2025 YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHER'S FESTIVAL
FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2025
SYMPHONY SPACE
NYC
YCF TEAM
Emily Bufferd - Producer
RJ Figueroa - Stage Manager
Becky Nussbaum - Lighting Design
Jaqlin Medlock - Photography
Manny Magnus Garcia - Videography
YCF CREW
Ali Koinoglou, Kayla Laufer, Sarah Chalarca, Bella Schneiderman, Shanna Landestoy, Tiffany Suarez
ADVISORY BOARD
Melinda Atwood, Michele Assaf, Sheila Barker, Ginger Cox, Maurice Brandon Curry, Tabitha and Napoleon D'Umo, Andy Funk, Diane Grumet, Shelly Hutchinson, Laurie Kanyok, Diane King, Laura Diffenderfer, Bill Prudich, Desmond Richardson, Pascal Rekoert, Andrea Snyder, Tracie Stanfield, Wes Veldink, Kat Wildish
MENTORS
Sheila Barker, Ryan Daniel Beck, Eric Campros, Cat Cogliandro, Ginger Cox, Nijawwon Matthews, Devin Richey, Matthew Shaffer, Tracie Stanfield, Dre Torres
PROGRAM
Beautiful Day by Olivia Ansaldi
Music: Beautiful Day by U2
Performers: Victoria Aufiero, Madison Beekman, Colleen Deady, Hannah Delamonico, Iliana Delgado, Shannon Fallon, Alivia Grosskreuz, Kelsey Jacobsen, Nicole Mattera, Rachel Minto, Sadie Olsen, Charlize Pedretti-Moussally, Katie Plitt, Emma Ricotta, Emma Santoro, Maura Walters, Olivia Yessis
OPENING REMARKS
The Chorus of Change by Avril Sharp
Music: Plans We Made by Son Lux
Performers: Natalie Cook, Natalie Gartner, Arden Haynes, Kennedi Jones, Taylor McIntosh, Avril Sharp, Macy Wright
Live in Vain by Tayler Ashley Smith
Music: Eternity by Benjamin Clementine
Performers: Em Bae-Wein, Mary Kate Conway, Kelsey Dowd, Emma Elsmo, Vanessa Escobedo, Arielle Francois, Caroline Frank, Catarina Girardi, Emily Johnson, Nina Limongelli, Patricia Lu, Anushka Makhija, Whitney Mulhern, Azura Ramsay, Abby Stevenson, Tyler Ashley Smith, Faith Tomlin
notice by Ali McClellan
Music: China Gates by John Adams and Bruce Brubaker
Performers: Marie Alexander, Mary Kate Conway, Lexie Corcoran, Julie Coriolanus, Vanessa Escobedo, Francesca Fedkowskyj, Catarina Girardi, Emily Johnson, LinMaria Collins, Ali McClellan, Samantha Noto
For The Some, Never For The Few by Tanner Frisbey
Music: L'enfer by Stromae
Performers: Jenavieve Adams, Danielle Bowen, Kayla Gonzalez, MacKenzie Howse, Abigail Jackson, Luke Jackson, Dylin McCarthy, Gabby Olson, Aiden Pressel, Emma Turrisi
Embrace the Empire by Katelyn Midgett
Music: Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Performers: Caelyn Dolar, Lily Farrell, Mackenzie Greer, Arden Haynes, Ra’Terian Jackson, Daja James, Kennedi Jones, Braxton Kent, Melody Kent, Lauren-Marie (LC) Lang, Allie Lekai, Taylor McIntosh, Katelyn Midgett, Avril Sharp, Elise Turner
L.E.D. by Lexie Stites
Music: Power Station by Cory Wong
Performers: Olivia Barnard, Dani Dorn, Lily John, Hayleigh Kemnic, Emily Low, MollyMcGee, Lexie Stites
the pro.cess of waking up (excerpt) by Cat Cogliandro/CATASTROPHE! - YCF Alumni Guest
Music: Alan Watts, with composition by Zachary White
Performers: Jade Falkenberg, Tessa Russ, Laniya Smith, Rileigh Timmerman
Stronger by Kathryn Zimmer
Music: Stronger by Kanye West
Performers: Danielle Ahern, Olivia Ansaldi, Emma DeLise, Hannah Delmonico, Julia Gately, Alivia Grosskreuz, Morgan Holmes, Kelsey Jacobsen, Rachel Minto, Madison Morris, Sadie Olsen, Mikela Pirri, Kathleen Plitt, Emma Ricotta, Maura Walters
