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DANCING BEYOND 2025

PRESENTED BY EARL MOSLEY’S DIVERSITY OF DANCE

IN SUPPORT OF DANCE AGAINST CANCER AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

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JANUARY 17TH - 19TH, 2025

NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE

Previous Programs

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 2025
7:30 PM

NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE

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Rosie's Theater Kids

Choreographer: Kyle Pleasant

Music and Lyrics: Meghan Kabir, James Michael, Blair Daly

Arrangement and Orchestration: Steven Jamail

Production: Steven Jamail and Jim Morgan

Dancers: Max Brosnick, Gabriella Diaz, Reyna Dunkley,

King Fitzgerald Grant Will Francis, Harrison Gan, Aria Hall, Daniel Hall, Savanna Huang, Riejchana Kiet-Nun,

Edwin Martinez, Maurice McKenna, Nuvialiese Mesorana,

Elsa Moroney, Maggie Moroney, Jesus Peralta,

Adrianna Perez, Sherly Quizhpi, Avalee Ramos,

Yaslyn Rodriguez, London Santos, Meadow Scheib,

Nina Taddoni, Mayabelle Velez, Lee Wu, Lavina Zhang

 

Unraveled

Fort Hamilton High School's Joffrey Dance Academy

Choreographer: Sabrina Jaafar

Music: “Music for Weather Elements” - Ezio Bosso

Dancers: Tessa Blozzy, Anastasia Chabanov,

Evangeline Gaffey, Nicole German, Anita Lior,

Selah Melton, Ksenia Pototski, Leah Shadkhin, Fiona Zhang

 

Life Isn't Meant to be Easy (Premiere)

Choreographer: Maggie DeFrees

Music: "The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black” - Jóhann Jóhannsson

Dancers: Alexa Boyles, Paige DeFrees, Ella McCauley,

Zariah Henthorn, Skylar Matos

 

 

Pantheon (Excerpt from The Unsung)

Limón2

Choreographer: José Limón

Dancers: Tyler Brunson, Adele Carlson, Casidy Chan,

Mikey Comito, Nyah Malone, Nathan Podziewski,

Jasmine Presti, Richard Sayama, Xinyi Zhang

This excerpt of ‘The Unsung’ is a powerful evocation of the lives and dancing of indigenous tribes who lived in harmony with their vast landscape. The dancers, using the ground and their bodies, are also the musicians for The Unsung which reverberates with rhythm and our connection to the earth. Limón researched and visited different tribes, each with a unique culture, and drew from their ceremonies where dancing was an act of power and connection with the landscape - dancing being done long before Europeans came to the Americas.

 

CONNECT

Choreographer: Ehizoje Azeke

Music: "Necessity” - Rampa

Dancers: Katrina Binks, Kesia Cedeno-Ballard,

Lea Coquet, M’Shiari Gonzales, Grayson O’Neill,

Jonvieve Ratel, Solana Rios, Julia Sheker,

Caroline Wassem, Mayu Yamashita

 

All Night Long

Choreographer: Jeremy Pichardo

Collaborator: Juan Carlos Franquiz, II

Music: "Silk Sonic Intro" by Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak, ”Let The Groove Get In" by Justin Timberlake

Music Editing: Jeremy Pichardo

Dancers: Justin Bowen, Carlos Franquiz,

Paul Michael Gamble, Malachi Kingston, Kamori Lewis,

Jeremy Pichardo, Xander Sanchez, Ellington Tanner-Hurd

— INTERMISSON —

Love Bomb AKA Mosley (Premiere)

Choreographer: Adrienne Hurd

Music: “Love Bomb” - The Gap Band

Dancers: Tara Bellardini, Alia Carponter-Walker,

Maria Carmen Flaviene, Paul Michael Gamble,

Sara Alessia Giannini, Adrienne Hurd, Jeremy Pichardo,

Olivia Roth, Tasheka Scafe

 

Digital Age Zone: Act 1 & 2 (Premiere)

Choreographer: Justin Bowen

Music: "Quiet Curves (from Ridge Racer 2)“ - Bandai Namco Game Music, "A/DC=" - So!YoON! (ft. Mid-Air Thief)

