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Audience Advisory: This performance features flashing lights.WinterWorks is an annual dance concert that features the mainstage debut of Boston Conservatory's first-year contemporary dance and commercial dance students performing new works created for them by alumni and guest choreographers currently working in the field. The program also presents dances by sophomore, junior, and senior student choreographers.
Diane Arvanites, Producer
Program Information
Welcome Note
Welcome to WinterWorks 2024.
WinterWorks is an annual dance performance that features the mainstage debut of both our contemporary and commercial first-year students. Alumni guest artists currently working in the field have been commissioned to make work for all our first-year dancers. We welcome each guest artist and hold dear this year’s alumni Kevin Lau and Avery Gerhart, choreographing for the contemporary dance program, and Lawrence Alexander and Marquis Floyd, choreographing for the commercial dance program.
The alumni guest artist residencies are made possible through the Dance Division’s Alumni Commissioning Project. The program also presents dances by creative sophomore, junior, and senior student choreographers. This year’s WinterWorks concert has grown in diversity and showcases the many talents of our student population. Always exciting and unexpected, WinterWorks is a celebration of creativity, imagination, and firsts.
—Diane Arvanites, associate professor of dance and producer of WinterWorks
WinterWorks is an annual dance performance that features the mainstage debut of both our contemporary and commercial first-year students. Alumni guest artists currently working in the field have been commissioned to make work for all our first-year dancers. We welcome each guest artist and hold dear this year’s alumni Kevin Lau and Avery Gerhart, choreographing for the contemporary dance program, and Lawrence Alexander and Marquis Floyd, choreographing for the commercial dance program.
The alumni guest artist residencies are made possible through the Dance Division’s Alumni Commissioning Project. The program also presents dances by creative sophomore, junior, and senior student choreographers. This year’s WinterWorks concert has grown in diversity and showcases the many talents of our student population. Always exciting and unexpected, WinterWorks is a celebration of creativity, imagination, and firsts.
—Diane Arvanites, associate professor of dance and producer of WinterWorks
help you. help me. (world premiere)
Choreography: Kevin Lau (B.F.A. '20, dance)
Assistant: Bianca Cheung (B.F.A. '22, dance)
Music: 6LACK ("Sorry"); Nicholas Britell ("Adagio in C Minor"); Stephen Rennicks ("Funeral Dark"); Fridayy ("Momma")
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Lead Rehearsal Assistance: Dean Vollick
Senior Rehearsal Assistance: Drew Allen, Katie Corrao
Cast List: Emily Adie, Bella Brady, Andy Claverie, Sophia Cobo Ruiz, Caitlin Eswein, Ava Gregg, Shiori Hamanaka, Kevin Higgins, Lilia Holladay, Karina Jimenez, Maia Madrigal, Sally Mai, Madi McAlister, Ryan McCann, Logan Monaco, Leah Morawa, Rubielle Nejaime, Tracy Xu, Angela Zhou, Julia Zingler
Program Note: "i love you, even if i don't recognize you, but i know the real you." This is dedicated to the most remarkable women in my life, my mother and grandmother.
—Kevin Lau, alumni guest choreographer
Assistant: Bianca Cheung (B.F.A. '22, dance)
Music: 6LACK ("Sorry"); Nicholas Britell ("Adagio in C Minor"); Stephen Rennicks ("Funeral Dark"); Fridayy ("Momma")
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Lead Rehearsal Assistance: Dean Vollick
Senior Rehearsal Assistance: Drew Allen, Katie Corrao
Cast List: Emily Adie, Bella Brady, Andy Claverie, Sophia Cobo Ruiz, Caitlin Eswein, Ava Gregg, Shiori Hamanaka, Kevin Higgins, Lilia Holladay, Karina Jimenez, Maia Madrigal, Sally Mai, Madi McAlister, Ryan McCann, Logan Monaco, Leah Morawa, Rubielle Nejaime, Tracy Xu, Angela Zhou, Julia Zingler
Program Note: "i love you, even if i don't recognize you, but i know the real you." This is dedicated to the most remarkable women in my life, my mother and grandmother.
