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Society labels large groups of individuals through a single lens – oversimplifying by race, gender, religion, economic status or sexual orientation. The arts have an opportunity to reject the need to stereotype and create a broader cultural understanding.

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There has been an unprecedented shift of place for many of the world’s peoples in the past five years. How are communities accepting these new residents and how are some political powers rejecting them? As a traditional tool of advocacy and diplomacy what role will the arts play in this ongoing debate?

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF ISPADear Colleagues,

Currents of Change—indeed! Arts, Power & Politics—ingredients for a potent stew, now on full boil all across the globe. When the theme for this congress was set early last year, many of us could not imagine the world as it is today.

Borders seem meaningless; yet nationalism is on the rise. Contrasts and conflicts stand on equal ground. Differences divide us and still we strive for diversity in all its forms. Confusion and upheaval is having its heyday in every corner of the globe.

So where does that leave us? Are the arts a mirror of what is happening around us or are we to be vital participants in world issues? Is it enough to want to share artistic work with our communities or must we consider how artistic experiences will shape our communities? And at the end of the day, how do our actions (or inactions) impact each other, our work and the future?

REIMAGINING, the theme of our outstanding Melbourne Congress last May, kicked open the doors to this deeper dive on issues that are increasingly pressing with each passing day.

Our issues are urgent. Our time is chaotic. Yet history tells us that it is from chaos and turmoil that beauty and transcendence rises. For almost as long as human history, art has been the expressive tool for communicating humanity’s triumphs and pains. It is a time for us to reflect on ideals even more than solutions. A time to remind ourselves of the important role art has played for centuries, and with confidence, decide for ourselves how each of us will move forward.

To have such a gifted and committed network of arts colleagues around the world to rely on during this extraordinary time is an incredible resource. I am grateful to face each day’s issues and challenges knowing that our ISPA family is there to support each other. It is even more encouraging to know that ISPA is actively committed to engaging us all in a timely strategic plan to help map our future.

I welcome you all to reflect, connect and share. Our time together is invaluable. May I suggest that this year we make an even greater effort to support each other in this journey, not just during this Congress, but throughout the year?

Mary Lou AleskieChair, ISPA Board of DirectorsExecutive Director, International Festival of Arts and Ideas

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MESSAGE FROM THE C0-CHAIRS OF THE NEW YORK CONGRESSDear Colleagues,

Over a year ago, our title Currents of Change: Arts, Power and Politics, reflected our desire to cast a candid and conscientious eye on the politics and power dynamics in the arts. In a turbulent world where too many voices go unheard or unheeded, how do we make sure that we are not part of the problem in order to be part of the solution? Events in the last twelve months have become spectacularly dramatic and we are looking at a world that seems tossed

into free fall and landing who knows where. Our perspective is forced to change in unexpected ways as we witness shifting governments, and global alliances; populations on the move for every reason from climate change to escalating war zones and communities divided over what a good society should look like.

It could not be a more critical time for the arts and culture to play a strategic and dynamic role to counter the negative aspects of what is happening. We need to be a catalyst for positive change in the world. But in order to do this we need to also examine our own habits, assumptions and privileges. How do we become more empowered partners and players at the table and how do we ensure that the table includes everyone?

In this Congress, we hope through discussion and interaction to take a look into past practices in order to shape new and future behaviors that arts leaders and organizations can respond to.

We are co-hosting this Congress to make sure that we talk openly, speak of the times that we live in and share our dilemmas about how to make our professional practice and experience matter in times of great uncertainty. Hopefully, this will be a time for all of us to come together, build mutual stamina and share what inspires us, what frightens us and what we're determined to do next.

We also want to thank the New York Planning Committee who brought so much of their expertise and fresh perspective to the table as well as David Baile and the ISPA staff for their support in realizing ISPA’s 99th Congress!

Welcome to the 2017 Congress!

Alicia Adams and Jude KellyCo-Chairs, 99th ISPA Congress

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MESSAGE FROM THE CEODear Colleagues,

In writing to you today, I want to pause for reflection on the tumultuous year that has affected every region of the globe but also savor the year of celebration we have ahead. In 2017, ISPA acknowledges ten years of its Fellowship Program and the $1 million US that has been invested in 234 Fellowships since inception! No less significant is the fact that our upcoming convening in Montréal will be ISPA’s

100th congress - how many have you attended?As we planned this congress we witnessed and reflected on a number of

significant events in 2016. The conversations were stimulating, reflective, learned, and informative, resulting in what you will experience over the next three days. I want to thank our esteemed Co-Chairs Alicia Adams and Jude Kelly for their inspiration and leadership and the entire planning committee for their invaluable participation.

To the donors, patrons, sponsors, and our funding partners who have made ten years of Fellowships possible, thank you. And to our many committee members, board members and volunteers who facilitate the work undertaken by a very small office in a very big world, thank you. Partnerships are integral to the work ISPA assumes every day!

And finally, to our members, thank you. There is no doubt that ISPA, and every organization for that matter, is going through seismic readjustments. Demographics are changing rapidly, governance models are under close scrutiny and we as an organization are examining our mission and our priorities. I encourage you to provide us with input and feedback regarding ISPA’s strategic direction and initiatives because after all, ISPA is all about the people.

Thank you for investing your time and resources to be with us in New York and please join us in celebrating 2017!

Sincerely,

David BaileChief Executive Officer

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2017

09:00 - 11:00 Executive Committee Meeting

11:30 - 16:30 Registration / Check-in 13:00 - 13:15 OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME

ISPA Chief Executive Officer | David Baile Congress Co-Chairs | Alicia Adams and Jude KellyISPA Chair | Mary Lou Aleskie

13:15 - 14:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Natalia Kaliada Sponsored by The Banff Centre 14:00 - 15:10 SESSION 1 | TIDES OF CHANGE

Speakers | Kirsten Dehlholm, Natalia Kaliada and Sarah Garton StanleyModerator | Jude Kelly

Sponsored by AEA Consulting 15:10 - 15:15 REGIONAL UPDATE | United States

Presenter | Zeyba Rahman 15:15 - 15:35 BREAK | Coffee service Sponsored by Auerbach Pollock Friedlander 15:35 - 15:50 PERFORMANCE | Ayodele Casel Sponsored by Theatre Projects Consultants 15:50 - 15:55 REGIONAL UPDATE | Brazil

Presenter | Daniel Valeriano 15:55 - 17:00 SESSION 2 | CURATION: POWER

AND RESPONSIBILITYSpeakers | Zvonimir Dobrovic, Pamela Tatge and Victoria WangModerator | Alicia Adams

17:30 OPENING RECEPTION / NEW MEMBER WELCOME 20:00 End of Day

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017

09:00 - 16:30 Registration / Check-in | Coffee service 10:00 - 12:00 PITCH NEW WORKS

Host | Anthony Sargent 12:00 - 13:45 PROEX | Professional Exchange 12:45 - 13:45 LUNCH Sponsored by Meyer Sound 13:45 - 14:00 PERFORMANCE | Tanya Tagaq Sponsored by Theatre Projects Consultants 14:00 - 14:05 REGIONAL UPDATE | Egypt

Presenter | Amany Abouzeid 14:05 - 15:20 SESSION 3 | THE INHERENT TECHNOLOGY

Speakers | Dominic Bilkey, Ryan Holladay and Paola PrestiniModerator | Raj Patel

15:20 - 15:45 BREAK | Coffee service Sponsored by Auerbach Pollock Friedlander 15:45 - 17:00 SESSION 4 | POWER OF IDENTITY

Speakers | Deborah Colker, Hakan Silahsizoglu and Carrie Mae WeemsModerator | Panti Bliss

17:00 End of Day

19:00 ISPA OUT ON THE TOWN

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017

09:00 - 16:30 Registration / Check-in | Coffee service 10:00 - 12:00 PITCH NEW WORKS

Host | Anthony Sargent 12:00 - 13:45 PROEX | Professional Exchange 12:45 - 13:45 LUNCH Sponsored by Meyer Sound 13:45 - 14:00 PERFORMANCE | Tanya Tagaq Sponsored by Theatre Projects Consultants 14:00 - 14:05 REGIONAL UPDATE | Egypt

