The Next Stage Project (TNSP) presents:
Reflection
an evening work by:
Marijke Eliasberg in collaboration with the artists 

Reflection
We cover ourselves in layers of our thoughts
To protect? To Save? To Treasure? To hold? To forget?
Covering our center, our core, our light, our love, our stillness and our fire
Some layers are dark, some are light, and some layers are colorful
What would happen if we take the layers off?

​Little note from Marijke: "Reflection...Remember what it took for you to be here.. this performance is inspired by the ongoing thoughts in my head...life..love.... the elements: earth, air, water, fire... and the brilliant animated Oscar winning movie FLOW.
​Over the years, my work has been highly influenced by my Tai Chi Chuan studies with my Tai Chi Great Grandmaster William C. C. Chen and I'm forever grateful for the brilliant teachers and inspirational artists I have had the privilege studying and working with the past 30 years...in particular: Jana Hicks, Max Stone, Kevin Wynn & Pauline Levick. To be continued...

Friday November 14, 2025            
7:30pm
126 E 13th St. (between 3rd & 4th Ave)
New York City
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The Next Stage Project (TNSP) company: 
Hannah Albin, Delia Wada-Gill, Hwajin Kim, Sara LaPadula, Chauncey Pauley, Sophia Pielet, Sara Pizzi, Abby Register, Rosa Silva, Janina Amber Young 
​Concept, Choreography & Direction: Marijke Eliasberg in collaboration with the artists
Choreographic advise, Box Office & Technical Assistance: Jana Hicks
Photography & Videography: @beccavision

This performance would not be possible without the support of:
Great Grandmaster Chen & Priscilla Chen, Miguel Zapico, Sam Yee, Dusan Perovic, Jana Hicks,
Rebecca Oviatt, New York Insight Meditation Center, Peridance Center

✨ THE NEXT STAGE PROJECT is a fiscally sponsored member of New York Live Arts, Inc., a non-profit tax-exempt organization. If you want to make a tax deductible financial donation go to our website https://www.thenextstageproject.com  or:  https://newyorklivearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/donate/?dfId=a0n3q00000WXTjsAAH ✨ 

Reflection
Part one:
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Marijke Eliasberg in collaboration with the artists
Dancers in order of appearance:
- Marijke Eliasberg, Sara Pizzi, Rosa Silva 
- Delia Wada-Gill, Hwajin Kim, Sophia Pielet, Sara Pizzi, Rosa Silva, Janina Amber Young
- Delia Wada-Gill solo
- Hannah Albin, Delia Wada-Gill, Sara LaPadula, Abby Register, Janina Amber Young
- Hwajin Kim solo
- Chauncey Pauley, Sara Pizzi, Rosa Silva
- Marijke solo / Projection image inspiration: Great Grandmaster William C. C. Chen
- full TNSP company / Abby Register balance solo
Music in order: Max Richter, Sheridan Tongue, Gints Zilbalodis​, Imogen Heap, Sheridan Tongue, Craig Armstrong, Olafur Arnalds, Craig Armstrong
Spoken Word: Marijke Eliasberg
Poem: Refections in Time by Robert Langley
Projection image inspiration: Great Grandmaster William C. C. Chen

Part two:
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Marijke Eliasberg in collaboration with the artists
Dancers in order of appearance:
- Sophia Pielet, Janina Amber Young & Hannah Albin,  Delia Wada-Gill, Sara LaPadula, Chauncey Pauley, Sara Pizzi, Abby Register, Rosa Silva
- Sophia Pielet solo
- Janina Amber Young solo 
- Abby Register, Hwajin Kim
- Janina Amber Young solo & Hannah Albin, Sara LaPadula, Delia Wada-Gill,  Rosa Silva
Music in order: Echoes of Nature, Sheridan Tongue

