The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons (2022)

Choreography: Sarah Olson

Dancers: Jordan Busse, Maya Dorangrichia, Jax Emmel, Paige Hoover, Hanna Kiel, Alissa Krueger, Mandy Mathews, Emily Meyer, Elizabeth Pischel, and Bruno Salgado

Music: The Four Seasons by Max Richter after Antonio Vivaldi

Lighting: Gary Olsen

Costumes: Alexis Flaten

Stage Management: Wil Mannion

Max Richter’s recomposition of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons beautifully illuminates the pleasures and particularities of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. The emotional journey of this music was the primary inspiration for this work.

As the effects of climate change become more and more apparent with each passing year, there is ever greater urgency to reconsider our systems, industries, lifestyles, and structures to ensure that the pleasures and particularities of the seasons will remain for future generations to come.

Performed May 6-13, 2022 at the Studio Theater, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, WI

Received a 2024 Award for Choreographic Excellence, At-Large Virtual Adjudication, American College Dance Association (ACDA)