The Art of Becoming

A live performance and choreographic research project exploring identity, time, and transformation through ensemble storytelling.

Live in NYC — Agreement (Still) and The Passing of Time featured at Interim Dance Festival and Dumbo Dance Festival

The Art of Becoming is the first official performance series under Fearless Young Artists Studios—a living body of work that honors process, growth, and the space between “I have a dream” and “I’m going to do it.”

Featuring original works including Agreement (Still) and The Passing of Time, the project spans live performance, dance film, and choreopoetic storytelling—exploring identity, choice, and creative evolution in real time.

Agreement (Still) is a movement performance on inner peace, forgiveness, and the quiet agreements we make with ourselves in order to move forward.

Although I have performed on Broadway, in films, and on television, this work marks the first time I am performing from a place of personal comfort—both as a dancer and as a human. Becoming a parent profoundly shifted my body, my priorities, and my relationship to the arts and community. Consistently asking me to re-learn how I inhabit movement, time, and self. As I learned to pour creativity and community inward, a new level of artistry emerged—one rooted not in striving, but in listening.

Agreement (Still) explores what it means to live in forward motion while learning backwards. Agreeing to stillness inside the movements we make each day, honoring rest as an active choice.

Performed, Directed & Choreographed by: LaQuet Sharnell Pringle

Composed & Performed By: Britt Hewitt

Produced by: Fearless Young Artists Productions, LLC.

Associate Choreographer: Laura Aronoff Production

Filmed By: Meghan Keeney

The Passing of Time is a movement work created to close the First Act of The Art of Becoming. This is a physicalization of playful dance, and the lived experience of becoming an artist showcasing that if we can look up, we will see the light illuminating and welcoming us to the next level of living life fully.

This piece emerged from a collaboration with composer and Singer/songwriter Britt Hewitt, whose original music captures the boldness, bravery, and playfulness that define a creative life. What unfolds is a warrior-like journey—one that asks us to move with patience, curiosity, and intention through both valleys and mountaintops.

The Passing of Time honors the moments that lead us to remember the seriousness with which we create; they must not be held so tightly that we lose the joy, impact, and meaning of the work itself.

We believe time brings clarity. The question to our audiences is, will you choose to be present to your clarity or let time pass you by?

Choreography & Direction: LaQuet Sharnell Pringle

Original Music: Britt Hewitt

Produced by: Fearless Young Artists Studios

Associate Choreographer: Laura Aronoff

Filmed By: Meghan Keeney

Performed By: Adele Chi Mayu Yamashita Anne-Marie Browning Bella Crowther Sami Coplon Maddie Butterfield Laura Aronoff LaQuet Sharnell Pringle Ellie Reid Britt Hewitt