EDC | Synergy

Emerson Dance Company is the resident dance company at Emerson College in Boston, MA. Their an energetic and exciting family to collaborate with. Each season they perform a showcase. Each show has a concept and there are anywhere between 15 and 25 dance pieces on the program for the night. As EDC’s resident designer, I work with the choreographers and directors over the course of a month to construct the production.

Synergy was conceptualized as a piece focused on the movement of dance. The movement between one dancer and his/her emotions as well as a pair of dancers, or even a group of dancers. The kinetic relationship between the movements, the synergy. As with EDC’s shows, there are many different genres of dance, as well as varying skill levels and selections of music. The show’s design hinged on accentuating the movement and sculpture of the dancing body. As this was the second showcase in EDC’s new home, Roxbury Community College Theater, I was able to work with the space to develop a repertory plot to facilitate both our productions, and the others brought into the space.