Notes in Motion - Artists (Amanda)

	Anna-Alisa Belous (costume designer) Anna-Alisa Belous received an M.F.A. in textile design from the Art and Design Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia and an M.F.A. in costume design from Brandeis University. She works as a costume designer for Rebecca Kelly Ballet, The Juilliard School, Actor’s Shakespeare Project (MA), Philadanco (PA), Portland Stage Company (ME), Manhattan School of Music Opera Department, The New School for Drama, LAB Theater, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Boston Playwrights Theater (MA), Modus Opera, and Blessed Unrest Company (set and costume). Anna-Alisa assisted on the feature film Kerosene Cowboys and worked as an assistant for Washington Ballet, Santa Fe Opera, American Repertory Theater, Gotham Chamber Opera, Milwaukee Ballet, and for television on Law and Order. This is her ninth season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Catherine Coury (dancer) Catherine Coury, a native Detroiter, began dancing with Mack Avenue Dance Company at a young age. She continued her training as a scholarship student at the University of Michigan and received a B.F.A. in dance with a creative writing emphasis. Catherine has performed the works of Paul Taylor, Laura Dean, Colleen Thomas, Jana Hicks, Sandra Torijano, Amy Chavasse, Darcy Naganuma, and David P. Frances. Catherine currently works with Spark(edIt) Arts and Sarah Konner. This is her second season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Alexander Dones (dancer) Alexander Dones has collaborated with talented artists such as Doug Elkins, Cori Marquis [The Nines.], Alexis Convento + Artists, Korhan Basaran, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, and many others. In past seasons, Alexander has worked with acclaimed Artists and companies, such as Momix Dance Theater under the direction of Moses Pendleton, and Luna Negra Dance Theater in Chicago under the direction of Artistic Founder Eduardo Vilaro. Alexander also worked in his hometown of Portland, Oregon with Northwest Dance Project under the Artistic Direction of Sarah Slipper, and with celebrated artists such as Aszure Barton (Aszure + Artists), Luca Veggetti (Morphoses), Benoit-Swan Pouffer (Cedar Lake), Andrea Miller (Gallim), Lucas Crandall (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago/Nederlands Dans Theatre), Donald McKayle (Choreographer/Artistic Mentor), Olivier Weavers (W’him W’him), and many, many others. Alexander has performed throughout the United States, London, Paris, Aix en Provence, and Germany, and his choreographic works have been performed across the country and in Europe.
	Jenny Gillan (dancer/rehearsal director) Jenny Gillan graduated Cum Laude with a B.F.A. and departmental distinction in dance performance from Southern Methodist University. After graduation, Jenny taught and choreographed for the Prodanza festival in Castiglioncello, Italy and was invited back to SMU to perform the role of "The Virgin" in the restaging of Martha Graham's Primitive Mysteries. Jenny is a certified BEYONDBARRE instructor and is currently pursuing her Pilates Teaching Certification at The Fitness Guru. Along with ASDT, Jenny is also a company member of Kerplunk Dance and Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre. This is Jenny’s third season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Joori Jung (dancer) Joori Jung is originally from Seoul, Korea and received her B.A. and M.A. in dance from Kyung Hee University. In 2006, she toured internationally with the Seoul Dance Company. Joori moved to NYC in 2008 and joined Time Lapse Dance. This is her third season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Zachary Ludescher (video supervisor) Zachary Ludescher is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and co-founder of Dakoit Pictures. Zachary began his career editing numerous shorts, commercials, and documentaries, including the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award-winning documentary "LifeLinkPSU: A Road to Independence." Since then, he has branched out into high-definition cinematography, shooting a profusion of both narrative and non-narrative work. In addition to his collaboration with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, he is currently producing Beer Nation, a series for the web that follows this country's beers from brewery to pint glass. His latest piece, Brooklyn is for Lovers, can be viewed online at www.goboHD.com.
	Justin Lynch (dancer) Justin Lynch was born in Kingston, Jamaica. In addition to his work with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, Justin has toured the U.S. with Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Company Stefanie Batten Bland and Naganuma Dance, and has worked with choreographers Lydia Johnson, Sunhwa Chung, and others. He also trained as a pianist at the Royal College of Music in London and at Boston University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Music. In his work as a dancer and musician he has collaborated with members of the Ahn Trio, the Vinca Quartet and the Grammy-nominated Brazilian Girls. (photo by SeBiArt)
	Dan Ozminkowski (lighting designer) Dan has collaborated with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre since Disturbance in 2006. Regional design credits include Arena Stage, Wexner Center, Philadelphia Theatre Company, San Diego Repertory Theatre, and Berkeley Repertory Theater (Let Me Down Easy). Other recent design credits include Spirit of Uganda 2010 (North American tour); Treehouse Shakers (US tour); A Celebration of Maurice Sendak with Tony Kushner (92Y); Dancin’ Downtown at the Joyce 2010 & 2011 (Joyce), To Walk in Darkness and Btch* (o/o Broadway). Associate/Assistant credits include Impressionism (Broadway), The Ritz (Broadway), Le Reve (Wynn, Las Vegas), Jennifer Muller/The Works (Brazil), Foxfire & Private Lives & Secret Garden (Utah Shakespeare Festival), She Loves Me (Williamstown), Anne of Green Gables & The Giver (People’s Light Theatre Co.). Dan has a B.F.A. in theatre design/technology from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film, Purchase College.
