MODERN STUDENT CONCERT

3.4 5:30p3.5 7:30p3.6 7:30p

MODERN STUDENT CONCERT

SCHOOL OF DANCE

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The Student Concert Committee is excited to welcome you to the Spring 2021, Modern Dance Student Concert! We appreciate you joining us in a virtual space this year so we can keep our audience and dancers safe. We are proud to showcase the works of School of Dance students who are getting creative within COVID-19 guidelines and still pushing forward to make dance. We as a committee highly encourage mask wearing and social distancing, as well as the guidance put out by the School of Dance and the University of Utah.

This production would not have been possible without the help of many hardworking and dedicated individuals. The Student Concert Committee would specifically like to thank Cole Adams, Isaac Taylor, Sean Carter, Rebecca Johnson, Luc Vanier, Ben Sandberg, Austin Hardy, Molly Powers, and the other School of Dance faculty members who have guided us along the way. We would like to extend our gratitude to the College of Fine FAF Grant Committee for awarding the Committee a grant. We would also like to thank the many choreographers and dancers who are a part of our show--your work and artistry are beautiful and we could not have done this production without you!

Thank you for your continued support and we hope you enjoy the show!

Sincerely,Chloe Barry, Fiona Thomas, Ellen Weiler, and Lia Wong

ProximityChoreographers and Performers: Rebecca Aguilar & Susan BurnapMusic: Michael Wall

NOTEAfter a year of not being able to experience human touch, we saw an opportunity as roommates to create a work that explores this.

a w a k e n i n gChoreographer, Videographer, and Editing: Lia WongDancer: Hayli HenrettyMusic: Ritual Reverence and Confessions by Michael Wall

NOTEPlaying with the relationship between movement, landscape, camera, and editing, this piece could be viewed as an exploration, journey, or excerpt for an uncreated work. I view it as an opportunity to create a new world. It is a documentation of a person’s everchanging body and the experiences that have brought her to this specific moment. Thank you Hayli for exploring new possibilities with me!

rom(d)anceChoreographer: Angeline BourgeaultDancers: Alyssa King, Josie Kolbeck, Abby PaceMusic: “26 Miles (Santa Catalina)” by The Four Preps

NOTEI wanted to make something joyful and a little silly, and this is the product of that. Thanks Abby, Alyssa, and Josie for dancing with me in pandemic times and being on board with the glasses.

Short StoriesChoreographer, Dancer, Editing: Stephanie GarcíaAnimations: Rachel Ryle, Elliot Park, Wojciech Rochowicz, Andreas Hykade, Angela Steffen, Studio Film BilderMusic: Amersan and Cayetano

NOTE: Day by day, I find myself impressed -some others scared- about how audiovisual production has shaped people’s worldview. Since I was a child, I remember driving my imagination to create places that I referenced in the movies and cartoons I watched. Flying, being invisible, or living in an animated drawings world. With Short Stories, I gave it a chance to find limitations in freedom, in imagination a route for my creativity, and in technology, the possibility for making it real.

The Thick and Constellational NOWChoreographer and Dancer: Elle TaylorMusic: Trumpet 2 by Michael Wall

NOTE : When we look up at constellations in the night sky, we are peering into multiple different fragments of the past, all culminating into our present. In this piece, I am exploring what it feels like to sink into this kind of constellational now. I wanted to navigate the internal sensation of being fully in the present moment and how it can so beautifully connect my inner self to the world around me.

I’m not explainingChoreographer, Videographer, and Editing: Jamie Chen Dancer: Grace WardMusic: 5 115 by Michael Wall NOTE I’m not explaining.

The Human Paradox (excerpt)Choreographer and Dancer: Chloe BarryMusic: Ný Batterí by Sigur Rós

NOTE This is an excerpt of a larger piece that explores human nature and its contradictions. I am fascinated by human nature because it is so paradoxical. In this section I focused on how humans relate to the environment. Many of our actions harm the world we live on, but due to how natural systems are set up, the harm we cause will eventually be returned to us unless we change our relationship to the environment.

