Dance &
Choreography Reels
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“Unburdened &
Becoming”
a movement piece set to Bon
Iver’s “22, a Million”
Olivia’s Senior Capstone project, “Unburdened & Becoming,” is a twenty-minute movement piece that explores movement as storytelling, the creativity that comes from connection, and rediscovering the beauty of child-like play. Olivia had the pleasure of wearing many hats through this process - Choreographer, Director, Performer, as well as Set and Lighting Designer. Her training and experience in her B.F.A. Acting program inspired her to create a movement piece with storytelling and authenticity at the heart of the choreography. Click the button → to view a recorded edit or the live piece.
Why Do We Run To The Ones We Do?
an improvised screendance in collaboration with Daniel Sabraw
The product of a summer song obsession and some spontaneous improvisation, “Why do we run to the ones we do?” explores reckoning with grief and loss of self. Long-time Lorde lovers (first of course) and best friends, Daniel Sabraw and Olivia Rodriguez Smith, found themselves listening to the track “David” on repeat. Though lyrically gutting, with production equally as haunting, there is something beautifully cathartic about that chaotic bridge. They immediately saw visions of a screendance that would mimic and uplift that chaos through movement and intentional editing. Within hours, that shared vision came to life surrounded by Mother Nature’s stunning beauty. As dusk set in, Daniel took his iPhone 16 and hit record as Olivia’s movement began to tell the story, unrehearsed and unscripted, like so much of life. This piece is dedicated to the younger versions of themselves who didn’t know any better. Today, they are endlessly grateful for the lesson of turning heartache into art through collaboration.
