PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTORS: ERICA “EG” GIONFRIDDO | ANGELICA MONTEIRO
APRIL 4 AT 7:30 (PREVIEW)
APRIL 5-6 AT 7:30 P.M.
APRIL 7 AT 2:00 P.M.
B. IDEN PAYNE THEATRE
F. LOREN WINSHIP DRAMA BUILDING
THEATREDANCE.UTEXAS.EDU
D ANCE CHOREOGR APHER
Quiet Echoes
Jennifer Archibald (This) Eternal Round
10+1
Un Intento (An Attempt)
Óxido (Rusty
Bayleigh Breanne
Joel Valentín-Martínez
Angel Blanco
Claudia Lavista
Stage Manager: Gabriela Hernandez
Assistant Stage Manager: Mayia Keizman
Technical Director: Jason Lee Huerta
Archival Team: Elizabeth Garza, Makaila Natividad, Cassidy Perry, Lauren Simpson
There will be one 10-minute intermission.
The videotaping, photography or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
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NOTE FROM THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Welcome to Points of Intersection, a dance concert woven from the threads of human connection. We curated a night that celebrates the myriad ways our lives intertwine through a series of captivating performances. Our dancers invite you to reflect on the beauty and conflicts at the crossroads of our experiences, bursting our individual spheres and tracing our collective pathways.
Throughout the creative process, our choreographers and movers have embraced vulnerability, empathy and power, allowing them to embody the emotional depth of our shared humanity. Beyond the stage, our creative team of costume, lighting, media and sound designers harmonize their artistry to elevate this experience into a transcendent journey of the senses. As producers, we are excited to unveil a collection of pieces that traverse the landscapes where souls collide, revealing the intricate dance of life's interwoven narratives.
We extend our hand and invite you to immerse yourself in this evocative exploration, to witness and embrace the stories that dwell within the points of intersection where our bodies converge. Points of Intersection beckons you to lose yourself in the poetry of movement, to dive into a shared experience and to discover the profound resonance that binds us all.
Thank you for joining us on this journey!
Quiet Echoes
Choreography: Jennifer Archibald
Costume Designer: Jessi Rose
Lighting Designer: Zach Young
Sound Designer: Georgia Beckham
Assistant Costume Designer: Ella Wetmore
Assistant Lighting Designer: KP Pierce
Rehearsal Director: Rachel Meador
Rehearsal Assistant: Mia Blitz
Cast: Daniela Mendes Albert, Mia Blitz, Megan Davidson, Katelyn Doyle, Payge Garcia, Presley Gouge, Tori Hicks, Victoria Montemayor, Makaila Natividad, Eden Ryder, Cameron Suckle, Maxima Velasquez
Understudy: Saada Diggs
(This) Eternal Round
Choreography: Bayleigh Breanne and dancers
Costume Designer: Meagan Beattie
Lighting Designer: Zach Young
Sound Designer: Georgia Beckham
Projection Designer: Sydney Sousa
Scenic Designer: Juno Adair
Assistant Lighting Designer: KP Pierce
Rehearsal Assistant: Jalani Aminatta Miller
Cast: Merrin Foley, London Lack, Parker Manning, Jalani Aminatta Miller, Christian Ortega
From the Choreographer
Embodying omniscience, we [re]imagine time (as a spiral, a rhythm, a round) to embrace a radical eternity. Or, in the words of my grandma, Mardona Brown, “can you imagine us up there dancing?”
Choreography: Joel Valentín-Martínez
Costume Designer: Jessi Rose
Lighting Designer: Sarah Jean Elliott
Sound Designer: Georgia Beckham
Assistant Costume Designer: Ella Wetmore
Assistant Lighting Designer: KP Pierce
Rehearsal Assistant: Hayley Jeansonne
Cast: Laura Baker, Ariyana Bogan, Saada Diggs, Catalina Duong, Hayley Jeansonne, Sarah Johnston, Cassidy Perry, Valentina Reyes Rubio, Giuliana Velez, Kendall Wenmohs, Wynter Winston
INTERMIS SION
Un Intento (An Attempt)
Choreography: Angel Blanco
Music: Composed by Joel Rodriguez
Costume Designer: Violet Clemons
Lighting/Projection Designer: Sarah Jean Elliott
Sound Designer: Georgia Beckham
Scenic Designer: Juno Adair
Assistant Lighting Designer: KP Pierce
Rehearsal Assistant: Aniya Porter
Cast: Claire Anstey, Faith Davis, Grace Falconer, Noémie Gschwendtner, Tori Hicks, Katie Jones, Julia Grey Leitner, Lorna Luciano, Aniya Porter, Madysn Watkins
From the Choreographer
What you'll see is a living process. Few things are set to keep the choice-making process alive for the performers. Every performance is purposefully different in order to combat the notion of set composition in dance as the only way to compose; an abolitionist/decolonizing approach to dance-making. Enjoy what will develop before your eyes, for it will never happen the same way again.
