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Layale Chaker
Layale Chaker, a composer and violinist, was raised on the verge of multiple musical streams in her native Lebanon.
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John Jahnke / Hotel Savant
John Jahnke is a New York-based artist, playwright, and director. He is the Artistic Director of the multidisciplinary theater company Hotel Savant.
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Yin Mei Dance
Yin Mei is an interdisciplinary artist whose work integrates dance, visual art, and scholarly inquiry. As the Director of Dance and M.A. Performance and Media Studies at Queens College (CUNY), she crafts works that interrogate cultural identity and embodied experience.
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Chaery Moon and Alex Munro
Chaery Moon embarked on her dance journey with the Korean National Ballet and the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts, earning early recognition by winning the Tanzolymp in Berlin.
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THE MNTRO PRJCT
Chalvar Monteiro received his BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College at SUNY, and has worked with Sidra Bell Dance New York, Elisa Monte Dance, Keigwin+Company, BODYTRAFFIC, GALLIM, A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, Ailey II, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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Jie-Hung Connie Shiau
Jie-Hung Connie Shiau is a choreographer, dancer, and educator.
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Oleg Stepanov and Dario Minoia
Oleg Stepanov is a versatile artist, excelling as a dancer, choreographer, film and music maker.
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Life Jacket Theatre Company
Melding fact and fiction, THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS builds a rich and complex tapestry based on interviews, archival documents, and prison records.
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Georgina Pazcoguin, “The Rogue Ballerina,” joined New York City Ballet in 2002 and became its first Asian American female soloist in 2013.
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Elinor Kleber Diggs
Elinor Kleber Diggs, currently based in Harlem, New York, is an interdisciplinary artist, dancer, and choreographer from Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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inkBoat
Shinichi Iova-Koga serves as the Artistic Director of the dance theater company inkBoat, founded by Iova-Koga in 1998.
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Life Jacket Theater Company
Travis Lee Russ, Ph.D. (Book Writer) is a queer playwright and director from a small industrial town in rural Indiana.











