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Terrain Dance Project

April 17 │ 2:00 p.m. April 18 | 7:00 p.m.
The Corner, Centennial Campus

The NC State Department of
Performing Arts and Technology

presents

Terrain Dance Project

Directed By

Amy Love Beasley and Allison Beaty


PROGRAM

The performance will run approximately 60 minutes. Audience members are encouraged to walk around the space during the performance and be mindful of sharing space with the dancers.

Sync’d in Swing

Choreographer:
Annabelle Sharp in collaboration with the dancers (Choreographed in 2026)

Music:
“Clip Joint Calamity”  by Kristofer Maddigan Performed by:  Matthew Pearce, Jackson Baker, Ben Peace, Karl Shroff, Cameron Kellner

Performers:
Avery Hook, Catilyn Eagan, Adriana Gonzalez, Katie Lods, Mary Rashford

Notes:
This piece is about the combination of music and dance. We explore how the dancers and musicians will have an equal part in a piece, with neither overpowering the other. The musicians and dancers bounce the energy back and forth to create a fast-paced jazz performance capturing traditional and modern jazz movement!

The Wind Has Ideas

Choreographer:
Amy Love Beasley in collaboration with the dancers (Choreographed in 2026)

Music:
“Epilogue” and “What We Saw” by Andrew Bird

Performers:
Alyssa Adams, Caitlyn Eagan, Chloe Mumy, Annabelle Sharp


Notes:
This work is inspired by work undertaken by researchers in NC State’s Crop and Soil Sciences and the Gage Lab, particularly looking at heirloom maize and its genetic potential for creating sustainable crops in a changing climate. It reflects the invitation of wind, wide open spaces and rows of corn, open hands, connection and joy, as well as the invitation provided by the performance space, the Corner, to gather and innovate. 

The title, “The Wind Has Ideas” is borrowed from the poem Rogue Corn by 
Nikki Wallschlaeger.

This piece is made possible by an Arts and Science Grant from the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Arts NC State. 

https://cals.ncsu.edu/news/unlocking-heirloom-corns-untapped-potential/


sweetpotato suite

Choreographer:
Jill Guyton Nee, in collaboration with dancers (Choreographed in 2026)

Music:
Divan Gattamorta, Dustin O’Halloran, Michael Wall, Deep East Music

Performers:
Allyson Bach, Caitlyn Eagan, Chloe Mumy, understudy Bailey
Krepps


Notes:
“Sweetpotato Suite”, is a trie inspired by the North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission’s mission and production process.
With movement generated by choreographer and dancers, the work is a reflection of planting, growth, harvest, and storage of the orange vegetable. With thoughtful fun and pensive flair, the dancers swipe, dig, toss, carry and glean the space around them in representation of the farmer’s tender care during a year in the life ofg the N.C. Covington Sweetpotato.
This piece is made possible by Arts NC State.
https://bae.ncsu.edu/people/boyette/https://sweetarmor.org/michelle-grainger/https://ncsweetpotatoes.com/


ONE

Choreographer:
Annabelle Scarborough, in collaboration with the dancers
(Choreographed in 2026)

Music:
“Guidance” by Samuel Organ, “Bias” by Floating Points, “Everything Turns” by slow attack ensemble, “Memory Arc” by Rival Consoles, “Infinite End” by Maxime Denuc

Performers:
Alyssa Adams, Allyson Bach, Caitlyn Eagan (Saturday), Adrianna Gonzalez, Avery Hook, Bailey Krepps (Friday), Lily McCabe

Notes:
“ONE” is a contemporary dance work that explores how we learn about the world through connection. Rooted in observation, improvisation, and personal reflection of each individual, the piece investigates the subtle moments when individuals encounter one another—through eye contact, gesture, proximity, and shared space. Drawing inspiration from everyday observations of strangers, the dancers translate details such as posture, rhythm, clothing, fragments of conversation—into movement, revealing how personal identities intersect within a collective body. Guided by ideas of chance, destiny, and the “red string” of invisible connection, the work investigates the notion that we are all connected.



FACULTY AND GUEST ARTISTS

Amy Love Beasley

Amy Love Beasley is co-director of Terrain Dance Project and an Assistant Teaching Professor in North Carolina State University’s Department of Performing Arts and Technology, teaching dance and somatic practices. She holds a B.A. in Studio Art from the College of Charleston and a M.F.A in Choreography from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Beasley brings her experiences as an artist in the field to her teaching, including performing for John Gamble, Susan Haines, Gerri Houlihan, BJ Sullivan, Sean Sullivan, Talani Torres, and Jan Van Dyke. Her own work has been presented at several universities, ACDA, NDEO, the NC Dance Festival, UNCSA, Art-o-Matic in Washington, DC and through Triskelion Art’s Waxworks and the Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn. Beasley’s research merges her studies and considers how visual art making and processes intersect with dance making and dance education. Inspired by her somatic practices and teaching, her research in each classroom looks at how mindfulness intersects with learning, moving, and self agency. Before joining the faculty at North Carolina State University, she was on faculty at Elon University, UNC Greensboro, Wake Forest University, and the UNC School of the Arts’ Summer Intensive.