Choreography: Original idea and choreography by Claudia Lavista. Piece created in collaboration with the dancers.
Music: “Danza Isorrítmica” by Mario Lavista and “Óxido” by Cristobal Sarmiento (original score)
Costume Designer: Jessi Rose
Lighting Designer: Sarah Jean Elliott
Sound Designer: Georgia Beckham
Projection Designer: Nitsan Scharf
Scenic Adaptor: Juno Adair*
Assistant Costume Designer: Ella Wetmore
Assistant Lighting Designer: KP Pierce
Rehearsal Assistant: Hunter Purvis
Performers/Co-creators: Madeleine Birmingham, Triana Cisneros, Natalia DePaula, Lauren Dorsett, Elizabeth Garza, Katie Jones, Drew Phipps, Lauren Simpson, Giuliana Velez
From the Choreographer
Falling between walls, imposing the disease. The carrion system that regurgitates its ego gifts. The speed that does not allow us to see anything. I have wanted to be rust that softens the rigid. I have blasphemed against frivolity and I have been part of it; what I have not managed to do is lie to myself. In the vertigo of the battle, not the fight to survive appears, but the patience to tear off, one by one, every vestige of what distances us from each other. Let's become gravel, rubble, formless matter that becomes a horizon to discover the moldable force that is sculpted while it happens.
*Scenic design based on original designs by Aurelio Palomino and Claudia Lavista
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Juno Adair (Scenic Designer – (This) Eternal Round, Un Intento; Scenic Adaptor – Óxido (Rusty)) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in design and technology at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits include assistant stage management for Ride the Cyclone (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022); props artisan for The Wizard of Oz and Grease (Summer Stock Austin, 2023) and technical direction for Xanadu (Cedar Park High School, 2022).
Jennifer Archibald (Choreographer – Quiet Echoes) is the founder and artistic director of the Arch Dance Company and program director of ArchCore40 Dance Intensives. Archibald has choreographed for Atlanta Ballet, Ailey II, Ballet West, BalletX and Tulsa Ballet and has worked commercially for the Los Angeles KCON conferences, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike and MAC Cosmetics as well as chart-listed singers and actors. She was appointed as the first female resident choreographer in Cincinnati Ballet’s 40-year history. This season, she will create works for BalletMet, Smuin Contemporary Ballet and The Washington Ballet. She is currently an acting lecturer at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University and will be the contemporary guest choreographer for Jacob's Pillow.
Meagan Beattie (Costume Designer - (This) Eternal Round) is a third-year M.F.A. in Theatre (costume design) candidate. Her work reaches deep into the body as an integral piece of storytelling and encompasses theatre, film and dance. Credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Cositas (Fall For Dance, 2021), Tiny Fingerprints (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2022), In Sisters We Trust, or My F*cked Up American Girl Doll Play (2022) and The Smartest Girl in the World (2023).
Georgia Beckham (Sound Designer) is a secondyear B.A. in English and Theatre and Dance double major with an emphasis in theatre for youth and communities at The University of Texas at Austin. Credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include serving as the sound mix engineer for Ride the Cyclone (2023) and sound designer for a project in The Cohen New Works
Festival (2023). She has also co-devised and performed in the theatre for young audiences pieces Remember (studio series, 2023) and Baby Rave (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023).
Angel Blanco (Choreographer – Un Intento) is a first-year M.F.A. in Dance candidate. Their work is centered on the body as an act of resistance to oppressive social constructs, amplifying the voices of minorities as we quest towards arriving at future achievable scenarios founded on equity, freedom and community. Their movement is in constant conversation with what it means to be maximal, minimal and necessary, questioning these forms of movement through research laboratories that invite others to collaborate, explore and fail. (all pronouns)
Bayleigh Breanne (Choreographer – (This) Eternal Round) is a M.F.A in Dance candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. She has trained with artists and choreographers around the United States and internationally. Most recently, she performed with New Orleans-based companies and choreographers ELLEvate Dance Company, Mélange Dance Company, Artivism Dance Theatre, Arouna Guindo (in residence with Binge Dance Festival) and Jakki Kalogridis.
