May 16, 2024
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May 19, 2024

Emerging Choreographers: Maiya Redding, Darvejon Jones, Eve Jacobs, Austin Marquez, Cory Villegas/Soul Dance Co

Hunter Dance MFA Program

Choreographers:  

Maiya Redding '22
Darvejon Jones '23
Eve Jacobs '24
Austin Marquez '24  
Cory Villegas '24/Soul Dance Co

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The Hunter College MFA program in dance, launched in 2018 and directed by maura nguyễn donohue, is for returning professionals seeking to investigate the role of dance as a vehicle for positive change in the world. The La MaMa Moves! program includes works by artists who have taught in a variety of genres at Hunter.

Maiya Redding '22 presents excerpts of “Bright Lies, Dark Truths” a trio that explores code switching, black masculine identity, and denial. Darvejon Jones '23 presents “a n t a r e s” - a work in progress built upon inquiries concerning liberation in Jones’s Black Dance praxis. Eve Jacobs '24 brings “Four Statements on Attention,” a work for four dancers which stretches toward deep focus through movement and music. Austin Marquez '24 shares original songs and dances from “STAGES,” his recent sold out show at La MaMa Shares in The Downstairs, a celebration of resilience and self-discovery through shared experiences, and Cory Villegas/Soul Dance Co ‘24 delivers the AGUA in a Salsa celebration of the Afro-Latin diaspora in NYC.

Thu, May 16: Cory Villegas, Darvejon Jones, Austin Marquez
Fri, May 17: Cory Villegas, Maiya Redding, Austin Marquez
Sat, May 18: Eve Jacobs, Maiya Redding, Cory Villegas
Sun, May 19: Eve Jacobs, Darvejon Jones, Austin Marquez

Photos by Jaadyn Rogers, Michal Minster Tal, and JT Anderson

La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival

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La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival continues to support La MaMa’s commitment to presenting diverse performance styles that challenge audience’s perception of dance by featuring performance/installations, experimental film screenings & public symposiums which address dance artists’ engagement with the current political climate, as well as honoring diasporic histories and legacy, ancestral inspirations and inter-generational dialogue.

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