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Beppie Blankert
(Choreographer FEAST) began her dancing career in 1969 working
in several international dance companies. She now works
as a choreographer with her own touring company in The Netherlands,
England, Belgium, Germany, The United States and Canada.
In 1987 Beppie Blankert received the Digital Award for ‘Letters,
remember me’ and in 1992 the Prize for Choreography
and Production from the Union of Theater and Concert hall
Directors for Ives.
Aaron Copp
(Lighting Designer FEAST) has been working in theater since
he was 10. His lighting appears in the repertory of the
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, New York City Ballet, Rambert
Dance Company, Boston Ballet, and many others. He has collaborated
with visual artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Charles
Long, Marsha Skinner, and Leonardo Drew. Aaron was the recipient
of the 2000 Bessie Award for the lighting design for Merce
Cunningham's Biped.
Paul Geluso
(Composer 1999-2002) has collaborated with J Mandle Performance
for the past four years. Works include music scores for
RETURN (2001), ERIKA (2000), WHEN (1999), SIX SQUARE (1999),
and currently FEAST (2003). His music can be classified
as electro-acoustic, combining analog and digitally processed
sound as the foundation for melodic, acoustic instrumental
voices. Residing in New York City, he is currently on the
staff of Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Inc. and New York
University.
Choreographer Mark Jarecke
(Choreographer PEDESTRIAN TRACES) has been recognized with
commissions from the Jerome Foundation, the New York State
Council on the Arts, the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
through Danspace Project's Commissioning Initiative, the
American Dance Festival with support from the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation and the Doris Duke Awards for New Work.
He is also the 2001 recipient of the Scripps/ADF Humphrey-Weidman-Lim—n
Fellowship in Choreography.
Bethany Koby (designer)
Currently holds a scholarship to the Design department at
Fabrica, Benetton's creative research and development center
in northern Italy. She worked and lived in New York City
where she was a senior designer with the creative team of
Wolff Olins New York. She has worked with clients such as
Gucci, The Apartment, Fila, The Museum of Modern Art, Smith
and Nephew, General Electric, Werner Herzog, Victoires Films
and Wingspan Arts.
Ariel Krasnow
(Collaborator PEDESTRIAN TRACES) is a registered architect
with a Master of Science degree in Architecture and Urban
Design. She has worked on various international urban planning
projects in association with the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Columbia University. Recently she participated
in three yearly summer International Workshops organized
by the Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture,
to raise post-war urban planning and design issues regarding
the reconstruction of the city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Said Mahrouf
(Costume Designer for J Mandle Performance 1998-2000) graduated
from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam) where he specialized
in fashion design in 1999 and has also studied at the Pratt
School of Fashion (NYC). He has created performances in
both Amsterdam and New York. Mahrouf's designs have been
featured in numerous press articles including the cover
of ITEMS Magazine (October 1999) in an issue highlighting
the best young Dutch designers of the year. That same year
he launched a wearable collection "Basics and Panels".
Photographers:
Gil Blank, Ron Cowie, Jordan Crane, Peter Dant, Cees de
Bever, Kurt Dietrich, Emily Drazen, Jeffrey Grieshober,
Tasja Keetman, Ryo Manabe, Kevin Rogers, Santos, Siege,
Pam Traynor, Danielle van Ark, Natascha Wittgenstein
Videographers:
Yael Bartaena, Hope Hall, Merve Kayan, Jochem Sanders, Sadia
Shepard, Tori Sparks
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