Dance Repertory Theatre presents
FALL FOR DANCE Photo: Lawrence Peart
PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, ERICA GIONFRIDDO ARTISTIC DIRECTORS, LEAH COX AND JOEL VALENTÍN-MARTÍNEZ
NOVEMBER 10-21, 2021 | OSCAR G. BROCKETT THEATRE
NOVEMBER 10-12, 18-20 AT 7:30 P.M. NOVEMBER 14, 21 AT 2:00 P.M.
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CONCERT I | NOVEMBER 10-14 DANCE
CHOREOGRAPHER
Cositas The complexity of being Contronymic Living
Joel Valentín-Martínez Hanna Bailey, Cellise Brown Jesse Zaritt
CONCERT II | NOVEMBER 18-21 DANCE
CHOREOGRAPHER
Enjoy. Head in the clou... my body, (not) my choice The Horizon and the Offing
Matthew Deshon James, Ciera Ray Sarah Wales Allison Hamauei Leah Cox
Stage Manager: Victoria Salazar Technical Director: David Tolin There will be one 10-minute intermission. The videotaping, photography or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
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NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS In live performance, we are tasked with the joyous work of gathering together to witness and to perform. What will we discover? What experiences and memories will we create? Afer a year and half of limited movement, we re-enter the performance space with the benefit of perspective born of distance and energy culled in dormancy. Afer a year and a half of limited performance, you re-enter the theatre to encounter its generative potential. We hope our reunion here will ofer our fierce, resilient bodies a time to celebrate, process and inspire one another. This year’s Fall For Dance features two unique programs, one each weekend, with works by veteran artists and emerging student choreographers. We hope you’ll come to both weekends. May each dance you witness make the unruly and beloved territory of yourself more present through your presence here, with each of us, together.
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CONCERT I | NOVEMBER 10-14 Cositas (2011, revised 2019) Choreography: Joel Valentín-Martínez Costume Designer: Meagan Beattie* Lighting Designer: Sarah Jean Elliott Sound Designer: Bryce Riggle Rehearsal Assistants: Denise Rodriguez, Heaven M. Wilburn Archivists: Emma Valdez, Heaven M. Wilburn Design Liaisons: William Kaufmann, Maya Parker Social Media Team: Andrea Orta, Kendra Isabel Peña Cast: E'ja Alexander, Mia Bella Castillo, Matthew Deshon James, William Kaufmann, Josh Martinez, Sarah Matney, Briah Napier, Andrea Orta, Maya Parker, Kendra Isabel Peña, Denise Rodriguez, Emma Valdez From the Choreographer Cositas is an homage to the city of Los Angeles. This is dedicated to mi gente of El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de Porciúncula. *Red dress inspired by original design created by Jefery Hancock
The complexity of being Choreography: Hanna Bailey, Cellise Brown Music: AS 4 (4 56), 4/4; Up, at the Moon, Mix 6 and 5 155, 5/4 by Michael Wall (soundformovement.com) Lighting Designer: Sarah Jean Elliott Projection Designers: Heekyung Kim, Benjamin Randall Sound Designer: Bryce Riggle Costume Curator: Kelsey Oliver Assistant Costume Designer: Reagan Gertner Rehearsal Assistant: Briah Napier Dramaturg: Samantha Leigh Anderson Archive Leads: Kayla Senter, Camille Wiltz Archivists: Karina Enriquez, Rachel Ernat, Ava Tran Social Media Team: Laura Anawaty Cast: Laura Anawaty, Samantha Leigh Anderson, Angela Cox, Karina Enriquez, Rachel Ernat, Sheila Jackson, Briah Napier, Ava Tran From the Choreographer This work is an exploration of how one's mental and physical awareness impacts their ability to move from one extreme to the next. In the dancers’ journeys in reaching their fullest extremes, selfrealization was discovered through vulnerability. This process allowed them to observe and share their experiences to cultivate a community of trust. In this discovery, they took agency in what they allowed into their bodies and what they shared with others.
