Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Still / Here - Program
BILL T. JONES/ ARNIE ZANE COMPANY
“STILL/HERE”
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 | 7:30 PM
SHANNON HALL AT MEMORIAL UNION
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· JACOBY PRUITT · BABOU SANNEH · HANNAH SEIDEN · MAK THORNQUEST · WYETH WALKER · ROSA ALLEGRA WOLFF in
STILL/HERE (1994)
CONCEIVED, CHOREOGRAPHED AND DIRECTED BY BILL T. JONES
REHEARSAL DIRECTION BY SHAYLA-VIE JENKINS
VISUAL CONCEPT AND MEDIA ENVIRONMENT BY GRETCHEN BENDER
LIGHTING DESIGN BY ROBERT WIERZEL*
COSTUME DESIGN BY LIZ PRINCE
“STILL” MUSIC COMPOSED AND LYRICS ARRANGED BY KENNETH FRAZELLE
“STILL” MUSIC RECORDED AND PERFORMED BY ODETTA
“STILL” MUSIC RECORDED AND PERFORMED BY LARK STRING QUARTET WITH BILL FINIZIO, PERCUSSION
“DENIAL” MONOLOGUE WRITTEN BY LAWRENCE GOLDHUBER
“HERE” MUSIC COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY VERNON REID
“HERE” MUSIC RECORDED AND MIXED BY BRADSHAW LEIGH AND VERNON REID
*DENOTES MEMBER OF THE UNITED SCENIC ARTS UNION (USA)
ORIGINAL CAST
ARTHUR AVILES · GABRI CHRISTA · JOSIE COYOC · TORRIN CUMMINGS · LAWRENCE GOLDHUBER · ROSALYNDE LEBLANC · ODILE REINEADELAIDE · DANIEL RUSSELL · MAYA SAFFRIN · GORDON F. WHITE
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION STAFF
KELLY ATALLAH · GREGORY BAIN · JAMES IRVINE
SPECIAL THANKS TO
JANET WONG · GREGORY BAIN · KELLY ATALLAH · NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
THE 2024 RECONSTRUCTION WAS RE-STAGED BY JANET WONG
PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION STAFF
KYLE MAUDE, PRODUCING DIRECTOR & COO
ALEXANDER ROBERTS, PRODUCTION MANAGER
SYDNEY STARKS, PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
JAMES BENNETT, AUDIO/VIDEO MANAGER
SERENA WONG, LIGHTING SUPERVISOR
DYLAN RICHMOND, COMPANY MANAGER
VICTORIA BECK, COSTUME CONSTRUCTION
DAVID GLISTA, SCENIC FABRICATION
The recreation of Still/Here is produced by New York Live Arts with lead support from Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. Additional support generously provided by ASU Gammage, Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth and UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance.
The creation of new work by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is made possible in part by the company’s Partners in Creation: Zoe Eskin, Eleanor Friedman, Ruth & Stephen Hendel, Suzanne Karpas, Ellen M. Poss, Jane Bovingdon Semel, in memory of Linda G. Shapiro, Slobodan Randjelović & Jon Stryker.
We especially thank Ed Bradley Family Foundation for their support of the remount of Still/Here.
PROGRAM NOTES
BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY STILL/HERE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2026 | 7:30 PM
SHANNON HALL AT MEMORIAL UNION
Thirty years after its premiere, the groundbreaking dance theater work Still/Here by Bill T. Jones returns! The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company remounts this timeless “landmark of 20th-century dance,” underscoring its continued relevance and its ability to evoke the spirit of survival. Created during the contentious and terrifying AIDS epidemic, Still/Here broke boundaries between the personal and the political and exemplified a form of dance theater that is uniquely American. In spite—or perhaps because—of its position in the center of the culture wars, this highly formal multimedia work defined and ultimately transcended its era. Today, with another pandemic behind us, wars raging, the planet failing, and technology rising, many of these same questions around mortality remain.
