Company (now Patricia Kenny Dance Collection) in New York from 2009-2012, and she has worked with choreographers Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Liz Lerman, Cassie Meador, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Gerri Houlihan, Charlotte Adams, Jennifer Kayle, and Lindsay Fisher, among others. Her current creative research focuses on using dance and other media to create work that connects individuals and communities beyond personal and geographical boundaries. Naoki Izuomo was born and raised in the north suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. He received his BA from the Radio-Television program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2008. He then worked at Towers production in Chicago and also on several independent film/tv productions. He started his MFA in the Intermedia program at the University of Iowa in January 2014; he has transitioned his focus of interest to create

critical works that comment on social issues that are happening around him. In June 2014, Naoki went to Burkina Faso to document - in video - a multi-arts festival that focused on interdisciplinary performance and arts. By exploring various subject areas, he is trying to figure out who he is as an artist.

STAGE MANAGEMENT Adriana Fernandez is a third year MFA stage management candidate at the University of Iowa. Her most recent UI stage management credits include A Dream Play, the 2013 Grad/Undergrad Dance Concert, the 2013 Undergraduate Dance Concert, Collaborative Performance: Revelation Pending: PastPresentFuture, Production Stage Manager for the Iowa New Play Festival 2014, and Assistant Stage Manager for Dance Gala 2013 and Lady M. Some of her other stage management credits include working on productions at the University of Florida, Florida Players, Riverside Theatre, and the Gainesville Playhouse. She would like to thank Briana, Nathan, and the stage management grads for all their support. Nathan Brauner is a first year stage management grad who has most recently moved from Portland, OR. His recent stage managing credits include Fancy Nancy (Oregon Children’s Theatre), The Lion in Winter (Northwest Classical Theatre Company), Romeo and Juliet (Willamette Shakespeare), and Something’s Got Ahold of My Heart (Hand2Mouth). He would like to thank his family, boyfriend, and close friends for their unrelenting support.

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