Saturday
Act 1
Shockwave (2022)
Margaux Lieser – Washington, DC
Choreography: Margaux Lieser
Music: “Innerbloom” by RÜFÜS DU SOL
Dancers: Julianna Bramstedt, Gwynevere Deterding, Audrey Magnuson, Cierra Morris, Gracen Pace, Drew Scammell, Gabrielle Stearns, Lauren Wodarski Lokken
*This piece premiered in the 2022 National Choreography Month showcase at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, DC.”
As For The Body
Lily Bella Hammons – Columbus OH
Choreography and Costuming: Lily Bella Hammons
Music: Balanescu Quartet
Danced by Lily Bella Hammons, Marissa Waitlevertch
Madwoman’s Vision
Fairweather and Company – Forest, VA
Choreographed and danced by Frankie Fairweather
Music: Meredith Monk
how to be soft
Five Fifty Dance Washington, DC
Choreography: FiveFiftyDance
Music: “Pulses of Information” by Rival Consoles, “Be My Home” by Eunike Tanzil
Danced by Sarah Coady, Rachel Lawal, Elan Robinson
Chasing Smoke
Deanna Stanton – Little Rock, AR
Choreography: Deanna Stanton
Costumes: Eleve Dancewear
Music: String Quartet No. 3 “”Mishima”” : V Blood Oath & String Quartet No. 2, “”Company””: III by Philip Glass and Carducci String Quartet
Danced by Roman Aldrete, Nicholas Cowden, Eun Won Lee, and Nardia Boodoo
what breaks, what follows…
CPR Dance: Inhale Movement – Stevensville, MI
Choreography: Ciana Jao – Chayah Artistic Resident 2025
Music: ‘Limen’ by Caterina Barbieri, ‘I’m sure’ by Nonkeen
Danced by Dennis Davis, Abby Marchessault, Bucky Panavong
Undertow: when the rug slips out from under us. How do we survive, how do we get out from under it, how long does it take, how do we affect one another?
re/ravel
Baran Dance – Charlotte, NC
Choreography and Performance: Audrey Baran
Poem: “Worn” by Erin Rose Coffin
Music: Santos & Johnny, Phil Pucci
Danced by Audrey Baran
sure/sure
Jenna Eckenrod – Winchester, Virginia
Choreography: Jenna Eckenrod
Music: Magnolia by Flaer, The Space in Between by Curtis Blue
Sound engineering and costume design Jenna Eckenrod
Danced by Lyndsi Good, Ariana Gaub, Chris Harmon, Angie Coppa, Laniya Hodge
INTERMISSION (10 MIN)
Act 2
tender collateral (excerpt)
J&C Dance Project – Washington, DC
Choreography: Julianna Bramstedt and Chloe Conway
Music: Never Were the Way She Was by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
Danced by Amber Lucia Chabus, Annika Dodrill, Allison Grant, Elan Robinson, Samantha Short, Drew Scammell, Sophie Witmer
Mapping
Well Seasoned Works – Norfolk, VA
Choreography: Mike Esperanza
Music: Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin, performed by Frank Levy
Light Design: Mike Esperanza
Danced by James Morrow and Megan Thompson
Fire in the Attic
Lawton Dance Collective – New York, NY
Choreographed by Julia Lawton
Music: “Here Comes the Badger” by Hang Massive; “Circular Translation” by Christophe Zurfluh;”Water Falls” by René Aubry;”Dinner at the Sugarbush” by Brent Lewis
Costumes: Julia Lawton
Danced by: Sarah Baghdadi, Erica Caruso, Katie Jaffie
starshine and clay
AB Contemporary Dance – Charlotte, NC
Choreographed, costumed and performed by Alyah Baker
Music: Virgo by Meshell Ndegeocello (feat. Brandee Younger, Julius Rodriguez)
Costumes: Alyah Baker
Blink
Next Reflex Dance Collective – Fairfax, VA
Choreography: Roxann Morgan Rowley
Original Music by John White
Costumes by Roxann Morgan Rowley
Danced by:
what the light won’t touch
Bella Leonard – Fairfax, VA
Choreography: Bella Leonard in collaboration with dancers
Music: Housofpsychoticwomn by Ethel Cain
Danced by Joey Schuman and Jesse Harrington
Sixth Breath
Beau Hancock and Caitlin Quinn Pittenger – Philadelphia, PA
Choreography: Beau Hancock and Caitlin Quinn Pittenger
Music: Ezio Bosso
Costume: Janessa Urwin
Danced by Morgan Baggstrom, Mia Dimmick, Shanna Landestoy, Jackson O’Brien. Tiffany Suarez, Alexa Walsh
RECEPTION – LOBBY
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