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PROGRAM 2
Friday, February 14 @ 7 pm
▪ Larga Vista Dance, NY
▪ Li Chiao-Ping Dance, WI
▪ David P. France Dance Company, Switzerland
▪ Take Root, MI
▪ Ellexis Hatch, Florida
▪ Sean Howe Dance, OH
▪ VisBallet, Italy
▪ Jin-Wen Yu Dance, WI
▪ Violet Danse, Texas
▪ Neta-Kinetics, NY
▪ Rebecca Laufer and Mats van Rossum, Netherlands
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Larga Vista Dance © Edward Martin
Our company, "Larga Vista Dance" was created in September 2023 by Adelita Hinojosa-Martin and Ali McClellan. We are honored to have been brought together by our ergonomic dance coach, Arleen Sugano, creator of the SuganoSystem. In Spanish, "Larga Vista” means "long vision." We feel this reflects who we are, noting we both embody dance outside the "normal" vision. Meaning we both train/perform in dance and work in healthcare. Ali is completing her master’s degree in dance movement therapy and Adelita is a nurse of over 19 years, mostly in oncology. Working in healthcare we encounter people in circumstances that may be one of their most vulnerable. We provide our patients with an ear to be heard, a healing hand, and space to support them in their goals. We witness many emotions, from denial to acceptance and grief. In this piece we examine the humanness of it all; providing a space to support each other, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) was founded in 1991, the year Li premiered her renowned, solo evening work, “Yellow River,” in the Mozart and His Times Festival at Theater Artaud in San Francisco. Critics called it a “...marvelously imaginative...engrossing, intelligently put-together piece of work.” (The San Francisco Bay Guardian) LCPD gave its first company concert in Madison in 1995 at the Isthmus Playhouse. LCPD is a resident company at Overture Center for the Arts and produces two to three major performances each year. Reflecting and supporting the artistic vision of Li Chiao-Ping and promoting acceptance and respect through our work, LCPD pushes the edges of contemporary/modern dance while producing and presenting highly original performance works. Known for her trademark physicality, movement vocabulary and choreographic style, Artistic Director Li Chiao-Ping creates passionate, layered works that combine multiple art forms to explore themes of culture, identity, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
"Li Chiao-Ping takes us to a different place in dance. The vision is both Asian and western, combining the essence of both worlds." (Martha's Vineyard Times)
Li Chiao-Ping Dance © Maureen Janson Heintz
David P. France Dance Company © Lars Stephan MB
DAVID P. FRANCE DANCE COMPANY is an emerging multidisciplinary ensemble blending modern, jazz, and ballet into a fusion of visual, musical, and physical artistry.
Drawing from American, European, urban, ethnic, folk, and classical styles, the company first launched in Basel, Switzerland (2009–2014) and relaunched in 2023 with renewed ambition to create a global network of dance artists.
Its mission is to foster international collaboration and world unity through dance.
The company proudly presents "FIGHTING THROUGH IT," choreographed by Enrique Cruz DeJesus, at the 9th Annual 2025 SOLODUO DANCE FESTIVAL, following its debut at the WHITE WAVE/DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL 2024.
Take Root’s kinesthetic connections to one another and their audiences creates thoughtful and visceral works of art; from the smallest gesture, intricate connections to the most explosive charges of movement. Located in the Metro Detroit area and under the direction of Founder/Artistic Director Ali Woerner and their Musical Director/Composer, Jon Anderson, Take Root performs movement and music nationally and internationally; South Korea, Japan, Costa Rica, Colombia and their most recent residency at Tanz Tangente in Berlin, Germany. Woerner is Associate Professor of Dance at Oakland University, Anderson is Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at Wayne State University.
One From the Other explores many nuances of relationships; tender, static, curious, delicate, dynamic. All experiences, coming in and out of one another, never truly knowing where one person ends and the other begins. The choreography is created with very rare occasions the two performers aren’t physically linked or emerging from one another.
Take Root © Minty Photography
Ellexis Hatch © acallephotography
“Flame Game” is a duet danced by Emmett Higgins and choreographer, Ellexis Hatch. It is a story told in three distinct sections; each offering a unique perspective into a multifaceted relationship. The dancers are introduced in a playful state of lighthearted infatuation. By the end of the first section, the audience can sense a disconnect and are led into a lush new world of yearning.
The movement expands parallel to the emotional weight. The dancers find themselves falling in and out of synchronicity. The heartache grows as they explore the complexities of their relationship.
