Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Season of Timeless Grace
Sat. Apr. 26, 2025 7:30 PM
Sun. Apr 27, 2025 4:00 PM
Prepare to feel deeply. From Ray Mercer’s explosive intensity to Joshua L. Ishmon’s emotional depth and Rennie Harris’s raw, rhythmic power, these world premieres invite you into stories of struggle, strength, and healing. DCDC delivers a performance that moves both heart and spirit.
Please be advised:
Today's performance will include the use of STROBE LIGHTS and HAZE. Any persons with a pre-existing medical condition for which these elements may cause problems, please inform a staff member and take any necessary precautions before entering the theatre.
DCDC World Premiere 2025 — Dayton, OH
“Taking a poetic, metaphoric, and emotional journey in the issues of mental health. Not all battles are visible, and neither are the victories.” — Ray Mercer
In dedication to Sharron Lynn
Choreographer Ray Mercer
Lighting Design Matthew J. Evans
Composer Bongi Duma
Additional Music The Jacks
Spoken Word L. Steven Taylor
Costume Concept Ray Mercer
Costumer Ayn Swann
Edgar Kawoq Aguirre, Qarrianne Blayr, Nicolay Dorsett, Alexandria Flewellen, Aaron Frisby, Niarra Gooden-Clarke, Fabio Tello Muñoz, Robert Pulido, Elizabeth Ramsey, Sadale Warner, Countess V. Winfrey
Pressed
World Premiere 2025 — Dayton, OH
Inspired by Ishmon’s personal experiences of mental health challenges, grief, loss, and the respective processes of mourning, coping, and discovering/deepening rituals and practices geared to combat those adversities... PRESSED is a glimpse into Ishmon’s internal journey through it all.
Choreographer Joshua L. Ishmon
Rehearsal Assistant Emani Drake
Lighting Design Matthew J. Evans
Costume Concept Joshua L. Ishmon
Costumer Ayn Swann
Music Credits
“Crooked Booty” Dungeon Family
(feat. CeeLo Green)
“Look Who’s Stalking” Michael Giacchino
“U” Kendrick Lamar
“Waves” Ibeyi
“Tabernacle” Tobe Nwigwe
“Level Plaguing Field” Michael Giacchino
“United in Grief” OKLAMA, Sounwave, J.LBS, Duval Timothy, Beach Noise, Tim Maxey
Edgar Kawoq Aguirre, Alexandria Flewellen, Aaron Frisby, Sadale Warner, Countess V. Winfrey
DCDC World Premiere 2025 — Dayton, OH
“For the record, this work is not a Hip Hop work; it is a stylized house dance work inspired by the indigenous dance of Philadelphia, “G.Q.” In addition, this dance work serves as a heartfelt exploration of community and the transformative power of spirit. Through movement, it delves into the complexities of our current existence, highlighting the struggles and realities that define our everyday lives.” — Rennie Harris
Choreographer Rennie Harris
Choreographer Assistant Angel Anderson
Blocking & Staging Assistant Devin Baker
Lighting Design Matthew J. Evans
Costumer Ayn Swann
Abstract expressionist
& Interdisciplinary Visual Artist John J. Abner
Music Editor, Mixer, Composer. Producer Darrin Ross
Featured Mix Tracks
“Soon I Will Be Done” DJ Frankie Knuckles
“God Helps Those Who Help Themselves” Jasper Street Co
“You Brought the Sunshine” The Clark Sisters
Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris is a leading ambassador for Hip-hop. Harris grew up entrenched in Hip-hop culture and was immersed in all its forms — music, dance, language. Throughout his career, he has embraced the culture and sought to honor its legacy. He believes Hip-hop and Street Dance is the purest form of movement in that it honors both its heritage from African and African American-Latino culture. His life has been devoted to bringing Hip-hop and Street dance to all people. Harris’s artistic philosophy reflects a deeper understanding of people that extends beyond racial, religious, and economic boundaries. He believes that Hip-hop, because of its cross-racial and transnational popularity, can help bridge these divisions. Harris’s work encompasses the diverse and rich traditions of the past, while simultaneously presenting the voice of a new generation through its ever-evolving interpretations of dance.
