Year of the Sheep Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company

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February–March 2015
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Calendar of Events | 6
NJPAC Shining Stars | 11
NJPAC Contributors | 12
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Season Funders | 16
NJPAC’s “Brag Book” | 18
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Spring at NJPAC: A time to dance
Moves! will showcase
in choreography.
emerging
talent
Photo by Andrew Eccles
Thanks to NJPAC’s Community Engagement
team, curiosity-seekers can explore the arts by
attending free panel discussions, and by taking
free dance classes. Special opportunities for
children include library events.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s
Glenn Allen Sims.
By Robert Johnson
It starts with an intake of breath. The chest
rises, and energy branches through the limbs.
Then a man can hurl his body through the
air; and a woman can spin fiercely, executing
a line of whiplash turns. Watching the action
from their seats, viewers may gasp reflexively
in admiration, as the Spring dance season gets
under way.
At New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the
dance programs are typically adventurous.
Patrons can enjoy the gilded pageantry of
Chinese New Year, and the moonlit drama
of Swan Lake. Lula Washington brings her
company from Los Angeles with the zeal
of gospel music refracted through hip-hop.
The celebrated Alvin Ailey American Dance
Theater returns with its latest hits, including
choreographer Matthew Rushing’s tribute to
Odetta Holmes, the late folk singer and activist.
And while the range of its programming
is international, NJPAC also celebrates its
own. This year’s Jersey Moves! Festival of
Dance will feature a premiere by distinguished
choreographer Carolyn Dorfman, from Union;
while a second program called Jersey (New)
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company welcomes
the Lunar New Year on Feb. 7, with a burst
of glitter and colorful flags and ribbons.
Witnessing the playful “Lion Dance” and the
winding “Dragon Dance” invites good luck;
and Chen will present traditional material
in honor of the Year of the Sheep. The
Chinese Music Ensemble of New York joins
the dancers; and this year Chen will also
present artists from mainland China, including
youngsters from the Beijing Dance Academy.
XingYe Ma and BoXie Zhang are virtuosos
of kuai-ban, also known as “bamboo rap,”
in which the performers improvise poetry to
the rhythm of bamboo clackers.
Swan Lake owes much of its celebrity to
Tchaikovsky, whose haunting melodies adorn
a score of symphonic grandeur. Yet the unity of
form and expression in the White Swan Pas de
Deux is equally remarkable. Prince Siegfried
pursues the Swan Queen, his vision of ideal
love, through a fantasy world. Yet modern
viewers can still identify with a hero deceived
by false appearances, and with the sudden
onset of tragedy. On Feb. 15, the State Ballet
Theatre of Russia, from the city of Voronezh,
will perform Swan Lake in Prudential Hall.
Before she got involved with James
Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar, choreographer
Lula Washington made a name for herself
by fearlessly addressing society’s needs in
her art. When her Lula Washington Dance
Theater performs on Feb. 26, the repertoire
will include We Wore the Mask, a dance
targeting racial stereotypes. Yet audiences will
see Washington’s lighter side as well. She
choreographed Dances for McCoy in loving
response to the music of jazz pianist McCoy
Tyner. Other prominent choreographers have
created dances for her troupe. Christopher
Huggins’ duet, Love Is, portrays an equalopportunity romance; while hip-hop master
Rennie Harris’ explosive Reign uses a gospel
re-mix to fuel religious ecstasy. One of the
company’s dancers will teach class on Feb. 25
at the Umoja Dance Studio in Vauxhall.
Carolyn Dorfman has graced earlier editions
of Jersey Moves!, yet this is the first year her
company has had its own evening, on March
13. Dorfman, who is Honorary Co-Chair
of NJPAC’s Celebrate Dance Advisory
Committee, will participate with her company
in a series of free dance classes presented
by New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble at
Drew University in Madison on March 8.
The gala performance later that week will
include The Klezmer Sketch, a nostalgic look
at the choreographer’s Jewish background.
The highlight, however, will be the premiere
of an experimental piece called Waves.
“It’s more a play on the concept of sound waves
than literal ocean waves,” says Dorfman,
who created the dance in collaboration with
a trio of musicians: Jessie Reagen Mann on
cello; beat boxer Peter List; and Daphna Mor
playing the recorder. Waves explores the ways
that music and human gesture can interact,
with the audience invited to participate.
Everybody loves Revelations. But, as usual,
the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
has something new on deck. Dancer Hope
Boykin sparkles as the stand-in for the title
character in ODETTA, framing the action
with inspirational renditions of “This Little
Light of Mine.” Boykin surveys a landscape
of folksy tableaux, from the lilting comedy
of “A Hole in the Bucket” to the shellshocked desperation of “Masters of War.”
When the Ailey company performs, May 8-10,
the gentlemen of the troupe will also have a
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
fluent showcase in Hofesh Shechter’s shadowy
Uprising, while Jacqulyn Buglisi’s Suspended
Women gives the ladies an outlet for pent-up
drama. Originally created for New York City
Ballet, Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain
Pas de Deux has been widely praised for its
sublime simplicity and intricate partnering,
and it is revealed in a fresh light as the Ailey
dancers make it their own.
Preceding this engagement, Ailey veteran
Nasha Thomas-Schmitt will lead a master
class/workshop, “Behind the Scenes of Alvin
Ailey’s Classic Revelations,” on Saturday, April
18 from 10am - 1pm at NJPAC. On April
29, Thomas-Schmitt and Renee Robinson
will discuss the origins of Revelations with a
video presentation at the Maplewood Public
Library. NJPAC’s Community Engagement
team has also arranged events to introduce
children to Andrea Davis Pinkney’s biography
of Alvin Ailey for young readers at a string
of local libraries.
Jersey (New) Moves! closes NJPAC’s dance
season on June 19, giving young artists a
rare opportunity to present works-inprogress. The emerging choreographers will
pair with established artists who can offer
them professional guidance. These mentors
include Chen, Dorfman and contemporary
choreographers Randy James and Claire Porter.
Photo by Chirstopher Duggan
“It really is a service to the field,” Dorfman
says, “and honors the process in a way
that performing arts centers don’t often
do.” Speaking more broadly of NJPAC’s
dance programming and audience outreach,
Dorfman adds, “I see their commitment, and
that motivates me. That inspires me, as a
member of the community.”
Robert Johnson is a freelance dance writer.
Follow him on Twitter at: @RobertJ26215165.
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company
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Photo by Gert Krautbauer
This spring NJPAC continues to present the most exhilarating events that you can find under
one roof! On April 11, premier jazz pianist Bill Charlap leads a one-time-only, all-star tribute
to saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker with a triumvirate of venerable musicians on alto sax:
Phil Woods, Charles McPherson and Jesse Davis. Audra McDonald will dazzle audiences on
April 19 with an afternoon of favorite show tunes and songs from her latest album Go Back
Home. Mother’s Day weekend is once again graced by the presence of Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater, performing new works and memorable classics May 8-10. Later that month,
NJPAC welcomes the return of André Watts on May 15, performing Concertos by Beethoven
and Grieg with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Mozart’s Overture to Cosí fan tutte and
Stravinsky’s Four Norwegian Moods will also be on the program. Spring will certainly be in full
swing at NJPAC!
Calendar of Events
February–June 2015
All events and programs subject to change without notice.
February 2015
Saturday, Feb 7 at 2pm
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Year of the Sheep
Thursday, Feb 12 at 8pm
Hezekiah Walker featuring
Erica Campbell, Tasha Cobb,
Vashawn Mitchell
& JJ Hairston
Friday, Feb 13 at 8pm
Shaggy, Maxi Priest, Sanchez
Ladies’ Night R&B
Extravaganza
at Prudential Center
with Jaheim,
K-Ci & JoJo and more!
L’Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Rachmanninov, Stravinsky,
Debussy and Ravel
Saturday, Feb 14
at 7:30pm & 11pm
Nephew Tommy Comedy Show
I Got People Inside
My Head Tour
with Kier “Junior” Spates
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Omaha Theater Company
Sunday, Feb 15 at 3pm
Swan Lake
State Ballet Theatre of Russia
NJMEA All-State Symphonic
Band, Wind Ensemble &
Women’s Chorus
Sunday, Feb 22 at 11am
& 1pm
Dorthaan’s Place Jazz Brunch:
Catherine Russell
Sunday, Mar 15 at 3pm
Metropolitan Opera
Rising Stars:
Bel Canto Showpieces
Saturday, Apr 11 at 7:30pm
Bill Charlap presents
Bird Lives!
A Salute to Charlie Parker
Sunday, Feb 22 at 7pm
Jason Mraz
and Raining Jane
Camané
with Dead Combo
Sunday, Apr 12 at 1 & 4pm
Jim Henson’s
Dinosaur Train Live!
Thursday, Feb 26 at 7:30pm
Lula Washington Dance
Theatre
Tuesday, Mar 17 at 7pm
Trending with Scott Simon:
Lessons in Education Reform
Friday, Apr 17 at 8pm
The Price Is Right Live!
NJPAC Stage Exchange:
The Talented Tenth
(Free event –
reservations required)
Wednesday, Mar 18 at 8pm
Celtic Woman
10th Anniversary Tour
Friday, Feb 27 at 7:30pm
Rev. Stef & Jubilation
with Dionne Warwick
March 2015
Monday, Mar 2 at 8pm
Jessie Mueller &
Jarrod Spector
The Stars of Beautiful:
The Carole King Story
Friday, Mar 6 at 8pm
Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry
at NJPAC:
Shuffle, Cramproll,
Paradiddle and Stomp
Jersey Moves!
Festival of Dance
Carolyn Dorfman
Dance Company
Saturday, Mar 14 at 7:30pm
Stephen Schwartz & Friends:
Defying Gravity
Debbie Gravitte, Scott Coulter
and Kelli Rabke
Saturday, Mar 14 at 8pm
Aretha Franklin
Ledisi
The Intimate Truth Tour
with special guests
Raheem DeVaughn and
Leela James
Sunday, Mar 22
at 11am & 1pm
Carrie Jackson & Her Jazzin’
All Stars
Generation T.
(Free event –
Saturday, Mar 28 at 2pm
Sleeping Beauty Dreams
Marionetas de la Esquina
Puppet theater from Mexico
April 2015
The Moody Blues
Saturday, Apr 11
at 2:30 & 8pm
Sunday, Apr 12 at 1:30pm
Shen Yun
2015 World Tour
Sunday, Apr 19 at 11am
& 1pm
Junior Mance Trio
Sunday, Apr 19 at 3pm
An Afternoon with
Audra McDonald
at NJPAC:
Jersey Voices
May 2015
Saturday, May 2
at 5 & 8pm
Michael Franks
with special guest
Raul Midón
Friday, May 8 at 8pm
Saturday, May 9 at 8pm
Sunday, May 10 at 3pm
Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater
The Musical Adventures
of Flat Stanley
Dallas Children's Theater
Sunday, May 10 at 3pm
Metropolitan Opera
Rising Stars:
Romantic Treasures
André Watts, piano
with the New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra
Works by Mozart,
Beethoven, Stravinsky
and Grieg
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at NJPAC:
Poetry Like Bread:
Poems of Political and
Social Consciousness
June 2015
Tuesday, May 19 at 7pm
Trending with Scott Simon:
Women Who Set the Agenda
Friday, June 19 at 8pm
Jersey (New) Moves!
Emerging Choreographers
Hoodwinked
(Free event –
Saturday, June 20 at 3
& 8pm
One-Man Star Wars Trilogy
Starring Charles Ross
Hispanic Youth Showcase
Jonathan’s Choice:
Jessica Molaskey
Portraits of Joni Mitchell
Concert and conversation
with radio host
Jonathan Schwartz
Saturday, June 6 at 2pm
The Adventures of
Robin Hood
Visible Fictions
Saturday, June 20 at 8pm
Gilberto Santa Rosa & Friends
Charles Ross’ One-Man Star
Wars™, the comedic offBroadway hit based on the
original Star Wars trilogy,
returns June 20! A worldwide
touring sensation!
Only N.J. performances!
Please note: Tickets are non-refundable. Artists, dates, times, programs, prices and venues are subject to change.
