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Dear friends,

Welcome to the fifth season of The Dance Series presented by Des Moines Performing Arts. We hope you enjoyed the Paul Taylor Dance Company in November. It was an honor to host the world premiere of Mr. Taylor’s 141st work, Sea Lark.

Tonight, we welcome our second world-class dance company of the season, and the second world premiere. Cubicle – a brand new piece – is an interpretation of a worker’s life. Diavolo, first presented here in 2012, incorporates a fusion of movement vocabularies into its choreography, and plays with the fragility of the human body. Des Moines Performing Arts co-commissioned Cubicle. We hope you enjoy it!

The third company in our series, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, was founded in 1994 by Co-Artistic Directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. Based in New York City, the company mixes methods, styles and cultures, and believes that dance should be about removing boundaries, not reinforcing them. Complexions takes the stage on Saturday, April 11th.

You are encouraged to stay in the hall after this evening’s presentation for DANCEtalk, an intimate, in-theater conversation with the artistic staff and performers. Finally, we are very grateful to those of you who purchased The Dance Series Season Tickets and Dance Society memberships, as it is your support that makes this programming possible.

Thank you!

Jeff ChelesvigPresident & CEODes Moines Performing Arts

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&From the President CEO

CONTENTS

Thanks to our Donors. . . . . . . . . . . .4

Diavolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

About the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Who’s Who in the Company. . . . . .10

Diavolo’s Board of Directors . . . . .15& Supporters

Diavolo’s New Piece to . . . . . . . . .16Interpret Work Life in a Cubicle

Des Moines Performing Arts . . . . .18Board of Directors and Staff

Guest Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2015

Stay after theperformance for DANCEtalk!

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Thanks to our Donors!

$2,500+Roberta Gilbert and Joseph Barron

Thank you to our Premier Partners:

Leadership support for The Dance Series has been provided by:

The National Endowment for the Arts

The Dance SocietyDes Moines Performing Arts thanks its Donors who have provided

critical philanthropic support for The Dance Series.

$1,000-$2,499

$500-$999

Tom and Michele BrownJeff ChelesvigCraig and Lucy DavissonLouis and Lois FingermanJeff Freude and Laurie WolfCecil Goettsch and Jackie Saunders

Kevin and Sheryl GrimmDavid and Trudy HurdDr. Darren JirsaBill and Beth KoenigRobert and Liz LeeRandy E. McMullin

Jeffrey and Mary Ellen AndersonElizabeth FerreiraJon and Faith GarnaasSteven J. GiannobleDavid and Mary GieseLarry GleasonCarrie Louise GosnellNatalie JobStephan and Thomasine JohnsonDuane and Harriet LeitchGreta Muller LevisRichard W. and Kaye LozierCandy MorganDebra Moyer

Kay Pauline MyersNancy O’ConnellDebra PhippsAl and Sue RavenscroftJohn RavetSeth Ryan RobbMatt and Kim SchryverMatt and Jennifer SuhrLouis VenezianoMelvin and Kathryn WeatherwaxJohn WildValerie WilliamsMark and Heidi Zlab

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Saturday, January 24, 2015PRESENTED BY DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS

Architecture in Motion™

Artistic DirectorJacques Heim

Executive DirectorJennifer Cheng

The CompanyAna Carolina Brotons

Cal T ChesterLeandro Glory Damasco Jr.

Ezra Masse-MaharChelsea Pierce

Jessie RyanConnor Senning

Amy TuleyRico Velazquez

Chisa Yamaguchi

UnderstudiesKellie St. Pierre

Christopher Carvalho

Set Engineering & ConstructionMike McCluskey & Tina Trefethen

McCluskey LTD

Representation and Booking

Director of Production/Stage Manager

Renee Larsen Engmyr

Technical DirectorJonathan Meyer

Lighting DirectorLuc Hediger

Transportation/Technical Assistant

Matt Christensen

Production AssistantEzra Masse-Mahar

Costume CoordinatorAmy Tuley

Director of of Developmentand Finance

Matt Wells

Institute Co-DirectorsJones Welsh

Chisa Yamaguchi

Rehearsal DirectorShauna Martinez

ChoreographerLeandro Glory Damasco Jr.

Director of OperationsIlona Piotrowska

Video ArchivistLeandro Damasco Jr.

David Lieberman Artists’ RepresentativesPO Box 10368

Newport Beach, CA 92658Office: 714-979-4700

info@dlartists.com, www.dlartists.com

Niels Gamm, IMG Artists GmbHDirector, Dance & Attractions - Europe

Theaterstraße 2 | D 30159 Hannover | GermanyOffice: +49 511 20 300 876

Email: ngamm@imgartists.com

DES MOINES CIVIC CENTERA Des Moines Performing Arts Theater

Jeff Chelesvig, President & CEO

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All Choreography by The Company, under the direction of Jacques Heim

CubicleWorld Premiere

Set in an abstract corporate America, Cubicle explores the human conditionunder cramped control and a monotonous reality, exposing an underlying counterbalance

between freedom and anarchy in the workplace. Anonymity and confinementset the pace in this corporate sea of grey as we witness a multitude of

shifting landscapes as abstract representations of a familiar work environment.Boxing in both their sanity and distinctiveness, we witness the struggle to maintain a

sense of individuality on the corporate climb as the performerslabor against a homogenized work mentality, finding solidarity only within

themselves and each other.

