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MESSAGE FROM OUR DIRECTOR

Welcome to the Fine Arts Center’s 40th Anniversary! I’m so glad that you’re joining us to celebrate the great music, dance, theatre and art on offer this year. To commemorate 40 years of performing and visual arts at the FAC, we’re bringing back crowd favorites and introducing you to acclaimed newcomers who are reinventing their genres. We’re also hosting free events throughout the Pioneer Valley and beyond that we hope you’ll enjoy. With dynamic performances and thought-provoking exhibitions, this season is guaranteed to get you thinking, dancing, singing and talking!

The FAC first appeared in the University’s 1962 Master Plan, a grand building to be constructed at the core of campus for performing arts (Center Series) and the University Gallery (now the University Museum of Contemporary Art). The Fine Arts Center officially opened on October 10, 1975, with a performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. The Boston Pops, conducted by Arthur Fiedler, performed the next night. Enthusiastic patrons camped outside the Box Office, and tickets sold out within 2 hours!

Since then, we’ve hosted Broadway shows such as Hair, top dance companies Alvin Ailey and Joffrey Ballet, and larger-than-life-personalities such as Marcel Marceau, Patti LuPone and Willie Nelson. Our patrons have seen jazz and Blues royalty like Ray Charles and BB King, and heard acclaimed symphony orchestras from across the US and around the world. Throughout its history the FAC has sought to enrich the experience of audiences by presenting visual and performing arts that represent a diverse world view, such as Children of Uganda, The Nile Project concert and the renowned Buena Vista Social Club, to name a few. Our aim is to bring the world to you, without the hefty price tag.

For 40 years, the FAC has never wavered from its mission of engaging and inspiring the community with exemplary art that enriches lives and broadens perspectives. We bring the best in national and international artists right here to your backyard along with opportunities to engage with the artists and each other on a deeper level. And we hope to keep it that way with your continued support.

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Welcome to the Fine Arts Center’s 40th Anniversary! I’m so glad that you’re joining us to celebrate the great music, dance, theatre and art on offer this year. To commemorate 40 years of performing and visual arts at the FAC, we’re bringing back crowd favorites and introducing you to acclaimed newcomers who are reinventing their genres. We’re also hosting free events throughout the Pioneer Valley and beyond that we hope you’ll enjoy. With dynamic performances and thought-provoking exhibitions, this season is guaranteed to get you thinking, dancing, singing and talking!

The FAC first appeared in the University’s 1962 Master Plan, a grand building to be constructed at the core of campus for performing arts (Center Series) and the University Gallery (now the University Museum of Contemporary Art). The Fine Arts Center officially opened on October 10, 1975, with a performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. The Boston Pops, conducted by Arthur Fiedler, performed the next night. Enthusiastic patrons camped outside the Box Office, and tickets sold out within 2 hours!

Since then, we’ve hosted Broadway shows such as Hair, top dance companies Alvin Ailey and Joffrey Ballet, and larger-than-life-personalities such as Marcel Marceau, Patti LuPone and Willie Nelson. Our patrons have seen jazz and Blues royalty like Ray Charles and BB King, and heard acclaimed symphony orchestras from across the US and around the world. Throughout its history the FAC has sought to enrich the experience of audiences by presenting visual and performing arts that represent a diverse world view, such as Children of Uganda, The Nile Project concert and the renowned Buena Vista Social Club, to name a few. Our aim is to bring the world to you, without the hefty price tag.

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Wednesday, September 23, 7:30 p.m.Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE of TAIWAN

This tour is made possible by the grants from the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan).

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Concept/Choreography Lin Hwai-min

Music Hakka traditional folk songs Drum music by LIANG Chun-mei “Monochrome II” by ISHII Maki performed by Ondekoza “Casta Diva” from opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini “Le Rossignol et la Rose” by Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in D minor Forth Movement by Gustav Mahler

Set Design LIN Keh-hua

Lighting Design Lulu W.L. LEE

Projection Design Ethan WANG

Videographer CHANG Hao-jan (Howell)

Costume Design/Executio ANN Yu Chien, Li-Ting HUANG and Department of Fashion Design from Shih Chien University

Creative Assistant to Mr. Lin LIANG Chun-mei

Commission Wen C. KO

Co-productions National Theater & Concert Hall, the National Performing Arts Center, R.O.C. (Taiwan) Esplanade –Theatres on the Bay (Singapore) New Vision Arts Festival (Hong Kong) Sadler’s Wells Theatre (London) HELLERAU European Center for the Arts Dresden (Germany)

Premiere November 22, 2013, National Theater, Taipei, Taiwan

Duration Approximately 70 minutes without intermission

RICE is inspired by the life circle of a rice paddy in Chihshang in the East Rift Valley of Taiwan - home of “Emperor’s Rice.”

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PROGRAM

Soil YANG I-chun

CHEN Mu-han CHENG Hsi-ling FAN Chia-hsuan KO Wan-chun KUO Tzu-wei LEE Tzu-chun LIU Hui-ling YEH Yi-ping

Wind KO Wan-chun SU I-ping TSAI Ming-yuan

CHEN Tsung-chiao CHENG Hsi-ling FAN Chia-hsuan HOU Tang-li HUANG Mei-ya HUANG Pei-hua LIU Hui-ling

CHEN Mu-han HUANG Hsiao-che HUANG Li-chieh KUO Tzu-wei LIN Hsin-fang WANG Po-nien YANG I-chun YEH Yi-ping

Pollen I CHEN Mu-han CHEN Tsung-chiao FAN Chia-hsuan HUANG Hsiao-che KUO Tzu-wei LEE Tzu-chun LIN Hsin-fang WANG Po-nien WONG Lap-cheong YEH Yi-ping Pollen II HUANG Li-chieh KO Wan-chun Sunlight HOU Tang-li HUANG Lu-kai HUANG Mei-ya LIU Hui-ling

SU I-ping WONG Lap-cheong Grain CHOU Chang-ning

CHENG Hsi-ling FAN Chia-hsuan HUANG Pei-hua KUO Tzu-wei LEE Tzu-chun LIU Hui-ling YEH Yi-ping Fire CHEN Tsung-chiao HOU Tang-li HUANG Hsiao-che HUANG Li-chieh HUANG Lu-kai LIN Hsin-fang TSAI Ming-yuan WANG Po-nien WONG Lap-cheong Water YANG I-chun

CHEN Mu-han CHENG Hsi-ling CHOU Chang-ning HUANG Mei-ya HUANG Pei-hua KO Wan-chun KUO Tzu-wei LEE Tzu-chun LIU Hui-ling SU I-ping

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ABOUT RICEOn the occasion of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s 40th anniversary in 2013, the inter-

nationally renowned Lin Hwai-min, who was honored with the prestigious Samuel H. Scripps / American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement last year, created Rice to revere the land that has nurtured “Asia’s leading contemporary dance theatre.” (The Times)

The inspiration for Rice came from the landscape and story of Chihshang in the East Rift Valley of Taiwan. Previously tainted by the use of chemical fertilizer, this farming village has now regained its title as the Land of the Emperor’s Rice by adopting organic farming and has exported its rice to EU countries.

