PROGRAM NOTES - Centre In The Square

PROGRAM NOTES
BREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONS
Presents
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 @ 8PM
CENTRE IN THE SQUARE, KITCHENER
SHAPING SOUND
BREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
SHAPING SOUND
STARRING
TRAVIS WALL
NICK LAZZARINI
TEDDY FORANCE
KYLE ROBINSON
ALSO STARRING
CHANTAL AGUIRRE CHANNING COOKE
RORY FREEMAN
DANIEL GAYMON
JAIMIE GOODWIN
KATE HARPOOTLIAN
JUSTINE LUTZ
BEN SUSAK
CHELSEA THEDINGA
AMY YAKIMA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
GIL STROMING
CREATIVE CONSULTANT
MANDY MOORE
SET DESIGN
JESUS RODRIGUEZ
GREGORY ANDERSON
GENERAL MANAGER
BRAD BAUNER
LIGHTING DESIGN
SETH JACKSON
NATHAN SCHEUER
COSTUME DESIGN
EFFIE MATTHEWS
SOUND DESIGN
DISTRICT 78
PRODUCER
NIKOLE VALLINS
PRODUCTION MANAGER
ROBBIE MACLEAN
MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT
CREATED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY
TRAVIS WALL
NICK LAZZARINI
TEDDY FORANCE
EXCLUSIVE TOUR REPRESENTATION
EVELYN ZILBERMAN
COLUMBIA ARTISTS THEATRICALS
KYLE ROBINSON
THE SHOW
ACT I
Broken In Chaos................................................................................... Full Company
Solitude........................................................... Jaimie Goodwin and Kyle Robinson
Between Sleep....................................................Nick Lazzarini and Full Company
A Sudden Drift............................................. Jaimie Goodwin and Teddy Forance
with Channing Cooke, Amy Yakima, Nick Lazzarini and Travis Wall
My Dear Love...........................................Chelsea Thedinga and Daniel Gaymon
Exposure....................................Channing Cooke, Kate Harpootlian, Ben Susak,
Justine Lutz, Daniel Gaymon, Kyle Robinson and Chantel Aguirre
Rouge Lounge................................................. Jaimie Goodwin and Full Company
INTERMISSION
ACT II
Escape From Reality.....................................................................................The Men
Found................................................................ Jaimie Goodwin and Full Company
Corruption........................... Chantal Aguirre, Kyle Robinson and Full Company
Darkness................................................................................................ Full Company
The Light.................................................. Amy Yakima, Travis Wall and The Men
Waking Life........................................................................................... Full Company
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CAST
WHO’S WHO
TRAVIS WALL was the runner-up for the Fox
reality show So You Think You Can Dance, and
is currently a resident choreographer and judge
for the national dance competition show. He is a
4-time Emmy nominated choreographer for his
work on So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing
with the Stars. Travis has choreographed stage
and music videos for Carrie Underwood, Justin
Bieber and Demi Lovato. He choreographed
for the 82nd Academy Awards as well as the
2010 MTV Video Music Awards, where he
worked with Drake, Florence and the Machine,
Chelsea Handler, Eminem, and Rihanna. Travis
also choreographed the contemporary numbers
for the feature film Step Up Revolution and just
finished choreographing a film with Kevin Hart.
Currently, he teaches on tour with NUVO Dance
Competition. Travis is a founding member
of the Los Angeles based dance company
Shaping Sound. Follow him at @travISova
NICK LAZZARINI His multifaceted dancing
abilities have leveraged his career within the
United States and abroad. Nick is the season
one winner of the Fox reality show So You
Think You Can Dance, and has been featured in
countless publications, including the cover of
Dance Spirit Magazine twice. He has performed
with music sensations such as Adele on
Dancing with the Stars, Kelly Clarkson at this
year’s American Music Awards and Florence
and the Machine at The MTV Video Music
Awards. Currently, he teaches on tour for JUMP
Dance Convention. Nick is a founding member
of the Los Angeles based dance company
Shaping Sound. Follow him at @NickLazzarini TEDDY FORANCE grew up at his families dance
studio the Hackworth School of performing arts
in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He has had the
opportunity to perform with Janet Jackson, Cirque
Du Soleil, Florence & the Machine, Kelly Clarkson,
Usher, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, & Maxwell.
