Choreographic Projects: We would like to say... Program

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CHOREOGRAPHIC PROJECTS

WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY...

November 30–December 1 and December 7–8, 2023

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NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 1, 2023 ABOUT Choreographic Projects: We would like to say... is the culminating performances of Advanced Topics in Dance, an upper-level course required for all BA and BFA Dance Majors. The semester-long course offers an opportunity for in-depth, collaborative research in domains of performance and choreography where students engage with dance as a form that resists compartmentalization by methodological boundaries.

CREDITS Ephemeral Mesmerism CHOREOGRAPHER: Se’Niyah Tribble DANCERS: Nakhia Alvis, Anejha Hines, Elizabeth Moran, Michaela Reese, Angel Robinson, Se’Niyah Tribble MUSIC: Your Teeth In My Neck by Afolabi Osinulu, Asa Davis, Kali Uchis, Kevin Arcilla, Kyle D. Branham; After the Storm by Kali Uchis, Tyler, The Creator, Bootsy Collins, Matthew Tavares, Alex Sowinski, Chester Hansen, Leland Whitty MUSIC MANIPULATED AND MIXED BY: Se’Niyah Tribble MENTOR: Dardi McGinley-Gallivan Se’Niyah thanks and attributes much of her growth and success to the support and guidance of her esteemed mentors and teachers. She also thanks her cast for bringing her ideas to life.

I would like to say...it was moment they come together CHOREOGRAPHER: Aly Owens in collaboration with cast DANCERS: Mia Garza and Aly Owens MUSIC: Leiria by Anomalie; Your Name by Lowswimmer, Julien Marchal; Wasted On You

by Peter Sandberg; Just Asking by Jack Sibleu, Ben Fletcher, Tom Higham MENTOR: Bevara Anderson Thank you to my beautiful cast and mentor for everything you have done to make this piece come together. I couldn’t have done it without your help.

I would like to say...Memento Mori CHOREOGRAPHER: Lydia Jacobson in collaboration with dancers DIRECTOR/EDITOR/FIRST CAMERA: Lydia Jacobson SECOND CAMERA: Breslin “Bre5lin” Webb DANCERS: Paris Anderson, Daniela Aranda, Isabel Bastardo, Violet Czerwinski, Mia Garza, Isabelle “Ize” Heinzen, Anejha Hines, Maliaka Hughes, Gabby Sheets, Carla Torres, Se’Niyah Tribble, Nautica Turner MUSIC: Yukon (Interlude) by Joji, Isaac Sleator; Am I Dreaming? by Metro Boomin, Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson, Scriptplugg MENTOR: Jane Jerardi Thank you to all who have supported me in my dance career!

O Mother, I Can Feel!!!

CHOREOGRAPHER: Joey Martinez in collaboration with dancers DANCERS: Mia Garza, Sawyer Latimore, Joey Martinez, Gabby Sheets, Isis Schmugge, Grace Triggiano Rogan MUSIC: I Know It’s Over by The Smiths (covered by Jeff Buckley) MENTOR: Kelsa Rieger-Haywood Thank you to my wonderful cast and Kelsa for making this process so rich and beautiful.

We inquired, resisted, laughed, and cried to the tune of Bart Simpson vibes videos.

Appeal to the Heel CHOREOGRAPHER: Anejha Hines DANCERS: Anejha Hines, Najah Iman, Michaela Reese, Ashley Rodriguez, Amari Smith, Imani Smith, Nautica Turner MUSIC: On My Mama by Victoria Monet; Naked by Ella Mai; Flawless by Beyoncé Knowles; Diva Homecoming by Beyoncé Knowles, Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou; Run the World by Beyoncé Knowles MUSIC MIXED BY: Keshauna Smith MENTOR: Dardi McGinley-Gallivan I want to thank God, family and friends for always being there for me. I want to thank Columbia College Chicago for giving me a space to expand and enhance my movement vocabulary and creative practices.

