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GALLIM ARTISTS JASMINE ALISCA (she/her) is a dancer from Las Vegas, Nevada who started her dance training at a young age in ballet, jazz, tap, and contemporary. She then graduated from Las Vegas Academy of the Arts and carried on to SUNY Purchase College where she just finished her third year as a dance major with a concentration in composition. At SUNY Purchase College, she has been able to train in many forms of modern dance techniques such as Graham, Cunningham, Limon, DOVA, and Horton. Jasmine has also been able to perform works by Jie-hung Connie Shiau, Loni Landon, Andrea Miller, and Jenn Freeman. She is expected to graduate in the Spring of 2025. BILLY BARRY (he/him) was born in New York in 1989. He trained at The Ailey School from 2003 - 2007 and performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in 2006. Billy continued training and graduated from The Juilliard School in 2011. During his time at Juilliard, he performed with GALLIM Dance and Keigwin + Co. He was part of the original cast of GALLIM’s WONDERLAND. He joined the Batsheva Ensemble in 2011 and Batsheva Dance Company in 2012. In 2022, he was appointed Assistant Rehearsal Director of Batsheva Dance Company. As a choreographer, Billy has created several short works, both contemporary and commercial. In 2022, Billy and Gianni Notarnicola began creating together, developing a movement language and style of their own. The two have since premiered two duets (B.O.A.T.S and G.O.A.T.S) that have performed in Varda Hall, Suzanne Dellal Hall, Tmuna Theatre, Habait Theatre, Tanzfaktur Koln and Rotterdam. In 2023, Billy choreographed solo works on himself and others that have performed at the CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo, Inbal Theatre and The Juilliard School. He was also the recipient of the Yair Shapira Award for dance excellence in 2019. DONTERREO CULP (he/him) is a New York City-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’s length work and really 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. He has attended prestigious programs such as Springboard Danse Montreal and the Trinity Laban London Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Donterreo has worked with Nimbus Dance, performing works by Sofia Nappi, Kristen Klein, Dawn Marie Bazemore, and Samuel Pott. He is currently a company member with GALLIM Dance under the direction of Andrea Miller. Donterreo is always seeking opportunities to collaborate with artists who are pushing the boundaries of what is possible in dance and strives to create works that are true and authentic. BRIANA DEL MUNDO (she/her) is of Filipino descent and a native of Calgary, Canada. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance at the Juilliard School and soon after joined Ballet BC as an Emerging Artist under the direction of Medhi Walerski for their 2023/24 season. During her collegiate years, she performed works by Ohad Naharin, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge. Beyond school, her tenure with Ballet BC brought her to explore and perform works by Johan Inger, William Forsythe, Imre & Marne van Opstal, Shahar Binyamini, Crystal Pite, and David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen of Out Innerspace. Briana also developed an interest in fashion during her time at Juilliard, where she worked as a


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