Asymmetrical balance
Choreography: Justin Brock
Performers: Tara Barekat, Justin Brock, Sam Kedziora, Mackenzie McLean, Jonah Perez-Lopez
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Assistant: Antonio Hernandez
Prelude to Light
Choreography: Madison Pineda Bender in collaboration with Wilson de los Santos and Vashti Walters
Performers: Wilson de los Santos, Vashti Walters
Music: Live Cello Performed by David Bender | Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 by Johan Sebastian Bach
Immure
Choreographer: Helen French with special thanks to Kellie Harmon, who helped this work find its first voice in 2018.
Performer: Helen French
Music: Hildegard von Bingen performed by Maya Beiser
LYSAYA (love yourself as you are)
Choreographer: Frank Chaves
Performers: Sam Kendziora, Dwayne Scheuneman
Lighting Design: Joe Smith
Costume Design: REVolutions Dance
Music: Mark Dacingers
Can't Stop Staring at the Sky
Choreographer: Sarah Walston Philips in collabration with performing artists
Performers: Ethan Barbee, Justin Brock, Sophia Fernandez, Hannah Thompson
Music: Vivian Roost; Christophe Zurfluh
Intermission
(15 Minutes)
hot pitch
Director, Choreographer & Co-Video Editor: Heidi Brewer
Lead Video Editor & Creative Collaborator: Sharon McCaman
Drone Operator: Frank Ranieri
Performers/Collaborators: Fernando Chonqui, Autumn Christian, Talia Demps, Alexander Jones, Katie Kunselman, Kirsten Standridge
Music: Opal by Four Tet Remix; BICEP by Four Tet; SWIM by Mild Minds; a good man with a broken heart by LoVibe; Intimidated (feat H.E.R.) by KAYTRANADA, H.E.R.; Life by Jamie xx, Robyn
Cycle: Chronicles of a Mother
Choreography: John Luis Destrade Delgado
Performers: John Luis Destrade Delgado, Rosabel Garcia
Music: RY X, Erik Borelius, Al2 el aldeano
Variations for LRS
Choreography: Lauren Slone
Performer: Lauren Slone
Music: excerpts from Violin Sonata #2 by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber | performed by Alice Robbins, Mark Kroll, Carol Lieberman
Soleless
Choreography: Peter Chu / chuthis.
Performers: Madison Pineda Bender, Eleanor Simmons
Musician: Djeff Houle
Excerpt from ABOVE/below: The Devil & The Tower
Choreography: Alexander Jones
Performers: Heidi Brewer, Justin Brock, Talia Demps, Esophia Higgins-Wilkins, Alexander Jones, Sam Kendziora, Jonah Perez-Lopez, Kirsten Standridge
Lighting Design: Christopher Spatafora
Costume Design: Iky Standridge
Music: Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
BEACON Technical Crew
Stage Manager
Sarah Hamilton
Lighting Designer
Christopher Spatafora
Crew/Performance Audio Managers
Daniel Piechocki
Alastair St. Hill
House Manager & Volunteer Coordinator
Heather Sanders
Assistant House Manager
John Espinosa
BEACON 2026 was made possible by the generous support of
Presenting Partner
Contributing Partners
Deborah DeBerry Long
Tom and Sally Baynard
Hal Freedman and Willi Rudowsky
Anne and Randy Freese
Paula Kramer
The Staff & Crew of The Palladium
