Collective 2025

 
 

Eliminate

Choreographer: Fenna Roukema

Music: "Mombasa" by Hans Zimmer

Costumes: Mindy Nelson

Lighting: Fenna Roukema

Dancers: Natalie Brown, Calli Fonua, Elsa Goldwasser, Darya Hessami, Lily Kennedy, Haylie Murphy, Caitlin Sautto, Melissa Vargas, Eleni Vivan.

SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford

At A Glance

Choreographer: Joey Doucette

Music: The Screen Behind the Mirror by Enigma

Costume:Tomo Swan  

Lighting: Jody Caley

Dancers: Janell Burgess, Maryanne David, Kiara Kinghorn, Cara Laughlin.

Jazz Spectrum Dance Company/Artistic Director Janell Burgess

Shades of Blue

Choreographer: Elsa Goldwasser

Music: 'The Sound Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't Matter' and 'Zopf: Surface Tension' by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Costume: Mindy Nelson

Lighting: Elsa Goldwasser

Dancers: Natalie Brown, Calli Fonua, Darya Hessami, Lily Kennedy, Fenna Roukema, Caitlin Sautto, Melissa Vargas, Eleni Vivan.

SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford

The First Leaf Falls

Choreographer: Elianne Holt

Music: Love and the Hunter by John Lunn

Costume and Lighting: Meredith Ventura and Elianne Holt

Dancers: Tabitha Metts, Hannah Rodriguez, Rosalind Young, Faye Zink.

State Street Ballet Professional Track/Artistic Director Megan Philipp

 La Foule

Choreographer: Meredith Ventura, with assistance from Lia Lane

Music: Édith Piaf

Costumes: Meredith Ventura

Lighting: Meredith Ventura

Dancers: Mary Aleiner, Natalie Brown, Sarah Edwards, Calli Fonua, Elsa Goldwasser, Darya Hessami, Lily Kennedy, Haylie Murphy, Fenna Roukema, Caitlin Sautto, Melissa Vargas, Eleni Vivan.

SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford

Sometime between Then and Now

Choreographer: Joshua D. Estrada-Romero in collaboration with Leann Alduenda

Music: Nina Simone

Costume Concept: Joshua D. Estrada-Romero

Dancers: Leann Alduenda and Joshua D. Estrada-Romero.

FUSE Dance Company/Artistic Director Joshua D. Estrada-Romero

NEXUS

Choreographer: Christian Denice

Music: “Happy Hunting” and “The Covenant” by Chris Benstead

Costume: Mindy Nelson

Lighting: Kaede Kogo 

Dancers: Natalie Brown, Calli Fonua, Elsa Goldwasser, Darya Hessami, Lily Kennedy, Haylie Murphy, Fenna Roukema, Caitlin Sautto, Melissa Vargas. 

SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford

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

Costume: Mindy Nelson

Lighting: Kaede Kogo 

Dancers: Mary Aleiner, Natalie Brown, Sarah Edwards, Calli Fonua, Elsa Goldwasser, Darya Hessami, Lily Kennedy, Haylie Murphy, Fenna Roukema, Caitlin Sautto, Melissa Vargas, Eleni Vivan. 

SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford

For Peggy

Choreographer: Fiona Allen

Music: Yusef Lateef and Peggy Lee

Costume and Lighting: Meredith Ventura and Fiona Allen

Dancers: Kailey Flowers, Tabitha Metts, Izabel Pearce, Hannah Rodriguez, Kristin Sholberg.

State Street Ballet Professional Track/Artistic Director Megan Philipp

Prompted Existence

Choreographer: Arianna Hartanov

Music: Philip Glass & Brooklyn Rider, Brutalist, Max Richter, René Aubry

Costume and Lighting: Arianna Hartanov and Meredith Ventura

Dancers: Vietor Davis, Hailey Maynard, Tabitha Metts, Alexis Robards, Fenna Roukema, Madeline Stiner.

Selah Dance Collective/Artistic Director Meredith Ventura

Syncopated Style

Choreographer: Christine Baltes

Music: Reggae Man by John Hanks

Costume: Tomo Swan

Lighting: Jody Caley

Dancers:  Maryanne David, Kiara Kinghorn, Cara Laughlin. 

Jazz Spectrum Dance Company/Artistic Director Janell Burgess

Abyss

Choreographer: Tracy R. Kofford

Music: “Kangaru” & “Heptapod”, Jóhann Jóhannson & “Tick-Tock”, Hans Zimmer,

Arranged and Mixed by Tracy R. Kofford

Costumes: Mindy Nelson

Lighting: Kaede Kogo 

Dancers: Fenna Roukema.

SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford

Austerlitz

Choreographer: Meredith Ventura

Music: Nicholas Britell

Costume and Lighting: Meredith Ventura

Dancers: Dawer Perez Canete, Samantha Everson, Cianna Foppoli, , Eva GIbbons, Kyra Maal-King, Carolin Suchan, Julia Weitzman, Faye Zink.

Holding Patterns (2024)

Choreographer: Tracy R. Kofford

Music: “Border Crossings”, Dave Porter.

Costumes: Mindy Nelson

Lighting: Kaede Kogo 

Dancers: Natalie Brown, Calli Fonua, Elsa Goldwasser, Darya Hessami, Lily Kennedy, Haylie Murphy, Fenna Roukema, Caitlin Sautto, Melissa Vargas, Eleni Vivan.

SBCC Dance Company/Artistic Director Tracy R. Kofford

Crew

Lighting Board operator: Rhys Prothero

SoundBoard Operator: Ian Ferguson

Fly: Elizabeth Turner

Technical Director: Jason Flynn

Stage Manager: Tracy R. Kofford

Special thanks

SBCC Foundation

City of Santa Barbara Cultural Arts Grants

The Towbes Foundation

CDesign Graphics

Mindy Nelson

Physical Education/Health Education/Dance/Athletics Dept.

Brooklyn Hughes Melton

Ashley Farias

Bonnie Lewis

The Martini-Muth Family

Meredith Ventura

Thomas Hardcastle

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