Violet Clemons (Costume Designer – Un Intento) is a first-year M.F.A. in Theatre (costume design) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits include Frog and Toad (Bay Area Children’s Theatre) and N/N (Ohio University). Credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Pretend it’s Pretend (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2024).
Sarah Jean Elliott (Lighting Designer – 10+1, Un Intento, Óxido (Rusty); Projection Designer – Un Intento) is a third-year M.F.A. in Theatre (live design and production) candidate and holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include lighting design for Ride the Cyclone (2023), co-technical direction for The Cohen New Works Festival (2023), creative direction for Fishing For Stars (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023) and media design for Witchcraft
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(Fall For Dance, 2022). Additional lighting design credits include Peter Chu: Two World Premieres (92NY) and Bakersfield Mist (Riverside Theatre).
Erica “EG” Gionfriddo (Producing Artistic Director) is a dance artist and educator who believes in the intelligent body each of us occupies. They are co-founder of the transdisciplinary group ARCOS, which has presented work both nationally and internationally, including for the American Dance Festival, UNESCO, The Ammerman Center Symposium on Arts and Technology, Engagement Symposium of Philosophy and Dance, Currents New Media Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. EG considers their creative processes and projects as rehearsals for survival in a complex world.
Gabriela Hernandez (Stage Manager) is a first-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in design and technology. This is her second production with Texas Theatre and Dance after serving as assistant stage manager on Fall For Dance (2023).
Jason Lee Huerta (Technical Director) is the Operations Manager of Fabrication for Texas Performing Arts and a lecturer for the Department of Theatre and Dance. He has an M.F.A. in Scenic Technology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In Sisters We Trust, or My F*cked Up American Girl Doll Play (2022) and The Tasters (2021). Prior to coming to Austin, he worked at Goodman Theater, Illinois Shakespeare Festival and South Texas College, among other theatres.
Claudia Lavista (Choreographer – Óxido (Rusty)) is a performing artist, choreographer, professor and manager with over 30 years of experience. She is the three-time recipient of the National Dance Award in Mexico and co-founder of Delfos Contemporary Dance and the Mazatlán Professional School of Contemporary Dance, two pillar dance projects in Latin America. She has created more than 65 works that have been presented in 25 countries worldwide. She teaches on dance
faculties in Mexico and abroad. The University of Chicago awarded her the prestigious Mellon Fellowship for Research and Creation. She is a member of the National System of Art Creators, was a 2021 Jerusalem International Fellow and received a 2023 Fulbright-García Robles Open Study/Research Award. She has collaborated on opera, theatre, site specific performance, film and multimedia projects.
Rachel Meador (Rehearsal Director – Quiet Echoes) is a lecturer at The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance, where she primarily teaches physical practice courses in ballet and physical conditioning. She has danced professionally with companies from Denver to Dallas. Since relocating to Austin, she has had the privilege of performing with several local artists and groups, most recently Ellen Bartel Dance Collective and ARCOS Dance. (she/her)
Angelica Monteiro (Producing Artistic Director) is an interdisciplinary movement artist, storyteller and educator from the Brazilian Amazon. Her choreography combines U.S. and Brazilian street dances, Amazonian traditional forms and Western contemporary movement. She studies embodied storytelling through geographical and anthropological movement patterns such as immigration and colonization. Monteiro has a B.F.A. in Dance and Education from Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil and a M.F.A. in Dance from The University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches as a lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Dance.
KP Pierce (Assistant Lighting Designer) is a first-year M.F.A. in Theatre (lighting design) candidate. Most recently, they worked with Marjorie Lyons Playhouse as the lighting designer for productions of Antigone, The Glass Menagerie and The Zoo Story.
Jessi Rose (Costume Designer – Quiet Echoes, 10+1, Óxido (Rusty)) received her M.F.A. in Theatre (costume design) from The University of Texas at Austin in 2019. She works as an independent costume technician and designer in the Austin area.