Teddy has performed on Ellen, Good Morning
America, Dancing with The Stars, American
Idol, The Oscars, The AMA’s, The Emmy’s &
was in The Step Up Revolution Movie. Teddy
continues to teach on JUMP Dance Convention
for his 6th season! Follow him at @TeddyForance
KYLE ROBINSON is a Contemporary
choreographer and teacher whose work strongly
emphasizes Modern and Ballet technique. At
the age of 18, he received the Gold Award in
Modern Dance from the National Foundation for
Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). It was also
during this time that he met legendary dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov who began to mentor Kyle
from that point on. He went on to fine-tune his
abilities by training at the Julliard School, earning
a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2009. Throughout
his college experience and after, Kyle worked
as a freelance dancer with Aszure & Artists as
well as the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. He
played the role of Diesel in West Side Story’s First
National Tour performing the choreography of
Jerome Robins. Kyle was featured on Dancing
with the Stars in a pas de duex to Christina
Perri’s “Arms.” He has guest starred on NBC’s
Parks and Recreation and most recently can be
seen on the “You Win” Chase Bank/Lowe’s
national commercial. Currently, he resides in Los
Angeles where he choreographs and performs
for Shaping Sound Dance Company, as well as
independently. Follow him at @KyleRRobinson
CHANTEL AGUIRRE trained with San Francisco
Ballet, The Dance Company of SF and NYU’s
Tisch School of the Arts. She has performed with
San Francisco Ballet, Cedar Lake, Soul Escape,
Lunge Dance Collective, Tayeh Dance, Shaping
Sound and Still Motion. She has worked with
Beyoncé, Adele, Florence and the Machine,
The Goo Goo Dolls, Taylor Swift, Ceelo Green,
Christina Perri, Panic at the Disco, Chris Brown,
and was the associate choreographer for Kylie
Minogue’s World Tour. TV credits: Dancing
with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, the
Academy Awards, VMA’s, AMA’s, MACY’s
Passport, Billboard Music Awards, Victoria’s
Secret Fashion Show, BET Awards, GLEE, X
Factor, Good Christian Belles, Two and a Half
Men and Mad Men. She travels the country
teaching and choreographing at various schools
and tours with NUVO Dance Convention.
CHANNING COOKE grew up in Haverhill, MA
where she trained under studio owner Karla
Pattavina. She debuted on Fox’s So You Think You
Can Dance as a top twenty contestant and then
went on to perform alongside Neil Patrick Harris
at the 42nd Annual Academy Awards. Other
TV credits include American Idol where she
performed with Rihanna, The X Factor with Jessie
J, So You Think You Can Dance with Jennifer Lopez,
the American Music Awards, All The Right Moves,
Shake It Up, Austin & Ally, Two and A Half Men,
and Movement One, a dance documentary. She
WHO’S WHO
currently teaches throughout North America
and is honored to be dancing with Shaping Sound.
RORY FREEMAN at the age of 18 was a Silver
Award recipient in Modern Dance from the
National Foundation for Advancements in the
Arts (NFFA). He then went on to earn his BFA in
Dance from SUNY Purchase (NY) in 2010. This
gave him the opportunity to perform pieces by
Bill T. Jones, Paul Taylor, Bella Lewitsky, and Luca
Veggetti. In 2010, he joined the world renowned
dance company, MOMIX, and performed
nationally and internationally. Since moving to
Los Angeles in 2013, Rory has had the honor of
working and performing with companies such
as Commonality, Escape Artists, and Royal Flux.
In addition, he has worked with music artists
such as Earth, Wind, & Fire, Taylor Swift, Paula
Abdul, and Jack Wagner, among others. He has
appeared in Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and
Paula Abdul’s “Check Yourself” music videos. He
had the pleasure of being a part of the skeleton
crew to create part of the Opening Ceremonies
for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Rory is a part
of the faculty and judges for various national
conventions and competitions. He has taught &
choreographed at numerous studios across the
U.S. and South America. Rory is also the CoFounder and Co-Director of MOVE: The Initiative,
a dance intensive that takes place in the New
England area, which he is from. Rory was honored
to become a member of Shaping Sound in 2013.
He was part of the company’s first ever national
tour, performed at the International Festival
Dans Encore, the Dizzy Feet Foundation Gala,
and Dancer Palooza. Rory is thrilled to be able
to work with Shaping Sound for a second season!
