http://www.staibdance.com/italy-templates daily 0.75 2025-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/9910f33d-9baf-4af9-ac60-4a8b19a9c26d/Emory+Dance+Presents+%282%29.png ITALY Templates - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/e0ddac81-7b4d-43e6-869f-425a315a2169/George+Staib+%28photo+by+Daylilies+Photography%29+1of3.jpg ITALY Templates - Make it stand out staibdance Artistic Director staibdance Summer Intensive in Italy, Program Director Born in Tehran, Iran, George Staib is of Armenian descent and has been living in the United States since the age of ten. He began his dance training at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in conjunction with the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, then went on to earn an MFA in dance and choreography from Temple University. Company credits include: Ann Vachon/Dance Conduit, Coriolis Dance Company, Gathering Wild Dance Company, and Paula Kellinger and Dancers. In addition, the fall of 2006 provided Staib the opportunity to perform with the José Limón Dance Company as a guest artist in their re-creation of Missa Brevis. In 2001 Staib joined the dance faculty at Emory University where he teaches contemporary and ballet techniques, choreography, and a seminar created to examine the impetus and practice of consuming and making art. He serves as an adjudicator for and was an 18 year member of the executive committee for the American College Dance Association, and currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Dance/USA. Since relocating to Atlanta, GA, Staib's work and teaching have been commissioned across the United States resulting in his recognition by Dance Teacher Magazine in 2014 as one of the top five dance educators in the country. As added service to the field, Staib is a contributing writer and critic for ArtsATL. Staib is a two-time recipient of Emory’s prestigious Winship Award, taking him to Tel Aviv in 2011 to study Gaga, release technique with Iris Enez, and Jerusalem to conduct choreographic workshops. In 2016, Staib and the company were invited to Stockholm to perform and teach at Södra Latins and BalletAkadamien, and subsequently created new work for Saraceno Dance. Since the founding of staibdance, he and the company have been awarded funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Emory University Research Committee, The Latham Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New England Foundation for the Arts, South Arts and The Vail Family Foundation. In addition, staibdance curated and produced the first-ever Atlanta Multicultural Dance Festival, created a summer intensive in Sorrento, Italy, now in its 12th year and hosted a 10-part podcast series titled Secret Architecture: the process of process, that features culturally based artists from across the country. Staib’s most recent accomplishments include promotion to the rank of Professor of Practice at Emory University, engagement as an educator with ImmerseATL, recognition by the Atlanta Regional Commission as an Arts Leader of Metro Atlanta, and in the summer of 2022, Staib served as a faculty member and choreographer for the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC. photo by Daylilies Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/c246f2d2-5f55-4386-99f1-3137b2312a33/Anna+Bracewell+Crowder ITALY Templates - Make it stand out Anna Bracewell is an Atlanta based dance artist. She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and began her dance training at an early age at Decatur School of Ballet. While continuing her classical training at DSOB, she trained, and went on to graduate from, DeKalb School of the Arts where she studied under the legendary Pamala Jones-Malave. Anna later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Since 2012, she has had the deep pleasure of being a member of staibdance, under the direction of George Staib, where she is a dancer, collaborator and teacher. Anna was also a member of Core Dance from 2012-2020. As a Dance Artist with Core Dance she has performed in theaters, museums, public spaces, and festivals across the United States, France, Spain and Israel. In her time with the company, Anna has had the opportunity to move and create original works with notable artists such as Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor (Tel Aviv), Germana Civera (France/Spain), Frank van de Ven (Amsterdam), Amanda K. Miller (Germany/U.S.), Isabelle Saulle & Adolfo Vargas (France), Leslie Scates (U.S.), D. Patton White, Lori Teague and Sue Schroeder (U.S.). In addition to her collaborations with Core Dance, Anna is able to practice her work with outreach through the Dynamic X-Change Healing Arts Program in pursuit to ignite the creative spirit and actively encourage participation and conversation by and with communities. In her years of dancing professionally in Atlanta, Anna has also created and collaborated with local artists Blake Beckham (The Lucky Penny), Joshua Rackliffe, Erik Thurmond and Catellier Dance Projects!. Anna was recognized as “Best Dancer” in Atlanta by ArtsATL.org in 2018 and has been internationally recognized in her collaborative work with: Association Manifeste (Toulouse, France) in which she performed in several public corner spaces across France and the U.S., and in her work with Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor performed in Tel Aviv, Israel. photo by Daylilies Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/3f5f08ec-2fdd-4d9a-abe1-380fb7995660/Sarah+Hillmer+headshot+%28photo+by+Daylilies+Photography%29.jpg ITALY Templates - Make it stand out Sarah Hillmer has 20+ years of experience in the professional dance world as a dancer, rehearsal director, assistant to choreographers, stager, educator, creator and arts administrator. Her company credits include the Atlanta Ballet, glo - as a founding member, and staibdance. Sarah served as a Rehearsal Director at the Atlanta Ballet from 2013-2019 where artistic relationships with Twyla Tharp and Helen Pickett were forged. Sarah staged work for Twyla Tharp at Royal Winnipeg Ballet & Atlanta Ballet, and her work as a stager and assistant for Helen Pickett have taken her to Alberta Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, Smuin Ballet, UArts and UNCSA. Sarah is the Founder & Director of ImmerseATL, a training & mentorship program that serves dancers at pivotal stages in their ever-evolving journey as artists through the Artist Program and the ImmerseATL Collective. As a choreographer, Sarah has been commissioned to create work for Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi, Backside of the Tent Productions, Emory Dance Company and Admix Project. Sarah has been a co-collaborator with George Staib on two productions; fence in 2019, which was funded by a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts, National Dance Project, and Dido & Aeneas in 2023, a collaboration with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. As an arts administrator, Sarah currently serves as staibdance’s Executive Director. During her 5-year tenure she has planned and managed 6 national tours, 2 world premieres, annual workshops, an annual 2-week summer intensive in Sorrento, Italy, (MC)2-Atlanta’s first multi-cultural dance festival, as well as a docuseries based on (MC)2 and a podcast series, Secret Architecture: the process of process. Additionally, Sarah serves as Business Operations Manager for Windmill Arts, an organization dedicated to the advancement of new work in the arts. sarahjhillmer.com photo by Daylilies Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/ae27c721-f22a-4f8d-956e-19f8b9cf3d05/Monique+Jonas+%28photo+by+Elly+Wel+Photography%29.jpg ITALY Templates - Make it stand out Monique Jonas began dancing with the Chance to Dance programme before training at the Arts Educational Schools London. She completed her training at Rambert School, and received her Masters Degree from The London Contemporary Dance School 2017. Monique recently played the role of Juliet in Mathew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet, which toured internationally in 2024. She joined New Adventures in 2019 and has performed across multiple productions in that time. She, however, started her career with Richard Alston Dance Company as an apprentice in 2016 and toured extensively, both nationally and internationally with RADC, until their final performance in 2020. Additionally Monique founded her own dance company, Jona Dance in 2019. She has been choreographing, movement directing, teaching and producing work both online and in person. Jona Dance have created for Ballet Black, Miller Harris, Reebok and London Fashion Week to name a few. She recently premiered her work FLOCK on ENBS at the Peacock Theatre in 2023, and a new creation, Infinite for National Youth Ballet at Sadler’s Wells in 2022. Monique is also a guest contemporary tutor at The Royal Ballet School, English National Ballet School & Ballet Futures, London Contemporary Dance School, Artistry Youth Dance, Fabric CAT and more. Over the years, Monique has worked with Rambert Dance Company, Ben Duke, Agudo Dance, Vidya Patel , Clod Ensemble and commercially on the Brit Awards (2021) BBC Drama; The Pursuit of Love (2021), The Marvels (Disney 2023), The REGIME (HBO, 2024) Jamie Cullum, Kae Tempest, and Kylie Minogue. photo by Elly Wel Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/a835d753-754c-4e59-ad18-9cb3351b007d/Oliver+Robertson+%282024%29.jpg ITALY Templates - Make it stand out Oliver Robertson is a movement artist, researcher and practitioner currently based in Brighton. Interested in contemporary floorwork, Oliver’s movement style takes inspiration from martial arts, capoeira, breakdance and acrobatics, and more specifically how the combination of these can create unique ways of moving that no longer fall into any of these boxes. Since graduating Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2019, Oliver gained his MA whilst on a placement program with James Wilton Dance company, performing multiple full length works across Europe. Continuing his work with James Wilton Dance where he has taken the role of Education Manager, teaching workshops to schools, universities and dance companies across the UK and European countries such as Italy, Germany, Sweden & Romania. Aside from teaching, Oliver has danced for music artist Fred Again as part of his US tour visuals, toured Ireland with Roisin Whelan Dance and choreographed commissions for Youth Academies across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/d9931440-2ee2-4548-a876-20dceea5cef5/Gavriel+Spitzer+%282023%29.jpeg ITALY Templates - Make it stand out Gavriel Spitzer graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in 2000 