UMKC Senior Dance Recital 2011
3 Dates: 12, 16, 19 February 2011
UMKC's White Recital Hall in the Performing Arts Center
Devan Smith in Shannon Hutsler's group piece "Sacrificing Salvation" in the third of three recitals
UMKC Senior Dance Recital 2011
3 Dates: 12, 16, 19 February 2011
UMKC's White Recital Hall in the Performing Arts Center
SENIOR DANCE RECITAL UMKC CONSERVATORY DANCE DIVISION
Presented by Pamela Auinbauh, Marie Buser, Abigail Engelhardt, Andrea Mason and Kelanie Murphy
Saturday, February 12, 2011
7:30 pm
White Recital Hall
James C. Olson Performing Arts CenterPROGRAM 1 of 3
Chrysalis
Choreographer: Andrea Mason
Composer/Music: Laura Sullivan/"America's Stonehenge"
Lighting Design: Eric Voecks
Costume Design: Rebecca Mason
Dancers: Pamela Auinbauh, Kassi Butler, Shanna Colbern, Haley Day, Erika Edwards, Chasmine Gerschefske, Alyssa Gold, Erin Kane, Asha Singh, Hayley Turner"Grand pas de deux" from Don Quixote
Kelanie Murphy in arabesque as Megan Squires and Abigail Englehardt look on from the wingsChoreographer: Marius Petipa
Composer: Ludwig Minkus
Lighting Design: Eric Voecks
Costume Design: Paula Weber
Dancers: Kelanie Murphy, Erik Sobbe
La danse violet
Choreographer: Pamela Auinbauh
Composer/Music: Dario Marianelli Georgiana
Lighting Design: Erick Voecks
Costume Design: Paula Weber, Susan Auinbauh, Pamela Auinbauh
Dancers: Hannah Benditt, Haley Day, Abigail Engelhardt, Danielle Glynn, Alyssa Gold, Stephanie Morrow, Erin Muenks, Appie Peterson, Lynley Schaffer, Dempsey Ward
Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 2: Juliet solo and Balcony pas
Marie Buser and Gavin Stewart in Romeo and JulietChoreographer: Francis Patrelle
Composer: Sergey Prokofiev
Music: from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Juliet as a Young Girl; Balcony Scene; Romeo's Variation; Dance of Love
Lighting Design: Shara Avbabi
Costume Design: Paula Weber
Dancers: Marie Buser, Gavin Stewart
Comedic Carousal
Choreographer: Abigail Engelhardt
Composer/Music: Michael Giacchino "The Incredits"
Lighting Design: Seif Allah Cristobal
Costume Design: Abigail Engelhardt
Dancers: Pamela Auinbauh, Hannah Benditt, Claire Gardner-Dale, Sarah Herbert, Rachael Hulse, Shannon Hutsler, Daley Kappenman, Stephanie Morrow, Erin Muenks, Sara Beth Rothhammer, Lynley Schaffer, Rose Taylor-Spann
Swan Lake, Act II: White Swan solo and Pas de deux
Andrea Mason with Michael TomlinsonChoreographer: Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov
Composer: Pyotr ll'yich Tchaikovsky
Music: from Swan Lake, Op. 20:
Danse des cygnes: Moderate assai - Molto piu mosso; Pas d'action: Andante
Lighting Design: Eric Voecks
Costume Design: Andrea Mason, Rebecca Mason
Dancers: Andrea Mason, Michael Tomlinson
La petite danseuse
Choreographer: Abigail Engelhardt
Composer/Music: Rufus Wainright/'Complainte de la butte"
Lighting Design: SeifAllah Cristobal
Costume Design: Abigail Engelhardt
Dancer: Abigail EngelhardtDedicated to my mom, who has always supported my dreams.
