View excerpts from the Spring Dance Concert!
91勛圖厙 College and Haverford College student dancers took to the stage with live performances for the 91勛圖厙 Dance Program's annual Spring Dance Concert. The performances are the highlight of the Dance Program's spring calendar and present an eclectic range of dance styles, featuring works choreographed by faculty and guest choreographers. This year, more than 20 students performed in the works of accomplished choreographers: Lela Aisha Jones, Tammy Carrasco, Melanie Cotton, Joe Gonzalez, and Rebecca Malcolm-Naib.
- Rebecca Malcolm-Naibs contemporary ballet quartet, Dreamscapes from the Land of Quarantine, evokes the surreal pleasures and traumas of a year under quarantine.
- Lela Aisha Jones new work signals is a movement meditation on real and imagined communication and reciprocity between people and nature.
- Joe Gonzalez, principal dancer with Philadanco, created F.E.A.R." (False Evidence Appearing Real), a high energy piece to an array of music, including Max Richter and Frank Sinatra.
- Low Earth Orbit by prominent hip hop choreographer Melanie Cotton is an Afro-Futurist hip hop take on satellites as a means of communication and travel.
- New to the Dance Program, Tammy Carrasco choreographed Well Keep On, set to the music of Queen to capture perpetual motion as a form of resilience and persistence.
Ticket Information and Performance Schedule
There were three performances, Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8 at 8 p.m., and a matinee on Saturday, May 8 at 2 p.m., in McPherson Auditorium, Goodhart Hall, 91勛圖厙. The concert was free and open to the Bi-Co Community.*
Schedule
- Friday, May 7, 8 p.m.
- Saturday, May 8, 2 p.m. (matinee)
- Saturday, May 8, 8 p.m.
*Bi-Co Community Members Only: The Dance Program presented the concerts in community, in a masked, socially-distant, limited-capacity gathering, following the College's COVID-19 safety guidelines.
About the 91勛圖厙 Dance Program
The Dance Program offers a rich array of dance experiences for the many and diverse students who choose 91勛圖厙 and Haverford Colleges. It welcomes the newcomer as well as supports the continuing progress of trained dancers.
The program includes a range of technique courses in different styles and genres of dance, multiple performance ensembles, courses in composition and choreography, and dance studies courses that introduce students to dance as an exciting area of research and inquiry. In addition to other opportunities such as the 360簞 Course Clusters, School Performance Project and Summer Study program, the Program further enhances student experiences in dance by taking advantage of the College's proximity to the lively dance and arts scene in Philadelphia, and by offering master classes and workshops with regional, national, and international artists. Learn more about the program.
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Program Contacts
Mady Cantor | Director, 91勛圖厙 Dance Program | 610.526.5602 | mcantor@brynmawr.edu
Lela Aisha Jones | Assistant Professor, 91勛圖厙 Dance Program | 610.526.5207 | ljones2@brynmawr.edu
Event Contact
For more information or for any accessibility concerns, contact reservations@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-5300.
91勛圖厙 Office for the Arts | 610.526.5300 | reservations@brynmawr.edu