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Confluence
Choreography: McKell Lemon
Music: Connor Lemon
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2024
Performance Locations:
- Tundra
- Collections 2024
- Collections 2025
- Colorado Dance Educators Conference 2025
- Body Practice Grand Opening 2025
Confluence, simply put, means a flowing together. Inspired by the ocean and the formulation of coral reefs, this piece explores the process of seemingly separate particles flowing together to create an ecosystem that is more significant than its parts.
Cynosure
Choreography: Jamie Carr in collaboration with dancers
Music:
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2023
Performance Locations:
- Collections 2023
- Collections 2025
- RAW Artist Orange County
- RAW Artist Los Angles
- New Shoes 16
- National Arts Drive
- Los Angles Dance Festival
Cynosure is an investigation of the elements that pull our attention to our “true north” or place of contentment. Lights are the physical representation of the Cynosure that eventually engage the audience.
Element
Choreography: Amanda Carlson & Jamie Carr
Music:
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2023
Performance Locations:
- Mile High Dance Festival 2024
The four fun sections of this piece are tied together with the conecpt of exploring different elements of the Jazz dance style. A common phrase is repeated with different qualities to explore what the different styles feel like. While maintaining the unique element of the indivudal stlye the dancers perform the piece as a whole to show the totaliy the style of dance offers.
Endless Pathways
Choreography: Jamie Carr
Music: Circles We Draw
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2023
Performance Locations:
- Los Angles Dance Festival
- Original music video 2023
Endless Pathways is a piece about reflection and hope. The dancers work through the challenges along the pathways laid before them in search of positivity and joy. When the pathways of dancers cross they find strength and power when moving together. This piece intends to inspire audience members to lean on the people in your life during the challenging times and to celebrate with them during the joyful times.
Expose It
Choreography: Jamie Carr
Music: Marcus Carline
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2018
Performance Locations:
- Bite Dance Company Showcase
- San Pedro Art Festival
- RAW Artist Orange County
- RAW Artist Los Angles
- New Shoes 16
- National Arts Drive
- Los Angles Dance Festival
Vulnerability. Encounters with this word typically evokes a negative connotation, a weakness; as if exposing your inner self in an honest and true way is wrong. But is it possible to think of the opposite? What if an act of vulnerability is exceptionally brave?
Expose It journeys through these complex questions. The negative connotations of vulnerability represented by the use of socks, creates barriers that limit growth and produce frustration. When the dancers present their vulnerabilities to the group they discover strength and courage and begin to experience freedom. With support from each other, the dancers doubts and fears are transformed into feelings of freedom.
Fidus
Choreography: Jamie Carr
Music:
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2019
Performance Locations:
- Reflect Showcase
Fidus – the Latin word for faithful or loyal.
Fidus is a trio depicting gratitude for friendship. Through thick and thin, friends are always the biggest advocate, enthusiast, and aly one could have. Through extensive partner work, the dancers depict reliance and sharing through the difficult, the day to day and joyful times. Friends know the true version of you and vice-versa; even when you don’t see it yourself. The detailed movement expresses the appreciation for friends who can be there to support, back-up, and celebrate each other.
Flux & Flow
Choreography: Jamie Carr
Music:
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2025
Performance Locations:
- Collections 2025
Flux & Flow explores the dynamic nature of the creative process. The piece begins with an initial spark of inspiration that ignites movement, curiosity, and exploration. As the dance unfolds when all seems lost, a subtle shift occurs. The rhythm of the body begins to change, and a new creative spark appears—this time, stronger and more refined. As the movement flows, the dancer finds new pathways, embracing the uncertainty and fluidity of the process.
Good to be Alive
Choreography: Jamie Carr in collaboration with the dancers
Music: Andy Grammar
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2026
Performance Locations:
- Collections 5
Good to be Alive is a heartfelt and dynamic moment where all the artists come together to share one stage and create something truly special. Crafted in just a handful of hours, displays how quickly creativity can flourish when we come together. In this piece, we are all one family, supporting each other through movement, creating a shared, unforgettable experience that exemplifies the power of community.
Kaliedascape
Choreography: Jamie Carr
Music:
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2026
Performance Locations:
- Collections 5
From the Greek kalos (beautiful) and eidos (form), Kaleidescape explores beauty through shifting design. This collaborative work unites the professional artists of Authentic: Grooves with the youth dancers of the Authentic: Movers program.
