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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...
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"...
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,...
Vintage Office Chair
Company: Step's Junk Funk Choreographer: Step Raptis Performer: Step Raptis A Step Raptis performance, included as part of a dance series, is like a puzzle piece that never fits but somehow always belongs. His affinity for found-object percussion finds its way into...
Constrict-ED
Choreographer: Bridgette Borzillo Performers: Laura Belvado, Rebecca Boizelle, Maddi Miloscia, MacKenzie Mirenda The exterior performance space for Rooted In Movement, a residential back yard, has been populated with an eclectic variety of ad hoc structures and...
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...
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)...
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...
Motherhood – In Anticipation
Company: Archana Alagiri Choreographer: Archana Alagiri Performer: Archana Alagiri The Valley is fortunate to have several accomplished artists and teachers of classic Indian dance. When seen it its full glory, it is a blaze of colorful costumes and an amazing...
At Dawn
Choreographer: Candy Jimenez Performer: Claire Renaud This was a fascinating piece that, for me, has generated a whole series of questions for which there are no definitive answers. Candy Jimenez, working with dancer/performer Claire Renaud has constructed something...
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...
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,...
Petricor
Company: Human Nature Dance Theatre Choreographers: Cynthia Ahlers, Gina Darlington, Jayne Lee Performers: Cynthia Ahlers, Gina Darlington, Jayne Lee In Petricor, we are presented with a gathering of archetypes - three women of a certain age, elegant in long black...
Terminus
Choreographer: Nicole L. Olson Performer: Nicole L. Olson In her new solo work, Terminus, Nicole Olson demonstrated once again why so few people are Nicole Olson. This was a site-specific piece, in this case designed to work with a narrow stand of trees which were...
Mystyc Journey
Choreographer: Diane McNeal Hunt Performers: Candy Jimenez, Amy Symonds Two cubical platforms occupy the center of the performance area, and though the dancers start on the ground, exploring their environment in long flowing dresses, we understand that these small...
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