Callie Chapman
Director
Callie is a dancer, dance instructor, choreographer, installation/projection artist, graphic designer, and mother of 2 boys (ages 7+8). She has produced her own dance/theatre work for over 14 years with Zoe Dance and has been a dancer with Prometheus Dance for over 14 years. Callie is also a freelance graphic designer and composes her own projections for her dance/theatre pieces. She currently teaches dance at Walnut Hill School for the Arts and Brookline Academy of Dance. www.calliechapman.com www.zoedance.org
Cassandre Charles
Counselor / Instructor
Jordan Jamil Ahmed
Counselor / Instructor
Meghan Carmichael
Instructor / Movement
Meghan and Matthew Carmichael are sister and brother from Cape Cod. They grew up dancing, creating dances and art together. Meghan went to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts to get her BFA in Contemporary dance, Matthew went to Sarah Lawrence College in NY to focus on Music Composition, Poetry, Literature, and Visual Art. Meghan lived in NYC and around Europe for two years, Matthew studied in Paris for a year, both to further investigate their artforms in the global community. Both are passionate about play, asking questions, making without judgement, and creating in ways outside of our comfort zones. Meghan will weave in elements of influence from improvisational and compositional dance techniques including: Nikolais/Lewis, Forsythe, Gaga, and Contact Improv. Matthew will use his influences studying Deleuze, psychogeography, and associative athleticism to challenge modes of thought. Together, they investigate different modes of collaboration. Taking a step back to their creative roots, they will guide students in a similar environment that they were guided as thoughtful, hungry, energetic kids… towards art making in ways intended to expand on their understanding of what art is.
CLASS: Dance Mapping
Throughout the classes, we will be creating “generators.” Each (class/week) we will focus on different ways we can respond to Images (2D), Sculptures (3D) and forms as maps for dancing.
Stephen Petrilli
Instructor / Lighting/Stagecraft
Stephen Petrilli is a New York and Boston based lighting designer with over 35 years of experience in theatre, dance, opera, music and touring.
He has designed shows for Anikaya Dance Theater, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Nathan Trice/Rituals, HT Chen & Dancers, Contrapose Dance, Lostwax Multimedia Dance, Noche Flamenca, Annabella Lenzu/DanceDrama, Zoe Dance, Shapiro & Smith Dance, Ailey II and The Kevin Wynn Collection. He also spent five years touring as the Lighting/Sound Supervisor for Pilobolus and has stage managed six seasons of Dance Africa at BAM.
http://www.stephen-petrilli-lighting.com
CLASS: Lighting Design
Learn about basic lighting design in theatre in this class. Combining science, creativity, and basic physics principles, lighting design is a wonderful way to capture your intrigue.
Ivan Korn
Instructor / Music
Ivan Korn has taught piano and guitar for over 12 years throughout the Boston area. He is a graduate of Boston Conservatory with an M.F.A. in dance. Ivan brings his knowledge of dance and music together in an integral way that is accessible and fun for all.
CLASS: Drumming