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SMoCA – Three Parallels + Four Shades
Three Parallels + Four Shades is an artistic collaboration sponsored by Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA). It celebrated Phillip K. Smith’s Three Parallels, a large-scale, site specific work incorporating light and color which was ending a year-long run as...
Match Girl
Company: Scorpius Dance Theatre Choreographer: Lisa Starry Performers: Kalli Sparish, Xavier Brown, Martha Hernandez, Lisa Hammond, Tawny Hyster, Nicholas McEntire, Alexander Patrick, Brayan Perez, Travis Richardson, Amber Robins, Victor Vela I didn’t realize how...
Arizona Dance Festival 2023
Arizona Dance Festival 203 was two full evenings of unrelenting talent, and while there were too many fine performances to mention, mention several I shall. Step’s Junk Funk morphed into a three-some, adding in-your-face primary colors and some flavorful breaking in...
BlakTinx Dance Festival 2023
It is one thing to see a gem in isolation, interesting and lovely to be sure - but to see a collection of gemstones is to open your eyes to a range of shapes and colors that will enlarge your understanding and appreciation of these rare objects. The carefully juried...
The Effusive Descent
Choreographer: Caitlin Rose Performers: Carmen Alcantara, Angela Bass, Sienza Chandler, Ignacio Jara, Lauren Jimenez, Addison Lintz, Caitlin Rose If you were at the Bolshoi (I wasn’t), and saw a line of ballerinas (I didn’t), each extend an arm from their side, you...
Here / No Goodbyes (excerpt)
Choreographer: Keith A. Thompson Company: danceTactics performance group Performers: Shawn Brush, Aidan Feldman The published program for this piece did not provide any insights into its intent, origin or content, other than a lengthy (and impressive) bio of...
Found
Choreographer: Sam Arrow Performers: Sam Arrow, Ignacio Jara “Surprise” is a word seriously overworked and I resist using “gentle” in almost any context, but I have to stretch for adjectives to describe the range of what I saw and felt with Sam Arrow’s presentation of...
Are You With Me
Company: Rosenkrans Dans Choreographer: Angela Rosenkrans in collaboration with the dancers Performers: Chanel Craig, RaShawn Hart, Herschel Jackson A priest could mumble the mass in street clothes, and while that may be heard on high, it has nowhere near the...
Co-Regulation
Company: Sam Arrow Choreogropher: Sam Arrow Performers: Sam Arrow, Lauren Jimenez, Alicia Nascimento-Castro, Ellen Sickenberger Co-Regulation, by choreographer Sam Arrow, proved to be not just a dance, but an exploration of the possibilities of the Tiny Dances...
Twilight Fringe (Text Version)
Performance: Twilight Fringe Organization: Third Space Dance Project Director: Angelica DeLashmette Hurst Venue: The Brown Sculpture Courtyard, Mesa Arts Center Date: March 25, 2023 The Organization Third Space Dance Project was founded by Angelica DeLashmette...
Passage
Company: Instinct Dancecorps Choreographer: Angela Rosenkrans Performers: Jay Garcia, Gabbie Gulden, Tasi Harrington, Kiersten Lujan, Lydia Partridge, Trinity Pringle, Juls Tarango, (Understudies: Elva Howard, Baylie MacRae, Madeline McDonald, Alexis "Lexie"...
The Shape of Us
Company: Instinct Dancecorps Choreographer: RaShawn Hart Performers: Gabbie Gulden, Elva Howard, Kiersten Lujan, Baylie MacRae, Madeline McDonald, Alexis "Lexie" Montoya, Lydia Partridge, Juls Tarango (Understudies: Jay Garcia, Trinity Pringle, Tasi Harrington)...
Bloody Mary
Company: CaZo Dance Company Choreographer: Bridgette Borzillo Performers: Ally McSpadden, Dominque Bailey, Giovanni Duran, Keanna Agustin, Laura Belvado, Neftali Mendoza, Kelly Rackow, Joseph Redondo, Mackenzie Miranda, April Haskins, Sophia Balbas, Dilsat Dalkiran,...
Water Is Life
Company: Desert Dance Theater Choreographer: Lisa R. Chow Performers: Lisa R. Chow, Renee Davis, Ignacio Jara, George Johnson, Arielle Lemke, Caroline Liddicoat Music: Step Raptis Some dance exists as pure movement. It can be experienced in isolation, in a crowd,...
Yeah Dil Maange More!
Company: ABCD School of Bollywood Dance Choreographers: Sharmili, Swati Pillai, Vidhylakshmi Murali, Harshita Tatalkar Swathi Harikumar Director / Production Coordinator: Navin Rangarajan Performers: Kshama Chandan, Meenal Gandhi, Ramya Pitty Ramesh Babu, Harshita...
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