The last showing of the Fall 2014 Choreographers’ Showcase
is tonight on the Mainstage at the Rio Grande Campus at 8 pm. Dawn Roberts
joins six other students from Dance Composition to present choreography along
with Darla Johnson’s Dance Performance Workshop.
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| Dawn watching her dancers during rehearsal. |
Dawn took the show’s theme of home to a darker place with the
driving concept of molestation inspiring her work. “Everyone has difference
experiences and those experiences control who they are. Molestation is one of
the most damaging experiences a kid or a teenager can have,” said Dawn. She
wanted to pick a topic that would take the viewer to a specific emotional
place; even if the viewer had never personally experienced the scenario
presented on stage.
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| Two of Dawn's dancers in rehearsal |
“Everybody thinks they’re alone, but hopefully people will
realize they’re not alone in these experiences. Even people with different backgrounds
can still understand. It’s that human bonding that helps them get over those
experiences; it’s what they need,” explained Dawn.
Her message for the audience is to find that connection with
others. “We’re all part of one entity, one living existence. I feel like we
push people away but what we really need is human connection.”
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| Hien on the left and Lindsey in Dawn's rehearsal. |
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