IN THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA

Turn. Turning. TURNT.

Choreography by Cynthia Oliver

Performed by Oluwadamilare Ayorinde, Paige Cunningham, Leslie Cuyjet, Nik Owens, Angie Pittman, Kendra Portier

Music by Jason Finkelman (composer, laptop electronics, with contributions in “Fallow” by Joy Yang (piano); and “Summon Sow. Reap.” James Mauck (drum kit) and Mark White (recording and mixing)

Costumes by Susan Becker

Lighting Design by Amanda Ringger on “Tether” and “Summon.Sow. Reap” and Yingman Tang on “Fallow”

Production/Stage Manager: Val Oilveiro

Company Manager: Cornelio Casaclang

Premiered at Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston ME 2026

Turn. Turning. TURNT is Cynthia Oliver’s movement mediation Tryptic. Three disparate but conceptually connected works - Tether, Fallow, and Summon. Sow. Reap. negotiate temporalities and relationships before during and after collective life changing conditions.