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Nova Southeastern University

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

and the Division of Performing and Visual Arts present

Dance WorksOctober 28–29, 2011

7:30 p.m.Performance Theatre

Don Taft University Center Nova Southeastern University

Featuring

NSU Dance Ensemble

with choreography by

Elana Lanczi

Erika Del Pozo

Augusto Soledade

Rachel Belmont

Katie Sopoci Drake

Chetachi Egwu

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Camille Arroyo*Rachel Belmont*

Kylie Bradlee*Fernando CamposShannon Colonna

Sharifa DenisAshley English*Susana Fajardo*

Brandon FromhoffMonica Herrera*

Rayna Orsini*Lisa Pace

Amy Peters*Stephanie Ponce*Brielle Rassler*Devin Rodgers

Megan Angela RodriguezErin Rogan*

Merylin Sanchez*Catalina Vanegas

*denotes dance major

NSU DANCE Ensemble

Production TeamDan Gelbmann, M.F.A. Scenic and Lighting DesignMargaret Ledford Technical DirectorEd Fitzpatrick PVA Facilities ManagerBill Adams, D.M.A. Performing Arts CoordinatorGillian Smith SoundJonathan Sanz Box OfficeCostume Assistant Cristal Rodriguez

Production Team

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Dance WorksGlory (in pieces)Special thanks to the dancers for their creative contributions.

Choreography: Elana Lanczi

Music: Muhammad Ali, Emmalee Crane

Sound Edit: Elana Lanczi

Dancers: Fernando Campos, Brandon Fromhoff, Lisa Pace, Stephanie Ponce, Devin Rodgers, Megan Angela Rodriguez, Erin Rogan, Merylin Sanchez

Glory (in pieces) is a continuation of work created as part of the 2011 Moving Current Dance Collective/New Grounds/Florida Dance Festival Choreographic Residency.

Initial ReactionsChoreography: Erika Del Pozo

Dancers: Rachel Belmont, Erika Del Pozo, Rayna Orsini

Initial Reactions is about having lost someone or something close to you, or having your dreams vanish in front of you. When something ceases to be a part of your physical world, it doesn’t mean it still isn’t in your heart and soul.

The Diaries of an Outlaw (excerpt)Choreography: Augusto Soledade

Dancers: Ashley English, Amy Peters, Erin Rogan, Sharifa Denis, Camille Arroyo, Shannon Colonna, Stephanie Ponce

Music: “Aquidauna,” Chico Cesar

Diaries of an Outlaw was inspired by the lives of Maria Bonita and Lampião, two outlaws in the 1900s in Brazil’s Northeast. As leaders of the group who stole from the rich to give to the poor, they became controversial figures. This works explores and abstracts a sense of life on the run to create an artistic perspective.

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Lost and FoundChoreography: Rachel Belmont

Music: “The Werewolf,” Figure

Dancers: Rachel Belmont, Rayna Orsini, Brandon Fromhoff

The Lady Lovibond Choreography: Katie Sopoci Drake

Music: “Dolmen Music” and “Gotham Lullaby,” Meredith Monk; Katie Sopoci Drake (editing)

Dancers: Camille Arroyo, Kylie Bradlee, Susana Fajardo, Brielle Rassler, Megan Rodriguez, Catalina Vanegas

The sea rises to re-enact the sinking of the ghost ship Lady Lovibond (sunk off the coast of England in 1748) and its crew’s tragic passions of jealousy, fear, and love.

~Pause~

So LovedChoreography: Chetachi Egwu

Music: Hugh Maskela, Yusef Lateef

Pictures/Video: Archival Footage

Dancers: Rachel Belmont, Fernando Campos, Sharifa Denis, Monica Herrera, Rayna Orsini, Brielle Rassler, Devin Rodgers, Erin Rogan, Catalina Vanegas

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Dance WorksGuest Choreographers

Erika Del Pozo, B.A., is a recent graduate of the college’s dance program. She began her dance training in ballet, tap, and jazz and later discovered Middle Eastern dance. During her first two years of college at Florida International University, Erika studied ballet under Whitney Shulman and Paul Vitali and modern dance under Heather Maloney. In 2009, Del Pozo began studying at Vladimir Issaev’s School of Classical Ballet and performed in Don Quixote. During her time as a dance major at NSU, she performed in Dance Works, Dance Concert, and Festival of Student Works. She won the 2010 Black Box Award for Best Student Choreographer. Now studying to earn a master’s degree in occupational therapy at NSU, Del Pozo feels fortunate to still be involved in dancing and choreographing at the university.