	Amanda Selwyn (artistic director/choreographer) Amanda Selwyn founded Notes in Motion Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre in 2000 and in twelve seasons, has directed over 25 productions, developed a network of artists, and created the curriculum for Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theatre’s arts-in-education programs. Amanda’s choreographic works include: Five Minutes, Passage, Undercurrent, Hearsay, Interiors, Disturbance, Salut, Tilt, Tidal, Shift, Siren, Contradicting Unity, Save My Spot, Hold On, Momentum, and Behind Us. She has choreographed dance for Chicago's Motivity, a collective of modern choreographers; for theatre productions including House on Mango Street, Free to be You an Me, Once Upon a Mattress, The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors, and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory; and for her original theatre productions which include Herland, Yellow Feather, and Slitting the Clouds. In addition to her choreographic work, Amanda has directed off-broadway theatre in NYC at John Houseman Studio, 30th Street Theatre, Grove Street Theatre, Kraine Theatre, Center Stage, and the Producer’s Club. Amanda teaches dance and theatre to New York City children and has been on faculty at independent schools including The Brearley School, Brooklyn Friends School, Beit Rabban School, Solomon Schechter School, and the New Acting Company. She has taught dance composition and technique at the Berkshire Institute for Music and Art and taught dance and theatre in Israel at the Israel Museum, English Village, and the Arad Community Center. Amanda led the workshop “Accessing Inspiration for Dance-Making” at the NYC Arts-in-Education Roundtable's 2007 Face to Face conference and "Teaching a Choreographic Process" at the 2008 and 2011 conferences. She presented her choreography at NYU’s Women and Theater conference in 2003. She is the recipient of grants from the NY State Council on the Arts, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, the Illinois Arts Council, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Community Arts Fund, Bronx Council on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Development Fund, and the Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation. In 2008, Amanda participated in the Choreographer's Lab program at Jacob's Pillow in Beckett, MA. Her work has been presented on Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Stage, in the DUMBO Dance Festival, APAP Conference Showcases, the COOL NY Dance Festival, WestFest Dance Festival, Movement Research’s Performance Series, Dance Teacher Summit, Earth Celebrations, and in April 2012 at Dixon Place. Amanda has a 500-hour yoga teacher's certification from Laughing Lotus Yoga Center in NYC and teaches yoga in studios and gyms in NYC. She has a Masters from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in performance studies and a B.S. from Northwestern University in theatre, women's studies, and dance.
	Francisco Silvino (dancer) Francisco Silvino began his dance studies in his native São Paulo, Brazil, in 1994. In 2000, he danced for Balé Cidade de São Paulo under Ivonice Satie’s directorship. In 2001, he joined the Distrito Dance Company, directed by Patty Brown. In 2003, he danced for the Balé Teatro Castro Alves in Salvador, Bahia. In 2008, he joined DanceBrazil as a dancer and in 2009 became the company’s rehearsal director. In NYC, Francisco also dances Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company. This is his second season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Tiffany Tabatchnick (stage manager) Tiffany Tabatchnick began stage managing in her home state of North Carolina. Since moving to NYC six years ago she has stage managed for Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, Festivals, Readings and Benefits. Some of her favorites include: The American Dream and The Sandbox (directed by Edward Albee at The Cherry Lane); Defiance (MTC); 10x20 (Atlantic Theatre Company);1001, and Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue (P73); Twilight in Manchego, Gutenberg! The Musical (NYMF) and Bad Dates, Moving Picture, Red Angel (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Broadway Meets County, The Drama League Benefit Gala and Awards Lunchen, My Two I’s, Kickin' It, and Broadway Backwards (Benefits). This is Tiffany’s third season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Robert Vail (dancer) Robert began dancing at the age of five with training in hip-hop, jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary, and modern. He was an assistant teacher at 13 and began teaching at 16. Robert has taught students ranging from ages 5-21 in California, Oregon, and New York and he has choreographed for six different dance schools as well as at NYU, where Robert is currently in his sophomore year on scholarship.
	Alicia Wargo (scenic designer) Alicia Wargo is a visual artist who works primarily in the mediums of drawing and site-specific installation. Her exhibitions include PS 122 Gallery, NY, NY, 31 Grand, Brooklyn, NY, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ, and the University of Connecticut at Stamford Gallery. She has been the recipient of an ALJIRA EMERGE fellowship, a Jerome Foundation Grant, and an Emerging Artist Grant from Pilchuck Glass School. Her recent shows include a group drawing exhibition at Plane Space Gallery, NY and a solo show at Washington State University. Alicia has been collaborating with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre as a scenic designer and arts education program consultant since 2004. She is currently the Assistant Principal at Dreamyard Preparatory High School in the Bronx.
	Joel Wilhelmi (sound designer) Joel Wilhelmi was assistant sound designer for Stephen Sondheim’s Bounce, performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Joel is the resident sound designer/engineer at the new Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. His design credits include Snapshot, India Dreaming, Motel Blues, The Heiress, Low Life, Three Women in Indecision, and Bogusnova.. He was sound engineer for many theatre productions including The Listener, Bridge & Tunnel, Dream A Little Dream, Fucking A, Something Old Something New, Blue Surge, Good Thing, The Castle, Evolution, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and for films including Palmetto, Madison, Lawn Dogs, People Like Us, The Last Late Night, This Train, Winner Takes All, and My Father’s House. This is Joel's fifth season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.