Choreography: Maria A. Konrad
Music: Schubert, Premium Beat
This work explores the spark of an idea—how it emerges, flickers, and glows. Like luminescent light, inspiration appears most clearly when energy moves freely, between the brain and the heart. Neuroscience shows that creativity is born in dialogue: the brain organizing, questioning, calculating; the heart sensing, feeling, and guiding.
The dancers carry this inner light through movement, density, and stillness, allowing ideas to surface without forcing them. At its core, the piece asks: when a spark appears, do we follow it?
Dedication: This piece is for Donna Konrad, a Kansas City native who recently passed. She loved classical music, believed deeply in women, and encouraged those around her to pursue their voice and ideas with freedom and fierceness. Her determination in who she was and what she believed lives in this work.
World Premiere: January 29, 2026 at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity