Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Candy Olsen -Dancer (USA)
Candy Olsen Proud member of AEA, Most recently comes from the Las Vegas production of Spamalot. National Tours: Pippin, Evita (tango), Phantom of the Opera, Celine Dion’s “A New Day,” Regional: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Puck w/ Milwaukee Symphony, NYCO The Most Happy Fella, Showboat, Carousel, Music Man, Hollywood Bowl and LA Opera. Numerous National commercials and TV appearances. Dance: Diavolo, MOMIX, New Jersey Ballet, Columbia City Ballet and the National Choreographer’s Initiative. As well as several Cirque Du Soliel “Unplugged” cabaret shows.
You can see her dancing at POE, by Juan Borona:
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Lucia Campoy - Dancer (New York/Spain)
Lucia Campoy has danced with Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater since 2005. She is from Murcia, Spain , and earned a Diploma from the Conservatorio Superior de Arte Dramático y Danza. New York performing credits include Ballet for Young Audience, Northern Ballet Theater, MetropolitanRepertory Ballet, Lonne Moreton, Val Loukiano, Juan Borona, Ursula Verduzco, Benjamin Briones among others. Special thanks to her dear teacher Peff Modelski, and to her family and husband for their unconditional support through this wonderful journey.
Cris Yong - Fashion Designer (Malaysia)
Fashion. It’s what I understand, explore every day, and hope to capture in all moods and possibilities. In every fashion setting, whether a runway show or a photo shoot, for performance or print, there is a new fashion goal for which I will find the unique path and most original landmarks. It’s my preferred work, to fill in the space in between brands or products, and people and their needs and desires. With shape, colour, and texture; music, models and make-up; cultural attunement and references, as my tools and materials - I establish identities, build portfolios, concentrate and communicate the elusive present spirit. http://www.crisyong.com/
| 2002 --Wella Sebastian, L’Oreal 2003 –- Zouk /Singapore Fashion Week, DiGi, Best Fashion Stylist Nominee at MIFA (Malaysia International Fashion Awards)2004 -- Bangkok Amway, Beijing Parkson, Zouk KL, MIFA 2004, Best Fashion Stylist Nominee at MIFA (Malaysia International Fashion Awards)2005 -- Melium, L’Oreal Hair Concert 2005, Ntv7’s Audition 2, Stuart Weitzman, TV3 Gangstaz, Christian Lacroix/French Art Festival 2005, Aseana Campaign 2005, Aigner A/W 2005, KLFW Utusan, 8TV reality show ‘The Malaysian’s most beautiful’ | 2006 --A Cut above, Kimarie, DJs MyFM 8th anniversary concert, "I want to be a Model" 8TV, MIFA 2006 2007 -- Mini Cooper, TM Net, L’Oreal Hair Concert, Carlo Rino, Royal Selangor, Celcom Xpax, The Gardens Mall, Tang's studio, BONIA, Tangoo, M-iFW 072008 -- ZOUK KL 4th Anniversary, “Go Go Style” 8tv, Sogo, KLIA, Honda Jazz, Martell VSOP Rising Personalities 2008, Miss Astro Chinese International2009 –- ZOUK KL 5th Anniversary, Carven Ong Couture, Soo Winnci Album, ‘Chivas’ bottle design by Alexander McQueen, Maxis innovation Collection at M-iFW 09 |
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Nico Las - Videographer/ Filmmaker (USA/Mexico)
Nicolás Galán Giral is a New York-based artist, videographer and filmmaker. Born and raised in Mexico City, Nicolas migrated to the United States at the age of 16. While living in Houston, Texas Nicolas worked as an associate producer of the Public Broadcasting Service and made several short films.
In New York, Nicolás has studied film making at NYU, the New School, and SVA.
He has also continued to produce, direct and edit his own short films, usually a "one man production," as he describes it. In may of 2009 he was the video art director for the staging of Melissa James Gibson's "Nuda Veritas" and is currently collaborating on new projects with different local artists.
Anthony Sandoval - Fashion Designer (USA)
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Anthony Sandoval is a New York-based fashion designer and part-time stylist. After attending both The Arts Institute of Technology and FIT in New York where he majored in womenswear, he interned and later on worked as an assistant designer for Catherine Malandrino. He also worked for Susana Monaco and some private label companies such as Oxford Collection / Li & Fung and Parigi Group where he got a chance to work and collaborate with other well-known designers, celebrities and retail stores such as Thakoon, Ashley Paige, Norma Kamali, Proenza Schouler, Jovovich-Hawk, DKNY, LRG, LL Cool J, Milla Jovovich, Carmen Hawk, Target and Wall-mart.