Presenter | Amany Abouzeid 14:05 - 15:20 SESSION 3 | THE INHERENT TECHNOLOGY

Speakers | Dominic Bilkey, Ryan Holladay and Paola PrestiniModerator | Raj Patel

15:20 - 15:45 BREAK | Coffee service Sponsored by Auerbach Pollock Friedlander 15:45 - 17:00 SESSION 4 | POWER OF IDENTITY

Speakers | Deborah Colker, Hakan Silahsizoglu and Carrie Mae WeemsModerator | Panti Bliss

17:00 End of Day

19:00 ISPA OUT ON THE TOWN

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017

08:00 - 16:30 Registration / Check-in | Coffee service 08:15 - 09:15 TOWN HALL | Strategic Plan 09:30 - 09:35 REGIONAL UPDATE | United Kingdom

Presenter | Paul Fitzpatrick 09:35 - 10:50 SESSION 5 | NEW AUDIENCES:

INTEGRATING MIGRATION AND MOBILITYSpeakers | Nina Kaye, Marion Potts and Oussama RifahiModerator | Eugene Downes

10:50 - 12:30 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 12:30 - 13:15 LUNCH 13:15 - 13:35 PERFORMANCE | Nicola Gunn Sponsored by Theatre Projects Consultants 13:35 - 15:00 SESSION 6 | THEATER OF EMPOWERMENT

Speakers | Patrica Cruz, Cornelia Faasen, Sandra Laronde andAmir Nizar Zuabi Moderators | Alicia Adams and Jude Kelly

15:00 - 15:30 BREAK | Coffee service Sponsored by Auerbach Pollock Friedlander 15:30 - 15:45 INVITATION TO MONTRÉAL

Speaker | Marc Blondeau 15:45 - 16:30 ISPA AWARDS PRESENTATION

Host | Nancy Yao Maasbach 16:30 - 17:30 COCKTAIL RECEPTION

17:30 Conclusion of Congress

21:00 CLOSING PARTY 24:00 End of Day

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Millennium Broadway HotelEntrance at 145 West 44th Street between 7th Avenue/Broadway and 6th Avenue. Accessible by NQR, 123, ACE and 7 Subway trains—exit at 42nd Street.

The Times CenterEntrance at 242 West 41st Street between 7th and 8th Avenue—within walking distance from The Millennium Broadway Hotel (approximately 5 minutes). Accessible by NQR, 123, ACE, and 7 Subway trains— exit at 42nd Street.

Bryant Park GrillEntrance at 25 West 40th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue located behind the New York Public Library in Bryant Park. Accessible from the B and D trains (orange line)—exit at the Bryant Park stop. You can also take a taxi — approximiately 40 minutes from The Apollo and $30 US.

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DISTINGUISHED ARTIST AWARD

PETER BROOKNominating Statement: Hopefully he has already received the prize, if not it's about time. He has been an international inspiration for theatre artists and audiences alike for decades.

PETER BROOK was born in London in 1925. Throughout his career, he distinguished himself in many genres:

theatre, opera, cinema and writing.He directed his first play in London

in 1943. He then went on to direct over 70 productions in London, Paris and New York. His work with the Royal Shakespeare Company includes Love’s Labour’s Lost (1946), Measure for Measure (1950), Titus Andronicus (1955), King Lear (1962), Marat/Sade (1964), US (1966), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1970) and Antony and Cleopatra (1978).

In 1971, he founded with Micheline Rozan the International Centre for Theatre Research in Paris and in 1974, opened its permanent base there in the Bouffes du Nord Theatre. There, he directed Timon of Athens, The Iks, Ubu aux Bouffes, Conference of the Birds, L’Os, The Cherry Orchard, The Mahabharata, Woza Albert!, The Tempest, The Man Who, Qui est là, Happy Days, Je suis un Phénomène, Le Costume, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Far Away, La Mort de Krishna, Ta Main dans la Mienne, The Grand Inquisitor, Tierno Bokar, Sizwe Banzi, Fragments, Warum Warum, Love is my Sin, 11 and 12, The Suit, The Valley of Astonishment and most recently Battlefield. Many of the productions performed both in French and English.

In opera, he directed La Bohème, Boris Godounov, The Olympians, Salomé and Le Nozze de Figaro at Covent Garden; Faust and Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York and Don Giovanni for the Aix en Provence Festival. Later, for the Bouffes du Nord, he directed La Tragedie de Carmen, Impressions de Pellias and Une Flûte Enchantée.

Peter Brook’s autobiography, Threads of Time, was published in 1998 and joins other titles including The Empty Space (1968) – translated into over 15 languages, The Shifting Point (1987), There are no Secrets (1993), Evoking (and Forgetting) Shakespeare (1999) and The Quality of Mercy (2014).

His films include Moderato Cantabile (1959), Lord of the Flies (1963), Marat/Sade (1967), Tell me Lies (1967), King Lear (1969), Meetings with Remarkable Men (1976), The Mahabharata (1989) and The Tragedy of Hamlet (2002, TV). Sponsored by: Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

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PATRICK HAYES AWARD

LOUISE MITCHELLNominating Statement: Louise (Mitchell) has dedicated her life to the arts professionally but also as a volunteer on a variety of boards. Her term on the ISPA board was highlighted with her commitment to diversifying the membership and today she sits on no less than four boards in the UK.

LOUISE MITCHELL is Chief Executive of the Bristol Music Trust, an independent charity set up in 2011 to champion music in Bristol, and to secure

a sustainable future for Colston Hall; the largest concert hall in south-west England.

Previously, Louise was the first ever director of Glasgow UNESCO City of Music, an organisation to promote the award of the title City of Music by UNESCO. Before this she was head of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for 13 years, spearheading the regeneration of two of Glasgow’s most revered venues, the City Halls and the Old Fruitmarket, and nurtured the word famous Celtic Connections Festival.

Louise has worked in arts management for over 20 years. She studied the University of St Andrews where she gained a masters degree, followed by a Diploma in Arts Administration from City University, London. Her first job in music was as an interpreter for the Hawick Pipe Band’s French tour, followed by a short spell as Assistant Manager of the Scottish Baroque Ensemble and five years as Concerts Manager of the London Sinfonietta.

After three years of freelancing, she became Assistant Director of the Edinburgh International Festival responsible for music programming. She returned to London as Music Programme Manager

at the Barbican Centre, managing the relationship with the London Symphony Orchestra as orchestra in residence, and finally as Concerts Director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra before moving to Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall in 1996.

Louise sits on the boards of the ABO, British Paraorchestra and Destination Bristol, is a Trustee of the Royal Philharmonic Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Director or the British Association Concert Halls, and a past Board Member of the International Society for the Performing Arts. Sponsored by: Ann Summers Dossena

ANGEL AWARD

SARAH BILLINGHURSTSOLOMONNominating Statement: Her generosity of spirit and now her philanthropic endeavours on behalf of so many organisations continues. Sarah is, to so many people who know her, considered to be a 'true angel'.

SARAH BILLINGHURST SOLOMON retired from the Metropolitan Opera in 2014 after a distinguished 42 year career in opera

administration. Her career began at the San Francisco Opera in 1972 as assistant to the artistic administrator. Sarah was named artistic administrator in 1982. In addition to her duties as artistic administrator she undertook numerous

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special projects including co-productions with the Kirov Opera and producing concerts, recitals and special presentations sponsored by the San Francisco Opera. In August of 1994, Ms. Billinghurst Solomon became the Assistant General Manager, Artistic of the Metropolitan Opera. There she worked with the General Manager, Joe Volpe followed by Peter Gelb, and Music Director, James Levine on the planning and casting of present and future seasons. She was also responsible for supervising the artistic budget, and directing the company’s artistic and music staff departments which include the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and National Council Auditions. Ms. Billinghurst Solomon also organized the Kirov Opera and Ballet Festivals at the Metropolitan Opera, the tour of the Met Opera to Japan, the MET Orchestra’s tours in Europe and the United States, and the Orchestra’s annual season at Carnegie Hall. Special events she has organized include the James Levine 25th Anniversary Gala, the Joe Volpe Gala, the annual

Pension Fund Concerts, the Metropolitan Opera’s New Year’s Eve Galas, and the Met’s anniversary celebrations - honoring artists such as tenors Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti.

