Collaborators
Evan Christian Anderson
Composer
The Other Shore
Clear and Sweet
Lighting Design
The Other Shore, When We Were Kings
Lighting Design Associate
Clear and Sweet, BeginAgain
Evan Anderson is a lighting designer for theatre and dance and a musician. In and around Seattle he has worked with ACT Theatre, On The Boards, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Public Theatre, the UW School of Drama, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Velocity Dance Center, among others. He is a company member of CabinFever and he currently resides on Bainbridge Island. He is a graduate of the University of Washington.
sara brown
Set Design
The Other Shore
Sara Brown is a set designer for theater, opera whose designs have been seen at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The American Repertory Company, The Kitchen, Trinity Repertory Company, The Boston Lyric Opera and The Minnesota Opera. Recent projects include production design for the Wilma Theater’s filmed production of Fat Ham, and Common Ground Revisited at the Huntington Theater Company. She is an Assistant Professor at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Music and Theater Arts. You can see samples of her work at www.sarabdesign.com
maia melene durfee
Dancer
The Other Shore
Maia Melene Durfee is a Seattle freelance dancer and choreographer, who creates and researches movement that challenge the body and mind to thoughtfully display sensations, textures, and musicality. She holds a BFA in dance from Cornish College of the Arts, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and has traveled nationally and internationally to train with renowned conservatories, dancers, and companies. She currently dances with The Gray and trains with the local contemporary dance community and Seattle Hip Hop / House community. She has had her choreography presented in a number of showcases and festivals, including ADF, BDF, Northwest Film Forum, 12 Minutes Max, and produced two evening length works and immersive dance events, Liminal and Ode. Maia works on exploring both the abstract and the deeply personal through motion, following melodic detours and rhythms from somewhere. She’s interested in things that are strange, beautifully grotesque, metaphorically human, and honest; something intricate, vivid and blank.
alexis fletcher
Dancer
The Other Shore
Alexis Fletcher is a dance artist, creator, and producer based in Vancouver, Canada. She danced with Ballet BC for 14 years under the directorship of both John Alleyne and Emily Molnar, and subsequently has been a guest artist, rehearsal assistant and Artist in Residence. Now independent, she holds the position of Artist in Residence at Vancouver’s Chutzpah! Festival, as well as at Dance Victoria. Alexis' creations have been supported by Dancing on the Edge, InFrinGing Festival, New Works, Vernon Performing Arts Centre, The Gordon Smith Foundation, BC Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
With Ballet BC Alexis had the opportunity to work with world-renowned choreographers and designers, having been involved in numerous creative collaborations where she worked closely alongside choreographers to create their movement. These creative visionaries include Crystal Pite, Emily Molnar, Johan Inger, Stijn Celis, Jacopo Godani, Medhi Walerski, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Serge Bennathan, Gioconda Barbuto, John Alleyne, Cayetano Soto and Jorma Elo among others. She has also interpreted existing works by leading voices such as Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe, Sharon Eyal and Ohan Naharin. She feels privileged to have been in the core group of dancers with Emily Molnar who were part of building Ballet BC into the renowned creation-based company it is today, sharing their work on world stages such as Sadler’s Wells, Jacob’s Pillow, Canada’s National Arts Centre, The Joyce Theatre in New York, BAM, Movimentos Festival, Teatre Grec, among many others.
Independently Alexis has worked collaboratively with creators such as Sidra Bell, James Gnam, Simone Orlando, Rob Kitsos, Wen Wei Wang, Vanessa Goodman and Ne. Sans Opera and Dance. She is thrilled to be joining zoe | juniper this season as a performer and collaborator for The Other Shore.
As a producer, Alexis has co-created an outdoor, site-specific multidisciplinary performance space and series with her husband, Sylvain Senez, at their home in Vancouver, called The Dance Deck.
As a dance artist Alexis is fascinated by how exploring the movement potential of the human body becomes a way of accessing the inner landscapes of our spirits and psyches, and this is the primary motivation behind her physical practice and choreographic interests. She believes that dance is a unique vehicle with which to share, research, and discuss our humanity.