CONCERT I | NOVEMBER 10-14
INTERMISSION
Contronymic Living Choreography: Jesse Zaritt Costume Designer: Leah Hummel Lighting Designer: Sarah Jean Elliott Projection Designer: Heekyung Kim Sound Designer: Bryce Riggle Rehearsal Assistant: Camille Wiltz Archivists: Lauren Jershin, Sarah Matney Social Media Team: Mia Bella Castillo, Alejandro Frederickson, Jordan Gilbertson, Isabella Mao, Lexie Nelson, Ashleigh Taylor Cast: Hanna Bailey, Lindsay Ball, Evan Beek, Cellise Brown, Rebecca Carrillo, Mia Bella Castillo, Alejandro Frederickson, Jordan Gilbertson, Greyland Gof, Allison Hamauei, Aída Hernandez-Reyes, Isabella Mao, Lexie Nelson, Ellie Newton, Ashleigh Taylor, Emma Valdez, Anna Valdman, Jenna Weatherbie From the Choreographer This experimental project insists on the transformative power of dancing, examining how the labor of dance builds and dismantles worlds of feeling and relation, seeking as-yet-unnamed possibilities for social organization and change. To view an animation project created alongside and as an extension of Contronymic Living, visit tinyurl.com/contronymic
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CONCERT II | NOVEMBER 18-21 Enjoy. Choreography: Matthew Deshon James, Ciera Ray Music: I Hope My Life (1-800 Mix) by James Blake; Reflections by Toshifumi Hinata Lighting Designer: Ari Jamieson Sound Designer: Bryce Riggle Costume Curator: Kelsey Oliver Assistant Costume Designer: Reagan Gertner Rehearsal Assistants: Evan Beek, Rebecca Carrillo Archive Leads: Kayla Senter, Camille Wiltz Archivist: Diana Acosta Cast: Diana Acosta, Evan Beek, Rebecca Carrillo, Jordan Gilbertson, Greyland Gof, William Kaufmann, Isabella Mao, Denise Rodriguez, Anna Valdman
CONCERT II | NOVEMBER 18-21 Head in the clou… Choreography: Sarah Wales Lighting Designer: Ari Jamieson Projection Designers: Heekyung Kim, Benjamin Randall Sound Designer: Bryce Riggle Costume Curator: Kelsey Oliver Assistant Costume Designer: Reagan Gertner Rehearsal Assistant: Josh Martinez Production Assistant: Jenna Weatherbie Archive Leads: Kayla Senter, Camille Wiltz Archivists: Lilly Brown, Jannah Collins, Faith Davis, Clare Meyer Social Media Team: Aída Hernandez-Reyes Cast: Lilly Brown, Jannah Collins, Faith Davis, Aída Hernandez-Reyes, Josh Martinez, Clare Meyer, Maya Parker, Jenna Weatherbie, Heaven M. Wilburn From the Choreographer A daydream of sofness and embrace, escaping the harsh rigid boundaries of reality. A world in the clouds where people make space for others and allow bodies to enter and exit the space with ease. A connected, mutualistic and adapting organism that acts as an escape from the individualistic world that ofen consumes care and support. It lives in and originates from the subconscious where imagination is housed and amplified to dream of a sofer, more connected world. The rigidness and conflict fade away as we enter this fantasy in the clou…
CONCERT II | NOVEMBER 18-21 my body, (not) my choice Choreography: Allison Hamauei Music: The Gulag Orkestar by Beirut Lighting Designer: Ari Jamieson Projection Designers: Heekyung Kim, Benjamin Randall Sound Designer: Bryce Riggle Costume Curator: Kelsey Oliver Assistant Costume Designer: Reagan Gertner Rehearsal Assistants: E’ja Alexander, Tori Hicks Archive Leads: Kayla Senter, Camille Wiltz Archivist: Sabrina Blackwelder Social Media Team: E’ja Alexander, Tori Hicks Cast: E'ja Alexander, Sabrina Blackwelder, Tori Hicks, Lisette Hotz From the Choreographer P*SSY POWER. ANGER. PUNK. RAGE. FURY. (and just tired…) We are hoes and sluts and dirty bitches. We are perfect little housewives but also strippers. We are fragile little flowers. Oh, and mommies. But also damsels in distress. We are trophy wives and sugar babies. We cook and clean but also don’t like doing any work. We have such easy lives. But when can we finally walk alone at night?
