ORCHID'S ARC
OF MOVING COLORS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
OF MOVING COLORS PRODUCTIONS
OUR HISTORY
In the Company of Dancers (ITCOD) was founded in 1987 by Lisa Hooks Murray to bring modern dance to as many people as possible, both through educational outreaches and major productions. In 1998 Garland Goodwin Wilson was announced Artistic Director of the Company. ITCOD went through a merger with Wilson's collaborative company, Of Moving Colors Productions. OMC believes that bringing the arts together represents a critical element to the culture of any city. Each year OMC brings together dance, theatre, live music, and the visual arts through major productions and educational outreaches. OMC also brings in top-flight guest artists for master classes, choreography, and special programs for neighborhoods and schools.
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OUR MISSION
Of Moving Colors (OMC) is a contemporary dance-theatre organization dedicated to creating and presenting excellent performances and community-based dance activities that inspire, educate, and stimulate. OMC is equally committed to offering admirable opportunities to dancers in our community in the form of master classes, guest residencies, and paid work in order to further the validity of the dance profession in Louisiana.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Pamela Matassa
Amanda Henkel
Amie Kozan
Barry Milligan
Brent Milligan
Daryl McCreary
Gretchen Erickson
Heather Sewell Day
Jesse Price
Lisa Emerson
Melana Lloyd
Monica Murphy
Rachel Perlis
Starr Long
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ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Cheri Ausberry
Allison Lamar Beard
Ann Connelly
Fred C. Dent, III
Cordell Haymon
Kelly Hurtado
Mary Lilly
Anne Marks
Bettsie Miller
Memories are the cherished treasures of our lives. Whether they are laden with joy or sorrow, they are gemstones we carefully preserve. Each one a unique reflection of a journey through time and experience. Orchid’s Arc traces the ebb and flow of life's continuum.
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-Hannah Knoff
Associate Director
We are incredibly grateful to our patrons who have journeyed with us for 36 years.
Platinum ($10,000 and above)
Margaret Heffron
Goldenrod ($5,000 - $9,999)
Susan Lipsey
David Manship
Scarlet ($2,500 - $4,999)
Jennifer Eplett & Sean E. Reilly
William R. Wilson
Emerald ($1,000 - $2,499)
Sonja Bruzauskas & Houston Haymon
Amy Crane
Brian Hales & Catherine Coates
Rich & Claire Major
Cary Saurage
Hank & Laurie Saurage
Junior League of Baton Rouge Inc.
Parkinson's Foundation
Magenta ($500 - $999)
Susan & Frederic Billings
Margaret Boudreaux
Diane Kirtland
Timothy & Deanna Knoff
Starr Long
Anne Marks
Claire Marron
Emily Norris
Lisa Oldenburg
John & Shelly Spruell
Elizabeth "Boo" Thomas
Chasity Wascom
Violet ($250 - $499)
Abounding Love Ministries
Aron Biedenharn
Rena Cannon
Astrid Clements
Patricia A. Day & Joseph G. Simmons
LeeAnn & David Kozan
Rachel Lauve
Prevailing Word Christian Center
Leigh Ann Texada
Lynn Z. Tucker, MD
Shannon Venuto
Steve & Claire Wilson
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Aqua ($100 - $249)
Thomas Angers
Princeton & Dadie Bardwell
Lea Anne Batson
Aron Biedenharn
Camille Manning-Broome
Lauren Champagne
Leslie Day
Brooke & Jerry Dynes
Paula E. Gandy
Jessica Hatcher
Hannah Heltz
Shirley Henkel
James Hornbeak
Kayla Johnson
Bonnie Kemp
Ryn Jones
Margaret E. Kozan
Lee Ann Lockridge
Sylvia Martinez
Jubo Nordstrom
Carol Norwood
Elizabeth M. Perry
Jessie and Stacie Price
Jerry del Rio
Ann & Brody Saxon
Page Silvia
Frances & Charles Smith
Laura Thomas
Renita Williams Thomas
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Act 1
Dancers: Teri Alexander and Madilyn Cashio
Choreographed by Hannah Knoff
Music by Meredith Monk
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Dancers: Full Cast, featuring Giulia Fedeli
Music by Agnes Obel
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Dancers: Julia Lynch and Isabel Nasr
Choreographed by Hannah Knoff
Music by Peter Gregson
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Performed by Gabrielle Thibodeaux
Choreographed by Julian Guillory
Music by Max Richter
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Dancers: Madilyn Cashio and Isabel Nasr
Choreographed by Madilyn Cashio
Music by Molly Lewis
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Performed by Lauren Hebert, Hannah Knoff, Julia Lynch, and Gabrielle Thibodeaux
Choreographed by Madilyn Cashio
Music by Tiny Tim
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Dancers: Teri Alexander, Madilyn Cashio, Hannah Knoff, Julia Lynch, Isabel Nasr, and Gabrielle Thibodeaux
