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Concluding every Silhouettes season is a final production showcasing the talent and creativity of our dancers. The entire show is choreographed and arranged by our own members, encompassing the diversity of our company through an eclectic variety of works. In the past, our productions have featured dancers engaging in many genres of dance such as contemporary, jazz, hip hop, tap, Bollywood, and ballet. With new members and new influences coming into the company every year, each new season promises a new and exciting production.
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Catch and release
Catch & Release: holding on too long, letting go too early, moving on, and moving forward. How do we know when to see something through? When have we stayed past our welcome? Where is the line between staying through the bad times and accepting less than we deserve?
Lock and key
Lock and key embodies the dichotomy of locking and unlocking and places emphasis on both objects as a union and a separation. Are you locked in and hiding, keeping secrets, trapped, trying to find a way out? Have you unlocked something, free to be yourself, cathartically speaking your truth? This is being locked into your own mind, unlocking potential, or representing a sense of things fitting into place (or not).
Daybreak
Daybreak is the moment when the first light appears on the horizon, ending the night. It could be seen as the start of a new unexpected adventure, or it could be seen as merely another repetition in the unchanging and endless cycle of nature. It embodies ideas of borderline, transition, brink, cycle, awakening, hope, fatigue, mystery, and it can even be seen as the influence of light and how that "first light" affects our perspectives. Choreographers can also explore in the other direction: the night, the unsettling, the dangerous....For some, daybreak is a moment of epiphany and revival, and for some, it is a moment of anxiety and worry. Some wake long past daybreak, and some are still awake when it happens. What does daybreak feel like and mean for you?
Terra
Trials and Tribulations
"Trials & Tribulations" is an anthology of stories that depict a variety of struggles one may face in life. With concepts ranging from self-image and sexual assault to love and relationships, our show illustrates hardships that many can relate to. Portraying vulnerable characters with personal narratives, Trials and Tribulations delves into some of the most intimate stories Silhouettes has ever performed. We invite the audience to adventure the abundance of stories expressed through dance styles such as ballet, contemporary, hip hop, jazz, and latin.
Walk unafraid
"Walk Unafraid" tells the story of a young woman on the brink of an adventure. The show begins with our heroine's brave choice to pack up and move to a new city, all on her own. Her journey is filled with trials and tribulations, to which many of us can relate. Our show features our members' original choreography in a variety of different styles including ballet, contemporary, hip hop, tap, and jazz. This year we are also very excited to welcome back some of our alumni, who have put together a special piece for our 15th year anniversary.
a mile in my shoes
A Mile in My Shoes is a journey through the art of dance. It is a collection of choreographies that portray the choreographers' visions of what it means to travel from one place to another or to experience an emotional or spiritual journey through various styles of dance including ballet, contemporary, hip hop, tap, and jazz. We invite our audience to embark on this journey with us to experience what it was to walk a mile in our shoes.
the human condition
The human condition is defined as the characteristics, key events, and situations, which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality. This show explores all the aspects of life that come together to form who we are and what we do. The journeys we take, the love we give, the obstacles we overcome, the quirks and talents that only we have.
Each choreographer has offered a piece of their experience to add to yours.
The nights
Life is just the weaving together of many stories. As dancers, we try to capture these moments and attempt to reconcile their meaning in our own way. This year, we wanted to focus on the power of storytelling with our production, The Nights. Based in the Arabic fables, 1001 Nights, Silhouettes Dance Company hopes to bring our audience on a journey that is both entertaining and meaningful to all. We hope that our stories can help you reflect on your own.
Silhouettes Dance Company is proud to be putting on a production that was so passionately made. We would like to thank our dancers for all of their effort, as well as our supporters for accompanying us on this venture. We hope to see you at the show!
Dance is...
Silhouettes Dance is proud to be putting on their eleventh annual production, Dance Is…
Dance is many things to many people. As lovers of dance, we need to accept the good with the bad. Dance Is… represents dance in its truest form. It is a reflection on our cumulative past years as dancers, as well as the struggles and successes we’ve faced as a company within the year.
X
‘X’ can represent many things, such as the Roman numeral ten, or simply an unknown. The unknown is something that drives human kind. The journey towards an unknown can result in struggle, sometimes failure, but also success and redemption. This is not something that happens swiftly, but is a progression. Developments occur along the way, most profoundly to the individual on this journey. This production explores this progression and development of the human journey, and its various interpretations by each choreographer. Silhouettes Dance Company has gone on its own journey through their past nine shows, and with this year’s 10th show, ‘X’, the dancers look back and reflect on where they began, but also explore the possibilities of the future.
