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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...
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...
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...
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...
ERA: Tenth Anniversary Celebration
Company: Halo Movement Collective Choreographers: Angel Castro, Katie Young, Jenna Lyn Endicott Performers: Brianna Bishop, Anca Castillo, Angel Castro, Kayla Coxon, Krysta Flores, Tawny Hyster, Jaylene Lechner, Dr. Alexander Patrick, Victoria Roman, Mariah...
Converge
Carnage Company: CONDER/dance Choreographer: Carley Conder, in collaboration with the dancers Performers: Spencer Dennis, Emily Laird, Lauren Jimenez, Faith Markovetz, Amy Symonds I'm not sure what happened here, but this performance really caught me by surprise....
Aura of a Mother
Choreographer: Candy Jimenez Performer: Taylor Dominguez Dance programs dissipate. It is the ephemeral nature of the art that we can never hold them very long, their impressions fading almost immediately, leaving us, if we're lucky, with memories of movement...
Desert Plains
Choreographer: Nicole Olson Performer: Nicole Olson Billed as a solo, choreographed and performed by Nicole Olson, Desert Plains was actually a duet. The classic, wrap-around-rear-window Chevrolet pickup truck may not be in the credits, but it was more...
Aeolus
Choreographer: Candy Jimenez Performer: Alexander Patrick I have seen Alexander Patrick dance once before. He was billed as Dr. Alexander Patrick, a rare and exotic accolade for a dancer, but whatever his academic distinction, he is certainly rare and exotic....
Haven
Choreographer: Diane McNeal Hunt Performer: Candy Jimenez Choreographer Diane McNeal Hunt chose to mount this entire piece on a cube whose rectangular shape made it very marginally longer than the staging typically used for tiny dances - which is to say, it was...
Underland: The Last Nightmare
Company: Halo Movement Collective Choreographers: Angel Castro, Katie Young Performers: Kalli Sparish, Randee Madison, Kayla Coxon, Angel Castro, Katie Young, Dr. Alexander Patrick, Tawny Hyster, Jaylene Lechner, Victoria Roman, Violet Sparish, Venue: Metropolitan...
Lux Aeterna
Company: Diane McNeal Hunt / Elevate DanceWorks Choreographer: Diane McNeal Hunt Performer: Margie Romero Wolf In commemorating the passing of Deborah Pualani Blackmon, who was long associated with the local dance community, choreographer Diane McNeal Hunt seems to...
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