Awed by the immense waves of grain rolling across expansive fields of rice, and inspired by the environmentally-conscious farmers, Lin took the dancers to Chihshang, where they joined the farmers in harvesting the rice. Out of this experience in the field, Lin has created exuberant yet powerful movements woven through Soil, Sunlight, Wind, Water and Fire, telling the story of the land while contemplating the devastation of Earth.

Folksongs in Hakka, the oldest among the existing Chinese dialects, and operatic arias from the West, as well as the rustling of grain, soughing of wind and pealing of thunder recorded on-site, complete the soundscape.

A cinematographer spent two years on location capturing the cultivation of rice: flooding, sprouting, harvesting and burning of the field. These video images – of clouds reflected in the water, rice swaying in the wind, and fire ravaging the fields – have become the essential visual ele-ments of the production. Immersed in this landscape, the formidable Cloud Gate dancers, trained in Chi Kung and Internal Martial Arts, enact a human drama parallel to the life cycle of rice. It is a work about death and rebirth, devastation and resurrection.

Rice is an international co-production by Sadler’s Wells Theatre (London), HELLERAU European Center for the Arts Dresden (Germany), National Theater & Concert Hall, the National Performing Arts Center, R.O.C. (Taiwan), New Vision Arts Festival (Hong Kong), and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (Singapore).

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WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT RICELin attains a sharply moving synthesis of man and nature, east and west, death and rebirth. Rice

becomes a dance of the elements, Lin’s own song of the earth. –The Guardian, London

What is extraordinary about Lin’s work, and the way Cloud Gate performs it, is how it can under-mine Western expectations about how time unfolds on stage. He can build shapes so slowly and unfurl phrases so meticulously that his choreography seems to happen in a parallel universe, while his dancers evince an almost superhuman control over their bodies.

–The Times, LondonFiery rhythms from Taiwan. Sensual treats for the eyes.

–Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, Germany

RICE is not minimalist in the sense of Moon Water or other largely t’ai chi dao yin influenced pieces. There is, though, simplicity in the way the choreography reflects the world around us, including stalks of rice swaying in a breeze, sunshine, pollination and fire. For the most part it is an ensemble work, with the notable exception of one long and striking duet in which the dancers weave sensuously around each other, always in physical contact, in front of close-up projections of rice shoots that are a forest of vivid green and gold.

The most thought-provoking scene comes towards the end of the “Fire” section, which depicts the burning of the fields after harvest in readiness for the following year. In silence, a lone woman stares at projections of plumes of black smoke engulfing the landscape. It is in stark contrast to the heaviness and aggression of the preceding dance in which the men fight with bamboo poles so often seen in rice fields….The scenes could easily equally be of the huge annual fires that burn in the Indonesian rainforests, and whose smoke chokes Singapore and Malaysia.

–Dancing Times, LondonThe presentation may be Asian. But Lin Hwai min’s straight, steady, mostly graceful language of

movements is multicultural, as is his…taste of music. –Die Welt, Germany

Photosynthesis is real and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre takes you through the great cycle of life with Rice. The imagery is breathtaking and the trembling bodies force you to settle, be still and think about rehabilitating our Earth. –Bachtrack, UK

LIN HWAI-MIN, Founder and Artistic Director

Honoring Lin Hwai-min with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, the jury of the International Movimentos Dance Prize, Germany, hails him as “a foremost innovator of dance” and said that “Lin Hwai-min ranks amongst artists of the century such as William Forsythe, George Balanchine, Birgit Cullberg…”

In July 2013, Lin followed in the footsteps of Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham and Pina Bausch to receive the prestigious Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement. The Festival announcement stated that: “Mr. Lin’s fearless zeal for the art form has established him as one of the most dynamic and innovative choreographers today... his choreo-graphic brilliance continues to push boundaries and redefine the art form.” He is the first recipient of this award who is based in Asia. Invited by the International Theatre Institute, Lin served as the author for the 2013 International Dance Day Message.

In his homeland of Taiwan, Lin Hwai-min was first known as a critically acclaimed writer. In 1969, at the age of 22 and with two books of fiction published, he went to study in the States and ob-tained a Master of Fine Arts from the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa. He also studied modern dance at the University and in New York.

Lin Hwai-min founded Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in 1973, the Dance Department at the Taipei National University of the Arts in 1983, and Cloud Gate 2 in 1999. Heralded as “the most important choreographer in Asia,” Lin often draws his inspiration from traditional Asian culture and aesthetics to create original works with contemporary resonance, which have made Dance Europe acclaim: “No company in the world dances like Cloud Gate. It presents a distinct and mature Chi-nese choreographic language. The importance of this evolution in Asian dance is no less profound than the impact of Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt on European classical ballet.”

Among the honors Lin Hwai-min has received are honorary doctorates from six universities in Tai-wan and Hong Kong, the Taiwan National Award for Arts, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award, the award for ‘Best Choreographer’ at the Lyon Biennial Dance Festival, “Distinguished Artist Award” presented by International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA), and

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the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Ministry of Culture. In 2005, he was honored by Time Magazine as one of “Asia’s Heroes.” In 2013, he was awarded by President Ma Ying Jeou with the First Rank Order of Brilliant Star with Special Grand Cordon. He is the second artist, after film director Ang Lee, to have been bestowed the highest honor from the government of Taiwan.

Lin Hwai-min has been the subject of full-length television documentaries, including Portraits Taiwan: Lin Hwai-min (Discovery Channel), Floating on the Ground (Opus Arte), and Lin Hwai-Min - Interface Between Worlds (ARTE/ZDF). Since 2000, he has served as the Artistic Director of “Novel Dance Series” for the Novel Hall for Performing Arts, Taipei, introducing contemporary dance to au-diences in Taiwan. Choreographers featured in the series include Eiko and Koma, Meredith Monk, Susanne Linke, Akram Kahn, Ea Sola, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Jerome Bel.

For 2012-2013 Lin Hwai-min served as the mentor of dance for Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, guiding Eduardo Fukushima, a young Brazilian choreographer selected from around the world by a panel of dance experts.

LEE CHING-CHUN, Associate Artistic Director

Lee Ching-chun obtained her MA degree in Dance Studies from City University of Laban Centre, London, in 1999. In 2004, she received the National Award for the Arts from Taiwan National Cul-ture and Arts Foundation, the highest award for artists in Taiwan.