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Her recent design credits include Fall For Dance (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2023), Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (Zilker Theatre Productions), Big Fish (Austin Playhouse) and Up on the Housetop (Red Herring Productions). She also served as the ager/dyer on Tulsa King (Paramount+), set costumer on Love & Death (HBO+) and stitcher on 1883 (Paramount+). jessirose.design
Nitsan Scharf (Projection Designer – Óxido (Rusty)) is a media artist formerly based in Washington D.C. He is a first-year M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated media for live performance) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. He is particularly interested in the expansive, collaborative, binary-busting and thoroughly queer possibilities of media and creative technology. Recent design credits include tooth fairy (Fall For Dance, Texas Theatre and Dance, 2023), Over/Under (Extreme Lengths Productions), The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield (ExPats Theatre) and The Ascension Project (Uprooted Dance). nitsanscharf.com (he/him)
Sydney Sousa (Projection Designer – (This) Eternal Round) is a M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated media for live performance) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre include Ride the Cyclone (2023) and Address the Body! (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2023). sydneyesousa.com
Joel Valentín-Martínez (Choreographer –10+1) performed with Garth Fagan Dance and toured throughout the U.S. and the world from 1990-2003. His recent choreographic commissions include Last Dance (2023) for Serafín Aponte in Mexico City; Dear Brother (2023) with Toronto’s KasheDance; otros dias de guardar (2022) and De aquí, de allá (2019) with Mexico City’s Barro Rojo Arte Escénico and #rupturapasaje2 (2019) for Andanza Compañia Puertorriqueña de Danza Contemporánea.
Ella Wetmore (Assistant Costume Designer – Quiet Echoes, 10+1, Óxido (Rusty)) is a first-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in design and technology at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include assistant costume design for Choreomaniac 1518 (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2024).
Zach Young (Lighting Designer – Quiet Echoes, (This) Eternal Round) is a M.F.A. in Theatre (live design and production) candidate. He received his undergraduate degree from University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Before attending The University of Texas at Austin, Young served as the technical director and part-time faculty at the PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre. Design credits include Fall for Dance (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022) and La Bohème (Butler Opera Center, 2023). He is currently working on The Queen of Spades (Butler Opera Center, spring 2024).
Daniela Mendes Albert (Dancer – Quiet Echoes) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in arts management and administration at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Edinburg, Texas where she studied dance at Dancentre of Edinburg. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fall For Dance (2023) and EMERGE (2023). Additional credits include Evolution (2023) and Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2022, 2023).
Claire Anstey (Dancer – Un Intento) is a UTeach Dance major also pursuing a minor in arts management and administration at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in North Richland Hills, Texas and has been dancing for the past 18 years. Most recently, Anstey performed in Dance Repertory Theatre’s Fall For Dance (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2023).
Laura Baker (Dancer – 10+1) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Her recent credits with the Department of Theatre and Dance include Evolution. She also performed in the dance piece It's Starting Again (created by Lauren Jershin, 2023) and Dance Action's production of S.E.E.D.
Madeleine Birmingham (Dancer – Óxido (Rusty)) is a first-year UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has performed at the National High School Dance Festival, as well as in local concerts and competitions in her hometown of Dallas, Texas, where she also began her career as a teacher and choreographer. Birmingham plans to continue her dance training as a member of Texas Dance and Dance Repertory Theatre.
Mia Blitz (Dancer, Rehearsal Assistant – Quiet Echoes) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a pre-health professions certificate and a law, justice, and society minor. She grew up in Long Island, New York and attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts while also training in a variety of styles at Kanyok Arts Initiative. Credits include TEDxUTAustin (2022) and Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2021, 2022), in addition to EMERGE (2023), The
Cohen New Works Festival (2023) and Fall For Dance (2023) with Texas Theatre and Dance.
Ariyana Bogan (Dancer – 10+1) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She is originally from Houston, Texas and has a background in numerous dance styles, including hip-hop, jazz and contemporary. She has performed at Austin Dance Festival (2022) and Bailando Dance Festival (2022). This is her debut performance with Dance Repertory Theatre.
Triana Cisneros (Dancer - Óxido (Rusty)) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Growing up in Laredo, Texas, she was a student at the Laredo School of Contemporary Dance. She received further training outside of her hometown with the Joffrey Ballet School, New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Cisneros has recently performed in Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. This is her first performance with Texas Theatre and Dance.
Megan Davidson (Dancer – Quiet Echoes) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has a background in contemporary, ballet and street dance styles. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Black Angel by Gesel Mason and the inevitability of work (and the joy in it) by Aysha Upchurch, both performed as part of Fall For Dance (2023).
Faith Davis (Dancer – Un Intento) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has danced with Houston Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater and Ballet Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Failures in Holding the Multiple (Fall For Dance, 2022), Live as ONE (EMERGE, 2023) and ETERNAL BONDS .2 (Fall For Dance, 2023).