Sarah Billinghurst Solomon retired from The Metropolitan Opera as the Assistant General Manager, Artistic in July of 2014.She is currently serving on the boards of the Mariinsky Foundation, The Julliard School, Carnegie Hall, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The English Concert in America, International Women’s Health Coalition and is currently the Chair for the Women’s Health Care Council at Columbia University Medical Center.

Sarah was born in Wanganui, New Zealand, and is a graduate of Victoria University with a degree in political science. She is married to Howard Solomon and is the mother of a son, Alexander and a daughter, Rebecca. In May 2009 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in music from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. Sponsored by: Peter Gistelinck

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INTERNATIONAL CITATION OF MERIT

AHMED NASER SARMASTNominating Statement: The Afghanistan National Institute of Music (under Ahmad Sarmast) is one of the most significant and representative cultural experiences of the world because is the place where peace and inclusion are being held together in the day to day experience of music.

DR. AHMED NASER SARMAST, a recipient of the Honorary Membership Award of the Royal Philharmonic Society of the UK, is the

Founder and Director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM). A visionary cultural leader and figure of, Dr. Sarmast is an advocate for music education and strong believer in the power of music as a force in bringing about social changes, transforming lives, and connecting nations and civilisations. This belief led him to establish in 2010 ANIM, a music school that within a short period of time became one of the most influential educational and cultural entity of the country widely known internationally for its unique mission and vision.

A winner of distinguished alumni award of Monash University, and an Honorary Fellow of the National College of Music, London, Dr. Sarmast received his PhD in Music from Monash University, Australia in 2005; his MA in musicology/ethnomusicology from the Moscow State Conservatorium in 1993; and his Bachelor Degree in performance and music education from the same school. He has been conducting research on music of Afghanistan since 1993, resulting in the landmark book A Survey of the History of Music in Afghanistan.

Dr. Sarmast has been the victim of a targeted suicide bombing for the work he has done in Afghanistan in reviving and protecting musical traditions of this country, ensuring musical rights of Afghan children, promoting gender equality and coeducation in music and promoting musical diversity in this war torn nation. In the face of such adversity, Dr. Sarmast tenacity and determination has not faltered and continues to grow to the dismay of extremist forces.

Sponsored by: Ann Summers Dossena in tribute to Joe Golden

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AYODELE CASEL

AYODELE CASEL began her professional training at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is a graduate of The William Esper Studio. Hailed by Gregory Hines as “one of the top young tap dancers in the world,” Ms. Casel has been

commissioned by Harlem Stage, the Apollo Theater’s Salon Series, and Lincoln Center. Ms. Casel co-choreographed and was featured in the PBS special The Rodgers & Hart Story. Other TV/Film: Third Watch, Law & Order, The Jamie Foxx Show, Bojangles, and Savion Glover’s Nu York. She has performed with Gregory Hines, Jazz Tap Ensemble, American Tap Dance Orchestra, Savion Glover’s company NYOTs, and in his work STePz. A Capezio Athlete, Ms. Casel has appeared on the cover of Dance Spirit, American Theatre, and The Village Voice. Recent performances include New York City Center’s Fall For Dance Festival and the starstudded Broadway For Hillary fundraiser directed by Michael Mayer. Ayodele is on the faculty of A BroaderWay, and LA DanceMagic, and is a founding director of Original Tap House and Operation: Tap. www.ayodelecasel.com

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NICOLA GUNN

NICOLA GUNN is a Melbourne-based performer, writer, director and dramaturg. Since 2001, she has made works blending

performance, art and anthropology to explore the fragility of the human condition with subversive humour. Her artistic practice is committed to institutional critique, social engagement and generating works that activate the public sphere by questioning old ways of being or proposing new ones. She uses performance to reflect critically on its place in theatres, to examine power relations in existing organisations, and to consider the relevance and social function of art itself.

Recent works include: Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster (2015), A Social Service (2015), Green Screen (2014), In Spite of Myself (2013), Hello my name is (2012) and At the Sans Hotel (2010). Her work has been presented by Dublin

Theatre Festival, Festival de Keuze (Netherlands), Melbourne Theatre Company, Arts Centre Melbourne, Arts House, Performance Space, Vitalstatistix, PICA, Brisbane Powerhouse, Melbourne Festival, Brisbane Festival, La Mama Theatre and festivals in Canada and New Zealand.

She has won Green Room Awards for Conceptual Realisation (At the Sans Hotel), Outstanding Contemporary Performance and Best Performer (Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster); a Perth Fringe World Best Theatre Award (Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster); PACT Best Experimental Performance Award (Hello my name is); and The Blue Room Theatre Award for Most Outstanding Theatrical Experience (Hello my name is).

Nicola is an Australia Council Creative Australia Fellow and a Mike Walsh Fellow.

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TANYA TAGAQ

TANYA TAGAQ ’s music is like nothing you’ve heard before. The Arctic-born artist is an improvisational performer, avant-garde

composer and experimental recording artist who won the 2014 Polaris Music Prize for an album called Animism, a work that disrupted the music world in Canada and beyond with its powerfully original vision. Tagaq contorts elements of punk, metal, and electronica into a complex and contemporary sound that begins in breath, a communal and fundamental phenomenon.

While 2014’s Polaris Music Prize win signalled an awakening to Tanya Tagaq’s art and messages, she has been touring and collaborating with an elite international circle of artists for over a decade. Tagaq’s improvisational approach lends itself to collaboration across genres, and recent projects have pulled her in vastly different directions, from contributing guest vocals to a recent F**ked Up song (a hardcore punk band from Toronto) to premiering a new composition made for Kronos Quartet’s Fifty for the Future collection.

Tanya Tagaq’s music and performances challenge static ideas of genre and culture, and contend with themes of environmentalism, human rights and post-colonial issues. In repeated interviews, Tagaq has stressed the importance of considering her work in the context of contemporary – not traditional – art. This statement is not just about sound, although her music is decidedly modern and technically intricate, but about deep-rooted assumptions about indigenous culture in general.

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ISPA International Society for the Performing Arts THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!

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Ann Summers Dossena Ann Summers Dossena in Tribute to Joe Golden

Peter Gistelinck Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

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The following organizations and individuals have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the sustainability of ISPA by pledging their support for three years!

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!HOSTS ($2,500 - $4,999)

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NATALIA KALIADA is Founding Co-Artistic Director of Belarus Free Theatre (BFT), a writer, human rights campaigner, producer and one of the most outspoken critics of Belarus’ repressive regime.

She has co-authored many plays with her husband Nicolai Khalezin, including Generation Jeans, Discover Love, Trash Cuisine and Time of Women. Natalia has also acted as Executive Producer alongside Nicolai Khalezin on all BFT productions including Generation Jeans, Being Harold Pinter, Zone of Silence, Discover Love, Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker, King Lear, Trash Cuisine, Red Forest and Price of Money. In 2008, together with Nicolai Khalezin and Vladimir Shcherban, she set up Fortinbras, the only underground arts school. Under her leading role, BFT has received a series of awards including the Human Rights Prize of French Republic, a Atlantic Council award, Special Mention at the X11 Edition of the Europe Theatre Prize and an OBIE Award.

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Amany Abouzeid currently holds the position of Executive Manager: Tamasi performing Arts Collective. Tamasi is a collective of 11 organisations from Egypt, Jordan,

Lebanon & Palestine. Their input includes a wide range of performances, productions, space rehabilitation projects & technical & financial support for artists. They also run a capacity building program comprising of trainings, internships & after training career opportunities.

Amany comes for an interdisciplinary background where she worked on women’s sexual & reproductive rights, gender equality & social & behavioural change theories. Amany worked as an academic as well as program director/ coordinator with several development agencies as well as the humanitarian relief sector. Amany holds a BA in English Literature & Language, MA in Development Studies & MA in Social Anthropology.

