CHOREOGRAPHY
SHOWCASE FALL 2025
Thursday! December 11th Choreography Professor
Latanya d. Tigner
Friday! December 12th
Stage Manager
7p& & 8:30p& David Van
Zellerbach Hall • Room 7 Costume Designers
Athena Edie Ngov!Nordvall
Presented in approximately 1 hour Avery Jones
without intermission. Lighting Designers
Please refrain from using electronic Jingyi Zhou
devices so that everyone can enjoy the Music Support
show. Photography, video, and audio Ryan Huber
recording are strictly prohibited.
WELCOME! This performance is unique in that it showcases the culmina!
tion of student work created over the entire fall semester. Choreographers
worked with their fellow students enrolled in design and production classes
to produce a fully student!created and student!run show. The showcase
presents the work of 9 choreographers, 16 dancers, 5 designers, and 10
crew members. The goal of the class is to teach choreography as a collab!
orative creative practice. We hope you enjoy the evening!
PROGRAM There will be a brief pause between pieces.
1. Paint
Echoes of a past life paint onto the surface of our current selves!
Choreographer: Yuki Cun
Dancers: Maya Cramer and Amelia Thomason
Designers: Avery Jones and Jingyi Zhou
Music: “Paint” by The Paper Kites
2. Intertwined
Why can’t you just be yourself? Don’t you want to be seen?
Choreographer: Isabella de Souza
Dancers: Gilliane Balingit and Elaina Marie Dokimos
Designers: Athena Edie Ngov!Nordvall and Jingyi Zhou
Music: “(un)Folded” by Kehlani
3. DeKay
We grow, we die, we have ups and downs, we decompose! It’s not that serious! Go to the club!
This piece is an exploration of organic growth, life, and decay through a lens that does not know
melancholy! Moving through a new stage of life or reflecting about death doesn’t have to garner
anxiety; it’s an opportunity for gratitude, reflection, and unthinkable levels of servage!
Choreographer: Aleshani Altan
Dancer: Carlos Rendon
Designers: Avery Jones and Jingyi Zhou
Music: “Black Sheep” by DJ Angelo
4. Transference
A single leaf reveals autumn; all teachings now reside within!
Choreographer: Xujia Wei (魏旭佳)
Dancers: Hsiuwei Zhou (周修惟) and Linlin Wang (王嘉琳)
Designers: Athena Edie Ngov!Nordvall and Jingyi Zhou
Music: The Luminous Sea of Heaven (瑶光天海)
5. In Her Bones
Reflection of three stages of womanhood: stereotypes and inner judgement, finding confidence
and power, vulnerability and leaning on each other for support!
Choreographer: Brooke Barrett
Dancers: Rachel Hu and Madison Vandevort
Designers: Avery Jones and Jingyi Zhou
Music: “Grow- A COLORS ENCORE” by FACESOUL, “I AM WOMAN” by Emmy Meli, “Woman” by Rhye
6. Child’s Play
Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?
Choreographer: Isabelle Morales
Dancers: Cate Flowers and Mikyla Mendoza
Designers: Avery Jones and Jingyi Zhou
Music: Original composition by Sky Nudelman
7. End of Love
“For me, it was about dealing with love in a different way; perhaps not love in a romantic sense, but
the end of love that came from a place of lack or need!”—Florence Welch
Choreographer: Janna Redmond
Dancer: Maren Sawamura
Designers: Athena Edie Ngov!Nordvall and Jingyi Zhou
Music: “End of Love” by Florence and the Machine
8. Hesitance, Cordiality, Safety
If you could step outside of your body and observe yourself, how would your actions change in
relation to your comfort level with those around you?
Choreographer: Emilee Brown
Dancers: Dylan Wiliams and Kayla Chang
Designers: Avery Jones and Jingyi Zhou
Music: “Ewnet Yet Lagegnesh (Instrumental&” by Girma Beyene, “Endegenda” by Hailu Mergia & The
Walias, and “Tezeta” by Mulatu Astake
9. Timefalls
An inquiry into the endless cycle of rebounding, embodying, surrendering… two bodies exploring
the quiet and uncertain embrace of release!!
Choreographer: Isabella Faith Hei
Dancers: Cece Gu and Jeanie Lai
Designers: Athena Edie Ngov!Nordvall and Jingyi Zhou
Music: “Carousel” and “Ice Rink Epiphany” by Bryce Dessner
Collaborators
Assistant Stage Manager Wardrobe Crew Sound Board Operator
AnnaBelle Sanders Tiffany Avila!Bastidas Sama Keshavarzrad
Assistant Costume Designers Alexander Cole
Carly Blaine Sierra Plotkin
Sama Keshavarzrad Light Board Operators
Deck Crew Jenny Giang
Joshua Gould Star Guder
Geoffrey Toribio
Production Staff & Faculty Advisors
Production Manager Properties Director Production Sound Engineer
Jamila Cobham Peet Cocke Ethan Schmidt
Assistant Production Manager Costume Director Costume Design Advisor
Emily Fassler Denise Umland Dominique Fawn Hill
Technical Director Lead Costume Shop Technician Lighting Design Advisor
Robin Maegawa Aurie Stetzel Ray Oppenheimer
Scene Shop Supervisor Head Dresser Stage Management Advisor
Timothy Kopra Kyo Yohena Rebecca J. Ennals
Scenic Artist Theater Supervisor
Zöe Casey Dio Ramirez
Save the Dates
Berkeley Dance Project 2026
Featuring choreography by Sarah Crowell and Randee Paufve
April 30-May 3, 2026 at Zellerbach Playhouse
Tickets on sale in February at [Link]
Celebrating our vibrant and diverse community of dancemakers, this annual concert features new
choreography by faculty, students, and guest artists. Join us for an exciting array of ideas in motion!
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