RONALD K. BROWN
(Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer) Brooklyn-born Ronald K.
Brown founded the New York-based contemporary dance company EVIDENCE, A
DANCE COMPANY in 1985. In addition to his work with EVIDENCE, Brown has
created work for the African American Dance Ensemble, Philadanco, Cleo
Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company,
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Grace in 1999 and Serving Nia in
2001, IFE/My Heart in 2005), Ailey II, Cinque Folkloric Dance theater,
Jennifer Muller/The Works, and Jeune Ballet d’Afrique Noire. He
has collaborated with such artists as composer/designer Wunmi Olaiya,
the late writer Craig G. Harris, director Ernie McClintock’s Jazz
Actors Theater, choreographers Patricia Hoffbauer and Rokiya Kone, and
composers Robert Een, Oliver Lake, Bernadette Speech, David Simons, and
Don Meissner. Brown has received numerous awards and fellowships
including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in
Choreography, a National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer’s
Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in
choreography, a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie), a Black
Theater Alliance Award, the American Dance Festival
Humphrey/Weidman/Limón Award, and fellowships from the Edward
and Sally van Lier Fund. In addition, Brown was named Def Dance Jam
Workshop Mentor of the Year (2000). In 2003, Ron received an AUDELCO
(Black Theatre Award) for his choreography for Crowns: Portraits of
Black Women in Church Hats, originally produced by the McCarter Theater
and presented off-Broadway in 2003. Most recently Mr. Brown was
awarded a US Artists Fellowship for achievement in dance.
ARCELL CABUAG
(Dancer),
originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, started his dance training
at age 18. He began working with dancer/choreographer Charles McGowen,
who inspired and motivated Cabuag to take dance classes. From there he
began training at the Abraham Lincoln Performing Arts Magnet School and
Studio 10, under the direction of Debbie Norris and Keith Banks. In
1996 Cabuag moved to New York City and attended the Alvin Ailey
American Dance Center where he was first introduced to Ronald K. Brown.
Upon graduating high school, Cabuag’s professional experience
began in a musical review Rock the House for Paramount Pictures (CA)
followed by the Shoji Tabuchi Show in Branson, Missouri and numerous
musicals including the Theatre Under the Stars production of Oklahoma
and the Richard Rodgers Centennial production of The King and I
starring Carole Camellow at the Papermill Playhouse. While in New York,
Cabuag has had the opportunity to work for choreographers Lisa Johnson,
Makeda Thomas, Camille Brown and others. Cabuag has served as an
adjunct professor at Long Island University, as a resident teacher at
the District 4 Dancer Training Program in Harlem and currently teaches
master classes for EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY to all ages and levels. He
has assisted Ronald K. Brown with new repertory for the students of
Boston Arts Academy, For Mother and For Truth for the Philadanco Dance
Company, and IFE/My Heart for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Cabuag joined EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY in 1997, and is a 2004
recipient of the prestigious New York Dance and Performance Bessie
Award for his work with 4 PLAYBILL the company. He would like to thank
his Ancestral Angels, Ron, his family, Scott and Ashitaki.
KHETANYA HENDERSON
(Dancer) was
born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She began her training in West
African dance under the direction of Teteh Adajo and Omelika Byum. Upon
graduating from North Atlanta High School, she later received her
professional training from the Atlanta Ballet School for Dance
Education and the Ailey School as a fellowship recipient. She has been
featured in Vogue Italia and various movies such as Drumline, Enchanted
and Hairspray. She is has collaborated and performed works by Diane
Gray, John O’Connell, Troy Powell, Scott Rink, Mathew Rushing,
Maria Torres and Nathan Trice. She is blessed and excited to work with
EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY.
TIFFANY JACKSON
(Dancer) was
born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and raised in the Washington, DC
metro area. She began her training as a young, energetic child,
with a love for the arts. As a result, she attended Howard University,
where she received a BFA in dance. Jackson has performed works by Kevin
Iega Jeff/Deeply Rooted, Bridget Moore and Hope Boykin, among others.
With passion and intensity she debuts for the professional world with
EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY. Tiffany is blessed to be a product of many
notable artists and teachers and extends much thanks to those special
people who have and will always be there for her.
JUEL LANE
(Dancer) attended
Tri-Cities Visual and Performing Arts Magnet High School under the
guidance of Dawn Axam and Freddie Hendricks. In 1998 Juel was named
Magnet Student of the Year. He also performed and toured with the
Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta. Upon graduation, he
pursued a contemporary dance education at North Carolina School of the
Arts. He has performed in pieces by such distinguished choreographers
as Andrea E. Woods, Carolyn Dorfman, Camille Brown, Ebony Ruffin, Steve
Rooks, Jiri Kylian, Twyla Tharp, Jeff Slayton and José
Limón.
BRIDGET L. MOORE
(Dancer) is a
native of Dallas, Texas, where she began her dance training at Arts
Magnet School. She received her BFA in dance from Ohio State University
and an MFA in dance from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
She has been a member of EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY since 1999. She has
also performed works by Dianne McIntyre, Mark Morris, Bebe Miller, Ann
Carlson, Pat Graney and Art Bridgman/Myrna Packer. Aside from
performing, Moore is co-director for “This Women’s Work:
Black Women Choreographers of the Next Generation.” In 2006 she
was noted in Dance magazine as one of the “25 to Watch” in
the field. Moore was also the first recipient of Project Next
Generation, a commission to an emerging female choreographer by Urban
Bush Women Dance Company. She was most recently commissioned by the
Maggie Allesse National Center for Choreography, in affiliation with
Florida State University, to work with the critically acclaimed
Philadanco Dance Company in a creative residency. Her work has been
presented at the City Center’s “Fall for Dance
Festival,” Jacob’s Pillow “Inside/Out” Series,
Bates Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, Joyce Soho and Symphony Space.
KEON THOULOUIS
(Dancer), a
native of Brooklyn, New York, began his dance training at Fiorello H.
LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing Arts. He also received a
scholarship to train at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. After
graduating he attended the Juilliard School. Thoulouis has studied
under many respected teachers and choreographers, including Denise
Jefferson, Penny Frank, Carl Paris, Elena Commendador, Earl Mosley,
Steve Rooks, Linda Kent, Sylvia Waters, Matthew Rushing, Aubrey Lynch,
Kevin Wynn, Jermaine Brown, Glen Packard and Brian Thomas. He has also
performed with various recording artists such as Tamia, Michael
Jackson, Mya, Usher, Jill Scott, Whitney Houston, Deborah Cox and Al
Jarreau.
CLARICE YOUNG
(Dancer), of New
Roads, Louisiana, is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at
Lafayette, where she received her BFA in dance. She was the first
recipient of the Evelyn Elizabeth Lochman Dance Scholarship at ULL in
2001 and also received a full-tuition scholarship to attend the
American Dance Festival in 2003. Young has had the pleasure of working
with various artists including Andrea E. Woods, Kwame Ross, Karen L.
Arceneaux, Ronald K. Brown, Donald McKayle, Shani Collins and Camille
A. Brown. She would like to thank her family and friends for their
continuous love and encouragement.