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PresentsGlobal Motion, World Dance CompanyMay 14 & May 15Founder: Judith DouglasArtistic Directors: Raquel Ramírez and Sri SusilowatiGuest Choreographers: Ephrat Asherie, Rachel HernandezFaculty Choreographers: Seda Aybay, Keali’i Ceballos, Angela Jordan,Raquel RamirezStudent Choreographers: Micah Klassen, Levi Klassen, Ryouto OgitaAlumni Choreographers: Erica Caplan, Yessenia Buezo Muñoz,Erik MuñozGlobal Motion is dedicated to educating, preserving, and performing world dancePage 1
Directors’ NoteWorld Dance and the World of DanceNot so long ago the term “world dance” could have been perceived aspejorative, that is, meaning not in a mainstream tradition that would appear onthe major stages of the world. It was an exclusionary term. Part of what welike to think we have done with Global Motion is to “own the insult” a bit andturn it around and be inclusive and show that world dance should really be thewhole world of dance. This year illustrates how far we have come, and we areexcited that you are here with us to enjoy dance from many parts of the world:Latin America including Mexico, Asia, Africa, Europe, and even the UnitedStates (Hip-Hop)! We hope you enjoy the similarities and appreciate thedifferences in the rich palette presented here.Raquel Ramírez & Sri Susilowati, Artistic DirectorsPage 2
Brazil – Samba ReggaeSamba Afro and Samba Reggae are Afro-Bahian revolutionary dance andmusic forms from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. They blend ritual, folkloric andstreet culture Bahian movements and sounds celebrating the Afro-Brazilianaesthetics and political strength developed by the Blocos Afros.In the Afro-Brazilian Tradition of Candomble from Salvador also invoke theenergy of Oya/Iansa energy of freedom,liberation, and transformation.OyaChoreographer: Rachel HernandezMusic: “Chales Ilê-Carlinhos Brown-IlêAyê” by Kahlil Cummings;“Faraó Divindade do Egito Ladeira doPelô Doce Obsessão (Medley)” by Ao VivoDancers: Rachel Hernandez, StephanieBeltran, Natalie Ford Brown, Astrid Colop,Aranzasu De La O, Ella Hedvat, RachelHernandez, Anna Konstantinovsky, MelishaMahakumara, Nancy Martinez Castro,Gabriella Nurhapy, Blanca Ramos, AmyRodriguez, Rachel SymonsU.S.A – Salsa/Cha ChaNew York is an important contributor in the world of music, a longstandingthriving home for popular genres. During the 1940-50s, Cuban musicians hada huge influence on the New York music scene. Once Fidel came to power,Cuban musicians could no longer travel to the U.S.A and Cuban recordingsreceived no air play time. Thus, Puerto Rican descent musicians took on TheBig Apple single handed. New York Cha-cha and Salsa music tends to followthe jazz structure, incorporating lengthy instrumental breaks to showcase theability of musicians such as Celia Cruz, Willie Colon, Eddie Palmeiri, andPage 3
Jimmy Bosch.This piece exemplifies the work of three New York natives that have had aprofound influence in New York City and around the world. Lin-ManuelMiranda created the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, and thesoundtrack of Disney's Encanto. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" Cha-cha songbroke various records, marked Miranda's first-ever number-one song on theUS Billboard Hot 100 charts, and cemented his mainstream fame. Richie Ray& Bobby Cruz are a musical duo from New York that is well known forhelping to establish the popularity of salsa music in the 1960-70s, known asSalsa Brava.A Gift from New YorkChoreographers: Erik Muñoz and Yessenia Buezo MuñozMusic: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno (Instrumental)” by Lin-Manuel Mirandaand “Sonido Bestial” by Richie Bay & Bobby CruzDancers: Erik Muñoz, Yessenia Buezo MuñozPage 4
U.S.A – Hip Hop, Popping, and SwingTaking place around the mid 1900's, the American "Big Band" era was full ofswing dancing - characterized by lifts, spins, and flips. It is considered a veryupbeat, lively, and fun dance to not only watch, but to also participate in.We've decided to incorporate some popping and hip-hop into our piece as wellto create a more dynamic and an all-round entertaining performanceThis piece mixes the emotions three men go through of dealing with jealousyalong with the fatigue of a mundane everyday lifestyle. But together, they areworking it through and overcoming it, while strengthening their collectivebond.The Vintage JukeboxChoreographers: Micah Klassen, Levi Klassen, Ryouto OgitaMusic: “That’s Life” by Frank Sinatra, “Sing Sing Sing” by Benny Goodman,“Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen.Dancers: Micah Klassen, Levi Klassen, Ryouto Ogita Gabriella NurhapyPage 5
