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 UARTS 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

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

Photography by Ian Douglas