DANIEL GAYMON was born and raised in
Columbia, SC. He began dancing at the age
of nine under the training of Dale Lam at the
Columbia City Jazz Dance School & Company
where he studied for nine years. He has
worked with choreographers Mandy Moore,
Travis Wall, Teddy Forance, Misha Gabriel,
Dondraico Johnson and many others. He
toured China in a five week touring production,
and this past year he toured Germany
with the Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance.
JAIMIE GOODWIN grew up in Virginia Beach,
VA where she trained in performing arts under
Denise Wall. She made her acting debut as a
guest star on the new CBS TV show Vegas and
appeared as a co-star on Oxygen’s All The Right
Moves. She was a top ten finalist on So You Think
You Can Dance and regularly returns to perform
with them as an ‘Allstar’. She has been seen
on TV in a McDonald’s commercial; other TV
credits include: episodes of Dancing with The
Stars (as a guest performer and dancing with
artists such as Adele and Annie Lennox), a
recurring role on Glee, Two and a Half Men, lead
female in Shawn Hook’s video Every Red Light,
the 82nd and 85th Academy Awards, the Emmy
Awards, and the 2012 and 2013 American
Music Awards. You can also check her out on
film in High School Musical 3, Rock of Ages, and
Movement One, a dance documentary. Jaimie
was the assistant choreographer to Sonya
Tayeh on the Miley Cyrus and Kylie Minogue
world tours and performed with Rasta Thomas’
Bad Boys of Dance on several European tours.
She prides herself in inspiring and sharing with
others. She recently had the honor of teaching at
Stanford University and continues to travel and
teach with 24SEVEN. You can currently find her
performing around the world with Shaping Sound!
KATE HARPOOTLIAN grew up in Columbia,
SC studying at Columbia City Jazz. She has
worked with choreographers such as Jason
Parsons, Billy Bell, Cherice Barton, Heather
Lang and Brice Mousset. Credits include:
Boardwalk Empire, Dancing with the Stars, The
Merce Cunningham Dance Company and The
Great Gatsby premiere event. She has also acted
in commercials for Special K, Sunglass Hut, and
Nespresso. She has a flair for the comedy, a love
of learning and teaching and enjoys anything
involving dessert. Follow her @KateHarpootlian
JUSTINE LUTZ grew up in Plymouth, MN where
she started dancing at the age of three. She
attended Loyola Marymount University and
traveled as an assistant for the Pulse on Tour for
a year. TV Credits include: ABC’s Suburgatory,
Fox’s Glee, Disney’s Liz and Maddie, The
American Music Awards and the Teen Choice
Awards. She has been seen in a Fuller mops
commercial. Justine has worked with Taylor
Swift, Ke$ha, Pitbull, Ed Sheeran, Paramore
and Emmy winning cinematographer Vilmos
Zsigmond in God The Father. She has appeared
in both Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and Ed
Sheeran’s “Don’t” music videos and works
with NIKE. She hopes her drive and passion
will be felt as she tours with Shaping Sound.
WHO’S WHO
BEN SUSAK is excited to be touring with the
amazing Shaping Sound artists that he is proud
to call his friends. Credits include; Wicked,
Cirque du Soleil, So You Think You Can Dance and
Dancing with the Stars. He has worked with Lady
Gaga, Britney Spears, Ke$ha, Florence and the
Machine, Kelly Clarkson and has been featured
on American Idol. Shaping Sound, one clap!
CHELSEA THEDINGA grew up in Las Vegas
and trained at Inspire Dance Company under
Artistic Director Robert Contreras.
After
moving to Los Angeles, she began dancing
with Sonya Tayeh’s dance Company Tayeh
Dance and assisted choreographers on So You
Think You Can Dance which led to performance
opportunities on The Academy Awards, The
American Music Awards, MTV Video Music
Awards, Glee, America’s Got Talent, The Secret
Life of the American Teenager, Dancing with the
Stars and So You Think Can Dance. Chelsea
has toured North and South America dancing
for Latin artist Chayanne’s No Hay Imposibles
Tour. Recently, Chelsea performed with Stacey
Tookey’s Still Motion Dance Company and
with Shaping Sound on All the Right Moves.