Since joining Cloud Gate in 1983, Ms. Lee has taken leading roles in Lin Hwai-min’s works includ-ing Wild Cursive, Cursive II (now known as Pine Smoke), Cursive, The Road to the Mountain, Smoke, Bamboo Dream, Burning the Juniper Branches, Portrait of the Families, Songs of the Wanderers, Nine Songs, The Dream of the Red Chamber, and Legacy. She has also danced in Helen Lai’s The Rite of Spring, Invisible Cities, La Vie en Rose and Frida.

Her choreographic works include Woman and Man, Man and Woman for Cloud Gate and While White Is Revealing for Spotlight Dance Company, both of which premiered in 1996. In 1999, col-laborating with Canadian stage designer Tania Etienne, she choreographed and performed the dance solo work Courtyard of Pearls. In 2006, she choreographed Blossom and Moonlight for Kaohsiung City Ballet Company.

Serving as Rehearsal Director for 9 years, Ms. Lee was appointed as the Associate Artistic Director in 2003. In 2004 and 2005, she represented Lin Hwai-min to re-stage his works, Smoke and White, for Zurich Ballet in Switzerland and Introdans in the Netherlands respectively. Ms. Lee is also the Chief Consultant for Cloud Gate Dance School and has helped to create and develop class syl-labuses for students aged from 4 to 84.

LIN KEH-HUA Set Design

Lin Keh-hua is one of the most celebrated designers in the Chinese-speaking diaspora. In August 2003, Lin published “Lighting and Scenery for Stage: an aesthetics,” reflecting on his many years as a leading set and lighting designer.

Lin’s designs employ Western aesthetics and technology, as well as Oriental philosophy and perspective. He combines lighting design with set design, applying his experiences from projec-tion and image design, theatre space design, and architectural lighting design, to create a unique space and lighting aesthetic of his own. His design style has received recognition among interna-tional choreographers and other performing artists, such as Lin Hwai-min, Lo Man-fei, Helen Lai, Lo King Man, David Jiang, Mei Chu Yin, Charlotte Vincent, Wu Kuo-Chu and Akram Khan. He is a major set designer for several leading performance groups, including U Theatre, Taipei Crossover Dance Company, Hang Tang Yue Fu, and Contemporary Legend Theatre.

Lin has served as the principal designer for Cloud Gate since 1974. His design credits encompass the company’s repertoire including in lighting, Rice, Cursive II (now known as Pine Smoke), Burn-ing the Juniper Branches, Portrait of the Families, Nine Songs, The Dream of the Red Chamber, and Legacy; and in set, Listening to the River, Whisper of Flowers, Lost Shadows, Wind Shadow, and Cursive, Requiem, and Dreamscape. His design for Nine Songs was praised by the world-renowned lighting designer Jennifer Tipton as a “masterpiece.”

Lin’s innovative and creative designs have also earned him an internationally artistic reputation. He served as the lighting designer in the La Biennale di Venezia for Taiwan Pavilion in 2002 and Kris Yao Artech in 2014, a member of the creative crew in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing in

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2008, the Artistic Director of the creative crew in Taiwan’s Centennial Grand Countdown in 2010, and a member of the Taiwan Pavilion Expo at Shanghai in 2010.

Lin is the founder of the first theatre technology training program in Taiwan and has completed over 70 facilities in Taiwan, ranging from multi-form arts center, theatres, concert halls, to interna-tional conference halls, and dance studios.

LULU W.L. LEE Lighting Design

Lulu W. L. Lee holds an MFA in Theatre Lighting Design from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, and has worked as the architecture lighting designer at The Lighting Practice, USA, the techni-cal supervisor for 2001 Taipei Lantern Festival, the resident stage manager at Novel Hall, and the technical manager for Taipei Arts Festival.

Lee’s lighting design works encompass operas, dance works, and theatre productions for various performance companies, including Ping-fong Acting troupe, Guo Guang Chinese Opera Company, Golden Bough Theatre, Creative Society, and Cloud Gate. Her design credits with Cloud Gate include White Water (2014), Dust a requiem (2014), Rice (2013), How can I Live on Without You (2011), Water Stains on the Wall (2010), Listening to the River (2010), Oculus (2007), Lost Shadows (2006), as lighting designer, and The Road to the Mountain (2004), Cursive II (2003), Bamboo Dream (2001) as assistant lighting designer.

Appointed as technical director in 2010, Lee has worked closely with Cloud Gate for many years as project lighting director.

ANN YU CHIEN Costume Design/Execution

Ann Yu Chien received her Master of Architecture from University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, and worked for many years as a registered architect of Pennsylvania US for architect projects at The Hillier Group, TKLP etc. Architecture firms in Philadelphia.

Since returning to Taiwan in 1991, Ms. Ann has devoted herself to the evolution of design educa-tion and the campus renovation for two decades. Respected as one of the pioneers in Taiwan to emphasize liberal arts education in architect design department, she has served as the dean of the Design School, chairperson of the Space Design Department, director of the Campus Master Plan for SCU Taipei campus at Shih Chien University.

LI-TING HUANGCostume Design/Execution

Li-Ting Huang received her master’s degree in Architecture Design from Barlett School of Archi-tecture, and bachelor’s degree from Chelsea College of Art& Design in London.

Serving as an assistant professor at Department of Fashion Design, Shih Chien University since 2001, Ms. Huang had been appointed as the chairperson of the Department, and had curated many important exhibitions for Shih Chien University. For her own creation, she focuses on the special relationship between body and clothing, using color, fibers to create and experiment on space and form. Her works has been exhibited in museums and numerous art fairs.

ETHAN WANGProjection Design

Ethan Wang received his MA degree in Communication Design majoring in New Media Pathway from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London.

Wang served as the visual art designer for Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei and the guest art designer for the Hua-shan Art District, Taipei. He founded his own studio “Over Quality” in 2006, devoting in digital graphic animation creations. His credits on moving images & multi-media slide shows encompass White Water and DUST requiem, RICE, Water Stains on the Wall, Listening to the River, Wind Shadow, and Cursive by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan; Reed Field by Taipei Cross-over Dance Company; and “Next Exit” at the 8th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy. His talent also extends to the graphic designs for Taishin Arts Award, and Dancing Allegories and Bevy by Taipei Crossover Dance Company. He worked as a multi-media designer for the open-ing ceremony of 2010 Taipei International Garden and Horticulture Exposition.

