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The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

Division of Performing and Visual Arts

at Nova Southeastern University

presents

Dance ConcertMarch 30–31, 2012

Miniaci Performing Arts Center

Nova Southeastern University

Featuring

NSU Dance Ensemble

with choreography by

Chetachi Egwu

Elana Lanczi

Augusto Soledade

Daniela Wancier

and featuring special guest choreographer

Katherine Kramer

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Sapphire Aragon

Camille Arroyo*

Kyla Asbury*

Nefertari Bennett

Kylie Bradlee*

Geraldine Cartone*

Shannon Colonna*

Sharifa Denis

Ashley English*

Susana Fajardo*

Shantavior Ferguson

Monica Lynne Herrera*

Jaimie Kautzmann

Rayna Orsini*

Lisa Pace

Sierra Parks*

Amy Peters*

Brielle Paige Rassler

Christal Rodriquez*

Erin Rogan*

Devin Rogers

Merylin Sanchez*

Stephanie Sanz

Catalina Vanegas

Joseph Young

*denotes dance major

NSU DANCE Ensemble

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Dance Concert

Divertimento III

Choreography: Augusto Soledade

Music: Silvano Michelino

Dancers: Camille Arroyo, Susana Fajardo, Devin Rogers, Rayna

Orsini, and Joseph Young

t(here)

Choreography: Daniela Wancier, in collaboration with the dancers

Music: Four Tet, Thunderball

Dancers: Kyla Ashbury, Ashley English, Monica Lynne Herrera,

Lisa Pace, Amy Peters, Brielle Paige Rassler, Erin Rogan, Merylin

Sanchez, and Catalina Vanegas

So Loved

Choreography: Chetachi Egwu

Music: Erykah Badu, Hugh Masakela, Yusef Lateef

Dancers: Sapphire Aragon, Sharifa Denis, Monica Lynne Herrera,

Rayna Orsini, Amy Peters, Brielle Paige Rassler, Erin Rogan, Devin

Rogers, Stephanie Sanz, and Catalina Vanegas

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Burn

Choreography: Elana Lanczi

Music: Loretta Lynn, Paolo Nutini, and Yo-Yo Ma, Mark O’Connor,

and Edgar Meyer

Dancers: Kylie Bradlee, Geraldine Cartone, Shannon Colonna,

Jaimie Kautzmann, Rayna Orsini

Special thanks to the dancers for their creative contributions

Caravan

Choreography: Katherine Kramer

Music: Medeski Martin & Wood

Dancers: Camille Arroyo, Nefertari Bennett, Shannon Colonna,

Sharifa Denis, Shantavior Ferguson, Lisa Pace, Sierra Parks, and

Christal Rodriquez

Program note: Travelers journeying through hostile territory

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Dance ConcertKatherine Kramer, M.A., adjunct professor at the college, is a performer, choreographer, educator, movement coach, and producer. She has built a longstanding career performing as a jazz tap dancer and musician, collaborating with many of the finest in both genres and specializing in coaching dancers to be musical and musicians to be physical. She has developed a training method for this work, called “Whole Body Music.” Between 1996 and 2007, Kramer produced Rhythm Explosion, an interdisciplinary summer festival in Montana. She is one of five artists to be awarded a 2010 Artist’s Innovation Award from the Montana Arts Council. In 2008, Kramer received a Fulbright Grant to work in Prague, Czech Republic. Also in 2008, she received a Creation Fund Grant from the National Performance Network, creating “Stop Look Listen,” which premiered at the Colony Theater in Miami and performed in New York at the historic Judson Church Theater. Her one-woman show, Rhythms of the Heart, toured from 1992 to 2000, including performances at Jacob’s Pillow and international festivals. In Havana, Cuba, she has taught tap to Danza Contemporarea and Conjunto Folklorica de Cuba, and in Fortaleza, Brazil, she worked with Valeria Pinheiro and Co. Vata. Kramer also served as choreographer and movement coach for Robert Redford in his film The Horse Whisperer. This is Kramer’s first experience working with NSU students and faculty, and it has been a pleasure!

Chetachi Egwu, Ph.D., assistant professor at the college, was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Nigerian parents and raised in Buffalo, New York. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Communication at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1996. While a student there, Egwu undertook many ventures, including dancing with Buffalo’s renowned African dance company, Kakilambe. She earned a Ph.D. in Communication from Howard University in 2005. She has served on the faculties of Howard University, Morgan State University, and The George Washington University. She has studied under and performed the choreography of several well-respected dancers, including Sherrill Berryman-Johnson, Deborah Riley, Carla Perlo, Chris Aiken, Mohammed DaCosta, Nejla Yatkin, and Reggie Glass. She has been a company member of Carla & Company, Coyaba Dance Theater, and the Choreographers’ Collaboration Project and has also danced various projects with companies, including Son Urbano.

