25 To Watch Live 2025 Program

April 28, 2024

Welcome

Joanna Harp, President, Dance Media

Caitlin Sims, Content Director, Dance Media; Editor in Chief, Dance Magazine

Francisco Lemus

Sentimientos Divididos

Choreographer: Francisco Lemus

Music: Adrian Alcalá, Ian Carl, Jake James, Francisco Lemus

Performer: Francisco Lemus

Kayla Hamilton

Untitled

Choreographer: Kayla Hamilton and “the Black people who came before me, the teachers who poured into me, and everyone I’ve danced with, laughed with, and been curious about life with.”

Music: Pierre-Edouard Décimus

Performers: Kayla Hamilton and Nicole Y. McClam

Miguel Wansing Lorrio 

“Autumn” solo from Seasons

Choreographer: Edwaard Liang

Music: Max Richter

Performers: Miguel Wansing Lorrio

Genna Moroni

THAT’S LIFE

Choreographer: Genna Moroni

Music: Frank Sinatra

Performer: Aika Doone

Rachel Lockhart

If The Walls Could Speak 

Choreographers: Rachel Lockhart and Starla Edwards

Music: Theon Cross; featuring Remi Graves and LVDF

Performer: Rachel Lockhart

Costume: Márion Talán 

Julia Antinozzi

Movements for Five

Choreographer: Julia Antinozzi

Music: Ryan Wolfe; featuring Yuma Uesaka, woodwinds

Performers: Sienna Blaw, Paulina Meneses, Dasol Kim, Kelsey Saulnier 

Mayfield Myers

Dvořák Divertissement 

Choreographer: Mayfield Myers

Music: Antonín Dvořák

Performer: Mayfield Myers

Kendall Ramirez

time surely, a mother

Choreographer: Kendall Ramirez

Music: Ishmael Ensemble; edited by Alex Ramirez

Performer: Kendall Ramirez

Isaiah Day

Longcat

Choreographer: Isaiah Day

Music: Hiatus Kaiyote

Performer: Isaiah Day

Jasmine Hearn

Spirit: we’re on the way 

Choreographer: Jasmine Hearn

Music: Jasmine Hearn 

Performer: Jasmine Hearn

Creative Administration: Jasmine Hearn and Areli Navarro Magallón

This work is supported by the iterative actions of
Hearn’s communities and collaborators.

Melisa Guilliams

Juliet’s Variation au Bal from Romeo et Juliette

Choreographer: Jean-Christophe Maillot

Music: Sergei Prokofiev 

Performer: Melisa Guilliams

Staged by: Noelani Pantastico

Kyle Sangil 

Pagbabago

Choreographer: Kyle Sangil

Music: Christian Erik Frederickson

Performer: Kyle Sangil

Primera Generación Dance Collective

Accumulation 

Choreographer: Primera Generación Dance Collective (Alfonso Abraham Cervera, Irvin Manuel Gonzalez, Rosa Rodriguez Frazier, Patricia Huerta) 

Sound Design: Alfonso Abraham Cervera

Performers: Alfonso Abraham Cervera, Irvin Manuel Gonzalez,
Rosa Rodriguez Frazier, Elizabeth Villalobos 

Patricia Huerta’s role will be danced by Elizabeth Villalobos for this performance. 

2025’s “25 to Watch”

Julia Antinozzi | Isaiah Day | Brett Fukuda | Melisa Guilliams |
Kayla Hamilton | Jasmine Hearn | Dava Huesca | Leïla Ka |
Francisco Lemus | Ruby Lister | Rachel Lockhart | Joseph Markey |
Jainil Mehta | Genna Moroni | Mayfield Myers |
Primera Generación Dance Collective | Loughlan Prior | Qwenga |
Kendall Ramirez | Kyle Sangil | Symara Sarai | Enzo Saugar |
Gilbert T. Small II | Yoel Vargas | Miguel Wansing Lorrio

2025 to Watch Live Production Team

Event Production: Shana Sisk

Stage Management: Jana Prager, 

Courtney Escoyne, Amy Brandt

Photography: Emma Zordan

Design: Raymond E. Mingst, Josephine Daño

Social Media: Kyra Laubacher

Email Marketing: Amber Wisniewski

Greeters: Margaret Fuhrer,  

Catie Robinson, Madeline Schrock, 

Sponsorship Sales: Caroline Bodan, Suzanne Crow, 

Maegen Killeen, Leighton Shively

Group Ticket Sales: Alana Morgenstern, 

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