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Victoria Theater
Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 2pm
NJPAC presents
Year of the Sheep
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Nai-Ni Chen, Artistic Director / Choreographer
Yi-Chung Chen, Lighting Supervisor / Stage Manager
Dancers
Tyler Brown, Greta Campo, Chloe Crade, Julian Devine, Yoo Sik Kim,
Kristen Lau, Kyung Joon Lee, Bo Pang, Eddie Stockton, Yao Zhong Zhang,
Min Zhou, Guixuan Zhuang & Nai-Ni Chen Youth Program Dancers
Musicians
Chinese Music Ensemble of New York
Guest Artists from Beijing
Beijing Dance Academy and Xin Ye Ma
As a courtesy to the performers and fellow audience members, please be
sure to silence all mobile devices. The use of recording equipment and the
taking of photographs are strictly prohibited.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council
on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for
the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Program
DOUBLE LIONS WELCOMING SPRING
Choreography: Nai-Ni Chen
Music and Costumes: Chinese Folk
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Dancers: Julian Devine, Yoo Sik Kim, Kyung Joon Lee, Eddie Stockton,
Yao Zhong Zhang, Min Zhou
As one of the most popular dances performed in the Chinese New Year Celebration, the Lion
Dance is said to have originated in the Tang Dynasty 3,000 years ago. The Emperor would hold a festival
where people dressed in costumes as one hundred kinds of animals-the lion being one of them. The Lion
Dance is seen as a prayer of peace because during the dance a child playfully leads a beast. The child and
beast playing together symbolizes harmony on earth. That is why the Lion Dance is always performed
in the beginning of the year. In this dance, acrobatic skills, coordination and concentration are critical.
There are many styles of the Lion Dance in China. This is the Northern style.
PEACH FLOWER LANDSCAPE
Music: Chinese Folk Music arranged by Guo Brothers and Lyu Hong-Jun
Lighting Design: A. C. Hickox
Costumes: Karen Young
Dancers: Tyler Brown, Greta Campo, Chloe Crade, Kristen Lau, Bo Pang
The legend of the Peach Flower Village was recorded by the poet/philosopher Tau Yuan Ming in the fourth
century. It tells of a peaceful agricultural community with no central authoritarian control, hidden away
from the rest of the world. The people lived in perfect harmony with the land. The Peach Flower Village has
since become a symbol of hope for the Chinese people over the centuries. This is an excerpt of a 45-minute
dance drama, Peach Flower Landscape, which was commissioned by the Lincoln Center Institute in 1995.
GU ZE YUNG GE-HARVEST DANCE
Arranged and Danced by: Min Zhou, Guixhuan Zhuang
Music: Folk music of Shang Dong province
Costumes: Chinese Han folk
Lighting Design: Yi-Chung Chen
Yung Ge is one of the most popular folk dances of the Han people in Northeast China. During harvest
time or the Chinese New Year celebration, villagers gather in the fields to dance with fans, handkerchiefs,
and drums to celebrate their year-long hard work and to welcome the New Year. Their movements are
every stylized and energetic and usually performed to a repetitive drum beat.
CHINESE BAMBOO RAP
Performer: XingYe Ma
Bamboo Rap is an ancient form of spoken word art practiced in Northern China. The performer speaks
rhythmically and accompanies his words with a pair of bamboo claps held in both hands. They tell
historic stories of hero, villain and significant events that make up the colorful history of China.
EXCERPT FROM WHIRLWIND
Composer: Glen Velez
Costumes: Anna-Alisa Belous
Lighting Design: Carrie Wood
Dancers: Tyler Brown, Greta Campo, Chloe Crade, Yoosik Kim, Kristen Lau, Kyung Joon Lee,
Eddie Stockton, Guixuang Zhuang
Whirlwind is a phenomenon in the desert caused by the air coming from the mountains to the plain in
different directions. This dance takes inspiration from the choreographer’s journey on the Silk Road which
passes through Central Asia, connecting China to Europe, crossing many deserts and mountains. It was
the pathway not only connecting trade and merchandise but also cultures, art and religions from many
countries. In Central Asia, some believe Whirlwind is the manifestation of the great breath, the divine
energy of the universe. The dance reflects the passage of the creative energy along the Silk Road.
INTERMISSION
PEACOCKS IN THE BAMBOO FOREST
Choreographed and instructed by Min Zhou
Nai-Ni Chen Youth Program Dancers: Christine Chen, Adeline Chen, Emily Cheng, Fannie Cheng,
Sunny Cheng, Madeline Huang, Naomi Kuo, Maddy Laws, Jessica Lee, Meryl Li, Alissa Liu,
Jamie Liu, Celena Lu, Caroline Sun, Chara Wang, Emily Yap, Serena Yeung
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Program
WHY THE FLOWERS ARE RED?
(Xinjiang Ethnic Dance)
Choreographed and instructed by Ying Shi
Nai-Ni Chen Youth Program Dancers: Joanne Chen, Kelly Cheng, Vicky Cheng, Nina Chung,
Alice Huang, Michelle Huang, Celina Lin, Gabbie Liu, Joy Lu, Tiffany Mei, Grace Shan,
Melanie Tsai, Janna Wang, Jessica Wang
RIBBON DANCE
Instructors and Choreographers: Ying Shi
Nai-Ni Chen Youth Program Dancers: Christina Chin, Tingting He, Victoria He, Justine Huang,
Michelle Huang, Patricia Huang, Jenica Liang, Selena Wang, Emily Wei, Cayla Xue, Brittany Yee
NO BOUNDARIES
Choreographers: Beijing Dance Academy
Dancers: Chen Zihao, Gong Yitong, Guo Yongbin, Hu Jing, Tian Ye, Tian Zhuang,
Yan Hanyi, Zhao Xiaomeng
A new work from the world renowned Beijing Dance Academy.
SONG OF MOUNTAINS-CHINESE FOLK MUSIC
RUAN SOLO
Composer: Xing Liu
Player: Yueqin Chen
The Ruan is a Chinese plucked string instrument which has over 2000 years of history. It is a lute with
a fretted neck, a circular body and four strings. Its four strings were formerly made of silk but since the
20th century they have been made of steel.
HUBEI COIN STICK DANCE
Arrangement: Nai-Ni Chen in cooperation with Qiao Zeng and Min Zhou
Music and Costumes: Chinese Folk
Dancers: Tyler Brown, Greta Campo, Chloe Crade, Yoosik Kim, Kristen Lau,
Kyung Joon Lee, Guixuang Zhuang
The Coin Stick dance originated with the Hans, in Hubei province, and is traditionally done by street
performers. People drill holes in the sticks, which are made of bamboo, and fill the holes with coins.
Dancers hit the sticks against their bodies and the ground to produce interesting rhythms as they move,
and they often incorporate acrobatic skills. Today, this dance is usually performed in groups of men and
women during festival celebrations.
DRAGON DANCE
Music: Peng Xiuwen & Cai Huiq
Lighting Design: Carrie Wood
Dancers: Company
As the most spectacular folk dance performed in the Chinese New Year Celebration, Dragon Dance
depicts a mythical animal, which symbolizes imperial power and nature’s grace. For those fortunate to
see it in the Chinese New Year, prosperity and good fortune is ensured for the coming year.
Meet the Artists
NAI-NI CHEN (Choreographer / Artistic Director)
comes from a rich dance tradition. She was a
renowned traditional dancer in Taiwan and served
on several ambassadorial culture missions to
nineteen countries around the world. An early
member of the Cloud Gate Dance Theater in
Taiwan, she graduated from the Chinese Cultural
University in 1982 and came to America to seek
her own voice in the world of contemporary dance.
Since the inception of her Company in 1988, Ms.
Chen has created a wide-ranging repertory, from
dances that originated thousands of years ago to
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highly abstract, modern works. The inspiration for
her dances often comes from the poetic motion of
the Chinese painting brush, from folk rituals and
ceremonies, and from the phenomena of nature.
Winning critical acclaim worldwide, Ms. Chen has
received a two years Choreographer’s Fellowship
from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is
also a three times recipient of the Choreographer’s
Fellowship from New Jersey State Council on the
Arts. Her work has also been commissioned by
the Joyce Theater Foundation, the Lincoln Center
Institute, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation,
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Dancing in the Streets and the Mid Atlantic Arts
Foundation. She has taught master classes at colleges
and universities throughout the United States and at
dance festivals in Russia, Poland, Taiwan and China.
Besides creating dances for her own Company, she
has choreographed the opera Turandot for both the
Westfield Symphony’s production at the PNC Center
and the Boheme Opera Company’s production at
the War Memorial Hall in Trenton, New Jersey. As
a guest choreographer, she created Unconquered
Warrior for Dancing Wheels Company of Cleveland,
Ohio. She was one of the choreographers for Ballet
Met’s 30X30 project in Columbus, Ohio. Ms. Chen
also completed a new ballet, The Three Riddles of
Turandot, for New Jersey Ballet. In New York, she
has taught at Mary Anthony Dance Studio, Peridance
and New York University, where she received her
M.A. in Dance and Dance Education. She has been
a principal affiliate artist of New Jersey Performing
Arts Center since its inception. On television, Ms.
Chen is an often-featured artist on Sino Vision and
PBS/NJN’s State of the Arts. For her contribution
to the community, she has won rewards from New
Jersey International Institute, NJ Organization of
Chinese American, NJ Chinese American Chamber of
Commerce and among others. Ms. Chen is currently
an Adjunct faculty at New Jersey City University.
YI-CHUNG CHEN (Lighting Designer), originally from
Taiwan, holds an M.F.A. from Boston University
in Lighting Design. She has previously worked at
Chautauqua Theater Company, Huntington Theatre
Company, Boston Lyric Opera and Florida Grand
Opera. NY design credits include The Gioconda
Smile, Othello, Desdemona, Untitled Waiting, I Am
A Moon, Muckrakers, Everything Is Ours. BU design
credits include Owen Wingrave, Dialogues of the
Carmelites, Imaginary Invalid, In the Jungle of Cities,
God’s Ear. www.yichungchen.com
TYLER BROWN (Dancer), originally from Owings Mills,
MD, began her training in Baltimore, at Peabody
preparatory on scholarship under the direction of
Carol Bartlett. Ms. Brown attended Carver Center
for Arts and Technology and graduated from Virginia
School of the Arts on scholarship. There she worked
with choreographers, such as Jennifer Medina and
Christopher Huggins. Ms. Brown attended The
Ailey School as a scholarship recipient and shortly
after joined Ailey II from 2012-14. During her time
with the company she worked with artists, such as
Amy Hall Garner, Kate Skarpetowska, Benoit-Swan
Pouffer, Renee Robinson, Troy Powell and Robert
Battle. This is Ms. Brown’s first year with the Nai-Ni
Chen Dance Company.
GRETA CAMPO (Dancer) began her dance training in
her native Milan at the Carcano Theater, where she
was first introduced to Martha Graham’s work. At
age 19, she began the Professional Training Program
at the Martha Graham School in NYC and after a
couple of months she joined Graham II, performing
in ensemble and solo roles. She performed with the
Martha Graham Dance Company in their 2012 New
York Season and has also been traveling nationally
and internationally with them. She completed the
Teacher Training Program at the School. Greta
has performed choreography by Pascal Rioult,
Larry Keigwin, among others and has worked with
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renowned choreographers, such as Eryc Taylor and
Nejla Yatkin. This is Greta’s third season with the
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company.
CHLOE CRADE (Dancer) is from Orange County,
California. She is a graduate of the North Carolina
School of the Arts where she majored in classical
ballet and had the privilege to study with the late
Melissa Hayden. She continued her dance training at
The Juilliard School and earned her B.F.A. in Dance
Performance. Chloe has been fortunate to perform the
works of Aszure Barton, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe,
Merce Cunningham, Adam Hougland, Jose Limon,
Ohad Naharin, Brice Mousset, Antony Tudor, Johannes
Wieland and many other notable choreographers.
Aside from dancing, Chloe is also a professional
model and loves to teach and choreograph.
JULIAN DEVINE (Dancer) was born in Winona,
Minnesota, where he found his love for the performing
arts. He later moved to Chicago to pursue his career
in dance by accepting a scholarship to Hubbard
Street Dance Chicago/Lou Conte Dance Studio. After
building his career in the Chicago, Julian moved to
New York City to pursue his interests even further.
In New York City, he has had the honor of working
with choreographers such as Brice Mousset (Oui
Danse), Abdur-Rahim Jackson, Austin McCormick
(Company XIV), Alison Cooke Beatty (ACB Dance
Company) and Jessica Chen (J Chen Project). Julian
is currently a Fitness Model with Wilhelmina Models,
a Dancer with the STEPS Ensemble, a group fitness
instructor and dance teacher.