Wang has won numerous awards, including the Grand Prize of “More Than A Face” graphic competition in 2000, hosted by The National Association of Architects R.O.C., and the Selected of Macromedia Digital Graphic Design in 2002. He is also the winner of 2013 “World Stage” and

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the Theatre Award of 2014 British “Knight of Illumination Awards” respectively for his projection designs of Cloud Gate’s Water Stains on the Wall and RICE.

He currently serves as the resident artist at Taipei National University of the Arts, and adjunct instructor at Yuan Ze University and Taipei National University of the Arts.

HOWELL HAO-JAN CHANGVideography

Chang Hao-jan holds a master’s degree from Graduate School of Applied Media Arts and a bach-elor’s degree from the Film Department of National Taiwan University of Arts. His works encom-pass graphic image, video and photography, and comprise music videos commercials, projection designs, short fiction and documentary films. In 2007, his short film BR-14’s April won the second prize of Imagine Cup hosted by Microsoft in Seoul, Korea. In 2008, his short films BR-14’s April, Planet La Roue, and Circle were presented in the Taipei Digital Art Festival–TRANS by Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei.

Mr. Chang’s credits with performing arts groups include projection design for Water Stains on the Wall by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, and The Tempest, and Media by Contemporary Legend Theater. His documentary filming credits, among others, include Between 2 World: Lin Hwai-Min produced by Moving-Angel Production Company from Germany.

ABOUT CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN

The virtuosity of Cloud Gate dancers has made critics ask: “when has one ever seen a company with such magical and beautiful bodies?” and confess that they “possess a control and articulation that verge on the superhuman. These are performers who can make stillness every bit as eloquent as animation. In fact, they have the power to change your metabolism.”

Cloud Gate is the name of the oldest known dance in China. In 1973, choreographer Lin Hwai-min adopted this classical name for the first contemporary dance company in any Chinese speak-ing community.

Its 24 dancers receive trainings of meditation, Qi Gong, an ancient form of breathing exercise, in-ternal martial arts, modern dance, ballet, and calligraphy. Through Lin Hwai-min’s choreographies the company transforms ancient aesthetics into thrilling modern celebration of motion.

Cloud Gate has toured extensively with frequent engagements at the Next Wave Festival in New York, the Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Barbican Centre in London, the Moscow Chekhov International Theatre Festival, and the Internationales Tanzfest NRW directed by Pina Bausch.

International critics have acclaimed Cloud Gate as the following: “Asia’s leading contemporary dance theatre” The Times, London “One of the finest dance companies in the world” The Globe and Mail, Toronto

In 2003, Cloud Gate opened the Melbourne International Arts Festival with Cursive II (now known as Pine Smoke), winning both the Age Critics’ Award and the Patrons’ Award; while Moon Water was named the best dance of the year by the New York Times. In 2006, Cursive: A Trilogy was cho-sen as the best dance choreography of the year as a result of critics’ poll by Ballet-Tanz and Theater Heute.

At home, Cloud Gate also enjoys high acclaim and popularity. In addition to the regular seasons in theatres, the company stages annual free outdoor performances in various cities in Taiwan, drawing audiences of up to 60,000 per performance.

To perform for grass-roots communities, and to foster young choreographers in Taiwan, Cloud Gate 2 was founded in 1999. In 1998, Cloud Gate Dance School was founded to bring the joy of dance to students, aged 4 to 84.

In 2003, in recognition of Cloud Gate’s contribution to the cultural life of Taipei, the Taipei City Government named Fu-Hsing North Road Lane 231, home of Cloud Gate’s office, as “Cloud Gate Lane.” In 2010, a new asteroid, discovered by National Central University, Taiwan, was named after Cloud Gate. In 2014, celebrated by China Airlines, Cloud Gate’s dance images featured on the Airlines aircraft livery.

Most of Cloud Gate’s productions have been made into videos. Among them, Songs of the Wanderers, Moon Water, Bamboo Dream, and Cursive II (now known as Pine Smoke) were filmed in Europe.

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CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWANCloud Gate Culture and Arts Foundation

Honorary ChairmanLEE Yuan-tseh

ChairpersonSHEN Hsueh-yung

Board of DirectorsCHENG Tsung-lung HONG Min-hong Rock HSU KO Wen-chang Barry LAM Lin Hwai-min Stan SHIH TSAI Hong-tu F. C. TSENG

WANG Chi-mei Kate Huei-wen WEN WONG Wing-hung Diane YING

Executive DirectorYEH Wen-wen

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Founder/Artistic Director Lin Hwai-min Associate Artistic Director LEE Ching-chun Technical Consultant LIN Keh-hua Music Consultant/Creative Assistant to Mr. Lin LIANG Chun-mei Qi Gong Masters HSIUNG Wei CHEN Ching-yen Internal Martial Arts Master Adam Chi HSU Ballet Teachers LEE Shu-hui WU Ching-yin Modern Dance Teacher HUANG Hsu-hui Rehearsal Director CHOU Chang-ning Rehearsal Assistants YANG I-chun TSAI Ming-yuan Medical Consultant CHOU Ching-long Accompanists Holy CHANG KUO Tsung-han

DancersCHOU Chang-ning HUANG Pei-hua LEE Ching-chun TSAI Ming-yuan

KO Wan-chun LIU Hui-ling SU I-ping YANG I-chun

HOU Tang-li HUANG Mei-ya LEE Tzu-chun LIN Hsin-fang WONG Lap-cheong

CHEN Mu-han KUO Tzu-wei WANG Po-nien YEH Yi-ping

CHEN Tsung-chiao CHENG Hsi-ling FAN Chia-hsuan HUANG Hsiao-che HUANG Li-chieh HUANG Lu-kai

Apprentice CHOU Chen-yeh

Administrative Staff on Tour Director of International Programs Joanna J.H. WANG Senior International Project Manager Janice S.C. WANG International Project Coordinator CHUANG Ting-chi

Technical Staff on Tour Technical and Lighting Director Lulu W.L. LEE Project Production Manager CHEN Chih-feng Stage Manager LI Chia-nung (Vicky) Stage Supervisor CHEN Chih-feng LIN Ching-kai Projection Supervisor LIN Ching-kai CHEN Yi-ling Wardrobe Mistress HSU Wen-wen

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Saturday, September 26, 8 p.m.Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

THE HOT SARDINES

Event Sponsors:

Miz Elizabeth – vocals, washboardEvan “Bibs” Palazzo – bandleader, piano, occasional vocals

“Fast Eddy” Francisco – tapJason Prover – trumpet

Michael Sailors – trumpetNick Myers – clarinet, saxophones

Evan “Sugar” Crane – bass, sousaphoneAlex Raderman – drums, additional percussion

Program will be announced from the stage.

