Velvet Tears | Alessandra Gonzalez & Jonah Cohen

Velvet Tears (2025) Alessandra Gonzalez, choreographer Jonah Cohen, composer Dancers: Janis Bady Antonia Gonzalez Lathan Goodrum Sara Guo Logan Rivera Musicians: Kingsley Hsieh, clarinet Pierce Wang, violin Noa Mogle, cello Shiqin Wang, piano "A dreamscape suspended between desire and dread." Thank you so much to Alessandra for being the most generous, flexible, and inspiring collaborator throughout the ChoreoComp process. Huge thanks also to our wonderful dancers and musicians who put their all into the piece. Finally, a big thank you to our ChoreoComp mentors Jerome Begin, Daniel Ott, and Mario Alberto Zambrano, our ensemble coach Nadia Sirota, as well as my teacher, John Corigliano, for their invaluable support and guidance. This recording is from the second performance of Velvet Tears, which took place on November 21, 2025 at the Choreographers & Composers 2025 event in the Rosemary and Meredith Willson Theater at The Juilliard School in New York City, NY. Website: https://www.jonahcohenmusic.com/ Soundcloud: / jonah-cohen-82. . Instagram: @jonahcohen.music For inquiries about this piece, please contact me through my website: https://www.jonahcohenmusic.com/contact Copyright Jonah Cohen 2025.