YOO SIK KIM (Dancer) is from Seoul, South Korea. He
holds a B.A. in Dance from Seo-Kyeong University
and an M.F.A. in Dance Performance from Korea
National University of Arts. He was the finalist for
the fourth Seoul International Dance Competition.
In Seoul he has danced with Pilla Moving Company,
Dance Theater-ON, Labroratory Dance Project and
SEO Ballet Theatre. In New York, he has danced with
AKADA, Goyou Ballet Company, REVERBdance
and Dzul Dance. Mr. Kim joined the Nai-Ni Chen
Dance Company in 2012.
KRISTEN LAU (Dancer), born and raised in Honolulu,
HI, trained at Mid-Pacific Institute School of the
Arts under the direction of Paul Maley and Sylvia
Yamada-Brown. In 2013, Kristen graduated Summa
Cum Laude from Marymount Manhattan College
with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance-Concentration
in Modern and received the 2013 Gold Key Award
in Modern Dance. While at Marymount, under the
direction of Katie Langan, Kristen had the privilege
of performing works by Loni Landon, Pascal Rioult,
Larry Keigwin, Dusan Tynek, Lar Lubovitch, Elena
Comendador and Tami Stronach. In 2014, Kristen
was nominated for The Jadin Wong Award for
Emerging Asian American Dancer. Kristen joined the
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in 2013 and is excited
to start her second season with the company.
KYUNG JOON LEE (Dancer) is from Korea. He has been
performing professionally for a decade. He received
his Bachelor’s degree from ChungAng University.
He was a member of the acclaimed contemporary
Korean dance company “Pooreum.” Kyung Joon
has won several Korean dance competitions and he
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is a skilled college level dance instructor. Kyung Joon
has performed with several dance companies in New
York City including Keen Dance Theater, Perceptions
Dance Company and Da-On Dance.
XINGYE MA, Master of Kuaiban, has won the top prize
in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Kuanban competition
in Beijing and has been named the Emerging Star of
Kuaiban in 2010. This is Mr. Ma’s USA debut and
he wishes everyone a happy and joyous New Year of
the Sheep.
BO PANG (Dancer) is from Nanjing, China. She
earned an M.F.A. degree in Dance from NYU’s Tisch
School, and earned a B.A. in Ballet from the Beijing
Dance Academy in China. Since coming to the US
Bo has performed choreography by Mark Morris,
Deborah Jowitt and Alex Ketley. While in China,
Bo’s classical performances included Swan Lake at
the Chinese National Center for the Performing Arts,
Don Quixote at the Beijing Tian Qiao Theater and
The Nutcracker with the National Ballet of China
at the Beijing Poly Theater. Bo also performed in the
Silver Bell Dance in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
directed by Yimo Zhang and Weiya Chen.
EDDIE STOCKTON (Dancer) began his formal training
at NYC’s High School of Performing Arts. He also
trained at Martha Graham School, Bernice Johnson
School and at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
He performed with (NJ)Center Dance Collective.
George Faison, Philadanco, Milton Myers, Creative
Outlet, Desmond Richardson & Dwight Rhoden,
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and DC Shakespeare
Theatre. Eddie has worked as a choreographer with
Philadelphia(Danco II), North Carolina(Garner
Dance), Guadeloupe(Academie de Danse), Vanne,
France(YAQ’EL),
and
Pittsburg(Point
Park
University). He is also a part time DJ in NYC’s
underground club scene, lending his collection
of various musical styles, tempos, and infectious
rhythms to his classes and choreography.
YAO ZHONG ZHANG (Dancer) came from Shanghai,
China, where he graduated from the Shanghai Kuan
Opera School with a major in the male warrior role.
Mr. Zhang performed with the Shanghai Kuan Opera
Theater for ten years before moving to New York,
where he also performs with the Tong-Ching Chinese
Opera Company. He has been a member of the NaiNi Chen Dance Company since 2000.
MIN ZHOU (Dancer) graduated from the dance
department at the Hubei Arts Academy. She later
joined the Hubei Province Song and Dance Troupe and
became a renowned principal performer. Ms. Zhou, an
elected member of the Chinese Dancers’ Association,
has a wide repertoire that ranges from exquisite
Chinese classical dances to gracious and playful folk
dances. While in China, she joined several performing
arts groups and toured to Switzerland, Japan, Canada
and France. In New York, she danced with the Chinese
Cultural Center. She has been a member of the Nai-Ni
Chen Dance Company since 2004.
GUIXUAN ZHUANG (Dancer), from Quingdao, China,
graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy in 2009,
with a major in Chinese Folk Dance. While there,
he studied and collected information pertaining
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to various ethnic groups and studied each of their
movement styles extensively. Under the guidance
of Korean Traditional Dance Master, Lee Kyung
Hwa, he studied the Korean sogo dance. Guixuan
performed in the Mongolian dance piece Wolf Totem
that won second place in the 8th Taolibei National
Dance Competition. He has performed works by Yin
Mei, Critchell and Jiang Qi, among others. In 2009,
he was invited to dance with Dance China NY, the
resident touring company of the New York Chinese
Cultural Center, and has performed and taught
throughout the New York City area since then.
NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY
Bringing the dynamic freedom of American modern
dance together with the elegant splendor of Asian
art, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company is one of the
most visible Asian American dance companies in
America. Ms. Chen’s unique choreography transports
audiences beyond cultural boundaries to the common
ground between tradition and innovation, discipline
and freedom, and form and spirit.
Since its inception in 1988, the company has
earned a broad base of public support and has
toured extensively to major performing arts centers
throughout more than thirty states. In 2001, the
company also began touring abroad and has
performed in Central America, South Korea, China,
Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania and Mexico.
In addition to its extensive season of touring and
performing, the company has developed Arts in
Education residency programs in school districts to
bring culture and arts into educational settings. It’s
colorful and engaging in-school assembly program
“The Art of Chinese Dance” has been presented in
hundreds of schools in NJ, NY, CT and PA, reaching
hundreds of thousands of youth.
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has been awarded
grants from the National Endowment for the
Arts; the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/
Department of State, a Partner Agency of the
National Endowment for the Arts.; the Geraldine
R. Dodge Foundation; the Fund for US Artists at
International Festivals & Exhibitions; the Hyde
and Watson Foundation;Horizon Foundation, the
Connelly Foundation; the E.J. Grassman Trust;
the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust; the Lillian
Pitkin Schenck Fund; the Lower Manhattan Cultural
Council; Verizon; Sony; Live Music for Dance; Chase
Manhattan Bank; the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
and others.
For additional Company information, visit
www.nainichen.org; write to Nai-Ni Chen Dance
Company, P.O. Box 1121, Fort Lee, NJ 07024; or
call (800) 650-0246.
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company is managed by:
RILE & GALLANT ARTISTS.
Joanne Rile, 93 Old York Road, Jenkintown
Commons Suite 222; Jenkintown, PA 19046-3925
Tel: 215-885-6400; Fax: 215-885-9929
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.rilegallant.com; www.nainichen.org.
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Prudential Hall
Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 8pm
NJPAC presents
Hezekiah Walker
Featuring
Erica Campbell
Tasha Cobbs
Vashawn Mitchell
JJ Hairston
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Meet the Artists
HEZEKIAH WALKER
Gospel singer, composer and choir leader
Hezekiah Walker was born December 24, 1962
in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the
Fort Greene housing projects. He formed his
first gospel group, the Love Fellowship Crusade
Choir, when he was in his twenties and serving
as a Pentecostal minister. Walker and the choir
released a pair of albums in 1987 and 1990 before
Walker turned to a solo career, releasing Focus on
Glory in 1992. A year later he released Live in
Toronto, which proved to be his breakthrough,
and the album hit the top of the gospel charts.
Forming another choir, the Love Fellowship
Tabernacle Church Choir, Walker continued to
release albums recorded live on the church circuit,
including Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College
in 1994, Hezekiah Walker Presents the LFT
Church Choir in 1998, Family Affair in 1999
and Love Is Live! in 2001. Along the way Walker
brought a lot of young people to gospel and choir
music and has shown he has no problem using
modern vernacular and recording techniques to
expand his fan and worship base. Souled Out
appeared in 2008, followed by Azusa: The Next
Generation in 2013, both from Verity Records.
ERICA CAMPBELL
Erica Campbell and her sister Tina Campbell
broke through in 2000 as Mary Mary with the
pioneering hit “Shackles (Praise You).” Mary
Mary has earned numerous Stellar Music & Dove
Awards, four Grammy Awards, three NAACP
Image Awards, two American Music Awards, a
Soul Train Award and a BET Award.
Bishop Hezekiah Walker is the visionary, founder
and Senior Pastor of the Love Fellowship
Tabernacle Churches in Brooklyn, New York
and Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Pastor Walker
shepherds a growing and multi-cultural flock of
members varying in age, race and socio-economic
backgrounds. Born and raised in Brooklyn in
the tumultuous Fort Greene public housing
projects, he has risen to build and lead one of
the greatest ministries in the Northeast.
In addition to her debut, Erica stars in the hit
WE-TV reality show Mary Mary, which was
the number one show among African American
adults and women 18-49 and 25-54, excluding
sports, and ranked among the top five cable
reality shows in prime time on Thursday nights.
The show returns for a fourth season in 2015.
Love Fellowship Tabernacle was birthed in
November 1993. The cradle of the Tabernacle’s
humble beginnings began with only eight
members. The church, located in the East New
York section of Brooklyn, focused on the young
adolescents in the community. As a result, many
young people turned from a life of drugs, crime
and sin because of his ability to preach, teach and
“rightly divide” the Word of God without fear
or reservation.
The vision God gave to Pastor Walker was
founded on the three “P’s:” Prayer, Preaching and
Praise. As he led the people of God into prayer
and praise, he labored diligently in the preaching
of the gospel to ensure that people of all ages
received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. His
ability to motivate, inspire and empower through
the Word of God drew people from all walks of
life to the Tuesday night prayer and Bible study,
now known as the “Prayer Capital of New York
City.” Presently, Pastor Walker and the church
family are awaiting the construction of their new
mega-church facility (The Kingdom Cathedral)
to accommodate the overflow of souls.
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After seven Mary Mary albums and a lifetime
(plus 14 years of professionally singing) with
Tina, Erica released her debut solo album HELP
in 2014, a compelling impressive body of work
that is both passionate and meaningful. HELP
held the #1 slot on the Billboard Gospel chart for
seven weeks, in addition to peaking at number six
on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
Erica is a recipient of three Grammy Award
nominations, two NAACP Image Award
nominations and 10 Stellar Award nominations
for her solo debut as well as an ASCAP Award
and Dove Award for single “A Little More Jesus.”
She also received the 2014 Soul Train Award for
“Best Inspirational/Gospel Song” for the title
track “Help” featuring Lecrae.
Erica is married to Grammy Award-winning
producer Warryn Campbell II, and they have
three children—Krista Nicole, Warryn III and
Zaya Monique. Erica also continues to travel with
Mary Mary.
TASHA COBBS
For Tasha Cobbs, it all began in her hometown,
Jesup, Georgia, where she was Worship Leader
of Jesup New Life Ministries, founded by her
late father, Bishop Fritz Cobbs. Tasha faithfully
lent her talents at her local assembly before an
unforeseen relocation to Atlanta, Georgia, where
she joined the thriving dReam Center Church
of Atlanta. Most of her tenure at dReam Center
entailed leading worship weekly and managing
the various entities of the Worship & Arts
Department. She now serves as one of the team
pastors at dReam Center.
In 2012, Cobbs would go on to record her
freshman project titled GRACE, produced by
multi-award-winner and Motown Gospel label
mate, VaShawn Mitchell. This project laced with
organic and moving tracks featured the lead single,
“Break Every Chain,” which landed as Billboard’s
#1 song for a total of 12 weeks. This anthem
unleashed liberation to countless audiences
nationwide each time it was heard or ministered.
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The album Grace landed on Billboard’s Top 10
Gospel Albums chart for a year. It was definite
that the world had received not just another singer,
but a rare gift. In such a short time, Tasha has
seen extraordinary success with accomplishments
that include: a Grammy Award, three Stellar
Awards and three Dove Awards. She notes
God’s grace as the reason for it all.
More than an artist, Tasha Cobbs is an innovative
tool of influence with a passion for mentorship.
Resulting from this passion came the launch of
the iLead Escape (www.theiLeadEscape.com),
a global ministry mentorship program that aids
2,000 mentees in sharpening the knowledge
and execution of their gifts. In addition to
this program, Tasha extended the reach of her
mentorship with her debut book, WORSHIP 101,
a manual that revisits the basics of worship.