Anthony Sandoval is also a Creative Director and Designer for the Asian womenswear brand DUERR. As a part-time stylist, he has worked and collaborated with numerous designers, artists, photographers and models. Anthony Sandoval is now working at Mikael Aghal as the Head Designer and is currently responsible for revamping the image and design aesthetic of the company.
He is also responsible in dealing with buyers from Saks 5th Avenue, Bloomingdales, as well as other major retail stores overseas like Lane Crowford, Toronto Eaton Center, and other retail stores in the Middle East, Dubai, Singapore and Spain.
He also has a blog which focuses and promotes New York-based artists, photographers, designers, unique individuals, the art world and the night scene:
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Roberto Araujo - Singer/Performer (USA/Mexico)
Roberto’s always had a passion for performing, but it wasn’t until he joined theThomas Jefferson Musical Theatre Company that he decided he wanted to spend his life on the stage. As a company member of TJMTC, he performed with them in “Guys & Dolls”, “Aladino, The Musical”, “Once on this Island”, “Cats” and “Anjou, a Tale of Horror”. Performing with the Company around Mexico and internationally in Calgary between 1994 and 1997, Roberto has since returned to choreograph and for guest appearances with the Company.
After leaving TJMTC, Roberto performed in productions of “Godspell”, “Rent” and“The Frog Prince”. He worked with the Walt Disney Special Events Group in “Fiesta Mickey” in Colombia, “The Power of Imagination” in Brazil and “Magical Moments” on tour around Mexico. His voice was featured in the Dreamworksanimated film “Joseph, King of Dreams” as the voice of Joseph in the Spanish release of the film.
He moved to New York City in 2000 to pursue his performing career further. While in NY he performed in “Copacabana” and “Deep in the Darkness”. Roberto also choreographed the Off-Broadway show “Vincent”, and wrote and lifted the above mentioned new musical “Deep in the Darkness”. He toured around Germany and Austria with Opera NY in the show “The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber”, where he was featured as a Dancer, Singer as well as Dance Captain and Choreographer.
In 2003 Roberto began performing for Carnival Cruise Lines. From 2003 to 2009, Roberto has been seen in 6 different ships. Performing shows ranging from Latin music, Broadway, 80's Pop and even Country music.http://www.bobbyaraujo.com/
Antonio Navarro - Singer/Composer (Spain)
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Antonio Navarro, a lyrics talent with a really expressive voice from Spain. He is known as a singer, lyrics composer, and dancer in many musicals shows like 'Jeckyll and hyde' or 'Hoy no me puedo levantar' directed by Nacho Cano.His first incursion in the dancefloor world was by his collaboration with the great producer Manu B, featured tracks like 'Crazy', 'Save Me The Day', 'Man On The Moon', 'Loose Control', and many many others, with a great friendship also knows as PHAN (Physical Phase featuring Antonio Navarro). Then he has collaborated with some other producers, like Iris Dee Jay,featured tracks like "Despertar " and "Show Me".
"Camino.Ando.Exploro el mundo que me rodea. No cuento el tiempo sino las experiencias en las cuales me quedo inmerso.Describo la realidad más intensa o
pequeñas partes que me hacen despertar a la conciencia universal,
aquella de la que renegamos y ahora es nuestro tesoro existencial.
Estoy en ello..." http://www.myspace.com/antoniomusicinme
- Despertar.Irisdeejay Feat Antonio Navarro.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb0kfF2vEJk
- ShowMe.Irisdeejay Feat Antonio Navarro.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vknCXo_jKa8&feature=related
- Crazy.Physical Phase Feat Antonio Navarro.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfy9k-_R9S4
- Touch My Soul.Physical Phase Feat Antonio Navarro.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ORny7np84
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Saki Masuda. Dancer (USA)
Saki is originally from Nara, Japan, moved to NY in 2006 as a member of the International Student Visa Program at Steps on Broadway, where she trained in ballet, Jazz, Contemporary dance. She received a full scholarship and joined the Steps Repertory Ensemble. Saki has danced with Contemporary Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispanico Ensemble, and Staten Island Ballet. She has also performed works by Bradley Shelver, Jason Winters, Yesid Lopez, Monica Bill Bernes, Milton Myers, Jacqulyn Bugligi, Ursula Verduzco, Juan Borona. Last year, she made her Musical debut in “Cats” as a white cat. Her work can be seen at POE, directed and choreographed by Juan Borona:
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Gapfusion. Music/performance (Sweden)
Three thunderous throats tells and yells epic stories from old mythology, boiling a kettle full of mythic images within impovised scrap metal throat singing soundscapes!Mikael Öberg - throat, rhythms and storytelling
Stsinnar Malin - throat, strings and loop
Björnola Lind - throat, stones and scrap metal.
