NEAR & FAR
Collaborative Art Project
NEAR AND FAR: WOODS HOLE 2015 - COLLABORATORS
Ali Kenner Brodsky
she/her/hers
Providence, RI
Dancer and Choreographer
Ali Kenner Brodsky is the artistic director of Ali Kenner Brodsky & Co. and is the 2014 recipient of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship for Choreography. Ali was previously an artist-in-residence at Joyce SoHo in New York City, where she was mentored by Phyllis Lamhut. Kenner Brodsky founded and ran her own dance company in New York City, where she performed at venues including Joyce SoHo, the Puffin Room, DanceNow Festivals, the former Dance Space Center, WAX, Dixon Place and Dumbo Dance Festival. She studied choreography with Martha Myers, Larry Goldhuber, Keely Garfield and Debra Fernandez. Since her return to Providence, Kenner Brodsky has co-produced two a+b performances with her colleague Betsy Miler. She also, serves as rehearsal director for and dances with national touring company Lostwax Multimedia Dance. She has recently performed with Emma Hogarth in an interactive film/dance piece at the RISD Art Museum, with 83 paperbirds-moving lab in Boston and Jessica Howard. She is on the adjunct dance faculty at Salve Regina University and Dean College, and has been a guest choreographer for both schools, as well as for Providence College. She graduated with honors in dance from Skidmore College. A Rhode Island native, Kenner Brodsky and her family live in Dartmouth, Ma.
For more info: alikennerbrodsky.com
Alexis Robbins
she/her/hers
Wakefield, RI
Dancer and Choreographer
Alexis Robbins, a native of Wakefield, RI, is a graduate of Hofstra University with a B.A. in Dance and B.S. in Exercise Science. She is artistic director of KamrDANCE, based in New York, NY. Her choreography credits include: “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room”, a self-choreographed tap solo that was chosen for the Gala Concert at the American College Dance Festival Association Northeast regional conference in 2013, “A Separate Connection”, which was chosen as the first alternate to represent the Northeast region at the National College Dance Festival in 2014, “But It Did Shine”, which was filmed for and shown in the 12th Annual Max Kolb Telethon at Hofstra University, and kamrDANCE, a seamless, hour long concert of seven different works that premiered in The Student Rep: A Festival of Student Works at Hofstra University. Robbins has performed in works by Rachel List, Anita Feldman, David Parker, Sean Curran, Heather Waldon, Amy Marshall, and Hillary-Marie Michael. Robbins was awarded the Sosonoff Outstanding Junior Dance Major scholarship in 2014, the Citation of Merit Award in 2015, and was the president and co-founder of the tap club RHYTHMiX at Hofstra University. Robbins is an aspiring choreographer who enjoys fusing tap and modern dance with humor and abstract patterns.
Mary-Frances White
she/her/hers
Danvers, MA
Visual Artist, Videographer, Editor
Mary-Frances White, from Danvers MA, is a videographer that focuses on documentary and educational videos. Works with nonprofits to help spread their message and educate the public on what they do. In her spare time collaborates with others to create video art.
Augusta Rose
she/her/hers
Sandwich, MA
Photographer, Videographer
Augusta Rose is a self-taught photographer with additional training at Fitchburg State University. She majored in photo for 3 years before graduating with a self-designed degree in psychology, philosophy, communication studies, and art. She specializes in candid portraiture, using exclusively natural lighting. She is currently starting a multi-media business entitled "Cedarville Productions" with the intention to create media that will enlighten, educate, and empower individuals across the globe. augustarosephoto.com
Aaron Roberts
he/him/his
Boston, MA
Dancer, Choreographer
Aaron is relatively new to choreography, but has been a performer since he was a young child. He performed in church musicals and school concerts prior to High School. Although he stopped dancing through studio instruction, he still participated in school based musicals at Brockton High as an ensemble dancer and ensemble chorus. In 2006, Aaron enlisted into the Navy. It wasn't until 2010 that he found an adult drop-in Modern class at Dance Place San Diego. It was in this class that he fell in love again with movement.
After his separation from the Navy in 2011, he began to attend Bridgewater State University where he continued to pursue Modern dance training as a Dance minor. In the spring semester of 2015, Aaron officially became a Dance major and applied for the Adrian-Tinsley Summer Grant for Research and Creative Projects. He was awarded this grant with the help of his mentor Dr Jody Weber, and began work on The Trouble with Masculinity. This grant also allowed him to attend Bates Dance Festival at which David Parker helped give him tools to translate his research into masculinity into movement. The work he is presenting at "Near and Far" is a work in progress. The complete work will be shown in Spring of 2016 as a part of his honors thesis performance.
