FORWARD: Contemporary Dance Showcase 2025

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Thursday / May 8, 2025 / 7:30 p.m. (EDT)

Boston Conservatory Theater

31 Hemenway Street, Floor 2

Boston

02115

United States

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Dancers on stage, leaning forward in red outfits with a blue backdorp.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee presents FORWARD: Contemporary Dance Showcase, featuring graduating contemporary dance BFA students. This concert culminates and celebrates the students’ journey over the past four years and highlights a diverse program of works choreographed by Hope Boykin, Norbert De La Cruz III, Catherine Coury, Ali Cederholm (BFA '25), and the 2025 graduating class.

Industry representatives (including agents, casting directors, talent managers, directors, and producers) interested in attending the Boston dance showcase should contact Ryan Braaten at rbraaten@berklee.edu(Opens in a new window) to reserve tickets.

Meet the performers

Program Information

Luza

Choreography: Catherine Coury
Music: Raquel Andueza, Jesús Fernández Baena,Tarquinio Merula (“Folle è ben che si crede”); Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky, Alessandro Tampieri (Antonio Vivaldi: Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV638: II. Sileant Zephyri)
Costume Design: Christine Meyers
Original Lighting Design: Linda O’Brien
Performers: Pandora Bassett, Kanella Benavides, Ali Cederholm, Ana G. Delgado Cruz, Molly Jane Dunne, Hailey Flemming, Ekko Greenbaum, Sarah Hughes, Swathi Maddi, Macy McCain, Dafna Melamoud, Hannah Morris, Mia Nolte, Mar Rivero-Carretero, Aja Simms, Bridget Suchar, Madison Wagaman, Emily Winkelbauer

Forward Visions I

Choreography: graduating dancers
Music: Maynard Ferguson (“Birdland”); Peggy Gou (“Starry Night”); Morita Vargas (“Deysa”); Frank Sinatra (“That’s Life”); Joey Anderson (“Press Play”); Tinariwen, Four Tet (“Tenere Taqhim Tossam—Four Tet Remix”)
Performers in Order of Appearance: Amanda FitzGerald, Giovanna Ward, Tamia Jauné, Mia Pereira-Mendoza, Alyssa Lucas, Kimberly Vasileva, Hannah Bilodeau, Emily Winkelbauer, Samantha Blanton, Cara Breeding, Hannah Laski, Uma Roberts, Justine Schmaltz, Amber Lew, Yazmine Akamine, Suriya Allain

All at Once

Choreography: Hope Boykin
Assistant Choreography: Amina Vargas
Rehearsal Direction: Brian McGinnis
Music: Bill Laurance (“Bloom,” “All at Once”) with spoken word written and performed by Hope Boykin
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Costume Design Assistance: Liv Curnen
Performers: Kanella Benavides, Hannah Bilodeau, Ana G. Delgado Cruz, Molly Jane Dunne, Amanda FitzGerald, Hailey Fleming, Tamia Jauné, Alyssa Lucas, Swathi Maddi, Macy McCann, Dafna Melamoud, Hannah Morris, Mia Pereira Mendoza, Mar Rivero-Carretero, Bridget Suchar, Kimberly Vasileva, Giovanna Ward

—INTERMISSION—

Landline

Choreography: Ali Cederholm (BFA '25, dance)
Music: Charlotte Adigery, Bolis Pupul (“Bel DEEWEE”); Fleetwood Mac (“Stand Back (Live on PBS in Boston 2004)”); h hunt (“C U Soon”)
Costume Design: Ali Cederholm
Performers: Yazmine Akamine, Suriya Allain, Hannah Bilodeau, Tamia Jauné, Samantha Blanton, Cara Breeding, Amanda Fitzgerald, Hannah Laski, Amber Lew, Alyssa Lucas, Mia Pereira-Mendoza, Uma Roberts, Justine Schmaltz, Kimberly Vasileva, Giovanna Ward

Forward Visions II

Choreography: graduating dancers
Music: Caleb Arrendond (“Echo Sax End (Looped)”); Dylan Henner (“The Peach Tree Next Door Grew Over Our Fence”); Glass Beams (“Mahal”); Bendik Giske (“Adjust, Cruising”); Samaran (“Paris Madness”)
Performers in Order of Appearance: Pandora Bassett, Ali Cederholm, Sarah Hughes, Mia Nolte, Aja Simms, Madison Wagaman, Ekko Greenbaum, Swathi Maddi, Macy McCain, Hailey Fleming, Dafna Melamoud, Mar Rivero-Carretero, Ana G. Delgado Cruz, Molly Jane Dunne, Kanella Benavides, Hannah Morris, Bridget Suchar

The Closest to the Sun

Choreography: Norbert De La Cruz III in collaboration with the dancers
Rehearsal Direction: Marissa Parmenter
Music: Robbie Robertson (“Remembrance”); Johann Johannsson (“The Stairs”); The Comet Is Coming (“The Universe Wakes Up”)
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Costume Design Assistance: Liv Curnen
Performers: Yazmine Akamine, Suriya Allain, Pandora Bassett, Samantha Blanton, Cara Breeding, Ali Cederholm, Ekko Greenbaum, Sarah Hughes, Hannah Laski, Amber Lew, Mia Nolte, Uma Roberts, Justine Schmaltz, Aja Simms, Madison Wagaman, Emily Winkelbauer

Production Credits

CREATIVE TEAM:
Artistic Director – Brian McGinnis, Associate Professor of Dance
Associate Artistic Director – Marissa Parmenter, Interim Chair of Dance
Executive Producer – Andy Chau, Assistant Dean of Career Engagement
Producer/Industry Relations – Ryan Braaten, Manager of Industry Relations
Dean of Dance – Tommy Neblett
Chair of Dance – Mila Thigpen
Assistant to the Dean – Isabella Qiubo S. Wang and Margaret Falcone (BFA '19, contemporary dance)

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Lighting Design, New York – Al Crawford
Lighting Design, Boston – Paul Marr
Stage Manager, Boston – Miguel Flores
Stage Manager, New York – Alexandra Strause
Production Manager/Assistant Stage Manager – Margaret Falcone
Sound Supervisor, New York – Atticus Mulkey
Costume Coordinator – Roisin Daly

Special Thanks

The 2025 graduating dancers would like to thank Brian McGinnis, Marissa Parmenter, Andy Chau, Ryan Braaten, Tommy Neblett, Mila Thigpen, Isabella Qiubo S. Wang, Margaret Falcone, Joy Davis, Norbert de la Cruz III, Hope Boykin, Ali Cederholm, Catherine Coury, Ian Travis Barnard, Roisin Daly, Al Crawford, Paul Marr, Atticus Mulkey, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee faculty, the 52nd Street Project, and their supportive families.

Boston Conservatory thanks audience members for viewing this program information online. This paperless program saved 200 sheets of paper, 21 gallons of water, and 18 pounds of CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions.