THE SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND DANCE PRESENTS
DANCE UP CLOSE
Producers: Brooklyn Draper, Heidi Jones Eggert
Choreographers: Michelle Boulé, Josephine Caringi*,
Zoe Dehline**, Liana Dillon**, Julia Lauany Duarte**,
Seely Garrett**, Jaiden Hettick**, Emma Piskolich*,
Rebecca White**
Stage Manager: Kendall Skoog
Assistant Stage Manager: Maria Chimarusti**
Scenic/Props Coordinator: Brian Gregoire
Costume Coordinator: Jordan Draper
Lighting/Sound/Projection Coordinator: Mike Post
Lighting Designers: Jason Bernardi°°, Brady Grenfell°, Mike Post
*Partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance (Junior Project)
**Partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance (Senior Project)
°°Partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre (Senior Project)
°Partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre (Senior Project)
THE MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The School of Theatre and Dance acknowledges that these are the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people, a number of whom are our colleagues, students, and friends. We honor the path they have always shown us in caring for this place for the generations to come.
*Es mistéʔes qe es lʔ, ci łu l ,T,atʔ̓ ayaqn u Qlispélixʷ sqlixʷúʔulexʷs t Nłʔaycčstm Kʷtis
Snacx̓ ̣łqe̓ ym̓ ín. Qe es putʔem łu Sqélixʷ m̓ im̓ éʔeye̓ ms x̣ʷl ,olqʷštulexʷ łu x̣ʷl ,qł sqlqelixʷ.
AUDIENCE STATEMENT OF EMPOWERMENT
The School of Theatre & Dance recognizes that art can provoke; therefore, during the course of this performance, patrons are empowered to leave if themes or situations make them uncomfortable.
AUDIENCE ADVISORY
“Fatal Flaw” contains explicit lyrics. “Sand Castles” contains atmospheric effects. “Dirty.” contains adult themes and airborne dust.
DANCE PIECES
Fatal Flaw (2023)**
Choreographer: Jaiden Hettick
Music: “Achilles Come Down” by Gang of Youths
Costume Designer: Jordan Draper
Lighting Designer: Jason Bernardi
Scenic Designer: Brian Gregoire
Performers: Mia Johns, Aundrea Johnson, Kylie Lopuch, Elisabeth Lundgren, Kyli Mattfeldt, Scout Wenzel, Rebecca White
Ins and Outs (2023)*
Choreographer: Emma Piskolich in collaboration with performers
Music: “Cycles” by Errol Koch
Lighting Designer: Brady Grenfell
Performers: Lyris Daker, Kerrigan Edwards, Miya Ensley, Seely Garrett, McKenna Johnson
If I … (2023)*
Choreographer: Josephine Caringi in collaboration with performers
Music: “Crazy” by CoH + Cosey Fanni Tutti
Lighting Designer: Brady Grenfell
Performers: Taylor Ferguson, Sloan Flanagan, Hannah Halvorson, Mia Johns, Elisabeth Lundgren, Grazia Novak
Snowglobes (2023)**
Choreographer: Seely Garrett in collaboration with performers
Music: “Mountain Song” and “Sleeping Alone” by Flatland Cavalry
Lighting Designer: Brady Grenfell
Scenic Designer: Brian Gregoire
Performers: Chloe Hanna, McKenna Johnson, Abbie King, Elisabeth Lundgren, Mylan Marcum, Emma Piskolich, Rebecca White
TOUCHDOWN (2023)
Choreographer: Michelle Boulé in collaboration with performers
Rehearsal Assistant: Seely Garrett
Music: backyard field recording, “[the malignity of fate]” by Caroline Davis, “Bust It” by Londynn B (feat. FunGirl Jah), “Black August” by Caroline Davis
Costume Designer: Jordan Draper
Lighting Designer: Mike Post
Scenic Designer: Brian Gregoire
Performers: Josephine Caringi, Zoe Dehline, Liana Dillon, Julia Lauany Duarte, Isabela Sant’Anna-Skites
PROGRAM NOTE: This guest-artist residency and development of original work was partially funded by the ASUM Dance Club. Thank you to Karter Bernhardt for sound-design assistance.