THE DANCE CENTER PRODUCTION CREW TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Kevin Rechner LIGHTING DESIGN: Kevin Rechner SOUND OPERATOR: Dante Giramma FACULTY COORDINATOR: Colleen Halloran MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR: Jane Jerardi

BIOS Ephemeral Mesmerism Se’Niyah Tribble is rising in the world of dance, her dance journey began during her childhood years at the age of eight. She discovered an undeniable passion for movement and expression throughout her high school years. With a background primarily rooted in majorette and band, Se’Niyah brings a distinctive flair to her work.

Her choreography is characterized by its intricate formations, dynamic transitions, and a keen sense of rhythm. Each piece tells a story, weaving together elements of tradition and innovation to create a mesmerizing visual narrative.

I would like to say...it was moment they come together Aly Owens started her dance career at Debra Collier’s School of Dance. Through their programs she found a passion for music and dance at a very young age. Through her dance school she got to attend events like CNADM and work with diverse choreographers. She now attends Columbia College Chicago and has performed at Harvest Fest.

I would like to say...Memento Mori Lydia Jacobson formed her dance career at Beth Fowler School of Dance in Genoa, Illinois. Commuting between her hometown of DeKalb, she trained in techniques such as Ballet (both on and off pointe), Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, and Lyrical. After graduating and moving to Chicago, Jacobson furthered her dance training in Modern, West African, House, Breaking, and Improvisation techniques here at Columbia. She also studied dance theory and composition. Her movement is rooted in the natural emotional reactions of her dancers, instant composition, and imitation of the world around us.

O Mother, I Can Feel!!!

Joey Martinez is a choreographer and dance educator from suburban Illinois, now residing in Chicago. Beginning their choreographic journey at age 13, they aim to provide a space for artists to freely experience emotions without the weight of an authoritarian, capitalist society surrounding them. In their work throughout the city, they have danced for DanceWorks Chicago, Thodos Dance Chicago, BoomCrack! Dance Company, and COMMON Conservatory. Joey is earning their BFA in Dance at Columbia College Chicago, training with dance artists such as Carrie Hanson and Darrell Jones. This is their second work on the Dance Center stage, following why can’t I see it anymore? Before their time at Columbia, they were awarded the Prodigy All Star award at Artistic Dance Exchange, and educated up-and-coming generations of dancers in Hip-Hop and Contemporary aesthetics at the YMCA.

Appeal to the Heel Anejha Hines is a Joliet native completing a degree in Dance and Theatre at Columbia College Chicago. Anejha is well versed in various dance styles with a foundation in Liturgical and African dance. Hines has been cast in various plays such as Hairspray, Jesus Christ Superstar and more. Hines strives to cultivate connection, love, and strength amongst those whom she performs for.

Bevara Anderson is a professional dance artist from the Maryland coast. Bevara focuses on the embodied research that lives within Umfundalai, House Footwork, Horton, Contemporary Ballet, Improvisation, and many other contemporary movement styles. She is now rendering dance work based in narrative, abstraction, meditation, and continues to consider the experience of joy as a form of resistance in the Black American community. Bevara is of the final generation of dancers to study under the direct tutelage of Dr. Kariamu Welsh, and holds this feat with pride as she continues to share Dr. Welsh’s technique, Umfundalai.

Colleen Halloran is an adjunct faculty member in the Dance and Theatre Departments where she teaches Choreography, Advanced Topics in Dance, Screen Dance and Sound Design, and Foundations in Theatre. A choreographer, filmmaker, and educator in Chicago, Colleen is intrigued by the intersection and manipulation of movement, image, and story to arrive at a collective “whole”. She has been awarded numerous grants for her dance choreography and her films have screened in Japan, Palm Springs, San Francisco, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Atlanta and Chicago.

Her feature screenplays have been finalists for The Sundance Screenwriters Lab and Quarterfinalist for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. Colleen has been on faculty at Columbia College Chicago since 1997.