Dancers: Justin Bowen, Jade Connor, Tatiana Cubi,

Jayson Jean, Nadia Simmons, Kanon Sugino

 

Heaven’s Gate (Premiere)

Talent Unlimited High School

Choreographer: Briana Raheem

Music: “The Departure” - Max Richter and  Lavinia Meijer, “One Hundred Strings” - Secession Studios

Dancers: Nathalie Barus, Elise Chavez, Camila Cuastumal, Aisha Ferguson, Syrai Forsythe, Jaeda Fowler,

Lovinia Grandoit, Madison Howard, Angelina Irizarry,

Elizabeth Lee, Elliana Lugo, Diana Maravilla,

Viviana Martinez, Belma Pecanin, Briannah Pollard,

Rickell Quiche Martel, Tatiana Rodriguez, Laura Rojas,

Sarah Rolka, Gianna Santiago, Sage Taveras,

Ciara Volson, Tyriek Walker, Karla Wilson, Kayla Wilson

 

Heptahedron

AThomasProject

Choreographer: Alrick Thomas

Music: “Pixel” - Brown Skirt

Dancers: Brandon Gray, Tevin Johnson, Angelina Lenzer,

Tulia Marshall, Shaina McGregor, Nathaniel Jervis-White

 

OOF (Excerpt)

Joffrey Concert Group

Choreographer: Bradley Shelver

Music: Balkan Beat Box and Machito and His Orchestra 

Dancers: Emanuel Bracho, Annika Davis, Joliana Canaan, Charles Klepner, Andrew Kahl, Jakey McCullough,

Pearl Madnick, Breeanna Palmer, Christopher Pismarov, Manami Ono, Leo Freude, Sydney Williams

 

Untitled (Work in Progress)

Kanyok Arts Initiative

Choreographer: Fredrick Earl Mosley

Music: Various Colombian Artists

Dancers: Ayla Eyikan, Alex Gabbay, Ava Rachel Lieber,

Devin Lugo, Brooke Neuman, Finn O'Brien,

Lucas Pignotti, Gabby Renosis, Rebeca Rincon,

Vivienne Sanchez, Camryn Studebaker, Lana Zechinno

DANCING BEYOND 2025 TEAM

 

ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS

Dance Against Cancer, American Cancer Society,

National Dance Institute 

 

FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Fredrick Earl Mosley

INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD CHAIR

Candace Carponter

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Sheryl Pollard Thomas

PROGRAMS DIRECTORS

Daniel Padierna, Sheryl Pollard Thomas, Robert Redick

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

Manuela Sanchez

DIGITAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Payge Lecakes

 

STAGE MANAGER, LIGHTING DESIGNER, AND SOUND TECHNICIAN

Maggie DeFrees

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

Daniel Padierna, Robert Redick

VIDEOGRAPHER

Milan Misko

PHOTOGRAPHER

Aidan Rivera 

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

McKenzie Brewer, Malachi Kingston, Akira Kong,

Payge Lecakes, Sasha Reist, Iris Tang

PROGRAM DESIGN

Payge Lecakes

COVER PHOTO

Ally Douglas

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 2025
7:30 PM

NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE

Soul Makossa

Passaic County Technical Institute

Choreographer: Jay T. Jenkins

Music: “Soul Makossa” - Manu Dibango 

Dancers: Mia Armstrong, Arianna Caride, Makenzie Fairmon, Jordana Finamore, Jaslene Genao, Deanilyn Guzman,

Crystal Martinez, Kelsie Mendoza, Nyla Moses,

Alyssa Palomba, Ruby Penney, Angie Perez,

Gianna Ramaglia, Edina Reilly, Kaya Sharpe, Nayla Tapia,

Arianna Walker, Kaitlyn Cooper (Understudy)

 

Heaven’s Gate (Premiere)

Talent Unlimited High School

Choreographer: Briana Raheem

Music: “The Departure” - Max Richter and  Lavinia Meijer, “One Hundred Strings” - Secession Studios

Dancers: Nathalie Barus, Elise Chavez, Camila Cuastumal, Aisha Ferguson, Syrai Forsythe, Jaeda Fowler,