Rachel Belmont was born in New Jersey and raised in Palm Beach County, Florida. She is a senior dance major, pursing a minor in theatre, at the college. She has been dancing for 19 years and is not stopping anytime soon. By the age of 15, she was dancing for a professional a hip-hop company, Pfuzion Dance Theater, and is now on the board of directors for the Pablo Malco Foundation, a nonprofit organization. In addition, she has danced in several music videos, movies, artist tours and commercials, as well as worked with celebrities including DJ Ian Carey, T-Vice, Casely, Sal Richards, Mandy Ventrice, and Video Music Award-winning director Eddie Enciu. After college, Belmont plans to direct music videos and continue on with her dance journey. “Motivation is the key, and passion is the drive.”

College Faculty Members

Katie Sopoci Drake, M.F.A., adjunct professor at the college, has been dancing professionally since 2001. She has earned a B.A. in Theater/Dance with a minor in vocal performance from Luther College, an M.F.A. in Dance from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, and a Graduate Laban Certification in Movement Analysis from Columbia College. She is currently a company member of Momentum Dance Company in Miami, Florida. She has been a company member of Wild Space Dance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Your Mother Dances of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Rosy Simas Danse of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Vox Medusa of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sopoci Drake is also an avid singer and has performed with The Minnesota Opera and the Florentine Opera. Her choreography has been performed by Momentum Dance Company and Wild Space Dance Company, as well as in multiple venues and schools including The Southern Theater, The Milwaukee Art Museum, Patrick’s Cabaret, Danceworks Studio Theater, the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Lawrence University, Carthage College, and Broward College. Sopoci Drake is currently on faculty at Miami Dade College/Kendall, and Nova Southeastern University, where she teaches modern, jazz, ballet, and composition.

Chetachi Egwu, Ph.D., assistant professor at the college, was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Nigerian parents and raised in Buffalo, New York. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Communication at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1996. While a student there, Egwu undertook many ventures, including dancing

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with Buffalo’s renowned African dance company, Kakilambe. She earned a Ph.D. in Communication from Howard University in 2005. She has served on the faculties of Howard University, Morgan State University, and The George Washington University. She has studied under and performed the choreography of several well-respected dancers, including Sherrill Berryman-Johnson, Deborah Riley, Carla Perlo, Chris Aiken, Mohammed DaCosta, Nejla Yatkin, and Reggie Glass. She has been a company member of Carla & Company, Coyaba Dance Theater, and the Choreographers’ Collaboration Project and has also danced various projects with companies, including Son Urbano.

Elana Lanczi, M.F.A., assistant professor at the college, is a dancer and choreographer originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She has performed internationally in both South Korea and Brazil and nationally with noted choreographers Sean Curran, Katie Duck, Anita Gonzalez, Li Chiao-Ping, Lionel Popkin, Merian Soto, and Maida Withers, in venues such as the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival and Judson Church, among others. Her own choreography is influenced by the investigation of contemporary and improvisational dance forms and has been performed throughout Pennsylvania; Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and Florida. In 2004 and 2005, she received commissions from Tigertail Productions to perform and travel to Germany and Mexico. Recently, she was involved in the Florida Waterways Dance Project and performed in Vertical Sprawl (choreographed by Heather Maloney) at the 2011 Florida Dance Festival, where she was also a choreographer in residence. This year, Lanczi will be presenting new work as part of the INKUB8 2011–2012 season. She serves as the major chair of the dance program at the college. Lanczi holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from The George Washington University and an M.F.A. in Dance Choreography and Performance from Temple University.