Jane Jerardi serves as the Media/Technology Coordinator for the Dance Center, providing video documentation for both the Presenting Series and its academic programs. As a part of its faculty, she teaches video for dance and choreography courses. In her role, she has documented and edited over 250 performances, workshops, and events, providing essential documentation to artists and adding to the Dance Center’s leading, regional archive of materials dating from 1980 to the present. An artist working in the media of performance, choreography, and video installation, her work has been presented at galleries and theaters in Chicago, New York, and Washington, DC. Dardi McGinley-Gallivan is a Professor of Instruction in the Dance Department who specializes in Pedagogy and Modern Technique courses. Dardi is a founding member of Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Dance Company, performed for Mordine & Company Dance Theatre, and Colleen Halloran Performance Group (live and dance for camera).

She received the Louis Sutler Prize for the Arts as an undergraduate and a Ruth Page Award in Chicago for Performance. Dardi has a long history of teaching residencies for Antares Danza Contemporeanea in Hermosillio, Mexico and received two Faculty Development Grants to facilitate projects with Antares company member, Isaac Chau. She received her BA in Art History with a Minor in Dance from Emory University and her MA in Dance from The Ohio State University.

Kevin Rechner has been Production Manager and Technical Director for the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago since 1996. He has a bachelor’s degree in Theatre from Illinois State University and spent 3 years in Paris, France studying Movement Theatre with Jacques Lecoq and Daniel Stein. He has created four solo performance works including I AM HUGO and performed in Emily Johnson’s Thank You Bar at the Dance Center. Technically, he has worn many hats for The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Daniel Stein, Akira Kasai, Kota Yamazaki, Momenta!, Hedwig Dances, Urban Bush Women, HT Chen and Dancers, Natya Dance Theatre, Mordine and Company Dance Theatre, The Seldoms and many more. Kevin’s work with Lucky Plush Productions includes Cinderbox 18, The Sky Hangs Down Too Close, Punk Yankees, The Better Half, Cinderbox 2.0,Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of Superstrip, and Rink Life.

Recent lighting designs include Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, and Junie B. Jones, The Musical for The Young People’s Theatre of Chicago.

Kelsa Rieger-Haywood is a culturally responsive educator, dancemaker, and curator.

Kelsa’s passion and training in social justice organizing is infused in all areas of her work. Her movement training is primarily rooted in Afrodiasporan vernacular dance forms and spaces including underground House and Hip-Hop, as well as capoeira, samba, salsa and bachata. Kelsa’s dancemaking investigates improvisation as performance and celebrates the rawness, exuberance, individuality and deep sense of community embedded in street dance forms. She has performed and presented work locally and internationally, including at the Pivot Arts & Physical Theater Festivals (Chicago), danceGathering (Lagos, Nigeria), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), B.Supreme (London, UK), B-girl Be (Minneapolis), J.U.I.C.E. Hip-Hop Dance Festival (Hollywood), Constellation|Links Hall (Chicago), and Pritzker Pavilion (Chicago). A prominent focus of Kelsa’s work is building reciprocal collaboration and meaningful exchange between Hip-Hop and the academy. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Instruction at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and Curator of The B-SERIES, a biannual festival and co-curricular program celebrating Hip-Hop & street dance culture at the College since 2013. Kelsa is also a Fellow of Columbia’s Antiracist Transformation Team, Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Hip-Hop Studies Minor, a member of the internationally known street-dance crew, Venus Fly, and Co-Artistic Director of BraveSoul Movement.

Kelsa holds a Bachelor Degree in Sociology from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and a Master of Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

DECEMBER 7 - 8, 2023 ABOUT Choreographic Projects: We would like to say... is the culminating performances of Advanced Topics in Dance, an upper-level course required for all BA and BFA Dance Majors. The semester-long course offers an opportunity for in-depth, collaborative research in domains of performance and choreography where students engage with dance as a form that resists compartmentalization by methodological boundaries.

