Dance Concert "In the Slipstream" Opens in Less Than One Week
Get your tickets now to the SMC Dance Concert "In the Slipstream" May 5-7 in LeFevre Theatre at 8pm with an additional matinee on May 7th at 2pm. The matinee will be live in LeFevre Theatre and live-streamed. For more info and tickets: stmarys-ca.edu/in-the-slipstream We encourage you to purchase tickets online before the show, and your name will be on the will call list at the glass door to LeFevre Theatre. You may also purchase tickets half an hour before each performance at the Box Office.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED. Please bring your own.
Check out the line-up:
Joy
Choreographer: Pope Flyne
Lighting Design: Matthew Cohen
Costumes: Rogelio Lopez
Live Music: Pope Flyne
Dancers: Carolina Celis, Ella Dotson, Allie Driks, Collin Fisher, Cadence Godwin, Erica Hardy, Hannah Holt, Samantha Kennedy, Noelle Tham, Maya Chicueyi Ocelotl Diaz-Villalta
Joy “A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.”
This original Masterpiece is the work of Pope Flyne-Master Drummer/ Choreographer. The Dance expresses “Joy”. Coming together out of a life changing disaster bringing the community together to celebrate and bring encouragement to each other. Life is not lost, life is restored.
Relishing in restarting
Choreographer: Dana Lawton
Lighting Design: Matthew Cohen
Costumes: Bella Watson
Music Composed & Edited by: Michael Wall
Dancers: Kathy Barajas, Trinity R. Boykin, Kate Buzanis, Kylie Casal, Tanisha Choudhary, Rochelle Demelo, Ella Dotson, Angelina Fleming, Alexa Janezell, Melanie Parlan, Chloe Parmelee-Laporte, Claire Roberts, Eesha Shah
Mambo #15
Choreographer: CatherineMarie Davalos with the dancers
Lighting Designer: Matthew Cohen
Costumes: Bela Watson
Music: Eddie Warner and His Tropical Orchestra
Dancers (in order of appearance): Alexa Janezell, Caitlynne Bennett, Carolina Celis, Citlali Gallo, Collin Fisher, Gia Ottati, Giuliana Sorbi, Isa Madath, Kimberly Alvarez, Liam McCullar, Maya Chicueyi Ocelotl Diaz-Villalta, Macy Yu, Mel Maira Parlan, Olivia Rose Grimes, Willa Clare Truby
Week after Week
Choreographer: Shaunna Vella
Lighting Design: Matthew Cohen
Sound Design: Alex Cox
Costumes: Shaunna Vella & Bela Watson
Music: “Los vestidos desgarrados” by Alberto Iglesias, “T.G.I.F” by Katy Perry, “Another World” by Antony & the Johnsons
Dancers: Maya Diaz-Villalta, Alyssa Ly, Isa Madath, Liam Mccullar, Claire Roberts & Eesha Shah
我们认识这个世界吗？ （wo men ren shi zhe ge shi jie ma?) Do We Understand the World?
Choreographer: Jia Wu with the dancers
Lighting Design: Matthew Cohen
Costumes: Keiko Carreiro
Episode #1: Chained Woman
Music: Joji Hirota Taiko Drummers
Dancer: Samantha Matsumoto
“Chained Woman” was directly inspired by a horrifying news report about a chained woman who was the victim of human trafficking and sexual assualt. She was forced to give birth to eight children. This news was discovered in 2022 at the same time that China was hosting the Winter Olympics. Now “Chained Woman” in Mandarin has become censored throughout the entire Chinese internet search. This means any further spreading and discussion about this news will be banned on the Chinese internet. You can see the original news report here: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/ 2022/02/17/1080115082/the-mystery-of-the-chained-woman-in-china
This solo is my sentimental offering for remembering the “Chained Woman.” Thanks to my amazing dancer Sam and my incredible designers Keiko and Matthew.
Episode #2: Velvet
Dancers: Anna Burke, Rochelle Demelo, Olivia Rose Grimes, Kiana Kwong, Katherine Mertel, Elena Prisco, Maggie Sepsey, Macy Yu
The title “Velvet” was borrowed from “Velvet Revolution” in 1989, a national peaceful protest movement to end more than 40 years of communist rule in Czechoslovakia. The piece is to explore and demonstrate the muti-layers of female identity, strength, sass, resistance, hesitation, sensitivity, aggression, compassion, etc. At the end, the dance becomes a collective feminist statement. Thanks to all the devoted dancers.
INTERMISSION
El Jarabe Nayarita
Choreographer: Rogelio Lopez (Ballet Folklorico)
Lighting Design: Matthew Cohen
Music: “El Jarabe Nayaryta” by El Groupo Nahucalli
Dancers: Kimberly Janett Alvarez, Arianna Berry, Anna Burke, Maya Chicueyi Ocelotl Diaz-Villalta, Tatyana Cordova, Victoria Diaz, Andrea Diaz-Garcia, Emily Dratva, Gloria Fernandez, Angela Garcia, Paloma Garcia, Olivia Rose Grimes, Olivia Gutierrez, Ashley M Hernandez, Lolis Larraguivel, Citlali Lizett Gallo, José Alejandro Miranda, Yolanda Ochoa, Julio Perez, Claire Roberts
Reverie
Choreographer: Crystaldawn Bell
Lighting Design: Matthew Cohen
Costumes: Bela Watson
Music: “She Who Brings Gifts” by Cristobal Tapia De Veer
Dancers: Anna Burke, Carmen Cortez, Andrio Jordan Fong, Olivia Rose Grimes, Olivia Gutierrez, Erica Hardy, Samantha Kennedy, Kiana Kwong, Katherine Mertel, Maggie Sepsey, Cierra Taylor, Noelle Tham
Arrive in Liminality
Choreographer: Micah Sallid
Lighting Design: Andrio Fong
Costumes: Bela Watson
Music: “Lite Spots” by Kaytranada
Dancers: Isa Madath, Cadence Godwin, Erica Hardy, Olivia Gutierrez
Reposar La Juventud en la Victoria
Choreographer: Rogelio Lopez in collaboration with the dancers
Lighting Design: Matthew Cohen
Costumes: The senior Dancers
Music: Mycelium Highway by David Franklin
Sound Design: David Franklin
Dancers: Anna Burke, Carolina Celis, Maya Chicueyi Ocelotl Diaz-Villalta, Andrio Fong, Katherine Mertel, Maggie Sepsey, Eesha Shah, Noelle Tham, Willa Clare Truby