Fall Dance Concert

Friday, December 6, 2024, 7 pm
Saturday, December 7, 2024, 2 pm
Campus: 
Dayton
Festival Playhouse, Robert and Elaine Stein Auditorium
  • Ticket info: No tickets required

Program

Photo of a dancer, Photo Credit: Scott Robbins Geek With a Lens Photography
Photo Credit: Scott Robbins Geek With a Lens Photography
Sun King

  • Choreography: Raya Taylor
  • Music: XS by Rina Sawayama
  • Dancers: Cheyenne Maher, Maria Becker, Lucy Theado, Abby Zaleski, Emma McCoy, Gretchen Greener
  • Lighting: Callie Lipponcott

1 Timothy 4:12

  • Choreography: Lexi Wilson
  • Music: Body Love by Mary Lambert
  • Dancer: Lexi Wilson
  • Lighting: Callie Lipponcott

Test Drive

  • Choreography: Ally Jo Buck
  • Music: Test Drive (Instrumental) by Vulfpeck
  • Dancer: Ally Jo Buck
  • Lighting: Jennifer Dillard

“Set me free”

  • Choreography: Sam Minneman
  • Music: Abbey by Mitski
  • Dancer: Sam Minneman
  • Lighting: Lauren Crane

Again

  • Choreography: Ande Hayes, Lexi Parker
  • Music: a letter to you by lunasgrave
  • Dancers: Ande Hayes, Lexi Parker
  • Lighting: Zach Wuest

Shh…

  • Choreography: Audrey Lee
  • Music: Fever (Essential Elvis Version) by Elvis Presley
  • Dancer(s): Audrey Lee
  • Lighting: Zach Wuest

Little Sadie

  • Choreography: Carly Hanson
  • Music: Little Sadie by Crooked Still
  • Dancer: Carly Hanson
  • Lighting: Isa Catillon

Before the End

  • Choreography: Emma Cole
  • Music: A Quick One Before the Eternal Worm Devours by Lizard in the Spring
  • Dancer: Emma Cole
  • Lighting: Levi Fravel

Doja’s Ouchies

  • Choreography: Bri Chan, Lexi Wilson
  • Music: Doja Cat Medley mixed by John Gibson
  • Dancers: Bri Chan, Lexi Wilson
  • Lighting: Dylan Serrano

Song Worth Singing:

  • Choreography: Maria Becker
  • Music: One by Sleeping At Last
  • Dancer: Maria Becker
  • Lighting: Ellie Engel

Staying Power:

  • Choreography: Ari Alvarado
  • Music: Staying Power by Queen
  • Dancers: Ally Jo Buck, Lylla Kovacs
  • Lighting: Zach Wuest

 

INTERMISSION

 

No Need to Argue

  • Choreography: Kailey Colyer
  • Music: No Need to Argue by The Cranberries
  • Dancers: Kailey Colyer, Alia Dalton
  • Lighting: James Hendricks

Rooster

  • Choreography: Zoe Bees
  • Music: Rooster by Alice in Chains
  • Dancer: Zoe Bees
  • Lighting: James Hendricks

To Please

  • Choreography: Gracie Harper
  • Music: Arioso spirituale by Alessandro Alessandroni
  • Dancer: Gracie Harper
  • Lighting: Zach Wuest

Beautiful Things (Friday Show Only)

  • Choreography: Jessie Etling
  • Music: Beautiful Things by Gungor
  • Dancer: Jessie Etling
  • Lighting: Ellie Engel

Anam Caillte

  • Choreography: Gretchen Greener
  • Music: Dance of Love by Roman Hardiman and American Wake by Bill Whelan
  • Dancers: Cheyenne Maher, Raya Tayler, Annabelle White, Anna Rude, Lexi Parker, Ande Hayes, Lucy Theado, Maria Becker
  • Double Cast: Annabelle White (Friday), Gretchen Greener (Saturday)
  • Double Cast: Anna Rude (Friday), Alanna Carey (Saturday)
  • Lighting: Megan Todd

Boundless

  • Choreography: Hannah McGuffey
  • Music: Infinite Love by Roman Hardiman
  • Dancer: Hannah McGuffey
  • Lighting: Megan Todd

Neutralize

  • Choreography: Emma McCaslin
  • Music: Angel by Massive Attack
  • Dancer: Emma McCaslin
  • Lighting: Eli Baader

You Can Never Leave

  • Choreography: Lylla Kovacs
  • Music: Hotel California by Eagles
  • Dancer: Lylla Kovacs
  • Lighting: Lauren Crane

Let’s Get Working! (Friday Show Only)

  • Choreography: Jessie Etling, Sam Minneman
  • Music: Body Work by VHS Dreams
  • Dancers: Jessie Etling, Sam Minneman
  • Lighting: Jennifer Dillard

Recovery

  • Choreography: Kaitlyn Berry
  • Music: The Last Bird by Zoë Keating
  • Dancers: Kaitlyn Berry, Alanna Carey, Cheyenne Maher
  • Lighting: Eli Baader

Work Song

  • Choreography: Bri Chan
  • Music: Work Song by Hozier
  • Dancer: Bri Chan
  • Lighting: Levi Fravel

My Girls

  • Choreography: Gracie Harper
  • Music: My Girls by Animal Collective
  • Dancers: Audrey Lee, Hannah McGuffey, Emma McCaslin, Carly Hanson, Kailey Colyer, Alia Dalton, Sam Minneman
  • Lighting: Dylan Serrano

 

THANK YOU

The School of Fine and Performing Arts
Dan Zehringer, D.M.A., Chair
Marya Spring Cordes, Associate Chair and Artistic Director of Theatre and Dance

Producers
Emma McCaslin, Carly Hanson

Stage Manager
Keaton Messmer

Dance Faculty Advisors
Gina Gardner-Walther, Head of Dance
Ashley Pabst, Lecturer of Dance

Dance Faculty and Staff
Kevin Anderson, Rosanne Brown, Gina Gardner-Walther, Greg Hellems, Erin Long-Robbins, Ashley Pabst, Gregory Robinson, Michelle Slitor-McElveen

Design Tech and Staff
Matthew Benjamin, James Dunlap, Kevin Nedberg

Physical Therapist
Carol Fisher

 

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