WONDERFUL
Choreography: Garet Wierdsma, in collaboration with the dancers
Soloist: Eveline Vergnani
Dancers: Tatum DeSouza, Cassie Lorom, Kyleigh Olivier, Lily Smith, and Noor Taweh
Music: "Wonderful World" by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, sung/interpreted by Garet Wierdsma, and "Vessel," "Insides," and "The Wider Sun" by Jon Hopkins.
Piece Description: "WONDERFUL" attempts to process the complexities and hypocrisies of the world around us- both the natural and the social; the earth and the humans that shape the earth. "WONDERFUL" deals with the sense of being all alone despite the abundance of life around us; of feeling trapped despite earth’s endless potential for freedom. "WONDERFUL" is both a dream and a prayer, a nightmare and a plea, and everything that is felt in between.
Piece History: "WONDERFUL" began as a dance film that was released in May of 2020 and went on to be showcased in Rogue Dancer Film Fest in July 2020. Sacred Heart University chose Garet as their 2022 Emerging Choreographer Fellow based on this film. For her commission at Sacred Heart University, Garet transformed the film into a live stage piece for Sacred Heart University's Dance Company. Garet then set the piece on Garet&Co, where it was showcased in "Dance Bloc NYC" at Dixon Place and in Connecticut Dance Alliance's "5X5" in November 2022.

Come Recover Here
Choreography: Garet Wierdsma
Dancers: Aubrey Bannish and Layla Foley
Music: "Come Recover Here (Alternate Version)" and "Climbing Air" by Son Lux
Piece Description: "Come Recover Here" depicts and explores a manipulative and toxic relationship. For one person in the relationship, the person that is hurting them is the same person they go to when they need comfort and love. For the other, the person they love the most is also their easiest target to deflect negative feelings about themself. This second person is hurting deeply but can't separate the truth of their own pain from the existence of the person they love the most, constantly comparing themselves to this person.These two people are forever tangled together and stuck in a cycle of deep wounds cut by the other.
Piece History: “Come Recover Here” debuted in Garet&Co’s “ECLIPSE” in February 2023, and is being presented for the second time tonight.

and sometimes i wish
Choreography: Garet Wierdsma, in collaboration with all the dancers who have contributed to the growth of this work
Soloist: Kyleigh Olivier
Dancers: Tatum DeSouza, Cassie Lorom, Julia Maranzano, Lily Smith, Noor Taweh, Eveline Vergnani, and Garet Wierdsma
Understudies: Aubrey Bannish and Layla Foley
Music: "It's a Fine Day" by Billie Marten, "Uncertainty" by Arthur Vyncke, “Hush Little Baby (Mockingbird Song)” by Unknown Artist, "rexlambo" by Abyss, "Abandoned The Outskirts" by Hayden Folker, "Identification" by Naoya Sakamata, and "Adrift Among Infinite Stars" by Scott Buckley. Other sounds made and edited by Garet&Co.
Piece Description: "and sometimes i wish" is a whispered cry for help from the inside of someone with many sides of themselves; all fighting for dominance and simultaneously destroying the whole. This piece is a depiction of the strength required to continuously search for freedom despite the inevitable truth of captivity: where no matter how far you run, you can never truly escape yourself.
Piece History: “and sometimes i wish” began as a dance film in June 2021 that went on to be an official selection of Queen's Theatre's "Turning In Place" Festival, won the Dance Cinema Award at Frostbite Indie Film Fest, and 3rd Prize at Emotion and Soul Film Festival. We then transformed the film into a live piece that was performed at Ku-Yang Lin & Dancers “Inhale” Series, and was the 1st Prize winner of Nacre Dance Group’s “So You Think You Can Choreograph.” “and sometimes i wish” then marked Garet&Co.’s NYC debut when we premiered the twenty minute version of the piece for Emerging Artist Theatre’s “New Work Series,” and the shorter version was then was showcased again in NYC at Dixon Place for Creative Performance’s “8 in Show.” A year after the release of the original film, Garet&Co created a sequel: "and sometimes i wish part 2: MUSICAL CHAIRS,” which premiered in Garet&Co’s inaugural film festival in October 2023. Garet&Co debuted the full stage version of “and sometimes i wish” in “ECLIPSE” in February 2023. Tonight is the second performance of the full version of “and sometimes i wish.”