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Dance-Program-202.Pdf THE SAMFORD DANCE COMPANY AND SANSPOINTE DANCE COMPANY PRESENT [to] based on the book ����Jonathan Livingston Seagull Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman Theatre and Dance Series DIRECTOR’S NOTE “…keep working on love...” I don’t think it was an accident that we chose to dig into the story of Jonathan Liv- ingston Seagull for this year’s collaborative Dance Concert. We began this project in March 2020, well before many of the country’s divisive events occurred. Over the past year, God continually brought to my mind a central theme of this story – perfect love. In order for Jonathan Livingston Seagull to learn the elements of perfect flight, he had to first learn the principles of perfect love. After being disheartened, looked down upon, and ultimately cast out from the Flock, Jonathan had only himself to look after. His love for flying and the pursuit of perfect flight at the expense of all SAMFORD UNIVERSITY else amounted to a selfish desire for himself. It served him reasonably well for a while, but what he truly lacked was the highest principle of all life: perfect love. SCHOOL[ DEPARTMENT OF OF THEATRETHE ANDARTS DANCE ] With the help of his mentor, Chaing, Jonathan learned more than just how to fly. He learned how to love. All along, perfect flight simply served as a metaphor for perfect love. That’s what Chaing truly hoped Jonathan would learn. MAJORS If you want to turn your calling into a career, Bachelor of Fine Arts cultivate your craft, and become a well-rounded I can’t help but think that if we hope to achieve “perfect flight” in our families, Musical Theatre communities, and country, we all need to let go of selfish desires and “keep working thespian, Samford is for you. Samford’s Theatre for Youth on love”. 1 John 4:19 Department of Theatre and Dance develops Bachelor of Arts the whole person . in a collaborative creative Theatre: Acting and Directing Alisa McCool community, through purpose driven, personalized Coordinator of the Dance Program Theatre: Production Design and Technology Catalyst projects, to impact the world as Samford University Theatre storytellers and artists. Worship Leadership MINORS • Dance • Film Production (in cooperation with journalism and mass communication) • Theatre For more information contact: [email protected] | 205-726-4111 | Samford.edu/arts Samford University is an Equal Opportunity Institution/Employer. SANSPOINTE DIRECTOR’S NOTE ost of the collaboration for this project has taken place through long emails or word of mouth; not so much by movement or shared space. While we wish it had been the latter, watching this performance come together has Mbeen unique and exciting. The idea for this project came in passing. And when I say “in passing” - it was one minute of hopeful conversation in the hallway after a faculty meeting that focused on moving forward with classes at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic. We were hopeful and excited to make something happen - no matter what it might look like. Enter, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. While I do not have much experience flying, I had a lot of fun figuring out how to adapt the story of Jonathan to the stage. There were challenges to creating that movement. Try asking a modern dancer to not touch a duet partner or to improv through the space six feet apart. One of my favorite lines from the story is: “Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.” This project presented its fair share of limitations, but what we know best is how to make dance happen, and dancing is a lot like flying. Anna Foshee Artistic Director Sanspointe Dance Company STORY SUMMARY Part of the Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman Theatre and Dance Series onathan Livingston Seagull is a young gull who struggles to fit in with his flock; where the other birds are only concerned with finding food, Jonathan loves Jflying for its own sake. His attempts to fly faster and higher than his fellow gulls make him suspect, and his own parents pressure him to conform. After a particularly disastrous dive, Jonathan nearly resigns himself to the life of an ordinary seagull, only to have an epiphany: by flying on only his wing tips, Jonathan is successfully able to reach a speed of over 200 miles per hour. He returns to the Flock excited and eager to share his knowledge, but to his dismay, the Flock instead declares him an Outcast for his exploits. [to] soar Jonathan grows old alone, never ceasing in his efforts to teach himself more about fly- ing. One night, he encounters a pair of luminous seagulls who tell him they have come to take him to his true Flock, which he is now ready to meet. Jonathan accompanies presented by them up into the sky and to an entirely new realm he initially believes to be heaven. Over