Esprit d.c. Common Bond

 

UVU Department of Dance Presents

COMMON BOND
ESPRIT d.c. 2021-2022

Ragan Theater
April 14-16, 2022

 

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Martina Jorgensen

LIGHTING DESIGNER
Zach Lambson

SOUND TECHNICIAN
Breton Hansen

PHOTOGRAPHY
Brandi Smith

LOGO DESIGN
Lexie Mattson

We are excited to introduce our UVU Hip Hop Performance Company, Esprit d.c., in its first season! The company is directed by Martina Jorgensen. Esprit is supported by the Department of Dance and a School of the Arts High Impact Practices grant. Fueled by artistic, passionate company members, Esprit aims to bring the joy, unity, and appreciation of Hip Hop to their community.

 
 

Program

Are You Ready?

Choreography: Martina Jorgensen
Music: Medley Mix by Martina Jorgensen (Migos, BTS, Desiigner, Calore, Cardi B., Kendrick Lamar)

Performers:

Ana Aguilar
Maddie Allred
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Summer Hall
Emma Jensen
Kylie Jensen
Anika Laws
Jessy Licona Ibarra
Lexie Mattson
Johnny Miller

Lauren Palmer
Ben Pena
Fiorella Pulido Ravello
Valeria Rodriguez
Karlee Secakuku
Holly Thelin
Jonathan Torio
Lisa Torres
Bekah Williams
Kinley Wilson
 

Cabaret Runway

Choreography: Johnathan Miller
Music: “Black Betty” by Caravan Palace

Performers:

Johnny Miller
Ana Aguilar
Anika Laws
Ben Pena

Dawson Fernstrom
Jessy Licona Ibarra
Bekah Williams
Valeria Rodriguez

How You Doin, Where You From?

Choreography: Lexie Mattson and Emma Jensen
Music: Mix by Lexie Mattson (Missy Elliot, Snoop Dog, Kendrick Lamar, & Ludacris)

Performers:

Ana Aguilar
Maddie Allred
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Summer Hall
Emma Jensen
Kylie Jensen
Anika Laws

Lexie Mattson
Lauren Palmer
Fiorella Pulido Ravello
Jonathan Torio
Lisa Torres
Bekah Williams
Kinley Wilson
 

ABC (Esprit Music Video)

Choreography: Esprit Company Members
Film and Editing: Tyler Fox and Martina Jorgensen
Music: “ABC” by The Jackson 5 (Mix by Christian Walker)

Performers:

Ana Aguilar
Maddie Allred
Yoeli Belleza Apumayta
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Ariana Gordillo
Summer Hall
Mykel Ifopo
Emma Jensen
Kylie Jensen
Arienna Lamb
Anika Laws
Jessy Licona Ibarra

Lexie Mattson
Johnny Miller
Lauren Palmer
Ben Pena
Fiorella Pulido Ravello
Valeria Rodriguez
Karlee Secakuku
Holly Thelin
Jonathan Torio
Lisa Torres
Bekah Williams
Kinley Wilson
 

Rose of Sharon

Choreography: Ana Aguilar
Music: Mix by Ana Aguilar (2NE1, CL)

Performers:

Ana Aguilar
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Kylie Jensen

Anika Laws
Karlee Secakuku
Bekah Williams
 

Company Medley

Choreography: Valeria Rodriguez & Jonathan Torio, Maddie Allred & Lisa Torres, Anika Laws & Jessy Licona Ibarra, Martina Jorgensen with Esprit Company Members
Music: Medley Mix (Jaden Smith, Daddy Yankee, The Black Eyed Peas, Tiësto & Ty Dolla $ign)

Performers:

Ana Aguilar
Maddie Allred
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Summer Hall
Emma Jensen
Kylie Jensen
Anika Laws
Jessy Licona Ibarra
Lexie Mattson
Johnny Miller