U.S.A - TahitianTahiti is located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern partof the Pacific Ocean.The ‘Aparima, translates as movement of the hand, and involves gestures reenacting daily occupations of life, such as the flight of the cricket, the soaringof birds, fishing, and human interaction.The ‘Ote’a, Tahitian festival drum dance, is the cultural symbol and icon ofTahiti, and is recognizable by its fast drum rhythms and rapid isolations of hipmovements.‘Aparima/‘Ote’aChoreographer: Keali’i CeballosMusic: E Revi, Kuriri by Makana Sons‘Ote’a by Hei Kira Nui and NonosinaDancers: Ella Hedvat, Azuki Kato, Lily McGraw, Gabriella Nurhapy, BlancaRamos, Amy Rodriguez, Tika YuillePage 6
U.S.A – SalsaSalsa is a Latin dance form developed by Puerto Ricans and Cubans living inNew York in the late 1960s. It is an amalgamation of Cuban dances; Mambo,Pachanga, Rumba and American dances; Swing and Tap. Different regions ofLatin America and the United States have their own salsa styles Cuban, PuertoRican, Colombian, New York, and LA styles. Salsa dance first begin innightclubs, bars, ballrooms, restaurants, and outside as a social dance before itmade it to dance schools.Descarga is about empowering women by elevating, challenging and raisingthe bar for each other.DescargaChoreographer: Seda AybayMusic: “Descarga Total” by MaracaDancers: Stephanie Beltran, NatalieFord Brown, Astrid Colop, Aranzasu DeLa O, Melisha Mahakumara, NancyMartinez Castro, Heather Ongpauco,Rachel SymonsINTERMISSIONPage 7
U.S.A – Breaking and House*Breaking (commercially known as breakdancing) was born in NewYork's South Bronx in the early 1970s. Created by African American andLatine youth, this explosive and dynamic movement style was the originalform of hip hop dance and helped ignite what eventually became known asHip Hop culture, a culture that revolutionized music, fashion, visual art,language, and dance worldwide.House dance has its roots in the soul, funk and disco era. The unique soundthat became known as house music came out of Chicago in the early 1980sandwas made popular by legendary DJs like Frankie Knuckles, who is consideredthe godfather of house music. In NYC in the 1970s, early underground clubslike the Loft and the Paradise Garage, sanctuaries of true expressive freedomfor African American and Latine LGBTQIA youth, ushered in the ethos ofinclusivity where the collective consciousness fully celebrates eachindividual's uniqueness. These values are an integral part of house danceculture today.This piece reflects on the way the movement lineage and intense physicality ofboth breaking and house allows each dancer to tap into another dimension ofwhat it means to truly connect to each other, to the music, and to all parts ofthe space.OUT-SIDE-IN: the remixChoreographer: Ephrat AsherieMusic: Donovan Dorrance and Joy OrbisonDancers: Stephanie Beltran, Nancy Martinez Castro, Aranzasu De La O,Azuki Kato, Anna Konstantinovsky, Gabriella Nurhapy, Heather Ongpauco,Rachel Symons, Tika Yuille*The Broad Stage presented choreographer Ephrat Asherie as part of their 2021/22Season. During her visit, she set this dance on SMC students as part of incollaboration with The Broad Stage at Santa Monica Performing Arts Center. Rootedin street and social dance, Ephrat Asherie Dance is dedicated to exploring the inherentcomplexities of various African American and Latine vernacular forms.Page 8
Egypt – Raqs Sharqi BellydanceBeginning as the folk dance of migrating gypsies, belly dance has survivedthrough the ages. With movements that have been passed down forgenerations throughout Turkey and Egypt, it is a joyous and expressivefeminine art form that showcases the isolation of muscle control and rhythmicmusicality. Belly dance was not introduced to the United States until the 19thcentury, but has since evolved into a liberating popular culture of modernbelly dancers with a wide range of stylistic preferences.“The Wings of Isis” portrays the Egyptian goddess, Isis, who symbolizes thedeep mysteries of the feminine ability to create life. Represented in the mythare the magic of rebirth and the power of feminine strength.Wings of IsisChoreographer: Erica CaplanMusic: Tin Tin with Drum Solo by OojamiDancer: Erica CaplanPage 9
