Mary Lynn Babcock – choreographer of "Phoenix"
Founder and artistic director for Satellite-Dance, Mary Lynn Babcock is a choreographer, teacher and movement analyst, holds an MFA in dance and Ph.D. in American Studies from Case Western Reserve University. She is also certified in Laban Movement Analyst from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, NYC. Her work has been presented across the U.S and in Brazil, Portugal, Jamaica, The Netherlands, and Egypt. Dance professor at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas, she teaches Laban Studies, modern dance, improvisation and introduction to composition, and dance and technology where her research has taken her into interactive media and performance. Dr. Babcock has created the Stovall maclab studio uniquely designed for dance majors– where physicalized ideas morph space and time, and expand through media.
Catherine Isabella DePetris –Dancer and collaborator for new work performing with her mother Jacqueline DePetris
Catherine Isabella has attended pre-school at Saint Andrews Catholic School, and will start Kindergarten in the fall. She has trained at the CD/FW School for two years under Miss Breanna, Miss Natalie, and Miss Kerry, and also dances at home with her mother Jacqueline. Her performing credits included recent appearances in "Disney’s 101 Dalmations Kids" at the Ohlook Performing Arts Center in Grapevine under the direction of her godmother Pamela Langton. Catherine has freely inserted her own impromptu dance performances into CD/FW outreach events at the Water Gardens and various locations (much to the acclaim of bystanders) and was featured in the "Barefoot and Pregnant" CD/FW fund raising campaign highlighting the dedication and inter-generational diversity of CD/FW’s dancing family. Known for her clarity of movement and strong artistic opinions, Catherine has been a vital collaborator in the creation of this new work based on ideas related to the four seasons.
Jacqueline DePetris (CD/FW company member) –Choreographer of new work with daughter Catherine Isabella
Jacqueline DePetris was born and raised in Atlanta, GA, and started dancing at the mere age of 3 in creative movement class. Jacqueline continued her training in ballet, modern and jazz at the Decatur School of Ballet. She progressed to dance with Beacon Dance Company as the ballet mistress throughout high school. Jacqueline attended Texas Christian University and received her BFA in Modern Dance in 1999. After graduating she moved to San Francisco to experience big city dancing for a year. Since moving back to Cowtown, Jacqueline has danced with the CD/FW company and has taught for many schools and programs in the area including CD/FW’s school and "Dance Delivered" outreach programs and the TCU School for Classical and Contemporary Dance. Jacqueline is a certified Pilates instructor through Balanced Body and is a co-owner and Top Mechanic for The Body Garage in Fort Worth. She enjoys caring for and dancing with both of her children, Catherine Isabella (5) and Joseph Emilio (20 months). This is her eleventh season performing with CD/FW.
Lonny Joseph Gordon – Guest Performer of Disquiet and Guest Choreographer / Performer of Etudes from Ka Bu Ki
Founder and Artistic Director of GORDONDANCE, Lonny Joseph Gordon is originally from Texas. Gordon received his BFA in Theatre Arts from UT-Austin and a MFA in Painting and Choreography from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After completing his MFA in August 1967, that October Gordon first traveled to Japan as a Fulbright-Hays scholar to study the graphic and performing arts as represented in the Grand Kabuki Theater at the Kabukiza in Tokyo under the direction of Kanzaburo Nakamura XVII. A renewal of his Fulbright allowed him to continue his studies in Japan, where he was accepted into the Nishikawa School of Classical Japanese Dance - Cultural Studies and Umewaka Noh Theater for a three year apprenticeship. Gordon made his debut as a concert soloist at Toranomon Hall in Tokyo in 1968 and subsequently toured Japan, and was later invited by the U.S. Information Agency to tour to Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Italy, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. His distinguished performing career included early notoriety, with "GORDONDANCE" making its United States premiere at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 1970 and New York City premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in 1971. Other touring sites have included the Museum of Modern Arts in Stockholm, the World Exposition Osaka, Japan, the Rubicon International Theatre Festival, Revolutions International Theatre Festival, Theatre of Changes - Athens, Greece, and the California International Theatre Festival. His projects have received notable grant support from notable institutions such as the NEA, Mobil Foundation, the Nevada Arts Council, and the Korean Performing Arts Institute. In addition to presenting his own work, Gordon continues to collaborate with other choreographers and companies. He sometimes performs with Winifred Haun & Dancers (Chicago) and is currently preparing to premiere a new solo work by Don Redlich.
Winifred Haun – Guest choreographer of Disquiet
Winifred Haun has been choreographer and artistic director of her own modern company, Winifred Haun & Dancers, since 1991. She was a soloist with the internationally acclaimed Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theatre from 1985 to 1991. Ms. Haun has been nominated three times for the prestigious Ruth Page Award for Choreography and Performance and in 2000, she won the Ruth Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Dance Community. She has been recognized by Today’s Chicago Woman as one of 100 women making a difference in Chicago. Ms. Haun’s choreography has been commissioned by Ballet Chicago, AMEBA Dance, Zephyr Dance, Oak Park’s Handel Week and many other Midwest and national groups. She has taught dance and dance composition at the Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Academy for the Arts, Dance Center of Columbia College, Beijing National Dance Academy and at numerous festivals and workshops worldwide. In 2008, Wini was appointed Associate Artist at Voice of the City, a Chicago based multi-arts organization. Currently, Ms. Haun teaches modern dance at Hubbard St. Dance Chicago and Legere Dance Center. She is married to theoretical physicist, Stephen Parke, and they have three daughters.