Concept & Direction: Jacques HeimChoreographer: Leandro Glory Damasco Jr.

Dramaturge and Artistic consultant: Rosanna GamsonMusic Composer: Bruno Louchouarn

Light Sculpture by: LILIENTHAL|ZAMORA Etta Lilienthal and Ben ZamoraLighting Designer: Evan Merryman Ritter

Associate Lighting Designer: Luc HedigerStructure Design: Tina Trefethen and Mike Mcluskey/Mcluskey LTD

Original concept design: Thomas FlakeSet Construction: Robert Selander

Costume Designer: Brandon GrimmProject Manager: Renee Larsen Engmyr

Cubicle was also choreographed with the collaboration of the performers.

Cubicle was commissioned by the Cheng Family Foundation. Co-commissioned byOrdway Center for the Performing Arts and Des Moines Performing Arts, with additional

support provided by Syracuse University.

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Spoken WordWritten and performed by Steve Connell

Transit Space(2012)

Transit Space explores themes of feeling lost, finding a sense of purpose andcoming together. Influenced by the documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, Transit Space uses

skateboard ramps as set pieces to represent an urban environment withever-shifting physical and emotional spaces.

Original Collaborators: Brandon Grimm, Jennifer Huffman, Shauna Martinez, Ashley Nilson,Omar Olivas, Crystal Runk, Anibal Sandoval, Ben Sayles, Chisa Yamaguchi

Original Concept and Direction: Jacques HeimWriter: Steve Connell

Composer/Sound Designer: Paul James PrendergastSet Design Ramps: Sibyl Wickersheimer

Set Design Bridges: Tina TrefethenSet Concept, Engineering, and Construction: Mike McCluskey, McCluskey LTD and Tina Trefethen

Lighting Design: John E.D. BassPhysical Interactive Designers: David Beaudry and Valeria Beaudry

Voice Artists: Sekou Andrews, Alix Angelis, Vincent Cardinale, Jennifer Christopher,Steve Connell, Mayda del Valle, Lauren Dragan, Justin Huen, Adam Jennings, Tracy Lockwood, Shauna Martinez, Thea

Monyee, Omar Olivas, Johannes Williams, Chisa YamaguchiSkateboarding Consultants: Jesse Martinez and Nathan Pratt of Dogtown and Z-Boys

Skateboarding Advisors: Angel Aparicio, Seth Milner, Garrett SurjueRehearsal Stage Manager: Elizabeth Van Vleck

A very special thank you to Corey Madden, Amy Dupain Vashaw, Elisha Clark,Peter Aeschbacher, Marcus Shaffer, Khanjan Mehta and Mark Baker.

Transit Space was commissioned by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State Universityand co-commissioned by Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center, Los Angeles.

Transit Space premiered in 2012 at the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State University.

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ADiavolo performs a distinct style of Architecture in Motion that uses abstract and recognized structures to explore the relationship between the danger of our environment and the fragility of the human body.

Diavolo is a fusion of many different movement vocabularies such as everyday movement, ballet, contemporary, acrobatics, gymnastics, martial arts and hip-hop. What we do on stage is like a live abstract painting. There is no narrative, but strong themes pervade the work such as human struggle, fear, danger, survival, chaos, order, deconstruction, reconstruction, destiny, destination, faith and love.

Founded in 1992 by Jacques Heim, Diavolo has an extensive performance history throughout the U.S.,

Europe, Asia and Latin America; in over 16 seasons of touring, Diavolo has performed for hundreds of thousands of concertgoers worldwide, as well as millions more on television.

During the past 20 years, Diavolo has created dozens of dance works, forming one of the dance field’s most compelling repertoires, from seminal pieces like Trajectoire (1999-2001) to new works like Cubicle (2014-2015).

The Los Angeles Philharmonic commissioned Diavolo to create L’Espace du Temps, a trilogy of new dance works, each of which premiered live with the orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl: Foreign Bodies (2007), Fearful Symmetries (2010) and Fluid Infinities

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(2013). The entire trilogy received its premiere as a single concert program at the 2014 Movimentos Festival in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Inspired by the movement of skateboarding, Transit Space (2012) was the first dance work ever created in residency at Glorya Kaufman presents Dance at the Music Center, Los Angeles. Transit Space received its world premiere at Penn State University in the culminating event of Diavolo’s participation in the national Creative Campus initiative.

Education and outreach are crucial to our mission. Diavolo brings dance to tens of thousands of community members annually through young

people’s concerts, in-school assemblies, intensive trainings, master classes and residencies nationwide. Diavolo regularly conducts extensive community engagement workshops in schools, hospitals and juvenile detention centers. In Los Angeles, the Diavolo Institute offers dance education and outreach programs that increase active arts participation and community engagement for thousands of Los Angeles youth and families.

Diavolo has recently launched an original webisode series about the company’s life both on stage and off—available to watch for free from the Diavolo website.

www.diavolo.org

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JACQUES HEIM (Artistic Director) has been a transformative choreographer for more than 20 years. He founded Diavolo in 1992 and has directed the company’s distinct style of Architecture in Motion ever since.

Mr. Heim was born and raised in Paris, France. His earliest experiences with performance came from street performing. He attended Middlebury College (B.F.A. in Theater, Dance, and Film), the University of Surrey in England (Certificate for Analysis and Criticism of Dance) and the California Institute for the Arts (M.F.A., Choreography).