Lovinia Grandoit, Madison Howard, Angelina Irizarry,

Elizabeth Lee, Elliana Lugo, Diana Maravilla,

Viviana Martinez, Belma Pecanin, Briannah Pollard,

Rickell Quiche Martel, Tatiana Rodriguez, Laura Rojas,

Sarah Rolka, Gianna Santiago, Sage Taveras, Ciara Volson,

Tyriek Walker, Karla Wilson, Kayla Wilson

 

Tatakai (Premiere)

FineLine Theatre Arts

Choreographer: Kerry Gallagher

Music: REZZ and deadmau5

Dancers: Else Dahl, Sally Keuper, Julia Kinoshito-McCauley, Mariana Mendoza, Talia Radday, Willa Regane

 

Pantheon (Excerpt from The Unsung)

Limón2

Choreographer: José Limón

Dancers: Tyler Brunson, Adele Carlson, Casidy Chan,

Mikey Comito, Nyah Malone, Nathan Podziewski,

Jasmine Presti, Richard Sayama, Xinyi Zhang

 

This excerpt of ‘The Unsung’ is a powerful evocation of the lives and dancing of indigenous tribes who lived in harmony with their vast landscape. The dancers, using the ground and their bodies, are also the musicians for The Unsung which reverberates with rhythm and our connection to the earth. Limón researched and visited different tribes, each with a unique culture, and drew from their ceremonies where dancing was an act of power and connection with the landscape - dancing being done long before Europeans came to the Americas. 

 

Delta

Choreographer: Camryn Brothers

Assistant: Becca Broh

Music: “Delta” - Mumford & Sons

Dancers: Billie Bernard, Maggie Eger, Alicia Gavzy,

Hatsune Ishihara, Tomomi Lewis-Noguchi, Morgan McCreary,

Nelly Nieves, Gray O'Neill, Maria Perry, Eleanor Setnik-King,

Amelia Sherman, Audrey Stevens,

Yasmyn Sumiyoshi, Carolyn Wassem

— INTERMISSON —

Our Better Angels (Excerpt)

New York City Department of Education

Choreographer: Fredrick Earl Mosley

Music: “Holy War” -  Alicia Keys

Dancers: Dance Educators from NYC Public Schools - Margaret Bellusci, Veronica Cheeseboro, Shanik Garcia, Morgan Hasson, Michelle Issac, Rachel Kampuries,

Abigail Loper, Jean McCouglin, Megan Minturn,

Dale Nathaniel, Allison O’Donnall, Jessica Park,

Andrea Parkinson, Alycia Perrin, Caroline Ramirez,

Jesslyn Reyes, Julie Rubin, Rachel Scott, Nyraena Simmons,

Lauren Tepper, Scott Walters

 

A Tina Turner Tribute

National Dance Institute

Choreographer: Kenna Morris Garcia

Music: “Proud Mary” - Marqueta Kylinn Dudley,

“River Deep Mountain High” by Jeff Barry,

Ellie Greenwich, and Phillip Spector

Arrangement: Yakir Ben-Hur

Dancers: Dante Carmody, Jaden Chen, Greyson Constantino, Lena Coto, Luna Demogenes, Nila Gomez, Jeziel Guerrero, Lubana Hernández, Jaylin Islam, Aria Kramer, Nate Lutchman, Ella Meisner, Clara Schultz-Jones, Uschi Umscheid,

Taylor Velasquez, Jahnya White, Roxy Wu, Brianna Zucker

 

Tina Turner, was a powerful force who defied the odds and became the "Queen of Rock & Roll". Embodying her strength and courage while celebrating her resilience and independence,

we present A Tina Turner Tribute. 

