The Dance Center Presents
FREE FALL: Student Performance Night
Fall 2024
Thursday and Friday, November 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Free with reservation.
A sampler evening of original, brand new, short works by student choreographers selected by faculty from an open application process. Some chosen artists are sharing pieces on the Dance Center’s stage for the first time, others offer works informed by years immersed in Columbia College Chicago’s pluralistic curriculum. Lit by Theatre’s rising lighting designers, these eagerly anticipated concerts feature audiences as electric as the performers.
Featuring:
Disconnected created by Kayla Hansen in collaboration with the dancers
Performed by Amanda Baity, Emma Wilson
ecliptic effort created and performed by Malika “Myka” Okot
Endorphin created and performed by Taylor Davis
Innuendo: A Dark Night of the Soul by Carla Ivon "Charly" Torres
Performed by: Isabel Bastardo, Raynner Garcia, Kayla Hansen, Konnie Kakridas, Aly Owens, Carla Ivon "Charly" Torres
Cinematography/Editing by Xachery "Marcel" Johnson
Kaleidoscope created and performed by Bella Shea
Real. created by Nakhia Alvis
Performed by Nakhia (Noxx) Alvis, Kyana (Ky) Bedord, Nailah Brown, Angel Caldwell, Elizabeth Moran, Mikaylah Williams
Sign of the Times created by Amir Rodriguez Abdallah
Performed by Amir Rodriguez Abdallah, Kate Adler, Sabel Colón, Valentina García Fadanelli, Vrisa Odedra
What is the true nature of love? co-created by Ky Bedford and Nailah Brown
Performed by Khalyah Adams-Thompson, Nichelle Alexander, Nakhia Alvis, Yadira Avila, Ky Bedford, Mark Bonney, Kwon Boyd, Nailah Brown, Taina Bruno, Apryl Cage, Jailah Clayton, Kadarie Clements, Maranda Elliott, A’miracle Ford, Bella Gianonne, Jala Jackson, Aaliyah Jones, Mikayla Lerczak, Briyanna Manzarnes, Brenda McKinney, Elizabeth Moran, Armani Ray, N’ia Roby, Anusri Sabariperumal, Sydney Schuh, ShyBria Starkley, Danetra Thomas, Mikaylah Williams, Joilynn Williams, Ava Winfrey, Cosette Winter
Faculty Advisor: Kelsa Rieger-Haywood
Banner image above: pictured (left to right) Sophia Peck, Sophie Daker, Areli Ramirez from even with all that is devastating by Lisa Gonzales; photo by Julie Lucas, for the Dance Center of Columbia College, Chicago.