Elana Lanczi, M.F.A., assistant professor at the college, is a dancer and choreographer originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She has performed internationally in both South Korea and Brazil and nationally with noted choreographers Sean Curran, Katie Duck, Anita Gonzalez, Li Chiao-Ping, Lionel Popkin, Merian Soto, and Maida Withers, in venues such as the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival and Judson Church. Her own choreography is influenced by the investigation of contemporary and improvisational dance forms and has been performed throughout Pennsylvania; Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and Florida. In 2004, Lanczi and Miami wheelchair dancer John Beauregard traveled

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to Koln, Germany, to work with noted German choreographer Gerda Konig on a mixed-ability duet commissioned by Tigertail Productions. Most recently, she was involved in the Florida Waterways Dance Project, a collaborative, multimedia, site-specific performance event. Lanczi holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from The George Washington University and an M.F.A. in Dance Choreography and Performance from Temple University.

Augusto Soledade, M.F.A., assistant professor at the college, is a native of Bahia, Brazil. He is a performer, choreographer, and Founding Artistic Director and resident choreographer of Brazz Dance Theater in Miami. In August 2011, Soledade was nominated for the Zelda Fichandler Fellowship. In 2010, he was awarded for the third time the Dance Miami Choreographer’s Fellowship; he received this important fellowship the second time in September of 2008. Also in 2008, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography. In 2007, he was awarded the Individual Artist Fellowship and the Artist Access Grant. In 2006, Soledade was awarded the Artist Enhancement Grant and the International Cultural Exchange Grant from the State of Florida’s Division of Cultural Affairs. In 2005, he received the Miami Dade Choreographer’s Fellowship and the Creative Capital Workshop Grant and the Community Grant from Miami Dade Cultural Affairs. Soledade received his M.F.A in Dance from SUNY Brockport in 1998. He received the 1998 Pylyshenko-Strasser Graduate Dance Award and was the finalist in the dance category for the 1998 Thayer Fellowship. He has performed in Brazil, Trinidad/Tobago, and throughout the United States. His dance training started at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil in a program with strong modern dance emphasis and he has had training with Garth Fagan and Clyde Morgan. Soledade also holds a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Bahia.

Daniela Wancier, M.F.A., adjunct professor at the college, was born and raised in the Floridian tropics. She holds bachelor’s degrees in dance and art history from The George Washington University. In 2009, she obtained her M.F.A. in Dance with a focus in choreography from The Ohio State University. She received additional training both at home and abroad during a summer intensive with the Mark Morris Dance Group, at the ImPulTanz dance festival in Vienna, as well as in an Emio Greco | PC company workshop during the Tanzwersttat Europa festival in Munich. Because of her high value toward embodied education, Wancier has traveled west in search of further training in somatic techniques such as Body-Mind Centering, the Alexander Technique, and Barteneiff Fundamentals. Under the mentorship of Peggy Hackney and Janice Meaden, Wancier recently completed a certification in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis through the Integrated Movement Studies program held through the University of Utah’s Department of Dance. She has taught at the college level since her days as a Buckeye in Ohio and also currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at Broward College.

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Dance ConcertDaniel Gelbmann, M.F.A., assistant professor at the college, earned his M.F.A. in Theatre Design, specializing in scenic design, from the University of Hawaii, Manoa, in 2004. His thesis was a traditional recreation of the Japanese play Nozaki Village, for which he worked alongside Hitoshi Hamatani. Gelbmann also served as technical director for the Honolulu Theatre for Youth. His recent designs at NSU include The Women of Lockerbie, The Left Hand Singing, and Cinderella. He also designed sets for The Promethean Theatre’s productions of Two Sisters and a Piano, Red Tide, and Still the River Runs.

NSU Dance Ensemble Member Bios

Camille Arroyo was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Miami as a child. She graduated with an Associate in Arts Degree in Dance Performance from Valen-cia College in Orlando. She attended ACDFA in San Francisco, where she partici-pated in master classes taught by teachers from across the country. In 2006, she had the privilege of being part of a Martha Graham masterpiece: “Steps in the Street” and “Celebration,” for which she worked with Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch from the Graham Company. In 2006, Camille became a principle dancer for Drip, a professional dance company in Orlando. In 2007, she auditioned for a Pi-lobolus masterpiece and worked with former Pilobolus dancer Jude Woodcock. After graduating from the college, she plans to open her own dance academy where she will continue to actively work within the community in a place she calls home.