 

Along the Riverbank (Excerpt)

Hofstra University

Choreographer: Rachel List,

with contributions from the dancers

Music: “Nocturne Op. 27: No. 2, No. 8 in D Flat Major” - Composed by Frederic Chopin, Performed by Leon Fleisher 

Dancers: Moira Barta, Alyssa Chelton, Gabrielle Fish,

Tabitha Knudson, Aria Moreno, Allison Nickles,

Isabella Perlmutter, Denivia Rivera, Molly Starczewski,

Trinity Semo, Bryanna Sykes,

Michaela Wagner, Penelope Wickwire

 

When We Echo (Premiere)

Feathers Dance Company

Choreographer: Jesse Obremski

Music: "Electric Counterpoint” - Steve Reich and Elena Casoli

Music Editing: Jesse Obremski

Dancers: Hatsune Ishihara, Fuka Kojima,

Tsubasa Nishioka, Richard Sayama

 

OOF (Excerpt)

Joffrey Concert Group

Choreographer: Bradley Shelver

Music: Balkan Beat Box, Machito and His Orchestra 

Dancers: Emanuel Bracho, Annika Davis, Joliana Canaan, Charles Klepner, Andrew Kahl, Jakey McCullough,

Pearl Madnick, Breeanna Palmer, Christopher Pismarov,

Manami Ono, Leo Freude, Sydney Williams

 

All Night Long

Choreographer: Jeremy Pichardo

Collaborator: Juan Carlos Franquiz, II

Music: "Silk Sonic Intro" by Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak

”Let The Groove Get In" by Justin Timberlake

Music Editing: Jeremy Pichardo

Dancers: Justin Bowen, Carlos Franquiz, Paul Gamble, Malachi Kingston, Kamori Lewis, Luis Pauletta

Jeremy Pichardo, Xander Sanchez

Ellington Tanner-Hurd, Aiden Williams

DANCING BEYOND 2025 TEAM

 

ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS

Dance Against Cancer, American Cancer Society,

National Dance Institute 

 

FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Fredrick Earl Mosley

INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD CHAIR

Candace Carponter

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Sheryl Pollard Thomas

PROGRAMS DIRECTORS

Daniel Padierna, Sheryl Pollard Thomas, Robert Redick

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

Manuela Sanchez

DIGITAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Payge Lecakes

 

STAGE MANAGER, LIGHTING DESIGNER,

AND SOUND TECHNICIAN

Maggie DeFrees

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

Akira Kong, Robert Redick

VIDEOGRAPHER

Milan Misko

PHOTOGRAPHER

Aidan Rivera 

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

Cheyenne Casner, Malachi Kingston, Akira Kong,

Payge Lecakes, Kanon Sugino

PROGRAM DESIGN

Payge Lecakes

COVER PHOTO

Ally Douglas

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2025
2:00 PM

NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE

Ladies Night

Steps on Broadway Conservatory

Choreographer: James Alonzo White

Music: “Good Kisser”, “She Came to Give It To You”,

“Red Light”, and “Caught Up” - Usher 

Dancers: Zoey Barnes, Sophie Barry, Tess Benton,

Jazmin Carballo, Kamari Curtis, Sophia Dalton,

Ava Dodson, Aleah Grayce Gibbs, Liv Elswick,

Brianna Haskell, Madi Kephart, Margot Richlin,

Chloe Suko, Tatum Tucker, Reese Weddle

 

Violet

Montclair State University

Choreographer: Leslie Kraus

Music: “Magenta” - Loscil, Lawrence English

Dancers: Laura Aglione, Audrey Caron, Hannah Copeland, Alyssia Farias, Karilyn Farr, Rena Hailey, Isabel (Izzy) Herz, Harris Kahler, Amara Kennedy, Mikaela Miranda,

Caroline Murray, Nicole Pellegrin, Arianna Polite,

Isabella (Isa) Santiago, Emma Turrisi,

Elianna Witt, Jordon Woolridge

 

Digital Age Zone: Act 1 & 2 (Premiere)

Choreographer: Justin Bowen

Music: "Quiet Curves (from Ridge Racer 2)“ - Bandai Namco Game Music, "A/DC=" - So!YoON! (ft. Mid-Air Thief)

Dancers: Justin Bowen, Jade Connor, Tatiana Cubi,

Jayson Jean, Nadia Simmons, Kanon Sugino

 

Love Bomb AKA Mosley (Premiere)

