As the excitement to our Holiday show begins (WE ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!) I thought what better way to make it all come together than to introduce you to the multiple elements and collaborations we have involved.

For not only “Lamentations for Peace” but for almost all of our shows and repertoire pieces, Trey Alexander is our costume designer. Trey collaborates with the choreographers to help progress their vision and conceptualize an outfit or design that encompasses the feeling or story the choreographer is going for.

For “Lamentations for Peace” in particular, Trey has had the difficult task of creating a vintage-styled world amongst making each of us into multiple characters within one 75-minute show. There are multiple scenes that all have different feels – one is dark and mysterious while another scene is hopeful and full of angelic characters. For this show, I feel like Trey has over 90 costumes to manage. This includes us dancers, the children’s cast, and our child star – Peter.

Speaking of these other elements, our Holiday show includes many layers. As just previously mentioned – Hyde Park School of Dance’s training company dancers are involved in the show as well as a 7-year old boy who plays the lead – Peter Westergaard. In addition, there are loads of costumes by Trey, tons of props that fill the stage and set the scene, AND the Bourne singers which is a group of 9 beautiful live singers that make our music sound so beautiful I can hardly handle it.

There’s something for EVERYONE in this show – singing, dancing, acting, Holiday cheer, and so much more!! You don’t want to miss it December 6 & 7 at the Dance Center at Colombia College.