INTERMISSION
CONCERT II | NOVEMBER 18-21 The Horizon and the Offing Choreography: Leah Cox, in collaboration with the cast Music: Composed and performed by Michael Brown, featuring In Sweet Content by John McCormack, Percy Kahn, Macdermaid, Sanderson; His Master’s Voice (D.A. 1478) (attribution: tinyurl.com/sweetcontent) Costume Designer: Katie Miller Lighting Designer: Ari Jamieson Projection Designer: Benjamin Randall Sound Designer: Bryce Riggle Rehearsal Assistant: Anna Valdman Dramaturg: Venese Alcantar Design Liaisons: Lisette Hotz, Sheila Jackson Archivists: Lindsay Ball, Angela Cox, Greyland Gof Social Media Team: Haley Hollingsworth, Ellie Newton Cast: Venese Alcantar, Lindsay Ball, Sabrina Blackwelder, Haley Hollingsworth, Sheila Jackson, Lauren Jershin, Ellie Newton, Ciera Ray, Kayla Senter, Ashleigh Taylor, Sarah Wales From the Choreographer We ofer this piece in homage to all those in our community whom we have known, admired or loved, and who are no longer with us on this side of the horizon. Creative note: All movement material was created by the cast, in response to creative prompts by Leah Cox.
CREATIVE Hanna Bailey (Choreographer – The complexity of being; Dancer – Contronymic Living) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in business at The University of Texas at Austin. She has trained with iRule Dance Studio, Entity Contemporary Dance, NobleMotion Dance and Vim Vigor, having performed in works by Rena Butler, Elijah Gibson, Charles O. Anderson and Marcus Jarrell Willis. Bailey has choreographed works for Dance Action and serves as their media director. She has recently created a dance film entitled Remembering. Meagan Beattie (Costume Designer – Cositas) is a first-year M.F.A. in Theatre (costume design) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Her costume design background includes work for both stage and film. Cellise Brown (Choreographer – The complexity of being; Dancer – Contronymic Living) is a fourth-year UTeach Dance major also pursuing a minor in educational psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. Brown is from Katy, Texas and has participated in several guest and faculty works during her time at UT Austin. Recent credits include a collaborative work in The Cohen New Works Festival (2021). Brown plans to dance professionally upon graduating and pursue teaching dance to young artists. Michael Brown (Composer – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a composer and multiinstrumentalist based in Austin, Texas whose musical background includes live music performance, production and band development, as well as composition for modern dance and film. His writing involves genrebending flavors inspired by folk, contemporary and electronic music, ofen implemented through synthesis and psychedelic coloring. Leah Cox (Co-Artistic Director; Choreographer – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a dancer, maker and educator. In addition to her teaching position at The University of Texas at Austin, she is the Dean of the American Dance Festival and
a dancer in Liz Lerman's latest project, Wicked Bodies, which is set to premiere in 2022. From 2001-2015, she worked with the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company, first as a dancer (20012009) and later as a rehearsal assistant and the founding education director (2009-2015). Sarah Jean Elliott (Lighting Designer – Concert I) is a first year M.F.A. in Theatre (lighting design) candidate. This is her first production with Texas Theatre and Dance. Erica Gionfriddo (Producing Artistic Director) is a dance artist, educator and co-founder of the transdisciplinary performance group ARCOS. They have presented work at Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology’s biennial symposium, Engagement Symposium of Philosophy and Dance, Currents New Media Festival and an award-winning production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Gionfriddo is an assistant professor of practice at The University of Texas at Austin and holds a B.F.A. from Shenandoah Conservatory and a M.F.A. from Hollins University. Allison Hamauei (Choreographer – my body, (not) my choice; Dancer – Contronymic Living) is an emerging artist at The University of Texas at Austin where they are pursuing a B.F.A. in Dance. They have worked with a variety of critically acclaimed artists, including Charles O. Anderson, as a part of UT Austin’s Dance Repertory Theatre. Over the past few years, they have choreographed works for Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. as well as The Cohen New Works Festival (2021). Leah Hummel (Costume Designer – Contronymic Living) is a M.F.A. in Theatre (costume design) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Fall For Dance is their first production with Texas Theatre and Dance. Leah is originally from Chicago, Illinois and has worked as a theatre crafs educator for all ages and abilities. Matthew Deshon James (Choreographer – Enjoy.; Dancer – Cositas) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at
