BRANCHES 
Created by Renée Jaworski and Matt Kent in collaboration with Itamar Kubovy, Mark Fucik and Antoine Banks-Sullivan, Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Krystal Butler, Isabella Diaz, Heather Favretto, and Jacob Michael Warren 

Performed by
Connor Chaparro, Quincy Ellis, Ryan Hayes, Isaac Huerta, Hannah Klinkman, and Jessica Robling 

Music 
David Van Tieghem, David Darling, Riley Lee, Olivier Messiaen, Stuart Bogie 

Sound Design
David Van Tieghem 

Costume Design
Liz Prince 

Lighting Design
Thom Weaver 

Branches premiered at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Inside/Out Series, June 21, 2017, and was commissioned by Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art. 

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

Performed by
Hannah Klinkman and Jessica Robling 

Music
Andre Heller, Steve Reich, Michael Gordon, Eva Reiter, Francois Dompierre & Stephane Tétreault 

Sound Design
Matt Kent 

Costume Design
Márion Talán de la Rosa 

Lighting Design
Diane Ferry Williams 

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

FLIGHT 
Created by
Renée Jaworski and Matt Kent in collaboration with Connor Chaparro, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson and Jessica Robling 

Performed by
Connor Chaparro, Hannah Klinkman, Jessica Robling, and Ryan Hayes or Isaac Huerta 

Music
Paul Sullivan 

Costume Design
Márion Talán de la Rosa 

Lighting Design
Thom Weaver 

Flight was created with support from Pilobolus founding member Lee Harris in recognition of Pilobolus’s 50 years of collaborative contributions to dance. 

INTERMISSION 

PSEUDOPODIA 
Choreographed by
Jonathan Wolken 

Performed by
Hannah Klinkman 

Music
Moses Pendleton and Jonathan Wolken 

Costume Design
Malcolm McCormick 

Lighting Design
Neil Peter Jampolis 

LAMENTATION VARIATIONS 
Created by 
Renée Jaworski, Matt Kent, and Derion Loman in collaboration with Connor Chaparro, Ryan Hayes, Isaac Huerta, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson and Jessica Robling 

Variations 1, 2 & 3 performed by Connor Chaparro, Quincy Ellis, Ryan Hayes, Isaac Huerta, Hannah Klinkman, and Jessica Robling 

Music and Sound Design
Matt Kent 

Original Music retrieved from the Library of Congress Ernest, C. M. & Watson, G. P. “Roll on, Silver Moon”, Haydn Quartet, Murray, B., Madden, E. & Edwards, G. “By the Light of the Silv’ry Moon”. 

Costume Design
Márion Talán de la Rosa 

Lighting Design
Brian Tovar 

The Lamentation Variations Project was conceived by Janet Eilber and premiered September 11, 2007, at New York City’s Joyce Theater to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11. The work is based on a film from the early 1940s of Martha Graham dancing movements from her then-new, and now iconic, solo, Lamentation. It was so successful that Martha Graham Dance Company has continued to invite choreographers into the project. Pilobolus is honored to participate in the project as part of the GRAHAM100 celebration. 

Support for Pilobolus’s participation in GRAHAM100 comes from Sergei Denham’s Ballet Foundation. 

Pilobolus is a rebellious dance company. Since 1971, it has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies creating awe-inspiring and accessible performances. In the five decades since, Pilobolus has continued to propel the seeds of expression through their collaborations with some of the greatest influencers, thinkers, and creators in the world and its unique educational programming. The company offers classes serving all ages and movement abilities. Pilobolus classes use movement to teach dancers and non-dancers alike to harness the creative potential of groups. Bespoke leadership workshops for corporate executives, employees, and business schools teach teams how to maximize creativity, solve problems, create surprise, and generate joy through the power of nonverbal communication. Pilobolus continues to bring the beauty of movement to the world, growing and changing each year while reaching new audiences and exploring new visual and physical planes. Learn more at pilobolus.org. 

RENÉE JAWORSKI (Executive/Co-Artistic Director) has been an indelible force in Pilobolus’s artistic landscape since joining in 2000. A performer who captivated audiences worldwide, her magnetic stage presence laid the foundation for an expansive creative career. In 2011, she was chosen to lead Pilobolus’s post-succession evolution, becoming Artistic Director, and in 2022 became the first Executive Director with an intimate dance background. Her choreographic experience has been extensive and pioneering, crafting pieces reflecting her innovative dance and theater approach. Her exceptional work spans various platforms, from the 79th Annual Academy Awards to the Grammy®-nominated video for OK Go’s “All is Not Lost,” as well as overseeing prestigious projects like Radiolab Live: In the Dark and the World Science Festival, Time and the Creative Cosmos. The University of the Arts honored her with the Silver Star Alumni Award, and her collaborative work on Round House Theater’s production of The Tempest, directed by Aaron Posner and Teller, earned Pilobolus the Helen Hayes Award for Best Choreography in a Play in 2023. Guiding Pilobolus with vision and creativity, she ensures it remains a vibrant, celebrated arts organization. 