and was a dancer with the Batsheva Ensemble and the Batsheva Dance Company from 2000-2008. In 2009 Gavriel joined Suzanne Dellal productions, working with choreographers Barak Marshall and Renana Raz. He has been a member of the Gaga teaching staff since 2002, teaching both Gaga and repertoire by Ohad Naharin both in Israel and abroad. Gavriel has also been the stage manager of the Batsheva Ensemble since 2012 and in 2019 became the Ensemble's rehearsal director. Gavriel was one of the teachers at the Ido Portal Israel facility and has been a therapist in the Ilan Lev method since 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/be66206d-e142-49a5-bcbe-2d275c6614ce/Tim+Volleman+%28photo+by+Kim+Doeleman%29.jpp.jpg ITALY Templates - Make it stand out Born in the Netherlands, Tim Volleman has currently found his home in Bologna. His journey with Countertechnique® began during his studies at Codarts/Rotterdam Dance Academy in 2007. In 2020 he successfully attended his first Countertechnique® TeacherTraining program, followed by a second CTTT in 2023, seeking for continuous growth and development. In the same year Timalso specialised in teaching workshops and curriculum work. As a dancer, Tim performed with various companies including Project Sally, Nederlands Dans Theater II, Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble, Internationaal Dans Theater, de Stilte and National Dance Company Wales. He has collaborated with visionary choreographers such as Heidi Vierthaler, Juanjo Arques, Caroline Finn, Marcos Morau and Fernando Melo, amongst many other inspiring artists. “From a very young age I have been fascinated by the movements of the human body. Working as a professional dancer made me question how I could preserve my body as I aged: I couldn’t accept that I would become “too old” to move the way I wanted. Countertechnique® has been my answer to that. Countertechnique® allows dancers to move all the crazy ways they are asked to and wish to, while respecting the body as an irreplaceable, precious instrument. As a teacher, sharing this knowledge gives me great joy, empowering others to (re-)discover their body and find enjoyable ways to partner with it for the rest of their lives.” photo by Kim Doeleman http://www.staibdance.com/ararat-1 daily 0.75 2025-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/418d512e-7e37-476a-896e-16400e36f21c/ARARAT+Black+Logo.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/418d512e-7e37-476a-896e-16400e36f21c/ARARAT+Black+Logo.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/d602988d-a818-47ed-80cb-0abdbb0deedb/program+banner+%288%29.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/06f320e1-a39f-43bb-bdd2-9cb6be3b8695/program+banner+%289%29.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/e75217a2-d26b-4af9-a677-f49dd4168752/program+banner+%282%29.gif ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/ff11bb10-768c-424a-9cc2-161ecaed9f31/BLACK+ADM+LOGO+.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/0b30dbc1-1627-4408-9d0e-680c748b2ab1/2018-Horizontal+Logo-with-url2.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/4a2e6810-a00b-40a0-b475-994831d5dd1b/image+%284%29.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/68291c4a-20c7-407f-8121-9d01862214ab/Vector_Tri-M%2BFoundation_LOGO_SP.jpg ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/71710939-042c-4f0b-b6e7-76d309c7e248/EArts_shield_sq_280.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/82325b2e-4034-435a-9340-a85e30fcfa47/image+%283%29.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/ca931b2b-fa1a-48f6-a9bb-40ee151912d6/ARARAT+Black+Logo.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/59f57310-fdc7-410d-b02c-e60ed6962aec/George+Staib+%28photo+by+Daylilies+Photography%29.jpg ARARAT - George Staib, Choreographer Born in Tehran, Iran, George Staib is of Armenian descent and has been living in the United States since the age of ten. He began his dance training at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in conjunction with the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, then went on to earn an MFA in dance and choreography from Temple University. Company credits include: Ann Vachon/Dance Conduit, Coriolis Dance Company, Gathering Wild Dance Company, and Paula Kellinger and Dancers. In addition, the fall of 2006 provided Staib the opportunity to perform with the José Limón Dance Company as a guest artist in their re-creation of Missa Brevis. In 2001 Staib joined the dance faculty at Emory University where he teaches contemporary and ballet techniques, choreography, and a seminar created to examine the impetus and practice of consuming and making art. He serves as an adjudicator for and was an 18-year member of the executive committee for the American College Dance Association, and currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Dance/USA. Since relocating to Atlanta, GA, Staib's work and teaching have been commissioned across the United States resulting in his recognition by Dance Teacher Magazine in 2014 as one of the top five dance educators in the country. As added service to the field, Staib is a contributing writer and critic for ArtsATL. Staib is a two-time recipient of Emory’s prestigious Winship Award, taking him to Tel Aviv in 2011 to study Gaga, release technique with Iris Enez, and Jerusalem to conduct choreographic workshops. In 2016, Staib and the company were invited to Stockholm to perform and teach at Södra Latins and BalletAkadamien, and subsequently created new work for Saraceno Dance. Since the founding of staibdance, he and the company have been awarded funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Emory University Research Committee, The Latham Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New England Foundation for the Arts, South Arts and The Vail Family Foundation. In addition, staibdance curated and produced the first-ever Atlanta Multicultural Dance Festival, created a summer intensive in Sorrento, Italy, now in its 11th year and hosted a 10-part podcast series titled Secret Architecture: the process of process, and a 12 part docuseries titled Meaning and Movement that features culturally based artists from across the country. Staib’s most recent accomplishments include promotion to the rank of Professor of Practice at Emory University, engagement as an educator with ImmerseATL, recognition by the Atlanta Regional Commission as an Arts Leader of Metro Atlanta, and in the summer of 2022, Staib served as a faculty member and choreographer for the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC. photo by Daylilies Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/a183cc06-b769-482c-b5b9-9dcfa6309046/Gregory+Catellier+%28photo+by+Lori+Teague%29.png ARARAT - Gregory Catellier, Lighting & Set Designer Catellier has been working in the field of contemporary dance for thirty years. This includes dancing in works of his own and others, choreographing dances for students and professionals, and designing lighting and sets for dances. He teaches dance, choreography, and design at Emory University. He has also supported dance artists and dance festivals through technical support and dance organizations through advising on dance facilities and technical challenges. Catellier earned a BA in dance from Arizona State University and an MFA in dance from The Ohio State University. He is living proof that a dance education can provide a well-rounded education and an investigative approach to the world. He believes firmly in the power of dance to transform those dancing and those watching the dance. He also believes firmly, that we all need to take steps to mitigate the environmental crisis, battle for environmental justice, and take personal responsibility for our effects on the natural world. He continues to work on making his work and life less of a burden on the environment. He say’s “please, stop burning stuff.” Works Collaborated On: between dog and wolf, ARARAT, fence, w i s h d u s t, Attic, Name Day photo by Lori Teague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/ffe90d99-a593-4ed9-af67-660ac32f8a41/B2021-195.jpg ARARAT - Ben Coleman, Sound Designer & Composer Ben Coleman is a British multi-disciplinary artist residing in Denver, CO. His practice is rooted in sound and performance making, but often plays with other media, including music, text, video and installation. Coleman grew up in theatre and music, forming his first bands in London while studying contemporary performance. Moving to the US in 2006, he dedicated some eventful years to musical projects- later returning to performance alongside new roles as composer, sound designer and installation artist. His practice now embraces curatorial projects, and frequent collaboration with choreographers, visual artists, and theater practitioners. His work has been presented by institutions including the High Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Understudy, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Contemporary, Redline Contemporary Art Centre, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Gibney Dance, Dashboard, Georgia Institute of Technology, Flux Projects, Zuckerman Museum of Art and Emory University. Coleman’s work has been featured by Hyperallergic, Wire Magazine, Vice, Pitchfork, The Denver Post, ArtsATL, Burnaway and WABE Atlanta. He is a resident alumnus and board member at Redline Contemporary Art Centre, Denver. Visit him and his work at www.bencolemansounds.com Works Collaborated On: between dog and wolf, ARARAT, fence, w i s h d u s t photo by Jenna Maurice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/78b2a51e-439d-44d0-9759-f8e1a93fab50/Milton+M.