Choreographer: Adrienne Hurd

Music: “Love Bomb” - The Gap Band

Dancers: Tara Bellardini, Alia Carponter-Walker,

Maria Carmen Flaviene, Paul Michael Gamble,

Sara Alessia Giannini, Adrienne Hurd, Jeremy Pichardo,

Olivia Roth, Tasheka Scafe

 

When We Echo (Premiere)

Feathers Dance Company

Choreographer: Jesse Obremski

Music: "Electric Counterpoint” - Steve Reich and Elena Casoli

Music Editing: Jesse Obremski

Dancers: Hatsune Ishihara, Fuka Kojima,

Tsubasa Nishioka, Richard Sayama

 

CONNECT

Choreographer: Ehizoje Azeke

Music: "Necessity” -  Rampa

Dancers: Katrina Binks, Kesia Cedeno-Ballard,

Lea Coquet, M’Shiari Gonzales, Grayson O’Neill,

Jonvieve Ratel, Solana Rios, Julia Sheker,

Caroline Wassem, Mayu Yamashita

— INTERMISSON —

Bow Of The New (Premiere)

LaGuardia Dance Ensemble

Choreographer: Darrell Grand Moultrie

Music: Elena Kats-Chernin

Dancers: Jeremiah Caimares, Joey Liu, Jayla Capellan, Amiyah Black, Gisele Genzini, Jacob Rodriguez,

Jayana Pacheco, Joshua Martinez, Kasey Tucker, Keith Hinds,

Rachel Motta, Remy Robbins, Savannah Fagbemi

Understudies: Adi Saban, Andrew Semilfort, Kai Misra-Stone

 

Composition 5

The Steps on Broadway Academy

Choreographer: Dwight Rhoden

Restaged by Jourdan Epstein

Music: "Fold" - Bonobo, Jacques Greene

Dancers: Layla Barnett, Betelhem Dombrow, Emma Gomez, Elle Graper, Alison Imohiosen, Maggie Lerner,

Jade C. Matthew, Konstanza Melo Ananyeva, Shayna Meyer,

Darcey Neale, Ava O'Donnell, Nora Onovo,

Sonia Schultes, Niamh Selby-Curran, Svara Sen,

Stella Rose Souza, Ava Stanco, Serena Zhang

 

This piece was staged as part of the Complexions Contemporary Ballet Academy's residency at Steps on Broadway. 

 

Night Life (Premiere)

Choreographer: Emanuele Fiore

Music: "Entrudo" - Worakls

Dancers: Claudio Caverni, Paul Gamble, Riccardo Passera, Giorgia Picano, Tobi Twombley

 

you and me, at the end of it all (Premiere)

Choreographer: Payge Lecakes

Music: "Chrome Country" - Oneohtrix Point Never

Dancers: McKenzie Brewer, Kanon Sugino

 

Sonder

Harlem School of the Arts

Choreographer: Robert Redick

Music: "Often a Bird" - Wim Mertens 

Dancers: Kayla Castillo, Anjel Ferrer, Allie Francois,

Jayda Hill, Carolina Jennings, Maximillian Malachi,

Elia Park, Julianny Portorreal, Allen Robinson,

Camille Smalls, Dylan Van Putten

 

Dedicated to Dana "Lioness" Wiener (1997-2025)

 

R E L E A S E (Premiere)

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts

Choreographer: Jeremy Pichardo

Music: "Kitale" - Sam One

Dancers: Angelina Andrews, Anna Balis, Averi Ann Bonavita, Taya Burns, Alana Cahill, Jordyn Capobianco,

Isabella Castaño, Nicole Chiu, Alanna Fernandez Torres,

Shaila Figeroux, Cherish Fulgham, Lia Gilgoff,

Adam Gogolowski, Kaila Jones, Nichole Julien,

Nicole Kalesioris, Katerina Kounmantaris, Dalia London,

Margot Mollin, Fei Nunziata, Haley Ortiz, Angelina Ruffini,

Alexander Sanchez, Andrea Segarra, Emma Sierzputowski,

Tessa Slyz, Bella Walz, Gabriella Yournet, Joanna Yu

DANCING BEYOND 2025 TEAM

 

ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS

Dance Against Cancer, American Cancer Society,

National Dance Institute 

 

FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Fredrick Earl Mosley

INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD CHAIR

Candace Carponter

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Sheryl Pollard Thomas

PROGRAMS DIRECTORS

Daniel Padierna, Sheryl Pollard Thomas, Robert Redick

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

Manuela Sanchez

DIGITAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Payge Lecakes

 

STAGE MANAGER, LIGHTING DESIGNER,

AND SOUND TECHNICIAN

Maggie DeFrees

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

Akira Kong, Robert Redick

VIDEOGRAPHER

Milan Misko

PHOTOGRAPHER

Aidan Rivera 

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

McKenzie Brewer, Solving Estes, Malachi Kingston, Akira Kong, Payge Lecakes

PROGRAM DESIGN

Payge Lecakes

COVER PHOTO

Ally Douglas

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2025
5:30 PM

R E L E A S E (Premiere)

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts

Choreographer: Jeremy Pichardo

Music: "Kitale" - Sam One

Dancers: Angelina Andrews, Anna Balis, Averi Ann Bonavita, Taya Burns, Alana Cahill, Jordyn Capobianco,

Isabella Castaño, Nicole Chiu, Alanna Fernandez Torres,

Shaila Figeroux, Cherish Fulgham, Lia Gilgoff,

Adam Gogolowski, Kaila Jones, Nichole Julien,

Nicole Kalesioris, Katerina Kounmantaris, Dalia London,

Margot Mollin, Fei Nunziata, Haley Ortiz, Angelina Ruffini,

Alexander Sanchez, Andrea Segarra, Emma Sierzputowski,

Tessa Slyz, Bella Walz, Gabriella Yournet, Joanna Yu

 

Walk (Premiere)

KAI Kids

Choreographer: Alexia Waites

Music: “It's About That Walk” - Prince

Dancers: Julia Allen, Lalitha Duvvuri, Sivani Duvvuri,

Alex Gabbay, Lily Franco, Sarina Gregoire,

Rhyan Katcher, Lia Lavi, Kate Lellos Doherty,

Jeffie Sheinerman, Presley Silverman

you and me, at the end of it all (Premiere)

Choreographer: Payge Lecakes

Music: "Chrome Country" - Oneohtrix Point Never

Dancers: McKenzie Brewer, Kanon Sugino

 

Composition 5

The Steps on Broadway Academy

Choreographer: Dwight Rhoden,

Restaged by Jourdan Epstein

Music: "Fold" - Bonobo, Jacques Greene

Dancers: Layla Barnett, Betelhem Dombrow, Emma Gomez, Elle Graper, Alison Imohiosen, Maggie Lerner,

Jade C. Matthew, Konstanza Melo Ananyeva, Shayna Meyer, Darcey Neale, Ava O'Donnell, Nora Onovo, Sonia Schultes, Niamh Selby-Curran, Svara Sen, Stella Rose Souza,

Ava Stanco, Serena Zhang

 

This piece was staged as part of the Complexions Contemporary Ballet Academy's residency at Steps on Broadway.

Our Better Angels (Excerpt)

New York City Department of Education

Choreographer: Fredrick Earl Mosley

Music: “Holy War” - Alicia Keys

Dancers: Dance Educators from NYC Public Schools - Margaret Bellusci, Veronica Cheeseboro, Shanik Garcia, Morgan Hasson, Michelle Issac, Rachel Kampuries,

Abigail Loper, Jean McCouglin, Megan Minturn,

Dale Nathaniel, Allison O’Donnall, Jessica Park,

Andrea Parkinson, Alycia Perrin, Caroline Ramirez,

Jesslyn Reyes, Julie Rubin, Rachel Scott, Nyraena Simmons,

Lauren Tepper, Scott Walters

— INTERMISSON —

A Tina Turner Tribute

National Dance Institute

Choreographer: Kenna Morris Garcia

Music: “Proud Mary” - Marqueta Kylinn Dudley,

“River Deep Mountain High” by Jeff Barry,

Ellie Greenwich, and Phillip Spector

Arrangement: Yakir Ben-Hur

Dancers: Dante Carmody, Jaden Chen, Greyson Constantino, Lena Coto, Luna Demogenes, Nila Gomez, Jeziel Guerrero, Lubana Hernández, Jaylin Islam, Aria Kramer, Nate Lutchman, Ella Meisner, Clara Schultz-Jones, Uschi Umscheid,

Taylor Velasquez, Jahnya White, Roxy Wu, Brianna Zucker

 

Tina Turner, was a powerful force who defied the odds and became the "Queen of Rock & Roll". Embodying her strength

and courage while celebrating her resilience and independence, we present A Tina Turner Tribute.

