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Studiodance II
Dance at Illinois
Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 7:30pm
Friday-Saturday, April 20-21, 2012, at 7pm and 9pm
Studio Theatre

program
yes *
Studiodance II
Dance at Illinois
Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 7:30pm
Friday-Saturday, April 20-21, 2012, at 7pm and 9pm
Studio Theatre
[a message from the director]
There will be no intermission.
Yes. Life-affirming experience. The heart and soul of
Krannert Center.
A place for those who seek meaning through
moment after moment after moment of shared
life-affirming experiences that stretch across time
and memory through the art of sound. The art of
human movement. Of the spoken word. And every
combination thereof and beyond.
A world that more fully and courageously embraces
beauty. Joy. Ambiguity. The impulse to inquire. To
reflect. And to lift up one another.
Welcome to this season of shared moments and
the deep privilege of being together. Welcome to
Krannert Center.
All good things,
That is to say, a place for the art of the imagination
writ large.
A place to celebrate our individual and collective
ability to rethink the past and present and to
imagine the possibilities of a world neither defined
nor limited by the seemingly endless obstacles of
our time.
Mike Ross
Director
This production is supported, in part, by donations to The Producers Group. Dance at Illinois gratefully acknowledges these gifts, which
assist performing arts students in their professional training.
* [ life-affirming experience ]
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Walking, chewing gum
Marie Lee
Choreography
Lighting Design
Dancers
Renée Archibald
nico Brown
Jack Horwitch
Renée Archibald
nico Brown
Acknowledgments
Thank you Jennifer, Anna, Tamin, Kathleen, and Johanna.
Choreography
Music
Lighting Design
Dancers
Jade S. Peeples
Jasmine D. Wilson
Purity by Drew Doggett
Crescendo by Drew Doggett
Beanz Ramirez
Laina Carney
Lindsay Cunningham
Mya King
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank God, our beautiful dancers, and Brazhal Brewer for all of her assistance. We would
also like to thank the people who serve as the inspiration for this piece, Jacqueline M. Franklin and Roy L.
Peeples.
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1 Life 0 Continues
Choreography
Music
Lighting Design
Dancer
chad Miller
Brinstar by Metal Metroid
The Legend of Zelda: Item by Koji Kondo
Megaman 2 Intro/Title by Manami Matsumae
Metroid—Samus Start by Hirokazu Tanaka
Metroid—Brinstar by Hirokazu Tanaka
Beanz Ramirez
alana Parekh
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Alana for all her hard work during the creation of this solo. I would like to thank my
parents for all their love and support. I would also like to thank Nintendo and video game makers in general
for all their inspirations.
Choreography
Lighting Design
Dancers
Katy Kantner
Monica Remes
alison Rhoades
Beanz Ramirez
Katy Kantner
Monica Remes
alison Rhoades
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Renée Wadleigh for inspiring us to work with her amazing cast of like this!
Roanoke
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Untitled
Choreography/Composition
Lighting Design
Dancers
Jessica Cornish
Ricky Schlude
Beanz Ramirez
Jessica Cornish
Ricky Schlude
Calmly she goes (with a touch that knows)
Choreography
Music
Lighting Design
Dancers
Mary Albano
Shades by Alex Teske
Jack Horwitch
andrea Chim
ashley Cizmar
Acknowledgments
Our mamas and our papas, Jimmy Page, Kirstie Simson, Philip Johnston.
Note
The title originates from “Elemental Woman” by Charles Wiles.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Andrea and Ashley for your creative souls and your commitment to working with wacky
rehearsals. Thank you Alex for creating such a beautiful piece of music. Thank you to my family for your
constant love and support.
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Rind Pericarp Pith
Ponderosity
Choreography
Kamilla Kinard
Choreography
abby Brandolino
Music
Fatal Flower Garden by Andrew Bird
Music
Thursday by Takénobu
Lighting Design
Beanz Ramirez
Lighting Design
Jack Horwitch
Dancer
Kamilla Kinard
Dancer
abby Brandolino
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Eoin O’Brien and Kristina Isabelle, who introduced me to stilting years ago. I would like
to dedicate this piece to my friends and family, who have helped me keep my balance through my injury and
have given me the strength of patience. A special thank you to Philip Johnston, Kate Kuper, Guy Tal, Jessica
Cornish, and Jeff Zahos for their invaluable assistance in my process.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my parents for always giving me support and letting me follow my dream. I would also
like to thank Kirstie Simson for pulling me out of my shell and for all of her guidance throughout rehearsals.
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Solo.
Found
Choreography
nico Brown
Choreography
tamin Totzke
Lighting Design
Jack Horwitch
Music
Fourtet
Composer
eric Simmons
Lighting Design
Jack Horwitch
Collaborators
Michael Bieronski
anders Pollack
Movement Collaboration
grant Bowen
Jeff Zahos
Performers
nico Brown
eric Simmons
Dancers
grant Bowen
Jeff Zahos
Acknowledgments
Thank you Anders and Michael.
Thank you Eric.