+Cordero.jpeg ARARAT - Milton M. Cordero, Video/Projection Designer Milton is thrilled about making his staibdance Company debut with ARARAT. Cordero started his career in film and theater at a very young age. Eventually, he explored the use of multimedia in live performances, which led him to develop a career as a projection designer and co-found MCordero Designs. Cordero’s projection designs have been seen on stages in New York, Atlanta, and Puerto Rico. Favorites credits include: Anna in the Tropics (Bay Street Theater, NY), Hands Up (Alliance Theatre, GA), In the Heights (Choliseo, PR), The Nether (Emory Theatre, GA), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Aurora Theatre & Horizon Theatre, GA), Tierra Mia (Gibaro de Puerto Rico) and El Burlador de Sevilla (Teatro Círculo, NY). His goal is to keep exploring and contributing to bringing the Latin theater to the next level, as well as honoring God with his talents. You can follow Milton on IG @mcorderodesigns or www.miltoncordero.com Works Collaborated On: ARARAT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/0ccfbb5a-192e-4dcb-8048-434c91fdc14c/Amelia+Hayes.jpg ARARAT - Amelia Hayes, Costume Designer I have been creating clothing and costumes for over 30 years. I come from a long line of makers and have been making clothing since someone first gave me a pair of scissors and a pile of fabric scraps. Some endeavors have been more successful than others. Some ideas flew to the stars and some fell apart in pathetic, whimpering heaps. I have always been drawn to ideas around conservation and low to zero waste, recycling, reuse, and remaking. I love nature and color and tend to cringe at overused motifs and designs. I love the history of clothing and fabric, particularly in a sociological context. Works Collaborated On: ARARAT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/fe0001e9-e04f-4665-b3b5-c605dac1dc6e/jimmy22_cjm-2.jpg ARARAT - Jimmy Joyner, Costume Designer Jimmy is an Atlanta based dancer, teacher, maker, and supporter of fellow artists. Jimmy is interested in the intrinsic healing quality of performance, specifically for queers in the south. Jimmy is a 200 hour certified yoga instructor, a Distinguished Fellow with Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences, a 2020 MINT Studio Artist, a co founder of Nashville Design House, and a team member with Fly on a Wall, a platform for innovative performance that supports artists working in the realm of performance. Jimmy is a recent graduate of University of the Arts and holds an MFA in Dance. Jimmy’s work encompasses movement, process as performance, creature creation, and world building. Works Collaborated On: ARARAT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/45884be1-c933-4416-b99e-58f2fd890d0c/RosalindStaib_-+no+photo+credit.png ARARAT - Rosalind Staib, Costume Designer Rosalind Staib is the Managing Director of Theater Emory at Emory University, and has been at Emory for over 23 years. Rosalind has stage managed and costume designed for several Atlanta area theaters, including Out of Hand, 7 Stages, Synchronicity, Whole World Theatre, and Theater Emory. A graduate of Dickinson College, she holds dual degrees in Dramatic Arts and Fine Arts. Rosalind is an active singer with both Collegium Vocale Community Chorus and University Chorus at Emory. She is a founding member of the Board of Directors of staibdance. A native of Pennsylvania, she currently resides in Georgia with her husband and two dogs. Works Collaborated On: ARARAT, w i s h d u s t https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/c19b7c5d-a84d-4af4-9317-36d4a4b09277/ED75875A-FAC9-4C45-AC29-777237420B56.jpeg ARARAT - Amber Bradshaw, Dramaturg Amber Bradshaw (she/they) is an Atlanta native, a Southern queer and a fierce believer in the power of storytelling. She is a new play dramaturg, educator, experienced moderator, dancer and playwright with a sole focus in new works and script development (with an emphasis on multi-disiplinary work). Amber also loves to work as a dance dramaturg. In Atlanta they have worked with Actor’s Express, Emory University, Kennesaw State University, Synchronicity Theatre, the Alliance Theatre, the Center for Puppetry Arts, Out of Hand Theatre, Out Front Theatre, Gathering Wild Dance, Staibdance and Theatrical Outfit. Since 2006, Amber has directed, dramaturged and produced play readings and workshop performances as a freelance artist in Atlanta. That experience led her being hired as the Managing Artistic Director of Working Title Playwrights. As part of her role with WTP, Amber directs and dramaturgs annually, moderates regularly for all WTP programs, teaches a year-long New Play Development Dramaturgy Intensive and hosts a podcast about New Play Development and process work called TABLEWORK: HOW NEW PLAYS GET MADE (available to steam on all your platforms). In addition to her playwriting they have co-produced and written several original works (A virtual dance piece- Chords Bare, co-choreographed with Nadya Zeitlin; Circa 50 with Gathering Wild; Learning to Fly with the Center for Puppetry Arts and Identified: A Queer Variety Show! with choreographer/performance artist Corian Ellisor). Amber is a founding member of I.D.E.A. ATL (Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in the Arts Atlanta) a collective of artists committed to providing J.E.D.I. education, facilitation and training for our arts community. She is a proud member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (lmda.org) and the 2020 Class of the Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA). Works Collaborated On: ARARAT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/d160dd96-1e3f-4dda-bb2a-9237bbb68960/image_6487327+%281%29.JPG ARARAT - Nicole Johnson, Rehearsal Director Nicole Johnson, Atlanta native and a founding artist of Fly on a Wall, began her professional career with the Atlanta Ballet in 2002 where she had the pleasure of working under the direction of John McFall. In 2009, she left the ballet to pursue more contemporary work with dance maker Lauri Stalling’s and this led to the formation of gloATL. In her five years helping to build glo, Nicole was a part of numerous site specific installations and performances and had the opportunity to work with artists of various media. This gave her the understanding that all work is truly collaborative at heart and became the foundation of Fly on Wall, which she began with Nathan Griswold and Sean Nguyen-Hilton in 2014. Since their inception, Fly on a Wall has created 13 original works for Atlanta, and are now proud to be artists in residence at the Windmill Art Center. As an independent artist in Atlanta Nicole has worked with The Alliance Theatre, Horizon Theater, Sky Creature, and was a 2016 Hughley Fellow. Nicole is ever grateful for her family and friends who believe in a life in pursuit of the arts. As an independent artist in Atlanta Nicole has worked with The Alliance Theatre, Horizon Theater, Sky Creature, Staibdance and was a 2016 Hughley Fellow. Nicole is ever grateful for her family and friends who believe in a life in pursuit of the arts. Works Collaborated On: ARARAT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/bc137a6c-821a-47b6-8220-1d844a81e416/KO_PC_+Christina+J.+Massad.jpg ARARAT - Kristin O’Neal, Rehearsal Director Kristin O’Neal is a performer, teacher and choreographer residing in Atlanta, GA. She received her MFA in Dance from Hollins University/ADF and taught at the University of Florida (2008-2014) where she continued her research of solo performance and character creation. Her character investigations led to an unfolding series of solos inspired by the lives of her grandmothers, Glenna and Dorothy, as well as aunts and great aunts named June, Helen, Diane, Constance and Nell. Many of these solos live in the repertoire of Sarasota Contemporary Dance in Florida. Early in her career while dancing with Gerri Houlihan, Kristin discovered a love of site work alongside choreographers Dale Andree and Heidi Duckler, which led to performances in various sites, including avocado groves, restaurants, galleries, hotels, and any water resource imaginable. Kristin’s long-time relationship with Andree led her to assist in the operations of Andree’s National Water Dance, which first started as the Florida Waterways Dance Project in 2011. Kristin co-teaches Contact Improvisation at Emory University with her husband, Greg Catellier, with whom she also collaborates in curious dance-making. Works Collaborated On: ARARAT photo by Christina Massad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/301924ee-16cf-4def-8435-476d11805a7a/headshot-crop.jpg ARARAT - Michael Diebert, Segment Titles Editor Michael Diebert is an Atlanta-area poet and associate professor of English at Perimeter College, Georgia State University. He is the author most recently of Thrash (Brick Road, 2022) and co-facilitates poetry nights at the Book Bird of Avondale Estates. Recent poems appear and/or are forthcoming in Ponder Review, EcoTheo Collective, and Anti-Heroin Chic. Michael has previously collaborated with Staibdance on Versus and the podcast Secret Architecture: The Process of Process and is happy to be back. Works Collaborated On: ARARAT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/34a2a524-498e-4298-96eb-fee2eb96a5ec/Anna+Bracewell+Crowder+%28photo+%C2%A9+Daylilies+Photography%29.jpg ARARAT - Anna Bracewell Crowder Anna Bracewell Crowder is an Atlanta based dance artist. She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and began her dance training at an early age at Decatur School of Ballet. While continuing her classical training at DSOB, she trained, and went on to graduate from, DeKalb School of the Arts where she studied under the legendary Pamala Jones-Malave. Anna later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Since 2012, she has had the deep pleasure of being a member of staibdance, under the direction of George Staib, where she is a dancer, collaborator and teacher. Anna was also a member of Core Dance from 2012-2020. As a Dance Artist with Core Dance she has performed in theaters, museums, public spaces, and festivals across the United States, France, Spain and Israel. In her time with the company, Anna has had the opportunity to move and create original works with notable artists such as Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor (Tel Aviv), Germana Civera (France/Spain), Frank van de Ven (Amsterdam), Amanda K. Miller (Germany/U.S.), Isabelle Saulle & Adolfo Vargas (France), Leslie Scates (U.S.), D. Patton White, Lori Teague and Sue Schroeder (U.S.). In addition to her collaborations with Core Dance, Anna is able to practice her work with outreach through the Dynamic X-Change Healing Arts Program in pursuit to ignite the creative spirit and actively encourage participation and conversation by and with communities. In her years of dancing professionally in Atlanta, Anna has also created and collaborated with local artists Blake Beckham (The Lucky Penny), Joshua Rackliffe, Erik Thurmond and Catellier Dance Projects!. Anna was recognized as “Best Dancer” in Atlanta by ArtsATL.org in 2018 and has been internationally recognized in her collaborative work with: Association Manifeste (Toulouse, France) in which she performed in several public corner spaces across France and the U.S., and in her work with Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor performed in Tel Aviv, Israel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/bb285317-3b8e-464d-b567-f3a9207b5968/Patsy+Collins+%28photo+%C2%A9+Christina+J+Massad%29.jpeg ARARAT - Patsy Collins Patsy Collins is an Atlanta-based dancer and choreographer, originally from Chicago. She began her training in traditional Irish Dance, and went on to study dance and business at Emory University where she received the Alan Rackoff Prize for movement research. She is an alumna of Sarah Hillmer’s ImmerseATL Artist Program, and has had the pleasure of presenting work with several Atlanta-based organizations including Dance Canvas, MAD Festival, and the Fall for Fall Dance Festival. Recently, she has presented work at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Dance/USA National Conference and completed the Meli Kaye Residency with the Decatur School of Ballet. Learn more at patsycollins.