~15-MINUTE INTERMISSION~
How an Anglerfish Is Like a Star (2023)**
Choreographer: Liana Dillon
Music: “Prologue” by Ichiko Aoba, “Take Me to the Fairyland” by Rayons, “Blue Sky and Yellow Sunflower” by Susumu Yokota, “the end” by Ichiko Aoba
Costume Designer: Jordan Draper
Lighting Designer: Brady Grenfell
Projection Designer: Mike Post
Scenic Designer: Brian Gregoire
Performers: Zoe Dehline, Julia Lauany Duarte, Isabela Sant’Anna-Skites
Perception of Time (2023)**
Choreographer: Rebecca White
Music: “Time” and “Thule” by Travis Lake
Lighting Designer: Brady Grenfell
Performers: Lyris Daker, Aundrea Johnson, Miranda Pernell
Sand Castles (2023)**
Choreographer: Julia Lauany Duarte
Music: “Ansa Ya” (composed by Merrill Garbus) by Roomful of Teeth
Costume Designer: Jordan Draper
Lighting Designer: Jason Bernardi
Performers: Josephine Caringi, Taylor Ferguson, Seely Garrett, Ella Gaulin, Emma Piskolich
Dirty. (2023)**
Choreographer: Zoe Dehline in collaboration with performers
Music: “Ptolomaea” by Ethel Cain, “Dirt” by Depeche Mode, “Glory Box” by Portishead
Costume Designer: Jordan Draper
Lighting Designer: Brady Grenfell
Sound Designer: Karter Bernhardt
Scenic Designer: Brian Gregoire
Performers: Josephine Caringi, Lyris Daker, Liana Dillon, Kerrigan Edwards, Taylor Ferguson, Seely Garrett, Annabelle Gump, Aundrea Johnson, McKenna Johnson, Mylan Marcum, Kyli Mattfeldt, Miranda Pernell, Emma Piskolich, Isabela Sant’Anna-Skites, Rebecca White, Alissa Whiteside, Taylor Williams Guerrero
About DANCE UP CLOSE
The UM Dance Program is elated to welcome each of you into the beautiful Masquer Theatre for our production of Dance Up Close. The School of Theatre and Dance values originality, encourages experimentation, and seeks to share dances that are thoughtful, inventive, and that may challenge traditional conventions.
Dance Up Close is a uniquely intimate production that provides a platform for choreographers to experiment with dance composition and presentation. It has been an extraordinary honor for the Dance Program to invite internationally renowned and Missoula-based dance artist Michelle Boulé to join us this year. Michelle's creative voice, generosity, and insight are reminders of the values that we hold dear in the Dance Program.
It is central to the UM Dance Program’s mission to cultivate a rich and inspired environment in which students can develop and enhance a creative voice. This season’s Dance Up Close serves as a venue for majors to present creative research, which partially fulfills requirements for the dance degree. They have worked collaboratively with Design & Technology faculty, staff, and students to achieve a complete visual translation of their choreographic intention. This year's concert presents eight student works choreographed by junior and senior dance majors that have been newly crafted this academic semester.
The Dance Program celebrates the process and unique expression of each of the choreographers presented in Dance Up Close. We applaud the cast of performers who took tremendous risks and tackled new territory through the creative process and performance. We thank you for being here and being a part of this very special performance with us.
