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Presents
November 6, 2021 & November 7, 2021
Founder:
Linda Gold
Artistic Director:
Jae Lee
Guest Choreographer/Film Maker:
Lauren Hall
Guest Company:
Kybele Dance Theater
Faculty Choreographers/Film Makers:
Seda Aybay, Angela Jordan, Jae Lee, Sophie Monat
Student Choreographers/Film Maker:
Ariana Chavez, Britt Ganiere, Hunter Ha
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Directors’ Note
Through this production, we delight in sharing the creativity of
prestigious faculty and guest artists as well as our own Synapse student
choreographers. You will witness many contemporary voices in dance
expressed by and through our dancers. As you engage in this
performance, we invite you to open your hearts and find truth, beauty,
inspiration, and meaning wherever you might.
Jae Lee
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CONTEMPORARY
Dönüsüm The piece is about seek and urge for change.
Choreographer: Seda Aybay
Music: We will find it by Emily Glass & Dasychira
Dancers: Maoka Doi, Hunter Ha, Hwayah Lee, Myko Lyric, Kana
Nakada
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JAZZ FUSION (Film)
The Letter In the dance film “The Letter”, a mysterious envelope appears for an
unexpecting recipient. Comedy ensues as eccentric dancing minions
encourage the recipient to open the letter.
Choreographer, Director, Editor: Lauren Hall
Music: The Letter performed by Joe Cocker, written by Wayne Carson
Dancers: Bryanna Coleman, Tiffany Elghanian, Britt Ganiere, Anna
Konstantinovsky, Kyla Kramer, Nancy Martinez-Castro, Milo Reyes,
Akiha Taguchi
Additional credits: Characters and theme inspired by the piece “The
Envelope” by David Parsons (1984).
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CONTEMPORARY
Breathe Just breathe. When you are in pain and hurt, just breathe. When you are
filled with joy, just breathe. When you feel you can’t go on anymore,
just breathe in the times of darkness and in the light, through life and
and all it brings just breathe because moments are fleeting and any
breath could be our last.
Choreographer: Britt Ganiere
Music: Fly by Ludovico Einaudi
Dancers: Maoka Doi, Kyla Kramer, Myko Lyric
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HIP HOP/IMPROVISATIONAL MOVEMENT
Sui Inventionis “SUI INVENTIONIS” translated as “self-discovery” in Latin is a piece
that covers the emotional and spiritual journey of peeling the many
facades we as humans present to others in our daily lives to discover our
truest form. This choreography depicts the struggle and battle to free
ourselves of our own perceptions, false narratives, and coming to terms
with our past to move into the future and build confidence in our true
identity as human beings.
Choreographer: Hunter Ha
Music: Freeka by Great Dane, Hyena Intro by THEY, Summertime by
Nvrmind & Bodybap
Dancers: Hunter Ha, Anna Konstantinovsky, Hwayah Lee, Nancy
Martinez-Castro, Bryanna Coleman, Kana Nakada, Milo Reyes, Akiha
Taguchi
Additional credits: Special thanks to Synapse Dancers,
Professor/Director Jae Lee and SMC Dance Department.
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CONTEMPORARY (Film)
Real Women Inspired by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s, Rosas Danst Rosas, Real
Women questions and navigates female hood, womanhood, archetypes
placed onto women, and performance of gender. Real Women
recognizes a global calling towards femininity and claims agency over
our personal identities. We are women who recognize our past, look to
our futures, and decide who we are now.
Choreographer, Director: Ariana Chavez
Music: Lonely Road by Scott Mackay
Dancers: Ariana Chavez, Azuki Kato, Sarah Lewis, Heather Ongpauco,
Jordana Owens, Stasya Statcenko, Madison Tamashiro
Editor, Photography, Color: Brendan Boyle
B Camera Operator: David Keninger
Steadicam Operator: Nick Almanza
Sound Mixer: Andres Chavez
Assistant Camera: Jon Munoz
Special Thanks: Mark Tomasic, Vanessa Van Wormer, Jae Lee
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CONTEMPORARY
Memoria
Choreographer: Sophie Monat
Music: Train at Nine-thirty by Don Nichols, Violin Sonata in D Major:
III Largo by Georg Philipp Telemann
Dancers: Maoka Doi
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CONTEMPORARY
Dedikodu DediKodu” explores shedding the burden of cultural expectations and
judgements in favor of celebrating personal choices over societal
scrutiny. The title comes from the Turkish word for ‘gossip.’ However,
it has been visually separated into ‘dedi’ meaning ‘said’ and ‘kodu’
meaning ‘set’ as a play-on-words used to illustrate how we often
succumb to what is said about us, falling into the prescribed version or
ourselves, a version others foist upon us.
Guest Company: Kybele Dance Theater
Choreographer: Seda Aybay
Music: Bolero covered by Pink Martini
Dancers: Seda Aybay, Nick Albuja, Morgan Goodfellow, Karlo
Ramirez, Rachel Walton, Andrii Strelkivskyi
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CONTEMPORARY (Film)
Nested Memories A portrayal of memories from Normandy…
Choreographer, Director, Editor: Jae Lee
Music: Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor by Frederic Chopin
performed by Eric Lu
Dancers: Liam Gifkins, Maya Hutchinson, David Litton, Laura
Morales, Alexandra Perlman
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JAZZ FUNK
Rhythm of the Night Own the night. Dance to the rhythm of life.
Choreographer: Angela Jordan
Music: Ritmo by Black Eyed Peas & J. Balvin
Dancers: Kyla Kramer, Myko Lyric, Kana Nakada, Akiha Taguchi
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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Synapse Founder ................................................. Linda Gold
Artistic Director: ...................................................... Jae Lee
Dance Production Specialist .......................... Endah Redjeki
Dance Administrative Assistant ........................Jocelyn Alex