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It Is Our DIstINCt PLeAsure tO PreseNt tHe 2010 NAtIONAL BLACK Arts festIvAL! 2010 continues to be a year of tremendous opportunity and change as NBAF re-imagines its role as one of the nation’s pre-eminent presenters of the art and culture of the African Diaspora. In addition to a restructuring of our programs to create a year-round presence this year, we have much for which to be proud and grateful. In 2010, NBAF goes “green” as we begin to incorporate solar and biodiesel driven stages, along with our on-going recycling programs, in an effort to develop an environmentally sustainable model for outdoor festivals worldwide.

We have also launched a new branding campaign for NBAF (of which this piece is a part) that includes a fresh, vibrant, new visual identity. In addition, our beautifully redesigned website NBAF.org launched this spring; made possible by a generous grant from the prestigious Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Leading for the Future Initiative. This “extreme makeover” of our website will provide our visitors with an exceptional, state-of-the-art virtual experience — including on-line performances, blogs, courses and more.

As always, the 2010 Festival offers something special for everyone…

The Festival returns to Centennial Olympic Park (COP) with an International Marketplace comprised of over 100 artists, vendors and exhibitors. Our World Music Stage kicks things off with the internationally-acclaimed song and dance ensemble Olodum from Bahia, Brazil, and continues with performances by Roy Ayers performing the music of Fela Kuti, songstress Lizz Wright, and many more. The Children’s Education Village (complete with COP’s magnifi cent fountains) will continue to delight children of all ages.

The 2010 Legends celebration: To Curtis Mayfi eld with Love will celebrate the music and legacy of the late Curtis Mayfi eld at Atlanta Symphony Hall.Also at Symphony Hall our festival within a festival entitled Brazil Fest: Brazil y America will feature internationally-acclaimed, singer-songwriter Ivan Lins and a number of special guests presented in collaboration with the Brazilian Consul. PHILAdAnco celebrates 40 years of heart-stopping performances around the globe with two performances at Georgia State’s Rialto Center for the Arts within walking distance of the park. Jazz Trombonist, wycliffe Gordon and a hand-selected big band will perform live the original score he composed for a special screening of the silent fi lm “Body and Soul” by seminal African American fi lmmaker Oscar Micheaux.The much-anticipated nBAF Gala is the major fundraising event for NBAF. This year’s gala transforms the newly restored 200 Peachtree Street venue into “Stormy’s Supper Club”, complete with big band, celebrity hosts, and one-of-a-kind performances. Join us as gentlemen in tuxedos and ladies in period attire step back into a bygone era resplendent with a silent auction not to be missed. And much, much more!

See you at the Festival!

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OCT. 1 – 24 Sammy Davis, Jr.: singer, dancer, child star, fixture of the Rat Pack…but at what cost? Virtuosic Broadway performer Eric Jordan Young investigates his own obsession with Sammy – taking audiences on a whirlwind journey through Sammy’s life and his music.

Sammy & MeWritten by Eric Jordan Young and Wendy DannDirected by Wendy DannStarring Eric Jordan Young

OCT. 20 - NOV. 14Featuring Jasmine Guy. Young love, old flames, six stunning dresses…what would dare go awry?

The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred YearsA world premiere by Pearl CleageDirected by Susan V. BoothProduced in association with Alabama Shakespeare Festival

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SEPT. 1 – OCT. 3Directed and choreographed by Debbie Allen. An orphan in New Orleans finds family in the most unexpected places. A hot new musical twist on the Dickens classic.

TwistBook by William F. Brown Music by Tena Clark and Gary PrimLyrics by Tena Clark Directed and Choreographed by Debbie Allen


BODy AnD SOuLsponsored by turner voicesTrombonist Wycliffe Gordon revives the lost art of live silent fi lm accompaniment as he and a big band perform his original score to Oscar Micheaux’s 1925 fi lm, Body and Soul. A unique experience! Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 8 P.M.,

Atlanta Symphony Hall

BRAZIL fEST cOncERT: THE BEST Of BRAZIL Presented in partnership with the Brazilian consulateMusician/Composer Ivan Lins, in a rare Atlanta performance, headlines an evening of the Best of

Brazilian music featuring Bossa singer Marcia Bittencourt, Afro Brazilian percussion group

Olodum and Bale de Cidade, a Brazilian modern ballet group. Special guests Cassandra Wilson and

Rachelle Ferrell. Thursday, July 15, 2010, 8 P.M., Atlanta Symphony Hall

2010 LEGEnDS cELEBRATIOn: TO cuRTIS wITH LOvEsponsored by the coca-cola companyA musical tribute to Curtis Mayfi eld featuring The Impressions, Eddie Levert, Van Hunt, Frank McComb, Dionne Farris and Joi Gilliam. Music Director: Russell

Gunn. Stage Direction/Choreography: Jasmine Guy. Friday, July 16, 2010, 8 P.M., Atlanta Symphony Hall

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Thursday 7:30 P.M., Sat 2 P.M., Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University

nBAf GALA:A GATHERInG Of cOLORS sponsored by the coca-cola company and uPsA return to a bygone era, where the women were glamorous, the men were cool cats and the music was stompin.’ Saturday, July 17, 7 PM, 200 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30303

BRAZIL fEST AT cEnTEnnIAL OLympIc pARk The rhythms of Brazil explode in Centennial Olympic Park as NBAF and the Consulate General of Brazil in Atlanta celebrate the culture of Brazil! Thursday, July 15, 2010, 5 P.M., Centennial Olympic Park

InTERnATIOnAL mARkETpLAcE AT cEnTEnnIAL OLympIc pARk From paintings, beautifully woven fabrics and clothing to skillfully handcrafted jewelry and wood carved sculptures, artists from around the world showcase their best in the Marketplace. Thursday, July 15-Sunday, July 18. Hours: Thurs 5 P.M., Fri-Sat 10 AM-9 P.M., Sun 12 P.M.-8 P.M.,

mAIn STAGE AT cEnTEnnIAL OLympIc pARksponsored by wells fargo BankFour days of jazz, house, reggae, blues, Afrobeat, gospel, soul and African rhythms!Thursday, July 15-Sunday, July 18. Hours: Thurs 5 P.M.-9 P.M., Fri-Sat 10 AM-9 P.M., Sun 12 P.M.-8 P.M., Centennial Olympic Park

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Children and adults are invited to tour the home and to participate in a variety of interactive experiences based on 12 core themes which are derived from the

Presented in partnership with the Brazilian consulateMusician/Composer Ivan Lins, in a rare Atlanta performance, headlines an evening of the Best of

ballet group. Special guests Cassandra Wilson and Rachelle Ferrell.

BODy AnD SOuLsponsored by turner voicesTrombonist Wycliffe Gordon revives the lost art of live silent fi lm accompaniment as he and a big band perform his original score to Oscar Micheaux’s 1925 fi lm, Body and Soul. A unique experience!

Atlanta Symphony Hall

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Gunn. Stage Direction/Choreography: Jasmine Guy. Friday, July 16, 2010, 8 P.M., Atlanta Symphony Hall

2010 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

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speeches and writings of and about Dr. King and are More Than Words. Friday, July 16, Camps and Groups Only 10 A.M. – 4 P.M. Family Days: Saturday, July 17, 10 A.M. – 4 P.M. through Sunday, July 18, Noon - 4 P.M. Pre-registration is required.

EBB AnD fLOw: THE nEXT GEnERATIOn Of pOETSSpeak Ebb and Flow returns to the West End Performing Arts Center to celebrate and give voice to the next generation of poets. Wednesday, July 14, 7 P.M., West End Performing Arts Center

ATLAnTA SympHOny ORcHESTRAThe National Black Arts Festival and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continue their annual partnership to present a community concert at Ebenezer Baptist Church on historic Auburn Avenue. Sunday, July 18, 2010, 7 P.M., Ebenezer Baptist Church

JAZZ AROunD TOwnJazz at Southwest Arts center featuring Waterseed Monday, July 12, 2010, 7:30 P.M., Southwest Arts Center.Jazz at Ebenezer featuring Scotty Barnhart, Friday, July 16, 2010, 7 P.M., Ebenezer Baptist Church

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cHILDREn’S EDucATIOn vILLAGE: mORE THAn wORDSSince its inception, NBAF’s Children’s Education Village has delighted and engaged thousands of children, and their families, in the history and culture of Africa and the African Diaspora. NBAF continues that tradition this year with its multi-media “Growing the Dream” project. Based on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Growing the Dream” features a child-sized replica of King’s historic boyhood home. Children and adults are invited to tour the home and to participate in a variety of interactive experiences based on 12 core themes which are derived from the speeches and writings of and about Dr. King and are More Than Words. The themes are peace, justice, freedom, civil rights, nonviolence, love, courage, equality, truth, protest, growth and dream. Friday, July 16, Camps and Groups Only 10 A.M. – 4 P.M. Family Days: Saturday, July 17, 10 A.M. – 4 P.M. through Sunday, July 18, Noon - 4 P.M. Pre-registration is required

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About the coretta Scott King Book Award:In 1969 two school librarians conceived of the award to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. Internationally renowned Atlanta artist, Lev Mills, designed the Coretta Scott King Book Award Seal in 1974. The Coretta Scott King Book Award has honored 113 authors and illustrators over the past 40 years. Please call 404 224-3464 for additional information.

Presented by the NBAF’s Education and Public Programs at the Children’s Department of the Atlanta Fulton Public Library System.

Major funding for nBaf’s education and Public Programs is provided by the fulton county Board of commissioners through the fulton county arts council. additional funding for educational programming is provided by the u.s. department of education (Public law 111-8), the coca-cola company, Zeist foundation, Georgia council for the arts, city of atlanta offi ce of cultural affairs, Georgia Power, Zaxby’s, Publix super Market charities, nissan foundation, target foundation, the ray M. and elizabeth lee foundation and Georgia lottery.

nBAf In THE cOmmunITythis programming is supported by the fulton county Board of commissioners under the guidance of the fulton county arts council and Bank of america. all events are free.

