Student Concert — Spring 2023

The Student Concert Committee is excited to welcome you to the Spring 2023 Student Concert!

We are proud to showcase the works of School of Dance students who are still pushing forward to make dance.

This production would not have been possible without the help of many hardworking and dedicated individuals. The Student Concert Committee would specifically like to thank the School of Dance faculty and staff members who have guided us along the way. We would also like to thank the many choreographers and dancers who are a part of our show--your work and artistry are beautiful and we could not have done this production without you!

Thank you for your continued support and we hope you enjoy the show!

The Student Concert Committee

Like There Was a Door

Choreographer &

Elle Malan Taylor

Performer:

Music: “Why May I Not Go Out and Climb the Trees” and “Like There Was a Door” by Daniel

Norgren

Act 1: I am not sure yet.

Act 2: “Being able to say I have good reasons to be scared of the dark, of raised voices, of being swallowed up by love, of being alone.” – Adrienne

Marie Brown, Pleasure Activism

Act 3: “To look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.” – Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Me and the Devil

Choreographer: Sarah Tuttle

Performer: Cameran Hurst

Music: “Me and the Devil” by Soap&Skin

This piece is an artistry of acrobatics and athleticism.

Shots in the Dark

Choreographers & Performers:

Addison Cambia & Lydia Smith

Music: “MOVE” by Beyoncé & “Limerence”

by Yves Tumor

This piece is a reflection of modern times.

This isn’t a story but it has one inside of it anyways.

Choreographer & Performer: Abby Pace

Music: Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night”

You can’t even help it.

how to survive the end of “everything”

Choreographer: Aria Green

Performers: Tess Albert-Stauning, Katie Winslow, Aria Green

Music: “Beast” by Karen O, “Psychopomp” by Japanese Breakfast, “Vincent” by Don McLean, and “ ? “ by Dodie

yes my love, this is living. you have been living this whole time.

(Trigger warning: brief mention of suicide)

Living Lavish

Darlin’

Choreographer: Katie Winslow

Performers: Katie Winslow, Addison

Cambia, Aria Green, Clytie Fausett, Rebecca Schenk, Chloe Kuck, Noe

Lindemuth

Music: “Memory Box” by Peter Cat Recording Co.

“i’m way overthinking my program note i don’t know what to put” - a text i sent to my friends. this is a reminder to not take anything too seriously.

The Interruption

Choreographer: Charlotte Stehmeyer

Performers: Charlotte Stehmeyer and Skippy John-Bones

Music: “Too Many Tears” by Durand Jones & The Indications, “Lady in Red” by Chris

DeBurgh, “Right Thurr” by Chingy, Gianni

Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” by Renee

Flemming and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Crop Circles

Choreographer & Performer: Savannah Sherman

Music: “Crop Circles” by Odie Leigh

This is my first self-choreographed and performed solo!

Landscape With a Fairy

Choreographe & Performerr: Madeline Nelson

Music: “Landscape With a Fairy” by aspidistrafly

Enjoy the show!

Gaia in Motion: A Trash-Bag

Ballet

Choreographer: Devin Etcitty

Performers: Roxanne Gray, Kendall MacMillan, Zyena Tolhurst

Editor and Director: Devin Etcitty

dredge.

Choreographer: Elijah Cook

Performers: Lucy Pinnock and Elijah Cook

Music: “Disarm” by Harry Burgess

Text Score: Elijah Cook

i wonder, how can you prove to yourself that someone was real if all you have left of them are memories too painful to relive? sometimes it’s better to forget and move on, but the moment they become forgotten, they cease to have ever existed… i have to remember.

“It’s called a CD, that’s short for…”

Choreographer: Ela Solmsen

Performers: Manami Kawai, Sophie

O’Brien, Amanda Ahn, Ellie Germaine, Grace Miller, Ben Hannum, Mckenna

Steneman, Sarah Schiffhauer, Alison Yang

Music: “Disarm” by Harry Burgess

I didn’t see myself as a choreographer before finding this music, but as I listened to it for the first time I saw so much potential in a piece I was so excited about creating. I thought about how we as dancers each have unique musicality, and how we hear and react to music with our own individual artistry. This music completely changed how I see myself as a dancer and creator, and I’m so grateful to this cast of dancers for bringing this piece to life.

I am part of all that I have met

Choreographer: Rachel Toth

Performers: Em Zinn, Sean Sullivan, Sophia Anderson

Music: Cocoa Hooves by Glass Animals

Thank you to my wonderful cast for your love and support throughout this process.

Elle Malan Taylor

Elle is a third-year student at the University of Utah studying modern dance and Environmental Studies. Elle loves to move, create, walk, read, write, blow bubbles, and give + receive hugs.

