Laura Stokes Performing Arts Librarian, University Library
Abigail Wang Theatre Technician
Brown/Trinity Program Faculty
Shura Baryshnikov Head of Movement, DGS, Associate Professor of the Practice
Curt Columbus
Interim Director of MFA Programs, Artistic Director of Trinity Rep, Professor of the Practice
Rebecca Gibel Visiting Lecturer
Brian Mertes Head of Directing, Professor of the Practice
Max Rosenak Head of Voice & Speech, Visiting Assistant Professor of the Practice
Sophia Skiles Head of Acting, Associate Professor of the Practice
Brown/Trinity Program Staff
Jeremy Chiang Technical Director
Sammi Haskell MFA Production Coordinator
Jill Jann MFA Academic Coordinator
FALL DANCE CONCERT
November 20 - 23, 2025
Principles of Optics by Moana Marx ‘27
Paramarital by Eden Fine ‘25.5
I. Inhale II. Exhale by Alicia Joo ‘26
A Gallimaufry of Mine by Autumn Tilley ‘26
TAPS 1320: CHOREOGRAPHY
Mapping: a chapter series by Sarah Joy ‘29, Rozita Papaellina ‘28, Irene Zheng ‘28, Naomi Filipiak ‘26, Nati Deissl-Gibbs ‘27, Anna Maria Zulueta ‘25.5, Konstantina Koulouriotis ‘29, Simone Olivier ‘26 Rosalie Winters ‘29 and Owen Torrey ‘26 MFA
vers libre by Shura Baryshnikov in collaboration with the dancers
A Note from Theatre Arts & Performance Studies Chair,
Patricia Ybarra
In times of crisis, it can be easy to question the value of art because there are so many other things that seem more urgent. It may seem even harder to argue for the theatre, given that so many political pundits use the word theatre to gesture to the false, the fake, and the unnecessarily histrionic actions of those in public life. I believe that theatre and performance are more important than ever before, however. This is because the creative world-making on stage, backstage, and off stage allows us to imagine otherwise at a time in which our imaginations are constrained and visions of common flourishing are scarce. In this season, that does not mean only staging joyful possibilities; Machinal and The Flick discuss reactions to gender and class violence openly, even when they stage moments of intimacy; Muses’ focus on love is not without obstacles; our Writing is Live Festival of new works speaks to both history and the current moment in ways we have not yet anticipated. Our Festivals of Dance, too, emerge from the virtuosity of embodied movement in our current cultural moment. Rather than being a synonym for the false, our performance season is in fact a series of embodiments of truth, which display multiple viewpoints for various audiences. These productions allow us to consider each other in all of our complexities, a quality often absent in many forms of contemporary media. We invite you join us for each and every performance.
Production Staff
Head of Dance .................................................... Patricia Seto-Weiss
Production Director ......................................................... Barbara Reo
Georgia Gray ‘29, Oscar Su ‘29, Batisse Manhardt ‘26
Special Thanks
Brown Arts Institute
The Fall Dance Concert is generously supported by the Irene Lewisohn and Alice Lewisohn Crowley Endowment, and the Julie Adams Strandberg Fund for Dance
Please take a moment to note the fire exits. There are three exits on the south side of the theatre. Use of recording devices, cameras, and cell phones is not permitted. As a courtesy to patrons and performers, please silence all electronic devices. The video taping or other video or audio recording of this production by any individual not expressly directed to do so by Brown University is strictly prohibited. All or portions of Brown University events and their participants may be captured by photography or video and used for news or Brown promotional purposes.
Principles of Optics
originated out of TAPS 1348 - Contemporary Dance
Studio Project
Choreography
Moana Marx ‘27
Performers
Students from TAPS 1348
Alicia Joo ‘26, Neleh Kay ‘27, Sarah Richman ‘26
Costume Designer
Moana Marx ‘27 and Blake Ankner ‘27
Director of Photography
Nathan Gold ‘27
Editors
Nathan Gold ‘27 and Moana Marx ‘27
Music “Someday” by Weval
Paramarital
Choreography and Direction
Eden Fine ‘25.5
Performers
Eden Fine ‘25.5, Catherine Winger ‘24
Costume Designers
Eden Fine ‘25.5, Catherine Winger ‘24
I. Inhale II. Exhale
originated out of TAPS 1348 - Contemporary Dance
Studio Project
Choreography
Alicia Joo ‘26
Performers
Students from TAPS 1348
Eden Fine ‘25.5, Martina Herman ‘26, Moana Marx ‘27, Autumn Tilley ‘26, Shirley Zhang ‘29
Drummers
Brown/RISD Hansori members
Corbin Aquino ‘27, Davin Choi ‘28 RISD, Rayne Lee ‘28, Sarah Levine ‘27, Julia Park ‘27 RISD, Zoe Park ‘26, Anna Ryu ‘26 MAT, Angelina So ‘27 RISD, Brandon You ‘28, Jolin Zheng ‘28 RISD
