Jerome Begin
(Composer) has been commissioned by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, The Juilliard School, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ballet Philippines, The Sacramento Ballet, The Alabama Ballet, The Richmond Ballet, and many other dance companies throughout the US. His works have been performed in the US, Korea, and Japan. He has accompanied and taught for many dance companies, universities, studios, and festivals throughout the U.S. and internationally. Jerome is a founding member of the Left Hand Path Ensemble, a new music ensemble in New York City consisting of piano, cello, and percussion. Jerome currently resides in New York where he works as a freelance composer and performer. He currently serves as Music Advisor on the faculty of the Juilliard School Dance Division.
José Luis Bustamante
(Video) Originally from Mexico, José Luis Bustamante received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Communication Sciences from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. In 1984, José Bustamante joined Sharir Dance Company. In 1997, after thirteen years of dancing and creating works for the company, Mr. Bustamante became artistic Co-Director and the company changed its name to Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks. In 2004 he became artistic director of Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks.
In 1993 he received a New Forms Regional Initiative Grant with performance artist Sally Jacques, as well as prestigious Choreographer Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1993, 1994 and 1995. His work has been commissioned by Ballet Austin, Cleveland's Repertory Project, Florida State University and the University of Texas at Austin.
He has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and Dance Advance in Philadelphia. He is currently the Dance Department Chair at Austin Community College and has recently completed an MFA in Dance from Hollins University/American Dance Festival.
Jonathan Melville Pratt
(Composer) is a composer, singer, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer living in Brooklyn. Jonathan earned his bachelors degree in Classical Voice and “Interdisciplinary Composition” from The North Carolina School of the Arts in 2001. Jonathan has been commissioned to compose and perform original music for John Dillon, Brian Mertes, Trish Casey, Sean Sullivan, Erin Beneze, Alana Stroud, Alban Elved Dance Company, Djamilla Moore, Chih-Chun Huang, Sarah Percival, Mimi Garrard Dance Company, Via Dance Collaborative, Daniel Charon, Jennifer Nugent, Jonah Bokaer, Amelia Uzategui, The Julliard School of Dance, Cindy Salgado, Jessica Harris, and The Julliard School of Drama. Credits include: Dancing at Lunasa, The Lower Depths, The Ramayana, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, Tone Clusters, The Indian Wants the Bronx, Platonov, The Greeks: Part one- The War, The Brothers Size (New York Premier at The Public Theater), The Greeks: Part Two- The Murders, The Brothers Size (Irish premier at The Abbey Theatre), The Greeks: Part Three- The Gods, scores for Films by Mimi Garrard: “A Dream with Three Brides”, “Frontpage”, and “Dreaming Chekhovs Dream”, score (work in progress) “Thirteen” for Larry Keigwin’s “Runaway” at The Juilliard School, score “Black Heart Pulling” for Emery LeCrone’s “Aphorismos” at the Columbia University Ballet Collaborative, score for Nicole Wolcott’s “Verge”, score and performance for Helen Simoneau’s “Adventures in a Foreign Land” at the Joyce Soho, score “Amniosis” for Nicole Wolcott at Duo Theater, Scores for short films by JP Chan “I Don’t Sleep I Dream” and “Empire Corner”, score “Triptych” for Larry Keigwin’s World Premier “Triptych” at The Joyce Theater, Score “Two Way Dream” (work in progress) for Camille Browns “City of Rain” at Princeton University, Score “Phylum” for Brooke Broussard’s “Touch” at dumbo art fair, critically acclaimed score “Thirteen” for Keigwin and Company’s “Runaway” at the Joyce Theater. Jonathan's recent work includes "Two Way Dream" for Strings, Percussion, Voice, and Laptop for Camille Browns "City of Rain" world premier The Joyce Theater August 9th, and score MOTOR for evening length work with Brian Brooks Movement Company, world premier Lincoln Center, August 15th, and composition, performance, and musical direction Chekov's "Ivanov" directed by Brian Mertes at Lake Lucille in August. Upcoming projects include score and performance of "Funkprint" for Brooke Broussard at Reverb, Fresh tracks, and NOLA fringe festivals this fall; Percussion composition and performance for new original ballet, Dracula, composed by Felix Venturas and performed site specific by Island Moving Company in October, and Jonathan was one of 5 of 760 applicants from 60 countries to recently have been awarded the Sacatar International Arts Fellowship in Bahia, Brazil. The residency runs January 2nd to February 28th 2011. Jonathan also recently made his directorial/choreography debut creating a multi media works “The Playdate” And “After Never” with writer/poet Ian Merrigan. Jonathan is always at work as front man and artistic director for his multi-media performance group, The Dive. www.thedivemusic.com. www.jonpratt.org
Carrie Wood
(Lighting Designer): Select design credits include: VIA Dance: Lullaby in Surrealism (Ailey Citigroup Theatre), A Dream Play (St Ann’s Warehouse), Ivy Baldwin: Could be nice (La Mama), The Boy in the Bathroom (45th street Theatre), Ivy Baldwin: Its only Me (Dance New Amsterdam), The Siege of Corinth (Baltimore Opera), New York is Here! (Sitelines NYC), The Money Show (Dance New Amsterdam), Wonder of the World (The Lion Theatre), Giant N Variation, Artist Descending Staircase (Center Stage), The Geranium on the Window Sill just Died (Urban Stages), Stones in his Pockets (Penguin Rep), Snake in Fridge (14th Street Y), Erica Essner: Malestrom (Joyce Soho), Dr. Faustus and the 7 Deadly Sins (Chocolate Factory), Hamlet (Underground Opera), Beyond the Horizon, Burning the Old Man (Center Stage), Naked (Gene Frankel Theatre), Erica Essner: Stop Motion (University Settlement). The Substance of John (Center Stage). Carrie has been the assistant lighting designer on various shows including: West Side Story (Palace), Cry-Baby (Marriot Marquis), Wicked (Pantages Theatre, LA), The Threepenny Opera (Studio 54). Carrie is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
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