44th Annual Concert
May, 2027Irvine Barclay Theatre
A powerful, must-see contemporary dance performance, featuring the nation’s top artists, designers, and choreographers working in collaboration with young people who are change agents and beacons of hope within our world. These young dancers harness their distinctive points of view to consistently produce poignant, ground-breaking dance pieces that have drawn national accolades.
Four Performances Only!
May, 2027
8:00pm nightly, plus a 2:30pm Saturday matinee
General Seating $20
Benefit Seating $50*
-Half price discount for children under 13 and students
Thank you to our
43rd Annual Concert
Underwriters!
HONORARY UNDERWRITERS
The Beall Family Foundation
Helen Sperry Lea Foundation
WHH Foundation
ASSOCIATE UNDERWRITERS
Socorro & Ernesto Vasquez
CONCERT UNDERWRITERS
Bobbi Cox
Davis/Dauray Family Fund
Sharon & Terry Hartshorn
Cath MacIver & Jim Slaughter
Judith F. Posnikoff
Robyn & Dave Stauffer
Linda and Tod White Charitable Fund
CONCERT PARTNERS
Michelle & Timothy Dean
CONCERT SUPPORTERS
Hydraflow- The Ayloush Family
Carole & Rich Lee
James & Pamela Markman
Ginger & Arthur Ong
MEDIA SPONSOR
*As of May 22, 2026
About the Dances
Moon Tides
Choreographer Brit Falcon’s newest work, Moon Tides, is shaped by the dancers’ voices and their fleeting collisions layered through time. The movement is built collaboratively with the dancers, drawn from personal prompts, partnering games, improvisational scores, and gestures created in community. Sweeping group sections travel across the stage with speed, momentum, and grit, while quieter interwoven duets reveal moments of connection, support, and care. Like the moon and the earth to one another, the dancers both shape and are shaped by the shifting pulls between individuality and belonging as they grow alongside one another. The original sound score is developed and composed by Brit Falcon, with contributions from the dancers.
Reflections in Time and Space
Artistic Director Jennifer Bassage Bonfil’s new work, Reflections in Time and Space, celebrates her 20th Annual Concert with the organization, drawing from memories of past concerts and a curiosity about how memory lives in the body and brain. Inspired by shared and individual memory, neural pathways, and the brain’s duality, the movement explores patterns of connection through mirroring and response. The piece reflects the passage of time held in memory and the synaptic space where impulses are formed and reshaped. Original music by Brian Wood, featuring flute, piano, voice, and layered textures, unfolds as a living soundscape shaped by the emotional resonance of memory itself.
What We Cannot Build Alone
Choreographer Devin Oshiro’s new work, What We Cannot Build Alone, brings together dancers in a collaborative exploration of how individual voices shape and strengthen community. Blending precise angularity with grounded circularity, the choreography unfolds through themes of unity, contrast, support, and independence. Connections form and dissolve in ephemeral moments, creating a shifting architecture of bodies in space. Moments of unison reflect the experience of moving together while remaining true to oneself. Influenced by the abstract and geometric modern art of Wassily Kandinsky, the piece poses a central question: What can we build together that we cannot build alone? An original score by Zaq Kenefick weaves together atmospheric soundscapes, driving beats, and unexpected musical textures, shaped through play and improvisation.
About our Choreographers
Brit Falcon (she/her)
- New York City based choreographer, educator, and critically acclaimed dancer
- Earned her MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland and a BFA in Dance from The College at Brockport
- Teaching credits include Colorado Mesa University, NYU Gallatin, University of Oregon, Nazareth College, American Dance Festival, Gibney Dance Center, University of Hartford, Goucher College, and Performática (Mexico)
- On faculty at Marymount Manhattan College and makes work with Falcon Dance
Jennifer Bassage Bonfil (she/her)
- Started teaching at The Wooden Floor in 2006 and is the current Artistic Director
- Earned her BFA from Chapman University and MA from the University of Northern Colorado
- Founding Company Member of Backhausdance
- Previously taught at Chapman University, California State University Long Beach, and Santa Ana College
Devin Oshiro (she/her)
- Japanese–Mexican American dance artist from Diamond Bar, CA, who relocated to Seattle in 2025
- Earned her BA in Dance, magna cum laude from California State University, Fullerton
- Danced with Gibney Dance Company and worked as their Deputy Artistic Director of Community Action
- Has presented work nationally and internationally including at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

