Choreographer Showcase: Music, Muscle, and Magic

One of the best traditions in recent years at KO occurs before the start of the Thanksgiving break when weary Wyverns need a little jolt. That pick-me-up comes in the form of the Choreographer Showcase, now five years running, where our talented hoofers pirouette, tap, and shimmy across the stage of the Roberts Theater to the crowd’s delight.

 

Throughout the fall, the KO dancers partnered with several local dancers (Beau Harmon, Savana Jones, Cody Bakhshi, Brian Syms, and Nicole Henkel) on the numbers from classical ballet to modern. The result was a glorious mix of music, muscle, and magic.

 

“Cheeky Fun” Choreographed by Beau Harmon, supervised by Kyle Reynolds

Music: Old McDonald, Ella Fitzgerald

Dancers: Lucy Ybarra, Zaire Ramiz, Molly Palmer, Anna Tippner, Juli-

ana Chipelo, Ella Golino

 

“A Variation, Act III of Le Corsaire” Performed by Brian Syms Jr.

Music: Le Jardin Anime: Gulnare – Adolphe Adam & The Bolshoi Theatre

Orchestra

 

“Papa Was a Rolling Stone” Performed and choreographed by Savana Jones

Music: Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Norma Whitfield and Barrett Strong

Dancers: Lucy Ybarra, Anna Tippner, Zaire Ramiz, Juliana Chipelo,

Dancers: Molly Palmer, Gordon Beck, Teague Shamleffer, Diya Shine, Beverly Li, Ja-

son Chen, Abbie Schiff, Carlotta Patroni, Anissa Lewis, Meagan Rose

 

“Flames of Fall” Choreographed by Cody Bakhshi, in Partnership with NEBT

Music: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major S.125:Allegro Desico

Dancers: Cody J. Bakhshi, Fiona Connolly, Asher Taylor-Dawson, Tamar

Cohen

 

“The Swan Lake” Choreographed by Brian Syms Jr.

Music: Swan Lake-21 No.12 Scene performed by the National Philharmonic

Orchestra & “Swan Lake-22 No.13 Scene Danses de Cygnes” as performed by

the Royal Opera Orchestra. Composed by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky.

Dancers: Lucy Ybarra, Anna Tippner, Zaire Ramiz, Juliana Chipelo, Molly

Palmer, Diya Shine, Beverly Li, Jason Chen, Abbie Schiff, Carlotta Patroni,

Kamea Davis

 

“Value” Performed by Nicole Henkel

Music: Undiscovered Colors, The Flashbulb

 

“The Exam” Choreographed by Cody J. Bakhshi, NEBT Partnership

Music: Humoresques, Op. 101:No.7, Poco Lento E Grazioso G Flat Major

Dancers: Lucy Ybarra, Anna Tippner, Zaire Ramiz, Leo Kollen, Juliana

Chipelo, Molly Palmer, Gordon Beck, Teague Shamleffer, Diya Shine, Jason

Chen, Carlotta Patroni, Matthew Belo

 

“Second Chance”.Performed by Nicole Henkel

Music: Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder

 

“Soirée ”Choreographed by Nicole Henkel

Music: Play Mass- Sons of Kemet, Shabaka

Dancers: Lucy Ybarra, Anna Tippner, Zaire Ramiz, Leo Kollen, Sarah

Balog, Juliana Chipelo, Molly Palmer, Jason Chen, Abbie Schiff