Still/Here delivers its structures with simplicity and sophistication, marked by spoken text, video portraits, dance, and the abstract nature of gesture. Music from Kenneth Frazelle (sung by Odetta) and Vernon Reid accompanies Gretchen Bender’s visual concept and multimedia environment. Long-time collaborators include Liz Prince (costumes) and Robert Wierzel (lighting).
The making of Still/Here was the subject of a documentary by Bill Moyers and David Grubin entitled Bill T. Jones: Still/ Here with Bill Moyers in 1997.
PROGRAM NOTE (1994)
At the heart of Still/Here are the Survival Workshops: Talking and Moving about Life and Death.” The first was conducted in November 1992, in Austin, Texas, as an experiment to see
what, if anything, could be collected from the experiences of people living with life-threatening illnesses that would inform a dance/theater work. After it was completed, we realized that the participants living on the front lines of the struggle to understand our mortality are in possession of information—is their knowledge a gift or is it a burden? The participants’ generosity of spirit and willingness to express their experience both with words and gestures was both exhilarating and terrible. They are the essence of Still/Here; their gestures inform the choreography, their words the lyrics, their images the stage. They will always be Still/Here. This work is dedicated to them.
Shannon Baker · Valeria Banks · Adi Bemark · Devon Blakely · Ellen Bragal · Luana Branscom · Robert S. Brooks · Lisa Brunel · Antonia Burke · Tana Christie · Donald Corman · Jason Creager · Margaret Crosson · Chris, Marilyn De Groot · Kimmesha Doe · Sessum Dunn · Tamika Dunmeyer · Sunny Dupree · Esq. · Cindy Dyas · Mary Eskridge · Sheila Feinkopf · Maxine Flynn · Christopher Fonns · David Garay · Michele K. Gill · Bonnie Godbey · Jake Goeller · Gloria Goldhuber · Floyd Goode · Tammy Griffey · Jennifer Hagerty · Jay Hanson · Arthur Hardy · Beverly Hazelmeyer · Edith B. Herrold · Elizabeth J. Higgins · Rebecca Hoffman · B. Michael Hunter · Alvario Ilgia · Paco A. Infante · Hope Jinishian · Laura K, John, Gary L. Jordan
· Najah Joseph · Ron Kephort · Nicholas Lahadge · Scott A. Lehman · Thomas Lambert · Carol MacVey · Arnie Malmom
· Stephen M. Marcello · Jaclyn Mellinger · Doug Miklos · Michael Milligan · Maxine Obrecht · Andrea E. Reimer · Scott
H. Richardson · Ray Ricketts · Juan Rivera · Sam Rivera · Anna Rivers · Carolyn Rosner · Martin Rozenman · Assotto Saint · Leo Salera · Alberto Sandoval · Barbara Schrading · Pamela Simpson · Tawnni Simpson · Faye Simmons · Musette Sirmons
· Javier Soles · Mae-Shen Tan · Cathy Tubb · James Turcotte
· Frank Lincoln Viner · Jean Wassell · Ruth Wasterman · Suzy
Watson · Christopher Wey · Karen Gerald Wheaton · Bobby
Williams · David Wolfe · Keith M. Woods
ON FEBRUARY 21, 1994, A SURVIVAL WORKSHOP WAS HELD IN MADISON.
Organized and sponsored by:
Michael Goldberg, The Wisconsin Union Theater
Survival Workshop Participants:
Lisa Bruenl, Jason Creager, Jake Goeller, Gary L. Jordan, Carolyn Rosner
Assisting Organizations:
The University of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center, The Madison AIDS Support Network, Wisconsin Public Television
Special Acknowledgements:
Carol Jefferson–The University of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center
Eve Tai, Dale Johnson, Susan Fadness–The Madison AIDS Support Network
Diane Kostecke, Mike Eicher, Curt Sorenson–Wisconsin Public Television
DIRECTOR’S NOTE (2024)
On the occasion of the revival of Still/Here, thirty years after its creation, some notions, feelings and aspirations have become more clear.
First, this revival answers the questions many creators have: how can or does my work transcend the era/the moment in which it was conceived?
