Sydney Dance Company is a contemporary dance company in Australia. The company has performed on stages around the world, including the Sydney Opera House in Australia, the Joyce Theater in New York, the Grand in Shanghai, and the Stanislavsky in Moscow.
Annie Gosfield is a composer based in New York who works on the boundaries between notated and improvised music, electronic and acoustic sounds, refined timbres and noise. She composes for others and performs with her own group, taking her music on a path through festivals, factories, clubs, art spaces, and concert halls. Much of her work combines acoustic instruments with electronic sounds, incorporating unusual sources such as satellite sounds, machine sounds, detuned or out of tune samples and industrial noises. Her work often contains improvisation and frequently uses extended techniques and/or altered musical instruments. She won a 2012 Berlin Prize.
The Harkness Fellowships are a programme run by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City. They were established to reciprocate the Rhodes Scholarships and enable Fellows from several countries to spend time studying in the United States. The many notable alumni listed below include the president of the International Court of Justice; former Chairman and CEO of Salomon Brothers; a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; the controller of BBC Radio 4; the editor of the Sunday Times; former directors of the Medical Research Council, the London School of Economics and the General Medical Council; and, a vice-president of Microsoft.
Ákos Hargitai, since 1990, danced in the field of contemporary dance with various local Hungarian dance groups such as Gyula Berger Dance Company, Artus, choreographer Katalin Lõrinc and in collaboration with Réka Szabó and Eszter Gál.
Rosalind Newman is an internationally acclaimed choreographer who has created a body of over 70 works.
Zoe Scofield is a choreographer and dancer best known for her work with Juniper Shuey as co-directors of zoe|juniper, a Seattle-based dance and visual art company. Her work is characterized by multi-media, cross-genre works utilizing stage performance, video installation, photography and complex technical elements.
Paul Pfeiffer is an American sculptor, photographer and video artist. Described by peer artist Gregory Volk as a clever manipulator of popular media, images and video technology, Pfeiffer is stated as one 'who excels at recasting well-known athletic and entertainment events with surprising open-ended nuances.'
Gideon Obarzanek is an Australian choreographer, director and performing arts curator. He was Artistic Associate with the Melbourne Festival (2015-2017), co-curator and director of ‘XO State’ at the inaugural Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts (2015-2017). Obarzanek was appointed Chair of the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2015 and Strategic Cultural Engagement Manager at Chancellery at the University of Melbourne in 2018.
Kage Physical Theatre is an Australian physical theatre/contemporary dance company. It was established in 1997 by Kate Denborough and Gerard Van Dyck, graduates of the Victorian College of the Arts.
Sasha Alexandra Waltz is a German choreographer, dancer, leader of the dance company Sasha Waltz and Guests, and Artistic director designate of the Berlin State Ballet, alongside Johannes Ohman, effective 2019.
A facilitator of private philanthropy, the Arts Foundation of New Zealand supports artistic excellence through its permanent Endowment fund. Legacies help grow the fund, with income generated enabling the foundation to run. Donations from Patrons of the Arts Foundation are awarded directly to artists at the annual New Zealand Arts Awards.
Jonah Bokaer is an American choreographer and media artist. He works on live performances in the United States and elsewhere, including choreography, digital media, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and social enterprise.
Jochen Sandig is a German cultural entrepreneur and founder of four cultural institutions in Berlin.
Emily Johnson is an American dancer, writer, and choreographer of Yup'ik descent. She is based in Minneapolis, where she is artistic director of her performance company, Emily Johnson/Catalyst. Johnson is a organizer for the First Nations Dialogues New York/Lenapehoking. She also works part-time at Birchbark Books, an independent bookstore owned by author Louise Erdrich.
The Cie. toula limnaios is a Berlin based contemporary dance company founded by the choreographer Toula Limnaios and the composer Ralf R. Ollertz in 1996. The company was originally headquartered in Brussels and later moved to Berlin.
Nejla Y. Yatkin is a German-American choreographer.
Sarah Michelson is a British choreographer and dancer who lives and works in New York City, New York. Her work is characterized by demanding physicality and repetition, rigorous formal structures, and inventive lighting and sound design. She was one of two choreographers whose work was included in the 2012 Whitney Biennial, the first time dance was presented as part of the bi-annual exhibition. Her work has also been staged at The Walker Art Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Kitchen, and the White Oak Dance Project. She received New York Dance and Performance awards for Group Experience (2002), Shadowmann Parts One and Two (2003), and Dogs (2008). She has served as associate director of The Center for Movement Research and associate curator of dance at The Kitchen. Currently choreographer in residence at Bard's Fisher Center, she is the recipient of their four-year fellowship to develop a commissioned work with Bard students and professional dancers.
Chendra Effendy Panatan is an Indonesian artist. He started his dance training at Sumber Cipta Ballet Jakarta and studied furthermore at Ecola de la Dance Geneva, Lines Contemporary Ballet, San Francisco United States, Concordia University, Montreal Canada, Limon Institute, NYC – USA, and Internationale Sommerakademie des Tanzes in Koln, Germany.
Faye Driscoll is a Bessie Award-winning American dancer and choreographer who has been called "a startlingly original talent" by the New York Times. Her work has been performed at institutions across the United States and internationally including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, Wexner Center for the Arts, MCA Chicago, ICA Boston, Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts, Walker Art Center, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Croatian National Theatre, and others.
