Dance Makers 2021 Program

Artistic Director
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott
2020-2021 SEASON
QUINCEAÑERA
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Artistic Director
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott
2020-2021 SEASON
QUINCEAÑERA
OCT 1-4
Evolving/Revolving
NOV 19-22
SCD + Piazzolla collaboration
with Ann Pilot
JAN 29–31
Dance Makers
APR 30–MAY 2
Tribute to Muriel G. Mayers
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To become a Producer,
contact Dan Barzel: Dan.Barzel@gmail.com

FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
It is with great joy that we present to you our
15th anniversary season: Quinceañera.The traditional
Quinceañera celebrates a girl’s fifteenth birthday and
her transition and coming of age.
“Quinceañera” couldn’t be a better description of our
coming-of-age this season. We are marking our growth
from a young company to one that has transitioned into
adulthood. We are continuing to come into our own —
all while facing the enormous challenges of performing
in the age of COVID.
It is you — our patrons, funders, volunteers, and audience — who make this work
possible. Your commitment over the past 15 years has been remarkable, and your
support has played a big role in helping us become the strong company that we
are today. Your dedication during this difficult time has been nothing short of
remarkable and uplifting. Your presence at our events is critical and your ongoing
support provides a foundation of our company.
Our 2 1/2 year-old studio is bustling with activity daily with safety guidelines
in place. In addition to our company practice sessions, our studio houses
workshops and ongoing classes in Improvisational Dance, Latin Fusion, Beginning,
Intermediate, and Advanced contemporary, Pilates, Yoga, our Student Training
Company (SCDE), and last but not least, our “In Studio” performance series. This is
a testament to the energy contemporary dance creates.
Despite the difficult conditions COVID poses, our dancers remain committed to
creating performance art with even more vigor and enthusiasm than ever. The
vision of this company is being realized in spite of producing in a challenging
environment — and this is reason enough to celebrate.
We send a special thanks to our indefatigable Artistic Director, Leymis Bolaños
Wilmott, and our company dancers who pour their heart and soul into Sarasota
Contemporary Dance and every performance.
We applaud all of you who have been of support. We thank you. And we are
grateful you are on this journey with us.
Dan Barzel, President
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FROM THE FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Our 15th birthday is a pivotal moment in the history of Sarasota Contemporary Dance.
Among Latino and Caribbean people like me, fifteen years is also an important
milestone in a girl’s life. My first job choreographing was at the youthful age of
thirteen, when my cousin asked if I would create a lively duet for her and her brother
for her Quinceañera. These parties can be lavish and expensive, or they can be at
home, intimate and surrounded by family and friends. Girls wear long, flowing gowns
(often made by their great aunts), crowns or flowers adorn their hair, and there is
always one dance with that special man—your dad. When I helped my cousin with
her dance, my family praised me for my creativity and ability to utilize her strengths,
especially considering she was known for being the least coordinated on the dance
floor! It was in creating this duet that I realized my God-given talent to see the
strength of others while cultivating growth in their skills.
Through the last fifteen years, Sarasota Contemporary Dance has exponentially
broadened its reach and adapted to uncertainty—and this year is no different. This
year reminds me of the resilience passed down from my grandparents to myself.
Being a first generation Cuban American, there is a responsibility to do better,
to strive for more, and to not give up. I have stood on the shoulders of survivors,
innovators, dreamers—all the while acknowledging the sacrifice they made to come
to our country.
At SCD, we continue to provide members of our community, and now our extended
online audience, with plentiful opportunities to enjoy contemporary dance from
the theater or their homes. Today, SCD excels at bringing innovative dance to our
neighbors by offering energetic dance programing, while continuing to lay our
foundations as the training ground for contemporary dance in our region.
With this season marking the Quinceañera of the company, I continue to uphold the
cornerstone values of SCD that were established fifteen years ago: to bring the joy of
dance to others, to advocate for dance artists and choreographers, to be a nurturing
hub for aspiring and professional artists, and to make dance accessible to all.
Therefore, this Quinceañera for Sarasota Contemporary Dance is part birthday
party and part rite of passage, asserting SCD’s position as a leader in our cultural
community, and symbolizing our growth into a strong and flourishing organization.
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott, Artistic Director
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ABOUT THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
AND CHOREOGRAPHER
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott, a Cuban-American
artist, mother, and teacher with rhythm inextricably
in her bones, found her voice through dance at an
early age. As the Founder and Artistic Director of
Sarasota Contemporary Dance, she has the privilege
of using those bones to create art that has been
called “stunning and imaginative” by Carrie Seidman
of the Herald-Tribune. As an Artist-in-Residence at
New College of Florida, she has the opportunity
to share her love of dance and to be an influential
member of Florida’s dance community. Featured
in Sarasota Scene Magazine’s Arts & Cultural Issue:
Ladies of the Arts, Leymis has been the recipient
of numerous artistic achievement and leadership awards throughout her career.