Sapphire Aragon is a double major in dance and exercise and sport science at the college. She has been dancing since the age of two and has background in tap, jazz, hip-hop, ballet, salsa, and merengue. She is also an NSU cheerleader.

Kyla Asbury is a dance major at the college. This is her first performance as a member of the NSU Dance ensemble.

Nefertari Bennett is a legal studies major at the college with a minor in psychology. From Miami, Nefertari has been dancing since she was a young girl, starting in hip-hop and moving on to modern, contemporary, and lyrical.

Kylie Bradlee is a dance major at the college. From Boston, Massachusetts, Kylie began her training at Boston Ballet School and has continued dancing through college.

Geraldine Cartone is a dance major at the college and a graduate of Miami-Dade College. She has been dancing since the age of eight, when she began training in flamenco, jazz, and lyrical. Since then, Geraldine has been part of several community events showcasing her talent and continuing her passion for dance.

Sharifa Denis is a criminal justice major at the college. In addition to participating

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in NSU Dance, she is involved in various NSU clubs and organizations, including the Criminal Justice Club, Goodwin Hall Council, and Residential Student Association. Born and raised in Queens, New York, Sharifa moved to Florida in 2002. She considers dancing her passion and has many dreams and aspirations to change the world.

Ashley English is a dance major at the college. Since arriving at NSU, she has performed under the direction of college faculty members Augusto Soledade, M.F.A., assistant professor, and Daniela Wancier, M.F.A., adjunct professor.

Susana Fajardo is a dance major at the college and a graduate of Miami-Dade College. She was born in Havana, Cuba, where she studied ballet in The National School of Ballet. She moved to the United States in 2000 and graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School. She attended New World School for the Arts for a semester and has danced with The Rosario Suarez Ballet.

Shantavior Ferguson is an environmental studies/science major at the college with minors in dance and psychology. She is also the founder and president of NSU’s Women with a Vision, a nonprofit undergraduate organization that empowers its members to fundraise for NSU scholarships.

Monica Lynne Herrera is a triple major in theatre, dance, and communication studies at the college. She most recently appeared in the college’s productions of Cabaret; Twelfth Night, or What You Will; Ruthless! The Musical; Baby; and Dance Works in 2009. She is thankful for her professors, who continue to educate and motivate.

Jaimie Kautzmann is a musical theatre major at the college. She is thrilled to be a part of her first Dance Concert at NSU. Jaimie will soon perform in Into the Woods, presented by Slow Burn Theatre Company in Boca Raton. A special thanks goes to all those who have supported her!

Lisa Pace is a biology major at the college. She plans pursue a dance minor beginning next year. Lisa has been dancing since she was three years old, and has been competing since she was nine. She loves all styles of dance, including ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, pointe, and modern. She was previously a member of the Envision Ballet Company, and plans to join another dance company when the opportunity becomes available.

Amy Peters is a dance major at the college. Before arriving at NSU, she studied dance at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Amy began learning dance at the University Center for the Performing Arts in 2007. She has studied with Eileen Hebron, Jin Young Lee, Kathleen Klein, Gaynelle Gosselin, Elana Lanczi, Katie Sopoci Drake, Daniela Wancier, and choreographer Heather Maloney. Amy has earned the Dean’s List at the college and is a recipient of the college’s Performing and Visual Arts Grant for dance.

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Rayna Orsini is a dance major at the college and also an exceptional student education major at NSU. This is her fourth dance performance at NSU. Rayna is also a member of Pfuzion Entertainment and Body and Soul Dance Theatre. She currently teaches dance to children of all ages and is pursuing a career in teaching dance to children with special needs. Rayna has been dancing for 15 years and appreciates the level of education and exploration she receives from the college’s dance program.

Brielle Paige Rassler has been dancing and performing her whole life. Her favor-ite roles include Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Maria in West Side Story, Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Hope in Urinetown. She was also seen as Bird 2 in the college’s 2011 production of A Year with Frog and Toad. She is excited to be a part of her first Dance Concert at NSU.

