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Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
RECLAIM<br />
SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE<br />
17TH SEASON | 2022-2023<br />
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Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
RECLAIM<br />
SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE<br />
17TH SEASON | 2022-2023<br />
Voices –<br />
Rising Choreographers<br />
OCT 13-16, 2022<br />
SCD + enSRQ<br />
PRODUCING SPONSORS:<br />
SHANE & MONIQUE CHALKE<br />
DEC 1-4, 2022<br />
Dance Makers<br />
PRODUCING SPONSOR: SAM ALFSTAD<br />
JAN 26-29, 2023<br />
<strong>Evolving</strong>/<strong>Revolving</strong>:<br />
<strong>Jehanne</strong><br />
MUSIC SPONSOR: BERNARD FRIEDLAND<br />
APR 27-30, 2023<br />
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To become a Producer,<br />
contact Dan Barzel: Dan.Barzel@gmail.com
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD<br />
It is with great joy that we present to you our strong, exciting<br />
17th season: RECLAIM. Last season showcased our tenacity<br />
and ability to thrive in challenging circumstances. This season<br />
exemplifies renewal in our strength and spirit as a company!<br />
We are propelling forward into a post-COVID era head first,<br />
working to refresh our In-Studio Series, revitalize our studio<br />
offerings, and reclaim the stage with both in-person and<br />
virtual viewing options for performances that will amaze<br />
our audiences.<br />
YOU, our patrons, donors, volunteers, and supporters, make this work possible.<br />
We are in awe of your commitment over the past 17 years, so thank you. Your<br />
continued support has been the defining factor in helping us become the robust<br />
company we are today.<br />
Because of you, our 4 1/2 year-old studio is bustling with activity and we are proud<br />
to offer more classes and workshops than ever before. Weekly it overflows with<br />
company rehearsals, master classes, and dance intensives, on top of ongoing<br />
workshops and classes ranging from beginning to advanced Contemporary dance,<br />
Jazz, Afro-Modern, Improvisation, Conditioning, and Tap. Our studio also houses<br />
our training ensemble for aspiring dancers (SCDE), and our In-Studio Series, which<br />
enables us to nurture, grow, and present various local artists through an incubation<br />
platform. All of this is a testament to the energy and vision that contemporary<br />
dance cultivates.<br />
Now, our dancers are rejuvenated and ready to perform with more passion and vigor<br />
than ever before. By being so committed to this passion, you are helping us reclaim<br />
the heart of SCD. Seeing you at our events with your encouragement and energy,<br />
is truly what sustains us and enables us to flourish and to expand our reach beyond<br />
our community.<br />
We send a special thanks to our inspirational Artistic Director, Leymis Bolaños<br />
Wilmott, as well as both our company dancers and administrative team, who pour<br />
their heart and soul into Sarasota Contemporary Dance.<br />
And with deep gratitude, we thank YOU, because every one of you helps make<br />
Sarasota Contemporary Dance possible.<br />
Dan Barzel, President<br />
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FROM THE FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR<br />
In our seventeen years, Sarasota Contemporary Dance has continued making itself a<br />
profound force in the Sarasota Community. When we have faced adversity, our grit and<br />
passion pushed us forward. Now, we propel into this season fueled to rise to a new<br />
level as a company, reclaiming the stage, stories, and spirit of SCD in a performance<br />
season devoted to empowerment, collaboration, and forward motion. As someone<br />
who believes in the power of prayer, family, and dance, I understand the importance of<br />
renewing your perspective. That is exactly what we are doing this season: reevaluating<br />
what was, and shaping it into something stronger. This means restoring our bodies,<br />
our minds, our souls, and reclaiming all of it for the sake of growing and furthering<br />
ourselves as artists and as an organization.<br />
All of this, brings a new energy to this season’s Main Stage lineup. Launching<br />
this remarkable season is a dedication to the Voices of the next generation of<br />
choreographers, with more artists being presented than ever before. This year’s range<br />
of work reinforces SCD’s heart of nurturing artists in various stages and we aim to<br />
provide a performance platform that empowers these choreographers. We then kick<br />
off December with a live music collaboration with Samantha Bennett and George<br />
Nickson of enSRQ. Reinforcing our position as a collaborative force in Sarasota, this<br />
program explores rhythms from around the world along with St. Petersburg based<br />
multidisciplinary artist, Sharon McCaman. Roaring us into 2023 is “Dance Makers,”<br />
bringing a wide range of works from jazz to Afro-Cuban, all created by nationally<br />
acclaimed contemporary choreographers. And as a compelling finale to close the<br />
season, SCD’s striking work of “<strong>Jehanne</strong>” returns to the stage. Accompanied by live<br />
music and original composition by Mark Dancingers, this performance reflects on<br />
Joan of Arc’s strength and faith that carried her forward.<br />
These offerings continue to incite our spirited vision: being a versatile contemporary<br />
dance company and training ground that nurtures and provides resources for dancers<br />
and artmakers in various stages of development. Our dedication and purpose, along<br />
with your presence and support, enable us to share the joy of dance and make it<br />
accessible to all.<br />
Thank you for being a vital part of this vision. Having you here drives us to keep<br />
bringing performance, education, and collaboration to our community. You truly are<br />
a part of the SCD family and it means everything to us to share our passion with you.<br />
Because of you, Sarasota Contemporary Dance perseveres, grows, and thrives.<br />
And with that, I am so grateful to welcome you to our 17th season.<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott, Artistic Director<br />
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ABOUT THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott,<br />
a Cuban-American artist, mother, and teacher<br />
with rhythm inextricably in her bones found<br />
her voice through dance at an early age. As<br />
the Founder and Artistic Director of Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance, she has the privilege of<br />
using those bones to create art that has been<br />
called “stunning and imaginative” by Carrie<br />
Seidman of the Herald Tribune. As Artist-in-<br />
Residence at New College of Florida, she has<br />
the opportunity to share her love of dance<br />
and to be an influential member of Florida’s<br />
dance community. Featured in Sarasota Scene<br />
Magazine’s Arts & Cultural Issue: Ladies of<br />
the Arts, Leymis has been the recipient of<br />
numerous artistic achievement and leadership awards throughout her career. She was<br />
honored to receive the Dance Magazine award for “Southeast Best Choreographer”<br />
and was listed in Sarasota Magazine as one of the Top 28 Most Powerful People in<br />
the Arts. Her 80+ dance works include collaborations with artists and organizations<br />
of various disciplines from musicians to museums. Collaborative highlights include:<br />
Sarasota Orchestra, Choral Artists of Sarasota, Westcoast Black Theater Troupe, Asolo<br />
Rep, Salvador Dalí Museum, Kaleidoscope, John and Mable Ringling Museum, Art<br />
Center of Sarasota, Stephen Miles of New Music New College, composer Eduard<br />
Cosla, percussionist Scott Blum, Mark Dancigers of NOW Ensemble, multitalented<br />
Francis Schwartz, and legendary principal harpist, Ann Hobson Pilot. Her works have<br />
been performed nationally at the John F. Kennedy Center, Ailey Citigroup Theater<br />
in NYC, Colony Theater and Jackie Gleason Theatre in Miami, and internationally in<br />
Ramallah, Argentina, and Spain. Leymis pioneered the Dance and Healing certificate<br />
at the University of Florida and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Performance and<br />
Choreography from Florida State University. Her research in dance as a healing art<br />
form and its ability to harness and foster community building came to fruition in<br />
2006 when she and Rachael Inman founded Fuzión Dance Artists, now Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance. Leymis is a professor of dance at New College of Florida, a<br />
certified Pilates instructor, and through her Dance for PD certificate experience<br />
founded and developed the dance program at Parkinson Place in 2012. She served as<br />
Vice President of the Florida Dance Association from 2013-2017 and is a member of<br />
the Arts and Health Coalition in Sarasota. Her most precious honor, however, is being<br />
married to her husband Kavin of seventeen years and mother of twelve-year-old<br />
Charles Edward and six-year-old Valda Elizabeth who inspires her dance-making daily.<br />
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ARTISTS<br />
Melissa Rummel (Dancer/Associate Director of<br />
SCDE) was raised in Dryden, Michigan where she started<br />
dancing at the age of seven. She graduated from Belhaven<br />
University with a BFA in dance, emphasis on modern<br />
dance and choreography. She has trained with companies<br />
such as Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, RiverNorth Chicago,<br />
Ad Deum Dance Company, and Sarasota Contemporary<br />
Dance. This is Melissa’s eighth season with Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance and fourth as Studio Coordinator.<br />
Melissa is the Associate Director for Sarasota Dance Ensemble (Training Company) and<br />
the SCD Summer Intensive Administrative Director. She also enjoys fitness and the<br />
positive effect it can bring to others, and she strives to find new ways to combine her<br />
love of dance and fitness. She strives to never stop stretching herself as a performer,<br />
choreographer, and teacher.<br />
Jessica Obiedzinski (Dancer/Rehearsal Assistant)<br />
A Florida Native, Jessica is in her 4th season as a performer,<br />
choreographer, teaching artist and is currently serving as<br />
rehearsal assistant with Sarasota Contemporary dance.<br />
She is also involved with independent dance projects<br />
in the St. Petersburg community and works with many<br />
interdisciplinary artists, playwrights and photographers.<br />
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Dance and a Master’s<br />
Degree in Science in Tourism and Hospitality Management<br />
from the University of Florida. She’s created works in Tampa for the New Grounds<br />
Festival, Creative Pinellas, and Sarasota Contemporary Dance summer intensive as well<br />
as the In The Round performance series. Jessica is certified as a Simonson technique<br />
teacher and has a love for teaching the dance community, collaborating new works<br />
with the company members, and is excited to continue teaching Yoga each week at<br />
the studio this season.<br />
Juliana Cristina (Dancer/Development Associate)<br />
was born in West Palm Beach, FL. A graduate from the<br />
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA).<br />
She received her B.F.A Degree in Dance under the direction<br />
of current Artistic Director of American Ballet Theater<br />
(ABT) Susan Jaffe and Associate Dean Brenda Daniels<br />
former faculty at Merce Cunningham Studios, NY. During<br />
her time at UNCSA, Ms. Cristina has had the pleasure<br />
of performing works by Azure Barton, Martha Graham,<br />
Trisha Brown, Brenda Daniels, Kira Blazek, Helen Simoneau, Ming Lung-Yang and Juel<br />
D. Lane. Juliana has studied in Trainee Programs with Nashville Ballet, Ballet Palm<br />
Beach, CDI directed by Casey and Cassidy Noblett and the New York City Rockettes.<br />
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Ms Cristina has performed in multiple productions of the “Tales of Hoffman” with The<br />
Palm Beach Opera in (2014). This year is Ms.Cristina’s Fourth season with the Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance company; she has recently been promoted to “Development<br />
Associate” where she manages/refines all SCD Donor events and relationships.<br />
Xiao-Xuan Yang Dancigers (Founding<br />
Company Member/Associate Director of SCDE) was<br />
nominated for Best Female Dancer in Australia in 2009,<br />
has performed throughout Asia, Europe, Australia, and<br />
the United States with Australian Dance Theater and<br />
Cloudgate 2. Previously Assistant Professor at the Taipei<br />
National University of Arts, she has danced with and<br />
choreographed for Sarasota Contemporary Dance since<br />
2012. In 2013, Xiao-Xuan co-choreographed Dreamfall featuring music by NOW<br />
Ensemble with Leymis Bolaños Wilmott. She has also danced as a soloist in Leymis’<br />
Summer Days, of which the Sarasota Herald-Tribune wrote, “With…Dancigers’<br />
total ownership of the characterization, it was stunning.” She was also a soloist in Gerri<br />
Houlihan’s Every Little Movement, of which the Bradenton Herald wrote,<br />
“A highlight on opening night was the long and unspeakably gorgeous solo by Xiao-<br />
Xuan Yang Dancigers. If you appreciate dance at all, you find yourself wishing the solo<br />
would never end.” In 2017, she choreographed and performed the solo Signal for New<br />
Music New College to music by Luciano Berio, with the Herald-Tribune calling the<br />
performance “stunning...precise”. Xuan is also the dance instructor at Parkinson’s Place<br />
in Sarasota, and Associate Director of Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble.<br />
Monessa Salley (Dancer/Production Lead) South<br />
Carolina native, Monessa Salley, is in her 4th season<br />
dancing, teaching professionally, and currently serving<br />
as Production Lead with Sarasota Contemporary Dance<br />
Company. She is also an adjunct dance educator for<br />
the Booker High School Dance Dept. and serves as a<br />
teaching artist for several arts organizations including,<br />
The Van Wezel Performing Art Center (Artworks<br />
Anywhere), Wholehearted Education, Suncoast Black<br />
Arts Collaborative, and assistant choreographer for West Coast Black Theater Troupe.<br />
She holds a B.A. in Dance Performance from Winthrop University and an M.Ed. in<br />
Divergent Learning from Columbia College. After continued education and serving<br />
as a certified dance educator for 12 years in SC, she went on to pursue her MFA<br />
in Dance Performance and New Media at New York University’s Tisch School of<br />
Arts. She has previously toured and performed professionally with Sapphire Moon<br />
Dance Company, Vibrations Dance Company, T.O. Dance Inc., The Power Company<br />
Collaborative, and NYU’s Second Avenue Dance Company. Salley enjoys sharing<br />
the joy and passion of dance with all ages. She has a mind, body, spirit approach to<br />
dance and relishes in refining her craft as a performer and teacher, generating health,<br />
healing, and happiness through dance, and enhancing community relations.<br />
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Sea Lee (Dancer) Born and raised in South Korea,<br />
Sea (pronounced as “Say”) Lee was trained both<br />
conservatively and professionally at SunHwa Arts<br />
High School under the direction of Seung Yup Hong.<br />
She received a BFA with Cum Laude honors from the<br />
