The Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA)
presents

Mini Locally Grown Dance
Fall 2021

Class of '56 Dance Theatre
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
430 College Avenue

Dec 1, 2, 3, 4, 2021
7:30 p.m.

DANCE COMPOSITION CLASS
Choreographers and Dancers: 
Kaitlin Chang, Megan Chang, Iliana Goodhew, Charlotte Hee, Keshonna Jackson, Hannah McManus, Hannah Orr, Cristina Pines, Emily Rubinstein, Catherine Silver, Tingyue Tan, Allie Rose Van Wagenen, and Hannah Zollner in collaboration with faculty mentor.

BELUCID
Choreographer:
Performers in collaboration with faculty mentor.

Dancers:
Hayden Garniewicz, Hannah McManus, Madeline Silva, Naomi Wang

EVENT HORIZON
Choreographer:
Miles Yeung-Tieu in collaboration with dancers

Dancers: 
Beatriz Asfora, Annika Currie, Annika Deutsch, Charlotte Hee, Anna Rose Marion, Kassandra Roblanedo

BACH SOLO CELLO SUITE #1 (excerpts)
Choreographer:
Repertory circa 1986 in collaboration with faculty mentor.

Dancers: 
Hayden Garniewicz, Molly Goldstein, Molly Hudson, Sarah Lynch, Hannah McManus, Cate Moore, Kat Petrosky, Emma Rethy, Emily Ryu, Madeline Silva, Naomi Wang

The vision of the Department of Performing and Media Arts is to nurture and mentor artists, performers, writers, and thinkers through the process of event programming. We recognize that all people should see their stories represented, and envision their stories as valuable.

We commit ourselves to creating spaces that actively seek to break down systems of oppression based on race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and place of origin and empower all to be involved. We seek to stimulate thoughtful discussion and enact social change within our productions and our audiences. It is our goal to make our events accessible to the wider Cornell and Ithaca community, to strengthen bonds and engage inquiry, dialogue, and impact around social and cultural change.
 
In the 2021-2022 academic year we will help realize a wide range of students’ creative projects, from original plays, to solo performances, to readings, to choreographies, to acting, directorial, and curatorial projects. We are particularly happy that in addition to supporting live performances, we are now also supporting the production of several student thesis films. Enjoy the shows!

Beatriz Asfora
Beatriz is a PhD Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, interested in making robots smart(er). She is from Brazil, where she danced intensively until work compelled her to take a break. Beatriz is grateful for the opportunity to be dancing again, and looking forward to participating in her first MLGD!

Kaitlin Chang
Kaitlin is a junior pre-medical Biological Sciences major in the College of Arts & Sciences.  She developed a love for dance under the instruction of Karen Lynch and through intensives at American Ballet Theater. Kaitlin is from Long Island, NY, and loves singing, painting, and thrill-seeking in her free time.  This is her third year working with Byron Suber and dancing in MLGD.  She is grateful to be performing again this semester, and thanks everyone who made it possible!

Hayden Garniewicz 
Hayden is a junior studying Sociology with minors in Inequality Studies and Global Health. She’s been dancing for 18+ years! Here, at Cornell, she is also part of Rise Dance Group and is in Alpha Chi Omega. She’s had a wonderful time working with everyone over the last two years and is looking forward to a great show! She wants to thank her parents and family for supporting her, Byron for the opportunity, and her friends making sure she’s fed when she gets home from late rehearsals! 

Molly Goldstein
Molly is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences double majoring in Government and Near Eastern Studies. Molly grew up training mainly in ballet, jazz, contemporary, and modern at the Houston Ballet Academy for 13 years. This is Molly’s first year performing with the PMA department and hopes to continue her dance training for the next four years! 

Iliana Goodhew 
Iliana is a junior double majoring in Biological Sciences and Environment & Sustainability. In her free time she loves to explore nature, dance, try new restaurants, sing, and travel. Currently she is conducting a research project on the Hawaii's Mycobiome, which is the fungal aspect of microbiology. She is in a dance team called E.Motion, does club figure skating, is a guide for Outdoor Odyssey, and is also part of service clubs such as Project Hope. Thank you for coming!

Charlotte Hee
Charlotte is a sophomore in the Hotel School majoring in Hotel Administration and minoring in Dance. Charlotte grew up training mainly in ballet and contemporary at Marin Ballet. She also was a part of the Marin Academy Dance Company at her high school. This is Charlotte's first performance with the PMA department and she is looking forward to being on stage for the first time since COVID.

Molly Hudson
Molly is a freshman in the College of Human Ecology majoring in human development. Molly grew up mostly training in musical theatre and contemporary dance styles at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center in New York City. This is Molly’s first year performing with the PMA department and she is very excited for her dance debut at Cornell.