Pastor Tasha Cobbs continues to brand herself
as a multifaceted game-changer as she blazes
her own trail with her music career and ministry
efforts. In light of all the recognition she has been
afforded, her goal remains to use her platform
as an opportunity to fulfill the purpose of her
assignment.
VASHAWN MITCHELL
VaShawn Mitchell was born and raised in
Chicago, IL, a city known as the birthplace of
Gospel music, an art form that has been indelibly
imprinted on his life. When he was a teenager,
Mitchell became the assistant music director
of St. Mark Baptist Church. Then for nearly a
decade he went on to serve as Minister of Music
at Bishop Larry D. Trotter’s Sweet Holy Spirit
Church. As the youngest Minister of Music
in that church’s history, Mitchell successfully
merged the contemporary themes he composed
with the traditional choir vibe that marked the
church’s worship services.
Throughout the years, VaShawn’s artistic vision
has grown, shaping him into a mature worship
leader and a recognized Gospel songwriter. In
2010, his passion and talent for songwriting,
producing and singing led him to release
Triumphant, which became his best-selling album
to date. Soaring to the top of the charts with
his mega-hit single “Nobody Greater,” Mitchell
amassed numerous awards and nominations. In
2011, he received 11 Stellar Award nominations
(the most received by any artist that year) and took
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home six trophies. He also earned two Grammy
Award nominations and two GMA Dove Award
nominations for “Nobody Greater” (Billboard’s
#1 Most Played Gospel Song of 2011), and
Mitchell was named Billboard’s #1 Gospel Radio
Artist of 2011. Triumphant was among the Top
5 Gospel Albums of 2011. The single held the #1
position for nine consecutive weeks on Billboard’s
Hot Gospel Songs chart and crossed-over to the
Urban Contemporary Adult charts.
Mitchell continued to stretch his creative talents
in 2012, executive-producing Anthony Brown
& group therAPy’s debut album and producing
Tasha Cobbs’ GRACE, which generated two
Dove Awards and a Grammy. In January 2015,
Mitchell formally launched Walkway Music
Group to support the development of aspiring
artist in the gospel music industry.
Mitchell continues to expand interests in
community service and philanthropy. He is
currently the National Faith-Based Spokesperson
for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization
and recently started the Norman Youth & Arts
Foundation, named in memory of his grandfather.
Mitchell has performed for the NAACP as well
as partnered corporately with Denny’s on several
health care initiatives.
JJ HAIRSTON
Gospel singer James “JJ” Hairston is the leader,
chief songwriter and director of the Youthful
Praise choir, known for its exuberant, urbantinged gospel and praise & worship songs.
Formed in 2001 out of Turner’s Faith Temple
in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the choir was
originally known as Teens of TFT, and released
a debut album, Awesome God, that same year on
Evidence Gospel. A second album, Thank You
for the Change, which featured a guest spot by
Coko, arrived in 2004, followed by Live! The
Praise…The Worship a year later. Television
appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien
and Bobby Jones Gospel, and performances
with Joan Osborne, Shirley Caesar and Destiny’s
Child increased the choir’s visibility and fan
base, as did its exuberant, energetic live shows
and urban affinities. Exalted, recorded live in
Baltimore, Maryland, was released on both CD
and DVD in 2007. It would be five years before
their next album, After This, arrived in the spring
of 2012, with I See Victory following two years
later in 2014.
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Prudential Hall
Friday, February 13, 2015 at 8pm
NJPAC presents
Shaggy
Maxi Priest
Sanchez
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SHAGGY
With a commanding presence, a distinctive
voice that is recognizable throughout the
world and titles such as artist, businessman,
philanthropist and Grammy® Award winner,
Shaggy is and has been a forced to be reckoned
with. A son of the Brambly streets of Kingston,
Jamaica, his discipline which he credits to his
military background has been the foundation
of his success.
In 1993, Shaggy exploded on the music scene
with his debut album Pure Pleasure. His
remix of the ska classic “Oh Carolina” from
that album was an instant hit in England and
other countries. Shaggy followed up with
his sophomore album Boombastic in 1995.
Boombastic went certified platinum, won
a Grammy Award in 1996 for best reggae
album and topped an impressive chart list that
included the top 40 Rhythmic Charts, Hot
100, Billboard 200, among others.
Wanting to take a more hands on approach
with his career, Shaggy, along with his manager
Robert Livingston and legendary producer
Sting International, formed Big Yard Music
Group in 1996. With its state-of-the-art
equipment and highly trained staff, Big Yard
set out to “create a central space filled with
opportunities” and has been instrumental
in the careers of such artists as Brian &
Tony Gold, Kiprich, Rayvon, Rik Rok and
Voicemail. Today the label is responsible for
the careers of Richie Loop, Christopher Martin
and D-Major.
An exemplary career that has spanned well
over a decade, Shaggy has enjoyed cross-over
success. He is the only certified diamond-selling
dancehall, reggae artist. However, Shaggy has
remained humble, taking his career in strides.
He has defied the odds, succeeding in his own
terms and continues to break down barriers
for those who dare to follow in his footsteps.
MAXI PRIEST
People embracemusic and rhythms that mean
something to them, no matter what their
background. Over the course of 10 albums and
countless live performances all over the globe,
Maxi Priest has unleashed a one-world music
that heals, rejuvenates and uplifts.
The second youngest of nine children, Maxi’s
parents moved to London, England from
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Jamaica. His father was a steelworker in a
factory, while his mother devoted her life
to Christianity; she was a missionary at a
Pentecostal Church and lead singer for the
church choir, and as a youngster Maxi grew
up listening to gospel, reggae, R&B and
pop music.
While working as a carpenter, Maxi Priest
began singing over the mic at live dancehall
sessions with artists such as Smiley Culture. In
1984 Maxi made a bit of history after he and
Paul “Barry Boom” Robinson produced Philip
Levi’s “Mi God Mi King,” the first UK reggae
tune to reach Number One in Jamaica.
His 1988 album, Maxi, was recorded in
Jamaica and was released in America by Virgin
Records. “Some Guys Have All the Luck,” a
cover of Cat Steven’s classic “Wild World,”
gave Maxi his first U.S. smash hit and gained
him worldwide recognition. Two years later,
Maxi released Bonafide, which achieved gold
status. The single “Close To You” hit Number
One on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart
and Number Two on the Hot R&B Singles
chart. In 1991, Maxi’s collaborations with
Roberta Flack (“Set The Night To Music”)
and Shabba Ranks “Housecall,”) again
took Maxi to the highest chart echelons. He
capped off the year by releasing Best of Me,
a powerful compilation of hits from his four
previous albums.
By the early to mid ’90s, Maxi was critically
acclaimed for his skills in balancing hardcore reggae vibes with more mainstream pop
sensibilities and that approach added to his
growing popularity as both a recording and
touring artist.
Since his 1988 debut, Maxi has enjoyed
tremendous success as a singer with popularity
and recognition around the world. In fact, he
is the most successful reggae solo artist in the
world, second only to legend Bob Marley.
SANCHEZ
Sanchez is one of the all-time favorite singer/
performers who transforms his audience into
a mass choir at his live performances. He
epitomizes elegance and style His selection of
songs range from soulful R&B to hardcore
dancehall and reggae, balanced with religiously
calming cuts that enhance the spiritual vibes of
his act.
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Meet the Artists
Born on November 30, 1964 in Kingston,
Jamaica and christened Kevin Anthony
Jackson, Sanchez grew up with his mother,
father, two brothers and two sisters, in the
Stony Hill and Waterford Communities under
strong Christian principles.
The former choir leader became a selector
for the Rambo Sound system; a system on
which many of his close DJ colleagues such
as Flourigan, Lizard and Red Dragon also
worked out. (By this time, he had been
renamed Sanchez by his friends and soccer
team mates because of a highly skilled pass he
made reminiscent of the great Brazilian soccer
star Hugo Sanchez).
In 1987, Sanchez’s first single, “Lady In Red,”
was released, soaring to the # 19 slot on JBC
Radio record chart. His first hit, the Winston
Riley-produced “Loneliness,” recorded in
1988, is still one of his biggest. In that same
year, he was voted “Singer of the Year,” “Best
Up and Coming” and “Best New Artist”
by Rockers and Bins awards respectively.
“Loneliness” was also voted “Song of the
Year,” which led him to his first appearance
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at Reggae Sunsplash. Sanchez has since scored
with such big hits as “Wild Sanchez,” “Love
Mi Lover Bad,” “Fall in Love,” “If I Ever
Fall In Love Again,” “Pretty Girl,” “One In
A Million,” “Hello,” “Amazing Grace” and
“Frenzy.” “Frenzy” won Sanchez the 2002
“Songwriter of the Year” award from The
Martin International Awards.
To date, Sanchez has released 28 albums and
over 70 singles and has toured extensively
throughout Europe, the Caribbean, the US
and Japan. He is presently planning on going
to Australia and Africa and is poised for great
things there, particularly in Zambia.
Today, Sanchez is savoring a tight-knit family.
One of the biggest supports to his wellbeing comes from his wife, Monica Jackson,
and their children: Christopher, Kevin (Jr.),
Annastacia, Keviann and Krysann.
“My aim right now is to try to produce some
young talents… we need to keep the music
real, clean and positive; break it down for the
kids and to practice what we preach.”
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Prudential Hall
Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 3pm
NJPAC presents
HollywoodStars
International Management, Inc.
The State Ballet Theatre
of Russia
P. Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
Ballet in Four Acts
Choreography by MARIUS PETIPA, LEV IVANOV & KONSTANTIN SERGEYEV
Production by ANATOLY EMELIANOV
NIKOLAY ANOKHIN, General Director of the Theatre
ANATOLY EMELIANOV, Artistic Director of the Ballet
sure to silence all mobile devices. The use of recording equipment and
the taking of photographs are strictly prohibited.
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Program
Swan Lake
A Ballet in Four Acts
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov & Konstantin Sergeyev
Production by Anatoly Emelianov
Odette/Odile................................................................................................ Ekaterina Tikhonova
Prince Siegfried..................................................................................................Valery Tselichshev
Rothbart..................................................................................................................Kirill Danilov
The Queen Mother............................................................................................... Ioanna Bikeeva
Jester..............................................................................................................Mikhail Bogomazov
The Prince’s Friends............................................................Lia Baldanova, Anastasia Emelianova
Hungarian Bride................................................................................................Victoria Pishkova
Spanish Bride.......................................................................................................Daria Kirsanova
Italian Bride..................................................................................................... Evgenia Nikolaeva
Polish Bride....................................................................................................... Kristina Sushkova
Russian Bride.............................................................................................. Anastasia Emelianova
Three Swans.................................... Lia Baldanova, Aleksandra Gornaeva, Anastasia Emelianova
Four Swans.........................................................................Victoria Pishkova, Kristina Sushkova,
Evgenia Nikolaeva, Aynana Grey Volf-Gurueva
Corps de Ballet
NIKOLAY ANOKHIN, General Director of the Theatre
ANATOLY EMELIANOV, Artistic Director of the Ballet
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Synopsis
Swan Lake
A Ballet in Four Acts
ACT 1 – A magnificent park before a castle.
Swan Lake begins at a royal court. Prince Siegfried, heir to the kingdom, must declare a wife at
his birthday ball. Upset that he cannot marry for love, Siegfried escapes into the forest at night.
As he sees a flock of swans flying overhead, he sets off in pursuit.
ACT 2 – A mountainous wild place, surrounded by forest. In the distance a lake, on the right
sides of which are ruins. A moonlit night.
Siegfried aims his crossbow at the swans and readies himself for their landing by the lakeside.
When one comes into view, however, he stops. Before him is a beautiful creature dressed in
white feathers, more woman than swan. Enamoured, the two dance and Siegfried learns that the
swan maiden is the princess Odette. An evil sorcerer, von Rothbart, captured her and used his
magic to turn Odette into a swan by day and woman by night.
A retinue of other captured swan-maidens attends Odette in the environs of Swan Lake, which
was formed by the tears of her parents when she was kidnapped by von Rothbart. Once
Siegfried knows her story, he takes great pity on her and falls in love. As he begins to swear
his love to her—an act that will render the sorcerer’s spell powerless—von Rothbart appears.
Siegfried threatens to kill him but Odette intercedes. If von Rothbart dies before the spell is
broken, it can never be undone.
INTERMISSION
ACT 3 – An opulent hall in the castle.
