A Man's World?
Dancers: Charlie Crockett, Julia Fajardo, Kelsey Foraker, Dani Hebron, Kevin Paul Hockenberry, Jessica Lim, Michael Lupacchino, Catalina O'Connor, Rebecca Puretz, Robert Talamantez
Lighting Designer: Kaveri Seth
Costume Designer: Vanessa Freeman
Set Designer: Scene Design Class and Danielle Ferguson
Sound Designer: Michael Lupacchino
Thesis Chair: Rogelio Lopez
A Man's World? was my MFA thesis choreographic work, a culmination of two years of creative and scholarly research. It features I Know This Place Too Well (see below) with a few cast changes as the opening to the twenty-plus minute work.
Exploring my own dance journey as a male dancer, I looked at my own insecurities as a male who dances, as a male dancer that doesn't have the ideal "dancer body" and the stigma around boys who dance. I performed in this work, which was a challenge for me as I haven't performed in many years, having found more fulfillment as a choreographer rather than performer.
A Man's World? premiered at the LeFevre Theater at Saint Mary's College of California as part of the Process Dance Festival in June 2017
Video by Loren Robertson Productions
Lighting Designer: Kaveri Seth
Costume Designer: Vanessa Freeman
Set Designer: Scene Design Class and Danielle Ferguson
Sound Designer: Michael Lupacchino
Thesis Chair: Rogelio Lopez
A Man's World? was my MFA thesis choreographic work, a culmination of two years of creative and scholarly research. It features I Know This Place Too Well (see below) with a few cast changes as the opening to the twenty-plus minute work.
Exploring my own dance journey as a male dancer, I looked at my own insecurities as a male who dances, as a male dancer that doesn't have the ideal "dancer body" and the stigma around boys who dance. I performed in this work, which was a challenge for me as I haven't performed in many years, having found more fulfillment as a choreographer rather than performer.
A Man's World? premiered at the LeFevre Theater at Saint Mary's College of California as part of the Process Dance Festival in June 2017
Video by Loren Robertson Productions
I Know This Place Too Well
Dancers: Autumn Lee, Catalina O'Connor, Charles Crockett, Hailey Yaffee, Jessica Lim, Julia Fajardo, Kaveri Seth
Lighting Designer: Surabhi Bharadwaj
Sound Designer: Michael Lupacchino
Music: “Tick of the Clock” by Chromatics
Costume Designer: Vanessa Freeman
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I Know This Place Too Well premiered at the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater in January 2017.
Video by Loren Robertson Productions
Additionally, I Know This Place Too Well serves as the opening section to my MFA Thesis Work, A Man's World? with a few casting changes.
Lighting Designer: Surabhi Bharadwaj
Sound Designer: Michael Lupacchino
Music: “Tick of the Clock” by Chromatics
Costume Designer: Vanessa Freeman
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I Know This Place Too Well premiered at the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater in January 2017.
Video by Loren Robertson Productions
Additionally, I Know This Place Too Well serves as the opening section to my MFA Thesis Work, A Man's World? with a few casting changes.
If These Walls Could ... |
Dancers: Mary Anngeline Douvikas, Katy Fessler, Vanessa Freeman, Rachel Garcia, Jessica Lim (Featured Soloist), Catalina O'Connor
Music: Dan Romer and Ben Zeitlin, Zoe Keating, Mark Henry Phillips, Daft Punk, Lana Del Rey, and Leslie and Michael Gore.
Lighting Designer: Kaveri Seth
Sound Designer: Michael Lupacchino
Scenic Designer: Rogelio Lopez and the Scenery II Class
Costume Designer: Vanessa Freeman
Unlike physical mediums such as paintings or sculptures, dance leaves us with mere memories in space. If These Walls Could … explores what happens to a space after the dance is gone or rather if a space is no longer being used for dance. Through the dynamics of dance and space, this piece examines whether it is the space that makes the dance, or if it is the dance that makes the space.
This piece is dedicated to Beverly Ann "Bev" Wochoski, 1962 – 2016
If These Walls Could... premiered at the Lefevre Theatre at Saint Mary's College of California in June 2016.
Video by Loren Robertson Productions
Music: Dan Romer and Ben Zeitlin, Zoe Keating, Mark Henry Phillips, Daft Punk, Lana Del Rey, and Leslie and Michael Gore.
Lighting Designer: Kaveri Seth
Sound Designer: Michael Lupacchino
Scenic Designer: Rogelio Lopez and the Scenery II Class
Costume Designer: Vanessa Freeman
Unlike physical mediums such as paintings or sculptures, dance leaves us with mere memories in space. If These Walls Could … explores what happens to a space after the dance is gone or rather if a space is no longer being used for dance. Through the dynamics of dance and space, this piece examines whether it is the space that makes the dance, or if it is the dance that makes the space.
This piece is dedicated to Beverly Ann "Bev" Wochoski, 1962 – 2016
If These Walls Could... premiered at the Lefevre Theatre at Saint Mary's College of California in June 2016.
Video by Loren Robertson Productions