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Yale Schwarzman Center Opening Celebration (BANDALOOP aerial performance)

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Melecio Estrella (artistic director), with Chibueze Crouch (text/performer) · BANDALOOP

A site-specific BANDALOOP aerial performance for the opening celebration of the Yale Schwarzman Center, with dancers descending from the rafters of Commons. It featured Yale alumnus Chibueze Crouch and live songs with the a cappella group Shades of Yale, with music direction by Ben Juodvalkis.

Premiere
2022-11-05
Venue
Commons, Yale Schwarzman Center (opening celebration)
Where
New Haven, CT
Performances
Recording session with Shades of Yale at 53 Wall Street, Oct 30, 2022. This was the Yale leg of an Oct-Nov 2022 tour that included Lincoln Center (NY, no live music) and Biddeford, ME (Oct 16-22).
Credits
Music director: Ben Juodvalkis (songs 'Following Fears' and 'God Is Joy'; vocal and instrumental demos). Text/performer: Chibueze Crouch (Yale '14). Vocals: Shades of Yale a cappella (Vivie/Vyann Eteme, Victoria Pekel). Musician: Ian Miller. BANDALOOP dancers including Jose Abad, Sarah Keeney, Wailana Simcock, Becca Dean, Rose Huey, Melecio Zambrano. Production: Skip Kirk, Mike Rogers, Basil Tsimoyianis, Derrick Lindsay, Thomas Cavanagh.

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