Autumn Concert: Up/rising

Name: Autumn Concert: Up/rising
Start: 2024-10-31T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-31T21:30:00-04:00
Location: 316 Sullivant Hall, 1813 N High St, Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio 43210

Schedule

Thu Oct 31 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

316 Sullivant Hall, 1813 N High St, Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio 43210 | Columbus, OH

This year’s theme, Up/rising, reflects both the trajectory of our department and the dynamic world we inhabit. In a time when the sociopolitical climate challenges us daily, this concert serves as a beacon of hope and resilience, emphasizing the importance of perseverance through our art form.
Up/rising features:
- a new work by Assistant Professor of Practice Eddie Taketa;
- "Behind The Win," for which eleven dancers worked in collaboration with Associate Professor Nya McCarthy-Brown to develop an original dance piece exploring what it takes to win. In the work, dancers highlight the frustration and joy of being an athlete, they explore personal, self-destructive behaviors as well as and the motivations that carry them to achieve;
a new work by Guest Artist Michelle Gibson;
- "Ink," by Guest Artist and MFA in Dance Alumnus Joshua Manculich;
- MFA student works by Shaela Davis and Zoey November