University of Florida and MFA with a fellowship from<br />
Hollins University/ American Dance Festival. Sea has<br />
performed professionally with Moving Current Dance<br />
Collective, independent projects with Paula Kramer<br />
and a photographer Tom Kramer, and collaborated with Asolo Repertory Theatre<br />
with Kaleidoscope Connect project. Sea has been on the faculty at the University<br />
of Tampa, St. Petersburg College, and directed a dance program at Cypress Creek<br />
middle school. Sea’s choreography has been presented by Co-motion Dance<br />
Theatre (2013, 2014), HCC Dance Ensembles (2015-2021), ACDFA in University of<br />
North Carolina Greensboro (2013) and Florida State University (2011), University<br />
of Tampa (2015, 2016), Moving Current Dance Collective (2019) and presented at<br />
Hollins University, NewGrounds Festival, Sarasota Contemporary Dance and the<br />
American Dance Festival. Sea currently serves as a dance faculty at Hillsborough<br />
Community College and Sarasota Ballet, and teaches and performs with SCD,<br />
and with a physically integrated dance company, REVolutions Dance, regionally,<br />
nationally, and internationally.<br />
Samantha Miller (Dancer) is an emerging<br />
dance artist originally from Kendallville, Indiana.<br />
She trained for 16 years in the areas of tap, jazz, ballet,<br />
and modern at Tri-County Dance Academy for the<br />
Performing Arts. In 2013, Samantha continued her<br />
studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA<br />
under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. During<br />
her time at the University of the Arts, Samantha was<br />
able to perform works by Curt Haworth, Douglas Becker, Esther Baker Tarpaga,<br />
Jen McGinn, Sidra Bell, Robert Burden, and Lauren Putty White. She was also<br />
able to work with Jeanine McCaine performing her work “Under Her Skin” in the<br />
Philadelphia Fringe Art Festival in 2015. Samantha received her Bachelor of Fine<br />
Arts degree in Dance, in May 2016 and is now exploring the world of dance in<br />
St. Petersburg, FL. Since residing in Florida. Samantha has been able to work and<br />
perform alongside Helen Hansen French, Mary Chase Doll, and Lauren Slone.<br />
She is a member of RogueDance Company and in her thrid season with Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance.<br />
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Jordan Leonard (Dancer) grew up in Michigan<br />
where her love for the performing arts developed.<br />
Through her training, she discovered the endless<br />
possibilities dance offered in exploration and storytelling.<br />
The idea that she would never stop learning<br />
intrigued her, and she began her journey at Point<br />
Park University earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in<br />
Dance, Bachelor of Science in Pre-Medical and Pre-<br />
Professional Studies, and Minor in Chemistry. While at<br />
the conservatory, she had the privilege of performing<br />
works by Larry Keigwin, John Heginbotham, Mark Burrell, Jess Hendricks, Garfield<br />
Lemonius, Kiesha Lalama, Jason McDole, Robert Priore, and others. She furthered<br />
her training at Keigwin & Company, Sarasota Contemporary Dance, and chuthis.<br />
summer intensives. Youth education is an important part of her life and she strives<br />
to promote healthy, positive ways of movement and self-acceptance. When she is<br />
not dancing or teaching, Jordan enjoys working in the field of clinical research and<br />
spending time with family. This is Jordan’s second season with SCD. She is honored<br />
to be a part of the SCD family!<br />
Gabrielle Henry (Dancer) began her dance training<br />
with Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company & School under<br />
Jean Gedeon, at the age of three. She furthered her<br />
dance education at Slippery Rock University with Nola<br />
Nolen-Holland, Ursula Payne, and Teena Custer. Her most<br />
notable performances while at SRU, were the repertory<br />
works of Nora Ambrosio and Helen Simoneau. In just<br />
three years, she graduated Suma Cum Lade with her<br />
Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Dance. Professionally she’s<br />
danced with Vivid Ballet, Exhalations Dance Theatre and<br />
now Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company. Her other<br />
passions include teaching and choreographing. She loves to motivate students to<br />
reach their full potential and to create works that stimulate and captivate performers<br />
and audience members. Gabrielle has also completed her RYT200 Yoga certification<br />
along with her Lagree Fitness certification. Both of which she loves to practice in her<br />
free time to help keep her grounded and strong mentally and physically. This is her<br />
1st season as a company member with SCD.<br />
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Zoe Austin (Dancer) was born in Montreal,<br />
Canada and raised in Sarasota, FL. She attended<br />
New World School of the Arts where she humbly<br />
graduated as valedictorian with a BFA. She is trained<br />
in ballet, Horton, Limón, and Graham techniques<br />
and was honored to perform works by Michael Foley,<br />
