Curator
Elise Feldman
Director, Choreographer
Gabriel Chajnik
Stage Manager
Rocco Santorufo
Lighting Designer
Erik Herskowitz
Assistant
Tina Earl
Choreographer: Concha Jareño
Restaged: Natasha Arellano
Music/Composer
Un Viaje a la Tradición Tangos by Manuel Serrano
Dancer
Natasha Arellano
(Florida Atlantic University)
Costume
Carlos García
The piece presents a Tango de Cádiz, a flamenco style known for its lively, festive, and playful rhythm, with lighthearted lyrics that reflect everyday life and humor of Cádiz locals. This performance is an adaptation of the original choreography by Spanish dancer Concha Jareño, that transmits Cádiz culture through flamenco music and dance.
Choreographer
Rachel Perlman
Music/Composer
Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Choreographer/Dancer
Rachel Perlman
(Florida Atlantic University)
Choreographer
Beverly To
Music/Composer
When She Loved Me - From "Toy Story 2"
Soundtrack Version by Sarah McLachlan
Dancer
Beverly To
(Florida Atlantic University)
The piece, “When She Loved Me" is a heartfelt piece that captures the bittersweet emotion of loss and longing. As someone who has felt much of these emotions over the past few years, this dance has given me an outlet to feel these emotions. With McLachlan's haunting vocals and poignant lyrics, the song evokes feelings of sadness, nostalgia, and the pain of being forgotten by someone who once cared deeply.
Choreographer
Claudia Maria Hammes
Music/Composer
River Deep, Mountain High Céline Dion
Dancer
Claudia Maria Hammes
(Florida Atlantic University)
This piece is a fun, up tempo musical theatre jazz styled piece with slight ballet and contemporary influence. It represents my love for dancing, and I hope it brings joy to those who love watching dance!
Choreographer
Ariel Rose
Music/Composer
Aleksey Igudesman, Alexander Balanescu, & Alex Baranowski
Dancers
Emily Bromberg, Ariel Morilla, Rafael Ruiz-del- Vizo
Costumes
Freda Bromberg & Patrick J Designs
The choreographer’s original idea for this piece was to make three separate trios reflecting different dimensions or planes intersecting only across one elemental aspect or language. As opposed to creating a trilogy, in which the movements show a progression or ascension, he wanted to present these trios like interlocked rings. While only really connected at singular points, they are linked together with incredible durability, just as the dancers have to be in mind, body, and spirit.
Choreographer
Doris Humphrey
Music/Composer
"Tragedy in A minor" / Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
“Maschere che passano" / Gian Francesco Malipiero
Dancer
Jessica Sgambelluri
Costume
Gabrielle Corrigan
Humphrey's solo is composed of 2 sections: Circular Descent and Pointed Ascent. The acquiescence and softness of the first section is countered by a sense of aggressive achievement in the second section. Two Ecstatic Themes shows the presence of light and dark, rise and fall, Apollonian and Dionysian.
Choreographer
Daniel Fetecua Soto
Music/Composer
Tierra - composed for the dance by Pablo Mayor
Dancer
Daniel Fetecua Soto
Costumes
Alejandra Madelblum
Pacha-Mama explores the influence and energy of the earth on our bodies and the differences we feel being in New York City or the humid jungles of the Pacific Coast of Colombia or on the Amalfi Coast of Italy. Pacha-Mama means Mother Earth; this dance is an homage to her a call to continue listening and feeling her and open our bodies to re-connect with her. The dance forms are an amalgam of Currulao, a traditional dance and rhythm from Colombian Pacific coast, American modern dance and German TanzTheater.
Pacha-Mama was commissioned in 2008 by Dancing in the Streets and was made possible by Harlem Stage Fund for New Work with the grant from the Jerome Foundation.