Shadows of Light
Left-Right: Lynley Schaffer (front left), Alyssa Gold (behind), Andrea Mason, Danielle Glynn, Appie Peterson, Kelanie MurphyChoreographer: Marie Buser
Composer/Music: Break of Reality/"Solid Ground"
Lighting Design: Sharra Avbabi
Costume Design: Paula Weber
Dancers: Alyssa Gold, Danielle Glynn, Andrea Mason, Kelanie Murphy, Appie Peterson, Lynley Schaffer
Ruby Tuesday
Pam Auinbauh
Pam Auinbaugh
Pam Auinbaugh in two subsequent performances spinning while being thrown into the airChoreographer: Christopher Bruce
Composer/Music: The Rolling Stones
Lighting Design: Eric Voecks
Costume Design: Paula Weber
Dancers: Pamela Auinbauh, Michael Tomlinson, Desmond Roach, Erik Sobbe, Gavin Stewart
While the World was Sleeping
Marie Buser and Mark GieringerChoreographer: Kelanie Murphy
Composer/Music: Philip Glass/from films The Hours, No Reservations
Lighting Design: Eric Voecks
Costume Design: Paula Weber
Dancers: Hannah Benditt, Marie Buser, Shanna Colbern, Willa Dock, Brittany Duskin, Mark Gieringer, Danielle Glynn, Alyssa Gold, Daley Kappenman, Appie Peterson, Gavin Stewart, Michael Tomlinson
PRODUCTION STAFF
DeeAnna Hiett, Megan Squires, Jason Scheufler, Eric Voecks (dark theater, shot is at ISO-25600)Concert Director: DeeAnna Hiett
Stage Manager: Rachel Schneider
Assistant Stage Manager: Nina-Rose Wardanian
Master Electrician: Richard Sprecker
Lead Lighting Designer: Eric Voecks
Lighting Design: Shara Avbabi, Seif Allah Cristobal
Sound Design: Robert Beck, Jason Scheufler
Sound Operators: Kari Hayde, Reggie Simmons
Curtain: Vashti Goracke
Videographer: Joyce Armstrong, Alyssa Schneider
Technical Crew: Simone Delozier, Lacee Ebert, Kaitlin Heibel, Erin Kane, Rose Taylor-Spann, Gwen Tripp, Paco Vitug, Megan Squires
SENIOR DANCE RECITAL UMKC CONSERVATORY DANCE DIVISION
Presented by Miyesha McGriff, Stephanie Morrow, Erin Muenks and Michael Tomlinson
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
7:30 pm
White Recital Hall
James C. Olson Performing Arts CenterPROGRAM 2 of 3
Enough
Choreographer: Erin Muenks
Composer/Music: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis/"Song for Bob"
Lighting Design: Rachael Shair
Costume Design: Erin Muenks
Dancer: Erin Muenks
Unwavering Moments
Choreographer: Miyesha McGriff
Composer/Music: Max Richter//nfra 5
Lighting Design: Rachael Shair
Costume Design: Paula Weber
Dancers: Kassi Butler, Shanna Colbern, Brittany Duskin, Danielle Glynn, Alyssa Gold, Kaitlin Heibel, Erin Kane, Daley Kappenman, Lynley Schaffer, Alyssa Schneider, Rachel Schneider, Asha Singh, Devan Smith, Whitney Ricketts, Dempsey Ward, Nina-Rose WardanianEverything happens for a reason, people change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they're right, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can come together.
—Marilyn Monroe
Delusion
Choreographer: Michael Tomlinson
Composer/Music: Philip Glass/Song No. 5
Lighting Design: Rachael Shair
Costume Design: Michael Tomlinson
Dancers: Michael Tomlinson, Eric Sobbe
Ergo Sum
Choreographer: Stephanie Morrow
Composer/Music: Tipper/"lllabye"
Lighting Design: Adam Durbin
Costume Design: Stephanie Morrow
Dancers: Rachel Crawford, Lacee Ebert, Erika Edwards, Abigail Englehardt, Kari Hayde, Sarah Herbert, Rachael Hulse, Erin Muenks, Liza Rod, Sara Beth Rothhammer, Gwen Tripp
My Time has Come
Choreographer: Miyesha McGriff
Composer: Sam Cooke/"A Change is Gonna Come"
Music Performer: Lauryn Hill
Lighting Design: Rachael Shair
Costume Design: Lisa Choules
Dancer: Miyesha McGriff
This is dedicated to my guardian angels, on earth and up above.
I will always love you and you will always be in my heart.
