Germaul Barnes, reconstructor, is a former principal dancer and currently a repetiteur for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, where he received the New York Dance & Performance Bessie Award. He has worked with Bill T. Jones since the mid-'90s, sharing his expertise in movement with countless students and companies globally. In addition to his work with the company, he is a full-time contemporary and modern dance instructor at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and artistic director of Southern DanceWorks. Learn more about
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Aszure Barton, choreographer, received her formal dance training from Canada’s National Ballet School. She has been making dances for over 25 years and has collaborated with celebrated dance artists and companies, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, English National Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, among many others. Her works have been performed on countless international stages, and she is the founder and director of Aszure Barton & Artists.
Gianni Di Marco, reconstructor, is a professor of dance at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Learn more about
Di Marco.
Chris Emile, reconstructor, is based in Los Angeles and is an active director, choreographer, educator, and performer. Emile’s directorial and choreographic work oscillates between the experiential, film, stage, and commercial worlds. His work has been presented by the Getty Museum, NOWNESS, 4:3 Boiler Room, Art + Practice, Solange Knowles, the Kennedy Center, Sao Paolo Opera, Anderson Paak, Moses Sumney, San Francisco Symphony, Opera Omaha, the University of Southern California, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art (LA), and LA Opera, for the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera
p r i s m, which he also assistant directed.
Bill T. Jones, choreographer,
is the artistic director/co-founder/choreographer of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and artistic director of New York Live Arts. Jones received a 2014 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award; a 2013 National Medal of Arts; a 2010 Kennedy Center Honor; a 2010 Tony Award for Best Choreography of the critically acclaimed
Fela!; a 2007 Tony Award, 2007 Obie Award, and 2006 Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Callaway Award for his choreography for
Spring Awakening; and the 2010 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award.
Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, choreographer, has been artistic director of Luna Negra Dance Theater, and now combines his work as a freelance choreographer with the direction of his company, TITOYAYA. Sansano has been the recipient of numerous awards for his choreography, including first prize at the Ricard Moragas Competition in Barcelona, Prix Dom Perignon Choreographic Competition in Hamburg, and the Valencian performing arts awards for best dance show and choreographer. He has been commissioned to create works for companies such as Alvin Ailey, Nederlands Dans Theater, Compania Nacional de Danza, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Luzerner Tanz Theater, Ballet BC, Atlanta Ballet, and Ballet Hispánico.
Adriana Suarez, reconstructor, is an associate professor of dance at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Learn more about
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Doug Varone, choreographer, is an award-winning and internationally renowned choreographer who has created a body of work over the past 35 years that explores the blurred lines between human movement and dancerly prowess. Learn more about
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