The piece is and is not that work from 1994. We have researched and re-fitted this work on a new, gifted group of performers, most of whom were not born when the piece was created. It isn't that the movements, “the steps,” stay true to 1994, but the hearts, the minds, and understanding of the issues informing the work cannot help but be different.
I am different and have experienced several types of “survivorship” over the last 30 years. One of these is surviving in the face of the relentless conversation that a work of art must endure.
Mortality is an aspect of the human condition that does not follow fashions nor aesthetic conversations. It is a powerful fact that we can only stand our ground in the face of - or we fall down and are swept away…
For over 44 years, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company has shaped the evolution of contemporary dance through the creation and performance of more than 140 works. Founded as a multicultural dance company in 1982, the company was born of an 11-year artistic collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. Today, the company is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the modern dance world. The company has performed its ever-enlarging repertoire worldwide in more than 200 cities in 30 countries on every major continent. In 2011, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company merged with Dance Theater Workshop to form New York Live Arts, of which Bill T. Jones is the Artistic Director and Janet Wong is the Associate Artistic Director.
The repertory of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is widely varied in its subject matter, visual imagery, and stylistic approach to movement, voice, and stagecraft. It includes musically driven works and others fueled primarily by text. Some of its most celebrated creations are eveninglength works including Last Supper at Uncle Tom’s Cabin/ The Promised Land (1990, Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music); Still/Here (1994, Biennale de la Danse in Lyon, France); We Set Out Early… Visibility Was Poor (1996, Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA); You Walk? (2000, European Capital of Culture 2000, Bologna, Italy); Blind Date
(2006, Peak Performances at Montclair State University); Chapel/Chapter (2006, Harlem Stage Gatehouse); Fondly Do We Hope… Fervently Do We Pray (2009, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL); Another Evening: Venice/Arsenale (2010, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy); Story/Time (2012, Peak Performances); A Rite (2013, Carolina Performing Arts at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill); Deep Blue Sea (2021, Park Avenue Armory). The Company is also currently touring Body Against Body, an intimate and focused collection of duet works drawn from the Company’s 36-year history.
ARTIST BIOS
DIRECTORS
Bill T. Jones (Artistic Director/CoFounder/Choreographer: Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company; Artistic Director: New York Live Arts) is a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director, and writer. He has received major honors, including the Human Rights Campaign’s 2016 Visibility Award, the 2013 National Medal of Arts, a 1994 MacArthur “Genius” Award, and Kennedy Center Honors in 2010. Mr. Jones was honored with the 2014 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, recognized as Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2010, and inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2009. The Dance Heritage Coalition named him “An Irreplaceable Dance Treasure” in 2000. His ventures into Broadway theater resulted in a 2010 Tony Award for Best Choreography in the critically acclaimed FELA!, a musical co-conceived, cowritten, directed, and choreographed by Mr. Jones. He also earned a 2007 Tony Award for Best Choreography in Spring Awakening, as well as an Obie Award for the show’s 2006 off-Broadway run. His choreography for the off-Broadway production of The Seven earned him a 2006 Lucille Lortel Award. Most recently, in 2022 he was awarded a second Lucille Lortel Award for his choreography for Black No More. That same year Mr. Jones was nominated for the 2022 Tony Awards for his work on Paradise Square
Mr. Jones began his dance training at SUNY Binghamton where he studied classical ballet and modern dance. After living in Amsterdam, Mr. Jones returned to Binghamton, where he became cofounder of the American Dance Asylum in 1973. In 1982, he formed the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company (then called Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company) with his late partner, Arnie Zane. Mr. Jones is currently artistic director of New York Live Arts, an organization that strives to create a robust framework in support of the nation’s dance
and movement-based artists through new approaches to producing, presenting, and educating. For more information, visit newyorklivearts.org.