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Season sponsors: v103 The People Station and Atlanta Voice Major funding provided in part by the Fulton County Commission under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council. This program is sponsored in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The council is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Ballethnic Academy of Dance (Offi cial School of Ballethnic Dance Co)Fall Registration – Aug 14, 2010 10:00am-2:00pm

Turner Broadcast Annual Day of ServiceSept 11, 2010 9:00am-12:00pm

20/20 Fundraiser CelebrationV103 Live Broadcast – Oct 16, 2010 12:00pm- 7:00pm

Urban Nutcracker 2010 Nov 17-21 Ferst Center for the Arts located on GA Tech Campus

Urban Nutcracker WonderlandDec 18-19 2010 (Venue TBA)

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September 23–October 3, 2010 • Charleston, South Carolina

Theatre – Art Forms & Theatre Concepts presents Pearl Cleage’s "Blues for an Alabama Sky" Wednesday, September 22 - Sunday, September 26 • Dock Street Theatre • Admission: $25.00, $20.00

An Evening of Jazz Under the Stars with Jonathan Butler – Nationally renowned jazz artist

Jonathan Butler performs under the stars in a romantic cabaret setting. Lonnie Hamilton and Friends opens the entertainment • Drayton Hall Plantation • Saturday, September 25 • Admission: $25.00

Classical Encounter – Sunday, September 26 • Admission: $10.00

Gospel Concert – Featuring Royal Baptist Church Male Choir, St. James Presbyterian Church Male Choir

and vocalist, Mario Desaussure • Trinity United Methodist Church, 273 Meeting Street Sunday, September 26 • Admission: $10.00

Literary Corner – Nationally renowned publisher and author Quame Alexander

McKinley Washington Auditorium, Avery Research Center • Tuesday, September 28 • Admission: $10.00

Spoken Word – For poets and poetry lovers • Huger’s • Thursday, September 30 • Admission: $10.00

Dance – Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble performs

Gaillard Municipal Auditorium • Friday, October 1 • Admission: $18.00

Theatre – "De Diary Frum De Neck Gullah/Geechee Matriarch: Dis Ya Da Crab Crack"produced by Carlie Town Productions • Thursday, September 30 • Admission: $15.00, $5.25

Gospel Concert – Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir • Saturday, October 2 • Admission: $10.00

Community Tribute Luncheon – Drayton Hall Plantation • Saturday, October 2

Donation: $30.00 Advance Reservations Only

R&B Concert – Features R&B superstar Patti LaBelle and a performance by Boyz II Men

Family Circle Tennis Center • Saturday, October 2 • Admission: $55.50, $45.50, $35.50

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Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon was approached in 1998, by Rob Gibson, former Executive Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, about creating an original score for the Oscar Micheaux silent fi lm, “Body and Soul.” It would be a collaboration between the New York Film Society and Jazz at Lincoln Center to celebrate the centennial of the birth of Paul Robeson. After viewing the fi rst fi ve minutes of the fi lm, Gordon was captivated by the content and ready to take on the task of writing the new score. The fi lm and its new score premiered on September 27, 2000, opening night of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2000-2001 season. The fi lm is situated in rural Georgia, a place familiar to Gordon’s childhood

and formative years. The three scenes of concentration in the fi lm occur in the home, church, and a local bar. The story intertwines and

crosses several “moral” barriers established in the south and southern way of living that would be the cause and subject of controversy still in many places today. In 1925, when the fi lm debuted only fi ve of the original nine reels were allowed to be shown to the public by the “powers that be.” Micheaux would often have private screenings in the “black” movie houses for those that wanted to see the fi lm in its entirety. This is a great testament to true artistry — creating a means to reveal your complete artistic vision, in spite of the controlling desires of said “powers.” One of the most compelling things for Gordon was to research and fi nd how Micheaux lived amidst homesteaders and wrote novels to sell door to door, “on the street” to raise the money needed to realize and fi nance his artistic vision of making fi lms. This alone was compelling and inspirational enough to accept the challenge of taking on this project. The opportunity to celebrate the birth of such a great humanitarian like Paul Robeson in addition, was an amazing combination.

“Great art is always new and relevant.” Says Wycliffe Gordon. “The content of its presentation is present at all time. ‘Body and Soul’ presents modern-day issues, challenges, and struggles, which makes it relevant now, regardless of having originally premiered in 1925. Micheuax’s cinematography is also great in that he had the vision to portray opposing sides of the same person. It is presented in a dream, which is revealed with only three minutes left in the fi lm…GENIUS!!!!!” “Body and Soul,” as performed with this original score, is available for sale on DVD immediately following this evening’s performance. Mr. Gordon will be available to autograph copies.

WYCLIffe GOrDONWycliffe Gordon enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger, and educator, receiving high praise from audiences and critics alike. Gordon tours the world performing hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz for audiences ranging from heads of state to elementary school

Body And SouLby oscar Micheaux with music scored and performed live by wycliffe Gordon and his Big Band

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students. Gordon received the Jazz Journalists Association’s 2008, 2007, 2006, 2002 and 2001 Awards for Trombonist of the Year, and the Jazz Journalists Association’s 2000 Critics’ Choice Award for Best Trombone.

In addition to a thriving solo career, he tours regularly leading the Wycliffe Gordon Quartet, headlining at legendary jazz venues throughout the world. Gordon is a former member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and has been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor’s “Jazz at the Kennedy Center” Series.

As a composer and arranger Gordon was commissioned to compose a vibrant new score for the 1925 classic silent fi lm “Body and Soul” (notable as the screen debut of Paul Robeson), which was premiered at the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra’s 2000-01 season opening night performance at Avery Fisher Hall, and was released on DVD in 2008. Gordon’s “I Saw the Light,” a musical tribute to Muhammad Ali, was commissioned and premiered by the Brass Band of Battle Creek.

Born in Waynesboro, Georgia, Gordon was fi rst introduced to music by his late father, Lucius Gordon, a classical

pianist and teacher. His interest in the trombone was sparked at age twelve by his elder brother who played the instrument in his junior high school band. Egged on by

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Body And SouL

BAnD:Alto Saxophone 1: Tony CarereAlto Saxophone 2: Oliver SantanaTenor Saxophone 1: Sam SkeltonTenor Saxophone 2: John SandfortBaritone Saxophone: Don ErdmanTrumpet 1: Lee KingTrumpet 2: Kevin LyonsTrumpet 3: Joe GransdenTrumpet 4: Jonathan SwygertTrombone 1: Wes FunderburkTrombone 2: Tom GibsonTrombone 3: Mark WilliamsonTuba: David OstwaldPiano 1: Tyrone JacksonPiano 2: Aaron DiehlBass: Kevin SmithDrums: Alvin Atkinson, Jr.


sibling rivalry, Gordon’s relentless pleading of his parents led to his fi rst trombone. A year later, an aunt bequeathed the Gordon Family her jazz record collection, and so began his passion for jazz music.

OsCAr mICHeAuxOscar Micheaux, the fi rst African-American to produce a feature-length fi lm “The Homesteader” in 1920) and a sound feature-length fi lm “The Exile” in 1931, is not a major fi gure in American fi lm just for these milestones, but because his oeuvre is a window onto the American psyche with regard to race and its deleterious effects on individuals and society. He also is a pioneer of independent cinema. Though the end products of his labors often were technically crude due to budgetary constraints, Micheaux the fi lmmaker is a symbol of the artist triumphing over long odds to bring his vision to the public at large while serving in the socially important role of critical spirit.

“One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach that the colored man can be anything,” Micheaux said. He used the new medium of the motion picture to communicate his ideas in order to rebut racism and to

raise the consciousness of African-Americans in an age of segregation and overt, legal racism. As a fi lmmaker, Micheaux was “50 years ahead of his time”, according to Kansas Humanities Council Board member Martin Keenan, the chairman of the Oscar Micheaux Film Festivals in Great Bend, Kansas, in 2001 and 2003.

Oscar Micheaux was born in 1884, in Metropolis, Illinois, one of 13 children of former slaves. When he was 17 years old he left home for Chicago, where he got a job as a Pullman porter, one of the best jobs an African-American could get in the days of Jim Crow laws that separated the races and were a legal bulwark of racism. Inspired by the self-help, assimilationist teachings of Booker T. Washington and the “Go West” pioneer philosophy of Horace Greeley, Micheaux acquired two 160-acre tracts of land in Gregory County, South Dakota, in 1905, despite no previous experience in farming.

Micheaux’s experiences as a homesteader were the basis for his fi rst novel, “The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer”, which was published in 1913. He rewrote it into his most famous novel, “The Homesteader” (1917), which he self-published and distributed, selling it door-

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to-door to small businessmen and homesteaders in small towns, white people with whom he lived and did business with. “The Homesteader” not only elucidated Micheaux’s understanding of societal cleavages but proselytized for assimilating black and white communities. Micheaux was firmly dedicated to the idea of art as a didactic medium.

Micheaux lost his homestead in 1915 due to financial losses caused by a drought. He moved to Sioux City, Iowa, where he established the Western Book and Supply Co. He continued to write novels, selling them himself, door-to-door. Meanwhile, brothers George Johnson and Noble Johnson, African-American movie pioneers who ran the Lincoln Motion Picture Co. in Los Angeles, wanted to make “The Homesteader” into a film. They tried to buy the rights to the novel but would not meet Micheaux’s demands that he direct it and that it be made with a large budget.

After his demands were refused, Micheaux reorganized Western Book and Supply as the Micheaux Film and Book Co. in Chicago. He began to raise money for his own film version of “The Homesteader”. Micheaux returned to the white businessmen and farmers around Sioux City, Iowa, where he still maintained an office, and sold them stock in

his new company. In this way he was able to raise enough capital to begin filming his novel in Chicago, which was then a major film production center.

The film came in at eight reels, making it the first feature-length film made by an African-American. “Race films” — as films made for black audiences were called until the advent of the modern civil rights movement in the 1950s — and even “mainstream” films had been mostly shorts up to that time. Even Charles Chaplin didn’t make his first feature length film until 1921, with The Kid (1921).