Alicia B. Adams Alicia B. Adams is the Vice President of International Programming and Dance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She joined the Kennedy Center in

1992, first serving as Special Assistant to the Chairman, James Wolfensohn. She worked with him to articulate, coordinate and oversee implementation of the Center’s programs and policies.

For almost two decades, Adams’ role at the Center has been producing and presenting in the international arena. In addition to major international festivals, Adams also curates the Center’s Contemporary Dance and the World Stages series.

She has worked in the field of arts management in New York City for institutions including Alvin Ailey American

Dance Theater, Belafonte Enterprises, Inc., City Center Theater, Harlem School of the Arts and International Production Associates.

She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts, Advisory Board of The Laurel Fund(Washington, D.C.), Founding Council of the Caine Prize for African Writing( UK), Africa 95 Trustee (UK), Former Advisory Board member for the All Roads Project of National Geographic, Planning Committee for ISPA Congress, ISPA Congress Chair(2012) Advisory Conference Committee for Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), and six years on the National Dance Panel of the New England Foundation on the Arts. In 2011 she received the APAP Fan Taylor Distinguished Service Award for exemplary service to the field of presenting. She is also an elected member of the Cosmos Club. In 2013, Adams was awarded the Insignia of Member First Class of the Royal Order of the Polar Star by the Swedish government. In 2014 Adams was awarded Insignia of Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland by the Finnish government.

Adams has a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University. She holds a certificate in arts administration from Harvard University’s School of Business Administration.

Dominic Bilkey is currently Head of Sound & Video at the National Theatre in London England, after 5 years as Head of Sound for the Young Vic Theatre.

He sits on the board of the Association of Sound Designers and was a recipient of the Technical Theatre Awards (TTA) for Outstanding Achievement in Sound.

He is actively involved in the teaching sound and associated technologies at a number of UK based universities.

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number of shows both in the UK and abroad. Recent works include Peter Pan (National Theatre) Shadowlands (Birdsong Productions) Flarepath (Birdsong Productions); Jane Eyre (National Theatre/Bristol Old Vic); Pinocchio Guy James and Szpiezak Productions); Tommy the Musical (Aria Entertainment, Guy James and Szpiezak Productions); Birdsong (Original Theatre Company).

Panti Bliss is Ireland’s fore-most “gender discom bobulist” and “accidental activist.”

She began performing while an art student in the late 80’s before moving to Tokyo and becoming a fixture on the Tokyo club scene.

Returning to Dublin in 1995 she ran some of

Dublin’s seminal club nights, hosted the legendary Alternative Miss Ireland for 18 years, and performed all over the world. 

Panti has written and performed four critically acclaimed, hit theatre shows: In These Shoes, All Dolled Up, A Woman in Progress and, All Dolled Up: Restitched. She is currently touring the world with her stand up show High Heels In Low Places which has played to stellar reviews and packed houses across Ireland, the UK, Europe, Australia, and the US.

In October 2014 she published her memoir Woman In The Making which was a bestseller in Ireland.

She has been the recipient of many awards for both her work as an entertainer and as an activist, including a ‘Person Of The Year Award’ and an Honorary Doctorate from the prestigious Trinity College Dublin.

In January 2014 Panti’s creator Rory O’Neill sparked a national furore when he appeared on RTE television and discussed homophobia in Ireland. The ensuing scandal became known as “Pantigate”.

On Feb 1st Panti took to the stage of the National Theatre to defend herself. Her ten minute oration has been compared to some of the great speeches in the English language and a video of the speech went viral online, was broadcast on TV and radio around the world, and became an international sensation. It was also put to music by pop royalty, Pet Shop Boys.

Panti became an iconic figure for equality in Ireland, and in 2015 she played a major role in the successful referendum campaign for Marriage Equality in Ireland.

In October 2015 a critically acclaimed documentary The Queen Of Ireland about Rory and Panti broke box office records in Ireland.

It was not merely by chance that restlessness and a love of cultural diversity became features of Deborah Colker’s work. Raised in the solitude of classic piano study and the excitement of a collective sport – volleyball, the Rio born choreo grapher was initiated into contem-

porary dance by Uruguayan Graciela Figueiroa and her group Coringa, famous in Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s. In 1994 she created the Deborah Colker Dance Company, now known worldwide. Widely recognized among international critics, the excellence of her work as a choreographer was rewarded in 2001 with the Laurence Olivier Award in the category “Outstanding Achievement in Dance”. Five years later, this brought an invitation from FIFA to create the only dance performance to figure in the cultural activities connected to the 2006 World Cup in Germany –Maracanã – incorporated later into the Cia Deborah Colker repertoire under the title of Dinamo. In 2009, she choreographed the new show for the Cirque de Soleil – Ovo, an entertaining voyage into the world of insects. In 2016, one of the greatest honours, Deborah´s choreography opened the Rio 2016 Olympics in a visual feast, representing the energy of the Brazilian people and also including iconic elements from her productions such as Vero, Velox, Mix, Rota and Knot.

Patricia Cruz began her term as Executive Director of Harlem Stage in 1998. Ms. Cruz is member of the Board of Directors and is responsible for overseeing Board Development, long range planning, fundraising, and program development. The highlight of her tenure

has been the renovation of the Gatehouse for use as Harlem Stage’s new home. Cruz serves on the board of The Urban Assembly and the CalArts Board of Overseers. She is a past Board Member of The Andy Warhol Foundation. She is also past president of The New York Foundation for the Arts and ArtTable. 

Kirsten Dehlholm (1945) holds a special position in the Danish and the international arts world. With a background in visual arts, her legacy of art works drawing from a multitude of artistic fields, including the performing arts, is truly impressive. 

From 1977 Kirsten Dehlholm was artistic director of Billedstofteater (Theatre of Image Material) before she founded Hotel Pro Forma in 1985. As artistic director of Hotel Pro Forma, Kirsten Dehlholm has developed her own, unique language based on a synthesis of her strong sense of visual arts with performance and music. Among her principal works are Operation: Orfeo, War Sum Up, and the recent production NeoArctic. In recent years Kirsten Dehlholm has taken on the role as opera stage director, lately with engagements at Teatr Wielki Poznan, Poland (Wagner´s Parsifal), and La Monnaie de Munt in Brussels, Belgium (Rachmaninov Troika, Puccini´s Madama Butterfly). 

Kirsten Dehlholm is recipient of ISPA’s Distinguished Artist Award 2015. 

Zvonimir Dobrovic is the Artistic Director of Domino, which he founded in 2003 and that has since grown to be the biggest independent art organisation in Croatia. In that capacity he is responsible for curating and producing several festivals in Croatia and internationally,

most notably Perforations – week of live art (which was awarded one of 12 most innovative festivals in Europe by European Commission in 2015 / 2016 season among over 750 other European festivals), Queer Zagreb Season, Queer New York International Art and Sounded Bodies festivals. Through different platforms he curates over 100 performances annually staged around the world, many of them commissions and produced specifically for these and other festivals. He has served on numerous panels and boards, juries and committees in the field of performing arts. He has edited dozens of books and has as well worked as editor of several performing arts publications. He regularly holds lectures and workshops on curating and arts management.

Eugene Downes is the Artistic Director and CEO of Kilkenny Arts Festival which this year presents its 44th edition in Ireland’s intimate medieval city. From 2007-12, Eugene served as first CEO of Culture Ireland, the agency for the advancement of Irish arts worldwide, and

from 2000-07 as cultural adviser to the President of Ireland and to the Foreign and Culture Ministries, curating and producing performances across Europe, Asia and South America and authoring a blueprint for Ireland’s new international arts strategy. Previous experience included the Irish Foreign Service, a spell as Cultural Attaché in Russia and as a music and opera broadcaster on Irish national radio. He is a Board member of ISPA (co-chairing its New York Congress in 2012), the Royal Hibernian Academy of Art, the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, Druid Theatre, Theatre Forum and the Irish Landmark Trust.

