MFA Thesis Performance: Melancholy Order, by Ginny Jiang

Name: MFA Thesis Performance: Melancholy Order, by Ginny Jiang
Start: 2025-10-17T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Dance Performance Studio Theatre, 1000 Baits Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2008, United States

Schedule

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Dance Performance Studio Theatre, 1000 Baits Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2008, United States | Ann Arbor, MI

The University of Michigan Department of Dance presents Melancholy Order, an MFA thesis dance-theatre performance directed by Ginny Jiang. The performance will be October 17, beginning at 7:30 p.m. No entry will be permitted after 7:45. Tickets are free and will be available at the door beginning 30 minutes before show time.
Melancholy Order is a dance-theatre work situated in research on the lived conditions of first-generation immigrant communities. Melancholy Order employs parody, humor, exhilaration, and experimental choreography to reveal resilience and complexity. The piece emphasizes how movement vocabularies embody histories of discipline, punishment, resistance, and cultural negotiation.
The production team includes choreographer Ginny Jiang, lighting designer Tianxuan Chen, stage designer Siyin Yan, and costume designer Ruoxuan Li. All are Asian diaspora artists whose migration experiences deeply inform the creative process.
Dance Artists: Aaliyah Brown, Amy Liu, Bridghaite Lemrow-Collazo-Rosario, Eve Anderson, Hope Hanna-Casupang, Sarah Lau, and Zamora Tamminga.
The performance will be followed by a light reception at the Perry Kasper Granoff Studio.