Augusto Soledade, M.F.A., assistant professor at the college, is a native of Bahia, Brazil. He is a performer, choreographer, and Founding Artistic Director and resident choreographer of Brazz Dance Theater in Miami. In August 2011, Soledade was nominated for the Zelda Fichandler Fellowship. In 2010, he was awarded for the third time the Dance Miami Choreographer’s Fellowship; he received this important fellowship the second time in September of 2008. Also in 2008, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography. In 2007, he was awarded the Individual Artist Fellowship and the Artist Access Grant. In 2006, Soledade was awarded the Artist Enhancement Grant and the International Cultural Exchange Grant from the State of Florida’s Division of Cultural Affairs. In 2005, he received the Miami Dade Choreographer’s Fellowship and the Creative Capital Workshop Grant and the Community Grant from Miami Dade Cultural Affairs. He received his M.F.A in Dance from SUNY Brockport in 1998. He received the 1998 Pylyshenko-Strasser Graduate Dance Award and was the finalist in the dance category for the 1998 Thayer Fellowship. He has performed in Brazil, Trinidad/Tobago, and throughout the United States. His dance training started at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil in a program with strong modern dance emphasis and has had training with Garth Fagan and Clyde Morgan. He also holds a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Bahia.

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Camille I. Arroyo was born in Puerto Rico. Although she was very active as a young child in the arts in school and at church, she did not begin her dance training until late in high school. She graduated from Valencia Community College with an Associate of Arts degree in Dance Performance. Arroyo attended ACDFA in San Francisco, where she took master classes from teachers around the nation. In 2006, she had the privilege of being part of a Martha Graham masterpiece: “Steps in the Street” and “Celebration,” for which she worked with Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch from the Graham Company. In 2006, Arroyo became a principle dancer for Drip, a professional dance company in Orlando. In 2007, she auditioned for a Pilobolus masterpiece and worked with former Pilobolus dancer Jude Woodcock. Arroyo has performed in college and the community, and she presented her first choreographic piece at the end of 2007. She also began working with Orlando professional dance company Nao Dance Ensemble. After graduating from the college, she plans to open her own dance academy where she will continue to actively work within the community in a place she calls home.

Kylie Bradlee is a dance major at the college, from Boston, Massachusetts. She began her training at the Boston Ballet School and has continued dancing through college.

Shannon Colonna instantly fell in love with dance when she began taking ballet at the European Dance Academy at age six. Throughout her elementary and middle school years, she took various styles of dance such as jazz, tap, and hip-hop. She also took classes at Dance Perfect, taking tap lessons from Riverdance’s Toby Harris. Colonna has taught hip-hop, ballet, and jazz classes at Dance Perfect and the European Dance Academy. Beginning in 2006, she attended the Academy for Visual and Performing Arts High School as a dance major, and graduated in 2010. In her senior year, she interned under Eli Kababa, which began her journey with the School of Performing Arts where she has served as an assistant teacher. Colonna graduated from the County College of Morris in 2011 with an associate’s degree in dance. She is continuing her education at NSU, double-majoring in dance and business administration.

Fernando Campos is 27 and has been dancing for as long as he can remember. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began training in martial arts and transferred this interest to acrobatics/break dancing. Campos is fascinated by the extravagant, and this has driven him into dance as a profession. He began teaching and performing at various schools and for various artists, and found that he loves dance for its art. He is pursuing a career in psychology at NSU.

Sharifa Denis, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at NSU. She has been a member of IDS, formerly known as the Nova Dance Society, since 2010 and has been dancing for 14 years. From Queens, New York, Denis began her dance career at Adele’s dance studio then moved to the Edge School of the Arts. She moved to Florida in 2002 and continued dancing at Flex Studios and SRQ Dance. In high school, she danced on Black Pearls, the BRHS dance team; was an assistant teacher at the Julie Rohr academy; and taught mini hip-hop at the SRQ dance studio.

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Susana Fajardo was born in Havana, Cuba. She studied classical ballet at the Alejo Carpentier Ballet School of Havana. She participated in Encuentro de Academias de la Havana in 1999. She moved to the United States and continued to dance at Miami Dade College. Fajardo attended New World School of the Arts for one semester and danced Cecilia with the Rosario Suarez Ballet. At the college, she participated in the 2011 Dance Concert and the Florida Waterways Dance Project. She is eager to finish her degree in order to pursue higher education in movement dance therapy and Laban movement analysis. Fajardo is a mother, which inspires her to work and find ways to teach the great art of dance in a therapeutic yet fun learning environment. Her goals are to reach as many children with disabilities as she can. She believes that dance can change someone’s life for the better.

