a Wyoming transplant, dance major, biology minor, creativity pathway member, president of the Oceana and CCEMS clubs, and an Outdoor Adventures student leader. As thoughtful movers, thinkers, and stewards of the environment and our ecosystem, we (Sydney & cast) strived to find exploration in a world of confusing events through drawing, texture, patterns, and feeling.

Thank you all for your patience, kindness, and understanding.

Space generator,

Time individualism,

Unification.

a Chicago native, is a dance and Africana studies double major with a minor in Sociology. She is also a student presenter in the Bodies/Embodiment pathway and a Gilman scholarship recipient. In her Capstone film she focused on creating visuals based on healing, honor, and humility. But also celebration, vibrancy, and individuality. She has participated in many student and faculty works, and has been influenced tremendously by her professors. She is excited to be creating again!

is a dancer, student, daughter, friend, and maker (on occasions) majoring in Dance and Sociology, also a Bodies/Embodiment Pathway presenter at Connecticut College. She is exploring her practice with the themes of technology, privacy, and ambiguity as she will be presenting her first choreographic work in the form of a dance film. She attributes her style and influence to the various dance forms she has studied over the years, particularly finding inspiration from her participation in social dancing both at home (in CT) and when studying abroad (in Trinidad and Tobago), her West African dance experience, and from her dance professors.

is a mover and creator from Massachusetts double majoring in Dance and American Studies, with a concentration in Expressive Arts and Culture. Through her majors and the Bodies/Embodiment pathway, she loves finding the connections and influence movement has on our societies and history. Her time with the Dance Department has allowed her to find organic ways to move that both question and mobilize who she is as a person and an artist. She finds interest in the shapes we as people can make, both within emptiness and closeness. Her capstone is an ode to the freeness of youth, family connection, and how far our energy can take us when we are together, both in and out of control.

a Maine native, Dance and Behavioral Neuroscience double major, Bodies/Embodiment pathway student/presenter, and Dance Club member. She enjoys to find the connections between things which are seemingly different, which can be seen through her majors and her movement. This capstone is an exploration and comment on monotony and what happens when we choose to push the “normal.” Choreographing from a distance has posed numerous challenges, although the pandemic and this incredible cast of artists has helped inspire the movement and the outcome of the piece.

is a Dance and Religious Studies double major from Miami, Florida. In her capstone film, she draws inspiration from Sefer Yetzirah, a Jewish mystical text outlining creation through Hebrew letters and numbers, as well as her personal relationship with the physicality of Jewish ritual. Her movement style is influenced by the Gaga movement language along with the many students and faculty she has been able to learn from at Conn College.

“A body is olam katan—a microcosm of the world; I am captivated by the many ways we can lift a finger.”

Mara Senecal-Albrecht (she/they) is a senior Dance major and Africana Studies minor here at Connecticut College. Originally from Vermont, she has spent the past 4 years studying under the tutelage of David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson, Lisa Race, Ellie Goudie-Averill, Shawn Hove, Shani Collins, and Rachel Boggia. In performance, she has had the privilege of performing guest artist works by Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener and Samantha Speis of Urban Bush Women as well as faculty works by David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson, Shani Collins, and Rachel Boggia and student choreographed work. During the fall of her junior year she studied abroad at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance through the DanceJerusalem program, where she studied Gaga and Batsheva repertory, Vertigo Dance Company repertory, Cunningham Technique, contact improvisation, and more. During the summer following her first and second years, Mara participated in both the Bates Dance Festival (2018) and the American Dance Festival (2019) as a work study student taking class from artists such as Maree ReMalia, Miguel Gutierrez, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Nia Love, and Samantha Speis while doing backstage technical work for the festivals’ guest companies. While she will not be showing original choreography in this performance, she has been creating work since her sophomore year and is currently wrapping up her honors thesis on white supremacy culture in the choreographic process. Mara would like to thank Annie Rigney for trusting her with this beautiful, rich solo and for teaching her so much in such a short period of time. She would also like to thank her family for continuously supporting her art making and the dance department faculty for helping her to grow in a multitude of ways across these past four years.

a mixed race Brooklyn native double majoring in Dance and Art, former member of the Bodies/Embodiment Pathway and DanceClub, working as art studio assistant/tutor. She has participated in various faculty and student works at the college and is now debuting her first choreographic work in the form of a dance film.

is a Dance and East Asian Studies double major at Connecticut College from Baltimore, MD. In her work, she explores traditional modern and African techniques with major influences from Lestor Horton, Alvin Ailey, and Katherine Dunham. The pieces she creates are explosive, daring, and vivacious, but she works to find a balance in different dance textures. Although she is involved with Dance Club and Eclipse, this will be her first time presenting her work at the college.