We are thrilled to introduce the participants in our 2014 DEVICES: Choreographic Intensive. The following choreographers will participate in a three-month choreographic mentorship process with Doug Varone, culminating in a showing of new works and works-in-process this September in NYC.
In addition to making her own work, Annie Kloppenberg is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Colby College; teaches and performs nationally with the improvisational trio, Like You Mean It; co-founded and now curates the guest artist series Moving Target Boston; and is on the Boards of Green Street Studios in Cambridge, MA and the American College Dance Festival Association.
Mauriah Donegan Kraker is happy to be back in the Midwest after some years wandering New York and Asia. She has created site specific projects on printing presses in Germany, in rivers in the Midwest, under bridges in Taiwan, and in Bangkok's zombie buildings. She's happiest on her bike or with a book.
Nathalie Matychak, a native New Yorker, is a dancer, choreographer and movement investigator who has been privileged to create and show work with her project-based dance company, MATYCHAK, since 2011. When she is not in the studio, you can find her combing the streets for crossword puzzles, dabbling in astrology, dreaming up new cupcake recipes and indulging her addiction to coconut oil.
Mari Meade Montoya is a choreographer, dancer and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. She began her company, Mari Meade Dance Collective (MMDC) in 2009 after she received the Kenan Fellowship at Lincoln Center Education, and is a teaching artist at New York City Ballet. She enjoys bringing people together, clapping a little too loudly, and collecting fresh eggs from her chickens.
Jamie Erin Murphy, of Pittsburgh, PA, finds inspiration for her dance works within the physicality of the human body and its experiences. She finds a strange comfort in awkward situations and enjoys burying her toes in the sand.
Kensaku Shinohara lives in Queens, NY, originally from Sapporo, Japan, has a strong soul to create dance to unite community. He is always looking to the voice of people.
Jesse Fort White was born and raised in Tennessee, and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. His hobbies include not cooking, denim, and drag. Jesse is interested in making dances out of memory, awe, witness, and disaster.
Sarah Zehnder lives in Brooklyn, NY, is passionate about investigating the powerful physicality of partnering and the architectural designs of bodies in and through space. She loves stopping to observe, finding inspiration in the amazing, random interactions between people in this crazy city. To find out more about Zehnder Dance, check out the website www.zehnderdance.org.
