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Little Theatre February 25 & 26, 2019 LaGuardia Performing Arts Center 31-10 Thomson Ave, L.I.C, NY, 11101

WWW.LPAC.NYC LPAC & MARE NOSTRUM ELEMENTS PRESENT ECS 2019 Selecting/Feedback Panelists & Mentors • Steven Hitt - Artistic Producing Director of LaGuardia Performing Arts Center • Christine Dakin - foremost exponent of the repertory and technique • K. Meira Goldberg - dancer, choreographer, teacher and scholar • Raja Feather Kelly - Founder and Artistic Director of the feath3r theory • Jacqui Dugal - Artistic Director of DUGAL PROJECTS • Miki Orihara - Curator/director NuVu Dance Festival • Joyce Herring - Associate Artistic Director of Rioult Dance NY • Archie Burnett - House/vogue/waacking dancer and teacher • Arthur Aviles - Artistic Director of Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance • Diego Funes - Artistic Director De Funes Dance • Jonathan Campbell - Co-founder/Co-Artistic Director of MADBOOTS DANCE Dear friends, supporters, and audience members, • Brit Falcon - Artistic Director Falcon Dance • Derick K. Grant - Tap Dancer, choreographer, teacher Thank you for joining us for the sixth annual Emerging Choreographer Series • Hochi Asiatico - Artist/designer, owner Hochi Asiatico Studio (ECS). We are honored to have your presence as we celebrate this year’s participants. They were selected after an extremely competitive audition ECS 2019 Consultants • Production: Steven Hitt (LPAC, Artistic Producing Director) process, with over eighty applicants vying for six spots. • Finance: Ashley Browne (AB Go LLC, Financial Consultant) • Writing: Amy Harrison (Rioult Dance NY, Executive Director) • Grants: Daniel Bamba (Queens Council on the Arts, Grants and Residencies Manager) In the past six years, ECS has been established as an one-of-a-kind participatory • Scheduling: Nicola Iervasi (Mare Nostrum Elements, Artistic Director) mentoring program that provides up-and-coming choreographers with the • Dramaturgy: Kevin Albert (Mare Nostrum Elements, President) • Music/Sound: Jamie Amadruto (Composer, Sound Engineer) tools to create, develop and premiere a new finished work. Through our • Costume: Hochi Asiatico (Artist/Designer) partnerships with LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC), Spaceworks NYC • Lighting: Christopher Weston (Lighting Designer) and American Foundation, participants receive up to 60 hours of • Tech: Carmen Griffin (Technical Director at LPAC) free rehearsal space. They also receive production and career development ECS Forward/Alumni News consultations from professionals in the field, one-on-one mentorship from In our commitment to support choreographers even after the program, we established ECS Forward, a established choreographers, as well as weekly meetings to exchange ideas with platform aimed at facilitating mutual support among alumni, feedback and sense of community. Activities fellow choreographers. include social gatherings, studio feedback as well as administrative and business support. We also strive to connect them with venues and opportunities to continue to investigate, produce and perform their work.

We strongly believe and advocate for fair pay for artists, for ECS 2019 we Mare Nostrum Elements and LaGuardia Performing Arts Center have been collaborating for 6 years, extended funding to increase remuneration for choreographers and dancers nurturing promising artists in our partnership and providing future opportunities through the CUNY Dance and we plan to keep increasing stipends for next year. Last April MNE’s Initiative and NuVu Dance Festival. Artistic Director Nicola Iervasi traveled to Italy and selected Italian Rohan Bhargava (ECS ‘17) and his company Rovaco Dance have been working on a new dance-theater choreographer Alisia Ialicicco to join the ECS as a cultural exchange experience production premiering at LPAC on April 18th and 19th, 2019. This work revolves around intimacy, sex, and between ECS and our exclusive Italian partner Accademia Nazionale di Danza. addiction. It is supported by a two-year residency from CUNY Dance Initiative.

Patrick O’Brien (ECS ‘17 & ‘18) is the CUNY Dance Initiative recipient for 2018-19 at LPAC. For ECS 2019 We are extremely proud and grateful for all ECS 2019 choreographers, he was selected as alumni guest artist to present a work in progress of Illicit Acquirement that will premiere dancers, staff and collaborators. We also thank you for joining us in support of at LPAC in Fall 2019. the program and most importantly for believing in the future generation of Susanne McHugh was selected to premiere a new section of Oblivion at IDACO NYC on May22-23-24, dance makers. 2019 at the Sheen Center.

Enjoy the show, Christina Carminicci is currently working on When the Smoke Clears, a full-evening work debuting March 29th at the Triad Theater (www.triadnyc.com). Nicola Iervasi & Kevin Albert (ECS Directors) Thryn Saxon was selected to present her work at LPAC on May 2, 2019 for NuVu Dance Festival.