Mexico – Traditional Mexican FolkloricoThe dances of Jalisco represent the many Festivals and Ferias that take placethroughout Mexico. Most of the footwork within the dances is performed inquick rhythmic patterns called Zapateados. The women are well known fortheir “faldeo,”– the manipulation of the skirt. The impressive costumes of thisregion feature bright colors, ruffles, and ribbons. for the women. Long fullskirts create visually dramatic moving patterns as the folk dances of Jaliscoexpress flirtatiousness and energy. People from around the world mostoften associate the music, costumes, and dance of Jalisco as the embodimentof all things Mexico.The Mexican Son was developed from the mixture of Spanish music withindigenous music from different regions. The music exhibited lots of variationfrom different places, both in rhythm and instrumentation. Mariachi can beconsidered one type of Mexican Son. Part of the Son tradition is the creating ofverses done by Cantadores (singers) with improvisation on the spot. Thesetalented wordsmiths will take a situation and sing messages, jokes, insults, orto tells a story about love, betrayal, and an event.Popurri de JaliscoPage 10
Choreographer: Raquel RamirezMusic: Madrugada, Poppuri de JaliscoDancers: Astrid Colop, Aranzasu De La O, Ella Hedvat, AnnaKonstantinovsky, Melisha Mahakumara, Blanca RamosGuest Company: Balllet Folklorico Flor de MayoDancers: Paola Arzate, Isabel Limon, Maritza Olmos, Yessenia Buezo MuñozPage 11
In Memory of Derf RecklawThis piece is dedicated to the memory of our friend and colleague, DerfRecklaw. Derf's beautiful music and generosity of spirit uplifted us all. Wemiss you!Derf Reklaw has had a long legacy of being accompanist for many danceprofessionals. After moving to Los Angeles, he began playing for the “InnerCity Culture Center “where he provided live instrumentation to several of theirstage plays and dance classes. He also worked at “UCLA” as a core musicianas you would hear his rhythms reverberating through the halls before comingto Santa Monica College as a key musician to their dance department since1986. Derf’s unique playing styles would also be heard in the dance classesand studios of Katherine Dunham, Lady Walquer, Lulu Washington, RwandaLewis, Pat Taylor, Karen Mc Donald, Nzingha Camara, Shirley Martin, andLinda Yudin. He selflessly shared his gifts with young generations of buddingmusicians and dancers as he was always sought after. ‘There will never beanother Derf” and “We have lost a legend,” as many have said throughout themusic and dance community."The Fountain of love. Music of 19 century,"composed by Vlasov, performed by Alla Plotkin (Sat)"Take Five" composed by Paul Desmond, performed byMark Litver and Malik Sow (Sun)"Prelude #1" composed by George Gershwin, performedby Mark Litver (Sun)Excerpt music composed by Derf ReklawPage 12
Guinea - West African Djembe DanceWest African Djembe dance is performed to the Djembe drum orchestra thatincludes the Djun Duns and Balafon. There are many Djembe dances fordifferent occasions. Djembe dance is used to celebrate milestones in life,affirm religious beliefs, demonstrate the skills of a warrior, call upon rain,produce crop, bare children, improve health and tell of historical events.Manding Warrior is inspired by the all-female armies in Africa who foughtcolonialist to maintain their power and defend their people against conquestand enslavement. It celebrates the strength, courage, and stamina of thesefemale warrior queens.Farekira Masen N'be (Show me the path of dance)Choreographer: Angela JordanMusicians: Aboubacar Kouyate, Solo Soro, Malik SowDancers: Stephanie Beltran, Natalie Ford Brown, Azuki Kato, NancyMartinez Castro, Lily McGraw, Gabriella Nurhapy, Heather Ongpauco,Rachel Symons, Tika YuillePage 13
