Ruby Josephine Dance Theater

Choreomania

Performance Dates:

9/27 7pm, (doors 6pm, house 6:30pm)

9/28 7pm, (doors 6pm, house 6:30pm)

9/29 2pm, (doors 1pm, house 1:30pm)

9/29 7pm, (doors 6pm, house 6:30pm)

Performance Length: 70 minutes including a 10 minute intermission.

Dancing to find unity and radiance 

Dancing to the music that lives within you 

Dancing to death

Ruby Josephine Dance Theater presents CHOREOMANIA, a show featuring 3 distinct works that all celebrate the drama, emotion, and musicality of dance in their own unique ways. Allow yourself to be swept up into new worlds and stories, offered through choreography by RJDT’s artistic director as well as our first international guest artist. 

The show begins by revisiting a work by Ruby Josephine Smith created originally for the Threads Dance Project Tapestries Program in 2022, Rabi’a. Rabi’a not only means “spring” in Classical Arabic, but is the name of the Sufi historical figure, Rabi’a al Adawiyya. Ruby drew upon the deep study of her life to create this piece that illuminates what lessons we can learn from Rabi’a today, including finding a sense of divine love and unity within differing worldviews. 

We then move to a piece choreographed by our renowned international guest, Brazilian choreographer and creator of the Invented Anatomy method, Natalia Fernandes. Traveling all the way from her home in Barcelona to work with 5 of our dancers, her piece Melomania: Unmaking Sound explores our relationship to music and its poetry. The choreography exists inside the music, inside the dancer’s body, and inside the imagination of the audience.

Finally, we are excited to present the company’s newest work by the artistic director, Ophelia, in which we dive into the story of this beloved character from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Exploring the depth behind her surface, the humanity in her actions and emotions, and the truth within her madness, we will carry you through a dramatic dance retelling of this infamous work. 

Come and experience our full-bodied dramatic showcase of contemporary dance and story-telling. 

Experience CHOREOMANIA.

Choreographers: Ruby Josephine Smith, Natalia Fernandes
Dance Artists: Brenna Mosser, Colin Myles Edwards, Devyn Hannon, Jake Nehrbass, Karen Christ Aalgaard, Kendall Kramer, Sara Karimi, Shannon Dolan