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

Marcel Dou is from Barcelona , Spain.  He has performed all over the world. In New York, he has worked with choreographers such as Luis Lara Malvacias, Regina Nejman, and Noel McDuffie.  Currently, he is also working with Sridhar Shanmugam and JoAnna Mendl-Shaw's Equus Projects. In February, 2008 Mr. Dou will Co-Direct an improvisation class with Company member Kristin Hatleberg at Union Street Dance.  Marcel would like to thank Eva Dean for her open heart. 

Lauren Griffin was born in Virginia Beach , VA , where she received her early training from the Virginia Governor's School for the Arts. In Virginia, she performed with the Second Wind Dance Company under the direction of Beverly Cordova Duane. Lauren attended North Carolina School of the Arts and Ohio State University where she received her BFA in dance in 2003. She has studied under the direction of Bebe Miller, Karen Eliot, Trish Casey, and Todd Rosenlieb.  Lauren has enjoyed dancing with Eva Dean Dance since August 2004. 

Kristin Hatleberg grew up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania , and obtained her BFA dance and BA English degrees from Rutgers University in 2005. She started working with EDD in October 2005. Kristin is currently also with Fly by Night Aerial Dance Theater and does her own explorations with neutral, a neutral mask performance group.  Ms. Hatleberg teaches Eva Dean Dance's “Balls” Dance Technique to grades K through 5 as well as professional dancers at Union Street Dance.  In February, 2008 she will Co-Direct an improvisation class with Company member Marcel Dou at Union Street Dance.

Nicole Mannarino began studying dance with The South Dayton Dance Theater and then recieved a BFA in modern dance through The Alvin Ailey American Dance center/Fordham University.  Since graduating, Nicole has worked with the Kevin Wynn Collection, JoAnna Mendl-Shaw's Equus Projects, Grounded Aerial Dance Theater, Breezy Berryman Dance, David Hurwith's Antediluvians, and The Tattooed Ballerinas, among others.  Nicole began working with Eva Dean Dance in 2007.

Claudia MacPherson is addicted to NYC, but calls Kentucky home. She received her BFA in Dance from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and Fordham University where she had the pleasures of working with choreographers including Jennifer Muller, Nathan Trice, and Kevin Wynn. Ms. MacPherson joined Eva Dean Dance in November 2003. Claudia currently performs with Mark Morris and The Tattooed Ballerinas of Hattie Mae Williams and is thrilled to take part in the joys of BOUNCE.   Ms. MacPherson has taught Eva Dean Dance's “Balls Dance Technique” classes at Union Street Dance since the fall of 2005. 

Tony Nilsson is a country boy from Sweden , where he was an actor. In 2006, Tony came to New York to dance.  Mr. Nilsson was an original cast member in the premiere of Eva Dean Dance's SONOROUS ECHO at Dance Theater Workshop in July of 2007.  In New York City, he has also worked with choreographers Diane McCarthy, Larry Keigwin, Nicole Wolcott, and most recently, Eva Dean.

Jessica Parks is originally from Detroit Michigan  but calls NYC home. She trained both in the Detroit area and in Tucson , where she received her BFA in dance from the University of Arizona . Jessica began working with Eva Dean Dance in September of 2006 and has enjoyed every minute of it!  Ms. Parks has also danced with the House of the Roses Volunteer Dance Company and is currently a member of Headless Whorse Dance Company. She deeply thanks her family for their love and support and her boyfriend Nick for his daily encouragement.

Brooke Welty is from lovely southern California where she graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with BA degrees in both Dance and Sociology. Since moving to New York she has had the pleasure of dancing with Eva Dean Dance since 2002, traveling to Dubai in the U.A.E and touring with the company throughout New England. Apart from performing Brooke also teaches children's ballet and works as a commercial and music video choreographer collaborating with Fluorescent Films ( www.fluorescentfilms.com). In New York she has also worked with choreographer Stephen Koplo witz in the Grand Step Project and is currently dancing as a “Hammerstien Beauty” at New York's notorious, downtown, theater of variety “The Box”. As a performer at The Box she was thrilled this year to travel to Istanbul, Turkey where she performed at The Royal Palace. When time allows she returns to the left coast to her ocean and family she misses and loves, but in the meantime she's having an absolute blast soaking up the extraordinary culture, life, and flavor of NYC!

MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHIES

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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.