Katie Ingebretsen in STAGES OF GRIEF, as part of DMC’s 2019 Performing Arts Festival
Festival 2019 Workshop teachers
Sabine Kvenberg taught HOW TO AUDITIONAmy “Kiyanna” Limbrick taught Middle Eastern DanceKimberly Kemp taught a Creative Play Theater workshop Kelly Hamlin taught Contemporary Fusion danceJordan Taylor taught HIP HOPWorkshops not pictured: DANCE IMPROVISATION with Beverly Mendez, MOMMY AND ME , with Cherish Dobbins, BALLET FOR ACTORS AND OTHERS with Beverly Mendez
DMC in HOME
The story of homelessness in 3 sections
It Can Happen to Anyone / Stages of Grief / Learning to Trust
PERFORMING GUEST ARTISTS
singer Kevin Caffrey performed original worksAmy “Kiyaana” Limbrick performed ZAY EL HAWAHaley Gibbons created and directed PAPPY a film about coming of ageGuest Artist Diontey Michael created 11:11 for the DMC dancers CACOON with dancer Ed Yates filmed and choreographed by Kelly Hamlin
DMC’s children’s performance PEOPLE OF CORN A dance-theater ballet of the Mayan creation story
masks by Rachel Decker for People of cornPEOPLE OF CORNNarrator from PEOPLE OF CORN
Emerging Artist performances
Students from M&SEllie Vasquez from Avery Ballet danced YOU SAY by Kori Joseph Students from Courthouse Ballet
Backdrop design by Molly McFadden, painted by all participants at the Festival
Cherish Dobbins teaching MOMMY AND ME
Performing Artists
KRASH DANCE in Masquerade by Kelly Hamlin
Jason and Nancy Michael sang “Our Children” from RAGTIME
Amy Kiyaana and the Sameeha Bellydance Collective
Performance Poet Micki O’Hearn
EPIDEMIC by Kori Joseph
EPIDEMIC
Kori Joseph in GODDESS by Beverly Mendez
Kevin Caffery sings original material
DMC Dancers in THE STORY OF ATLANTIS
Performing Artists not pictured: PACE SETTERS HIP HOP DANCERS, soloist KAITLIN INGEBRETSEN, R&B singer MAURICE NOWLEN, singer MICHELLE DITZLER, dancer DAWN BRIGHTEN with accompanist NICOLE FETTERMAN
For this fundraiser we chose the Friends of the Rappahannock, and were joined by many local performing artists and selected student performing arts groups.
Section 3 from THE RIVER WITHIN US This was part of a fundraiser for the Friends of the Rappahannock, presented at the Fredericksburg Library Theater February 2020 DMC dancers: Amy Kelly, Rachel Sargeant, Katie Fatiga, Gabrielle Everett and soloists: Christina Hawkins, Anissa Wells and Deborah Bennett
DMC Performances
MOONLIGHT RITUAL Section 1 of THE RIVER WITHIN USAmy Kelly in MOONLIGHT RITUALWILD SOUL Section 2 of THE RIVER WITHIN USWILD SOULCOURAGE section 3 of THE RIVER WITHIN USAnissa Wells in COURAGE Dancer Katie Fatiga in RIVER GOD DMC dancers were proud to present a repertory piece RIVER GOD, and a premiere piece, THE RIVER WITHIN, created especially for this event.
GUEST ARTISTS
The following local artists joined us for this event…
Vaudvillians Abe Buck and Bill Green Jordan Taylor and his company TRIBE F.O.R. speaker Katie Pomeroy PRISM dancers in TRIBAL ODDSSEYHEATHER GREY from The Patawomack Tribe of VAperformance poet MICKI O’HEARNGuest Artist Deborah Bennett
STUDENT ARTISTS
HUMAN/NATURE by Anissa Wells of Royalty Dance CompanyHUMAN/NATUREWISH by Kori Terrell Joseph of Avery BalletWISH HEIST by Abigail Ingram of Avery BalletHEISTYOU’LL BE BACK sung by Ryan Humphrey of Stafford HS, directed by Joe EvelerLOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING sung by Aiden Doty from Stafford HSBURN sung by Lauren Dent from Stafford HS
THE RIVER WITHIN was produced in February of 2020
by DMC and the Fredericksburg Arts Commission
as a fundraiser for the Friends of the Rappahannock
