Composition and sound design. Petre received an undergraduate degree in Jazz improvisation at Mannes. He has premiered works at the Kitchen and the Virginia Ballet with Amy Cox and Tai Jimenez and plays saxophone and clarinet with Burnt Sugar. Petre studied within the Sonologie Institute at the Royal Conservatory in DenHaag in the Netherlands.
Akiko Bo Nishijima
Aki Bo Nishijima was born in Japan and has been making solo and group dance works since 1994. Currently she is interested in making a new piece with personal movements and stories in more theatrical frame.This is her first butoh performance.
Benjamin Marcantoni
Benjamin Marcantoni was an opera singer in New York Butoh Festival 2003 with an extraordinary vocal and emotional range. Trained in music from an early age, he has a wide variety of stage experience, having performed in venues all over the USA and the Caribbean. He has been active as a singer/songwriter, arranger and stage performer since his arrival in New York City in late 1999. He has also garnered credits as teacher, poet, writer, and graphic designer. Benjamin is the co-founder of the post-alternative rock ensemble Tara’s Road, and was active in the city’s music scene.