She was honored to receive the Dance Magazine award for “Southeast Best
Choreographer” and was listed in Sarasota Magazine as one of the Top 28 Most
Powerful People in the Arts. Her 80+ dance works include collaborations with artists
and organizations of various disciplines from musicians to museums. Collaborative
highlights include: Sarasota Orchestra, Choral Artists of Sarasota, Westcoast Black
Theater Troupe, Asolo Rep, Salvador Dalí Museum, Kaleidoscope, John and Mable
Ringling Museum, Art Center of Sarasota, Stephen Miles of New Music New
College, composer Eduard Cosla, percussionist Scott Blum, Mark Dancigers of NOW
Ensemble, multitalented Francis Schwartz, and legendary principal harpist, Ann
Hobson Pilot. Her works have been performed nationally at the John F. Kennedy
Center, Ailey Citigroup Theater in NYC, Colony Theater and Jackie Gleason Theatre
in Miami, and internationally in Ramallah, Argentina, and Spain.
Leymis pioneered the Dance and Healing certificate at the University of Florida and
holds a Master of Fine Arts in Performance and Choreography from Florida State
University. Her research in dance as a healing art form and its ability to harness and
foster community building came to fruition in 2006 when she and Rachael Inman
founded Fuzión Dance Artists, now Sarasota Contemporary Dance.
Leymis is a professor of dance at New College of Florida, a certified Pilates instructor,
and through her Dance for PD certificate experience founded and developed the
dance program at Parkinson’s Place in 2012. She served as Vice President of the
Florida Dance Association from 2013-2017 and is a member of the Arts and Health
Coalition in Sarasota. Her most precious honor, however, is being married to her
husband, Kavin, of fourteen years and mother to eleven-year-old Charles Edward
and four-year-old, Valda Elizabeth who inspire her dance-making daily.
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DANCERS
Rachel Lambright (Dancer/Rehearsal Assistant) is
a graduate of the University of South Florida, earning
a BFA in Dance Performance with a Modern Dance
concentration. During her undergraduate career, she
presented original choreography and performed in
works by national and international dance artists
alike, such as Ohad Naharin, Robert Moses, John Parks,
Bliss Kohlmyer, Jeanne Travers, and Andee Scott. She
has presented choreographic work in SCD’s “Voices” productions showcasing
rising choreographers as well as in St. Petersburg, FL, as part of MOMENTUM:
Choreographic Mentorship, curated by Alex Jones of projectALCHEMY. Rachel
continually finds joy in pursuing her interest in dance film, bringing honesty and
emotion to the forefront. Her film “Introspection” is an official selection of Austin
Dance Festival 2020. She is grateful for another year of growth with SCD as she
continues to develop her artistry.
Melissa Rummel (Dancer/ Studio Coordinator)
was raised in Dryden, Michigan where she started
dancing at the age of seven. She graduated from
Belhaven University with a BFA in dance, emphasis
on modern dance and choreography. She has trained
with companies such as Eisenhower Dance Ensemble,
RiverNorth Chicago, Ad Deum Dance Company, and
Sarasota Contemporary Dance. This is Melissa’s sixth
season with Sarasota Contemporary Dance and third
as Studio Coordinator. Melissa is the Associate Director
for SCDEnsemble (Student Training program). She is passionate about teaching
and currently teaches with SCD and Woodland Fine Arts Academy. She also enjoys
fitness and the positive effect it can bring to others, and she strives to find new
ways to combine her love of dance and fitness. This year she wants to continue to
stretch herself as a performer, choreographer, and teacher.
Zoe Austin (Dancer) was born in Montreal, Canada
and raised in Sarasota, FL. She attended New World
School of the Arts where she humbly graduated as
valedictorian with a BFA. She is trained in ballet,
Horton, Limón, and Graham techniques and was
honored to perform works by Michael Foley, Robert
Battle, Bill T. Jones, Sean Curran, and Darshan Singh
Bhuller while also creating and performing works of
her own. In the summer of 2015, she received the Rosie
Herrera full tuition scholarship to attend the American Dance Festival, working
with artists Jennifer Nugent, Pamela Pietro, and Sara Procopio. Zoe is currently
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esiding in her hometown of Sarasota, FL, where she has started a family of her own
and gained a new family in SCD. This is her second season with the company and she
is beyond blessed and excited to continue her journey and growth as an artist.
Juliana Cristina (Dancer) was born and raised in
West Palm Beach, FL and began her dance training at
the age of six. A graduate from the University of North
Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). Where she holds
a B.F.A Degree in Dance under the direction of Dean
Susan Jaffe and Associate Dean Brenda Daniels. During
her time at UNCSA, Ms. Cristina has had the pleasure
of performing works by Azure Barton, Brenda Daniels,
Kira Blazek, Helen Simoneau, Martha Graham, Ming
Lung-Yang and alumni Juel D. Lane. Ms. Cristina was awarded scholarship from
both UNCSA dance, and academic departments. Juliana has had the opportunity
to further her study through summer intensives such as Nashville Ballet, Ballet
Florida, Ballet Palm Beach and the New York City Rockettes. Juliana has performed
in multiple productions of the “Tales of Hoffman” with The Palm Beach Opera.