“The Homesteader” (1919) premiered in Chicago on Febru-ary 20, 1919. An ad for the movie placed in the “Chicago Defender”, the premier newspaper for African-Americans, heralded Micheaux’s film as the “greatest of all Race produc-tions” and claimed it was “destined to mark a new epoch in the achievements of the Darker Races... every Race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro’s ability as a motion picture star, and go and see, not only for the absorbing interest obtaining therein, but as an appreciation of those finer arts which no race can ignore and hope to obtain a higher plan of thought and action.”

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Body And SouLHis next fi lm, “Within Our Gates” (1920), was his response to D.W. Griffi th’s “The Birth of a Nation” (1915), a fi lm that had glorifi ed the Ku Klux Klan and justifi ed the violent op-pression of African-Americans to prevent miscegenation. The movie showed African-American and white communities that the racism of the dominant society could be challenged. Micheaux’s place in history was assured as he injected an African-American perspective, via the powerful medium of the motion picture, into the American consciousness.

Working out of Chicago, Micheaux subsequently made more than 30 fi lms over the next three decades, including musicals, comedies, westerns, romances and gangster fi lms. Some of the popular themes in his work were African-Americans passing for white, intermarriage and legal injustice. As the most successful and prolifi c of black fi lmmakers, Micheaux was vital to African-American and overall American consciousness by providing a diverse portfolio of non-stereotyped black characters, as well as images and stories of African-American life.

Micheaux married Alice B. Russell in March 1926, and the two remained married until his death in March 1951. He was buried at Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas.

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featuringRosita Adamo, LaMar Baylor, Jeroboam Bozeman, Justin Bryant, Chloe O. Davis,

Tommie-Waheed Evans, Brandon Glasgow, Lindsey Holmes, Joan Kilgore, Alicia Lundgren,

Teneise L. Mitchell-Ellis, Odara N. Jabali-Nash, Jesse Sani, Jay Staten, Jodi Pickens

PHILAdAnco!(the Philadelphia dance company)Joan Myers Brown – founder & executive artistic director

choreographer: Talley Beatty Reconstruction: Kim Y. Bears-Bailey music: Prince and Earth, Wind & Fire

Lighting Design: William H. Grant, III Lighting Augmentation &

Execution: Clifton Taylor costume Execution:Natasha Guruleva

Rosita Adamo, LaMar Baylor, Jeroboam Bozeman, Justin Bryant, Chloe O. Davis, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Brandon Glasgow, Lindsey Holmes, Joan Kilgore, Alicia Lundgren, Teneise L. Mitchell-Ellis, Odara N. Jabali-Nash, Jesse Sani, Jay Staten, Jodi Pickens

The reconstruction of this ballet was made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.


featuringRosita Adamo, LaMar Baylor, Jeroboam Bozeman, Justin Bryant, Chloe O. Davis,

Tommie-Waheed Evans, Brandon Glasgow, Lindsey Holmes, Joan Kilgore, Alicia Lundgren,

Teneise L. Mitchell-Ellis, Odara N. Jabali-Nash, Jesse Sani, Jay Staten, Jodi Pickens

PHILAdAnco!PHILAdAnco!(the Philadelphia dance company)Joan Myers Brown – founder & executive artistic director

choreographer:Reconstruction: music: Prince and Earth, Wind & Fire

Lighting Design:Lighting Augmentation &

Execution:costume Execution:

RIALTO cEnTER fOR THE ARTS at Georgia State University

15+17 JuLy2 010

7:30 P.M. + 2:00 P.M.

choreographer: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Assistants to ms. Zollar: Marjani Forté & Catherine Dénécy music: Parliament FunkadelicLighting Design: Clifton Taylor Lighting Assistant: Melody Beal costume Design & Execution: Anna-Alise Belous

How we Got to the funk An exploration of music and movement from 50’s to 70’s

cool Baby, cool Minimalism as only cool can embody By way of the Drum This explores the hotter side of

funk with hard-edged soul singers. This section revisits the 70’s, concert style. Rosita Adamo, LaMar Baylor, Jeroboam Bozeman, Justin Bryant, Chloe O. Davis, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Brandon Glasgow, Lindsey Holmes, Joan Kilgore, Alicia Lundgren, Teneise L. Mitchell-Ellis, Odara N. Jabali-Nash, Jesse Sani, Jay Staten

By way of the funk is a new work that harnesses the energy & culture of funk music. The music is the Funkadelic & Parliament. This 4-part work is a joyous celebration of the 40 years of PHILADANCO’s existence. As it says in the song “funk not only moves, it removes, dig” — these words are emblematic of the may funk music makes you want to get

choreographer: Christopher L. Huggins Assistant to mr. Huggins: Kayoko Amemiya music: Ravel Lighting Design & Execution: Clifton Taylor costume Design/Execution: Natasha Guruleva Rosita Adamo, LaMar Baylor, Jeroboam Bozeman, Justin Bryant, Chloe O. Davis, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Brandon

Glasgow, Lindsey Holmes, Joan Kilgore, Alicia Lundgren, Teneise L. Mitchell-Ellis, Odara N. Jabali-Nash, Jesse Sani

This ballet was created in honor of the 40th Anniversary Celebration of PHILADANCO by the inimitable Christopher L. Huggins and supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

~ pAuSE ~

BOLERO

~ InTERmISSIOn ~

By wAy Of THE funk

pROGRAmA RAG, A BOnE and A HAnk Of HAIR


up out of your seat and dance and forget about your troubles. Funkadelic was known for outrageous costumes and in your face performances.

Funding for this ballet was the co-commission of the Kimmel Center, Incorporated and the August Wilson Center for African

American Culture in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding provided by the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation.

The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) is currently celebrating its 40th year of providing exceptional dance performance and training to its many communities throughout the US and abroad.

The original mission of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO), “to present the highest quality of professional dance performance, and to provide exceptional training for the improvement of skills for emerging professional dancers and choreographers in a nurturing environment while increasing the appreciation of dance among its many communities” has withstood time, budget cuts and the passage of 40 years.

Since its inception in 1970 The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) has had a significant impact on the dance world. As a cultural ambassador representing the United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia, its artistic direction and renowned national and international guest choreographers have developed a reputation of producing a dance repertory with passion, power, skill and diversity. Over the 40 years, a stellar faculty (handpicked by Joan Myers Brown, Founder of PHILADANCO) has trained over 4,500 dancers in a comprehensive program achieving the highest level of technical skills in dance and performance. The unique blend of dance styles of PHILADANCO, and its roster of 50-60 concert performances and 45 residencies annually has made them one of the most

sought after modern companies in the United States.

THE cHOREOGRApHERSTALLEy BEATTy* A Rag, A Bone and A Hank of Hair Talley Beatty was born in Cedar Grove, Louisiana, a section of Shreveport, but grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He is considered one of the greatest of African American choreog-raphers, and also bears the titles dancer, educator, and dance company director. After studying under Katherine Dunham and Martha Graham, Beatty went on to do solo work and choreograph his own works which center on the social is-sues, experiences, and everyday life of African Americans. Beatty began studying dance at the age of fourteen with Katherine Dunham. He was a part of Dunham’s company and performed in several shows with them. He also trained under Martha Graham in the 1940s. He left the Dunham troupe in 1946 to continue his studies in New York. Beatty continued his work as a solo artist and choreographer. He appeared in films such as Maya Deren’s “A Study in Choreography for Camera” (1945) and stage shows such as Helen Tamiris’s “revue Inside U.S.A.” (1948). He danced in Broadway mu-sicals such as “Cabin in the Sky”. He was nominated for a Tony Award in 1977 for choreography for the Broadway show “Your Arms Too Short to Box with God” (1976). Beatty also choreographed for a variety of choreographers including Ruth Page, Lew Christiansen, George Balanchine, and Syvilla Fort.

About the companyPHILADANCO 40 YeArs Of ArtIstIC exCeLLeNCe

choreographer: Christopher Huggins Assistant to mr. Huggins: Kayoko Ameniya music: Steve Reich Lighting Design: William H. Grant, III Lighting Execution: Melody Beal costume Design: Christopher Huggins costume Execution: Natasha GurulevaRosita Adamo, LaMar Baylor, Jeroboam Bozeman, Justin Bryant, Chloe O. Davis, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Brandon Glasgow, Lindsey Holmes, Joan Kilgore, Alicia Lundgren, Teneise L. Mitchell-Ellis, Odara N. Jabali-Nash, Jesse Sani, Jay Staten, Jodi Pickens

“Enemy Behind the Gates” is a work that was inspired by the enemies that live within our midst. THEY LOOK LIKE YOU, THEY ACT LIKE YOU, THEY LIVE LIKE YOU BUT, THEY ARE NOT ONE OF YOU. The Gate is not invincible but it’s yours to secure. Set to the burning music of Steve Reich and danced by the explosive energy of PHILADANCO.

The creation of “Enemy Behind the Gates” is sponsored by The Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Additional funding from Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation and an Anonymous Donor also made this work possible.