BIOGRAPHIESFounder and DirectorsProfessor Judith Douglas is the founder and former Artistic Director ofGlobal Motion, World Dance Company (formally Folklorico de SMC).Professor Douglas has taught Dance in American Cultures, Dance History, alllevels of Ballet, Modern dance, Jazz dance, Tap dance, African dance andMexican dance. From childhood through adulthood, she has performed danceon stage and television. She holds a B.A. in Art, M.A. in Dance, and a lifetimeSecondary Teaching Credential. Douglas began dance training in CecchettiBallet and continued with the Imperial Society of Dance to pass all the ISTDexaminations in Classical Ballet Technique. She then went on to study andperform regional Mexican Dance, Traditional West African, KatharineDunham Technique and Tap Dance. Ms. Douglas has served as a boardmember of Asociación Nacional de Grupos Folklóricos and has adjudicatedthe Amalia Hernandez National Ballet Folklorico Competition for two years.Raquel Ramírez, Director, holds a B. A. Mrs. Ramirez has been an instructorat SMC since 1999. She is Co-Director of Global Motion, World DanceCompany and has taught Traditional Mexican Folklorico, Ballroom Dance andDanza Azteca. She was born in the countryside of Jalisco, Mexico in a towncalled Tenamaxtlan near Guadalajara, and brought to the United States at theage of five by her parents and raised in Southern California. Her danceexperience started at a young age during her summer visits back to herhometown where she began training in Traditional Mexican Folklorico, Waltz,and Danza Azteca. Ramirez was enrolled in summer dance workshops withthe local Catholic School as a way of keeping her busy. Little did she knowthis dance would become her passion. She has studied and taken intensiveworkshops with Rafael Zamarripas, Lalo Garcia, and Benjamin Hernandez,and has been a member of Asociacion Nacional de Grupos Folkloricos(ANGF) since 1999. She is an accomplished dancer and alumna from SantaMonica College and has performed on stage nationally and internationally, aswell as on TV. Her performances include the International Mariachi Festivalin New México, Asociación Nacional de Grupos Folklóricos in México andthe USA. Ramirez is the Founder and Director of Ballet Folklórico Flor deMayo (BFFM). For the past seven years her company BFFM as well as GlobalMotion have had the honor of touring internationally to Beijing China in 2013,Page 14
2014 and 2019, Bracciano Italy in 2015, Santiago de Chile in 2017, Lloret deMar, Spain "Costa Brava Folk festival 2018, Paris, France 12th InternationalCompetition Festival of Folklore, Dance and Music, ETOILES DE PARIS2018 where they won the GRAND PRIX award.Sri Susilowati, Director, holds a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Choreography andPerformance. Susilowati is a dancer, choreographer, and storyteller. Shecreates and performs traditional and contemporary works on the subjects ofcommunity, gender, and ethnicity through dance and multi-media combiningexquisite classical Indonesian dance with a sense of humor. She has been therecipient of many fellowships and distinctions including the Rainbow Award,Lester Horton Award, City of Los Angeles Artist-in-Residence (AIR) andCOLA grants, the Puffin Foundation grant, the James Irvine Foundation grant,Center for Cultural Innovation grant, and Global Citizenship Initiative grant.Her dance-on-camera collaboration project with David Rousseve, TwoSeconds after Laughter, won Audience Award, Best Screendance Short at SanFrancisco Dance Film Festival. Susilowati made her directorial debut inShimmer, a dance-on-camera film. Currently, she serves as a full-time facultymember in the Dance Department Santa Monica College.Ramirez and Susilowati have taken the SMC Global Motion dancers toperform throughout the US, Mexico, China, France, and Spain.SMC Faculty ChoreographersSeda Aybay is the Founder/Artistic Director/Choreographer of Kybele DanceTheater. Since emigrating from Istanbul, Turkey she has won multiplechoreography awards including 1st Place Front and Main, 2nd PlaceMcCallum Choreography Festival among others while earning herselfOutstanding Choreographer 2015-2018 YAGP. She was awarded the MarcusResidency at Washington University in St. Louis and the New MovementResidency at USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Seda teaches masterclasses in Los Angeles as well as regional colleges and as far as NYU TischSchool of the Arts. She is an Adjunct Professor at Santa Monica College whileteaching open classes at Danceline LA. Her works has been presented for fullevening performances by The Broad Stage, Las Vegas Clark County LibraryDistrict, Highways, Raymond Kabbaz Theatre, and The Muckenthaler to namePage 15
