The Department of Dance at SUNY Brockport presents performances of DANSCORE on Thursday, November 18, through Saturday, November 20, at the Hartwell Dance Theater in Hartwell Hall on the Brockport campus. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $17/general, $12/seniors (60+), SUNY Brockport alumni, faculty and staff, and $9/students and are available online at fineartstix.brockport.edu, by phone at 395-2787 or at the Tower Fine Arts Center Box Office, 180 Holley Street, Brockport. SUNY Brockport’s up-to-date COVID-19 prevention guidelines can be found on the ticketing website, the Fine Arts Series Facebook page, and at brockport.edu/coronavirus. Compliance with campus protocols is required in order to attend any of our performances or events.
Amongst the faculty showing new choreography is James Hansen, whose “Stolen Dances” was created in collaboration with seven BFA students. The dance explores two compositional elements: how dancers’ placement on stage affects the design of space and how gesture can evolve into full-bodied movement.
Faced with some uncertainty as to what the fall semester would be like on the Brockport campus, Mariah Maloney looked to the great outdoors and created a new ensemble work, also featuring seven dancers. In this work, Maloney located her rehearsals outdoors in the forests and fields. The piece was cultivated on the original lands of the Onöndowa’ga of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, today referred to as Brockport. Through this process, she has not only created choreography for the stage but also captured dance on video as an integral companion piece.
Other faculty members showing dances they have recently made include Sankofa African Dance and Drum Ensemble artistic director Jenise Anthony and long-time Garth Fagan associate Nicolette Ferguson, who will be showing “This Is,” which is a result of this past summer’s Brockport Summer Dance program. Musicians Mohamed Diaby and Greg Woodsbie will also be collaborating on a new work.
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