Yet Another Skin to Shed
Choreography: Tatum Beynon
Music: Swarm by Max Cooper, Early Morning Haze by Yehezkel Raz
Costume Design: Tatum Beynon
Videography: William Lang
Dancer: Tatum Beynon
“A snake is still a snake, no matter how many times it sheds its skin.”
The embodied experiences of changing, growing and healing… The curiosity, discomfort, and rawness of shedding different parts…. What is projected, versus what is internalized…. Continual renewal, exposure, and sometimes undetectable transformation, yet we are still fundamentally the same. Does peace always follow chaos?
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To my parents: thank you for your absolutely endless support, for encouraging me when things get difficult, and loving me for me. I truly would not be where I am today without you. To the Dance Faculty: You have shaped my experience here into something that I will cherish forever. Thank you for challenging me, investing in me, and believing in me. I am beyond grateful and I will miss you all dearly. To my fellow senior BFAs: I am so, so proud of us! I could not have asked for a better group to share the last four years with. You mean more to me than you will ever know.
Minnesota native Tatum Beynon is currently a senior at the University of Iowa finishing her BFA in Dance and Certificate in Performing Arts Entrepreneurship. At the University of Iowa, Tatum has had the privilege of working with renowned choreographers, including Eloy Barragán, Armando Duarte, Shannon Alvis, Kristin Marrs, Melinda Jean Myers, and Christopher-Rasheem McMillan. In addition to her university training, she has also trained with the Kansas City Ballet School, the School of Ballet Arizona, and the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC. She has performed at the American College Dance Association for two years in a row, the Harvest Contemporary Dance Festival in Chicago, and in the Iowa Dance Festival. Tatum believes that dance is the most honest expression of the human condition.
In addition to performing, Tatum is also an administrator and educator. She has held marketing and communication roles for both the Iowa Dance Festival and Stephanie Miracle’s The Parking Space Project, and continually aims to use her classroom as a vehicle for positive change. Tatum is excited for what the future holds for and is looking forward to developing her career in dance post-graduation.