DREAM ON 

Choreography: Dwight Rhoden

Poetjournalist: Aaron Dworkin 

Lighting Design: Michael Korsch

Costume Design: Christine Darch

 

Performed by CHRISTIAN BURSE

 

BALLAD UNTO…

(2015)

Second Movement

Choreography: Dwight Rhoden

Staging: Natiya Kezevadze

Music: Johann Sebastian Bach*

Lighting Design: Michael Korsch 

Costume Design: Christine Darch

 

Performed by THE COMPANY

 

*Music Credits: Partita #2 in D Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004: Chaconne, Performed by Conrad von der Goltz;Published by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group.

 

REMARKS & ELEGY AWARD PRESENTED to SARITA ALLEN

 

THE DREAMERS

(2016)

COMPANY PREMIERE

Choreography: Justin Peck

Staging: Michael Breeden

Music: Bohuslav Martinu, Stamic Quartet, Igor Ardašev*

Original Lighting Design: Mark Stanley

Lighting Adaptation: Michael Korsch

Costume Design: Reid & Harriet

 

Performed by APRIL WATSON & JOE GONZÁLEZ

 

*Music Credits: Piano Quintet No. 2, H. 298: II. Adagio.

Performed by Igor Ardašev, Stamic Quartet, Written by Bohuslav Martinu; Published by Supraphon.

 

BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL

Featuring the Students of Howard University

Original Choreography: Dwight Rhoden

Stager & Rehearsal Director: Desmond Richardson

Assistant Rehearsal Director: Larissa Gerszke

Music Editing: Joseph Walls

 Music: Brandt Brauer Frick, Terrell Lewis, Aicha Therese, Mitchel Piano, Mr. Reed, Poetess Jess*

Lighting Design: Michael Korsch

Performed by: Janelle Acosta, Sydni Brown, Paris Calvert, Zaire Chrisitan, Kendall Dennis, Kaylee Faison, Cameron Harris, India Johnson, Skye Minors, Thalía Norwood, Jaida Nutall, Paige Piper, Alexus Sears, Christopher Stone, Haylynn Tate. Understudy: Kai Smith

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*Music Credits: Caffeine - Live at Volksbühne Berlin 2011 Performed by Brandt Bauer Frick; Published by Brandt Bauer Frick under exclusive license to Because Music. Black is Beautiful Performed by Aicha Therese, Mitchell Piano, Mr. Reed, Poetess Jess, Terrell Lewis; 

Published by Black is Beautiful

 

 HOWARD UNIVERSITY - Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts

Phylicia Rashad, Dean

Denise Saunders Thompson, Assistant Dean

Patricia Thomas, Howard University Rehearsal Director

Naiya Brown & Sonia Burch, Production Assistants

 

Howard University’s participation in the 

Complexions Contemporary Ballet Gala is sponsored by Microsoft.

Howard University would like to thank the following: Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden for their continued support; Muadi Dibinga, Meg Paul and Monica Montano for their due diligence; Department of Theatre Arts faculty and staff; HU Travel, Office of Procurement and Contracting, Office of General Counsel.

 

LOVE FEAR LOSS (FEAR excerpt)

(2012)

COMPANY PREMIERE

Choreography: Ricardo Amarante

Music: Édith Piaf, Charles Dumont & Jacques Brel in the treatment of N. Chepurenko

Piano: Brian Wong

Original Lighting Design: Ricardo Amarante

Lighting Adaptation: Michael Korsch

Costume Design: Ricardo Amarante & Christine Darch

 

Performed by JILLIAN DAVIS & ALBERTO ANDRADE

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Inspired by the moving personal life of French singer Édith Piaf and her music – and that of her contemporaries, such as Jacques Brel, Love Fear Loss, by Brazilian choreographer Ricardo Amarante, explores an arc that goes from the height of a new love, through fear from the decline of intimacy, to the tragic loss of his great love.
 
In each pas de deux we will appreciate the different phases of a relationship,
a complete reflection of our lives.
To the sound of a piano, three feelings.
The lyrics and voices of the singers are present
in the emotion and interpretation of each couple.

Amarante's work is a moving and stunning tribute to Piaf's love life. Ultimately, it is a celebration of the human condition and the beauty that emerges from even life's darkest moments.

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REGARDLESS (excerpt)

WORLD PREMIERE

Choreography: Jenn Freeman 

Associate Choreographer: Lily Sheppard

Music & Composition: Price McGuffey

Lighting Design: Michael Korsch 

Costume Design: Christine Darch

 

Performed by JILLIAN DAVIS, MIGUEL SOLANO, VINCENZO DI PRIMO, JOE GONZÁLEZ,

CHRISTIAN BURSE, LUCY STEWART,  ALEX HAQUIA

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FOR CRYING OUT LOUD (excerpt)

WORLD PREMIERE

Choreography: Dwight Rhoden

Music: U2*

Lighting Design: Michael Korsch 

Costume Design: Christine Darch

 

Performed by THE COMPANY

 

*Music Credits: Where The Streets Have No Name, Every Breaking Wave, Vertigo, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, With Or Without You, I Will Follow, Two Hearts Beat As One, Invisible, Until the End of the World, Pride (In the Name of Love). Performed by U2, Written by Adam Clayton, Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd.