the george washington university 2020-2021 SEASON

PROGRAM OF THEATRE & DANCE Dance Film Shorts Fall 2020 December 3, 2020 7:30 pm

Artistic Director Maida Withers Guest Artists Robin Bell Ludovic Jolivet Faculty Filmmakers/Choreographers Dana Tai Soon Burgess Giselle Ruzany Student Filmmakers/Choreographers Katherine Auerswald Jill Canning Julia Chodyla Chloe Davis Trevor Frantz Hannah Jacobson Alison Janega Kinaya McEady Shannan Richard Maddie Sell Aleny Serna Emma Wasserman Costume Design Judy Hansen Adalia Vera Tonneyck Sound Design Gabriella Dubois Alicia Januzzi Harrison Kidd Caroline Kriegstein Melanie Malson Chloe Olwell Anna Phillips Kenny Silver Rebecca Wei Stage Manager Associate Stage Manager Antonella Garcia Jade Tortorice

This production is made possible, in part, by The Leggette Fund Endowment for Guest Artists. DIRECTOR’S NOTES The future is now! GW organic shift to expand our students expecting to create curriculum to feature digital their first dance for stage ways of working. Certainly would, instead, be creating the presence of the historic their first dance film - global pandemic cannot choreographers collaborating be underestimated as an with students who were both influence on the dance film dancer and camera operator shorts created by these twelve in locations as diverse as young and emerging artists. New Hampshire, California, I appreciate the leadership Puerto Rico, and of Professor Burgess and other local and global Adjunct Faculty, Giselle locations. This generation Ruzany in contributing to born using the cellphone this event. The presence would transition to using of Ludovic Jolivet and that phone as a camera for Robin Bell, Guest Artists/ making art. We welcome you Filmmakers, in the Dance all to join us in the inaugural Program, Fall 2020, is deeply season of GW Dance Film appreciated. Shorts. –Maida Withers

My interest in experimental dance as an artist, including filmmaking and live interactive technology, has influenced the approach and values in the George Washington MFA, MA, and BA dance programs. So leaning into digital processes is an Dance Majors in Covid Times Choreographer/Editor: Giselle Ruzany Assistant Stage Manager: Rachel Kaufman Location Production Associate: Nicole Reyes Music: Excerpts from Libertango Dancers in 2014 Maida Withers Dance Construction Company: Shannon Elizabeth O’Brien, Giselle Ruzany Dancers: Carmen Emilia Cintron, Arie Ozary, Paige Valego

Me, Myself, and I Choreographer/Edito: Katherine Auerswald Sound Designer: Alicia Januzzi Assistant Stage Manager: Hannah Jacobson Music: Drenas by PEDRO Dancers: Olivia Ferguson, Hannah Krantz, Aaron Mancus, Anna Stolt

Journeys of Self Director/Choreographer/Editor: Alison Janega Assistant Stage Manager: Kenny Silver Costume Designer: Adalia Vera Tonneyck Sound Designer: Alison Janega & Kenny Silver Music: Maddy’s Story, Slideshow, The Lake, and We All Knew by Labrinth Dancers: Cate Alvaro, Kate Carpenter, Nateé Himmons, Elle McNeill, Isabella Meurer Special thanks to Judith Hengevald and Mylisa Himmons for their filming assistance.

“Do not let doubt control your worth and sabotage your evolution...”

Glitch Choreographer/Editor: Emma Wasserman Sound Designer: Emma Wasserman Dancer: Emma Wasserman Our Place in Nature Choreographer: Hannah Jacobson Sound Designer: Chloe Olwell Assistant Stage Manager: Kinaya McEady Music: Persistent by Loscil; Guaranteed (Instrumental) by Eddie Vedder Dancers: Lena Salino, Violet Radmacher-Willis, Anna Stolt

intrspxtn Choreographer/Dancer/Editor: Shannan Richard Music: Space Song by Beach House, slowed & reverbed by Star Child tm. Audio, Camera Assistants: Cyrus Imbernino and Matthew Richard Falling movement inspired by @swimminginmouthwash

APPRAISAL Choreographer/Editor: Aleny Serna Sound Designer: Harrison Kidd Assistant Stage Manager: Zoe Warren Music: Jean Sound Design Studio Dancers: Marney O’Connor, Zoe Warren, Emma Wasserman

Cognitive appraisal describes the subjective interpretation of stressful situations and how these unique perceptions influence emotions and behaviors. This work explores the different perceptions of loss and grief.

