2023 · Student / BFA work
Project Adjust 1-5
Archive folder: LINES BFA piece (Sarah Chiesa)
Sarah Lisette Chiesa · Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA
A dance-and-film work Sarah Lisette Chiesa made for Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA students, combining choreography with projected film. Its sound score was assembled by Ben from several of his own earlier tracks together with music by Phil Moffa.
- Premiere
- 2023-04
- Venue
- Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA program (probably the BFA Spring Showcase, Angelico Hall, Dominican University of California, April 14-15, 2023); also documented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ('Lines BFA 24')
- Where
- San Rafael, CA / San Francisco, CA
- Performances
- The BFA Spring Showcase ran April 14 and 15, 2023 at Angelico Hall, with four original works by BFA faculty choreographers Sarah Lisette Chiesa, Brett Conway, Gregory Dawson and Anne-René Petrarca. Sarah's website lists 'Project Adjust 1-5' at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts under 'Lines BFA 24'' (date not given). In Nov 2025 Sarah asked to reuse the music for a cut-down version (12 minutes maximum) of the piece in the spring 2026 concert at the University of Arizona School of Dance; Ben agreed.
- Credits
- Choreography and film: Sarah Lisette Chiesa. Music: Ben Juodvalkis and Phil Moffa (credited on Sarah's website as 'Ben Ludovalkus and Phil Moffa'). Ben's role was music editing and arrangement ('Sarah Chiesa Lines 2023' v1.0-1.2), built from his existing tracks ('5-3-12 Duets 5 pretty noisy arps', 'Mystical 3-8-17', 'Weir 2-10-17', 'Voices 12-22-16', 'Violent Dope') with a track referred to as 'Phil vertigo' / 'Phil Overtigo'. Photo: Steven Disenhof. Performed by LINES Ballet BFA students.
Press
“Music by Ben Ludovalkus and Phil Moffa”
Elsewhere
- Video on dropbox.com
- The Heart Behind our BFA Students' Senior Projects — LINESConnected (Alonzo King LINES Ballet blog), 2023-04-13
- STAGE — Sarah Lisette Chiesa (Project Adjust 1-5) — sarahlisettechiesa.com
- Project Adjust 1-5 (Yerba Buena) performance video — Dropbox (linked from sarahlisettechiesa.com)
Research status: researched – partial. Details on this piece are still being confirmed — corrections are welcome.