~Brooklyn Draper and Heidi Jones Eggert, Producers
The Dance Program strives for innovation and amplification of diverse voices and is committed to advocating for inclusivity in our classrooms, in our studios, and on stage.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Production Manager: Jason McDaniel
Technical Director/Scene Shop Manager: Brian Gregoire
Charge Artist: Jay Michael Roberts
Scenic Artist/Painter: Jade Shumway
Scene Shop Staff: Wilder Ayer, Ben Myers, Jay Roberts
Carpentry and Paint Crew: Jason Bernardi, Liv Carmichael, Markus Charlson, Hannah Davis, Vlad Decker, Ruby Fanning, Brian Gragg, Brenna Holgate, Elijah Miller, Eleanor O’Brien, Tye Schritz, Rae Scott, Jade Shumway, Viola Smith, Paige Wisneski
Prop Shop Manager: Laila Sisson
Costume Shop Manager: Jessica Lang
Lead Cutter/Draper: Jordan Draper
Cutters/Drapers: Emi Cerro, Justin Freeny, Brenna Holgate, Megan Johnson, Eleanor O’Brien, Sarah Sizemore
Stitching Leads: Emi Cerro, Justin Freeny, Brenna Holgate, Megan Johnson, Auna Noah, Eleanor O’Brien, Sarah Sizemore
Costume Shop Staff: Emi Cerro, Brenna Holgate, Jamie Howard, Megan Johnson, Auna Noah, Eleanor O’Brien
Costume Construction Crew: Liliana Albertson, Emi Cerro, Justin Freeny, Bethany Johnson, Liudmila Karaseva, Colton Mason, Kendra Miller, Ollie Martinez, Seth Nelson, Auna Noah, Lexia Pilutik, Georgia Rainey, Connor Romandine, Laila Sisson, Sarah Sizemore, Valen Underhill
Light/Sound Shop Manager & Lead Electrician: Spencer Perry
Light Shop Staff: Terry Jorgensen, Rae Scott, Kendall Skoog
Light Hang and Focus Crew: Imogen Greenslade, Chloe Kearns, Jackie Kleinsasser, Hannah McLean, Marin Masar, Karlee Palagi, Aaron Prati, Carsten Straub, Scott Woods
Light Board Operator: Parker Mickel
Sound Board/Projection Operator: Liudmila Karaseva
Scenery/Props Crew: Wilder Ayer, Kendra Miller, Lotus Porte-Moyel, Sophie Sproull
Wardrobe Crew: Molly Abrahamson, Dani Clark, Codi Donniaquo, Abbie King, Eliza McNelly
House Manager: Walker Winterburn
GUEST ARTIST
Photo by Chance Jackson
Michelle Boulé
Michelle Boulé is a Missoula-based dance artist whose work explores the intersections of traditional and contemporary healing practices with art, to create aesthetically enlivened experiences that remind us of the potential of what and who we are. Boulé has received commissions and presentations from multiple venues in New York (where she lived for 21 years) and beyond, including The Chocolate Factory, Danspace Project, Triple Canopy, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Summer Stages Dance @ICA Boston, River to River Festival, The Met Breuer (with Okkyung Lee), and ISSUE Project Room. Awards received include: Distinguished Legacy Award from the University of Illinois, New York Foundation for the Arts Choreography Fellowship, Boekelheide Creativity Award, Jerome Foundation Travel & Study Grant, New Music USA Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant, and residencies from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, MacDowell, Yaddo, Bemis Center, Movement Research, Dance Ireland, and MT Open AIR. She has also been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Dance Magazine. She is a Bessie Award-winning performer, having collaborated with Miguel Gutierrez, Bebe Miller, John Jasperse, Deborah Hay, and Aine Stapleton, amongst others. She has danced, taught, and choreographed in over 25 countries, and also runs a coaching business that helps creatives all over the world manifest their visions with clarity, confidence, and aligned prosperity. Watch a video profile on Michelle done by The New Yorker magazine.
ARTIST STATEMENTS
Michelle Boulé
Michelle believes artists are conduits and transmitters, here to challenge existing paradigms and structures, and to creatively and lovingly usher forth the evolution of our consciousness. In her work, she reaches for an exquisite and unusual connection to beauty, humor, rhythm, nature, and the fullest spectrum of human expression. Influenced by over 25 years of practice in somatic therapies and energy healing, her work’s deep ambition is to remind us that we are all incredible creators and can use that power for the greatest good of all.
To see student choreographer bios and artist statements, please visit the UM Dance Club’s Instagram: @umontanadance.
