{"id":6044,"date":"2025-05-12T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/?p=6044"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:45:21","slug":"gesel-mason-en-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/2025\/05\/12\/gesel-mason-en-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Gesel Mason, &#8220;En Route&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1081940055?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Gesel Mason, &quot;En Route&quot;\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025<br>Bates College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artistic Director: Tristan Koepke<br>Lighting Director and Designer: Courtney Smith<br>Costume Director and Designer: Rebecca Armstrong<br>Technical Director: Justin Moriarty<br>Stage Manager: Kendall Jones \u201825<br>Associate Stage Managers: Ananya Rao \u201825, Zi Li \u201828<br>Company Managers: Jane Drumm \u201825, Elizabeth Nahigian \u201826<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>En Route<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choreography: Gesel Mason<br>Dramaturgy and Voice Over: Yunina Barbour-Payne<br>Assistant (to the) Choreographer: Love Muwwakkil Estes<br>Music: \u201cShowers of Ink\u201d by Loscil, \u201cGhosts\u201d by MAD NOISE<br>Performers: Charlotte Bernhard \u201828, Bella Daly \u201827, Scarlett Downes \u201828, Jane Drumm \u201825, Rosanny Estrella \u201826, Lydia Frew \u201825, Hazel Krinsky \u201827, Sophia Levine \u201827, Adrian Madanes \u201825, Aaron Martinez \u201826, Kiara McGinness \u201827, Bryn Murray \u201825, Elizabeth Nahigian \u201826, Amarachukwu Ogbonna \u201826, Ruslan Peredelskyi \u201825, Emma Randels-LaRocca \u201828, Lilah Rousso \u201825, Aliza Savin \u201827, Sarah Senator \u201825, Ellie Stevenson \u201827, May Whelan \u201825, Danny Zuniga Zarat \u201825 <br>Understudy: Misaki Fukushima \u201825*<br>Choreographer\u2019s Note:<em> En Route<\/em> is inspired by The Portland Freedom Trail, which highlights 13 key sites along the Underground Railroad in Maine. 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