CREDITS Kairos CHOREOGRAPHER: Jayda Heflin DANCERS: Isabel Bastardo, Courtland Carr, Jayda Heflin MUSIC: End of the World by Laila Jones; Metti Una Sera A Cena (Jazzanova Remix) by Balanço MENTOR: Bevara Anderson

I would like to say...time keeps moving CHOREOGRAPHER: Kayla Hansen in collaboration with the dancers DANCERS: Daniela Aranda, Amanda Canino, Emma Close, Reese Marcus MUSIC: Lovely Day by Bill Withers, Skip Scarborough; Varðeldur by Sigur Rós MENTOR: Darrell Jones I am forever grateful for the dancers and their hard work; without them this would not have been possible! I would also like to thank Darrell and Colleen for their wise words and guidance throughout this process!

Matter of Perception CHOREOGRAPHER: Amaya Arroyo in collaboration with dancers DANCERS: Isabel Bastardo, Sophie Cozzi, Jayda Heflin, Joey Martinez, Anyce Paul-Emile, Tristen Sanborn, Isis Schmugge, Bella Shea, Wyatt Sutter, Ash Williams, Taylor Wren MUSIC: Lunar Rhapsody by Buddy Feyne, Harry Revel; I’m Not In Love by Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman MENTOR: Darrell Jones

Thank you to my partner Chelsie for spending countless hours listening to me talk about this piece, to my wonderful friend A for helping me bring this to life, and my dancers who dealt with the mind-boggling puzzles I threw at them every rehearsal.

there’s room for all of you here CHOREOGRAPHER: Rhianna Young with movement invention from the dancers DANCERS: Violet Czerwinski, Kayla Hansen, Aly Owens, Lauren Payne, Sophia Peck, Dale Perry, Rhianna Young MUSIC: Somebody Else by The 1975; Somebody Else (But You’re Crying in the Bathroom),

by The 1975; Son of Nyx by Andrew Hozier-Byrne DRAMATURG: Celeste Brace MENTOR: Dardi McGinley-Gallivan A huge thanks to Dardi, Colleen, and my lovely cast. Also thanks to the wonderful Celeste who helped so many ideas of mine to be put to movement when I wasn’t able to articulate them. This process has been amazing with you all!!!

i would like to say...what i can’t say with words CHOREOGRAPHER: Konnie Kakridas in collaboration with dancers DIRECTOR: Konnie Kakridas DANCERS: Paris Anderson, Isabel Bastardo, Mia Garza, Maliaka Hughes, Brittany Olvera, Se’Niyah Tribble, and Mcguigan Weatherspoon MUSIC: United In Grief by Kendrick Lamar; Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst by Kendrick Lamar; Mother I Sober by Kendrick Lamar, Beth Gibbons MIXED BY: Konnie Kakridas MENTOR: Darrell Jones A huge thank you to my wonderful cast, Darrell Jones, and Colleen Halloran who helped me tremendously with bringing this piece to life. I wouldn’t be able to get through this process without you all and am forever grateful for each of you putting your time and dedication into this piece.

THE DANCE CENTER PRODUCTION CREW TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Kevin Rechner LIGHTING DESIGN: Kevin Rechner SOUND OPERATOR: Dante Giramma LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR: Anna Schultz-Breef FACULTY COORDINATOR: Colleen Halloran MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR: Jane Jerardi

BIOS Kairos Jayda Heflin is an emerging artist, performer, and choreographer from Dayton, Ohio approaching the completion of the undergraduate BA program at Columbia College Chicago. She has trained with a variety of celebrated choreographers such as DeShona Pepper–Robertson former principal dancer at Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC) and current dance director at Stivers School for the Arts, Emmy Award-winning choreographer Rodney Veal, competitive dance instructors Ashley Walton and Kirsten Ulrich, and DCDC members Sherri “Sparkle” Williams and Dawn Carter. Her fluid passionate movement quality and determination granted her the opportunity to perform in the 2023 Harvest Festival and labeled her as the Jeraldyne Blunden Award recipient in 2019. Today she spends most of her time volunteering at Stivers School for the Arts teaching youth classes and setting choreography while building her reputation as a performer.