Her passion for dance has driven her to volunteer in her community, sharing her
knowledge of dance with younger generations. She has performed for Big Brothers
Big Sisters of America to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.
Mrs. Cristina currently resides in Sarasota, Fl and is a company member for the
Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company. As well as on faculty at The Sarasota Ballet,
Teaching Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz.
Sea (pronounced as “Say”) Lee (Dancer) Born
and raised in South Korea, Sea (pronounced as “Say”)
Lee was trained both conservatively and professionally at
SunHwa Arts High School under the direction of Seung
Yup Hong. She received a BFA with Cum Laude honors
from University of Florida and MFA with fellowship from
Hollins University/ American Dance Festival. Sea has
performed in the works of such diverse artists including
Neta Pulvermacher, Kristin O’Neal, Michael Foley, Kraig
Bopi Patterson, Ming-Lung Yang, Ella Ben-Ahron, Seungyup Hong, HeJin Jang,
Thomas DeFrantz, Kevin Guy, and Renee Robinson, and danced professionally with
Moving Current Dance Collective where she performed in the original works of Heidi
Henderson, Victoria Marks, Doug Guillespie, Somebodies Dance Theater, Cinthia
Hennessy, Jack Clark, and Orange Grove Dance.
Sea has been on the faculty at the University of Tampa, St. Petersburg College and
Cypress Creek middle school. Sea’s choreography has been presented by Co-motion
Dance Theatre (2013, 2014), HCC Dance Ensembles (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019),
ACDFA in University of North Carolina Greensboro (2013) and Florida State University
(2011), University of Tampa (2015, 2016), Moving Current Dance Collective (2019)
and presented at Hollins University, NewGrounds Festival, and the American Dance
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Festival. As an art advocate, she has served as a review panel for Creative Pinellas and
Emerging Artist Grant (2016, 2017), which awards grants to winners in various genres
of arts. Sea currently serves as a dance faculty at Hillsborough Community College
and teaches and performs with a physically integrated dance company, REVolutions
Dance, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Sea recently moved to the Bradenton/Sarasota area from Tampa to continue her
second season at SCD as a company member/teaching artist, and is falling in love with
the community and people that she is surrounded by every second. She is incredibly
thankful to be able to dance with warmth and support from SCD family through this
very special time, and wishes to give back such joy to the community through the art
of dance during this season.
Jessica Obiedzinski graduated with a BFA in
Dance from the University of Florida in 2010 and a
Master’s Degree in Science in Tourism and Hospitality
Management in 2012. Jessica moved to New York in 2013
and danced with Beth Soll and Vencl Dance Company,
Elizabeth Streb, and Laurie Devito. She has performed
at St. Mark’s Church, Triskelion Arts, The Center for
Performing research and Gibney. Recently back to her
native Florida, Jessica created work in Tampa in collaboration with Sea Lee, for the
New Grounds Festival presented by Moving Current and Choreographed for SCD’s
summer dance intensive in June, 2019. She was granted the Individual Artist Award
through the St. Pete Arts Alliance to present a new work, combining photography
and dance. In addition to performing alongside Helen Hansen-French and Crystal
Delguidice, she is also a company member of Kellie Harmon’s RogueDance in St.
Pete. This is Jessica’s first season joining Sarasota Contemporary Dance. She is thrilled
to continue her dance career in full force and looks forward to performing and
choreographing in Florida for many years to come.
Xiao-Xuan Yang Dancigers (Dancer), nominated
for Best Female Dancer in Australia in 2009, has
performed throughout Asia, Europe, Australia, and
the United States with Australian Dance Theater and
Cloud Gate 2. Previously Assistant Professor at the Taipei
National University of Arts, she has danced with and
choreographed for Sarasota Contemporary Dance since
2012. In 2013, Xiao-Xuan co-choreographed Dreamfall
featuring music by NOW Ensemble with Leymis Bolaños Wilmott. She has also danced
as a soloist in Leymis’ Summer Days, of which the Sarasota Herald Tribune wrote,
“With…Dancigers’ total ownership of the characterization, it was stunning.” She
was also a soloist in Gerri Houlihan’s Every Little Movement, of which the Bradenton
Herald wrote, “A highlight on opening night was the long and unspeakably
gorgeous solo by Xiao-Xuan Yang Dancigers. If you appreciate dance at all, you
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find yourself wishing the solo would never end.” In 2017, she choreographed and
performed the solo Signal for New Music New College to music by Luciano Berio,
with the Herald Tribune calling the performance “stunning...precise Xuan also the
dance instructor at Parkinson’s Place in Sarasota, and recently has starting her new
position as the associate Director of Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble.
