Emergence 2025
1st & 2nd Year Dance Show
February 7 & 8, 2025 | 7:00 PM | By Donation Tickets
Room 4650 (Blonde Studio) – SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver
Featuring twenty-two original works choreographed and performed by SFU Dance junior students, with support from an SCA student production team, "Emergence " is an expansive range of choreographic exploration and expression. This show is performed over the span of two evenings.
Organized and directed by Penelope Patterson and Kaliyah States.
We acknowledge that we are living, learning, creating and performing on the traditional, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
PROGRAM: Night #1
Ruination of the Reactor
Choreographer: Larkin Schering
Performers: Penelope Patterson, Kaliyah States, Amaru Seki, Gabi Johnson, Liz Kiss, Sophie Riedl
Music: Original score - Larkin Schering
A Somewhat Unfamiliar Conception for the Average Mind
Choreographers: Claire Whitelaw, Ellen Harris
Performers: Claire Whitelaw, Ellen Harris
Music: "Einstein’s Theory of Relativity" - Albert Einstein, Lady Fingers - Herb Alpert, "The Moon Speech" - Robert F Kennedy
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Choreographer: Rachel Brown
Performer: Rachel Brown
Music: Flying to America - Marco Parisi
Seeing Blue
Choreographers: Emillie Peer, Emma Purdy
Performers: Emillie Peer, Emma Purdy
Music: Reborn - Colin Stetson
Of Everyone
Choreographer: Penelope Patterson
Performers: Kaliyah States, Larkin Schering, Amaru Seki, Gabi Johnson, Aleni Koorjee, Grace Byman, Christian Evans, Liz Kiss
Music: Prologue - Charon, We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced for the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year - Orchestra of the Swan and Philip Sheppard
Samson’s cessation
Choreographer: Safiyah Brito
Performer: Safiyah Brito
Music: The Rite of Spring (K15: Pt1: IV. Spring rounds) - Igor Stravinsky
Love On The Brain
Choreographers: Selena Bisla, Jennifer Yang
Performers: Selena Bisla, Jennifer Yang
Music: Love On The Brain - Rihanna
Abukubukubuku
Choreographer: Amaru Seki
Performer: Kaliyah States
Music: ABUKU - Srv.Vinci
Replay
Choreographer: Amaru Seki
Performers: Amaru Seki, Grace Byman, Claire Whitelaw
Music: Replay - Tems
Traces in the Space
Choreographer: Larkin Schering
Performers: Penelope Patterson, Liz Kiss
Music: Original score - Larkin Schering
The Worst In Me
Choreographer: Jennifer Yang
Performers: Brooklyn Atkinson, Ellen Harris, Emily Schutz, Hannah Jajic, Lucy price, maya buller, Mia O’Neill, Rachel Brown, Reanna Ayranto, riordan fisher, Samantha George
Music: The Worst In Me - Kaytranada
PROGRAM: Night #2
Everything Under The Sun
Choreographer: Kaliyah States
Performers: Reanna Ayranto, Rachel Brown, Emma Purdy, Claire Whitelaw
Music: Original score - Kaliyah States
Authenticity
Choreographer: Maya Buller
Performer: Maya Buller
Music: iMi - Bon Iver
Whole Milk //Changings//
Choreographer: Larkin Schering
Performer: Larkin Schering
Music: Original score - Larkin Schering
Collided Worlds
Choreographer: Aleni Koorjee
Performers: Aleni Koorjee, Grace Byman, Christina Evans, Sohpie Ridel
Music: Jhume Re Gori - Sanjay Leela Bhansali
the least you could do is adore me!
Choreographer: Penelope Patterson
Performer: Penelope Patterson
Music: Original score - Penelope Patterson
Money for Something
Choreographer: Lucy Price
Performers: Ellen Harris, Emily Schultz, Emillie peer, Emma Purdy, Samantha George, Mia O’Neill, Madison Simms, Hannah Jajic, Selena Bilsa, Yuri Hong
Music: Money for nothing - The Dire Straits
Reunion
Choreographer: Reanna Ayranto
Performers: Maya Buller, Rachel Brown
Music: Slow Up - Jacob Banks
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Choreographer: Daniel Steele
Performer: Daniel Steele
Music: Original score - Daniel Steele
tending the garden
Choreographer: Liz Kiss
Performers: Penelope Patterson, Kaliyah States, Larkin Schering, Amaru Seki, Gabi Johnson, Aleni Koorjee, Grace Byman, Christian Evans, Sophie Riedl
Music: Original score - Liz Kiss
Soul to Squeeze
Choreographer: Mia O’Neil
Performer: Mia O’Neil
Music: Soul to Squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nowadays
Choreographers: Ellen Harris, Madison Simms
Performers: Ellen Harris, Madison Simms, Lucy Price, Liam Hurley, Yuri Hong, Selena Bisla, Hannah Jajic, Maya Buller, Riordan Fisher
Music: Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag - Chicago
Production Team
Lighting Director: Czarina Augustines
Lighting Tech: Clara Xu
Backstage Manager: Dean Thivierge
Sound Operator: Kady Brandel
Photographer: Teo Mjolsness
Videographer: Quinn Masselink
Usher: Reese Magnayon
Usher: Teddy Brubacher
Thank you to the following for their support in making the show happen: Emily Neaumann, Ben Rogalsky, Brady Cranfield, Daisy Thompson.