—Kevin Lau, alumni guest choreographer
The Domino Effect (world premiere)
Choreography: Mia Pereira-Mendoza (B.F.A. '25, dance)
Music: Chet Baker ("Autumn Leaves")
Costume Design: Mia Pereira-Mendoza
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Suriya Allain, Eliana Balzano, Angela Hamlin, Macy McCann, Demi Mutz, Mia Pereira-Mendoza, Kylah Walker, Chloé Wasser
Program Note: How do the people we surround ourselves with affect us, how can our energy permeate theirs, and help us find a sense of play?
—Mia Pereira-Mendoza, student choreographer
Music: Chet Baker ("Autumn Leaves")
Costume Design: Mia Pereira-Mendoza
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Suriya Allain, Eliana Balzano, Angela Hamlin, Macy McCann, Demi Mutz, Mia Pereira-Mendoza, Kylah Walker, Chloé Wasser
Program Note: How do the people we surround ourselves with affect us, how can our energy permeate theirs, and help us find a sense of play?
—Mia Pereira-Mendoza, student choreographer
Landline (world premiere)
Choreography: Ali Cederholm (B.F.A. '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
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Amanda Bacallao, Tamia Blackwell, Emily Crone, Sonrisa Hubbard, Amber Lew, Kate Warner, Brooke Zide
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
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Amanda Bacallao, Tamia Blackwell, Emily Crone, Sonrisa Hubbard, Amber Lew, Kate Warner, Brooke Zide
Dehiscence (world premiere)
Choreography: Eliana Balzano (B.F.A. '26, dance)
Music: Lawrence English ("Watching It Unfold")
Costume Design: Eliana Balzano
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Kayenne Charles-Pierre, Nigel Clifford, Angela Hamlin, Derek Lee, Ana Perez Yudin
Program Note: The splitting or bursting open of a pod or wound
—Eliana Balzano, student choreographer
Music: Lawrence English ("Watching It Unfold")
Costume Design: Eliana Balzano
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Kayenne Charles-Pierre, Nigel Clifford, Angela Hamlin, Derek Lee, Ana Perez Yudin
Program Note: The splitting or bursting open of a pod or wound
—Eliana Balzano, student choreographer
Red Echoes (world premiere)
Choreography: Sabril Amin (B.F.A. '24, dance)
Assistance: Abigail Desmond
Music: Amarok ("All the Struggles")
Costume Design: Sabril Amin
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Suriya Allain / Sabril Amin (Saturday Evening)
Program Note: When I am called to duty, God, wherever flames may rage, give me strength to save a life, whatever be its age.
—Firefighter
Assistance: Abigail Desmond
Music: Amarok ("All the Struggles")
Costume Design: Sabril Amin
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Suriya Allain / Sabril Amin (Saturday Evening)
Program Note: When I am called to duty, God, wherever flames may rage, give me strength to save a life, whatever be its age.
—Firefighter
Sometimes I Just Sit With It (world premiere)
Choreography: Alexis Tsiramanes (B.F.A. '24, dance)
Music: Jan Jelinek ("It Moves Swiftly Forward (Version)"); naran ratan ("Fanfare for naran ratan"); Vangelis ("Memories of Green")
Costume Design: Alexis Tsiramanes
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Penn Burrall, Jaqi Gendreau, Raxel Kempenaar, Maria Pellegrino, Punch Purichat, Bella Soo-Hoo, Emily Wang, Kate Warner
Program Note: This dance was created in collaboration with my talented friends. Enjoy!
—Alexis Tsiramanes, student choreographer
Music: Jan Jelinek ("It Moves Swiftly Forward (Version)"); naran ratan ("Fanfare for naran ratan"); Vangelis ("Memories of Green")
Costume Design: Alexis Tsiramanes
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Penn Burrall, Jaqi Gendreau, Raxel Kempenaar, Maria Pellegrino, Punch Purichat, Bella Soo-Hoo, Emily Wang, Kate Warner
Program Note: This dance was created in collaboration with my talented friends. Enjoy!
