Original choreography, jazz and modern styles feature in K-State’s Winter Dance Concert ‘24
Monday, Nov. 11, 2024
MANHATTAN — The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Kansas State University will present several performances of its annual “Winter Dance Concert”— featuring original choreography by K-State students, faculty and guests artists in jazz, modern and tap styles.
Performances are all in the Mark A. Chapman Theatre inside Nichols Hall at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14-16, with an additional matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16. Tickets are available online at ksu.universitytickets.com or at the theater’s box office in the Nichols Hall lobby. Box office hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday.
In “Ba dada,” choreographed by associate professor Kate Digby, dancers frolic, cavort, romp, revel, vault, surge, and soar to Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40 in G Minor.”
“Unfair Trade,” by guest artist Grace Duque, highlights the confusion and messiness of how our world is coping with the consequences of fast fashion and overconsumption.
“The Fullness of Time,” by Teaching Assistant Professor Stephen Loch, is a contemporary dance piece that explores the connections between natural history and personal history.
“the way that it is,” choreographed by K-State student Abbey Griffin, is a contemporary trio inspired by the dancers’ own reflections. The piece focuses on how the mind can create altered perspectives of themselves through the simple act of looking in a mirror. This piece will be performed at an adjudicated concert in January at the American College Dance Association festival at the University of Oklahoma.
"Echoes in the Sand," by featured guest artist, Alexander Olivieri is a contemporary dance that explores togetherness in a basin of trackless winds and music festival euphoria. Olivieri is an artist and educator from Delaware and current assistant professor of dance at the University of Central Oklahoma. He teaches contemporary approaches to modern dance, dance film, dance science courses and creative dance-making. As a performer and educator, Olivieri was a company member with the New York City-based dance company, 10 Hairy Legs, and his freelance credits include performing works of reputable choreographers such as Stephen Petronio, Doug Elkins, Al Blackstone, Raja Feather Kelly, Christopher Williams, Yoshito Sakuraba, Mike Esperanza, Yin Yue, and Shawn Bible. His research has been published in the International Journal of Screendance and he has taught and presented work at the American College Dance Association Conference.
Professor Julie L. Pentz, will present three new works, a dynamic tap dance set to the music of J.S. Bach and G. Rossini, a bold and sophisticated new jazz dance, and a fun tap dance work set to the jazz classic, “Take Five.”
K-State students performing in Winter Dance include:
Kabreyan Anderson, sophomore in architecture, and Lexi Tyler, freshman in applied music, both of Abilene; Haylee Nicholas, senior in architectural engineering, Andale; Megan Bogard, freshman in business administration, Bel Aire; Emily Reed, sophomore in music education, Derby; and Olivia Buddy, sophomore in advertising and public relations, Dodge City.
Taryn Morrow, freshman in kinesiology, Garnett; Ava Sedlacek, freshman in music, Greenleaf; Rylie Kreibach, sophomore in computer science, Goddard; and Kieran Boeger, junior in psychology, Gypsum.
Sara See, junior in fine arts, Holcomb; Tricia Schremmer, sophomore in news and sports media, Hoisington; Abbie Bryan, junior in psychology, Hutchinson; Jae Seefeldt, senior in music education, Leavenworth; and Victoria Netherland, sophomore in business administration, Kansas City.
From Manhattan: Emily Ashmore, sophomore in social sciences; Alyx Glessner, senior in criminology; Micah Hensley, sophomore in business administration; Tirzah Kohl, freshman in biochemistry; Charis Mourn, sophomore in kinesiology; Aaliyah Nance, freshman in business administration; Sophie Stout, sophomore in business administration; and Dawn Tucker, senior in English.
McKinley Mueller, freshman in communication sciences and disorders, and Sarah Musser, sophomore in kinesiology, both of Newton; Abbey Griffin, senior in nutrition and health, and Margot McClain, junior in elementary education, both of Overland Park.
Gabi Hendricks, freshman in psychology, and Anna Ireton, sophomore in elementary education, both of Salina; Renee Steinle, freshman in kinesiology, Shawnee; and Ann Stegman, senior in integrative human sciences, Topeka.
Leah Hildreth, freshman in elementary education, and Annika Wiebers, agriculture communications and journalism, both of Wamego; and Blaire Kuestersteffen, freshman in kinesiology, Wellsville.
From Wichita: Gwenyth Barthelme, freshman in interior design; Kiley Jargo, freshman in humanities; and Anna Mosley, junior in integrative human sciences.
From out of state: Sami Villasana, senior in geology, Aurora, Colorado; Kyla Wright, freshman in environmental engineering, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Alex Niemann, senior in biology, Wakee, Iowa; and Sadie Alger, sophomore in animal sciences and industry, Lakeville, Minnesota.
Carter Shreve, sophomore in agricultural education, Agency, Missouri; Rylie Wallis, junior in architecture, Festus, Missouri; Trinity Cambron, sophomore in kinesiology, Grain Valley, Missouri; Sophia Ferguson, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders, Liberty, Missouri; Eliza Sprouse, sophomore in kinesiology, Kansas City, Missouri; Destinee Shaffer, freshman in biochemistry, Peculiar, Missouri; and Laura Armbruster, sophomore in fine arts, Wildwood, Missouri.
Madison Hunter, accountancy, Aurora, Nebraska; Daphne Crews, junior in theatre, Elkhorn, Nebraska; and Sophia Mills, junior in news and sports media, Omaha, Nebraska.
Tenley Bugg, freshman in human development and family science, Edmond, Oklahoma, and Avery Johnson, senior in biology, Owasso, Oklahoma.