His work in dance has been recognized with the 2010 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, the 2005 Wexner Prize, the 2005 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement, the 2003 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, and the 1993 Dance Magazine Award. His additional awards include the Harlem Renaissance Award in 2005 and the Dorothy B. Chandler Performing Arts Award in 1991. He also received multiple New York Dance and Performance Bessie Awards for his works The Table Project (2001), The Breathing Show (2001), D-Man in the Waters (1989), and the company’s groundbreaking season at the Joyce Theater (1986). In 1980, 1981, and 1982, Mr. Jones was the recipient of Choreographic Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1979, he was granted the Creative Artists Public Service Award in Choreography.
Mr. Jones was profiled on NBC Nightly News and The Today Show in 2010 and was a guest on The Colbert Report in 2009. Also in 2010, he was featured in HBO’s documentary series MASTERCLASS, which follows notable artists as they mentor aspiring young artists. In 2009, Mr. Jones appeared on one of the final episodes of Bill Moyers Journal, discussing his Lincoln suite of works. He was also one of 22 prominent Black Americans featured in the HBO documentary The Black List in 2008. In 2004, ARTE France and Bel Air Media produced Bill T. Jones–Solos, highlighting three of his iconic solos from a cinematic point of view. The making of Still/Here was the subject of a documentary by Bill Moyers and David Grubin entitled Bill T. Jones: Still/Here with Bill Moyers in 1997. Additional television credits include telecasts of his works Last Supper at Uncle Tom’s Cabin/The Promised Land (1992) and Fever Swamp (1985) on PBS’s Great Performances Series. In 2001, D-Man in the Waters was broadcast on the Emmy-winning documentary Free to Dance.
Bill T. Jones’s interest in new media and digital technology has resulted in collaborations with the team comprised of Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar, and Marc Downie, now known as OpenEnded Group. The collaborations include After Ghostcatching – the 10th Anniversary re-imagining of Ghostcatching (2010, SITE Santa Fe Eighth International
Biennial); 22 (2004, Arizona State University’s Institute for Studies In The Arts and Technology, Tempe, AZ); and Ghostcatching – A Virtual Dance Installation (1999, Cooper Union, New York, NY).
He has received honorary doctorates from Yale University, Art Institute of Chicago, Bard College, Columbia College, Skidmore College, the Juilliard School, Swarthmore College, and the State University of New York at Binghamton Distinguished Alumni Award, where he began his dance training with studies in classical ballet and modern dance.
Mr. Jones’s memoir, Last Night on Earth, was published by Pantheon Books in 1995. An in-depth look at the work of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane can be found in Body Against Body: The Dance and Other Collaborations of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane, published by Station Hill Press in 1989. Hyperion Books published Dance, a children’s book written by Bill T. Jones and photographer Susan Kuklin, in 1998. Mr. Jones contributed to Continuous Replay: The Photography of Arnie Zane, published by MIT Press in 1999. Jones’s most recent book, Story/Time: The Life of an Idea, was published in 2014 by Princeton University Press.
In addition to his company and Broadway work, Mr. Jones also choreographed Sir Michael Tippet’s New Year (1990) for Houston Grand Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. His Mother of Three Sons was performed at the Munich Biennale, New York City Opera and the Houston Grand Opera. Mr. Jones also directed Lost in the Stars for the Boston Lyric Opera. Additional theater projects include co-directing Perfect Courage with Rhodessa Jones for Festival 2000 in 1990. In 1994, he directed Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain for The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN.
Arnie Zane (1948–1988) (Co-Founder/Choreographer) was a native New Yorker born in the Bronx and educated at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton. In 1971, Mr. Zane and Bill T. Jones began their long collaboration in choreography and in 1973 formed the American Dance Asylum in Binghamton with Lois Welk. Mr. Zane’s first recognition in the arts came as a photographer when he received a Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS) Fellowship in 1973. Mr. Zane was the recipient of a second CAPS Fellowship in 1981 for
choreography, as well as two Choreographic Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1983 and 1984). In 1980, Mr. Zane was corecipient, with Mr. Jones, of the German Critics Award for his work, Blauvelt Mountain. Rotary Action, a duet with Mr. Jones, was filmed for television, co-produced by WGBH-TV Boston and Channel 4 in London. Continuous Replay: The Photographs of Arnie Zane was published by MIT Press in April 1999.