The Prince returns to the castle to attend the ball. Von Rothbart arrives in disguise with his own
daughter Odile, making her seem identical to Odette in all respects except that she wears black
while Odette wears white. The prince mistakes her for Odette, dances with her, and proclaims
to the court that he intends to make her his wife. Only a moment too late, Siegfried sees the real
Odette and realizes his mistake. The method in which Odette appears varies: in some versions
she arrives at the castle, while in other versions von Rothbart shows Siegfried a magical vision
of her.
ACT 4 – Same scene by the lake as in Act 2.
Siegfried returns to the lake and finds Odette, where she forgives him after he apologizes
intensely. Von Rothbart appears, trying to pull the lovers apart. The two realize the spell cannot
be broken because of Siegfried’s accidental pledge to Odile. In order to stay together, Odette and
Siegfried kill themselves by leaping into the lake and drowning. This causes von Rothbart to
lose his power over them, and he dies as a result.
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Meet the Composer
In 1866, the composer relocated to Moscow,
accepting a professorship of harmony at the
new conservatory, and shortly afterward
turned out his First Symphony, suffering,
however, a nervous breakdown during its
composition. His opera The Voyevoda came
in 1867-1868 and he began another, The
Oprichnik, in 1870, completing it two years
later. In 1869 Tchaikovsky entered into a
working relationship with composer Mily
Balakirev, leader of The Five; the result was
Tchaikovsky’s first recognized masterpiece,
the fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet. Other
works were appearing during this time, as
well, including the First String Quartet (1871),
the Second Symphony (1873), and the ballet
Swan Lake (1875).
PYOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKY
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky was the author
of some of the most popular themes in all of
classical music. He founded no school, struck
out no new paths or compositional methods,
and sought few innovations in his works.
Yet the power of his best music elevates it to
classic status. It was Tchaikovsky’s unique
melodic charm that could, whether in his Piano
Concerto No. 1 or in his ballet The Nutcracker
or in his tragic last symphony, make the music
sound familiar on first hearing.
Tchaikovsky was born into a family of five
brothers and one sister. He began taking piano
lessons at age four and showed remarkable
talent, eventually surpassing his own teacher’s
abilities. By age nine, he exhibited severe
nervous problems, not least because of his
overly sensitive nature. The following year,
he was sent to St. Petersburg to study at the
School of Jurisprudence. The loss of his mother
in 1854 dealt a crushing blow to the young
Tchaikovsky. In 1859, he took a position in the
Ministry of Justice, but longed for a career in
music, attending concerts and operas at every
opportunity. He finally began study in harmony
with Zaremba in 1861, and enrolled at the
St. Petersburg Conservatory the following
year, eventually studying composition with
Anton Rubinstein.
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In 1876, Tchaikovsky traveled to Paris with
his brother, Modest, and then visited Bayreuth,
where he met Liszt. By 1877, Tchaikovsky
was an established composer. This was the
year of Swan Lake’s premiere and the time he
began work on the Fourth Symphony (18771878). It was also a time when he married
Antonina Milyukova, an obsessed admirer,
their disastrous union lasting just months. The
composer even attempted suicide. Near the end
of that year, Nadezhda von Meck, a woman
he would never meet, became his patron and
frequent correspondent. The period of subsidy
by Mme von Meck was abundantly productive
for Tchaikovsky with a spate of outstanding
compositions, including the Serenade for
Strings (1881), 1812 Overture (1882), and
the Fifth Symphony (1888). In both 1888 and
1889, Tchaikovsky went on European tours as
a conductor, meeting Brahms, Grieg, Dvorak,
Gounod, and other notable musical figures.
Sleeping Beauty was premiered in 1890, and
The Nutcracker in 1892, both with success.
Throughout Tchaikovsky’s last years, he
was continually plagued by anxiety and
depression. In 1893 he finished his Sixth
Symphony (Pathetique) and it was successfully
premiered in October the same year. Ten days
after the first performance of the new work
Tchaikovsky died of cholera in St. Petersburg
on November 6, 1893.
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About the Company
THE STATE BALLET THEATRE OF RUSSIA
Founded by legendary dancer and former
Prima Ballerina of The Bolshoi Theatre
Ballet, Maya Plissetskaya, The State Ballet
Theatre of Russia, now under the direction of
award-winning dancer and Moiseyev dance
company soloist Nikolay Anokhin, presents
one of the greatest classical ballets of all time.
The full-scale production set to the music of
Tchaikovsky and based on Russian folklore
and German legend follows a heroic young
prince as he works to free the beautiful swan
maiden from an evil spell. The State Ballet
Theatre of Russia presents 50 of Russia’s
brightest ballet stars to bring this romantic tale
of true love to glorious life!
“Effortless precision.” – Palm Beach Daily News
“Full of enchantment!” – The New York Times
Meet the Artists
NIKOLAY ANOKHIN (General Director of the
Theatre) Nikolay Anokhin was born on January
30, 1957, in the city of Voronezh, Russia.
He graduated in 1974 from The Voronezh
Choreographic School in the class of Valentine
Slyhanov. Later, he graduated from the State
Cultural Art Institute in the class of director
Anatoly Borzov. He began his professional career
in 1975 as ballet dancer in the dance and a song
company “Russ” of the Vladimir Philharmonic
Society. He was then a member of the ensemble
“Donskiye Kazaki” in the Russian city of Rostovon-Don. In 1977, Anokhin joined the worldfamous the Moiseyev Dance Company and the
following year became a Principal Dancer in the
company. He was a prize winner in the all Union
ballet masters competition in 1989.
He began his career as a director in 1990 as
Artistic Director of the theater-show company
“Intersonus” in Warsaw Poland. In 1992, he
was producer, director, and organizer of the
anniversary concerts of the legendary ballet
dancer Maya Plisetskaya. From 1994 through
2005, Anokhin was one of organizers of the Ballet
Festival in Mikkeli, Finland.
Mr. Anokhin has produced many ballet projects
with international stars such as Patrick Dupon,
Vladimir Malakhov, Diana Vishneva, Julia Kent,
Farukh Ruzimatov, Alexey Rapmansky, and
many others. As an impresario, Anokhin has
organized and conducted more than 300 ballet
performances and concerts in Russia, Ukraine,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Baltic countries.
He has coordinated and conducted in the tours
of numerous international companies, including
the Flamenco Theater of Thomas de Madrid of
Madrid, Spain; the National Ballet of Argentina,
“Criolyo,” from Buenos Aires; the Jazz Step
Ensemble from Los Angeles; Tango “Tiero-ATiero” from Buenos Aires; the Antonio Gades
Company of Madrid; the National Ballet of
Korea from Seoul, Korea; and the Strauss Festival
Orchestra of Vienna, Austria.
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ANATOLY EMELIANOV (Artistic Director of the
Ballet) Anatoly Emelianov is a Knight of Second
Diaghilev Order for his “Contributions to
Russian Culture.” Mr. Emelianov graduated from
Perm State Choreography College in 1991. In
2001, he also earned a degree at the Faculty of
Choreography of The Russian Academy of Theater
Art. His career began at the Nizhny Novgorod
Opera and Ballet Theatre and continued at the
Moscow Children’s Music Theater directed by
Natalia Sats, at the Festival Theater directed by
Sergei Radchenko, and the Moscow City Ballet by
Victor Smirnov-Golovanov. At present he is a star
of the Metropolitan Classical Ballet directed by
A.Vetrov in Arlington, Texas, in the United States.
He is Artistic Director and choreographer at The
Crown of Russian Ballet Theater, and he became
Artistic Director of The State Ballet Theatre of
Russia in 2009.
Mr. Emelianov’s repertory includes leading roles
in Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote,
Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Spartacus, Petit
Prince, Scarlet Sails, Juno and Avos, Daylight
Leaves the Earth, Blue Bird, Gypsy Motives,
Esenin and Aysedora, Carmen, Prodigal Son,
Tristan and Isolde, Kursk Song, The Time,
Daphnis et Chloé and Vasilisa.
Among Mr. Emelianov’s ballet productions
are Romeo and Juliet and Daylight Leaves the
Earth set to music by Tchaikovsky; the original
versions of The Nutcracker and Cinderella;
Carmen to music by Bizet and Schedrin; Cross
Winds to music by Chopin;, Gypsy Motives
based on folk songs; Juno and Avos to the
music of the Russian rock opera by Alexey
Rybnikov; Esenin and Aysedora to pieces by
Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schnittke, and Prokofiev;
Martin Luther to music by Bach and Handel;
Kursk Songs to music of Sviridov and Stravinsky;
Tristan and Isolde to pieces by Tchaikovsky,
Shostakovich, Mahler and Barber; and Vasilisa
to music by Rachmaninov.
February 2015
NJPAC Shining Stars
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center reserves special accolades for its Shining Stars, the generous visionaries,
luminaries and great dreamers who made everything possible. This list includes contributors whose cumulative giving
to NJPAC totals $1 million and above. As of June 30, 2014
Dreamers
$10,000,000 million & above
State of New Jersey
Women’s Association of NJPAC
The Prudential Foundation
The Raymond G. Chambers Family
Victoria Foundation
Betty W. Johnson
Lore and Eric F. Ross
Judy and Josh Weston
The Star Ledger/Samuel I. Newhouse
Foundation
Allen and Joan Bildner
Katherine M. and Albert W. Merck
Merck Company Foundation
Toby and Leon G. Cooperman
City of Newark
Essex County
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Luminaries
CIT
Bank of America
Visionaries
Alcatel-Lucent
American Express Company
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
AT&T
ADP
Randi and Marc E. Berson
Casino Reinvestment Development
Authority
Chubb Foundation
Joanne D. Corzine Foundation
Jon S. Corzine Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Ford Foundation
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Veronica M. Goldberg
The Griffinger Family
Harrah’s Foundation
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey
Hess Foundation, Inc.
Jaqua Foundation
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
JPMorgan Chase
Kresge Foundation
The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation
Arlene and Leonard Lieberman
A. Michael and Ruth C. Lipper
McCrane Foundation, Inc.
New Jersey Cultural Trust
Panasonic Corporation of North America
Dr. Victor and Mrs. Jane Parsonnet
Pfizer Inc.
PSEG Foundation
Michael F. Price
PwC
Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust
Arthur F. and Patricia E. Ryan
The Sagner Family Foundation
The Smart Family Foundation/David S.
Stone, Esq., Stone and Magnanini
Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum
Turner Construction Company
Turrell Fund
Diana and Roy Vagelos
Verizon
Wells Fargo
Mary Ellen and Robert Waggoner
Wallace Foundation
NJPAC Leadership
Board of Directors
Co-Chair
William J. Marino
Thomas J. Marino, CPA
Marc H. Morial
Harold L. Morrison, Jr.
Thomas M. O’Flynn
Co-Chair
Victor Parsonnet, M.D.
John R. Strangfeld
Philip R. Sellinger, Esq.
Jeffrey S. Sherman, Esq.
President and CEO
Susan N. Sobbott
John Schreiber
The Hon. Clifford M. Sobel
Treasurer
David S. Stone, Esq.
Marc E. Berson
Michael A. Tanenbaum, Esq.
Joseph M. Taylor
Assistant Treasurer
Steven M. Goldman, Esq. Stephen M. Vajtay, Jr., Esq.
Robert C. Waggoner
Secretary
Nina M. Wells, Esq.
Michael R. Griffinger, Esq. Josh S. Weston
Linda A. Willett, Esq.
Assistant Secretary
Donald A. Robinson, Esq. John S. Willian
*Founding Chair
Raymond G. Chambers
*Chair Emeritus
Arthur F. Ryan
Lawrence E. Bathgate
II, Esq.
Brian T. Bedol
Allen I. Bildner
James L. Bildner, Esq.
Daniel M. Bloomfield, M.D.
Ann Dully Borowiec
Linda Bowden
Jacob Buurma, Esq.
Percy Chubb III
J. Fletcher Creamer, Jr.
Pat A. Di Filippo
Robert H. Doherty
Brendan P. Dougher
Thasunda Brown Duckett
Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Esq.
Anne Evans Estabrook
Leecia R. Eve, Esq.
Gregg N. Gerken
Christine Gilfillan
Savion Glover
Steven E. Gross, Esq.
William V. Hickey
Judith Jamison
The Hon. Thomas H. Kean
Ralph A. LaRossa
Michelle Y. Lee
Ann M. Limberg
A. Michael Lipper, CFA
Directors Emeriti
Dennis Bone
Barbara Bell Coleman
Albert R. Gamper
Morris Tanenbaum
Diana T. Vagelos
Ex Officio
The Hon. Christopher J.