Jon Johnston –Composer/Musician for Kakudo
A New Orleans native, Johnston was fortunate to be surrounded by good music from an early age and began playing the piano at age 4. By age 8, he was winning awards for his original compositions. His love of music was further nurtured at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts in Dallas, where he was recognized nationally as one of the top performing jazz pianists in the country. Johnston continued his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied with legendary artists such as jazz pianist Ray Santisi. It was at Berklee that Johnson had his first encounter with the shakuhachi flute, which touched off a love affair with the instrument and Japanese music which has continued to this day. He has studied with shakuhachi masters Stan Richardson and Yodo Kurahashi II, and holds his Shihan (master’s teaching license) and the shakuhachi name of ´J-on dó (pure sound) from Stan ‘Kakudo’ Richardson sensei. In addition to teaching, Jon has performed shakuhachi at a variety of local venues such as the Crowe Collection of Asian Art, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Dallas Arboretum, the Japanese Gardens of Houston, and the Fort Worth Japanese Gardens. This is his first artistic collaboration with choreographer Courtney Mulcahy. You can hear samples of his work at his website at www.jondavidjohnston.com.
Courtney Mulcahy (CD/FW company member) – choreographer for Kakudo
Courtney Mulcahy is from San Antonio, Texas. Courtney was the founder and director of the Laredo Dance Initiative, the first modern dance company in Laredo, TX, and was commissioned by the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra to choreograph the Rite of Spring. She has also performed with such companies as The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Spectrum Dance Company, The San Antonio Dance Company, The San Antonio Metropolitan Dance Company, and Candela Latin Dance Company. Courtney has received several honors and awards for her unique and thought-provoking choreography. In 2006, her work "Hush" was selected to represent Sam Houston State at the ACDFA festival in Laramie, Wyoming. She has attended such prestigious workshops as the Dance Camera West workshop in Los Angeles, CA, the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC and the Bill Evans Dance Teacher Intensive in Seattle, WA. Courtney has taught ballet, modern, jazz, choreography, improvisation, dance history, music for dance, dance conditioning, and Latin ballroom at a variety of institutions including Ballet Arts, Texas State University, The American College Dance Festival, Texas A&M International University, and currently at Tarrant County College-Northwest and Collin Country Community College. She holds a BSHE in Fashion Merchandising from Texas State University and a MFA in Dance from Sam Houston State University. This is her second season with CD/FW as a company member and a faculty member, both for the CD/FW School and for "Dance Delivered" educational outreach programs.
Satellite-Dance Company (Denton) – performing Phoenix
Satellite-Dance Company is a collective group of artists from varied disciplines dedicated to the creation and performance of original dance works. We MORPH boundaries, integrate with media technologies, share live and virtual performance, and connect with others across the globe.
A contemporary dance collective body image sound connect
"...the richness and confidence of more seasoned dancers. . . an imaginative blend of dance and technology." Mary L. Clark, The Column.
jhon r. stronks – choreographer / performer of When Angels Speak of Love...
Artistic director of "there...in the sunlight" Contemporary Dance (Houston), choreographer jhon r. stronks is often accused of presenting his audiences with seemingly disobedient work that behaves according to its own sanity. Stronks' passion for giving address to the gaps between what is perceived and what is present usually lands his work somewhere between a cry for personal consciousness and a plea for social justice. His choreography combines the fundamental elements of composition and choreography, with a convergence of movement styles and techniques drawn from his personal movement foundation in Modern, Post-Modern, Jazz, Classical Ballet and Africanist dance training. From this place, Stronks dives into the deep end experimenting with alternative dance making structures that are more intuitive and often erratic. The result is often the creation of a free space for the dancing to inhabit, where the context is clear; the eye has choices, and the viewer gets to decide. He is the recipient of two 2008 Buff Orpington Awards for Houston Contemporary Dance Achievement, Best Choreographic Work Under 15 Minutes for A View From The Edge and Best Choreographic Work 15 to 40 Minutes for O.K. I'm here... now what? Stronks’ choreography has been commissioned by The Houston Metropolitan Dance Center, The Houston Black Dance Festival, The South Dallas Dance Festival, Big Range Dance Festival, Mix Match Dance Festival, The Fresno Dance Collective, Pilot Festival Dallas, CORE Performance Company, and Moving in the Spirit. His most recent full length work; "Love and Incarceration: The bankruptcy of righteousness and wrongdoing" premiered at Highways Performance Space in Los Angeles as part of Behold: A Queer Performance Festival in July 2010. His company’s work is billed as "there…in the sunlight" Contemporary Dance.
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