Natalia DePaula (Dancer – Óxido (Rusty)) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of Dance Action and has performed and choreographed for their annual showcase, S.E.E.D. DePaula’s credits include Narratives of
the Migrant Body (created by Angelica Monteiro, 2023) and Choreomaniac 1518 (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2024). This is DePaula’s debut performance with Dance Repertory Theatre.
Saada Diggs (Dancer – 10+1; Understudy –Quiet Echoes) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in ballet and modern. Her recent credits include ZAZ: The Big Easy (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023) and A Riverside Tale (thesis performance, 2022), as well as various other projects at the University.
Lauren Dorsett (Dancer – Óxido (Rusty)) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in dance and grew up dancing competitively. This is Dorsett’s first year with the Department of Theatre and Dance. (she/her)
Katelyn Doyle (Dancer – Quiet Echoes) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She attended high school in Dallas, Texas at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. This her first performance with Dance Repertory Theatre.
Catalina Duong (Dancer – 10+1) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a pre-health professions certificate at The University of Texas at Austin. She is from Houston, Texas, where she attended Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and trained in a variety of dance techniques. She has recently performed in Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2023). This is her first production with Dance Repertory Theatre.
Grace Falconer (Dancer – Un Intento) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in arts management and administration at The University of Texas at Austin. She has received extensive dance training from Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. Falconer’s credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include The Cohen New Works Festival (2023) and ETERNAL BONDS .2 by Valeria Y. Gonzalez (Fall For Dance, 2023),
as well as Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2022).
Merrin Foley (Dancer – (This) Eternal Round) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance and Bachelor of Science in Advertising double major. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where she trained in numerous dance styles and techniques through school, studios and intensives. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fall For Dance (2023), The Cohen New Works Festival (2023) and multiple works with Dance Action’s S.E.E.D.
Payge Garcia (Dancer – Quiet Echoes) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance student at The University of Texas at Austin. She is from Corpus Christi, Texas, where she trained in various dance styles. She recently performed and choreographed womanhood as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2023). Her recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Failures in Holding the Multiple (Fall For Dance, 2022) and ETERNAL BONDS .2 (Fall For Dance, 2023), as well as Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2022).
Elizabeth Garza (Dancer – Óxido (Rusty); Archival Team) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has studied ballet, contemporary and jazz extensively under Peter O’Brien and Alex Ossadnik, among others. She has also trained with American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Austin and Houston Ballet. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include digitalesque (Fall For Dance, 2022) and Live as ONE (EMERGE, 2023), in addition to Evolution (2022, 2023) and Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2023).
Presley Gouge (Dancer – Quiet Echoes) is a B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in business at The University of Texas at Austin. Originally from Katy, Texas, she has an extensive background and training in numerous dance styles, including contemporary, modern, ballet, jazz and improvisation. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include And I Can Breathe Again (Fall For Dance, 2022) and Falling Into Structured Meaninglessness (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023).
Noémie Gschwendtner (Dancer – Un Intento) is a fourth-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the dance program at UT Austin, they trained in classical ballet in New York City. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include EMERGE (2023) and multiple projects as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2023).
Tori Hicks (Dancer – Quiet Echoes, Un Intento) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in dance, singing and acting. At UT Austin, she has trained under Gesel Mason, Erica “EG” Gionfriddo, Leah Cox, Magda Riley, Joel Valentín-Martínez and Rachel Meador. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fall For Dance (2021, 2022), PIVOT (2022) and The Cohen New Works Festival (2023), in addition to M.F.A. thesis performances.
Hayley Jeansonne (Dancer, Rehearsal Assistant – 10+1) is a UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include why they are the way that they are (EMERGE, 2023), tooth fairy (Fall For Dance, 2023), Evolution (2023) and The Cohen New Works Festival (2023).
Sarah Johnston (Dancer – 10+1) is a thirdyear UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a former member of the world-famous Kilgore College Rangerettes on the 81st line and a former member of Industry Dance Company. Johnston’s credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Evolution, The Cohen New Works Festival (2023) and Fall For Dance (2022) as a member of the archival team.
Katie Jones (Dancer – Un Intento, Óxido (Rusty)) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Katy, Texas, where she trained extensively in ballet and jazz dance techniques. Recent credits include It’s Starting Again (created by Lauren Jershin, 2023) and multiple works as part of Dance Action’s S.E.E.D.