Effect or AffectChoreographer: Hailey CalkinsDancers: Meaghan Flannagan, Megan McHugh, Olivia Richardson, Vivienne Williams, Lia Wong Music: “Future Free” by Frank Ocean and “Tunglio” by Olafur Arnalds

NOTEHow does our past impact who we do and do not become? What influences what we keep with us and what we disregard? This piece is inspired by my own journey of uncovering what elements in my life have affected me and how I chose to grow with or away from them.

INVESTORS $15,000+Dick and Timmy Burton FoundationPaul C. and Cheryl Huntsman

CONTRIBUTORS $2,500 - $14,999The Brass Ring FoundationMartha M. and John M. VeranthEmma Eccles Jones FoundationMichael L. and Micki N. SobieskiGordon and Connie Hanks

BENEFACTORS $1,000 - $2,499Abby L. and Jerome C. FiatAnne W. RiffeyJean Ann Sabatine

PATRONS $500 - $999Arkansas Community FoundationSheila L. Ainlay And Michael D. SteinerDaynes Music CompanySidney Hamrick Armstrong & Thomas R. ArmstrongLuc VanierDuncan Maio And Kristen Westmoreland

FRIENDS $200 - $499Brent L. Schneider And Kim BlackettSean James CarterKimberly And Todd OrtloffYujiro ShimogoriLeigh R. And Robert T. KingJamie L. And Stephanie S. SchuetteChipotle Mexican GrillEllen R. BrombergGlenda Staples

FANS up to $199Mary Thompson And Kotaro ShimogoriDianne S. HoweMaida R. And L. Arlen WithersOrvil John EliaPeter Flowers And Hazel LegaspiBrian E. And Mary W. HaanRobert A. HaiseKathleen MattinglyMaureen McgillLorita S. McleodLisette H. MilesSerena Dawn QuagliaK. A. Sargent And Earl J. CattertonJonathan Scoville And Tandy Beal

Christopher SmithAlice B. And Andrew V. SullivanWendy J. ThompsonKaren TuckerDavid G. And Steffenie E. Yates Susan ZookJames B. MerletteKristine J. Halverson And Edward J. HaggertyAnne Norman Van GelderJill H. And Christopher F. RandallLaja,Nathalie FieldAnthony And Tina C. FonzoMargaret R. JuradoMarsha Knight And Leigh SeltingMaria And Robert ApgarColleen,Marie BarnesNancy W. Cox,Jane And Timothy HowesGabrielle Lynch And John DiehlGreg And Sue NovakCarrie And Mark RackowPatrizio And Nadia SpitalieriJudith TangenEric M. And Pamela G.HandmanCafe ZupasJoan C. BrownCarole M. Patricia RubleyMargaret W. And Dennis N. TeschBrian E. HartmannMichael Timothy WallSara E. ClaussJulie A. And Douglas T. KirchnerTheresa KleinChristine Anne BlanckKaren S. BlatnikSarah E. And Scott BrownTracy FernholzNorma W. And Joseph GabrielKristina Lynne KargJulie Favreau Schwartz And Ari D. SchwartzTexas RoadhouseNatalie Jean DeschSatu HummastiKenneth Eric McculloughChristine And Jerry McmillanRobert M. And Joanne P. WoodCheryl BaumannMichelle Colleen BickelPeter And Daysha MoesMegan KleinmanStephen J. Koester

The School of Dance acknowledges and thanks the following donors for their generous support during fiscal year July 1, 2019- June 30, 2020.