Cornelia Faasen is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Theatre Initiative (NATi) in South Africa. This is primarily a funding and development initiative of new theatre works with a specific focus on the voices of marginalised writers and theatre makers. She studied

theatre at Stellenbosch University (SU) and obtained her Masters degree at the SU and the University of Amsterdam and in her studies she focused on theatre as alternative historical narrative. She worked at the University of the Free State for the last six years, initially as the Head of Arts and Culture before moving into the position of Dean: Student Affairs and joined NATi in June 2016. She lives in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Paul Fitzpatrick is the Executive Director for Imaginate, a unique organisation in Scotland which presents, promotes, and develops theatre and dance for children and young people. Imaginate produces a year round programme, including the

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international children’s festival in Edinburgh. Before joining Imaginate in February 2015, Paul was the producer for acclaimed children’s theatre company, Catherine Wheels and produced 22 new productions which won seventeen awards and toured to fifteen different countries. Paul was a fellow on the prestigious Clore Leadership Programme, and spent time on secondment at the Tate in London. Paul was also a fellow on Creative Scotland’s International Creative Entrepreneurs programme and spent three months on placement in Kolkata. He has a BA in Dramatic Studies from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and an MPhil in Dramaturgy from the University of Glasgow.

Ryan Holladay is a sound artist and musician who works collaboratively with his brother, Hays, on projects that range from location-aware albums to site-specific sound installations. He is a 2016 Senior TED Fellow, a 2014 Aspen Ideas Scholar and

former visiting artist at Stanford University’s Experimental Media Art Department. The Holladay Brothers are currently working on a series of installations for Dolby headquarters in San Francisco and a new commission for the US Embassy in London.

Nina Kaye is owner and director of Artifax Software, a company that provides event management systems for the performing arts. Nina graduated from London University with a degree in Maths and Music and worked with the London Symphony Orchestra for 2

years. She set up her own artists’ agency, Kaye Artists Management, in 1977 which she ran for 15 years. She worked with Timothy Nathan to develop Artifax – a specialized software program for her company to handle the vast administration of managing artists. Artifax was then developed into an event management system designed specifically for the concert halls, theatres and performing arts centres which became widely recognized as an industry standard. In response to the current refugee crisis in the UK, Nina set

up Refugees At Home, an organisation which helps find temporary housing for destitute refugees by matching them with altruistic hosts who offer a spare room in their homes.

Jude Kelly is the Artistic Director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution.

She founded Solent People’s Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre, and was the Artistic Director of the York Festival and Mystery Plays. She later

became the founding director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse. In 1997, she was awarded the OBE for her services to the theatre and in 2015 she was made a CBE for services to the Arts. She has directed over 100 productions including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, the English National Opera, the Châtalet in Paris and in the West End.

Jude left the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2002 to found Metal, which through its artistic laboratory spaces provides a platform where artistic hunches can be pursued in community contexts. It has creative bases in Liverpool and Southend-On-Sea.

Jude is chair of Metal and was a member of the Cultural Olympiad Board which was responsible for the ongoing framework for delivering the creative, cultural and educational aspects of London’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. She is visiting Professor at Kingston University and Leeds University and holds several honorary degrees from national and international universities.

She is a regular broadcaster and commentator on a range of issues relating to society, art and education.

Sandra Laronde, arts innovator and leader, hasconceived, developed, produced and toured program ming that is Indigenous, multi-national, multi-and-interdisciplinary and intergenerational in scope.

Sandra is the Founder and Artistic Director of Red Sky Performance, a leading-edge company based in Toronto that has significantly influenced the artistic evolution and innovation of contemporary Indigenous

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performance. Touring since 2003, Red Sky has delivered 1,523 performances across Canada and 159 international performances. Red Sky’s scope reaches into the vast landscape of Canada, coupled with a growing international trajectory, and is one of the strongest touring companies of its size.

During her nine-year tenure at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Sandra was the Director of Indigenous Arts at the Centre. She realized her vision to create exceptional programming informed by Indigenous cultures and worldviews, and to contribute to building vibrant Indigenous communities across Canada and worldwide. Substantial growth for Indigenous Arts at the Banff Centre was achieved under her leadership that included innovative new approaches to programming that helped to raise the artistic ceiling of contemporary Indigenous artistry.

Sandra is from the Teme-Augama-Anishinaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami, northern Ontario, Canada.

Global Leader of Acoustics, Audio-Visual, Multimedia, and Theatre Consulting at Arup, Raj Patel is a strategic-thinker developing projects across a range of disciplines encompassing art, architecture, design, engineering, science and technology. His skills have

been applied to landmark projects around the globe in a range of sectors including performing arts, museums, galleries, entertainment, sports, education, and transport. His pioneering tools to create audio and visual renderings of 3D space, to see and hear design before it is built, has culminating in the Arup SoundLab® and Arup ExperienceLab®, both having a profound impact on design in the virtual and augmented worlds. He has worked closely with a diverse range of artists including Nick Cave, Lou Reed, Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard, Bill Fontana, Jay-Z, and Paola Prestini, on works presented around the world from Tate Modern, The Whitney, MoMA, The British Film Institute, National Sawdust Brooklyn, and Disney Hall Los Angeles. Born and raised in London, he resides in New York City.

Marion Potts currently holds the position of Director-Theatre for the Australia Council for the Arts. Marion is a theatre director, dramaturg and translator. She has worked with most of Australia’s leading theatre companies and has held Artistic

Directorships at both Bell Shakespeare (Associate AD) and Malthouse Theatre (AD/CEO). She was Resident Director with Sydney Theatre Company (1995 – 1999) where she directed numerous productions for the mainstage. . Marion has been nominated for successive awards and was the Helpmann recipient for Best Direction of a Play in 2006 (The Goat or who is Sylvia?). She was a founding Artistic Directorate member of Hothouse Theatre, a Board member of Windmill Theatre, the curator of the 2003 National Playwrights’ Conference, the Chairperson of World Interplay and a member of the Theatre Board of the Australia Council. For Malthouse Theatre Marion directed many productions including: Blood Wedding, Meow Meow’s Little Match Girl (and its London season at the Southbank Centre), ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Sappho... in 9 fragments, Venus & Adonis and its subsequent season at Auckland Festival (with Bell Shakespeare),The Riders (with Victorian Opera and most recently Western Australian Opera). She was Dramaturg on The Shadow King for Malthouse Theatre presented at the Barbican Theatre, London and established its international program collaborating with the National Theatre of China, Beijing and Jagriti theatre, Bangalore. In 2014 Marion participated in Dramafest, Teatro del Granero, Mexico, directing Latitúd by Verónica Musalem. She also had a residency at the Comedie Francaise in Paris.

Paola Prestini is “the enterprising composer and impresario” (The New York Times) behind the new Brooklyn venue National Sawdust and the ”Visionary-In-Chief” (Time Out NY) of the production company VisionIntoArt (VIA), home to VIA Records. Named one of

NPR’s “Top 100 Composers in the World under 40,” and one of Musical America’s “30 Top Musical

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Innovators”, her compositions are deemed “radiant… amorously evocative” by The New York Times, and ”spellbinding” by The Washington Post. She has collaborated with poets, filmmakers, conservationists, and astrophysicists in multi-media works that have been commissioned by Carnegie Hall, the New York Philharmonic, and the Kronos Quartet, and have premiered at BAM, the Krannert Center, the Walker Art Center, and Celebrate Brooklyn. Her music is released on VIA Records, Innova, and Tzadik. She studied at the Juilliard School and was a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans.paolaprestini.com.

Zeyba Rahman joined the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, an extention of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, in 2013 as senior program officer for the Building Bridges Program. Rahman manages the Program’s national grant making to support projects

that advance relationships, increase understanding and reduce bias between Muslim and non-Muslim communities. Before joining the foundation, Rahman led internationally and nationally recognized projects as a creative director/producer to promote understanding between diverse communities. The roles she has performed  include: director, Asia and North America, Fes Festival of World Sacred Music in Morocco; artistic director, Arts Midwest’s Caravanserai: A Place Where Cultures Meet; curator, BAM’s Mic Check Hip Hop; creative consultant, Public Programs, Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia Galleries; chief curator, Alliance Francaise’s World Nomads Morocco Festival; project director, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation/National Endowment for the Arts’ Global Cultural Connections; and senior advisor, Muslim Voices Festival.