PERFORMERS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEPHANIE CROUSILLAT
Barrington Hinds has performed with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company since 2017. Hailing from Palm Beach, FL, Hinds began his training at the School of Ballet Florida under the direction of Marie Hale. Hinds holds a B.F.A. in dance from SUNY Purchase College and has worked professionally with VERB Ballets, Northwest Professional Dance Project, and the national tour of Twyla Tharp’s Broadway show, Movin’ Out. In 2011 Hinds was honored as a finalist for the Clive Barnes Award for young talent in dance. He has worked with leading choreographers, including Laurie Stallings, Edgar Zendejas, Sarah Slipper, Helen Pickett, Thaddeus Davis, and Cherylyn Lavagnino, to name a few. Hinds has also danced with the Stephen Petronio Company and has freelanced in commercials, TV, and print work. Hinds is also a choreographer and teacher. His work has been shown at Purchase College, Dixon Place, Warwick Summer Festival, Arts On Site, and The Tank. @bar_hinds; barringtonhinds.com
Jada Jenai, born and bred in Brooklyn, NY, is a performing artist with a B.F.A. in dance from SUNY Purchase, where they minored in arts management. Since graduating, Jenai has established a vibrant career, initially dancing for the acclaimed Kyle Abraham, Abraham in Motion
before joining Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in 2021. Throughout their tenure with Bill T. Jones, Jenai has worn multiple hats, excelling both as a performer and as company manager. Their role extends beyond the stage; Jenai is deeply committed to nurturing the next generation of dancers, teaching at their home studio, Creative Outlet, and contributing as a teacher with MOVE|NYC|. In addition to their dance career, they freelance as a model and work in administrative roles across various art communities. With a passion for both performance and behind-the-scenes work, Jenai is thrilled to bring their talents back to their hometown, marking a significant and personal milestone in their artistic journey with the company. @jadajenai
Shane Larson was raised in Minnesota, where he received his early training at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. He graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, with a B.F.A. in dance and a minor in child and adolescent mental health studies. He also studied at SEAD in Austria. Since living in New York City, Mr. Larson has branched out to collaborate with punk musicians, film makers, improvisational music ensembles, and site-specific visual artists. He is also a multimedia video artist who makes collage-based work about memory. Mr. Larson joined the company in 2015. @shanelarson
Danielle Marshall is a native of Atlanta, GA. She received her early dance training from DeKalb School of the Arts, Phusion Performing Arts Alliance, and City Gate Dance Theater. In 2019, she graduated summa cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. program, studying dance and prehealth for physical therapy. During her time at Ailey/Fordham, Ms. Marshall had the opportunity to perform works by her colleagues and notable choreographers such as Adam Barruch, Amy Hall Garner, and Maxine Steinman. Marshall is also a certified Horton
instructor. Danielle joined the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in 2021.
Jacoby Pruitt is a New York Citybased performer, teaching artist, and choreographer. He began his dance training in Miami, where he attended New World School of the Arts. He is an honors graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of Dance and the recipient of the Martha Hill Dance Fund’s “Young Professional” Award (2015) as well as a New York Dance & Performance Bessie Award (2022). Jacoby has danced with Ailey II, Company XIV, and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, among other choreographers and freelance opportunities. His TV and film credits include Good Morning America, Comedy Central’s film Alternatino, In the Heights, and music videos for various recording artists, including Fletcher, Lexxe, Chad Lawson, and Loren Allred. Mr. Pruitt is currently a guest artist with the Sean Curran Company, a collaborator with Kimberly Bartosik/Daela, and a performer with the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company. He joined the company in 2021. @jacobypruitt
Babou Sanneh is a first-generation Gambian-American dance artist, model, and performer from the Bronx, New York. He is a graduate of the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase (BFA). His theatrical work spans immersive and operatic worlds, performing in Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More and Emursive’s Life and Trust. Babou has also appeared on the stages of the Metropolitan Opera House and Lyric Opera of Chicago in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, El Niño, Champion, and X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X. He has performed works by acclaimed choreographers including Johannes Weiland, Tushrik Fredericks, Maleek Washington, Bill T. Jones, Martha Graham, and Victor Quijada | RUBBERBAND, with appearances at 92NY, Springboard Danse Montréal, and the B12 Festival Berlin. Beyond the stage, Babou has been featured in
campaigns and publications for Burberry, Telfar, Nike, Carolina Herrera, GQ, and HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness.