Lauren Palmer
Ben Pena
Fiorella Pulido Ravello
Valeria Rodriguez
Karlee Secakuku
Holly Thelin
Jonathan Torio
Lisa Torres
Bekah Williams
Kinley Wilson
 

[10 MIN INTERMISSION]

Get It, Get It

Choreography: Hailey Nilson
Music: "Get it Get it Remix" by Rihanna, Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes ft. Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliot

Performers:

Ana Aguilar
Maddie Allred
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Summer Hall
Emma Jensen
Kylie Jensen
Anika Laws
Jessy Licona Ibarra
Lexie Mattson
Johnny Miller

Lauren Palmer
Ben Pena
Fiorella Pulido Ravello
Valeria Rodriguez
Karlee Secakuku
Holly Thelin
Jonathan Torio
Lisa Torres
Bekah Williams
Kinley Wilson
 

Common Bond

Choreography: Martina Jorgensen and Esprit Company Members
Music: "Show Me Love" by Hundred Waters (feat. Chance The Rapper, Moses Sumney and Robin Hannibal)

Featuring:

Johnny Miller & Valeria Rodriguez

Ensemble:

Ana Aguilar
Maddie Allred
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Summer Hall
Emma Jensen
Kylie Jensen
Anika Laws
Jessy Licona Ibarra
Lexie Mattson

Lauren Palmer
Ben Pena
Fiorella Pulido Ravello
Karlee Secakuku
Holly Thelin
Jonathan Torio
Lisa Torres
Bekah Williams
Kinley Wilson
 

Hot Shower

Choreography: Ben Pena
Music: “Hot Shower” by Chance the Rapper, MedeinTYO, DaBaby

Performers:

Dawson Fernstrom
Kylie Jensen
Jessy Licona Ibarra

Ben Pena
Karlee Secakuku
 

Cyber

Choreography: Kylie Jensen
Music: Mix by Kylie Jensen (COBRAH, Vince Staples, BewhY, Travis Scott)

Performers:

Ana Aguilar
Maddie Allred
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Summer Hall
Emma Jensen
Anika Laws

Jessy Licona Ibarra
Ben Pena
Valeria Rodriguez
Holly Thelin
Jonathan Torio
Bekah Williams
 

Like That
Hip Hop 1 and 2 Guest Performance

Choreography: Martina Jorgensen and Dawson Fernstrom
Music: “Like That” by Memphis Bleek

Performers:

Heath Apple
Marites Armstrong
Sparrow Arrington
Mia Bryson
Dawson Fernstrom
Heidi Grant
Alexa Henry
Euiyoung Kim
Kenny Lam
Manasseh Mcfarlane
Jessica Moss

Micah Pack
Kailey Parker
Jax Patterson
Makayla Rawson
Breezy Seegmiller
Kacayla Stokes
Jessie Watkins
Jessica Wilhite
Britney Williams
James Young
 

At the Root

Choreography: Jeffrey Louizia
Music: Mix by Jeffrey Louizia (Reflection Eternal, Kin Kiavé, Sango, Philly, Normani)

Performers:

Ana Aguilar
Maddie Allred
Tiffany Asay
Matt Dalebout
Dawson Fernstrom
Summer Hall
Emma Jensen
Kylie Jensen
Anika Laws
Jessy Licona Ibarra
Lexie Mattson

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

 

