Jesse Obremski

Opportunity

by Jarom Hansen, an original commissioned composition

Jesse Obremski

Jesse Obremski and Brigham Young University

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Original Cast: Maddie Butler, Bethany Claunch, Isaac Moras Guevara, McCall McClellan, Brayden Singley,

World premiere at Brigham Young University’s Contemporary Dance Theater’s Concert (February 2019), and later performed in Prague, Czech Republic (July 2019), DUMBO Dance Festival (October 2019), Paris and Belgium Tours (June 2022), and the film version screened at Arts On Site (December 2019), Detroit Dance City Festival (September 2020), Cross Move Lab December Showcase (December 2020), and Final Bow for Yellowface’s 10,000 Dreams Festival (May 2021).

This work was commissioned by Brigham Young University and BYU’s Contemporary Dance Theatre.

10 minutes

Opportunity stems from a deep relationship built between choreographer, Jesse Obremski, and Brigham Young University (BYU). With various visits to BYU before this work’s creative process, Jesse felt an immense sensitivity to community and family, which then inspired the work. The work goes through the journey of a knit family of four and an outsider that has a desire to join such a community. It dives into the conversation about sharing space for others and, in doing so, how that can be truly empowering for all; How beautiful it can be when fully giving yourself to another, and how one’s choice(s), when given such an ‘Opportunity’, is an incredible responsibility. In collaboration with BYU composer Jarom Hansen, this ten-minute work has an original score as well as a dance film, with videography by Scott Cook.