—Alexis Tsiramanes, student choreographer
I hope your card came (world premiere)
Choreography: Amber Lew (B.F.A. '25, dance), Lucia Taylor (B.F.A. '25, dance)
Music: Tale of Us ("Nova"); Motor ("Sweatbox"); Aphex Twin ("Lornaderek," "QKThr")
Costume Design: Amber Lew, Lucia Taylor
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Kanella Benavides, Tamia Blackwell, Hannah Laski, Derek Lee, Lucia Taylor
Program Note: It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here.
—Sara Gruen
Music: Tale of Us ("Nova"); Motor ("Sweatbox"); Aphex Twin ("Lornaderek," "QKThr")
Costume Design: Amber Lew, Lucia Taylor
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Kanella Benavides, Tamia Blackwell, Hannah Laski, Derek Lee, Lucia Taylor
Program Note: It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here.
—Sara Gruen
creatures that travel in pairs (world premiere)
Choreography: Penn Burrall (B.F.A. '24, dance), Jaqi Gendreau (B.F.A. '24, dance)
Music: Arcade Fire, Owen Pallett ("Song on the Beach"); Chilly Gonzales ("White Keys")
Costume Design: Penn Burrall, Jaqi Gendreau
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Penn Burrall, Jaqi Gendreau
Program Note: Friendship in a place that feels like home. —Penn Burrall and Jaqi Gendreau, student choreographers
Music: Arcade Fire, Owen Pallett ("Song on the Beach"); Chilly Gonzales ("White Keys")
Costume Design: Penn Burrall, Jaqi Gendreau
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Penn Burrall, Jaqi Gendreau
Program Note: Friendship in a place that feels like home. —Penn Burrall and Jaqi Gendreau, student choreographers
LA’s Pick for You! (world premiere)
Choreography: Lawrence Alexander (B.F.A. '05, dance)
Music: Original track by Lawrence Alexander featuring excerpts from James Baldwin's speech "The American Dream and the American Negro," "This Joint Is Jumpin" from Ain’t Misbehavin—Original Broadway Cast Album; James Baldwin's "Pin Drop Speech," "Thriller" by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, "Conversations with the Native Son" featuring James Baldwin and Maya Angelou; and "Doors" by Lawrence Alexander
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Lead Rehearsal Assistance: Denise Pons-Leone
Senior Rehearsal Assistance: Ava Grebe, Punch Purichat
Cast List: Bella Butters, Marty Cardine, Kat Castel, Emily Cosenza, Ellie DeMeo, Kate Farmer, Devin Glass, Michaela Harmon, Alex Hutchinson, Kynlee McBride, Max Pauls, Olivia Reid, Dalila Sanchez, Electra Torres-Smith, Ava Vannuccini, Brooke Vass, Emily Vincent, Lindsay Williams, Callie Wood
Music: Original track by Lawrence Alexander featuring excerpts from James Baldwin's speech "The American Dream and the American Negro," "This Joint Is Jumpin" from Ain’t Misbehavin—Original Broadway Cast Album; James Baldwin's "Pin Drop Speech," "Thriller" by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, "Conversations with the Native Son" featuring James Baldwin and Maya Angelou; and "Doors" by Lawrence Alexander
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Lead Rehearsal Assistance: Denise Pons-Leone
Senior Rehearsal Assistance: Ava Grebe, Punch Purichat
Cast List: Bella Butters, Marty Cardine, Kat Castel, Emily Cosenza, Ellie DeMeo, Kate Farmer, Devin Glass, Michaela Harmon, Alex Hutchinson, Kynlee McBride, Max Pauls, Olivia Reid, Dalila Sanchez, Electra Torres-Smith, Ava Vannuccini, Brooke Vass, Emily Vincent, Lindsay Williams, Callie Wood
—INTERMISSION—
Goddamn (world premiere)
Choreography: Motlee Party in collaboration with performers
Motlee Party Artists: Dylan Contreras (B.F.A. '20, dance), Avery Gerhardt (B.F.A. '20, dance), Paul Liu (B.F.A. '20, dance), Tshedzom Tingkhye (B.F.A. '22, dance)
Music: Goem ("Zes"); beatMage ("Ticket to Ride"); Peter Duimelinks ("Revisie (Heroverwogen)"), mixed by Paul Liu
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Lead Rehearsal Assistance: Dean Vollick
Senior/Junior Rehearsal Assistance: Ai Li Mok, Justine Schmaltz
Cast List: Yuniel Betancourt, Madison Chase, Matthew Crittenden, Emma Daniels, Kamryn DeAngelis, Lauren DeVaul, Naomi Hollis-Bentley, Tarra Liu, Noa Loewinger, Joelis Martínez-Santiago, Dimitris Michailidis, Madeleine Molinari, Electra Nearey, Kiley Nomura, Abby Osterink, Rachel Pizzurro, Ella Schroeder, Brianna Smith, McKinley Tolliver, Rebecca Zigmond
Motlee Party Artists: Dylan Contreras (B.F.A. '20, dance), Avery Gerhardt (B.F.A. '20, dance), Paul Liu (B.F.A. '20, dance), Tshedzom Tingkhye (B.F.A. '22, dance)
Music: Goem ("Zes"); beatMage ("Ticket to Ride"); Peter Duimelinks ("Revisie (Heroverwogen)"), mixed by Paul Liu
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Lead Rehearsal Assistance: Dean Vollick
Senior/Junior Rehearsal Assistance: Ai Li Mok, Justine Schmaltz
Cast List: Yuniel Betancourt, Madison Chase, Matthew Crittenden, Emma Daniels, Kamryn DeAngelis, Lauren DeVaul, Naomi Hollis-Bentley, Tarra Liu, Noa Loewinger, Joelis Martínez-Santiago, Dimitris Michailidis, Madeleine Molinari, Electra Nearey, Kiley Nomura, Abby Osterink, Rachel Pizzurro, Ella Schroeder, Brianna Smith, McKinley Tolliver, Rebecca Zigmond
Mujeres (world premiere)
Choreography: Ana G Delgado Cruz (B.F.A. '25, dance)
Music: Barbatuques ("Baianá," "Baião Destemperado")
Costume Design: Ana G Delgado Cruz in collaboration with the dancers
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Yazmine Akamine, Chloe Bland, Swathi Maddi, Macy McCann, Mar Rivero, Kim Vasileva
Program Note: This is not a statement piece, but a place to liberate restrictions and create space that welcomes ever-changing communities in women circles.
—Ana G Delgado Cruz, student choreographer
Music: Barbatuques ("Baianá," "Baião Destemperado")
Costume Design: Ana G Delgado Cruz in collaboration with the dancers
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Yazmine Akamine, Chloe Bland, Swathi Maddi, Macy McCann, Mar Rivero, Kim Vasileva
Program Note: This is not a statement piece, but a place to liberate restrictions and create space that welcomes ever-changing communities in women circles.
—Ana G Delgado Cruz, student choreographer
Departure (world premiere)
Choreography: Nigel Clifford (B.F.A. '26, dance)
Music: Jóhann Jóhannsson ("How We Left Fordlândia")
Costume Design: Nigel Clifford
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Eliana Balzano, Kayenne Charles-Pierre, Emily Crone, Angela Hamlin, Derek Lee, Emersyn Novach, Ana Perez Yudin
Music: Jóhann Jóhannsson ("How We Left Fordlândia")
Costume Design: Nigel Clifford
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Eliana Balzano, Kayenne Charles-Pierre, Emily Crone, Angela Hamlin, Derek Lee, Emersyn Novach, Ana Perez Yudin
Home (world premiere)
Choreography: Demetrius Lee (B.F.A. '24, dance)
Music: Dr. Wen-Ting Ong ("Home")
Costume Design: Demetrius Lee
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Demetrius Lee, Aja Simms
Program Note: The elements of a grace-filled life that enable us to overflow blessings to others within the context of all relationships—most importantly within our homes—are faith, hope, and charity.