time, he learns that it is in fact simply a different plane of existence in which he can continue to learn and grow. To that end, he begins studying with an old gull THE SAMFORD DANCE COMPANY named Chiang, who teaches him that true heaven and true perfection consist of an AND SANSPOINTE DANCE COMPANY awareness of oneself as infinite. With Chiang’s help, Jonathan learns to travel instan- taneously through space and time. However, before Chiang leaves for another world, he reminds Jonathan to “keep working” on the most important form of flight: love. Jonathan ultimately concludes that in order to do so, he must use the skills Chiang taught him to return to Earth and share his knowledge with his former Flock. February 19-21, 2021 Back on Earth, Jonathan takes on several students who have been made Outcasts by the Flock, teaching them not only to fly more skillfully, but also to understand their true spiritual nature. The students struggle to understand the latter, and Jonathan ul- timately decides that they must all return to the Flock and resume their lessons there. Jonathan and his students show off their skills, and slowly, members of the Flock begin to take notice and join in. When one gull with a bad wing manages to fly after speaking to Jonathan, rumors begin to spread that he is divine. One day, while Jonathan’s most advanced student, Fletcher Lynn Seagull, is working with a group of newcomers, he is forced to swerve into a cliff. However, rather than dying, Fletcher manages to jump to a different plane of consciousness, and with Jonathan’s help, he is then able to return to Earth. The stunned Flock concludes that Jonathan brought Fletcher back from the dead and must be a devil, so they try to kill him. However, Jonathan and Fletcher are able to jump to a safe distance at the last minute. Here, Jonathan explains that it’s important to try to see and nurture the best in the Flock despite their actions. He then leaves to teach seagulls in other worlds, putting Fletcher in charge of preserving his legacy on Earth. Morning Flock Reach Out and Touch Perfection Choreography: Anna Foshee Choreography: Anna Foshee Music: Ghosts by Stephan Moccio Music: Justin Wallace Dancers: Entire Cast Dancers : Audrey Douglas, Ashley Gilliam, Stephanie Murphy, Jordan Prough , Ariana Pellegra, Sara Pulmano, Sara Wallace It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea. For each of them, the most important thing in living was to reach out and touch Among Friends perfection in that which they most loved to do, and that was to fly. They were Choreography: Alisa McCool with contributions from dancers magnificent birds, all of them.. Music: Sunset on M – Piano and String Quintet by Dardust Dancers: Grace Brewster, Brittany Chambers, Olivia Phipps Can You Teach Me How to Fly? Choreography: Sara Wallace If you must study, then study food, and how to get it. Music: Justin Wallace Spoken word: Wilder Adkins Wind and Waves Dancers: Meredith Cox, Audrey Douglas, Stephanie Murphy, Choreography: Alisa McCool Jordan Prough Music: Petricor by Ludovico Einaudi Dancers: Brittany Chambers, Jillian Clark, Cara Colletti, I want to learn to fly like that,” Jonathan said, and a strange light glowed in his Catherine Craighead, Anna Johnson, Anna Medley, Elise Pettitt, eyes. “Tell me what to do.” Chiang spoke slowly and watched the younger gull Jillian Tombul, Abigail Williams ever so carefully. “To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is” he said, “ you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived. Such promises are only for the gulls that accept the ordinary. One who has touched excellence in his learning has no need of that kind of promise. Outlaw Choreography: Alisa McCool The Council of the Elders Music: Cold Wind Var. 1 – Day 4 by Ludovico Einaudi Choreography: Therese Laeger Dancers: Elena Potter with Brittany Chambers Music: Hanging D – Cello Octet Amsterdam Version by Joep Beving Dancers: Catherine Cowden, Abby Denning, Lenox Jones, Anna Kate There’s so much more to flying than just flapping around from place to place!... Medlin, Ashlyn Moody, Ann Parker, Grace Wilson Can’t they think of the glory that it’ll be when we really learn to fly? To be centered for shame meant that he would be cast out of gull society, From Wingtip to Wingtip banished to a solitary life on the Far Cliffs. Choreography: Alisa McCool Music: Light by Poppy Ackroyd They Came In The Evening Dancers: Grace Brewster, Presley Burk, Brittany Chambers, Abi Grace Choreography: Anna Foshee Kimsey, Olivia Phipps, Faith Poentinske, Elena Potter, Jensen Sutton Music: Hurricane by Slow Meadow Dancers: Ariana Pellegra, Sara Wallace with Brittany Chambers By the end of three months, Jonathan had six other students, Outcasts all, yet curious about this strange new idea of flight for the joy of flying.
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