Harris is well versed in the vernacular of what he calls Hip-hop “proper” as well as the various techniques of B-boy (often mistakenly called “breakdancing”), house, GQ and other styles that have emerged spontaneously from the urban, inner cities of America like the North Philadelphia community in which he was raised. Noted for coining the term “Street Dance Theater,” Harris has brought “social” dances to the “concert” stage, creating a cohesive dance style that finds a cogent voice in the theater. He is a powerful spokesperson for the significance of “street” origins in any dance style. Intrigued by the universality of Hip-hop, he seeks inspiration from other forms and performance art. Harris has developed works that challenge his audiences’ expectations about Hip-hop and street dance. Much of Harris’s work has explored his personal experiences as an African- American male growing up in North Philadelphia. However, Harris returns here to the ideas of “Puremovement” and seeks to challenge those who see Hip-hop/Street Dance as a purely male form of expression.
Harris is also the founder of the annual street festival Illadelph Legends which he started in 1997/98. Every year since, guest artists and students have been coming from around the world to Philadelphia for a weekend of classes, lecture demonstrations, panel discussions, jam sessions, and performances. The guest artists and teachers are seminal performers in the field of Hip-hop and Street dance. The original teachers included the creator of Campbell Locking, Don “Campbell Lock” Campbell, the creator of Fresno Boogaloo & Popping, Boogaloo Sam, and his group the Electric Boogaloos, and B-boy pioneers Crazy Legs of the infamous Rock Steady Crew and Lil Lep of New York City Breakers, just to name a few.
To date Harris has been awarded 3 Bessie Awards, 4 Alvin Ailey Black Choreographers Award for Rome & Jewels, an Ethnic Dance Award, the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts for choreography. He has also been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award (UK) for Rome & Jewels and nominated again for best choreography in 2006 for Love Stories (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater). He’s received a Guggenheim Fellowship, PEW Fellowship, USA Artist of the Year Fellowship as well as the coveted “Philadelphia Rocky” Award, and Governor’s Artist of the year to name just a few. He was also voted a Creative Ambassador of Philadelphia. At the turn of the century, Harris – alongside Princess Grace Kelly and Dr. Julius Erving – was voted one of the most influential people in the last one hundred years of Philadelphia history and has been compared to twentieth-century legends such as Basquiat, Alvin Ailey, and Bob Fosse. Noted for coining the terms Street Dance Theater and Hip-hop Concert dance Harris has also received an honorary doctorate from Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) in 2010 and another from Columbia College (Chicago, IL) in 2012. The first choreographer (street dancer) to set a sixty-minute work on Alvin American Dance Theater Harris received a Dance Magazines Legend Award, Palm Desert Festivals LifeTime Achievement Award and is the recent recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award.
Joshua L. Ishmon was born and raised in Gary, IN. He is a 2007 graduate of Emerson School for the Visual and Performing Arts where he also studied with Ballet Chicago and M.A.D.D. Rhythms. After completing DRDT’s Summer Intensive (2006-2007), Ishmon joined the second company, where he continued professional training in Horton, Graham, Ballet, and African Pyragrammic and received choreography/leadership coaching. In 2009, he matriculated into the 1st company of Deeply Rooted Dance Theater. He is a founder and the Director of Deeply Rooted’s Emerging Choreographer’s Showcase, served as Rehearsal Director of DRDT for 7 years in addition to continuing to dance with the company and is now Resident Choreographer. Ishmon was also a member of Winifred R. Harris’ Between Lines (Denver, CO), Seamless Dance Theater (Kansas City, MO), a guest artist with Ballet Chicago as well as Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (where he danced in the Bessie Award winning cast of Donald McKayle’s “Rainbow Round My Shoulder”), and has shared the stage with Bobby McFerrin. Ishmon is an Artist in Residence at Purdue University's Black Cultural Center, has taught dance at several organizations and institutions across the US and has choreographed for a multitude of programs including Deeply Rooted, Ballet Chicago, South Shore Dance Alliance, Carnegie Arts Center, Cirqua Rivera and served as a co-choreographer and curator for the Chicago's Teen Dance Festival Showcase. In 2015, Ishmon founded Production: COLORS, a project based collective that uses music, dance and storytelling to investigate the myriad of human experiences, with composer/co-founder, Sam Thousand. In 2017, Ishmon was voted Chicago Best Choreographer by the Chicago Reader, listed as Breakout Contemporary Dance Artist by Newcity Chicago, became a Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist, and named a 3Arts Make A Wave artist in 2021. Joshua is always in a constant pursuit of deepening his artistry, continuing to grow, and must pay homage to the amazing people whose shoulders’ he stands on.
