Jonás Hidalgo is a photographer and drummer from Venezuela. He mentions his father Enrique, a musician, composer and sculptor now living in Miami, as his main creative influence during his upbringing years. Jonás studied graphic design in Caracas where he was first introduced to photography as an optional course. Later he attended the “Arte 3” workshop, sponsored by the “Comisión Nacional de la Cultura”. He then went to “Casa de las Américas” in La Havana, Cuba studying with Luis González Palma. During the fall of 1999 he relocated to New York where he currently lives and works.
Amos Pinhasi
Amos Pinhasi has presented hiswork in New York since 1985 and has been produced by DTW’s FreshTracks, The 40Up Project, Joyce Soho, Dance now, Dumbo Dance Festival, and Danspace Project. He has toured his solo work in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and his native Israel.He teaches dance improvisation and yoga internationally.
Irem Calikusu
Irem Calikusu’s life as a dancer started in Istanbul, at the Theater Research Lab with Mustafa Kaplan. Being deeply moved by a butoh performance she saw in Istanbul, she went on to complete a Master’s thesis on but and post war politics in Japan at the Anthropology Department of Mass, Amherst. She has studied with Akira Kasai, Ko Murobushi, and Takuya Muramatsu as well as trained for 2 years at the Cunningham School for Dance. Her biggest inspiration was the 5 months she spent training with Min Tanaka at the Body Weather Farm. Irem has been showing her own work … Continued
Parker Pracjek
Parker Pracjek works in the areas of creative writing, Adult Basic Education, literacy through the arts, and dance theatre performance. Her work has been seen in community arts festivals,The Mulberry Street Theatre, The Puffin Room,La Mama, andWOWCafé Theatre. Praciek holds a Master’s degree in Performance Studies from NYU and works as Managing Director of the New York Butoh Festival.