Part three:
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Marijke Eliasberg in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers in order of appearance:
​- Hannah Albin, Sara Pizzi
​- Hannah Albin solo
- Sophia Pielet, Delia Wada-Gill
- Abby Register solo
- Sara LaPadula, Chauncey Pauley, Abby Register
- full TNSP company
- Hwajin Kim, Rosa Silva
- full TNSP company
Music in order: Thomas Dybdahl, Hans Zimmer

Part four: (* loud noise warning)
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Marijke Eliasberg in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers in order of appearance:
- Hannah Albin, Sara LaPadula, Chauncey Pauley, Sara Pizzi, Abby Register, Rosa Silva
- Sara LaPadula, Chauncey Pauley, Rosa Silva
- Sara Pizzi & Hwajin Kim, Sophia Pielet, Janina Amber Young & Sara LaPadula, Chauncey Pauley, Rosa Silva
- Sara Pizzi solo
- Chauncey Pauley solo
- Full TNSP company 
- Sara LaPadula solo
- Hwajin Kim, Rosa Silva
- Rosa Silva solo
- Marijke Eliasberg, Hannah Albin, Delia Wada-Gill, Hwajin Kim, Sara LaPadula, Chauncey Pauley, Sophia Pielet, Sara Pizzi, Abby Register, Rosa Silva, Janina Amber Young 
Music in order: Gints Zilbalodis​, Robert Foster, Diego Martinez, Paul Simon

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✨ The Next Stage Project: 
Founded in 2002 by Artistic Directors MARIJKE ELIASBERG and JANA HICKS, The Next Stage Project (TNSP) is a global dance company creating performance opportunities and experiences to help dancers further their careers and realize their dreams. By forming partnerships between selected artists from around the globe, creating and seeking national and international venues to perform our works, TNSP aims to push artists to their next level and to challenge and encourage creative artistic growth through dance, choreography, performance, education and exchange programs.
​Company dancers are selected for their commitment, passion, talent and genuine interest in collaborating with the Artistic Directors.The Next Stage Project is known for it’s organic movement style and exposing the space beyond one's kin-sphere in a satisfying combination of full body movement and small obscure interactions, portrayed by talented, strong and expressive dancers. Creating and working fast and furious, the work thrives on passion for dance - always in the moment and letting inspiration lead the way. 

THE NEXT STAGE PROJECT is a fiscally sponsored member of New York Live Arts, Inc., a non-profit tax-exempt organization. If you want to make a tax deductible financial donation go to our website https://www.thenextstageproject.com  
or:  https://newyorklivearts.secure.force.com/donate/?dfId=a0n3q00000WXTjsAAH

Marijke Eliasberg, native of the Netherlands, Founder and Co-Artistic Director of The Next Stage Project (TNSP), has been dancing, teaching and choreographing for the past 27 years in New York City. In 2001 Marijke founded the global dance collective: The Next Stage Project (TNSP), which she co-directs with Jana Hicks. With TNSP, she travels around the world, teaching, creating, mentoring and making exchange and performance projects possible. In NYC, Marijke currently teaches modern contemporary classes at Peridance Center and has taught at Gibney,  Ballet Arts, Now Yoga, Steps on Broadway, Dance Space, Dance New Amsterdam, Dancewave, Broadway Dance Center, FSU in NYC Master Program, and Improvisation & Composition classes at the Joffrey Ballet School. She has taught and created works in the USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Italy, France, Japan, and India. As a performer, she has worked with numerous companies and choreographers including Jana Hicks, Pauline Levick, Nita Liem/Don’t Hit Mama, Guido Tuveri, SunHwa Chung, Jenni Hong, Max Stone, and Kevin Wynn among others. Marijke holds a BFA in physical education with a specialization in dance. She continued her modern dance studies at the Rotterdam Dance Academy (Codarts) in The Netherlands and Dance Space Inc in NYC. Her continuing education, which includes studying extensively with  Chinese Great Grandmaster William C. C. Chen in NYC refining his short form, long form, sword form and push-hands. GGM Chen recently awarded her with the Title of Master teacher.  https://www.thenextstageproject.com