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/f415e4a6-b4ec-4cca-b2ed-cbeeb6f8f939/Akeem+Edwards+%28photo+by+Brian+Jones+Photography%29.jpg ARARAT - Akeem Edwards Akeem Edwards is a published Creative Entrepreneur and native of Jacksonville, Florida. He began his dance training at the age of 16 at Jacksonville Centre of the Arts, equipping him with the foundational knowledge in various styles such as Ballet, Modern, Jazz, West-African, Partnering, Tap, and Contemporary-which led to interest in training in other styles such as Salsa, Swing, and Aerial (Lyra, Silks). After receiving his B.A. in Psychology he relocated to Atlanta in 2017. Since then he has worked with Netflix, HBO Max, B.E.T., Showtime, Tyler Perry, Debbie Allen, Kiki Ely, Garth Fagan Dance, Anthony Burrell, The Imagine Music Festival, Derek Blanks, Vivian Green, Juel D. Lane, Great Good Fine Ok, Cleo Parker-Robinson, Milton Myers, Jon Carr, Rachel Truitt, Kavin Grant, HeroTheBand, and many others. Edwards is excited to embark on this journey into ARARAT in his first season with staibdance. He looks forward to collaborating, sharing ideas and creating special moments to remember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/f6e53285-d4ee-410d-8b9d-9c9eacbc37e1/Faith+Fidgeon+%28no+photo+credit%29.png ARARAT - Faith Fidgeon Faith Fidgeon is a freelance movement artist who has recently moved to Atlanta from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A recent graduate of University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Faith has worked with dancers and choreographers such as Gina Patterson, Shen Wei, Robert Battle, Ming Lung-Yang, Kira Blazek-Ziaii, Abigail Yager, Janice Lancaster, Taryn Griggs, and Chris Yon. In addition to stage performance, Faith has worked on several projects including live circus performances, museum installations, and short films. Their movement practices are seeped in contemporary dance forms such as improvisation, contact partnering, release technique, and countertechnique. They have also been researching tenderness, impulsivity, and their relationships to time through a practice of contact improvisation with their creative partner, Kendall Ramirez. Faith is exhilarated to begin working with staibdance and settling in with a new community of brilliant artists in Atlanta! Faith holds the role of Wardrobe Supervisor for ARARAT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/9e6221f0-5e0f-40ea-b25a-d169528d675b/Bailey+Jo+Harbaugh+-+Photo+by+Christina+Massad.jpg ARARAT - Bailey Jo Harbaugh Bailey Jo Harbaugh has been active in Atlanta dance for 6 years amidst graduating Kennesaw State University in 2019. She has had the privilege of collaborating and originating roles in process with artists local and abroad. Numerous creations include work with Tomer Zvulun, Amir Levy, Ricardo Aponte, Donald Byrd, and Omar Román de Jesús. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/735e81a2-2e9f-4be7-98f0-4c790353c777/Henry+Koskoff+%28photo+by+Lori+Teague%29.jpg ARARAT - Henry Koskoff Henry Koskoff is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Atlanta. This spring he graduated with Highest Honors from Emory University where he began his professional studies in dance and writing, collaborating with esteemed faculty to develop his own inventory of text and movement. As a member of Emory Dance Company, he had the privilege to work with Israeli choreographer Dafi Altabeb and attend the American College Dance Association’s Southeast Conference. He also worked as a research assistant, preschool teacher, wrote for DanceATL’s digital publication Promenade, and was a 2023 recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. His poetry has been awarded by university contests including the Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival and published in nationwide literary magazines. Since then, Henry has been immersing himself in the local arts scene as a freelance dancer along with participating in staibdance’s summer intensive in Italy. Over the next year, he plans to continue pursuing personal projects, collaborations, and hopes to share his creations with the Atlanta dance community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/8ecaade7-53eb-4f4a-9123-639791c7194a/Chrystola+Luu+%28photo+%C2%A9+Daylilies+Photography%29.jpeg ARARAT - Chrystola Luu Chrystola “Chryssy” Luu was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but much of her childhood was spent in Monroe, Louisiana where she began her dance training at the age of three years old. Chryssy continued her training through college, attaining a dance scholarship and attending New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. She completed her degree at the University of Georgia, graduating Cum Laude and receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance. While attending UGA, Chryssy was a member of CORE Concert Dance Company – an aerial and contemporary dance company under the direction of Bala Sarasvati. Some highlights of Chryssy’s dance career include winning Dancer of the Year in the AMTC national talent competition, being recognized for her talents with the NAACP, performing in various music videos and television shows and being a member of Zoetic Dance Ensemble for four seasons under the direction of Mallory Baxley. Chryssy currently runs her after school dance program, Just Dance It! LLC and choreographs for several studios in the Atlanta area. When Chryssy is not dancing, she enjoys creating new gluten free recipes, attending Crossfit classes and planning her next travels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/7c396d82-5591-4cc5-96db-6449a6747ee9/Zachary+Pritts+%28photo+by+Darvensky+Louis%2C+%40somewhereinthe_sky%29.jpg ARARAT - Zac Pritts Embark on a journey into the mesmerizing world of movement with Zac Pritts, a maestro of dance whose very essence resonates with rhythm, grace, and the language of the body. Zac is a dynamic performer who captivates the audience with his electrifying exploration of the human body and its capabilities. He graduated from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a concentration in modern. He has had the privilege of working with artists such as Ivan Pulinkala, Ido Gidron, Tsai-His Hung, and Thang Dao. His collaborations with artists from diverse backgrounds and his willingness to experiment with unconventional forms of expression reflect his commitment to pushing the envelope and breaking the mold. From the fluidity of his movements to the depth and emotion he brings to the space, Zac effortlessly weaves together the disciplines of the mind and body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/88238590-7de4-4952-af84-05bb7444ba7d/Kendall+Ramirez+%28photo+by+ABowenStudios%29.jpg ARARAT - Kendall Ramirez Kendall Ramirez is a performer, improviser, and maker, eager to collaborate within her new home of Atlanta. Kendall is a recent graduate, with a BFA in Contemporary Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Their somatic practices merge within and between postmodern and contemporary forms, such as, Cunningham, release technique, Alexander Technique, and Countertechnique. Kendall has most recently danced in works with and for Kimberly Bartosik, Chris Yon, Taryn Griggs, and Janice Lancaster. Furthermore, she continues to generate work with her creative partner, Faith Fidgeon, locating their research through states of availability in the body, as well as grief, queerness, memory, and storytelling. Kendall is thrilled at the opportunity to work with the delightful individuals who make up staibdance and dive head first into the imminent unknown! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/87fcc9df-50db-42fe-ac51-a8b2a51c5277/Amelia+Reiser+%28photo+%C2%A9+Daylilies+Photography%29.jpeg ARARAT - Amelia Reiser Amelia Reiser, a native of Norman, Oklahoma, began dancing at a young age at Classical Ballet Academy under the direction of Julie Blacksten. Amelia went on to attend The University of Georgia where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance. While at UGA she trained and performed as a member of CORE Concert Dance Company (CCDC) under the direction of Bala Sarasvati, and Dance Repertory Project under the direction of Rebecca Gose. Over her 20+ years of dancing, Amelia has had the opportunity to work with numerous dance-makers and artists including T Lang Dance, Maryn Whitmore, Christina Noel Reaves, Emily Christianson, and Greg Catellier. Her work has been shown in festivals and venues both locally and internationally. In addition to dancing with staibdance, Amelia teaches yoga at Decatur Yoga, and is a yoga and mindfulness teacher and administrator working with incarcerated youth through local nonprofit Centering Youth. An avid lover of dramatic skies, mountains, and trees, Amelia spends most spare moments in her garden, or escaping the city in search of adventure and wilderness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/4ccd8136-b8b0-4f36-940e-1980bbcf7dd2/program+banner+%286%29.