ILLUMINATE

CHOREOGRAPHER: JACQUELYN LONG

MUSIC: OLIVER DAVIS

Set to Oliver Davis’ Frontiers, Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Illuminate is a movement-based work choreographed by Soloist Jacquelyn Long. Originally created for the 2023 Margaret Alkek Williams Jubilee of Dance, Illuminate explores the origins of ideas, inspiration, and energy, examining how some people inspire themselves, while others find inspiration through connections with others. Divided into three movements and featuring a small ensemble of men and women, Illuminate is brought to life through the brilliant costume design of Holly Hynes, who uses yellow and gray to symbolize the theme of ideas and inspiration. Long hopes the piece, open to interpretation, will “light something joyous inside for those who watch.”