—Demetrius Lee, student choreographer
Music: Dr. Wen-Ting Ong ("Home")
Costume Design: Demetrius Lee
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Demetrius Lee, Aja Simms
Program Note: The elements of a grace-filled life that enable us to overflow blessings to others within the context of all relationships—most importantly within our homes—are faith, hope, and charity.
—Demetrius Lee, student choreographer
Exigence (world premiere)
Choreography: Gabrielle Honoré (B.F.A. '26, dance)
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams ("Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis")
Costume Design: Gabrielle Honoré
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Nora Augestein, Mackenzie Campbell, Halley Campo, Nigel Clifford, Cammie Coleman, Lily David, Sophie Locke, Demi Mutz, Brianna Sullivan, Morgan Thompson, Chloé Wasser, Makayla Williams, Emma Jane Zaher, Brooke Zide
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams ("Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis")
Costume Design: Gabrielle Honoré
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Nora Augestein, Mackenzie Campbell, Halley Campo, Nigel Clifford, Cammie Coleman, Lily David, Sophie Locke, Demi Mutz, Brianna Sullivan, Morgan Thompson, Chloé Wasser, Makayla Williams, Emma Jane Zaher, Brooke Zide
behind us, there may be Fire (world premiere)
Choreography: Ekko Greenbaum (B.F.A. '25, dance)
Music: Brian Eno, Harold Budd ("Not Yet Remembered"); Alessandro Alessandroni ("Arioso spirituale")
Costume Design: Ekko Greenbaum
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Molly Jane Dunne, Derek Lee, Dawvyn Winters
Program Note: If our collective memory is taken from us—is rewritten—we lose the ability to sustain our true selves. —Haruki Murakami
Music: Brian Eno, Harold Budd ("Not Yet Remembered"); Alessandro Alessandroni ("Arioso spirituale")
Costume Design: Ekko Greenbaum
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Molly Jane Dunne, Derek Lee, Dawvyn Winters
Program Note: If our collective memory is taken from us—is rewritten—we lose the ability to sustain our true selves. —Haruki Murakami
Doze (world premiere)
Choreography: Cara Breeding (B.F.A. '25, dance)
Music: Terekke ("l8r h8r"); Lanark Artefax ("Touch Absence (Intimidating Stillness Mix)")
Costume Design: Cara Breeding
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Eliana Balzano, Ali Cederholm, Tricia Dietrick, Hailey Fleming, Angela Hamlin, Daede Ott, Monica Zesch
Music: Terekke ("l8r h8r"); Lanark Artefax ("Touch Absence (Intimidating Stillness Mix)")
Costume Design: Cara Breeding
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Cast List: Eliana Balzano, Ali Cederholm, Tricia Dietrick, Hailey Fleming, Angela Hamlin, Daede Ott, Monica Zesch
L.I.V.E. (Living in the View of Equality) (world premiere)
Choreography: Marquis Floyd (B.F.A. '17, dance)
Music: Deven Filer Jr. ("Ni Year"), produced by Marquis Floyd
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Lead Rehearsal Assistance: Denise Pons-Leone
Senior Rehearsal Assistance: Bianca Brown, Demetrius Lee
Cast List: Journee Brownridge, Sadie Cornell, Katelyn Cote, Maisy Davies, Brittany DiNapoli, Cara Gonzales, Jarren Kolisnek, Trinity Marshall, Honor Minors, Olya Pence, Ray Philllips, Tony Pittman, Sasha Plowman, Lovell Porter, Amanda Rosenberg, Evelyn Shymanski, Julia Szostek, Rianne Thomas, Cristina Tome
Program Note: We have created a world we would love to live in. A world full of unique beings singing harmoniously through movement. Enjoy.
