FIRST
YEAR
PERFORMANCE
WORKSHOP
CHOREOGRAPHERS + DIRECTORS + FACILITATORS: TOMMIE-WAHEED EVANS + KATIE SWORDS-THURMAN
WITH JHELAN GORDON-SALAAM
AT ITS HEART, FIRST-YEAR PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP, A CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL FIRST YEAR STUDENTS, IS ABOUT BUILDING AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY. THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, STUDENTS DEVELOPED SOLOS THAT WERE RE-IMAGINED IN COLLABORATION WITH ONE ANOTHER. THEIR SOLOS TOOK MANY FORMS; THESE DANCES BECAME TEXTS, ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS, PAINTINGS, AND VIDEOS. EACH WEEK, IDEAS AND TOOLS WERE EXPLORED WITH THE HELP OF A COACHING MENU DEVELOPED BY FACULTY AND STUDENT MENTORS. THE MENU, WHICH YOU CAN SEE BELOW, WAS DESIGNED TO GUIDE STUDENTS TOWARD WAYS OF THINKING DIFFERENTLY AND EXPANSIVELY ABOUT MOVEMENT MATERIAL AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
SOLO
WORKS
PERFORMERS + CREATORS + RESEARCHERS
CAROLINE ALCOTT
SHOSHANA ISAACS
ERIN RAWLINGS
LILY ALLEN
MARIA JACOBY
KAYLA RICKETTS
BAILEY BARRETT
MARIONIA JONES
RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ
ERICA BERGQUIST
VERSAILLE JONES
TATIANA ROMIG
VICTORIA BERLACK
LEANN JOSIBAN
DAVID RUCKER
AMANDA BOYER
CHRISTIAN KIND
ALEXANDER SANCHEZ
IZZY BRENNAN
CAMERON KING
JENSEN SEARS
GRACE BROWN
SARAH KRAEMER
DANIELLE SHAWVER
IFETAYO CAREY-BLACKMAN
MARIS KRYSTOSEK
IZZIE SMALKAIS
JASMYNE CARTER
SUPRANEE LEKCHAUM
KAITLYN SOWLES
ALIX CHAPPELL
ALESSANDRA MARTINEZ
NAYANTE STANLEY
EMILY CIVITELLA
DESTINIE MAYO
ANNA STRASZEWSKI
ALIYAH CLAY
AVERY MCGHEE
KATIE SZYKMAN
KEANA COMBS
DANIEL MENDEZ
SERENITY TAYLOR
BELLA CRESCENZI
MARISSA MILAN
VIOLA TAYLOR
EMMA DECAPRIO
SERRAYA MILLAND
SEAN TUBBS
CALLIOPE DEMOS
ZOE MILLER
BAILEE VARNER
DEANNA DIFRANCO
OJO MILLS
KRISTIN VENDEL
RAYONNA DIXON
NYNA MOORE
JAMIE WALLACE
LUCY FLIPPEN
GRACE MORK
LANAE WATSON
AARON MICHAEL FOREMAN
STANLEY MORRISON
COCO WATTS
CLAUDIA FOSTER
LEAH NOWELL
SHANYAH WATTS
CHEYENNE FRANK
IMANI NOWLIN JENKINS
ASA WELLS
MAGALY GALLAGHER
EMMA OLIVIER
JAILA WILSON
STELLA GOLDIN GARCIA
RACHEL ORJI
BROOKE WINKELMAN
PARIS GRAY
INDY PAONE
KARLEE WOODY
LEILANI HINES
CAITLIN PARRISH
KRISTYN WOODY
ERIN ISAACS
PALOMA PARROTTA
LIV WYMBS
HARLIE YAHN
JUNIOR + SENIOR MENTORS
EMILY BERNARD
LESLIE BUNKLEY
MIRANDA CAPPARELLI
JOY GIUFFRE
NATALIE HAMILTON
CHLOE HELDT
RAE HOLTZMAN
HALEY KNIERIEM
TATIANA LAWSON
QIANNA MCDONALD
LILY MELLO
SYDNEY PENNINGTON
MIK PHILLIPS
ROBBY PINE
KATE PORTER
KYMORA PRUITT
JORDAN RICKS
TANIA SAIZ PEREZ
KYLIE SCHOENIG
KIRA SHIINA
GRACIE SPINA
PEDRO SUAREZ
SADIE WINER