Robert Battle, Bill T. Jones, Sean Curran, and Darshan<br />
Singh Bhuller while also creating and performing<br />
works of her own. In the summer of 2015, she<br />
received the Rosie Herrera full tuition scholarship to attend the American Dance<br />
Festival, working with artists Jennifer Nugent, Pamela Pietro, and Sara Procopio. Zoe<br />
returned to her hometown of Sarasota, FL, in 2017, where she started a family of her<br />
own and gained a new family with SCD. She performed and choregraphed with SCD<br />
from 2017-2020 and returned this season of “Reclaim” to continue her journey and<br />
growth as an artist.<br />
Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
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CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Mark Dancigers – Praised as “entrancing” in the<br />
New York Times, Dancigers’ output includes music for<br />
the New York City Ballet, scores heard at the Sundance<br />
Film Festival, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Spain, the<br />
Athens Concert Hall in Greece, Zurich, the Netherlands,<br />
Australia, New York City Center, Carnegie Hall, and<br />
many other venues. His music has been performed by<br />
the Alabama Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Cabrillo<br />
Festival Orchestra, Thunder Bay Philharmonic, and the<br />
New York Youth Symphony. New projects include an<br />
electric guitar and piano duo “Grand Electric” with acclaimed Juilliard faculty pianist<br />
Aaron Wunsch.<br />
His music is recorded on seven contemporary classical albums released on the New<br />
Amsterdam label, distributed by Naxos. He has collaborated with Grammy Award<br />
winning engineers Jesse Lewis and Kyle Pyke.<br />
Dancigers’ musical journey began as an electric guitarist playing and multi-tracking<br />
instrumental rock on a Tascam 4-track. Simultaneously he discovered a passion for<br />
classical music, and pursued musical training at Yale, the Yale School of Music, and<br />
Princeton University, where he received his PhD, writing a concerto for electric guitar<br />
and orchestra as his dissertation.<br />
He has performed as an electric guitarist at the LA Opera in Disney Hall, House of<br />
Blues Boston, Town Hall Seattle, the San Diego Museum of Art, Houston Da Camera<br />
and numerous venues around the US.<br />
With enthusiasm for sharing the passion and joy of music, he has taught<br />
composition, music technology, and theory faculty at Yale, the University of Redlands<br />
School of Music, and the New College of Florida. At New College he directed the<br />
concert series New Music New College, creating opportunities for audiences to<br />
experience a broad range of contemporary composition and performance.<br />
He has helped bring the electric guitar into new contexts in classical music through<br />
his work with NOW Ensemble, a chamber music group in which he performs<br />
and records music by some of the most exciting new voices in contemporary<br />
composition, premiering over 100 works for electric guitar in an ensemble setting.<br />
As an album producer, his credits include pianist Michael Mizrahi’s “Currents”<br />
and “The Bright Motion”, which made the Top Ten Best Classical Releases of both<br />
Time Out New York and Time Out Chicago. He is currently working as producer on<br />
Mizrahi’s third solo album, which will be produced in high-definition DSD audio.<br />
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Production Team<br />
Technical Director and Lighting Designer....................................Celeste N. Silsby Mannerud and<br />
Flip Flop Productions<br />
Stage Manager................................................................................................................................... Josh Goff<br />
House Manager........................................................................................................................Bristen Groves<br />
Videographer.............................................................................................Integrated Media Productions<br />
Sound Engineer............................................................................................................John Francis Banker<br />
Costume Alterations............................................................................................................... Terese Guiterz<br />
Green Room Volunteers.......................................................................... Rob Gibson and Jerry Unland<br />
Costume/Props Storage Volunteer................................................................................ Syclla Liscombe<br />
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CREW<br />
John Francis Banker (Sound Engineer) graduated from<br />
St. Petersburg College’s Music Industry and Recording Arts<br />
program (MIRA). He has contributed to live events, feature<br />
films, studio recordings and commercial AV integrations.<br />
This is his first season with Sarasota Contemporary Dance.<br />
Josh Goff (Stage Manager) has been working in theater<br />
in the Bay area as an actor for 25 years. He was last seen in RL<br />
productions, Along The Way. Goff has also been involved behind<br />
the scenes as a Stage Manager, Lighting Board Operator, and<br />