Additional ECS Forward collaborating venues include the International Human Rights Arts Festival (IHRAF), and American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF). Mare Nostrum Elements Honorary Board 39-48 64th Street, Hochi Asiatico, Ronnee Segal ECS 2019 CHOREOGRAPHERS 2nd floor Woodside, NY 11377 Advisory Panel Brinton Parson, Igal Perry, Kaity Sinanis, Steven Email: [email protected] Hitt Website: www.mnelements.org Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Vimeo MNE Staff Jacqui Dugal - Operations Associate Mare Nostrum Elements (MNE) is a Collin Ranf – Marketing and Media Coordinator Woodside based Dance and Theater non- Phoebe Sandford - Development Associate profi t dedicated to developing collaborative, Mauro Carichini – Graphic Designer emotionally driven stage work blending dance, Gisella Sorrentino – Photographer theater, music, and movement of many Angelo Silvio Vasta - Videographer cultures. Susan Bednarczyk – Grant writer LISIA HRISTINA OLLY Founded in 2001 by Italian performer Nicola Mare Nostrum Elements proudly A C D Iervasi and American actor/director Kevin salutes and thanks all individuals, foundations IALICICCO CARMINUCCI SFEIR Albert the company has created original and sponsors supporting the Emerging International Choreographer multidisciplinary works (Mediterranean Voices, Choreographer Series 2019 and all other Last Chance), produced Off-Broadway shows MNE activities this year. (The Crucible, Biography) and presented work by emerging choreographers. In 2013 Anonymous (3), Robert Sr. and Annette MNE co-produced the Italian International Albert, Bob and Beth Albert, Raul Argudin, Dance Festival and the Italian Theater Festival Michele Ateyeh, Leslie Bains, Jane Bergere, Mia In Scena, presenting 3 plays by Mario Fratti at Berman, Matthew Blank, Kevin Brockman, the Secret Theater in Long Island City. Scott Bromley & Tony Impavido, Brooks and Distler, Leslie Bryant, Tom Cody, T. A. Cox, In 2002 Nicola and Kevin started gathering Barbara Cutler & James Emden, Gerald Dabbs, tools and knowledge from their training and Ellen David, Eve Ellis & Annette Niemtzow, performance careers to creating The Wave Jane & Leland Englebardt, Barbara Flood, Within Method providing working performers, Richard Freundlich, Matthew Garfield, students, and young adults with more Christopher C. Gates, Jane Gelfman, Wendy comprehensive performance tools. The Wave Gimbel & Douglas Liebhafsky, E. Robert & JOE THRYN Within workshops and intensives have been Barbara Goodkind, James Haag, Joseph Hardy, GARRETT offered at schools and festivals throughout Bill Hutton, Ondree & Don Isreal, George PARKER MONTELEONE SAXON New York and Italy. In 2010 the method was Jordan, Wayne Kabak, Jeffrey and Sandra adapted for children K-12 with the name The Kallenberg, Antonia Lanzi, Marc Leavitt, Pat Returning Choreographer Young Wave and offered in public and private Lee, Mr. Sacha Levy, Anita Lobel, Shirley Lord schools, dance and acting schools in New Rosenthal, Tripp March, Doris and David May, York, Vermont and Italy. Gabe Miller, Pamela Moller Kareman, Irene Neves, Barbara and Emery Olcott, Anthony The Emerging Choreographer Series, Paradiso, Brinton Parson, Dr. Alice Pisciotto, established in 2013, is Mare Nostrum Dean Pitchford, Stephanie and Christopher Elements latest development. In 2015 MNE’s Porterfield, Deborah Reinish & Michael commitment to emerging artists through the Theodore, Kathy P. Robbins, Daryl Roth ECS received the Artistic Excellence Productions, Sacks & Sacks, Stephen Salladé, Recognition Award from the Queens Council Corinne Samios & John McCrosky, Jane Safer, on the Arts Junior Board. David & Amy Schwartz, Ronnee Segal, Susan Seidel, Ken and Ellen Stuart, Serra Yavuz, Nicola Iervasi - Artistic Director Charles Winkelstein, Sherri Zeitlin, The Evelyn Kevin Albert - President Sharp Foundation, The Joseph and Licia Gimma Foundation, Thomas F Kearns Jr. Living XIANIX PATRICK SUSANNE Board of Trustees Trust. BARRERA O’BRIEN MCHUGH Kevin Albert, Raul Argudin, Michele Ateyeh, Lorraine Calculli, Kimberly Huie Alumni Guest Choreographer Preview Choreographer PART 1 PART 2

Clock. Wise. (Pre-Show - Lobby of Little Theatre) Latido Choreographer: Joe Monteleone in collaboration with dancers Choreographer: Xianix Barrera in collaboration with Kelsey Burns Performers: Diane Auriol, Sara Crayne-Dedrick, Joe Monteleone, Shelley Performers/Dancers: Xianix Barrera, Kelsey Burns, Antonia Jimenez, White, Ashley Yehoda Luis Ossa Musical Composition: Antonia Jimenez and Luis Ossa Room II (excerpt) Costume: Isabel de la Rosa and Marcela Aguayo “Latido” is inspired by the Greek myth “Pygmalion”, a sculptor who fell in love with his statue. The sculptor Choreographer: Garrett Parker // Detox Movement Inc. has created an ideal woman and lover, brings her to life, and soon realizes that this elicit love—between two Performers/Dancers: Alex Bittner, Cemiyon Barber, Jake Kruty, Jihyun women, of different universes, is universal in its all-too-human dilemmas. Kim, Garrett Parker, Rohan Bhargava and Samsam Yung Music: Composed by Jacob Kruty featuring excerpts from P.S. by The Richness of Me (Excerpt From When The Smoke Clears) Books, Terryfolds by Justin Roiland and Closing Aria by Phillip Glass. Choreographer & Performer: Christina Carminucci 'Room II' exists as the sequel to 'Room I', which was originally