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