a w a k e n i n g

Concept
Lia Wong

Videographer and Editor
Lia Wong

Dancer
Hayli Henretty

Choreographer
Lia Wong
in collaboration with
Hayli Henretty

Music
Ritual Reverence and Confessions by Michael Wall

The Shadow Project

Videographer and Editor
Jordan Brookins

Dancer
Jordan Brookins

An introspective dance film investigating the shadow, a psychological concept developed by Carl Jung. The piece incorporates a mixture of horror and comedy and uses movement vernacular from the African Diaspora to convey a story about letting go.

after the fall

Dancers
Ev Blythe (they/them)
Adie San Diego (she/her)
Bella Pansera (she/they)

Choreographer
Arlo Tomecek (they/them)

Music
It Feels Foolish to Care by Claire Rousay

Excerpt of a Song of Storms

Dancers
Alex Carioti     Abi Torres     Ana Sanchez 

Choreographer
Ana Sanchez 

Music
A Moment Apart by ODEZA
Jungle Storm Ambience by Jungle Sounds

These Cobblestone Roads and Olive Groves

Dancer
Bella Pansera

Choreographer
Bella Pansera

Music
Annunci dei treni by Trenitalia
Taranta by Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

Current movement research for a bigger piece in the fall exploring ideas of home. Inspired by my time abroad, I explore how I am unsure what/where home is and how my great grandfather's home has influenced mine. 

voluME

Dancer
Katherine Shamdin

Choreographer
Katherine Shamdin

Music
Native Spirit by Elizabeth Strasser Nicol

INTERMISSION

Denouement

Dancers
Alex Carioti    Ana Sanchez 

Choreographers
Abi Torres

Music
Bobbi Jene by Uno Helmersson

The climax of a chain of events, when something is decided or made clear.

Yield

Dancer
Adie San Diego

Choreographer
Adie San Diego

Music
Two Arabesques by Claude Debussy
Live audio collaboration with Arlo Tomecek

Experiencing past memories with a lens of distortion. 

Bho Shambho

Dancer
Anjali Varma

Choreographer
Anjali Varma

Music
Bho Shambho

Bho Shambho is a famous Indian Bhajan (devotional song) popularized by Carnatic musicians. It is a prayer to Lord Shiva, a member of the Holy Trinity (Trimurti) of Hinduism. Hindu mythology comprises thousands of gods and millions of stories. This piece focuses on the adjectives used to describe Lord Shiva, born from the various stories based on him.  

The performance is a fusion of the two Indian classical dance forms, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi (both originating from South India), choreographed to this devotional song and is divided into four parts.  

The first part is a Shloka, a devotional poem, describing the polyonymous Lord Shiva. The second part describes Lord Shiva as the merciful host and origin of the river Ganges, also considered the Goddess Ganga. In the third part, Lord Shiva is described as being devoid of characteristics and beyond everything in the past, present, and future. The fourth and last part starts off with a dance by Lord Shiva and his wife Goddess Parvathy to the rhythmic beat of drums. After this, the piece moves on to describe Lord Shiva as He who is clad by the sky, the God who is pure and forever dancing. He is the Lord of everything.  

Additional Trivia: Lord Shiva is also known as Nataraja, the Lord of Dance.  

Nataraja

breathe, seven, two

Dancers
Abi Torres     Adie San Diego     Alex Carioti
Ana Sanchez     Arlo Tomecek     Evie Blythe
Sarah Ann Hamrick      Katherine Shamdin     Hannah Warren

Choreographer
Hannah Warren

Music
Breathe by Mother Mother
Seven by Mother Mother
Two by Mother Mother
Inside by Mother Mother