created and presented during Mare Nostrum Music: Moody's Mood for Love (Amy Winehouse), Lost Kingdoms Elements Emerging Choreographers Series 2018. Have no fear, 'Room III' is on the way! Special thanks to (Nubya Garcia) Kevin Albert, Nicola Iervasi, Jamie Amadruto, Steven Hitt and my wonderful cast for all the support. I would like to dedicate this performance to my great-grandmother, Caterina Varcasia. there is an aching inside OndAnima - Wave Soul Chorographer: Thryn Saxon Choreographer: Alisia Ialicicco Performers: Maya LaLiberté, Teigha-Beth Bailey, Alessandra Ramnarine, Dancers: Juliet Bernstein, Marina Goitia Alegria, Alisia Ialicicco, Natalie True Emily Diers, Emily Tellier Music: Yellow Moon by Luca D’Alberto; vocals: Alisia Ialicicco; Music: Cadenza on the Night Plain: The Night Cry of Black Buffalo Sound designer: Jamie Amadruto Women by Terry Riley, Kronos Quartet, Poised from the Bulb by Origamibiro, Costume designer: Natalie True Vanishing Point by Grouper This piece was created in collaboration and conversation with the dancers. ******Choreographic Preview***** Oblivion (excerpt) Holy Frame Rate: A Parody of Time Choreographer: Susanne McHugh Choreographer: Joe Monteleone in collaboration with dancers Performers: Diane Auriol, Morgan Hurst, Roza Savelyeva Performers: Diane Auriol, Sara Crayne-Dedrick, Joe Monteleone, Music: "Meteorites" by Yann Tiersen edited by Susanne McHugh, Shelley White, and Ashley Yehoda "Hurricane (reprise)" by Yann Tiersen edited by Susanne McHugh Rehearsal Director: Kat Reese A continually evolving work, Oblivion abstractly depicts the varying ways mental illness can manifest and Rehearsal Collaborator: Peter Cheng portrays the differentiating ways individuals cope with their disorder. Costume Design: Sue Monteleone hi are you like me Music: Peder Mannerfelt, Busta Rhymes, Susumu Yokota & Kahimi Karie, Choreographer: Dolly Sfeir Lumigraph, Freehlance Whales Dancers: Abigail Kelvas, Tyler Zydel, James Mertz, Mathilde Guerrero, Christiana Roberts, Caleb Austin, Lexi Janz, Paige Werman INTERMISSION - 10 MINUTES - Please join us in the lobby for Music: Jesse Scheinin and Pablo Eluchans Illicit Acquirement (excerpt) Choreographer: Patrick O’Brien 2/25: Post performance reception in the lobby Dancers/Co-conspirators: Andrew McShea, Margaret Jones, Jill Pajer 2/26: Q&A with Choreographers - Moderator: Jacqui Dugal Can you truly get something for nothing? Everyone has a little larceny in them. Illicit Acquirement will premiere at LPAC in Fall 2019 as as part of CUNY Dance Initiative residency. ECS 2019 PERFORMERS ECS 2019 PERFORMERS

ABIGAIL ALESSANDRA ALEX ANDREW LUIS MARGARET MARINA MATHILDE KELVAS RAMNARINE BITTNER MCSHEA OSSA JONES GOITIA GUERRERO

ANTONIA ASHLEY CALEB CEMIYON J. MAYA MORGAN NATALIE PAIGE JIMÉNEZ YEHODA AUSTIN BARBER LALIBERTÉ HURST TRUE WERMAN

CHRISTIANA DIANE EMILY EMILY ROHAN ROZA SAMSAM SARA ROBERTS AURIOL DIERS TELLIER BHARGAVA SAVELYEVA YUNG CRAYNE-DEDRICK

JACOB JAMES JIHYUN JILL SHELLEY TEIGHA TYLER KRUTY MERTZ KIM PAJER WHITE BAILEY ZYDEL

JULIET KAT KELSEY LEXI BERNSTEIN REESE BURNS JANZ ABOUT THE 2017, Garrett has been fortunate to share work at began college at SUNY Purchase's Conservatory of has enjoyed teaching, performing throughout NY, Baruch Performing Arts Center (IDACO), Laguardia Dance and then continued her studies at University and discovering new ways to move. CHOREOGRAPHERS Performing Arts Center, the Davenport Theater, the of the Arts where she obtained a BFA in dance with International Human Rights Arts Festival, NYC honors. She was the recipient of the Nadia Alessandra Ramnarine is a St. Petersburg, Alisia Ialicicco, (International Choreographer) is Chilkousky Nahumck Award for Creativity and Florida native where she grew up studying classical an Italian dancer, teacher and choreographer, born Dance & Music Festival and Arts on Site. He believes there is nothing more beautiful or better Dance-Making for her senior thesis "Choke". She is and Horton technique at the Pinellas County in Campobasso and based in Rome. Student of the in the process of establishing her own company Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School with Accademia Nazionale di Danza, she recived her BFA able to express the layers of an idea, than the human body moving through time and space. while also dancing for Asya Zlatina. Susanne was Suzanne Pomerantzeff and Patricia PL Paige Parks. in Modern and , now she’s fortunate to be one of the eight choreographers She earned a BFA in dance at the Alonzo King studying for her Master Degree in Dance Teaching selected to participate in the Ann and Weston LINES Ballet School in San Francisco,CA and Program. In 2017 she won a scholarship for Martha Joe Monteleone, the “Andy Warhol of ” (The Moving Beauty Series) is “A one-man- Hicks Fellows Program at Jacob’s performed original works by Amy Seiwert, Michael Graham Dance School and she was in New York to Pillow in August of 2018. Her work has been Montgomery, Gregory Dawson, Carmen deepen her knowledge on Graham, Cunningham, band soloist and choreographer who mixes his own music, video art, records monologues, and controls showcased at the Hudson Guild Theater, The Tank, Rozestraten, Keelan Whitmore, and many more. In Horton Technique and Contemporary Dance. She Triskelion Arts, Greenspace, Bridge for Dance, The NYC she has performed with the Brooklyn Opera, has danced in Panorama by Martha Graham, his own lighting - the rare control freak who can do it all and come out with a dazzlingly realized Connelly Theatre, Dixon Place and Spoke the Hub Impact Movement Collective, and classical tango reconstructed by Caterina Rago, in Ravello Festival in New York. orchestra Artists by Any Other Name. and she worked with many choreographers like project” (Huffi ngton Post). His multimedia solo Buglisi, Siard, Simeoni, Haisma, Picò, Capanna, Di work and company (Monteleone Dance) have been presented at over 45 venues throughout New York Thyrn Saxon, SAXYN/DanceWorks is a free Alex Bittner was raised in Brooklyn, New York. Pretoro, Azuela. Ialicicco, is the Coordinator of the lance artist from Miami, Fl. Saxon’s work has been She began her training at the Mark Morris Dance dance faculty for Dance Art Campobasso and she City, nationally and internationally to great acclaim, listed in the Huffi ngton Post’s “Best Dance performed across NYC at GreenSpace, Gelsey Center, and went on to LaGuardia High School of works to help the young talent to step into the Kirkland ArtsCenter and The Actor’s Fund Theater. the Performing Arts. She graduated with a BFA professional dance world. Performances of 2017”. Joe is at the forefront of movement invention with his “Extraordinary . . . Saxon is currently dancing with Kate Weare from SUNY Purchase, where she performed works motion-fi lled movement variety” (Critical Dance), a Company with whom she has toured nationally and by Alexandra Beller, Martha Graham, MADBoots, Christina Carminucci, born and raised in NJ, is abroad. Saxon’s debut dance fi lm, “all of her”, was Jose Limon, and more. She is currently working a based tap dancer. She began her fully original movement vocabulary titled “New Axiom Movement”. “Far and away the most moving an offi cial selection for the 2018 LA Dance Shorts with Corinne Shearer and Dancers, Jody Sperling/ training with the Tap City Youth Ensemble and has Film Festival, The MarDel Presents: Dance on Film Timelapse Dance, Michiyaya Dance, and Rocha studied extensively under the mentorship of Derick and meticulous dancer” (Phoenix New Times), Joe combines a “masterful use of technology” with Festival (nominated for Best Choreography), SPARK Dance Theater. K. Grant. Seen performing on reputable stages, this Dance Film Festival and ARTS TRIANGLE Dance proud Jacob’s Pillow alumna has danced for a “exceptional dance and choreographic skills” (The Film Festival. Saxon was recently selected to Andrew McShea is originally from Leesburg, VA number of notable choreographers including Dance Enthusiast) to create philosophically driven multimedia dance theatre. Joe has taught in and has participate in the Mare Nostrum Elements: and received his BFA in Dance from Point Park Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Brenda Bufalino, and Emerging Choreographer Series in 2019. Michelle Dorrance to name a few. Passionate about been commissioned by various institutions and University in 2016. He currently is a freelance sharing her love and knowledge of the art form, she organizations throughout New York City and New dancer based in Brooklyn, NY. Recently, Andrew has Jersey. He received his BFA in Dance at Mason Gross Xianix Barrera, a LatinX native New Yorker, had the privilege of performing nationally and currently teaches at Steps on Broadway and the began her studies in fl amenco in New York and American Tap Dance Foundation, where she is in School of the Arts, Rutgers. www.monteleonedance.com internationally with Gallim Dance. He has also | @monteleonedance Spain. Xianix performs internationally at such enjoyed performing in works by Maxine Doyle, her third season as an Artist in Residence. Christina prominent venues as the Joyce Theater, Tablao El is focused on developing her own works and Micaela Taylor, and Robin Mineko Williams. Andrew , (Alumni guest choreographer) Duende in Copenhagen, the Red Theater in Abu is excited to be sharing another fulfilling piece by creating her own artistic voice in the dance Patrick O’Brien hails from Bakersfi eld, CA and is currently a dancer, Dhabi, and Cafe Silverio in Sevilla. In 2012, she Patrick O’Brien! community. teaching artist, and freelance choreographer, running founded Xianix Barrera Flamenco Company, which a New York City-based contemporary dance produces traditional fl amenco performances and (Puerto Santa Maria, Cádiz) is Dolly Sfeir, attended Studio Arabesque in Antonia Jiménez freelance ensemble. He is the recipient of a CUNY workshops with elite international artists. Xianix considered the most important name among Lebanon at 4 years of age. Through her collegiate has been awarded the SU-CASA community arts education, Sfeir studied with prominent artists such Dance Initiative residency for 2018-19 at LaGuardia Spanish Flamenco guitarists. She has been PAC. Patrick is honored to be presenting his work engagement grant (2018), was an Artist in performing for over 30 years, touring all over the as Lorin Johnson, Linda Sohl Ellison, Jose Costas, Residence with Flamenco Vivo (2017) to explore Sophie Monat, Gracie Whyte and Rebecca Lemme. in Mare Nostrum Elements’ ECS again. world accompanying Spain’s top dancers and Independently, O’Brien has presented original works the intersectionalities of gender and sexual identity musicians while cultivating her career as a