CREATIVE Austin. Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, he has trained in jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, ballet, tap and modern dance styles. During his time at UT Austin he has worked with numerous choreographers including Charles O. Anderson, Rena Butler and Raphael Xavier, among others. Recently credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In the Ether (2020) and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (2020). Ari Jamieson (Lighting Designer – Concert II) is a M.F.A in Theatre (lighting design) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. She has a background in both theatre and dance. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Sonnets for an Old Century (2021) and Radiance (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2021) as well as the studentled studio projects Onions and Untamed Beats. Heekyung Kim (Projection Designer – The complexity of being, Contronymic Living, Head in the clou..., my body, (not) my choice) is a M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated media for live performance) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. She has a career in both directing and video design. Recent credits include editing for a K-drama on Netflix and Beetlejuice The Musical in Korea. Katie Miller (Costume Designer – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a second-year M.F.A. in Theatre (costume design) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Previous credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include costume design for Radiance (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2021) and Memory Box (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2021), as well as costume coordination for (Re)current Unrest (2020). She also recently costumed two short-film opera projects that were directed by a student in UT Austin’s Butler School of Music. Kelsey Oliver (Costume Curator – The complexity of being, Enjoy., Head in the clou..., my body, (not) my choice), an Austin native, is a freelance choreographer, performer and artist in the digs for ridiculously experimental theatre, film and concert dance. Trained as a dancer, Oliver has spent recent years dabbling in costume
design and curation, styling for Frank Wo/Men Collective, Heloise Gold, Erica Patricia Saucedo, The Reverie and many solo and duet works. Oliver received a B.F.A. in Dance in 2015 at The University of Texas at Austin. Kelsey-Oliver.com Benjamin Randall (Projection Designer – The complexity of being, Head in the clou..., my body, (not) my choice, The Horizon and the Ofing) is a M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated media for live performance) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. With his background in sofware development, Randall enjoys embedding realtime generative art pieces in his media design. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include La Ruta (2020) and In the Ether (2020), as well as the digital art game Chlorobo as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2021). Ciera Ray (Choreographer – Enjoy.; Dancer – The Horizon and the Ofing) was raised in Dallas, Texas. She first discovered dance at Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Ray studied ballet, modern, jazz and composition while attending Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and has performed in pieces by Peter Chu, Charles O. Anderson and Manuel Vignoulle, among others. She is currently a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has also assisted in multiple summer enrichment programs in Dallas. Bryce Riggle (Sound Designer) is a student at The University of Texas at Austin. He has a background in sound design and music technology. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Community Garden (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2021). Victoria Salazar (Stage Manager) is a second-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in stage management at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent work with Texas Theatre and Dance has included assistant stage managing for Radiance (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020).
CREATIVE David Tolin (Technical Director) was born and raised in Casper, Wyoming. He received his B.A. in Theatre with a concentration in design/ technology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his M.F.A. in Theatre from The University of Texas at Austin before teaching at Westlake High School for seven years. Tolin works at Texas Performing Arts’ Fabrication Studios as the Project Manager and as faculty in the UT Live Design and Production area. Joel Valentín-Martínez (Co-Artistic Director; Choreographer – Cositas) is an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin. From 1990-2003 he was a member of Garth Fagan Dance and toured with the troupe throughout the world. Since 2003, he has devoted his time to teaching at the university level and developing his own choreography projects. Prior to joining UT Austin, he was an associate professor and dance program director in the Department of Theatre at Northwestern University. Sarah Wales (Choreographer – Head in the clou...; Dancer – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance and B.S. in Exercise Science double major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has performed with Dance Repertory Theatre, SoulEscape and Bombshell Dance Project and has worked with choreographers Raphael Xavier, Manuel Vignoulle, Maleek Washington and Charles O. Anderson, among others. Her choreography has been showcased at The Cohen New Works Festival (2021), Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. and Moving Forward Winter Fest.
Jesse Zaritt (Choreographer – Contronymic Living) creates work that engages drawing as dancing - a visual and physical practice linked to dreaming, drafing and materializing futures. A series of solo works made between 2008 and 2020 interrogate attachments to Jewish ritual and community, seeking to queer dominant paradigms of belonging, gender and sexuality. Zaritt has presented work internationally and throughout the United States. He currently works in collaboration with Sara Shelton Mann and as associate professor at the University of the Arts.
