March 20: Extension & Friends

Extension & Friends
March 20, 2020

PERFORMANCE ORDER 

1.) Archive Suite: Dance Extension 1980-2016
2.) Field in November choreography by Rachel Hemmer
3.) Tree vibrations choreography by lisa nevada
4.) Silver Linings Kvell choreography by DAPpers
5.) Lessons choreography
by Marley Carroll ‘21

6.) The Lovecats choreography by Lauren Hale Biniaris ’02
7.) Realms
choreography by Erika Pujič
8.) Parsons Collage


EXTENSION AND FRIENDS

Dance Extension
directed by Julie Adams Strandberg
Marley Carroll ’21, Abby Cohen ’24, Morgan DeLancy ’22, Simity Jalloh ’21, Rachel Hemmer ’23, Dana Korogodsky ’21,
Grace Morena ’21, Abby Perelman ’22, Ty Scott ’22

Dancing Legacy Ensemble
directed by Laura Bennett ‘92 and Hayley Kenney
Ana Lopes Arechiga, Liza Basso ‘18, Bridget Cronin, Dutch deCarvalho, Lauren Hale ‘02, Nadia Hannan ‘14, Dina Melley, lisa nevada, Fiona Oba, Erika Pujič, Heidi Sperounis,

Dance for All People (DAPpers)
directed by Rachel Balaban ‘80
Lois Blazer, Kathryn Bound ‘20, L’Ana Burton, Anna Colaiace, Joyce Colaiace, Dorothy Derick, Steven Dorfman, Ross Edminster, Dana Ferry, Barbara Guillette, Indulata Jayapal, Lori Sahakian ‘20, Tessie Salabert, Carol Sepowitz, Camilla Streeter, Clare Vadeboncoeur, Marsha Zimmermann

Special Guests
Central Falls High School students directed by Deanna Camputaro
Brown Alumni Dancers from classes 1977-2015
Dancing Legacy Educators Cohort


Archive Suite: Dance Extension 1980-2016

A video medley of favorites from the Dance Extension repertory

Curator: Laura Bennett ‘92

Video editor: Nadia Hannan ‘14


Field in November

Choreographer, videographer, editor, and performer: Rachel Hemmer ‘23 (bio)

Original Score: Tom Farrell

Note: This film was produced as part of a Screen Dance Workshop led by Sarah Friedland ‘14.


Tree vibrations

Choreographer and director: lisa nevada (bio) with movement and sound contributions by the cast

Music: soundscape of field recordings and “Whispered Mantra” by S. LaRue by lisa nevada

Performers: Marley Carroll ’21, Abby Cohen ’24, Bridget Cronin, Morgan DeLancy ’22, Nadia Hannan ’14,
Simity Jalloh ’21, Hayley Kenney, Dina Melley, Abby Perelman ’22, Erika Pujič

Note: Tree vibrations was created through movement scores, improvisations of sounding and moving, and by embodying the spirit and soul of the more-than-human, specifically Trees.  this work calls on traditional wisdom and teachings of how to steward and care for the Land. 

Choreographers note on ways to experience this work: as we are not able to gather in physical space together, i encourage audiences to utilize their best options for deep listening, whether through external speakers, earbuds, or headphones.


Silver Linings Kvelll

Choreographers: Dance for All People (DAPpers) (about)

Music: “Journey” composed and performed on the guzheng by Bree Zhang ’22 

Text: DAPpers, arranged into a haiku by Dorothy Papp, with voice over by Olivia Burnham

Performers:  Rachel Balaban ‘80, Lois Blazer, Kathryn Bound ‘20, L’Ana Burton, Anna Colaiace, Joyce Colaiace, Dorothy Derick, Steven Dorfman, Ross Edminster, Dana Ferry, Barbara Guillette, Indulata Jayapal, lisa nevada, Abby Perelman ‘22, Lori Sahakian ‘20, Tessie Salabert, Carol Sepowitz, Camilla Streeter, Clare Vadeboncoeur, Marsha Zimmermann

Note: The inspiration for this piece arose from the realization that while the Covid pandemic has created great challenges and overwhelming hardship, it has also offered moments of magic and silver linings that we have learned to cherish. Kvell is a yiddish word meaning to “delight in” and we have chosen to focus on the delightful moments during this very difficult period. This performance includes members of four different DAPpers classes from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, along with guest artists from Dance Extension and Dancing Legacy.


Lessons

Choreographer and director: Marley Carroll ’21 (bio)

Video editor: Simity Jalloh ’21

Music: “Lessons” by SOHN, with edits by Tom Farrell

Sound engineer: Morgan DeLancy ’22

Performers: Marley Carroll ’21, Morgan DeLancy ’22, Abby Perelman ’22

Note: This film was produced as part of a Screen Dance Workshop led by Sarah Friedland ‘14.


The Lovecats

Choreographer, video editor, and costumes: Lauren Hale Biniaris ’02 (bio)

Music: “The Lovecats” by The Cure

Performers: Rachel Balaban ’80, Bridget Cronin, Anna Colaiace, Joyce Colaiace, Dorothy Derick, Barbara Guillette,
Dana Korogodsky ’21, Dina Melley, Grace Morena ’21, Abby Perelman ’22, Ty Scott ’22, Orly Sela, Heidi Sperounis,  Clare Vadeboncoeur 

With special guests: Dan Burns, Max the cat, Buttons the cat, Io the cat, and Bean the cat

For Emma, the original lovecat


Realms

Choreographer: Erika Pujič (bio)

Original Music: Carl Landa

Performers: Ana Lopes Arechiga, Liza Basso ’18, Abby Cohen ’24, Dutch deCarvalho, Morgan DeLancy ’22, Nadia Hannan ’14,
Rachel Hemmer ’23, Dana Korogodsky ’21, lisa nevada, Fiona Oba, Heidi Sperounis


Parsons Collage 

Concept designers and directors: Laura Bennett ‘92, Sarah Friedland ‘14, and Hayley Kenney

Choreographer: David Parsons

Music: Tony Powell

Video editor: Sarah Friedland ‘14

Performers: Rachel Balaban ‘80, Laura Bayley ‘10, Lauren Hale Biniaris ‘02, Hannah Blitzblau ‘99, Cristina Fortenbaugh Carlson ‘87, Marley Carroll ‘21, Bridget Cronin, Vaughn Edelson ‘07, Jodi Falk ‘86, Deborah Friedes Galii ‘03, Becka Vargus Katz ‘94, Caroline Kleeman ‘10, Alex Jenny Ky ‘89, Aleta Margolis ‘89, Christina Metaxa ‘15, Erika Pujič, Wendy Rein ‘99, Hollond Schiller, Ryan Smith ‘02, Leslie C. Tregillus, ’77, P’13, Nathan Weinberger ‘13, Francesca Zetar ’12, Central Falls High School students, DAPpers

Note: Parsons Etude by David Parsons, part of Dancing Legacy’s Repertory Etudes Collection conceived and curated by Carolyn Adams and Julie Adams Strandberg, has been danced by scores of dancers over the years. Parsons Collage features dancers revisiting David Parsons’ choreography or learning it anew. The performers represent a time span of 65 years and thousands of miles…from Tel Aviv to Miami to Cyprus to upstate New York. It’s a testament to “once a dancer, always a dancer.” Dancing is embodied storytelling. It reaches through time to pass dances from one generation to the next in an endless chain of reimagination.