Program Information
But Where There’s Hope, There’s Life
A Collaborative Project by the Texas A&M Dance, Performance Studies, and Visualization programs and the Department of History
Dance
Choreographers: Carisa Armstrong and Christine S. Bergeron
Costumes: Carisa Amstrong and Sandy Bergeron
Dancers: Live dancers will be posted at each performance. The dancers listed below are the casts from the filming completed in August 2020.
Music: Composed, performed, and recorded by Richard D. Hall. Featuring Julia Hall (voice), Ashley DuBois (voice), Makenzie Wade (viola), and Elizabeth L. Massad (cello). Mixed and mastered by Wesley S. Uchiyama-Penix.
Butterfly Credit Video: Krissie Day (editor)
Visualization
Director of Visualization Team: Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo
Visualization Design, The Rise and Liberation Projection: Eman Al-Zubeidi and Julia DeLaney
Visualization Team: Amanda Blettner, Connor Bugni, Esther Cho, Morgan Jenks, Caleb Kicklighter, Carlos Perez, and Araceli Reyes
Actors
Dramaturgy: James R. Ball, III
Historical Scenes Director: Anne Quackenbush
Audio Engineer: John Moeller
Historical Text: Adam Siepp
Actors:
Shayna Ambers – Narrator
Ty Dobson – SA Man, A Man, Rudolph Vrba, Morris Baker
Caylie Evans – Louisa Solmitz
Grace Harmon – Guide
Chandler Keller – Victor Klemperer, Alfred Wetzler, Edward R. Murrow
Megan Timmer – A Child, A Woman, Whisperer
Film
Video Director/Editor: Vishwanand Shetti
Director of Photography: Igor Kraguljac
Video Assistants: David Lackey and Christian Rousseau
Lighting Design: Owen Smith
Prop/Set Design: Alicia Sparks
Production Team
Associate Production Manager: Brooke Griffin
Assistant Production Manager: Taegan Besancon
Stage Manager: Krissie Day
Lighting Designer: Owen Smith
Special Thanks
Special thanks to all dancers and crew who have been a part of this project from the beginning to now. The piece wouldn’t be possible without all of your hard work and dedication.
Past dancers: Andrea Alvarez, Sarah Babick, Julianna Barraza, Chloe Bergeron, Karissa Blau, Emily Bowlin, Myah Brown, Grace Bulkeley, Kylie Callaway, Kelsey Clark, Ella Cox, Abigail Dang, Asma Maria El-Tayssoun, Madeleine Dardeau, Terra Fiedler, Olivia Gerwig, Moira Greff, Callysta Hall, Hannah Hanz, Mary Emily Holland, Jade Jarnigan, Anna Jones, Madelyn Klumb, Caroline Knowlton, Mindy Lee, Victoria Mauer, Brianna Mendoza, Eliza Milner, Mya Pepito, Annie Rabel, Adia Richardson, Betsi Cate Riddle, Brannon Russell, Danielle Schaer, Katie Traylor, Josie Watts, Kailyn Williams, Laural Williams
Dancer: Myah Brown
Music: Historic Audio Archives (edited by Adia Richardson)
Dancers: Sarah Babick, Emily Bowlin, Grace Bulkeley, and Myah Pepito
Dancers: Adia Richardson and Katie Traylor
Dancer: Ella Cox
Dancers: Sarah Babick, Chloe Bergeron, Emily Bowlin, Myah Brown, Grace Bulkeley, Kylie Callaway, Ella Cox, Madeleine Dardeau, Hannah Hanz, Mary Emily Holland, Anna Jones, Madelyn Klumb, Mya Pepito, Adia Richardson, Danielle Schraer and Katie Traylor
*Filmed January 2020
Dancers: Sarah Babick, Emily Bowlin, Grace Bulkeley, Ella Cox, Brianna Mendoza, Mya Pepito, Adia Richardson, Betsi Cate Riddle, and Katie Traylor
Dancers: Sarah Babick, Julianna Barraza, Grace Bulkeley, Caroline Knowlton, Brianna Mendoza, Eliza Milner, Mya Pepito, and Kailyn Williams
Dancer: Julianna Barraza
Dancers: Julianna Barraza, Emily Bowlin, Ella Cox, Caroline Knowlton, Victoria Mauer, Eliza Milner, Adia Richardson, Katie Traylor, and Kailyn Williams