CREATIVE
WORK
Homage
Premiered: May 2016
Choreography: Jessica Moore
Music: Grammah Easter's Lullaby performed by Pura Fe'
Originally Performed by: Alyssa Darrow, Cassandra Malanche, Kendra Pickett
The trio Homage began as a choreographic exploration to create work which reference and resemble a culture but not represent or recreate said culture. This work utilized postures, motions, qualities, and characteristics of Native American women’s traditional pow wow dance as the basis of movement invention and creative inspiration.
Premiered: November 2015
Choreography: Jessica Moore
Music: Boneless by Steve Aoki, Chris Lake, and Tujamo
Photography: Rebecca Buranich
Originally Performed by: Katie Brauer, Brenna Dillon, Jamilya Dudley, Cassandra Malanche, Meghan Mariotti, Alicia McDonald
Pride Impulse
Pride Impulse debuted at the New Dancers’ Showcase as a part of The College at Brockport concert series. The movement derived from analysis and observations of animal behavior and characteristics.
INTERtribal
Premiered: November 2014
Choreography: Jessica Moore
Music: Tanto's Revenge by A Tribe Called Red featuring the Chippewa Travelers
Originally Performed by: Lauren Bates, Imani Bell, Emilia Bunich, Rebecca Coffman, Nate Diaz, Andrew Duran, Gabrielle Gamble, Will Dillard-Jackson,Chandra Kelly, Mia Martelli, Sarah Norris, Maddie O'Mara, Jocelyn Reed
INTERtribal debuted at the New Dancers’ Showcase as a part of The College at Brockport concert series. The movement was derived from motifs inspired by Native American characteristics and movement principles.
Psalm 23
Premiered: March 2011
Choreography: Jessica Moore
Lyrics: Psalm 23 by Bobby McFerrin
Music Performed by: the Sandlapper Singers
Originally Performed by: Nikita Burks-Hale and Britney Stevenson
Psalm 23 was created in collaboration with the Sandlapper Singers, a choral group based in Columbia, SC. Originally performed with live accompaniment, the piece was restaged for the Power Company Spring Cabaret Show, March 2011.