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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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