In addition to his work with Diavolo, Jacques has worked extensively for other companies in dance, theater, TV and special events worldwide. For Cirque du Soleil, Jacques choreographed KÀ at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Jacques worked as consulting choreographer on Ice Age Live!, a “mammoth” arena show which had its world premiere at London’s Wembley Stadium. He was invited to be a Creative Director for the Opening Ceremony of The 16th Asian Games, in Guangzhou, China. In 2005, Jacques was the Artistic Director for the Taurus Stunt Awards and returned in 2007 to stage a movement/stunt piece, “The Car”. With Center Theater Group, Jacques created choreography for The Stones, directed by Corey Madden. On television, his work has appeared on BBC America’s Dancing with the Stars and Bravo’s Step Up and Dance.

Jacques taught movement and dance for many years at Cal State LA and UCLA. In addition to three United States Artists Fellowship nominations and four Alpert Award nominations, Jacques has received the Martha Hill Choreography Award of the American Dance Festival, the Special Prize of the Jury at the 6th Saitama International Dance Festival, a Brody Arts Fund fellowship and a James Irvine Foundation Fellowship.

JENNIFER CHENG (Executive Director) was professionally trained in ballet. She received her advanced certification from the Royal Academy of Dance. She also was a recipient of a Ford Foundation scholarship to the School of American Ballet. She received her BA at Pomona College, MBA at UC Irvine and JD at UC Davis. She was a corporate attorney with the Automobile Club of Southern California for more than 20 years. Upon retirement she pursued her passion for dance by establishing the Dance Conservatory of Pasadena, a dance school. She serves as Chair of the Irvine Barclay Theatre Board of Directors. She also sits on the board of directors at Huntington Library and Gardens, Pacific Symphony and Blue 13 Dance Theatre.

SHAUNA MARTINEZ (Rehearsal Director) trained in dance and gymnastics in her hometown of Derby, Kansas. Shauna has been an All-American collegiate cheerleader and an award-winning instructor for the National Cheerleader’s Association. Education: Wichita State University - Dance, B.F.A, with instruction from Nick Johnson. Training also includes the American College Dance Festival where her choreography was chosen to conclude the Gala performances. Shauna is accomplished in ballet, modern, jazz, mime and hip-hop. Dance credits include dre.dance, Joe Torry, Sinbad and setting works on University of Georgia, Brenau University, CalState LA and Wichita State University. She has been with Diavolo for five seasons.

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ANA CAROLINA BROTONS (Performer) was born in Miami, FL and started dancing at the age of three. Training: all-star cheerleading with TopGun All-Stars, ballet, modern, jazz, tap, hip-hop and salsa with New Image Dance Company. Education: the University of the Arts - Modern Dance Performance, B.F.A. Ana has

performed in music videos such as Taylor Bright and Jill Scott as well as two national tours with the show SuperWHY Live. Through Diavolo, Ana continues to expand her horizons as a dancer, performer and artist.

LEANDRO GLORY DAMASCO JR. (Performer/Choreographer) started his professional career with Nicholas Leichter at the Joyce Theater in New York City. He has performed Leichter’s Killa solo at Sacramento State. Other dance credits include: Randee Pauvfe’s Misgivings. Training includes: apprenticeship

with Joe Goode Performance Group; the American College Dance Festival (chosen by Jean Freebury to perform Merce Cunningham’s Inlets 2). Education: Sacramento State- Dance, B.A, with instructors Lorelei Bayne, Melissa Wynn, Lisa Ross, Nolan T’sani, and Deborah Froh Miller. Teaching credits include: CSU Sacramento (adjunct faculty), Marin Academy, ACDFA conferences. In addition to his work with Diavolo, Leandro performs as a soloist and has launched his own company, Project Engine, named for the nickname given to him by Diavolo’s Jacques Heim.

CAL T. CHESTER (Performer) is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico and spent his life growing up in Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Dance, B.F.A. He has toured internationally as a dancer and aerial performer with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Cal performed in and set original choreography

that was shown at American College Dance Festival and Regional Dance America. After being captivated by the work of Diavolo for many years, he is overjoyed to live his dream to be part of the touring company.

EZRA MASSE-MAHAR (Performer) was trained in acrobatics and ballet at Merritt Dance Center. He was a competitive diver for many years. Education: University of Buffalo - Dance, including tap, jazz, ballet and modern dance. With Diavolo, Ezra has discovered his love of the interaction of

movement and architectural structures.

CHELSEA PIERCE (Performer) is a native Texan. Education: University of Texas, Austin - Dance Performance, B.F.A. She has been seen on the hit reality series, A Chance to Dance, and has recently performed Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16 as well as William Forsythe’s In the Middle and Somewhat

Elevated. Chelsea has also worked with choreographers Alex Ketley and Charlotte Boye-Christensen. Additional dance credits include the Tanzsommer summer dance tour. Chelsea has an incredible love for teaching and inspiring young artists.

JESSIE RYAN (Performer) started dancing and tumbling at a young age in her hometown of Denville, New Jersey. Education: Adelphi University - Dance, B.F.A; University of California, Irvine - Dance, M.F.A. Her past company work includes touring with LM Project, founding member and rehearsal director of

Multiplex Dance. Teaching experience includes the Diavolo Institute and Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Her original work has been seen at HATCHed Performance Series and Laguna Dance Festival. Jessie also creates dance films, including documentary shorts with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and the Diavolo Institute.