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ABOUT THE HOT SARDINESTake a blustery brass lineup, layer it over a rhythm section led by a stride-piano virtuoso in the

Fats Waller vein, and tie the whole thing together with a one-of-the-boys frontwoman with a voice from another era, and you have the Hot Sardines. (We haven’t even told you about the tap dancer yet.)

In a short time, the Hot Sardines have gone from their first gig – at a coffee shop on the last Q train stop in Queens – to selling out Joe’s Pub five times in as many months, headlining at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing, and opening for the Bad Plus, Lulu Gainsbourg and French gypsy - jazz artist Zaz. Through it all they’ve become regulars at the Shanghai Mermaid speakeasy and turned The Standard, where they play regularly, into their own “saloon in the sky” (The Wall Street Journal) – complete with tap dancing on the bar – honing a live persona that’s been called “unforgettably wild” and “consistently electrifying” (Popmatters).

The Sardine sound – wartime Paris via New Orleans, or the other way around – is steeped in hot jazz, salty stride piano, and the kind of music Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt and Waller used to make: straight - up, foot - stomping jazz (literally – the band includes a tap dancer whose feet count as two members of the rhythm section). They manage to invoke the sounds of a near -cen-tury ago and stay resolutely in step with the current age. And while their roots run deep into jazz, that most American of genres, they’re intertwined with French influences via their frontwoman, who was born and raised in Paris (and writes songs in both languages).

The band was born when said Parisian (“Miz Elizabeth” Bougerol) met a stride piano player (bandleader Evan “Bibs” Palazzo) at a jam session they found on Craigslist. Above a noodle shop on Manhattan’s 49th Street, they discovered a mutual love for songs from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s that no ¬one really plays anymore. Or if they play them, “they handle them with kid gloves, like pieces in a museum,” says Evan, underscoring a point the pair can’t stress enough: “This music isn’t histori-cal artifact. It’s a living, breathing, always-evolving thing.”

Members of the Sardines collective have worked with a genre-hopping roster that includes Rufus Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens, Lauren Ambrose, Sondre Lerche, Vetiver, Of Montreal, Nicholas Payton, Kurt Elling, Branford Marsalis, the New York and Jerusalem Philharmonics, Slavic Soul Party and the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra.

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Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2Off Campus

BRIDGMAN|PACKER DANCE Artistic Directors: Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman

Truck (2014)

Choreography, Performance, and Video: Myrna Packer and Art BridgmanMusic: A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Beats Antique

Parts of Truck were developed during a Fellowship at Experimental Film Virginia 2014. The work was premiered in August 2014 at the Harbor for the Arts Festival, Cape Charles, VA.

Thursday, October 1, Free and Open to the PublicPark Hill Orchard, Easthampton, MA

7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.(Come early and enjoy the sculpture installation – Art in the Orchard)

UMass Campus, Southwest Residential Plaza, near Hampden Gallery 10:15 p.m., 10:40 p.m., 11:05 p.m.

Friday, October 2, Free and Open to the PublicGallery Walk, 21 Flat Street Parking Lot, Brattleboro, VT

7 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 8:15 p.m.,(Come early and take in all the wonderful galleries and other events)

Event Sponsors:

Community Partners:

Park Hill Orchard, Arts Council of Windham County, Brattleboro Town Arts Committee, Dr. Samantha Eagle, Emerson’s Furniture, Latchis Hotel and Chandler Electric

Performances of Truck are funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional

support from the six New England state arts agencies.

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About TRUCK

Bridgman | Packer Dance’s highly visual and visceral work intertwines live performance and video technology, creating a magically populated stage where image and reality collide. Truck is performed inside a 17-foot box truck with the audience viewing from the outside, creating a reimagined space that dynamically combines choreography, video, sound design, and music. The work brings performance to nontraditional and unexpected locations.

Truck explores how context changes perception. As the work progresses, the context continu-ously morphs, allowing reality to slip into the unreal. The performers and the video imagery merge, creating an intentional ambiguity between the live and the virtual; live cameras transform the performers and the truck’s geometry into kaleidoscopic webs. With constantly changing scenes that shift in scale and perspective, the work ranges from evocative to humor-ous, to sensuous, to wacky.

About Bridgman|Packer Dance

Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, collaborators in choreography and performance and Co-Artistic Directors of Bridgman|Packer Dance, are known for their work integrating live per-formance and video technology. In New York City they have been presented by Lincoln Center, City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival, Dance Theater Workshop (now New York Live Arts), Dance New Amsterdam, Central Park Summerstage, and the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

Bridgman|Packer Dance has toured throughout the United States, performing at festivals and art centers, including Spoleto Festival USA, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Florida Dance Festival, Bates Dance Festival, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Dance St. Louis, and Philadelphia’s Annenberg Center. They have appeared abroad in Europe, Asia, and Central America in festivals including Munich International Dance Festival, Festival Internacional de Artes Escenicas (Panama), Kintetsu Theater (Osaka, Japan), Festival Internacional Chihuahua (Mexico), and Tancforum (Budapest). Bridgman and Packer have been guest artists at more than 150 universities, including California Institute of the Arts, Ohio State University, Arizona State University, and the University of Utah.

The 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to Bridgman and Packer was the first in the his-tory of the Guggenheim Foundation to be given to two individuals for their collaborative work. They are also recipients of a 2013 National Dance Project Touring Award, National Endowment for the Arts Grants consecutively for 2007 through 2015, a 2008, 2012, and 2015 New England Foundation for the Arts Expeditions Touring Grant, two Choreography Fellowships and a BUILD grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts, a New York State Council for the Arts Grant, and four National Performance Network’s Creation Fund Awards. They have received five “First Light” Commissions from Dance Theater Workshop (now New York Live Arts), a Danspace Proj-ect Commissioning Initiative, as well as commissions from Dance New Amsterdam, the 92nd Street Y New Works in Dance, and Portland Ovations. Their international touring has been sup-ported by USArtists International, the Performing Americas Project, the National Performance Network, and La Red de Promotores CentroAmericana y El Caribe.

Their work in live performance and video technology is featured in the 2009 book Gegen-welten, Zwischen Differenz und Reflexion (Against Worlds, Between Difference and Reflection) by Jurgen Schlader and Franziska Weber, published in Munich.

For more information, visit: bridgmanpacker.org and Bridgman|Packer Dance on Facebook.

Bridgman|Packer Dance is a member of Pentacle /DanceWorks, Inc., a non-profit service organi-zation for the performing arts, Mara Greenberg, Director. Pentacle’s address is 75 Broad Street, Suite 304, New York, NY 10004. Phone: 212.278.8111. Bridgman|Packer Dance appears under the auspices of the Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt organiza-tion administered by Pentacle/DanceWorks, Inc.

For booking information: booking@pentacle.org.