a few and has been invited to perform in numerous festivals in LA, SanFrancisco, Palm Springs, Chicago and Seattle. Seda was named a 2019 LACultural Ambassador.Keali’i Ceballos, an internationally acclaimed teacher, dancer, andchoreographer of Hawaiian and Polynesian dance. He is also the director ofthe hula school, Halau Hula Keali'i O Nalani, one of the largest schools forHawaiian dance in Southern California. Halau Hula Keali'i O Nalani hasperformed at numerous hula competition, festivals, and community events inCalifornia, Florida, Hawai’i, Nevada, Washington, Japan, Mexico, andTaiwan. Ceballos has been the recipient of several awards/honors includingthe Los Angeles County Board Supervisors Proclamation for 20 years culturalservice to the Los Angeles community and County of Los Angeles recognitionfor Service and Contributions to the Asian Pacific Islander community.In early 2020, Keali’i, affectionately known as “Kumu”, toured Brunei andThailand as an official Cultural Ambassador with the US EmbassyDepartment of State, sharing Hawaiian music and dance. An equally talentedvocalist and ballroom dance champion, Keali’i is a 2022 Grammy-nominatedartist in the Best Global Music Album category, and he has consulted andchoreographed for major motion pictures. His film and TV credits includeSoul Surfer, Bedtime Stories, Dance With Me, Rapa Nui, Salsa, LaVarBurton’s Reading Rainbow, and Fresh Beat Band. Keali’i is grateful to haveshared Hawaiian and Polynesian choreography with such personalities asCharro and Bette Midler. He is currently a faculty at the Dance DepartmentSanta Monica College, Santa Monica College Dance Academy in partnershipwith Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, and UCLA department ofWorld Arts and Cultures/Dance.Angela Jordan holds a B.A. and MFA in Dance from UCLA. A recipient ofseveral fellowships, Jordan has conducted dance research in Guinea, WestAfrica and Havanna, Cuba. Jordan has choreographed and danced in musicvideos, independent films, and tv shows. She has taught at the Bate CollegeDance Festival, American College Dance Festival, UCLA. Cal State LongBeach, Long Beach City College, El Camino College and the LulaWashington Dance Theatre. Jordan is currently on staff at Santa MonicaCollege and the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.Raquel Ramirez (see Artistic Directors bios)Page 16
SMC Guest ChoreographersEphrat “Bounce” Asherie is a New York City-based b-girl, dancer, andchoreographer and a 2016 Bessie Award Winner for Innovative Achievementin Dance. Asherie has received numerous awards to support her workincluding Dance Magazine's Inaugural Harkness Promise Award, the Jacob'sPillow Fellowship at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU, and aJerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant. Last year, she received a NationalDance Project award to support the development and touring of her newestwork, Odeon. Asherie is also the recipient of a Mondo Cane! commissionfrom Dixon Place, a Creative Development Residency from Jacob's Pillow,Workspace and Extended Life Residencies from the Lower ManhattanCultural Council and two residencies through the CUNY Dance Initiative.Asherie is a regular guest artist with Dorrance Dance and has worked andcollaborated with Doug Elkins, Rennie Harris, Bill Irwin, David Parsons, GusSolomons Jr., and Buddha Stretch, among others. She earned her BA fromBarnard College, Columbia University in Italian and her MFA from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she researched the vernacular jazzdance roots of contemporary street and club dances. Asherie has been onfaculty at Wesleyan University and set pieces for students at Smith College,SUNY Brockport, Alvin Ailey Dance Center, University of Texas Rio Grande,Old Dominion University and teaches at Broadway Dance Center. Asherie is aco-founding member of the all-female house dance collective, MAWU and isforever grateful to NYC’s underground dance community for inspiring her topursue a life as an artist.Rachel Hernandez began her professional studies in Salvador, Bahia. She hashad the privilege to study with landmark masters such as: Mestre King, JoseSantos, Rosangela Silvestre, Vera Passos, Nildinha Fonseca, Matias Santiago,as well as at the Escola de Dança, Balé Folclórico da Bahia, and UFBA. She isskilled in Afro-Brazilian dance, Modern and Ballet. Rachel danced withmestre Kings Grupo Genisis, Balá da Mata, Fusion Dance Company, BalletSanta Barbara, Marina Magalhes, and in the legendary production Saurê. Sheworks for the Children’s Creative project and LA's BEST Program introducingAfro-Brazilian dance to scores of elementary school children. elementaryschool children. She has choreographed for Ballet Santa Barbara, Viver Brasiland Ballet folclorico do Brasil, Amalkoba nationally as well Capoeira BatuqueJapao in Japan internationally. She has developed her signature Afro-BrazilianPage 17