Sonder

Harlem School of the Arts

Choreographer: Robert Redick

Music: "Often a Bird" - Wim Mertens

Dancers: Kayla Castillo, Anjel Ferrer, Allie Francois,

Jayda Hill, Carolina Jennings, Maximillian Malachi,

Elia Park, Julianny Portorreal, Allen Robinson,

Camille Smalls, Dylan Van Putten

 

Dedicated to Dana "Lioness" Wiener (1997-2025)

Delta

Choreographer: Camryn Brothers

Assistant: Becca Broh

Music: “Delta” - Mumford & Sons

Dancers: Billie Bernard, Maggie Eger, Alicia Gavzy,

Hatsune Ishihara, Tomomi Lewis-Noguchi, Morgan McCreary,

Nelly Nieves, Gray O'Neill, Maria Perry, Eleanor Setnik-King,

Amelia Sherman, Audrey Stevens,

Yasmyn Sumiyoshi, Carolyn Wassem

 

Night Life (Premiere)

Choreographer: Emanuele Fiore

Music: "Entrudo" - Worakls

Dancers: Claudio Caverni, Paul Gamble, Riccardo Passera, Giorgia Picano, Tobi Twombley

 

Feminal (2nd & 3rd Movements)

Steps on Broadway Conservatory

Choreographer: Alexandra Light

Music: “Feminal” - Sophia Subbayya Vastek

Dancers: Anna Balestrero-Veloso, Sophie Barry, Jackson Dias, Summer Driskill, Elena Freile, Presleigh Goodwin, Avery Parker, Gabby Starrett, Emily Whiteford

 

Bow Of The New (Premiere)

LaGuardia Dance Ensemble

Choreographer: Darrell Grand Moultrie

Music: Elena Kats-Chernin

Dancers: Jeremiah Caimares, Joey Liu, Jayla Capellan, Amiyah Black, Gisele Genzini, Jacob Rodriguez,

Jayana Pacheco, Joshua Martinez, Kasey Tucker, Keith Hinds, Rachel Motta, Remy Robbins, Savannah Fagbemi

Understudies: Adi Saban, Andrew Semilfort, Kai Misra-Stone

All Night Long

Choreographer: Jeremy Pichardo

Collaborator: Juan Carlos Franquiz, II

Music: "Silk Sonic Intro" by Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak,

”Let The Groove Get In" by Justin Timberlake

Music Editing: Jeremy Pichardo

Dancers: Justin Bowen, Carlos Franquiz,

Paul Gamble, Malachi Kingston, Kamori Lewis,

Luis Pauletta, Jeremy Pichardo, Xander Sanchez,

Ellington Tanner-Hurd, Aiden Williams

DANCING BEYOND 2025 TEAM

 

ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS

Dance Against Cancer, American Cancer Society,

National Dance Institute 

 

FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Fredrick Earl Mosley

INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD CHAIR

Candace Carponter

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Sheryl Pollard Thomas

PROGRAMS DIRECTORS

Daniel Padierna, Sheryl Pollard Thomas, Robert Redick

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

Manuela Sanchez

DIGITAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Payge Lecakes

 

STAGE MANAGER, LIGHTING DESIGNER,

AND SOUND TECHNICIAN

Maggie DeFrees

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

Akira Kong, Robert Redick

VIDEOGRAPHER

Milan Misko

PHOTOGRAPHER

Aidan Rivera 

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

McKenzie Brewer, Malachi Kingston, Akira Kong, Payge Lecakes

PROGRAM DESIGN

Payge Lecakes

COVER PHOTO

Ally Douglas

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