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THuR., JunE 17, 2010CurtIs mAYfIeLD: tHe mAN, musIC, mOvemeNtthe Carter museum

mOn., JunE 28, 2010feLABrAtIONthe rialto Center7 Pm

fRI., JuLy 9, 2010AvIsCA fINe ArtOpening reception6 Pm – 9 Pm

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stuDIO CLOut fINe ArtBrent Harris Opening receptionstudio Clout7 Pm - 10 Pm

Sun., JuLy 11, 2010mAsON murer fINe ArtConversations with Artists featuring stephen Hayes, Amana Johnson, Kevin sipp and eric Watersmason murer fine Art3 Pm – 5 Pm

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sANDLer HuDsON GALLerY OPeNING reCePtION & DeB WILLIs BOOK sIGNING 6:30 Pm – 8:30 Pm

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COrettA sCOtt KING BOOK fAIrAtlanta/fulton Library10 Am- 2 Pm

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COmmuNItY DANCe CLAssWItH PHILADANCO Ballethnic studios11 Am


mAIN stAGe At CeNteNNIAL OLYmPIC PArK 5 Pm spread Love 7 Pm Golden Age

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mAIN stAGe At CeNteNNIAL OLYmPIC PArK

soul sounds12 Pm Yo Karaoke!3 Pm Jodi merriday4 Pm Dionne farris5:30 Pm Kelsy Davis radical soul6:30 Pm Lizz Wright

AtLANtA sYmPHONY OrCHestrA Community Concertebenezer Baptist Church7 Pm

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mAIN stAGe At CeNteNNIAL OLYmPIC PArK

12 Pm Warm-up3 Pm Ghanaian National Center for Culture4 Pm Leon & the Peoples5:45 Pm russell Gunn 7:30 Pm Common Ground Collective8 Pm roy Ayers


PHILADANCO!rialto Center for the Arts at Gsu 2 Pm

GALA: A GAtHerING Of COLOrs200 Peachtree7 Pm

fILm 41st and central (screening 1 with Panel)7:30 Pm––––––––––––––––––41st and central (screening 2)rialto 11:00 Pm


He choreographed over sixty ballets and did work in America and Europe. *deceased JAwOLE wILLA JO ZOLLAR — By way of the funk Jawole Zollar is a 2008 United States Artists Wynn Fellow and a recently appointed Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, she trained with Joseph Stevenson, a student of the legendary Katherine Dunham. Zollar holds a BA in dance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and an MFA in dance from Florida State University. In 1980, she moved to New York City to study with Dianne McIntyre at Sounds in Motion. She founded Urban Bush Women in 1984. In addition to UBW, her choreography is part of the repertory of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, PHILADANCO, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and a number of university companies. Zollar is the Nancy Smith Fichter tenured professor in the Dance Department of Florida State University. She was prominently featured in the PBS Documentary “Free to Dance”, which chronicles the African American influence on modern dance. In June 2002, Zollar was awarded an honorary doctorate from Columbia College in Chicago. Zollar was awarded a 2006 New York Dance and Performance Award, A BESSIE, for her work as choreographer/creator of “Walking With Pearl…Southern

Diaries,” a dance inspired by African American choreographer, educator and social activist, Pearl Primus. “Southern Diaries” was also recognized by the National Endowment as an American Masterpiece: Dance — College Component.

cHRISTOpHER L. HuGGInS – Bolero & Enemy Christopher L. Huggins is a former member of the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Huggins trained under Andrea Herbert Major, Danny Sloan, and Martha Gray. He attended SUNY Purchase, The Julliard School, and was a fellowship student at The Ailey School. Huggins appeared as a guest artist for several dance companies in the United States an abroad. As a master teacher and choreographer, he works in Europe, Japan, Korea, and throughout the United States. He has taught countless master classes and workshops at several universities and dance institutions including Howard University in Washington, D.C., Spellman College in Atlanta, Georgia, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Huggins, a much sought after choreographer, has created ballets for numerous companies, including Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Ailey II, PHILADANCO, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Broadway Dance Center of Tokyo, Oslo Dance Ensemble in Oslo, Norway. He is

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a 2002 and 2008 recipient of the Ira Aldridge Award for Best Choreography from the Black Theatre Alliance in Chicago for his work “Enemy Behind the Gates” and “Pyrokinesis.” He also worked on several projects for Disney in Orlando, Florida. Huggins is a silver medalist from the Seoul International Contemporary Dance Competition, resident choreographer at Duke Ellington High School for the Arts in Washington, D.C., and will serve as Artist-in-Residence for The Ailey School in 2009. Most recently, he choreographed the 50th Anniversary Opening Night Gala for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Huggins is currently a faculty member at The Ailey School and Artist in Residence at PHILADANCO.

fOunDERJoan myers Brown founder, Executive Artistic Director-philadelphia, pA Ms. Brown is the founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and The Philadelphia School of Dance Arts. She serves as honorary chairperson for the International Association of Blacks in Dance, an organization she established in 1991. She is also founder of the International Conference of Black Dance Com-panies in 1988. She is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts, which bestowed upon her an honor-ary Doctorate of Fine Arts, and is a member of the dance fac-

ulty at Howard University in Washington, DC. Most recently, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters by Ursinus College. Listed in Who’s Who in America and de-scribed as an “innovator and communicator,” Ms. Brown has made significant contributions to the national and interna-tional arts communities. She remains a tireless advocate and spokesperson and is a model of tenacity, hope and discipline. Ms. Brown is the proud mother of three daughters Marlisa, Dannielle and Megan, who teach at her two schools, The Philadelphia School of Dance Arts, and grandmother of six. It must be emphasized that Joan Myers Brown’s efforts for dance excellence are only part of her contribution to society and Philadelphia in particular. She speaks out, talks back and shows up. She is the co-chair of Dance/USA Philadelphia.

DAncERS Rosita Adamo – managua, nicaragua Rosita grew up in North Carolina where she began her dance training at Bounds Dance Studio at the early age of five. A graduate from the Carolina Friends High School, Rosita also studied at The American Ballet Theater, The Julliard School, and The Dance Theater of Harlem; she was also a scholarship recipient at The Ailey School as a certificate student. For eight years, Ms. Adamo danced with the Triangle Youth Ballet and performed with the

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Joffrey Ballet, Carolina Ballet, and Long Leaf Opera. Ms. Adamo has performed works by Mia Michaels, Elie Lezar, Francesca Harper, and Dwight Rhoden. Additionally, she performed with Ailey II for two years. Lamar Baylor – camden, new Jersey Lamar began his dance training at Halriday Dance, Dance Sensations at New Jersey, Inc., and the Creative High School in Camden. He was a Bronze Medal winner in the 2003 NAACP-Act So Competition for Dance. Lamar has performed for such artists as Patti LaBelle, Ben Vereen, and Danny Glover. In spring of 2008 Lamar received his BFA in Jazz Performance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. He is a former principal dancer/assistant rehearsal director with Eleone Dance Theater under the direction of Shawn Lamere Williams. Lamar is the recipient of The Stella Moore and Choreography Award from UArts and received the first Alumni Award from the Creative Arts High School. In the past two years Lamar has been a performing guest artist for several local dance companies. In 2007 Lamar played the lead male role in the production of “My Brotha Marvin” [the Marvin Gaye story] directed by Zeola Gaye.’Jeroboam Bozeman – Brooklyn, new york Jeroboam began his dance training with Jamel Gaines at Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn. He later attended the Joffrey Ballet School and Dance Theatre of Harlem on full scholarship.

Jeroboam later became a Principal artist at Creative Outlet and work with Ballet Noir. Jeroboam was also a featured guest Artist in the Nutcracker with Urban Ballet Theatre. Jeroboam is a NAACP Act-So recipient. He has toured with the Broadway Musical Aida in China performed on NBC’s Miss Teen USA at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. He was an extra in the movie Step Up 3-D, and was in the top 36 dancers on Fox 5 Show ‘So You Think You Can Dance’. Justin Bryant – mableton, Georgia Justin Bryant began his dance training at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton, Ga. Mr. Bryant has performed works by Jose Limon, Louis Johnson, Twyla Tharp, and many more. Mr. Bryant has been seen in the stage play “My Brother Marvin”. He has also received scholarships to PHILADANCO’s Summer Intensive, The Ailey School, The Rock School, and a full Director’s Scholarship from The University of the Arts where he also received his BFA in Ballet Performance.chloé O. Davis — Saint Louis, missouri Born in Saint Louis, MO, Chloé began her dance training, studying theatrical dance with Charlena’s Theatrical Dance Company. She furthered her formal dance studies in ballet, tap, and jazz at Pelagie Green Wren Academy of Dance, Saint Louis Ballet Conservatory, and Judy Best Talent Center. At the Alvin Ailey American Dance summer program she realized a true passion

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for modern dance. Chloé attended Hampton University, VA and graduated magna cum laude in 2004 with a BFA. During her time at Hampton, she was also on the Olympic Trial Team in Track and Field. She has performed the Tania Isaac Dance Project and choreographs for several hip-hop projects. Currently, Chloé completed her M.T.H.M in Tourism and Hospitality Management at Temple University and will soon start her PH. D in Business Administration/Tourism. Tommie – waheed Evans – Los Angeles, californiaTommie began dance training with Michelle Blossom at Dance Connection and Andrea Calomee at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles. As the result of Karen Mc Donald’s guidance, he studied under a fellowship at The Alvin Ailey School. Tommie-Waheed has worked and performed for Matthew Rushing, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Debbie Allen and was an assistant to Troy O’Neil Powell. Mr. Evans’ professional appearances include Los Angeles Emmy Awards, The Ailey Student Showcase Group and Lula Washington Dance Theatre. Recently he founded Waheed-Works and his choreography has been shown at the Painted Bride Art Center and DanceBoom at the Wilma Theater. Brandon Glasgow – Bristol, connecticut Brandon received his B.A. in Elementary Education and Dance Performance Studies from Roger Williams University. He has performed with Black Box Theater under the direction of Eddy

Ocampo and also appeared on the ABC Family show Dance Fever, He is the cofounder of Simpatico Dance Company in Bristol, CT. Prior to joining PHILADANCO, Brandon was featured dancer with Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago.Lindsey Holmes – Los Angeles, california Lindsey Holmes began her training in Los Angeles, California at the age of twelve in the dance ministry of Faithful Central Bible Church under the direction of Ariyan Johnson. Her other technical training derives from Karen McDonald, The Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Stephan Wenta Ballet Studio, and The Ailey School. Ms. Holmes has performed as a student performer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center. Lindsey is a graduate of Fordham University with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Religious Studies. Ms. Holmes danced for Lula Washington Dance Theater, Liss Fain Dance, and is a grateful recipient of the Lorna Strassler award.michael Jackson, Jr. – new Orleans, LouisianaMr. Jackson started his dance training at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC under the direction of Charles Augins. Mr. Jackson continued his training at a professional level and became a member of Dance Theatre of Harlem Dancing through Barriers Ensemble in 2005. In 2006 he joined Dallas Black Dance Theatre. He has worked with world renowned choreographers; Christopher Huggins, Arthur