MATT KENT (Artistic Director) joined Pilobolus in 1996 without any formal dance training. His unconventional entrance into dance and theater parallels the Founders’. In Pilobolus, he found an outlet for his artistic and creative vision and began a diverse and prolific career. He has performed on prestigious stages around the world and created choreography for colleges, professional dance companies, as well as grand productions involving shadow, horses, acrobats, large scale Michael Curry puppets, actors, stunt men, hip hop dancers, athletes, zombies, and more. His work on Shakespeare’s The Tempest co-directed by Aaron Posner and Teller won the Helen Hayes Award for best choreography. He developed the movement vocabulary for The Walking Dead. His work has appeared on the Academy Awards, Conan O’Brien, Penn & Teller’s Fool Us, Wetten Dass, and multiple television commercials. As Artistic Director of Pilobolus, he brings an unconventional approach to innovative theatrical experiences. A powerhouse of creativity, he leads the 50 plus year old Company, keeping the vintage historic works authentic and relative, while breaking new ground to create transformative experiences to engage, inspire, and leave audiences in awe. 

CONNOR CHAPARRO (Dancer) was born in Lakeland, Florida. He eventually found himself at the University of Memphis where he graduated with a double concentration in Dance and Dance Science. You can find him cooking his mother’s secret salsa recipe and sharing it with people in his spare time. He loves to explore nature, see people’s smiles, and learn about the crazy world we live in. This is Connor’s second season with Pilobolus and he is SO excited to be performing for you, the audience! He sends you “Mush” love. 

QUINCY ELLIS (Dancer) began training as a gymnast and figure skater in his home state of Maine before earning his B.F.A. Acting degree from Emerson College. He has performed and taught for Theatre Raleigh, The MoveShop, DeFunes Dance, and The Neighborhood Playhouse…among others. Quincy has also danced for a variety of NYC Drag Artists, including Juicy Liu and Miz Cracker. Outside of theater, he’s an avid traveler, evolution enthusiast, and nature lover. Quincy joined Pilobolus in 2017. He does not dye his hair gray…it grows that way. www.quincy-ellis.com quincy.m.ellis 

RYAN HAYES (Dancer) was born and raised in Spokane, WA. He earned his degree in Dance Performance with a minor in Interdisciplinary Arts from Gonzaga University. After graduation, he continued his training at the Steps on Broadway Conservatory in New York. While in New York, he had the opportunity to perform Paul Taylor and Jerome Robbins’ original choreography in Section 5 of Esplanade and ‘group dances’ of N.Y. Export Opus Jazz. Additionally, he has performed with Jazz Choreography Enterprise, Sound Business Inc. in Dance Harlem!, Inland Northwest Opera, Human Kinetics Inc., and theater companies across the U.S. In addition to performing, he is passionate about dance education and guest teaches at numerous studios and intensives. 

ISAAC HUERTA (Dancer) is a movement-based performance artist from Whittier, California, and Orange County School of the Arts alum. He has worked with dance companies including Ezralow Dance, Invertigo Dance Theatre, KDV Dance Ensemble, Andrea Peña and Artist, Carlon Dance, Body Weather, and Wonderbound. He has danced with the LA Philharmonic, LA Opera, and the Pacific Symphony. Some of his Film/TV credits include Shake it Off: Taylor Swift, Chained to the Rhythm: Katy Perry (The Grammys), Bathtubs Over Broadway, and Focus World. He was nominated for a Henry Award for “Best Supporting Actor in a Musical” for Rattlesnake Kate, choreographed by Domonique Kelley. Isaac has presented original dance works in art galleries and the Episcopal Church with his husband and creative partner William Clayton. 

HANNAH KLINKMAN (Dance Captain) was born and raised in Dexter, Michigan where she was classically trained at Ballet Chelsea. She studied at Grand Valley State University and completed her training with BalletMet Columbus in 2016. She has since danced and created with Festival Ballet Providence, Dance The Yard, co-founded the Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project, and toured and created new work with MOMIX. She creates costumes and her own choreography when not on the road. Hannah is a Mindfulness Meditation teacher, Pilates instructor, dance teacher, and houseplant enthusiast. Hannah joined Pilobolus in 2021. 