Jill Guyton Nee


Jill Guyton Nee (guest choreographer) is a North Carolina-based choreographer and dance teaching artist. Her work has been presented in Thailand and throughout the United States. Creatively, she has worked with several distinguished choreographers including Mark Dendy, David Dorfman, Bebe Miller, Susan Hadley, Gaspard Louis, Shane O’Hara, Erin Carlisle Norton, and Carol Finley. She earned her BA in dance and BS in business management from Meredith College. After graduating, she joined the full-time staff at American Dance Festival, was a collaborative member of the former company Even Exchange Dance Theatre and served on the Board of Directors for Code f.a.d. Company before attending The Ohio State University Department of Dance for her MFA. As a teaching artist, Jill served as the Head of Dance and an Associate Professor for the University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance for ten years, taught at several college dance festivals, and choreographed in the private studio sector for more than two decades.

Anabelle Scarborough


Anabelle Scarborough is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and visual artist based on the East Coast, currently based in the Raleigh–Durham region of North Carolina. Raised in the Appalachian Mountains, her work is deeply informed by themes of beauty, femininity, spontaneity, improvisation, and community. She trained at the Martha Graham School in New York City and at UNC Chapel Hill, studying modern, contemporary, improvisation, composition, ballet, and heels. She is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor through the Asheville Yoga Center and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Wake Forest University. Together, these experiences inform a holistic, trauma-informed approach to movement that honors both emotional and physical wellbeing. Anabelle is currently a Guest Teaching Artist at North Carolina State University’s Department of Performing Arts and Technology. Working at the intersection of art, healing, and community, Anabelle’s interdisciplinary practice spans dance, yoga, photography, film, and arts-based education. 

Her projects reimagine how performance can activate and transform shared spaces, inviting audiences into intimate, participatory experiences that emphasize presence, connection, and collective storytelling. More can be found here: Anabellescarborough.co

Annabelle Sharp

Annabelle Sharp is a senior majoring in Fashion and Textile Management with a minor in dance performance and choreography. This piece is a part of her Dance Practicum for her Dance Minor. She is a founding member of Terrain Dance Project and the current President of the club Studio 804 Ballet Company here at NC State. She has choreographed for studio 804 for 6 semesters.Working on Ballet, Jazz, Hip hop, and Contempoary pieces. She has been dancing for 18 years, spending 14 of those years at a studio in PA and 9 of those years as a competitive dancer. Annabelle has taught dance at two studios teaching ballet, jazz, and tap. She will continue her dance career as a dancer and choreographer. 


MEET THE PERFORMERS

Terrain Dance Project

Alyssa Adams

Alyssa Adams is a second year student majoring in Human Biology, and minoring in Dance Performance and Choreography. She has been dancing for 17 years total, with about half of that time being competitively. Alyssa trained in a variety of styles at Monarch Movement Company, based in Hillsborough, NC, with her favorite styles being modern, jazz, and contemporary. This is Alyssa’s first year with Terrain Dance Project, and she is excited to dive into site-specific work in this environment, as well as growing as a dancer throughout her experiences in university

Allyson Bach

Allyson Bach is a third-year student majoring in Genetics with minors in Biotechnology and Health, Medicine, & Human Values. She has 14 years of dance experience beginning at Tammy Arrowood’s Stars of Tomorrow Dance Studio in Shelby, NC. Allyson was a competitive dancer throughout grade school with her favorite styles being lyrical, jazz, and contemporary. In high school, she served as a student instructor in ballet, tap, gymnastics, and conditioning classes. Allyson joined Terrain Dance Project in its inaugural semester and has continued to grow as a dancer and individual through unique site-specific dance.

Caitlyn Eagan

Caitlyn Eagan is a senior majoring in Human Biology with a minor in Dance Studies and Sports Science. She’s a founding member of TDP and has been dancing for 19 years, with 15 of those at Debbie Huffman Dance Academy where she trained in Ballet, Lyrical, Tap, and Jazz. Caitlyn was part of the competition team for nine years, and some of her favorite roles include Carabosse in her senior year and Pirate King in her ballet competition group. Caitlyn is also apart of the Pack Performance Leaders group.

Anastacy Golovidov

Anastacy Golovidov is a 3rd year in Graphic & Experience Design. She has been dancing since she was 2 and trained with Triangle Academy of Dance for 16 years. She participated in their student ballet company, with their Jazz Team, and took classes of tap, hip-hop, modern, and contemporary. She attended numerous competitions and conventions, participated in their Nutcracker, and Spring shows. She participated in Carolina Ballet summer intensives and performed in their shows as well. Some of her favorite roles include Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Her freshman year she participated in creating and performing a dance film at SCAD through their performing arts department. At NC State she has been taking dance classes and this is her second semester with Terrain Dance Project.