KeShonna Jackson
KeShonna is currently a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is majoring in English and Psychology with a minor in PMA. She is a writer for Cornell Research and the Cornell Sun

Sarah Lynch
Sarah is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in music for opera performance. Her dance training mostly consisted of ballet growing up, and she attended summer intensives and workshops from the American Academy of Ballet, Burklyn Ballet Theater, and others. Sarah is very excited for her first performance with the PMA department!

Anna Rose Marion
Anna Rose is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Environment and Sustainability. Anna Rose has trained in ballet, pointe, modern, contemporary, and jazz. In high school, she frequently choreographed for her dance company in ballet and modern styles. Anna Rose is very excited to learn and grow as a dancer with the PMA department. 

Hannah McManus
Hannah is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in psychology and minoring in dance. Hannah grew up training mainly in ballet and modern and went to Walnut Hill School for the Arts her last two years of high school to continue her dance training before coming to Cornell. This is Hannah’s fourth year performing with the PMA department and she is very excited to be a part of mini locally grown.

Cate Moore
Cate is a freshman in the College of Human Ecology majoring in Human Biology, Health, and Society. She grew up in Massachusetts training mostly in ballet which she has studied since she was three. She has also studied during the summer with ballet companies such as Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and The Washington School of Ballet. Cate is very excited to perform with the PMA department this year and continue dancing at Cornell.

Hannah Orr Sevilla
Born in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Hannah received her first ballet classes at Petit Papillon in Concord, NH. In 2011 she joined Bossov Ballet Theater in Maine, a Vaganova based pre-professional program under the direction of Andrei Bossov. She moved to Spain in 2015, where she participated in various competitions in Europe, winning first place with Giselle Peasant Pas and earned a scholarship at the International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition "Domenico Modugno'' with Valentin Bartes. She has performed extensively, including at Pasodos Dance Company in Palma de Mallorca, Conservatoire de La Danse de Bruxelles with Menia Martinez, St. Petersburg Ballet, Integrarte, The Capitol Center of the Arts in Concord NH, and recently in Walpurgis Nacht Variation in May 2019 at the “Mujeres que Marcan” colloquium in Palacio de Congresos, Palma de Mallorca Spain. This year Hannah is excited to be at Cornell University majoring in Environment and Sustainability and hopes to be able to continue dancing during her time as a student.

Katerina Petrosky
Kat is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in biology and society and minoring in Spanish and dance. Kat danced with the Junior Company of Mystic Ballet in Mystic, Connecticut throughout middle and high school where she trained in ballet, contemporary, and jazz. She is very grateful to continue dancing at Cornell in the PMA department and as a part of Rise Dance Group, and Kat is especially excited to be on stage again for the first time since March 2020.

Cristina Pines
Cristina is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences studying Communication. Back at home, she was heavily involved with her local theater, taking dance classes, performing in shows, and even making her professional debut. She has also won various awards for dance and direction at national theater competitions because of her student choreography. This is her first year performing at MLGD, and she could not be more thrilled!

Emma Rethy
Emma is a Freshman in the College of Engineering, majoring in Operations Research and Engineering. Emma trained in classical ballet and modern at the Washington School of Ballet, in Washington, DC and has performed in their production of The Nutcracker at the Warner Theater. She has also danced in Swan Lake, La Bayadere, Le Corsaire, and Don Quixote. Emma is so excited to be back on stage and perform with the PMA department for the first time!

Kassandra Robledo 
Kassandra is a first-year in the College of Arts and Sciences striving to major in Government and concentrate on comparative politics. Kassandra grew up training primarily in modern and ballet techniques. However, she has dabbled in other styles like jazz, hip-hop, and Latin. This is Kassandra's first time performing with the PMA department and is excited to be dancing.

Emily Rubinstein
Emily is a Freshman in Arts and Sciences who is majoring in biology. Emily grew up doing figure skating and tap dance in New York City and went to Stuyvesant high school. This is Emily's first year performing in PMA and she is so happy to be performing here!

Emily Ryu
Emily is a first-year grad student studying computer science. She grew up training in ballet and continued dancing throughout her undergrad at Princeton. This is her first time performing with the Cornell PMA department, and she is so grateful and excited for this opportunity!

Madeline Silva
Madeline is a senior in the College of Human Ecology majoring in Design + Environmental Analysis and minoring in French. She has lived in Ithaca for several years and trained at the Armstrong School of Dance before coming to Cornell. This is her third year performing in Mini Locally Grown Dance and she is thrilled to be dancing in person once again!

Catherine Silver
Catherine is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in chemistry. This is her first experience with dancing, and she is looking forward to her first performance.

Allie Van Wagenen
Allie is a sophomore from outside of San Francisco and is majoring in Operations Research Engineering.

Hannah Zollner
Hannah is a sophomore in the college of engineering studying ORIE with a minor in business. Hannah was in the drama club in high school and is excited to be in her first performance at Cornell.

