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Bloom (2022)
Choreography by: Melissa Ajayi
Performed by: McKenzie Beaverson, Sarah Kloos, Jennifer-Sandocal Eccher, Elizabeth Pollert, Shannon Sefcik, DeAndra Stone, Kat Yandrick, Heather Young
Tulle concepts in collaboration with Emily Barrera
Music: The Wailin' Jennys, Frederico Albanese, Ayla Neero
Vocals performed by Nightingale Women's A Capella
Members: Laurie Arnoff, Susie Antonelli, Jennifer Hillman, Nancy Jackson, Amy Kerr Thome, Cindy Langmack, Jennifer Proe
Lighting Design: Kix
Photos by: Matt DeGrand
Sown (2021)
Choreography and performance: Melissa Ajayi
Apron Construction: Jean Knestaut
Lighting Design: Kix
Photos by Matt DeGrand
Gibberish-ish (2025)
Choreography: Melissa Ajayi
Performed by: Marcia Custer, Morgan Grube, Lieneke Matte, Sara Perry Kunchik, Teagan Reed, DeMarco SLeeper
Lighting Design: Kix
Photos by Matt DeGrand
Women Walking Alone at Night (2025)
Choreography: Melissa Ajayi
Original music by: Luke Rinderknecht
Performed by: Sarah Kloos, Lieneke Matte, Elizabeth Pollert, Heather Young,
Lighting Design: Kix
Photos by Matt DeGrand
AGAIN and AGAIN and (2025)
Choreography: Melissa Ajayi
Performed by: Elaine Bayless, McKenzie Beaverson, Amanda Butterfield, Lex Cuevas, Morgan Grube, Elizabeth Pollert, Teagan Reed, Jennifer Sandoval Eccher, DeMarco Sleeper, Julia Smith, Kenya Woods
Lighting Design: Kix
Photos by Matt DeGrand
Luz Del Abismo
Written, Choreographed, and Directed by
Jenny Fitzpatrick
Performed by: Melissa Ajayi, Julia Dillard, Sarah Kloos, David Lenahan, Irving Morris, Riley Murray, Hannah Neff, Taylor Raines, Roya Ramezankhani, Claire Rose, DeAndra Stone, Heather Young
Costume Design: Jenny Fitzpatrick
Lighting Design: Tom Willis
Photos by: Jasmine A. Golphin
Videography and Editing: Jenny Fitzpatrick
Performed at Borderlight Festival July 2024
A collaboration between
Ajayi Dance and Blackbird Dance Theatre
Un-Inanimate
Choreography by: Melissa Ajayi
Performed by: Morgan Ashley, Julia Dillard, Lieneke Matte, Anastazia Vanisko, Heather Young
Lighting Design: Eli Kleinsmith
Photos by: Erika Weik
Place in Time: Where|How(2023)
Excerpt adapted for stage
Choreography: Melissa Ajayi
Performed by: Morgan Ashley, Julia Dillard, Sarah Kloos, Riley Murray, Shannon Sefcik, DeAndra Stone, Heather Young
Lighting Design: Eli Kleinsmith
Photos by Erika Weik
Moon Fight Hearing Aid
A dance comissioned and performed in collaboration with musician and composer
Luke Rinderknecht
for
No Exit New Music Ensemble's
Piano Dada Concert Series
Performed at Heights Arts
April 2024
Photos by Robert Muller
Place in Time: Where|How
A Site Specific Work at Ingenuity Labs, Osborne 3rd Floor
Cleveland, Ohio
October 2023
Floored
A site-specific work in the Ideastream Center Elevator at Playhouse Square, Cleveland Ohio
Created for Borderlight International Fringe Festival
August 2023
Photos by Erika Weik
AppeTeasers
A collaboration created and performed by burlesque artist, DDLee and Melissa Ajayi
Maelstrom Collaborative Arts: Bricolage
April 2023
Photos by Jasmine A. Golphin
Place in Time: There/Then
A Site Specific Work at Hale Farm and Village
Bath, Ohio
June 2022
Place in Time: Here/Now
Sulphur Springs Loop Trail, Bentleyville Ohio
August 2021
Cleveland Dance Community Calendar
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