But It Can Be Choreographer: Julia Chodyla Sound Designer: Anna Phillips and Julia Chodyla Assistant Stage Manager: Jade Tortorice Music: 47.48 by Childish Gambino Dancers: Trevor Frantz, Jade Tortorice, Paige Valego, Christina Zengin-Karaian

Symbolic violence can materialize from what is done, but can also transpire from what is not done. Everyday people hold the immense power of goodness that is strong enough to obliterate the violence. Accordingly, this dance film explores the justice, equity and peace we can have if we collectively do what fails to be done. The Light Choreographer/Editor: Jill Canning Costume Designer: Adalia Vera Tonneyck Sound Designer: Melanie Malson Assistant Stage Manager: Robin Fern Music: Dream State, Change is Everything and Enough of Our Machines by Son Lux Dancers: Olivia Ferguson, Robin Fern, Taylor Silverstein

cornered Choreographer/Editor: Trevor Frantz Sound Designer: Trevor Frantz Dancer: Trevor Frantz Music: Count to Nine by The Japanese House

chatter in the skull Choreographer: Chloe Davis Sound Designer: Gabriella Dubois Assistant Stage Manager: Grace Eberts Music: Overthinking Will Kill Your Reality by Alan Watts, La Luna y el Lobo (Carrot Green Expedition) by Mantanza, Oceanvs Orientalis Dancers: Gracie Fletcher, Mimi Jurion, Marney O’Connor, Lisa Roberts

“We observe life until we can transform ourselves into it, we stop thinking and codifying life, and finally, we live it” – Alan Watts

Behind Closed Doors Choreographer: Maddie Sell Sound Designer: Rebecca Wei Music: Dance Yrself Clean by LCD Soundsystem Dancers: Elyse Butts, Kate Carpenter truth and deceit Choreographer: Kinaya McEady Sound Designer: Caroline Kriegstein Assistant Stage Manager: Valerie Pena Location Production Associate: Victor Gandy Music: Dancing Circle by Hanyo van Oosterom & Michel Banabila; A Palé by Rosalia Dancers: Arianne Gandy, Amanda Msallem, Shannan Richards, Sophia Young

“truth and deceit” depicts the concept of deception, or concealing the truth, and how those who purposely and maliciously deceive others create for them a false reality.

Ritual in Silhouette Choreographer: Dana Tai Soon Burgess Editor: Felipe Oyarzun Moltedo Videographers: Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Felipe Oyarzun Moltedo Costumes: Judy Hansen Music: I am Coming for My Things by Missy Mazzoli, Opaque by Hildur Gudnadottir, Vespers for a New Dark Age: New Dark Age, Interlude 2, and excerpts from Machine by Missy Mazzoli, A Deal with Caos by Johan Johannsson Location: The Kreeger Museum - Sculpture Garden Sculptures: - Richard Deutsch, Against the Day, 2006, granite, Gift of the Chevy Chase Land Company of Montgomery County, Maryland, The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC - Kendall Buster, Garden Snare, 1998, steel, shade cloth, Courtesy of the artist - Sandra Muss, Portals, 2016, mirrored steel aluminum, rusted wire mesh, plants, Gift of the artist, The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC Assistant Stage Manager: Aleny Serna Dancers: Katherine Auerswald, Robin Fern, Trevor Frantz, Aaron Mancus, Arielle Ostry, Aleny Serna, Valerie Peña, Christina Zengin-Karaian STUDENT FILMMAKERS/CHOREOGRAPHERS KATHERINE HANNAH JACOBSON AUERSWALD* ( Choreographer/ (Choreographer/Dancer) Assistant Stage Manager) is a BS/MS combined is a BS/MS combined degree student from degree student from New Silver Spring, MD double Jersey, double majoring in majoring in biological anthropology biological anthropology and dance. This and dance and receiving her masters is her first time choreographing for the in paleobiology. This is her first time Program. choreographing for the Program. ALISON JANEGA* JILL CANNING ( Choreographer/ ( Choreographer/ Editor) is a senior from Editor) is a senior Schaumburg, IL double from Wilmington, DE majoring in dance and majoring in international political science and affairs and minoring in minoring in American studies. This is Arabic and dance. This is her first time her first time choreographing and th6 time choreographing for the Program. participating in Program productions.