AMY YAKIMA is the Season 10, America’s
Favorite Female Dancer on the reality show
So You Think You Can Dance and was a guest
performer on SYTYCD Ukraine. She grew up
in Northville, MI, where she began dancing at
Noretta Dunworth School of Dance at the age of
three. She performed in the Radio City Christmas
Spectacular as ‘Clara’ in Detroit and New York
City. She attended Marymount Manhattan
College on scholarship in NYC and she is currently
a staff member at Velocity Dance Convention.
SKYLAR BOYKIN (SWING) was born and raised
in Dallas, Texas. Since the age of nine she trained
at Dance Industry Performing Arts Center in
ballet, jazz, contemporary, improvisation and
choreography. In 2010, she was selected as a
Texas YoungMaster and was awarded multiple
grants to further her studies in the art of dance.
In 2012, from a field of 5,000 contestants, she
was named YoungArts Winner in modern dance
and choreography from which she traveled
to Miami to perform with 20 other dancers at
the Miami New World Center. Skylar has had
the privilege to attend many workshops and
intensives including, Cedar Lake Contemporary
Ballet in New York, Batsheva Dance Company
in Israel and Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop.
GIL STROMING
BREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONS
(EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) Gil is regarded as
one of the leading dance entrepreneurs in the
world. Before his business ventures, Gil began
his dance career at 12 years old with the Kirov
Student Ballet Company. From there, he was
cast in the hit Off-Broadway show Tap Dogs.
Upon leaving the show at age 18, Gil created his
own tap dance company, Break The Floor. Break
The Floor performed for the NBA at Madison
Square Garden, for the internationally televised
Goodwill Games (TBS), The Marian Anderson
Awards (PBS), the Thanksgiving Day Parade
(ABC), The Princess Grace Awards, and with
the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Gil has appeared
on numerous television programs including The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Today Show,
Live With Regis and Kathie Lee, the Kennedy
Center’s 25th Anniversary Honors (PBS) and on
Chris Rock’s comedy album, Bigger and Blacker.
Gil is also the face of Capezio tap shoes, gracing
the cover of Capezio tap shoe boxes worldwide.
Following his dance career, Gil created Break
The Floor Productions, LLC. Break The Floor
Productions is one of the world’s preeminent
dance entertainment companies, encompassing
touring theatrical productions, dance workshops,
photo and video production, corporate events
and apparel. Break The Floor Productions has
produced some of the most premier dance
events of our time including NUVO Dance
Convention, 24 Seven Dance Convention & the
world’s largest dance convention JUMP! With a
broad range of business prospects and a reach
of over 500,000+ dancers annually, Break The
Floor Productions is largely responsible for
the transformation of dance entertainment.
NIKOLE VALLINS (PRODUCER) is a producer
and former casting director. Producing projects
include: The National Tour of Shaping Sound,
DancerPalooza, Capezio A.C.E. Awards Winners
Festival, Happy We’ll Be, a dance narrative at
Roseland Ballroom, Make Believe on Broadway
at The Bernard Jacobs Theater, Broadway
Celebrates Whitney Houston at Joe’s Pub,
I’M IN starring Rachelle Rak at Le Poisson
Rouge, D Watts: Spoken Word Preserves at the
Helen Mills Theater and Broadway’s Future:
Steven Jamail at the Lincoln Center Library.
WHO’S WHO
As a casting director, she has worked on such
Broadway productions as A Chorus Line, Finian’s
Rainbow, White Christmas, The Lion King,
Gypsy, Dreamgirls, Grease, the NY City Center
Encores! Series and the feature films, Hairspray
and Nine. Nikole is on the Artistic Advisory
board of Rosie’s Theater Kids and is a founding
board member of The Performing Arts Project.
BRAD BAUNER
(GENERAL MANAGER)
Brad Bauner was an Associate Producer of
Broadway’s Burn the Floor (2010). He previously
served as the Associate Producer for Post Street
Theater and Marines Memorial Theater in San
Francisco. He was the General Manager of Rat
Pack: Live at the Sands for two tours. Brad also
spent seven years as the Associate General
Manager of the smash hit STOMP. Additionally,
Brad is a television writer, playwright and lyricist.
