{"id":2061,"date":"2023-07-27T02:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T02:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citydancefestival.org\/?page_id=2061"},"modified":"2023-07-29T20:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T20:58:40","slug":"2023washington","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citydancefestival.org\/2023washington\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Washington International Dance Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
City Dance Festival\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
2023 Washington International Dance Festival<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Program<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Director <\/b> Production Director\/Stage manager<\/b> Photographer<\/b> Special thanks to atlas performing arts center production team.<\/p>\n 2023 Washington International Dance Festival presented by Xing Dance Theater<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \u00a0A Subject Under Consideration\u00a0<\/b><\/i> Julia Ramirez – New Jersey<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Dancers:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juliana Martino<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Ella Porr<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Mikayla Russo<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Molly Weidmaider<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t “Man’s World”, <\/i>excerpt from Shadows \u00a0<\/i><\/b> Photo credit: Caleb Spencer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Vincent E. Thomas<\/strong> Vincent E. Thomas<\/b>, dancer, choreographer and teacher, received his MFA in Dance from Florida State University and a BME in Music from the University of South Carolina. He has danced with Dance Repertory Theatre (FSU), Randy James Dance Works (NY\/NJ), EDGEWORKS Dance Theater (DC), and Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (MD). His choreography has been presented at various national and international venues including DUMBO Festival (NY), Velocity Festival (DC), Modern Moves Festival (DC), Philly Fringe (PA), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK-Scotland), Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, Avignon, France, Athens, Greece, Bari, Italy, Copenhagen, Denmark, Shanghai, Taipei, and Singapore. He received rave reviews for his performance of \u201cCome Change\u201d (2012) and \u201ciWitness\u201d (2014) in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland). Theater credits: Movement Coach\/Choreographer for Everyman Theater\u2019s Brother\u2019s Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney in Baltimore, MD (2012), Mosaic Theatre\u2019s Unexplored Interior by Jay Sander in Washington, DC (2015), and Everyman Theater\u2019s Los Otros by Ellen Fitzhugh in Baltimore, MD (2017), and Associate Choreographer\/Movement Coach for Williamstown Theater Festival\u2019s Most Happy in Concert in Williamstown, MA (2022) directed by Daniel Fish. He is the Artistic Director\/Choreographer of the national touring What\u2019s Going On project. Vincent was awarded the 2011-2012 Towson University Student Government Association Faculty Member of the Year, a 2014-2015 NextLook Artist for the University of Maryland College Park and Joe\u2019s Movement Emporium, a 2012-13 American Dance Institute Incubator Artist (MD), 2016 Baker Artist Award finalists, the 2017 Pola Nirenska Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance (DC), the 2019 University System of Maryland Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity, the 2020 MDEA Living Legacy Award, a 2021 William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund Awardee, and a 2022 Baker Award Finalist. He is an Urban Bush Women BOLD Facilitator, faculty member for the UBW Summer Institutes (NY), and Professor of Dance at Towson University (MD). His multi-dimensional company VTDance builds on the use of contemporary dance, improvisation, text\/ movement, a variety of sound sources, and collaborations with other artists, including dancers, musicians, poets, visual artists, and others [to be discovered]. These ideas coupled with witty, poignant, athletic and gestural movement are the rich palette for VTDance. www.vtdance.org<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Eli<\/strong>as Brzezinski <\/b>is a native of Baltimore, MD. He began his dance training at age 3, starting in styles such as ballet, tap, and jazz, then later branched out to other styles such as hip-hop and modern dance as well. At age 14, Elias was accepted into the dance magnet program at G.W. Carver Center for the Arts and Technology where he attended all 4 years of high school, training with instructors Stephanie Powell and Maria Royals, focusing on modern and ballet techniques. Elias is currently training in the BFA program at Towson University as a Dance Performance and Choreography Major and has been appointed the rehearsal director for VTDance II.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Mikhail Gordon<\/strong> is a junior BFA Dance Performance & Choreography major at Towson University. He previously trained at C&C Dance Company, competing on their competition team for 3 years, winning multiple first overall awards. During his time at C&C, he specifically trained in acrobatics and contortion, eventually finding his love for contemporary, ballet, and modern during his time at Towson University. His goal after graduating is to continue to teach and choreograph for studios on the competition circuit and to open his own dance studio. He wants to be a role model for the younger generation of dancers, while keeping the positive influence of dance alive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The Poem written at the Hill<\/i><\/b> Seyong Kim Inspired by J.S.Bach’s beautiful Aria “Erbarme Dich, main Gott” and the Gospel of Matthew, this piece is made as a contemporary ballet performed by 3 female artists. Using symbolic gestural movements and cultural theme, “The Poem written at the Hill” is presented within aesthetic atmosphere but with sadness. This piece can be diversely interpreted by points of view with trans-cultural perspective today in a globalized world beyond religious aspect.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Allen Chunhui Xing<\/p>\n
Laurie Dodge<\/p>\n
Evan Davis, Matt Hoffacker<\/p>\n
Choreographer: Julia Ramirez
Dancers: Juliana Martino, Megan Midgley, Ella Porr, Mikayla Russo, Molly Weidmaier
Music: Sound Score by Julia Ramirez with music by Kangding Ray
Costumes: Julia Ramirez\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Choreographer:\u00a0\u00a0Vincent E Thomas\/VTDance<\/span>
Company: VTDance II
Performers: Elias Brzezinski, Mikhail Gordon
Music: James Brown<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Maryland<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Choreographer: Seyong Kim
Dancers: Sabrina Darnall, Olivia Gray, Caroline Zajac<\/span>
Music: “Erbarme Dich”
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t