Lonesome Town by Ella Paterson
Music: Lonesome Town by Ricky Nelson
Performers: Lexi Gray, Kelsey Kushnir, Savannah Rolfe, Kai Rose, Maggie Seger, Layla Shoobridge, Kendall Smith
Refraction by Deanna Stanton - YCF Alumni Guest
Music: The 5th Season by Nono, remixed by Matthew Larson-Arziari
Performers: Nicolas Bierwagen, David Cummings, Brittany Dowdy, Belle Urben, Harry Warshaw
INTERMISSION
Bailamos! by Braxton Kent
Music: She Bangs by Ricky Martin
Performers: Lauren Beck, Lia Benson, Natalie Cook, Lily Farrell, Irulan Francois, MacKenzie Greer, Kennedi Jones, Braxton Kent, Melody Kent, Allie Lekai, Taylor McIntosh, Katelyn Midgett, Elise Turner
Comrade by Billy Kasheta
Music: Sleepless by Novo Amor and Comrade by The Volcano Choir
Performers:Shannon Fallon, Lauren Foellmer, Annie Fowler, Annalisa Kilanowski, Moira Larson, Grace Pendleton
Musical Chairs by Zil Inami
Music: I Want To Be Well by Sufjan Stevens
Performers: Libiya Gray, Zil Inami
Cosmic Love by Maddie Beekman
Music: Cosmic Love by Florence and the Machine
Performers: Olivia Ansaldi, Brianne Chave, Hannah Delamonico, Gianna Delmedico, Kelsey Jacobsen, Nicole Mattera, Rachel Minto, Sadie Olsen, Emma Ricotta, Emma Santoro, Maura Walters
In Another Life… by Em Bae-Wein
Music: When We're Older by James Blake
Performers: Tyler Ashley Smith, Em Bae-Wein, Mary Kate Conway, Kelsey Dowd, Vanessa Escobedo, Arielle Francois, Catarina Girardi, Emma Holtzman, Steph Lacy, Nina Limongelli, Patricia Lu, Meg Luca, Whitney Mulhern, Grayson O'Neill, Kai Rose, Abby Stevenson, Faith Tomlin, Angela Weigel, Holly Zimmerman
Bounded by, Tethered In by Sami Frost
Music: The Letter - Remastered by Deux Filles, The Western by Woo, Vine Street Piano (orchestral) by Sun City Girls
Performers: Amanda Boyer, Pilar Mellon-Reyes
Diamond of the First Water by Ali Koinoglou - YCF Alumni Guest
Music: Somebody to Love by Queen
Performers: Victoria Amado, Paige Bird, Sarah Chalarca, Chloe Finch, Alicia Gavzy, Daniella Gomez, Kayleigh Griffin, McKayla Hughes, Hope Irish, Kelsey Jacobsen, Steph Lacy, Shanna Landestoy, Nicole Mattera, Madison Mcelvany, Kaite Plitt, Laniya Smith, Hannah Stebe, Maura Walters, Jenna Wolfe
JUX by Alicia Gavsy
Music: Rivers by Michael Wall and Sputnik by Frank Bretschneider
Performers: Jess Cater, Madi Crozier, Lauren Rupees, Amelia Sherman, Anna Stribrny
Violent Delights by Sawyer Rain
Music: Gulag Orkestar by Beirut
Performers: Kyra Atkinson, Devan Dowling, Madi Gilotti, Brooke Infurchia, Zoe Jensen, Lucy Renola
Some Nights by Maura Walters and Kelsey Jacobsen
Music: Some Nights by Fun
Performers: Alivia Grosskreuz, Annalisa Kilanowski, Brianne Chave, Danielle Ahern, Emma Delise, Emma Ricotta, Giulianna Fauth, Hannah Delamonico, Iliana Delgado, Julia Gately, Katie Zimmer, Maddie Beekman, Morgan Holmes, Nicole Mattera, Olivia Ansladi, Rachel Minto, Sadie Olsen, Victoria Afire
2025 Young Choreographer Bow
Thank you for joining us for our 2025 Young Choreographer's Festival!
Please plan ahead for our 15th Annual YCF!
Friday, June 12th, 2026 at Symphony Space.
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