Welcome to the Fourth Annual
Barefoot Ball
presented by ESPA!
-- THE BAREFOOT BALL SCHEDULE --
-- 6:00pm --
Doors open! Open Bar (bring cash!)... Silent Auction... Door Prizes... Live Piano Music by Finn Dickens... Meet the ESPA Ambassadors
-- 6:20pm --
"Renaissance Historical Dance" casual workshop led by Whitney Rowlett - it's SO fun!
-- 7:00pm --
THE SHOW! Featuring works by Allysen Hooks Projects, Anna Bauer & Jairus Carr, Finn Dickens & Aidan DeWitt, Mei/Co. Dance, Rachel Cox Culver & Elaine Fields, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Sea Legs Dance, Spaces of Fontana, TY&CO, and Ventana Ballet!
-- 8:15pm --
Party begins! Starting with a fun and casual "Diva Workshop", led by Sydney Galier. Silent Auction, Door Prizes, and Open bar continues through the night!
-- THE PROGRAMME (60 min!) --
KEEP IT COOL by TY&CO
Choreography: Ty Graynor | Performers: Daniela Albert, Meggie Belisle, Laura Corral, Rachel Cox Culver, Juniper Darrow, Elaine Fields, Jordan Gilbertson, Ty Graynor, Desiree Kostelnik, Amanda Mullen, Kanami Nakabayashi, Morgan Phillips, Eugenia Quintanilla, Connor Timpe, Camille Wiltz | Music: "Aa" by Baauer and "..FIESTY" by Fred Again..
SPEECH!
ESPA Owners
Dorothy O’Shea Overbey & AJ Garcia-Rameau
Starburst Stanza by Allysen Hooks Projects
Choreography & Performance: Allysen Hooks | Music: Jordan Chiolis
To Reminisce Knowing by Mei/Co Dance
Choreography & Performance: Meggie Belisle & Ty Graynor | Music: “Maxence Cyrin” by Mer De Velours
The Promotional Dance by Sea Legs Dance
Choreography & Performance: Tikiri Shapiro | Music: “Big Milk” by Dan Deacon
coil(s) by Rachel Cox Culver & Elaine Fields
Choreography: Rachel Cox Culver | Performers: Rachel Cox Culver & Elaine Fields | Music: “Flag of No Country” by Julia Kent
Suspended Stillness (excerpt from Becoming) by Spaces of Fontana
Choreography: Evelyn Joy Hoelscher | Dancers: Evelyn Joy Hoelscher & Nicole Dugdale | Music: Kelsey Hughen & Therese Ronco (performed live by Kelsey Hughen)
Finn Dickens & Aidan DeWitt
Performers: Finn Dickens & Aidan DeWitt |
Music: “The Impossible Dream (The Quest) from Man of La Mancha,” Composed by Mitch Leigh, Lyrics by Joe Darion
CARDS UP!
ESPA Development Team
Michael Evans & TeeDee Simons
Guests (Excerpt) by Anna Bauer & Jairus Carr
Choreography & Performance: Anna Bauer & Jairus Carr | Music: "Das Rheingold: Prelude" & "Kobresia" by Richard Wagner & Biosphere
The Time Before by Red Nightfall Dance Theatre
Choreography: Dorothy O'Shea Overbey, in collaboration with the dancers
| Performers: Rachel Cox Culver & Ty Graynor | Music: “Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano in G minor I. Andante con dolorE” by Ludmilla Peterkova, Gabriela Demeterova, Marketa Cibulkova | Costuming: Robby Durand
Icicles by Ventana Ballet
Choreography: AJ Garcia-Rameau | Performers: AJ Garcia-Rameau, Isabelle Green, Shelby Higley, Caroline Jones, Emily Lofton, Hannah Requa, Kathleen Tiernan | Music: “The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 ‘Winter’: I. Allegro non molto (Excerpts) & Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 ‘Summer’: III. Presto,” written by Antonio Vivaldi,erformed by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Itzhak Perlman
CLOSING SPEECH !
ESPA Studio Manager & Ambassador
Paula Lewis & Aidan DeWitt
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-- HUGE THANKS TO OUR IN-KIND SPONSORS! --
Antones
Big Henry's Vinyl & Gifts
Austin Dance Festival
Book People
Goodnight Loving Vodka
Rambler
Ground Floor Theatre
Kendra Scott
Messina Hof
Black Swan Yoga
Brass Ovaries
Hai Hospitality
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Cabo Bob’s
East Austin Succulents
Sans Bar
Movin Easy
Bambino
L'Oca d'Oro
Leroy and Lewis
-- HUGE THANKS TO OUR ONSITE TEAM! --
ESPA Ambassadors (Aidan, Caroline, Jane, Michael, TeeDee, Makaila), Studio Manager (Paula), Silent Auction (Paula & Mars), Volunteers (Siobhan, Lindsay, Billy, London, Katie, Cecilia. Jessica, Annie, Ammon)
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