Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre performs works selected from the current repertory by faculty, students, and guest choreographers, including a special appearance by Baye & Asa Dance Company. This is a free but ticketed event; however, reservations for general seating are required and are available online. For additional information, please email dance@vassar.edu or call (845) 437-5541.
Choreographed by Janice Rosario
Music by Ezio Bosso: String Quartet No. 5, “Music for the Lodger”
Julia Dawson, Eva Gubitz-Hess, Zoë LaCheen-Fine, Ethan Maluccio,
Bella Restrepo, Maya Schiller, Olivia Sparks, Emily Tieu,
Anjali Turchiano, Nia Bethel-Brescia, Annabelle Fields, Paige Glover, Jacob Geiger, Madeline Hsaio, Maria-Fernanda Rodriguez
Choreographed by Camryn Spero
Challenging the separation between performers and spectators, “Reciprocal Visions” re-situates who is viewing whom in the dance performance space. Dancers, as forms of embodied art, are themselves responsive to their environment in ways similar to how audiences react to the performance. How do the audience, the lighting, and sensational experiences physiologically change the dancers’ realization of the performance? Placing cognitive science and dance into a direct dialogue, this thesis performance of original choreography will measure the dancers’ physiological reactions to their environment and to the audience's visibility.
Music by Scoops Troop by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Derezzed - Remixed by the Glitch Mob by Daft Punk & The Glitch Mob
Julia Dawson, Maria Dean, Paige Glover, Lilli Palmer, Courtney Spero, Dana Tagliaferro
Music by Entering the Fog by Jivolet and Peach Fuzz by Mandy, Indiana
Clara Alger, Helen Ambrose, Cassidy Baratta, Jacob Geiger, Emma Mazloom, Yoshi Sanders
Choreographed by Steve Rooks
Music by Howard Kilik
I. Solar
II. Lunar
Helen Ambrose, Julia Dawson, Alexandra Duff, Lilli Palmer, Bella Restrepo, Yoshi Sanders, David Shively-Ertas, Courtney Spero,
Liana Tortora, Ki’tsai Zangpo
Choreographed by Leslie Partridge Sachs
Music by Lost Memory Act II by Jun Miyake, Membrane, Makom by Ran Bagno, Hype and Orphé by Jóhann Jóhannsson and Hildur Guonadóttir, A Deal With Chaos
*Note: For Alina...Elysabeth R.I.P., here is your blue chair.
Cassidy Baratta, Maria Dean, Annabelle Fields, Paige Glover,
Eva Gubitz-Hess, Madeline Hsaio, Sophia Maron Schaeffer, Cruz Núñez, Olivia Sparks
With Abby Rice
Choreographed by Abby Rice
Music by Another Day of Sun and Someone in the Crowd by Justin Hurwitz, Justin Paul, and Benj Pasek
Clara Alger, Cassidy Baratta, Julia Dawson, Jacob Geiger, Paige Glover, Madeline Hsaio, Ethan Maluccio, Emma Mazloom, Bella Restrepo, Olivia Sparks, Camryn Spero, Courtney Spero
Pause
Choreographed by Yoshi Sanders
Music by Gegan by Paul Temple, Pink Noise for busy people
by Acoustic Activity
Clara Alger, Helen Ambrose, Cassidy Baratta, Nia Bethel-Brescia,
Frieda Dangerfield, Paige Glover, Ethan Maluccio, Sophia Maron Schaeffer, Cruz Núñez, Isabella Restrepo, Olivia Sparks, Camryn Spero, Dana Tagliaferro, Liana Tortora, Emily Tieu
Choreographed by Baye & Asa
Music by Sarah Vaughn, Crystal Castles, and MF Doom
Amadi ‘Baye’ Washington & Sam ‘Asa’ Pratt
Baye & Asa is a company creating movement art projects directed by Amadi “Baye” Washington & Sam “Asa” Pratt. Through the personal dynamics of their relationship, they address the larger political landscape of their upbringing, struggling to show a reality of violence while communicating a necessity for empathy.