Ellipsis Dance Concert
Missouri State University, 2023
Photography by Jake Vollmar
Creative Team
Director: Brittney Banaei
Choreographers: Mokhtar Eldenary, Abby Ball, Josephine Hale, Sadie Nehlsen, Chelsea Deters, Kelsey Zimmerman & Camryn Denny, Halle Lawson, Haley Bradstreet Olszewski, Jade Zickefoose, Brittney Banaei
Stage Manager: Jake Vollmar
Technical Director: Aaron Mayer
Lighting Design: Airi Ueda and Zoe Rico-Beaubien
The Ellipsis dance concert, the culmination of a semester of classwork, was based on the presentation of works in progress. Following each piece, the audience was invited to shout out one word of feedback or general response about the piece for the choreographers to observe audience's snap analyses of their work, as well as a talkback following the fifth piece nightly. This concert featured one of the most challenging pieces I have ever called, a 20-minute dance piece with an 8 minute long improvised section that was also set to improvised vocals.
Cast (click to expand)
Qaaf
Choreographed by Mokhtar Eldenary
Naliah Hernandez, Aili McFall, Tanautica Cross, Lily Deck, Scout Hutchinson, Camryn Denny
Geometric Break
Choreographed by Abby Ball
Alexis Smith, Chelsea Deters, Caroline Wolfe
It Was Just Yesterday...
Choreographed by Josephine Hale
Grace Frey, Courtney Adamson, Xander Blackmon, Lily Dodge, Elysa Wagner
And Everything That Follows
Choreographed by Aili and Elease McFall
Aili McFall, Elease McFall
Every Day
Choreographed by Sadie Nehlsen
Jona Harders, Jessica Neidigh, Chloe Swadley, Ashtin Umstattd, Grace Frey, Jaden Brown, Nahlia Hernandez (sub)
Escaping Reality
Choreographed by Chelsea Deters
Josephine Hale, Abby Ball, Alexis Smith, Courtney Adamson
Confluence
Choreographed by Kelsey Zimmerman and Camryn Denny
Kelsey Zimmerman, Camryn Denny
The Joy of (Re)Living
Choreographed by Halle Lawson
Caroline Wolfe, Taylor Hartman, Grace Frey, Elysa Wagner, Jaden Brown, Ashlyn Koford, Xander Blackmon, Kailynn Stiff, Katey Gardiner, Alana Shields (swing), Kyra Upoff (swing), Alyssa Green (swing), Kiarra Adkins (swing)
Share the Weight
Choreographed by Haley Bradstreet Olszewski
Aili McFall, Kelsey Zimmerman, Jaden Brown, Naliah Hernandez, Ashlyn Koford (swing)
Temporal Tension
Choreographed by Jade Zickefoose
Elease McFall, Adonis Negron, Scout Hutchinson, Cassidy Diehl, Jaden Brown, Grace Frey
Explicit Directions Whispered then Yelled (see also: an ancestral guide to survival)
Choreographed by Brittney Banaei
Chloe Swadley, Naliah Hernandez, Elease McFall, Elysa Wagner, Sadie Nehlsen, Josephine Hale, Sydney Lopez, Katie Jane Karlstrand (swing)
House Party
Choreographed by Brittney Banaei
Halle Lawson, Elizabeth Phillips, Jaden Brown, Jona Harders, Jessica Neidigh, Ashtin Umstattd, Apollo Garner, Taylor Hartman, Lily Deck, Piper Selah, Ryan Sohrab, Elysa Wagner, Caroline Wolfe, Jazz Sistrunk, Adonis Negron, Xander Blackmon, Nicole Mayer
Ellipsis Calling Script.pdf