Choreographer
Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye
Music /Composer
Max Richter
Dancers
Emily Bromberg, Rafael Ruiz-del-Vizo
Costumes
Tamara Cobus & Dancing Supplies Depot
“The sun sets on one day, to rise on the next”
Choreographer
Hernando Cortez
Music/Composer
“Mishima, Closing ” / Phillip Glass
Dancer
Michael Trusnovec
The dance is a poignant solo, set to Philip Glass’s hauntingly beautiful composition, “Mishima, Closing,” that captures an emotional journey of vulnerability and resilience. In its final moments, the piece slows into a heart-wrenching plea, as the dancer’s movements embody the yearning for “a moment more”—a fleeting instant to hold onto hope, connection, or life itself. The interplay of Glass’s minimalist score and the dancer’s raw, emotive physicality creates a deeply moving experience, leaving the audience reflective and breathless.
(By C.A.V.E.S. Project )
Choreographer
Daniel Fetecua Soto
Music
Cada Viento
Composition
Sebastian Cruz for the project ‘Lucía Pulido: Colombia & Mexico, two peoples one root’
Dancers
Blakeley White McGuire & Daniel Fetecua Soto
Costume
Toby Champion and Blakeley White-McGuire
An homage to Love and the connection with the spirit realm where Hummingbirds helps us carry our messages from the heart flipping their wings creating mini wind waves that helps us to carry on life with the sweetness of Love memories.
(Excerpt from “Architects of Dance”)
Choreographer
Gabriel Chajnik
Music/Composer
Erik Satie
Dancers
Lindsay Jorgensen & Quinton Guthier
Costumes
Watercolor
Wassily Kandinsky, a pioneer of abstract art, believed that visual lines and forms could express deep emotions and spiritual resonance. In his paintings, dynamic lines and shapes create a sense of rhythm, movement, and energy that parallels the art of dance. Just as Kandinsky's lines curve, intersect, and flow to evoke meaning, dancers use their bodies to draw lines in space, connecting movement with emotion. Both art forms transcend language, exploring the interplay between precision and fluidity, creating a visual symphony that speaks directly to the soul.
Choreographer
Jeroboam Bozeman
Music/Composer
Robert Glasper & Derrick Hodge
“The Abstract Theme”
aTunde Adjuah Christian Scott
“Twin”
Dancer
Jeroboam Bozeman
Loosen Up Your Tie is a ballet that delves into the universal need for liberation—from the grind of daily life and the confines of societal expectations. The piece invites the audience to reflect on the moments when we lose sight of our true selves in the pursuit of achievement, and it asks: what does it look like to let go, to loosen the grip, and to embrace who we truly are?
Dance of Dedication
Choreography
Martha Graham reimagined by Janet Eilber
Costume
Martha Graham
Original Music by Henry Cowell
Music for reimagined Immediate Tragedy by Christopher Rountree†
Music performed by Richard Valitutto, piano
Original Lighting by Yi-Chung Chen
Lighting Adapted by
Danceturgy for reimagining by Neil Baldwin
Premiere: July 30, 1937, Bennington, VT
I was upright and determined to stay upright at all costs.
– Martha Graham
Dancer
Blakeley White McGuire
Significant commissioning support was provided by The O'Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation.
†Music produced and mixed by Lewis Pesacov
Martha Graham created this solo in 1937 in reaction to the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War. We see the woman in Immediate Tragedy as a universal figure of determination and finally, resilience. The dance was notable and well received, but when Graham stopped performing it in the late 1930s, the solo was forgotten and considered lost. In 2020, Janet Eilber reimagined the choreography for Immediate Tragedy using recently discovered photos of Graham in a 1937 performance, and many other archival references. A new score was created by Christopher Rountree inspired by pages of music hand-written by composer Henry Cowell, which were found in the Graham archives. Martha described her inspiration for this dance in a letter to Cowell, ...whether the desperation lies in Spain or in a memory in our own hearts, it is the same. I felt in that dance I was dedicating myself anew to space, that in spite of violation I was upright and that I was going to stay upright at all costs…
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