Christie
The Hon. Mildred C.
Crump
The Hon. Joseph N.
DiVincenzo, Jr.
The Hon. Andrew P.
Sidamon-Eristoff
The Hon. Kimberly M.
Guadagno
The Hon. Ras J. Baraka
Elizabeth A. Mattson
WA Board of Trustees
Christine C. Gilfillan
President
Suzanne Spero
Nina M. Wells, Esq.
Co-Executive
Vice Presidents
Mary Beth O’Connor
Vice President, Fund
Development
Tenagne Girma-Jeffries
Vice President,
Promotion
Edward Cruz
Andrea Cummis
Robert Curvin, Ph.D.
Samuel A. Delgado
Steven J. Diner, Ph.D.
Andrew Dumas, Esq.
Dawood Farahi, Ph.D.
Curtland E. Fields
Albert R. Gamper, Jr.
Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq.
Renee Golush
Paula Gottesman
Beverly Baker
Sandra Greenberg
Audrey Bartner
Kent C. Hiteshew
Tai Beauchamp
Patrick E. Hobbs
M. Michele Blackwood,
John A. Hoffman, Esq.
M.D., F.A.C.S.
Lawrence S. Horn, Esq.
Mary Ellen Burke
Reverend M. William
Jillian Castrucci, Esq.
Howard, Jr.
Patricia A. Chambers*
Reverend Reginald
Sally Chubb* **
Jackson
Barbara Bell Coleman**
Howard Jacobs
Erica Ferry
Byerte
W. Johnson, Ph.D.
Chanda Gibson
Robert L. Johnson, M.D.
Marilyn “Penny” Joseph
Marilyn Joseph
Veronica M. Goldberg*
Donald M. Karp, Esq.
Archie Gottesman
Douglas L. Kennedy
Bunny Johnson
Gene R. Korf, Esq.
Heather B. Kapsimalis
Rabbi Clifford M. Kulwin
Ruth C. Lipper
Ellen W. Lambert, Esq.
Dena F. Lowenbach
Michelle Y. Lee
Pamela T. Miller, Esq.
Gabriella E. Morris, Esq.* Paul Lichtman
Lester Z. Lieberman
Trish Morris-Yamba
Ferlanda Fox Nixon, Esq. Kevin Luing
Joseph Manfredi
Christine Pearson
Robert L. Marcalus
Patricia E. Ryan* **
Antonio S. Matinho
Mikki Taylor
Bari J. Mattes
Diana T. Vagelos* **
*Founding Member John E. McCormac, CPA
**Trustee Emerita Catherine M. McFarland
Joyce R. Michaelson
Council of Trustees
Maria L. Nieves
Val Azzoli
Edwin S. Olsen
Michael F. Bartow
Barry H. Ostrowsky, Esq.
Frederic K. Becker, Esq.
Richard S. Pechter
Rona Brummer
Daria M. Placitella
John M. Castrucci, CPA
Jay R. Post, Jr., CFP
Elizabeth G.
Steven J. Pozycki
Christopherson
Clement A. Price, Ph.D.
Susan Cole, Ph.D.
Marian Rocker
Robert S. Constable
David J. Satz, Esq.
Irene Cooper-Basch
Barbara J. Scott
Anthony R. Coscia, Esq.
Gary Shaw
Mary Kay Strangfeld
Vice President,
Advocacy
Karen C. Young
Treasurer
Robin Cruz McClearn
Assistant Treasurer
Marcia Wilson Brown, Esq.
Secretary
Marla S. Smith
Suzanne M. Spero
Joseph P. Starkey
Sylvia Steiner
Arthur R. Stern
Andrew Vagelos
Richard J. Vezza
Kim Wachtel
Rita K. Waldor
Constance K. Weaver
Elnardo J. Webster, II
E. Belvin Williams, Ph.D.
Gary M. Wingens, Esq.
Jazz Ambassadors
Trayton M. Davis
Paul V. Profeta
Jeffrey S. Sherman
NJPAC Senior
Management Team
John Schreiber
President and CEO
Bobbie Arbesfeld
Executive Vice
President and COO
Alison Scott Williams
Vice-President,
Arts Education
Peter H. Hansen
Senior Vice President,
Development
Donna Walker-Kuhne
Vice President,
Community Engagement
Ross S. Richards
Operations and
Real Estate
David Rodriguez
Executive Vice President
& Executive Producer,
Programming
Warren Tranquada
Executive Vice
President and CFO
Theater Square
Development Company, LLC
John Schreiber
President
Lawrence P. Goldman
Thomas L. Lussenhop
Project Advisors
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NJPAC Contributors
Business Partners
NJPAC is deeply grateful to the following corporations, foundations, individuals and government agencies for
their generous annual support of artistic and arts education programs, the endowment fund, and maintenance of
the Arts Center.
As of December 31, 2014
Benefactor Level
$1,000,000 & above
Women’s Association of NJPAC
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Leadership Circle
$200,000 & above
Bank of America
The Horizon Foundation for
New Jersey
Merck Company Foundation
The Prudential Foundation
Panasonic Corporation of
North America
American Express
ADP
Bank of America Charitable
Foundation
TD Bank
PSEG Foundation
Victoria Foundation
Co-Chair Circle
$100,000 & above
Kia Motors America, Inc.
U.S. Trust
Wells Fargo
Director’s Circle
$50,000 & above
BD
Capital One, N.A.
Chase
The Blanche & Irving Laurie
Foundation
The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation
NJM Insurance Group
PwC
The Star-Ledger
Steinway and Sons
Surdna Foundation
TD Charitable Foundation
United Airlines
Verizon
President’s Circle
$25,000 & above
Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office
Bloomberg
Chubb Corporation
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Foundation for Newark’s Future
Gibbons P.C
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
CohnReznick LLP
Investors Bank
Johnson & Johnson Family
of Companies
Lowenstein Sandler PC
McCarter & English, LLP
The Johnny Mercer Foundation
Richmond County Savings Foundation
The Law Firm of Robinson,
Wettre and Miller
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Composer’s Circle
$10,000 & above
Audible Inc.
The Berger Organization
Berkeley College
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
C.R. Bard Foundation
Coca Cola Refreshments
Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
ISS Facility Services
J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc.
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
Landmark Fire Protection
M&T Bank
The Nicholas Martini Foundation
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP
Profeta & Associates
PNC Bank, N.A.
The PNC Foundation
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Sandalwood Securities
SP+
Turrell Fund
Turner Construction Company
The Edward W. and Stella C.
Van Houten Memorial Fund
Wyndham Worldwide
Encore Circle
$5,000 & above
Accenture, LLP
Advance Realty Group
Barnabas Health
Brach Eichler LLC
ShopRite of Newark
C&K Properties
CBRE
Citi
Deloitte & Touche
Devils Arena Entertainment
DeWitt Stern Group
Doherty Enterprises
Eisai USA Foundation
EisnerAmper LLP
Elberon Development Co.
EpsteinBeckerGreen
Ernst & Young, LLP
Fidelity Investments
Fifth Third Bank
Gallagher Bollinger
Gateway Group One
Gellert Global Group
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
Goldman Sachs & Co.
The Gertrude L. Hirsch
Charitable Trust
Heritage Capital Group
Inserra Shop-Rite Supermarkets
The Lichtman Foundation
Linden Cogeneration Plant
L+M Partners Inc.
Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney &
Carpenter LLP
Mountain Development Corp.
Nordstrom
The George A. Ohl, Jr.
Charitable Trust
Peapack-Gladstone Bank
Peerless Beverage Company
Podvey, Meanor, Catenacci, Hildner,
Cocoziello & Chattman
PointProspect Consulting, LLC
Provident Bank Foundation
Michael Rachlin & Company LLC
RBH Group
Remy Martin
Riker, Danzig, Scherer,
Hyland & Perretti LLP
Sedgwick LLP
SILVERMAN
Summit Medical Group
The Law Offices of Bruce E.
Baldinger, LLC
TigerShark Foundation
Towers Watson Co.
WeiserMazars LLP
Windels Marx Lane &
Mittendorf, LLP
Wolff & Samson PC
The Vanguard Society
NJPAC is deeply grateful to the following individuals and families for their generous annual support of artistic and
arts education programs, the endowment fund and maintenance of the Arts Center.
Benefactor
$1,000,000 & above
Leadership Circle
$200,000 & above
Toby and Leon Cooperman
The Chambers Family and
The MCJ Amelior Foundation
Betty Wold Johnson
The Smart Family Foundation/David S.
Stone, Esq., Stone and Magnanini
Co-Chair Circle
$100,000 & above
Director’s Circle
$50,000 & above
William J. and Paula Marino
McCrane Foundation, Inc.,
care of Margrit McCrane
Steve and Elaine Pozycki
Pat and Art Ryan
The Walter V. and Judith L. Shipley
Family Foundation
John and Mary Kay Strangfeld
Michael and Jill Tanenbaum
John and Suzanne Willian/
Goldman Sachs Gives
President’s Circle
$25,000 & above
Allen and Joan Bildner
Ann and Stan Borowiec
Jennifer A. Chalsty
Trayton M. and Maris R. Davis
Edison Properties and
The Gottesman Family
William and Joan Hickey
Dana and Peter Langerman
Arlene and Leonard Lieberman
A. Michael and Ruth C. Lipper/Lipper
Family Charitable Foundation
Harold and Donna Morrison
Thomas O’Flynn and Cheryl Barr
Marian and David Rocker
The Sagner Family Foundation
Sandy Hill Foundation
Jeffrey and Karen Sherman
David S. Steiner and Sylvia Steiner
Charitable Trust
Morris and Charlotte Tanenbaum
Mary Ellen and Robert C. Waggoner
Composer’s Circle
$10,000 & above
Jean and Bruce Acken
Audrey Bartner
Judy and Brian Bedol
Judith Bernhaut
Mindy A. Cohen and David J. Bershad
Randi and Marc E. Berson
Nancy and James Bildner
Rose and John Cali
Carol and Roger Chartouni
Stewart and Judy Colton
Jodi and Wayne Cooperman
Edward and Sharon Cruz
Linda and Pat Di Filippo
Richard and Thasunda Duckett
Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Esq.
Steven M. Goldman, Esq.
Phyllis and Steven E. Gross
Steve and Bonnie Holmes
Meg and Howard Jacobs
Kaminsky Family Foundation
Don and Margie Karp
The Honorable and
Mrs. Thomas H. Kean
Lee and Murray Kushner and Family
Michelle Y. Lee
Judith and Lester Lieberman
Ann M. Limberg
Amy and William Lipsey
Barry and Leslie Mandelbaum
Norma and Robert Marcalus
Richard S. and Kayla L. Pechter
Mr. Arnold and Dr. Sandra Peinado
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Quick, III
Susan and Evan Ratner
Karen and Gary D. Rose
The Rubenstein Foundation
Philip R. Sellinger
Susan N. Sobbott
Cliff and Barbara Sobel
Joan Standish
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch
Diana and Roy Vagelos
Ted and Nina Wells
Jan and Barry Zubrow
Encore Circle
$5,000 & above
Anonymous
Barbara and Val Azzoli
Lawrence E. Bathgate/Bathgate,
Wegener & Wolf
Barbara and Edward Becker
The Russell Berrie Foundation Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation
Daniel M. Bloomfield, M.D. Denise and Dennis Bone
Betsy and Kurt Borowsky/
Pick Foundation
Ms. Linda M. Bowden and
Mr. Harold B. Jenssen
Liz and Blair Boyer
James C. Brady
Norman L. Cantor
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Chubb, III
Sylvia J. Cohn
Bobbie and Bob Constable
Brendan P. Dougher
Susan and Thomas Dunn
Dexter and Carol Earle Foundation
Leecia Roberta Eve
Robert and Brenda Fischbein
Philanthropic Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Gregg N. Gerken
Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons
Lawrence P. Goldman and
Laurie B. Chock
Archie Gottesman and Gary DeBode
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Gump
Peter O. Hanson
Hobby’s Restaurant/The Brummer Family
Jockey Hollow Foundation
The Huisking Foundation Karma Foundation/Sharon Karmazin
Rabbi and Mrs. Clifford M. Kulwin
Ralph and MartyAnn LaRossa
Elaine and Rob LeBuhn
Carmen and Benito Lopez
Dena F. and Ralph Lowenbach
Tom and Joanne Marino
Judy and Heath McLendon
Mary Beth O’Connor, Lucky VIII Films
Edwin S. and Catherine Olsen
Deanne Wilson and Laurence B. Orloff
Jean and Kent Papsun
Dr. and Mrs. Victor Parsonnet
James and Nancy Pierson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Radest
Jessie Richards
E. Franklin Robbins Charitable Trust
Susan Satz
John Schreiber
Helen M. Taverna and Mark E. Reagan
Robert and Sharon Taylor
Warren and Alexine Tranquada
Steve and Gabi Vajtay
Thomas C. Wallace
Linda A. Willett, Esq.