Thank you Mom, Daddy, Grandma, and Grandpa.The Game
Erin Muenks is a volunteer at Veronica's Voice. Her family are on the board. Her group piece is about Veronica's Voice, the work they do and the clients they help. "VV is Kansas City's only recovery program dedicated solely to victims of prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation." - quoted from the About page on the Veronica's Voice website. Here is the link to the site.
http://www.veronicasvoice.org
Veronica's Voice display in the lobby of PAC. Veronica's Voice founder, Kristy Childs (sitting) behind the table.
Kaitlin Heibel, one of the dancers in the piece is standing by the table to the left in this picture.Choreographer: Erin Muenks
Composer/Music: Gavin Stewart/The Game, Sleep Study, and LP
Lighting Design: Rachael Shair
Costume Design: Erin Muenks, Jane Muenks
Dancers: Kassi Butler, Shanna Colbern, Heather Costello, Willa Dock, Brittany Duskin, Kaitlin Heibel, Desmond Roach, Rachel Schneider, Asha Singh, Devan Smith, Erik Sobbe, Gavin Stewart, Michael Tomlinson, Caitlin Vasser, Nina-Rose WardanianIt takes an ignorant and stagnant community to see a prostitute; it takes an informed and educated community to see a victim; it takes a responsive and courageous community to make a difference!
— Courageous Community
Thank you to all the beautiful women at Veronica's Voice.
Nina-Rose Wardanian in front/right - guys behind: L-R: Desmond Roach, Gavin Stewart, Michael TomlinsonThe Rainbow Connection
Choreographer: Stephanie Morrow
Composer: Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher
Music Performer: Sarah McLachlan
Lighting Design: Adam Durbin
Costume Design: Stephanie Morrow
Dancer: Stephanie Morrow
Dedicated to my mom, dad, brother, and Jedi Master. Thank you all. I love you.
A Swing in Time
Willa Dock in A Swing in Time by Michael Tomlinson.Choreographer: Michael Tomlinson
'Composer/Music: Gabin/"Doo Uap, Doo Dap, Doo Uap" Caravan Palace/"Star Scat" and "Oooh"
Lighting Design: Rachael Shair
Costume Design: Jody Tomlinson
Dancers: Simone Delozier, Willa Dock, Mark Gieringer, Erin Kane, Andrea Mason, Erin Muenks, Whitney Ricketts, Desmond Roach, Asha Singh, Nina-Rose Wardanian, Caitlin Vasser, Reggie Simmons, Rachel Schneider
PRODUCTION STAFF
Concert Director: Sabrina Madison-Cannon
Stage Manager: Megan Squires
Assistant Stage Manager: Claire Gardner-Dale
Master Electrician: Richard Sprecker
Lead Lighting Designer: Eric Voecks
Lighting Design: Adam Durbin, Rachael Shair
Sound Design: Robert Beck, Jason Scheufler
Sound Operator: Taylor Ohman
Curtain: Whitney Ricketts
Videographer: Hannah Benditt
Technical Crew: Heather Costello, Haley Day, Erika Edwards, Chasmine Gerschefske, Danielle Gylnn, Alyssa Gold, Lynley Schaffer, Gwen Tripp, Caitlin Vasser, Dempsey Ward
SENIOR DANCE RECITAL UMKC CONSERVATORY DANCE DIVISION
Presented by Willa Dock, Shannon Hutsler, Sara Beth Rothhammer and Hayley Turner
Saturday, February 19, 2011
7:30 pm
White Recital Hall
James C. Olson Performing Arts CenterPROGRAM 3 of 3
Paquita
Choreographer: Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa
Composer/Music: Ludwig Minkus
Lighting Design: Brandon J. Clark
Costume Design: Paula Weber
Dancers: Sara Beth Rothhammer, Gavin Stewart
Interlaced Journey
Choreographer: Sara Beth Rothhammer
Composer/Music: Ludovico Einaudi/ "Svanire," "Indaco," "Lady Labyrinth"
Lighting Design: Brandon J. Clark
Costume Design: Sara Beth and Frances Rothhammer
Dancers: Hannah Benditt, Haley Day, Lacee Ebert, Erin Kane, Daley Kappenman, Liza Rod, Lynley Schaffer, Dempsey Ward
I dedicate this piece to my mom, dad, and sister Amy. Thank you all so much for being
there for me, believing in me even when I didn't believe in myself, and pushing me to never
give up. Each one of you in a different way have helped guide me through my interlaced
journey of life. I don't know what I would do without you! I love you!