London Lack (Dancer – (This) Eternal Round) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance and Plan II Honors double major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has a background in both classical ballet and modern dance techniques. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include EMERGE (2023) and Evolution. She works as a senior opinion columnist for The Daily Texan, where she writes columns that advocate for students and departments on campus, including the College of Fine Arts.
Julia Leitner (Dancer – Un Intento) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance and B.A. in Sociology double major at The University of Texas at Austin. She is from Westport, Connecticut and previously attended The Spot at Just Dance Studios. She has been dancing for 15 years. This is Leitner’s first production with Texas Theatre and Dance.
Lorna Luciano (Dancer – Un Intento) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a pre-physical therapy certificate at The University of Texas at Austin. She is from San Antonio, Texas, where she trained extensively in contemporary, jazz and ballet dance styles. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Pop Refuge by Joel Valentín-Martínez (Fall For Dance, 2022), Blue, Contrapposto, Blue by Venese Alcantar (EMERGE, 2023) and tooth fairy by Aída Hernandez-Reyes (Fall For Dance, 2023).
Parker Manning (Dancer – (This) Eternal Round) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Hailing from Houston and trained at Masters Upper Level Dance Studio, Manning has left a lasting impression with recent standout performances in pieces including And I Can Breathe Again (Fall For Dance, 2022) and Falling Into Structured Meaninglessness (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023) with Texas Theatre and Dance.
Jalani Aminatta Miller (Dancer – (This) Eternal Round) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has a background in West African movement as well as hip-hop. She is currently teaching at
Balance Dance Studios and is continuing to broaden her career as a professional dancer.
Victoria Montemayor (Dancer – Quiet Echoes) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major with plans to pursue a pre-physical therapy certificate. She grew up in Laredo, Texas and danced with Laredo School of Contemporary Dance, where she trained in numerous dance styles. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Blue, Contrapposto, Blue (EMERGE, 2023). Other credits with the Department of Theatre and Dance include It's Starting Again (created by Lauren Jershin, 2023) and Evolution (2023).
Makaila Natividad (Dancer – Quiet Echoes; Archival Team) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in arts management and administration at The University of Texas at Austin. She trained with Prisma Dance in Oahu, Hawaii, where she studied a variety of dance techniques. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Blue, Contrapposto, Blue (EMERGE, 2023); Red,Blue,Yellow: Magenta,Teal,Amber: Violet,Green,Orange (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023) and what we cannot hold and ETERNAL BONDS .2 (Fall For Dance, 2023).
Christian Ortega (Dancer – (This) Eternal Round) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. He was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas where he trained in dance at Dance Expressions. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Choreomaniac 1518 (UTNT( UT New Theatre), 2024).
Cassidy Perry (Dancer – 10+1; Archival Team) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major also studying psychology with an emphasis in forensics at The University of Texas at Austin. She is from Maryland and has an extensive background in a number of dance styles, training primarily in ballet. Perry grew up performing and participated in two ballet performances every year while also attending intensives, festivals and workshops throughout Maryland.
Drew Phipps (Dancer – Óxido (Rusty)) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance and B.S. in Kinesiology and Health double major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include ETERNAL BONDS .2 (Fall For Dance, 2023) and The Cohen New Works Festival (2023). Additional credits include TEDxUTAustin and multiple works with Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. She has also participated in Barnstorm Dance Fest in Houston, Texas (2023).
Aniya Porter (Dancer, Rehearsal Assistant – Un Intento) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a pre-health professions certificate at The University of Texas at Austin. Originally from Houston, Texas, she has trained in various dance styles, including street, contemporary and jazz techniques. She has performed in the Austin Dance Festival (2022) and the Bailando Dance Festival (2022). Porter will make her Texas Theatre and Dance debut as a part of Dance Repertory Theatre’s Points of Intersection
Hunter Purvis (Rehearsal Assistant - Óxido (Rusty)) is a first-year UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. This is her first production with Dance Repertory Theatre.
Valentina Reyes Rubio (Dancer – 10+1) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has a background in Latin rhythms, having represented the Danceholic Project in Street Dance Crew in her home country of Colombia. She worked for the multidisciplinary company AAINJAA (2015-2021) as a performer on international tours. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include performances as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2023), Evolution and Fall For Dance (2023).
Eden Ryder (Dancer – Quiet Echoes) is a B.F.A. in Dance major from Dallas, Texas. She began her dance journey at The Dallas Conservatory and attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where she received training from internationally acclaimed artists, educators and accomplished choreographers. Ryder’s credits with Texas Theatre and Dance
include Rebecca Carrillo’s digital-esque (Fall For Dance, 2022) and Aysha Upchurch’s the inevitability of work (and the joy in it) (Fall For Dance, 2023).