APPRENTICES
Eugenia Titterington graduated from New
College of Florida in 2019 with a B.A. in Literature and
Performance Studies. Her senior thesis, “Performing the
Possibility of Difference: Analyzing Race, Movement,
and Performance in the Works of Pearl Primus and Ira
Aldridge”, investigated the moving body’s ability to
evoke dialogues of collective cultural memory amongst
audiences. She has collaborated as a performer,
choreographer, and movement consultant for Sarasota
Contemporary Dance, The John and Mable Ringling
Museum, New Music New College, Ringling College of Art and Design, and New
College of Florida to name a few. She has been the recipient of the John Ringling
Tower Grant and Andrew W. Mellon Grant. Eugenia was a founding member of SCD’s
professional-training company, SCDE, before she transitioned into her current role as
an apprentice with the company. Alongside her development as an emerging artist,
Eugenia continues to hone her skills in arts administration, serving as the coordinator
for the Andrew W. Mellon grant at New College of Florida.
Samantha Miller was born and raised in
Kendallville, Indiana. In 2013 she moved to Philadelphia
to attend The University of The Arts where she was able
to perform works by Curt Haworth, Douglas Becker,
Esther Baker-Tarpaga, Jen McGinn, Sidra Bell, Robert
Burden, and Lauren Putty-White. Samantha performed in
the Philadelphia Fringe Art Festival in 2015 and received
her BFA in Dance in 2016. After graduating, Samantha
moved to St. Petersburg, FL. There she has worked and
performed with Helen Hansen-French, Lauren Slone, she
is a member of RogueDance Company, and is a teacher and choreographer at the
JeanneLynn Dance Studio. Samantha is excited to continue her dance journey as an
apprentice with the Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company.
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CHOREOGRAPHERS
Collette Krogol & Matt Reeves
Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves are dancers, choreographers, filmmakers, and
teaching artists. They have been making work collaboratively for over ten years as the
Artistic Directors of Orange Grove Dance,
a multimedia dance company that creates
visually athletic experiences through
the lenses of dance, film, and design. In
2017 they were selected as the ‘Audience
Choice Award’ winner of the 34th Annual
Choreographers Showcase for their work
Holding, Here, which was described by
Dance Metro DC as a “magically spun…
visual tale of suspension, tension, and
community within a multilayered moving painting”. They hold Masters of Fine Arts in
Dance from the University of Maryland and Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance from the
University of Florida.
Krogol and Reeves’ work has been produced for gallery dance-cinema installations,
film festivals, underground tunnels, city streets, black box theatres, and concert
stages ranging in location from Rauma, Finland to Brooklyn, New York to Mt.
Rainier, Maryland. Though both originally hail from Florida, the company’s life has
been spent in New York City and within the greater DC/Baltimore area. As Orange
Grove Dance, they have
taught master classes and
workshops, as well as set
repertory across the United
States and Europe. Their
work has been produced
and presented extensively
internationally by The
Finlandia Foundation,
The Jerusalem Academy
of Music and Dance,
Lönnström Taidemuseo,
Raumars AIR, Officina
Creativa, CerCCa, and
Klaustrid at Skriduklaustir. On screen, they have produced three independent dance
films that have shown in cities from Munich, Germany to Boulder City, Nevada while
their most recent film The Archetypes was nominated for an ‘Arthouse Film’ award by
the Stockholm Independent Film Festival and was awarded ‘Best Dance Film’ by the Et
Cultura Film Festival.
Visit their Website to learn more: http://www.orangegrovedance.com/
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Doug Gillespie
Douglas Gillespie (Guest Choreographer) is a Brooklyn-based artist involved in
the making, teaching, and embodying of dance as an art form. Gillespie is an avid
dance maker, choreographing group works for Moving Current Dance Collective,
Doug Varone DEVICES, and Sarasota
Contemporary Dance. He has also
created his own student commissions
for Hillsborough Community College,
Cleveland State University, University
of Florida, and Santa Fe College; two
of these works have premiered at
American College Dance Association.
In 2015, Gillespie created his first solo
project, Echo, for Assembly Dance
Theatre in Taipei, Taiwan, which had its
U.S. debut in 2016. Gillespie was an originating member and creative contributor
throughout Kate Weare Company’s first decade, and he currently serves as a Guest
Artist, teaching on behalf of the company and assisting on commissions. Gillespie
also teaches at colleges and dance centers around the world, most recently at
The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch Summer Program, Mark Morris Dance Group, and
National Taiwan University of the Arts, and he is on faculty at Gibney Dance Center
in New York. He has performed in Punchdrunk Emursive’s Sleep No More and
Third Rail Projects’ Then She Fell. Gillespie was born in San Diego, CA, raised in
Jacksonville, FL, and received his BFA in dance from Florida State University in 2005.
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MUSICIAN
Mark Dancigers
Mark Dancigers is a composer of chamber, orchestral, film, and solo instrumental
works, and the electric guitarist for the new-chamber music group NOW Ensemble.
