The Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) dance conservatory will showcase Envision — an evening of dance and filmmaking at the Coronado Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 at 7 p.m.
The evening of original dances offers a behind-the-scenes peek of dance makers and their creative processes by CoSA digital arts film students. The event also features solo performances from the five graduating seniors.
“In Envision, CoSA Dance invites audiences to peek behind the curtain and witness how dances are made from concept to concert,” said Gina Bolles Sorensen, conservatory chair.
Three filmmakers have stepped into the studio to witness CoSA dance makers in the creative process, according to Sorensen. The event features documentary films threaded throughout the program to share insights about how dances are made, complete with interviews with the choreographers and footage of the rehearsal process. One highlight in the program is ‘The Point of Vanishing,’ a nine-minute dance for the full ensemble, directed by Sorensen.
“The thing about dance is that it’s here and gone,” said Sorensen. “A dance is never performed or seen the same way twice. We work in an artform that is always in a state of vanishing.”
In addition to dances by seven CoSA dance faculty, the program features dances by eleven student choreographers.
Tickets are on sale at cosasandiego.com.