JULIA CHODYLA* KINAYA MCEADY (Choreographer) is a (Choreographer/Assistant senior from Tallahassee, Stage Manager) is a FL double majoring in senior from Pennsauken, dance and international NJ and is double affairs and minoring majoring in dance and in economics. This is her first time international affairs. This is her first time choreographing for the Program. choreographing for the Program.

CHLOE DAVIS SHANNAN RICHARD (Choreographer) is a (Choreographer/Dancer) senior from Meredith, is a junior from York, PA NH double majoring majoring in dance and in exercise science and business. This is her 2nd dance. This is her first time participating in the time choreographing for the Program. Program.

TREVOR FRANTZ MADDIE SELL (Choreographer/Dancer/ (Choreographer) is a Sound Designer/Editor) senior from Marietta, GA is a senior from Bucks majoring in dance and County, PA majoring in political communication. interior architecture and This is her 5th time minoring in dance. This is his 5th time participating in the Program. participating in the Program.

*Corcoran Scholars STUDENT FILMMAKERS/CHOREOGRAPHERS ALENY SERNA EMMA WASSERMAN* (Choreographer/Assistant (Choreographer/Dancer) Stage Manager/Dancer) is a junior Corcoran is a senior from New Scholar from Philadelphia, Jersey double majoring majoring in dance and in dance and exercise political science and science. This is her 5th time participating minoring in WGSS. This her 5th time in the Program. participating in a Dance Production. WHO’S WHO CATE ALVARO* ROBIN FERN (Dancer) (Dancer) is a sophomore is a junior from Bellevue, from North Port, FL WA double majoring majoring in exercise in public health and science and minoring in dance. This is her 3rd dance with a pre-medical time participating in the concentration. This is her 3rd time Program. participating in the Program. OLIVIA FERGUSON ELYSE BUTTS (Dancer) (Dancer) is a freshman is a freshman from New from San Francisco, CA York majoring in political majoring in dance. This is science and minoring in her first time participating dance. This is her first in the Program. time participating in the Program. GRACIE FLETCHER (Dancer) is a junior from KATE CARPENTER Santa Monica, CA, double (Dancer) is a sophomore majoring in public health from Stillwater, OK and dance. This is her 5th studying political time participating in the communications. This is Program. her first time participating in the Program. ARIANNE GANDY (Dancer) is a junior from CARMEN EMILIA Cuernavaca, Mexico, CINTRON (Dancer) is double majoring in a freshman from Trujillo international affairs and Alto, PR, majoring in dance. This is her 3rd time international affairs. This is participating in the Program. her first time participating in the Program.