Special Thanks to:
Eveline Carle/ Cape Cod Dance Center
Julia Krasnow
Ellen Brodsky
Georgiana Holmes
Jane Vose/Woods Hole Community Hall
Colleen Reilly
Pam and Mark Carmichael
Tech:
Matt Kohler/ New Classics Theater Company
Patrick Hemberger
Grace Stern
she/her/hers
Philadelphia, PA
Dancer and Choreographer
Born in Eden Prairie, MN, Grace Stern began her training at the Omaha Academy of Ballet. In 2012 she received a B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Along with school, her education included American Theater Ballet, Hubbard Street, Summer Stages, and Ballet Magnificat intensives. Grace has had the privilege of working with and performing works by Janis Brenner, Doug Elkins, Maurya Kerr, Jose Limon, Alwin Nikolais, Helen Simoneau, Myra Brazell, Olive Prince as well as others. She is currently a company member of DanceFusion! and apprenticing for KLY/Dancers. Grace is excited to be collaborating with Kalila Kingsford Smith for this rhythmic endeavor.
Kalila Kingsford Smith
she/her/hers
Philadelphia, PA
Dancer and Choreographer
Kalila Kingsford Smith is a performer, choreographer, teacher and writer based in Philadelphia. She graduated with a BFA in Dance and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Michigan where she performed in the works of Paul Taylor, Dianne McIntyre, FX Widaryanto, Peter Sparling, Jessica Fogel and Melissa Beck. Kalila is currently a member of Dancefusion and has danced in the works of Melissa Chisena, Mary Anthony, Suellen Haag and Peter Bertini, Pauline Koner, Steven Welsh, Joe Cicala and Anna Troester. As a free lance performer, she has worked with Dianne McIntyre, David Gordon, Dance4Life Philly and Underground Dance Works. Her choreography has been presented in Philadelphia at the ETC Series and the COLLAGE Festival, as well as in Jersey City at Your Move Modern Dance Festival. Her recent works include “Loneliness,” “We Are Invincible” and “Café Noir.” She frequently collaborates with composers, directors and writers to create theatrical works inspired by characters and their motivations. Kalila has recently been appointed Director of Fusion2, a training company for young dancers at the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center where she also teaches ballet, modern and jazz to students of all ages. Kalila is currently writing for Philadelphia’s online dance platform thINKingDANCE.net where she reviews and critiques local dance performances. This is Kalila’s first of many collaborations with Grace Stern.
Ralph Bousquet
he/him/his
Barnstable, MA
Musician, Poet
Ralph Bousquet is a poet who was born and raised on Cape Cod. He now lives in Sunderland, MA and attends Hampshire College, where he is studying creative writing, literature, and religion.
Matthew Carmichael
he/him/his
Sandwich, MA
Visual Artist and Poet
Matthew Carmichael grew up in Sandwich and attended Walnut Hill School of the Arts and Falmouth Academy. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2015, where he pursued his interests in music, dance, visual art and writing. He has recently relocated to Providence, RI.
Mary Teuscher
she/her/hers
Providence, RI
Dancer, Choreographer
Mary began dancing with Donna Mejia at Colorado College where she majored in Spanish and minored in Dance. Currently, she performs with Boston based Zoe Dance Company. Since graduating in 2008 she has had the good fortune to study with many talented artists including Kristen Van Loon and Kirsten Wilder (Hijack), Jesus Miranda (Andanza), Elia Cortes, Pati Hernandez (Telling My Story), Louise Rickards (Jeh Kulu), Jamie Jewitt (Lostwax Multimedia Dance), Heidi Henderson (Elephant Jane), Alex Springer (Doug Varone and Dancers), Daniel McCusker, Ray Elliot Schwartz, Katy Macnamara, Betsy Miller, Stephanie Albanese, Jessica Howard and Stephanie Turner. She has performed at the Southern Vermont Dance Festival, Six Degrees Dance at University Settlement, Bates Dance Festival, New Life Choreographers series, the Dance Complex and most recently at the RISD Museum and Dance For World Community. Mary lives in Providence Rhode Island and is so happy to work with other artists in the creation of Near and Far.
Other Artists and Performers:
Jessica Rose Cipriano
she/her/hers
New York, NY
Dancer
Julia Krasnow
she/her/hers
Providence, RI
Dancer
Alyssa Coffin
she/her/hers
Fall River, MA
Visual Artist
Brendan Carmichael
he/him/his
Sandwich, MA
Poet, Musician
Robyn Whaples
she/her/hers
Sandwich, MA
Musician
KamrDANCE - Company
New York, NY
Mary-Kate O'Toole - Dancer
Gabbie Burgess - Dancer
Brianna Giordano - Dancer