FACULTYLuc Vanier – Professor, Director of the School of DancePamela Geber Handman – Professor, Associate Director for FacultyBrent Schneider – Professor, Recruitment DirectorEric Handman - Associate Professor, Associate Director for Graduate StudiesSatu Hummasti - Associate Professor, Associate Director for Undergraduate StudiesJay Kim - Associate Professor, Assistant Director for Student Support Melonie B. Murray – Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty & Academic AffairsChristopher Alloways-Ramsey - Assistant Professor, Recruitment DirectorMelissa Bobick - Assistant Professor, Ballet Program HeadNatalie Desch - Assistant ProfessorMolly Heller - Assistant ProfessorKate Mattingly - Assistant ProfessorPablo Piantino - Assistant ProfessorCole Adams - Professor (Lecturer) - Production Director, Lighting DesignerMaggie Tesch - Professor (Lecturer), UBSI DirectorMary Ann Lee - Associate Professor (Lecturer), Artistic Director Tanner DanceMichael Wall - Associate Professor (Lecturer), Modern Program Head Mary Ann Walton – Associate Professor (Lecturer)Daniel Clifton - Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Minor AdvisorChristine McMillan - Assistant Professor, (Lecturer)Sara Pickett - Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Assistant Recruitment DirectorBen Sandberg - Assistant Professor (Clinical), A/V SpecialistIsaac Taylor - Assistant Professor (Clinical), Technical Lighting DirectorRick McCullough - Visiting ProfessorPhilip Hamilton - Visiting Assistant Professor, Musical DirectorVictoria Morgan – Adjunct ProfessorJacque Bell - Adjunct Associate ProfessorChristine Moore – Adjunct Associate ProfessorJasmine Stack – Adjunct Assistant Professor Linda C. Smith - Adjunct Associate ProfessorThomas Welsh - Adjunct Research Associate ProfessorRosie Banchero - Adjunct Assistant ProfessorPenny Saunders - Adjunct Assistant ProfessorKatrina McPherson - Adjunct Assistant ProfessorJustine Sheedy-Kramer - Adjunct Assistant ProfessorJennie Creer-King - Associate Instructor Lynne Larson - Associate InstructorSolange Gomes – Adjunct InstructorDistinguished Alumni

Bené Arnold - Distinguished Professor Emerita, Distinguished AlumnaEllen Bromberg – Distinguished Professor EmeritaJacqueline Clifford - Professor EmeritaAbby Fiat - Professor EmeritaPhyllis Haskell - Professor Emerita, Distinguished AlumnaStephen Koester - Professor EmeritusLoabelle Mangelson - Clawson, Professor EmeritaShirley Ririe - Professor EmeritaDonna White - Professor EmeritaJoan Woodbury - Professor EmeritaBarbara Hamblin - Associate Professor Emerita, Distinguished AlumnaSharee Lane - Associate Professor EmeritaConrad Ludlow - Associate Professor EmeritusJon Scoville - Associate Professor Emeritus

ADMINISTRATIONWill Maguire- Administrative OfficerSean Carter - Administrative AssistantAkilah Woodford-Sims – Clerk

COSTUME SHOPChristopher Larson - Costume Shop DirectorElizabeth Diansongi - StitcherRachel Hayes - DraperOlivia Mason – First Hand

ACCOMPANISTSWayne Coons - Associate Instructor, Head Musician Modern ProgramVilena Barekyan - Associate Instructor, AccompanistSvetlana Vasilenko – Associate Instructor, AccompanistMax Hall – AccompanistDavid Herrman – AccompanistTristan Moore – AccompanistTatsiana Rasmussesn – AccompanistSarah Richards – AccompanistKaz Speirs – AccompanistWachira Waigwa-Stone – AccompanistKimball Whitaker – Accompanist

PT/ATCTrina Bellendir - Physical TherapistChristopher Michaels - Athletic Trainer

STAGE CREWRebecca Johnson - Stage ManagerStage Crew - Nickolaus Bellendir, Amellia D’Avanzo, Arin Lynn, Becca WebbVideographers: Sawyer Tibbitts, Jonas Warner, Grace Ward