Praised for his “entrancing”
music in the New York Times,
Dancigers creates scores
that are melodically driven,
texturally imaginative, and
sonically vibrant. He holds
degrees in music from Yale,
the Yale School of Music, and
Princeton University, and is
Assistant Professor of Digital
Media and Music at New
College of Florida.
PHOTO BY ANJA SCHUTZ
He scored the film “The Measure of All Things” by Oscar nominated director Sam
Green, which premiered at the Sundance Festival with a live soundtrack performed
by yMusic. The film score has been performed subsequently in the Netherlands,
Greece, the U.K., and venues around the United States. Dancigers also co-scored,
with Troy Herion, the feature documentary “The Dog” about the life of John
Wojtowicz, the subject of “Dog Day Afternoon”.
Dancigers has collaborated with New York City Ballet choreographer Justin Peck for
a pas de deux called “The Bright Motion”. He has also collaborated with New York
City Ballet choreographer Troy Schumacher and his group Ballet Collective on a pas
de deux, “The Last Time This Ended”. The latter was praised in the Huffington Post
as “creeping, majestic, and fantastical; it feels textured, like if you could touch the
music, it would prick you.”
Mark Dancigers’ music has been performed at the the Guggenheim Museum,
Bilbao Spain, Apples and Olives Festival in Zurich, the Nordernzon Performing Arts
Festival in the Netherlands, The Athens Concert Hall, Greece, Sydney, Australia,
Carnegie Hall, Miller Theater, Symphony Space, Merkin Hall, BargeMusic, the
Kitchen NYC, Arts Brookfield at the Brookfield Place Winter Garden, the Bang
on a Can Marathon, the Percussive Arts Society International Conference, the
Skaneateles Festival, and numerous other venues.
His orchestra music has been performed by the Alabama, Minnesota, Cabrillo, and
New York Youth Symphony Orchestras.
As an album producer, his credits include pianist Michael Mizrahi’s “Currents”
(2016) and “The Bright Motion” (2012), which made the Top Ten Best Classical
Releases of 2012 in both Time Out New York and Time Out Chicago.
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Dance Makers
Artistic Director: Leymis Bolaños Wilmott
Producing Sponsor: Sam Alfstad
January 29, 2021 at 7:30 pm
January 30-31, 2021 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
LIVE from SCD’s Home Studio
Inner Island
Choreographers: Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves
Rehearsal Assistant: Rachel Lambright
Music: The End of the World by Skeeter Davis
Video and Sound Design: Matt Reeves
Dancers Program A: Sea Lee, Melissa Rummel, Monessa Salley,
Eugenia Titterington
Dancers Program B: Zoe Austin, Juliana Christina, Jessica Obiedzinski,
Eugenia Titterington
Costume: Dancers’ closet
Inner Island is an original quartet choreographed by Matt Reeves and Colette
Krogol of Orange Grove Dance in Washington, D.C. Inner Island exists as a
lighthouse on the edge of a secluded, unsteady cliff where technology serves
as a soft beacon of light and a narrow navigational aid. Due to COVID-19,
Choreographers Krogol and Reeves were unable to be in the physical space with
the company and created the entire work through Zoom and video technology.
Social distancing of 6 feet was mandatory between company members out of safety
and these unique circumstances deeply influenced the choreographic journey of
this work. Inner Island reflects the disparate sensations of connection and isolation
that have been experienced by many in the face of the global pandemic and asks
us to reconsider what is absolutely essential to maintain our humanity when we are
unable to embrace each other.
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Etudes 1, 2, 3
Composer/Musician: Mark Dancigers
Choreographer/Dancer: Leymis Bolaños Wilmott
Collaborator/Projection Designer: Logan Gabrielle Schulman
Rehearsal Assistant: Rachel Lambright
The Etudes are a series of studies that are aiming to communicate broad and
sweeping expression, and movement, by starting with small ideas and pushing out.
An etude is an interesting musical structure, in that it has to be both a technical
study and emotionally moving music. As the etudes progress from the first to the
third, they become increasingly broad in scope. In the third etude, this distinction
between “technique” and musical communication disappears, and there is a direct
and sweeping sense of phrases that involve the viewer in cycles of movements.
This project grew out of the extensive previous collaborations between Bolaños
Wilmott and Dancigers, as well as their work as educators at the New College of
Florida. The choreography for this work, commissioned originally by New Music
New College, created the opportunity for Bolaños Wilmott and Dancigers to
work side by side as creators, while simultaneously their students were exploring
solo dances. The “Etudes”, or studies, embody the way that experienced artists
themselves are always deepening their work.
I live under your skin
Choreographer: Douglas Gillespie in collaboration with the SCD dancers
Music: Andrew Manze & Giuseppe Tartini “The Devil’s Sonata and Other Works”
Sonata in A Minor: X. Variation V, I. Cantabile, VI. Variation I, IX. V. Aria
[with variations], Variation II, Variation IV, L’arte del arco: Variation 10 and
20, IX Variation IV.