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Mitchell and many more. He is the Artistic Director of D/3, the youth ensemble of PHILADANCO.Joan kilgore – Harrisburg, pennsylvania Beginning dance with training at the Pennsylvania Regional Ballet under the direction of Sandra Carlino, Joan later studied at the Con-servatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase and graduated with a BFA, receiving the President’s Award for Achievement in 2005. Joan was a member of the Cedar Lake Ensemble’s second company, and performed with the Ballet Contemporaneos de Burgos. She has performed many roles in classical and con-temporary ballet, and in modern dance. Choreographers include George Balanchine, Brian Carey-Chung, Nicole Fonte, Luis Fu-ente, Jeffrey Gribler, Robert Hill, Jonathan Phelps, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Bradley Shelver, Paul Taylor, and Stanton Welch. Alicia Lundgren – Oakland, california Alicia began dancing at the Ann Davlin School of Dance. She also trained and performed with Nuba Dance Theatre and Savage Jazz Dance Company. After graduating from the Ailey School/Fordham Uni-versity BFA program, she toured internationally with Ailey II and is a former member of Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Teneise L. mitchell–Ellis – norfolk, virginia Teneise began dance training in Norfolk, VA at Evelyn Ott School of Dance. She continued her education at the Alvin Ailey School as a fellowship student, and the University of the Arts, where

she received her BFA in dance. Ms. Mitchell is a former member of the Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago’s Second Company, and also the Eleone Dance Theater of Philadelphia. She performed in Milan, Italy for Adriano Celentano’s television series, “Rockpolitik”, under the direction of Brian Sanders. Teneise also appeared with the Opera North in “Vanqui”, at the Prince Theater. She has had the opportunity to work with renowned choreographers such as Christopher Huggins, Milton Myers, Hope Boykin, Nan Giordano, and Davis Robertson.Odara n. Jabali-nash – Oxon Hill, maryland Odara started dancing at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC under the direction of Ms. Lynne B. Welters. After graduating, she attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. In 1996, Ms. Nash moved to New York City where she continued her dance training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center where she was awarded a scholarship and shortly became a member of the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble [Ailey II]. Ms. Nash has worked with such artists as Jessye Norman, Ronald K. Brown, Kevin ‘Iega’ Jeff, Laura Glenn, Shapiro & Smith and Francesca Harper. In addition, Ms. Jabali-Nash is also a licensed Pennsylvania realtor.Jodi pickens – Dallas, Texas A native of Dallas, Texas began training at Dallas Black Dance Academy and continued her formal training at Booker T. Washington High School of Performing Arts in Virginia. After receiving her BFA degree from University of Oklahoma Ms. Pickens became a member of D/2 [Danco II – PHILADANCO’s Apprentice Company] Jesse Sani – nazareth, pennsylvania At age 17 Jesse started out in musical theater at Nazareth Area High School of Performing Arts landing roles in such hits as; Hello Dolly, and The Music Man, just to name a few. A 2005 graduate from Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts, Jesse continued his training in Miami, Florida at New World School of the Arts, and Momentum Dance Company. There Jesse performed works by master choreographers Jose Limon, Peter London and Robert Battle. In 2007 he received a Fellow-ship to study at the Ailey School. Most recently Jesse received a Contemporary Traditions Program Scholarship for Jacob’s Pillow Summer Intensive under the leadership of Master Horton Teacher Milton Myers. Jesse is also thrilled to add legendary choreographer Martha Graham [Secular Games] and Donald McKayle’s [Games] to his list of performed repertoire.Jay Staten – washington, Dc The Duke Ellington School of the Arts under the direction of Ms. Lynne B. Welters is where Jay began his dance training. He earned a B.F.A. with a con-centration in ballet from The Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. He danced with the Spectrum Dance Theatre in Seattle, WA under the direction of Donald Byrd. Jay has also trained at Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia, PA, Australian Bal-let in Melbourne, Australia and Washington Ballet in Washington, DC. Jay has also danced in works choreographed by Sean Cur-ran, Christopher D’Amboise, Jose Limon and Louie Falco.

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Ivan LinsIvan Lins is a Brazilian musician who has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over 30 years. His fi rst hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Simone is his most notable and respected interpreter.

Testifying to Lins’ importance as a composer is the frequency with which tribute albums and new covers of his compositions appear. His jazz classics have been recorded by many notable international artists including Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, George Benson, The Manhattan Transfer, Diane Schuur, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Eliane Elias, Patti Austin, Toots Thielemans, Take 6, Lee Ritenour, David Benoit, Carlos do Carmo, Mark Murphy, Dave Grusin, Sérgio Mendes, Michael Buble and countless others.

Ivan Lins was born in Rio de Janeiro. He lived several years in Boston, Massachusetts, while his father, a Naval Engineer, continued his graduate studies at M.I.T., studied at the Military College in Rio. He later received a degree in industrial chemical engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He considered a career in volleyball before discovering his considerable musical talent.

Ivan Lins has released albums regularly and even penned several standards, such as Love Dance, Começar de Novo (the English version being The Island, with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman), and Velas Içadas, which have made their way north into the American jazz lexicon. He recorded for Reprise/Warner Bros. Records in the early 1990s. In the mid eighties Lins recorded a jazz fusion album with Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour titled “Harlequin”. It is a critical and commercial success. Lins also composed the soundtrack for the Brazilian fi lm Dois Córregos.

cassandra wilsonThe voice is more visual than audible; shaded, iridescent, tangible, substantial. It seems to fl ow effortlessly. Read any of the dozen or so biographies on Cassandra Wilson and you’ll discover some basics: born and reared in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s and 70s by musician and educator parents.

Classically trained on piano from age 6 until the age of 13, she also received further musical instruction as a

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clarinetist for the concert and marching bands of secondary school. During the 70s, she could be found performing Joni Mitchell songs behind an acoustic guitar, or singing with a blues band in Little Rock, Arkansas, in front of a large funk band in Jackson, or in the company of long-time friends in an all-girls ensemble. In the eighties, Cassandra moved to New Orleans where she performed with local luminaries Earl Turbinton and Ellis Marsalis. After a year, she relocated to East Orange, New Jersey where she made a decision to take her chances on the New York jazz scene. After a stint as the main vocalist with Steve Coleman’s M-Base Collective, Cassandra began recording on her own.

Her development can be tracked through her discography. From the standards on Blue Skies to the Grammy-winning projects New Moon Daughter and Loverly, to the combination of originals and interpretations played by a collection of Mississippi and New York musicians on both the 2001 release, Belly of the Sun, and 2003’s Glamoured, Cassandra continues to evolve as a vocalist, songwriter, and producer. She is a world renowned vocalist, songwriter and producer, with an extraordinary following, but at heart she is still a Mississippi girl whose art refl ects her deep musical and cultural roots, anchored in the fertile Mississippi soil.

marcia Bittencourt Singer Marcia Bittencourt was born in Rio de Janeiro and grew up in Brasilia, Brazil’s modern and futuristic capital. Early in her life she studied, in Brasília, with legendary Dulcina de Moraes, an icon of Brazilian arts. In the early 90’s immediately after graduating in Stage Arts, she started to study Opera at the Brasilia Music School, but the desire to know other stages in the world made her move to Germany in 1994. From 1995 to 2000 she was part of the theater

group “Future Comedy”, in Hannover, Germany, but during those fi ve years as an actress, she never stop to study music and developing all singing possibilities she could explore.

Finally, in the eve of 2001, a new millennium

and a big decision to focus only in sing. Since then Marcia was part of two bands: “Jamborio”, which she defi nes as a “Brazilian popular music band” and “misturas”, a more original and closer to Brazilian Jazz band. Both groups played celebrated Brazilian tunes and also their own original compositions. Both groups generated good CDs, good reviews and solid reputation in the colorful and very diverse German international musical scene. But Marcia wanted to go solo, explore her potential. That’s when, in the end of 2009, she decided to go solo.

“I am heading back to my roots. The “Bossa Nova”, who fi lled my infancy with color and sweet melodies. The music that was born in Rio is my cradle. It was the music my parents listen at home and I learn to love, since I can remember”, says Marcia. “I want everyone to feel, at least for one hour, the vibe of Rio, the sweetness of Bossa Nova and the powerful energy of happiness of Brazilian music”.

Rachelle ferrellRachelle Ferrell began performing professionally when she was a teenager--writing much of her own material, accompanying herself on piano, singing both popular and jazz styles with equal ease. In her late twenties she secured a record deal. Since the release of her fi rst album in 1990, her reputation has spread slowly but steadily. She has toured Europe and the United states, performing to rave reviews at both pop concerts and jazz festivals. Said Washington Post contributor Mike Joyce of Ferrell, “More than a natural singer, Ferrell is a natural wonder.... [She is] capable of singing anything and everything.... Few, if any, singers on the pop scene can match Ferrell’s dynamic, octave-leaping range, bordered by low, resonating chest tones that imbue her ballads with a sultry allure, and ear-splitting falsetto fl ourishes.”

As she has released further albums and her fame has spread, Ferrell has steadfastly resisted the efforts of some in the industry to force her to narrow her musical range to just jazz or pop. In fact, Ferrell seems to have no choice but to work in both the pop and jazz idioms. She told The San Francisco Chronicle that when asked “’Rachelle, if you had to choose between jazz and pop, which would you chose?’” she responds with, “If you have to choose between your right leg and your left leg....” (Excerpted from musicianguide.com. Written by Robin Armstrong)

OlodumOlodum is an internationally acclaimed Afro-Brazilian cultural group from Bahia, Brazil. Olodum (pronounced oh-lo-doon) was founded in 1979 as a bloco afro (African Bloc), a Bahian Carnival association highlighting African

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heritage and black pride through music, dance theater, and art. From their home city of Salvador da Bahia in Northeast Brazil (often described as the most African city in the Americas), Olodum has dedicated itself to cultural activism in the struggle against racial discrimination and socioeconomic inequality.

Olodum takes its name from the Yoruba deity Olodumaré. They focus their yearly Carnival themes on controversial issues such as black power and socialist movements in Africa and the African Diaspora. In the mid 1980s, the head drummer in the group — Mestre Neguinho do Samba — experimented with Afro-Caribbean rhythms and mixed

them with the Brazilian samba. He divided the large surdo bass drums into four interlocking parts and layered the high-pitched repique drums in additive rhythms on top. The result was a new style of music dubbed samba reggae that quickly dominated Bahian Carnival. In the late 1980s Olodum assumed premiere position among the blocos afro in Bahia and became internationally known. They formed a professional musical band Banda Olodum which has now recorded over ten CDs. Olodum musicians have worked with international luminaries such as Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, and Spike Lee.