CAST
Diana Acosta
Venese Alcantar
E'ja Alexander
Laura Anawaty
Samantha Leigh Anderson
Hanna Bailey
Lindsay Ball
Evan Beek
Sabrina Blackwelder
Cellise Brown
Lilly Brown
Rebecca Carrillo
Mia Bella Castillo
Jannah Collins
Angela Cox
Faith Davis
Karina Enriquez
Rachel Ernat
Alejandro Frederickson
Jordan Gilbertson
Greyland Gof
Allison Hamauei
Aída Hernandez-Reyes
Tori Hicks
Haley Hollingsworth
CAST
Lisette Hotz
Sheila Jackson
Matthew Deshon James
Lauren Jershin
William Kaufmann
Isabella Mao
Josh Martinez
Sarah Matney
Clare Meyer
Briah Napier
Lexie Nelson
Ellie Newton
Andrea Orta
Maya Parker
Kendra Isabel Peña
Ceira Ray
Denise Rodriguez
Kayla Senter
Ashleigh Taylor
Ava Tran
Anna Valdman
Emma Valdez
Sarah Wales
Jenna Weatherbie
Heaven M. Wilburn
CAST Diana Acosta (Dancer, Archivist – Enjoy.) is a third-year UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She is originally from Dallas, Texas and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In the Ether (2020) by Erica Gionfriddo and del corazón nace el enjambre (2021) by Erica Patricia Saucedo. Venese Alcantar (Dancer, Dramaturg – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a freelance artist, choreographer and teacher. Alcantar’s work challenges fixed notions of gender and sexuality, the female archetype within the family and the body as landscape. Within her work, the observer will find varied explorations of grotesque corporeal wit, human narratives through anthropomorphic expressions and the intermingling acts of birthing and composting. E’ja Alexander (Dancer – Cositas; Dancer, Rehearsal Assistant, Social Media Team – my body, (not) my choice) is a native Texan with a passion for the arts. Raised in Dallas, she is a second-year at The University of Texas at Austin pursuing a B.F.A. in Dance. Alexander plans to continue to explore the many diferent sides of fine arts upon graduating and one day pursue a career dance with a professional company. Laura Anawaty (Dancer, Social Media Team – The complexity of being) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin with an extensive background in dance. This is her first performance with Texas Theatre and Dance. Samantha Leigh Anderson (Dancer, Dramaturg – The complexity of being) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin where she studies both dance performance and choreography. This is her first performance with Texas Theatre and Dance. She also teaches ballet at San Marcos Dance Studio and at Pivotal Academy of Dance.
Lindsay Ball (Dancer – Contronymic Living; Dancer, Archivist – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Sacramento, California, spent her summers training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and graduated from Natomas Charter School Performing and Fine Arts Academy. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance including (Re)current Unrest (2020) and burst! (2021). Ball recently presented her dance film, Collecting Dust, in The Cohen New Works Festival (2021). Evan Beek (Dancer – Contronymic Living; Dancer, Rehearsal Assistant – Enjoy.) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin with an extensive background in numerous dance styles. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020) and burst! (2021). Sabrina Blackwelder (Dancer, Archivist – my body, (not) my choice; Dancer – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a B.F.A in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020) and del corazón nace el enjambre (2021). Lilly Brown (Dancer, Archivist – Head in the clou...), born and raised in Austin, Texas, is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. This is Brown’s first production with Texas Theatre and Dance. Rebecca Carrillo (Dancer – Contronymic Living; Dancer, Rehearsal Assistant – Enjoy.) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020) and del corazón nace el enjambre (2021), in addition to Beyond the Wall as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2021). Mia Bella Castillo (Dancer – Cositas; Dancer, Social Media Team – Contronymic Living) is a UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas
CAST at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In the Ether (2020) and del corazón nace el enjambre (2021), in addition to Collecting Dust from The Cohen New Works Festival (2021). Jannah Collins (Dancer, Archivist – Head in the clou...) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin with an extensive background in numerous styles of dance. This is her first performance with Texas Theatre and Dance. Angela Cox (Dancer – The complexity of being; Archivist – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in dance and trained at Premiere Dance Center in Dripping Springs, Texas before coming to UT Austin. She has previously performed with the student organization Dance Action. Faith Davis (Dancer, Archivist – Head in the clou...) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. This is her first performance with Texas Theatre and Dance. Karina Enriquez (Dancer, Archivist – The complexity of being) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin (class of 2023). This will be Enriquez’s third performance with Texas Theatre and Dance afer appearing in (Re)current Unrest (2020) and del corazón nace el enjambre (2021). She attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas, where she trained in several diferent styles of dance including samba, contemporary, ballet and tap. Rachel Ernat (Dancer, Archivist – The complexity of being) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has trained in numerous styles of dance since age four. Recent credits include her role as a costume curator for Gesel Mason’s burst! (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2021). In Summer 2021, she was cast as a cheerleader and Jackson crew ensemble member in the Summer Stock Austin production of Bring It On: The Musical.