dance classes and Extra Ancestral Workshops being taught throughout LACounty. She currently choreographs the dance component of Extra Ancestraland plays percussion with Bloco Obini.Student ChoreographersMicah Klassen is a videographer, editor and choreographer. Choreographed“Lockdown Fantasy” for Global Motion in Fall 2021. Background in dance isHip-Hop, Locking, Popping and Urban.Levi Klassen is an actor and model, has been dancing on and off since the ageof 12. He got his feet wet with hip-hop, then progressed towards popping,Urban, and most recently, shuffling.Ryouto Ogita is a dancer and performer. He moved from Japan to pursue todream of dancing and brining joy to peoples faces. You might catch medancing animation style at the Santa Monica Pier or Hollywood Blvd.Alumni ChoreographersErica Caplan is an experienced competitive, international, professionaldancer. She has studied the art of Middle Eastern dance through her mentor,Bellydance Superstar Stefanya whom is the founder of the Los AngelesBellydance Academy and Mosaïque professional dance company. This hasgiven American many opportunities to work with famous artists and toperform for the Royal family of Lebanon and government officials. She hasextended her studies internationally in Berlin, Germany, through many citiesof Egypt, and Beijing, China with Global Motion in 2019. The SMC DanceDepartment has helped expand her dance studies to many other forms.Erik Muñoz is a trained Latin dancer, and has won a world championship atthe World Latin dance cup in Cabaret Bachata Teams and a finalists inCabaret Salsa Teams. Recent career highlights include a first-place finish atthe Las Vegas Salsa Festival competition and coaching the Cal StateNorthridge (CSUN) Salsa team to three State championships. Erik is a proudalumnus of Santa Monica College and CSUN where he attained a bachelor’sPage 18
degree in Civil Engineering, currently a Civil Engineer for the City of LosAngeles.Yessenia Buezo Muñoz began dance training in college. She joined a LatinBallroom club and competed at the collegiate level; receiving several 1st placeawards at UC Berkeley, UNLV, UC San Diego. She joined the Global MotionDance Company in Santa Monica after graduating college and has beenawarded the SMC Dance and President’s Award for her Salvadoran culturechoreography, Enfermera. Yessenia is a proud alumna of Santa MonicaCollege and University of San Diego, where she attained a bachelor’s degreein Business, currently in Vendor Management for UnitedHealth Group/OptumHeadquarters.PianistsMark Litver holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Piano and Master's Degree inMusic. He completed training at Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow as anAccompanist for Dance. He also received Accompanist for Dance certificatefrom Paris Opera Ballet School of Dance. Litver moved to Los Angeles in1995 and since that time he has been working as accompanist for Dance atCalifornia Arts Institute, UCLA Department of Arts and Culture, CaliforniaState University Fullerton Department of Theater and Dance. He has alsoworked with such companies as: Les Ballets De Monte-Carlo, Alvin AileyAmerican Dance Theater, Houston Ballet, Pasadena Dance Theater, CaliforniaDance Theater, Anaheim Ballet, Inland Pacific Ballet. Litver works with theSanta Monica College Dance Department since 2008.Alla Plotkins graduated from Minsk State Conservatory with a Master Degreein piano performance, and was appointed to the faculty of music in Minsk’sState Pedagogical Institute, teaching the piano and accompanying thestudent’s chorus until immigrating to the United States in 1988. In LosAngeles, Alla has received recognition as an accomplished accompanist andparticipated in numerous musical events, festivals, which included famousRussian singers: Svetlana Portnjansky, Aida Vedisheva; singer from BulgarianInternational Royal Opera Mariana Popzlateva; Rumanian singer-star CarinaPage 19