soloist In 2013, she joined Contempo Ballet with artistic within fl amenco, and was a scholarship recipient at director Jose Costas. Her choreography has been at The Brooklyn Museum, Dixon Place, Socrates and performing her original compositions in Sculpture Park, MMAC, EMIA, Nimbus Dance Jacob’s Pillow (2008). Xianix is also the master theaters and international festivals. presented at numerous stages in NYC such as Alvin fl amenco teaching artist for the Joyce Theater and Ailey, Bridge for Dance and Actor's Fund, and was Works, Ailey Citigroup Theatre, Loew's Theatre, Hudson Guild Theatre, GKA, and 14th Street Y. He NY City Center during its annual Flamenco Ashley Yehoda is a Jersey City/ NYC based part of numerous festivals such as The McCallum Festival. Theatre Choreography Festival, Awakenings and has received support to tour his work in Seaside movement artist. They graduated from Rutgers Beginnings Festivals, Long Beach State. She has Panama City, FL, Philadelphia, PA, and Harrison, CT. University: Mason Gross School of the Arts with a worked with renowned artists such as Robert Patrick has also been commissioned to set original ABOUT THE BFA in Dance Performance. Ashley has been Moses and Kate Hutter. She received a College of works in Honolulu, HI (Movement Center), on PERFORMERS dancing for Monteleone Dance since 2014 and has the Arts Scholarship from CSU Long Beach State CelloPointe (NY), and at Joffrey Ballet School. He also worked with Aimee Plauche, Of Bones II currently works closely with Gabrielle Lamb/ Hollye Bynum, and has trained with FACT/ SF in University, where she received her BFA in Dance. Abigail Kelvas is a dance artist currently based Pigeonwing Dance as a choreographic assistant and in New York. With roots in the Hudson Valley, she San Francisco. Additionally, they are a co-founder company dancer. and collaborator with spacejunk dance, based on Garrett Parker (Returning Choreographer) is a has traveled and danced abroad in France, Belgium, NYC dance artist and director of Detox Movement, and Italy. After training at a local studio and summer Jersey City. a newly formed 501(c)3 committed to creating, Susanne McHugh, (Choreographic Preview) intensives including Complexions Contemporary documenting and sharing dance. Garrett was born Originating from Philadelphia, Susanne McHugh’s Ballet and Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts she Caleb Austin began professional training In 2014 in North Carolina and spent much of his childhood early training was dedicated to classical ballet. She went on to graduate with her B.F.A in Dance from at The Joffrey Ballet School where he performed in New Delhi, India. Since graduating from the later changed her focus to contemporary dance and the University of the Arts. Since graduating, Abigail works for several notable choreographers such as University of North Carolina School of the Arts in trained with Koresh Dance Company. Susanne… Nathan Trice, Sekou McMiller, Rena Butler, Lane… Gifford, and Patrick O'Brien. After Joffrey, he violence shelters and schools across New York City Kat Reese is a dancer and teaching artist from D.C, Boston and Spain, working with different became ensemble for Maleek Washington’s with Gibney’s Community Action programs. originally from Eatontown, New Jersey. She is a companies, choreographers and dance styles. collective as well as Justin Giles’ Soul Escape. He has founding member of Monteleone Dance, and has worked commercially as well, as seen in HBO’s Jacob Kruty is a Brooklyn-based dancer, served as its rehearsal director since 2015. In Mathilde Guerrero grew up in France and Random Acts Of Flyness by Terrance Nance, choreographer, musician/sound designer, videographer, addition to her work with Joe, Kat also as a moved to NYC to study at the Ailey School as a choreographed by Domani Pompey. Currently, he’s and photographer. Originally from Bucks County, PA, member of the Equus Projects, a dance company scholarship student, where she trained with world- working with MATHETA, Wandering Movers, and Jacob attended the University of North Carolina which creates site-specific and inter-species renowned teachers. She had the opportunity to Dolly Sfeir & Dancers. School of the Arts and graduated in May of 2016. Prior improvisational performances. Reese has also had dance in a Vogue Magazine video choreographed by to that, Jacob was a student at Interlochen Arts the pleasure of teaching dance to a vast range of Danielle Polanco, danced for Columbus Day Cemiyon J. Barber is a professional dancer Academy with a focus in Dance while taking classes in movers in high school, university, and private dance Parade’s Red Carpet, performed and modeled for offering over 9 years of experience in Classical photography. Outside of formal schooling, Jacob has studios and in programs for senior citizens. Sony at Jacob Javits Center. She also became a Ballet and Classical Modern techniques such as José trained at Hubbard St, San Francisco Conservatory, company member with Vanessa Long Dance Limon, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham. B12, and the Merce Cunningham Trust. Jacob’s work Kelsey Burns is a dancer, choreographer, and Company, Wandering Movers, Patmon Dance Originally from Jackson, Mississippi, Cemiyon has been most recently been seen at the Mare actor based in NYC, specializing in contemporary, Project