JESSICA ROBLING (Dancer) was born in China and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She began her training at The New York Chinese Cultural Center, learning Chinese Traditional dance under the guidance of Bei Bei Gu and Yuezhen Hu. She continued training in modern dance at Dancewave, performing works by Andrea Miller, Camille Brown, Kyle Abraham, and Larry Keigwin. In 2019, Jessica graduated from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a BFA in Dance and Pilates Certificate. Since graduating, Jessica has danced and worked in collaboration with Jenny Boissiere, Jin Wen Yu, Li Chiao-Ping, Liz Sexe Dance, Michel Kouakou, and Nimbus2 Dance Company. When not in the studio, you can find her napping with her dog, Otis, or taking him on a nice long nature walk. 

JONATHAN WOLKEN (1949-2010) (Co-Founder, Choreographer) co-founded Pilobolus and remained an Artistic Director until his death, creating 46 Pilobolus works in collaboration with co-artistic directors and guest artists, and as sole choreographer. He also choreographed Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s production of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, and the Royal Danish Ballet’s Oneiric. Mr. Wolken taught many workshops and was dedicated to the furtherance of Pilobolus technique in dance and as a model for creative thinking. 

MARTHA GRAHAM (1894-1991) is recognized as a primal artistic force of the 20th Century. She was named “Dancer of the Century” by Time and has been compared with other creative giants such as Picasso, Einstein, Stravinsky and Freud. She created 181 ballets and a technique that revolutionized dance throughout the greater part of the past century. Using the founding principals of contraction and release, she built a vocabulary of movement to “increase the emotional activity of the dancer’s body,” exploring the depth and diversity of human emotion. Her ballets were inspired by a wide range of sources from the American frontier to Greek Mythology. She created and portrayed prominent women, including Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Medea, Phaedra, Joan of Arc and Emily Dickenson. During her 70 years of creating dance, she collaborated with other great artists – Noguchi, Copland, Barber and Schuman, and her mentor Louis Horst among others, and is recognized for her groundbreaking work in all aspects of the theater – use of time, space, lighting, costumes, sets and music. Her company was a training ground for many generations of choreographers including Cunningham, Taylor and Tharp. At the Neighborhood Playhouse, she is said to have changed the course of American acting through students such as Bette Davis, Gregory Peck, Tony Randall and Orson Wells. Her creative genius earned numerous honors and awards, including the Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of the Arts. Martha Graham’s extraordinary legacy lives on in the work of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Ensemble and School, and in the students worldwide studying her technique and performing her masterworks. 

DERION LOMAN (Artistic Associate) launched his dance career at 19, blending a B.A. in Psychology and a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of California Santa Barbara into a vision where intellect meets movement. He first captivated audiences with Ballet Hispanico’s Second Company—including at the 2013 Presidential Inauguration—and later joined Pilobolus (2013–2017). Never content to rest on his laurels, Derion toured with Diavolo Architecture in Motion, earning recognition as a finalist on America’s Got Talent and as a divisional finalist on NBC’s World of Dance Season 3 and at the 2019 Emmy Awards. His creative influence has graced stages for Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Google, 2Point4 Dance Company, and more—culminating in a celebrated victory at the Pacific Northwest Ballet Film Festival. In 2024, he received the prestigious honor of being one of eight choreographers selected for the Ann & Weston Hicks Choreographic Fellowship, a testament to his relentless pursuit of artistic innovation. Expanding his creative reach, Derion served as the inaugural guest creative director for 3rd Angle New Music, where he was commissioned to design and choreograph groundbreaking work. He also extended his collaborative spirit globally by working with internationally known K-pop star Jackson Wang. In 2025, Derion rejoined Pilobolus's Dance Theatre as an Artistic Associate, marking his most recent accomplishment—a full-circle return to the company that first ignited his passion. Through his work, Derion deeply champions diversity, striving to leave audiences with the message, “All are welcome here.” 

PAUL SULLIVAN (Composer) has composed fifteen scores for Pilobolus since 1980. He has appeared as a conductor, performer, and composer on and off Broadway several times. Paul currently lives on the coast of Maine where he composes music for his own record label, River Music. Paul's award-winning piano albums include "Sketches of Maine", "A Visit to the Rockies", "Folk Art", "Nights in the Gardens of Maine", and "Christmas in Maine". His most recent albums are “Circle ‘Round The Season” and “Memory Lane Collection”. 

DAVID VAN TIEGHEM (Sound Designer) Broadway: Doubt, Heisenberg, The Lyons, Romeo and Juliet, The Big Knife, Born Yesterday, Arcadia, The Normal Heart, Reckless, A Man for All Seasons, Inherit the Wind, Frozen, Judgment at Nuremberg, The Crucible, Three Days of Rain, The Best Man. Off-Broadway: Wit, Incognito, Plenty, Through a Glass Darkly, How I Learned to Drive. Film/TV: Buried Prayers, Working Girls, Penn & Teller, Wooster Group. Dance: Twyla Tharp, Doug Varone, Elizabeth Streb, Elisa Monte, Michael Moschen. Percussionist: Laurie Anderson, Talking Heads, Eno, Steve Reich. CDs: Thrown for a Loop, Strange Cargo, Safety in Numbers, These Things Happen. www.vantieghem.com. 

