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**New Directions: A Showcase of Student Choreography**

**Dates & Times:**
- Thursday, June 6 at 7:30 PM
- Friday, June 7 at 7:30 PM
- Saturday, June 8 at 7:30 PM

**Location:** Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre, UC San Diego

**About the Show:**
New Directions is a vibrant showcase featuring the innovative work of student choreographers at UC San Diego. This event is a celebration of dance, bringing together dance makers and movers from across all areas, extending beyond the department to engage the wider campus community. The showcase aims to support the next generation of embodied storytellers and movement makers, providing a platform for students to explore themes of lineage, community resilience, empowerment, liberation, and peace through their creative works.

This year's concert boasts an impressive lineup of student choreographers, including Elizabeth You, Gage Stixrude-Bertelloni, Italy Clark, Fabricio Apuy Novella, Saryah Colbert, Yali Alsberg, Mira Mitre, Vrisika Chauhan, Yvente Situ, Lauren Lee, and Sage Kowalkowski. Each choreographer brings their unique vision to the stage, asking poignant questions and inviting the audience into their explorations of movement and meaning.

**Content Warning:** Please note that the performances may include flashing/strobe lighting and depictions of firearms.

**Tickets:** Available for purchase for each performance night. Join us for an evening of compelling dance works that promise to inspire and provoke thought.

**Creatives/Designers:**
- Director: Ana María Álvarez
- Choreographers: Elizabeth You, Gage Stixrude-Bertelloni, Italy Clark, Fabricio Apuy Novella, Saryah Colbert, Yali Alsberg, Mira Mitre, Yvente Situ, Lauren Lee, Vrisika Chauhan, Sage Kowalkowski
- Lighting Designers: Vida Huang, Taylor Olson, Stephaney Knapp, Melody Vilitchai
- EDI Advocate: Aysan Celik
- Production Manager: Laura Manning
- And many more talented individuals behind the scenes.

**Director's Note:** Ana María Álvarez shares her vision for New Directions, emphasizing the power of art making as a radical act of imagination and sharing. She invites the audience to witness the courage of student artists as they navigate the complexities of their worlds through dance, exploring personal and collective narratives of liberation and transformation.

**Special Appreciation:** A heartfelt thanks to Margaret Marshall for her continued support of the New Directions Productions and our student dance makers.

Join us at the Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre for New Directions, an evening that promises not just performances, but a journey into the heart of dance as a form of expression, storytelling, and community building.

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New Directions

University of California San Diego

This winter dance production will feature three original new works of 3 professional choreographers who are from our dance faculty: Dr. grace shinhae jun (hip hop), Kara Mack (African Diasporic Movement) and Ana María Álvarez (Afro-Latine activist dance theater). All three works will include large casts of performers. Choreographers will collaborate with student designers, and artists from across all areas are encouraged to audition.

Ana María Álvarez

Director

Events

Past events

6 - 8 Jun, 2024

New Directions · University of California, San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance

15 - 16 Mar, 2024

WinterWorks · University of California, San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance

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