CONNOR SENNING (Performer) hails from Midlothian, Virginia. Education: University of the Arts - Modern Dance, B.F.A, with instruction from Donna Faye Burchfield. University Awards - Presidential Talent Scholarship, recognized for Excellence in Modern Performance. University of North Carolina School of the Arts- Modern Dance, Diploma. Dance

credits include Brian Sanders’ JUNK (national tours, Philadelphia Fringe Arts Festival), Oliver! (Cameron MacKintosh’s international tour), a Cunningham Residency with Rashaun Mitchell, studies in Forsythe Technologies at the Konservatorium Wien in Vienna and Centre National de la Danse in Paris. He would like to thank his loving family for always standing right behind him in every part of his journey.

AMY TULEY (Performer) is originally from Cleburne, TX. Education: University of North Texas - Dance, B.F.A. Her background is tumbling, competitive cheerleading, jazz and modern dance. She was a member of the North Texas Dancers for three years and held a Captain’s position. She has attended numerous

dance intensives and has shown original work at the American College Dance Festival. She most recently co-choreographed for Nick Cave’s collaborative performance art project, Heard.

RICO VELAZQUEZ (Performer) was born and raised in Chicago, IL. Although he was actively involved in competitive sports such as football, wrestling, and track and field, he developed a taste for performance art while showing off his talents on the dance floor at weddings and birthday parties. Education: Southern Illinois University at

Edwardsville - Theater and Dance, B.S, with instruction from Kristin Best Kinscherff. At SIUE, Rico performed works by Jon Lehrer, Michael Mizerany, Paula David, Omar and Jennifer Olivas, Dianna Andrews, Dustin Crumbaugh and Calvin Jarrell. Featured in concert at American College Dance Festival Association’s regional conference. Training includes modern, ballet, jazz, salsa and gymnastics.

CHISA YAMAGUCHI (Performer/Institute Co-Director) was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Education: UCLA - World Arts and Cultures & Asian American Studies, B.A., with training from Maria Gillespie, Shel Wagner, Tamra-Henna, Nyoman Cerita and Germaine Acony. When not working with

Diavolo, Chisa teaches recreational gymnastics and dances professionally as an Egyptian Belly dancer. She also travels the world as an international volunteer in countries such as New

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Washington Ensemble Theater, Youth Theater Northwest, Tacoma Opera and Bellevue Ballet among others. He lives in Seattle with his young daughter Grace.

MCCLUSKEY, LTD. (Set Design, Engineering and Construction) Mike McCluskey started restoring Shelby Cobras in 1969 while attending UCLA for mechanical engineering and never stopped. Best known for its diversity of fabricating services (design, construction, welding, mechanics, finish & paint), McCluskey Ltd. blends the art of handcrafting with modern aerospace technology. Internationally known for restoration/repair of vintage Cobras, exotic concept and racecars, plus historical aircraft and jets, McCluskey also builds props and sets for stage, movies and TV. Mike’s team of highly skilled craftsmen are based in Torrance, CA, serving architectural, automotive, industrial and entertainment clients including Getty, Disney, Shelby, Northrop, Honda and Diavolo.

TINA TREFETHEN (Set Design, Engineering and Construction) has mixed interests in art, extreme sports, design and industry that all combine uniquely for Diavolo. Tina has been a world hang-gliding champion, actor in TV and commercials, pro-skateboarder, aircraft manufacturer and partner in her brother’s music business. She has evolved into a designer, sculptor, engineer and fabricator of aluminum, steel and composites for a great variety of architectural, aviation, automotive and graphics projects. Clients include Lotus, Getty, Boeing, Disney, BMW, Honda, plus 11 major works for Diavolo.

LILIENTHAL|ZAMORA is a collaboration between artists Etta Lilienthal and Ben Zamora. Since 2010, their staggering body of work has brought them international attention and recognition as leaders in the world of contemporary Light Art. What began as a natural extension of their initial creative partnership in performance has grown into a body of work that challenges the relationship of the viewer to their environment and addresses universal themes of birth, death and transcendence. Their installations are boldly immersive and intimate, placing the viewer inside as an active participant while challenging the perceptive limits of positive and negative space. LILIENTHAL|ZAMORA’s projects have been seen at Design Miami, Installation Art gallery Suyama Space, The Frye Art Museum, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and alongside Kronos Quartet and Degenerate Art Ensemble. Individually, each has an impressive history designing internationally for projects in opera, dance, and theatre with collaborators including Peter Sellars, Bill Viola and Emio Greco|PC.

BRUNO LOUCHOUARN (Music Composer, Cubicle) has extensive film, theater and dance credits as a composer, including the futuristic cantina music in Total Recall. Other projects with Jacques Heim include Surf Orpheus, a musical, books and lyrics by Corey Madden (UC San Diego, Getty Villa). Recent projects include A Weekend with Pablo Picasso with Culture Clash’s Herbert Siguenza (San Diego Repertory, Alley Theatre, LATC, Centre Repertory Company, Denver Center Theatre), Motherfu**er with a Hat, Eurydice (South Coast Rep); Agamemnon, with Tyne Daly (Getty Villa); the 12-hour film installation Day For Night, (GLOW 2010, Santa Monica and Transatlantyk International Film Festival, Poland); Little Sisters, choreographed by Rosanna Gamson (REDCAT); Rain After Ash, immersive multimedia work (Pacific Asia Museum, commissioned by AxS Festival, Pasadena); Night Falls, in collaboration with Julie Hébert and Deborah Slater (ODC, San Francisco); A Hammer, a Bell, and a Song to Sing (San Diego Repertory Theatre); Drive-Through, a piano and video commission; Pianospheres (Zipper Hall, Los

ho’s Who in the CompanyWZealand, Fiji, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Egypt and Portugal. Chisa has performed in Diavolo’s education programs since 2007 and joined the touring company in 2009.

