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UNCENSOREDyou is an initiative created by Tab&Kait to provide performance opportunities for local dancers and choreographers.
This showcase was created to honor the choreographic process and to allow the audience to "peek behind the curtain" at the various methods used in the process of creating a dance or other art works.
UNCENSOREDyou held its first annual showcase in the spring of 2020 and has been held annually since!We hope you enjoy the show!
-2023 Program -
Liberation - IGNITED
Choreographed by Tab&Kait
Music by Harold van Lennep
Performers: Amanda Bileschi, Samantha Ferrell,
Emma Lawson, Tori May, Jasmine Edrington, Kimberlyn Myers, Absalom Oliver
“Within every form of oppression lies the seeds of Liberation” -S.O.
Sumthin
Choreographed by Tab&Kait
Music by Noah Kahan
Performed by Tab
August 🅴
Improvisation by Kait
Music by Flipturn
Walk On
Choreographed and performed by Emily Jordan
Music by Dionne Warwick
“This piece is about grieving over relationships and how that affects our confidence and everyday life.”
Vienna
Improvisation by Amanda Bileschi
Music by Billy Joel
“Life is crazy. Slow down and enjoy the ride.”
Broke Me First 🅴
Improvisation by Emma Lawson
Music by Tate McRae
Wait for You
Improvisation by Kimberlyn Myers
Music by Tems
“A channeled inner and euphoric feeling of wanting to be loved by someone that is incapable of loving you back”.
Overcome
Improvisation by Absalom Oliver
Music by Skott
“Overcome is about life throwing so much at you that you just feel like giving up but you face it and overcome”
Youth
Choreographed by Emily Jordan
Performed by Markalah Alston
Music by Daughter
“About grieving relationships and moving on after. The pain and the inner conflict you feel after a relationship ends can be so hard to cope with”
Fun!
Choreographed by Jasmine Edrington
Music by Anthony Hamilton
Performers- Amanda Bileschi , Jasmine Edrington, and Tori May
“This is a fun dance that started as a combo for a dance day that I wanted to make into a performance piece”
Intermission (15 min)
Mania - IGNITED
Choreographed by Tab&Kait
Music by Florence + The Machine
Performers- Amanda Bileschi, Samantha Ferrell,
Emma Lawson, Tori May, Jasmine Edrington, Kimberlyn Myers, Absalom Oliver
“Choreomania; n. an uncontrollable urge to dance, especially in a frenzied, convulsive manner. Major outbreaks of choreomania occurred in Europe during the Middle Ages. Also called dancing madness; dancing mania.”
Bread
Choreographed by Terrance Henderson
Performed by Nekya Perry
Music by Laura Mvula
“Bread is about renewal and rediscovery. Life can be a whirlwind and you can lose your way. Looking around for signs of what’s next is the only way to make sense of it all. We follow the breadcrumbs laid down for us to find our way back to us. To find our way back home”
Boy 🅴
Improvisation by Absalom Oliver
Music by Dove Cameron
Audience
Improvisation by Kimberlyn Myers
Music by James Blake
Marjorie
Improvisation by Tori May
Music by Taylor Swift
“Dedicated to my Grandma Erle”
It’s Me.
Improvisation by Jasmine Edrington
Music by Adele
“Fun performance piece that was inspired by Adele the artist.”
Circle
Choreographed and performed by Maggie Lampl
Music by ONEW
“On those waves, we drift together
The sun, the wind, the clouds, and the sea
Round and round, time goes
Greetings, farewells and again, you and me”
-ONEW, Circles
The Mourning of Regret
Choreographed and performed by Samantha Ferrell
Music by Maneskin
“This piece is about the emotions I felt after receiving the phone call that my birth father passed. The way that I felt after hearing the news and the feeling.”
Where Were You? - IGNITED
Choreographed and performed by
Amanda Bileschi, Kimberlyn Myers, and Tab&Kait
Music by James Vincent McMorrow
“When you have the chance, dance!”
This is LOVE
Performed by LionHeart, Davon Bush
Music by Labrinth and Sneha (feat. ConTejas)
“Love comes in many forms, shapes, & sizes. It is more than what meets the eyes--- even if it's only a face only a mother could love. This is a story of confessed love expressed in the most peculiar of ways.”
Special Thank You to-
Blue Moon Ballroom
Southeastern School of Ballet
Sherr Productions, LLC
IGNITED Season 4 Technique Instructor, Zan
Our Preview adjudicators, Ashlee Taylor, Jocelyn Ramirez, Hillary Krieger-Toth, &
Lauren Sherr
Our Special Guest Artists
Emily Jordan
Emily Jordan has trained in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, modern and musical theatre dance for almost all of her life. She has worked with some of today's most renowned contemporary choreographers including Jason Parsons, Lauren Adams, Sonya Tayeh, Travis Wall, Kirsten Russell, & Andrew Winghart. After graduating she received her Associates degree in Dance in New York City at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. There she performed in many choreography workshops and studied acting and singing on top of her dance curriculum. Since then, Emily has taught and choreographed for schools in New York as well as in South Carolina.
Nekya Perry
Nekya Perry has been a student with Southeastern School of Ballet for the past 5 years. She has trained under the tutelage of Hillary Krieger-Toth, Gabor Toth, Kiyomi Ramirez, Terrance Henderson, Petra Conti, Eris Nezha, James Fayette, Jenifer Ringer, Sabi Varga, and Emily Entingh. Nekya has attended summer intensives with the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Southeastern School of Ballet. She was also an apprentice with Yuhas and Dancers in 2021 under the direction of Meredith Gawai. Nekya aspires to dance professionally and share this art with her community while being a ray of light for the youth.
Maggie Lampl
Maggie is native to Columbia, SC and attended the University of South Carolina and holds a BA in Dance Performance and Choreography. After graduating in 2022, she is currently studying at Southeastern School of Ballet.
Davon Bush
Davon Bush aka LionHeart is a world recognized Krump Dancer and Artist, born & raised in Columbia, S.C.
He began his journey at the age of 16, as the youngest Krumper in the community, to eventually becoming a leader of the of the South Carolina Krump movement at 20. Lion since then has organized Krump events recognized throughout the states, taught in many different schools, colleges, studios, communities in New Zealand, performed in many events/showcases in the Carolinas, and competed against some of the biggest names in the largest Krump events nation wide. Still continuing to work hard to create opportunities for South Carolina Krumpers, he is now leading the production of the “ILL Street”, a dance event that is designed to create a bigger platform for Krumpers throughout the Carolinas, and is continuing to provide Krump education, media content, and thought-provoking performance pieces under the Columbia based group called “LionxDen” which he also leads. Having trained with Krump creator and “Rize” star “Tight Eyex”, and pioneer “Rapture”, he is consistently evolving taking Krump education very seriously, continuing to follow his passion for teaching, competition, and creating welcoming spaces for Krump by breaking common misconceptions and showing the art form in a different light..
Credits:
RedBull Dance Your Style
We Are Hip Hop Charlotte
Kulture Klash I,II, & III
Ted X Youth
The Dirty 3
Resurrection 5
Wasteland 2
Nickelodeon Theater
Artists for Africa
Museum of Art
All funds raised will go toward funding a space for adult dance in Columbia SC, our annual UNCENSOREDyou, and Ignited Dance Collective.
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Click the link to our YouTube channel below to see past shows in action! Descriptions and inspirations from the choreographers are in the description for each dance.
Enjoy the show!
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2021 -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcrNPZAapxruXNO6tBgxU8YwiPT8YLsMF
2022 -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcrNPZAapxrtXTXAMYaBP2B3a-M2Cjm1u
“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress” -Sophia Bush
