Ballroom Fall Concert

 

UVU Department of Dance Presents

Ballroom Dance Company in Concert

November 19, 2021 | 7:30 PM
November 20, 2021 | 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM

 
 

Program

“Top Gun” - Jive

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: “Danger Zone” Kenny Loggins
“Top Gun Anthem” Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens
Choreography: Tara Boyd

“You Lost Me” - Viennese Waltz Solo

Dancers: Mikelle Argyle & Jackson Phippen
Music: Christina Aguilera
Choreography: Mikelle Argyle & Jackson Phippen

“All or Nothing” - Paso Doble

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: Generation X
Choreography: Rick Robinson

“Imagine Dragons” - Latin Medley

Dancers: Back-Up Tour Team
Music: Imagine Dragons
Choreography: Chris Witt

“Jazzy Bad” - Foxtrot

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: Jordan’s Big Band Project
Choreography: Kyle and Allie Spinder

“Cola” - Cha Cha

Dancers: Beginning Team
Music: Lou Bega “Sweet Like Cola”
Choreography: Mary Lyn Keck

“Leaves on the Seine” - Waltz

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: David Lanz
Piano Performance: Jacob Baker
Choreography: Kyle and Allie Spinder

“Quimbara-Mi amor” - Salsa/Paso/Samba

Dancers: Advanced Back-Up Team
Music: DLG
Choreography: Giovanna Jackson

“Chandelier” - Rumba

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: Sia
Choreography: Tara Boyd

“Shall We Dance” - Waltz

Dancers: Beginning Team
Music: Prandi Sound Orchestra “L Train”
Choreography: Mary Lyn Keck

“Fantastic Beasts” - Standard Medley

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: James Newton Howard
Choreography: Chris Williams

“If You Love Her” - Viennese Waltz

Dancers: Advanced Back-Up Team
Music: Forest Black
Choreography: Giovanna Jackson

“Escape From East Berlin” - Cha Cha

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: Daniel Pemberton
Choreography: Tara Boyd

“Imagine” - Two-Step

Dancers: Back-Up Tour Team
Music: Ben Platt
Choreography: Chris Witt

“Timbale” - Samba

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: Watazu
Choreography: Tara Boyd

Guest Performance: Esprit d.c. UVU Hip Hop Company

“Get it Get it”

Dancers: Esprit d.c. UVU Hip Hop Company
Music: Rihanna, Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes ft. Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott
Choreography: Hailey Nielsen

“Spiderweb” - Viennese Waltz

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: Haley Reinhart
Choreography: Shane and Shannon Jenson

“Chica” - Cha Cha Duo

Dancers: Yuka Fujii, Ayane Matsuda, Brandon Olivas & Mason Simkins
Music: Mendez
Choreography: Yuka Fujii, Ayane Matsuda, Brandon Olivas & Mason Simkins

“Burlesque” - Quickstep/Mambo

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: Christina Aguilera and Cher
Choreography: Annie Seeley Topham, AnnieLyn Sheketoff & Tara Boyd

“Libertango” - Tango

Dancers: Back-Up Tour Team
Music: Csilla Gulyas
Choreography: Chris Witt

“Rise” - Latin Medley

Dancers: Tour Team
Music: Katy Perry, SOL Beer US, Ruelle, Icona Pop & Blinding Lights
Choreography: Tara Boyd

“Viva Elvis Presley”

Dancers: UVU Ballroom Dance Company
Music: Elvis Presley
Choreography: Company Directors

 
 

Costume Design

MK Attire - Marius Kriukelis
MMD - Marcos Martinez
Ladu - Elena Pollack
Aida - Ilia Kolosov
Red Tango - Mary Lyn Keck

​Sound Design

David Moon Media - David Moon
Digital Troy - Troy Sales
SnaZSounds - Collin Williams
Chris Witt

Projections

David Moon Media - David Moon

Lighting Design

Peter D. Leonard

UVU Ballroom Faculty

Chris Witt
Ballroom Dance Program Coordinator

Tara Boyd
Artistic Director, Ballroom Dance Company

Giovanna Jackson
Advanced Back-up Team Director

Mary Lyn Keck
Beginning Team Director

Kristen Hawkins
Narrator and Ballroom Faculty

Todd Wakefield
Registration and Scrutineer, Ballroom Faculty

Lori Hicks
Ballroom Faculty

 
 