Brandon Fromhoff started dancing at the age of 16 at American Heritage High School, participating in many shows there. Although dance is not his major, he is thrilled to be active with something he loves so much.

Monica Lynne Herrera is a triple-major in theatre, dance, and communication studies at the college. She was most recently seen in the college’s productions of Twelfth Night, Ruthless! the Musical, Baby the Musical, Dance Works (2009), and is currently in Cabaret as Sally Bowles. She is thankful to her professors who continue to educate and motivate.

Rayna Orsini is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Science in Exceptional Student Education at NSU. This is her fourth dance performance with the college. She is a member of Pfuzion Entertainment and Body and Soul Dance Theatre. Orsini currently teaches dance to children of all ages and is pursuing a career in teaching dance to children with special needs. She has been dancing for 15 years and appreciates the level of education and exploration she is receiving through the college’s dance program.

Lisa Pace is currently a freshman at the college, majoring in biology. She intends to pursue a minor in dance next year. Pace has been dancing since she was three years old and has been competing since she was nine. She loves all styles of dance including, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, pointe, and modern. She was previously a member of the Envision Ballet Company and plans to join another dance company when the opportunity becomes available.

Amy Peters is a junior who is studying dance at the college. She has also studied dance at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Peters started learning dance at the University Center for the Performing Arts in 2007. She has studied with Eileen Hebron, Jin Young Lee, Kathleen Klein, Gaynelle Gosselin, Elana Lanczi, Katie Sopoci Drake, Daniela Wancier, and choreographer Heather Maloney. Peters enjoyed being a part of the Florida Waterways Dance Project. She also has enjoyed learning more about dance at the college. She is an honoree recipient of the scholarship grant award for dance and has earned Dean’s List. She has also performed in the Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant for three years, working with Christy and Jeff Crevier.

Stephanie Nicole Ponce is a Cuban-American dancer born in Miami, Florida. She began her dance instruction at the age of three at Ballet Etudes and later progressed to

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Florido Dance and Arts, where she learned multiple dance art forms and participated in numerous national competitions. During her tenure, she progressed from student to instructor and was recruited into the SunDance Company. Ponce is a double-major at the college in dance and psychology, and serves as vice president of the iDance Society. She has performed in the college’s productions of Opening Night, Residue, Dance Works, Spring Dance Concert, and the Student Dance Festivals. Aspiring to combine her two schools of discipline, Ponce aspires to positively impact the art community through education and the exploration of dance.

Brielle Paige Rassler has been dancing and performing her whole life. Her favorite roles include Dorothy in Wizard of Oz, Maria in West Side Story, Narrator in Joseph..., and Hope in Urinetown. She was also seen as Bird 2 in the college’s production of A Year with Frog and Toad and is very excited to be part of Dance Works, her first dance concert with the college.

Devin Rodgers is a first-year, freshman at NSU. He started his dance training at age nine in the areas of jazz, tap, and ballet. Growing through dance, at age 15, Rodgers joined his high school varsity dance team. During his two years with the group, he helped take them to a national competition hosted at Disney World. Following his love of dance and to broaden his spectrum of knowledge, he is now studying different areas of dance at the college, hoping to fulfill a minor in dance. He is very excited and appreciative to be selected to dance in the Dance Works showcase.

Erin Rogan is a dance major at the college. She has been dancing for about 14 years and loves every minute of it. She started off as a competitive dancer in jazz and hip-hop. In college, she has learned many different styles, from modern to improvisation and everything in between. She is active on campus as a member of iDance Society. “Dance is my passion; it is what makes me happy. I enjoy performing for others because it’s not just about me; it’s about art and creativity. Live. Love. Dance.”

Merylin Sanchez is a junior dance major at the college. This is her first semester at NSU. She has been dancing since she can remember, but it wasn’t until grade 6 that she began to focus on technique. Ever since then, her life has been all about dance. Sanchez was captain of her high school dance team and was in the magnet program. She became so involved that after graduating, she was honored to become the team’s assistant director. She is also a lab supervisor at the school, with a goal to open up her own academic school for the arts in the future.