and is very excited to be in Dolly Sfeir’s received his High School Degree and Arts Diploma Nostrum Elements' Emerging Choreographers Series, fl amenco, partnering, and latin ballroom. Company cast for this project. in Dance from Idyllwild Arts Academy in California the Italian Dance Festival, and the dancer: The Movement Playground, One Day Dance, and is now a graduate from SUNY Purchase with a CreateArt showcase at Gallim Dance. Movement of the People Dance Company. You can Maya LaLiberté is originally from Colorado BFA in Dance. follow her at burnsworks.squarespace.com and on and she recently graduated with a degree in dance James Mertz is originally from Long Island, NY. Instagram as @kelsinmotion. from Smith College in Massachusetts. She has Christiana Roberts is from Metuchen, NJ He graduated from the University of the Arts with a worked with many wonderful artists including where she began dancing at Metuchen Dance B.F.A in dance in 2017. He has also trained at the Lexi Janz is an NYC based dancer+artist. Born Jennifer Nugent, Angie Hauser, Bebe Miller, Dafi Centre and went on to attend The Boston Centre National de la Danse in , France, and at and raised in Denver, CO, she trained at Michelle Altabeb, and Bill T Jones / Arnie Zane. Her work has Conservatory, receiving a BFA in Dance. Christiana Springboard Danse Montreal in Montreal, Quebec Latimer Dance Academy. Her performing career been presented at Smith College, the Boulder Jazz has trained at ABT, San Francisco Conservatory, in 2017. He has performed in works by Sharon Eyal, began with Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises and Dance Workshop, Bates Dance Festival, and the ImPulstanz, Spellbound Contemporary Ballet, Vim Andrea Miller, Miles Keeney, and Willdabeast Adams/ Disney Resort. Musical theater credits American Dance Festival. She recently arrived in Vigor, and b12. Professionally, Christiana has Janelle Ginestra-Adams, among others. He is include Legally Blonde and Man of La Mancha New York City, and is thrilled to be collaborating in performed throughout NYC with Thea Little and currently a member of the hip-hop group 34th & (Barrington Stage Co). NYC company work such a vibrant arts scene. Artists, Here Now Dance Collective, Lou Mandolini, Phunk and a company member of The Orsano includes iKADA Contemporary Dance, Bluebird Dolly Sfeir, and as a freelance performance artist. Project. Uncaged, Emma Elliott Dance and Broken Box. She Morgan Hurst received her BFA in Dance in Christiana is grateful to work with Dolly again, is also involved with The Project Dance Foundation. 2014 from S.U.N.Y. Purchase, where she graduated alongside such phenomenal artists. Jihyun Kim is originally from Seoul, South Korea. with the Bert Terborough Award. Outside of She earned her MFA in dance from Tisch School of Luis Ossa (percussionist), born in Medellín, dancing for Susanne McHugh, Morgan dances with Colombia, has over 15 years of experience as a Mari Meade Dance Collective, has done work for Diane Auriol was a student with SILVA RICARD the Arts, NYU in 2017. Jihyun has performed in Ballet in her hometown of Millau, France where she works by Crystal Pite, Trisha Brown, Stefanie Batten percussionist for various music styles and genres. SummerStage with Luca Veggetti, collaborations at had a strong ballet technique as jazz, and Bland, Gaspard Louis, Rohan Bhargava and Alice He was introduced to fl amenco in 2005 as an The New School with Jean-Baptiste Barriere, and contemporary. At 18, she moved to New York and Klock. She is currently a New York-based dancer, accompanist of fl amenco dance and song alongside has danced for Nimbus Dance Works, Sum Bones, became a student at the Martha Graham school choreographer, and educator. masters Israel Heredia, Israel Suarez “Piraña” and Touche Pas, Doug Varone, and many more. and a performer with Graham 2. She has also Ramón Porrina. studied the Gaga Technique in Israel and New York, Jill Pajer raised just outside of NYC, began her Natalie True is a Brooklyn based dancer and bouts of musical theatre and has worked with many training at Ridgefi eld Conservatory of Dance and Margaret Jones grew up in Raleigh, North costume designer. She received her BFA in upcoming choreographers such as Joe Monteleone, continued at SUNY Purchase where she received Carolina training and performing competitively. She Choreography from Marymount Manhattan College Ari Mayzick or Miriam Barbosa. Since the beginning her BFA in dance. Over the course of her training attended the University of North Carolina School where she trained in Horton, Graham, Limón of 2017, she has been exploring her own style as a she performed works of Lar Lubovich, alex|xan of the Arts where she received a BFA in techniques. Natalie has performed works by Maria choreographer. Median Movement, Robert Battle, Bill T. Jones, Lucca Contemporary Dance in 2015. She currently Torres, David Parker, and Elisabeth Motley. Current Signoretti, Anton Rudakov, Doug Varone, Michael dances with BARE dance company, Abarukas, costume credits include The Movement Monteleone Dance, and DEPTH dance. Margaret Playground’s Until Innocence, Mobilized Voices’ Emily Diers began her dance training in Chicago, James New York and Jonathan Riedel. She is and went on to graduate summa cum laude from currently the choreographic assistant and rehearsal has performed as