S.L.A.M's So Fresh, So Fly Fall 2008 Performance

The Eclectics preformed this piece at SLAM"s first So Fresh, So Fly Showcase in the fall of 2008. Eclectics members Kristy Zhang, Anna Mischke and former member Shanna Sprinkle did the choreography.

We also performed this piece at University of Maryland College Park for the UM Unbound dance group's Spring Showcase.



Seth, Pablo and I are at UMCP waiting for our performance time.

University of Baltimore 2007 Performance

These are all the performers. We performed a Reggaeton piece to Khriz Y Angel. I am in the bottom right hand corner.




I am breakdancing before the actual performance.

First Eclectics Spring Showcase and Other Photos

The Eclectics First Spring Showcase in 2007:

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After our 2007 Relay for Life midnight performance.



This is me during practice.



The Eclectics we made during practice.





We are practicing Shanna Sprinkle's piece "Requiem".

Eclectics Spring Showcase 2008

Dance Title: Amélie
Music: Yann Tiersen- La Valse D'Amelie

This piece comprised of ballet and modern movements. I choreographed this dance piece to the music of the French movie Amélie. I enjoyed the movie's surreal reality and I took some inspiration from that to incorporate into my choreography.

You cannot tell from the video, but the dancers had red cheeks to make the dancers seem doll-like. I wanted to achieve a mix of princess ballet in a darker setting.

There were many people in the end that wanted to dance Amelie after I showed a preview earlier in the spring 2008 semester. I originally had nine dancers in mind. Therefore, it was quite a challenge to adapt the piece and overhaul some of my original plans. In the end, it worked out very well and this was my first piece I choreographed for Eclectics. I learned a great deal from this process and I was very pleased with the final product as well.

The other piece I choreographed (I unfortunately do not have a video) was a Chinese modern dance. I used music from the Chinese composer Tan Dun. We used this as an audition piece for the fall 2008 Culture Show. I was also pleased with the dance we performed and I thought it has very unique elements of modern dance, storytelling and very subtle Chinese inspired martial arts movements.



Title: Rock
Choreographed by: Shanna Sprinkle

I was a performer in Shanna's "Rock" piece. This piece was inspired by Paul Taylor's choreography.



Title: Bleeding Love
Choreographed by: Shanna Sprinkle

This was a modern piece. The music is by Leona Lewis. Shanna's aim for this dance was for us to convey a lot of emotion.



Title: Carmen
Choreographed by: Gwen Melnyk

I am the one in the pink skirt. This dance was a fusion of ballet and hip hop.



Title: Requiem
Choreographed by: Shanna Sprinkle

Eclectics first performed this piece in our first Spring Showcase in 2007. It was a very dark and brooding dance.



The Eclectics Showcase Flyer for our Spring 2008 Showcase.