*Corcoran Scholars WHO’S WHO NATEÉ HIMMONS* time participating in the Program. (Dancer) is a junior from Philadelphia, PA majoring AMANDA MSALLEM in dance and business (Dancer) is a junior from analytics. This is her 4th Brooklyn, NY, double time participating in the majoring in international Program. affairs and art history and minoring in French. MIMI JURION This is her 2nd time participating in the (Dancer) is a senior from Program. Seattle, double majoring in journalism and mass SHANNON communications and ELIZABETH O’BRIEN minoring in graphic (Dancer) is a dancer design. This is her first time participating and speech-language in the Program. pathologist in . She holds a Bachelor HANNAH KRANTZ of Arts from the George Washington (Dancer) is a sophomore University and a Master of Science from from , in CCAS Teachers College, Columbia University. and is minoring in She has performed with Bittersuite biology. This is her 2nd (BAM), Heidi Latsky Dance (High time participating in the Line), Eduardo Navarro (Frieze Art Program. Fair), Maida Withers Dance Construction Company (Kennedy Center), and others AARON MANCUS* across the US and abroad. Her work (Dancer) is a junior from focuses on the intersection between Scranton, Pennsylvania, technology and accessibility. studying international affairs and dance. This is MARNEY his 5th time participating in O’CONNOR* the Program. (Dancer) is a junior from Cambridge, MA, double ELLE McNEILL* majoring in public health (Dancer) is a sophomore and dance. This is her 5th from Richmond, VA, time participating in the Program. majoring in exercise science and dance. This is ARIELLE OSTRY* her 2nd time participating (Dancer) is a senior from in the Program. Green Brook, NJ, double majoring in journalism ISABELLA MEURER* and mass communication (Dancer) is a freshman and dance. This is her 6th from Wayne, NJ, majoring time participating in the Program. in exercise science and dance. This is her first *Corcoran Scholars WHO’S WHO VALERIE PENA* ANNA STOLT (Dancer) (Dancer/Assistant Stage is a sophomore majoring Manager) is a junior from in political science from Bethlehem, PA, double Augusta, Maine. This is majoring in political her 3rd time dancing in the communication and dance. Program. This is her 5th time participating in the Program. JADE TORTORICE (Dancer/ Asst. Stage VIOLET Manager/Associate Stage RADAMACHER-WILLIS Manager) is a sophomore (Dancer) is a freshman from Glen Mills, PA, from Portland, who majoring in criminal justice is double majoring and dance and minoring in law and in anthropology and society. This is her 2nd time participating Africana studies. This is her first time in the Program. participating in the Program. PAIGE VALEGO* LISA ROBERTS (Dancer) is a sophomore (Dancer) is a freshman from Cramerton, NC, who from St. Thomas, U.S. is double majoring in dance Virgin Islands, majoring and psychology. This is her in dance. This is her first 3rd time participating in the time participating in the Program. Program. ZOE WARREN* (Dancer/ LENA SALINO Assistant Stage Manager) (Dancer) is a junior from is a sophomore from New York majoring in Lincolnshire, IL, majoring exercise science with a in civil engineering and concentration in sports dance. This is her 3rd time medicine, and double performing in the Program. minoring in dance and psychology. This is her first time participating in the SOPHIA YOUNG* Program. (Dancer) is a sophomore from Little Rock, AK, TAYLOR majoring in dance and SILVERSTEIN (Dancer) journalism. This is her 2nd is a senior from time performing in the Middletown, NJ majoring Program. in international affairs and double minoring in CHRISTINA ZENGIN- economics and dance. This is her 4th time KARAIAN (Dancer) is a participating in the Program. sophomore from New York majoring in international affairs. This is her 2nd ti\time

*Corcoran Scholars WHO’S WHO performing in the Program. very different process, but the outcome the same – creating art! JUDY HANSEN (Costume Designer), a na- FELIPE O. MOLTEDO tive Washingtonian, is the (Editor) is from Santiago, resident costume designer Chile. He began dancing for Dana Tai Soon Bur- at the age of 12 and has gess & Co and has created since received several costumes for American Ballet Theater, awards and distinctions, Joffrey Ballet, Kirov Ballet, The Wash- among others, Chile’s Best Dancer Inter- ington Ballet, Nejla Yatkin, Word Dance, American Circle of Dance Professional’s Robert Battle, Karen Reedy Dance, Da- Award. In Santiago, Mr. Moltedo ran his kshina, Eric Hampton Dance, The Mary- own company, which led to multiple land Youth Ballet, Natalie Moffet-Smith national and international tours. He DanceSmith, CityDance Ensemble, The holds a B.F.A. in dance, an M.A. in Juilliard School, GW, Rincones and dance education with honors from the Company Dance Theater, Universal Bal- University of Chile, and an M.F.A. in let, Alvin Mayes, Maida Withers, and dance from The George Washington Deborah Riley. Ms. Hansen has cre- University Department of Theatre & ated new costumes for the works of Isa- Dance. Currently, Mr. Moltedo is a dora Duncan, Anna Sokolow and Twyla dancer and managing director at Dana Tharp. Ms. Hansen is the recipient of 3 Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company and Metro D.C. Dance Awards for Excel- the lower middle school dance program lence in Costume Design. In addition to director at Georgetown Day School. dance, Ms. Hansen has created costumes for the Washington , Opera La- GABRIELLA DUBOIS fayette, The Shakespeare Theatre, The (Sound Designer) is a Warehouse Theatre Players, The Eleven senior from San Francisco, O’Clock Show, The Shakespeare Sum- majoring in theatre and mer Festival and Theatre Fifty-Four. minoring in psychology and philosophy. This is ADALIA VERA her first time participating in a dance TONNEYCK (Costume production. Design) is a local costume designer originally from ALICIA JANUZZI New York. She came to the (Sound Designer) is a area in 2009 for her MFA senior from Harrisburg, in production design at GWU. Since PA, studying theatre and then, she worked all over the DMV as psychology. This is her 5th a designer, costume manager, assistant TRDA production. designer, and costume dyer and maker. She also is the Production Manager at HARRISON KIDD The Madeira School. This is her second (Sound Designer) is a time designing for dance at GWU and junior from Nashville, the 9th time working on the costumes for double majoring in theatre Danceworks. This time around, it was a and philosophy. This is