a part of various festivals don’t go back. where?, and costume assistance for Point Park University with a B.A. in dance. Since director for Megan Bascom of Megan Bascom and throughout NY and abroad, most recently including Sarah Dixey in A$AP Rocky’s ‘Lab Rat’ Art moving to NYC, she has had the pleasure of Dancers. Jill also dances with Inclined Dance Masdanza in Maspalomas, Spain. She presented her Performance. working with Jessica Gaynor Dance, VonUssar Project, Nadine Bommer Dance Company and own choreography for MNE’s Emerging Danceworks, Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, and Ayalis in Motion. Choreographers Series in 2016. Margaret is excited Paige Werman began dancing at two in South Steeledance, and is currently working on projects for this new opportunity to work with Patrick Florida where she competed while training in with Falcon Dance, Donnell Oakley, and Annalee Juliet Bernstein is a dance artist originally from O’Brien and the talented artists he’s brought Classical Ballet. Paige is a graduate of The Ailey Traylor. Emily is thrilled to be working with Thryn Los Angeles, CA. She’s a recent graduate from together! School/Fordham B.F.A. Program double-majoring in for the fi rst time. University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA, where she Dance and Environmental Policy. She trained with earned her BFA in dance with a minor in musical Marina Goitia was born in 1996 in Bilbao, Spain. BODYTRAFFICLA, The Art of Classical Ballet, and She got her professional degree in classical and Complexions Contemporary Ballet and is a former Emily Tellier is originally from North Vancouver, theatre under the direction of Donna Faye Canada, and now resides in Brooklyn as a freelance Burchfi eld. Her most recent debuts as a graduate contemporary dance at the Royal Professional Universal Orlando Resort performer. Paige has dance artist. She has performed at venues and include being a part of the upcoming feature fi lm Conservatory of Dance “Mariemma” in Madrid. She danced with Neville Dance Theatre, JP Dance festivals such as Central Park’s SummerStage, the “Aviva” directed by Boaz Yakin and choreographed is currently dancing her second season with Ballet Group, and Dolly Sfeir. Paige teaches for Alvin Ailey 2010 Winter Olympics, the 92nd St. Y, and Ladies of by Bobbi Jean Smith, as well as performing in Hispánico second company in New York City and at AIE and Mark Morris and is a Performance Athlete Hip Hop. Emily is passionate about the intersection Roschman Dance Company’s 2018 season. the same time, she is continuing her dance studies for ClassPassLive. of dance and social justice working in domestic at Peridance Capezio Center. She’s been dancing in New York, San Francisco, Los Ángeles, Washington Rohan Bhargava was born and raised in New Ratmensky, and José Limón. He also attended Reception Refreshments provided by Delhi, India. He holds a B.F.A in Dance from NYU's Springboard Danse Montreal where he learned Tisch School of the Arts and works for Kizuna Ohad Naharin and Hubbard Street rep. After Dance, Greater Ridgewood Youth Council, Periapsis graduating, he moved to New York to be an 849 Manhattan Avenue, Music and Dance, and 10 Hairy Legs. Rohan is the ensemble dancer in the Radio City Christmas 322 West 46th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 founder of Rovaco Dance Company (Learn more at Spectacular featuring the Rockettes. 187 Bedford Avenue, www.rovacodance.com) New York, NY 11377 www.orsorestaurant.com Brooklyn, NY 11211 ABOUT THE CREW Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Roza Savelyeva is a Russian native and has been Brooklyn, NY 11201 Brooklyn based since 2017. Outside from dancing www.fornino.com with Susanne McHugh, she directs The Borcsht Christopher Weston (Lighting Designer) has an Our Sponsors & Partners Collective, dances with Mari Meade Dance MFA in Lighting Design from NYU’s Tisch School of Collective, Touché Pas, and Emily Wolfe. Roza has the Arts, and a BFA in Performance Studies from the This program is made possible with received a Certificate in from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His The ECS is supported, in part, funds from the Decentralization "Kazan” Dance Ensemble and has received her BFA work has been seen in NYC at the Signature, by public funds from the Program, a regrant program of the N e w Y o r k C i t y in Dance from the University of North Carolina Kitchen, Alvin Ailey, 59E59, Cherry Lane, St. New York State Council on the Arts Department of Cultural School of the Arts in 2017. Clement’s, Abingdon, Dixon Place, HERE and many with the support of Governor Affairs, in partnership with more as well as regional theater across the country Andrew Cuomo and the New York the City Council. Samsam Yung is a Brooklyn based dancer and internationally. In addition to lighting theater, State Legislature and administered by choreographer and teacher born in Hong Kong. dance and opera, Chris has designed for interiors, the Queens Council on the She has performed for Guido Tuveri, Jessica Pate, architecture, fundraisers, weddings and other events. Arts. Stephanie Landouer , DanceAction, Nimbus Dance Chris is a Teaching Artist for Roundabout Theatre Additional Public support Works, Pavel Zustiak, Jacklyn Buglisi, Pascal Lambert, Company and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of provided