Dancers

Lindsay Fisher________ (Rehearsal Director) has had the pleasure of dancing with Carolyn Dorfman Dance Co, VIA Dance Collaborative, Camille A. Brown, Nathan Truce/ RITUALS, ELLEN cornfield, Daniel Charon,Steve Rooks and Julie Teymor and Daniel Ezralow in the film "Across the Universe". She is so excited to join Helen Simoneau once again. She holds a BFA from the North Carolina School of the Arts.

Megan Harrold Megan Harrold graduated Magna Cum Laude from Virginia Commonwealth University’s department of Dance and Choreography. In the past six years, she has received the Carpenter Foundation Scholarship, the Phi Kappa Phi Wayne C. Hall Arts Scholarship, Ucross Foundation, an award from VCU’s School of the Arts, the Klaustierd Foundation in Iceland and will be an artist in residence in 2012 at International Studios at Denkmalschmiede Höfgen, Germany. She founded Inimois Dance in 2008, which has been funded by Meet the Composer, Fractured Atlas and the Untitled SOF grant. Her work has been presented at Lincoln Center, Judson Church, WAXWorks and Ailey CityGroup Theater NY, NJ, MD, WY, IL, VA, TN, Mexico anf Iceland. She is fortunate to work for Helen since this January.

HeJin Jang is a choreographer, performer, teacher, video artist and writer, born and raised in Seoul, Korea; BS from Seoul National University, MFA from University of Michigan and Hollins/ADF. Performed internationally in works by herself and other artists such as Alexandra Beller, Peter Sparling, Doug Varone, Tatiana Baganova, SungMin Hong, Emily Wexler, Lyndsey Karr, Deborah Hazler, Nora Stephens and Jérôme Bel among others. Recipient of Arts Council Korea Fellowship (Korea, '09-present) and an Artist-in-Residency at Movement Research (New York, '09-present), SIWIC ensemble dancer (Switzerland. '09), ADF faculty (Durham, '09). www.hejinjangdance.com

Burr Johnson holds a B.F.A in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University. He lives in Brooklyn and is a member of Shen Wei Dance Arts. He has performed in works by Ashley Anderson, Daniel Clifton, Tatiana Baganova, and Laura Dean among others. Burr also makes dances and has shown them at VCU, ACDFA, the American Dance Festival, and through Movement Research at Judson Church.

Jung-eun Kim (aka je) is a dancer, choreographer and media designer. She holds a MFA in Dance from ADF/Hollins University and MALS in Visual and Performing Arts from Hollins University. Je has been a guest artist-in-residence at Dickinson College, Hollins University and The Modern Dance Promotion of Korea as well as an adjunct faculty at Hollins. As a dancer and media designer she has worked with artists such as Amanda K. Miller, Sarah Skaggs, Lisa Race, Yin Mei and Jane Comfort & Co. Venues where her works have been shown include: Grimsby Minster (UK), SUPERFRONT (New York), Current Gallery (Baltimore), CRANE ARTS, Mascher Space, Studio 34 and Drake (Philadelphia), Taubman Museum of Art (Roanoke). Je hails from Seoul, South Korea and is a nEW Festival Artist-in-residence for 2011-2012 in Philadelphia. www.jekim.org

Juel Demetrius Lane attended Tri-Cities Visual and Performing Arts High School in Atlanta, GA and the North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). He danced with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Dance Company from 2003-2008- touring nationally and internationally, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company 2002-2003, Andrea E. Woods/Souloworks & Dancers 2001-2003. He has also worked with Camille A. Brown, Mabel Robinson, Stepp Stewart, Bridget L. Moore, Padtro Harris, Dawn Axam, and Duane Cyrus. He was dance captain of "I Dream" The musical directed by Jasmine Guy. He recently co- directed "Just Another Day", a dance on film project along with Eric Sherertz. He has choreographed for the Atlanta Dance Canvas 2009 Concert and “Lift”, as well as Wake Forest University, Spelman University, UNCSA, McClendon School of Dance, Perry Studios in Harlem, NY, & Tri-Cities Visual and Performing Arts High School.

Stacy Martorana graduated from The North Carolina School of the Arts in 2006 with a BFA in Contemporary Dance. After graduation, Stacy had the honor of dancing Helen Simoneau's work at The Yard, in Martha's VIneyard. Since moving to NYC in 2006, Martorana has performed as a member of the Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theatre, The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, The Amy Marshall Dance Company, and The Neta Dance Company. She is a current member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's Repertory Understudy Group.

Manelich Minniefee grew up in Fayetteville, NC where he began dancing at the age of 15. He graduated high school from North Carolina School of the Arts where he first met Helen Simoneau. Manelich went on to receive a Bachelors of Fine Art in dance from NYU's Tisch school of the arts in 2003. Later that year he became a member of Pilobolus Dance Theater, touring full time for five years. Manelich is currently dancing part time for PDT and is very exited to finally be working with Helen.

Rebekah Pleasant Rebekah's world of dance started when she was two years old at the Cathedral Arts Conservatory in Atlanta,Ga. Since then, she has trained with Atlanta Ballet, Jimmy locust, Alvin Ailey Dance Center, Dance New York International and most recently at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where she earned a BFA in Dance. While attending UNCSA, Rebekah has performed in Alonzo King's Waterpaper, Larry Keigwin' s Kingdom, Lar Lubovitch's Marimba, Mark Morris's Gloria, Twyla Tharp's Country Dances and has taught at the North Carolina Dance Festival. She is eager to continue her artistic growth.

Dawn Springer is an independent dancer and choreographer. In addition to her own creative work she has performed with a variety of choreographers in venues through out the US and abroad. She was an Artist-in Residence for two years at the University of Maryland College Park. She has done guest artist residencies at Hollins University and MIT. Additional teaching includes the Pre-College Institute at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, The American Dance Festival, Dance History at The Ailey School, the Modern Guest Artist Series at Dance New Amsterdam, the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts, and annually for the ADF Young Artist Tuition Scholarship audition. She is currently a Post Graduate Fellow in Dance at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. www.dawnspringer.com

Kristin Taylor a Durham native, is pursuing a BFA at the UNC School of the Arts. She trained at Jacobs Pillow, and on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studios with Hubbard Street II. In New York, she apprenticed with Urban Bush Women, and worked with choreographers Nathan Trice, Bridget Moore, Christal Brown and Sidra Bell. Kristin performed with the Mexico City-based Tania Perez-Salas Compania de Danza and created and performed works for Yuxtadanza Compania de Danza of Venezuela. She has taught in UNCSA’s preparatory program and as a guest of the Tri-Cities Performing Arts School in Atlanta. Currently, Kristin also works with nosiDANCE Theater, Helen Simoneau, Andrea E. Woods and Chaunesti Webb Lyon.

Adrienne Westwood is a Brooklyn-based dance artist and co-founder of VIA Dance Collaborative. She received the Kenan Fellowship at Lincoln Center Institute in 2003. Her choreography has been presented widely in New York and at WUK (Vienna), CCN-Ballet de Lorraine (Nancy, France), McCallum Theater (California), Jacob’s Pillow and East Street Theater (Massachusetts). She has been visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at SUNY Fredonia, artist in residence at North Carolina School of the Arts, Performática (Puebla, Mexico) and Island Moving Company (Rhode Island). Currently teaches in New York for Dancepants, CLASSCLASSCLASS and Lincoln Center Institute. BFA North Carolina School of the Arts. Current MFA student at Hollins University/ADF.

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