PROJECTS
INSPIRED BY
ROBERT BATTLE’S
MASS AND OTHER WORKS

TAUGHT AND STAGED BY ELISA CLARK



INSPIRED BY ROBERT BATTLE’S MASS, WITH A
SCORE BY JOHN MACKEY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
A WELL-ROUNDED EXPLORATION OF MR. BATTLE HIMSELF,
STUDENT ARTISTS HAVE CREATED IMPROVISATIONS, DIALOGUES,
RESEARCH PAPERS, DRAWINGS, POEMS, AND DANCES, WHICH HAVE BEEN
FORTIFIED BY THEIR BELIEF IN THE INDOMITABLE POWER OF ART TO AFFIRM LIFE.
SOME OF THE STUDIES INCLUDE CONTENT FROM THE AMERICAN DANCE LEGACY INITIATIVE’S
BATTLE ETUDE AS WELL AS PRE-RECORDED AND LIVE INTERVIEWS WITH MR. BATTLE.




































































POD PROJECT DIRECTOR
ELISA CLARK

REHEARSAL ASSISTANT + MENTOR
RUTHIE ANDRIEN

ADDITIONAL REHEARSAL SUPPORT
JAZMINE COLON
CAMERON CHILDS

MUSIC / SOUND CREDITS
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR 'MASS' BY JOHN MACKEY

ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL MUSIC
JOHN LEVIS
MIKE PIETRUSKO
CHRIS FARRELLY
WES RAST
TIMOTHY ANCRUM

DANCERS
JORDAN BURSE
NASIR CAMPBELL
KARA CANNELLA
MIRANDA CAPPARELLI
CANYON CARROLL
CAMERON CHILDS
MAGGIE COONEY
LUCIA DE-POLI
EMANI DRAKE
TRINA EDWARDS
LAUREN FADER
AZARI FORD
MOLLY HAWKINS
CHLOE HELDT
MADELINE HONEGGER
KELLY MCCAFFERY
LILLY MCGONIGLE
TAYAH OWENS
LAMAR ROGERS
TREY SINGLETARY
RHAPSODY TAYLOR
MORIJAH THOMAS
SADIE WINER
I'ESHA WOOD
PATRICK WRIGHT