During Carnival season the group now parades with some two hundred drummers, singers, and thousands of costumed members. But the group’s activities go well beyond Carnival and music. Throughout the year they sponsor seminars, speeches, and conferences on social and political issues and publish a monthly news journal, Bantu Nagô. They operate a factory where they make drums, costumes and other items which they sell to the public. Olodum also runs an inner-city school for Salvador’s underprivileged children in which they teach a full array of academic and arts courses in order to build self-esteem and encourage economic ascension among Salvador’s younger generation.

Bale de cidadeWhen the dance company was founded in 1968, the most important point was at first to do justice to the necessities

of a theater in Latin America’s biggest metropolis. In 1974, Antonio Carlos Cardoso then pushed a new development while searching dancers, who were able to realize his modern and innovative ideas. Both the name of the group, Balé da Cidade de São Paulo, and the exceptional status come from that time until today, the Balé da Cidade is an independent company inside the official structure of the theater.

In the 80s, many choreographers, directors, sceneographers, painters and musicians formed the company’s style and constantly developed an own language and own aesthetics on the basis of modern dance techniques. The Brazilian self-image gave the dancers within the universal language as well technical as interpretatory variety, which had the consequences, that every direction of style flowed into the repertoire, from neo-classicism to dance theater.

The work which has developed this way, met a lively echo with audience and press and was awarded with prizes in all conceivable categories. In addition to various choreographies, technical perfection and artistic expression were especially praised.

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The ImpressionsThe Impressions was originally formed in 1958 in Chicago, IL. Their repertoire included doo-wop, gospel, soul and R & B. The group was founded as The Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks and Arthur Brooks. They moved to Chicago and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfi eld to their line-up to become Jerry Butler and

the Impressions. By 1962, Butler and the Brookses had departed and Mayfi eld, Gooden, and new

Impression Fred Cash collectively became a top-selling soul

act. Mayfi eld left the group for a solo career in 1970; Leroy Hutson, Ralph

Johnson, Reggie Torian, Sammy Fender, and Nate Evans were among the replacements who joined Gooden and Cash. Inductees into both the Rock

and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, The Impressions are best known for

their 1960s string of hits, many of which were heavily infl uenced by gospel music and served as inspirational anthems for the Civil

Rights Movement. Eddie Levert Eddie Levert is the lead vocalist

of the successful soul group, The

O’Jays. He was born in Bessemer, Alabama but raised in Canton, Ohio. Motivated to sing after seeing a performance from Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Levert connected with Walter Williams, Bill Isles, Bobby Massey and William Powell to form a group in 1958. The O’Jays were originally known as The Triumphs and The Mascots. They were offi cially known as The O’Jays after they got their name from DJ Eddie O’Jay. Their fi rst big hit was “Lonely Drifter” which was lifted off their debut album Comin Through. The O’Jays are well known by their hits “Back Stabbers,” “Love Train” and “For the Love of Money.” Eddie Levert has become relevant to a new generation of music lovers through his appearance in the fi lm “The Fighting Temptations” and through his musical collaborations with his son Gerald Levert, who passed in 2006. Their relationship was the subject of “I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep It Real about Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship” issued in 2007. The O’Jays received the 2009 BET Lifetime Achievement Award.

van HuntVan Hunt was born in Dayton, Ohio. When asked about Dayton, he comments, “There’s something in the southern soil of Ohio that creates an atmosphere and forms its people. I come from a place that is so pretty, yet in some ways is so destructive. You can feel all that in my music.” Van remembers his relationship with music beginning as early as age eight. He discovered Prince two years later when his father introduced him to Prince’s self-titled album. “Prince connected the dots between the music in my head and the idea of pursuing a career in music,” Van recalls. By 16, Van was performing in nightclubs. Van’s career in the industry spans over 20 years and includes writing and co-producing the hit song Hopeless, which appeared on the Love Jones soundtrack; a 2005 Grammy nomination for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for his song “Dust”; and a 2007 Grammy award for Best R&B Performance by Duo or Group (along with John Legend and Joss Stone) for a cover of “Family Affair” by Sly Stone. His infl uences range from Thelonius Monk, Sly Stone and Prince, to Bach and Franz Liszt. A diverse collection of his masterful compositions displays the skill, originality, and integrity for which Van’s music has become known.

frank mccombFrank McComb began his career in February 1983 when an aunt began teaching him piano at the family church. Though he did attend a school for the performing arts in the mid-80’s, he found more recognition playing Cleveland nightclubs with seasoned musicians. By 1988, McComb was in high school fronting his own trio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, OH, McComb was asked to be

Curtis Mayfi eld to their line-up to become Jerry Butler and the Impressions. By 1962, Butler and the Brookses

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and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, The Impressions are best known for

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in the band for male R&B singing group The Rude Boys, protégés of Gerald Levert. He was soon promoted to musical director and toured with them through the early 90’s. While touring, McComb met Jeff Townes of seminal rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince who invited him to record and tour with the group. Townes eventually convinced Frank to move to Philadelphia where he was introduced to legendary songwriting duo Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. A record deal with Motown led McComb to Los Angeles. The music he produced for Motown was never released. He left the label and hit the road with Teena Marie and Phillip Bailey until landing with Branford Marsalis’ Buckshot LeFonque. A new deal with Columbia Records enabled the release of his debut album Love Stories, but again label politics and lack of label support negatively impacted the project. Frank McComb has taken his career into his own hands by creating his own label and releasing his own music. The success of his career is based on the lessons learned, the people he met along the way and his determination to create and deliver good music.

Dionne farrisDionne Farris was born in Plainfield, NJ and raised in Atlanta, GA. She first came to the spotlight as a member of conscious hip hop group Arrested Development. Her demo made its way to Sony Music and her debut album, “Wild Seed, Wild Flower”, was released in the summer of 1994, spawning the hit single “I Know” which hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for the 1996 Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award. “Wild Seed, Wild Flower reached #57 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 1997, she had another solo hit called “Hopeless” (written by Van Hunt) from the Love Jones soundtrack. Television and film appearances include Farris being the musical guest on Saturday Night Live and her music being featured in “Love Jones” and “The Truth about Cats and Dogs”. Farris has released a album entitled Signs of Life on her own record label, Free & Clear. Her 2007 release For Truth If Not Love was issued on iTunes. It featured the track, “Stuck in the Middle”.

Joi GilliamJoi Gilliam’s first single, Sunshine and the Rain, debuted in ‘93 and she was instantly lauded as “the new Madonna”, with Madonna, herself so in love with the album that she went on to hire its producer, Dallas Austin to produce her Bedtime Stories album. Joi’s original style, not easily classified, was the first to be tagged “neo-soul”, but, as an artist and performer, Joi is beyond classification. Her voice has graced songs by Outkast, Goodie Mob, TLC, Robbie Williams, George Clinton, Curtis Mayfield, Queen Latifah, Too Short, Joss Stone and D.O.C. A stint with Raphael Saadiq’s Hip Hop/R&B super

group, Lucy Pearl earned her nominations from both Grammy and American Music Award nominations. Joi continues to embrace her Underground Queen moniker and travels around the world leaving audiences wanting more.

CurtIs mAYfIeLD: A musICAL ICONA versatile artist and musical genius, Curtis Mayfield was a songwriter-singer-guitarist-arranger-producer and a visionary entrepreneur who was decades ahead of his time. A self-taught guitarist, his musical journey began at age seven singing with the Northern Jubilee Singers, a gospel quintet in the Traveling Soul Spiritualist Church founded and pastored by his grandmother. Dropping of out high school at fourteen (1956), he joined the Roosters (renamed the Jerry Butler

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and The Impressions) as guitarist and songwriter; at nineteen (1959) he became the group’s lead vocalist. Determined to control and own the songs he wrote, Mayfield co-founded Curtom Publishing with manager Eddie Thomas and Jerry Butler at seventeen and formed Curtom Productions a year or two later (1960 or 1961). He established the short lived Windy Records and Mayfield Records at 24 (1966). From lessons learned from these ventures, he lunched the successful Curtom Records at age at 26 (1968) and Gemigo Productions with then manager Marv Stuart at 31 (1973). A prolific songwriter and musical innovator, Mayfield’s productions of the Impressions, himself as a solo artist, and other artists including, Major Lance, Walter Jackson, Five Stairsteps, Gene Chandler, Donny Hathaway, Baby Huey and the Babysitters, Linda Clifford, The Jones Girls, Stash, established new directions in Black popular music. Although he wrote love songs and funky dance tunes, Mayfield is best known for his socially conscious or message songs. His experience of poverty and his coming of age during the Civil Right movement made him aware of the social injustices and racial equalities that impacted negatively on African American communities. His songs call attention to the social ills and injustices in society and they speak directly to the concerns of African Americans, promoting the concepts of Black unity

and Black power. From 1961 through 1977, these messages dominated in the forty-six recordings of The Impression that landed on Billboard’s R& B charts. Six reached the #1 and fourteen were in the top ten. Mayfield’s message became more diversified in the 1970s, promoting economic unity among African Americans by transforming Black power into green power; calling out for love across racial boundaries, establishing brotherhood based on respect; and promoting an end to greed, the Vietnam war and society’s treatment of the environment. At the same time, issues on-going concerns in African American communities, such as unemployment, poor educational systems, drugs, and violence, remained a theme is Mayfield’s social commentary. As a solo artist from 1970 through 1985, twenty-nine of his recordings were on Billboard’s R&B charts, six of which made the top ten. For over two decades, Mayfield’s music inspired and empowered millions of African Americans in their struggle for social justice and racial equality.

Excerpted from an essay by Portia K. Maultsby, Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and Adjunct Professor in the School of Music, African Studies and American Studies at Indiana University Department of Ethnomusicology. Commissioned by the National Black Arts Festival in 2010.

