November 30-December 2, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Artistic Directors
Brianna McKelleb, Lyndsey Vader
Lighting Design
William Peterson
Stage Manager
Samijo Kougioulis
Synergy Company Dancers
Anahi Aguilar, Leah Ahlander, Sarah Anderson, Abigail Brucker, Ariana Castaneda, Alaycia
Clements, Abbie Cross, Olivia Day, Melanie Grob, Cambria Harris, Nia Hellewell, Emily
Hyde, McKenzie Madison, Lauren Peterson, Sierra Robbins, Luciano Schroeder, Abbie
Simpson, Bree Smedley, Ellie Springfield, Sophia Vance
Costume Manager
Amy Whipple
Costume Supervisor
Carla Summers
Assistant Supervisor
Anna-Marie McDaniel
Assistant
Janessa Law
Mountain Ridge High School (Thursday Only)
Choreography: Ellie Rose Nilsson, Mountain Ridge High School (Thursday Only)
Music: Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone
Dancers: Reese Barney, Shelby Baum, Brooklyn Bigler, Teagan Butcher, Paisley Christoffersen, Katelyn Connors, Kelsi Connors, Avery Coombs, Julia Day, Kylie Eckman, Avery Evans, Sadie Hardy, Lexi Harris, Avery Hartman, Afton Hoskin, Vienna Jepson, Riley Metzgar, Katelyn Owens, Brooklyn Palmer, Aubree Pferdner, Liv Pjeter, Laney Sherratt, Brynlee Shulz, Kira Steel, Lily Stepan, Savvy Stroman, Preslee Taylor, Brinley Wilson, Addi West, and Hailey West
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Are You Listening?
Choreography: Joshua Manculich in collaboration with the dancers
Rehearsal Director: Emily Hyde
Music: Kaiji by Kavin Hoo
Dancers: Anahi Aguilar, Alaycia Clements, Abbie Cross, Emily Hyde, McKenzie Madison, Luciano Schroeder, Bree Smedley, Ellie Springfield
“Are You Listening?” assesses the art of attention – of lending an ear. Though dance is most notably an art of bodily expression, it is perhaps also the art platform most capable of reminding us to listen with our whole selves.
Horology
Choreography: McKenzie Madison, with collaboration of dancers
Music: Grandfather Clock by Acerting Arts, Loom by Ólafur Arnold’s and Bonobo, Time by Nathan Lanier, Northern Lights by Vladguschenkomusic
Dancers: Leah Ahlander, Abigail Brucker, Melanie Grob, Lauren Peterson, Luciano Schroeder, Ellie Springfield
still, as ever
Choreography: Anahi Aguilar
Music: Grow by CIFIKA
Dancers: Sarah Anderson, Ariana Castaneda, Olivia Day, Emily Hyde, Bree Smedley
Philia
Choreography: Olivia Day
Music: What Happened to Your Heart – Bing & Ruth Rework and Part 2 by Peter Broderick and Bing & Ruth
Dancers: Leah Ahlander, Alaycia Clements, Lauren Peterson, Ellie Springfield
Wild Air
Choreography: Sarah Donohue
Rehearsal Director: Bree Smedley
Music: Jazz Suite No. 2: VI. Waltz II by Dmitri Shostakovich & Requiem in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dancers: Sarah Anderson, Olivia Day, Melanie Grob, Nia Hellewell, Emily Hyde, Lauren Peterson, Sierra Robbins, Luciano Schroeder, Abbie Simpson, Bree Smedley
INTERMISSION
Internal Dimensions
Choreography: Lily Kocherhans, Timpview High School (Thursday Only)
Music: Miller’s Meadow, Senking
Dancers: Kaylee Cleveland, Shaylee Elder, Madison Ess, Lily Kocherhans, Savvy Smith
Palate
Choreography: Jocelyn Smith in collaboration with dancers
Rehearsal Director: McKenzie Madison
Music: Power Training by Simon Jomphe Lepine, Melquiades Dream Magnetite by Raighes Factory, Dirty Twerk by Jon Presstone, Mrs. Rail by Monako Syncro, Sound effects provided by Storyblocks
Dancers: Anahi Aguilar, Leah Ahlander, Abigail Brucker, Ariana Castaneda, Alaycia Clements, Abbie Cross, Cambria Harris, McKenzie Madison, Ellie Springfield, Sophia Vance
Whoever Controls the Mind, Controls the Media
Choreography: Ariana Castaneda and Sierra Robbins
Music: Arpeggi by Kelly Lee Owens, Circus Maximus by Travis Scott, Fantas by Caterina Barbieri
Dancers: Anahi Aguilar, Sarah Anderson, Cambria Harris, Nia Hellewell, Emily Hyde, Abbie Simpson
Shepard’s Tone
Choreography: Luciano Schroeder
Music: La Terre Vue Du Ciel by Armand Amar
Dancers: Abigail Brucker, Abbie Cross, Melanie Grob, Nia Hellewell, McKenzie Madison, Sierra Robbins, Sophia Vance
We’ll Laugh About This Later
Choreography: Bree Smedley
Music: Putin on the Ritz by Herb Alpert and Lani Hall
Dancers: Anahi Aguilar, Ariana Castaneda, Alaycia Clements, Olivia Day, Cambria Harris, Abbie Simpson
Close to Home
Choreography: Amy Gunter
Rehearsal Director: Melanie Grob
Music: Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor “Fur Elise” by Leonard Hokanson, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Minor “Alla turca” by Walter Klien, Liebestraum in A-Flat Major by Jerome Rose
Dancers: Leah Ahlander, Abigail Brucker, Ariana Castaneda, Melanie Grob, Cambria Harris, Nia Hellewell, Sierra Robbins, Abbie Simpson, Sophia Vance
The mission of UVU’s Department of Dance is to foster academic and artistic excellence through an intensive technical and reflective study of dance. Anchored in a common core curriculum with several areas of emphasis, our program provides a rich and stimulating environment where students cultivate their technical, aesthetic, creative, and scholarly potential. We value superior teaching, which promotes dance as an artistic and cultural expression that has the power to enrich and transform the individual, community, and society.
Instructions for Donating:
1. Scan the QR Code on the Information Sheet
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3. Select donation amount. Options appear as $25, $50, $100, and Other. If selecting “Other,” enter donation amount in the box. Please note there is a $10 minimum donation.
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Note:
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10% UVU Department of Dance
5% UVU
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.
Artwork by Shane Walking Eagle (Sisseton Dakota).
Our mission is to produce and present artistic excellence, which would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. We thank them and express our deep gratitude to all patrons, supporters, and friends of The Noorda.
The arts possess the unparalleled power to inspire, educate, liberate, and transform. They elevate moments, mark milestones, soften edges, and generate profound meaning. Experience the beauty and wonder of the arts with us this season at The Noorda and begin at once to live!
Courtney R. Davis, J.D., M.A.
Dean, School of the Arts
Chair, Associate Professor
MONICA CAMPBELL
Administrative Assistant
ELAINE MINER
Professor
ANG BANCHERO-KELLEHER
Associate Professor
SARAH DONOHUE
Assistant Professor
BRIAN GERKE
Assistant Professor
LYNDSEY VADER
Dance Education Program Coordinator
AMY MARKGRAF
Adjunct Instructor
HEIDI BEIER
Adjunct Instructor
JILL EDWARDS
Adjunct Instructor
JEFF JACOBS
Adjunct Instructor
BRI McKELLEB
Adjunct Instructor
JAMIE MYERS
Adjunct Instructor
KATIE TAYLOR
Adjunct Instructor
KELSIE THOMAS
Adjunct Instructor
MELISSA YOUNKER
