Faculty from the Department of Dance are joined on stage by local artists and prominent guests representing companies such as New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and José Limón Dance Company. The exciting program includes contemporary choreography by E. E. Balcos, Audrey Baran, Pauline Legras Biahun, Tamara Williams, and Blakeley White-McGuire, and a classic work by modern dance icon Martha Graham.
CoA+A majors receive a complimentary ticket through the 49erArtsLink program.
PROGRAM
Luminosity (1998)
Choreography and Performance: E.E. Balcos
Music: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Frigid Times
Choreography: Tamara Williams in collaboration with the dancers
Performers: Rahquelah Conyers, Lydia Heidt, Levin Huesler
Music: “Winter in America” by Gil Scott- Heron
Hapa
Choreography: Audrey Baran with the dancers
Performers: Audrey Baran, Lauren Bickerstaff, Melissa Jesse, Sharon Keenan, Paige Keller
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto and Viers featuring Yaeji
Dissipating the Wall (Between us)
Choreography: Movement Migration Artist Blakeley White-McGuire
Performers: Movement Migration (E.E. Balcos, Amy Claugus, Kim Jones, Pablo Francisco Ruvalcaba, Alyce Cristina Vallejo, Jacqueline White, Dominique Willis)
Music: "Kind of Glass" by Michael Harrison
Entry
Choreography: Movement Migration Artist Pauline Legras Biahun
Performers: Movement Migration (Amy Claugus & Jacqueline White)
Music: "Nocturne in A flat major", Op 32, No 2, by Fryderyk Chopin
Moon (excerpt from Canticle for Innocent Comedians, 1952)
Choreography and Costume Design: Martha Graham
Restaging: Martha Graham Régisseur Kim Jones
Performers: Myrna Kamara, Lorenzo Pagano
Original Music: Cameron McCosh; Music Recreation: Pat Daugherty
Lullaby- The Stories We Tell
Choreography: Movement Migration Artist Blakeley White-McGuire
Performers: Movement Migration (E.E. Balcos, Amy Claugus, Lorenzo Pagano, Jacqueline White, Dominique Willis)
Music: Leonard Mark Lewis