Wylliams Henry - Fall 2011

Wylliams / Henry
Contemporary Dance Company

Fall 2011 Concert (rehearsals previous week, dress thur and performance dates 30 Sep, 1 Oct 2011
White Recital Hall Performing Arts Center 4949 Cherry St. Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Tickets: $24, $18 & $15 (Student & Seniors)

DeeAnna Hiett (left), Gavin Stewart (right) and (in leap, behind) Brittany Duskin in "Desire" by Gary Abbott

A moment while working on stage on "Desire" by Gary Abbott - (L-R) DeeAnna Hiett, Ed Franklin, Brittany Duskin (sitting, back), Gavin Stewart, Mary Pat Henry

FALL PROGRAM

To Have and To Hold

Choreography Shapiro and Smith
Music Scott Killian
Costume and Prop Design Danny Shapiro
Costume Construction Kathy Bradford
Dancers Ron Belger, Brittany Duskin, Jessica Higgins, Vanessa Owen, Joseph Pilgrim, Gavin Stewart, Jerome Stigler

Ritual

Choreography Amber Perkins
Music Arvo Part
Costume Design Amber Perkins
Costume Consrtruction Laura Powell
Dancers DeeAnna Hiett,Gavin Stewart

Trains

Choreography Mary Pat Henry
Music Steven Reich
Costume and Prop Design Antonia Ford Roberts
Costume Construction Sarah, Oliver, Laura Powell and Judy McElroy
Projection Design Rocco DeSanti and Antonia Ford Roberts
Projection Implementation Greg Casparian
Prop Construction Jeff Roudabush
Dancers Ron Belger, Brittany Duskin, Edward Franklin, DeeAnna Hiett, Jessica Higgins, Vanessa Owen, Jospeh Pilgrim, Erik Sobbe, Gavin Stewart, Jerome Stigler, Purcell Tuner, Tracy Vogt

Desire

Choreography Gary Abbott
Music Hans Zimmerman, Geoff McCormack and Simon Goldberg
Costumes Gary Abbott
Costume Construction Kathy Bradford
Dancers Brittany Duskin, Edward Franklin, DeeAnna Hiett, Jessica Higgins, Vanessa Owen, Purcell Turner, Gavin Stewart, Jerome Stigler

Suite Love

Choreography Lonnie Davis
Music:
"Bitter "Marry Me" by TRAIN
"Broken "Wasted Time" by Me'Shell Ndege'ochello
"Bitter "Beautiful" by Me'Shell Ndege 'ocehello
Costume Design Lonnie Davis
Dancers Ron Belger, Edward Franklin, Vanessa Owen, Erik Sobbe, Purcell Turner, Tracy Vogt

Sha Tah Tee

Choreography Leni Wylliams
Music M. Shriver
Costume Design Judy Pheifer
Costume Construction Laura Powell
Dancers Ron Belger, Brittany Duskin, Edward Franklin, DeeAnna, Hiett, Jessica Higgins, Vanessa Owen, Purcell Turner, Gavin Stewart, Erik Sobbe, Jerome Stigler

Artistic Director / Founder - Mary Pat Henry
Company Co-Founder - Leni Wylliams
Associate Director - Paula Weber
Assistant Director - DeeAnna Hiett
Rehearsal Director - Tracy Vogt
Administrative assistant - Gavin Stewart
Media Consultant - Nancy Kaiser-Caplan

Lighting Designer - Margaret Spare
Assistant Designer - Greg Casparian
Stage Manager, Light Board operator - Rae Portwine
Tech Crew - Kaitlin Hieble, Chadi El-Koury, Whitney Ricketts, Sarah Herbert, Asha Singh, Juanita Carter, Erin Kane
Website - Arthur Pemberton
Graphic Design - Mark Ringenberg
Photography - Michael Manley and Michael Strong

On stage, in work togs, during tech rehearsal, Ed Franklin in Desire

Ritual by Amber Perkins: Dancers: DeeAnna Hiett and Gavin Stewart in a hinge

Ritual by Amber Perkins: Dancers: Gavin Stewart and DeeAnna Hiett

Ritual by Amber Perkins: Dancers: Gavin Stewart and DeeAnna Hiett

To Have and To Hold: Jessica Higgins, Ron Belger, Vanessa Owen, Jerome Stigler, Joe Pilgram

To Have and To Hold: Gavin Stewart, Jerome (Nuney) Stigler

To Have and To Hold: Brittany Duskin, Joe Pilgram, Ron Belger (partially hidden), Vanessa Owen (hidden), Jessica Higgins, Jerome (Nuney) Stigler

Sha Tah Tee: DeeAnna Hiett, Brittany Duskin, Kathleen Purcell Turner, Jessica Higgins

Sha Tah Tee: Erik Sobbe, Vanessa Owen

Sha Tah Tee: Jessica Higgins and Vanessa Owen -
This is three frames from the camera as a study. The frames are lined up using tape markers on stage.
Frame 1 at left: Jessica and Vanessa in attitude.
After this they move in opposite directions and I follow to the right to take two more shots of Vanessa.
The next shot (middle) is lined up with a couple of stage markers.
The same thing in the third shot.
This shows Vanessa Owen progressing across the stage: attitude, step (not seen), attitude, step (not seen) and attitude.

In the version above arrows and text show the stage markers used to line up the three camera frames.

Sha Tah Tee: Tracy Vogt, Vanessa Owen, Erik Sobbe, Purcell Turner

Sha Tah Tee: Jerome Stigler, Brittan Duskin (back), Vanessa Owen, Ed Franklin (arm)

Suite Love: Ron Belger and Vanessa Owen

To Have and To Hold - Joe Pilgram, Brittany Duskin, Gavin Stewart

To Have and To Hold - Jessica Higgins, Brittany Duskin, Ron Belger, Joe Pilgram, Vanessa Owen, Jerome Stiglar

Trains: Tracy Vogt, Ron Belger, Jerome Stiglar, DeeAnna Hiett, Ed Franklin, Purcell Turner

Trains: Purcell Turner is assaulted by Nazi guards (Joe Pilgram, left, and Erik Sobbe, right). in background, Ron Belger (back), Tracy Vogt and Ed Franklin (back behind Purcell)

Trains: Purcell Turner is assaulted by Nazi guards (Joe Pilgram, left, and Erik Sobbe, right). in background, Ron Belger (back), Ed Franklin (back behind Purcell) and Tracy Vogt between Purcell and Erik.

Trains (after the war, reunion) Jerome Stigler lifting DeeAnna Hiett as Ron Belger chaines behind

Handing out programs on the way in

Miss Shirley (Shirley Weaver) and Fritz Swischer

The lobby beforehand

UMKC dance students attending

Mary Pat Henry with some of the crew well before performance

Dancer and rehearsal director with Wylliams/Henry Atlanta, Tracy Vogt

Lighting designer Margaret Spare (center) with assistant designer Greg Casparian (left) and stage manager & light board operator Rae Portwine (right) during rehearsals

Dance division teacher Sabrina Madison-Cannon at the ticket booth

Michael White and his mother, Jeri White sitting in the back of the house

Dancer/aerialist and dance division alumni Nicole Raab, and boyfriend.

Performances This Season
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Open House (27 August)
Fall Season, 20th Anniversary Concert (this page, 30 Sept, 1 Oct)
Tulsa, Oklahoma (8 Oct)
Marysville, Kansas (4th-6th October)
Back On Cyprus Avenue (22 Oct)
Atlanta, Georgia (28, 29 Oct)
Lawrence, Kansas (15 Oct)