Alexis acknowledges, with gratitude, her privilege to be working and creating on the unceded (stolen) territories of the Coast Salish Peoples: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
ANA-MARIA LUCACIU
Performer
Clear & Sweet
Ana Maria Lucaciu was born in Bucharest, Romania. After graduating from the National Ballet School of Canada she joined Canada’s National Ballet and went on to dance with the Royal Danish Ballet, Augsburg Ballet (Germany), The Portuguese Contemporary Dance Company (Lisbon) and most recently, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet in New York, where she danced for seven years. Lucaciu has performed and created works with contemporary dance's foremost choreographers, including Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Hofesh Shechter, Jiří Kylián, Alexander Ekman, Jo Stromgren, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and many others. Holder of a BFA in dance from Empire State College, she collaborates and performs with a wide range of artists and companies, and freelances as a dancer and choreographer in her own right. Ana Maria teaches ballet, contemporary, and improvisation workshops at professional programs and dance companies across the US and Europe. Lucaciu currently assists Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman with new creations and stages his work around the world.
Photo by Renata Almeida
NAVARRA NOVY-WILLIAMS
Performer
Clear & Sweet
Navarra Novy-Williams was born in New York City and received her early training from Elaine Kudo and Buddy Balou. She graduation from The Juilliard School with a BFA in Dance in 2006. She has since danced with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal (2006 - 2009), The Batsheva Ensemble (2009 - 2010), and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (2010 - 2015). She is currently freelancing in NYC, working with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Manuell Vignoulle M/Motions, and teaching Gaga. She is excited to be joining zoe | juniper for the creation of Clear & Sweet.
justin rapaport
Dancer
The Other Shore
Justin Rapaport (he/him) is a Miami, Florida native, where he began dancing at the age of 8. He went on to formally train at New World School of the Arts, followed by The Juilliard School, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts. During his training, Justin had the opportunity to perform works by Jiří Kylián, Twyla Tharp, Kyle Abraham, Martha Graham and Camille A.
Brown. He also had the opportunity to perform as a guest artist with his classmates with BRIAN BROOKS/MOVING COMPANY and Kate Weare Company during his time at Juilliard. After graduating, Justin went on to join at Ballet BC for 6 years, under the directorship of Emily Molnar and Medhi Walerski, where he had the opportunities to perform various solos and lead roles by choreographers such as Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, Johan Inger, Marco Goecke, Felix Landerer and Out Innerspace.
Justin has delved into the choreographic realm throughout his career, starting out in student choreographic presentations and working his way up to companies and festivals. He started his professional choreographic work with the Peter London Global Dance Company in 2014 and has gone on to create numerous collaborations with the company including Frosties (2015), Leah (2016), Days Together (2019) and Start Again (2021). Most notably in 2021, Justin created Passing By, in collaboration with Evan Rapaport and Rae Srivastiva, which was selected as a finalist of the 14 th Copenhagen International Choreography Competition, and was awarded the Danish Dance Theater Award by Pontus Lidburg. Passing By will be presented at the Copenhagen Summer Dance in July 2022.
Justin was a violinist for 10 years growing up, but had to put it to the side as dance became his full-time focus. He still fiddles around with it from time to time. Outside of dance, Justin loves being outdoors biking, swimming and hiking, and he loves the occasional decadent donut.
Giordana falzone
Dancer
The Other Shore
Giordana Falzone is a dancer, choreographer, writer, and improviser. Formally from the Midwest, she is currently based in Seattle, WA and holds a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts. Giordana has worked with Alfonso Cervera, Michele Miller, Charles Slender-White, Wade Madsen, and Markeith Wiley and spent her formative years dancing with MOMENTA Dance Company where she performed in pieces by Alice Sheppard, Randy Duncan, and Doris Humphrey. Additionally, she has collaborated on and performed in a range of multi-media, film, and site specific projects with Robert Campbell and Adam Torres. Her latest choreographic effort, It Echoed, was recently presented as a dance film and her poetry has been published in Contact Quarterly.
