Performances & Repetoire

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Fish Out of Water by Sylvana Christopher. Composed by John Lee. Photo by Joey Oliver.

APT DANCE FESTIVAL

SylviDances performed “Spare” by Sylvana Christopher and Keith Macadangdang’s work “My Best” in the Dance-Theater/Percussive Dance Program on Sunday, November 9th, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Bethesda Writing Center.

Photo by Rob Cannon of Spare with Rachel Lawal, Keith Macadangdang, Sylvana Christopher and Grace Cannon.

Appreciation goes out to festival organizers Caitlin Mitchell, Covenant Babatunde and Malcolm Shute.

Resonance

Emerging out of the darkness, re-sounding together and blossoming anew this ensemble piece features original music by John Lee choreographed by Sylvana Christopher with costumes designed by Anne Liberman and projection art by David Dowling.

ICONS Choreographers Collective at Atlas Lang Theater. Quartet version of Resonance. Pictured: Deanna Woodman, Aaron Jackson and Keith Macadangdang. Photo by Andres Garcia.

Pictured original cast of Resonance: Sylvana Christopher, Deanna Woodman, Maggie Lockhart, Chloe Richier, Chynna Golding, Rae Grey, Caitlin Mitchell, Jordan Daugherty, DeAunna Blackwell and Rachel Lawal (not pictured). Photo by Justin Williams/Unifyed Visuals.

A FRIEND LIKE Y

A FRiend LIKE YOU

Sylvana Christopher choreographed this piece inspired by the undiagnosed disabilities in the characters in The Winnie-the-Pooh Stories by A.A. Milne and illustrated by E.H. Shephard. Originally presented as part of Christopher’s ICONS SMART graduation, she is forever grateful to her cast and collaborators for helping to realize this piece: Rachael Alexandra, Covenant Babatunde, DeAunna Blackwell, Grace Cannon, Adam Chavis, Jordan Daugherty, Kate Kight, Rachel Lawal, Kami McCracken, Taariq Muhammad, Etta Mujawar, Leila Stehlik-Barry, Noah Strand and Sara Strom.

Who, Two

Guest choreographer, Joan Nicholas-Walker, created this duet on Maggie Lockhart and Sylvana Christopher, inspired by the happenstance meetings and moments in time coming across a person that may or may not forever change the course of one’s life.

Strings

Choreographed while dancing in BMDC, Strings is set to “Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down” by Scott Weiland. Dancing Rogues production at Epic Yoga DC with Darling Dance & Aras Dance. Indecent proposal turned awkward dinner date!

SylviDances was created in 2016 by DMV artists Sylvana Christopher & Maggie Lockhart with the mission to bring people and artists together through fresh thoughtful dance and music. SylviDances has presented work at Dance Place, Baltimore Theater Project, Jack Guidone Theater, Gallaudet University, Move Me Festival and Howard County Community College. Dance Metro DC calls the dynamic between the pair “riveting” and “successful in presenting a narrative that makes you think.” Christopher & Lockhart partnered with Dance Place to curate their passion project 5×5- a stripped down, up close sharing of work by 5 DC area choreographers.