Recital - Part II / Fall 2023

 


Grad Recital / Fall 2023

 

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PROGRAM
 
 
1 

 Me getting up in the morning
 
Junhao Li

I want to use my dance moves to express what I do when I get up in the morning and before I go out.

 

 

2

Kostia Lukyniuk
 

3

Kamil Pacholec
 

4

Zi Xu
 


5

Yi Zhang
 

6

Jennifer Grover
 

7
 
Firework
 
Performer: Xiaomeng Ma

All my movements are very symmetrical, and I imagine myself blooming around like fireworks, every corner, different levels, and finally enjoying the whole space, blooming in the whole space.

 
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Maxwell Trombley

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