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DANCING EVERYWHERE |
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Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24, 2021
Friday at 7:30 p.m. 'Neath the Elms, Main Quad Friday at 8:15 p.m. Trinity College Chapel Saturday at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom |
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Co-Directed by Department of Theater and Dance Professors... Peter Kyle and Rebecca Pappas |
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FRIDAY AT 7:30 P.M. – MAIN QUAD ‘NEATH THE ELMS
QUAD HAPPENING
Choreographer, director: Peter Kyle
Performers (in order of appearance):
Michael Preston
The Chapel Singers, directed by Christopher Houlihan: Tasha Casey '23, Jenny Conant '22, Naomi Dyer '24, Kyle Fields '21, Julianne Freeman '22, Addison Johnson '24, Kendra Keelan '23, David Marottolo '21, Matthew Marottolo '24, Coleman McJessy '22, Tucker O'Brien '22, Claire Pitzer '21, Gwenhwyfar Sadie '21, Grace Sanko '23, Zachary Schurman '22, Dante Soriano '24, Ayana Tabo '23, Mia Ver Pault '24
Music:O virtus sapientiae Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)
Sic Deus dilexit mundum Sethus Calvisius (1556–1615)
Easter Anthem William Billings (1746–1800)
Were you there? Traditional African American spiritual
’Neath the Elms Augustus P. Burgwin ’1882,
arr. Christopher Houlihan
David Marottolo ’21
Music: David Marottolo ’21
Ugnė Tumonytė ’24
Sculpture: Caleb Nussear and Peter Kyle
Clare Donohoe ’22
Nancy Becerra-Cordoba
Rebecca Pappas
Elizabeth Schoemer ’24
Priscilla Rubio '24
Diego Vásquez
Music: J.S. Bach Sonata No. 2 (BWV 1003): Allegro
Trinity Samba Ensemble, directed by Eric Galm: Maya Anand ’22, Frankie Brown ’21, Izzy Bruno ’21, Thu Bui ’21, Luke Collins ’23, Jack Harrington ’22, Molly King ’24, Quinn Luong ’21, Olivia McMichael ’24, Joel Mwaigomole ’21, Jay Park ’22, Jasmine Parras ’23, Sarah Romanelli ’21, Samira Souley Hassane ’22, Pierrete Umwailwase ’22, Jihang Xu ’21, Zach Yung ’22, Cristhian Zaldivar ’21
Mimi MacKilligan ’21
Costume Consultants, with support from Joy Havens: Emily Dirico ’24, Nicole Miara ’24
Costuming Assistant: Skye Gasataya ’21
FRIDAY AT 8:15 P.M. – PROJECTED ON THE TRINITY COLLEGE CHAPEL
A PREPOSITION
Choreographer, videographer: Rebecca Pappas
Performers: Clare Donohoe '22, Ugnė Tumonytė '24
With: Nancy Becerra-Cordoba, Annastazia Chin '22, Julianne Freeman '22, Yves Semana Gisubizo Sr. '24, Gisselle Hernandez '22, Aarti Lamberg '24, Yuqing Li '22, Leah Marcin-Van Meter '24, Venghour Than '24, Ugnė Tumontyė '24, Jingpei Wang '22
Projection Design: Charles Raffetto
Special Thanks: Charles Borowicz
SATURDAY AT 7:30 P.M. – VIA ZOOM
Zoom registration: https://bit.ly/DancingEverywhere2021
LMNOP
Choreographer: Clare Donohoe ’22
Performers: Dancers Malynnae Bustos '22, Annastazia Chin '22, Clare Donohoe '22, Eleanor Faraguna '21, Gwenhwyfar Sadie '21, Achille Vann Ricca (Ithaca College) '23, Hendrick Xiong-Calmes
Speakers: Keane Fajardo '22, Carey Maul '21, Arielle Oliver, Gabriel Sorondo '23, Tiana Sharpe '23, Simran Subramaniam '22, Leah Winters '22
Poetry: All My Friends are Sad and Bright by Cam Awkward-Rich, Dreaming of Lesbos by Tatiana De La Tierra, The Applicant by Sylvia Plath, Strawberry Skin by Malynnae Bustos, A Litany for Survival by Audre Lorde, It’s easy to invent a life by Emily Dickinson, Malkia by Arielle Oliver.
Special Thanks: I would like to deeply thank my dancers for being so open, vulnerable, and creative in this process. Thank you to Ugne and Nancy for being invaluable co-creators in this process. Thank you to Rebecca and Peter for their indispensable guidance and providing such an open and safe space.
BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SYSTEM
Choreographer, performer, videographer: Lesley Farlow
Text: The Old Ways by Gary Snyder
LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Choreographer, performer, videographer: Nancy Becerra-Cordoba
Music: Weightless by Marconi Union
Special Thanks: Thank you to voice instructor, Rebecca Goodheart, for her voice coaching, which inspired the development of the piece.
A PREPOSITION
Choreographer, videographer: Rebecca Pappas
Performers: Clare Donohoe '22, Ugnė Tumonytė '24
With: Nancy Becerra-Cordoba, Annastazia Chin '22, Julianne Freeman '22, Yves Semana Gisubizo Sr. '24, Gisselle Hernandez '22, Aarti Lamberg '24, Yuqing Li '22, Leah Marcin-Van Meter '24, Venghour Than '24, Ugne Tumontye '24, Jingpei Wang '22
Projection Design: Charles Raffetto
Special Thanks: Charles Borowicz
EXPERIMENT: SIGHT
Choreographer, performer: Ugnė Tumonytė ’24
Music: Atrás / Além by O Terno, Baila Me by Gipsy Kings, Futari no Natsu Monogatari - Never Ending Summer by Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe, Jovem by Julio Secchin, Furta-Cor by Scalene and Xenia Franca.