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/52d160fe-c070-45ef-8f37-ccbf1d87ec45/program+banner+%287%29.png ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/2f4a1219-1eb3-403d-b202-a86f6a450ccb/ARARAT+Black+Logo.jpg ARARAT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.staibdance.com/between-dog-and-wolf-2 daily 0.75 2025-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/3a427b2f-12ab-4753-8da7-fdf10665081e/between+dog+and+wolf+PROMO+IMAGE.png between dog and wolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/3a427b2f-12ab-4753-8da7-fdf10665081e/between+dog+and+wolf+PROMO+IMAGE.png between dog and wolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/8ee81d67-63e6-4768-822a-fccca41d9c24/bdaw+FINAL+for+venues.png between dog and wolf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/59f57310-fdc7-410d-b02c-e60ed6962aec/George+Staib+%28photo+by+Daylilies+Photography%29.jpg between dog and wolf - George Staib, Choreographer Born in Tehran, Iran, George Staib is of Armenian descent and has been living in the United States since the age of ten. He began his dance training at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in conjunction with the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, then went on to earn an MFA in dance and choreography from Temple University. Company credits include: Ann Vachon/Dance Conduit, Coriolis Dance Company, Gathering Wild Dance Company, and Paula Kellinger and Dancers. In addition, the fall of 2006 provided Staib the opportunity to perform with the José Limón Dance Company as a guest artist in their re-creation of Missa Brevis. In 2001 Staib joined the dance faculty at Emory University where he teaches contemporary and ballet techniques, choreography, and a seminar created to examine the impetus and practice of consuming and making art. He serves as an adjudicator for and was an 18-year member of the executive committee for the American College Dance Association, and currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Dance/USA. Since relocating to Atlanta, GA, Staib's work and teaching have been commissioned across the United States resulting in his recognition by Dance Teacher Magazine in 2014 as one of the top five dance educators in the country. As added service to the field, Staib is a contributing writer and critic for ArtsATL. Staib is a two-time recipient of Emory’s prestigious Winship Award, taking him to Tel Aviv in 2011 to study Gaga, release technique with Iris Enez, and Jerusalem to conduct choreographic workshops. In 2016, Staib and the company were invited to Stockholm to perform and teach at Södra Latins and BalletAkadamien, and subsequently created new work for Saraceno Dance. Since the founding of staibdance, he and the company have been awarded funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Emory University Research Committee, The Latham Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New England Foundation for the Arts, South Arts and The Vail Family Foundation. In addition, staibdance curated and produced the first-ever Atlanta Multicultural Dance Festival, created a summer intensive in Sorrento, Italy, now in its 11th year and hosted a 10-part podcast series titled Secret Architecture: the process of process, and a 12 part docuseries titled Meaning and Movement that features culturally based artists from across the country. Staib’s most recent accomplishments include promotion to the rank of Professor of Practice at Emory University, engagement as an educator with ImmerseATL, recognition by the Atlanta Regional Commission as an Arts Leader of Metro Atlanta, and in the summer of 2022, Staib served as a faculty member and choreographer for the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC. photo by Daylilies Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/a183cc06-b769-482c-b5b9-9dcfa6309046/Gregory+Catellier+%28photo+by+Lori+Teague%29.png between dog and wolf - Gregory Catellier, Lighting & Set Designer Catellier has been working in the field of contemporary dance for thirty years. This includes dancing in works of his own and others, choreographing dances for students and professionals, and designing lighting and sets for dances. He teaches dance, choreography, and design at Emory University. He has also supported dance artists and dance festivals through technical support and dance organizations through advising on dance facilities and technical challenges. Catellier earned a BA in dance from Arizona State University and an MFA in dance from The Ohio State University. He is living proof that a dance education can provide a well-rounded education and an investigative approach to the world. He believes firmly in the power of dance to transform those dancing and those watching the dance. He also believes firmly, that we all need to take steps to mitigate the environmental crisis, battle for environmental justice, and take personal responsibility for our effects on the natural world. He continues to work on making his work and life less of a burden on the environment. He say’s “please, stop burning stuff.” Works Collaborated On: between dog and wolf, ARARAT, fence, w i s h d u s t, Attic, Name Day photo by Lori Teague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/ffe90d99-a593-4ed9-af67-660ac32f8a41/B2021-195.jpg between dog and wolf - Ben Coleman, Sound Designer & Composer Ben Coleman is a British multi-disciplinary artist residing in Denver, CO. His practice is rooted in sound and performance making, but often plays with other media, including music, text, video and installation. Coleman grew up in theatre and music, forming his first bands in London while studying contemporary performance. Moving to the US in 2006, he dedicated some eventful years to musical projects- later returning to performance alongside new roles as composer, sound designer and installation artist. His practice now embraces curatorial projects, and frequent collaboration with choreographers, visual artists, and theater practitioners. His work has been presented by institutions including the High Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Understudy, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Contemporary, Redline Contemporary Art Centre, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Gibney Dance, Dashboard, Georgia Institute of Technology, Flux Projects, Zuckerman Museum of Art and Emory University. Coleman’s work has been featured by Hyperallergic, Wire Magazine, Vice, Pitchfork, The Denver Post, ArtsATL, Burnaway and WABE Atlanta. He is a resident alumnus and board member at Redline Contemporary Art Centre, Denver. Visit him and his work at www.bencolemansounds.com Works Collaborated On: between dog and wolf, ARARAT, fence, w i s h d u s t photo by Jenna Maurice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/14e80c94-1cca-460d-9d58-3bf1c794ba14/unnamed.jpg between dog and wolf - John Merritt John Merritt is a freelance costume designer for theatre and a costume buyer/shopper for Film & TV Production based in Atlanta, GA. John received his Master’s of Fine Arts in Costume Design at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (‘21) and his Bachelor’s of Arts at University of Southern Indiana (‘18). Atlanta credits: Macbeth (Kennesaw State University), The Other Shore, Blood Wedding, Lysistrata (Emory University), A Third Way, (Actor’s Express), Native Gardens (Stagedoor Players) and Dido & Aeneas (Atlanta Baroque Orchestra/staibdance). Regional costume design credits include Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Imbroglio (Great River Shakespeare Festival) Detroit 67’, People Where They Are, Airness (Clarence Brown Theatre) Anon(ymous), Crumbs from The Table of Joy, The Glass Menagerie, Fool for Love, Venus in Fur (University of Southern Indiana). Works Collaborated On: between dog and wolf, Dido & Aeneas for the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/d94d82a4-9473-4591-823b-890d3f5dc9f4/Leah+Cox+%28photo+by+Jim+Lafferty%29.jpeg between dog and wolf - Leah Cox, Dramaturg Leah Cox (she/her/hers): lead creator and performer in Group Therapy; co-founder of makegroup with Kristen Osborn, a collective dedicated to using live performance to bring people together in uncommon ways. In addition to making and performing, Cox is a nationally-recognized educator and program innovator. She is currently an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin and the creator of two experimental workshops. The first, Failure Collective, is an interdisciplinary, intergenerational workshop that explores the creative possibilities that arise when we embrace failure and work in unfamiliar contexts. Intelligent Bodies, Creative Minds offers a paid cohort of dance professionals the opportunity to apply and extend their expertise to projects beyond the field of dance. Cox’s previous programs are noted for creating mutually beneficial partnerships between performing arts organizations and institutions of higher education. These include the Bard College/Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company/New York Live Arts partnership and the ADF/Bard College partnership, both of which Leah created and directed. Her teaching was featured in the Bill T. Jones documentary, A Good Man, which aired on PBS nationwide. Dance Teacher Magazine celebrated Cox with a feature story in May 2016. Cox’s previous projects and positions include: dancer/collaborator in Liz Lerman’s Wicked Bodies; Dean of the American Dance Festival; Education Director for New York Live Arts; member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, first as a company member, then as the inaugural education director; member of the New York Dance and Performance Awards (The “Bessies”). She frequently serves as an adjudicator for the American College Dance Association. Her choreographic work has been presented at Bard College, the Cool NY Festival, DUMBO Dance Festival, the Museum of Art and Design (NYC), and the 92nd Street Y. Works Collaborated On: between dog and wolf photo by Jim Lafferty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/9cda06a7-cb39-4756-9186-6432a402350b/Sarah+Hillmer+movement+shot+%28photo+by+Daylilies+Photography%29.jpg between dog and wolf - Sarah Hillmer, Rehearsal Director Sarah Hillmer has 20+ years of experience in the professional dance world as a dancer, rehearsal director, assistant to choreographers, stager, educator, creator and arts administrator. Her company credits include the Atlanta Ballet, glo - as a founding member, and staibdance. Sarah served as a Rehearsal Director at the Atlanta Ballet from 2013-2019 where artistic relationships with Twyla Tharp and Helen Pickett were forged. Sarah staged work for Twyla Tharp at Royal Winnipeg Ballet & Atlanta Ballet, and her work as a stager and assistant for Helen Pickett have taken her to Alberta Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, Smuin Ballet, UArts and UNCSA. Sarah is the Founder & Director of ImmerseATL, a training & mentorship program that serves dancers at pivotal stages in their ever-evolving journey as artists through the Artist Program and the ImmerseATL Collective. As a choreographer, Sarah has been commissioned to create work for Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi, Backside of the Tent Productions, Emory Dance Company and Admix Project. Sarah has been a co-collaborator with George Staib on two productions; fence in 2019, which was funded by a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts, National Dance Project, and Dido & Aeneas in 2023, a collaboration with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. As an arts administrator, Sarah currently serves as Executive Director for staibdance. During her 6-year tenure she has planned and managed 7 national tours, 2 world premieres, annual workshops, an annual 2-week summer intensive in Sorrento, Italy, (MC)2-Atlanta’s first multi-cultural dance festival, as well as a docuseries based on (MC)2 and a podcast series, Secret Architecture: the process of process. Additionally, Sarah serves as Business Operations Manager for Windmill Arts, an organization dedicated to the advancement of new work in the arts. photo by Daylilies Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/f2dd3a6f-8c10-4658-a4cc-cdc540f191e8/Vidali+image+for+staibdance+website.jpg between dog and wolf - Dr. Debra Vidali, Ethnographer Dr. Debra Vidali, Director of the Anthropology Theater Lab, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Theater Studies at Emory University. As an ethnographer with staibdance’s between dog and wolf, Vidali is producing a series of chronicles which can be found on the Anthropology Theater Lab website. Vidali produces hybrid work -- through words, sounds, bodies, space, observation, images, speculation, and performance modalities -- as a sociocultural anthropologist, experimental ethnographer, theater-maker, poet, linguist, and scholar-activist. Her projects have explored themes of generational wisdom, ancestral voices, Indigenous sovereignty, civic engagement, media overload, the phenomenology of time, and the frontiers of knowing. Vidali is the recipient of the 2023 Ethnographic Poetry Prize, awarded by the Society for Humanistic Anthropology. She has created collaborative theater projects in dozens of venues across the United States, as well as internationally, at the University of Malmö (Sweden) and in Canada. Her multimodal sonic ethnography work has appeared in galleries in London, Paris, and Washington, DC. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Spencer Foundation, National Science Foundation, Fulbright-Hays, Wenner-Gren, Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, and Social Science Research Council. Publications include: Vertical Jam/Temple of Disheveled Archives, forthcoming with Liminalities; Two Row Repair: A Trilogy, Anthropology and Humanism (2024); Craftwork in Ethnographic Theater Making, in The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Performance(2023); Ethnographic Theater Making: Multimodal Alchemy, Knowledge, and Invention, American Anthropologist (2020); Kabusha Radio Remix: Your Questions Answered by Pioneering Zambian Talk Show Host David Yumba (installed 2014-2018); Multisensorial Anthropology: A Retrofit Cracking Open of the Field, American Anthropologist (2016); and A Language for Re-Generation, in Media, Anthropology and Public Engagement (2015). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/dff1b1d7-3cb3-4d2c-ab9e-070d2485bdd6/What%E2%80%99s+Included.gif between dog and wolf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/5f5a138b-d233-45f8-9e4a-86446d9c8cb1/bdaw+FINAL+for+venues.png between dog and wolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/f92ff0f0-e0ff-45c3-b95c-f9f8aee47f1e/bdaw+FINAL+for+venues+%282%29.png between dog and wolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/0b844275-2faa-4fb3-9a41-385ec0f54d54/bdaw+FINAL+for+venues+%283%29.png between dog and wolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/dbda6266-08cb-42bc-901c-993f9ce9ccc3/bdaw+FINAL+for+venues+%284%29.png between dog and wolf - 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Make it stand out Angela Harris dancecanvas.com FB: Angela Harris IG: @angienikki1, @dancecanvas Angela Harris is the Executive Artistic Director of Dance Canvas, Inc., a career development organization for emerging professional choreographers and youth. Through Dance Canvas, Angela has been a catalyst, consultant, and resource for numerous new dance organizations and artists, both locally in metro Atlanta, as well as nationally. Angela has developed programs for the City of Atlanta's Office of Cultural Affairs and Department of Recreation, recording artist Usher's New Look Foundation, and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation. Angela is a graduate of The Baltimore School for the Arts and studied at Dance Theater of Harlem, School of the Hartford Ballet & The Eglevsky Ballet. She attended Mercyhurst College and City College of New York, earning a B.A. in Journalism, while on full ballet scholarship at Steps on Broadway in NYC. Angela danced professionally with The Georgia Ballet, Columbia City Ballet (SC) and Urban Ballet Theater (NYC). Her theatre credits include productions at the Alliance Theatre, the Aurora Theatre and Theatrical Outfit. Angela has choreographed for professional ballet companies and schools across the country. Her work has been performed by The Georgia Ballet, Ballet Lubbock, Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute and has premiered at the Rialto Center for the Arts and the Ferst Center for the Arts through her company, Dance Canvas. Angela has choreographed for professional theaters including Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theater, Actor’s Express, Aurora Theatre, Found Stages and for Kennesaw State University and Georgia Tech. Angela was one of five Inaugural National Visiting Fellows at the School of American Ballet. She was awarded a Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) Observership to work on Little Dancer, a new Broadway musical Lab, under the direction of Susan Stroman. Angela received the 2011 National Emerging Leader Award from Americans for the Arts and American Express and the 2012 Emerging Artist Award from the City of Atlanta. Angela served on the national Emerging Leaders Council for Americans for the Arts and was a member of the 2014 class of Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA). In addition to her work through Dance Canvas, Angela is on faculty at Emory University and is a ballet instructor at Dekalb School for the Arts and Academy of Ballet. She has also served on the faculty of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute and has been a master class/guest instructor and lecturer at colleges and universities across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/1621384020704-7EQRMQT5J54CRQUESSYC/Theresa+H+Headshot+%231+%281%29+-+Theresa+Howard.JPG (MC)2 - Make it stand out Dr. Theresa Howard dt3.dance Dr. Theresa Howard Is a native of New York and holds a Bachelor degree in Dance Theatre, a Masters degree in Dance-Movement Therapy, and a Doctorate in Education. She is an assistant professor of dance on the dance faculty at Kennesaw State and Emory Universities. Dr. Howard is a dance instructor at Ballethnic Academy of Dance, ArtsXChange, Aviation Community Cultural Center, and conducts workshops and classes throughout the United States. She has committed over 40 years in a career of combining Health and Human Services and the Arts. Dr. Howard has performed with many prominent Dance Companies including Chuck Davis African-American Dance Ensemble, Manga, Giwayen Mata African Dance Ensembles, and has been a guest artist with Eleo Pomare, Joan Miller Chamber Arts, Abdel Salaam, and Ballethnic Dance Company (28th season) to name a few. She has been the founder and artistic director of Engele Dance, formerly Edeliegba Senior Dance Ensemble since 2005. She choreographed several plays and the short film: “ I Snuck off the Slave Ship,” that was premiered in the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. She performed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, and is the recipient of numerous awards including The Joan P. Garner 2019 Community Service Award in the Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/1621027265311-IBFZ6WHYZJJZ79S6FF93/Moving+in+the+Spirit+founders+2+-+Dana+Lupton.jpg (MC)2 - Make it stand out Dana Marie Lupton movinginthespirit.org As an artist engaged in the creation, performance, and teaching of dance, it is my hope to address those issues which are relevant to the community in which I live, specifically as they relate to the individuals and groups with whom I work in partnership with. It is my intention to explore and assist others with the exploration of their intrinsic artistic expression, "giving voice" to pertinent social, cultural, and personal concerns. As dance combines visual, auditory, and physical elements, it is an ideal way to communicate those things that are not easily verbalized. Sharing and nurturing the spirit of dance is therefore an essential goal for my work, the avocation of a vocation, and the purpose with which I seek to experience art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/1621027101277-UUN3U70JQ8LGOY1Y3A72/image3.png (MC)2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/bf0ddc8d-75a9-4d3c-914c-e51446e55b83/5.png (MC)2 - Make it stand out Sasikala Penumarthi kuchipudi.us Sasikala Penumarthi is a senior disciple of Guru Padmabhushan Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam. She is a recipient of the Master Artist Award from the Georgia Arts Council and the National Foundation for the Advancement of Arts. She serves as Artist Affiliate and Associate Faculty at Emory University, where she teaches full credit semester courses in Kuchipudi Dance. She is on the Georgia Council for the Arts state touring and teaching artist rosters, and performs/teaches all over the United States. Sasikala and her troupe, on behalf of the Academy of Kuchipudi Dance, presented several dance dramas to Atlanta audiences and other parts of the United States. 