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.
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.
Zoë Schieber attended Tulane University where
she received her Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, and after
years of ballet training, began studying Modern dance. Later in
Galway, Ireland she began choreographing which eventually led her
to North Carolina and finally to NYC. In New York she has performed
with No 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. Currently she is participating in the
Feldenkrais Practitioner Training Program and teaches both Feldenkrais
and Dance as she happily works away with Eva Dean Dance.
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.
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
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