Alejandro Frederickson (Dancer, Social Media Team – Contronymic Living) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020) and del corazón nace el enjambre (2021). Jordan Gilbertson (Dancer, Social Media Team – Contronymic Living; Dancer – Enjoy.) is a B.F.A. in Dance and a B.S. in Physics double major at The University of Texas at Austin with a broad and extensive technical dance background. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020), In the Ether (2020) and burst! (2021) in addition to a project as a part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2021). Greyland Gof (Dancer – Contronymic Living, Enjoy.; Archivist – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major. Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, he has trained in ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, tap and musical theatre. Credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fall For Dance (2018, 2019) and Fortitude (2019). He has worked with choreographers Gregory Dolbashian, Dorothy O’Shea Overbey, Charles O. Anderson and Rena Butler, among others and has served as a production assistant to Andrea Beckham, Charles O. Anderson and alongside choreographer Kayla White. Aída Hernandez-Reyes (Dancer – Contronymic Living; Dancer, Social Media Team – Head in the clou...) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin. This is their first performance with Texas Theatre and Dance, having primarily learned remotely during the first year of their college career. Tori Hicks (Dancer, Rehearsal Assistant, Social Media Team – my body, (not) my choice) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in both dance and acting. This will be her first performance with Texas Theatre and Dance.
CAST Haley Hollingsworth (Dancer, Social Media Team – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a thirdyear UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. They have a background in various dance styles and techniques. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In the Ether (2020) and burst! (2021). Lisette Hotz (Dancer – my body, (not) my choice; Design Liaison – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a B.F.A. in Dance and B.A. in Psychology double major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020) and burst! (2021). They are also a member of the student organization Dance Action. Sheila Jackson (Dancer – The complexity of being; Dancer, Design Liaison – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin also pursuing a minor in media studies. Before attending UT Austin, she trained in both ballet and contemporary dance with Ballet Austin and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include burst! (2021), (Re)current Unrest (2020) and In the Ether (2020). Lauren Jershin (Dancer – The Horizon and the Ofing; Archivist – Contronymic Living) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive dance background, having trained at The Dance Movement in Plano, Texas prior to attending UT Austin. She has previously performed in and choreographed for the student organization Dance Action. William Kaufmann (Dancer, Design Liaison – Cositas; Dancer – Enjoy.) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. He has an extensive background in dance with an emphasis in ballet. Recently, Kaufmann danced the role of “The Cavalier” in Rio Grande Valley Ballet's production of The Nutcracker and served as the production coordinator for del corazón nace el enjambre (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2021).
Isabella Mao (Dancer, Social Media Team – Contronymic Living; Dancer – Enjoy.) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance and B.S. in Exercise Science double major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020). Josh Martinez (Dancer – Cositas; Rehearsal Assistant, Dancer – Head in the clou...) is a B.F.A. in Dance major and pre-physical therapy student at The University of Texas at Austin. He previously studied ballet and contemporary at the Quenedit Ballet School in San Antonio, Texas. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020), In the Ether (2020) and burst! (2021), as well as The Cohen New Works Festival (2021) performance of A Pregnant Pause. Sarah Matney (Dancer – Cositas; Archivist – Contronymic Living) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has been dancing for 17 years, working with a number of instructors. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include technical work for Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (2020) and costume curation for del corazón nace el enjambre (2021), as well as dance performance for In the Ether (2020). Matney is also involved in the student organization Dance Action. Clare Meyer (Dancer, Archivist – Head in the clou...) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in dance with a particular focus in classical ballet. She previously trained at the Houston Ballet Academy for 16 years and has trained in summer programs all over the U.S. including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, San Francisco Ballet and the Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco, California. Briah Napier (Dancer – Cositas; Rehearsal Assistant, Dancer – The complexity of being) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Napier is from Houston, Texas and graduated from the High
CAST School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she trained with numerous choreographers and dance faculty members. She has been seen in Dance Repertory Theatre’s Fortitude (2019) and Fall For Dance (2019) and was involved in works by Charles O. Anderson, Erica Gionfriddo and Rena Butler, among others. Lexie Nelson (Dancer, Social Media Team – Contronymic Living) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020) and burst! (2021), in addition to multiple projects as part of Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. and The Cohen New Works Festival. Ellie Newton (Dancer – Contronymic Living; Dancer, Social Media Team – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance and B.A. in Psychology double major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in dance, having danced since the age of eight. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020) by Charles O. Anderson, In the Ether (2020) by Erica Gionfriddo and burst! (2021) by Gesel Mason. Andrea Orta (Dancer, Social Media Team – Cositas) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in numerous genres of dance. This will be her first performance with Texas Theatre and Dance. Maya Parker (Dancer, Design Liaison – Cositas; Dancer – Head in the clou...) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include burst! (2021) and In the Ether (2020). Kendra Isabel Peña (Dancer, Social Media Team – Cositas) is a UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has received training in numerous dance styles and has both choreography and teaching experience. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include del corazón nace el enjambre (2021) and Collecting Dust (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2021).