STEVE CONNELL (Spoken Word Artist, Writer, Transit Space) As an actor - Film: Another Day in Paradise, The Beat (Sundance), Blues and ShangHai Kiss. TV: DirtySexyMoney and The List (both on ABC). Stage: Danny and The Deep Blue Sea, Robots vs. Fake Robots, Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing. As playwright/performer,

his newest solo work, Against Oblivion, was featured in South Coast Repertory’s Studio Series. With his longtime collaborator Sekou Andrews: no easy choice was featured at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO. He and Sekou also re-imagined the text for three beloved symphonies, including Peter and the Wolf, and performed them with Rachel Worby and the Angeli Orchestra. Steve has been featured on ABC World News, Good Morning America, HBO Def Poetry and has created work for Global Green, TEDMED, Xprize Foundation, NIKE, Sony/Universal, Pioneer Electronics, American Cancer Society, Farmers Insurance, Banana Republic and Amnesty International. Private highlights include performing at Oprah Winfrey’s celebration of Maya Angelou as well as special events for Hillary Clinton and President Obama. He has released Better Bound, a book of poetry, and Intimate Nature of Knife Fights, a spoken word album. www.StevenConnell.com

RENÉE LARSEN ENGMYR (Director of Production) has been in her current position since 2009. Prior to that, she performed in the Diavolo touring company for six seasons. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Renée’s training includes jazz, ballet, tap, modern, gymnastics and Tae Kwon Do. Education: University of California Irvine - Dance & Psychology, B.A. She was a founder member of Eveoke Dance Theatre in San Diego. She spent four years performing with Eveoke and working as their Rehearsal Assistant. She currently teaches fitness and Pilates classes in Los Angeles.

JONATHAN MEYER (Technical Director) has parents who are artists and teachers, so he has been involved with the arts his entire life. From ages 14 to 26, he was employed as a woodworker. At the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he served as a rigger, fly rail operator and lighting director on concert dance shows, Broadway shows and everything in between.

LUC HEDIGER (Lighting Designer/Assistant Lighting Designer, Cubicle) is originally from Switzerland and Austria, and has already lived in more than 10 different countries. Education - Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Theater, B.F.A. University lighting design credits include: Putting It Together, Chekhov Shorts, Twelfth Night, Rent, Spring Awakening, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, American Buffalo, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot. L.A. Theater credits include Long Beach Playhouse and South Coast Rep. www.luchediger.com

EVAN MERRYMAN RITTER (Lighting Designer, Cubicle) hails from San Francisco as a child of the 1980s. Education - CalArts, B.F.A; University of Washington, M.F.A. Awards - Wally Russell technical theater scholarship at Los Angeles Opera. With Diavolo, Evan was lighting director and designer of much of their work between 1998 and 2008. Since then, Evan has created two fully realized works of dance with Diavolo alumna Monica Campbell (Tabula Rasa and The Final Hours) as well as designed for Donald Byrd, KT Niehoff,

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been presented and commissioned by the REDCAT, Luckman Theater, Skirball Cultural Center, and the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles; Teatro Raul Flores Canelo de CENART, and UNAM, in Mexico City; the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto; the Dance Center of Columbia College, Chicago; and the International Hispanic Theater Festival, in Miami, among many others. RGWW is the recipient of six Lester Horton Dance Awards, including a Special Dance Innovator Award to Gamson for her body of work. rosannagamsonworldwide.org

JOHN E.D. BASS (Lighting Designer, Transit Space) has been lighting theater, music and dance for nearly two decades. Before joining Diavolo in 2007, his last project with Jacques Heim was Territory while studying at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. Previous national tours designs include The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial for L.A.Theater Works and both Peter Pan and Camelot for McCoy Rigby Entertainment, where he served as associate to Tom Ruzika. Past design highlights include The Soze Project at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and Azure, an underwater fantasy show at the Silverton Las Vegas. Architectural credits include the Eastern Columbia building in Los Angeles and Spring, a Claes Oldenburg sculpture in Seoul, Korea. In addition to lighting

Angeles); Café Vida, Cornerstone Theater (LATC); sound art for Suzanne Lacy’s Three Weeks in January (Getty’s Pacific Standard Time, Liverpool Biennial); Voices in the Dust, a chamber opera (Boston Court); and Tales of the Old West, an immersive site specific work (The Autry). brunolouchouarn.com

ROSANNA GAMSON (Dramaturge/Artistic Consultant, Cubicle) is a third generation New Yorker. Education - New York University, Dance, B.F.A. and M.F.A. She performed internationally as a member of Andrew DeGroat & Dancers, and in the dances of Yvonne Rainer, workshop performances of Robert Wilson, and in many others’ dance projects. Since moving to Los Angeles, Gamson has created nine evening-length dance theater works as Artistic Director of Rosanna Gamson/World Wide (RGWW). Her most recent project, Layla Means Night (2013), premiered in San Francisco presented by ODC Theater, and was remounted in Los Angeles for Grand Performances in September 2014. She is currently on faculty at CalArts, where she teaches BFA and MFA dance composition in the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance. Her new work for RGWW, Still, will premiere at REDCAT in 2015/16. Gamson has created bi-national collaborative projects in Lithuania, Poland and Mexico. Her dance theater works have

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ho’s Who in the CompanyWregional theater around the U.S., John also lights numerous musical acts in Los Angeles as well as working in film and television.

