CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCY OF MARIN & IMMERSIVE SUMMER INTENSIVE

LIVE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM - JUNE 29, 2025

VENUE: MARIN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS @ NOVATO HIGH SCHOOL

DIRECTORS: SADIE BROWN & BEN NEEDHAM-WOOD

CHOREOGRAPHERS: ROBIN DEKKERS, BEN NEEDHAM-WOOD, AND BRANDON RAGLAND

RESIDENT ARTISTS: LEIGH-ANNE ALBRECHTA, ALEX BROWN, KEVYN BUTLER, KATIE CURRIER

GUEST TEACHERS: JULIA ADAM, ROBIN DEKKERS, CELIA FUSHILLE, LAUREN JONAS, JENNIFER STAHL

PROGRAM ORDER

ECHOES OF A PHRASE
Choreography by Ben Needham-Wood
Music: Vocal by Max Richter, Mari Samuelson

Performers: Leigh-Anne Albrechta, Alex Brown, Sadie Brown, Kevyn Butler, Katie Currier

PRELUDE
Choreography by Ben Needham-Wood
Music: Selections from Bach: The Cello Suites - Recomposed by Peter Gregson

Performed by Immersive Summer Intensive Students
Kiran Lisker, Charlotte Metschan, and Samantha Wiley with
Sofia Gidrim, Isla Knoles, Kiera Neuenberg, Charlie Newhoff, Kaylia Roark-Hernandez, Taylor Sauter, Marisa Trejano, Adelaide Vail

EFFICIENCY OF FALLING (TENDERLY)
Choreography by Robin Dekkers with significant contributions from the dancers
Music: Splitrips, composed and performed by Glenn Kotche
Costume Design and Construction: Aine Dorman
Costumes courtesy Undercurve Designs and Berkeley Ballet

Performers: Sadie Brown and Ben Needham-Wood

Brief Pause

WOVEN FRAGMENTS
Choreography by Brandon Ragland
Music: Maquina de Humo by Michael Wall, Heaven’s Dust 3 by Michael Wall, Endalaus 2 by Olafur Arnald’s, 4139 by Michael Wall

Performers: Leigh-Anne Albrechta, Alex Brown, Sadie Brown, Kevyn Butler, Katie Currier

SPECIAL THANKS

We would like to thank MARIN DANCE THEATRE for hosting the Choreographic Residency of Marin & Immersive Summer Intensive Program.

We are so grateful to Lynn Cox and Erica Allen for all of their support.

Our beloved sponsors:
Guy & Tracy Jacquier
Danny & Joanna Kemper
Michael & Karen Meryash
Arthur Brown & Poem Swentzell
Judy Flannery
Harvey Lynch
Betsy Nikolchev
David Meryash

Thank you to Chris Hardy, photographer.