root(ed)
Choreography: Lovar Davis Kidd
Music: Topas by Byetone
Costume Designer: Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer
Lighting Designer: Jim Albert
Dancers: Margaret Steimel, Alyssa Alber, Sabrina Duke, Jenny Fairman, Lauren Macke, Katelynn Malmstead, Dharmini Piekarska, Kaitlyn Rogers, Sarah Skilling, Emily Trapnell, Brianna Vogel
Creating a new piece of work is both exhilarating and absolutely frightening. My choreography is ever evolving, and my hope for this work is that it finds roots for the moment and continues to flourish when unearthed and replanted.
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Lovar Davis Kidd, known by L.D. is a poet, author, dance educator, musician, and antagonist to all ne'er-do-wellers. L.D. is no stranger to the stage having performed extensively in both dance and musical theatre productions throughout the US and overseas over the last 25 years. He currently serves as a staff member at Nolte Academy, and as an Adjunct Instructor of Hip-Hop at the University of Iowa, where he will begin his MFA in Dance this fall. When not teaching or choreographing, L.D. works as a licensed massage therapist and registered yoga teacher at Hands in Harmony in Cedar Rapids, IA. He is the proud father of two energetic boys, Myles & Kohen.