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HOLYOKE CIVIC SYMPHONY Haunted Holyoke Oct 25, 3 pm, Holyoke Community College, Free Performing works by Sibelius and Berlioz, as well as Bernofsky’s House of Untold Horrors and Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre (Irina Condon, violin). www.holyokecivicsymphony.org

MUSIC AT AMHERST CHAMBER SERIES Artymiw-Keefe-Smith Piano Trio Oct 4, 4 pm, Buckley Recital Hall, $ Lydia Artymiw, piano, Erin Keefe, violin, and Wilhemina Smith, cello. Performing works by Beethoven, Schoenfield and Brahms. Simone Dinnerstein, piano Oct 30, 8 pm, Buckley Recital Hall, $ Acclaimed pianist Simone Dinnerstein performs works by Schumann, Lasser, J.S. Bach and Schubert. www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/music MUSIC IN DEERFIELD uarteo di Cremona Oct 10, 8 pm, Sweeney Concert Hall, $ String quartet performing “Different Sides of Vienna,” a program featuring works by Webern, Mozart, and Schubert. www.musicindeerfield.org

PIONEER VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Philip Glass 7th Oct 24, 7:30 pm, Greenfield High School, $ With Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus, performing Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien, Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 7, “Toltec,” and Elgar’s nima ariaons. www.pvso.org

SMITH COLLEGE Music in the Noon Hour, Free Sept 30 & Oct 14, 12:30 ̶ 1 pm, Sage Hall Green Room Smith College Music Department faculty perform classical works for instruments and voice. hp//www.smith.edu/smitharts/calendar.php

SPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Opening Night Gala Oct 3, 7:30 pm, Symphony Hall, $ Opening the 72nd season, the SSO performs works by Dvořák and Bartók, and a Sibelius Violin Concerto with soloist Philippe Quint. www.springfieldsymphony.org UMASS FINE ARTS CENTER Munich Symphony Orchestra Nov 5, 7:30 pm, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, $ With soloist Pepe Romero, and guitar quartet The Romeros, MSO performs French and Spanish music including Rodrigo, Bizet and Massenet. www.fineartscenter.com UMASS MUSIC DEPARTMENT US Coast Guard Chamber Players Sept 25, 7:30 pm, Bezanson Recital Hall, Free The Chamber Players Recital Series brings members of the Coast Guard Band to perform classic and contemporary chamber music. Opus One Chamber Orchestra Oct 6, 7:30 pm, Bezanson Recital Hall, $ A faculty/student collaboraon including violin, viola, cello and contrabass, performing selected chamber music. Tuesdays in Bezanson Oct 20, 7:30 pm, Bezanson Recital Hall, $ Faculty chamber music series presents ‘An Evening of Schubert,’ including vocal works. Faculty Concerts: Nadine & Friends II Oct 24, 7:30 pm, Bezanson Recital Hall, Free Pianist Nadine Shank with friends from West Point & Coast Guard Bands, performing Schubert, von Weber, Faure, Ito, Schnyder and Nagao. UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra Oct 26, 7:30 pm, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, $ Performing works by Borodin, Takemitsu (with marimba soloist Ayano Kataoka) and Tchaikovsky. www.umass.edu/music/eventcalendar

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Wednesday, October 7, 7:30 p.m.Bowker Auditorium

The Asian Arts and Culture Program presents

RAKUGO: COMICAL TALES FROM JAPAN

Motoko – storytellerand

Masayo Ishigure – koto, shamisen

Guest performance by Elizabeth Bennet, shakuhachi

Program

Rakugo: The Cat’s Bowl (Neko no sara)Rakugo: Master Miser (Shimatsu no gokui)

MusicPicture Dreams, composed by Hideaki Kuribayashi

Picture Dreams was inspired by the sound of the late autumn wind at the Mountain Temple “Katsuoji,” the wind blowing through the mountains at dusk.

Koto, Masayo Ishigure; shakuhachi, Elizabeth Bennett

Daybreak, composed by Hikaru Sawai (2004)There is a point in time when darkness is interrupted. A pinpoint of light on the horizon extends faint rays into the sky. The light rises and gradually gains power

until night relinquishes its hold over Earth. Morning creatures begin to sing, and a new day is about to begin.Koto solo, Masayo Ishigure

Rakugo: The Dream (Tengu Sabaki)Rakugo: Caught in the Storm (Gonsuke Chochin)

There will be no intermission.

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What is Rakugo?

Rakugo, Japanese comic storytelling, originated in the late 17th century in the Kamigata region(Kyoto and Osaka) and Edo (present day Tokyo.) Entertainers performing solo, clad in kimono and armed only with a fan and a hand towel as props, regaled townsfolk on the street, in banquet rooms and salons, and in little theaters called yose. Their tales were about everyday lives of Edo-pe-riod Japan (1603-1868) when samurai warriors, merchants, priests, farmers, and laborers populated the cities in a relative harmony.

Today the two traditions of Kamigata Rakugo and Edo Rakugo both continue to thrive, with hun-dreds of storytellers performing nation-wide. Their repertoires range from comical to dramatic, even absurd at times. They act as a narrator and also play multiple characters, differentiating them with subtle changes in voice, gestures, body positions, and speech patterns. Most Rakugo tales end with ochi, a verbal or physical gag that brings the audience back to reality in satisfied laughter.

ABOUT THE ARTISTSMotoko grew up in Osaka, Japan, listening to

Kamigata Rakugo of Katsura Beicho (1925-2015) and Katsura Shijaku (1939-1999). A graduate of International Christian University in Tokyo, Motoko has performed storytelling and mime professionally in schools, libraries, museums, universities and festivals across the U.S. since 1993. She has trained with Tony Montanaro (1927-2002), Elizabeth Ellis, Leland Faulkner, and Eshu Bumpus. Motoko’s repertoire includes Asian folktales, Rakugo, Zen tales, mime vignettes, as well as personal stories from her childhood in Japan and her life as an immigrant in the U.S.

Motoko has appeared on PBS’ Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood and an educational video by Har-court, and has been awarded numerous grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and New York State BOCES for her arts-in-education programs. In 2003, Motoko toured Miyazaki, Ja-pan, as part of CarnegieKids in Miyazaki Project, sponsored by Carnegie Hall.

Her debut CD, “The Promise of Chrysanthe-mums” won a 2002 Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award, a 2003 Storytelling World Award, and a 2007 National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA). She is the author of A Year in Japan: Folktales, Songs and Art for the Classroom. In 2011 Motoko made her third featured appear-ance at the prestigious National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Her fourth CD, “In Ghostly Japan” was released in 2013.

Masayo Ishigure began playing the koto and jiuta shamisen at the age of five in Gifu, Japan, and has created an extensive multi-faceted career that continues to stretch the limits of the koto while maintaining a strong grasp of the tradition.

