Testing Ground, Spring Edition '24

Program 1: New Dances

(Tuesday, April 23rd | 6pm | Blackbox Theatre)

This program will showcase new dance-works created by BW students with guest adjudicator Megan Young. Audience members are invited to stay for a feedback session directly following the performance.

Program 2: 10k Movement presents The Mixtape

(Wednesday, April 24th | 6pm | Blackbox Theatre)

Welcome BW alum and founder/director of 10k Movement, Samuel McIntosh, and the company of movement and music artists as they celebrate 50 years of hip hop and the ecosystem of street dance. Featuring diverse genres, freestyle, and choreography, The Mixtape takes the audience on a ride through the different eras of the Hip Hop and Street Dance timeline while also looking to the future. Each stop on the journey provides a firsthand view into a different era of music and corresponding American folk-dance styles (popping, house, hip hop, breaking, Lite Feet, and Krump), each with its own rituals, stories, unique language, and subculture. This evening-length work features original choreography by the 10k Movement Elite Performance Team. This concert will also include music composed by some of the culture’s internationally renowned and underground producers.

Program 3: In the Moment

(Thursday, April 25th | 6pm | Blackbox Theatre)

Accompanied by original music written and performed by BW Music Theatre major Ryan Sweeney, BW faculty, alums and guests present their movement interpretations of Ryan’s compositions.