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As a Dance Artist with Core Dance she performed in theaters, museums, public spaces, and festivals across the United States, France, Spain and Israel. In her time with Core Dance, Anna had the opportunity to move and create original works with notable artists such as Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor (Tel Aviv), Germana Civera (France/Spain), Frank van de Ven (Amsterdam), Amanda K. Miller (Germany/U.S.), Isabelle Saulle & Adolfo Vargas (France), Leslie Scates (U.S.), D. Patton White, Lori Teague and Sue Schroeder (U.S.). In her years of dancing professionally in Atlanta, Anna has also created and collaborated with local artists Blake Beckham (The Lucky Penny), Joshua Rackliffe, Erik Thurmond and Catellier Dance Projects!. Anna was recognized as “Best Dancer” in Atlanta by ArtsATL.org in 2018 and has been internationally recognized in her collaborative work with: Association Manifeste (Toulouse, France) in which she performed in several public corner spaces across France and the U.S., and in her work with Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor performed in Tel Aviv, Israel. Anna joined staibdance in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/5f99cbba-bfb6-42f5-bd5f-dbf0cdbc39cd/staibdance2024_cjm-382.jpeg Company Artists - Make it stand out Lilia Cardosi is a dance artist originally based in Philadelphia, PA. Her early dance training occurred at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, under the direction of LaDeva Davis, and as a member of the Koresh Youth Ensemble, under the direction of Melissa Rector. In 2024, Lilia received her BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts where she performed in works by Katie Swords Thurman, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Loni Landon, Curt Haworth, Shannon Murphy, Jesse Zaritt, Tommie-Waheed Evans, and Netta Yerushalmy – alongside collaborative works with her peers. Lilia has also attended the American Dance Festival in North Carolina, studied in Italy with staibdance, and participated in GagaLab in New York and Tel Aviv. Currently, Lilia is working with staibdance in Atlanta and is eager to further her knowledge through lasting collaborations and new areas of discovery. Lilia joined staibdance in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/f3eed49e-61fd-455b-8ca0-d9e11ec1d1a3/image0+%281%29.jpeg Company Artists - Make it stand out Julianna Feracota (she/her) is a professional dancer based in Atlanta. She has performed with several local companies including Full Radius Dance, Monica Hogan Danceworks, the Atlanta Opera, and most recently staibdance. She pursues freelance work and has been lucky enough to work with local choreographers like Julio Medina, Meaghan Novoa, Nadya Zeitlin, and Patsy Collins, among others. In 2024, Julianna was honored to have been featured as “One to Watch” in ArtsATL’s Fall Arts Preview. Hailing from Chicago, Julianna began her training at the Academy of Movement and Music and graduated from the University of Iowa in 2018 with a BFA in Dance and a BBA in Accounting. Julianna has trained extensively in ballet, contemporary, modern, and Graham. She furthered her studies at dance programs with Orsolina28, Hubbard Street Dance, and AXIS Dance Company Company, to name a few. She has been honored to perform works by renowned choreographers like Alice Sheppard, Monica Bill Barnes, Rennie Harris, Jose Limòn, and Martha Graham. Julianna furthers her involvement in the dance community as the Board Treasurer with DanceATL, a non-profit organization that provides resources and programming for local dance artists. Julianna joined staibdance in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/ec35c244-ec8f-43dd-8b2d-f94a51fa4fc4/IMG_4421.jpeg Company Artists - Make it stand out Faith Fidgeon is a dance artist currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia. Faith graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2022 with a BFA in Contemporary Dance and a minor in Arts Entrepreneurship. Faith has recently danced in staibdance's premiere of ARARAT, Shen Wei's premiere of Summary at the American Dance Festival, and a collaborative choreographic work with Fly on a Wall. In addition to stage performance, they have danced in circus performances, museum exhibitions, short films, and with Alliance Theater’s Theater for the Very Young. Faith’s current movement practices include countertechnique, release technique, contact improvisation, yoga, and bouldering. Conceptually and aesthetically, they are interested in blurring the lines of theater and dance, repetition, duration, satire, and how performance shows up in our everyday lives. Faith joined staibdance in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/fd5056ca-18c1-48ee-a202-1d048e75a090/staibdance2024_cjm-294.jpg Company Artists - Make it stand out Andie Knudson (Columbus, Ohio) received her BFA in Dance at Belhaven University in Jackson, MS. As a dance artist, videographer, and creative educator, Andie moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 2020 to participate in the ImmerseATL Artist training program. Her dedication to the art form has taken her to various corners of the world, including a summer in France working with Oriantheatre's Paris Summer Academy and her time with staibdance in Sorrento, Italy. Andie's performance career has included renditions of works by José Limón and Bill T Jones and process work with the late and glorious Nancy Stark Smith. Andie's passion for stimulating young creative minds recently led her to perform in Fly On A Wall & Alliance Theatre for the Very Young's production of "The Curious Cardinal" as well as working as movement creator Dominic Moore-Dunson for his upcoming production of "The Remember Ballons" - a work which captures the imagination and touches the depths of human experience for audience members of all ages. Andie has also performed with ImmerseATL Collective and has proudly performed as a company artist with EXCAVATE BODY since its founding in 2023. As a creator, Andie's most recent solo choreographic work, "Love Letters to Doubt" began in Fly on the Wall's Excuse the Art series in 2023 and has since toured at various regional conferences. The expansion of this work has been made possible through ImmerseATL Collective's time in Dance Lab at the High Museum of Art and a Creative Residency at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences. As a dance educator, Andie is deeply committed to fostering the values of creativity, self-expression, healing, and innovation in her classroom. In this upcoming process with staibdance, Andie is thrilled to dive into community and movement-making that exemplifies the magnitude of the human experience in and between us all. Andie joined staibdance in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/07aef4cc-1be0-4bea-9e37-f400cde2bccc/image0.jpg Company Artists Madison Lee (any pronouns) is a queer, Asian American dance artist based in Atlanta, GA. They graduated from Emory University in 2024 with degrees in Dance and Marketing. There they were awarded Highest Honors for their dance thesis, fellowship in the John H. Gordon Stipe Society, and The Pioneer Award. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Madison trained intensively in hip hop and other styles and has performed with the Dallas Cowboys and Royal Caribbean Cruises. After coming to Atlanta, they began training in contemporary/modern techniques, and they have presented multiple works throughout their time at Emory and locally in Atlanta. They have had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Jacquelyn Pritz, Jacqui Hinkson, Leo Briggs, Julio Medina, George Staib, Annalee Traylor, Xan Burley, and Alex Springer. Outside of staibdance, Madison is a company member with Catching Mangoes, led by Jacque Pritz, and EXCAVATE BODY, led by Jacqui Hinkson. Madison joined staibdance in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/f5ca4078-5c19-4be0-bbcd-b4337dea5aed/staibdance2024_cjm-327.jpg Company Artists - Make it stand out Cailan Orn is a multi-disciplinary artist who got her start as a young artist in Minnesota. She continued her education at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA where she earned a BFA in dance. Upon graduation, she moved to New York to perform as a company member with Company XIV from 2011-2014 where she dove right into the fullness of dance theater. While with Company XIV Cailan had the immense privilege of being the principal dancer at Chicago Lyric Opera for their premiere of La Traviata in 2013. Cailan was guided to the south and from 2015-2020 she was a moving artist with gloATL. While with gloATL she enjoyed collaborations with Maestro Robert Spano from the Atlanta Symphony, constant community outreach and garden building, and their time in Italy for the Florence Biennale XII, where they won the Lorenzo il Magnifico for Performance Art. She also found in the south, Lightwire Theater in New Orleans, and has been a member since 2016 working as a puppet performer. Through Lightwire she has taught and performed for audiences all over the US as well as China, Singapore and Brazil. Cailan is excited and honored to bring art and joy to the public with staibdance! Cailan joined staibdance in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/50a1c13d-6af6-4127-89c2-c5d88c75faa0/Mia+Shocket+Action+Shot+.jpg Company Artists - Make it stand out Mia Shocket is a dance artist based in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from Emory University in 2024, earning degrees in Dance and Movement Studies and Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. Her choreographic and performance thesis in dance was awarded Highest Honors. During her time at Emory, she had the opportunity of performing in works by Julio Medina, George Staib, Annalee Traylor, Greg Catellier, and her peers. 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Make it stand out staibdance Artistic Director staibdance Summer Intensive in Italy, Program Director Born in Tehran, Iran, George Staib is of Armenian descent and has been living in the United States since the age of ten. He began his dance training at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in conjunction with the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, then went on to earn an MFA in dance and choreography from Temple University. Company credits include: Ann Vachon/Dance Conduit, Coriolis Dance Company, Gathering Wild Dance Company, and Paula Kellinger and Dancers. In addition, the fall of 2006 provided Staib the opportunity to perform with the José Limón Dance Company as a guest artist in their re-creation of Missa Brevis. In 2001 Staib joined the dance faculty at Emory University where he teaches contemporary and ballet techniques, choreography, and a seminar created to examine the impetus and practice of consuming and making art. He serves as an adjudicator for and was an 18 year member of the executive committee for the American College Dance Association, and currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Dance/USA. Since relocating to Atlanta, GA, Staib's work and teaching have been commissioned across the United States resulting in his recognition by Dance Teacher Magazine in 2014 as one of the top five dance educators in the country. As added service to the field, Staib is a contributing writer and critic for ArtsATL. Staib is a two-time recipient of Emory’s prestigious Winship Award, taking him to Tel Aviv in 2011 to study Gaga, release technique with Iris Enez, and Jerusalem to conduct choreographic workshops. In 2016, Staib and the company were invited to Stockholm to perform and teach at Södra Latins and BalletAkadamien, and subsequently created new work for Saraceno Dance. Since the founding of staibdance, he and the company have been awarded funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Emory University Research Committee, The Latham Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New England Foundation for the Arts, South Arts and The Vail Family Foundation. In addition, staibdance curated and produced the first-ever Atlanta Multicultural Dance Festival, created a summer