Dancers: Zoe Austin, Juliana Cristina, Sea Lee, Samantha Miller, Jessica Obiedzinski,
Melissa Rummel, Monessa Salley
Rehearsal Assistant: Rachel Lambright
Empathy - Poem by Rajesh Thankappan
I live under your skin
You too live under mine,
For human hopes and emotion
Under our skin do rhyme.
So let me mourn your loss
While you partake in happiness mine,
For how sweet it is to hear the temple bell
When they do together chime.
We breathe in the same air
We live in the same time,
So why not we share our togetherness
And lead a life sublime?”
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Production Team
Lighting Designer .................................................................................................Ryan Finzelber
Stage Manager and Sound Technician....................................................................Alex Pinchin
Technician/Operator...........................................................................Logan Gabrielle Schulman
Board Operator...........................................................................................Eugenia Titterington
Live Broadcast.............................................................................. Integrated Media Productions
New College of Florida Intern/Costume Alterations..............Alexandria Anderson-Whittaker
Green Room Volunteers...............................................................Ron Gibson and Jerry Unland
Costume/Props Storage Volunteer......................................................................Syclla Liscombe
All music rights by agreement with ASCAP
Thank you to our Sponsors and Media Partners:
SRQ
SRQ
Funding for our digital theater offering was provided by the Community Impact Grant
by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
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CREW
Ryan Finzelber (Dance Makers Lighting Designer) is a
local scenic and lighting designer working in the Sarasota
area. Recent scenic and lighting credits include The Niceties,
Incognito, Echoes (Urbanite Theatre), Companion Piece,
Every Brilliant Thing, The Arsonists, Adaptive Radiation
(Denizen Theatre), Hir, The Threepenny Opera (Jobsite
Theatre). Recent awards: Theatre Tampa Bay – Outstanding
Lighting Design, A Skull in Connemara (2017), Imagining
Madoff (2015), The Threepenny Opera (nom) (2018), Five
Lesbians Eating a Quiche (nom) (2016), Creative Loafing Best of the Bay – Lighting
Designer (runner up) (2017). Visit www.finzelberdesign.com for information and
production photos!
Celeste N. Silsby Mannerud (Season Lighting
Designer) is co-founder of Flip Flop Productions and
specializes in design and archival for theatrical and private
events. She received her BA in theatre design from USF
and her MFA in design management from IADT, and her
repertoire includes lighting design and production video/
photography for local and international dance and theatre
companies; stage lighting instruction at various Florida
colleges; and production management, technical/artistic
design, and lighting/audio installations for the Dali Museum, Tampa Museum of
Art, L’Unione Italiana Ybor City, and ArtLab Studios in Germany. Aside from her
“real job,” Celeste is in the midst of renovating an old Airstream to tour the U.S.
and is most at peace when under sail with her husband, Andreas, and son, Cobyn.
Logan Gabrielle Schulman (Technician) is a theater
designer, director, performer, and visual artist working
between both Philadelphia, PA and Sarasota, FL. They received
their BA with Honors in Theater and Religious Studies from
the New College of Florida, and their acting education from
Stella Adler’s Studio for Actor Training in New York. Logan
has created work for DopoLavoro Teatrale (Toronto), the
University of Pennsylvania (PHL), Enya Kalia Creations (NYC),
Renegade Theater (PHL), the Chautauqua Institution (NY), and
InterAct Theatre (PHL), among others. Their work has been supported in residencies
and grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Florida Humanities
Council, Bread & Puppet Theater, the Chautauqua Institution, Headlong Dance
Theater, Philadelphia Directors Gathering, the Directors Lab North (Toronto) and
the Directors Lab West (LA). Learn more at loganschulman.net.
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Alex Pinchin (Sound Engineer/Stage Manager) is a
multimedia designer based out of Sarasota. He works
with several companies in the Sarasota area designing
lights, sound, and projections. He is also one of the new
Production and Design teachers at Booker High School. He
uses his connections with local theaters to give students an
opportunity to experience a side of productions that they may
not normally have.
ADMINISTRATION
Raychel Ceciro (General Manager) has been working
administratively and creatively in the arts since her days
at the New College of Florida, where she first met Leymis
and graduated with honors in 2018. Raychel has worked in
administrative and managerial positions at the Koresh Dance
Company, National Constitution Center, and New College
of Florida, and couldn’t be more thrilled to be working
alongside Leymis as the new General Manager at SCD. In her
performance career, Raychel has had work featured at the
Annenberg Performing Arts Center at the University of Pennsylvania, 954 Dance
Movement Collective, Ursinus College, the Shoebox Theater Festival, the Ringling
Museum of Art, the National Association of Interpretation, Vox Populi, and with
the Windmill Theatre Company at NCF. Her artistic work has been supported by the
Mellon Foundation, Florida Humanities Council, Sarasota Arts and Cultural Alliance,
and the Florida Public Archaeology Network.
