Kanopy Dance Company 2 & Academy Showcase
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“Blue Rondo Toccato,” featuring Kanopy 2 dancers.
“Blue Rondo Toccato,” featuring Kanopy 2 dancers.
media release: The Next Generation of Dance
Kanopy 2 & Academy Showcase
Performances of Iconic Kanopy Works + Original Choreography by Academy students & Kanopy 2
Saturday, May 18, 2024, 2PM & 5PM, at the Overture Center for the Arts
Watch the next generation of dancers and choreographers in Kanopy’s pre-professional training program, Kanopy 2, and the Kanopy Academy ignite the stage with new ideas, new expressions and original choreography and costuming, developed and built by the dancers themselves.
The Next Generation of Dance is also a special opportunity for members of our pre-professional company, Kanopy 2 (along with Academy students), to perform iconic works by Kanopy’s co-artistic directors, Robert E. Cleary, and Lisa Thurrell, who have earned national acclaim for their dancing and their choreography.
Kanopy 2, our second Company, offers a pre-professional training program open to exceptional students of dance by audition. Serious dancers are introduced to an intense vocabulary of classic and modern forms and study with national luminaries shaping the future of modern contemporary dance.
Congratulations Kanopy 2 & Kanopy Dance Academy Dancers!
We are honored to shine a light on you!
Sarah Alex, Jennifer Arzt, Anika Boehm, Helen Boehm, Sahale Burgess, Vivian Briesemeister, Clover Burgess, Penelope Cipriano, Hope Cullen, Lily Davidson, Eleanor Davidson, Amalia Fung-Jenkins, Ren Froeming, Cesca Ghauri, Jacob Gelman, Naomi Greer, Iris Haynes, Naohmi Herrera, Inna Isaac, Colette Jordan, Izzy Jordan, Sophie Katsoulidis, Elizabeth Koch, Sarah Langdon, Alice Lindl, Nathan Castro Llanos, Aaralyn Meloch, Edie Micksch, Lia Molle, Scarlet Pentinmaki, Charlotte Perkins, Marjorie Pan, Amelia Shadrach Rudels, Kateylnn Schroeder, Daphne TeSlaa, Ema FitzSimons Teixeira, Josephine Trondson, Amália Vieira-Leme, Nila Voss, and Cecilia Watson.
PROGRAM
THE CRYSTAL CAVE
Choreography and Costumes: the Dancers (Level 1-2 ages 6-8)
Music: Michael Wall, “5200”; Camille Saint-Saëns, “Carnival of the Animals, Aviary”
Lighting: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Vivian Briesemeister, Eleanor Davidson, Cesca Ghauri, Inna Isaac, Alice Lindl, Daphne TeSlaa
CLASSICAL INDIAN BHARATANATYAM “Shlokams” and “Shape of You”
Introduction: Kalaanjali Dance Company dancer
Choreography: Meenakshi Ganesan
Music and Costumes: Traditional
Lighting: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Sarah Alex, Clover Burgess, Sahale Burgess, Penelope Cipriano, Hope Cullen, Aaralyn Meloch, Edie Micksch, Katelynn Schroeder
CHRYSALIS
Choreography and Costumes: the Dancers (Level 4 ages 10-14)
Music: Max Richter, “November”
Lighting: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Lily Davidson, Lia Molle
SPIRITS OF THE FOREST
Choreography and Costumes: the Dancers (Level 3 ages 8-13)
Music: Adrian Von Zeigler, “Spirits of the Wild”
Lighting: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Clover Burgess, Ren Froeming, Jacob Gelman, Naomi Greer, Iris Haynes, Naohmi Herrera, Marjorie Pan, Scarlet Pentinmaki, Charlotte Perkins, Edie Micksch, Ema Fitzsimons Teixeira, Cecilia Watson