Acknowledgments
Thank you G.B. and J.Z.
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Profiles
Kirstie Simson (Concert Director) is world renowned
as an excellent teacher and captivating performer
who is a leading light in the field of dance
improvisation. She has collaborated with many
dancers and musicians who share an interest in
improvisation, including Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark
Smith, Simone Forti, Michael Schumacher, Adam
Benjamin, Russell Maliphant, and Lê Quan Ninh.
She was given a London Dance and Performance
Award and was called “a unique figure in the dance
world” by Time Out London, and Jennifer Dunning of
The New York Times wrote: “Kirstie Simson is justly
celebrated in Britain for exquisite, sensuous dancing
that seems to come from some simple force of
nature.” Kirstie has just released a film about dance
improvisation with filmmaker Katrina McPherson. In
January 2008, Kirstie joined the faculty of Dance at
Illinois.
Mary Albano (Choreographer) is a junior dance
major at the U of I. She has performed in works by
Linda Lehovec, Betsy Brandt, Sarah Haas, Brittany
Sylwestrak, and Cristina Walterman. She has also
studied with Thodos Dance Chicago. She was
awarded a Scholarship for Dance Projects in 2010.
Renee Archibald (Choreographer) is currently
a second-year MFA candidate in dance at the U
of I. Prior to graduate school, Archibald earned
her BFA in contemporary dance from the North
Carolina School of the Arts and performed with
various choreographers, including Rebecca
Lazier, Christopher Williams, Ann Liv Young, Alex
Escalante, and Joshua Bisset, in New York City. Her
choreographic works were presented in New York
venues including the Dance Theatre Workshop,
the Kitchen, the Brooklyn Museum, the Chocolate
Factory, and Danspace Project.
Abby Brandolino (Choreographer) is a third-year
BFA candidate in dance. This is the first piece she
has choreographed for Studiodance II. Abby has
performed in Senior Thesis Concerts and recently
appeared in November Dance in Elby Brosch’s The
Methodology of Directionality and Detachment. She
was also an understudy for the excerpt from T. Lang’s
Mutha/Mother, which was performed at November
Dance this past fall.
Nico Brown (Choreographer) is a first-year graduate
student with Dance at Illinois. He has worked for
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the American Dance
Festival, and Movement Research.
Jessica Cornish (Choreographer) is a senior BFA
candidate in dance. She was born and grew up
in Pakistan and this summer will be volunteering
in India, where she will be dancing with women
and children who are recovering from a life of sex
trafficking and prostitution. She will then move to
Berlin to dance.
Katy Kantner (Choreographer) is a senior BFA
candidate in dance as well as a BA candidate in
Spanish who will graduate in May 2012. From
Madison, Wisconsin, Katy has enjoyed the
opportunities and challenges that Dance at Illinois
has provided her. Katy is looking forward to
continuing this experimentation in movement and
choreography on the West or East Coast.
Kamilla Kinard (Choreographer) is a sophomore in
dance from Columbus, Ohio. She has trained at the
Columbus Dance Theatre and studied with Danga
Grimaldi’s Circus. She has been a part of High Jinks
Productions for a number of years, performing
both circus skills and dance in a variety of settings,
including festivals, parades, clubs, and corporate
parties. She is excited to be combining dance and
circus arts on stage before your eyes!
Chad Miller (Choreographer) is a junior dance major
at the U of I. He began his dance career during
college at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
He was originally a computer science major until he
took a dance class by chance. He is very happy that
he found dance by accident and is now working to
improve and start a professional career in dance.
Jade S. Peeples (Choreographer), a third-year BFA
student, was born in Chicago, Illinois, but grew up
in Gurnee, Illinois. She has been dancing since high
school and enjoys teaching and choreographing for
local churches and schools in her hometown.
Monica Remes (Choreographer) is a senior BFA
dance and cinema studies minor candidate for
graduation in December 2012. She has performed in
works by Jan Erkert, Rebecca Walter, Trisha Brown,
Grace Courvoisier, Carl Flink, Linda Lehovec, and
Renée Wadleigh.
Alison Rhoades (Choreographer), a junior BFA
candidate in dance, was born and raised in Auburn,
Illinois. During her time at the U of I, she has
performed in various faculty and graduate student
works. Alison is a second-year member of the Mark
Morris Dance Group Shadow Program, through
which she has participated in various outreach
activities, and she will return to New York to study in
the company’s summer intensive. She is also a James
Scholar in the College of Fine and Applied Arts and
was recently awarded the Dads Association Library
Award for extraordinary academic achievement.
Ricky Schlude (Choreographer) is a senior in
electrical engineering who loves the Chicago Bulls
and hates eating vegetables. He spends his free
time playing the guitar, attending dance shows, and
refining his jump shot.
Tamin Totzke (Choreographer) is a movement
improviser, choreographer, and dance educator. She
has toured throughout the United States teaching
and performing at universities, theatres, and festivals,
including the West Coast Contact Improvisation
Festival (2009-2011), Earthdance (2008-2011), and
the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation. Currently,
she is a second-year MFA candidate in dance. In the
summer of 2012, Tamin will travel with Kirstie Simson
to work with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre in Taipei,
Taiwan, and at the Epic Arts Center in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia.