Special Thanks: I want to thank Professor Rebecca Pappas and Professor Peter Kyle for providing students a place to experiment and for giving great advice when I was in need of it.
LOST AND FOUND
Choreographer: Rachna Ramya Agrawal
Performers: Shahzad Anjum, Rachna Ramya
Poetry recitation: Eshani Surya
Music: Shahzad Anjum
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Rachna Rampa Agrawal: Performer, choreographer, educator, and a published author Rachna Ramya Agrawal received a Master's degree in dance from the prestigious Pracheen Kala Kendra in India. She also trained in choreography at the Natya Institute of Choreography in New Delhi, India. Rachna has won many awards in recognition of her achievements in dance. Currently she is on teaching faculty at Trinity College in Hartford and is also the Artistic Director of the Sumbhaav School of Kathak Dance.
Nancy Becerra-Cordoba: Nancy is an IDP student, theater and dance major, who loves pets, dancing, reading, nature, and watching movies. This is her first choreographic piece, in memory of her mother, and inspired by the poem “Touched by an Angel” by Maya Angelou.
Clare Donohoe ’22 is a junior majoring in theater and dance and educational studies with a minor in community action. She is involved with SGA, Quirks a cappella, Nest Artists, Peter B's, and the CCLC. They are particularly interested in topics of queerness and accessibility in the dance world.
Lesley Farlow, Professor Emerita of Theater and Dance at Trinity College, is a dance artist, movement educator, dance oral historian, and writer. Before she came to Trinity in 1999 she was based in New York, performing, teaching, creating dance/theater work, writing, and touring. During that time she was the coordinator of the Oral History Project at the Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, where she started the AIDS Oral History Project in order to document and honor the lives of dance artists living with AIDS. She is a Certified Movement Analyst and currently the Associate Director of the dance publication "Contact Quarterly". “Beautiful Little System” is her first foray into making a dance film on her phone.
Peter Kyle is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, filmmaker, and Artistic Director of Peter Kyle Dance, founded in New York City in 2006, and now based in Hartford, CT, where he is Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance, at Trinity College. He toured around the world as a soloist with Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance, and is an active proponent of that legacy. He has also performed in the companies of Mark Morris, Erick Hawkins, Gina Gibney, Laura Glenn, and the theater company P3/east, among others. He has received numerous grants and awards, including a Fulbright Specialist grant, and regularly works internationally as a teacher, performer, and choreographer, most recently in Ukraine.
David Marottolo '21 is a music and classical studies major at Trinity College. An active composer, pianist, and organist, David's works have been premiered throughout Connecticut. At Trinity, David is an active member of the Chapel Singers, the Accidentals, and several other music ensembles. David is excited to be part of a such a fabulous production!
Rebecca Pappas makes projects that address the body as an archive for personal and social memory. Her work has toured nationally and internationally and she has received residencies from Yaddo and Djerassi, and funding from the New England Foundation for the Arts, the Indiana Arts Commission, the Mellon Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, The Clorox Foundation, and Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange (CHIME). She is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Trinity College in Hartford, CT and Guest Faculty in the Masters in Social Practice Art at University of Indianapolis.
Charles Raffetto has been the Technical Director and Designer for the Visual and Performing Arts Department at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Massachusetts for over ten years. With an MFA in media and performing arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design, he has focused on teaching and producing theater for almost twenty years. He has also completed professional development coursework in projection mapping at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He is especially interested in using projections and light to provide opportunities to see the familiar in new and exciting ways and has for the last five years been providing lighting design and production support to private dance companies.
Ugnė Tumonytė ’24 is a Lithuanian dancer who has recently been dipping her toes into the world of choreography. Ugnė's work is concentrated on experimenting and trying to find new and interesting ways to approach dance. She grew up dancing ballroom and Latin dances (dancesport). Recently she has been practicing street dance and modern dance.
Diego Vásquez, 2020 Connecticut Artist Fellow, is a multidisciplinary artist residing in Hartford. He holds a doctorate from The Hartt School, is principle clarinetist of the Berkshire Opera Festival, has worked both as a clarinetist and dancer-mime soloist for the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland) and is currently working on his first EP.
DEPARTMENT OF THEATER AND DANCE FACULTY AND STAFF
Michael Preston, Chair, Associate Professor of Theater and Dance
Rachna R. Agrawal, Visiting Lecturer in Theater and Dance
Vanessa Butler, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance
Joley Creary, Visiting Lecturer in Theater and Dance
Becca M. Goodheart, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance
Michelle Hendrick, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance
Theresa A. Incampo, Visiting Lecturer in Theater and Dance
Barbara Karger, Associate Professor of Theater and Dance, Director of the Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts Program
Pat Kennedy, Administrative Assistant
Peter Kyle, Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance
Lisa Matias, Visiting Lecturer in Theater and Dance
Matthew A. Ostrowski, Visiting Lecturer in Music and Theater and Dance
Rebecca K. Pappas, Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance
Mitchell A. Polin, Associate Dean for Curriculum, Associate Professor of Theater and Dance
Katharine G. Power, Associate Professor of Theater and Dance
Terrell D. Sledge, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance
Emeriti Memebers:
Judy Dworin, Professor of Theater and Dance, Emerita
Lesley J. Farlow, Professor of Theater and Dance, Emerita
AUSTIN ARTS CENTER PERFORMING ARTS STAFF
Jesse Riley, Director of Production
Elisa Griego, Technical Director
Martiza Ubides, Production Supervisor
Alexandra Fischbein, Production Coordinator
Pat Kennedy, Administrative Assistant
AUSTIN ARTS CENTER STUDENT STAFF
Maya Anand '22, Office Assistant, Instagram Live Videographer
Skye Gasataya ’21, Costuming Assistant
