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 eighth season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Christopher Coates (dancer) Chris Coates has been dancing for 20 years, 8 professionally, and has been teaching for 7. He has performed with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, A Few Good Men Dancing... choreographed by Jeff Amsden, and danced with many Broadway Dance Center teachers including Ray Leeper, Tracie Stanfield, and Geoffrey Doig Marx. Chris has worked with Joe Lanteri, NYCDA, ONSTAGE New York, and has danced behind Jennifer Hudson. He has performed in industrials for WAL-Mart and ELCA. For the past 3 years, Chris has guest taught at The Joffrey Ballet and has been a choreographer/teacher for the Joffrey Summer Jazz Intensive directed by Dorrell Martin. He has performed with modern companies including Project SEVEN and Sideways Contemporary Dance Company in Atlanta, Georgia and with Six Degrees in NYC. Presently, he is a member of Dorrell Martin’s Dance Fusion and Salvatore La Russa’s Dance Theater. This is Chris’ second season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Carlita V. Ector (dancer/teaching artist) Carlita V. Ector is a NYC based dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist. She began her dance career in Raleigh, NC and attended The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; receiving a B.F.A. in dance performance and choreography, K-12 teaching license in dance education, and a minor in Spanish. Carlita also studied at Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts (CT), the American Dance Festival (NC), the Urban Bush Women Summer Institute (NY), and the Impulstanz International Dance Festival in Vienna, Austria. Professional credits include touring with the Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble, Shani Collins’ Eternal Works, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, and Chiku Awali African Dance Company of Rockland, The Phyllis Rose Dance Company, and Christal Browns’ INSPIRIT, a dance company. Carlita currently teaches with Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theatre, Chiku Awali African Dance Company of Rockland, INSPIRIT, a dance company, The Phyllis Rose Dance Company, The Dalton School, and In Grandma’s Attic. This is Carlita’s second season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Jenny Gillan (dancer) Jenny Gillan graduated Cum Laude with a B.F.A. and departmental distinction in dance performance from Southern Methodist University. Some of the master works that Jenny performed with SMU Mainstage include: Martha Graham's Steps in the Street (lead role), Helios, and Panorama along with George Balanchine's Serenade. 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 has recently performed at Jacob's Pillow Inside Out, DUMBO Dance Festival, and The Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Along with ASDT, Jenny is also a company member with kerPlunk dance. This is Jenny’s third season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Ashleigh Gurtler (dancer) Ashleigh Gurtler graduated with a B.F.A. from George Mason University where she received the award for excellence in performance in May 2008. She has performed works by Paul Taylor, Laura Dean, Susan Marshall, Patrick Corbin, Larry Keigwin, Susan Shields, and Adriane Fang. Recently, she has worked with Tiffany Haughn and Karen Reedy Dance. This is Ashleigh’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 second season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Jeremy Kumin (lighting designer) Jeremy Kumin has designed the lighting for plays, musicals, opera, dance, video, fashion shows, and world-class special events. He designed the national tour of American Dreams: Lost and Found for The Acting Company's 30th Season. He has collaborated with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre since 2003 on SHIFT, Unframed, Tilt, and Disturbance. Jeremy has a diverse background in Dance Lighting, ranging from the Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians (since 1996) to several seasons with Carlota Santana Spanish Dance Company, to the 2004 Spring Faculty Dance Concert at Muhlenberg College. He spent two years with the American Indian Dance Theatre and one season with Nai Ni Chen Dancers as Lighting Supervisor. Musical acts Jeremy has lit include Folk-Rock legend Al Stewart (Bottom Line and Grace Cathedral), Jonatha Brooke (Public Theatre), Dave's True Story (45 Bleecker) and many others. He designs special events through his production company Tri-Luminary, Inc.
	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.
	Louie Marin (dancer) Louie Marin began his training in San Jose, California, and then moved to Miami where he received his B.F.A. with High Honors from the University of Florida New World School of the Arts. In addition to his work with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, he currently works for Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company. He has performed with Sasha Soreff Dance Theater, Paskal Rekoert/Flexicurve, and the Martha Graham ensemble. This is Louie’s third season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Dan Ozminkowski (lighting designer) Dan has a bachelor's degree from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film, Purchase College. His recent design credits include A Celebration of Maurice Sendak with Tony Kushner (92Y); I Left My Heart (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse); Spirit of Uganda 2010 U.S. Tour; To Walk in Darkness and Pucelandia (o/o B’way); Mousetrap and Musical of Musicals (Bristol Valley Theatre); a Procter & Gamble product lab; Evolution (DiSiac Dance, Princeton), and An Absolute Turkey (Bergen Academy). Resident designer, Treehouse Shakers and Skaneateles Summer Theater. Associate/Assistant credits include Impressionism and The Ritz (B’way); Le Réve (Wynn, Las Vegas); Neil Young’s Chrome Dream U.S. Tour; Spirit of Uganda 2008 U.S. Tour; three productions at Utah Shakespeare Festival; ABC Daytime Salutes BC/EFA (2008/2009); New 42 Follies; She Loves Me (Williamstown); Precipiate (Amanda Selwyn Dance Thetare); and Anne of Green Gables and The Giver (People’s Light Theatre Co.). ‘Assistant to’ credits include Coast of Utopia: Voyage and Inherit the Wind (B’way). This is Dan's fourth season with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
	Amanda Selwyn (artistic director/choreographer) Amanda Selwyn founded Notes in Motion Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre in 2000 and in ten seasons, has directed over 20 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: 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. In addition, she has taught dance composition and technique at the Berkshire Institute for Music and Art. Amanda 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 conference. She presented her choreography at NYU’s Women and Theater conference in 2003. She is the recipient of 2 grants from the Illinois Arts Council for the development of new works, a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Community Arts Fund 2 grants from the Bronx Council on the Arts, and a grant from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Development Fund. In 2008, Amanda participated in the Choreographer's Lab program at Jacob's Pillow in Beckett, MA. Amanda has a 200-hour yoga teacher's certification from Laughing Lotus Yoga Center 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.
	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.
	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.