Karina Herrera Marketing Coordinator) recently
joined Sarasota Contemporary Dance in August of 2020 as
the company’s new Marketing Coordinator and Volunteer
Coordinator. Karina is a multifaceted videographer,
photographer, graphic designer, illustrator, musician and
marketer. Her work has been featured in VVWS and Bridge
Builders for Shannon Rohrer-Phillips, LLC, Enrique Pino
Photography, Suncoast Community Church, 81aStudios,
and the Music Department at State College of Florida. She
is also a bilingual first generation Peruvian/American Sarasota native and recent
graduate from Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL), where she earned her
BBA in Marketing. In her marketing career, she has worked for the Voice + Visibility
Women’s Summit as a Marketing Intern in 2019-2020 when she was able to witness
Leymis and SCD perform for VVWS’s first annual Summit in February of 2020 at the
Hyatt Regency. Karina is an advocate for the arts in the Sarasota Community and
feels welcomed into the SCD family.
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MAKE DANCE
DONATE HERE
Produce Tribute to Muriel G. Mayers
this Spring $25,000
• Produce entire production
• Two tickets to Tribute
• Attend rehearsals
• Exclusive dress rehearsal access to Tribute for you and a guest
• Name recognition on all production publicity
• All benefits at the Sustainer level
Dance Sponsors $7,500
• Sponsor a dance work
• Two tickets to a performance of your sponsored work
• VIP access to in-studio showcase of your choice
• Name recognition in program insert
• All benefits at the Devotees level
Sustainers Over $10,000
• Name in program and newsletter
• Exclusive dress rehearsal access to a production of your choice
• VIP access to in-studio showcases of your choice
• Private dance class for you or a friend with an SCD teaching artist
of your choice
• Full access to all virtual theater productions
• Special gift package from the company
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Happen
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Devotees $5,000–$9,999
• Name in program and newsletter
• Invitation to watch rehearsal (virtual option available)
• Private dance class for you or a friend with an SCD
teaching artist of your choice
• Access to 2 virtual theater productions of your choice
• Special gift package from the company
Contributors $2,500–$4,999
• Name in program
• Invitation to watch rehearsal (virtual option available)
• Personal shout-out in newsletter
• Access to virtual studio showcase of your choice
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Supporters $1,000–$2,499
• Name in program
• Invitation to watch rehearsal (virtual option available)
• Personal shout-out in newsletter
Enthusiasts $100–$999
• Name in program
• Invitation to watch rehearsal (virtual option available)
Admirers $99 and below
• Name in program
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SCD + Piazzolla was
Recorded and Broadcasted by
Integrated Media Productions
At Integrated Media Productions we exist to help people
capture their vision & clearly communicate it to the world!
Sarasota Contemporary Dance is where IMP’s founder Brett
Hoehne met his wife Molly, a company dancer at that time. He
is excited to bring his craft of production & design as well as
his team of industry professionals along to help SCD connect
their community through the internet and live broadcast.
www.integratedmedia.productions
Artistic Director
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott
Audience Survey
We want to hear from you!
Your answers to this quick survey will provide
valuable feedback on our performance and
marketing efforts, as well as meaningful data for
our Sarasota County Tourist Development grant.
Thank you!
TAKE SURVEY
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Artistic Director
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SARASOTA
CONTEMPORARY
DANCE
ENSEMBLE
SCDE is a training company for students who desire
a professional career in dance. SCDE is led by current
Sarasota Contemporary Dance company members,
Xiao-Xuan Yang Dancigers and Melissa Rummel.
Required Age: 14 & up
Ability: Intermediate – Advanced
Dates: August 2021 – May 2022
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
classes@sarasotacontemporarydance.org
941.260.8485
sarasotacontemporarydance.org
Artistic Director
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott
SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE IS A NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION
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CONTRIBUTORS TO
SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Thank you to everyone who has generously donated from September 19, 2019 to
September 29, 2020. All contributions are vital to our growth as a dance company.
Without your generosity, this 15th year celebration would simply
not be the amazing reality it is.
SUSTAINERS
OVER $10,000
Sam Alfstad
Shane Chalke
Norbert Donnelly
Shirley Foss
CONTRIBUTORS
$2,500 - $9,999
Lynn Blackledge
Jaime Still
Jack Shapiro
SUPPORTERS
$1,000 - $2,499
Colby Appleby
Dan Barzel
Janice Bini
Michael Chambers
Susan Feltus
Bernard Friedland
Pat Kenny
Robin Klein-Strauss
Karen Lanese
Muriel Mayers
Janice Newman
Charles Pishko
Harry Sperber
Gilbert Waters
ENTHUSIASTS
$500 – $999
Jonathan Berg
Terry Black
Peter Carlin
Joyce Cooper
Ronda Gallehue
Pocha Horton
Richard Johnson
Jeanne Keen
Alden Keyser
Lowell S Lakritz
Lorraine Lambright
Marcella Levin
Hal & Marlene Liberman
Rob McLain Jr.
