Small Gifts

  • Top half of a dancer in full color in the foreground, arms in the air, graceful hands, overlayed on a black and white image of protesters wearing COVID-19 masks

Small Gifts

Small Gifts

Premiere Dates: December 3 - 6, 2020

Direction & Choreography by Melanie Stewart

Videography by David Cimetta
Lighting Design by Robert A. Thorpe
Set Design by Dirk Durossette
Costume Design by Jamie Grace-Duff
Technical Direction by Tom Fusco
Assistant Technical Direction by Dominick Bottinelli
Music Recording/Engineering by Jeffery Hiatt
 
A dance/video production offered as gestures of hope in a time of isolation and revolution brought about by both the COVID-19 crisis and a nation-wide reckoning with racial injustice. Featuring eleven Rowan University dance majors performing original choreography, edited together with solo performances by music majors playing contemporary and baroque violin and viola. A co-production of the Rowan University Department Theatre & Dance and Dance Extensions.
 
Banner Image: David Cimetta
 

VIEW PROGRAM A

 
PROGRAM A
 
Gregory Williams
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sonata No. 2 in A minor
Andante (Repeat) and Allegro Performed by Alexander Covelli, violin
 
Abigail Lamb
Music: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Elegy
Performed by Ian Hipps, viola
 
Lesleigh Emmanuel
Music: Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Chahagir
Performed by Ian Hipps, viola
 
Skyler Gonzolez
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Suite No. 3 in C Major
Bourree I and II, Allemande, Sarabande Performed by Ian Hipps, viola
 
Gabrielle Langevine
Music: Henrich Biber (1644-1704) Passacaglia
Performed by Alexander Covelli, violin
 
Kaya Snow
Music: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Fantasia No. 7 for solo violin
Performed by Alexander Covelli, violin
 

VIEW PROGRAM B

 
PROGRAM B 
 
Amanda Drayton
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sonata No. 2 in A minor
Andante and Allegro Performed by Alexander Covelli, violin
 
Rachel Dunn
Music: Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Chahagir Performed by Ian Hipps, viola
 
Danielle Silverstien
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Suite No. 3 in C Major Prelude
Bourree I and II, Sarabande Performed by Ian Hipps, viola
 
Kate Wilburn
Music: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Fantasia No. 7 for solo violin
Performed by Alexander Covelli, violin
 
Heather DeSanto
Music: Henrich Biber (1644-1704) Passacaglia
Performed by Alexander Covelli, violin
 

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