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Bradley
Shelver Contemporary Dance Theater inc. Artistic Director, Bradley Shelver ;Executive
Director, Stacy Donnelly Board of Advisors: Diane Grumet, Claire Weston, Bruce Harris, Sheron Wrey, Milton
Myers, Beth Bogush, Steven Brown, Creative Director: Yiorgos Bellapaisiotis Art Director: Seth Hiler
Objectives
and Goals: Founded
in 2004, The Bradley Shelver Contemporary Dance Theater is a pending
501(c)3 not for profit company who aims to provide a platform
for new and emerging young choreographers to showcase there work
in a professional , healthy and educational environment. The company
also aims to provide an opportunity to developing students of art,
lighting designer, music composition, costume design and set designers,
affording them the experience and learning opportunities of working
with each other and in a theater setting. The company
will showcase the work of it’s Artistic Director, Bradley
Shelver, and include the work of 2 new choreographers for each season
there by building a repertory of work which is as eclectic as it’s
dancers and artistic staff. BSCDT wants
to create an environment and a repertory which will not be limited
to one particular style of dance but provide choreographers of Tap
Dance, Modern Dance, Ballet, Flamenco, Release Technique, hip-hop,
Jazz, and Theatre to create an evening of formidable art and vision. Irene
Hogarth Cimino [South-Africa] Guest Artist graduated
from the University of Cape Town Ballet School in her native South
Africa, with additional training at the School of American Ballet,
and performed as a soloist with NAPAC Dance Company and the American
Repertory Ballet.She has danced principal roles in works by Petipa,Balanchine,Webre,Ezralow,York,Holder,Oller
and Reinking. Ms.Hogarth-Cimino is currently in her 6th year with
Ballet Hispanico of New York and has performed with BSDC since 2004 Natalia
Alonso
[Spain] has studied with Irina Lebedeva, Kaleria
Fedicheva, and Milton Myers. Ms. Alonso has worked with choreographers
such as George Faison (on Aretha Franklin tour dates), Vickie Mendoza,
and Harry Mavromihalis. She is a graduate from Wesleyan University
with a BA in economics. She is in her fourth season with Ballet
Hispanico of New York. Kurt
Douglas [Ghana] received a BFA from The Boston Conservatory
is a member of the Limon Dance Company. He was a guest artist with
the Thang Dao Dance Company and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular,
and has worked with the Lar Lubovich Dance Company and received
a 2002 Princess Grace Award for Dedication to Excellence in Dance.
He has performed with Ballet Hispanico of New York. Eric
Rivera, a native of Puerto Rico,
is in his eighth season with Ballet Hispanico. Mr. Rivera has performed
with Minnesota Ballet, Ballet Theater of Pennsylvania, Ballet Municipal
de San Juan, and Purchase Corp. He has performed works by Mark Morris,
José Limon, Kenneth McMillan, and George Balanchine. He performed
Carousel and a European tour of Jerome Robbins' West Side Story.
He earned a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase. Karina
Lesko, Raised in San Jose, Costa Rica,
Karina Lesko began dancing with the Youth Ballet of Costa Rica,
continuing her studies with the National Conservatory of Prague,
and the National Ballet School of Cuba. Having completed her B.F.A.
in Dance at the University of Utah, she appeared as a guest artist
for the City Ballet of Lima, Peru, and worked for Tokyo Disneyland,
Japan. Since moving to New York City, Karina has danced with various
companies including Naganuma Dance, Steps Repertory Ensemble, Contemporary
Ballet Theater, Company Brice Mousset, and Bradley Shelver Contemporary
Dance Theater Inc. Her appearance in international festivals include
DancemOpolitan at Joe’s Pub, Fete de la Musique Paris, Dumbo
Dance Festival, White Wave, the Downtown Dance Festival and AgoraII.
Leila
Dilmaghani,
a native Kansan received her BFA from the University
of Missouri, Kansas City. She has worked with Quixotic Dance Fusion,
Wylliams Henry Dance Theater and was a featured dancer in Kansas
City Opera's The Merry Widow. Here in New York she has performed
with Company Brice Mousset and York Dance Company and was a Guest
Artist with the Steps Ensemble in performing Max Stone's Whole Half
Circle. She has performed at Euro Disney in Paris as well as Mandalay
Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. She feels honored to be working with Bradley
Shelver! Jonathan
Frederickson
is originally from Corpus Christi, TX where he
studied ballet with Kay Boone and Cristina Munro. He holds a BFA
in dance performance and choreography from California Institute
of the Arts. His choreographic work has been presented in venues
in the U.S and in Asia. Mr. Fredrickson joined the Company in 2006. Katie
Diamond, is from the San Francisco
Bay Area and holds a BFA in Performance and Choreography from California
Institute of the Arts. Her training began at Contra Costa Ballet
and included studying on scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet and London
Contemporary Dance Schools, as well as performing the works of George
Balanchine. Katie has also performed the work of Mark Morris with
the Metroplitan Opera Ballet and danced with independent choreographers
Jamie Bishton, Daniel Charon, Jessica Gaynor, and Patricia N. Nanon.
She began performing with the Limón Dance Company in 2005. Kristine
Covillo, is finishing her BFA through the Ailey/Fordham
partnership as she joins this season. Ms. Covillo has performed
in the Tanzommer European Festival in Austria and France. She has
performed Alvin Ailey's Memoria at City Center, and most recently
performed in Teatro all Scala's West Side Story in Milan and in
the Broadway Production. Current
Repertory My... Choreography: Bradley Shelver Music: Faure, Rachmaninov, Mozart Dancers : 3 Men , 3 Women Premier: New York City (2004) Vitruvian Man Choreography: Bradley Shelver Music : I Muvrini Pullifuni Dancers: 10 Men Premier: Elan Awards (2004) A solo Four... Choreography : Bradley Shelver Music: Gallasso, Bach, Marcelo Zarvos Dancers: 3 women, 1 Man Premier: New York City (2004) "Black Angels"
In tempore belli Choreography : Bradley Shelver Music Composed by :George Crumb Music arranged by: Bradley Shelver Dancers: 8 Women Premier : Martin Luther king Auditorium : Nov. 2004 "Heureux avec
Deux" Choreography : Bradley Shelver Costumes: Yiorgos Bellapaisiotis Music: Chopin, Vivaldi, Faure Dancers: 5 Premier: Citi Group Theater NYC Feb 2005 "The Decision
Theory" Choreography: Bradley Shelver Costumes: Bradley Shelver Music: Anthony Rutt and Bradley Shelver Dancers: 2 Premier: Fashion Institute of Technology (NYC) October
10th 2005 Kate's Passage Choreography: Bradley Shelver Music: Various Dancers: 5 Woman Scenography: Seth Hiler Premier: TBC 6/8 Choreography: Bradley Shelver Music: Maurice Ravel Dancers: Full Company Premier: TBC Scenes Choreography: Bradley Shelver Music: Js Bach, Michael Galasso, Phillip Glass Lighting: Bradley Shelver Costumes: Aviad Herman Dancers: 10 Premier: STEPS Studio November 4th 2006
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