She is an advisor to Artworks for Freedom and serves on the nominating committee of the Civitella Foundation in Italy. Twice honored by New York City’s government, Rahman is the subject of two television profiles as a global arts leader.

Oussama Rifahi is board member of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC, and was its executive director from 2010 to 2016. Previously, he was Managing Director for Museum Development in New York with Global Cultural Asset Management, and provided

cultural consultancy services to governments, cities, foundations and private collectors in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. As Director of Special Projects for the Guggenheim Foundation, Rifahi led feasibility studies of modern and contemporary museums. From 2003 to 2006, he was project manager at Mubadala in Abu Dhabi and an advisor to the chairman of TDIC. Rifahi directed the market analysis, strategy definition and development of the business model for tourism and culture in Abu Dhabi and supported the first architectural developments of its Cultural District, as well as the initial negotiations between Abu Dhabi and the Louvre and Guggenheim museums.

Hakan Silahsizoglu is Founder and Director of Atta Festival, an international arts festival for children and young people, based in Istanbul.

He is also a producer, actor and play translator. As a producer he has worked extensively for Talimhane

Theatre and produced Pippa as part of Europe Now project supported by EU, Dolapdere Youth Theatre supported by Open Society, Tweetakt Children’s and Youth Theatre Festival supported by Dutch Government. Since 2014 he works for Kucuk Salon in Istanbul.

He is a member of The Fence, an international network for playwriting. He is the coordinator of Turkish committee in Eurodram, Europe`s largest theatre translation network. Hakan gives talks about Turkish Theatre at various institutes and theatre schools.

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Sarah Garton Stanley, originally from Montreal now lives in Kingston and works from Ottawa. She is the Associate Artistic Director of English Theatre and Interim Facilitator for Indigenous Theatre at Canada’s National Arts Centre, creative catalyst

SpiderWebShow, co-director Selfconscious Theatre, co-founder The Baby Grand, co-created Women Making Scenes, and Die in Debt Theatre, and is a former AD of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Throughout her award winning career, Sarah has directed and dramaturged from coast to coast and internationally. Curator for The Collaborations, leader for The Cycle(s), and recent directing Bunny (Stratford Festival) and Helen Lawrence (CanStage, BAM, Kammerspiele etc.,) She trained at École Jacques Lecoq, Vancouver Film School and received her BA and MA from Queens University. She teaches at The National Theatre School of Canada and Queen’s. Sarah was recently awarded The LMDA Elliot Hayes Award for her focus on the Indigenous Body of Performance work in Canada.

Pamela Tatge is the Director of Jacob’s Pillow Dance, an international dance Festival, professional School, and Archives located in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. Tatge is responsible for setting the artistic vision and strategic goals for all aspects of the

organization, including Festival programming, education, preservation, audience engagement, residency programming and artist support, long-term planning, collaborative programming, fundraising, marketing, and more.

For nearly 17 years, Tatge served as the Director of the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, overseeing robust programming and acclaimed artistic initiatives for dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts, including the Breaking Ground Dance Series.

Tatge is the recipient of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters’ 2010 William Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence and Sustained Achievement in Programming. She also serves on the Board of the New England Foundation for the

Arts. Prior to her work at Wesleyan,Tatge spent a decade as the Director of Development at Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, CT.

Tatge holds a B.A. in History and an M.A.L.S. from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Daniel Valeriano received his undergraduate degree in Music and Education by the Faculdade Mozarteum de São Paulo in 2007 and graduated in Projects Manager by the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo in 2010. Intern at Spanish National Orchestra

in 2009. Senior Advisor for the Ministry of Culture of Brazil for Rouanet National Law and specifics public notices for public Symphony Orchestras, Classical Music, Chamber Music, Choir and Instrumental Music between 2009 and 2015. As a consultant since 2014 January managing projects for regionals governments of Blumenau and Sorocaba. Part of Transform Orchestra Leadership Brazil. Executive Director at Camerata Latino Americana since July.

Victoria Wang was appointed in May 2014 by Taiwan’s National Performing Arts Center Board of Directors as the first Executive and Artistic Director of the National Taichung Theater (NTT), and before that had been working in the theater field

for over 20 years. She is known for her creative producing and bold international programming.

When she was the Executive Director for three Arts Festival subsidized by Taipei City Government from 2008 to 2011, including the Taipei Arts Festival, the Taipei Children Arts Festival and the Taipei Fringe Festival, works by important directors like Robert Wilson, Krystian Lupa and Romeo Castellucci were first introduced and local young talents were brought to spotlight through Fringe scheme.

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Carrie Mae Weems has worked over the past thirty years toward developing a complex body of art that has employed photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation, and video. Her work has led her to investigate family relationships, gender roles, the histories of racism,

sexism, class, and various political systems.In a review of her retrospective in the New

York Times, Holland Cotter wrote, “Ms. Weems is what she has always been, a superb image maker and a moral force, focused and irrepressible.”

Weems has received numerous awards, grants and fellowships including the prestigious Prix de Roma, The National Endowment of the Arts, the Anonymous was a Woman, and the US Department of State’s Medals of Arts.

In 2013 Weems received the MacArthur “Genius” grant as well as the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Most recently, she is a recipient of the ICP Spotlights Award from the International Center of Photography and the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard University.

Weems is represented in public and private collections around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions at major national and international museums including the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Solomon Guggenheim Museum.

Weems has been represented by Jack Shainman Gallery since 2008.

Amir Nizar Zuabi is an award winning Theater writer & Director And the Artistic Director of ShiberHur theater company, an associated director of Young Vic London. And a member of the United Theaters Europe for artistic achievement. Writing and

directing credits include I am Yusuf and This is my Brother, In the Penal Colony, Alive From Palestine, Oh My Sweet Land The Beloved, (co-produced by ShiberHur/Young Vic) Three days of grief, West of us the sea, Mid Spring Musical. Dry Mud, Against A Hard Surface (ShiberHur) Directing credits includes: Samson and Delilah (Flanders Opera, Antwerp) Jidarriya by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (Edinburgh International Festival, Bouffes du Nord and world tour). Forget Herostratus, le Mallade Imaginer, War or More, Sneeze, deep Sorrow, Fall Tale, When The World Was Green, Lanterns Of The King Of Galilee, Taha. Comedy of Errors (Royal Shakespeare Company) Currently Zuabi is writing a play for the National Theatre London.

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Everyone has a slightly different recollection of how ISPA’s Fellowship Program came to fruition. One version credits a discussion in a bar at the congress in Mexico City in 2004. Many reference a unique auction held in New York

in 2005 where board members sang, danced and played to raise funds for a new program. Whatever the version to which you subscribe, the reality is that many people were involved in realizing the first fellowships awarded in 2007. That first year, 6 fellowships were awarded valued at $7,350.

The Fellowship Program was seen as instrumental to strengthening the arts through the ideal of building leadership ability internationally. The fellowships were conceived as an opportunity to provide intensive immersion in ISPA, its programs and its community. The rationale was to leverage the leadership inherent in the ISPA membership as teachers and mentors and guide the next generation of arts leaders. Successful applicants received membership, registration to the Congress and a partial travel subsidy to facilitate travel from the point of origin to New York.

What we didn’t appreciate was how much the fellows would bring to ISPA! We were all rewarded with fresh perspectives, unbridled enthusiasm and expertise that we had not necessarily tapped before.

While the primary purpose of the Fellowship program is to develop the next generation of arts leaders we have also found it to be a highly effective cultural diplomacy program. Participants return to their region with a greater knowledge of the global arts community and share that knowledge with their colleagues. Furthermore the program actively demonstrates the importance of collaboration and cooperation.

Over the past ten years the Fellowship Program has grown in both its scope and scale. In 2017 we will welcome a record cohort of 56 fellows from around the world to ISPA. This year we will also reach another milestone – the awarding of a total of 294 fellowships with a value in excess of $1,000,000! This would not be possible without our first patrons and challenge donors in 2007 to the nine regional partnerships we have today. On the following pages we will introduce you to the many supporters of this program as well as the 2017 fellowship cohort. And, if you haven’t yet, please consider supporting the ISPA Fellowship Program at a level meaningful to yourself!

