View excerpts from the Spring Dance Concert!
Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College student dancers took to the stage with live performances for the Bryn Mawr College Dance Program's annual Spring Dance Concert. The performances are the highlight of the Dance Program's spring calendar and present an eclectic range of dance styles, featuring works choreographed by faculty and guest choreographers. This year, more than 20 students performed in the works of accomplished choreographers: Lela Aisha Jones, Tammy Carrasco, Melanie Cotton, Joe Gonzalez, and Rebecca Malcolm-Naib.
- Rebecca Malcolm-Naib’s contemporary ballet quartet, “Dreamscapes from the Land of Quarantine,” evokes the surreal pleasures and traumas of a year under quarantine.
- Lela Aisha Jones’ new work “signals” is a movement meditation on real and imagined communication and reciprocity between people and nature.
- Joe Gonzalez, principal dancer with Philadanco, created “F.E.A.R." (False Evidence Appearing Real), a high energy piece to an array of music, including Max Richter and Frank Sinatra.
- “Low Earth Orbit” by prominent hip hop choreographer Melanie Cotton is an Afro-Futurist hip hop take on satellites as a means of communication and travel.
- New to the Dance Program, Tammy Carrasco choreographed “We’ll Keep On,” set to the music of Queen to capture perpetual motion as a form of resilience and persistence.
Ticket Information and Performance Schedule
There were three performances, Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8 at 8 p.m., and a matinee on Saturday, May 8 at 2 p.m., in McPherson Auditorium, Goodhart Hall, Bryn Mawr College. The concert was free and open to the Bi-Co Community.*
Schedule
- Friday, May 7, 8 p.m.
- Saturday, May 8, 2 p.m. (matinee)
- Saturday, May 8, 8 p.m.
*Bi-Co Community Members Only: The Dance Program presented the concerts in community, in a masked, socially-distant, limited-capacity gathering, following the College's COVID-19 safety guidelines.
About the Bryn Mawr College Dance Program
The Dance Program offers a rich array of dance experiences for the many and diverse students who choose Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges. It welcomes the newcomer as well as supports the continuing progress of trained dancers.
The program includes a range of technique courses in different styles and genres of dance, multiple performance ensembles, courses in composition and choreography, and dance studies courses that introduce students to dance as an exciting area of research and inquiry. In addition to other opportunities such as the 360° Course Clusters, School Performance Project and Summer Study program, the Program further enhances student experiences in dance by taking advantage of the College's proximity to the lively dance and arts scene in Philadelphia, and by offering master classes and workshops with regional, national, and international artists. Learn more about the program.
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Program Contacts
Mady Cantor | Director, Bryn Mawr College Dance Program | 610.526.5602 | mcantor@brynmawr.edu
Lela Aisha Jones | Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College Dance Program | 610.526.5207 | ljones2@brynmawr.edu
Event Contact
For more information or for any accessibility concerns, contact reservations@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-5300.
Bryn Mawr College Office for the Arts | 610.526.5300 | reservations@brynmawr.edu
Bi-Co Community Members Only: Click here to reserve a ticket.