AGATHON (excerpt)
Choreography: Erick Hawkins
Restaged by: Georgia Corner
Music: Dorrance Stalvey
Lighting: Zak Stowe
Costumes: Georgia Corner
Dancers: Anika Boehm, Helen Boehm, Sahale Burgess, Hope Cullen, Amalia Fung-Jenkins, Aaralyn Meloch, Katelynn Schroeder, Amália Vieira-Leme
MYSTÉRIEUX
Choreography and Costumes: Lisa Thurrell
Music: Jochen Carls, “Richter: Berlin By Overnight”
Lighting Design: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Clover Burgess, Penelope Cipriano, Ren Froeming, Jacob Gelman, Naomi Greer, Iris Haynes, Naohmi Herrera, Marjorie Pan, Scarlet Pentinmaki, Charlotte Perkins, Edie Micksch,
Ema Fitzsimons Teixeira, Cecilia Watson
LOOK DOWN WHERE THE SHADOW IS DARKER
Choreography and Costumes: the Dancers (Kanopy 2)
Music: Ojard, “Regarde en bas ou l’ombre est plus noire”;
Kaytranada, “Weight Off”
Lighting Design: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Jennifer Arzt, Helen Boehm, Nathan J. Castro Llanos, Hope Cullen, Amalia Fung-Jenkins, Izzy Jordan, Sarah Langdon, Amelia Shadrach-Rudels, Katelynn Schroeder, Josephine Trondson, Amália Vieira-Leme
INTERMISSION 15 minutes
CURRENTS IN MOTION
Choreography and Costumes: the Dancers (Level 3 ages 8-13)
Music: Adrian Von Zeigler, “Moonsong”
Lighting Design: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Clover Burgess, Penelope Cipriano, Naomi Greer, Naohmi Herrera, Charlotte Perkins, Edie Micksch, Cecilia Watson
SPRING FEVER
Choreography and Costumes: Robert E. Cleary
Music: from the film score “Field of Dreams”
Lighting: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Anika Boehm, Sahale Burgess, Lily Davidson, Colette Jordan, Sophie Katsoulidis, Aaralyn Meloch, Elizabeth Koch, Lia Molle, Nila Voss
APPALACHIAN SPRING (excerpt)
Choreography: Martha Graham
Restaged: Sandra Kaufmann, Lisa Thurrell, Robert E. Cleary
Music: Aaron Copeland, “Appalachian Spring”
Lighting Design: Zak Stowe
Costumes: Kanopy
Dancers: Hope Cullen, Amalia Fung-Jenkins, Izzy Jordan, Amelia Shadrach-Rudels, Josephine Trondson
BEGGAR, PROPHET, MADMAN
Choreography and Costumes: the Dancers (Level 5-6)
Music: in silence
Lighting: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Sahale Burgess, Sophie Katsoulidis, Lizzie Koch, Aaralyn Meloch, Nila Voss
HAMMERS
Choreography and Costumes: Kendyll Hazzard
Music: Nils Frahm “Hammers”
Lighting: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Helen Boehm, Hope Cullen, Amalia Fung-Jenkins, Izzy Jordan, Sarah Langdon, Amelia Shadrach-Rudels, Katelynn Schroeder, Josephine Trondson, Amália Vieira-Leme
THE WOMEN IN THE GARDEN
Choreography and Costumes: the Dancers (level 4,5,6 ages 12-16)
Music: Claude Debussy, “Arabesque No. 1”
Lighting Design: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Anika Boehm, Sahale Burgess, Lily Davidson, Colette Jordan, Sophie Katsoulidis, Aaralyn Meloch, Elizabeth Koch, Lia Molle, Nila Voss
BLUE RONDO TOCCATA
Choreography and Costumes: Robert E. Cleary
Music: Dave Brubek, “Blue Rondo á la Turk,” Arvo Pärt, “Collage Uber Bach: Toccata”
Lighting Design: Zak Stowe
Dancers: Jennifer Arzt, Helen Boehm, Hope Cullen, Amalia Fung-Jenkins, Izzy Jordan, Sarah Langdon, Nathan J. Castro Llanos, Katelynn Schroeder, Amelia Shadrach Rudels, Josephine Trondson, Amália Vieira-Leme