Want It Back (2024)

This piece references the experiences of being a person of color adopted into a white family. The dancers collectively move toward understanding individuality within a multicultural family unit, as they experience feelings of loneliness, longing, and anger.   

Performed at: Montclair State University, Show Up & Dance DNJ ; Arts on Site,  Amplify Series Mason Lee Dance Theatre ; New York City Center, OpenRhythmic ; Rutgers University, Senior Thesis Concert ; University of Rochester, ACDA 

Cast: Gem Tantuico, Jazlyn Carreras, Grace McCombs, Ava Rakowski, Noreen Healy, Isabella Colon, Chloe Lovell, Liza Roles Fotso, Matt Gal 

Music: “Aqquw (The Swan), küy” by Rausan Orazbayeva ; “Mehiban Olaq” by Alim and Fargan Qasimov, Kronos Quartet

Costume Designer: Davinara Marcario and Cynthia Rucinski-Marcario

Lighting Design: Stephanette Schwartz-Smith