After initial studies with Tadao and Kazue Sawai, Ms. Ishigure became a special research student in 1986 at the Sawai Koto Academy of Music -The academy incorporates many influ-ences from classical to jazz and aims to change

the perception of the koto from solely as a tradi-tional Japanese instrument to an instrument of universal expressiveness.

Ms. Ishigure moved to New York City in 1992 and has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall-Weill Recital Hall, BAM, Merkin Hall, Asia Society, Japan Society, Metropolitan Museum, Symphony Space and other venues in the New York City metropolitan area. She has been invited to perform at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, the Smithsonian Institute, and was a guest artist with the San Diego Symphony, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Hartford Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Ishigure has participated in music festivals around the world, and has been featured in multiple television broadcasts. In 2005, she was a recording artist alongside Yitzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, and others on the Grammy Award-Winning soundtrack from the movie “Memoirs of a Geisha” by John Williams.

Elizabeth Reian Bennett is the first woman to play professionally as a Grand Master of the shakuhachi, which she studied with Living National Treasure Aoki Reibo for over 30 years. Since her debut recital in Tokyo in 1984, Reian Bennett has performed in Japan and worldwide, from Australia and Europe to Mexico, Afghani-stan and the United States. Tokyo appearances are planned for every other year; notable venues include Tokyo National Theater and NHK TV.

Reian Bennett has been interviewed on Na-tional Public Radio by Faith Middleton of Fresh Air, Robert J. Lurtsema of Morning Pro Musica and Richard Knisley of Classical Performances. Her CD entitled Song of the True Hand, was nominated ‘Instrumental Album of the Year’ by Jon Sobel at Blogcritics Magazine. She teaches privately in the Boston area and through the world music program at Tufts University. Reian Bennett’s next CD is a set of compositions for the shakuhachi written for her by Tufts com-poser John McDonald.

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ADMINISTRATIONdirector, Dr. Willie L. Hill, Jr.associate director, Dennis Conwayassistant to director, Erin Vermette

BUSINESS OFFICEdirector of administration and finance, Margaret Curtissbusiness office manager, James Moes technology manager, Christine Texieraassistant technology manager, Alexia Cotabookkeeper, Cyn Horton

MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENTdirector of development, John Ebbets director of marketing, Shawn Farley community relations manager, Anna Robbins marketing & development assistant, Kimberly Medeirosmarketing assistant, Emily Everett BOX OFFICEmanager, Steven Coombsassistant manager, Richard Ballon

PRODUCTION SERVICESdirector of operations, Fritz Farringtonassociate director of operations, Brenda Cortinaproduction stage manager, Ayumi Mizuno Cordeiroassistant technical director, Bob Mahnkenlighting director, Erica Conlonaudio director, Sam Johnsonaudience services manager, Melissa Cleary Pearsonoffice manager, Racquel Kirpanhouse manager, Emily Cooperhouse manager, Glenn Proudhouse manager, Daryl Laurenzahouse manager, Colleen Reaganhouse manager, Erika Spinale

EDUCATION director, Jazz in July, David Picchidirector of education & engagement, Yvonne Mendez

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMSAsian Arts & Culture director, Ranjanaa Devimarketing & outreach coordinator, Sue McFarland

Center Seriesdirector of programming, Halina Kusleikaasssistant director of programming, Hillary Rathbun

Magic Triangle and Solos & Duos coordinator, Glenn Siegel VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMSUniversity Museum of Contemporary Artdirector, Loretta Yarlowcurator of education, Eva Fierstbusiness & communications manager, Betsey Wolfson

Augusta Savage Gallerydirector, Terry Jenouregallery manager, Alexia Cota

Hampden & Central Galleriesdirector, Anne La Prade gallery manager, Sally Curcio

Neal AbrahamWilliam BaczekJosh BedellRosemary Caine Steven K. DauryAllen Davis, Past ChairJoAnne J. FinckMichael GoveMadelyn Bonnot GriffinLee Hines Shelley Holzman, ChairLori Devine HudsonJohn KendzierskiMichael KusekJulie Roman LacknerBarbara LuceyBeckie MarkarianTony MaroulisElaine PalmerShardool ParmarJustin M. PelisTerry PetersMichael J. Simolo Aaron M. SundbergHector ToledoRhonda VenneKatherine E. Vorwerk

Emeritus Members

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Steven H. Goldsher DDSRobinson & Donovan, P.C.Rockridge Retirement CommunitySky Meadow Galleries/Les CampbellThe LIFT SalonUnion StationWEBS, America’s Yarn StoreWhalen Insurance Agency

ENTHUSIAST$250–$499

IndividualsAnonymous Donor (1)Michael & Nancy MeagherMark Berman & Martha G. BakerPrasanta C. & Beverly Bhowmik Liz ChalfinDhipati & Anjusree ChandaElaine S. Darr-MortonPaul S. Doherty &

Dianne Fuller DohertyRuth V. ElcanMaurille J. & Janice FournierSeymour M. FrankelArnold A. & Susi K. FriedmannSheldon & Marcia GoldmanJennifer GoverCarolyn HaydenJoyce W. & Legrand Hines, Jr.Ryan HommelAlexandra Kennedy & James HaugDavid T. & Tanyss MartulaWalter & Kathleen P. MullinJohn F. Todd & Dorothy J. NemetzMark & Sandra ParentDonald J. PolonisDavid & Sharon RogalskiStan C. RosenbergMargaret R. RosenberryBenedict J. SmarCindy E. Stein & Michael A. KolendoJane E. SteinSusan L. StoopsConrad & Barbara Wogrin

Businesses20th Century IlluminationsAmherst Laser & Skin Care CenterBayside Inn & MarinaCarnegie HallCrumpin Fox ClubDon Muller Gallery Inc.Four Seasons LiquorsHome & Homme LLCInSight PhotographyInterskate 91 NorthKuhn Riddle ArchitectsMeghan Godorov:

Possibilities for PeopleThe Porches InnSea Crest Beach HotelSpoleto RestaurantUgone & Thomas CompanyUpton-Massamont Realtors

FRIEND$100–$249

IndividualsJean Adams RobbinsJill P. AndersonJeffrey & Mary Ellen AndersonMary Lou AndrePaul R. & Marie T. ApplebyRonald D. Archer

Andrew Balder & Cynthia A. SommerDavid BarclayAntoni & Florence E. BaszakMichael L. & Tina D. BerinsDavid A. & Iris P. BerkmanOlivia BernardJeffrey D. & Marilyn BlausteinRobert M. BolandPatricia BranchWill BrideauShirley BrodiganMichael & Ann BrooksAlan J. CalhounPatricia A. Canavan & James GooslinSinan & Lane CeylanGregory A. CigalPeter ClearyDennis E. Conway & Stephen LightArrelle R. CookJohn & Heather Corbett Ernest R. Coulombe &

