Charles “Charlie” Reinhart was Director of the American Dance Festival (ADF) from 1968 through 2011, and Co-Director of the organization with the late Stephanie Reinhart from 1993 to 2002. Mr. Reinhart was a member of the Board of Directors of the Theatre Development Fund (TDF) for 41 years and is presently a member of the Board of Directors of ADF. Mr. Reinhart has been the recipient of numerous awards including Dance/USA’s Honors for Lifetime Achievement in Dance (1994), the Arts Presenters’ Award of Merit for Achievement in the Performing Arts (2011), as well as an Emmy Award for the the three part PBS series, “Free to Dance, the African American influence on modern dance.” In 1986, the French government awarded Mr. Reinhart with the title of Officier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his efforts in introducing French modern dance to the United States. In 2002, he was honored again by the French Government, receiving the title of Commandeur dans l’ordre des Artes et des Lettres. Duke University conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts upon Mr. Reinhart in 2003.

Mr. Reinhart served as Co-Artistic Director for Dance at the Kennedy Center with Stephanie Reinhart from 1996 to 2002 and as Artistic Director from 2002 to 2004. From 1967 to 1978, Mr. Reinhart developed and was the National Coordinator of the National Endowment for the Arts Dance Touring Program. He also developed the dance component of the NEA’s Artists-in-Schools Program and served as its National Coordinator from 1970 to 1981. He worked with the Asia Society Performing Arts Program in the early 1960s, and in the early 1970s was a member of its Advisory Committee. In 1974, in addition to directing ADF, he directed the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. He served as a military historian in Korea in 1953–54. Mr. Reinhart graduated from Newark Rutgers in 1952 and studied at the graduate school of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 1956–57.

Mr. Reinhart founded Charles Reinhart Management and managed Paul Taylor, Donald McKayle, Meredith Monk among many others.  He also has been published in the New York Times, Dance Magazine and the North Carolina Medical Journal.

Ariane is a native Manhattanite and earned her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.  As a New York based actor, singer, and dancer, she has many stage and film credits with lead roles in independent films including: Inspired (Garden State Film Festival), Mr. Reilly (Manhattan Film Festival) and the upcoming Before I Wake. TV Credits include Diabolical (Discovery ID) and Mysteries of the Castle (Travel Channel).  Theatre credits include Rabbit Hole, The Last Five Years, Sweeney Todd, and the Off-Broadway production Babette’s Feast. Solo work has been created for her by directors as diverse as Martha Clarke (Signature Theatre, etc.), Doug Varone (Manhattan Theatre Club, etc.), and Shen Wei (2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony Director and Choreographer). As an arts administrator, she has worked for The Paul Taylor Dance Company and is now a member of their Board of Directors, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Joffrey Ballet, Hunter College, personal assistant to Marni Nixon, and as a private event planner. As a performance coach, she believes the entire body informs the voice, presence, and self-expression. As such, she is on faculty at The Joffrey Ballet school and has taught at The American Dance Festival, Peridance and privately. Ms. Reinhart lives in Jackson Heights, New York with her husband, Grammy® winning jazz musician, Laurence Hobgood.

Luis R. Cancel is an artist, arts administrator, and distinguished public servant with a career that spans 30 years leading various not-for-profit and public agencies. He has served as the Head of Cultural Affairs for both New York City (1991-1994) and the City of San Francisco (2008-2011), appointed by Mayor David Dinkins and Mayor Gavin Newsom, respectively. He has served on several Boards including as a member of the Smithsonian Council and on the National Museum of the American Latino Commission, appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He was Director of The Bronx Museum of the Arts for 14 years and has an extensive cultural facility planning practice.

Cancel earned an M.P.A. from Harvard University in Public Administration; an M.A. from New York University in Museum Management/Arts Administration and a B.F.A. from the Pratt Institute, where he studied painting and printmaking. He is a proud native son of The South Bronx.