Byron Suber - Faculty Mentor
Byron Suber is originally from New Orleans, LA, and moved to Ithaca in 1991 after ten years of living and working in New York City. His work there included choreography, music, theatre, costume design and performance art. His pieces have been  exhibited at La MAMA Inc., Performance Space 122, the Kitchen, DANSPACE, the American Dance Festival and The Wigstock music festival. He has received grants and awards from the Harkness Foundation, Art Matters Inc., New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Cornell Council for the Arts. He has taught at the American Dance Festival at Duke University, Dance Space and Steps, in NYC, as well as various universities in the States, France, Italy, Ireland and Spain. Since coming to Cornell he has continued to create work in dance and theatre as well as entering the realm of digital sound and visual media, for instance in collaboration with professors and students from MIT on a pair of digitally wired sneakers that produced music when the dancer moved. At Cornell, Suber teaches ballet and modern technique, yoga, dance history and criticism, dance composition, and digital media. Outside of his position in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, he completed a M.A in the History of Architecture and Urbanism in the School of Art, Architecture and Planning at Cornell.

Miles Yeung-Tieu - Faculty Choreographer
Originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Miles Yeung-Tieu is a dance artist currently based in Philadelphia, PA. His performance credits include Brian Sander’s JUNK, Stacey Tookey’s Still Motion, Helen Simoneau Danse, La Biennale di Venezia’s Arsenale della Danza, and the New York City production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Miles has worked with international dance artists including Ismael Ivo (Brazil, Italy), Isabel Lewis (Germany), and Douglas Becker (Belgium) while studying and performing across Europe. Miles received his training at the University of the Arts, completing both his BFA in Modern Performance ('14) with honors and MFA in Dance ('19). He currently dances with Brooklyn-based company Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group and is a collaborator with Mark Caserta's BigKid Dance.

Howard Klein - Stage Manager
Howard Klein has worked for many years as a professional AEA production stage manager off-Broadway, regionally, and on tour around the USA. He is the Stage Manager for The Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University. Howard has also worked in more than 300 venues in 11 countries and counting, as Production Manager and Lighting Designer of the dance company, Galumpha. He worked at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts as Producing Coordinator in the Theatrical Production department and stage managed more than 30 productions for the NYU Graduate Acting Program. Other favorite credits include The Lincoln Center Institute, WP Theatre and The Cider Mill Playhouse. Howard has also taught Stage Management at SUNY Binghamton where he received his BA in Technical Theatre.

Steven Blasberg - Lighting Designer, Master Electrician
Steven Blasberg (Lighting Designer, Master Electrician) is the Master Electrician for The Department of Performing and Media Arts. Steven graduated from Cornell University in 2016 with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering. At Cornell, both undergraduate and professionally, he has worked on both student and faculty led productions including Cinematographer and Streaming Engineer for many of the video productions produced by PMA during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lighting Designer for LGD 2016, Associate Lighting Designer for Blood Wedding, and Master Carpenter for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Outside of Cornell, he has also worked as a House Lighting Designer/Programmer for the State Theater of Ithaca for various touring shows and as a Lighting Designer for Encore Players Community Theatre (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Wizard of Oz, Dark Hearts: A Villains Cabaret, The Man with Bogart’s Face).

Costume First Hands: Natalie Brunco, Emma Kindig, Lillian Liu, Simone White
Scenery Work-Study:  David Bascom, Arianna Josue, Charles Wright
Electrics Work-Study: Emlen Brown, Anastasia Kreisel, Matthew Secondine, Ariel Shaked

PMA 1610 - TECHNICAL PRODUCTION LAB
Kayla Bouazouni, Sophie Cianfarani, Abigail Crowley, Kaitlyn Cui, Andrew Dettmer, Jacob Duffles-Andrade, Yuou Jiang, Benjamin Lederman, Julianna Lee, Lillian Liu, Jack Muench, Anusua Nath, Samantha Noland, Gabriella Peters, Cole Romero, Yifan Tong

BUILDING/HOUSE MANAGERS
Sofia Aguirre, Mackenzie Closson, Naomi Daniel, Samantha Granja, Deepak Ilango, Anastasia Kreisel, Jack McManus, Maxwell Ringer, Matthew Saylor, Ariel Shaked, Sarah Zaragoza-Smith

PMA PRODUCTION STAFF
Director of Productions & Events: Pamela Lillard
Technical Director: Fritz Bernstein
Stage Manager: Howard Klein
Assistant Technical Director: Savannah Relos
Props Coordinator: Tim Ostrander
Master Electrician: Steven Blasberg
Costume Shop Supervisor: Lisa Boquist
Computer Support: Chris Christensen
Media Assistant: Randy Hendrickson
Communications & Events Coordinator: Youngsun Palmer
Communications Manager: Gary Gabisan
Box Office Manager: Julie Tibbits
Department Manager: Christopher Riley