DAVID BEAUDRY (Physical Interactive Design, Transit Space) has found himself straddling the worlds of live performance, design and technology for most of his adult life. He holds a Doctorate in Clarinet Performance from UCLA, and as a professional clarinetist he has performed with most of the top groups in Los Angeles, won some awards, and played a bit in the studios. As a sound designer he has worked in over 40 theatrical productions, and is a regular at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, California and Falcon Theatre in Los Angeles. His multimedia installation work has led to major shows in the U.S., Germany, and Italy, including the Venice Biennale, as well as Artist Residencies in Canada and Argentina. He has been a member of the faculty at both the Art Center College of Design (Industrial Design) and UCLA (Theatre) where he has developed and taught many courses bridging design, performance, storytelling, and technology. In 2006 David founded Beaudry Interactive, an innovative design company that quickly became known for its work in physical interaction design, middleware technology (the bridge between technology, design and performance), and both a passion and ability for creating experiences where everything is happening in the moment.

VALERIA BEAUDRY (Physical Interactive Design, Transit Space) blends art and science in her career and her personal life, and that mix feeds and informs her passion for all things that are elegantly designed, be it fine art, music, architectural structures, interactive systems or theatrical events. Originally educated as a chemist, Valeria has enjoyed an eclectic career since coming to the U.S. from Russia in 1993. She is sought after as a business consultant, having worked with a variety of companies including Ernst & Young, Mattel, W.M.G. and Disney. Soon after the company’s founding, she became a partner at Beaudry Interactive, quickly applying her expert project management and problem-solving skills to technical design and creative principles. In addition to her duties as a partner, she is actively involved with Drisko Studios Architects, known for its expertise in historical preservation in Los Angeles and beyond.

PAUL JAMES PRENDERGAST (Composer/Sound Designer, Transit Space) is a multi-disciplinary theater artist, composer, sound designer and music producer who has performed and recorded internationally. His versatility expands across musical genres of jazz, world, avant-garde, electronica, American roots and rock. He works extensively for professional theater and dance companies. Theater credits number well over 100 including productions at the Mark Taper Forum, Guthrie Theater, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Hartford Stage, Geffen Playhouse, Alley Theater, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Long Warf Theater, The Kennedy Center, Moscow Art Theater, Cal Shakes, Idaho Shakes, Edinburgh Festival, Actors Gang, Florida Stage and Atlantic Theater Co. He is a former ensemble member of Cornerstone Theater and has worked in residence at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for the past six seasons. Dance companies include Diavolo, MOMIX, Parsons Dance, Judith Jamison, Ballet Florida, Demetrius Klein, Teatro Du El and Xing Peds. As a singer/songwriter, Pauls’ work has been heard in films, on recordings and performed at music venues worldwide. Awards include Ovation, Drama-Logue, Garland, Carbonell, Gregory and a Grammy Nomination. He lives in Joshua Tree, California.

ELIZABETH VAN VLECK (Rehearsal Stage Manager, Transit Space) danced professionally in New York for more than 15 years. She was a dancer, teacher and rehearsal director for Shapiro & Smith Dance. Elizabeth was a teaching artist for the New York City

Ballet Education Department and the National Dance Institute. After receiving her M.F.A. in Arts Administration, Elizabeth was the Operations and Production Manager/Associate Producer of Special Projects for the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts. Elizabeth continues to work in service of dance companies including Diavolo Dance Theater, BODYTRAFFIC, Ate9 Dance Company, Saenz and the Noise, and Pasadena Dance Theatre. She is the Managing Director of the not-for-profit arts service organization, Making Art Happen, whose mission is to empower members of the greater Los Angeles dance community to realize and express their artistic potential. Making Art Happen provides vital infrastructural support in order to advance artistic goals and to achieve long-term success and sustainability.

SIBYL WICKERSHEIMER (Set Designer, Transit Space) has design credits spanning a wide range of projects that bring her work to a variety of venues internationally. Her current projects include: What About Dick? written and directed by Eric Idle, Crescent City a new opera with The Industry LA, and Big Haul, a mixed media, four-part installation art series in collaboration with Janne Larsen. Sibyl is also an Assistant Professor in the USC School of Theatre. Regional theatre credits include productions at Lookingglass Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, South Coast Repertory, The Geffen Playhouse, The Kirk Douglas Theatre and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Sibyl has also designed 13 productions at The Actors’ Gang, including 1984 and The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, which have toured to festivals worldwide.

MATT WELLS (Director of Development and Finance) In 2012, Matt was honored with a Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Fellowship for nonprofit leadership. Prior to his work at Diavolo, Matt founded the Los Angeles theater company needtheater, where he served as Artistic Director for five years, producing many world premieres. Matt is a board member for the Hollywood Fringe Festival and has been a consultant for the LA Stage Alliance. As an actor, Matt worked with AR Gurney, Sigourney Weaver, Elizabeth Swados, and Josh Fox. Education: Northwestern University - Theater, B.S.; Claremont Graduate University - Arts Management, M.A.

