Monthly Archives: December 2022

Choreographer Spotlight (22′-23′)- Juliana

Juliana Balsewicz

1. How many years have you been in the company?

This is my 5th year in the company.

2. How many years have you been choreographing for Figments?

This is my 3rd year choreographing.

3. What is the concept of your dance this year?

My piece this year demonstrates when people tell you to be like everyone else, but you love what you see in the mirror. Realizing that the only opinion that matters is your own.

4. How can the process of developing a figment of imagination into reality, aid you in the future? 

In the future, developing a figment of my imagination into a reality can benefit me with being more creative, which is an important part of my life. My imagination has grown because of Figments Youth Dance Ensemble, and I hope the same for everyone else in the company.

Choreography Spotlight (22′-23′) – Haven

Haven Holmes

1. How many years have you been in the company?

This is my 1st year in the company.

2. How many years have you been choreographing for Figments?

This is my 1st year choreographing.

3. What is the concept of your dance this year?

My concept is no matter how broken or down you are there is always something there to bring you up “ beauty in the ashes”.

4. How can the process of developing a figment of imagination into reality, aid you in the future? 

This will help me because if I ever feel stuck in a situation I can go back to my process of development a figment of imagination to help me proceed and get through that situation.

Choreographer Spotlight 22′-23′: Claire!

Claire Johnson

1. How many years have you been in the company?

This is my 4th year in the company.

2. How many years have you been choreographing for Figments?

This is my 2nd year choreographing.

3. What is the concept of your dance this year?

The concept of my dance this year is coming back to yourself after neglecting yourself for a long period of time

4. How can the process of developing a figment of imagination into reality, aid you in the future? 

In the future, I can use the idea of developing a figment of my imagination by being creative with certain complications in my life, and learning about to navigate around then creatively by just one figment of thought.