FOUNDING ARTISTIC
AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Dwight Rhoden
Desmond Richardson

INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Muadi B. Dibinga

PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER
Dwight Rhoden

ARTISTIC ADVISORS
Carmen de Lavallade & Sarita Allen

REHEARSAL DIRECTORS
Jae Man Joo, Meg Paul, Clifford Williams

COMPANY REPETITEUR
Clifford Williams

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER
Michael Korsch

COMPANY MANAGER
Alanna Swovelin

RESIDENT COSTUME DESIGNER
Christine Darch

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Luke Woods

LIGHTING SUPERVISOR
Joey Walls/C.C. Gould

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Christina Dooling, Gary W. Jeter II, Christina Johnson, Jae Man Joo, Natiya Kezevadze, Terk Lewis, Clifford Williams

THE COMPANY
Jacopo Calvo, Jillian Davis, Vincenzo Di Primo, Thomas Dilley, Larissa Gerszke, Joe Gonzalez, Brandon Gray, Tatiana Melendez, Khayr Muhammad, Simon Plant, Zion Pradier, Miguel Solano, Tim Stickney, Eriko Sugimura, April Watson

Apprentices:
Emma Branson, Christian Burse, Aidan Wolf

(A compilation of repertory favorites and highlights from Season 27)

BACH 25

2018 (Excerpt)

Choreography: Dwight Rhoden 
Music: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 
Lighting: Michael Korsch 
Costume: Christine Darch 
Performed by: The Company

AMAZING GRACE

2011
(Excerpt from Testament)

Choreography: Dwight Rhoden
Music: Traditional
Lighting Design: Michael Korsch 
Costume Design: Jae Man Joo 
Performed by: Tatiana Melendez and Simon Plant

TESTAMENT was commissioned through the generous support of TITAS/Dallas, TX. 

RIDING ON THE WINGS OF MY LORD

2020 
(Excerpt from Love Rocks)

Choreography:  Dwight Rhoden
 Music: Lenny Kravitz 
Lighting Design: Michael Korsch 
Costume Design: Christine Darch 
Sound Design: Corey Folta 
Performed by: The Company 

MUSIC CREDITS:
"Riding On the Wings of My Lord", written by Leonard A. Kravitz with permission of BMG Gold Songs. 

Photo by Steven Trumon Gray

WONDER-FULL

1994

Choreography: Dwight Rhoden
Music: Stevie Wonder
Lighting Design: Michael Korsch 
Costume Design: DRSquared
Performed by: Brandon Gray

WORK IT OUT

World Premiere
(Excerpt from Snatched Back from the Edges)

Choreography: Dwight Rhoden
Music: Tye Tribbett
Lighting Design: Michael Korsch
Costume Design: Christine Darch
Performed by: Vincenzo Di Primo, Thomas Dilley, and the Company

MUSIC CREDIT:
“Work It Out (Live)” by Tye Tribbett used with permission of Kobalt Music Publishing.

Photo by Steven Trumon Gray

-INTERMISSION-

STAR DUST

World Premiere May 2016/ Detroit, MI

A Ballet Tribute to David Bowie

Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: David Bowie
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costumes Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company

I. LAZARUS (Blackstar album 2016)
Brandon Gray & The Company

II. CHANGES (Hunky Dory album 1971)
Joe Gonzalez & The Company

III. LIFE ON MARS (Hunky Dory album 1971)
Thomas Dilley & The Company

IV. SPACE ODDITY (Space Oddity album 1969)
Jillian Davis & The Company

V. 1984 (Diamond Dogs album 1974)
Tim Stickney & The Company

VI. HEROES (Heroes album 1977)
Sung by Peter Gabriel
Christian Burse, Jacopo Calvo, Tatiana Melendez, Zion Pradier Miguel Solano

VII. MODERN LOVE (Let’s Dance album 1983)
Miguel Solano & The Company

VIII. ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars album 1972)
Simon Plant & The Company

IX. YOUNG AMERICANS (Young Americans album 1975)
The Company

Photo by Sharen Bradford

Program Note: STAR DUST is the first installment of a full evening length Ballet tribute to the genre bending innovation of one of the prolific Rock Stars of our time - DAVID BOWIE.  This Ballet takes an array of his hits and lays a visual imprint, inspired by his unique personas and his restless invention artistically - to create a Rock Opera style production in his honor.  With Bowie’s 40+ year career and 25 Albums, that stretch across musical borders - STAR DUST pays homage to the iconic and Chameleonic spirit of what can only be described as... BOWIE.

* STAR DUST was generously commissioned by Detroit's Music Hall.
Special Thanks to Vince Paul

MUSIC CREDITS:
“Warszawa”, Written by David Bowie & Brian Eno Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc EMI Music Publishing Ltd |  “Lazarus “, Written by David Bowie, Publishers: Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc. | “Changes”, Written by David Bowie, Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd | “Life on Mars?”, Written by David Bowie, Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd |  “1984”,  Written by David Bowie, Published by Jones Music America (ASCAP) administered by ARZO Publishing; Bewlay Brothers Music; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd | “Heroes”, Written by David Bowie & Brian Eno, Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc; EMI Music Publishing Ltd | “Modern Love”, Written by David Bowie, Published by Jones Music America (ASCAP) administered by ARZO Publishing | “Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide”, Written by David Bowie, Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd | “The Young Americans”, Written by David Bowie, Published by Jones Music America (ASCAP) administered by ARZO Publishing; Bewlay Brothers Music; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd

Hailed as a “matchless American dance company” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Complexions Contemporary Ballet transcends dance tradition through a groundbreaking approach to the art. Founded in 1994 by master choreographer Dwight Rhoden and the legendary Desmond Richardson, Complexions’ foremost innovation is to remove boundaries, not reinforce them. The company blends methods, styles and cultures from across the globe, and the result is a continually evolving form of dance that reflects the movement of our world — and all its cultures — as an interrelated whole. 

Complexions’ artistic directors and company members teach master classes around the world to dancers of all levels, bringing the company's inventive vision of human movement to five continents, over 20 countries and over 20 million television viewers. The company has also performed at major dance festivals throughout Europe. These include Italy’s Festival of Dance; France’s Isle De Dance Festival and Maison De La Dance Festival; the Holland Dance Festival; Switzerland’s Steps International Dance Festival; Poland’s kódź Biennale, Warsaw Ballet Festival and Kraków Spring Ballet Festival; and Spain’s Dance Festival of Canary Islands. Complexions has toured extensively throughout the Baltic Regions, Korea, Brazil, Japan, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Israel, Russia, New Zealand, Bermuda, Serbia, Jamaica and Australia. 

Complexions Contemporary Ballet has received The New York Times Critics’ Choice Award, among numerous other awards. It has appeared in theaters across the U.S., including the Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New Victory Theater (New York City), the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts (New Orleans), Paramount Theatre (Seattle), The Music Center (Los Angeles), Winspear Opera House (Dallas), Cutler Majestic Theatre (Boston), the Music Hall (Detroit), and the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.) as part of the 2017 Ballet Across America. Prominent theaters abroad that have hosted Complexions include the Bolshoi Theatre, the Kremlin Theatre (Moscow), The Mikhailovsky Theater (St. Petersburg) and the Melbourne Arts Center. 

In the 27 years since its inception, the company has born witness to a world that is becoming more fluid, more changeable and more culturally interconnected than ever before. Today, Complexions Contemporary Ballet represents one of the most recognized and respected performing arts brands in the world. It is poised to continue its mission of bringing unity to the world, one dance at a time.