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PATRONSPatrons are individuals and organizations who pledge $5,000 or more per year for three years to ensure the ongoing viability of ISPA’s Fellowship Program.

Artifax Software Limited: Nina Kaye and Sarah Verge

Arup: Raj Patel and David Taylor (In Memoriam)

David Baile

Beijing Poly Theatre Management Co., Ltd.

CANAC: Arts Commons (Johann Zietsman); The Corporation of Massey Hall & Roy Thompson Hall (Deane Cameron); Les 7 Doigts (Nassib El Husseini); Place des Arts (Marc Blondeau); Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (Mark Hammond); Theatre Calgary (Colleen Smith)

Dr. C.F. Koo Foundation: Vivien Ku

UK Presenters: Barbican Centre, London; Kings Place, London; The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead

USA University Presenters: UMS at the University of Michigan (Ken Fischer); Carolina Performing Arts at the University of Chapel Hill (Emil Kang); Center for the Performing Arts at Pennsylvania State University (George Trudeau); Meany Center for the Performing Arts (Michelle Witt); Stanford Live (Chris Lorway)

REGIONAL PARTNERSRegional Partners provide funding for arts professionals from their regions to experience an extended engagement with ISPA’s Fellowship Program.

Australia Council for the ArtsAustralia Fellowship

Canada Council for the ArtsCanada Fellowship

Kulturstyrelsen / Danish Agency for CultureDenmark Fellowship

Arts Council EnglandEngland Fellowship

Cultura UDG and eje 7Latin America Fellowship

British CouncilMiddle East & Northern Africa Fellowship

Dutch Performing Arts/Performing Arts Fund NLNetherlands Fellowship

Creative ScotlandScotland Fellowship

Musikverket and Svensk ScenkonstSweden Fellowship

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John Chantler

Edition FestivalArtistic Director

Sollentuna, Sweden

Silvia de la CuevaMexican Centre for Music and Sonic Arts Development Director Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

Dan Baker

Barbican TheatreCreative Producer

Plymouth, Devon, UK

Ragnar Berthling Musikcentrum Öst Managing Director Stockholm, Sweden

Amany AbouzeidTamasi Performing Arts CollectiveExecutive Manager Cairo, Egypt

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Annette Corbett

Tomorrow's WarriorsHead of Development

Harrow, Middlesex, UK

Charlie Cush

Circa Contemporary Circus

General ManagerFortitude Valley, QLD,

Australia

Kemuel DeMoville The Leeward Theatre at Leeward CCTheatre Manager / Artistic DirectorPearl City, HI, USA

Rashmi DhanwaniThe Art X Company Founder-DirectorMumbai, India

Lene Bang Henningsen

Lene Bang OrgCreative Producer / Agent

Hellerup, Denmark

Marina Barham

Al-Harah TheaterGeneral Director

Beit Jala, West Bank, Palestine

Tamar BrüggemannWonderfeel FestivalDirectorAmersfoort,Netherlands

Robyn BuschMid Atlantic Arts Foundation Program Officer, InternationalBaltimore, MD, USA

Simon Abrahams Melbourne Fringe Creative Director / CEO Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Katrin Amberntsson ReOrientSenior Producer Stockholm, Sweden

Allison Kadin

Brooklyn Academy of MusicProgram Marketing

ManagerBrooklyn, NY, USA

Alfonso Leal del Ojo

Dunedin ConsortChief Executive

Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK

Jacobo MárquezLado BE CEOMexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Helen MechitovaArt Bridge/Kavkaz Jazz FestivalFounder/DirectorTbilisi, Georgia

Ben GraetzILBIJERRI

Theatre CompanyCreative Producer

North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Elin Hellrönn

NorrlandsOperanProducer, Curator

Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden

Vikram IyengarThe Pickle FactoryFounderCalcutta, India

Ravi JainWhy Not TheatreArtistic DirectorToronto, ON, Canada

Mohamed Elghawy AFCA for Arts and CultureFounder and Artistic DirectorCairo, Egypt

Theresa FamularoCre8ion ProducerWest End, QLD, Australia

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Henrik Lillsjö

Noo JazzProject Manager

Stockholm, Sweden

Jessica Lindberg Dik

RiksteaternExecutive ProducerNorsborg, Sweden

Simeon Moran ILBIJERRI Theatre Company Executive Producer North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Akilah NewtonOverture with the ArtsExecutive DirectorKirkland, QC, Canada

Helen MechitovaArt Bridge/Kavkaz Jazz FestivalFounder/DirectorTbilisi, Georgia

Consuelo HidalgoCentro Ecuatoriano

NorteamericanoCultural Director

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Osiel Ibanez

SelamHead of Production

Nacka, Sweden

Catherine JonesArts HouseGeneral ManagerNorth Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Jakob JørgensenTeater NordkraftAalborg, Denmark

Ravi JainWhy Not TheatreArtistic DirectorToronto, ON, Canada

Paul FitzpatrickImaginateChief ExecutiveEdinburgh, UK

Santiago GardeazabalNova et VeteraDirectorBogota, Colombia

Theresa FamularoCre8ion ProducerWest End, QLD, Australia

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Claudio Sodi

Magnifico Entertainment

Miguel Hidalgo, Distrito Federal,

Mexico

Sachiko Soro

VOU FijiDirector

Suva, Fiji

E-Jan TanToccata StudioCreative ProducerPetaling Jaya, Malaysia

Daniel Valeriano Camerata Latino AmericanaExecutive DirectorSão Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ariadna

Reyes GonzálezLado Business

Entertainment -TouringConcert/Tour Manager

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Malcolm RockODD ContinentArtistic Director

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Lucy RugmanMusician and Creative Music PractitionerSegeltorp, Huddinge, Sweden

Hakan SilahsizogluAtta FestivalFounder and DirectorIstanbul, Turkey

Butholezwe Kgosi NyathiAmagugu International Heritage CentreBulawayo, Zimbabwe

Heena PatelMELA Arts ConnectCEOEdison, NJ, USA

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Anna Storakers

Malmö Live / Swedish Arts Council

Producer / AdvisorMalmö, Scania,

Sweden

Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh

ZENDEHArtistic Director (CEO)

Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK

Rachael WhitworthPerforming Lines WAProducerPerth, WA, Australia

Jamie WuTheatre du PifCompany Manager Hong Kong

Daniel Valeriano Camerata Latino AmericanaExecutive DirectorSão Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Sarah Rogers

Montreal, QC, Canada

Viv Rosman

Polyglot TheatreExecutive Producer/

co-CEOSouth Yarra, VIC,

Australia

Kim SimpsonShiftProducerGlasgow, UK

Deanna SmartDancenorthGeneral Manager Townsville, QLD, Australia

Hakan SilahsizogluAtta FestivalFounder and DirectorIstanbul, Turkey

Corey PayetteUrban Ink ProductionsArtistic DirectorVancouver, BC, Canada

Jennifer Phillips FuturePerfectDirector Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, UK

Heena PatelMELA Arts ConnectCEOEdison, NJ, USA

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ISPA’s annual Fellowship Challenge Campaign was established just over 10 years ago as a driving source of support for ISPA’s Fellowship Program. Today, that invaluable core of support has sustained and

developed the Fellowship Program – now at the heart of ISPA’s mission, a vital part of our industry’s fabric, and in its 10th year this year!

Through the Fellowship Challenge Campaign, a strong community of individual donors join multi-year patrons and regional funders annually in support of ISPA Fellows. As we leap into the next decade of the program, we look to you – our ISPA members and congress delegates – to join the campaign and raise $25,000 towards the $190,000 needed for ISPA’s Fellowship Program in 2017.

Your contribution over the course of the Congress will ensure that ISPA continues to offer unrivaled Fellowship opportunities in 2017. In appreciation and recognition, donors will receive a Donor ribbon, email acknowledgement, and I♥ISPA Fellow pin.

Help us meet our goal! It’s easy to give or pledge in person at the registration desk or online at www.ispa.org/donations. Thank You!

