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program<br />
All works are world premieres. <strong>Program</strong> is subject to change.<br />
In the Pocket<br />
Choreographed and performed by Hillary-Marie<br />
In the Pocket transforms the void of silence into a world brimming with music and<br />
movement. Hillary-Marie, playing the role of a trickster with a secret in her pocket,<br />
indelibly weaves together the languages of music and dance as she harnesses the<br />
powerful pulse of rhythmic performance with tap dance, body percussion and other<br />
surprises along the way. Will her tricks catch you? Or will you catch her tricks?<br />
My Quadrennia<br />
Choreography by Sameena Mitta with the performers<br />
Concept and Direction by Sameena Mitta<br />
Music: SlowPitchSound<br />
Performed by Chelsea Hecht, Jasminn Johnson, Stephanie Terasaki,<br />
Mark Willis, Chace Butler and Tessa Slyz (92NY Harkness Dance Center Students),<br />
Raechelle Manalo (Understudy)<br />
Monologue by Jasminn Johnson<br />
Costume Design by Sarah Timberlake<br />
Production Consultant: Haejin Han<br />
With the COVID-19 pandemic raging, the uprisings for racial justice reverberating,<br />
and the nation more politically divided than ever, the events from the week<br />
preceding election day 2020 through inauguration day in 2021 had a profound<br />
effect upon all Americans. Throughout this period, Recanati-Kaplan Scholarship<br />
students at the 92NY Harkness Dance Center and company members from dance<br />
company MeenMoves recorded their reactions to these intensely charged historic<br />
events. These interviews were the source material for an intergenerational dance film<br />
that highlights the excitement, anxiety, mourning, shock and hope this diverse set of<br />
people experienced during one of the most divisive times in recent memory.<br />
My Quadrennia brings this dance film to the stage as a dance-theater work,<br />
intensified by a telling of one family’s historical and current relationship with voting<br />
in the United States. It is a timely reminder of both the importance and fragility of<br />
the most fundamental of democratic institutions.<br />
Special thanks to the 92NY Harkness Dance Center:<br />
Taryn Kaschock Russell, Alison Manning, and Kristina Dominick.<br />
program<br />
Dearest, Don’t<br />
Choreography by Kiana Rosa Fischer<br />
Music: “End of Summer Part 4” by Johan Johansson,<br />
“Seiden Still” by Jacaszek, “Year of Our Lord” by Sufjan Stevens<br />
Performed by Jannah Schwartz and Kiana Rosa Fischer<br />
Visual Art by Leah Rosa<br />
Dearest, Don’t explores the thoughts, desires and confusions of motherhood, as well<br />
as the complexities entailed by such relationships. Utilizing both text and visual art,<br />
Kiana Rosa Fischer seeks to blend a collage of images that can be seen, heard and<br />
felt. Strained relationships, regrets and conflicted desires weigh on the dancers as<br />
they navigate both the history and connectivity of their bodies, memories of the part<br />
and questions of the future.<br />
Being Here is What We are Doing<br />
Choreographed and performed by Katelyn Halpern<br />
This site-specific work is a contemporary performance/status report on the two<br />
intervening years between the original Jersey New Moves performance date on<br />
June 19, 2020 and the present moment. Soloist and choreographer Katelyn Halpern<br />
presents at the growth edge of vulnerability with cupcakes, a raincoat and a<br />
microphone for company. The inspiration is the mother of necessity — in spite of<br />
all that has happened and continues to happen, commitments will be kept and<br />
deliverables informed by what we have learned about presence, grief and the body.<br />
LOVE<br />
Choreographed by Kristilee Maiella<br />
Music: “Rubber Head” by Cliff Martinez, “5115” by Michael Wall,<br />
“Under Pressure” by David Bowie and Queen<br />
Performed by Alexa Agesen, Elysia Carrasca, Kierstyn Edore,<br />
Maddie McGovern, Isabella Porreca, Riley Rienert and Ellie Sharpe<br />
LOVE is a contemporary work combining elements of both concert and commercial<br />
dance — beginning in silence and ending with David Bowie and Queen’s “Under<br />
Pressure.” Costumed in bold prints and bright colors, seven dancers demonstrate<br />
strong technique and artistry as they work together to cultivate an overall emotional,<br />
relatable and entertaining performance. Inspired by song lyrics as well as real life<br />
experiences, LOVE follows a journey from a state of fear into love and questions: How<br />
does choosing love over fear change who we are, how we see the world around us<br />
and how we care about ourselves and others?<br />
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