Christal Rodriguez is a dance major at the college and a business administration minor at NSU. She is passionate about dancing. This is her first show at NSU; however, she is an experienced dancer who performs with the Nest of Living Arts dance company as one of their principals. She also co-owns a dance studio in Miami, where she teaches ballet.

Erin Rogan is a dance major at the college and also an education major at NSU. She hails from Long Island, New York, and danced for 12 years before arriving at NSU. Dance is her passion. Live. Love. Dance.

Merylin Sanchez is a dance major at the college. She has been dancing since she can remember, although it wasn’t until sixth grade that she began focusing on technique. Since then, her life has been all about dance. She was captain of her high school dance team and a member of the school’s magnet program. After graduation, Merylin became the dance team’s assistant director and is also a lab supervisor at the school. She aspires to open her own academic school for the arts.

Stephanie Sanz is in her first year at the college. This is her first performance as a member of the NSU Dance ensemble.

Catalina Vanegas is a theatre major at the college. Born in Miami, she recently graduated from Miami Northwestern Senior High School as president and dance caption of the Musical Theater Tour Company. Catalina was cast as an understudy for the college’s production of Cabaret. She is also a member of the Sharkettes dance team, SUTV, NSU Vocal Ensemble, and Bossa Nova Chorale. Catalina dances Afro-Colombian folklore with Quillami and Anita Herrero, and previously worked at Raquette Lake Camp in New York and in the Universal Truth Center as the theatre choreographer and dance instructor.

Joseph Young has made dance an essential part of his life since the age of three, and he continues to do so at NSU.

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Elana Lanczi, M.F.A. DirectorDaniel Gelbmann, M.F.A. Scenic and Lighting DesignMargret Ledford Technical DirectorEd Fitzpatrick Facilities ManagerBill Adams, D.M.A. Coordinator of Performing Arts

Gillian Smith Sound

A note from Elana Lanczi, M.F.A., assistant professor at the college:Thank you to the generous donors who help support the NSU dance program through student scholarships—and to you, our patrons!

Production Team

Division of Performing and Visual Arts Faculty and Staff

Michael Caldwell, D.M.A. Director, Division of Performing and Visual Arts

Mark Duncan, M.F.A. Assistant Director, Division of Performing and Visual Arts/Associate Professor

Bill Adams, D.M.A. Coordinator of Performing Arts/ Associate Professor

Jennifer Donelson, D.M.A. Assistant Professor

Dan Gelbmann, M.F.A. Assistant Professor

Elana Lanczi, M.F.A. Assistant Professor

Tyler Smith, M.F.A. Visiting Professor

Tennille Shuster, M.F.A. Assistant Professor

Augusto Soledade, M.F.A. Assistant Professor

Ed Fitzpatrick Performing and Visual Arts Facilities Coordinator

Margaret Ledford Performing and Visual Arts Theatre Technical Manager

Lindsay Bartels Performing and Visual Arts Office Manager

Nastassia Baltodano Performing and Visual Arts Administrative Assistant

Special Thanks

Don Rosenblum, Ph.D.Naomi D’Alessio, Ph.D.

Michael Caldwell, D.M.A.

Eduardo Dominguez, M.B.A.College’s Division of Performing and

Visual Arts faculty and staff

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Studio SeriesThese events are held in the Performing and

Visual Arts Wing in the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s main campus.

Admission is free, but reservations are required. To reserve seats, email nsutheatre@nova.edu or

call (954) 262-8179.

An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber Friday, April 13, 2012

Black Box Theatre

Festival of Student Works April 20–22, 2012

Performance Theatre, Black Box Theatre, and Performing and Visual Arts

Wing, Room 309

Exhibition SeriesThese events are held in Gallery 217 of the

Performing and Visual Arts Wing in the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s main campus.

Admission is free.

Fourth Annual Juried Student Exhibition

April 4–27, 2012 Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 4

Performing and Visual Arts | 2011–2012 Season of the Arts

Performing and Visual Arts Membership

Elaine Azen

Tim Dixon

James Doan and Ron Norwood

George L. Hanbury, II

Lisa Hickman

Dan Madden

Gary and Ivy Margules

Edwin Stieve and Otto Paier

Sally Robbins

Don and Sherry Rosenblum

Amanda Thompson

Robert Weisberg

The college welcomes the community to support the arts on campus through giving opportunities including student scholarships and

Performing and Visual Arts Membership.

Learn more: (954) 262-8052 | farquhararts@nova.edu

Thank you to the following Performing and Visual Arts Members for your generous support of the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

Season of the Arts.