Love Me in the Rain

Premier work choreographed by Kareem B. Goodwin

Dancers: Grace Angyelof, Raine Crowe, Bella Dattilo, Summer Dilworth, Ruby Fain, Erin Ford, Kaya Hawthorne, Eva Krewson, Ashton Manna, Ellie Matus, Georgia Parson, Molly Riley, Sasha Sapon, Madison Simons, Alexa Steele, Rebecca Wolin

Performed in the Mandell Theater winter of 2026 as part of the Drexel Dance Ensemble Winter Concert

Rehearsal Direction by Sydney Donovan & Arabia Richardson

Photography by Seb Photography

Music: “Didn’t Cha Know” by Erykah Badu, “Freudian” by Daniel Caesar, “Untitled” by Uwazi Zamani

Costumes: Kelly Meyers

Lighting: J. Dominic Chacon

Tessellations

Premier work choreographed by Miriam Giguere with the Dancers

Dancers: Anna Cham, Joey Cody, Ruby Fain, Jordyn Jones, Ashton Manna, Ela Nawab, Isabella Repetto, Sasha Salon, Allie Scicchitano, Madeline Yurchuk

Performed in the Mandell Theater winter of 2026 as part of the Drexel Dance Ensemble Winter Concert

Rehearsal Direction by Sydney Donovan

Photography by Seb Photography

Music: Zap Mama

Costumes: Becky Wetzel

Lighting: J. Dominic Chacon

Animation by Nick Jushchyshyn, Sage Lee Boone, Dheeraj Martha, Haring Kang

MC Escher Footage Haibryd Matt, Art in Motion using AI- Video Integration by Britt Fishel

Before the Silence

Premier work choreographed by Rebecca Wolin

Dancers: Raine Crowe, Mary Grace Definitely mpsey, Piper Filiault, Ruby Fain, Katerina Gutierrez, Madison Handinger, Kaya Hawthorne, Tara Mchale, Ellie Matus, Ela Newab, Sami Sienkiewicz, Samantha Singley

Performed in the Mandell Theater winter of 2026 as part of the Drexel Dance Ensemble Winter Concert

Rehearsal Direction by Sydney Donovan

Photography by Seb Photography

Music: “Last Woman on Earth” by Paris Paloma, “Her & The Sea” by Clann, “The Blinded Forest” by Garth Coker, “Heaven is Here” by Florence + The Machine

Costumes: Mae Merkle

Lighting: J. Dominic Chacon

Life on Strings

Premier work choreographed by Emilia Daguanno

Dancers: Lexi Brenner, Catherine Conway, Paige Gibson, Daniel Hoang, Tara Mchale

Performed in the Mandell Theater winter of 2026 as part of Drexel Dance Ensemble Winter Concert

Rehearsal Direction by Sydney Donovan & Arabia Richardson

Photography by Seb Photography

Music: “Ungodly Fruit” by Wax Taylor, “Antique wind-up clock tick tock” by ASMR Sound Studio, “System” by Prewn

Costumes: Kelly Myers

Lighting: J. Dominic Chacon

Dance Yrself Clean

Premier work choreographed by Sara Kroncinky

Dancers: Emma Aguayo, Hannah Gupta, Lauren Hille, Margaret Malinowski, Anuska Nazareth, Samantha Silk

Performed in the Mandell Theater winter of 2026 as part of Drexel’s Fresh Dance Winter Concert

Rehearsal Direction by Sydney Donovan

Photography by Seb Photography

Music: “Dance Yrself Clean” by LCD Soundsytem

Costumes: Aliyah Primich

Lighting: J. Dominic Chacon

She Rises

Premier work choreographed by Kaya Hawthorne

Dancers: Isabella Carbonetto, Margaret Malinowski, Na’Ziyah Paton

Performed in the Mandell Theater winter of 2026 as part of Drexel’s Fresh Dance Winter Concert

Rehearsal Direction by Sydney Donovan

Photography by Seb Photography

Music: “Escalate” by Tsar B, “you should see in a crown” by Billie Elish

Costumes: Asaki Kuruma

Lighting: J. Dominic Chacon

When/ My/ Love/ Is/ Away

performed in December of 2022 in the Annenburg Center For The Performing Arts.

Sydney Donovan collaborated and Co-Directed with Paul Matteson to reimagine and re-stage What/ Do/I/Do/When/My/Love/Is/Away on the junior and senior dancer majors at the University of the Arts. Sydney was in the cast of the premiere work in 2018 and was thrilled to be a part of it again.

Choreographer: Paul Matteson in collaboration with Sydney Donovan and the performers.

Rehearsal Director: Sydney Donovan

Performers: Bella Crescenzi, Emma Decaprio, Kolin Everette, Aaron Foreman, Megan Hasou, Sarah Krarmer, maris, Willow Johns, Alessandra Martinez, Emma Olivier, Luci Parker, Aleesha Polite, Tati Romig, Lucy Sharpiro.

Music: Michael Wall

Text: With a Little Help From My Friends by The Beatles

Étude For Elbow

AN EXPLORATION AND CELEBRATION OF THE BODY IN ITS COMPONENT PARTS AND AS A PART OF THE WHOLE. A STUDY ON THE PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL AND “ELECTRIC” BODY AS EXPERIENCED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS SCHOOL OF DANCE DURING THE COVID-19 QUARANTINE -
IN OUR HOMES, IN OUR SMALL SPACES, ON ZOOM, TOGETHER AND APART.

Choreographed by Annie Rigney

Rehearsal Director: Sydney Donovan

Assistant Rehearsal Direction: Jazmine Cólon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=IfNxRRyPKJI&feature=emb_title

Peoples Faces

Premier work choreographed by Bobbi Jene Smith

Solo made in collaboration with Bobbi Jene Smith, Annie Rigney, and Sydney Donovan

Performed in the Merriam Theater in fall of 2019 as part of The University of the Arts Winter Dance Series

Rehearsal Direction by Annie Rigney, Sydney Donovan, and JE Kim

Photography by Ian Douglas