Hannah Seiden, from Boulder, CO, is a dance artist based in New York City. She graduated with honors from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Dance. She has performed both nationally and internationally in works by Alexis Blake, Ohad Naharin, Shannon Gillen, Larry Keigwin, Merce Cunningham, Sonya Tayeh, Kate Harpootlian, Stacey Tookey, and others. She was a founding member of MICHIYAYA Dance and a guest artist with Boston Dance Theater. Ms. Seiden also has choreographed and danced in music videos, films, and ads for numerous artists and companies, including THINX, MAC Cosmetics, Ambar Lucid, Racysuits, and more. This past year, she was featured in Mean Girls the Musical with choreography by Kyle Hanagami. Ms. Seiden makes her own work and also choreographs and teaches Pilates and various styles of dance to people of all ages. She was elated and honored to join the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in 2024. @hbseiden
Mak Thornquest (they/them) is a trans, Idaho-born dancer, writer, choreographer, and first-generation college graduate. They received their B.F.A. in Dance from the California Institute of the Arts in 2022 and have since relocated to New York City. Thornquest was a 2023 Artist in Residence with Ghostlight Residency (Los Angeles, CA) alongside their creative partner Max Martin, a 2020 Artist in Residence at MING Studios (Boise, ID), and is a two-time Alexa Rose Foundation grantee. As a company artist with Sidra Bell Dance New York, Thornquest performed in their Bessie Award-nominated show IN | REP in 2022. In 2023, they debuted their original work, an echo that doesn’t rhyme, in collaboration with composer Daniel Newman-Lessler, commissioned by Hear Now Music Festival. Notable performance credits include works by Trisha Brown, Danielle Agami, Peter Chu,
Yusha-Marie Sorzano, and Merce Cunningham at venues including Arts On Site, Gibney, REDCAT LA, Los Angeles Dance Project, Hauser & Wirth, and the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were immeasurably excited to join the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in 2024!
Wyeth Walker is a dancer and choreographer, currently based in NYC. Raised in Virginia, he grew up training under Denise Wall, later graduating from USC Kaufman in 2022. While at USC, he had the opportunity to learn and perform work by Peter Chu, Bret Easterling, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, and Jermaine Spivey, among others. After graduating, Wyeth danced with RUBBERBAND in Montreal for three seasons. Since relocating to New York, he has performed in works by (All) Ways Dance Co and Marla Phelan.
Rosa Allegra Wolff is a world builder who sparks melancholic and electrifying truths through dance, choreography, and photography. Raised in Maplewood, NJ, Wolff received their early training at Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts and the Lydia Johnson Dance School. They are a 2024 New Choreography Grant recipient through the Eryc Taylor Dance Company and were a choreography fellow with MovingForwardDance run by Madi Hicks. They graduated from George Mason School of Dance in 2023 with honors in choreographic excellence. Their creations weave in self-produced music, photography, collaboration, and deep breaths. Wolff has had the honor to perform with companies and artists including Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hardknocks, RogueWave Dance Company, and Theatre in Quarantine, run by Joshua William Gelb, Christina Robson, Joseph Hernandez, Heather Robles, Paris Cullen, and Sarah Zucchero. Having grown up inspired by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Rosa was thrilled to join the company in 2024.
CREDITS
COLLABORATORS
Gretchen Bender, Video Concept And Media Environment (1951–2004)
Kenneth Frazelle, “Still” Composer
Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Rehearsal Director
Liz Prince, Costume Designer
Vernon Reid, “Here” Composer
Robert Wierzel, Lighting Designer
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Serena Wong, Lighting Supervisor
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