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BesOurOthursday, July 15, 2010, 12:30 P.M.One of the biggest productions in the history of Brazilian cinema, Besouro (Beetle) is an action movie set in 1920s Bahia, the story of a legendary capoeira fighter who uses the power of Candomble to fight the harsh conditions which, even post-abolition, the black population endured in Brazil. With action director Huan-Chiu Ku (Kill Bill, Matrix)

the film promises spectacular stunt sequences and a soundtrack featuring Gilberto Gil, Naná Vasconcelos, Rica Amabis, Tejo and Naçao Zumbi’s Pupillo. Directed by João Daniel Tikhomiroff.

sOuNDtrACK fOr A revOLutIONfriday, July 16, 2010, 6 P.M.The story of the civil rights movement told through its powerful music — the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells. Featuring new performances by artists John Legend, Joss Stone, wyclef Jean, and The Roots; riveting archival footage; and interviews with Congressman John Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Julian Bond, and Ambassador Andrew young. Directed by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman. (2009/US/Documentary Feature/82min) Best Director, 2009 Chicago International Film Festival; Audience Award, 2009 Morelia Film Festival and 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival

41st & CeNtrALsaturday, July 17, 2010, 7:30 P.M. & 11:00 P.M.Panel discussion follows 1st screening.41ST & CENTRAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE L.A. BLACK PANTHERS is the first part in a documentary series that follows the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party from its glorious Black Power beginnings through to its tragic demise. Despite the Party’s formation of free medical clinics and a successful breakfast program for children, the L.A. chapter was also known as the most violent Black political group in the United States. 41ST & CENTRAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE L.A. BLACK PANTHERS explores the Black Panther ethos, its conflict with the L.A.P.D. and the US Organization, as well as the

events that shaped the complicated and often contradictory legacy of the L.A. chapter. Directed by: Gregg Everett. A panel discussion with kathleen cleaver, chuck D, Dr. Scott Brown, John Daniel cooper and wesley kabaila follows the second.

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Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners through the Fulton County Arts Council, Georgia Council for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, City of Atlanta Offi ce of Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of Education, Georgia Humanities Council, and the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau. NBAF was recently granted a $1 million 5-year restricted grant to participate in Leading for the Future (LFF), a program of the Nonprofi t Finance Fund (NFF), funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The grant focuses specifi cally on the use of technology and new media as a tool for communication and development of new audiences as well as the dissemination of creative ideas and expression.

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GALA SpOnSORS

Delta Air Lines (offi cial airline of NBAf), turner Broadcasting, fulton County Board of Commissioners, federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Georgia-Pacifi c, LLC, Kilpatrick stockton, LLP, One flew south (a joint venture of Jackmont Hospitality & Global Concessions, Inc.), Cartoon Network, At&t, Northside Hospital, Bank of America, sandra Anderson Baccus|Arista spas, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., southern Company, the Arthur m. Blank family foundation, AGL resources, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Bombay sapphire, Coca-Cola enterprises, Dennis Dean, A Catering Company, Atlanta Daily World, simon sign systems, the Atlantan, tony Brewer and Company, City of Atlanta Offi ce of Cultural Affairs, southern seasons, Wells fargo Bank and 200 Peachtree

u.S. Department of Education

Ray m. and Elizabeth Lee foundation


$10,000 - $30,000Ms. Sandra Anderson BaccusAT&T - GeorgiaAtlanta Convention & Visitors

BureauAtlanta Daily WorldAtlanta ShowGuideAtlanta TribuneBacardi U.S.A., Inc.Barefoot Wine & BubblyBlack Enterprise MagazineCartoon NetworkCity of Atlanta Office of Cultural

AffairsCoca-Cola EnterprisesCreative LoafingDennis Dean - A Catering

CompanyFederal Home Loan Bank of

AtlantaIBM CorporationING AmericasJavelin, Inc. AtlantaMs. Rebekah JonesMacy’sMARTANissan FoundationNorthside HospitalOne Flew SouthOrigen Partners, Inc.Price Gilbert Jr. Charitable FundPublix Super Market Charities, Inc.Southern CompanyTarget CorporationThe AtlantanTony Brewer & Company, Inc.WSB-TVZaxby’s

$5,000 - $9,999Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Mr. Neil BarclayMr. and Mrs. Arthur BlankCecil Bernard EnterprisesConnect MagazineMrs. Evern Cooper Epps and Mr.

Elze EppsMs. Erica CristalloMr. and Mrs. Barry DanielJazz 91.9 WCLKSimon Sign SystemsMr. and Mrs. Frank SkiIan and Janine Edwards – Sunset

HomesTroy Lipscomb Design CompanyAmy and Todd Zeldin Family

Foundation

$2,500-$4,999Mr. Steve AdamsAGL ResourcesAlliance for Digital EqualityThe Honorable Roy Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Derek BottomsThe Honorable Nancy A. BoxillMr. and Mrs. Charles BrantMs. JocCole “JC” BurtonMr. and Mrs. M. Erwin CarterCarter Brothers, LLCMr. and Mrs. Derrick CrowtherDr. Paul Douglass and Dr. Sheila

RobinsonDr. and Mrs. Bernee DunsonDr. and Mrs. Rod EdmondEdmond and Lindsay, PCDr. and Mrs. Walter Z. FalconerDrs. Herman and Shawnya GoreMr. and Mrs. Ernest GreerHagedorn Foundation GalleryMr. and Mrs. Daniel HalpernMr. and Mrs. Wassim HojeijDr. Collette Hopkins and Dr.

Trevor TurnerDr. and Mrs. Jarrod D. HueyMr. Warren HuntleyMs. Janine JacksonMrs. Valerie R. JacksonMr. Thomas KellerMr. Marlon KimpsonRay M. and Elizabeth Lee

FoundationMs. Camille Russell LoveMr. and Mrs. Reuben McDanielM-ConsultingMr. and Mrs. Jason T. MoranNews Certified ExchangeNorthern Trust BankMr. Bernard ParksRed CreativeMr. and Mrs. Jerome RussellMr. and Mrs. Michael B. RussellDr. and Mrs. Vincent SmallsSodexhoTGI Friday’sMr. and Mrs. Kenneth HolleyMr. Mack W. WilbournMr. and Mrs. James E. Williams

$1,000 - $2,499Aja AdamsMs. Laura AlphranArt Papers, Inc.Mr. Robert AtkinsAtlanta Housing AuthorityMs. Juanita BarancoBloomingdale’sMs. Rebecca BrodnanMr. Drew Brown and Mr. Dennis

DeanDr. and Mrs. Eric L. BrownMr. and Mrs. Chris M. CarlosMs. Uwonda S. Carter Esq.Dr. and Mrs. William ClevelandDr. and Mrs. Douglass CollinsDr. and Mrs. William CooperMr. Earnest Ingram and Mrs.

Charlene Crusoe-IngramMr. and Mrs. Steven Dawkins

Mr. Richard DentDr. Doris A. DerbyChairman John H. EavesMr. and Mrs. Monte EdwardsEntertainment Design Group, Inc.EquifaxMr. and Mrs. Allan FlammMr. Randy FranklinMs. Brenda FreemanGeorgia Black United Fund, Inc.Ms. Sharika GiddensMs. Chinyere HardyMr. Cornell HazeltonMr. and Mrs. Clifford C. HepburnMs. Veronica M. HolmesMr. James M. HunterMr. Bruce JacksonMs. Rebecca JonesMr. Richard H. JordanMs. Tamara Bowens KimbleMr. William Lamar, Jr. and Ms.

Kathy Amos LamarMr. and Mrs. John LawrenceMr. Keith L. LindsayMs. Brenda MassieMr. and Mrs. Allen McDanielMr. Michael A. MossNew England Foundation for the

Arts, Inc.New World Communications, Inc.Ms. Veronica NjokuMs. Donna Northington and Mr.

William HarrisDr. and Mrs. Travis PaigeMr. and Mrs. John PalmerDr. and Mrs. Ram ParameshPeoplesMs. Aimee PetersonMayor Kasim ReedMr. Arthur Richardson and Mrs.

Jay Marshall RichardsonMs. Kamal SinclairMs. Alison SmithMs. Pamela J. SmithMrs. Sabrina SmithThe Dawson Company, Inc.Ms. Monique ThomasMs. JeNika ThomasMr. and Mrs. David ThorntonTiffany & CompanyMr. A. Scott Walton and Ms.

Tangela WaltonMs. Alicia D. WillardDrs. Sylvia and Keith WrightMs. Yvonne YancyMr. Robert YeldellMs. Mtamanika Youngblood

$500 - $999Ms. Jan Blackmon AdamsMs. Wendy BabchinMs. Rebecca BilyMs. Carolyn Booth-GutierrezDr. and Mrs. Carlton E. BrownMr. and Mrs. Norman Bush

Ms. Kimberlyn DanielDunson Dental DesignMr. John Eckel Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Steve EwingMs. Shirley C. FranklinMr. Charles H. GreenMs. Judy HanenkratMr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Harris, Jr.Mr. Oz HillDr. and Mrs. Howard KroneLamar Advertising, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Pascal LewisMs. Jada Casteel LovelessMs. Wanda McGahaMr. and Mrs. George McKerrowMetro Atlanta Chamber of

CommerceMs. Cynthia MorelandMr. and Mrs. Christopher MorrowMs. Kelly NelsonNoontime, LLCMr. Lewis PerkinsMr. Wendell Brown and Mrs.

Scarlet Pressley-BrownMr. and Mrs. Angel RamosMs. Sue RossMr. Leonard SmithMs. Constance St. CyrMr. John StupkaDr. and Mrs. Louis W. SullivanMrs. Sacha TaylorThe PullPushMr. & Mrs. Govan ThomasMs. Martha ThomasMr. and Mrs. Rutherford SeydelMr. Uri VakninWABE 90.1FM/WPBA-TV 30Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Walton Jr.Ms. Kristi Y. WootenMs. Jessie Wright

$250 - $499Ms. Kathleen BertrandMs. Nancy K. BrownMs. Veda BurnsMr. and Mrs. Richard J. BuyensMs. Wanda CarterMr. Marc ChahbiD.B.D. Events Atlanta, LLCMr. Thomas W. Dortch IIIMs. Leatrice EllzyMs. Ricki Fairley-Brown and Mr.