Charlotte & Charles Perret
Dennis Revicki
Jose Luis Rodriguez
Carlos Ruiz
Joan & James P. Sprouse
Judilee Sterne
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SUPPORTERS $100 - $499
Lenna Andrews
Carol Arscott
Natacha Austin
Jonathan Barzel
Adam Barzel
Jerry Bilik
Jose Bolaños
Terry Brackett
Michael Brooks
Marsi Burns
Dara Capley
Andriana Chaine
Jan Chester
Maria Cisneros
Sara Coffou
Jennifer Cole
Ronald Collier
Karen Corash
George Dancigers
Donna De Poalo
Drew Deininger
Andrea Deline
Edward Eliasberg
Anna Lee Ernst
Laura Feder
Sheila Foley
Patricia Gebauer
Maureen Gebhardt
Carol Gerber
Ronald Gibson
Leonard Goldberg
Joan Golub
Anamaria Gonzalez
Amy Gordon
Don Gregori
Helen Habbert
Gerri Houlihan
Pat Houppert
Sheila Humphreys
Susan Jacobs
Moni Joblin
Mark Kauffman
Jeanne Keen
Donna Labik
Julie Leach
Kim Livengood
Deb & Jeff Lombard
Peter MacKinnon
Richard Mallen
Mike Marraccini
Amanda Mason
Stephen Miles
Sarah Miller
Mary Miller
Nilla Orthen Gambill
Hazel Pankhurst
Cyd Pearl
Ann Pilot
Thanapon Pongmee
Robin Powell
Angela R Rauter
Joan Ravin
Terry Rixse
Winny Rush & Tom Roberts
Joanne Rodland
Elsa Rohow
Remey & Julie Rubin
Sharon Rusnak
Bessie Sanders-Gordon
Dwayne Scheuneman
Christine Schlesinger
Russell Scovill
Barbara & John Severini
Arthur Siciliano
Ronald Silver
Sue Spigel
Hiong Stanley
Pat Steck
Tamara Strang
Gerald & George Swartz
Deborah VanEvery
Donna Waks
Robert Weiss
Fred & Katie White
Kavin Wilmott
Jack Winberg
Dawn Zapiec
FOUNDERS CIRCLE
The Founders Circle is a funding initiative
through which Sarasota Contemporary Dance seeks to
establish a circle of ten leadership funders committed to
a three-year giving term ($10,000 per year), which will
further secure the Company’s ever bright present and
future. To become a member of our Founders Circle,
please contact Dan Barzel: Dan.Barzel@gmail.com
Sam Alfstad
Steve & Lynn Blackledge
Shane & Monique Chalke
Norbert & Ann Donelly
Steve & Isabella Lehrer
Janice Bini & Dean Scarborough
Shirley Foss
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Constance Anderson
Amir Arbisser
Valerie Barreiro
Lara Bessa
Lysell Bolaños
Elisha Byerly
Kathleen Candales
Joyce Cekander
Jamey Clauson
Linda ClenDening
Nicole Connaughton
Alexander Dilan
Arlena Dominick
April Flakne
Alan Freedman
Lonnetta Gaines
Madyson Greeman
Jeanne Hamil
Ashley Hassler
ADMIRERS Up to $99
Harriet Hobson
Joseph Holt
Carlos Javier
Linda Joffe
Laura Kinyon
Jean Kirshenbaum
Peter Kretzmer
Valarie Law
Judith Levine
Victoria Leyva
Rochelle Lipson
Priscilla Liscombe
Karen Lowsky
Colleen Martin
Hedda Matza-Haughton
Elaine Merker
Geraldine Morgan
Ann Murphy
Patryk Obiedzinski
Mark Ormond
Brynn Passaro
Lorelei Paster
Dean Paul
Mariel Purdon
Andrea & Dr. Charles Reich
Tere Reis
Dallas Robinson
Linda & Louis J. Rucci
Heather Schimmel
Rose Schimmel
James Stewart
Eugenia Titterington
Margaret Winter
Kirk Winters
Jane Yoder
Queen Meccasia Zabriskie
All contributions are vital to our growth as a dance company.
Without your generosity, this 15th year celebration would simply
not be the amazing reality it is. Your support is going towards
the growth and sustainability of our SCD family.
DONATE HERE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dan Barzel – President
Michael P. Marraccini – Vice President
Jeff Lombard – Treasurer
G. Robert McLain, Jr. – Secretary
Sam Alfstad – General Board
Shane Chalke – General Board
Norbert P. Donnelly – General Board
Muriel Gordon Mayers – General Board
Jack M. Shapiro – General Board
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Artistic Director
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott
Audience Survey
Your answers to this
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performance and marketing
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Thank you!
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Thank you for supporting SCD!
Join us for our next performance
April 30 – May 2.
Artistic Director
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott
1400 Blvd of the Arts, Suite 300, Sarasota, FL 34236
info@sarasotacontemporarydance.org | 941.260.8485
SarasotaContemporaryDance.org
SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE IS A NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION.
SCD PHOTOS BY SORCHA AUGUSTINE
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