UVU Department of Dance Presents
BB Jones Dance Theatre
April 7-9, 2022 | 0:00 PM
ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Jamie A. Johnson
STAGE MANAGER
Samijo Kougioulis
LIGHTING DESIGN
Peter Leonard with
Students from Lighting and Production under the instruction of Jacquelyn Potts
FACULTY MENTORS
Angie Banchero-Keller
Tara Boyd
Sarah Donohue
Brian Gerke
Martina Jorgensen
Nichole Ortega
Christa St. John
Melissa Yonker
Stefan Zubal
Letter from the Graduating Class of 2022
Welcome to Utah Valley University's Senior Capstone performance, Daydreams. This performance is a culmination of years of practice and dedication to our craft. Each senior has had the opportunity to use the tools they have learned at UVU to create creative or performative works. As each dancer is building off their own life experiences and movement histories, this concert features a wide range of diversity. Celebrate with us as Daydreams marks the grand finale of our undergraduate lives and the beginning of a new chapter.
As the world continues to recover from and embrace the new challenges of today, we are shifting our lens on life. We have been able to use our creative works to find an outlet from past experiences and to explore our hopes for a brighter future. As all the dancers shared the inspiration for their choreography, we discovered a continual theme of hope. This made the concept of Daydreams to be the most fitting. A daydream is considered a pleasant thought that distracts someone’s attention from the present. We invite you to suspend your disbelief and allow this concert to be a daydream to you.
We are so grateful for your support of the arts. It means the world to us that you have come to see and support what has been a long time dream of ours. Tonight would not have been possible without the support from our families, faculty, production team, and most importantly, our audiences. We invite you to open your eyes and mind to a new world of possibilities and daydream together through a nourishing experience of dance.
– The 2022 UVU Dance Department Senior Class
Please be advised that tonight’s performance makes use of a strobe lighting effect.
Grace Knox
Day-O
Music: Harry Belafonte and Shaggy, DJ Fle
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Tyler Bell
Jasher Kuehn
Elyza Lester
Camila Startup
Karley Clarke
Turritopsis
Music: Star Hopper, Aphex Twin
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Fiona Barnard
Chauncey Bricker
Alli Kirk
Zach Marshall
Destiny Shields
Stephani Barnes
Distorted
Music: Van Anh
Tiffany Asay
Kenady Vereen
Karlee Secakuku
The Five of Us
Music: Olafur Arnalds, Fabrizio Paterlini, Jorge Mendez
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Zachary Facer
Adam Dimond
Melanie Grob
Allison Kirk
Zachary Marshall
Grace Knox
Spirit of Adventure
Music: Michael Giacchino
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Jasher Kuehn
Ayane Matsuda
Holly Ward
rove. gaze.
Music: Nils Frahm
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Mia Arias
Camry Blackhurst
Estie Cowan
Lauren Funke
Melanie Grob
Abigail Healey
Lexie Johnson
Quinn Layton
Zach Marshall
Zo Nielson
Ethan Pitcher
Richelle Rindlisbacher
Savannah Shaw
Ciera Smith
Krista Derington
Guest Choreographer
In the Life of . . .
Music: Pio Palumbo, Vendredi sur Mer, Katrina & The Waves
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Stephani Barnes
Karley Clarke
Stephani Cole
Madeline Compas
Faith Hortin
Emily Kearsley
Grace Knox
LeGrande Lolo
Ayane Matsuda
Rachel Miller
Jadyn Nelms
Karlee Secakuku
Destiny Shields
Holly Ward
Hannah White
Trevor Vance
Hannah White
Elements
Music: Homemade Ocean
Sparrow Arrington
Zachary Facer
Aubrey Fisher
Kenna Jane Francis
Melanie Grob
Nia Hellewell
Sarah Hutchinson
Daisy Jeffers
Mia Lowder
Francesca Sorensen
Camilla Startup
Zoe Nielson
Faith Hortin
Illumination
Music: Ludovico Einaudi, I Virtuosi Italiani, Daniel Hope
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Kaylah Alemán
Sarenity Castaneda
Taysia Kessler
Harley Larson
Samantha Marx
Stephanie Cole
Expectations?
Music: Kazumi Tokata, YouTuber Mr Rock, Goten Project
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Chauncey Bricker
Adam Dimond
Melanie Grob
Alyssa Olds
Camilla Startup
Trevor Vance
Madeline Compas
Threadbare
Music: Luke Howard & Shards, Howard Harper-Barns
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Madison Fougler
Daisy Jeffers
Rachel Miller
Utterly Immersed
Music: Nils Frahm
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Mia Arias
Ciera Erekson
Aubrey Fisher
Lauren Funke
Sarah Hutchinson
Richelle Rindlisbacher
Savannah Shaw
Estie Weisler
Stephanie Cole
The Heart Must Go On
Music: Kazumi Tokata, Celine Dion, Matt Mulholland
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Chauncey Bricker
Adam Dimond
Melanie Grob
Alyssa Olds
Camilla Startup
Trevor Vance
Jadyn Nelms
Excelsior
Music: Heath Edwards
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Camry Blackhurst
Sarah Hutchinson
Heather Morley
Krista Derington
Guest Choreographer
In the Life of . . .
Music: Pio Palumbo, Vendredi sur Mer, Katrina & The Waves
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Stephani Barnes
Karley Clarke
Stephani Cole
Madeline Compas
Faith Hortin
Emily Kearsley
Grace Knox
LeGrande Lolo
Ayane Matsuda
Rachel Miller
Jadyn Nelms
Karlee Secakuku
Destiny Shields
Holly Ward
Hannah White
Trevor Vance
Independent project
Emily Kearsley
LeGrande Lolo
Performance track
Ayane Matsuda
Destiny Shields
Trevor Vance
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.
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
