Ascension 2024
SCA Student Produced Collaborative Dance Event
December 12 – 14, 2024 | 7:00 PM
Studio T – SFU School for the Contemporary Arts
149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver
Tickets: Students (with valid Student ID) / Underemployed $5 | Seniors + SFU Alumni / Faculty / Staff $10 | General $15
Ascension is an interdisciplinary production produced and performed by undergraduate students of the Dance, Music & Sound, and Theatre Production & Design programs at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts.
Ascension asks students to collaborate across disciplines in the SCA to generate original works outside of designated class times, serving as both a platform to promote and extend the interdisciplinary nature of the SCA, while also providing an opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience that they can take with them past graduation.
This year’s program features seven original works produced in collaboration by upper division students and performed by a mix of lower and upper division students.
Directors
Artistic Director & Dance Area Representative: Clara Xu
Technical Director & Production & Design Area Representative: Hailey Gil
Assistant Directors & Music & Sound Area Representatives: Artemis Cheung and Jackson Adrian
Choreographers
Ashley Sankaran-Wee, Vivien Dang, Sonja Kwantes, Daisy De Kroon, Claire Martin, Elijah Sam, Teddy Brubacher
Composers
Adam Smith, Artemis Cheung, Manoah Epp, Leif Hatzi-Blaak, Jack Blanco, Graysen Braun, Stevan Oostenburg
Designers
Jessica Kwon, Marissa Capron, Coco Zhou, Tina Shi, Katelyn McDonald, Clara Xu, Hailey Gil, Czarina Agustines, Mars de Menezes
Production Team
Stage Managers: Albina Dyusenova and Coco Zhou
Assistant Stage Managers: Kady Brandel and Rue Larson
Assistant Technical Directors: Darwin Miller-Hogg and Larkin Schering
Lighting Operator: Amelia Chong
Sound Operator: Dean Thivierge
Cast
Kaliyah States, Yarra Tsiakos, Emma Purdy, Rachel Brown, Jennifer Yang, Constance Arden Duffy, Aleni Koorjee, Amaru Seki, Larkin Schering, Penelope Patterson, Reese Magnayon, Naz Ozlu, Teddy Brubacher, Claire Martin, Jeya Thiesssen, Lauren Butterfield, Soleil Mousseau, Sarah Wilson, Ellen Harris, Maya Buller, Lucy Price, Riordan Fisher, Samantha George, Claire Whitelaw, Yulia Liu, Elijah Sam, Vivien Dang, Daisy De Kroon
Special Thanks
Emily Neumann, Ben Rogalsky, Kyla Gardiner, Justine A. Chambers, Stefan Maier, Rob Kitsos, Brady Cranfield
Program
Show order and piece lengths (please check back for titles):
Ashley Sankaran-Wee (6 minutes)
Vivien Dang (9 minutes)
Sonja Kwantes (7 minutes)
Daisy De Kroon (8 minutes)
Intermission (10 minutes)
Claire Martin (10 minutes)
Elijah Sam (7 minutes)
- Teddy Brubacher (9 minutes)
Biographies
Please check back!