Costume Designer
Alicia Joo ‘26
Music
“miu” by Marina Herlop
“Buksori II, part II” performed live by Brown/RISD
Hansori
A Gallimaufry of Mine
originated out of TAPS 1348 - Contemporary Dance
Studio Project
Choreography
Autumn Tilley ‘26
Performers
Students from TAPS 1348
Sophia Dean ‘27, Ailyn Tiul ‘29
Costume Designer
Autumn Tilley ‘26
Original Music
designed by Autumn Tilley ‘26
“Sounds Like a Melody” by Alphaville
“Fame” by David Bowie
“Halo” by Depeche Mode
“Theremini” by Dorit Chrysler
“Gate 2” by Empty Set
“Stobart’s Blues” by I Monster
“Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin
Mapping: a chapter
series
originated out of TAPS 1320 - Choreography
Choreographies
Sarah Joy ‘29 (solo)
Rozita Papaellina ‘28 (trio)
Irene Zheng ‘28 (solo)
Naomi Filipiak ‘26 and Nati Deissl-Gibbs ‘27 RISD (for six)
Anna Maria Zulueta ‘25.5 (solo)
Anna Maria Zulueta ‘25.5 and Konstantina Koulouriotis ‘29 (duet)
Konstantina Koulouriotis ‘29 (solo)
Simone Olivier ‘26 (trio)
Rosalie Winters ‘29 and Irene Zheng ‘28 (for ten)
Rosalie Winters ‘29 and Owen Torrey ‘26 MFA (duet)
Owen Torrey ‘26 MFA (solo)
Performers
Students from TAPS 1320
Nati Deissl-Gibbs ‘27 RISD, Naomi Filipiak ‘26, Sarah Joy ‘29
Rosalie Winters ‘29 and Irene Zheng ‘28 with support from Shura Baryshnikov
Costume Design
By Choreographers
Textile Design
Nati Deissl-Gibbs ‘27 RISD
Music and Sound Design
Sarah Joy ‘29
“Tree” by Ólafur Arnalds
Rozita Papaellina ‘28
“jazz is for ordinary people” by berloiz
Irene Zheng ‘28
original sound design by Irene Zheng ‘28
Naomi Filipiak ‘26 and Nati Deissl-Gibbs ‘27 RISD
“Wade In The Water”- Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY / November 7, 1987 by Sweet Honey in the Rock
“Sodade” by Cesaria Evora
“Canta lo Sentimental” by Omara Portuondo
Anna Maria Zulueta ‘25.5
original sound design by Anna Maria Zulueta ‘25.5
Konstantina Koulouriotis ‘29
“Life on Mars” by David Bowie
Simone Olivier ‘26
“As’jike” by Txc, featuring Chley, Pcee, Buddy Kay, W4de, and Danny Shades
Rosalie Winters ‘29 and Irene Zheng ‘28
“Double Sword” by Kim Hiorthøy
Owen Torrey ‘26 MFA
original sound design by Owen Torrey ‘26 MFA
“If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso” by Gertrude Stein
“Aida” by Maria Spyropoulou
vers libre
originated out of TAPS 1348 - Contemporary Dance
Studio Project
Choreography
Shura Baryshnikov in collaboration with the dancers
Performers
Students from TAPS 1348
Sophia Dean ‘27, Eden Fine ‘25.5, Alicia Joo ‘26, Neleh Kay ‘27, Moana Marx ‘27, Sarah Richman ‘26, Autumn Tilley ‘26, Ailyn Tiul ‘29, Shirley Zhang ‘29
Costume Designer
Shura Baryshnikov
Text
Contributed by the cast from Mary Oliver, Toni Morrison, Walt Whitman, Sarah Richman ‘26, Harriet Wheeler & David Gavurin, Alicia Joo ‘26, and Clay AD
Music
“Ornament and Crime I” and “Ornament and Crime II” by Bryce Dessner and Pekka Kuusisto
Choreographer Bios
Moana Marx ’27 is a junior from New York City studying Urban Studies and Theatre Arts & Performance Studies. Her piece, Principles of Optics, explores how film, light, and live performance capture and reshape the body in motion.
Eden (or Edie) Fine is a final semester senior; they have participated in Shura Baryshnikov’s Contemporary Dance Studio Project since its inception, and since their freshman year at Brown. They are honored that they get to officially call themselves the longest running member of the company. It has been an integral part of their journey as a college student and as an artist, participating in many performances—choreographing some, collaborating on many, and experimenting with many media forms throughout. They have explored many dance languages, such as release technique, Countertechnique, and Contact Improvisation (all shepherded by Shura), and attribute a lot of their improvisatory, experimental, and extremely queer sensibilities to their East Village dance teacher, Lisa Pilato, and the company they choreographed and trained with growing up called LocoMotion Dance Theatre at St. Marks Church in the Bowery. Paramarital was an opportunity for them, in their last semester, to explore relating to their past selves and embrace evolution while resisting linear narratives of growth and normative experiences of identity and relationship (especially in the context of Edie’s recent marriage). Using film from 2023 with their close friend and artistic collaborator, Catherine Winger, as well as footage from today, they were excited to reflect in an artistically stimulating way, and to articulate it through their favorite language: dance. Special thanks to Catherine Winger, Simone Klein, Annabel Sexton-Daldry, and, as always, Shura Baryshnikov, for brilliant advice, guidance, and vision.
