Thursday & Friday, May 10 & 11, 2018
8pm
Queensborough Performing Arts Center
Sponsored by the Department of Health, Physical Education and Dance and the Dance Residency Program through the Queensborough Student Association
Workshop Directors: Emily Berry and Aviva Geismar
Lighting Design by Jay Ryan
Technical Director: John Funke
Stage Management: Matteo Bundrige
Assistant Stage Manager: Christine Cano
1. Movement
Choreography: Emily Berry (Keziah Watters, Jeovanie Fernandez, & Josefin Dayoan’s solos developed in collaboration with the students & their own movement)
Music: “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy; “Divergence” by Daniel Bernard Roumain; Excerpts of speech by Angela Davis January 14th, 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee at the Mid-South Peace & Justice Center’s 35th Annual Gala, “Living the Legacy of Non-Violence”; “Asiiiid" by Umek; Excerpt from The Statement issued from Zuccotti Park, by the general assembly, at Occupy Wall Street “Message to Humanity: The Time is Now - The Revolution is Coming”; Excerpt from “Revolution: It’s Time to Rise” speech by Joe Rogan; “Feel It” by Ramiro Lopez; “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” by Tracy Chapman
Performance: Josefin Dayoan, Jeovanie Fernandez, Renia Gardner, Ahatashamul Hoque, Mark Orejuela, Mikayla Perez and Keziah Watters
2. Panacea for a Broken Heart
Choreography and Performance: Marvin Jeudy
3. Soulfire Movement
Choreography: Jazzy J
Rehearsal Director: Jeovanie Fernandez
Music: “Move Your Boogie Body” The Bar-Kays and “Make Me Wanna Scream” Basement Freaks
Performance: Alexandra Calderon, Katherine Castrejon, Joel Feliciano, Ahatashamul Hoque, & Alicia Raquel
4. Don’t Let Me Fall
Choreography and Performance: Mark Orejuela
Music: “I Fall Apart” (instrumental) by Post Malone
5. Urge (excerpt)
Choreography: Aviva Geismar (in collaboration with the performers)
Music: Jonah Parzen-Johnson
Costumes: Mandarin Wu (originally created for “It Only Happens Once…Yesterday and Tomorrow” by Tiffany Mills)
Performance: Eboni Best, Renia Gardner, Joshua Gonzalez, Minji Kim, Greer Shammah, Liliana Vasquez and Elizabeth Vielot
6. huracán
Choreography and Performance: Alicia Raquel
Sound: Advertisement for tourism in Puerto Rico por el Departmento del RTourism de Puerto Rico, “Silent” by Blu(e), sounds of hurricane recorded and mixed by Alicia Raquel and Olivia Levins Holden
Alicia performed huracán at the Northeast Regional American College Dance Association Conference and she was selected to perform it on the conference gala.
7. Sidewalk
Choreography: Robert Battle
Staging: Erika Pujic
Rehearsal Direction: Kevin McEwen
Original music by Carl Landa
Costumes: Mandarin Wu
Performance: Alexandra Calderon, Joshua Gonzalez, Marvin Jeudy, Minji Kim, Mikayla Perez, Greer Shammah (Friday), Liliana Vasquez (Thursday), & Elizabeth Vielot
8. Mercy
Choreography: Jeovanie Fernandez
Music “Have Mercy” by Eryn Allen Kane
Performance: Katherine Castrejon, Joel Feliciano, Jeovanie Fernandez, Mark Orejuela, Keziah Watters
Chorus members: Eboni Best, Josephin Dayoan, Ahatashamul Hoque, Marvin Jeudy, Alicia Raquel
9. Title
Choreography and Performance: Minji Kim
10. Lost
Choreogarphy: Joshua Gonzalez
Music: “Vardeldur” by Sigur Rós
Performance: Joshua Gonzalez and Renia Gardner
11. Shhh!
Choreography: Kirsten Ledford and Jeff Johnson from Step Afrika!
Staging: Mfon Akpan
Rehearsal Director: Genia Lear Morgan
Costumes: Mandarin Wu
Performance: Eboni Best, Katherine Castrejon, Josefin Dayoan, Joel Feliciano, Jeovanie Fernandez, Marvin Jeudy, Mark Orejuela, Alicia Raquel, and Keziah Watters
Program Note: Step Afrika!’s classic work of traditional stepping dedicated to members of the African-American Greek-letter organizations (also known as the “Divine Nine”). Choreographed in 2000.
The QCC students performed "Shhh!" at the Northeast Regional American College Dance Association Conference and they were selected to perform in the conference gala and as an alternate for National conference.