by Councilman NOT for reTAIL, Estado Flotante, Dance to the Theatre at LaGuardia Community College. For more Jimmy Van Bramer. Spaceworks builds and People, and Talli Jackson. Since 2013, Samsam has information, please visit www.chriswestondesign.com operates subsidized been presenting her own work in New York City creative workspace across and Philadelphia. She holds a Certifi cate for Patrick A. Surillo (PSM) a Brooklyn native, T h e American Tap New York City. We co-create Dance Foundation spaces that become resources for artists, Simonson Teachers Training and dreams of studying Patrick began his theatre journey in LaGuardia cultural workers, creative entrepreneurs, Gaga in Israel. Samsam has enjoyed teaching dance Community College where he is now employed as (Artistic Director Tony Waag) is a non-profit organization and cultural organizations so that people to both youths and adults since 2014. LPAC’s Resident Stage Manager, and the Theatre committed to establishing and can continue to make art in their Department’s Administrative Assistant. His passion for legitimizing Tap Dance as a vital neighborhoods. Sara Crayne-Dedrick graduated Mason Gross the art has inspired him to pursue Theatre component of American School of the Arts. She has danced for Monteleone Management and Leadership. Dance through creation, Dance Collective, Kelley Donovan and Dancers, presentation, education and The mission of RIOULT Dance DanceBoissiere and New Collectives. She has Hollis Duggans (ASM) is an up and coming stage preservation. Center is to support the creation performed works by Larry Keigwin, Pam Tanowitz, manager in New York City and Boston. This is her and performance of the choreographic works of Pascal Rioult, and to Doug Elkins, and Randy James. Her own fi rst year working with LPAC and she couldn’t be provide the community with an choreography has been performed at the American happier. Before she started working on The Rough IDACO nyc is a platform for Italian artists visiting and living accessible and affordable center for College Dance Festival Association conference in Draft Festival, she worked at the Barnstormers in New York, and for New dance and enrichment through the Brockport, NY and Mason Gross School of the Arts. Theater in Tamworth as an assistant stage manager York artist who want to take arts. for two years. She was also the rehearsal stage part in a dialogue with Italian Shelley White is a Brooklyn based circus artist, manager for A Chorus Line Tour. When she isn’t culture, to explore and share fi re performer, acrobat, and dancer. She currently managing shows, she is recording beauty videos their unique paths through The International Human works with LAVA Brooklyn and Monteleone dance. where you can fi nd at @Hollise.Queens on movement and choreographic Rights Art Festival offers an She teaches yoga, music, and mindfulness in various Instagram. language, as well as visual arts. ongoing series of art-advocacy schools around Brooklyn and Manhattan. events, festivals, workshops and Special Thanks: Steven Hitt, Handan Ozbilgin, community programs at the NuVu Dance Festival is a intersection of art, spirit and Teigha Beth Bailey is a New York based dance Isabel Marsico, Caryn Campo, Carmen Griffi n, Toni society. artist born in Kinston, North Carolina. She received Foy, Patrick Surillo, Juan Zapata, crew and staff at dance concert series conceived to promote young, mid career a BFA in Dance from The University of the Arts in LPAC - Risa Shoup, Josh Rowe, Jacqueline Dugal, and established dance artists Philadelphia, PA (2018). Teigha has had the pleasure Lauren Soares and staff at Spaceworks - Tony Waag, to share their craft and to E x c l u s i ve I t a l i a n P a r t n e r - of performing works by Bobbi Jene Smith, Jesse Liz Cousins and staff at ATDF - Amy Harrison, Joyce have the chance to learn, meet Accademia Nazionale di Zaritt, Helen Simoneau, Paul Matteson & Jennifer Herring, Anastasia Sorozcynski and staff at Rioult and share the stage together. Danza in Rome (Italy). Founded in Nugent, Saar Harari and Lee Sher, Gregory Dance Center - Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and 1940 by Jia Ruskaja, Accademia Dolbashian, and Mark Caserta. Teigha is currently his staff - Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, Daniel Bamba, Nazionale di Danza is an institute of higher learning. It is the most dancing for The Dash Ensemble (Gregory Daliana Rosa and staff at Queens Council on the Fiscal administration services prestigious state sponsored Dolbashian) and Om Grown Dancers (Courtney Arts - Alex Goleman and Amanda Ayo at Pentacle - institution in Italy dedicated to Om). Michael Ayoub at Fornino - MNE Board of Trustees p r o v i d e d b y P e n t a c l e (DanceWork, Inc.) A non- Dance and can issue the equivalent - Gianna Teoli-Cerbone - Nancy at 4over4.com - profit management support of Undergraduate and Master’s Tyler Zydel recently graduated from the Gabriella Borni, Enrica Palmieri, Claudia Correra organization for the performing Degrees. University of Arizona with a BFA in dance. While and staff at Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome arts. www.pentacle.org there, he performed pieces choreographed by Bella - Vanessa Tamburi and Cecilia Fontanesi at IDACO Lewitzsky, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei NYC - Tom Block at IHRAF.