Dark Phrases
Choreographer: Willa Dock
Composer: Aaron Zigman/"Main Title"
Music Performer: Joshua Bell, violin
Lighting Design: Paul Tilson
Costume Design: Willa Dock
Dancer: Willa Dock
Sacrificing Salvation
Choreographer: Shannon Hutsler
Composer/Music: Florence and the Machine/'The Drumming Song" AFI/"Prelude 12/21"
Lighting Design: Brandon J. Clark
Costume Design: Shannon Hutsler
Dancers:
Soloists: Mark Gieringer, Devan Smith
Corps: Joyce Armstrong, Pamela Auinbauh, Marie Buser, Kassi Butler, Shanna Colbern, Rachel Crawforld, Haley Day, Simone Delozier, Willa Dock, Brittany Duskin, Abigail Engelhardt, Chasmine Gerschefske, Danielle Glynn, Alyssa Gold, Kaitlin Heibel, Erin Kane, Daley Kappenman, Kelanie Murphy, Whitney Ricketts, Sara Beth Rothhammer, Alyssa Schneider, Rachel Schneider, Asha Singh, Hayley Turner, Dempsey Ward, Nina-Rose Wardanian
For my beautiful dancers who blessed me with this most outstanding opportunity to start
choreographing toward my dreams. Their willingness and patience has made this one of
my most treasured experiences at UMKC. Their belief in my vision has inspired me beyond
words. Each and every one of them is such an extraordinary talent!Cut You Down
Choreographer: Shannon Hutsler
Composer/Music: Johnny Cash/"God's Gonna Cut You Down"
Lighting Design: Brandon J. Clark
Costume Design: Shannon Hutsler
Dancer: Shannon Hutsler
I would like to dedicate this solo piece to all of the wonderful people who have ever shown
me love and support. With or without knowing, you have made me a stronger person and it
is because of you that I dance before you today. I am nothing without God's blessings and
my parents who have been by my side every step of the way.
Dissassociation
Choreographer: Willa Dock
Composer: Pan American/"Hey Volk"
Lighting Design: Paul Tilson
Costume Design: Willa Dock
Dancers: Heather Costello, Kaitlin Heibel, Miyesha McGriff, Desmond Roach, Lynley Schaffer, Rachel Schneider, Caitlin Vasser
the end.
Mark Gieringer and Hayley Turner (during 1st tech rehearsal)Choreographer: Hayley Turner
Composer/Music: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova/'The Swell Season"
Lighting Design: Brandon J. Clark
Costume Design: Hayley Turner
Dancers: Hayley Turner, Mark Gieringer
Le cirque de la demands
Choreographer: Hayley Turner
Composer/Music: Raphael Beau/from the film Micmac: "Diabolic," "A Motley Crew," "It is Rolling," and "Droit de cite"
Lighting Design: Paul Tilson
Costume Design: Hayley Turner, Sonja Turner
Dancers: Heather Costello, Haley Day, Willa Dock, Danielle Glynn, Chasmine Gerschefske, Kari Hayde, Kaitlin Heibel, Shannon Hutsler, Erin Muenks, Alyssa Schneider, Reggie Simmons, Caitlin Vasser, Dempsey Ward
PRODUCTION STAFF
Concert Director: Ronn Tice
Stage Manager: Megan Squires
Master Electrician: Richard Sprecker
Lead Lighting Designer: Eric Voecks
Lighting Design: Brandon J. Clark, Paul Tilson
Sound Design: Robert Beck, Jason Scheufler
Sound Operator: Asha Singh
Curtain: Rachael Hulse
Videographer: ...
