Collective Collaborative 2025
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The Central Dogma
Choreographer: Fenna Roukema
Music: “DNA Transcription (Basic)” by DNA Learning Center, “Challengers: Match Point” by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, edited by Fenna Roukema
Costumes: Mindy Nelson
Lighting: Fenna Roukema
Dancers: April Boland, Natalie Brown, Sarah Edwards, Calli Fonua, Lily Kennedy, Camila Lesky, Haylie Murphy, Caitlin Sautto, Adrienne Smutylo, Marissa Stadtmiller, Melissa Vargas, Eleni Vivan.
SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford
Noema
Choreographer: Tracy R. Kofford
Music: Ezio Bossa, edited by Tracy R. Kofford
Costumes: Tracy R. Kofford
Lighting: Kaede Kogo
Dancers: Evelyn Au, MaKenna Charles, Parris Hester, Amari James (understudy), Iva Lin, Jillbeth Rivera, Ceci Sun, Jasmine Todd.
Peabody Dance Ensemble /Artistic Director danah bella & Christopher Pennix
Aura
Choreographer: Monique Meunier
Music: Various
Costumes:Monique Meunier
Lighting: Monique Meunier
Dancers: Delila Bertelsen, Taytum Cameron, Zorah Chappel, Makayla Milton, Reese Overlock.
UCSB Dance Company/Artistic Director Delila Moseley
Man of the Year
Choreographer: Hannah Hayward
Music: “Man of the Year” by Lorde
Costumes: Hannah Hayward
Lighting: Meredith Ventura
Dancers: Brynn Wood
Team Dance Arts/Hannah Hayward
An Irresistible Force
Choreographer: Meredith Ventura
Music: Ray Chen, Sebastian Plano, Luca D’Alberto, Robert Lippok
Costumes: Meredith Ventura and Avery Trask
Lighting: Meredith Ventura
Dancers: April Boland, Natalie Brown, Sarah Edwards, Calli Fonua, Lily Kennedy, Camila Lesky, Haylie Murphy, Fenna Roukema, Caitlin Sautto, Adrienne Smutylo, Marissa Stadtmiller, Melissa Vargas, Eleni Vivan, Ayanna Voulgaris-Saks.
SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford
Autonomy ][ Agency
Choreographer: Jess Beach
Music: AGF Delay, Emptyset
Costumes: Jess Beach & Elizabeth Chaillé
Dancers: Evelyn Au (swing), MaKenna Charles, Parris Hester, Amari James, Iva Lin, Jillbeth Rivera, Ceci Sun, Jasmine Todd.
Peabody Dance Ensemble /Artistic Director danah bella & Christopher Pennix
INTERMISSION 15 MINUTES
Cloistered
Choreographer: Tracy R. Kofford
Music: “How Great Thou Art” by Selah, “And Some Will Fall” by Max Richter arrangement by Tracy R. Kofford
Costumes: Mindy Nelson
Lighting: Kaede Kogo
Dancers: April Boland, Natalie Brown, Sarah Edwards, Calli Fonua, Lily Kennedy, Camila Lesky, Haylie Murphy, Fenna Roukema, Caitlin Sautto, Adrienne Smutylo, Melissa Vargas, Eleni Vivan.
SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford
Somewhere in the Night
Choreographer: Arianna Hartanov
Music: Lelio Luttazzi, Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald
Costumes: Elianne Holt
Lighting: Meredith Ventura
Dancers: Georgia Goldsmith, Elianne Holt, Angelia Lane, Bella Schwartz, Emma Stenger, Rosalind Young.
Novus Contemporary Ballet/Artistic Director Meredith Ventura
Toybox (1998)
Choreographer: Christine Baltes
Music: Glorybox by Portishead
Lighting: Jody Caley (2025)
Dancer: Janell Burgess
Jazz Spectrum Dance Company / Janell Burgess
stage 3.
Choreographer: Ceci Sun
Music: “Onna” by UVB76, “Shugo” by UVB76, Additional sound design and vocal recording by Ceci Sun
Costumes: Ceci Sun
Dancers: Ceci Sun & Amari James
Peabody Dance Ensemble /Artistic Director danah bella & Christopher Pennix
Palermo!
Choreographer: Meredith Ventura
Music: Georges Bizet, Percy Faith, Jon Hopkins, ANNA, Los Panchos, Perez Prado
Costumes: Meredith Ventura
Lighting: Meredith Ventura
Dancers: Vietor Davis, Corinne Dummel, Darya Hessami, Ashley Kohler, Hailey Maynard, Monique Nadeau, Rachyl Pines, Alexis Robards, Bella Schwartz, Madeline Stiner, Avery Trask, Lara van Diggelen.
Selah Dance Collective/Artistic Director Meredith Ventura
Crew
Technical Director: Keade Kogo
Stage Manager: ?
Special thanks
SBCC Foundation
City of Santa Barbara Cultural Arts Grants
The Towbes Foundation
CDesign Graphics
Mindy Nelson
Center Stage Theater
Physical Education/Health Education/Dance/Athletics Dept.
Brooklyn Hughes Melton
Ashley Farias
Marit Ter Mate-Martinsen & Family
The Martini-Muth Family
Meredith Ventura
Thomas Hardcastle