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EMIA 2026
WEEK ONE PERFORMANCE
JULY 11TH, 2026 AT 2:30 PM
OLMSTED THEATER AT ADELPHI UNIVERSITY
HOSTED BY DANIEL PADIERNA & RUDDY FRIAS
Excerpts from Psalm
Limón2 & Selected EMIA Dancers
Choreographer: José Limón
Restaging & Direction: Mariah Gravelin & Natalie Clevenger
Rehearsal Assistant: Hailey Fleming & Spencer Burdett
Music: "Psalm" - Original Commission by Eugene Lester
Dancers: Aidan Acosta, Christina Aiello, Muna Blake, Deven Crawford, Jordan Dease-Medley, Veronica Estrada, Hailey Fleming, Emersyn Giordano, Marta Granata, Isabella Pontius, Madeline Rodziewicz, Jonah Thomas, Xinyi Zhang
First performed August 19, 1967 at the American Dance Festival by the Limón Dance Company
Today & Today Only
Choreographer: Anya Clarke-Verdery
Music: "Monuments Again" - Nils Frahm
Dancers: Chase Burl, Carlos Crespo, Jordan Delardi, Syrai Forsythe, Nina Gosa, Bruce Graham, Lexi Marshall, Melody Orecchio, Sania Robinson, Victoria Serra, Grace Stephens
Sending love to my beautiful cast. Thank you for your openness and joy <3
For You
Choreographer: Tasheka Scafe
Music: "Hello Night" - Zoe Keating
Dancers: Maggie DeFrees, Isaiah K. Harvey, Lindsay Sherrick
Rhythm From Body
Choreographer: Ruddy Frias
Music: "Groove La Chord" - Aril Brikha
Dancers: Gia Carbajal, Ava Cooper, Nora Frazier, Felicity Grainger, Mario Harper III, Hollis Hayden, Hayatt Kiki, Deanna Reid-Hawkins, Meadow Scheib, Yiana Stavropouolos, Nola Thomas-Petit
- INTERMISSION -
Pukllay
Limón2
Choreographer: Miguel Miranda
Rehearsal Assistants: Hailey Fleming & Spencer Burdett
Music: "Pukllay" - Rush Carson
Dancers: Aidan Acosta, Makeila Anderson, Veronica Estrada, Hailey Fleming, Noa Kamiya,
Jackson Menard, Isabella Pontius, Madeline Rodziewicz, Alice Stern, Xinyi Zhang
Pukllay comes from the Quechua language, meaning “to play.” In the Andes, it is a way to remember, to celebrate, to honor what still breathes among us. The stage becomes a living landscape. Images appear and fade, carrying traces of places that once existed. Bodies form a shifting organism, where individuality softens and a shared pulse takes hold. Pukllay is an offering to my ancestors and to distant, unseen communities whose voices rarely reach the surface. From that silence and its weight arise sharpness, grotesque beauty, and urgency.
Looming
Choreographer: Branndi Lewis
Music: "Agape Rhythmical Ceremony" - Ran Bango & "Wings 5" - Michael Wall
Dancers: Muna Blake, Aniya Renee Bullock-Thomas, Jordan Dease-Medley, Emersyn Giordano,
Finn Greer, Ciera Lindsey, Pe’Ashayla Litchmore, Satsuki Ninomiya, Kennedy Raynor, Fiona Zhang
Close Call
Choreographer: Meredith Rainey
Music: "After Dark", "Persistence" - Christophe Filippi
Dancers: Christina Aeillo, Bella Aldez, Nasya Baine, Alexa Coffin, Deven Crawford, Marta Granata, Marshay Maxwell, Ziane McGregor, David Parmegiani, Alicia Steeple, Jonah Thomas, Kaitlyn Valle
What Remains
Choreographer: Jeremy Pichardo
Music: "United in Grief" & "N95" - Kendrick Lamar
Dancers: Rachel Agbenyega, Megan Ailes, Talia Blackmon, Ava Cartwright, Sydney Danns, Ruth Gilliam, Samya Isaac, Noelle Lewis, Nialynn Miro, Gabriella Ramirez, Trinitee Smith
* STROBE LIGHT WARNING *
EMIA 2026 TEAM
FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Fredrick Earl Mosley
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & BOARD CHAIR
Candance Carponter
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Sheryl Pollard Thomas
PROGRAMS DIRECTORS
Daniel Padierna, Sheryl Pollard Thomas, Robert Redick
FINANCE MANAGER
Cassandra Carponter
DIGITAL MEDIA & MARKETING MANAGER
Riché Williams
COMMUNICATIONS & ARCHIVE MANAGER
McKenzie Brewer
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, ADELPHI
Gabriel Vargas
STAGE MANAGER & LIGHTING DESIGNER
Maggie DeFrees
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Daniel Padierna
PROGRAM DESIGN & SOUND OPERATOR
McKenzie Brewer
COSTUME & WARDROBE COORDINATOR
Isaiah K. Harvey
BACKSTAGE HANDS
Jaden Bowen-Jean, Daniel Moore, Jeremy Pichardo, Lindsay Sherrick, Riché Williams
VIDEOGRAPHER
Milan Misko
PHOTOGRAPHER
Payge Lecakes
COVER PHOTO
Thom Palko
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