The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance presents
Threshold: 2025 Spring Dance Festival
BeComing
Choreography: Tamisha A. Guy
Music: Umbel by Loscil
Dancer: Madison Qualls ’25*
Base of Joy
Choreography: Kate Stewart ’25*
Music: Original Score by Kenneth Taylor, Jr. ’24
Text: Original Poetry by Kate Stewart ’25*
Dancers: Emma Cinocca ’27, Isabel Matthews ’26, Maddy Mejia ’26*, Aunyae Romeo ’26, Braeh Simon ’26*, Kate Stewart ’25*, Olivia Taylor ’26
Crystalline
Choreography: Adam Littman Davis ’25*
Lighting Designer: Alex Picoult ’26
Music: II. Introduzione: Adagio molto from Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 (Waldstein) by Beethoven
Musicians: Vince di Mura, piano
Dancer: Adam Littman Davis ’25*
Contest
Choreography: Matthew Neenan
Music: Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26 by Antonin Dvorak performed by Dumky Trio
Dancers: Ethan Arrington ’25* and Paige Sherman ’25*
Fragmentation
Choreography: Davalois Fearon
Music: Ryan Wolfe
Projected Art: Kay Sage (American, 1898-1963) The Instant, 1949. Oil on canvas. Mattatuck Museum, Bequest of Kay Sage, 1964-65; KSCX68.10
Projected Art Curation: Moses Abrahamson ’25*
Dancer: Moses Abrahamson ’25*
Production Team
Costume Designer: Mary Jo Mecca
Lighting Designer: Carolyn Wong
Music Director: Vince di Mura
Production Stage Manager: Mary-Susan Gregson
Faculty Production Advisor: Aynsley Vandenbroucke
Sound Operator: Syaera Valentine
Light Board Programmer: Chloe Dittloff
Run Crew: Jacob Rosenthal
Student Run Crew: Mary Burdick ’26*, Honor Johnson ’26*, Sally Menaker ’26*, Helena Richardson ’26*
Costume Stitchers: Denise Boyle, Wyatt Kim
Student Costume Stitchers: Claire Beeli ’28, Raven Reid ’28, Isabel Yip ’25, Charlotte Young ’27
* Indicates a minor student in the Program in Dance
Run Time
1 hour with no intermission
Program Note
Photography, video and sound recording are prohibited. Please silence all electronic devices including cellular phones and watches for the duration of the performance. Please refrain from text messaging during the performance.
Dance Minor Seniors
Moses Abrahamson—History of Art; minor in African American Studies
Ethan Arrington—Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Adam Littman Davis—Philosophy; minor in Cognitive Science
Madison Qualls—Near Eastern Studies; certificates in Arabic Language & Culture and History & Practice of Diplomacy
Paige Sherman—Molecular Biology
Kate Stewart—Art & Archaeology – Practice of Art; minors in Theater & Music Theater
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Land Acknowledgement
The Hearst Dance Theater/Lewis Arts complex, part of the Princeton University campus, stands on part of the ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Lenape people. Learn more about the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton
Lewis Center for the Arts
Chair: Judith Hamera
Executive Director: Marion Friedman Young
Director of Program in Dance: Professor Susan Marshall
Associate Director of Program in Dance: Professor of the Practice Rebecca Lazier
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