intensive in Sorrento, Italy, now in its 12th year and hosted a 10-part podcast series titled Secret Architecture: the process of process, that features culturally based artists from across the country. Staib’s most recent accomplishments include promotion to the rank of Professor of Practice at Emory University, engagement as an educator with ImmerseATL, recognition by the Atlanta Regional Commission as an Arts Leader of Metro Atlanta, and in the summer of 2022, Staib served as a faculty member and choreographer for the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC. photo by Daylilies Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/a7b00956-c095-411e-9546-58161fb60f26/Anna+Bracewell+%28photo+by+ShannelResto_SJRPhotography%29.jpg Italy Program - Make it stand out Anna Bracewell is an Atlanta based dance artist. She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and began her dance training at an early age at Decatur School of Ballet. While continuing her classical training at DSOB, she trained, and went on to graduate from, DeKalb School of the Arts where she studied under the legendary Pamala Jones-Malave. Anna later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Since 2012, she has had the deep pleasure of being a member of staibdance, under the direction of George Staib, where she is a dancer, collaborator and teacher. Anna was also a member of Core Dance from 2012-2020. As a Dance Artist with Core Dance she has performed in theaters, museums, public spaces, and festivals across the United States, France, Spain and Israel. In her time with the company, Anna has had the opportunity to move and create original works with notable artists such as Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor (Tel Aviv), Germana Civera (France/Spain), Frank van de Ven (Amsterdam), Amanda K. Miller (Germany/U.S.), Isabelle Saulle & Adolfo Vargas (France), Leslie Scates (U.S.), D. Patton White, Lori Teague and Sue Schroeder (U.S.). In addition to her collaborations with Core Dance, Anna is able to practice her work with outreach through the Dynamic X-Change Healing Arts Program in pursuit to ignite the creative spirit and actively encourage participation and conversation by and with communities. In her years of dancing professionally in Atlanta, Anna has also created and collaborated with local artists Blake Beckham (The Lucky Penny), Joshua Rackliffe, Erik Thurmond and Catellier Dance Projects!. Anna was recognized as “Best Dancer” in Atlanta by ArtsATL.org in 2018 and has been internationally recognized in her collaborative work with: Association Manifeste (Toulouse, France) in which she performed in several public corner spaces across France and the U.S., and in her work with Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor performed in Tel Aviv, Israel. photo by Daylilies Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/3f5f08ec-2fdd-4d9a-abe1-380fb7995660/Sarah+Hillmer+headshot+%28photo+by+Daylilies+Photography%29.jpg Italy Program - Make it stand out Sarah Hillmer has 20+ years of experience in the professional dance world as a dancer, rehearsal director, assistant to choreographers, stager, educator, creator and arts administrator. Her company credits include the Atlanta Ballet, glo - as a founding member, and staibdance. Sarah served as a Rehearsal Director at the Atlanta Ballet from 2013-2019 where artistic relationships with Twyla Tharp and Helen Pickett were forged. Sarah staged work for Twyla Tharp at Royal Winnipeg Ballet & Atlanta Ballet, and her work as a stager and assistant for Helen Pickett have taken her to Alberta Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, Smuin Ballet, UArts and UNCSA. Sarah is the Founder & Director of ImmerseATL, a training & mentorship program that serves dancers at pivotal stages in their ever-evolving journey as artists through the Artist Program and the ImmerseATL Collective. As a choreographer, Sarah has been commissioned to create work for Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi, Backside of the Tent Productions, Emory Dance Company and Admix Project. Sarah has been a co-collaborator with George Staib on two productions; fence in 2019, which was funded by a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts, National Dance Project, and Dido & Aeneas in 2023, a collaboration with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. As an arts administrator, Sarah currently serves as staibdance’s Executive Director. During her 5-year tenure she has planned and managed 6 national tours, 2 world premieres, annual workshops, an annual 2-week summer intensive in Sorrento, Italy, (MC)2-Atlanta’s first multi-cultural dance festival, as well as a docuseries based on (MC)2 and a podcast series, Secret Architecture: the process of process. Additionally, Sarah serves as Business Operations Manager for Windmill Arts, an organization dedicated to the advancement of new work in the arts. sarahjhillmer.com photo by Daylilies Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/deadc928-b5e4-4c6b-85bf-e1d20dd47a84/Monique+Jonas+%28photo+by+Gaby+Conn+Photos%29.jpeg Italy Program - Make it stand out Monique Jonas began dancing with the Chance to Dance programme before training at the Arts Educational Schools London. She completed her training at Rambert School, and received her Masters Degree from The London Contemporary Dance School 2017. Monique recently played the role of Juliet in Mathew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet, which toured internationally in 2024. She joined New Adventures in 2019 and has performed across multiple productions in that time. She, however, started her career with Richard Alston Dance Company as an apprentice in 2016 and toured extensively, both nationally and internationally with RADC, until their final performance in 2020. Additionally Monique founded her own dance company, Jona Dance in 2019. She has been choreographing, movement directing, teaching and producing work both online and in person. Jona Dance have created for Ballet Black, Miller Harris, Reebok and London Fashion Week to name a few. She premiered her work FLOCK on ENBS at the Peacock Theatre in 2023, Within Each Border in Barcelona in 2025 and a full length work called Recollections on London Contemporary Dance School at The Place Theatre, London in 2025 amongst others. She most recently movement directed for Edem Wornoo’s Sci-fi - fantasy short film End Of Play which premiered in 2025. Monique is also a guest artist with Chance to Dance at The Royal Ballet and Opera, a guest contemporary tutor at London Contemporary Dance School, Fabric CAT, Laban CAT, English National Ballet’s Ballet Futures, Artistry Youth Dance and more. Over the years, Monique has worked with Rambert Dance Company, Dickson Mbi, Ben Duke, Agudo Dance, Vidya Patel, Clod Ensemble and commercially on the Brit Awards (2021) BBC Drama; The Pursuit of Love (2021), The Marvels (Disney 2023), The REGIME (HBO, 2024) Jamie Cullum, Kae Tempest, and Kylie Minogue. photo by Gaby Conn Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/a835d753-754c-4e59-ad18-9cb3351b007d/Oliver+Robertson+%282024%29.jpg Italy Program - Make it stand out Oliver Robertson (He/Him) is a movement artist, researcher and practitioner currently based in Geneva, Switzerland. Interested in contemporary floorwork, Oliver’s movement style takes inspiration from martial arts, capoeira, breakdance and acrobatics, and more specifically how the combination of these can create unique ways of moving that no longer fall into any of these boxes. Since graduating Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2019, Oliver gained his MA whilst on a placement program with James Wilton Dance company, performing multiple full length works across Europe. Continuing his work with James Wilton Dance where he has taken the role of Education Manager, teaching workshops to schools, universities and dance companies across the UK and European countries such as Italy, Germany, Sweden & Romania. Aside from teaching, Oliver has danced for music artist Fred Again as part of his US tour visuals, toured Ireland with Roisin Whelan Dance and choreographed his own commissions for Youth Academies and Dance Companies across the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/948d5291-64ea-4587-8ac6-9770afe6463a/Victor+Rottier+%28photo+by+Zhiyelun+Qi%29.jpg Italy Program - Make it stand out Victor Rottier, originally from the Netherlands, graduated from the Artez School of Arts in Arnhem and works across Europe as a dancer, choreographer, rehearsal director, and educator. From 2014 to 2018, he danced with the Staatstheater Kassel, performing in works by Johannes Wieland, Hofesh Shechter, Maxine Doyle, Tom Weinberger, and Helder Seabra. He remained with the company as rehearsal director until 2021. In 2022, he worked as a choreographic assistant at the Staatstheater Braunschweig and assisted Johannes Wieland for his production at the Landestheater Linz. Alongside his institutional work, Victor has been active in the independent dance scene, contributing to productions by Maura Morales, Shumpei Nemoto, Guy & Roni, and collaborating with Sebastian Zuber and Panorama Dance Theater. Victor develops his own choreographic work and is a co-founder of Greywax Dance Company, where he helps shape the company’s artistic direction. Recent creations include Greywax 140 (2023) and Echoes of Applause (2024). His work also extends to opera, musical theater, and dance film. Additional collaborations include Grain of Thought with Angela Demattè, presented at Laboratoire Suisse de la Danse in Bern, and a piece created with Laja Field for the University of Utah in Los Angeles. As an educator, Victor regularly teaches contemporary dance at festivals and for professional companies. Since November 2024, he has held a full-time position as choreographic assistant and rehearsal director at Luzerner Theater. Learn more at victorrottier.org photo by Zhiyelun Qi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5718dea8d210b8b47c26b48a/7c3b5962-b879-4913-b3cc-b2d16b9e2df6/Gavriel+Spitzer+%28photo+by+Ascaf+Abraham%29.jpg Italy Program - Make it stand out Gavriel Spitzer graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in 2000 and was a dancer with the Batsheva Ensemble and the Batsheva Dance Company from 2000-2008. In 2009 Gavriel joined Suzanne Dellal productions, working with choreographers Barak Marshall and Renana Raz. He has been a member of the Gaga teaching staff since 2002, teaching both Gaga and repertoire by Ohad Naharin both in Israel and abroad. Gavriel has also been the stage manager of the Batsheva Ensemble since 2012 and in 2019 became the Ensemble's rehearsal director. 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