Jasmine D. Wilson (Choreographer), a third-year
BFA student, was born in Chicago, Illinois, where she
began dancing at Whitney M. Young Magnet High
School. As an aspiring dance instructor, Jasmine often
teaches modern dance to the students at her alma
mater as well as at other local programs in Chicago.
Linda Esperance (Technical Director) is a third-year
MFA candidate in the Scenic Technology Program.
As part of her assistantship, she is also the technical
director for Dance at Illinois. Originally from Orlando,
Florida, she completed her BFA in theatre design/
technology at the University of Central Florida.
Her credits for Krannert Center include technical
director for Lady Macbeth: A Kabuki Play, The Magic
Flute, The African Company Presents Richard III,
Macbeth, and Albert Herring. She has also been the
technical director for River Valley Rep’s 2011 summer
season and has worked in entertainment as a stage
technician for Walt Disney World.
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Jess Gersz (Costume Coordinator) is a second-year
MFA costume design candidate. Jess received his BA
in theatre with a minor in costume production from
the University of Albany (SUNY Albany). During his
time at the U of I, Jess has worked in the Department
of Theatre designing The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
and has been an assistant designer on operas such as
Rigoletto and The Magic Flute. Jess has also worked
at the Glimmerglass Festival on productions such as
The Tender Land, Carmen, and the world premiere of
A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck. This summer, Jess
will be returning to the Glimmerglass Festival as the
costume shopper.
Jack Horwitch (Lighting Designer) is a junior in
the BFA Lighting Design Program at the U of I. He
recently finished working as an assistant lighting
designer/master electrician for the School of Music
Opera Program’s production of The Barber of
Seville. Other credits include lighting design for the
Department of Theatre’s abbreviated production of
The Glass Menagerie on last summer’s trip to China.
Jack has also served as an assistant lighting designer/
master electrician for the Department of Theatre’s
production of Cabaret and November Dance 2011,
as well as numerous other Department of Theatre,
Dance at Illinois, and School of Music Opera Program
productions. Jack will be interning this coming
summer as an electrician for the Santa Fe Opera.
Austin Lin (Stage Manager) is a junior double
majoring in theatre and computer science. At the U
of I, Austin has served as an assistant stage manager
on a variety of productions, including Macbeth, The
African Company Presents Richard III, Studiodance
I, La Calisto, Cabaret, and The Last Days of Judas
Iscariot. Austin is excited to be stage managing with
Bethany Regalbuto.
Beanz Ramirez (Lighting Designer) is a student in
the BFA Lighting Design Program, and this is his first
design project. He’d like to thank all the faculty and
employees at Krannert Center who have helped him
over the last couple of years.
Bethany Regalbuto (Stage Manager) is a senior BFA
stage management student. She has previously been
an assistant stage manager for November Dance
2011 and Studiodance 2011 with Dance at Illinois.
In her time at the U of I, she has been the stage
manager for Hoodoo Love with the Department of
Theatre and an assistant stage manager for Man of La
Mancha and The Barber of Seville with the School of
Music Opera Program. She comes to the U of I from
South Carolina, where she worked on shows such as
Ferdinand the Bull, Steel Magnolias, and Beauty and
the Beast. She is excited to have the opportunity to
work as a stage manager with Austin Lin.
Julie Rundell (Properties Master) has been the
assistant properties director at Krannert Center
since 1990. Before coming to Urbana, she worked at
theatres in North Carolina, Michigan, Massachusetts,
and Wisconsin, and, occasionally, her work can be
seen in Chicago. She has a BFA from the North
Carolina School of the Arts.
Jeff Zahos (Sound Designer) is passionately
dedicated to exploring the confluence of music,
sound, and movement. He finds himself doing work
that crosses and blurs lines between disciplines. For
example, he is currently exploring live performance
as a sound design practice. Musically, his primary
pursuit is partnering with dance, and he has also
performed with orchestras, rock bands, gamelans,
and West African drumming ensembles and in
musical theatre. Highlights as a sound designer
include his collaboration with Dance at Illinois on
several concerts. He has engineered recent CD
releases by Rhythm Manding featuring Moussa
Bolokada Conde, piano virtuoso Ian Hobson, mezzosoprano
Elizabeth Buckley, and the Atlantic Harp
Duo. This evening, Jeff is also dancing in Found
choreographed by Tamin Totzke.
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Concert Director
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Stage Managers
Assistant Stage Managers
Technical Director
Costume Coordinator
Kirstie Simson
Jan Erkert
austin Lin
Bethany Regalbuto
anna Clarke
Yeseul Hwang
Mallory Kling
Linda Esperance
Jess Gersz
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natalie Loveland
Jeff Zahos
Kevin A. Cushman
Jack Horwitch
Beanz Ramirez
natalie Fiol
abigail Kaesberg
Sarah Jeffers
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elyssa McNeil
alana Parekh
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