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