A Special Thanks
DCDC extends heartfelt thanks to John J. Abner for his stunning visual design, A’Maria Carter for leading post-show reflections, and Tony Beran for lighting the way—each played a vital role in shaping the Fantastic Forwards experience beyond the stage.
John J. Abner is a Black African Human Rights Activist working out of Philadelphia, PA. He is a graduate of the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, where he studied graphic design and earned a BFA in painting and art history with an emphasis on American photography. He is a former art teacher and Special Education teacher with the School District of Philadelphia and exhibited artwork in juried shows locally and nationally. He is the recipient of the International Award for Excellence in Mixed Media from the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in Philadelphia and was given the Critics Choice Award from Intermedia Arts Gallery in Minneapolis, MN.
Creator of artwork projected throughout SOON.
A’Maria Carter serves as the Program Coordinator for Prevention and Early Intervention at ADAMHS. She holds a Master of Arts in Applied Behavioral Science from Wright State University and is a certified Ohio Prevention Specialist Assistant (OCPSA). In her role, A’Maria supports a range of initiatives designed to promote mental wellness and holistic health across Montgomery County. She works closely with the ADAMHS prevention provider network and school-based programs to enhance services and outreach. She is dedicated to reducing stigma, raising awareness, and expanding access to vital resources for individuals and families through education, community engagement, and strategic planning.
In addition to her work at ADAMHS, A’Maria has served as an Adjunct Professor at Wright State University for two and a half years and recently began teaching at Sinclair Community College. Her commitment to education and mentorship reflects her passion for shaping the next generation of professionals in behavioral health and prevention.
DEBBIE BLUNDEN-DIGGS, daughter of company founder Jeraldyne Blunden, began training at the Schwarz School of the Dance at the age of five and joined Dayton Contemporary Dance Company at age twelve. At seventeen, she won national recognition from The Young Choreographers Showcase for her first piece, Variations in Blue, which was selected for inclusion in the National Choreographic Plan. Many of her works have become part of DCDC’s artistic blueprint, contributing to the long legacy of Jeraldyne’s vision for the company. Blunden-Diggs’ most notable works include Configurations, Kaleidoscope, Fragments, In My Father’s House, Traffic, and No Room, No Place, No Where, for which she received a Monticello Award in 1982. In May 2002, she adjudicated the Regional Dance America Northeast Competitions
In 2007, after over two decades of appearing in most of the company’s repertoire, including principal roles like the mother in Eleo Pomare’s Las Desenamoradas and the madame in Donald McKayle’s District Storyville, Blunden-Diggs became Artistic Director for Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
Ms. Blunden-Diggs also served as Co-Director/Choreographer for The Human Race Theatre’s production of Crowns, as well as Director/Choreographer for Central State University’s original production of In The Pursuit of Wind, among others. She created ballets for and worked with students at University of Dayton, Sinclair Community College, Wright State University, Central State University, Stivers School for the Arts, South Dayton Dance Theatre and Canton Ballet.
In addition to her choreographic and artistic leadership, Ms. Blunden-Diggs is the Executive Director of Jeraldyne’s School of the Dance, the cornerstone to Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and works closely with DCDC’s pre-professional company, DCDC2. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for The International Association of Blacks in Dance, Dance/USA's Board of Trustees, the Seedling Foundation Board for Stivers School for the Arts, and is an adjunct professor at University of Dayton in the Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology Program.
She has received numerous awards and accolades. Among them are honors from Regional Dance America, Monticello Choreographic Fellowships in 1979 and 1980, and two Individual Fellowship Awards from the Ohio Arts Council in 1981 and 1984. The Fisk University Alumni Association honored her with an Excellence in Artistry Award, and she was awarded a Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District Master Fellowship for artistic excellence and community outreach initiatives in 2000. In 2014, she received the Image of Hope Youth Advocacy Award for her contributions to improve the lives of youth in the Greater Dayton area.