ILONA PIOTROWSKA (Director of Operations) has a varied background that includes website design, performing arts administration and production. For American Public Media Group, her online work included Southern California Public Radio (89.3 KPCC) and radio shows such as American RadioWorks, On Being, Marketplace and A Prairie Home Companion. She does not wear clothes with horizontal stripes.

JONES WELSH (Institute Co-Director) is a performer, administrator and arts activist. Entering his second year as Institute Director, Jones manages the expansion of Diavolo’s education and outreach programs in Los Angeles and beyond. Jones performed with the Diavolo touring company for five seasons before taking on his previous role as Associate Artistic Director, he collaborated with Jacques Heim and the dancers in addition to working with students and faculty of University residency programs. Outside of Diavolo, Jones founded Not Man Apart - Physical Theatre Ensemble, which produces the L.A. Improv Dance Festival, Somatic Movement Arts Festival, and Shakespeare Santa Monica. As a dancer and choreographer, Jones has worked with many other companies including Nugent Dance, Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, Invertigo Dance Theatre, Intention Dance Theatre and Rosanna Gamson/World Wide. Education: University of Washington - Theater and Dance, B.A.; Non-Profit Management, Certificate Program.

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iavolo Board of Directors & SupportersDBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Patricia Kelly, Bill Hranchak, Mark Kleiman, Jennifer Cheng, Jacques Heim, Renata Pompelli, Mary Ellen Stuart

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SUPPORTERS LISTWith supporters above $1,000 from September 1, 2013 to September 1, 2014

$100,000 and aboveW.M. Keck Foundation

$50,000 and aboveLos Angeles County Board ofSupervisors through

the Los Angeles County Arts CommissionRalph M. Parsons Foundation

$25,000-$49,999Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

Thomas Fuller

$10,000-$24,999Annenberg Foundation

City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural AffairsDwight Stuart Youth FoundationNational Endowment for the Arts

Weingart FoundationSelim K. Zilkha

$2,500-9,999David and Kiki Gindler

Mark Kleiman and Renata PompelliMidAtlantic Arts Foundation - USArtists International

Mortimer Levitt FoundationRVM AssociatesMary Ellen StuartTemo Arjani LLP

Kenneth Wells and Christina Benson

$1,000-$2,499Norman Beil and Carla Malden

Diana BuckhantzDeborah Butterfield and John Buck

Richard and Karla ChernickCurtis and Andre Cronthall

Rebecca ConwayGerard and Brooke de Gunzburg

Jean-Louis de GunzburgWilliam Kelly

Mike and Kari KerrLear Family Foundation

Henry and Janine LichsteinGaynell Methvin

David and Jill MorsePuffin Foundation

Jeffrey Shapiro

In-KindTaproot Foundation

Thanks to our donors,including those who wish to remain anonymous.

Make a donation at www.diavolo.org

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hen Diavolo performs its world premiere of Cubicle tonight at the Des Moines

Civic Center, the audience may feel like they are in the middle of an art gallery instead of a dark theater. At least, that is the hope of artistic director and company founder, Jacques Heim.

“It will be like they are watching a live abstract painting unfold in front of them,” he said. “Diavolo is a very different way of dancing and gives audiences a visceral experience.”

Since 1992, Heim’s Diavolo has wowed dance crowds with its unique blend of using large structures in tandem with “different movement vocabularies” such as gymnastics, martial arts, ballet and acrobatics. The result is what Diavolo calls “architecture in motion,” a relationship between the human body, the space it inhibits and the strong themes that emerge like fear, love and survival. “We don’t do dance pieces on a bare stage,” said Heim. “As soon as I have a structure – as simple as a chair – suddenly I can see motion, I can see emotion, I can see mood.”

While Heim is the brains behind the overall design and vision of Diavolo’s pieces, choreographer Leandro Damasco creates the visual and physical movement. In Cubicle, Damasco has choreographed specific actions for 40 components on stage – 30 cube boxes that represent a workplace cubicle and the 10 company members who will dance through them. Damasco describes Cubicle as an interpretation of a worker’s life and how they can get sucked in, especially in today’s society that seems to be all about work.

“We explore the lifestyle of working in that kind of environment,” said Damasco. “Suppression of cubicle life might be a good thing or a bad thing.”

In addition to Cubicle, Diavolo will perform their popular piece Transit Space.

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Not only is Des Moines Performing Arts presenting Diavolo’s world premiere performance of Cubicle at the Civic Center, the organization is a co-commissioner of the piece! Presenting world premieres and commissioning dances are significant milestones for the organization’s Dance Series, now in its fifth season.

“We are always looking for opportunities to expand our programming beyond the stage and that includes getting involved in the creative process,” said Eric Olmscheid, Des Moines Performing Arts Director of Programming and Education. “In five years, we have gone from launching a new series to being more involved in supporting companies as they develop new work. It’s exciting to reflect on how much we’ve grown and how much Des Moines audiences have embraced The Dance Series and what we are offering to the community.”

Des Moines Performing Arts presented the world premiere of Sea Lark from the Paul Taylor Dance Company earlier this season and last season, commissioned its first piece, The Vinegar Works: Four Dances of Moral Instruction by the Trey McIntyre Project.

Des Moines Performing Arts:A LEADER IN DANCE

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Des Moines Performing Arts Board of Directors Staff

OFFICERSThomas Brown *

Chair/Compensation ChairBrown NationaLease

Mary Kramer *Vice-Chair

Ambassador, Ret.