Sound Engineer. He Is very happy to be working for the first<br />
time with Sarasota Contemporary Dance.<br />
Celeste N. Silsby Mannerud (Technical Director and<br />
Lighting Designer) is co-founder of Flip Flop Productions and<br />
specializes in design and archival for theatrical and private<br />
events. She received her BA in theatre design from USF and<br />
her MFA in design management from IADT, and her repertoire<br />
includes lighting design and production video/ photography<br />
for local and international dance and theatre companies;<br />
stage lighting instruction at various Florida colleges; and<br />
production management, technical/artistic design, and lighting/audio installations<br />
for the Dali Museum, Tampa Museum of Art, L’Unione Italiana Ybor City, and ArtLab<br />
Studios in Germany. Aside from her “real job,” Celeste is in the midst of renovating<br />
an old Airstream to tour the U.S. and is most at peace when under sail with her<br />
husband, Andreas, and son, Cobyn.<br />
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ADMINISTRATION<br />
Bristen Groves (General Manager) currently studies Theatre,<br />
Dance, and Performance Studies at New College of Florida and<br />
has always had a strong passion for dance. She started training<br />
in dance at the age of seven and has since become well-trained<br />
in multiple styles, traveled nationally for dance, and danced<br />
pre-professionally. Once coming to New College in 2020, she<br />
got involved by being a part of SCDE, SCD’s training company,<br />
two years ago, and then later worked closely with Leymis<br />
through Dance on Campus and a Digital and Production training<br />
workshop series. From there, she worked backstage for SCD’s In-Studio Performances<br />
and started training with the admin team. Bristen officially took on the role of General<br />
Manager in July and has greatly enjoyed working under Leymis’s leadership and<br />
working with everyone at SCD. She looks forward to helping the company continue<br />
to grow and thrive and is grateful to be the new General Manager of Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance. Also a dance teacher at Woodland Fine Arts Academy, Bristen’s<br />
strong faith and love for the arts drive her to work hard in all she does and be loving<br />
wherever she goes.<br />
Victoria Leyva (Administrative Assistant) was raised in<br />
North Port, FL where she began dancing at age 11 with a<br />
local dance studio. She began taking classes with Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance after graduating high school, performed<br />
in their debut of Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble<br />
and interned for SCD from September 2020 to May 2022. She<br />
graduated from New College of Florida in May 2022 with her BA<br />
in Humanities. Currently, her love for dance led her to teach with<br />
Energize Dance Studio which grew to a new role of Enrollment<br />
Coordinator. She continues her knowledge of arts administration alongside the SCD<br />
administration staff as an Administrative Assistant and hopes to continue pursuing<br />
her love for the performing arts.<br />
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Producers $25,000<br />
*Produce entire production<br />
• Four tickets to every show for you and three guests<br />
• VIP access to open dress rehearsal of mainstage production<br />
• VIP access to In-Studio Showcase of your choice<br />
• Name and recognition on all production publicity<br />
• Exclusive dining with Dancer and Director of SCD<br />
Dance Maker Over $10,000<br />
*Sponsor a dance work<br />
• Two complimentary tickets to a performance of your sponsored work<br />
• VIP access to “Behind The Curtain”<br />
• Name and recognition in program insert<br />
• Exclusive lunch with a Choreographer<br />
Sustainers $7,500 –$9,999<br />
*Sponsors 3 months payroll for a dancer<br />
• Two complimentary tickets for two mainstage performances (4 tickets)<br />
• VIP access to SCDE (Training Company) dress rehearsal<br />
• Name in program and newsletters<br />
• Exclusive lunch with SCDE Associate Director<br />
Devotees $5,000–$7,499<br />
*Sponsors 1 month of Home Studio expenses<br />
• Two complimentary tickets to a mainstage performance<br />
• VIP access to one In-Studio of choice<br />
• Invitation to watch company rehearsal<br />
• Name in program and newsletters<br />
• Exclusive Coffee Time with In-Studio Production Lead<br />
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Happen<br />
Contributors $2,500–$4,999<br />
*Sponsors a live music collaboration<br />
• Two complimentary tickets to two In-Studio<br />
performances of choice<br />
(4 tickets)<br />
• Invitation to watch company rehearsal<br />
• Name in program and newsletters<br />
• Exclusive brown bag lunch with SCD Company Dancers<br />
at Home Studio<br />
Supporters $1,000–$2,499<br />
*Sponsors a dance choreographer<br />
• Two complimentary tickets to an In-Studio<br />
performance of choice<br />
• Invitation to watch company rehearsal followed by<br />
Coffee Time with SCD Manager<br />
• Name in program and newsletters<br />
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Enthusiasts $100–$999<br />
