Perky, Quirky, Smirky
Choreography
Christina Acosta in collaboration with dancers
Performers
Caleb Baker, Zoë Gallon, Julianna Mazza, Dwayne Scheuneman / REVolutions Dance
Music
Tipsy, Earl Backus, sound samples. Mixed by Christina Acosta
Costumes
Christina Acosta
“Perky, Quirky, Smirky” takes you on a fun-filled journey into a wacky landscape of unconventional greetings, peculiar meet ups and out of this world movement.
MOVE 2 - Listen, Look
Concept, Videography & Editing
Sharon McCaman
Performers
Erin Celeste Grace, Heidi Brewer, Helen French, Jessica Obiedzinski, Sharon McCaman
Broken Witnesses
Choreography
Caleb Baker
Performers
Caleb Baker, Deion Walker
Music
“Hymn of the Cherubim” composed by Piotr Illitch Tchaikovsky and performed by USSR Ministry Of Culture Chamber Choir; “Praise the Lord” composed by Sergei Rachmaninov and performed by USSR Ministry Of Culture Chamber Choir
View From A Hummingbird Heart
Choreography
Paula Kramer with Helen Hansen French
Dancer
Helen Hansen French
Composer/Pianist
John C. O’Leary III
Visual Design
“Ruby’s Heart” by Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse
Costume
Courtesy of Hillsborough Community College Dance Department
The first version of “Hummingbird “ was created for Moving Current Dance Collective, Cynthia Hennessy, Artistic Director. This restaging is a choreographic collaboration between myself and Helen Hansen French. I am very grateful for the generosity and artistry of John C. O’Leary III and Mickett/Stackhouse and Thaddeus Root who sent my creative vision in a new and welcome direction.
~Paula Kramer
SHIFT(ed)
Choreography
Alexander Jones
Performers
Carissa Bishop, Heidi Brewer, Fernando Chonqui, Esophia Higgins-Wilkins, Alexander Jones, Evan Smith (apprentice), and Kirsten Standridge
Music
--minusminus
Costume Designer
Iky Standridge
Originally premiered in March of 2022, “SHIFT(ed)” in collaboration with —minusminus, illuminates the importance that movement has on a person’s mental state, tracking the subtle and major changes as one slides between being compelled to move and resisting the urge all together.
BEACON 2022 was made possible by the generous support of
Al May
Audrey Lanton
Dorothea Lee
Elaine and David Ranieri
Helen Raczkowski
John and Mary Ellen Collins
Kahwa Coffee
MaryJo and Richard French
Pamela Ann and Edward St. Clair
Susan Howard
The Palladium
Tom and Paula Kramer
Tom and Sally Baynard