Lauren Simpson (Dancer – Óxido (Rusty); Archival Team) is a second-year UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She studied at Greater Austin Dance Academy beginning at age three and joined their dance company, Heartsong, at the age of eight. She also served as the lieutenant and captain of her high school dance team, the Weiss Scarlets. She competed at the 2022 National Dance Alliance College Nationals with Texas Dance, the UT Dance Team. Credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fall For Dance (2023).
Cameron Suckle (Dancer – Quiet Echoes) is a B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in arts management and administration. She grew up in Los Angeles, California and trained at The Industry Dance Academy. She has an extensive background in competitive dance in various styles. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include And I Can Breathe Again (Fall For Dance, 2022), Falling Into Structured Meaninglessness (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023) and what we cannot hold (Fall For Dance, 2023).
Maxima Velasquez (Dancer – Quiet Echoes) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has extensive training in theatre and dance and has worked with various international performers from Mexico, Cuba, Ecuador, Japan and Chile. Velasquez is an active dancer with Dance Action, a student run organization at UT Austin. Credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include ETERNAL BONDS .2 by Valeria Y. Gonzalez (Fall For Dance, 2023).
Giuliana Velez (Dancer – 10+1, Óxido (Rusty)) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Originally from Houston, Texas, she has trained in a number of dance styles and pulls from multiple perspectives in her artistry. Recent credits include works as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2023) and her original
choreographed piece Interconnection, performed at the American College Dance Association South-Central Regional Conference (2023).
Madysn Watkins (Dancer – Un Intento) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in sport management at The University of Texas at Austin. Credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Evolution, Fall For Dance (2022) and The Cohen New Works Festival (2023), as well as Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. Watkins has worked with artists Angel Blanco, Erica “EG” Gionfriddo, Anna Valdman, Chipp Abbott, Fernando Hernandez and Menghan Lou and is an alumna of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
Kendall Wenmohs (Dancer – 10+1) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in concert dance and competition dance. Recent credits include performances with the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In addition to this, she has performed in various summer intensive shows with the Joffrey Ballet School and The Dance Awards.
Wynter Winston (Dancer – 10+1) is a secondyear B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in various aspects of performing arts, but her main focus is dance. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include More Blackberries, Please, a project presented as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2023) and the inevitability of work (and the joy in it) (Fall For Dance, 2023).
TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS FABRICATION STUDIO
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
J.E. JOHNSON
KAREN MANESS
PROJECT MANAGER
DAVID TOLIN
OPERATIONS MANAGER
JASON LEE HUERTA
PROPERTIES MANAGER
CAROLYN HARDIN
LEAD FABRICATOR
HANK SCHWEMMER
PROJECT SPECIALIST
ASHTON BENNETT MURPHY
SENIOR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
SCOTT BUSSEY
GRADUATE PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
DANIEL RUIZ BUSTOS
TERESA GUERRERO C.
JOSHUA W. MARTIN
ZACHARY YOUNG
