4thrightdance

Choreographic Testaments of the Human Experience

SOLO WORKs

In the Sole

Selected performances
20th Anniversary NC Dance Festival Tour
NC Dance Educators Organization Conference (CLT)
Koresh Dance (PA)
Music- Funkstroung | Voiceovers - Gore Family

This solo is the 1st installation in a series of works that explores personal legacy and identity. In the Sole includes detailed accounts of a family’s ilineage and blood memories preserved though documented interviews covering 5 generations of people. The imagery and ‘unusual’ practices are rooted in a deep history of people from the Southeastern Coastline.

REVIEW - Star News
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359 Degrees

Selected performances
Cool New York Dance Festival (NYC)
Morehead State University (KY)
Levine Museum of the New South (CLT)
Music - Donny Hathaway

359 Degrees celebrates the precipice of all personal, spiritual and tangible things rooted in love come together simultaneously. It is a testament of strength, will and unbridled faith.

REVIEW - New York Times

Mute Riot

Selected performances
Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Cornwell Theatre - Temple University
Moving Collective - Louisville, KY
Original composition - Michael Ojike McHenry

REVIEW - Philadelphia Inquirer

SEROTONIN
Music by Bjork
5 minutes in duration
REVIEW - Philadelphia Inquirer

ENSEMBLE WORKS

ATUM
Selected performances
Ohio University (OH)
SCAPHERD 2024 (SC)

02.2023
Inspired by the symbolism of the Ouroborus, Atum explores the cyclical nature of destruction and recreation. Atum, an ancient Egyptian deity denotes 'the substance from which all creation unfurled'.

mYsteriouswaYs

Selected performances
FRESH Washington, DC
Charlotte Dance Festival (NC)
Winthrop University (SC)
Music - Bon Iver
This work is an emotionally evocative testament to the power of perseverance in moments of adversity, tribulation and uncertainty. It depicts a challenge of faith and the wonderful impact of surrendering to a higher power. With a lyrical passage in repetition like a chant or prayer, mYsteriouswaYs depicts pathways to healing, stimulated by one’s personal faith and will for survival.

Crossing Zone

Selected performances
Dalton University (GA)
Coker University (SC)
Cool New York Dance Festival (NYC)
Available for performance | small ensemble (trio) | Arrangement - Felton L. Martin III | Voiceovers - Gore Family
This trio is the 2nd installation in a series of works that explores personal legacy and identity. Crossing Zone includes detailed accounts of a family’s impression of each member, anonymously. The similarities and candor revealed juxtaposes moments of sincerity and wit with compelling gestures and high velocity partnerwork.

Beyond the Design

Selected performances
A Signiture Ensemble Work of the 4thrightdance Repertory, Music by Kenji Kawai
Text adapted by Bhante Y. Wimala
14 minutes in duration| 8 minute excerpt available
 PREVIEW - Philadelphia Weekly