Category: Dance

In the Mood
Choreography by Professor Dustyn Martincich

. . . was inspired by classic jazz music and dance. Dustyn and I looked at images of 1950s jazz dance idiom and costumes to inspire the glittery tops with beaded fringe and the pink elbow length gloves.

A Choreographic Offering

. . . is a classic modern dance work by the renowned José Limón. The piece was set by a representative of the Limón foundation and the rehearsal direcotr was Professor Kelly Knox. The usual design used is dance dresses for the women and pants and tops for the men. Color choice is open and so we were able to use a group of existing dresses and then built some additonal dresses and the tops and pants for the men. These all had to be dyed extensively to create the total color pallette.

The Shadow of a Woman
Choreography by Professor Dustyn Martincich

Film Noir. Mystery. Women in 1950s inspired dress coats. Men in suits with fedoras. And a lot of smoke and low key lighting.

La Morte Approche
Choreography by Guest Artist Melissa Bobick

For this choreography, guest choreographer Melissa Bobick was interested in themes of grieving and approaching death. Together we explored imagery of the plague in the Middle Ages. The costumes were then designed to suggest another time period with accents of red to represent both death and the deep feelings of losing loved ones and facing one’s own mortality.

LINK TO PEER REVIEW OF DANCE CONCERT

Lone Windows
Choreography by Professor Dustyn Martincich

A full length dance piece based on the art and times of Edward Hopper. I also danced a small role in this piece–my first time onstage in 30 years!

Unterbűhne
Choreography by Guest Artist Elizabeth Corbett

This piece, choreographed by guest artist Elizabeth Corbett, was intended to represent the dance studio and the variety of personalities and approaches in the dance studio during class. This was expressed by having some dancers in white tutus, black tutus, and the standard wrap practice skirt.

Ready or Not . . .
Choreography by Katelyn Tsukada ’11

Senior Katelyn Tsukada used this dance piece to explore the world of dreams and youth visualized in the costumes through flowing pastel pajama pants and tops. As the piece turned more serious the dancers removed the tops to appear more vulnerable in camisole leotards.