Sarah Tuttle

Attending the University of Utah, Sarah is doing a double major in Biology and Modern dance. She has set pieces all around Utah from Spanish Fork High School to The Winner School Dance.

Originally from the Seattle area, Addison double majors at the U studying Modern Dance and Kinesiology, on the prenursing track. Her new-found interest in choreography has made for a generous creative process and she hopes to continue making works in the future.

Addison Cambia

Lydia Smith

Lydia is a dancer, choreographer, and creator from Salt Lake City, who is currently studying modern dance at the University of Utah. She enjoys dancing, crocheting, covering kpop choreography, and taking her cat Oscar on walks.

Abby Pace

Abby Pace was recently in Florida and feels a bit self-conscious. It got frustrating trying to make something good so she gave up!

Aria Green

Aria grew up between Washington state and Hawai’i. She is a second year student studying Modern Dance and Psychology. Aria loves to read, write, sing, and hug her dogs. She is a ballet teacher and loves working with and learning from children. Her choreographic works focus on the complexity of human relationships, and the depth of the human experience.

Katie Winslow

Originally from South Florida, Katie Winslow is a Modern Dance and Film and Media Arts double major at the University of Utah in her second year. She loves dogs, her friends, crocheting, baking, reading, and making screendances.

Savannah is a third year Modern dance and Linguistics student at the U. She enjoys dancing, crocheting, skiing, and spending quality time with loved ones.

Savannah Sherman

Madeline Nelson

Madeline Nelson is a third year student at the University of Utah majoring in Modern dance and minoring in Business. This is her first performance of her own choreographic work and she is excited to grow as a choreographer.

Devin Etcitty

Devin Etcitty is a writer, coder and dancer. He is an economics undergrad student who is also minoring in modern dance. He needs to make money to support his artistic endeavors. He enjoys the solo creative process. He enjoys making screendances.

Elijah Cook

Elijah is a second-year student studying modern dance at The University of Utah. An enjoyer of performance art and the intersection between traditional dance and experimental art, Elijah is currently exploring how to make work that interacts with people on a personal level while simultaneously not pushing a certain conditioned response on the viewer. Elijah is very excited to be showing his second ever work though Student Concert!

Ela Solmsen

Ela is a freshman in the ballet program at the University of Utah. This was her first time choreographing, and she loved the process of creating this piece.

Rachel Toth

Rachel is a junior in the modern dance program. She hopes you enjoy this piece!

THE PEOPLE OF THE SCHOOL OF DANCE

FACULTY

Christopher Alloways-Ramsey – Assistant Professor, Ballet Recruitment Director

Melissa Bobick – Assistant Professor

Douglas Corbin – Professor (Lecturer), Musical Director

Daniel Clifton – Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Modern Dance Minor Advisor

Joselli Deans – Associate Professor

Natalie Desch – Assistant Professor, Modern Dance Recruitment Director

Pamela Geber Handman – Professor

Eric Handman – Associate Professor, Associate Director for Graduate Studies

Molly Heller – Assistant Professor

Satu Hummasti – Associate Professor, Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies

Jay Kim – Associate Professor, Associate Director for Faculty, IBSI Director

Kym McDaniel – Assistant Professor, Screendance Program Head

Christine McMillan – Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Ballet Program Head

Melonie Murray – Associate Professor, Director, School of Dance

Pablo Piantino – Assistant Professor, Assistant Director for Student Support

Sara Pickett – Associate Professor (Lecturer), Modern Dance Program Head

Ben Sandberg – Assistant Professor (Clinical), A/V Specialist

Brent Schneider – Professor

Maggie Wright Tesch – Professor (Lecturer), UBSI Director

Luc Vanier – Professor

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Rosie Banchero - Adjunct Assistant Professor

Lynne Larson - Adjunct Assistant Professor

Mary Ann Lee - Associate Professor (Lecturer)

Justine Sheedy-Kramer - Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jasmine Stack - Adjunct Assistant Professor