akoiya harris
Dancer
The Other Shore
Akoiya Harris is a Seattle based movement artist. She graduated from The Ailey School’s Certificate Program and has performed as a company artist with Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater. Akoiya has recently performed her own work at Seattle Art Museum, Wa Na Wari, MadArt Gallery, Northwest Film Forum, Base Art Space, and The Moore Theater. Through collaborations and projects with others, Akoiya has performed at The Frye Art Museum, The Henry Art Gallery, and The Luminary (St. Louis). Outside of her movement practice, Akoiya does work in cultural preservation through the collection of community members oral histories. Akoiya was recently named one of Seattle Theater Groups Artist in Residence.
Bobby Mcelver
Sound Design
The Other Shore
Bobby McElver is a sound designer for theatre and dance. A former member of the theatre company The Wooster Group, he has toured internationally for over a decade and presented works in many major cities. Nominated for a 2015 BESSIE for The Wooster Group’s Early Shaker Spirituals. Other collaborators include Moisés Kaufman, Andrew Schneider, Faye Driscoll, Palissimo, New York City Players, Tina Satter / Half Straddle, Kaki King, James Allister Sprang, Michou Szabo. As an artist-engineer, McElver’s research focuses on developing new spatial audio technology — specifically Wave Field Synthesis and “sound holograms” — and applying the technology in context of an artistic work. He is an Associate Professor at University of California San Diego where he runs the MFA program in Sound Design for Theatre & Dance. Previous productions at On The Boards include YOUARENOWHERE (Andrew Schneider, 2018), AFTER (Andrew Schneider, 2018), and Acting Stranger (Andrew Schneider, 2020).
https://bobbymcelver.com/theater
TROY OGILVIE
Performer
Clear & Sweet
Troy Ogilvie has danced for and collaborated with choreographers Andrea Miller (Gallim Dance), Sidra Bell, Gabriel Forestieri, Idan Sharabi, Itzik Galili, Shannon Gillen, Margie Gillis, Austin McCormick, Patricia Noworol, and Harumi Terayama; theatre company Punchdrunk; director Peter Sellers; and The Metropolitan Opera. Most recently, she performed as Lady Macbeth in Punchdrunk's Sleep No More (2013-2015). Troy has been working as a solo artist since 2008, performing solos by Sidra Bell, Itzik Galili, Margie Gillis (as a member of The Legacy Project/Le Projet Heritage), Shannon Gillen, Austin McCormick, Andrea Miller, Idan Sharabi and Harumi Terayama. Additionally, Troy is a founding collaborator and faculty member of the Movement Invention Project (Artistic Director Alexandra Wells) and Assistant to the Artistic Director of Springboard Danse Montreal. She is also one of Dance Magazine's 2011 25 to Watch and a BFA recipient form The Juilliard School.
david rue
Performer
The Other Shore
David Rue is a dance artist and creative born in Liberia and raised in Minnesota. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a bachelor of individualized studies that combined Journalism, English, and Dance. From 2011-2015, he performed with TU Dance where he danced the works of Dwight Rhoden, Camille A. Brown, Greg Dolbashian, Katrin Hall, and Uri Sands. He holds an MFA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University and currently works as an Event Specialist for The J. Paul Getty Trust. His artistic vision is to conceptualize and implement arts programming that help adult audiences more deeply engage with the visual and performing arts using the lens of equity, excellence, and joy.
meredith glisson
Dramaturg
The Other Shore
Meredith Glisson is a director, dramaturg, movement coach and performer for stage and film. Her artistic work and teaching spans across disciplines falling in between contemporary dance, theater, and wellness practices to unlock strategies for performance. She is co-Director of MOtiVE Brooklyn, a space located in Dumbo, New York that values, connects, and supports artists through moving forms of engagement and experimentation. She has presented her work in the USA, France, and U.K in theaters, site-specific spaces, and art galleries. She holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Practices, Falmouth University (UK) partnering with the HZT-Berlin (DE) and Academy of Dramatic Arts (HR) (2016); professional degree in Performance Practices, CCN – Cie Maguy Marin and Université Lumière Lyon 2 (FR) (2010); BA in Dance and French, Hollins University (USA) (2005).
