Benefit Performance Program 2026
Our performance is over, but stay tuned for an opportunity to catch a restream of the benefit performance!
Oblivion
Choreography Ava Desiderio
Music Oblivion by Astor Piazzola*
Dancers Peter DeCarlo
Musicians Wesley Ducote, Bree Ahern, Alexander McClaughlin, Julia Danitz, Youngmi Hwang
Lighting Mark Stanley
Mantle
Choreography James Whiteside
Music Auf dem Wasser zum Singen by Franz Schubert*
Dancers Macarena Gimenez, Cameron Catazaro
Musicians Christine Honein, Wesley Ducote
Lighting Mark Stanley
Swing!
Choreography Gaby Cook and AJ Howard
Music The Big Apple Contest by Eyal Vilner Big Band
Dancers Gaby Cook and AJ Howard
Lighting Mark Stanley
Chaconne in Winter
Choreography Lauren Lovette
Music Chaconne in Winter by Time for Three
Costuming by Mark Eric
Dancers Yuniel Betancourt, Jake Vincent
Lighting Mark Stanley
Mixtape
Choreography Draem Hines
Music Showmix by JadynSmooth
Dancers Emiko Nakagawa, Draem Hines, Kaitlyn Satdin
Lighting Mark Stanley
Flames of Paris
Choreography Vasili Vainonen
Music by Boris Asafyev
Dancers Mikaela Cameron, Geonhee Park
Lighting Mark Stanley
Little Dancer
Choreography Lauren Lovette
Music Romance, Op. 23 by Amy Beach*
Dancer Lillian Casscells
Musicians Wesley Ducote, Julia Danitz
Lighting Mark Stanley
Resonance
Choreography Emiko Nakagawa
Music Last Man and Tracing by by Hideakira Kimura, Mouse On the Keys
Dancer Emiko Nakagawa
Lighting Mark Stanley
Risings
Choreography Jake Vincent
Music Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses by John Adams
Dancers Yuniel Betancourt, Renan Cerdeiro, Peter DeCarlo
Costumes by Erica Johnston
Lighting Mark Stanley
Beethoven's Blues
Choreography Draem Hines
Music Für Elise by Jon Batiste
Dancer Draem Hines
Lighting Mark Stanley
Refraction
Choreography Gilbert Bolden III
Music Violin Concerto in D Minor, I. Allegro by Johann Sebastian Bach*
Dancers Lillian Casscells, Macarena Gimenez, Cameron Catazaro, Geonhee Park
Musicians Wesley Ducote, Bree Ahern, Alexander McClaughlin, Julia Danitz, Youngmi Hwang
Costumes by Gilbert Bolden III
Lighting Mark Stanley
Finale
Choreography Lauren Lovette
Music Orange Colored Sky by Ella Fitzgerald*
Dancers All dancers & young people from Nantucket Island
Musicians All musicians
Lighting Mark Stanley
*Played live by Rossini Club