Thomas E. Press *Treasurer

Midland’s Choice

Rosemary Parson *Secretary

EquiTrust Life Insurance Company

Mary Stier *Past Chair

The Brilliance Group

Karen J. Lynn *Assets ChairAthene USA

Eric T. Crowell*Audit Chair

UnityPoint Health – Des Moines

John Craig*Finance Chair

Sammons Financial Group

Dr. Andy McGuire*Nom/Gov Chair

Meridian Heatlh Plan

DIRECTORSTom Ahart

Des Moines Public Schools

Robert BrownellPolk County Board of

Supervisors

Frank CownieCity of Des Moines

Michael Eberle, DVMEberle Animal Hospital

Jon GarnaasHealthy Living Centers

of America

Travis GjoraasDeloitte

Sheryl GrimmCommunity Leader

Laure GuisingerHolmes Murphy &

Associates

Terry JohnsonWells Fargo Wealth

Management

Monica KirganPrincipal Financial Group

Christine Lauridsen Sand

Lauridsen Group

Patrick MackJohn Deere Financial

Robert MahaffeyCity of Des Moines

Bob O’HollearnAllied Insurance

Katie StockingHappy Medium

Angela WilliamsThe Great Frame Up

* Indicates member of theExecutive Committee

LEGAL COUNSELMike Kulik

Davis Brown Law Firm

ADMINISTRATIONJeff ChelesvigPresident & CEO

Laura Sweet Vice President & COO

Heidi WatkinsFinance Director/Controller

Bill McElrathBusiness Director

Barbara HansonAccountant

Chris BrowningOffice Manager

Vicky BarrExecutive Assistant

BUILDING SERVICESEarl SmithBuilding Services Manager

Ly UngAssistant BuildingServices Manager

Building ServicesAssociates:Danny GloverFrancisco Hernandez

Khom MaoFrancisco MoraIrene PerezHank TeavDominick Ung

DEVELOPMENTTodd FogdallDirector of Development

Tiffany SpinnerAnnual Fund Manager

Brett SmithResearch Specialist

Rachel WoodhouseDonor RelationsCoordinator

Kelsey TylerDevelopment Intern

GUEST SERVICESJoel CoxGuest Services Manager

Allie RossAssistant Guest ServicesManager

House Managers:Kerry GeorgeShirley KleywegtDoug Kouba

Evonne KoubaSharon MontgomeryCynde PoolShirley RamirezMarion Singleton

MARKETINGBarb PreussDirector of Marketing

Cindy Hughes AnlikerCommunications Manager

Summer EvansMarketing Manager

Matt SpanglerMarketing Manager

Greg VotavaDigital Marketing Manager

Kevin MaistoMarketing Intern

PROGRAMMING &EDUCATIONEric B. OlmscheidDirector of Programming & Education

Karoline MyersEducation Manager

Sarah BannonCommunity Programs Coordinator

Julie HoughtonProgramming & Education Coordinator

Michelle McDonaldSchool ProgramsCoordinator

Trevor WileyEducation Intern

TECHNICALOPERATIONSAlan DyerTechnical OperationsManager/Head Electrician

Nicholas RomanoStage OperationsManager/Head Carpenter

Greg TracyProduction Manager/Head Audio

Jamie L. SteppProduction Supervisor

TICKET OFFICEDenise Smithson GreenInterim Ticket Office Director

Brooke BridenstineTicket Office Staff Manager

Misty EndersonTicket Office Database Manager

Jeff WaldschmittTicket Office Manager

Laura ArensonCustomer Servcie Team Mamber

Candace BellCustomer Service Team Member

Margo JonesCustomer Service Team Member

Chontel BerthelsenGroup Sales Coordinator

The backstage employees of Des Moines Performing Arts are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 67.

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ATMAn ATM is located in the Ticket Office Lobby.

BINOCULARSBinoculars are available for rent at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters for $5.

CAMERASThe use of cameras or any type of recording device in the Main Hall is prohibited at all times.

CELL PHONESPlease turn your cell phone off or set it to the silent mode. Please also refrain from text messaging and using your phone as a light source during the performance.

ELEVATORSElevators to the second level of the lobby are located in the Nollen Lobby and near the Stoner Theater.

EMERGENCY EXITINGIn case of an emergency, please leave through your nearest exit location.

LATE SEATINGLate seating will be accommodated by House Staff at the earliest appropriate time. Pay attention to lobby chimes, which are sounded five minutes before the show begins, as well as after intermission.

LISTENING DEVICESInfrared listening devices are available at the Guest Services Counters in the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobbies.

LOST ITEMSLost items may be reported or claimed at the Nollen Lobby Guest Services Counter area during an event. After an event, please contact our Ticket Office at(515) 246-2300 or stop by Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Items are kept for 30 days.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCEIf you have a medical need, please notify the House Staff. Medical services are provided by UnityPoint Health – Des Moines in the Prairie Meadows Lobby.

SPECIAL SEATING NEEDSSeating is available for all performances for a variety of accessibility requirements (including wheelchair, motorized cart, difficulty with stairs and sight impairment). Please call the Ticket Office at (515) 246-2300.

TOBACCO USEThe use of tobacco products is not allowed in the Des Moines Civic Center or within 15 feet of any entrance.

WHEELCHAIRSDes Moines Performing Arts has wheelchairs available to assist guests with mobility concerns. Guest Services staff may be contacted to assist.

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