Auditorium Theatre 2018-19 Issue 2 Hubbard Street Dance

MALPASO DANCE COMPANY MARCH 2 + 3, 2019 | HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO & MALPASO DANCE COMPANY | 9 MALPASO DANCE COMPANY In the six short years since its establishment in 2012, Malpaso Dance Company has already become one of the most sought-after Cuban dance companies, with a growing international profile. Emphasizing a collaborative creative pro- cess, Malpaso is committed to working with top international choreographers while also nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography. The company tours with 11 dancers and is led by its original three founders: resident choreographer and Artistic Director Osnel Delgado, Executive Director Fernando Sáez, and dancer and co-founder Daileidys Carrazana. An Associate Company of Joyce Theater Productions, Malpaso — together with The Joyce— has commissioned original works from a number of prominent North American choreographers, including Ronald K. Brown ( Why You Follow ), Trey McIntyre ( Under Fire ), Aszure Barton ( Indomitable Waltz ), and Emmy Award-winning Sonya Tayeh ( Face the Torrent ). Osnel Delgado (Founder, Artistic Director, and Choreographer) See Choreographers, page 4 Fernando Sáez (Founder and Executive Director) graduated from the School of Performing Arts at the Superior Institute of Arts (ISA) in Havana in 1988. He is also a founder and actor of Estudio Teatral de Santa Clara; was the head of the sociocultural development project in Las Terrazas, Pinar del Rio from 1993 to 1997; and has served on the staff of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba since 1998. He is also a member of the Ludwig Foundation’s Board of Directors. Daileidys Carrazana (Founder, Associate Artistic Director, and Dancer) graduated from the National Ballet School in Havana in 2003. She was a member of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba (DCC) from 2003 to 2011, before founding Malpaso with Osnel Delgado. Carrazana has worked with choreographers such as Mats Ek, Jan Linkens, Samir Akika, Pedro Ruiz, and Isidro Rolando, among others. Dailys Bacallao (Ballet Master) graduated from the National Ballet School in 2007 and from the Superior Institute of Arts in Havana as a ballet teacher in 2015. She was a dancer of Matanzas’ contemporary dance company Danza Espiral from 2008 to 2014. She was professor at the National Ballet School and is currently a teacher at the Superior Institute of Arts in Havana. Steven Carlino (Production and Company Manager) is an artist, writer, and performer who assists other artists in producing their own work. In New York City, he worked with the late, magnificent Fred Ho and the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble and the experimental theatre collective Mabou Mines. For 10 years, he toured as the Production Manager for the Paul Taylor Dance Company. More recently, he has worked with Aszure Barton & Artists in Los Angeles and toured Europe with Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Carlino has toured the US with Havana, Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company since 2015. Diana Rosa Hernandez (Stage Manager) graduated from the National School of Arts with a degree in acting in 2008. She is a member of Teatro Espontáneo de La Habana and Mefisto Teatro. Hernandez worked in the HavanaBama collaboration between the University of Alabama and Cuba. She joined Malpaso in March 2014. Matt Miller (Lighting Designer, Ocaso ) is based in Brooklyn, NY, and has spent his career lighting for dance, theatre, live music, corporate and industry events, galas, symphonies, festivals, and much, much more. Miller has worked with such companies as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Arc3design, Yeager Design, Microsoft, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Jessica Lang Dance, Madison Square Garden, Gallim Dance, HMS Media, Square Enix, Xbox, Lines Ballet, Chicago Dancing Festival, Music Theatre of Wichita, New Victory Theater, The Plagiarists Theatre Company, and the Chicago Children’s Choir. Miller has toured extensively — domestically and internationally — with a number of world-renowned dance companies. During his time with Hubbard Street, he designed over 30 new works. He also acted as a cultural ambassador for the US State Department during the company’s participation in DanceMotion USA. He holds a BFA in lighting design and a BA in theatre arts from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Miller is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829. Manuel Da Silva (Lighting Supervisor) was born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in South Florida where he developed a passion for theatre and the arts at a young age. Da Silva attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he received his BFA in lighting design and technology. Now a New York City-based lighting designer, Da Silva has gotten the chance to work with several Off Broadway theatre companies, including designing the world premiere of La Tía Julia y el Escribidor at El Repertorio Español. Da Silva has also had the opportunity to display his work at the Gilbert Hemsley Lighting Portfolio Review and the National Design Showcase East. Additionally, Da Silva is a lighting designer at Arc3design, where he works on a great variety of projects, spanning special events to architecture to dance.