AFFAIR OF HONOR Dance Council of North Texas celebrates the achievements of four talented dance icons this year.


These outstanding professionals will be feted at the 31st presentation of Dance Council Honors on October 28th at Dallas Black Dance Theatre. The 2018 Honors recipients are Glenda Brown, Joshua L. Peugh, Darrell Cleveland, and Milton T. Tatum Jr.


MARY BYWATERS AWARD FOR LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO DANCE choreographers and dancers a phenomenal


opportunity to explore and develop technique and artistry. Glenda and her daughter, Vanessa Brown, are directors of Stars of Tomorrow International, a presenting organization that annually sponsors youth dance companies to perform for more than eight thousand people in Austria! She has also served on the dance panel for the Cultural Arts Council of Houston, Texas Commission on the Arts, the Advisory Board of Dance Teacher magazine, and The Austrian Alps International Arts Festival.


NATALIE SKELTON AWARD FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE


Eisenhower Dance, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, METdance, Tulsa Ballet, and Whim W’Him, among others.


LARRY WHITE EXCELLENCE IN DANCE EDUCATION AWARD


GLENDA BROWN


Glenda Brown, a native of Beaumont, Texas, began her dance training at


the Widman School and


became an Associate Teacher at the age of fifteen. From 1950-59 Glenda performed and actively participated in


the Beaumont Melody Maids,


traveling the world singing for military bases and hospitals, veterans and other civic organizations. Glenda was on the faculty at Horn


School in Houston


the Emmamae from 1964-1981.


She is Co-Artistic Director of Allegro Ballet of Houston and the Allegro Academy of Dance, both founded in 1981. She was an active member of the National Association for Regional Ballet. When the NARB closed its doors in 1987, she and four of her colleagues founded Regional Dance America. She served as President of RDA from 1995-2000 and hosted the first ever Regional Dance America National Festival in Houston in 1997. She is still actively involved in RDA, as Founder and Director Emeritus. While President of RDA, she directed the RDA National Craft of Choreography Conference from 1987-2001. In 2001 she founded the Glenda Brown Choreography


Project, of nurturing choreographers, The 16 • DANCE NORTH TEXAS a national


assisting Project


developed for the training and advancement of choreographers concept


and dancers. Based on and


program her


talented offers


• AUGUST – OCTOBER 2018 JOSHUA L. PEUGH


Joshua L. Peugh, Founder and Artistic Director of Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, attended Southern Methodist University. After graduation he moved to South Korea to join Universal Ballet Company. He created works for festivals in Asia, Europe, and North America. His choreography has won awards in South Korea, Japan, Canada, and the USA. He was the recipient of the Grand Prize at the McCallum Theatre’s 18th Annual Choreography Festival. In 2015, Joshua was chosen as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” and was named “an important discovery” by The New York Times. He has been commissioned to create for BalletX, Ballet Memphis, BODYTRAFFIC, Bruce Wood Dance Project, Company E, Dallas Theater Center,


DARRELL CLEVELAND (1972 - 2017)


Darrell Cleveland was born in Jacksonville,Florida on February 4, 1972. He received a BA in Accounting from Morehouse College and receive his early training from Harrison Dance Studio of Atlanta, Georgia. (Darrell would later tell his friends that he “got this degree for my mother, but I’m doing dance for me.”) Darrell’s professional dance experience included Dallas Black Dance Theatre for nine seasons and the Lulu Washington Contemporary Dance Theatre in Los Angeles. Darrell also worked with artists such as En Vogue, Toni Braxton & Monica. He performed in


stage Children’s


productions, Kids


Choice


including Nickelodeon Awards,


Soul Train,


Showtime at the Apollo, and Centennial Olympic Park Festival. He appeared in commercials for the Texas Lottery and performed in various industrial events such as Mary Kay Cosmetics. Darrell received his Masters of Arts in Dance from Texas Women’s University in May, 2015. He was tragically and mysteriously killed on July 23, 2017, at age 45. His legacy continues through his


colleagues and students, who remember


him fondly. “The passion he had for his students is something


Photo: Rita Harris


Photo: Brian Guilliaux


Photo: Cathy Vanover


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