Tour Team

Director: Tara Boyd

Dancers

Mikelle Argyle
Stephanie Arias
Alyssa Arnold
Bronson Baker
Jacob Baker
Kiaya Casper
Rebecca Cobb
Jacob Conger
Mattie Francis
Yuuka Fujii
Rene Guzman
Tiffany Hipple
Brooke Johnson
Cristian Jones
Grace Knox
Jasher Kuehn
Ayane Matsuda
Madyson McClure
Trevor McCubbin
Brandon Olivas
Rebecca Oliviera
Janessa Penate
Jackson Phippen
Paul Platts
Jillyan Rogers
Semisi Kapono Rokobuludrau
Mason Simkinsv
Lisa Torres
Kayla Wakefield
Trevor Vance
Collin Williams
Libby Williams

Back-Up Tour Team

Director: Chris Witt

Dancers

Kaleb Barlow
Samuel Beckstrand
Tyler Bell
John Foster
Abigail Greisen
Grace Hanks
Cat Herrera
Anna Ivie
Danny Keech
Chloe Kuck
Elyza Lester
Henry Martineau

Aiden Merrick
Alyssa Olds
Saskia Paepke-chile
Kailey Parker
Chandler Paskett
Lauren Peterson
Sarah Radford
Parker Reedy
Savannah Shaw
Sierra Somerville
Sydnee Wakefield
 

Advanced Back-up Team

Director: Giovanna Jackson

Dancers

Joel Brown
Spencer Duncan
Tess Graham
Gilbert Lamoureux
Etienne Mogilevsky
Ethan Packer

Alexa Searle
Raelyn Sharp
Tayva Shumway
Alexis Walbeck
Brooke Walker
Joshua Wright

Beginning Team

Director: Mary Lyn Keck

Dancers

Brandon Adams
Alina Bannavong
Joel Brown
Senora Childs
Bekjamin Eggli
Ariana Gordido
Ariana Lamb
Gilbert Lawerence

Ethan Packer
Fiorella Ravello
Savanna Sorenson
John Story
Baylee Taylor
Joanna Warburton
Don Williams
Josh Wright

Esprit d.c . UVU Hip Hop Company

Director: Martina Jorgensen

Dancers

Ana Aguilar
Madi Allred
Yoeli Belieza Apumayta
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Summer Hall
Emma Jensen
Kylie Jensen
Arienna Lamb
Anika Laws
Jessy Ibarra Licona
Lexi Mattson

John Miller
Lauren Palmer
Ben Pena
Fio Ravello Pulido
Valeria Rodriguez
Karlee Secakuku
Holly Thelin
John Torio
Lisa Torres
Bekah Williams
Kinley Wilson
 

 
 

Coming Soon

 
 

Land Acknowledgment

Utah Valley University acknowledges that we gather on land sacred to all Indigenous people who came before us in this vast crossroads region. The University is committed to working in partnership—as enacted through education and community activities—with Utah’s Native Nations comprising: the San Juan Southern Paiute, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Uintah & Ouray Reservation of the Northern Ute, Skull Valley Goshute, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation, Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute-White Mesa Community, and urban Indian communities. We recognize these Native Nations and their continued connections with traditional homelands, mountains, rivers, and lakes as well as their sovereign relationships with state and federal governments. We honor their collective memory and continued physical and spiritual presence. We revere their resilience and example in preserving their connections to the Creator and to all their relations, now and in the future.

With this statement comes responsibility and accountability. We resolve to follow up with actionable items to make the School of the Arts at UVU and The Noorda Center for the Performing Arts an inclusive, equitable, and just space for all. There is much work to be done, and we are committed to putting these words into practice.

THE DEPARTMENT OF DANCE

Chair, Associate Professor
Jamie Johnson

Administrative Assistant
LAURAL HILL

 

Associate Chair
Sarah Donohue

Modern/Contemporary
Dr. Lyndsey Vader

Ballet
Nichole Ortega

 

Ballroom
Chris Witt

Dance Ed
Amy Markgraf