GALLIM Biographies

WHO'S WHO IN GALLIM COMPANY ARTISTS GEORGIA USBORNE (Rehearsal Director) (she/her) is a performer, choreographer, and teacher based in Brooklyn. Originally from the UK, she graduated from Central School of Ballet in 2010 and danced with Bern Ballet in Switzerland under the direction of Cathy Marston. In Bern, Georgia worked with choreographers including Alexander Ekman, Adonis Foniadakis, Johan Inger, Didy Veldman, and Noa Zuk, and completed her MA in Contemporary Dance. Georgia joined Andrea Miller’s GALLIM in 2014, creating, performing, and teaching internationally, and working as GALLIM’s Studio Programming Coordinator from 20182019. She continues to work with GALLIM as a Guest Artist, Teacher, and Rehearsal Director, as well as collaborating with other NY-based choreographers and dance companies. Georgia teaches Improvisation to all ages and levels and choreographs for film, video, and live performance. Her dance films have received awards at International Film Festivals. Georgia is the Founding Director of CreateART, interdisciplinary performance and residency platform for emerging art, and has worked as Community Organizer for Arts On Site. She is currently performing as a cast member of Punch Drunk’s Sleep No More. CHLOE CRENSHAW (Dancer) (she/her) is from Los Angeles, CA. She danced with Ballet BC as an Emerging Artist under the direction of Medhi Walerski for the 2021/22 season. She holds her BFA in Dance from the California Institute of the Arts (’21) and is a graduate of The HARID Conservatory (’18). Performance credits include work by Danielle Agami, Trisha Brown, Peter Chu, Crystal Pite, David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen, Spenser Theberge, and Medhi Walerski, among others. Additional training programs include Springboard Danse Montreal, GagaLab, BODYTRAFFIC, Boston Ballet, and the School of American Ballet. SYDNEY CHOW (Dancer) (she/her) was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she was named a YoungArts winner in Modern/Contemporary Dance. She then received her BFA in dance and minor in computer programming from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Since graduating, she has performed works by Gabrielle Lamb, Rohan Bhargava, and most recently Crystal Pite and Chuck Wilt at Springboard Danse Montreal. She joined GALLIM for its Fall 2022 season and is very grateful to continue with the company. DONTERREO CULP (Dancer) (he/him) is an NYC-based freelance dancer and choreographer with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from East Carolina University and a minor in Business Administration. In 2018, he received the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Award, which allowed him to create an evening length work and hone in on his choreographic processes. Donterreo's passion for dance has led him to perform with renowned choreographers such as Kyle Abraham, Alanna Morris, Richard Smith, Jennifer Archibald, and many more. Donterreo has worked with Nimbus Dance, performing works by Sofia Nappi, Kristen Klein, Dawn Marie Bazemore, and Samuel Pott.