Biographies

CHOREOGRAPHERS

Louizia photoJeffrey Boom Louizia was born and raised in Boston, MA. Jeffrey Louizia discovered his love for dance right in the middle of his home. Being a part of a culture where dance is the center of everyday life. He knew that it was written in the stars that dance was going to be a massive part of his life. Attending a performing arts high called Boston Arts Academy, he became proficient in many styles of dance. Jeffrey has studied extensively in ballet, tap, modern jazz, modern, hip hop, and krump as well as traditional Haitian Folk dance. He has studied with such dance masters as Dianne Walker of "Black & Blue", Mark Morris, Bill T. Jones and Mandy Moore. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance from Dean College. Mr. Louizia’s performances have taken him all across New England, up and down the Eastern US seaboard, West Coast, and internationally. His strong base in choreography has led him to choreograph for MC Hammer, The Disney Show, The Andi Mac show, Kia, doTERRA, and to co-choreograph for one of the top hitmakers in pop named Poo Bear who wrote major hits for artists like Justin Bieber, and to choreograph for a national touring band called The Salamanders. Jeffrey is the director for the Millennium Dance Complex Hip Hop Boom Crew in Salt Lake City. Since moving to Los Angeles he has been in many music videos and industrials including Featured Dancer in the movie Dear Dumb Diary, Sketchers, Black Eyed Peas “Rock Your Body,” Taio Cruz “Dirty Picture,” Ace Hood ft lil Wayne and Rick Ross "Hustle" and American Idol winner Alexandra Burke’s “Start Without You.” He also performed with Odyssey Dance Theater for 5 years performing productions Thriller and Romeo and Juliet, touring the US and Europe. Jeffrey Louizia's ultimate passion is to teach, motivate and inspire as well as being inspired by all who share and do not share his love for dance. He truly believes that by using the platform of dance, we can practice believing in ourselves and really discovering our capabilities to maximize on our life and embrace our infinite worth! Unapologetically being ourselves and vibrating to our max, revealing what he calls the realest version of you!!

Nilson photoHailey Nilson grew up with a studio and competition background in dance. After graduating in 2014 she continued her artistic interest at SUU & UVU Studying Modern, Jazz, and Ballet, as well as participating in UVU's Mosaic Hip Hop Company. She is now working as a choreographer for companies, schools, studios and artists across the state, she is a professional company member of Junction Dance Co., and is pouring into the local street dance community where she explores her passion for new styles like Krump, House, and Waacking.

 

Jorgensen photoMartina Jorgensen is a recent graduate from Utah Valley University with a BFA in Modern Dance Performance. While pursuing her degree at UVU, Martina performed for Synergy, CDE, and Mos.A.I.C dance companies where she had the opportunity to work with many incredible guest choreographers including Mike Esperanza, Carl Flink, and Kumiko Kashiwagi. Martina was chosen to be a part of the re-staging and performance of Doris Humphrey’s masterful work, Passacaglia, by Jennifer Scanlan and Nina Watt alongside members of Repertory Dance Theater as a guest, student performer, and has also performed with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company as a guest in Daniel Sharon’s work, Aberrations of Light. Since graduating she has choreographed and performed nationally and internationally, most recently traveling to China to perform with the Sino-American Cultural Exchange Program with Hip Hop Crew, FWD. Martina teaches for RDT’s Dance Center and choreographs for studios and companies throughout the state. She is so excited and grateful to be back home at UVU, now teaching Hip Hop courses and having the opportunity to build and direct a new Hip Hop Crew, Esprit d.c. Martina has always had a passion for creating and sharing meaningful art, and she is excited for the chance to make artistic opportunities more accessible to many populations, to help build dance in academia, and endeavor to connect cultures with dance as a bridge.

 

Masterclass Artists

Estes photo Graffiti Masterclass: Chase Estes

Chase Estes is an art director, designer and artist located in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is mostly self taught, with over 15 years of professional experience building brand identities of all sizes. With a background in fine-art and mural arts, he brings a unique and bold approach to visual projects of all kinds.

 

Jaquez photoTurntablism Masterclass: Daniel Jaquez

My name is Daniel Jaquez and I started my turntablism journey when I was a teenager. My friends had been mixing records for parties and one day I got curious, grabbed the record and tried a baby scratch. I became obsessed and this obsession bloomed into a lifelong journey to explore hip hop through turntablism.

 

 

Special Thanks

Esprit d.c. would like to extend a special thank you to Sarah Donohue, Sara Pickett, Dave Jorgensen, Tyler Fox, and all who have shared their time, energy, and talents with our company.

 

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.

 

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