Technical Crew: Rachel Crawford, Erika Edwards, Claire Gardner-Dale, Mark Gieringer, Sarah Herbert, Dailey Kappenman, Lexie Klasing, Desmond Roach, Asha Singh
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND DANCE - DANCE DIVISION
Professors
Mary Pat Henry - Associate Dean of Conservatory Faculty Affairs
DeeAnna Hiett, Sabrina Madison-Cannon - Faculty Advisor, Senior Dance Recitals
Ronald Tice
Paula Weber - Division Chair
Rodni Williams
Adjunct professors
Billy Mahoney
Lisa Thorn-Vinzant
Lighting design professor Victor Tan
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These are held in the winter semester and the graduating seniors begin signups and rehearsals early in the fall semester. This is one of their last graded works. Each senior choreographs and directs a group piece and performs in a solo which may be self-choreography or another's and may also be a duet if there is a large enough mix of solo to duet. There are a number of recital concerts, depending on the total number of seniors. Generally the mid-week concerts have in-town seniors while those with families out of town are scheduled for Saturdays so their relatives can attend. |
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Don McKayle talk at Public Library, KCMO about Kansas City Ballet piece he was commisioned to create. UMKC guys in Romeo and Juliet at Kansas City Ballet Spring 2008 backstage in costumes. Wylliams/Henry Sept 2006 and "Games ," choreography Donald McKayle. |
For some of the least expensive, good dance entertainment in Kansas City the University of Missouri Kansas City's Conservatory of Dance and Music's Dance Division offers some of the best young adult dancers in the area. UMKC's Dance Division is among the top dance schools in the country. Those of us who live in this area often miss that distinction but people elsewhere know (isn't it always so?). Each year's entering classes just keep getting better as the incoming talent keeps inching upward in ability. Some of the students are fed into the system by local studios and some are from national and even international recruiting by the dance staff. Although this web site is a journalistic effort to show dance in Kansas City, and is not intended as a booster of anyone in particular, the pages listed above are referenced by students considering attending the Dance Division. The students in the program are intense. They are not just talented, they are hard working, very focused and very competitive in a way that shows competition is cooperative. I've watched them truly support each other. As an adjunct, I have a computer class with a lot of these highly disciplined young people. They are very sharp. (As are athletes in the athletic program, and for many of the same reasons as the dancers. I get those "kids" in my classes too and they really focus hard because they are gone a lot as well.) This focusing skill among dancers has seemed far more obvious in the last couple of years since Twitter and other web media have produced an adapted audience with short attention spans whose questions show that they skip and skim material rather than read throughly. Although I've no way of testing it, I don't think there are any more Einsteins or Not-Einsteins among dancers than among anyone else. However, I am more convinced than ever that the practice of dance develops the ability to focus intently as a result of two things, 1) the need to quickly and efficiently make up for time away from classes in rehearsals and performances (something shared with our athletic-program students) and 2) the need to remember precisely so many details and variations in choreography and be able to modify program details in a snap. That is a terribly valuable tool for all walks of life. The dancers have to be sharp, partly because so much of their non-class time is spent in rehearsals, performances and their own works (i.e. senior recitals) not only for shows at UMKC, but also locally in Kansas City where they form a part of the talent pool. Many of those rehearsal schedules are on weekends and late into the nights. Sometimes they can be in 40 or more hours of rehearsal a week - that is time outside of class, job, transportation and so forth. It varies greatly but it is seldom light. I would also call dancers athletes but I hate to, not because they are not athletes but because such statements tend to sound more like an excuse for dance to be tolerated as legit. I think the comparison of dancers and athletes should be more like a multiple of the famous Ginger and Fred comparison which states that she does all the stuff Fred does, but in high heels and backward too. Dancers don't just move a ball to a goal (so to speak) but they have to do it in character, smiling, with grace and technique specific to the art form, never letting down and never stopping, on beat, keeping count, and repeating exactly the same moves to the same music again and again (you should see some of my comparison videos of separate runs), no mistakes. No cut on traditionally-defined athletes (football, baseball, etc.) and not that there is not tremendous grace in the result, but they get to grunt, groan and grimace with bodies twisted and turned any which way just as long as the ball gets to the goal. In my personal experience with these "kids," these dancers are talented as both physical athletes and mental athletes. Then there is the thing about what great people they are, but that is another rant. Don't get me started. |
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