Spring 2021 Virtual Dance Project
Our goal with this project was to unify our dancers no matter where they are in the world and to continue our mission of providing the Columbia dance community with opportunities to perform advanced repertoire. This project was completed remotely, taught by student repetiteurs, filmed by the dancers themselves, and edited by members of the CRB leadership team.
CRB collaborated with two choreographers this semester, both of whom brought unique and beautiful pieces to our program this fall. CRB also collaborated with Barnard Dance faculty member, Ashley Tuttle, to restage Les Sylphides for a virtual setting.
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Move On
Genene McGrath
Music: “Any Other World” by Ameritz
Genene is an accomplished dancer and choreographer with over ten years of concert dance experience working with companies such as Missouri Contemporary Ballet, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, and METdance. She graduated with a BA in dance from Point Park University under the direction of Susan Stowe and since then has had the opportunity to tour and perform at various stages/events such as Jacob’s Pillow, Green Box Arts Festival, Dallas Dance Fest, Austin Dance Festival, and Spring to Dance. Move On was originally choreographed for International Ballet Theatre Academy in 2012. This piece is performed by Edith Allen, Madeline Angelides, Tian Griffin, Kate Shavelle, Grace Smotrich, Emily Stone, Zion Walker, Parker Whitehead-Bust, and Moeka Xu.
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Excerpts from Les Sylphides
Michael Fokine
Music: “Les Sylphides” by Frédéric Chopin
Les Sylphides, originally called Chopiniana after its composer, is a “romantic reverie” made up of a suite of dances in the romantic atmosphere of a moonlit park. The short ballet was choreographed by Michael Fokine and premiered in 1909 in Paris. This piece was readapted and rehearsed by Ashley Tuttle, an accomplished former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre now part of the Barnard Dance faculty. These excerpts were performed by Natalie Ginsburg, Thaleia Dasberg, and Rose Kathryn Hollingsworth.