Alicia Joo ‘26: I am a senior from Davis, California concentrating in Education Studies. I have been taking TAPS dance classes since my freshman year, and CDSP has been so formative in developing my dance vocabulary. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to continue my dance practice here at Brown, and I am really excited to share my piece with you. In this piece, I was interested in exploring traditional Korean drumming and postmodern dance. SamulNori is a form of Korean folk music rooted in agricultural traditions meant to represent a storm. I was inspired by the liveliness of the drumming and wanted movements to embody the buildup and onset of a storm. Huge shoutout to Brown/RISD Hansori for performing in my piece alongside my amazing fellow dancers.
Autumn Tilley ‘26 is a senior from Rochester, Massachusettes. She is studying Computer Science and Visual Art. This is her 4th semester as part of the Contemporary Dance Studio Project. This semester, Autumn was interested in creating choreography that gives the impression of a conversation, explores multiple styles, and investigates a sweet spot between being silly, being awkward, and being sharp.
Shura Baryshnikov is an Associate Professor of the Practice in Theatre Arts & Performance Studies where she has instructed since 2011. In her studios, Shura employs research in a range of postmodern dance and improvisatory frameworks including Ground and Release Techniques, Viewpoints Technique, Contact Improvisation, and Action Theatre. In 2025, Shura was also certified as a Countertechnique® teacher, a movement system to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action. Professionally, Baryshnikov works broadly across dance, theater, and opera as a performer, choreographer, and director. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the American Guild of Musical Artists, and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
Performance Company Bios
TAPS 1348: Contemporary Dance Studio Project (CDSP) was established by TAPS Associate Professor of the Practice Shura Baryshnikov in the Fall of 2022. Designed to function as a training, research, and repertory model, students are encouraged to repeat the course, often multiple times, continually growing their range as movers, collaborators, and performers.
In the Fall semester, Contemporary Dance Studio Project supports the mentorship and production of works by student makers, and in the Spring, supports the creation of choreographies by faculty and guest artists. In seven semesters of performance, CDSP has brought 17 new works to the stage and built a cohort of dedicated dance practitioners. The opportunity to participate in the creation and performance of new work is an essential part of CDSP’s mission and vital to a robust dance education.
Guest artists in Contemporary Dance Studio Project have included Baye & Asa, Stephanie Batten Bland, Kellie Ann Lynch, Paul Singh, Colin Stilwell, Laila Franklin, Victoria Lynn Awkward, Maree ReMalia, Marissa Molinar, Joshua Tuason, Stephanie Turner, Ali Kenner-Brodsky, Sarah Konner, Makisig Akin, Anya Cloud, and Heidi Henderson.
Sock & Buskin
Sock & Buskin (S&B) is the board that selects and produces the main-stage theatre season for the Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies. It is a partnership between undergraduate students, faculty, and staff.
Founded in 1901 by Thomas Crosby, a professor in the Brown University Department of English, Sock & Buskin has maintained an unbroken string of performance seasons since being established.
Originally founded as an all-male organization, Sock & Buskin became a co-educational group in 1927 when it merged with an all-female theatre troupe from nearby Pembroke College.
The mission of S&B is to bring faculty, staff, and students together in the spirit of collaborative learning and artistry and to engage in open conversations among members of the Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies and larger Brown community in order to select and produce the works of the main-stage theatre season. Throughout this process, S&B values include collaboration, curiosity, experimentation and expansiveness, mentorship and sharing knowledge, creativity, diversity, education, and creating challenging theatre.
Sock & Buskin Board Members
Acadia Philips '28, Alex Haynes, Alex Nurkin, Alyse Harrell '28, Avi Levin '26, B Reo, Brianne Shaw, Brodie Gross '28, Connie Crawford, Ella Piscatello '27, Eric Hadley '26, Ethan Ho '28, Gillian Gordon '26, Julia Jarcho, Kym Moore, Lottie Doughty '26, Miles Justice Hardingwood '28, Noah Martinez '27, Patricia Ybarra, Rashaun Bertrand '27, Renee Surprenant Fitzgerald, Saja Alagaad '28, Sarah dAngelo, Thomas Ward '27, Zane Elinson '28
Student Employees & Support Staff
STUDENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS
Olivia Sydnia St Bernadette '26, Kate Baker '27, Elaina Bayard '27, Leana Lee '28, Sabine Maas '28, Austin Meadows '26, Nathan Scarborough '26
JOHN STREET TECHNICAL DESIGN ASSISTANTS
Chloe Rombaut-Enriquez '27, Asya Gipson '26, Sydney Merrill '27, Kano Mosher '27 Preston Rossi '27, Sofia Tazi '26, Erin Allison '28, Lanyi Stroud '28, Taylor Conklin '26, Rand Abubakir '29, Gabin Ineza Rwigema '29, Angel Rivas '28, Eric Hadley '26, Jacqueline Zhang '27