FOR BOOKING INQUIRIES CONTACT:
EVELYN ZILBERMAN
COLUMBIA ARTISTS THEATRICALS
[email protected]
917.206.4600
Production Manager........................... Robby MacLean
Lighting Director............................... Terese Porterfield
Production Carpenter.......................... Michael Hetzer
Production Properties.......................................John Rex
Wardrobe Supervisor............................. Tysh Hawkins
Costume Designer................................. Effie Mathews
Lighting Designer......Seth Jackson, Nathan Scheuer
Set Designer.......... Jesus Rodriguez, Greg Anderson
Merchandise Associate...........................Gary Vaughn
Physical Therapist...............................Michele Nielson
Marketing & Public Relations.........................C Major
Entertainment
Online Advertising......................Arthouse Interactive
Production Assistant...........................Jordan Richbart
Graphic Design................................Alex Ray Vasquez,
Samantha Van Sant
Additional Choreography By........ Kate Harpootlian,
Matthew Peacock, Ben Susak, Chelsea Thedinga
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CENTRE IN THE SQUARE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair.................................................................Bruce Gordon
Vice Chair....................................................Murray Gamble
Mayor...........................................................Berry Vrbanovic
Councillor.........................................................John Gazzola
Councillor........................................................... Scott Davey
Councillor.............................................................. Paul Singh
Board Member....................................................Hilary Abel
Board Member............................. Jennifer Appleby Vines
Board Member..........................................Sandy Delamere
Board Member...............................................Carol Leaman
Board Member........................................... Shawn Mathers
Board Member............................................ Marcus Shantz
ADMINISTRATION
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Sandra Bender
Finance, Administration and Box Office
Controller................................................................Deb Daub
Financial Accountant........................................Sylvia Cook
Administrative Assistant......................... Serena St. Louis
Director of Operations.................................Pamela Sauve
Patron Services Supervisor.......................Hildred Nelson
Ticketing Services Coordinator................... Margie Hogg
Ticketing Services Coordinator.................. Lisa Williams
Production, Technical Services and Maintenance
Director Of Building Operations/
Technical Services............................................ Rob Sonoda
Production & Rentals Coordinator...............Rachel Fallis
Programming Manager...........................Greg Henderson
Crew Chief/Properties Manager..............Adam Qualter
Head Sound Engineer.....................................Bob Luffman
Assistant Stage Electrician,
Projection & Video................................. Michael Maclean
Head Carpenter............................................ Jim Constable
Assistant Head Of Carp/Flyman....................Jim Turner
Chief Maintenance Engineer............................Bill Sharpe
Maintenance Assistant....................................Jay Treusch
Operations Coordinator...............................Dwayne Price
Front Of House Supervisor............................ Kris Ozolins
Guest Services Manager.......................Dwayne Bryshun
Marketing and Sponsorship
Marketing Manager...................................Rachelle Garcia
Marketing &
Communications Coordinator...............Mariam Ahmad
Business Development Officer......................Peter Meier
Publicist,
KL Strategic Communications........... Karen Lorenowicz
Social Media & Publicity Assistant............Aleta Wilson
For more than 30 years, Centre In The Square has
played a leading role in promoting the highest
quality of local and international music and
performing arts in southwestern Ontario. The
Centre is dedicated to promoting performing
arts that entertain, inspire, engage and create
memorable experiences for the region. The
venue’s main hall, a 2,047-seat state-of-the-art
theatre boasts superior acoustics and is widely
regarded as one of the finest performance space
in North America. A registered not-for-profit
charitable organization, The Centre is governed
by a 14-member board with a staff of 210 full-time
and part-time employees.
Visit centreinthesquare.com for more information.
2014/2015 SPONSORS
The Centre would like to thank the following organizations for their
generous support, which has a profound and lasting impact on the
quality of our program and facilities.
Season &
Ticket Back Sponsor.......Heffner Lexus/ Hefner Toyota
Supported By........................................... City Of Kitchener
Supported By.........................................Canadian Heritage
Community Ticket Program.......................... Tim Hortons
Community Ticket
Program Supporter..................................City Of Waterloo
Community Ticket
Program Supporter...............................City Of Cambridge
Electric ThursdaysTM Sponsor..........................KW Hydro
30 Under 30 Program Sponsor............TD Canada Trust
Family Programming Sponsor................Oxford Learning
OnStage Series Supporter................SOCAN Foundation
Communications Sponsor.................. Execulink Telecom
Digital Projection Sponsor..................................... Christie
Lobby Screens Donated By....... Gibson Sound & Vision
Information Technology
Sponsor..................The Waterloo Networking Company
Media Sponsor........................... Waterloo Region Record
Advertising Supporter................................. Three Kretans
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