Merhnam Rastegari

Mehrnam Rastegari is a prominent Persian musician, award-winning film score composer, singer, violinist, and master Kamancheh player, who brings Persian music in new directions by combining it with rock and modern fusion styles. Her performances have taken her to international stages, including some of the most prestigious festivals.

Kanami Kusajima

Kanami Kusajima is a dancer, performing artist, and choreographer originally from Japan. She received a BFA degree in Dance from SUNY Purchase College in 2020. She has performed in dance works by various choreographers, including Francesca Harper, Yoshiko Chuma and Ana Maria Lucaciu. Since November 2020, she’s been performing at Washington Square Park and known as “Let Hair Down,” a performer who combines live painting and improvisational dance. Her unique style of performing art drew the attention of different media, such as Voice of America, New York Magazine, The Guardian, AM New York, and PIX11 News, among many others.

Emilija Berga

Emilija Berga (she/her) is an artist from Latvia. She received her bachelor’s degree in 2021 majoring in contemporary dance choreography in Latvian Academy of Culture. After that she worked as a part of collective ”SIXTH” in Latvia, as well as spent time in residencies and internships in Latvia, Amsterdam, New York, and other countries. She has been working both as a dancer and choreographer, and currently is studying a master’s in Fine Arts in Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her practice spans from dance and choreography to photography, video, and installation work with a focus on embodied … Continued

Kaila Bulé

Kaila Bulé is a New York City-based singer, poet, songwriter, and drummer deeply rooted in Afro-Dominican and Afro-Caribbean traditions. The daughter of cultural ambassadors Toné Vicioso and Nina Paulino—practitioners of Afro-Dominican roots rhythms—she was raised in a vibrant musical legacy, including her mother’s 15-year-long festival, Quiskeya en el Hudson. Kaila has performed as a vocalist and percussionist across the diaspora, mastering Palo, Bomba, and Plena traditions. A sought-after voice for Black and Indigenous liberation movements, her poetry and activism reflect a lifelong dedication to organizing and ancestral reverence. As an auricular activist, herbalist, and holistic health practitioner, Kaila channels her … Continued

Marco Buccelli

Marco Buccelli is a Neapolitan-born producer, composer, and drummer based in New York. He produced Xenia Rubinos’ critically acclaimed albums Black Terry Cat and Una Rosa, as well as highly regarded records for Giovanni Truppi, including Tuo Padre, Mia Madre, Lucia, which competed in the Sanremo Music Festival (2022). Additionally, Marco reimagined the work of legendary Italian artist Fabrizio De André on Nella Mia Ora Di Libertà, featuring esteemed performers Vinicio Capossela and Mauro Pagani. A graduate of Berklee College of Music and a seasoned performer, Marco has toured internationally, appearing at prominent venues such as Lincoln Center, MoMA, the … Continued

Anthony Carrillo

Anthony Carrillo hails from a proud Puerto Rican musical heritage. With a career spanning over four decades, he has graced prestigious stages worldwide, performing and recording with renowned artists such as Eddie Palmieri, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Paul Simon, and Harry Belafonte. An integral member of acclaimed Puerto Rican groups like Batacumbele, Descarga Boricua, and the metal band PUYA, Carrillo has been hailed by Palmieri as “the best bongocero in the universe.” In 2023, he was honored by Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives in San Juan for his cultural contributions and role as a global musical ambassador. Carrillo plays exclusively on MOPERC … Continued

Juta

Music for Naked Water.

Wayne Horvitz

Wayne Horvitz is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer. He came to prominence in the Downtown scene of 1980s and ’90s New York City, where he met his future wife, the singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb. He is noted for working with John Zorn’s Naked City among others.

Kazuhisa Uchihashi

Kazuhisa Uchihashi is a Japanese guitarist involved in free improvisation music. Born in 1959 in Osaka, Uchihashi began to play the guitar at age 12, playing in various rock bands, though he later studied jazz music. In 1988 he joined the band the First Edition, and in 1990 formed the band Altered States.

Tim Keegan

Tim Keegan is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. Vocalist and principal songwriter with Departure Lounge since 1999, Keegan has recorded and performed with various bands and as a solo artist.

Merzbow

Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists.

Fred Hatt

Lighting works for Nation of Compassion 2

Yael Gaathon

Yael Gaathon is an Israeli – Danish actress and butoh dancer. She completed her acting studies in Israel in ’93, after which she joined the internationally acclaimed Itim Theater Ensemble. During her work with the Ensemble Yael was introduced to butoh and received regular butoh training. In 2002 Yael moved to Denmark, where she established her company Blue Cliff and began to choreograph and direct solo and group pieces.Throughout the years she has been giving butoh workshops, as well as training and teaching actors and dancers in film, the state theater schools in Denmark, private theater schools, the Danish Actors … Continued

Yael Gathon

Yael Gaathon is an Israeli – Danish actress and butoh dancer. She completed her acting studies in Israel in ’93, after which she joined the internationally acclaimed Itim Theater Ensemble. During her work with the Ensemble Yael was introduced to butoh and received regular butoh training. In 2002 Yael moved to Denmark, where she established her company Blue Cliff and began to choreograph and direct solo and group pieces.Throughout the years she has been giving butoh workshops, as well as training and teaching actors and dancers in film, the state theater schools in Denmark, private theater schools, the Danish Actors … Continued

Jen Koshy

Jen Kosky/Dance Projects is a contemporary dance company founded and directed by Jen Kosky. Jen Kosky is a Brooklyn-based contemporary dance artist. Her work is largely inspired by the energetics of nature, urbanity and the body and is often portrayed with a fiery feminine point of view. Her movement style draws from release technique, improvisation and African dance forms. Jen has had the pleasure of dancing for numerous talented choreographers including Ellis Wood, Martha Williams, Dorian Nuskind-Oder, Jody Oberfelder, Stephanie Sleeper and Shalewa Mackall. Jen’s choreography has been presented at various venues including ABC NoRio, the Hatch, the Chelsea Art … Continued

Jorge Vasquez Villarreal

Jorge VazquezVillarreal was born and lives in Mexico. He started his artistic studies at the National Conservatory of Music in 1999. He joined Diego Pinon’s Butoh Ritual Mexicano in 2003, and has also trained in Butoh with Akira Kasaiand Natsue Nakajima. He studies Kabuki with Irene Akikolida.

Irem Calicusu

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 in … Continued

Perry Amitri

Amiti Perry received her BA in Dance from the University of North Texas and MFA in Choreography from The Ohio State University. She co-founded DIPdance with collaborator Coco Loupe in 2001; presented and performed works in New York, Texas, Louisiana and Ohio; performed as a guest artist with Rachel Lampert and Dancers (Ithaca, NY, 1999); and performed, taught, assisted and designed, nationally and internationally, with Skip Costa/COREmovement Project-NYC (1999-2003). She was company in residence at Bridge for Dance for 5 years and most recently accepted a residency for 2011 at CAVEarts in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been presented at … Continued

Ryan Yu

Technical Assistance for Residency Concert

Hunter Canning

Documentation for A Meal – Work In Progress [Encounter #5]

Sophie Holmes

Documentation for A Meal – Work In Progress [Encounter #4]

Douglas Shindler

Documentation for Correspondences – Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre

Paula Court

Documentation for Correspondences – Astor Place Plaza

Laura Brichta

Documentation for Correspondences – Watermill Center

Aya Satoh

Performer for In Illo Tempore Vignettes

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