Kehari Hutchinson
Performer
The Other Shore
Kehari Hutchinson is a professional dancer, performance artist, and choreographer recently graduated from California Institute of the Arts. Born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Queens, New York, Kehari began his formal training at the age of 9 with Ballet Tech School in New York City. He then went to train at the Lower Manhattan Arts Academy as well as New York Theatre Ballet’s Young Artists Division, with Diana Byer. During his time at CalArts, Kehari trained with notable choreographers such as Spenser Theberge, Dimitri Chamblas, and Nina Flagg. As a freelance artist, Kehari also performed in Chris Emile’s Amend, Gerard and Kelly’s Modern Living, Solange Knowles’ Metatronia, Beyoncé’s Black Is King, and Kevin Frilets film “One Another.”
nia-amina minor
Dancer
The Other Shore
Nia-Amina Minor is a movement artist, choreographer, and educator. Originally from Los Angeles, she now resides in Seattle. From 2016-2021 she was Company Dancer and Community Engagement Liaison with Spectrum Dance Theater. Nia-Amina performed in acclaimed works created by Donald Byrd including Rap on Race, Shot, Strange Fruit, and Pool/After receiving a Seattle Dance Crush Award for her performance in Shot. Prior to relocating to Seattle, she was a co-founder and former curator of Los Angeles based collective, No)one Art House.
Nia-Amina holds a MFA from UC Irvine and a BA from Stanford University. She has taught, guest lectured, and been a visiting artist at CalArts, University of Washington, Saddleback College, Cypress College, and UC Irvine. As an independent artist, Nia-Amina has performed and presented original work at The Luminary St. Louis, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Wa Na Wari, CD Forum Showing Out, Reflections Festival, Seattle International Dance Festival (SIDF), Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Seattle Black Film Festival.
Currently, Nia-Amina is a Community Engagement Liaison with Spectrum Dance Theater, dance curator at Wa Na Wari and a Velocity Dance Center Made in Seattle Artist. She was also recently recognized as Dance Magazine's 25 Artists to Watch in 2021.
lilach orenstein
Producer
The Other Shore
Lilach Orenstein is an activist, choreographer, performer, and producer recently recognized for her experimental and innovative performative installations by Dance Magazine. As a production manager, she has lead national-scale productions such as Israel's International Dance Week and more than 100 others across 8 countries for Machol Shalem Dance House, New York Live Arts, zoe | juniper, Jerusalem Theatre among others. Lilach is experienced in establishing ground-breaking workshops and believes in the power of community. She is a 2022-23 New York Live Arts Fresh Track Artist and Fellow Artist at The Workshop. Among her other awards are The Presidential Scholarship (UArts), Outstanding Dancer from the Israeli Ministry of Culture, and Excellence Award by The Jerusalem Foundation. Lilach's works have been performed at Impulstanz - Vienna, L1dancefest - Budapest, International Dance Week - Israel, EMERGENYC2020, The Center at West Park, and Beam Center. Lilach is also serving as co-Director of MOtiVE Brooklyn, a community-oriented space she founded in May 2021, to provide opportunities for independent movement-based artists such as custom-tailored residencies and international exchange programs. Lilach earned her B.Dance from The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in 2017 and her M.F.A. from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, in 2019.
DOMINIC SANTIA
Performer
Clear & Sweet
Originally from Michigan, USA, Dominic received his B.F.A from The Juilliard School in 2006. After his studies he joined La La La Human Steps (2006-09) under the direction of Edouard Lock for the production "Amjad". He then spent some time as a guest with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal before joining Nederlands Dans Theater in December of 2009. At NDT he had the opportunity to work with Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Jiri Kylian, Sol Leo and Paul Lightfoot as well as several other choreographers. Following his time at NDT, he joined Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, and toured internationally as a member of their company L-E-V, and is now working as a freelance artist.