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31st Annual Choreographers’ Showcase

December 14, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Four emerging choreographers from the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies have been selected to participate in the 31st Annual Choreographers' Showcase.

Emerging TDPS Choreographers Chosen for 31st Choreographers’ Showcase

Four emerging choreographers from the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies have been selected to participate in the 31st Annual Choreographers’ Showcase, which is presented by the Clarice Smith Center Visiting Artist Program and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The performance will be held in the Dance Theatre of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 3 pm and 8 pm. 

Auditions for the showcase were held December 7 and 8 with adjudication by Zvi Gotheiner and Sidra Bell.  Seven choreographers from Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, D.C. were selected. Selected choreographers received an award of $800.00.

Third year MFA Dance candidate Stephanie Miracle will present a duet entitled Fork. Bethany Disque, BA Dance '13, will present If I only knew. Second year MFA Dance candidate Robin Neveu Brown and Connor Voss, BA Dance '13, will present The Construction.

The Washington Post calls the Annual Choreographers’ Showcase “a rite of passage in the D.C. area dance community.” The performance gives audiences a preview of the work of numerous artists who later become mainstays of the D.C. dance scene.

The showcase features six to seven distinct choreographic works in a range of styles each year including modern dance, contemporary ballet, aerial choreography, world dance, hip-hop and more.

Story by Missy McTamney

 

The final selection, in order of performance, is below.

  1. Fork – Stephanie Miracle (3rd year MFA in Dance candidate) – 7.5 minutes (duet)

  2. Human Friend – Charli Brissey – 8 minutes (solo)

  3. Her Flowers – Francesca Jandasek and Stephanie Yezek Jolivet - 9:24 minutes (duet)

Intermission

  1. If I only knew - Bethany Disque – (BA Dance '13) 9 minutes (duet)

  2. “3” – Nicole A. Martinell – 11 minutes (trio)

  3. The Construction – Connor Voss (BA Dance ’13) and Robin Neveu Brown (2nd year MFA in Dance candidate)– 8 minutes (duet)

  4. Benchmarks – Adrienne Clancy – 13 minutes (group of 5 dancers)