Choreographed by Garland Goodwin Wilson
Music by Patsy Cline
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Dancers: Teri Alexander, Madilyn Cashio, and Julia Lynch
Trio choreographed by Madilyn Cashio
Music by Mulatu Astatke
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Performed by Lauren Hebert
Choreographed by Garland Goodwin Wilson
Music by The Platters
Dancers: Teri Alexander, Isabel Nasr, and Gabrielle Thibodeaux
Choreographed by Teri Alexander
Music by Dinah Washington
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Dancers: Full Company
Choreographed by Hannah Knoff
Music by Max Richter
Dancers: Full Company, featuring Giulia Fedeli
Choreographed by Hannah Knoff
Music by Peter Gregson
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Dancers: Lauren Hebert and Hannah Knoff
Choreographed by John Allen, Christain Von Howard, and Courtney Landry
Music by Michael Wall
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Dancers: Teri Alexander, Madilyn Cashio, and Hannah Knoff
Choreographed by Garland Goodwin Wilson
Music by Oliver Tank
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Dancers: Full Cast, featuring Hannah Knoff
Music by Billie Holiday
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Dancers: Full Company
Choreographed by Courtney Landry
Music by The Righteous Brothers
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Act 2
Staff
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Garland Goodwin Wilson received her BA in Theatre from LSU and studied locally at 2M's School of Dance. She has also studied modern dance across the world at centers and festivals such as Impulstanz Vienna and the Jose Limon Institute in New York. She has trained under and facilitated residencies with artists such as Ashleigh Leite, Netta Yerushalmy, Irene Rampino and Emily Plauche-Flink and has has toured with Windows Dance Company (Brazil, Asia, Hawaii) and with TNZTT Dance Theatre (Slovakia, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic). Locally, she has worked for Capitol High, Scotlandville Magnet High, The Runnels School, Playmakers, and the Arts Council of GBR. Garland is Board President of the Louisiana Alliance for Dance and Board Member for Palissimo Dance in NYC. She has served as a grants panelist for the BR Area Foundation and the Arts Councils of GBR, Shreveport and Louisiana, and is also a Louisiana Dance Fellow for Choreography. In 1996, she returned to the state and has served as the Artistic Director of OMC since 1997, creating over 30 major works for the company and taking the arts to literally hundreds of venues in the southern region. She is incredibly thankful to her family that has been intimately supportive for over a quarter of a century.
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND DANCER
Hannah Knoff is a performing artist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In May of 2022, she earned her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Dance from Northwestern State University, where she studied under Kirstin Riehl, Brett Garfinkel, Michael Lomeka, Crystal Lewis, Rebecca Morgan, and Jared Doster. In her four years at Northwestern she performed with the NSU Dance Company, the Demon Dazzlers, and was a founding officer of the Dance Organization of Students. Throughout her dance career, Hannah has had opportunities to dance with Bodyart Dance (project specific), Opera Louisiane, the Moscow Ballet, and the Baton Rouge Symphony. She has participated in choreographic residencies with renowned artists John Allen, Christian Von Howard, and Pavel Zuštiak.
GUEST ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
GIULIA FEDELI
Giulia Fedeli grew up in Padova, Italy, and has been dancing since the age of 5. She graduated from the Ballet Academy of the Teatro Carcano in Milan and later graduated with honors from the Certificate Program of The Ailey School in New York. While at Ailey she also performed with the Alvin Ailey Students Performance Group. After graduation, she worked with Francesca Harper, performing in New York City and Venice, Italy. She danced as a soloist with Rome, Italy-based "Danza Prospettiva" - ARSlab Production from 2010 to 2016, touring in the United States, France, Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy. After spending one year in Shanghai, China, dancing and teaching, she moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and since then has been performing with Baton Rouge Ballet and New Orleans Ballet and teaching in several local schools. This is her second year working with Of Moving Colors and she is excited about performing with them for the Baton Rouge community.