I would like to say...time keeps moving Kayla Hansen is a dancer and choreographer born and raised on the Northside of Chicago. Her early training comes from Rhoads Academy of Dance, Senn Arts Dance Company, and Southport Performing Arts Conservatory.

She has also worked with various companies including Gus Giordano, Joel Hall Dance Center, Still Inspired, Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Picture Us Different. Kayla has choreographed many works, which have been showcased at the Athenaeum Theatre, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, and other venues. She is currently a junior BFA Dance Major and Education Minor at Columbia College Chicago.

Matter of Perception Amaya Arroyo was born in Columbus, Ohio and began her dance training at the age of 13 years old. Amaya was a founding member of Dance ELITE Performance Academy where she trained under the direction of Samara Tillman, in Modern, Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, and Hip-Hop techniques. Amaya has worked with artists such as Ron De Jesus, Crystal Michelle Perkins, Wade Schaaf, and many more. Currently, Amaya will complete her BA in Dance at Columbia College Chicago at the end of this term. In addition to her studies, Amaya is an Emerging Artist at the South Chicago Dance Theatre under the executive artistic direction of Kia S. Smith.

there’s room for all of you here Rhianna Young was born and grew up in Frankfort, Illinois. She trained at Braemar Dance Center for ten years where she took classes in a variety of styles, was on the competition team, and taught and assisted classes.

She also choreographed multiple award-winning solos for herself throughout this time. Now, she is in the third year of her pursuit of a BFA in Dance at Columbia College Chicago. Rhianna focuses on contemporary forms and ideas of dance within her movement, along with the influence of the plethora of other styles she has taken.

i would like to say...what i can’t say with words Konnie Kakridas was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.

She is known for her narrative and heartfelt work as she is establishing herself as a figure in the world of dance.

Konnie discovered her passion for dance at an early age studying at Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts in Chicago, Illinois and is currently embarking on a creative journey studying at Columbia College Chicago to earn her BFA in Dance in the spring of 2025. Studying with Kerrie Grace, Ginger Jensen, Darrell Jones, Carrie Hanson, and many more, Konnie has been able to spend her time indulging the ideologies and vocabularies these teachers have been able to provide her within her own choreography and in performance opportunities.

DANCE CENTER PRODUCTION BIOS Bevara Anderson is a professional dance artist from the Maryland coast. Bevara focuses on the embodied research that lives within Umfundalai, House Footwork, Horton, Contemporary Ballet, Improvisation, and many other contemporary movement styles. She is now rendering dance work based in narrative, abstraction, meditation, and continues to consider the experience of joy as a form of resistance in the Black American community. Bevara is of the final generation of dancers to study under the direct tutelage of Dr. Kariamu Welsh, and holds this feat with pride as she continues to share Dr. Welsh’s technique, Umfundalai.

Colleen Halloran is an adjunct faculty member in the Dance and Theatre Departments where she teaches Choreography, Advanced Topics in Dance, Screen Dance and Sound Design, and Foundations in Theatre. A choreographer, filmmaker, and educator in Chicago, Colleen is intrigued by the intersection and manipulation of movement, image, and story to arrive at a collective “whole”. She has been awarded numerous grants for her dance choreography and her films have screened in Japan, Palm Springs, San Francisco, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Atlanta and Chicago.

Her feature screenplays have been finalists for The Sundance Screenwriters Lab and Quarterfinalist for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. Colleen has been on faculty at Columbia College Chicago since 1997.

