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/ Musician) is a native of Cincinnati where he began performing at the age of nine. Jonathan is a singer, composer, percussionist, pianist, actor, dancer, director, producer, and curator.Jonathan is earned his bachelors degree in Classical Voice and Composition from The North Carolina School of the Arts in 2001. In Dance, Jonathan has worked with Trish Casey, Brenda Daniels, Sean Sullivan, Diane Markham, Teri Steele, Jennifer Nugent, Netta Pulvemacher, Tito Del Saz, Carlos Orta, Alan Danielson, Doug Neilson, Sharone Price, Andrea Woods, David Dorfmann, Lisa Race, and more. Jonathan has been commissioned to compose and perform original music for Wake Forest University, The North Carolina School of the Arts School of Drama, Dance, Design and Production, and Filmmaking, John Dillon, Brian Mertes, The Winston-Salem Arts Council, The Winston-Salem Youth Arts Association, Diane Markham, 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. In theater, Jonathan has scored and composed music for 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, and The Greeks: Part Two- The Murders, The Brothers Size (Irish premier at The Abbey Theatre), Larry Keigwin’s world premier, "Runaway", for Juilliard's New Dance Concert, "I Don't Sleep I Dream" a short film directed by J.P. Chan, and The Greeks: Part Three- The Gods, the last four plays of the ten play cycle directed by Brian Mertes, which has been performed by three successive fourth year studios at The Juilliard School of Drama. Jonathan has founded, produced, and performed with numerous bands of differing genres. Jonathan is also always hard at work on his solo project, The Dive. www.thedivemusic.com
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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