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ALISSA CARDONE is a choreographer and dancer. Cardone's performances have been said to "release form from the unconscious heart into the conscious mind" and "to occupy time while suspending it." Her work has manifested on both stage and street, in solo and group compositions, in dance films and concentrate on interdisciplinary collaborations with Kinodance. Cardone trained with Min Tanaka (Body Weather Farm), has collaborated and performed with Paula Josa-Jones/Performance Works, Nora Chipaumire, Elaine Summers & Yoshito Ohno and continues to study and perform for 'Nijinski of Butoh' Akira Kasai, most recently in "Butoh America" a centennial commission by Japan Society for the New York Butoh Festival (October 2007). In Japan she was featured in Kasai's "Nobody Eve" (Tokyo & Kyoto, 2003) and in 2004 received a fellowship from Asian Cultural Council to train with Kasai, study Nihon Buyo with Minosuke Nishikawa and collaborate with contemporary dancer Naoka Uemura on the multi-media production "Wonder Girl" (Tokyo, 2004). Cardone has collaborated and improvised with musicians such as Masakatsu Takagi, rock guitarist Chris Brokaw, Tatsuya Nakatani, Greg Kelley, Mike Bullock and noise artist Jessica Rylan. Currently on faculty at Longy School of Music's Dalcroze Eurythmics Program, Cardone has guest taught at Concord Academy, Boston Ballet, Drop Dance Collective (Boise, ID), Soundscape (N. Carolina), Bank America Celebrity Series & has led Butoh-based improvisation labs in Boston, Russia & Philadelphia. (www.kinodance.org)

KARL CRONAN - “Having begun my career researching the neural affects of sensory-motor experiences on cognitive development, I have spent the past 3 years developing choreography and kinetic experiences that require performers to move from and respond to their perceptions and thought processes. For me, creating engaging live theatre demands the use of scores that allow the fullness of a performer’s experience (memories, sensations, thoughts) to influence their actions.

“For audiences and performers alike, I believe that having direct, visceral experiences that remind us we are intimately connected to the spaces we inhabit is the starting point for community involvement, civic engagement, and ecological responsibility. Since these are the bedrocks of a sustainable future for our planet, I am committed to making work that fosters their development. Aesthetically, I work to create clear poetic statements in natural settings that are as memorable as folk songs, and as personal as the breath inside our lungs.”

BRUCE FERRARA www.bruceferarra.com

MICHAEL JAHODA is a teacher, performer and choreographer from Schenectady, New York.

Currently living in Boston, Massachusetts, he is teaching at Boston University and creating his own performance projects.

Michael began his professional career as a guest with New York City Ballet in Jerome Robbins’ Mother Goose. He later received a scholarship to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York City and went on to join The Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble.

Michael was a principal dancer with Jennifer Muller/The Works in NYC for seven years. Since 1989 he has been teaching classes in the Muller Technique; a highly developed modern dance technique, and giving workshops internationally. He has been invited to Tsech Festival-Moscow, DV8-UK, Arena 225 Zurich, de Theater School, Amsterdam, Artemis Kunstcentrum / Henny Jurriens Stichting, Amsterdam, the Kölner Tanz Agentur, Cologne, Stadt Theater Linz-Austria, Charlerois/Dances-Plan K, Belgium, and Balettakademien Goteborg, Sweden, and De Rotterdamse Dansacademie in Rotterdam, the Netherlands amongst others.

In 1995 he moved to Europe where he taught classes and workshops, and danced in freelance productions and festivals. From 1997 to 2005 he was a featured dancer with Anouk van Dijk’s anoukvandijkdc., and in 2001 he began a collaboration with Finnish video artist Pasi Granqvist. Michael and Pasi formed the Phillip Project (www.phillipproject.com), an artistic collaboration based in Amsterdam that created a series of interrelated multi-media episodes that range from five-hour performance-installations to club performances to intricate sound and film installations. The most recent, Episode 14 - Just dreaming, just wondering, just remembering to remember, was performed at Green Street Studios, Cambridge, MA.

LARRY KUKERS music

RENATO MALAVASI is from Brazil, where he graduated from Musical & Dramatic Conservatory Dr. Carlos de Campos, Tatui, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was a recipient of the Berklee Best Scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Berklee College Of Music, Boston, MA.