Built from fragments — individual phrases, perspectives, and generations — the piece reveals how distinct parts can form a powerful whole. Like a kaleidoscope in motion, each turn reconfigures the space, offering a new arrangement of patterns that are vivid, intricate, and fleeting. Structured formations dissolve and reassemble as pathways intersect, guiding the dancers through constant transformation.
In this ever-shifting landscape, the only constant is change itself — and within it, a shared expression of connection, mentorship, and artistry.
Parasol Piece
Choreography: Performers
Music: Sojirn
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2025
Performance Locations:
- Red Ball 2025
Parasol Piece description coming soon…
Reflection Spectrum
Choreography: Amanda Carlson
Music:
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2026
Performance Locations:
- Collections 5
Reflection Spectrum is an exploration of the vast emotional landscape we inhabit — across a moment, a day, a lifetime. The work examines how the emotions we carry within us are sometimes offered to the world, only to be reflected back in unexpected ways. It asks: are we the authors of our own emotional experience, or are we mirrors of the people and world around us? As the dancers navigate this interior terrain, they embody a central truth of human existence — that the world inside us is sometimes at odds with the world outside.
This work is ever-evolving, with plans to grow through collaboration with live musicians and visual sculpting artists as the piece continues to develop.
Resilient Threads
Choreography: Jamie Carr
Music:
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2026
Performance Locations:
- Collections 5
Resilient Threads delves into the interdependence of diverse human narratives. The movement serves as a testament to the resilience and compassion that propels humanity forward, transcending individual experiences to create a collective tapestry of vitality and synergy.
Rooted
Choreography: Performers
Music: Sojirn
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2018
Performance Locations:
- San Pedro Arts Festival
- Spectrum Showcase
- National Arts Drive
Rooted, A performance piece designed to study individual growth while focusing on unity. Each performer brings their unique characteristics that contribute a distinctive element to the entirety of the piece. This element, while weak when alone, increases strength when combined with every performer’s artistic expression. The different expressions utilize a score that demands collaboration between all performers creating the desired outcome of unity.
Furthermore, navigating through the complexities of non-verbal communication nourishes the collective energy of the performance. Similar to a tree root, each artist exclusively burrows deeper into the concept of collaboration, resulting in the union of a single tree. Although the piece uses no details to a story, this unification manifested between the artists provides a vessel that connects to the audience.
un.fixed
Choreography: Jamie Carr in collaboration with the dancers
Music: Jesse Hunter
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2018
Performance Locations:
- Dance All Day Festival
- San Diego Festival of the Arts
- National Arts Drive
- Collections 2025
When Asked is loosely based on the colloquial phrase “the good, the bad, and the ugly”. Authentic: Grooves company members take movement from a base phrase, increase the complexity and details, and discover new possibilities when asking to reveal the totality of oneself. The three dancers represent the same character but are highlighted one at a time to introduce different personality aspects of the same individual. Ultimately revealing and accepting all sides of one’s self provides clarity and a sense of completeness.
We Are Family
Choreography: Amanda Carlson & Jamie Carr
Music:
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2025
Performance Locations:
- Collections 2025
We Are Family is a heartfelt and dynamic moment in the performance where all the artists come together to share one stage and create something truly special. It’s a celebration of unity, where the collective energy and spirit of the group shine through. Building community is a core value of Authentic: Grooves, and this piece embodies that mission by encouraging social interaction, promoting inclusivity, and fostering a sense of joy.
When Asked
Choreography: Jamie Carr in collaboration with the dancers
Music: Jesse Hunter
Costume Design: Diane Carr
Premier Date: 2018
Performance Locations:
- Dance All Day Festival
- San Diego Festival of the Arts
- National Arts Drive
- Red Ball 2024
- Collections 2025
- Dance City Festival NYC 2025
When Asked is loosely based on the colloquial phrase “the good, the bad, and the ugly”. Authentic: Grooves company members take movement from a base phrase, increase the complexity and details, and discover new possibilities when asking to reveal the totality of oneself. The three dancers represent the same character but are highlighted one at a time to introduce different personality aspects of the same individual. Ultimately revealing and accepting all sides of one’s self provides clarity and a sense of completeness.