Just in time for Women’s History Month, The Rosin Box Project’s performance season begins with an evening featuring new commissions from three influential female choreographers, San Diego-based emerging choreographers, Bethany Green and Carly Topazio, and LA-based Guest Choreographer, Cherice Barton. Empower celebrates the work of some of todays top innovative and emerging female choreographers.
Bethany Green constantly blurs boundaries between dance and theater in whimsical and playfully driven works that are embedded in the exploration of the human experience. As a choreographer, she creates atmospheric, cinematic works that offer performers a space to emphasize the journey of real and surreal environments, emotions and encounters, often with a quirky touch of humor.
Artistic Director and Resident Artist, Carly Topazio, can best be described as an abstract storyteller drawn to exploring both genuine and extreme human expression. Her detailed and athletically charged choreographic language is informed by the surrounding environment – often being deliberately crafted or manipulated to further her pursuit of creating unique and unforgettable experiences for both the dancers and the audience. Topazio’s work created for Empower in 2023, ‘Se(quell)’, went on to be selected as a presenting finalist at the prestigious Palm Desert Choreography Festival this past November.
Guest Choreographer Cherice Barton is the recipient of the Dancers Transition Center’s retraining grant, with a focused effort on advancing her expertise in live and televised entertainment as a Creative Director. In her role as a choreographer, Cherice’s portfolio spans an impressive and diverse array of projects, boasting collaborations with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Crystal Pite, The Grammy Awards, Azure Barton, America’s Got Talent, Lucasfilm Animation, Dancebreak Broadway Showcase, and Spotlight Grand Finale at the Music Center LA, among others.
*All seating is first-come first-serve, please arrive early to claim your seats.
Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins.
Post Show Receptions are ticketed, and follow OPENING and CLOSING night performances on:
THURSDAY, March 21 and
SATURDAY, March 30
There will be a FREE Artist Talk-Back following the Saturday, March 23rd performance
Light Box Theater
2590 Truxtun Road #205
San Diego, CA 92106