—Marquis Floyd, alumni guest choreographer
Music: Deven Filer Jr. ("Ni Year"), produced by Marquis Floyd
Costume Design: Penney Pinette
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Lead Rehearsal Assistance: Denise Pons-Leone
Senior Rehearsal Assistance: Bianca Brown, Demetrius Lee
Cast List: Journee Brownridge, Sadie Cornell, Katelyn Cote, Maisy Davies, Brittany DiNapoli, Cara Gonzales, Jarren Kolisnek, Trinity Marshall, Honor Minors, Olya Pence, Ray Philllips, Tony Pittman, Sasha Plowman, Lovell Porter, Amanda Rosenberg, Evelyn Shymanski, Julia Szostek, Rianne Thomas, Cristina Tome
Program Note: We have created a world we would love to live in. A world full of unique beings singing harmoniously through movement. Enjoy.
—Marquis Floyd, alumni guest choreographer
Artist Bios
Lawrence Alexander, alumni guest choreographer, is fresh off his national choreographic debut on the Tamron Hall Show, and thrilled to be at Boston Conservatory! Other highlights include his award-winning music video "For Sure," the 2022 Winner for Best Music Video at the elusive Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles. Alexander was last seen on stage in the Broadway-bound hit show BOOP! The Musical. Godspeed to all God's children!
Marquis Floyd, alumni guest choreographer, is a versatile performing artist and choreographer from St. Petersburg, Florida, and a proud alum of Boston Conservatory's class of 2017. Floyd has an exquisite background in a vast amount of dance genres. His credits include Bad Boys of Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, Apple TV, Super Bowl LV, the 2021 Video Music Awards, the Metropolitan Opera, Black Iris Project, and Disney’s The Lion King.
Kevin Lau, alumni guest choreographer, is a Los Angeles-based dancer and choreographer originally from Toronto, Canada. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a B.F.A. in contemporary dance. Throughout the years, he has performed in Germany, Canada, and the U.S., working with choreographers Monika Felice Smith, Micaela Taylor, Guillaume Côté, Erica Klein, Peggy Baker, Anne Plamondon, Christoph Winkler, and Eduardo Vallejo Pinto. Learn more about Lau.
Motlee Party, alumni guest collective, is a group of artists brought together by Avery Gerhardt with a vision to collaborate on original works. Following their training at Boston Conservatory, the collective continued to make work together, leading to the production of "Goddamn." The group exhibits something of the world we live in—a volatile political party who has yet to figure out the answers.
Marquis Floyd, alumni guest choreographer, is a versatile performing artist and choreographer from St. Petersburg, Florida, and a proud alum of Boston Conservatory's class of 2017. Floyd has an exquisite background in a vast amount of dance genres. His credits include Bad Boys of Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, Apple TV, Super Bowl LV, the 2021 Video Music Awards, the Metropolitan Opera, Black Iris Project, and Disney’s The Lion King.
Kevin Lau, alumni guest choreographer, is a Los Angeles-based dancer and choreographer originally from Toronto, Canada. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a B.F.A. in contemporary dance. Throughout the years, he has performed in Germany, Canada, and the U.S., working with choreographers Monika Felice Smith, Micaela Taylor, Guillaume Côté, Erica Klein, Peggy Baker, Anne Plamondon, Christoph Winkler, and Eduardo Vallejo Pinto. Learn more about Lau.
Motlee Party, alumni guest collective, is a group of artists brought together by Avery Gerhardt with a vision to collaborate on original works. Following their training at Boston Conservatory, the collective continued to make work together, leading to the production of "Goddamn." The group exhibits something of the world we live in—a volatile political party who has yet to figure out the answers.