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
MADISON JACKSON
LYRIC VILLARREAL
RYLEE VINES
PRODUCTION LEADS
LEAH AUSTIN
ZOÉ BIHAN
ELLYSE JEFFERSON
NATALIA MARTIN RODENZO
JULIA YELVINGTON
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
ELIZABETH BANDA
NAHLA BELTRAN
BRIDGETTE CLIFFORD
VALERIA NUÑEZ ESTRADA
ANA LARA
CODIE LIGHTFOOT
AUSTIN LIVINGSTON
KRISTA MCLEOD
GABRIEL GOMEZ REYES
CASSIDY WEN
324P FABRICATION
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
JUNO ADAIR
STEVIE ANDERSON
KARLA BERMUDEZ
ROSY ESQUENAZI
SARAH JAYNE EWING
ARWYN HEILRAYNE
SCENIC CHARGE ARTIST
ASHTON BENNETT MURPHY
SCENIC PAINTING INTERN
GLORIA LABATUT DAVIES
COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO
COSTUME PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
NANETTE ACOSTA
PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES
DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES
JONATHAN WATERS
LEAD DRAPER
WAYNE FOWKS
STAFF DRAPERS
SARAH BARBOUR
POUA YANG
STAFF FIRST HAND
JENNIFER BALL
GRADUATE FIRST HANDS
LUCIA CALLENDER
KAITLYN COMFORT
MATTHEW SMITH
STUDENT STITCHER
RACHEL GREEN
COSTUME CRAFTS ARTISAN
TANYA OLALDE
COSTUME CRAFTS
ASSISTANT
MEAGAN BEATTIE
STUDIO ASSISTANTS
KATHERINE CONCANNON
LAYLA ISAAC
WIG HAIR AND MAKEUP SPECIALIST
STEPHANIE MILLER
STUDIO CREW SUPERVISORS
KAITLYN COMFORT
ALEX ROCKEY
MATTHEW SMITH
STUDIO CREW
OLIVER AARO
HANNAH COTTON
TAYLOR DRESS
EUGENIO CHAPA GALVAN
ANGEL MACIAS
OLA MBONU
MIA NGUYEN
RYAN WAKEFIELD
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
DESIREE TOWNES
WARDROBE RUNNING
CREW
JAZ BURCHELL
LEILI GIVENS
KATHRYN MOONEY
COSTUME STOCK SUPERVISOR
DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES
COSTUME STOCK ASSISTANTS
JAZ BURCHELL
KATIE CONCANNON
EMORY KENNEMORE
PROPS
PRODUCTION PROPERTIES MANAGER
CAROLYN HARDIN
PROP STOCK MANAGERS
KATELYN NGUYEN
LEILA RABAH
OVERHIRE PROP ARTISANS
MEL EDWARDS
ROXOLANA KRYWONOS
PROP CREW
AUDREY FRILOUX
ANGELA MATA
KATHERINE THOMAS
LIGHTING
PROGRAMMER
DONNA BONNELLE YANCEY
SUPERVISING ELECTRICIAN
MICHAEL SHANKS
ASSISTANT SUPERVISING ELECTRICIAN
COBY HUGHES
SENIOR LIGHTING TECHNICIANS
KP PIERCE
GAVIN STRAWNATO
ZACHARY YOUNG
324P LIGHTING FACULTY
SUPERVISOR
SEB BOONE
324P THEATRE AND DANCE
LIGHTING CREW
JACKSON FROELICH
NOELLE LANSFORD
JAIME LEAL
SHALOM ONUORAH
HAYDEN PRESLEY
ERIC RAMOS
HUEMAK SANCHEZ
ELLA SCORESBY
ETHAN SEBREE
OLIVIA TOVAR
JACOB WILSON
LILLY ZAHNOW
TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
LIGHTING CREW
JONATHAN AMEZCUA
ADAM CORONADO
OLIVIA LONGORIA
GILBERT MARTINEZ
ZACKARY READ
JOSE SALCIDO
MATTHEW E. SMITH
LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR
JULIA VEIGA
AUDIO
TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
AUDIO CREW
GEORGIA BECKHAM
BRYCE RIGGLE
AUDIO BOARD OPERATOR
VALERIA GUAJARDO GALVAN
MEDIA
INTEGRATED MEDIA SHOP SUPERVISOR
EARNEST MAZIQUE
MEDIA GRADUATE ASSISTANTS
ARASH BAQUIPUR
HEEKYUNG KIM
NITSAN SCHARF
SYDNEY SOUSA
MEDIA SHOP CREW
ALEXIS ADAMS
SEDDA BRADY
KEELEY BRYANT
SAMUEL CANTU
KATRINA ESPINOZA
GRANT GILKER
ENRIQUE GOMEZ
MO MACDONALD
SIDDHANTH MENON
NOLAN MYERS
MEDIA OPERATOR
ANABELLA FRIEDMAN
PRODUCTION ADVISORS
STAGE MANAGEMENT
RUSTY CLOYES
COSTUME DESIGN
RAQUEL BARRETO
COSTUME TECHNOLOGY
DAVID AREVALO
LIGHTING DESIGN
MICHELLE HABECK
INTEGRATED MEDIA FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE
KATE FREER
SCENIC DESIGN
JOSAFATH REYNOSO
SOUND DESIGN
PHILLIP OWEN
RESIDENT INTIMACY DIRECTOR
ANDY GRAPKO
CREW SUPERVISOR
AUSTIN SHIRLEY
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
RUSTY CLOYES
TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
DIRECTOR OF FABRICATION AND ACADEMIC PRODUCTION
JEFF GRAPKO
FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGEMENT AND TICKETING
DANA MCLAUGHLIN
PR/MARKETING
MEGAN BOMMARITO
SYDNEY PATTILLO
PHOTOGRAPHER
THOMAS ALLISON
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
JEFF GRAY