Catalina Vanegas was born in Miami and recently graduated from Miami Northwestern Senior high school as the Musical Theater Tour Company president and dance captain. Catalina is a freshman at the college, majoring in theatre. Vanegas is member of the Sharkettes dance team, SUTV, the NSU Vocal Ensemble, and the Bossa Nova Choral. She will appear in the college’s production of Cabaret as Lulu and Fräulein Kosts’ understudy, and dances Afro-Colombian folklore with Quillami and Anita Herrero. Vanegas worked in Raquette Lake Camp in New York and in the Universal Truth Center as the theater choreographer and dance instructor.

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Division of Performing and Visual Arts Faculty and Staff

Michael Caldwell, D.M.A. Director, Division of Performing and Visual Arts

Mark Duncan, M.F.A. Assistant Director, Division of Performing and Visual Arts/Associate Professor

Bill J. Adams, D.M.A. Coordinator of Performing Arts/ Associate Professor

Jennifer Donelson, D.M.A. Assistant Professor

Dan Gelbmann, M.F.A. Assistant Professor

Elana Lanczi, M.F.A. Assistant Professor

Tyler Smith, M.F.A. Visiting Professor

Tennille Shuster, M.F.A. Assistant Professor

Augusto Soledade, M.F.A. Assistant Professor

Ed Fitzpatrick Performing and Visual Arts Facilities Coordinator

Margaret M. Ledford Performing and Visual Arts Theatre Technical Manager

Lindsay Bartels Performing and Visual Arts Office Manager

Nastassia Baltodano Performing and Visual Arts Administrative Assistant

Performing and Visual Arts Membership

Elaine Azen

Tim Dixon

James Doan and Ron Norwood

George L. Hanbury, II

Lisa Hickman

Dan Madden

Gary and Ivy Margules

Edwin Stieve and Otto Paier

Sally Robbins

Don and Sherry Rosenblum

Amanda Thompson

Robert Weisberg

The college welcomes the community to support the arts on campus through giving opportunities including student scholarships and

Performing and Visual Arts Membership.

Learn more: (954) 262-8052 | farquhararts@nova.edu

Thank you to the following Performing and Visual Arts Members for your generous support of the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

Season of the Arts.

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Premier SeriesThese events are held in the Performing and

Visual Arts Wing in the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s main campus.

Admission is free, but reservations are required. To reserve seats, email nsutheatre@nova.edu or

call (954) 262-8179.

Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, John Kander, and Fred Ebb November 11–20, 2011

Performance Theatre

PEACE: A Holiday Concert Friday, December 2, 2011

Performance Theatre

Tartuffe by Molière with a translation by Richard Wilbur

February 17 –26, 2012 Black Box Theatre

Dance Concert March 30–31, 2012

Miniaci Performing Arts Center

Studio SeriesThese events are held in the Performing and

Visual Arts Wing in the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s main campus.

Admission is free, but reservations are required. To reserve seats, email nsutheatre@nova.edu or

call (954) 262-8179.

Halloween with the Pro Musica Chamber Ensemble

Sunday, October 30, 2011 Performance Theatre

IMPROV JAM! Saturday, December 3, 2011

Black Box Theatre

An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber Friday, April 13, 2012

Black Box Theatre

Festival of Student Works April 20–22, 2012

Performance Theatre, Black Box Theatre, and Performing and Visual Arts

Wing, Room 309

Exhibition SeriesThese events are held in Gallery 217 of the

Performing and Visual Arts Wing in the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s main campus.

Admission is free.

Senior Exhibition November 21–December 6, 2011

Opening Reception: Monday, November 21

Fourth Annual Faculty Exhibition January 27–March 2, 2012

Opening Reception: Friday, January 27

Fourth Annual Juried Student Exhibition

April 4–27, 2012 Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 4

Faculty Series Mystery and Sound:

Piano Works of Olivier Messiaen March 21, 2011

Performing and Visual Arts Wing, Room 309

Performing and Visual Arts | 2011–2012 Season of the Arts

Special Thanks

Don Rosenblum, Ph.D.Naomi D’Alessio, Ph.D.

Michael Caldwell, D.M.A.

Eduardo Dominguez, M.B.A.College’s Division of Performing and

Visual Arts faculty and staff