Monday, June 14, 2010
MARSIN. A young new Artist: "From Poland to New York City"
MARSIN. Born on a cold winters day in the small town of Nisko, Poland. Ever since I was a little boy living in Poland, I always knew that one day I would live in New York City. I used to draw the Statue of Liberty and huge skyscrapers with myself surrounded in the middle of it all. I did not know
how or when I was going to get there, but I just wanted my dreams and pictures to come true.
I came to America on April 8th, 1994. I started school right away in Lakewood, NJ even though I did not speak any English at all. Doing schoolwork was tough, but making friends really wasn’t.
One of my best friends was a chick named Alicia. We used to skip class and take the bus to New York City together all the time. We would go to Harlem to meet up with friends and hit up a few clubs even though we were under age. I remember one night, Alicia and I were walking on 125th Street, and as we was crossing the street this big guy yelled, "what you doing with a white boy," to my friend Alicia who is African-American, and I yelled back, "what you doin by yourself!" I tried not to be scared of anything or even any one. I believe that things happen for a reason.
Right after my high school graduation I moved to New York City. My parents didn’t really believe me when I told them that I am going to go to college in New York until they actually saw the bill for the semester. While in New York, I did a little acting for fun. I landed some extra work on shows like Law & Order: SVU, as well as an HBO movie "Brooklyn.” I did an off-broadway play called “The Bar Scene” as well as an independent film “Black Pearl.” I stage managed several plays including The Vagina Monologues at CCNY. Which the actors would poke fun at me and made me run lines with them just so I would say “my vagina is angry!” I also had the pleasure to work on music videos with The Dynasty Electric Duo and Beyonce.
I met people who were involved in the modeling industry, and had some luck there. I got the chance to work with amazing talent like Steve Prezant, Ross Bleckner, Irene Caesar, Holly Daggers, Maciek Jasik, Zach Bowens, Markus Klinko & Indrani and Calvin Klein. I was also involved in the Born To Be A Model project. I keep myself busy with various fashion shows, promotional events, and best of all parties and photo shoots. I would say that in this industry you have to be a strong and intelligent person if you want to pursue it.
I live for creativity. Photography and music are my passions. I have taken some beautiful and interesting pictures. I love to shoot anything that catches my eye. My music can be heard online on various websites. I write and produce my own stuff so it may not be for everyone’s liking but I do it because I love doing it. I am excited to further my creativity and see what I come up with next!
In life, I have learned a lot. I used to think that I knew everything, come to find out I did not know much at all. I have learned through my mistakes, and every experience has taught me a new lesson. I have gone through a lot of obstacles to be where I am today, but most importantly, I have always followed my heart.
how or when I was going to get there, but I just wanted my dreams and pictures to come true.
I came to America on April 8th, 1994. I started school right away in Lakewood, NJ even though I did not speak any English at all. Doing schoolwork was tough, but making friends really wasn’t.
One of my best friends was a chick named Alicia. We used to skip class and take the bus to New York City together all the time. We would go to Harlem to meet up with friends and hit up a few clubs even though we were under age. I remember one night, Alicia and I were walking on 125th Street, and as we was crossing the street this big guy yelled, "what you doing with a white boy," to my friend Alicia who is African-American, and I yelled back, "what you doin by yourself!" I tried not to be scared of anything or even any one. I believe that things happen for a reason.
Right after my high school graduation I moved to New York City. My parents didn’t really believe me when I told them that I am going to go to college in New York until they actually saw the bill for the semester. While in New York, I did a little acting for fun. I landed some extra work on shows like Law & Order: SVU, as well as an HBO movie "Brooklyn.” I did an off-broadway play called “The Bar Scene” as well as an independent film “Black Pearl.” I stage managed several plays including The Vagina Monologues at CCNY. Which the actors would poke fun at me and made me run lines with them just so I would say “my vagina is angry!” I also had the pleasure to work on music videos with The Dynasty Electric Duo and Beyonce.
I met people who were involved in the modeling industry, and had some luck there. I got the chance to work with amazing talent like Steve Prezant, Ross Bleckner, Irene Caesar, Holly Daggers, Maciek Jasik, Zach Bowens, Markus Klinko & Indrani and Calvin Klein. I was also involved in the Born To Be A Model project. I keep myself busy with various fashion shows, promotional events, and best of all parties and photo shoots. I would say that in this industry you have to be a strong and intelligent person if you want to pursue it.
I live for creativity. Photography and music are my passions. I have taken some beautiful and interesting pictures. I love to shoot anything that catches my eye. My music can be heard online on various websites. I write and produce my own stuff so it may not be for everyone’s liking but I do it because I love doing it. I am excited to further my creativity and see what I come up with next!
In life, I have learned a lot. I used to think that I knew everything, come to find out I did not know much at all. I have learned through my mistakes, and every experience has taught me a new lesson. I have gone through a lot of obstacles to be where I am today, but most importantly, I have always followed my heart.