Denise Rodriguez (Dancer, Rehearsal Assistant – Cositas; Dancer – Enjoy.) is a thirdyear UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In the Ether (2020) and del corazón nace el enjambre (2021). Kayla Senter (Dancer – The Horizon and the Ofing; Archive Lead – The complexity of being, Enjoy., Head in the clou..., my body, (not) my choice) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She transferred from Collin College where she spent two years performing with the Collin Dance Ensemble. In her time as a member of CDE, her choreographic work was chosen to perform for adjudication at the American College Dance Association. In May 2020, she attained an Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis in dance from Collin College. Ashleigh Taylor (Dancer, Social Media Team – Contronymic Living; Dancer – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has trained in numerous styles of dance for over 13 years. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include burst! (2021). Ava Tran (Dancer, Archivist – The complexity of being) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Originally from Houston, Texas, Tran trained at the Houston Academy of Dance where she was a part of the studio’s competitive company for 10 years. Later, she went on to perform with 713 Dance Ensemble, a pre-professional, concertlevel company. Tran has participated in many dance conventions and intensives as well as serving as an assistant to the choreographer. Emma Valdez (Dancer, Archivist – Cositas; Dancer – Contronymic Living) is a B.F.A. in Dance and B.S. in Exercise Science double major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In the Ether (2020) and del corazón nace el enjambre (2021), as well as works in Dance Action’s S.E.E.D.
CAST Anna Valdman (Dancer – Contronymic Living, Enjoy.; Rehearsal Assistant – The Horizon and the Ofing) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Her recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In the Ether (2020). She is also involved in the student organizations Dance Action and Roustabouts Dance Company. Jenna Weatherbie (Dancer – Contronymic Living; Dancer, Production Assistant – Head in the clou...) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a pre-physician assistant certificate at The University of Texas at Austin. Past performances with Texas Theatre and Dance include Charles O. Anderson’s (Re)current Unrest (2020), Erica Gionfriddo’s In the Ether (2020) and Erica Patricia Saucedo’s del corazón nace el enjambre (2021). She was recently seen in Sarah Wales’ work Manufacturing Female featured in The Cohen New Works Festival (2021).
Heaven M. Wilburn (Dancer – Head in the clou...; Rehearsal Assistant, Archivist – Cositas) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020) and burst! (2021). Camille Wiltz (Rehearsal Assistant – Contronymic Living; Archive Lead – The complexity of being, Enjoy., Head in the clou..., my body, (not) my choice) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Plano, Texas where she trained at Dance Industry Performing Arts Center. Recent credits with the Texas Theatre and Dance include In the Ether (2020) and burst! (2021), in addition to performances in The Cohen New Works Festival (2021) and the Score for 7 Solos exhibition at the Visual Arts Center.
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ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER MADELEINE BERCKLEY
BRIDGETTE CLIFFORD SYDNY DEMEYER ISABELLA HOLLIS JAKE JOSEPHI MELODY LUNA NATALIA MARTIN RODEZNO JONAH MAUGHAN JULIO MUÑOZ ANDREA NUÑEZ OZ OSBOURNE JAMES PRAEGER RICHARD PRATCHETT SYDNEY ROKAS MICHAEL WILLIAMS MARTINEZ
WARDROBE CREW CHIEFS LEAH HUMMEL KATIE MILLER