Helene and Gary Wingens
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Muse (myooz) n.
A source of inspiration; esp. a guiding genius
Join NJPAC’s Muse Society
NJPAC has established The Muse Society to ensure it can continue to offer life-affirming educational
programs and inspirational performances. The Muse Society recognizes those visionary friends who
include NJPAC in their financial planning through bequests, charitable gift annuities, insurance and
other deferred gifts. For more information or to notify NJPAC of your intent to include it in your estate
planning, contact Peter H. Hansen, Senior Vice President of Development, at (973) 297-5817.
The Muse Society
We are deeply grateful to the following friends who have included the Arts Center in their estate plans
and made known their future gift.
Audrey Bartner
Andrew T. Berry, Esq. †
Allen I. Bildner
Candice R. Bolte
Edmond H. & Joan K. Borneman
Raymond G. Chambers
Toby & Leon Cooperman
Fred Corrado
Ann Cummis
Mr. & Mrs. James Curtis
Harold R. Denton
Richard E. DiNardo
Charles H. Gillen †
Phyllis & Steven E. Gross
Jackie & Larry Horn
Rose Jacobs †
Gertrude Brooks Josephson †
and William Josephson in
Memory of Rebecca and
Samuel Brooks
Adrian and Erica Karp
Joseph Laraja Sr. †
Leonard Lieberman †
Ruth C. Lipper
Dena and Ralph Lowenbach
Opera Link/Jerome Hines †
Joseph and Bernice O’Reilly †
Mr and Mrs. Paul B. Ostergaard
Donald A. Robinson, Esq.
Estate of Eric F. Ross †
Arthur F. and Patricia E. Ryan
Ethel Smith †
Paul Stillman Trust †
Morris and Charlotte Tanenbaum
Carolyn M. VanDusen
Artemis Vardakis †
† Deceased
Members
New Jersey Performing Arts Center gives special thanks to the following Members who help meet the
Arts Center’s annual financial needs with gifts of $650 to $4,999. For information on becoming a
Member, please call (973) 297-5809. As of December 31, 2014
Connoisseurs
$3,000 & above
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Augsburger
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Bach
Ms. Susan Blount
Patricia L. Capawana
Eleonore Kessler Cohen and
Max Insel Cohen
Joanne M. Friedman
Herb and Sandy Glickman
Alice Gerson Goldfarb
Renee and David Golush
Hellring Lindeman Goldstein
& Siegal LLP
Louis V. Henston
Mrs. Robert G. Kuchner
LeClairRyan
Ellen and Donald Legow
Amy and John McHugh
J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc.
John J. Phillips
Dennis Sanders and Family
Laurence and Elizabeth
Schiffenhaus
Stephen and Mary Jo Sichak
Target Corporation
Richard Verdoni, M.D.
Richard J. and Arlene Vezza
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Zinbarg
Aleta and Paul Zoidis
Platinum
$1,250 & above
Anonymous
Ronald K. Andrews
Joseph and Jacqueline Basralian
George Bean
Eileen R. Becker
Barata B. Bey
Barbara and David Bunting
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.
Chapin, III
Austin G. Cleary
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Conger
Carol and John Cornwell
Carmen Amalia Corrales
Andrea Cummis
D'Maris and Joseph Dempsey
Michael J. and Mary Ann
Denton
Robert M. Embrey
Alice and Glenn Engel
Herbert and Karin Fastert
Dorothy Thorson Foord
Lauren and Steven Friedman
Doralee and Lawrence Garfinkel
Thomas P. Giblin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gilfillan
Karolee and Sanford Glassman
Sue Goldberg
Ellen L. and Jonathan L.
Goldstein
Dorothy Gould and
Michalene Bowman
Dr. and Mrs. Jorge G. Guerra
Mysia and Hank Hoogsteden
Lonnie and Bette Hanauer
Bob Haralambakis
Kitty and Dave Hartman
Mary Ellen and Gates Hawn
Jackie and Larry Horn
Richard and Cindy Johnson
John Kappelhof
Adrian and Erica Karp
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klehm, III
Max L. Kleinman
Koven Foundation
Platinum
$1,250 & above
(continued)
Irvin and Marjorie Kricheff
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Louria
Liz and David Lowenstein
Kevin and Trisha Luing
Lum, Drasco & Positan LLC
Massey Insurance Agency
Nicholas G. McClary
Mr. Bruce Murphy and
Ms. Mary Jane Lauzon
H. Herbert Myers Memorial
Foundation
Michael and Nancy Neary
Mrs. Norma Sewall Nichols
Jeffrey S. Norman
North Ward Center
Dr. Christy Oliver and
Bessie T. Oliver
Bobbi and Barry H. Ostrowsky
Wayne C. Paglieri and
Ms. Jessalyn Chang
Paragon Restoration Corp.
Ms. Christine S. Pearson
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan
Rabinowitz
Drs. Shirley and Morton
Rosenberg
Brent N. Rudnick
Mr. and Mrs. Newton B.
Schott, Jr.
Rita and Leonard Selesner
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shapiro
Joan and Allan Spinner
Elaine J. Staley
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Taylor
Marina and Darius Tencza
Jeanne and Vince Tobin
Ms. Kate S. Tomlinson and
Mr. Roger Labrie
Mr. and Mrs. R. Charles
Tschampion
George Ulanet Company
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Weinbach
Dr. Joy Weinstein and
Dr. Bruce Forman
The Honorable Alvin Weiss
Dr. Dorian J. Wilson
Sonny and Alan Winters
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Wood
Karen C. Young
Claire and Gil Zweig
Copper
$650 & above
Maureen Foley and
Clarence Abramson
Susan and N. William Atwater
Dr. Sherry Barron-Seabrook and
David Seabrook
Tai Beauchamp
Victoria and A. Nurhan Becidyan
Marge and John Bonnet
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Braun
Marianne and Harold Breene
James and Sharon Briggs
Dr. Kimberly Brown
(and Parkway Eye Care Center)
Jean and Michael Chodorcoff
Judith Musicant and
Hugh A. Clark
Nancy Clarke
Robert and Josephine Cleary
Willie L. Cooper
Pamela J. Craig and
Robert V. Delaney
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Dacey
Elayne Wishart and
Bruce L. Deichl
Dr. and Mrs. David Diuguid
Irwin and Janet Dorros
Barbara Duncan
James P. Edwards
Mr. Richard R. Eger and
Ms. Anne Aronovitch
Dr. T. Donald and Janet
Eisenstein
Harlean and Jerry Enis
Dani Faibes
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Feldman
Sanford and Zella Felzenberg
Rebecca Glass and Derek Fields
Barbara and Marc Gellman
Kenneth and Claudia Gentner
Dr. Louis Gianvito
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C.
Goodfellow
Wayne and Catherine
Greenfeder
Linda and John Groh
Peter H. Hansen
James E. Heims
Lorraine and Bob Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Herbert
Lynn A. and Gregory E. Hlubik
Catherine & Thomas D. Hogan
Joan Hollander Salutes NJPAC
Jean A. Horton
N. Lynne Hughes, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jacob
Linda and Charles Jantzen
Linda A. Jenkins
James & Carolyn Kinder
Barbara and Barry Klein
Joan and Daniel Kram
Mark and Sheryl Larner
Lois Lautenberg
Jody Levinson
Melanie and Alan Levitan
Joan M. Lowery
Carol and Thomas Martin
Edward and Jeanne Martine
Henry and Carol Mauermeyer
Charles Mayfield and
Marybeth Dunham
Dr. Rashied McCreary
Joan Mistrough and Jim Peck
Robert L. and Rita Modell
Drs. Douglas and Susan
Morrison
Jack and Ellen Moskowitz
Joan Murdock
Joanne Nabors
Joseph and Sheila Nadler
Nora O'Brien-Suric
William and Patricia O’Connor
Palriwala Foundation of America
Margaret H. Parker
Karen Perkins
Lisa and Daniel Peterson
Rocco Petrozzi
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Peyton
Jay R. Post, Jr., CFP
Dr. Kalmon D. Post and
Linda Farber-Post
Caroline and Harry Pozycki
Katherine McLain Pursley and
Joseph J. Pursley
Brian James Remite
Dr. Diane M. Ridley-White
C. James Rimes
Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf
Betty Robertson
Ina and Mark Roffman
Ann Roseman and Stan Lumish
Carole Roth-Sullivan
Barbara Sager
Suzanne and Richard Scheller
Sharon and James Schwarz
Drs. Rosanne S. Scriffignano and
Anthony Scriffignano
Jeffrey and Lisa Silvershein
Edie Simonelli
Marilyn and Leon Sokol
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spalteholz
Rosemary and Robert Steinbaum
Beverly and Ed Stern
In Memory of Lilly Sturzenegger
Lei Sun
Alexander Sweetwood
Marilyn Termyna
Marva Tidwell
Louise and David J. Travis
The Henry S. & Agnes M.
Truzack Foundation
Daniel and Elaine Turner
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Untracht
Frank and Polly Vecchione
Paul and Sharlene Vichness
Mr. Leigh R. Walters and
Robin Walters
Anne M. Wargo
Susan D. Wasserman
Joyce Watterman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F.
Weldon, III
Cheryl Y. Wilson
Deter Wisniewski
Steven Witt
Jane and Alfred Wolin
Kathleen and Vincent Zarzycki
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Season Funders
New Jersey Performing Arts Center is grateful to the following partners
for their commitment and investment in NJPAC’s mission.
The Chambers Family and
The MCJ Amelior
Foundation
Toby & Leon Cooperman
Betty Wold Johnson
McGladrey LLP
The Philip and Janice Levin
Foundation
William J. & Paula Marino
McCrane Foundation, Inc.,
care of Margrit McCrane
Major support provided by:
The Merck Company
Foundation
Panasonic Corporation
of North America
The Smart Family Foundation/
David S. Stone, Esq.,
Stone and Magnanini
Additional support provided by:
PNC Bank, N.A.
Steve & Elaine Pozycki
Pat & Art Ryan
The Walter V. and Judith L.
Shipley Family Foundation
Steinway & Sons
The Star-Ledger
Verizon
Victoria Foundation
Judy & Josh Weston
John & Mary Kay Strangfeld
Surdna Foundation
Michael & Jill Tanenbaum
John & Suzanne Willian/
Goldman Sachs Gives
The New Jersey Cultural Trust
Official Sponsors:
Official Soft Drink
of NJPAC
Official Airline of NJPAC
Official Automotive
Partner of NJPAC
Media Sponsor
NJPAC is grateful for the extraordinary commitment of:
For Your Information
As part of our Enhanced Safety
Program, the following items are
prohibited upon entry into Prudential
Hall, the Victoria Theater, and all
public spaces of NJPAC: backpacks,
large pocketbooks, shopping bags,
suitcases, briefcases, weapons, animals
(except service animals).
Late Seating Policy: Latecomers and
persons leaving the theater midshow will be seated/re-seated at the
discretion of the management.
Camera and Recording Equipment
is Prohibited: The use of recording
equipment and the taking of
photographs of any performance
or the possession of any device for
such use without the written
permission of the management is
strictly prohibited.
Parking Facilities: Easy parking is
available in the 1,100-car garage
under Military Park, directly across
from NJPAC. Safe and secure
surface parking is also available.
Smoking is prohibited throughout all
indoor spaces of NJPAC.
Lost and Found: Any found items
should be returned to NJPAC
Security or Guest Services staff. If
you believe you have lost an item,
call (973) 297-5868. Found clothing
items will be held for 30 days after
which they will be donated to a
local shelter.
Mobile
Device
Courtesy
Reminder:
Please respect performers and fellow
audience members by ensuring that
all cellular phones and mobile devices
are turned off during performances.
Newark Light Rail: NJ Transit’s
Newark Light Rail offers frequent
service in Downtown Newark that
includes a station stop at NJPAC,
offering a convenient alternative to
driving to a performance or event.
