DANCERS' BIOGRAPHIES

Ms. Dean and her immensely likable dancers had just the right balance of distance and good-humored individual personality [in BOUNCE].
- Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times


Cristal Albornoz was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She received the title of professional dancer in El Taller de Danza de Caracas (1998-2002). In April 2006, she moved to New York to study at the Limón Institute and Peridance Center. She has since danced for choreographers as diverse as Yuri Cavalieri, Felix Ruckert, Adriana Urdaneta, Jaime Ziems, Edisa Weeks, Nina Buisson, Alan Danielson, and Paloma McGregor. Albornoz is a member of Emily Berry’s dance company B3W, and Paloma McGregor’s Angela’s Pulse Performance Project. Albornoz’s other projects include guest performing in the first special choreographic lab of Nora Chipaumire’s “Naked City”; performing with Sarah Black of the UK; and serving as a performer, producer and coordinator of Reinaldo Mijares’ Mudanza Company. With Mudanza Company Albornoz has taught training workshops for dancers and represented her country at the Aichi Expo 2006. Cristal’s awards include Premio a La Excelencia in the Universidad Central de Venezuela for three consecutives years, and the best choreography of the country in the Certamen Mayor de las Artes (2003-2006). Albornoz has taught contemporary dance and barre class at Peridance Center and Ballet Arts. She also has participated as an actress, dancer and singer in theatrical productions, Independent films and commercials in Venezuela and NYC. Cristal Albornoz in Eva Dean Dance's UBA BOUNCE - Photo: Yi-Chun Wu

 

 

 

George Hirsch graduated from the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College, receiving an Honors Degree in Dance. He has since had the privilege of dancing for Artichoke Dance Company, David Capps/Dances, Regina Nejman and Company, and GoCo in addition to working with Eva Dean Dance. He has performed at City Center in the Fall For Dance Program, the Joyce Theatre, Dance Theatre Workshop, St. Marks Theatre, The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, and on tour in Tobago. Currently George is rehearsing with Eva Dean Dance in preparation for performances of BOUNCE and Eva Dean’s newest work NRMNM2. George Hirsch - Eva Dean Dance's UBA BOUNCE - Photo: Yi-Chun Wu

 

 

 

 

Zoë Schieber a company member of Eva Dean Dance since 2008, an authorized Awareness Through Movement (ATM) teacher and part of the administrative team at the Feldenkrais Institute. She is currently enrolled in David Zemach-Bersin’s New York Feldenkrais Method Professional Training Program. She has an Anthropology Degree from Tulane University and pursues her passion for dance while living in New York. In addition to teaching Awareness Through Movement, she choreographs, teaches dance and performs. While in New York she has performed with Noémie Lafrance, Abbey Bender's Schmantze Theater, and Third Rail Productions. She can be seen in Waterfront Access? An experimental film by Floanne Ankah. Early in 2010 she premiered her own Company ZooziDance. She also teaches children through Young Dancers in Repertory. Zoe Schieber in Eva Dean Dance's UBA BOUNCE - Photo: Yi-Chun Wu

 

 

 

 

 

Sarah Sadie Newett is a graduate of Emerson College with a BFA in Dance/Theater. Since graduating she has completed her YogaWorks and Power Pilates certifications and teaches in both Brooklyn and Manhattan. She has had the privilege of performing at Dixon Place, Triskellion Arts and The Whitney. She also writes for the dance blog www.idanz.com and is a choreographer. While dancing with Eva Dean she faces her inherent fear of catching and throwing things head on and happily! Special thanks to her family and friends for their belief in her. Sarah Sadie Newett in Eva Dean Dance's UBA BOUNCE - Photo: Yi-Chun Wu

COLLABORATING ARTISTS

Alloy Orchestra is a three man musical ensemble including Terry Donahue, Roger Miller and Ken Winokur. The Orchestra generally writes and performs live accompaniment to classic silent films. Working with an outrageous assemblage of peculiar objects, they thrash and grind soulful music from unlikely sources. Performing at prestigious film festivals and cultural centers in the U.S. and abroad (The Telluride Film Festival, The Louvre, Lincoln Center, The Academy of Motion Pictures, and the National Gallery of Art, among others), Alloy has helped revive some of the great masterpieces of the silent era. For Sonorous Echo, Alloy Orchestra will use complex mixed beds of sound effects, coupled with percussive rhythms and melodies, to create a musical depiction of sleep. The orchestra will also use real recordings of nighttime taken from different nighttime environments to create a musical/sound score that will conjure up the rich and varied experience of the night. http://www.alloyorchestra.com

Donald Knaack (Percussionist/Composer and Environmentalist) – The music of Vermont composer, musician and environmentalist Donald Knaack has been performed at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, The Van's Warped Tour, festivals with Phish, World Environment Day at the United Nations, Sundance Film Festival, among others He has composed two critically-acclaimed works for choreographer Twyla Tharp, been featured on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, the BBC and television commercials for The NBA, Electronic Arts and ESPN. www.junkmusic.org

John Van der Veer - “911” Composed and Performed by John van der Veer. http://www.northseaguitars.com/ & http://www.myspace.com/johnvanderveer . “911” is available on the cd “The Ark” – John van der Veer via the NAIM-label http://www.naimlabel.com/ , New York