Set to music by Nils Frahm.
Dancers pass through frames that are there and then gone.
Set to an original sound score by Hunter Schop.
The moment before a decision, stretched to its limit.
Choreography by Priya Nair. Set to music by Olafur Arnalds. The company moves as one from one side of the threshold to the other.
We asked our choreographers and dancers a single question this season: what does it feel like to stand at a threshold and not yet step through? Their answers fill this program, including new work from student choreographer Jordan Rivera. We are glad you are here to cross with us.
Maya Abboud is a senior BFA candidate from Dearborn, Michigan, with a minor in arts administration. She has performed in Crossing, Field Notes, and the touring cast of Brigh…
Piper Gallagher is a sophomore dance major from Bozeman, Montana. She is a company apprentice with Crosstown Collective and loves any dance that lets her fall.
Before arriving at Ardenwood University, Henry Kim trained at Northwest Dance Project’s youth conservatory in Portland, building the architectural sensibility that defines…
Priya Nair is a choreographer whose work investigates grief, resistance, and collective belonging, drawing in equal measure from classical Indian movement vocabularies and…
Texture, breath, and slowness drew Sofia Reyes into choreography long before college. A junior from Detroit, Michigan, studying dance and visual art at Ardenwood…
Nine years old and already hooked, Omar Rinaldi started at Cascade Movement Arts in Roanoke, Virginia, building a foundation in contemporary and hip-hop fusion before…
Fresno, California shaped Jordan Rivera’s early life, and the American Dance Festival summer program reshaped how they think about effort and ease, introducing somatic…
Vera Santos is a senior BFA dance major from Sacramento, California. Favorite credits include The Held Breath and last season’s Undertow. She is grateful to her family for…
Eleanor Vance is a choreographer from Chicago. Her work explores memory, ritual, and the quiet spaces between people. She has developed new work with Steppenwolf’s Garage se…
Choreography, not just performance, is what Caleb Wallace came to Ardenwood University to pursue. The junior from Akron, Ohio majors in dance with an emphasis on…
James Whitfield is a lighting designer and the resident designer for Ardenwood Dance. His designs have lit new work for Giordano Dance Chicago, regional opera, and a dozen…
Ivy Yamamoto is a senior BFA dance major and Honors College student from Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Her credits include Doorways, The Held Breath, and a self-choreographed solo, Tid…