*Corcoran Scholars WHO’S WHO his first time participating in a dance REBECCA WEI (Sound production. Designer) is a senior from Beijing, China with a CAROLINE major in computer science KRIEGSTEIN* (Sound and a minor in theatre and Designer) is a senior from Chinese. This is her 2nd Huntington, NY, majoring time participating in the Program. in theatre. This is her first time designing for a dance ANTONELLA production. GARCIA* ( Stage Manager) is a sophomore MELANIE MALSON Corcoran Scholar from (Sound Designer) is a Miami, FL, double senior from Aberdeen, majoring in business and MD majoring in theatre. dance. This her 3rd time participating in This is her first time the Program. designing for a dance production. GRACE EBERTS ( Assistant Stage CHLOE OLWELL Manager) is a freshman (Sound Designer) is a from Chapel Hill, NC, sophomore from Dedham, majoring in philosophy MA, majoring in theatre. and dance. This is her first This is her first time time participating in the Program. designing for a dance production. RACHEL KAUFMAN* ( Assistant Stage ANNA PHILLIPS* Manager) is a junior (Sound Designer) is a Corcoran Scholar from sophomore from Fair Westchester, NY, majoring Haven, NJ who is double in international affairs and majoring in theatre and minoring in theatre and Arabic. This English. This is her 2nd her 2nd time participating in a dance participating in the Program. production.

KENNY SILVER (Sound Designer/Assistant Stage Manager) is a freshman from Manhasset, NY, in the Columbia College of Arts and Sciences minoring in theatre. This is his first time designing for a dance production.