NEIL PETER JAMPOLIS (Lighting Designer, 1943-2019) designed for Pilobolus since 1975, spanning 40 years and creating more than 60 new works for the company. He also had a fifty-year active career as a set, lighting and costume designer for Broadway—where he received four Tony Nominations and a Tony Award—and for Off-Broadway, Dance, Regional Theater, and Opera, which he also directed. His designs appeared on every continent. Neil was a Distinguished Professor of Theater at UCLA. 

BRIAN TOVAR (Lighting Designer) is an award winning and Drama Desk nominated lighting designer who has created original work for major Off-Broadway and regional theaters, everywhere. His body of work spans theater, dance, installations and live events. As a Creative Director and Producer, Brian has developed and collaborated on multiple groundbreaking and award winning live experiences, earning multiple Clio Awards. Brian is a frequent collaborator with the City of New York and has created and designed multiple art installations in New York City. BrianTovarDesign.com 

THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) studied at Carnegie-Mellon and Yale and first worked with Pilobolus on Teller and Aaron Posner’s The Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. In NY his work has been seen at NYSF/Public Theater, Primary Stages, Signature Theatre, Player’s Theatre (Play Dead with Teller), 37ARTS, Cherry Lane, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Institute, and SPF. Thom has worked regionally at CenterStage, Syracuse Stage, Huntington, Milwaukee Rep, Shakespeare Theatre, Asolo, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Folger Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hangar, Spoleto Festival USA, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep. Thom has received 3 Barrymore Awards (21 nominations), 1 Helen Hayes Award (4 nominations) and 2 AUDELCO Awards. 

DIANE FERRY WILLIAMS (Lighting Designer) is a free-lance lighting designer who has lit well over 300 productions of theatre, dance, dance festivals and opera in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. Awards include a Jeff Award, an After Dark Award, a Carbonelle Award, six Drammy awards, and six Jeff nominations. Diane has a BA from Ashland University in Ohio with a theatre major and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatrical Design from Northwestern University. 

MALCOLM McCORMICK (Costume Designer) is a dance scholar and former professional dancer and costume designer who was a member of the dance faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles, and guest lecturer at other universities for many years. He collaborated with Nancy Reynolds on the book No Fixed Points – Dance in the 20th Century, Yale University Press 2003, winner of the 2005 Congress on Research in Dance award for Outstanding Publication in Dance Research LIZ PRINCE (Costume Designer) designs costumes for dance, theater and film and has designed costumes for numerous Pilobolus. Her costumes have been exhibited at The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, The 2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Space and Design, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Rockland Center for the Arts. She received a New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for her body of work in 1990 and she has also been included on a number of Choreographer/Creator BESSIE Awards. She received a 2008 Charles Flint Kellogg Arts and Letters Award from Bard College. She teaches Costume Design at Sarah Lawrence College where she is also the Costume Shop Supervisor. 

MÁRION TALÁN DE LA ROSA (Costume Designer). Dance collaborators include choreographers Caleb Teicher, Hope Boykin, Sonya Tayeh, Jennifer Freedman, Matthew Neenan, Raja Feather Kelly, Chanel DaSilva, Spencer Theberge, Jermaine Spivey, Antonio Brown, Norbert De La Cruz, Cindy Salgado, and Bryan Arias among many others. Some of her work has been featured with many companies, notably Bodytraffic, AMP Dance, Ballet X, Gibney Dance Company, Limon Dance Company, Buglisi Dance Theater, Parsons Dance and the Juilliard School. Márion is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, mariontalandelarosa.com 

GABRIEL ESPARZA (Lighting Supervisor) was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina and grew up going to Pilobolus performances at The American Dance Festival. A graduate of Lewis & Clark College, Gabriel now finds his home in New York City. Gabriel has previously worked with The American Dance Festival, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Beth Morrison Projects, and The Whitney Museum of American Art among others. Gabriel draws on his experiences, heritage, and observations of our world to bring artistic visions to the stage through light. 

EVAN HAUSTHOR (Production Stage Manager) hails from Topeka, Kansas, and holds a BFA in Stage Management from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His recent credits include Circus EVO, American Dance Festival, The Pluck Project, and Utah Festival Opera. Evan is always looking for new art that brings joy into the space. In his free time, he enjoys reading and exploring new destinations.