QARRIANNE BLAYR (Fayetteville, North Carolina) (Associate Artistic Director) earned her BFA degree at Howard University, studying under Sherrill Berryman Johnson, Pat Thomas, Sandra Fortune-Green, Katherine Smith, Akua Kouyate and Assane Konte. She also studied traditional Jamaican dance at University of West Indies at Mona. In 2004, Ms. Blayr founded the performing arts group Arts International. She joined DCDC’s first company in 2012 after having performed for two seasons in DCDC2, the company’s pre-professional ensemble. Of the choreographers she has worked with Sherrill Berryman-Johnson has been the most influential in helping her become a “moving/ thinking vessel.” Her favorite DCDC repertory piece to perform is “Amen Corner” of the dance concert “Body Talk"
Crystal Michelle is a choreographer, dancer, and intermedia artist. She was appointed Associate Artistic Director of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company in 2014. Previous to her appointment, she was a dance artist with the company’s pre-professional ensemble, DCDC2. She then joined the first company for nine seasons, becoming Resident Choreographer, and appointed Arts Curriculum Coordinator in 2010 for DCDC’s education programs.
As coordinator, Ms. Michelle became integral to the design of Dancing to the Curriculum, a highly recognized arts-integration education dance residency for elementary and middle school students in Dayton Public Schools. Over the years, she has taught dance master classes and was a teaching artist for the company’s outreach services. As a choreographer, performer, and researcher, she has traveled nationally and internationally, including to Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, and Port of Spain, Trinidad, where she researched African Diaspora movement styles and began her newest venture: The Beautiful Archive Project.
Director of D2 & Arts Enrichment Programs
Shonna Hickman-Matlock
Acting Marketing Director
Michael Green
Office Manager
Katelyn Smith
Business & Finance Manager
Shirlita Carson
Senior Artistic Advisor & Touring Manager
Kevin Ward
Company Manager & Production Associate
Willie Lindsey
Production Director
Matt Evans
Stage Manager, Company Trainer, Restager
Sheri 'Sparkle" Williams
Costuming & Wardrobe
Susanne Kern
Grants Administrator
Shola Odumade
Indianapolis, IN
Devin Baker, was introduced to dance as a communal galvanizer first. His formal dance training began with the Iibada Dance Company followed by the Deeply Rooted Summer Intensive. He was invited to join Deeply Rooted Dance Theater 2 under the direction of Tracey Franklin and Cece Jones, laying the foundation for his professional performance career with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble (CPRDE), Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC). Mr. Baker has performed the works of notable choreographers including Ray Mercer, Abby Zbikowski, Crystal Michelle Perkins, Tommie Waheed-Evans, Katherine Dunham, Ron K. Brown, Gary Abbott and Kevin “Iega” Jeff.In 2016 he was featured in the Bessie Award winning revival of Donald Mckayle’s “Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder” as The Captain. Following this triumphant performance, he traveled abroad to Russia and Kazakhstan with DCDC as a US state department Cultural Ambassador, living out a personal dream of performing on the Bolshoi Stage. Under the direction of Debbie Blunden-Diggs, he was appointed DCDC rehearsal director, where he is tasked with re-staging their robust catalog of works including Paul Taylor’s “Esplanade,” Donald Byrd’s “Geography of a Cotton Field,” and Rennie Harris’ “Jacob’s Ladder.” In addition to rehearsal director, he has been promoted to DCDC Touring Associate. Mr. Baker has been with DCDC since 2014. Baker is committed to sharing his vast knowledge of dance and lessons learned at the feet of veritable masters of dance. This has manifested engagements with the Regional Dance Association’s National Choreographic Institute, The Ohio State University Dance Program, CPRDE International Summer Dance Institute, the Shanghai Dance Stages Festival, the GVSU Dance Company, and the International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference. Mr. Baker has expanded his artistry to include the exploration of his own choreographic voice. He is currently in graduate school at Hollins University and is living proof that dance can enhance one’s quality of life by nurturing positive human interaction through movement practices that promote self-awareness, love, and communal appreciation.
Nashville, TN
Countess joined the company in 2014. She began her dance training at Dance with Stacy Dance Studio, where she danced more than five years. She also attended Wharton Arts Magnet School where she majored in dance and art. She later continued her training at Nashville School of the Arts. Attending college at the University of Memphis, Countess graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree in health and human performance and with a minor in dance in 2011.
She has also participated in a variety of dance festivals including the American High School Dance Festival, the American College Dance Festival (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012), the American Dance Festival, and the David Dorfman Dance Winter Intensive.
After graduating, Countess joined DCDC2 in 2012, where she danced for two years while having the opportunity to perform with the first company in her second year. She has performed works by Paul Taylor, David Dorfman, Rodney A. Brown, Rob Priore, William B. McClellan Jr., and many other choreographers.