Sean Howe Dance is a multi-modal project-based entity, beginning to emerge in the dance world and expand its reach across international stages and screens. Sean, the director, is a choreographer/teacher/dancer based in Tel Aviv. His work has been presented at Batsheva Dancers Create, WHITE WAVE SoloDuo Festival 2018, The Juilliard School Choreographic Honors, and SUNY Purchase Dance. Upon graduating from Juilliard with a BFA in Dance in 2017, Sean received the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreography. His mission is thus: Art is the highest expression of being human, inviting us to embody and transcend our diverse experiences, and through this we become our best selves.
Sean Howe Dance © Isabella Pagano
Kate Corby & Dancers © Alex Malik
The VisBallet company, founded and directed by Eugenia Morosanu, was born in 1992. It is based in Ancona, Italy. The Company ranges from neoclassical to contemporary and dance theatre working with renowned Italian choreographers and it has already demonstrated its talent not only on Italian stages but also in Europe.
The presenting piece -A FIREFLY! REMINDS ME OF MY CHILDHOOD. This duo deals with the delight and serenity that come living something simple and light such as noticing the first firefly at the beginning of the summer. This connection with the firefly makes the audience relive the beauty of childhood keeping alive the desire of dreaming.
Eduardo Hernandez is a Los Angeles based dancer and choreographer. His work is heavily influenced by absurdism and iconoclasm themes that constantly bring delusions or challenges as an acknowledgement for self being. As a result, his movement practice centralizes in improvisation or set choreography based on error-chance choices in order to bring authenticity or purposeless experiences.
His work DAESEIN from the German philosophical word “Dasein,” translates to presence or existence, yet it is a piece about the absurdism of living while it manifests a hopeful outcome. In addition, DAESEIN is an exploration work based on the Humphrey principles and the somatic principles of release.
Constance Nicolas Vellozzi © Athena Azzevedo
In 1999, Jin-Wen Yu Dance was founded at Madison, Wisconsin. The company has performed in many major cities in USA including, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Fort Worth, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles among others. Internationally, the company has been invited to present in Taipei/Taiwan, Hong Kong/China, Seoul/Korea, Tokyo/Japan, Paris/France, Edinburg/Scotland, Guatemala City/Guatemala, Pueblo/Mexico, and Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. The director Mr. Yu has received numerous grants, honors, commissions, and awards, such as the NEA grant, the Outstanding Dance Artist Award from Taiwan, the Wisconsin Arts Board Choreographer Award, the first Madison CitiARTS Commission Signature Grant. In 2017, Yu’s work was reviewed in the UK Dancing Times as one “full of finesse with some great partnering” work.
The “Picking” duet depicts the process of self-revelation and come into being oneness through peeling out the unnecessary external layers (of fabrics attached to the body) with seamless and dynamic partnering work.
Jin-Wen Yu Dance © Mauren Janson
Violet Danse © Lynn Lane
Violet Moon (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist intertwining dance, visual arts, music, advocacy, and well-being. They launched their professional career at 18 with Revolve Dance Company, later training at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and securing a contract with ARCOS in Austin and LEON Contemporary in Houston. Violet completed a residency at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels and was a selected professional at Le Centre National de la Danse (CND) in Paris. With a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, they explore trauma-focused somatic movement and expressive arts therapy, offering workshops emphasizing consent and community healing. Awarded the “Let Creativity Happen” grant, their work has been showcased across Houston.
In their solo excerpt, Violet alchemizes experience into purpose through a raw, haunting exploration of grief, isolation, and the breakdown of intimacy. While the larger work addresses the shared scars of two souls, the solo focuses on one individual’s painful realization they never truly knew the person they lost. It invites viewers to feel the isolation and confusion that arises with awareness, connecting to broader themes of trauma and identity.
WHITE WAVE’s mission is to act as a potent stimulus to expand the horizons of dance by producing dance concerts, festivals, residencies, and educational activities. WHITE WAVE provides dancemakers an opportunity to congregate, create, and present new works on prestigious stages to the discerning NYC audience.
Alison Cook Beatty Dance © Lucas Chilczuk
Rebecca Laufer and Mats van Rossum © Efrat Mazor
Rebecca Laufer (US/IL) and Mats van Rossum (NL) founded their artistic collaboration in 2018 where they established their common love for dance and theater, sharing their love for creation. Their works have been shown throughout Israel, Europe and the United States. Their duet ‘Clay’ was commissioned by the Israeli ministry of culture and was the winner of the Club Guy and Roni partner award at the Rotterdam International Choreography Competition in the Netherlands and received production awards with the National Theatre Mannheim and Tanzlabor Ulm at the Hannover Choreography Competition in Germany.
‘Clay’ is a dance theater piece that was born from discord. With a focus on challenging what it means to coexist. The work draws inspiration from myth and folklore, presenting the tale through the lens of another world. Clay portrays two beings set in a grim situation, trying to bring light to the darkening world around them. A piece born out of physical limitation. A bittersweet escape into imagination. Beyond logic and reason, unbound by time.