Darrell Jones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dance whose specializations are Contemporary Dance Technique, Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Movement for Actors, Conditioning, Pedagogy, with his area of research focusing on mechanisms of oppression and liberatory practices. Darrell has received choreographic fellowships from MANCC (Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography), CDF (Chicago Dancemakers Forum) and has additionally been a recipient of the Wesleyan University Creative Campus Fellow (2017), MAP Fund (2017), Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and a two-time Bessie Award recipient for his collaborative work with Bebe Miller Company (Landing Place) his research into (e)feminized ritual performance (Hoo-Ha). For the past ten years, his artistic research has found its central focus through a conversation between his postmodern training and the voguing aesthetic. Through years of experimenting and analyzing oppression as it lives in the body, Darrell seeks to excavate how individuals accumulate identity and mirror culture through movement.

Dardi McGinley-Gallivan is a Professor of Instruction in the Dance Department who specializes in Pedagogy and Modern Technique courses. Dardi is a founding member of Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Dance Company, performed for Mordine & Company Dance Theatre, and Colleen Halloran Performance Group (live and dance for camera).

She received the Louis Sutler Prize for the Arts as an undergraduate and a Ruth Page Award in Chicago for Performance. Dardi has a long history of teaching residencies for Antares Danza Contemporeanea in Hermosillio, Mexico and recieved two Faculty Development Grants to facilitate projects with Antares company member, Isaac Chau. She recieved her BA in Art History with a Minor in Dance from Emory University and her MA in Dance from The Ohio State University.

Kevin Rechner has been Production Manager and Technical Director for the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago since 1996. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre from Illinois State University and spent 3 years in Paris, France studying Movement Theatre with Jacques Lecoq and Daniel Stein. He has created four solo performance works including I AM HUGO and performed in Emily Johnson’s Thank You Bar at the Dance Center. Technically, he has worn many hats for The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Daniel Stein, Akira Kasai, Kota Yamazaki, Momenta!, Hedwig Dances, Urban Bush Women, HT Chen and Dancers, Natya Dance Theatre, Mordine and Company Dance Theatre, The Seldoms and many more. Kevin’s work with Lucky Plush Productions includes Cinderbox 18, The Sky Hangs Down Too Close, Punk Yankees, The Better Half, Cinderbox 2.0, Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of Superstrip, and Rink Life. Recent lighting designs include Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, and Junie B. Jones, The Musical for The Young People’s Theatre of Chicago.

THE DANCE CENTER Founder Shirley Mordine

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Chair of Dance Lisa Gonzales

Mary Klonowski

Associate Chair Dardi McGinley-Gallivan

Michael McGinn

Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts Dr. Rosita M. Sands

Jimmy Payne

Faculty Bevara Anderson Lisa Gonzales Susan Imus Darrell Jones Dardi McGinley-Gallivan Kelsa “K-Soul” RiegerHaywood Dr. Ayo Walker Jessica Young Adjunct Faculty T. Ayo Alston Keesha Beckford Malik Camara Zineb Chraibi Shaker Cohlmia Allen Desterhaft Emma Draves Colleen Halloran Carrie Hansen Daniel “BRAVEMONK” Haywood Gina Hoch-Stall

Jane Jerardi Hau Kum Leung Kneip Pamela McNeil Emily Stein Trae Turner Meghann Wilkinson Thomas Zwergel Staff Michael Caskey Music Director, Accompanist Coordinator Dan DiLuciano Director of Facilities and Operations Raynner Garcia Box Office/Reception Caity Gee Administrative Assistant/ Communications Ize Heinzen House Manager Jane Jerardi Media/Technology Coordinator Ambe’r Johnnson Box Office Associate Angelika Lewis Box Office Associate Pamela McNeil Academic Manager

Mia Nelson Box Office/Reception Disha Patel Box Office/Reception Kevin Rechner Technical Director and Production Manager Roell Schmidt Dance Presenting Series Producing Director Meredith Sutton Dance Presenting Series Artistic Director

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