Art in Motion Dance Concert
Missouri State University, 2023
Photography by Jesse R. Scheve
Art in Motion, presented in collaboration with the Springfield Art Museum (Springfield, MO), was a nine-piece concert dance production in which every dance was based on a painting or sculpture. This process required me to research on several levels—the concepts and intentions of each of the seven choreographers featured; the context and meaning of the artwork each was inspired by; and for some, the dances and choreographers that the pieces referenced, in order to have a shared understanding and language to communicate with the choreographers.
Creative Team
Director: Sarah Wilcoxon
Stage Manager: Jake Vollmar
Assistant Stage Manager: Katie Hawkins
Choreographers: Sarah Wilcoxon, Ilana Goldman, Azaria Hogans, Angi Griffee-Black, Jessica Staples, Patrick Heslip, Resonance Dance Co., Josephine Hale, Chelsea Deters
Technical Director: Aaron Mayer
Lighting Design: Micheal Foster, Nate Caskey, and Airi Ueda
Costume Design: Elena Jaquez and Jacob Kimrey
Projection Design: Sam Haley
Properties Design: Anna B. Hunt
Dramaturg: Charlie Foy
Cast (click to expand)
Piano Joint
Choreographed by Angi Griffee-Black
Caroline Wolfe, Sydney White, Jaden Brown, Halle Lawson, Claire Marshall, Mara Kolberg, Elease McFall, Camille Jett, Shealey Hannigan
S.N.A.F.U.
Choreographed by Sarah Wilcoxon
Evan Langston and Wyatt Lysenko, U/S Sam Wise
Synecdoche
Choreographed by Azaria Hogans
Alexis Smith, Jade Zickefoose, Nicole Rivera, Ayu Lockos, Shealey Hannigan
Dreamers
Choreographed by Sarah Wilcoxon
Mara Kolberg, Hattie Geltemeyer, Sadie Nehlsen, Caroline Wolfe, Courtney Adamson, Aili McFall, U/S Grace Frey, Jane Wester, and Maya Shastri
Cloud of Color
Choreographed by Jessica Staples, Pat Heslip, and Resonance Dance Co.
Camryn Denny, Hattie Geltemeyer, Mara Kolberg, Jade Zickefoose, Logan Starkey, Chloe Swadley, Kelsey Zimmerman
Divine Roots*
Choreographed by Chelsea Deters
Alexis Smith, Maya Shastri, Hattie Geltemeyer, Elease McFall, Josephine Hale, Sydney Lopez
Unknowable*
Choreographed by Josephine Hale
Jade Zickefoose and Maya Shastri, U/S Abby Ball
Sun Target
Choreographed by Ilana Goldman
Courtney Adamson, Josie Anderson, Hattie Geltemeyer, Aili McFall, Elease McFall, Kelsey Zimmerman, U/S Halle Lawson and Taylor Hartman
Bob’s Workshop
Choreographed by Sarah Wilcoxon
Jillian Lazzuri, Sydney White, Josie Hand, Mara Kolberg, Claire Marshall, Camille Jett, Josie Anderson, Jayna Glynn, Melody DeMerchant, Josephine Hale, Halle Lawson, Travis Barton, Kelsey Zimmerman
*called by ASM Katie Hawkins