✨ Meet the performance artists:
Hannah Albin (She/They) is a dance artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a B.F.A. in Dance Choreography and Performance from the University of California, Irvine where she trained under Lar Lubovitch. During her undergraduate degree, she performed solo roles as a trainee with the José Limón Dance Foundation under Dante Puleio and Kathryn Alter and collaborated in projects with Lindsey Matteis and Joshua Manculich. In 2022, Hannah joined the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company in Albany, NY until moving to Brooklyn, NY in 2024 where she now performs with Trainor Dance, Megan Flynn Dance Company, Jamie Drye and Francesca Marinaro Dance Company, and The Next Stage Project, as well as choreographers Wilma Casal and Matty Mahoski. To create new work, Hannah is inspired by the intersection of dance, philosophy, and the human condition.

Delia Wada-Gill (she/her), originally from MA, began her training at the Boston Ballet School. As a student in the pre-professional program, she studied ballet, modern, and character, and performed works by Mikko Nissinen, Balanchine, Bournonville, among others. She continued her training at José Mateo Ballet Theatre as a member of YouthWorks, performing original works by José Mateo. After graduating magna cum laude from the Questrom School of Business, she moved to NYC to pursue a dual path as a financial risk consultant and freelance dancer. This is her second time performing with The Next Stage Project (TNSP) and she is very grateful to share the stage with such inspiring dancers.

Hwajin Kim is from South Korea and moved to New York in 2015. She worked with ZIT dance company, Lee.K dance company, Jo Seong-eun, Megumi Horiochi, and TNSP (The Next Stage Project). Recently, she is interested in the connection between her body and mind and is still loving dancing.

Sara LaPadula is a dance artist and educator from Westchester, New York. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2021 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a Minor in Education. During her time there, she performed works by renowned choreographers, including Camille A. Brown, Uri Sands, and a soloist role in José Limón’s A Choreographic Offering. After college, Sara joined the Limón Dance Company as a trainee and was invited to be a member of their second company the following year. Through this experience, she performed works by José Limón, Ashley Lindsey, and Devin Richey, as well as with the Limón Dance Company at City College in May 2023. Currently, Sara is a full-time dance educator, teaching students ages 3–18 across New York City and Westchester County. This past year, she studied under Marijke Eliasberg and Miho Ryu at Peridance Center, an experience that led to the honor of performing new work by Miho Ryu and becoming a member of The Next Stage Dance Project, directed by Marijke Eliasberg and Jana Hicks. In addition to her work as a professional dancer, Sara became a Certified Personal Trainer in 2018. She enjoys integrating her dance background into her work with fitness clients and incorporating strength training principles into her dance instruction. Sara is honored to collaborate with such inspiring artists and is grateful for the opportunity to learn from Marijke and Miho.

Chauncey Pauley graduated from Elon University Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance Performance & Choreography. Since living in New York she has worked &  performed with Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre, Ariel Rivka Dance, ToUch Events (Elizabeth McGuire), Alison Cook Beatty Dance & in the Lincoln Center Summer Festival’s production of Paradise Interrupted. She is currently dancing for, The Next Stage Project (Jana Hicks & Marijke Eliasberg), Danse En L'air (Yuka Kawazu) as well as with Disagreeable Creatures (Danita Shaheen).

Sophia Pielet is a queer dance artist and collaborator from El Paso, Texas where she grew up studying and performing classical ballet and modern technique. She received her BFA and Minor in Arts Entrepreneurship from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in May 2023. The same year, Sophia was awarded the Thomas S. Kenan Fellowship where she received training in Lincoln Center’s approach to arts education and developed a capstone dance piece with her partner, performed at Lincoln Center, in 2024 and later at Arts on Site. She also joined Marijke Eliasberg’s and Jana Hicks company The Next Stage Project, and has been dancing with them ever since. In January of 2025, Sophia was invited back to perform at the Lincoln Center in a Kenan Fellow Capstone project. Sophia is an arts educator, administrator, and choreographer, and has worked administratively at Lincoln Center and with Cornfield Dance. She teaches at studios and programs around the city including Manhattan Youth Ballet, Brava Dance Center, Moves in Motion, and the Imogen Foundation. Sophia has appeared in dance films and music videos directed by Summer Sierra, Sophia Williams, and other local NYC filmmakers. She enjoys being in front of a camera, modeling for magazines and photographers on projects around the city that focus on movement. She is an active podcaster on her YouTube channel, sharing her life as a dancer and her opinions on her existence in the world. As a lover of community and collaborating with friends, Sophia is currently writing and choreographing a dance film with her partner and film colleagues. Her work will premiere in January of 2026.
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Sara Pizzi is an Italian dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher in New York City. She graduated from Steps on Broadway and Peridance Certificate programs in 2020. Sara performs with several esteemed dance companies, including The Next Stage Project, Kaleid Collective, Six Degrees, FLDP and more. She is also the co-founder of the sarAika Movement Collective. Sara has graced notable stages such as Lincoln Center, City Center, Mark Morris, and NYLA, and has been featured on the Times Square billboard. Her work was first commissioned in 2021, culminating in her debut evening-length performance, a European-Japan tour in 2023, and she received her first choreographic residency in 2024. As a dedicated educator, Sara teaches at Dalton School and for the "Hands are for Holding" program by Gibney. Additionally, she works as an associate photographer and videographer for BECCAVISION and is a Tai Chi Chuan practitioner of the Great Grandmaster William C. C. Chen style and just recently received her Sifu certification for his Short Form and Long Form.

Abby Register is a Marietta, GA native. In Georgia, she performed  roles such as Aurora, Mercedes, and Sugar Plum Fairy, and pieces by Tom Pazik, Kassandra Taylor Newberry, and Balanchine as a company member with the Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theater.  Abby received her BFA from the University of NC School of the Arts and continued her career with the Oklahoma City Ballet under Robert Mills and Penny Askew. Since moving to NY, she has performed with numerous companies such as Ajkun Ballet, Athena Music Foundation, Hope Community NYC, and The Next Stage Project. She is a proud member of the AEA and hopes to be on Broadway soon. When not performing, Abby streams video games on Twitch, creates gaming content on YouTube, snuggles her pups, and bakes!

Rosa Silva originally from La Paz - Bolivia, moved to NYC 11 years ago to study at Steps On Broadway. Since then she has danced for Max Stone, Julia Ehrstrand, Eveline Kleinjans, Jessica Lewis, Richard Pierlon, Plu Sayampol, Katherine McClintic, and became a member of The Next Stage Project family, which she has performed with multiple times over the past few years.

​Janina Amber Young is a Brooklyn-based freelance dancer, choreographer, and interdisciplinary artist from Frankfurt, Germany. Initially trained in classical ballet, she expanded her expertise to modern and contemporary dance techniques. After earning a BSc in Business Sciences from Goethe University and working in portfolio management, she relocated to Brooklyn in 2022 and founded AFFEKT Dance Company in 2023. As Artistic Director of AFFEKT, Janina emphasizes community engagement and artistic vulnerability through free professional-level contemporary classes, ChoreoLAB sessions, and inclusive workshops across New York City. Her work intersects costume, fashion, and performance art, exploring how attire influences identity and narrative, enriching storytelling through stage, video, and photography projects.

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Reflections in time
By Robert Longley
Above there is reflection
Colorful and bright
Dancing in the sunlight
Shimmering at night
Just below the surface
Another world awaits
Holding onto mysteries
Until some future date
Our view will let us marvel
That these two coexist
And think on our experiences
And those we might have missed
The world is full of beauty
And also some surprise
Perhaps it is the future
Reflecting in our eyes
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