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Native American Choreographer, Rosy Simas (a member of the Seneca Nation) has been creating and teaching dance for 20 years.. She is Seneca from the Cattaraugus reservation of New York. She trained in Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Montréal. Most influential in her training has been Nita Little, Suzanne River, Barbara Mahler and Susan Klein. Rosy is a certified practitioner of Global Somatics™, Massage and Shiatsu. Rosy has taught regular technique, alignment and contact improvisation classes in Montréal, Santa Cruz and Minneapolis. Rosy maintains a private bodywork practice, Blue Heron Bodywork.

Lindsay Anderson (performer) earned B.A. degrees in dance and English from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. After college, she continued to train and perform in Chicago, IL prior to moving to Minneapolis. Lindsay has recently performed with Kinetic Evolutions Dance Company, directed by Sarah Larose-Holland. Last spring, she performed the work of choreographer Jesse Neumann-Peterson in the 9X22 Dance Lab. Lindsay has presented her own work at the In Motion Dance Series, Kinetic Kitchen Dance Series at Patrick’s Cabaret, the Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, and the Ritz Theatre, Minneapolis. 

Douglas Beasley's (collaborator) personal vision explores the spiritual aspects of people and place and is concerned with how the sacred is recognized and expressed in everyday life. He hopes that his photographs act as prayer-like offerings meant as a departure point for the viewer’s own visual or spiritual journey. Much of his personal projects, including “Sacred Sites of the Lakota,” “Disappearing Green Space,” “Silent Witness: Genocide and the Landscape,” “Sacred Places” and “Earth Meets Spirit” are supported by grants and commissions and have been widely exhibited and collected. His work has been published internationally and featured in numerous magazines such as Zoom, The Sun, B&W, Shots, PDN and PhotoVision.

Denise Gagner (performer) has had the pleasure of working with and learning from many Minneapolis artists including Sherry Saterstrom, HIJACK, Jane Shockley, Erin Thompson, Megan Flood, Sarah Jacobs, Cindy Stevens, Suzanne River, and Three Dances.  She is a founding member of Ready at Will Dance Collective (RAW), a teacher at several Montessori schools, Valley Dance and Arts Academy, Young Dance, and Zenon where she is also the School Coordinator. Denise holds a B.A. in Dance from St. Olaf College.