*Sponsors our training program for aspiring dancers<br />
• Name in program and newsletters<br />
• Invitation to watch SCDE Rehearsal Training Company<br />
Admirers Up to $99<br />
*Sponsors a SCD teaching artist<br />
• Name in program and newsletters<br />
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Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
2023 PREPROFESSIONAL<br />
SUMMER PROGRAMS<br />
GET READY to move this summer with<br />
Sarasota Contemporary Dance and guest teachers<br />
in sunny Sarasota for a week-long dance<br />
intensive, unlike any other! You have three<br />
weeks to choose from—or do all three!<br />
LIMITED TO 25 PARTICIPANTS PER INTENSIVE!<br />
INTENSIVE A: MAY 20–26<br />
INTENSIVE B: JUNE 10–16<br />
INTENSIVE C: JULY 15–21<br />
• Open to High School Students through<br />
Professionals (minimum age 14)<br />
• Participant Performance Friday & Virtual Broadcast<br />
on Saturday alongside Sarasota Contemporary Dance<br />
• Daily Classes include: Improvisation, Contemporary,<br />
Jazz Fusion, Afro-Fusion, Afro-Modern, and SCD Repertory<br />
• Participant Rising Choreographer Program (3 per intensive)<br />
• Guest Faculty: Andrea Ward, Alyson Dolan, and<br />
Courtney Jones<br />
• SCD Faculty: Xiao-Xuan Dancigers, Monessa Salley, and<br />
Juliana Cristina<br />
• SCD Rep will be restaged by SCD Company Member<br />
Melissa Rummel<br />
Housing available.<br />
Internships and work-study positions available.<br />
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Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
SUMMER SAMPLER WORKSHOP<br />
JUNE 5-8<br />
Sarasota Contemporary Dance has created<br />
TWO one of a kind workshops, SCD Sampler,<br />
allowing dancers to experience a variety of classes and<br />
teachers. These workshops offer a wide range of dance<br />
techniques with teachers from diverse backgrounds.<br />
Beginner: 10:00am – 1:00pm<br />
Intermediate/Advanced: 2:30pm – 5:30 pm<br />
Ages: 14 & up<br />
Prices: $165/per workshop<br />
$50/day<br />
To sign up and view this summer’s sampler offering,<br />
scan the QR code below!<br />
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SCD Kids<br />
Summer 2 23<br />
July 24-28<br />
SCD’s exciting Kids<br />
Summer Camps will explore<br />
a variety of dance styles,<br />
including contemporary,<br />
jazz, afro-modern, and<br />
hip-hop, all taught by SCD’s<br />
dynamic teaching artists.<br />
REGISTER TODAY!<br />
LITTLE GROOVERS<br />
Ages 5–7<br />
9:00am – 1:00pm<br />
$150<br />
Aftercare available until 2pm,<br />
$175<br />
INTERMEDIATE MOVERS<br />
Ages 8–10<br />
9:00am – 2:00pm<br />
$175<br />
$25 Registration fee (includes t-shirt)<br />
For more information, visit<br />
SarasotaContemporaryDance.org<br />
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Sarasota Contemporary Dance<br />
MIDDLE MOVEMENT SAMPLER<br />
This summer, dancers ages<br />
11-13, can join SCD’s dynamic<br />
teaching artists for an<br />
exciting week of dance<br />
exploring different styles,<br />
including contemporary, jazz,<br />
afro-modern, and hip-hop.<br />
JULY 24-28<br />
Ages 11-14<br />
2:30pm – 4:30pm<br />
$100<br />
$25 Registration fee<br />
(includes t-shirt)<br />
REGISTER TODAY!<br />
For more information, visit<br />
SarasotaContemporaryDance.org<br />
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SCDE is a pre-professional dance training company under the direction<br />
of Xiao-Xuan Dancigers and Melissa Rummel, with strong guidance<br />
and support from Sarasota Contemporary Dance Artistic Director,<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott.<br />
The mission of SCDE is to offer dancers high-caliber contemporary dance<br />
training, opportunities to perform alongside professional dancers, and<br />
preparation for a future professional career in dance.<br />
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AT SCD’S HOME STUDIO:<br />
• SCDE Spring Showcase: May 12-13, 2023<br />
For more information, head to:<br />
sarasotacontemporarydance.org/scd-ensemble<br />
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CONTRIBUTORS TO<br />
SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE<br />
Thank you to everyone who has generously donated from August 13, 2021 to<br />
September 19, 2022. All contributions are vital to our growth as a dance company.<br />
Without your generosity, this 17th year would simply not be the amazing reality it is.<br />
SUSTAINERS: OVER $10,000<br />
Shane Chalke<br />
Bernard Friedland<br />
Shirley Foss<br />
Sam Alfstad<br />
DEVOTEES: $5,000 - $9,999<br />
Dan Barzel<br />
Kira Lee<br />
Alden Keyser<br />
Ken Partyka<br />
CONTRIBUTORS: $2,500 – $4,999<br />
Adam & Jaime Still of Smile Sarasota<br />
Deborah VanEvery<br />
SUPPORTERS: $1,000 - $2,499<br />
Bernard Gerber<br />
Patricia Gebauer<br />
Georgia Higgins<br />
Patrick Kenny<br />
Rick & Karen Lanese<br />
Muriel G. Mayers<br />
Jeff and Janice Newman<br />
Celia Perkins<br />
Tania Vergara Perez<br />
Charles & Terry Pishko<br />
Tom Roberts & Winny Rush<br />
Sharon Rusnak<br />
Diana Smith<br />
Michael & Robin Strauss<br />
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ENTHUSIASTS: $100 – $999<br />
Juli Daulton Abraham<br />