FACULTY EMERITI

Bené Arnold – Distinguished Professor Emerita, Distinguished Alumna

Ellen Bromberg – Distinguished Professor

Emerita

Jacqueline Clifford - Professor Emerita

Abby Fiat - Professor Emerita

Barbara Hamblin - Associate Professor Emerita, Distinguished Alumna

Phyllis Haskell - Professor Emerita,

Distinguished Alumna

Stephen Koester - Professor Emeritus

Sharee Lane - Associate Professor Emerita

Conrad Ludlow - Associate Professor Emeritus

Loabelle Mangelson - Clawson, Professor

Emerita

Shirley Ririe - Professor Emerita

Jon Scoville - Associate Professor Emeritus

Donna White - Professor Emerita

Joan Woodbury - Professor Emerita

MFA CANDIDATES

Constance Anderson – MFA Candidate

Kimberly Fulmer – MFA Candidate

Stephanie García – MFA Candidate

Roxanne Gray – MFA Candidate

Rebekah Guerra – MFA Candidate

Carly Herrmann – MFA Candidate

Irishia Hubbard – MFA Candidate

Joshua Mora – MFA Candidate

Thea Patterson – MFA Candidate

Tyler Schnese – MFA Candidate

Kellie St. Pierre – MFA Candidate

Samantha Stone – MFA Candidate

ADMINISTRATION

Melonie Murray - Director

Will Maguire - Administrative Officer

Nick Harding – Administrative Assistant

Tyler Kunz - Marketing & Design

COSTUME SHOP

Christopher Larson – Costume Shop Director

Madeleine Mann – Technician, Draper

Clover Kelly – Technician, First Hand

Makayla Cussen – Technician, Stitcher

ACCOMPANISTS

Amy Bach – Accompanist

Vilena Barekyan – Associate Instructor, Accompanist

Mark Chaney – Accompanist

Wayne Coons – Associate Instructor, Accompanist

Jordan Fajardo-Bird – Accompanist

Max Hall – Accompanist

David Herrmann – Accompanist

Tristan Moore – Accompanist

Brian Pappal – Accompanist

Tatsiana Rasmussen – Accompanist

Sarah Richards – Accompanist

John Rukavina – Accompanist

Stephen Valdean – Accompanist

Wachira Waigwa-Stone – Accompanist

Kimball Whitaker – Accompanist

PT/ATC

Trina Bellendir – Physical Therapist

Christopher Michaels – Athletic Trainer

PRODUCTION

Emily Bertelli – Production Director

William Peterson – Technical Director

Rebecca Johnson – Stage Manager

Colby Carpenter, Luna Esmerode, Nick

Gilleland, Birdie Hadden, Megan Lynch, Sarah

Senefsky, Kate Whitfield – Stage Crew

Courtney Landry – Video Director

Ben Sandberg, Joyce Warner – Videographers

INVESTORS $15,000+

Dick and Timmy Burton Foundation

The Huntsman Foundation

Jon and Karen Huntsman Sr.

Paul and Cheryl Huntsman

CONTRIBUTORS $2,500 - $14,999

Gordon and Connie Hanks

GAM Foundation Jazz SLC

The Brass Ring Foundation

Melinda Nordeng

Brandon and Christie Walker

BENEFACTORS $1,000 - $2,499

Anne Riffey

Andrea Lunsford

Jerome and Abby Fiat

Jean Sabatine

Ira Belcove and Elizabeth Marcus

Andrew and Allison De Camara

Martha and John Veranth

PATRONS $500 - $999

Luc Vanier and Elizabeth Johnson

Sean Carter

Brent Schneider and Kim Blackett

The Field Foundation

Anonymous

Thomas and Sidney Armstrong

Michael Lavine and Sybil Huskey

Jamie and Stephanie Schuette

FRIENDS $200 - $499

Edward Folts

Arkansas Community Foundation

CENGAGE Learning

Eastern Arts Society

Dianne Howe, PhD

Duncan Maio, JD and Kristen Westmoreland

Andrea Nelson

Wendy Colesano

Grant and Maria JoAnna Ahn

Mary Weaver

Kristin Liszkowski

Isabel Shimanski

Cafe Zupas

Leigh Selting and Marsha Knight

Janet Bowersox

Satu Hummasti

FANS up to $199

Eric and Pamela Handman

Robyn Connors

Grant Smith, PhD

State of Utah

Cortney Hurst

Ellen Bromberg

Rollie Wagstaff

Jacob and Catherine Nelson

Maureen McGill

Wendy Thompson

Armand Harris Jr.

Tatsumi Misaka* and

Jeanette Misaka, PhD

Andrew and Alice Sullivan

Julie Schwartz

David Thompson

Diana D. Taylor

Brian and Mary Haan

Thomas Welsh, PhD and Sue Carpenter

Robert and Leigh King

Gary and Kristine Kolbeck

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Dance in the School of Dance is approached as a mature artistic pursuit that may deal with a broad spectrum of human conditions and issues in today’s society. As such, there may be subject matter, language, physical movement, and/or presentation of the human body in our performances that go beyond mere entertainment, and which may be seen as challenging for an audience member based upon one’s values, assumptions, and life experience.

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