This service is an extension of the
Newark City Subway and connects
all rail lines served by Newark Penn
and Broad Street Stations. Other
popular destinations served by the
extension are the Bears and Eagles
Riverfront Stadium, The Newark
Museum and Broad Street area
businesses. For more information,
visit njtransit.com/nlr.
Disabilities: All Tiers of Prudential
Hall and the Victoria Theater
are wheelchair accessible. Open
captioning is provided at select
performances. Sennheisser Infraport
infra red audio receivers are
available free-of-charge from an
NJPAC Guest Service staff member.
NJPAC welcomes children of all
ages to its family events, but adult
performances are not recommended for
children 5-years-old and younger.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
NJPAC, One Center Street, Newark,
NJ, 07102; Telephone: (973) 642-8989,
Box Office: (888) 466-5722; njpac.org
NJP3
njpac.org 17
NJPAC’s prized books
can’t be judged
by their plain covers
most signers scribble down their felicitations,
musings and even sketches.
“I’m pretty sure I bought the first book,”
recalls Jeffrey Norman, NJPAC’s former Vice
President, Public Affairs. “Usually someone
from Programming would get the artists to
sign. It was great to have world-class artists
say that NJPAC was a cool place.”
Collectors of ephemera can only dream about
discovering a holy grail: a musical instrument
signed by all four Beatles, say, or James Dean’s
tag on a diner check. The value assigned to
NJPAC’s ledgers is measured in sentiment—
and all the participants in this tradition,
which is being revived this season, are equally
welcome guests.
A "brag book" entry by John Pizzarelli in the
fall of 2006
By Linda Fowler
They come in a pair, about 9-by-11-inches
in size, and are made of paper and leather.
Before people started scrawling on them, they
probably retailed for about $8.95 each.
The more marked-up they become, however,
the more priceless they are to NJPAC.
They’re known as the brag books, but not too
many people get to pass them around, let alone
see them at all. Dog-eared and food-stained in
spots, void of decorative frills and loaded with
affection, the two volumes contain entries that
begin in 2001 and end in 2011. Appearancewise, the battered journals aren’t anything to
write home about, but they’re the da Vinci
notebooks of the Arts Center’s archives.
The lined pages are criss-crossed, scored and
embellished with the autographs of many of
the artists who have performed on NJPAC’s
stages during those years. Just plain namedropping in ink, though, is scarce—by far,
NJPAC’s book signers run the gamut from
rock stars and literati to opera singers
and comedians. Several of the entries are
poignant, their authors having since departed
our company: “I am proud to say that my
hometown of Newark now has one of the best
concert halls anywhere in the world,” wrote
Whitney Houston. “Anything is possible
in a center like this,” praised Julie Harris in
2001. “NJPAC, Joy!” flowed from Maya
Angelou’s pen.
Some of the artists produced … well, art. The
late, great Pete Seeger doodled a banjo next
to his signature and those of Arlo Guthrie
and The Dillards. Tony Bennett, who is also
a painter, sketched his heart suspended over
the Golden Gate Bridge in 2003, and left it
there again in a drawing made a year later.
The Kodo Drummers whipped out a frenzied
image of a drummer, Peter Yarrow and Elvis
Costello made self-portraits, and Fantasia
drew her lips pursed in a kiss. Chris Botti did
a rendering of his trumpet, along with other
musicians who cartooned their instruments
or, at the very least, a G-clef.
Classical musicians are apparently generous
collaborators who like to shout out to their
stage mates on paper. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma wrote,
“What a special treat to be at NJPAC with
Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque
Orchestra!,” and on return trips saluted
the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and
congratulated NJPAC on its 10th anniversary.
“Hall was a great friend tonight!,” cheered
conductor Valery Gergiev, adding, on a later
visit, “Much fun!”
follow that extremely personal note from Bill
Maher? hehehe.”
Hollywood celebs occasionally venture
backstage and sign in, such as actor and
director Ron Howard, who shot a scene from
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the pianist A Beautiful Mind (2001) in Prudential Hall
Yundi left greetings in their native languages,
(later winning the Academy Award for Best
and celebrated mezzo-soprano Frederica Von
Director), as well as the film’s Oscar-nominated
Stade signed her nickname, Flicka.
star, Newark
Russell Crowe.
Kidman adorned
“At one point,
was his Nicole
whole life.
her name with a heart, and director Spike Lee
He’dBrooks
stand at proclaimed
one end of in
Broadway
in NewarkMILLE.”
as
Speaking of opera, in 2002 Mel
all caps, “GRAZIE
enthused, “NJPAC is just as fantastic
the say: ‘Someday, I’m going to go to the
a kid,asand
old Met and the old old La Scala in
The home
is represented
by Jerseyans
endMilano!
of this street.’
It was crowd
a big deal
for him. Little
I love it!” Another wise guy, Don Rickles, like multiple-signer John Pizzarelli, the jazz
he know
join the
Air Force,
then referenced
provided the last entry before thedid
pages
fell he’d
guitarist
andU.S.
singer
who slyly
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of hiswith
songDizzy
titlesand
by many
writing, “We like
go allpicked
around one
the globe
up again in October 2001 with more
Penn times
and with
NJPAC
best.”
“Proud
topoint,
be a Jersey girl!
his own
band.
At one
Teller. Bill Maher simply left his autograph, Thanks for the fun,” inscribed Christine
goinglater,
to the end
of Broadway
Newark
the “Peace
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Ebersole.
And thisin
from
Queenwas
Latifah:
Kathy Griffin snarked, “Wow, how
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NJPAC.”
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andI end-all
him.”
One of NJPAC's favorite guests - Tony Bennett - and his entry during Spotlight Gala 2004
njpac.org 19
NJPAC Staff & Administration
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
John Schreiber
President & CEO
Josephine (Jo) Edwards
Executive Assistant to the
President and CEO
DEVELOPMENT
Peter Hansen*
Development
Sue-Ellen M. Wright
Assistant Vice President,
Corporate, Foundations &
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Government Relations
Bobbie Arbesfeld***
Schary
J. Cole***
Executive Vice President & COO
Director, Development
Marsha R. Bonner
Operations
Ursula Hartwig-Flint***
Human Resources
Director, Donor Services
Ginny Bowers Coleman**
Director of Volunteer Services Eileen Greenlay
Manager, Corporate
Aga Ziaja
Development
Manager, Human Resources
Patricia
Bachorz
Pamela C. Chisena***
Grant Writer
Administrative Manager
Jessica
Spielberg
Rosetta Lee *
Senior Prospect Researcher
Receptionist & Purchasing/
Evelyn Wen-Ting Chiu
HR Administrator
Coordinator—
ARTS EDUCATION
Individual Giving
Alison Scott-Williams
Hillary Cohen
Vice President, Arts Education
Membership Coordinator
Jennifer Tsukayama
Bailey Fox
Senior Director,
Development Associate –
Arts Education
Corporate & Foundations
Caitlin Evans Jones**
Stacey Goods
Director of Partnerships &
Development
Professional Development
Associate – Database
Rebecca Hinkle
Shara Morrow
Director, Arts Training
Senior Administrative Assistant
Jamie M. Mayer
FINANCE, IT &
Director, In-School Programs
TICKET SERVICES
Michele Wright
Director of Music Programs Warren Tranquada*
Executive Vice President & CFO
& New Initiatives
Mary Jaffa**
Erika Hicks
Assistant Vice President, Finance
Program Manager of
Rene Tovera****
In-School Programs (Music)
Assistant Vice President
Rosa Hyde
& Controller
Manager, Performances
Betty Robertson*
Eyesha Marable
Manager, Sales & Partnerships Senior Accountant—
General Accounting
Patricia Sweeting
Coordinator, After School & Manuela Silva***
Senior Accountant-Payroll
Summer Programs
Geraldine Richardson **
Alexis Almeida
Staff Accountant—
Program Coordinator for
Accounts Payable
Music Programs & New
Amite
Kapoor
Initiatives
Business Information Analyst
Christopher Phillips
Lauren
McCarthy
Administrative Assistant &
Administrative Assistant
Office Manager
Ernie
DiRocco*
Kristina Watters
Chief Information Officer
Carl Sims***
Office Manager
Director of Network
COMMUNICATIONS
Infrastructure
Debra R. Kinzler
Rodney Johnson*
Support Analyst,
Communications
IT and Telecom
Brian
Remite*
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Database Analyst,
Donna Walker–Kuhne
Customer
Care Systems
Vice President,
Erik Wiehardt*
Director, Ticket Services
Jose R. Acevedo
Yesenia Jimenez ***
Manager of Group Sales
Associate Director,
Chiara Morrison
Priority Customers
Manager of Community
Stephanie
Miller***
Engagement & Cultivation
Associate Director,
Brittany Blackwell
Ticketing
System
Coordinator,
Nicole Craig**
Senior
Box
Office Manager
Penny Claiborne**
Robin Polakoff
Coordinator, Group Sales
Ticketing Systems Specialist
Erma Jones***
Senior Administrative Assistant Veronica Dunn-Sloan*
Box Office Manager
Daryle Charles
April Jeffries
Robert Paglia
Priority Customer
Representatives
Jana Thompson
Box Office Representative
MARKETING
Katie Sword
Marketing
Linda Fowler
Director, Content Marketing
Debra L. Volz**
Director, Advertising &
Graphic Production
Nathan Leslie
Charlene A. Roberts
Marketing Managers
Doris Ann Pezzolla***
Senior Graphic Designer
Sandra Silva
Graphic Designer
Tina Boyer
Advertising & Production
Coordinator
Latoya Dawson
Advertising & Graphic
Production Assistant
Shachi Parikh
Marketing Coordinator
Jerome H. Enis****
Consultant, Herbert
George Associates
Francisco Soto
Operations Support Staff
George Gardner***
House Painter
PRODUCTION
Chris Moses*
Senior Director of Production
DJ Haugen
Christopher Staton
Production Managers
Samantha Davis
Assistant Production
Manager, Administration
Adam Steinbauer
Assistant Production Manager
William Worman**
Head Carpenter
Richard Edwards***
Mario Corrales***
Assistant Head Carpenters
Jacob Allen*
Head Electrician
John Enea
Gummersindo Fajarado***
Assistant Head Electricians
Paul Allshouse*
Head of Audio
Al Betancourt **
Jon Hiltz**
Assistant Head of Audio
Robert Binetti*
Bryan Danieli**
John Finney*
George Honczarenko*
Stage Crew
Eunice Peterson***
Senior Artist Assistant
Melvin Anderson
Lowell Craig**
Caresse Elliott
Ameer Muhammad
Daniel Ovalle
Allison Wyss***
Artist Assistants
OPERATIONS
Ross Richards***
Operations & Real Estate
Chad Spies**
Site Operations
Todd Vanderpool
Site Operations Manager
Elizabeth Mormak*
Senior Administrative
Assistant
PROGRAMMING
Todd Tantillo**
David Rodriguez
Chief Engineer
Executive Vice President &
J. Dante Esposito***
Executive Producer
Lead Engineer
Evan White**
Brian Cady*
Senior Director of Programming
Michel Lionez Cuillerier***
Andy Donald
Sherman Gamble**
Producer, Artistic
Mariusz Koniuszewski*
Development &
Maintenance Engineers
Community Programming
John Hook
Craig Pearce
Chief of Security
Program Manager,
Thomas Dixon***
Arts Education
Safety and Security Manager
Kitab Rollins*
Robin Jones*
Manager, Performance &
Senior Director of
Broadcast Rentals
House Management
Kira M. Ruth**
Casey Hastrich
Jennifer Yelverton*
Office Manager
House Managers
Andrea Cummis
Kathleen Dickson***
William W. Lockwood Jr.***
Senior Head Usher
Programming Consultants
Lamont Akins***
Jerry Battle*
SPECIAL EVENTS
Edward Fleming**
Austin Cleary**
Cynthia Robinson**
Assistant Vice President
Head Ushers
Roslyn Brown*
Lauren Vivenzio***
Event Planner
Manager, Operations
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
Hernan Soto***
OF
NJPAC
Operations Support
Gail P. Stone*
Staff Supervisor
Managing Director
Denise Williams
Amy Mormak
Operations Support and
Manager, Events & Marketing
Services Coordinator
Jose Almonte
Service Recognition
Trenice Hassell
(as of 10/1/14)
Corey Lester
* * * * 20+ years
Vincent Ransom
* * * 15+ years
Aaron Ratzan
* * 10+ years
* 5+ years

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