Saturday, August 28
Program B
moving culture
moving community
moving culture moving community
Flamenco Underground
Farruca and Bulerias Festeras
Choreographer: Natalia Perez del Villar
Performers: Mark Herzog & Natalia Perez del Villar
Alma Mexicana Atlanta
Mexican Folkloric Dance - "Boda Veracruzana"
Choreographer: Hilda Estrella de Lev
Music: La Bruja - Desconocido, Cumbamba - Conjunto Villa del Mar de Angel Valencia, El Palomo y la Paloma - Conjunto Jarocho Tiburones, El Colas - Conjunto Jarocho Villa Lerdo, El Zapateado - Desconocido
Performers: Maria Sara Trejo, Isabella Alexander, Joselin Leon, Jimena Soto, Lorena Venavidez, Vida Vazquez, Ariana Fernandez, Ivan Gutierrez, Ariana Perez, Evangelina Sepulveda, Giovanni Herrer, Jasmine Cruz, Tomas Camarillo
Academy of Kuchipudi Dance
Royal Dance of a couple, Princess Rukmini and Krishna, dancing on a brass plate
Choreographers: Sasikala Penumarthi, Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam
Music: Sasikala Penumarthi, Subhashini Krishnamurthy
Performers: Sasikala Penumarthi, Shivanuja Gokarakonda
Atlanta Chinese Dance Company
First Piece: Manchurian Dance: Qing Dynasty Elegance
Choreographers: Lu Xinxin, Song Xin
Performers: Jesselyn Bong, Anya Chung, Julia Durfee, Victoria Saputera, Briana Vivar
Second Piece: Chinese Classical Dance: Wuxia
Choreographers: Li Wei, Zhong Hongyu
Performers: Vanessa Cheng, Leilani Cheng, Leia Kolodzey, Kerry Lee, Molly Xu, Rosalie Zhou
Music for both pieces: Traditional
Haus of London
Saints & Sinners
Choreographer: Lyrik London
Music: Ricky Dillard - More Adundantly, Nina Symone - Sinner Man, Lady Gaga - Teeth, Marion Williams - Mean Ole World, Callie Day - Up to The Mountain, 2WEI - Boom Boom, Ricky Dillard ft. Nikki Ross - There is no Way
Performers: TBD
Giwayen mata
The All Sistah, Dance, Percussion, And Vocal Ensemble
Soko Liberte Suite
Choreographers: Tambra Omiyale Harris, Nneka Kelly Gales, and Giwayen Mata
Music: Traditional rhythms arranged by Tambra Omiyale Harris, Omelika Kuumba, and Giwayen Mata
Performers: T. Omiyale Harris, Maimouna Hale, Angelica Harris, Nikia Waithe, Arata Maat, Nneka Kelly Gales, Kalah Byrd
Creative Credits
Lighting Designer, Bryan Rosengrant
Stage Manager, Carly Wynans
Photographer, Erik Voss
Videographer, Andie Knudson
(MC)2 Advisory Committee
Kerry Lee, Atlanta Chinese Dance Company
Raianna Brown, Komansé Dance Theater
Dana Marie Lupton, Wall of Wonderful
Sasikala Penumarthi, Academy of Kuchipudi Dance,
Dr. Theresa Howard, Edeliegba Senior Dance Ensemble
Al Stilo, Roswell Cultural Arts Center
(MC)2 Curation Credits
staibdance Artistic Director, George Staib
staibdance Executive Director, Sarah Hillmer
staibdance Marketing & Communications Manager, Patsy Collins
staibdance Marketing & Development Intern, Alice Stern
Thank You’s to our Presenters, Partners & Sponsors
Presenter: Roswell Cultural Arts Center
Partner: Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance / Roswell Dance Theatre
Sponsors: Atlanta Dance Medicine and Chelo, Persian - Middle Eastern Restaurant
Funding for this program is provided in part by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and The Foster G. McGaw Educational Foundation.