Rodney BrownMs. Bernice FranklinMs. Tenley GilstrapMs. Margaret GreerMs. Darlene HamiltonMr. and Mrs. Ernie HinesMs. Yvette HumphriesMs. Rochelle JacksonMs. Audrey JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Al LongmanDana Major-WilsonMr. and Mrs. Chris MatheisonMs. Tracy McCutchion

nBAF donorS


Mind Body Spirit Wellness Inc.Mr. Bryan MorrisMs. Mollie W. NealNeiman MarcusNooka Inc.Ms. Ann PequigneyMs. Holly ReidMs. Phyllis RobinsonMs. Cherae RobinsonMs. Mary Ann RohrerMr. Juan Montier and Ms. Judith

Service MontierMr. Jonathan Shapero Starr Moore & Associates Mr. Anthony Stringer Mr. Wayne P. SylvesterMs. Tina Marie Tyler HeadVictorious, Inc.Ms. Gwendolyn WilliamsMs. Rashida Winfrey

$100 - $249Adamo ArtistryMr. Mohamed AhmedMr. and Mrs. Glover AndersonBank of America United Way

CampaignMr. Joseph BankoffMs. Dot BlueMr. Donn ClendenonMr. James Davis

Ms. Alexandria Delotch DavisMs. Holli H. EastonMr. and Mrs. Charles EdwardsFour Seasons Hotel AtlantaMs. Shawanna FowlerMr. Bob GersonMs. Pamela GoldsteinMs. Saniyyah GriffinMs. Kismae GrimesMr. Michael HammondsMr. Ibrahim HanifHeadfirst Market ResearchMs. Cathy HopeIBM Corporate Citizenship and

Corporate AffairsMs. Margaret KargboMr. Tyrone B. LewisDr. Richard LongMs. Adrian MylesMs. Cynthia K. OdomesMs. Marilyn ParsonMr. Egbert L.J. PerryMs. Constance C. RileyMr. and Mrs. Rick RobinsonTarot Readings by KhemyThe Blue Corset Co. @ Lenox

Square MallThe Cook’s WarehouseMs. Ivonne ThomasMr. Fredrick M. TocaMs. Gena D. Townsend

Where MagazineMs. Sentasha WilliamsMs. Ravi WindomMs. Diane Young

Up to $99Mr. Carl AnthonyAtlanta Rocks!Mr. David BairdMs. Anna E. BanksMr. and Mrs. Colin BarnesBelly Dance by SamoraMr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. BrownMs. Edith CashMr. Vernon ChambersAlex ChancellorMs. Alana DaviesDr. Francis DavisMs. Lenora B. DavisMs. Natasha M. DerricksMr. and Mrs. Larry Odell DillonMs. Elizabeth EtollMs. Anastacia FisherMs. Joyce A. FortsonMs. Beverly FountaineMr. and Mrs. Thomas E. FrolikMs. Karen GrahamMr. Jerry L. GrayMrs. Jovan GreenMs. Tiffany HawkinsMs. Rosario Hernandez

Ms. Eurtistine HoltImagine It! The Children’s

Museum of AtlantaInstead of FlowersMs. Betty JacksonAlex JonesMs. Cedrella Jones-TaylorL.R. Studio SalonMs. Tania LeonMs. Vanessa MastersMr. Daniel E. MeyersMr. and Mrs. Aaron ScottMs. Kim D. MilesMr. David G. MillerMs. Beverly NelsonMs. Andrea N. ParkerMr. Ozias PearsonMr. and Mrs. Michael PerlingMs. Monique M. PratherMrs. Jaqueline RoysterMr. and Mrs. Robert J. RumleyMr. Eric M. SaxonMr. and Mrs. Ali ShakirMs. Louise E. ShawDr. Hortense E. SimmonsMr. Norman SlackMr. Troy StoryMs. Leona Williams

ChairEvern cooper Eppsformer PresidentuPS Foundation ViCe ChairJohn H. Eaveschairman, fulton county commissionFulton county Board of commissioners SeCretaryRonald w. wilsonPresidentron wilson & Associates, Inc. treaSurerm. Erwin carterPresident/coonewbold corporation

Chair – DeVelopment Committeemonique D. Thomasvice President, southeast commercial BankingBank of America

BoarD of DireCtorS Adwoa (Adj) m. Awotwikilpatrick stockton llP Sonya m. Halpern Heather vincent Holley chanda Hurt moransenior vice President, atlanta Business Bankingwachovia, n.A., A wells Fargo company

Donna northingtonsenior vice President, strategic PlanningTurner network Sales Stephanie m. Russell ex-offiCioSneil Barclaychief executive officernational Black Arts Festival camille Russell Lovedirector, office of cultural affairscity of Atlanta

2010 BoArd oF dIrEcTorS

nBAF donorS


executiveNeil A. Barclay, Executive

Producer and CEOMuriel D. Hepburn, Deputy DirectorAudrey M. Johnson,

Executive Assistant

finance and administration StaffValencia Doctor,

Senior Financial ManagerKismae Grimes, Junior Accountant

finance and administration ConsultantsWilliam Fulton, First Step Small

Business DevelopmentAl Henderson, Integrated Office

Solutions, Inc., Technology

Development StaffRichard H. Jordan, Director of

Corporate RelationsJudy Hanenkrat,

Manager of Special EventsCarolyn Booth-Gutierrez,

Development Manager

Development ConsultantsAfiya Williams,

Development Assistantmarketing StaffDarlene Hamilton,

Director of MarketingMargaret Kargbo,

Marketing Associate, PR

marketing ConsultantsEarl Claitt, Merchandise ConsultantGregg Daugherty, Blue Media

Group, NBAF Playbill PublisherKellie Frissell, NBAF Playbill DesignMatt Lee, Graphic Design,

Landesberg DesignTLDCO, Troy Lipscomb,

Graphic Design

artistic programming and new technologies Staff Leatrice Ellzy, Director of Artistic

Programming and New Technologies

Michael Moss, Manager of New Technologies

Ravi Windom, Artistic Programming Assistant

artistic programming ConsultantsBadi Murphy, International

Marketplace ProducerAnita Hicks, International

Marketplace AssistantNathanial Evans, International

Marketplace CrewK. Joy Peters,

Artist’s Market ProducerAyuko Babu & Asantewa Olatunji,

Film Curators (Pan African Film Festival)

Russell Gunn, Music Director, To Curtis with Love

Jasmine Guy, Stage Director/ Choreographer, To Curtis with Love

Jodine Dorce, Special ProjectsApril Wright,

Programming Assistant nBaf Digital ConsultantsBrandon Sheats,

Technology StrategistTracy Murrell,

Digital Traffic CoordinatorJonathan Johnson,

New Tech AssistantRoni Nicole Henderson,

Editor/VideographerE. Kirk Glass, VideographerGudrun Stone, PhotographerCarl Anthony, Notorious Jazz Host

& ProducerAngela Reid, NBAF Reads ProducerCarnella Ajasin,

Digital Education Coordinator@karsh, Social Networking Team@jbrotherlove,

Social Networking Team

festival managementRebekah Jones, Festival ManagerGina Carellas,

Assistant Festival ManagerLeigh Davis-Turner,

Logistics CoordinatorShawn Campbell,

Transportation Coordinator

production CrewJhana GrantAimee KellyEric Ellis

education and public programsCollette Hopkins, PhD,

Director of Education and Public Programs

education and public programs ConsultantsJohn McCall, Resource Teacher

and Editor, “The Compass Rose”

Dot Blue, Resource TeacherRegina Bryant, Resource TeacherApril Hanks, Resource TeacherConstance Riley, Resource TeacherLarry Banks, Art EducatorSandra Logan,

Media Resource SpecialistKay Weaver,

Media Resource SpecialistAyanna Swain,

Graduate Research AssistantAngelica Washington,

Graduate InternKristian Hopkins,

Undergraduate InternKourtney Thomas,

Undergraduate InternR. Paul Thomason,

Children’s Education Village Set Designer

2010 nBaf internS:Chreanna Byrd,

Winthrop University, Education and Public Programs

Morgan Gardner, Boston University, Education and Public Programs

Kyle Gordon*, Morehouse College, Executive Assistant

Kupaji Heath, Valdosta State University, Marketing

Marcus Hopkins-Turner*, Morehouse College, Production

Colby Mason, Hampton University, Artistic Programming

Ashley Miller, Clark Atlanta University, Development and Sponsorship

Amber Nash, Maynard Jackson High School, Adminstration

Derrick Pittman, Clayton State University, New Technologies

Courtney Sumpter*, Valdosta State University, Finance

* Indicates returning interns

nBaf VolunteersSpecial thanks to the over 250

NBAF Volunteers that work with us in presenting the 2010 festival

nBaf lead VolunteersKeith Hill, Volunteer CoordinatorHerald Hollingshed, Associate

Volunteer CoordinatorFredricka McGowan,

Lead Volunteer, International Marketplace

Paulette Langford, Lead Volunteer, International Marketplace

2010 nBAF TEAm

Photo: Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn

A Confederacy of Dunces

Aug. 11 - Sept. 5, 2010Adapted for the Stage

by Tom Key from the Novel by

John Kennedy Toole

The Young Man from Atlanta

Jan. 26 - Feb. 20, 2011By Horton Foote

Caroline, or ChangeMar. 16 - Apr. 10, 2011

Book & Lyrics by Tony Kushner

Music By Jeanine Tesori

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July 15–Aug. 29, 2010

Chakaia Booker in dialogue with Carrie Mae Weems Thursday, July 15, 5–6 p.m.Woodruff Arts Center, Rich Auditorium

Artist reception at the ACA Gallery of SCAD Thursday, July 15, 6–8 p.m.

ACA Gallery of SCAD Woodruff Arts Center1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Georgia

Exhibition, event and reception are free and open to the public. For more information, call 404.815.2931 or visit www.scadexhibitions.com.

IMAGE: Chakaia Booker, Foundling Warrior Quest (II 21C), photogravure, 30" x 22", 2010.

NBAF 2010 Festival Guide

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