SPECIAL THANKS
Heather Adams
Shannon Flanagan
William Muñoz
Neva Oliver
Jeff Pernell
The adjunct faculty in Dance who share their talents and love with our students: Tara McFarland, Faith Morrison, Tarn Ream, Laurel Sears, and Katie Thompson
TALENT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT 2023-2024
Andy Lottis
Andy Lottis is a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre Performance here at the UM School of Theatre and Dance and is honored to be the 2023-2024 Talent Scholarship recipient. Growing up in Southeast Portland, Oregon, Andy always loved a few things: making and telling stories, stretching the limits of his imagination, and being the center of attention. He found his way into performance through many avenues. His parents spent a lot of time filling the house and their lives with music. Andy’s best friend in middle school got him into theatre, which he pursued through high school right into UM in Fall 2020.
Andy has been involved in the School and many productions, the first of which was Welcome to the Void as Kris. Following that he did One Lane Bridge as an ensemble member, had a brief run as Detective Keller and ensemble in She Loves Me, and was a member of Zootown Cabaret in Spring 2022. (He encourages anyone curious to ask him why his time in She Loves Me was a “brief run.”) Following that, Andy was Bobby in Cabaret, performed in two dance pieces in Dance Underground, was a member of Zootown Queer Cabaret, and attended the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival as a part of UM’s first official group. Andy was an ensemble member in Zootown Cabaret’s November 2023 production of 35mm: A Musical Exhibition. He will be playing Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream in February 2024.
Andy’s passion for theatre and the arts stems from his compassion and empathy. He describes himself as a people person. His time and work in theatre has given him abundant opportunities to meet new people and gain new perspectives on life; he takes great pride in bringing life to the stories of other people and their humanity. Most recently, as Bobby in Cabaret, he got to dive into 1930s Berlin and its club life. Being a queer person and playing Bobby, a queer man in character, gave Andy the chance to really define what it means to be a member of the LGBTQ+ community and to explore the impact that can be made today by telling the terrifyingly real stories of characters like Bobby in the Holocaust.
Andy has also maintained his love of music. If time and money were infinite resources, Andy would be supplementing his education with as many degrees in music as possible. He can usually be found wearing headphones, listening to something and trying to dissect all the parts. He hopes to produce and release his own music and is currently working on a song for his senior project.
Andy would like to thank his parents, Brian and Annette, for always supporting him and jumping on board, even when none of them had any idea what they were signing up for. He would like to thank his best friend, Anna, for knowing him and being his anchor, even over 500 miles away. He also thanks every audience member and every scholarship donor for their support for and appreciation of the performing arts.
Lastly, he would like to thank John DeBoer for taking a scared little 18-year-old—failing his first course and unsure of his place in the world—and helping him discover his confidence and self-worth.
UM THEATRE AND DANCE STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY
Charles Ross Capps, Sr., and Agnes Ranjo Capps Scholarship; George & Louise Caras Scholarship; James Caras Family Scholarships; Sarah Crump Memorial Scholarship; Alexander & Virginia Dixon Dean Scholarships; Janice Stenslie Foster Endowed Scholarship; Riki Gordon Scholarship; Donal Harrington Scholarships; Jim Kriley Memorial Scholarship; Mary Cardell Moore and Robert & Florence Cardell Awards; Ivan Morrison Scholarship in the Arts; Mott Ranch Scholarship; Odyssey of Our Stars Scholarships; Sarah Ottley Memorial Scholarship; Patron Scholarships; Rachel Sprunk Smith Scholarship; Sheila M. Sullivan Scholarship; Talent Scholarship; Theatre Scholarships; Thespian Scholarships; UM Dance Days Scholarships; May Carol Zeman Award
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THE BUCKET BRIGADE
Help fund performing-arts education for the talented students you saw on stage tonight … or didn’t see because they were backstage or at another rehearsal! On your way out the door, meet some of the show’s performers and, if you desire, contribute to the School of Theatre and Dance Patron Scholarship by dropping off a small donation. The performers and donation buckets will be at the PARTV Center exits. Thank you for supporting the arts and the University of Montana School of Theatre and Dance!