While the dreamers were hard at work in the studio, Epstein was also working on the score. The show was based heavily around a philosophy of play-spontaneous, joyful. About three weeks before the show, we started to nail down the structure,” Epstein explained. “Rehearsal was a play space for exploration, and then Noah workshopping movement ideas with the dancers, me included, and just kind of playing for about four and a half months.
Other dreamers involved in the process were Davon Farmer (BFA ’22), Rachel Harris (BFA ’20), Helen Gratch (BFA ’19), Austyn Rich (BFA ’19) and Jessica Muszynski (BFA ’19). What followed was five months of rehearsals with a cast of BFA students, whom Epstein and Guthier call “dreamers.” India Dobbie (BFA ’22), Jona Huang (BFA ’22), Edward Oyarce-Solomon (BFA ’21), Alyssa Myers (BFA ’20), Ardyn Flynt (BFA ’19) and Satori Folkes-Stone (BFA ’19), performed the piece along with Guthier and Epstein.
We were able to bounce ideas off of each other and ultimately create a show that was greater than what we could have done by ourselves.” Rehearsals underway, lots of play “It was a blessing to collaborate with Noah in terms of workload, but also in terms of his incredibly creative mind. “Even in the preliminary stages of planning I had become so overwhelmed,” Epstein said. Epstein had begun to plan his process and realized just how much work was cut out for him. Guthier’s idea to combine projects came at just the right time. Fortunately, his colleague Noah Guthier (BFA ’19) found him after class. Of course, he only had a few months to put it all together, while still maintaining a full course load. All would be manipulated spontaneously throughout the evening. Epstein wanted to create a live interactive experience, with music, projections and dance.
When dance major Justin Epstein (BFA ’19) pitched his senior project late last year, he had big aspirations. Justin Epstein and Noah Guthier's "SandBox" | Photo courtesy Noah Guthier
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