COMPANY
TERI ALEXANDER
Teri is a dance artist from Plaquemine, Louisiana who has been dancing for 20 years. She received her early training from Peggy Grant’s School of Dance, DancExpression and Iberville Math, Science, and Arts Academy- West. She then went on to receive her Bachelors of Fine Arts in dance from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in May of 2022. There she had the honor of training under instructors Marie Broussard, Kenneth Jenkins, Kristi Carr, Alex McBride, Sarah Lass, and Michael Crotty, as well as being a member of the Ragin’ Jazz dance team for 2 years. Through her training at UL, Teri was able to work with artists such as Blakeley White-McGuire, Daniel Fetecua, Taylor Mitchell, Leah LaGrange, and Kaylin Maggard, as well as attend intensives with Salt Contemporary Dance, Kizuna Dance, LED, Whim Whim, Millennium Dance Complex Nashville, and Vagabondance. This is Teri’s first year dancing with Of Moving Colors.
MADILYN CASHIO
Madilyn is from Livonia, La. She received her training at Joffrey Ballet School in Texas and earned a BFA in dance from University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2022). Cashio has studied under the direction of Desmond Richardson, Yosha Sorzano, Lauren Edson, Omar Román De Jesús, Amy Gunter and many more. She’s had the opportunity to work with Art Spark, Basin Arts and Window Wonderland. She currently is the company director at Core Dance Center and is the instructor of Notre Dame High School dance team.
LAUREN HEBERT
Lauren has been dancing for over twenty years. She began her training at Powell-Moise School of Dance where she was a part of their competition team for eleven years. She also took classes at Revolution Dance Company while in high school. In college, Lauren studied dance at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia before moving back home to pursue a degree in Mass Communication with minors in Dance and Physical Theater at Louisiana State University (LSU). While at LSU she was a part of the Dance Ensemble. Through the LSU Dance Department, she studied Flamenco in Seville, Spain and spent a semester in Aurillac, France studying modern dance at La Manufacture. Lauren graduated from LSU in 2019 and now works as a Patient Care Coordinator. Lauren is very excited to be back with OMC for another season!
JULIA LYNCH
Julia is a dancer from St. Amant, Louisiana, who attended Northwestern State University as a Dance Major. She was a member of the Demon Dazzlers Danceline, and was a board member of the Dance Organization of Students while attending. She has been taught by Brett Garfinkel, Michael Lomeka, Kirstin Riehl, Crystal Lewis, and Rebecca Allen, and more. This is her first year as a member of the Of Moving Colors family.
GABRIELLE THIBODEAUX
Gabrielle (Gabby) is attending Louisiana State University and pursuing a degree in Business Management with a minor in Dance. She grew up in Central, LA and was a four-year member of the Central High School Kittens Dance Team, where she received awards through American All-Star and Universal Dance Association and was the captain her senior year. She has studied various genres of dance at the Center of Performing Arts, The CODA, under the direction of Stephanie Faucette-Gremillion and Micaela Coner, and RAVE Performing Arts Company, under the direction of Rachel Vierck-Amie. She was a member of the RAVE competition and performance teams and is currently a co-teacher at RAVE. While receiving training in the LSU Dance Department, Gabby is excited to continue dancing with OMC. This will be her third year!
ISABEL NASR
Isabel is from Lafayette, Louisiana and has been dancing for sixteen years. While living in Lafayette she trained in many forms of dance at several different studios. Growing up she participated in Gerami Academy’s tumbling team and later joined River Dance Centre’s competition team at ten years old. Through River Dance she competed for a total of six years and attended several dance conventions including West Coast Dance Explosion, Streetz, and Velocity where she earned several scholarships. Additionally, she was a part of her high school’s dance team for two years, where they won the National Champion title in their game day routine. During her senior year she began assisting her studio’s mini company and plans to continue doing so in the future. This will also be Isabel’s first year with OMC!
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