Sunrise, FL
Nicolay Dorsett joined the company as a JB Fellow in 2020 and was promoted to a company member in 2021. She was born and raised in Sunrise, Florida, and began her dance training at the young age of 7 at Elegant School of Modern Dance. She graduated from the University of South Florida (USF) in the spring of 2020 with a BA in health sciences and a BFA in modern dance performance. During Nicolay’s time at USF, she studied under teachers Bliss Kolmyer, Michael Foley, Andrew Carrol, Andee Scott, and John Parks and performed in works by renowned choreographers, including Vespers by Ulysses Dove and Prowl by Claudia Lavista. In October of 2019, she was selected to be a part of the USF/China Exchange Program to participate in the International Creative Dance Seminar at Beijing Normal University. With her passion for dance, Nicolay hopes to continue performing and growing in her artistry.
Philadelphia, PA
Aaron joined the company in 2020. He started out dancing in hip-hop and acrobatics at the tender age of 7. By the age of 12, Aaron was training in ballet, jazz, and modern at The POINTE! Dance Studio. In 2010, he was accepted into the Philadelphia Creative and Performing Arts High School (CAPA). Aaron attended The Ailey School Summer Intensive; he was fortunate enough to be accepted into the scholarship program at The Ailey School as well. He spent two years as a scholarship student there and was also a part of the student performance group (ASPG). Mr. Frisby learned and performed works choreographed by Alvin Ailey, Kirven Boyd, Ray Mercer, Ronald K. Brown, and many more. Aaron is so grateful to have made it this far in his dance career and is excited to continue dancing with the DCDC family.
Cuernavaca, Moreles, Mexico
Fabio Tello Muñoz graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. Previously, he graduated from the Boarding Arts High School Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, California. He sings and dances, and has participated in several productions in the USA and Mexico. Among these dance productions he had the privilege to be part of residencies with the George Mason School of Dance like: Variation 10 by Rafael Bonachela, Drive by Kyle Abraham, Sunlight Song as well as Visions and Miracles by Susan Shields, amongst others ballet companies in California and Virginia. In his hometown Cuernavaca, Fabio is the Director and Founder of his own summer intensive focusing on different art forms.
He is excited and honored to be part of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company for his first season as a professional.
Bellbrook, Ohio
Sean Ferguson is a Wright State University graduate with his BFA in Dance Performance where he worked with choreographers Elizabeth Ramsey, Stewart/Owen co. and Kiki Lewis. Also being the rehearsal assistant to Teressa McWilliams on her piece “Exits”. Sean attended the 2023 RDA National choreography intensive as a project tier choreographer led by Stephanie Martinez. In 2020, Sean was a member of Dayton Contemporary’s second company working and also performing with the main company’s Christmas production of “Littlest angel”.
Dayton, OH
Allyia Nelloms is a Dayton native whose training includes the University of the Arts (where she obtained a BFA in Dance Performance), Eleone Dance Theatre, and Stivers School for the Arts. She has danced original casted and/or restaged works by Sidra Bell, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Gary Jeter, Bill T. Jones, and Bobbi Jene Smith to name a few. Aside from her role as a performer, Allyia has felt most passionate about serving her community through teaching and choreography, which both allow her to cultivate spaces not only for learning - but healing and community. She’s enjoyed exploring these same passions through her own dialogue-based platform as well as facilitating her own learning programs and “Healing” movement workshops. She has had the opportunity to teach and have her choreography showcased at various dance programs throughout Ohio and beyond, including The International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference. Allyia is excited to further explore her artistic voice as a first year JB Fellow with the company this season.
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Dayton Contemporary Dance Second Company presents
Configurations
Thu, May 22, 7:00 PM | Fri, May 23, 7:00 PM
University of Dayton Boll Theatre
ON SALE NOW!
CONFIGURATIONS is where bold ideas and rising talent collide. DCDC2, the next generation of artists shaped in the spirit of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, brings their powerful presence and fresh perspective to the stage. This performance is a launchpad for innovation—where choreographers transform history, film, and art into unexpected movement.
With every piece, CONFIGURATIONS invites audiences to see the world differently through dance. In a special collaboration, DCDC2 welcomes South Dayton Dance Theatre performing a work by DCDC alum Gina Walther. Together, they bridge the space between training and professional artistry, celebrating the depth of Dayton’s creative community.
Experience the future of dance in motion.