Bailey Krepps

Bailey Krepps is a junior pre-law Political Science major with a minor in Dance Performance and Choreography. Bailey has been dancing for 11 years, first as a competition dancer at CC & Co Dance Complex here in Raleigh and then in Orchesis Dance Theatre, the resident modern dance company at Saint Mary’s High School. She has danced jazz, contemporary, ballet, hip-hop, and modern dance over the years, but her favorite styles to perform are modern and hip-hop! This is her first semester with Terrain Dance Project, and she is so excited to keep dancing with this amazing group! 

Lily McCabe

Lily McCabe is a senior majoring in Psychology with minors in Art & Design and Dance Studies. Lily has been dancing primarily classical ballet for six years, the first three with Artistic Motion School of Arts, and the last three with the North Carolina Dance institute. At Artistic Motion, she took Vaganova ballet and technique classes. She also has four years of theatre and film acting experience, and had a lead role in two performances at the state level.

Chloe Mumy

Chloe Mumy is a senior majoring in Biological Sciences with minors in Dance Studies and Forensic Science. Chloe has been dancing for 17 years, primarily training under the direction of Cassie Loftin at Step Up Studio of Conover, NC for 14 years. For 8 of those years, she danced competitively in the southeast region, winning numerous solo and group awards. She is trained in ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, pom, and tap. Chloe is in her second semester with Terrain, and is a choreographer for NC State’s DanceLife Club. Outside of the university, Chloe serves as an assistant/guest choreographer at Royal Dance Collective in Conover, NC and a substitute teacher for Steps on Stage Academy of Performing Arts in Benson, NC.

Avery Hook

Avery Hook is a first-year student majoring in Environmental Sciences. She has been dancing for 14 years, starting her training with District Dance Company in Gaithersburg Maryland. There she was a competitive dancer for 8 years, attending many conventions and competitions over the mid-Atlantic region. She also participated in ballet performances such as the Nutcracker and The Wizard of Oz for 6 seasons. She is classically trained in Jazz, Tap, Acro, Hip-Hop, Ballet, Modern, and Contemporary. While this is her first semester at NC State, Avery is currently in Terrain’s dance company along with District Dance Collective’s Recreational Team. 

Adriana Gonzalez

Adriana Gonzalez is a first-year student majoring in International Studies. She began playing piano, then flute, before performing with the Cleveland Arts World Guard for 3 years, simultaneously taking classes in ballet and contemporary dance. She intends to eventually minor in dance after completing her 2 language minors. This is her first semester at NC State, and first semester with Terrain Dance Project.

Annabelle Sharp

Annabelle Sharp is a senior majoring in Fashion and Textile Management with a minor in dance performance and choreography. Annabelle has been dancing for 18 years trained in all styles of dance. Training at a studio in PA for 14 years, being a part of their competitive team, and on her high school dance team. She is a founding member of Terrain Dance Project and also is President and a choreographer for Studio 804 Ballet Company. Additionally, she is the dance chair for Pack Performance Leaders at NC State. 

Guest Performer

Mary Rashford

Mary Rashford is a Junior studying Industrial and Systems Engineering with a specialization in health systems. She has been dancing for 17 years and is trained in classical ballet, modern, contemporary, and character dance. On campus, she is the Vice President of Studio 804 Ballet Company where she choreographs and stages pieces.

Acknowledgements

This project is made possible by an Arts and Science Grant from the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Arts NC State. Thank you to Jory Weintraub, Michelle Hayford, and Rob Dunn for your encourgement of interdisciplinary work that includes the arts! 

Thank you to our science partners: 

Katleyn Rumley and Jordan Cummings for the education and insights into what you do and for opening us up to a new world and appreciation of corn, science, farming, culture, and sustainability.

Michael Boyette, NCSU Professor Emeritus of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Michelle Grainger, Executive Director of the North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission for connecting us to the integral work that you do, and opening our eyes to the international impact North Carolina has in the world of sweetpotatos, storage, and sustainability. 

Thank you to Jude DesNoyer and Craig Prince for brainstorming with us and for facilitating our performance at the Corner.

Thank you to all of the faculty in the Department of Performing Arts and Technology for their support. A special thank you to founding former co-director Professor Autumn Mist Belk, who conceived of and set Terrain Dance Project in motion!

Thank you to Dr. Michael Kanters, our interim Department Head, Dr. Doneka Scott, vice chancellor and dean of DASA, and all of our leadership who believe in the arts at NC State. A wholehearted thank you to the DPA&T staff who help keep the department moving and the performing arts performing. 

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