2016 FELLOWSHIP CHALLENGE DONORS1,000+ USDHosang Ahn*David Baile♥

Cathy Barbash♥

Jim Beirne MBE*Louise Herron*Tisa Ho*Emil KangBenson Puah♥

Anna M. Thompson 500 – 999 USDMary Lou Aleskie*♥

Kenneth Fischer*Rob GibsonNina Kaye*♥

Gaurav Kripalani*Janice Price♥

Simon Reinink*Anthony Sargent CBE*Ann Summers-Dossena

Up to 499 USDAlicia B. Adams*Ane AlslovKai Amberla♥

AnonymousFannie BellefeuilleSue Bernstein♥

Nicole BeyerCsilla Biro

Marc BlondeauCathie Boyd♥

Elizabeth BradleyCollette Brennan♥

Tim Brinkman*Linda BrumbachLuiz Coradazzi*Charlie CushJeff Daniel*Ruchira Das♥Jacqueline Z. DavisRebecca Dawson*Ted DeDeeFiona de GarisJean-Pierre DionEmma DoddAnnette DownesEugene Downes*Marie-Christine DufourÅsa Edgren*Loie Fallis♥Nora Fleury♥Alison Friedman*♥

Margaret GenoveseJulia Glawe*Cathy GrahamMaria Hansen♥

Judy Harquail♥Glenn HodginsDavid B InnsMinji Kim

Amy Lam♥

Chris Lorway*Laszlo Magacz♥Allen MoonNicole Merritt♥Louise Mitchell♥Akilah Newton♥

Maria Claudia Parias*Shaun ParkerAnn Pattan♥

Steinunn Ragnarsdóttir*Greg RandallJoe RandelViv RosmanGraham Sheffield♥

Ian Smith*Scott Stoner♥Claudia ToniPiotr Turkiewicz*Pera C WellsBrigitte von Welser♥Rachael WhitworthMichelle Witt*Hanako YamaguchiJohann Zietsmann

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Alliance Artist Management Rob Robbins

Arts and Theatre Institute Martina Cerna, Pavla Petrova

Arts Midwest Adam Perry, David Fraher

Auerbach Pollock Friedlander Steven Friedlander, Leonard Auerbach, Patrick Markle

Barbash Arts Consulting Services Cathy Barbash,Alejandro Marrero

Carolina Performing Arts - UNC Chapel Hill Emil Kang, Michael Johnson

City of Gold Coast Arts and Culture Robyn Archer, Criena Gehrke

Columbia Artists Management Inc. Tim Fox

David Lieberman Artists’ Representatives David Lieberman, Allen Moon

LADO, Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia Kresimir Dabo, Nevenka Weissmann

Leeuwarden-Fryslân 2018 Lieven Bertels, Jelle Burggraaff

Lemieux Pilon 4D Art Marie-Christine Dufour, Michel Lemieux

Mazowsze - The Polish State Folk Song and Dance EnsembleJacek Boniecki, Krzysztof Kurlej

National Center for Traditional Arts Ting-Chen Yang, Huai-min Jen

Ontario Presents Judy Harquail, Warren Garrett

Ping Pong Productions Alison Friedman, Mengtong Guan

Riksteatern Magnus Aspegren, Mia Larsson

Schirmer Theatrical Robert Thompson, Kathy Schuman, Peggy Monastra

Schuler Shook Michael DiBlasi, Todd Hensley

Sesc - Administração Nacional Vicente Carlos Pereira Junior, Raphael Vianna

Singapore Repertory Theatre Gaurav Kripalani

Sisters Grimm Pietra Mello-Pittman, Ella Spira

Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo Ramiro Osorio Fonseca, Sandra Meluk

Texas Performing Arts Kathleen Panoff

The British Council Cathy Graham, Graham Sheffield

The Esplanade Company LtdBenson Puah, Yvonne Tham

Threshold Acoustics LLC Carl Giegold, Dawn Schuette

TITAS/ATTPAC Charles Santos, Doug Curtis

Universidad de Guadalajara (Cultura UDG) Igor Lozada Rivera Melo, Denisse Flores Somarriba

West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Louis Yu, Kee Hong Low

Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft Matthias Naske, Rico Gulda

WE THANK OUR ISPA STAR MEMBERS who have elected to participate at this enhanced membership level. Please contact Ann Norris Pattan at apattan@ispa.org to learn more about becoming a Star Member.

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2016 Board OfficersMary Lou Aleskie, Chair UNITED STATES

Ian Smith, Treasurer UNITED KINGDOM

Maria Claudia Parias, Secretary COLOMBIA

Anthony Sargent CBE, Past Chair CANADA

David Baile, CEO UNITED STATES

2016 Board MembersAlicia Adams, UNITED STATES

Hosang Ahn, SOUTH KOREA

Jim Beirne MBE, UNITED KINGDOM

Tim Brinkman, UNITED KINGDOM

Luiz Coradazzi, BRAZIL

Jeff Daniel, UNITED STATES

Rebecca Dawson, UNITED KINGDOM

Eugene Downes, IRELAND

Åsa Edgren, SWEDEN

Ken Fischer, UNITED STATES

Alison Friedman, CHINA

Julia Glawe, UNITED STATES

Louise Herron, AUSTRALIA Tisa Ho, HONG KONG

Nina Kaye, UNITED KINGDOM

Gaurav Kripalani, SINGAPORE

Chris Lorway, UNITED STATES

Steinunn Ragnarsdóttir, ICELAND

Simon Reinink, NETHERLANDS

Piotr Turkiewicz, POLAND

Michelle Witt, UNITED STATES

2016 Committee ChairsJeff Daniel, Audit Ken Fischer, Development Mary Lou Aleskie, ExecutiveIan Smith, Finance Chris Lorway, Governance Luiz Coradazzi, Membership Jim Beirne, Nominating Tisa Ho and Piotr Turkiewicz, Program

StaffDavid Baile, Chief Executive OfficerAngelica Fabian, Membership and Events InternNora Fleury, Program and Development Associate Melanie Hopkins, BookkeeperMinji Kim, Communications and Events CoordinatorAnn Norris Pattan, Manager of Membership and Events

Congress Planning CommitteeAlicia Adams, Co-ChairJude Kelly, Co-ChairDavid BaileEugene DownesNora FleurySimeon MoranShoshana Polanco

Congress Production TeamArtistic Director: Erwin Maas Production Manager: Doug HarryProduction Associate: Tiffany HopkinsEvent Management: Jill DanisVideography: Nel Shelby ProductionsPhotography: Christopher DugganVolunteers: Christina Cestaro, Xiaochen Chang, Sean Chia, Cassidy Corbine, Jorge Luis Cruzado, Chase Denison, Mengdi Ding, Yifan Guan, Hongyu Guo, Alinca Hamilton, Die Hu, Nicolas Larcher Tisserand, Sarah McCaffery, Eun Hee Noh, Anne Marie Padelford, Maria Papaknstantinou, Eunu Song, Wei Wei, Mackinjosh Zumarraga Brand and Program Design: Red Herring Design

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Patrick Hayes

Charles Sink

Marvin McDonald

William Huff

Roland Chesley

Ralph Frost

Archie Jones

Jack Trevithick

Harold Jordan

John Sabel

William Martin

Gail Rector

Patrick Hayes

Walter Pierce

Clinton Norton

James Bernhard

Earl Williams

Barry Hoffman

Douglas Wheeler

Joseph Golden

Geoffrey Butler

Richard Snyder

Toby Mattox

Pebbles Wadsworth

Richard Pulford

Arnold Breman

Eckard Heintz

Wallace Chappell

Martijn Sanders

Judith Allen

Douglas Kridler

Elizabeth Bradley

Graham Sheffield

Martha Jones

Benson Puah

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ISPA Founded as the National Association of

Concert Managers

73 members pay annual dues of $50

rBeverly Sills receives ISPA’s first

Distinguished Artist Award

ISPA’s first international congress

Patrick Hayes the recipient of the first Patrick Hayes Award

Founding Chair Patrick Hayes returns

ISPA’s first staff position appointed

First regional meeting held in Prague

David Brierly and Harvey Lichtenstein accept the firstInternational Citation of Merit

Regional meeting held in Budapest

Regional meeting held

in Beijing

ISPA’s Fellowship Program introducedRegional meeting held in Milan

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