Dr. James Frazier is Dean of the Florida State University College of Fine Arts and a tenured Professor in the School of Dance. He comes most immediately from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). During his 18-year career at VCU, Dr. Frazier rose through the ranks from Assistant Professor to full Professor with tenure. He held the positions of Interim Dean (2016-2017), Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Faculty Affairs (2012-2016, 2017-2018), and Chair of Dance and Choreography (2007-2012). In addition to his work at VCU, for three years (2010-2013), he was Co-Dean of the American Dance Festival (ADF), housed on the campus of Duke University.

Frazier serves as a Visiting Evaluator for the dance accrediting body, the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD), and since 2015 he has served on the board of the celebrated ADF. In the past, he held the elected offices of President and Secretary of the Council of Dance Administrators (CODA, 2008-2012). He was also an elected board member of the American College Dance Association (ACDA, 2011-2017), representing the Mid-Atlantic Region and he served as Co-Chair of the Diversity Task Force of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD, 2009-2016).

Dr. Frazier’s past appointments not already mentioned include: Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance History, Florida State University; Associate Artistic Director, Dance Institute of Washington (District of Columbia); Publicity Coordinator for the Urban Bush Women Summer Dance Institute (1998 and 1999); and adjunct appointments as a dance instructor at Florida A & M University, Florida State University, Temple University and Montgomery College (MD).

As a professional dance artist, Frazier performed and toured with Kokuma Dance Theatre Company (England)and Dallas Black Dance Theatre (Texas), and was a founding member of Edgeworks Dance Theater (Washington, DC). He has worked as a guest or creative collaborator with many others, performing nationally, including engagements at Jacob’s Pillow, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Dance Place, The Publick Playhouse [sic], Philadelphia’s Prince Music Theater, The Joyce (SoHo), and more. His own choreography has been presented at numerous universities, but also at Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center (Concert Hall and Millennium Stage), The National Museum, and the Carter Barron Amphitheater. He is a past recipient of the Virginia Commission for the Arts Choreographic Fellowship, and in 2009 he was commissioned to create a new ballet for the Richmond Ballet Company.

Frazier earned an Ed.D. in dance from Temple University and both an M.F.A. in dance and a B.S. in marketing from Florida State University. In 2006, he was awarded the Alma Hawkins Award for Excellence in Dance Education for emerging leadership in the field by the Council of Dance Administrators. He was made a fellow in the mentoring program of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) in 2008. Current and recent affiliations include institutional memberships with the ACDA and the NASD and associate memberships with the ICFAD, the National College Art Association (NCAA) and the College Art Association (CAA).

Bill Burton is a renowned political and communications strategist who has served as a senior adviser to political leaders, corporations, and nonprofits in California, Washington, D.C., and around the country. In 2020, Bill founded Bryson Gillette, a consulting firm focused on political, litigation and public affairs projects of all different scales, working with everyone from individuals to some of the most recognizable brands in the world.

Bill was one of the earliest hires on President Obama’s first presidential campaign, where he was the National Press Secretary beginning in January 2007. He served in the Obama administration as Deputy White House Press Secretary and Special Assistant to the President. In that capacity, he traveled extensively, both domestically and internationally, advising the president and briefing reporters on both Air Force One and the podium in the White House briefing room. After leaving the White House, Bill co-founded and served as senior strategist for the super PAC, Priorities USA Action, during President Obama’s 2012 re-election.

During the 2006 electoral cycle, in which Democrats won control of the House of Representatives, Bill worked as Rahm Emanuel’s Communications Director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Before that, Bill served as a communications adviser to Democratic Leader Representative Dick Gephardt, Senators John Kerry and Tom Harkin, and others.

Most recently Bill has served as an advisor to Senator Amy Klobuchar’s presidential campaign and has worked with leading trial attorneys to build successful messaging campaigns around important cases and issue areas.

Bill is thrilled to work with 4A Arts, believing that arts are both a means to an end and an end in themselves. His childhood was formed by youth theatre, and he continues to be a passionate fan of Broadway, Hollywood, and everything Beyoncé and Taylor Swift.

Since 2015, Bill has made Santa Barbara his home with his wife Kelly Ward Burton and their three kids. Bill loves playing guitar and teaching his son to play basketball.