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This piece is an excerpt of an evening-length work created as a collaboration between dancers of Urbanity 2, a Boston-based contemporary and modern dance company. The movement and structure of this excerpt investigates the dependence of disorder on established structures, tangibly represented with chairs, either as systems to fall back on or to change.

Premiere: Urbanity 2 Presents UX: Dance Lab, November 2025.

Dancers: Maggie Howe, Analisa Palla, Courtney Spero.

Music: “The Sky is Broken” by Moby, “Opening Night” by Jessica Pratt.

Photo by Alexa Finkler.

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An excerpt of “Processing” was invited to perform at the Dumbo Dance Festival in New York City.

Date: June 27, 2025.

Dancers: Paige Glover, Analisa Palla, Camryn Spero, Dana Tagliaferro, Catalina Wong.

Music: “The Beginning of the End” and “Meltdown” by Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet.

Photo by Hisae Aihara.

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This work, performed within local shopping center, is an excerpt of Urbanity Dance’s 2025 Fall Crawl through Boston’s South End neighborhood, “Dear Chat: Make It Human.” The soundscape was generated through code created by Aubrey Cantrell (Wellesley College ‘25), which measured the dancer’s heart rates through bluetooth monitors that they wore.

Premiere: “Dear Chat: Make It Human,” Urbanity Dance Fall Crawl, October 2025.

Dancers: Lyla Braga, Marissa Chura, Logan Forster, with Amber Mehta.

Photo by Mickey West.

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Inspired by the ways in which masculinity and femininity exist in dichotomies, how we as individuals reconcile these notions, and those conversations in which we dissect them.

Premiere: “Coalescence” Urbanity 2 Showcase, March 2025.

Dancers: James Elwell, Lili Fleming, Christine Lambert, Veronica Maksymenko, Lydia Oslund, Cass Rompala.

Music: “I Need Space” by Boulderhead and Overnite Oates. “Cerebral” by Boys Noize and Pilo. “I Before E Except After C” by Yazoo.

Photo by Olivia Moon.

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“Until Acted Upon” was selected to perform at the New Voices in Dance Concert hosted by New Century Dance Project in Santa Fe, NM. It was the recipient of the People’s Choice Choreography Award.

Date: August 3rd, 2024.

Dancers: Julia Dawson, Paige Glover, Cruz Núñez, Camryn Spero, Courtney Spero, Dana Tagliaferro.

Music: “Mad Rush” by Philip Glass and James McVinnie. “Boring Angel” by Oneohtrix Point Never.

Photo by Audrey Dell.

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An explorative comparison of human and computer memory: the interplay between its mechanisms and pathways, objectivity and subjectivity, reliance on interconnection, methods and consequences of malfunction, and persistence over time.

Premiere: “Why We Are,” DANC 378 Performance, April 2024.

Dancers: Paige Glover, Jack Holloway, Emma Mazloom, Bella Restrepo, Dana Tagliaferro.

Music: “System Check” by Excision. “Being Boiled - Fast Version” by The Human League. “Southern Hospitality” by Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet. “What to do” by Thomas Bangalter. “Waiting” by Nils Bech. “Philip Glass” by Horsegirl. “THE MESSAGE” by M.I.A. “The Beginning of the End” by Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet. “Meltdown” by Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet. “Fyt” by This Mortal Coil. “Walk with Me” by Moby.

Featuring edits of: “Permutations” by John Whitney (1969). “FREE Weird VHS Camera Feedback” by Glass Void (2021). “VHS Analog Feedback Loop” by Autumn Jing Green (2022). “millions of pixels stuck in rush hour traffic” by Autumn Jing Green (2023).

Photo by Luke Ullmann.

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A personal exploration and expression of my interpretation of anticipation; an internal turmoil that comes about from the reliance on others or time to deliver a sought-after finality.

Premiere: Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre Fall Concert, November 2023.

Dancers: Cassidy Baratta, Eva Gubitz-Hess, Cruz Núñez, Lilli Palmer, Maria-Fernanda Rodriguez, Camryn Spero.

Music: “Mad Rush” by Philip Glass and James McVinnie. “Boring Angel” by Oneohtrix Point Never.

Photo by Jade Hsin.

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Inspired by the horror and mystery genres, this piece explores the escapist response to the vulnerability and exposure that is felt when being watched by others.

Premiere: Vassar Dance Department Spring Showcase, May 2023.

Dancers: Cruz Núñez, Yoshi Sanders, Camryn Spero.

Music: “GMT - Jamie xx Remix” by Oliver Sim & Jamie xx. “Slither” by Djo.

Photo by Julia Dawson.

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An investigation of the ways that discipline guides how we engage with structures and people around us, both as something enforced in top-down regulations and codes of conduct set by and for one’s own self.

Premiere: Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre Final Showings, November 2022.

Dancers: Ella Albrecht, Julia Dawson, Paige Glover, Dora Law, Abigail Rice, Camryn Spero, Dana Tagliaferro.

Music: “Nu” by Ori Lichtik.

Photo by Yesmina Townsley.

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A piece inspired by the both the fierceness and fun that has been a hallmark of my experience in Flypeople and the confidence of taking up space brashly and unapologetically.

Premiere: Flypeople Fall Showcase 2023.

Dancers: Cassidy Baratta, Christie Burnside, Hannah Dagen, Kelly Fagel, Madeline Hsiao, Sara Hoskins, Ada Lovelace, Olivia Sparks, Dana Tagliaferro, Tala, Malia Weiss.

Music: “You Ain’t No Celebrity” by Jungle and Roots Manuva.

Photo by Jade Hsin.

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Driven by shifts between acceleration and deceleration. A witty view of the ways in which we move towards a destination, the details of which are irrelevant.

Premiere: Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre Spring Showings, April 2022

Dancers: Olivia Gotsch, Danielle Lomi, Zoe Mueller, Laura Tylinska

Music: “Symphony No. 25 n G Minor, K. 183: 1. Allegro con brio - Live” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Photo by Yesmina Townsley.

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A personal interpretation and amalgamation of various jazz styles, with the sultriness of womanhood and inspired by the grooviness of disco.

Premiere: Flypeople Fall Showcase 2022

Dancers: Kathryn Carvel, Hannah Dagen, Jalene Medina, Alex Spitzer, Victoria Tager-Geffner, Rory Thompson, Malia Weiss, Olivia Xiao

Music: “Inside and Out” by Feist

Photo by Yesmina Townsley.

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High-energy and assertive, this piece is motivated by taking up space in a personal and unapologetic manner.

Premiere: Flypeople Spring Showcase 2022.

Dancers: Cassidy Baratta, Zoe Bauland, Sloane Burling, Hannah Dagen, Lily Gee, Nanako Kurosu, Ethan Maluccio, Emma Mazloom, Crystal Wang.

Music: “Goods” by iamamiwhomai.

Photo by Yesmina Townsley.

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A lighthearted moment to be shared between the dancers, this piece celebrates the act of dancing with those you love.

Premiere: Flypeople Fall Showcase 2021.

Dancers: Zoe Bauland, Sloane Burling, Jack Holloway, Noe, Lily Gee, Clara Pitt, Noe Rueschemeyer-Bailey.

Music: “God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys.

Photo by Brian Santos.