Past Performers & Collaborators (1993-2008)
Kerry Ackeret (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA
Ron Albert (lighting design) 2001, 2003 & 2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Gordon Allen (musician) 2008 - Montréal, QC
Audrey Anderson (performer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Jane Anfinson (musician) 2003 & 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Josie Arrowsmith (performer) 2006-2007 - Minneapolis, MN
Jeff Bartlett (lIghting design) 2000, 2001, 2004, 2010
Margot Bassett (performer) 2006-2007 - Minneapolis, MN
Del Bey (performer) 2003 - Minneapolis, MN
Elizabeth June Bergman (performer) 2009-2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Olive Bieringa (performer) 2000 - Minneapolis, MN
Vivian Big Eagle (performer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Sofia Borella (performer) 2008 - Montréal, QC
Brandi Bourgon (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA
Shani Britt McKenzie (performer) 2002 - Minneapolis, MN
Kellie Brandt (performer) 2003-2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Lelis Brito (dancer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Zack Callahan Brito (performer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Maija Brown (performer) 2003 - Minneapolis, MN
Natalie Brown (performer) 2009-2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Nathan Carlton (sound engineer) 2000-2001 - Minneapolis, MN
Kathryn Cichello (performer) 1998 - Minneapolis, MN
Miriam Colvin (performer) 1998-2001 - Minneapolis, MN
Jodi Collova (performer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Michel F. Côté (musicien) 2007/2008 - Montréal, QC
Nicole Curry (performer) 2009 - Minneapolis, MN
Olivia Detamore (performer) 2003 - Minneapolis, MN
Jon Davis (musician) 2007 - Minneapolis, MN
Danelle Dever (performer) 1998-2000 - Minneapolis, MN
Baraka de Soliel (performer/collaborator) 1994-1996 & 2000 - Minneapolis, MN
Erin Drummond (performer) 2009-2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Jeffrey Duval (performer) 1992-1995 - Minneapolis, MN
Jason Eastman (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA
Brianna Zahasky Kauer (performer) 2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Kelly Keenan (performer) 2008 - Montréal, QC
Jackson Knowles (performer) 1998-2003 - Minneapolis, MN
Lara Kramer (performer) 2008 - Montréal, QC - Minneapolis, MN
Christopher Fleming (lighting/set design) 1994, 2004 & 2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Gabriela Flores Martinez (performer) 2001-2003 - Minneapolis, MN
Rene Ford (musician/collaborator) 2000-2001 - Minneapolis, MN
Karl Frost (collaborator) 1996-1998 - Minneapolis, MN / Santa Cruz, CA
Milan Gervais (performer) 2008 - Montréal, QC
Dustin Haug (performer) 2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Britta Hallin (performer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Susan Herold (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA
Mandy Herrick (performer) 2006-2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Katja Irvin (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA
Deborah Jinza Thayer (performer) 2004-2007 - Minneapolis, MN / Montréal, QC
Jackson Knowles (performer) 1998-2003 - Minneapolis, MN
Jessica Peyla (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA
Jennifer Mack (performer) 2005-2009 - Minneapolis, MN & Montréal, QC
Patrick Maun (visuals) 1994 & 1998 - 2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Andrew C. Mayer (sound design) 2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Layla Moering (performer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Nancy Nair (performer) 2009-2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Blake Nellis (performer) 2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Mankwe Monika Nkatuati Ndosi (performer) 2003
Leah Nelson (performer) 1994 & 2003 - Minneapolis, MN
Leslie O'Neill (dancer) 2005-2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Ricardo Olivares (performer) 2008 - Montréal, QC
Sharon Picasso (performer) 2009-2010 - Minneapolis, MN
j. otis powell! (poet/collaborator) 1996, 2000 - Minneapolis, MN
Tim Rehborg (performer) 2009-2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Ben Reisman (composer) 2000-2001 - Minneapolis, MN
Anna Resele (performer) 2005-2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Monique Romeiko (performer) 2008 - Montréal, QC
Isadora Rose (performer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Mark Rurak (sound engineer/props/costumes) 2004-2006 & 2009-2010
Colin Rusch (performer/collaborator) 2001 & 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Valerie Sabbah (performer) 2008
Savage Aural Hotbed (collaborator) 1991-1993 - Minneapolis, MN
Kristina Seeley Graber (performer) 1991-1996, 1998-2006 & 2009 - Minneapolis, MN
Jane Shockley (performer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Matthew S. Smith (composer) 2007 - Minneapolis, MN
Katie Sopoci (performer) 2001-2005 - Minneapolis, MN
Dawn Strom (performer) 2004-2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Jeanette Simmonds (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA
Lalu Simcik (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA
Nicole Stanton (performer) 1994 - Minneapolis, MN
Rose-Marie Theriault(understudy) 2008 - Montréal, QC
Carey Thompson Valenchinko (performer) 1991-1996
Michael Thomsen (composer) 1998-2001 - Minneapolis, MN
Morgan Thorson (performer) 1994 - Minneapolis, MN
Maria Gomez Tierney (performer) 1994 - Minneapolis, MN
Tamin Totzke (performer) 2010 - Minneapolis, MN
Galen Treuer (performer) 2005-2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Alice Waterman McBride (performer) 2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Allysa Vollmar (performer) 1994 - Minneapolis, MN
Laura Wade (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA
Heike Werde (performer) 2000 - Minneapolis, MN
David Wick (performer) 2003-2004 - Minneapolis, MN
Leralee Whittle (performer) 1998 - Santa Cruz, CA