HALLELUJAH!
Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 8 p.m.
The Carolina Theatre
Greensboro, North Carolina

Conceived and Directed by
Liz Lerman, Artistic Director and Founder

Peter DiMuro, Associate Artistic Director
Jane Hirshberg, Producing Director

Music Director: Robert Een
Music composed by Andy Teirstein and Robert Een
Lighting Designed by Michael Mazzola
Production Manager: Chloe Brown
Final Editing: Peter DiMuro and Liz Lerman

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Company:
Peter DiMuro, Thomas Dwyer, Margot Greenlee, Elizabeth Johnson, Liz Lerman, Kazu Nakamura, Marvin Webb, Martha Wittman
Also performing in Greensboro: Michael Means, Michelle Pearson (Guest Artist), Peg Schaefer (Apprentice)

Support for this project is provided by: National Endowment for the Arts, North Carolina State Arts Council, The Southern Arts Federation, A generous contribution from the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund, with local support from The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, the Marion Stedman Covington Foundation, UAC Grassroots Fund and generous individual donations.

PROGRAM

Excerpts from Dances At A Cocktail Party (2002)
Conceived and Directed Liz Lerman
Choreography by Liz Lerman and the Company
Original Scenic and Lighting Design by Michael Mazzola
Costume Design by Naoko Nagata
Music composed by Leonard Bernstein
By arrangement with Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co. LLC, copyright owner and publisher; and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., sole agent.
This excerpt is part of a piece that was commissioned by the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center

Between a Song and a Whisper: HALLELUJAH
Performed and created by Liz Lerman Dance Exchange with guests from the Greensboro community
Project Leader/Artistic Development Michelle Pearson
Project Assistant: Marvin Webb.
Directed by Peter DiMuro
Lighting Design/Production Management: Craig Stelzenmuller
Production Assistant: Laural Dugan
Music Composed by: Robert Een

INTERMISSION

UNEASY DANCES

Journey (1981)
Choreography by Liz Lerman
Text by Peter Handke from "Self-Accusation"
Lighting by Chloe Brown
Performed by Thomas Dwyer
"Self-Accusation" from "Kaspar and other Plays" by Peter Handke. Copyright 1968 by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. English translation copyright 1989 by Farrar Strauss and Giroux, Inc. This adapted version of "Self-Accusation" is used by permission of Suhrkamp Verlag, Farrar Strauss and Giroux, Inc.

Anatomies and Epidemics (2002)
Conceived and Directed by Liz Lerman.
Choreography by Liz Lerman and the Company
Original Lighting Design by Michael Mazzola
Music composed by Alan Hovhaness, Spike Jones, Andy Teirstein

Crystal Brown, Adrienne Byrd, Araina Bidleman, Zita Bidleman, Kristian Hultgren, Cathie Holcombe, Hyir Ksor, Y- Dan Ksor, Y-Canh Ksor, Jonna Michelle Kurr-Murphy, Mary Alice Kurr-Murphy, Wendy Lam, Nicloe C. Laliberte', Bill Owens, Renee O'Connor, Mary, Thai Rlan,

Annabel Acs, Marissa Balovlenkov, Mary Baumgardner, Madeline Best, Amy Borskey, Kelly Bowker, Meredith Butulis, Becca Carter, Dorothy Chang, Jamien Cvjetnicanin, Steven Dillon, Megan Flynn. Lauren Gautier, Rachel Goldman, Jessica Harrington, Beth Hochull, Evelyn Hollenshead, Elaine Hoxie, Sarah Jacobs, Laura Katzman, Kathleen Kelley, Breanna Kimbley, Mary Lane, Elizabeth Le Blanc. Elizabeth Lide, Juliet Lord, Meghan McCoy, Gabrielle McWhorter, Lindsay Misch, Amanda Morse, Roxann Morgan, Marissa Niederhaser, Janet Neidhardt, Allison Notter, David O'Donnell, Merry O'Malley, Stephanie Parent, Ciri Peterson, Sarah Pope, Juliana Proctor, Wendy Rokose, Vickey Rudd-LeMaster, George Salinas, Molly Schmerling, Melanie Schultz, Karen Simmons, Charles Smith, Catherine Spilker, Anna Della Subin, Cynthia St Clair, Brook Taylor, Liz Walton, Emily Wexler, Meghann Wilkinson

Ashley Barbour, Brittany Bowman, Jeanie Campbell, Christina Cox, Jewel Davis, Carson Freeman, Marie Garlock, Joanna Hassell, Karlie Justus, Mimi Konitzer, Collins McAdams, Veera Motashaw, Joyce Nash, Brian Neal, Ashley Walker, Melissa Williamson, Rebecca Wood, Rachel Hawkins

Lead Dance Teacher: Deirdre Smith

"Between a Song and a Whisper: HALLELUJAH" is the product of valiant work on the part of those you see performing tonight, and the support it has received, most especially Mary Alice Kurr-Murphy and Adrienne Byrd who have navigated us heroically throughout our visits. The cast has generously opened the process to dancers joining us from throughout North Carolina and the U.S..; inspired by the Greensboro stories, students at the Governor’s School and the American Dance Festival created and perform transitional sections. And the Dance Exchange has been proud to follow the legacy of fellow artist David Dorfman, and his company, who led the way to our four North Carolina sites a few years back.

The Dance Exchange is ever grateful to our friends at the North Carolina Arts Council who have supported our work not only financially1 but serve as guides and mentors of the collaborations made between all our dedicated presenters here in the state.

Join the Dance Exchange for our "Hallelujah/USA" just a little more than a month away: over one hundred participants from our previous national Hallelujah sites (including Greensboro!) will join us near our home in Takoma Park, Md., to create a once-in-history-series of performances August 9 through 11, at the University of Maryland, College Park.

And as always1 we love to hear from you – contact us with your comments and requests for more information on upcoming performances, on our institutes in our home studios, and on potential projects of interest.

Michelle Pearson, Project Director/North Carolina Hallelujahs
Peter DiMuro, Associate Artistic Director/Director: "Between a Whisper and a Song: Hallelujah"