Renato has been performing around the New England area for the past 8 years. Due to his original background and flexibility to learn and study other musical styles, Renato has shared the stages with some of the most unique musicians in the area. His performances range widely from instrumental Jazz Trios, Quartets, Quintets, and Big Bands to accompanying Jazz Singers. Other performances and experiences include projects with Brazilian and Afro Cuban groups, Blues, Pop, and Gospel bands as well.

In addition to his regular appearances at Ryles Jazz Club, Acton Jazz Cafe, and The Odyssey Cruise,

During this time Renato has performed with singers: Karin Parker, Dennis James, Suzanne Lockwood, Rachel Burns, and Anita Coelho, singers/pianists: Marlene and Geoffrey Hicks, saxophonists: Rick DiMuzio, Tim Mayer, Daniel Smith, Joel Press, Joel Springer, James Merenda, Paul Combs, and Diane Wernick ,pianists: Alexie Tsagnov, Misha Tsagnov, Doug Johnson, Joel Smith, Don Hemwall, Al Vega, Richard Lucius, Alfredo Cardim, Michael Shea, Ken Cook, Harry Fix, Ken Berman, and Jun Furuya, guitarists: Jon Damian, Mitch Seidman, Troy Nielsen, Steve Fell, Sergio Brandao, Jay Ford, and Patrick Mottaz, bassists: John Lockwood, Bruce Gertz, Fernando Huergo, Thomas Hebb, John Turner, Justin Meyer, Bruno Raberg, David Landoni, Edward Perez, Dmitri Ishenko, Larry Kukers, Jose Pienasola, Jef Charland, and Chris Lopes.

Before coming to Boston in 1997 to attend Berklee College of Music, Renato performed with well known Brazilian singers Carlos Navas and Tete Espindola in 1996. Renato has also performed extensively throughout Brazil with Top 40, Cover, and G.B. bands, besides having always kept other instrumental projects as a performer and student of Brazilian music and culture. In 1994, after about 7 years, he completed his studies at the Conservatory Dr. Carlos de Campos. During that time he studied and developed skills in both drum set and classical percussion fields. He could then experience his first steps into the academic musical world, playing as a drummer and percussionist in the most different ensembles such as: duets, trios, quartets, big bands, percussion ensembles, and Symphonic Orchestras. In 1995, he participated in the recording of the CD "Brazilian Composers" recorded by "The Wind Orchestra", which was one of the orchestras from the Conservatory where he studied.

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INGRID SCHATZ (choreographer/dancer) has been called, “Strong, dramatically intense…” and “…a superbly skilled dancer…” She received her BFA in Dance from the University of Massachusetts and has made a career of taking risks and pushing the boundaries of dance and in the process has studied Authentic Movement, Action Theater, stilt walking, low flying trapeze, and horse handling; and has performed in theaters, in gardens and on the screen. She has collaborated with many artists including choreographers Jin Wen Yu and Paula Josa-Jones (1997 – present), visual artists Michael Dowling and Bo Lembo, and performance artist Ernesto Pujol. She makes dances with Boston based Kairos Dance Theater and creates interdisciplinary collaborations with Kinodance Company. (www.kinodance.org)

MEGAN SCHENK, a native of Dayton, OH, began her training at Stivers School for the Arts where she was invited to join the Dayton Contemporary Dance Second Company. She went on to receive her BFA from the North Carolina School of the Arts where she was able to dance in works by renowned choreographers including, Doug Varone, Mark Morris, Kevin Wynn, and B.J. Sullivan. Now finding herself in Boston, she is excited to be working with Lorraine Chapman and Prometheus Dance along with other local artists.

SARAH SLIFER is a dance artist currently living in Salem, MA. Her work spans set choreography, site-specific work, improvisation, and performance installations. She has been directing and curating multidisciplinary arts events since 1998 in Washington DC, Amsterdam, NL, and now in Gloucester, MA. As a dancer she worked for many years with the Maida Withers Dance Construction Company in Washington DC, Vincent Cacialano in Amsterdam, and most recently with Caitlin Corbett Dance Company in Boston. She has taught dance at the George Washington University (Washington DC), the School for New Dance Development (Amsterdam, NL), and Dance Base (Edinburgh, Scotland), among other schools and studios in the US and Europe. She is the founder of the Gloucester New Arts Festival.