Nancy Blitzer<br />
Laida Bolaños<br />
Peter & Judy Carlin<br />
Karly Christine<br />
Jane Cirksena<br />
Joyce Cooper<br />
Elizebeth Bergmann<br />
Michael Bigelow<br />
Terry Black<br />
Marsi Burns<br />
George Dancigers<br />
Robert Eddy<br />
Susan Feltus<br />
Shelia Foley<br />
Whelma Indrid Thompson Ford<br />
Lonnetta Gains<br />
Ronda Gallehue<br />
Carol Gaskin<br />
Ronald Gibson & Jerry Unland<br />
Patricia Golemme<br />
Amy Gordon<br />
Anamaria Guerra-Vera<br />
Helen Habbert<br />
Matthew Hassler<br />
Robert Hildebrand<br />
Pat Houppert<br />
Doug & Pocha Horton<br />
Mark Kauffman<br />
Ike & Judith Koziol<br />
Donna Labik<br />
Shila LaGrua<br />
Kathryn Lee<br />
Patricia Loudis<br />
Maya Liebermann<br />
Amanda Mason<br />
Evalyn Milman<br />
Sarah Miller<br />
Cory Mitchell<br />
Valentim Oliveira<br />
Lorelei Paster<br />
Lynn Gurach-Pardo<br />
Cyd Pearl<br />
Ann Pilot<br />
Angela Rauter<br />
Andrea Dasha Reich<br />
Joanne Rodland<br />
Jack Shapiro<br />
Julienne Smith<br />
Sue Spigel<br />
Judilee Sterne<br />
Rhiana Taylor<br />
Brenda Topp<br />
José Luis Rodriguez<br />
Nancy Roucher<br />
Remy & Julie Rubin<br />
Carlos Ruiz<br />
Becky Schowe<br />
Christine Schlesinger<br />
Arthur Siciliano<br />
James & Joan Sprouse<br />
Glenn & Carole Swope<br />
Bob & Donna Titterington<br />
Michael Vlaisavljevich<br />
Dona Waks<br />
Frederick L. White<br />
The Oaks Womens Club<br />
Barbara Baccari<br />
Amy Blair<br />
Wade Botkin<br />
Lysell Bolaños<br />
Maria Cisneros<br />
Michele Chinskey<br />
Alyson Dolan<br />
Harriet Hobson<br />
Joan Golub<br />
Jean Kirshenbaum<br />
Eliza Ladd<br />
Marcella Levin<br />
ADMIRERS: UP TO $99<br />
Hedda Matza-Haughton<br />
Melina Magistri<br />
Jane McCormack<br />
Kelly Menke<br />
James Monaghan<br />
Bernedette Oliveira<br />
Chris Palaskas<br />
Terry Rixse<br />
Bethany Smith<br />
Emily Steeb<br />
Karen Stults<br />
Kathleen Sullivan<br />
Elizabeth Wallace<br />
Andrea Weissleder<br />
Selma Goker Wilson<br />
Sarah Vanderveen<br />
Ilona Vrba<br />
Janine Ward<br />
Olivia Weinberger<br />
Barabra Young<br />
Dawn Zapiec<br />
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Dan Barzel – President and Treasurer<br />
Jaime Still – Vice President<br />
Robert G. McLain, Jr. – Secretary<br />
Shane Chalke – General Board<br />
Sam Alfstad – General Board<br />
Norbert P. Donnelly – General Board<br />
Muriel Gordon Mayers – General Board<br />
Georgia Higgins – General Board<br />
FOUNDERS CIRCLE<br />
The Founders Circle is a funding initiative through which<br />
Sarasota Contemporary Dance seeks to establish a circle of ten<br />
leadership funders committed to a three-year giving term<br />
($10,000 per year), which will further secure the Company’s ever bright<br />
present and future. To become a member of our Founders Circle,<br />
please contact Dan Barzel: Dan.Barzel@gmail.com.<br />
Sam Alfstad<br />
Steve & Lynn Blackledge<br />
Shane & Monique Chalke<br />
Ann Donelly<br />
Steve & Isabella Lehrer<br />
Janice Bini & Dean Scarborough<br />
Shirley Foss<br />
SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE IS A<br />
NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION.<br />
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Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
Audience Survey<br />
We want to hear from you!<br />
Your answers to this quick survey will provide<br />
valuable feedback on our performance and<br />
marketing efforts, as well as meaningful data for<br />
our Sarasota County Tourist Development grant.<br />
Thank you!<br />
TAKE SURVEY<br />
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20 th Anniversary Season<br />
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BECAUSE OF GREAT ARTISTS.<br />
The Hermitage brings the world’s leading artists<br />
to Sarasota for free public programs...<br />
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Tony, Oscar, Emmy, Grammy Winners, and more!<br />
“My time at the Hermitage was truly magnificent and productive! I completed<br />
full drafts of two plays, and I couldn’t have done that without the solitude,<br />
space, and inspiration provided by the Hermitage.”<br />
~James Whiteside, ABT Principal Dancer & Choreographer<br />
For upcoming Hermitage programs:<br />
HermitageArtistRetreat.org<br />
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Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
Audience Survey<br />
We want to hear from you!<br />
Your answers to this quick survey will provide<br />
valuable feedback on our performance and<br />
marketing efforts, as well as meaningful data for<br />
our Sarasota County Tourist Development grant.<br />
Thank you!<br />
TAKE SURVEY<br />
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Thank you for<br />
supporting SCD!<br />
Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
1400 Blvd of the Arts, Suite 300, Sarasota, FL 34236<br />
info@sarasotacontemporarydance.org | 941.260.8485<br />
SarasotaContemporaryDance.org<br />
SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE IS A NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION.<br />
SCD PHOTOS BY SORCHA AUGUSTINE<br />
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