Francis X. Donnellan, Jr.Emily CowdenClaude C. CurtisPatrick S. & Bernette Daly Marc J. & Mary E. DancerLinda Delone BestRanjanaa Devi & David J. WatsonJohn W. & Judith DicksonDeborah A. DohertyAmy T. DrinkerKathy L. DudleyNancy C. DugganJams G. & Eugenia Dyess CollinsSharleene M. FarleyFritz & Suzanne FarringtonDaniel J. FrazierLori FriedmanMark A. & Tanya FullerDavid B. & Deborah A. GardnerHarold Garrett-GoodyearJohn & Shelley GibbonsAlan GilburgVirginia R. GoldsburySteven D. & Gay L. GoodwinAlfred L. & Sally GriggsHarold D. GrotevantLouise R. HammannWilliam M. HarrisJeffrey F. & Joyce M. HatchSarah L. HawesEric S. & Yehudit HellerBill HenryHoon HeoMarjorie R. Hess & Rudy J. TalaberEdward C. HullMarese HutchinsonVincent D. Jackson & Lisa GreenWillard M. JohnsonMark & Maxine KasdinJeffrey L. KaufmanMolly KeeganThomas J. Luck & Elizabeth A. KidderLisa R. Kittredge Susan P. KnappGeorge H. & Mary KnightlyRobyn L. KorengoldHalina A. & Neil P. KusleikaJanice R. & Boyd KynardMatthew & Julie Roman LacknerDiana MackenzieLewis C. & Caden MainzerMeryl A. Mandell & Stephen J. SmulskiRebecca MarkarianJames E. MarquisDaniel M. & Ellen O. MelleyYvonne M. MendezMartin C. & Brenda Moore MillerJames E. Moes

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Shakespeare & CompanySheraton Bradley HotelThe Lighthouse Inn Bed & BreakfastThe Textile Company, Inc.Valley Bike & Ski WerksVavstuga Swedish WeavingWEFT

FAN$50–$99

IndividualsRonald Ackerman & Cleo A. GormanSidney C. & Patricia P. AndersonGloria ArferWilliam BaczekEdgar Barrett & Christina L. Fulp BarrettPaul BermanJason BohonowicsCarolyn T. BurkholderAnthony CanataAllan C. CarpenterBarbara J. CarpenterGregory W. CenevivaGregory M. ChilenskiRika & William P. ClementWalter & Margery C. CoombsNicola M. Courtright & David A. LevineSylvia E. CuomoCharles & Leila K. DeRoseSharon L. DownsSusan M. EricksonRichard A. FleischerMelanie M. GalloBarbara J. GarabedianAlex & Batsheva GillatStephanie H. GodetteKathy J. Goos & Barry A. WerthJoann M. GriswoldChristine HannonDana T. HenryDoris R. HoldenRobert & Michelle B. JacksonEli Kwartler & Barbara Jenkins

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Susan K. WhitbourneMrs. Jacquelyn T. O’HareJohn R. & Linda J. OveringMr. Nicholas L. PalermoAlexander & Harriet PollatsekPatricia C. Powers Cynthia Lee PurmortJames & Janice D. RatnerSharon K. RichardsMarion T. RosenauLinda E. SambelRobert E. SchultzAnne U. SciglianoMark C. SegalRavi S. & Premlata ShankavaramRobin B. SilvaMichael Simolo Elisha L. SimpsonLucia D. SpiroDeborah A. Strong-Tellier

Alice SwiftJulie A. SylvesterIris M. & Ralph H. Tolbert, Jr.Phillip B. & Nancy G. TorreyMark E. TuttleRobert M. UrbankAlan K. Van TasselIan T. VukovichMonica J. WisnieskiMichael Wolff

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Hockey AssociationBoston Red SoxCommunity Foundation of

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Family FoundationUMass Amherst Alumni AssociationUMass College of Natural SciencesVidda Foundation, The

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Patron ServicesRefreshmentsConcessions are available before the performance and during intermission for most Center Series Concert Hall events. For patrons in our wheelchair section, please notify an usher and they will be happy to bring the refreshments to you. RestroomsRestrooms are located on the lower level of the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall adjacent to the University Gallery and in the Concert Hall main lobby. When available there are additional restrooms in the Rand Theater area. Fully accessible restrooms are available in the Concert Hall and Bowker Auditorium. Restrooms in the Concert Hall for the mobility impaired are located in the lobby and the refuge area outside section 3 on house right.

Drinking FountainsDrinking fountains are located on the lower level of the Concert Hall near the restrooms and in the lobby.

Late SeatingPatrons arriving after the start of the performance will be seated at an appropriate break and at the house manager’s discretion.

Pagers and Cell PhonesPlease turn off all pagers and cell phones when entering the concert hall.

On Call ServiceDoctors and persons needing emergency call service are asked to leave their name and seat location with the box office. If you keep a cell phone or pager with you, please use the silent, vibration option.

Cameras and Recording DevicesThe taking of photographs or recording the performance in any way is strictly prohibited.

ATMThe nearest ATM bank machine is located in the Newman Center and on the lower level in the the Campus Center.

For Hearing-Impaired Patrons Assisted listening devices: Induction loops and headsets are available for patrons with hearing impairments and may be checked out with an ID in the lobby prior to the performance. Compatible with most ALS systems and in compliance with the ADA. A credit card, driver’s license, or valid student ID will be held as security while devices are in use.

Emergency ClosingIn case of emergency, the lighted, red, exit sign near your seat is the shortest route to the exterior of the building. For your safety, please check the location of the exit closest to your seat and review the evacuation map included in this playbill. Also, follow the directions provided by the ushers.

Accessible ParkingAn access-parking permit or plates must be visible to parking attendants.

For Your Viewing PleasureCheck out what’s on view in the University Museum of Contemporary Art. The University Museum is located on the lower level of the Concert Hall and is open one hour prior to the start of performances and during intermission. The Museum is also open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 11am to 4:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 2 to 5pm.

Performance CancellationFine Arts Center performances are rarely canceled and only in the case of severe weather. If a performance is canceled, you can call the Box Office at 1-800-999-UMAS or 545-2511 or tune in to the following radio and television stations: public radio station WFCR 88.5FM, WHMP 99.9FM, WRSI 95.3FM, WFSB CBS 3 and WGGB-TV40. If a performance is canceled, patrons may exchange tickets for another event (subject to availability), may receive a credit on their account, or may request a refund.

Please recycle your playbill in the lobby.

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