Production Credits
CREATIVE TEAM:
Artistic Director – Tommy Neblett
Producer – Diane Arvanites
Costume Designer – Penney Pinette
Lighting Designer – Paul Marr
PRODUCTION STAFF:
Director of Performance Services – Hanna Oravec
Assistant Director of Production – Becca Donald
Stage Manager – Bethany Rachel
Technical Director – Taylor Kaufman
Assistant Technical Director – Caleb D. Harris
Costume Shop Manager – Alison Pugh
Assistant Costume Shop Manager – Leah Foley
Wardrobe Manager – Blue Barber
Wardrobe Assistant – Liv Curnen
Stock Manager/Draper/Stitcher – Rebecca Jewett
Drapers/Stitchers – Sam Martin, Caroline Seeley
Stitchers – Maegan Pate
Costume Shop Intern – Olivia Donnelly
Production Electrician – Gabe Goldman
Temporary Properties Manager – Emma Whiteside
A1/Sound Supervisor – Steve Deptula
A2/Sound Assistant – Maddy Poston
Stage Supervisor – Nick LaRosa
CONCERT OPERATIONS STAFF:
Senior Manager for Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Performance Technology Technicians – Goran Daskalov, Sara Pagiaro
Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Concert Operations Coordinator – Matthew Carey
STUDENT PRODUCTION STAFF:
Student Assistant Stage Managers – Carson Hollingsworth, Lily Lindstrom
TPP Crew – Elvis Pietrzak, Sophia Desilets, Anthony Morgante
Production Assistants – Olivia Monarch, Aidan Rufer, Bri Chang, Preston Milne
Costume Assistants – Samantha Fleeter, Amber Lew, Valeria Mateus, Mai Beisley, Sol Mundle
Light Programmers – Olivia Monarch, Aidan Rufer, Brogan Nelson
Artistic Director – Tommy Neblett
Producer – Diane Arvanites
Costume Designer – Penney Pinette
Lighting Designer – Paul Marr
PRODUCTION STAFF:
Director of Performance Services – Hanna Oravec
Assistant Director of Production – Becca Donald
Stage Manager – Bethany Rachel
Technical Director – Taylor Kaufman
Assistant Technical Director – Caleb D. Harris
Costume Shop Manager – Alison Pugh
Assistant Costume Shop Manager – Leah Foley
Wardrobe Manager – Blue Barber
Wardrobe Assistant – Liv Curnen
Stock Manager/Draper/Stitcher – Rebecca Jewett
Drapers/Stitchers – Sam Martin, Caroline Seeley
Stitchers – Maegan Pate
Costume Shop Intern – Olivia Donnelly
Production Electrician – Gabe Goldman
Temporary Properties Manager – Emma Whiteside
A1/Sound Supervisor – Steve Deptula
A2/Sound Assistant – Maddy Poston
Stage Supervisor – Nick LaRosa
CONCERT OPERATIONS STAFF:
Senior Manager for Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Performance Technology Technicians – Goran Daskalov, Sara Pagiaro
Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Concert Operations Coordinator – Matthew Carey
STUDENT PRODUCTION STAFF:
Student Assistant Stage Managers – Carson Hollingsworth, Lily Lindstrom
TPP Crew – Elvis Pietrzak, Sophia Desilets, Anthony Morgante
Production Assistants – Olivia Monarch, Aidan Rufer, Bri Chang, Preston Milne
Costume Assistants – Samantha Fleeter, Amber Lew, Valeria Mateus, Mai Beisley, Sol Mundle
Light Programmers – Olivia Monarch, Aidan Rufer, Brogan Nelson
Special Thanks
As always, thank you to adjudicators Brian McGinnis, Kurt Douglas, Junichi Fukuda, and Ruka White. All are remarkable educators and colleagues. Thank you to each and every student choreographer and dancer who participated in both the audition process and this year's performances. Thank you to Tommy Neblett, dean of dance; Dr. Mila Thigpen, chair of dance; and Margaret Falcone, assistant to the dean, for supporting this annual concert, the choreographers, the dancers, and myself. Of course, a special thank you to the amazing production crew for making it all possible; and lastly, to our audience for taking in all that these young artists have to offer.
—Diane Arvanites, associate professor of dance and producer of WinterWorks
—Diane Arvanites, associate professor of dance and producer of WinterWorks
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