Cheriach. She performed on TV show with popular violinists Simon Konviserand Jacob Konviser and successfully performed with internationally renownedviolin virtuoso Mr. Daniel Shindarev. Alla was a faculty member ofprestigious International School of Arts in Idyllwild, CA from 1988 to 2013.Alla works as an accompanist for Music and Dance Department of SantaMonica College since 2008.Page 20
Production CreditsGlobal Motion FounderJudith DouglasArtistic DirectorsRaquel Ramirez, SriSusilowatiDance Department Production SpecialistEndah RedjekiDance Department Administrative AssistantJocelyn AlexCostume Designer CoordinatorPatty OlivaSMC Marketing CoordinatorMing-Yea WeiGraphic DesignVivian Chu, Jonathan NgWeb/Social MediaMarissa Moreno, PaulTrautweinVideographerVishvak PrakkruthVideo EditorJane LawalataPhotographyJonathan Ng, SiddharthaAbbaziTDSiamanto IsmailyLeadTom CarterLight Board OperatorJoy BiceSound Board OperatorsMichael GundersonProduction ManagerRobert RudolphStage ManagerChristian LevatinoPage 21
Assistant Stage ManagerPatty OlivaTechnical AssistantsMaritza Olmos, MarysolOliva, Ashley Ramirez,Richard TahvildaranJessweinHouse ManagerJohnnyangel PinedaBox OfficePeter SmithPAC Director of FacilitiesLinda SullivanA Special Thank You ToSMC Media Center/Graphic Center Department, SMC Marketing Department,SMC Web/Social Media DepartmentSMC College President, Dr. Kathryn E. JefferySMC Board of TrusteesDr. Louise Jaffe (Chair), Barry A. Snell (Vice Chair), Dr. Susan Aminoff, Dr.Nancy Greenstein, Dr. Margaret Quiñones-Perez, Rob Rader, Dr. Sion Roy,Ali Shirvani (Student Trustee)Associated Students of Santa Monica CollegePage 22
Department Chair: Mark TomasicFull-time Dance Faculty: Marissa Moreno, Jae Lee, Sri Susilowati, MarkTomasic, Vanessa Van WormerPart-Time Dance Faculty: Seda Aybay-Owens, Laura Canellias, Keali'iCeballos, Sophie Gados, Angela Jordan, Karen McDonald, Cynthia Molnar,Cihtli Ocampo, Raquel Ramírez, Charlotte Richards, Roberta Wolin-TupasDance Accompanists: Mark Litver – lead accompanist, John Carbone, DylanHalacy, Yelena Osipova, Alla Plotkin, Gnenemon Soro, Malik Sow, MihoSparling, Nonna Ter-AvanesovaDance Production Specialist: Endah RedjekiDance Department Administrative Assistant: Jocelyn AlexPage 23
FALL AUDITIONS 2022GLOBAL MOTION, WORLD DANCE COMPANYGlobal Motion Dance 57AThis course offers performance experience and is organized as a world dancecompany. Dancers and choreo-graphers audition, rehearse and perform onstage traditional and contemporary forms of world dance. Styles in-cludedances of Africa, Asia, Latin America, México, Europe (ballet) and USA(jazz, tap, hip hop).Student Choreographers:Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 6:00pm (sign-in at 5:30pm) at CPC 314Students must present three minutes of their work to be developed along witha description of origin and authenticity.Dancers Audition:Friday, September 2, 2022 at 3:00pm (sign-in at 2:30pm) at CPC 314SYNAPSE DANCE THEATERSynapse Dance 55AThis course offers performance experience and is organized as a modern dancecompany for concerts and dance productions. Students participate as dancersand choreographers. Styles range from modern to postmodern, con-temporaryballet to modern jazz and hip hop fusion.Student Choreographers:Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 3:00pm (sign-in at 2:30pm) at CPC 310Students must present two minutes of live dance material they wish to bedeveloped for the Fall production.Dancers Audition:Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 3:00pm (sign-in at 2:30pm) at CPC 310All dancers auditioning must be warmed up and wear black on blackdancewear.Page 24
DANCE DEPARTMENT FALL 2022PERFORMANCESSynapse Contemporary Dance TheaterSaturday, November 5, 2022 at 4:00pm and 7:30pmSunday, November 6, 2022 at 7:30pmGlo
Page 1. Presents . Global Motion, World Dance Company . May 14 & May 15 . Founder: Judith Douglas Artistic Directors: Raquel Ramírez and Sri Susilowati Guest Choreographers: Ephrat Asherie, Rachel Hernandez Faculty Choreographers: Seda Aybay, Keali'i Ceballos, Angela Jordan, Raquel Ramirez