COSTUME CRAFTS ASSISTANT HAROLD HORSELY
OPERATIONS MANAGER, FABRICATION JASON LEE HUERTA
PAINT CLASS ASHANTI ANTHONY ISABELLE AVENA JILLIAN ROSE HUGHES JULIO C. MARTINEZ TATE PAULSON WILLIAM S. PUGH TAYLOR SWEET MAXWELL MIRANDA WEST ANIA J. YEE-BOGUINSKAIA SAMARA ZUCKERBROD
PROPERTIES MANAGER, FABRICATION CAROLYN HARDIN
COSTUME PRODUCTION DIRECTOR NANETTE ACOSTA
LEAD FABRICATOR HANK SCHWEMMER
COSTUME SHOP PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE/ SHOW MANAGER DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES
ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER REAGAN GERTNER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, FABRICATION J.E. JOHNSON ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, FABRICATION KAREN MANESS SENIOR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR SCOTT BUSSEY PROJECT MANAGER, FABRICATION DAVID TOLIN
PROJECT SPECIALIST, FABRICATION ASHTON BENNETT MURPHY GRADUATE PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS EMMA DICKERSON TERE GUERRERO CARDOSO INJI HA HELEN PARK ALEXANDER ROCKEY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT MADISON SHERIDAN PRODUCTION LEADS TAYLOR LAINE ABS DAVID HERNANDEZ MIKAELA KELAREK JULIO MUÑOZ ROXOLANA KRYWONOS PROPERTIES STOCK MANAGER INDIRA RAMPERSAD PROPERTIES ARTISANS TAYLOR LAINE ABS GRACE FEATHERSTON FABRICATION PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS PETE GUADALUPE ALMARAZ IV ZOE BIHAN GABBI CLEMENTE
LEAD DRAPERS SARAH BARBOUR POUA YANG FIRST HANDS EMMA DICKERSON CALIFORNIA THORSON STITCHERS ARIES LIMON CAMRYN PATTERSON JULIE WEBB COSTUME CONSTRUCTION CREW SUPERVISOR HSIAO-WEI CHEN COSTUME CONSTRUCTION CREW ANNA ALTAMIRANO AMAYA COLEMAN ESTRELLA MARTINEZ MADELYN MARTINEZ RIGOBERTO MUNGUIA MIKA O’DWYWE JADZIA PADILLA FERNANDA RODRIGUEZ SIMON SALINAS SOPHIA SAVELLOS FRANCES SMITH ROBERTO SOTO ASHLEY SPEIGHT EMILY TORRANCE
WARDROBE CREW HAYLEY CARBAJAL OLA MBONU MIA NGUYEN SERENITI PATTERSON FATIMAH QURAISHI CAMERON SUCKLE OLIVIA TOVAR COSTUME CRAFTS ARTISAN TANYA OLALDE
COSTUME STOCK ASSISTANTS MEAGAN BEATTIE REAGAN GERTNER 324P LIGHTING FACULTY SUPERVISOR MICHELLE MANN TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS SUPERVISING ELECTRICIANS SEB BOONE SARAH CANTU SENIOR LIGHTING TECHNICIANS SARAH JEAN ELLIOTT ARI JAMIESON TEXAS THEATRE AND DANCE LIGHTING CREW JONATHAN AMEZCUA DAGOBERTO LOPEZ ISABELLA RAY MONTSERRAT SANTIBÁÑEZ ANDREW SOLIS SIMONE THOMAS TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS LIGHTING CREW CHARLOTTE BRUMBELOW SARA CHANEY LIBBY JANTZ MATTHEW E. SMITH SHELLY UPHAM
AUDIO BOARD OPERATOR GYLSA ARCE INTEGRATED MEDIA SHOP SUPERVISOR EARNEST MAZIQUE MEDIA GRADUATE ASSISTANTS JACKSON COBB ZOEY CROW JOHN ERICKSON HEEKYUNG KIM SYDNEY SOUSA MEDIA SHOP CREW CHRISTIAN COFFEY DEJA CRISTON NICOLE DELAROSA RUSAMA ISLAM CAMILA LLORENTE CIELO ORTIZ NICOLE RUDAKOVA AGUSTUS WHEELER MEDIA OPERATOR TAYLOR DEES SWING OPERATORS JAIME LEAL SOPHIA MORENO STAGE MANAGEMENT ADVISOR RUSTY CLOYES DIRECTING ADVISOR ALEXANDRA BASSIAKOU SHAW COSTUME DESIGN ADVISOR RAQUEL BARRETO COSTUME TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR JAMES GLAVAN LIGHTING DESIGN ADVISOR MICHELLE HABECK INTEGRATED MEDIA DESIGN ADVISOR SVEN ORTEL SCENIC DESIGN ADVISOR JOSAFATH REYNOSO
LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR SHALOM ONUORAH
AUDIO DESIGN ADVISOR PHILLIP OWEN
ASSOCIATE AUDIO SUPERVISOR KENNY KUYKENDALL
DIRECTOR OF FABRICATION AND ACADEMIC PRODUCTION JEFF GRAPKO
TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS AUDIO CREW CHEYENNE CHESTER CODY HANCOCK BRYCE RIGGLE ALISON SCHAEFER ALISON ALEX TITSWORTH
PHOTOGRAPHERS THOMAS ALLISON ESSENTIALS CREATIVE GRAPHIC DESIGNER JEFF GRAY