Jim Henson Academy for Visual and Performing Arts
Dance Department Presents our
December 20th, 2018 @ 7pm
Northwestern High School (Auditorium)
E. Carlene Murray, Ed. D, Principal
Sandra Atkinson, Chair of VPA Dance Department & Artistic Director
Megan Atkinson, VPA Dance Faculty & Associate Artist Director
Title: Night Out
Choreographer: Billy Griffis
Music: Charli XCX
Composition: Girls Night Out
Dancers: Victorina Baptiste, Amanda Diabagate, Rayonna Dixon, Katherine Miranda Cruz, Courtney Richardson, Skyy Twyman, Cashay Warren, Malikea Williams
Title: Back to School
Choreographer: Sandra Atkinson, MA
Music: Back to School Again
Composer: Four Tops
Dancers: Shayla Lindsey, Bernice Mbullu, Karen Morales Zelaya, Christiana Nelson, Imani Spearmon, Meseret Teshome, Eugenia Orres Guzman
Dance 2-4: Taina Headley, Samantha Majano, Helen Pelaez Garcia, Julissa Rivera, Leah Tolson
Title: Serenade
Choreographers: George Balanchine Restaged by: Megan Atkinson
Music: Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major for String Orchestra, Op. 48; Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo; Allegro moderato
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dancers: Nailah Barnes, Purahtee Blair, Zakia Bradley, Emily Carcamo, Amanda Diabagate, Star Fashoto, Alexandra Garcia Gutierrez, Shafiq Hassan, Joshuana Hayden, Davies Cynthia Houndje, Leah Temesgen, Skyy Twyman, Jazzmin Williams, Malikea Williams, Arabella Wilson
Title: Elements
Choreographers: Shafiq Hassan and Andrea Martinez
Music: Useless Magic
Composer: Parra for Cuva
Dancers: Shafiq Hassan, Andrea Martinez Chevez, Katherine Miranda-Cruz, Nailah Barnes
Title: Urbanscape
Choreographer: Helanius J. Wilkins
Music: Zed Bias
Composition: Flamm (feat. Chucky)
Dancers: Victorina Baptiste, Rayonna Dixon, Alexia Echols, Lauren Arroyo Gomez, Emperess Johnson, Andrea Martinez Chevez, Katherine Miranda Cruz, Amelia Parchment, Courtney Richardson, Cashay Warren, Temeyah Warr, Savanna Williams
Title: Vogue Wars
Choreographers: Megan Atkinson
Music: "Dem Beats"
Composer: Todrick Hall Feat. RuPaul
Dancers: Victorina Baptiste, Katherine Miranda-Cruz, Amanda Diabagate, Rayonna Dixon, Alexia Echols, Star Fashoto, Courtney Richardson, Leah Temesgen, Skyy Twyman, Temeyah Warr, Savanna Williams
Title: Destruction
Choreographer: Emperess Johnson
Music: The Groove You Liked
Composer: Mala Dub
Dancers: Savanna Williams, Cashay Warren, Victorina Baptiste, Malikea Williams, Leah Temesegen, Skyy Twyman, Andrea Martinez Chevez, Courtney Richardson, Lauren Gomez Arroyo, Rayonna Dixon
**Choreographic Notes: My piece is about running from destruction, and that connects with the world moving at a vast pace. **
Title: Red Planet
Choreographer: Sandra Atkinson, MA
Music: The Planets Opus 32:1, Mars
Composer: Gustav Holst
Dancers: Victorina Baptiste, Rayonna Dixon, Alexia Echols, Lauren Arroyo Gomez, Emperess Johnson, Andrea Martinez Chevez, Katherine Miranda Cruz, Amelia Parchment, Courtney Richardson, Cashay Warren, Temeyah Warr, Savanna Williams
Title : A Broken Bond
Choreographer: Malikea Williams
Music: Silhouette
Composer: Aquilo
Dancers: Victorina Baptiste , Leah Temesegen , Courtney Richardson, Amanda Diabagate, Jazzmin Williams, Skyy Twyman
Title: The Color of Royalty
Choreographer: Sandra Atkinson, MA
Music: Ye
Composer: Zed Bias
Dancers: Nailah Barnes, Purahtee Blair, Zakia Bradley, Emily Carcamo, Amanda Diabagate, Star Fashoto, Alexandra Garcia Gutierrez, Shafiq Hassan, Joshuana Hayden, Davies Cynthia Houndje, Leah Temesgen, Skyy Twyman, Jazzmin Williams, Malikea Williams, Arabella Wilson
Title: Unity
Choreographers: Megan Atkinson
Music: Real In Rio
Composer: Will.i.am
Dancers: All VPA Dance Majors
Francisco Borja
Billy Griffis
Carly Finkelstein
Leona Lowery-Fitzhugh
Carlene E. Murray, Ed.D
Steven Nelson
Helanius J. Wilkins
VPA Television Production
Northwestern HS Dance Program Students