Theatre Sewanee presents “DanceWise: Point of Departure,” Wednesday through Friday, Jan. 29–31. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. at the Tennessee Williams Center on the Sewanee campus.
Under the artistic direction of Courtney World, visiting assistant professor of dance, DanceWise takes dance at Sewanee in a new direction. This 60-minute concert will showcase the talent of three emerging student choreographers—Elizabeth Beilharz, Josie Guevara-Torres and Clara Guyton—side-by-side with choreography and performances by World, including a solo tap dance. Collaborations include a dance for camera conceived with filmmaker Catalina Jordan Alvarez, and a duet with guest artist and co-choreographer Heather Acomb.
Admission is free, but seating is limited. To reserve tickets, email <mcook@sewanee.edu> or call 598-3260. More information about each dance follows.
“Cycles of Life,” choreographed by Elizabeth Beilharz, is inspired by the fragile relationship and transient unity between nature and man. Performed by Josie Clark, Sasha Green, Clara Guyton and Noni Hill.
“Confessions of a Bottomless Heart,” choreographed by Clara Guyton, is a duet danced by Max Hagan and Karen Bjerre, exploring the extremes of a compulsive but compassionate heart and the consequences thereof.
“Five Stages of Anger” is an intense paso doble-inspired percussive dance choreographed by Josie Guevara-Torres. The sound score is created by the movement of the dancers, Daryl Curry, Clara Guyton, Brittany Macon, Sandy Milien and Katherine Sharp.
“Not One Thing” choreographed by Courtney World, is inspired by drawings and symbolism from Ensō Zen Circles of Enlightenment by Audrey Yoshiko Seo. Danced by Virginia Flowers, Clara Guyton, Noni Hill, Elizabeth Layman and Fridien Tchoukou.
“Harmonic Inspiration” choreographed by Derick Grant, is a lively solo tap dance arranged and performed by Courtney World. An intriguing blend of traditional rhythm jazz tap performed to the classical music of Antonio Vivaldi.
Heather Acomb, independent dance artist and former dancer with Bill Evans Dance Company, will perform in the premiere of an original collaboratively choreographed duet with Courtney World.
A new dance for camera, collaboratively conceived by Catalina Jordan Alvarez and Courtney World, is a visual dance narrative of community, life, death and transformation, featuring Vivien Kis, Charlotte LaNasa, Hilary Smith, Kathryn Snyder and Tia Strickland.
Lighting and set design are by Dan Backlund, costumes by Josie Guevara-Torres, Ruth Guerra and Jennifer Matthews, and technical direction by John Marshall, assisted by Samantha Gribben.
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