2018 · Education / school residency
Make the Hold Happen (title per CV)
Archive folder: Make the Hold Happen
Melecio Estrella, Andrew Ward · CSU Long Beach
A dance work Melecio Estrella created with CSU Long Beach dance students during a February 2018 residency, with an original score by Ben Juodvalkis, who joined the residency in person. Melecio seeded the piece with writing prompts about family, belonging, and places of peace.
- Premiere
- 2018
- Venue
- California State University, Long Beach, Department of Dance
- Where
- Long Beach, CA
- Credits
- Choreography: Melecio Estrella, with CSULB dance students (cast emails include Sara Culotta, Allie Miks, Jan Matthew Sevilla, B. Vasquez Brosnan and others). Music: Ben Juodvalkis, including a song with singing and a saxophone section. Residency coordinator: Rebecca Bryant (Assistant Professor of Dance). Dance department music director: Don Nichols. Assistant: Manny Macias Villanueva.
Research status: researched – partial. Details on this piece are still being confirmed — corrections are welcome.