THRESH|HOLD 

Created by Javier de Frutos, Renée Jaworski, and Matt Kent in collaboration with Robby Barnett, Itamar Kubovy, Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Antoine Banks-Sullivan, Krystal Butler, Benjamin Coalter, Jordan Kriston, Derion Loman, Sayer Mansfield, Daniel O’Neill, Teo Spencer, and Mike Tyus

Performed by: Connor Chaparro, Quincy Ellis, Sean Langford, and Derion Loman with Marlon Feliz OR Hannah Klinkman

Original Music and Sound Design: David Van Tieghem

Incorporating: Casta Diva from Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini

Costume Design: Sarah Laux

Lighting Design: Russell Champa

Scenic Design: Neil Patel

Thresh|Hold was commissioned by the American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance, and by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art.

BLOODLINES

Created by Renée Jaworski and Matt Kent in collaboration with Marlon Feliz and Hannah Klinkman

Performed by: Marlon Feliz and Hannah Klinkman

Music: Andre Heller, Michael Gordon, Elisapie Isaac, Eva Reiter, and Meredith Monk

Costume Design: Márion Talán de la Rosa

Lighting: Diane Ferry Williams

Bloodlines was supported by the Thompson Family Foundation with additional support from the Tracy Lukoff New Work Fund.

GNOMEN

Choreographed by Robby Barnett and Jonathan Wolken in collaboration with Matt Kent, Gaspard Louis, Trebien Pollard, and Mark Santillano

Performed by: Connor Chaparro, Quincy Ellis, Sean Langford, and Derion Loman

Music: Paul Sullivan

Throat Singing: Matt Kent

Costume Design & Construction: Eileen Thomas

Lighting: David M. Chapman

This piece is dedicated to the memory of our friend and colleague, Jim Blanc. It was made possible in part by contributions from his family and friends as well as by a commission from the American Dance Festival with support from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Philip Morris Companies, Inc., New Production Fund.

INTERMISSION

SYMBIOSIS

Choreographed by Michael Tracy in collaboration with Otis Cook and Renée Jaworski

Performed by: Quincy Ellis and Hannah Klinkman

Music: “Morango...almost A Tango” by Thomas Oboe Lee was written for and performed by the Kronos Quartet and appears on the Nonesuch recording White Man Sleeps. “God Music” from “Black Angels” by George Crumb and “Fratres” by Arvo Pårt were performed by the Kronos Quartet and appear on the Nonesuch recording released 1985-1995. “Long-Ge” by Jack Body was written for and performed by the Kronos Quartet and appears on the recording Early Music.

Costumes: Angelina Avallone

Lighting: Stephen Strawbridge

NOCTUARY
Created by Derion Loman, Madison Olandt, Renée Jaworski, and Matt Kent in collaboration with Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Quincy Ellis, Marlon Feliz, Hannah Klinkman, Paul Liu, and Zack Weiss

Performed by: Connor Chaparro, Quincy Ellis, Marlon Feliz, Hannah Klinkman, Sean Langford, and Derion Loman

Music: Jad Abumrad

Costumes: Valerie St. Pierre Smith

Lighting: Thom Weaver