*Corcoran Scholars WHO’S WHO MAIDA WITHERS DANA TAI SOON ( Artistic Director) , BURGESS (Faculty known for innovation as Choreographer) is the a prolific choreographer first ever Choreographer- and instigator- in-Residence for the explorer in dance and Smithsonian Institute. He technology, is the Artistic Director of founded the premiere Maida Withers Dance Construction company in DC, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Company where she has created over Dance Co. (dtsbdc.org) now in its 28th 100 distinctive projects with extensive season. He has served as a cultural international programming. Works ambassador for the US State Department reveal her activism in the arts, leadership for over 30 years. He received two Senior in interactive technology and evening- Fulbright Grants to teach at the National length multimedia narratives. Awards University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, include: Cultural Envoy, Nairobi, New studying Asian cultural intersections Delhi; Life-time Achievement Award, in Peru. He received the Pola Nirenska Festival in the Desert, Las Vegas; Award in 2003, the Mayor’s Award DC Mayor’s Award for Distinctive for Artistic Excellence in 2004, two Contribution; Research Channel Film; Senior Fulbrights in 2006 and 2008 Pola Nirenska, Great Cultural and Artistic as well as his ninth Artist Fellowship Contributions; NEA Awards - Visual Arts from the DC Commission on the Arts in Performing Arts, Choreographer’s and Humanities in 2020. Burgess was Fellowship, Inter Arts; DC Commission invited by President Obama to present on the Arts, others. Maida has toured his work and speak about the creative and created projects and/or performed process in 2012. His work has toured to in 38 countries including: Thresholds over 200 American cities including La Crossed, Moscow; Rolling Thunder, UN Mama, the United Nations, the Skirball Earth Summit, Brazil; FareWell, Croatia; Center for the Performing Arts, the Asia Orbit, IMZ Screen Festival, ; Society, and the Lincoln Center Out of Stone Circle, Tokyo; Utah*Spirit Doors. Burgess’ choreography has been Place*Spirit Planet*Tukuhnikivatz, commissioned by the Kennedy Center, NYC. Local performances have been the Ballet Memphis and the National at such varied venues as the Kennedy Ballet of Peru among others. He has Center, Lisner, National Theatre, Dance toured around the world including to Place, Corcoran Gallery, and the Air & Egypt, Israel, the West Bank, Korea, Space Museum, others. China, India, Mongolia, Venezuela, , Latvia, Ecuador, Pakistan, Panama, Mexico, and Cambodia. Burgess is a Mayoral appointed commissioner who serves on the D.C. Asian Pacific Islander Affairs Commission. WHO’S WHO GISELLE RUZANY LUDOVIC JOLIVET (Faculty Choreographer/ (Guest Artist), a native Editor) is an adjunct of Paris, France, is a faculty at the Corcoran multimedia artist focusing School of the Arts and on dance, film, and Design with the Theatre & photography. Mr. Jolivet Dance Program at GW and a Licensed has created dances for both film and Professional Counselor in private stage that have been presented at venues practice in Woodley Park, Washington and dance festivals worldwide. He is the DC. Throughout her journey as a recipient of the 2003 Metro DC Dance psychotherapist and choreographer, Award for Emerging Choreographer, the Giselle has been investigating the 2004 MSCA’s Individual Artist Award in crossroads between dance and Film, and the 2014 MSCA’s Individual psychology and how the world of somatic Artist Award in Choreography. He has informs both. For more information taught dance and theatre courses at about her private practice you can visit universities in the DC area including her at www.gestaltdance.com. She is The University of Maryland, St Mary’s also a PhD candidate in Expressive Arts College, and The George Washington Therapy and you can see her research University. Now living in LA. he is with embodied digital storytelling at currently working on a multimedia www.gestaltdance.com/en. project, “Indecent Exposure”, which takes dance, music, photography, and ROBIN BELL 50 interviews of women to address (Guest Artist), founder of issues around the female body in today’s Bell Visuals, is an award- society. winning editor, video journalist, and multimedia artist based in Washington DC. Mr. Bell works on a range of creative, political and public interest Projects and has developed a unique style of live video collage which he has performed at well-known venues, including The Kennedy Center, 9:30 Club, The Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Central Park Summer Stage in NYC, and The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. His incisive 2017 projection, Emoluments Welcome, on the face of the Trump Hotel in Washington DC garnered media attention from the BBC, CNN, New York Times, L.A. Times, Huffington Post and Hyperallergic, among others. Recent projects include collaborations with the Covid Memorial and the Movement for Black Lives. PRODUCTION STAFF Corcoran Assistant to the Director for Productions and Performances...... Carl Gudenius Performance Manager...... Ann Norton Technical Director...... John Traub Director of Costume Technology...... Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir Instructional Laboratory Associate, Scene Shop...... Abby Bender Instructional Laboratory Associate, Costume Shop...... Adalia Vera Tonneyck Stage Manager...... Antonella Garcia Associate Stage Manager...... Jade Tortorice Assistant Stage Managers...... Grace Eberts, Robin Fern, Hannah Jacobson, Rachel Kaufman, Kinaya McEady, Valerie Pena, Aleny Serna, Kenny Silver, Jade Tortorice, Zoe Warren Sound Designers...... Gabriella Dubois, Alicia Januzzi, Harrison Kidd, Caroline Kriegstein, Melanie Malson, Chloe Olwell, Anna Phillips, Kenny Silver, Rebecca Wei Program Administrator...... Gabrielle Wingate Program Office Assistant...... Riley Burke Promotions...... Kirk Kristlibas

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