Nicola Romine - Choregrapher
Nicole Romine danced professionally for over 15 years. Classically trained, she began her career dancing the role of Carlotta Grisi at The Stuttgart Opera House in Germany. She toured the world: South America, Europe, Japan...working with many different companies and performing in many diverse productions. In the US, she is primarily known for her time at Paramount Studios and as the lead female dancer for the television series Fame at MGM.She began her career as a director/choreographer while still dancing and creating many original productions for stage, television and film. She ha won international awards and her work has been seen in 5 continents. A PBS special she choreographed was nominated for an Emmy.
She believes that life is a work of art in perpetual progress.
Miriam Aziz - Musician (UK/USA)
Miriam Aziz was born in England and grew up in Brussels, Belgium to a father who was born in Tanzania but whose parents came from what later became Pakistan, and a mother who is Austrian. English is her mother-tongue but she also speaks fluent French, German and Italian. She began playing piano at the age of 5 and started writing songs at 11. By the age of 15 she was writing and performing her own material in a band called Foreign Affairs. In 1989, she moved to Manchester, England where she continued to write and perform songs whilst studying for a law degree which she completed in 1992. She went on to qualify as a lawyer in London and then moved to Edinburgh, Scotland to do a Phd in 1994, all the while playing and experimenting with all styles of music. She began to take her singing more seriously, performing jazz standards and eventually her own songs with a band made up of a jazz guitarist, a tabla player and a bass player. She moved to Berlin in 1997 and spent three years living there before she moved to Florence, Italy in 2000 where she started to work on songs for a debut album, We’re Inside Out which she released on her own label, Rock Pixie Records in 2007 which was produced by Malika Makouf Rasmussen (Exit Cairo and On Club) together with Women’s Voice Productions based in Oslo, Norway.She performed songs from the album in Ithaca, upstate New York in November 2007 as part of the radio show Crossing Borders for WVBR FM at Pancho Villa. She also co-hosted radio shows on world music for WVBR FM and WICB FM during the fall of 2007. She has also performed in Oslo as part of the Global Oslo Music initiative and in July 2008 performed with a 5 set band of musicians and 2 dancers in Prato, Italy as part of the nationwide Womajazz Festival and performed at the renowned MELA world music festival in Oslo in August 2009.Miriam Aziz often collaborates with dancers and her music has been used in dance classes and productions. In 2008, she wrote a piece of music for Tancredo Tavárez, a former Martha Graham dancer who teaches Modern dance at the Béjart school (Ecole-Atelier Rudra Béjart) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The music was used to stage a choreographical piece called “Toutlemonde n’entre pas, sauf les foux” and was performed by Tavárez at a Gala in Santo Domingo in February 2008. Her work with dancers inspired her second album Tránsito which was released on October 26, 2009 on Rock Pixie Records in conjunction with New Music and Women’s Voice Productions, distributed by EMI MUSIC Norway AS. The album was also produced by Malika Makouf Rasmussen and moves away from the singer/songwriter format to embrace theatre and dance and what she has referred to as “acoustic cinema” in an interview with Norwegian Public Radio in December 2008. Stylistically, she has started to introduce strands of theatre with musical and vocal arrangements which have been inspired by classical music, jazz and Indian music and cinema.In 2007, she worked with Scottish film director Richard Jobson, former member of the art-punkband the Skids (16 Years of Alcohol, A Woman in Winter, The Purifiers and New Town Killers) on the release of a video for Gypsy one of songs from her album We’re Inside Out, an experience which inspired her to experiment with film-making. Her work with photographers such as Luciano Valentini in Siena, Italy (Studio Gielle), Tei Blow in Brooklyn and Mariliana Arvelo, New York has been instrumental in enabling her to evolve her search to fuse music, dance and theatre with elements of improvisation. In the autumn of 2009, Miriam moved to New York where she recorded an album called Muerte, Bailaremos (Rock Pixie Records) which was released on June 1, 2010 and which archives a pivotal stage in this journey of discovery. http://miriamaziz.com/
Sandra Powers/ Masque Film - Film production company
Masque Films is a a Los Angeles based film production company, founded by Sandra Powers in 2009, which specializes in highly artistic and unique musicvideos. Masque Films takes an innovative approach from concept to completion.
The members of Masque Films come from the worlds of contemporary art,
fashion and experimental cinema. The team prides itself in the development
of original, creative visions that compliment both the client's needs as
well as pioneering the end result. The company believes in creating films
with true substance that enrich the lives of the audience, while also
leaving a lasting impression that evokes emotion and asks for critical
inquiry into contemporary culture.
Masque Films is Sandra Powers; Director, Fabiola Munoz; Art Director, Jared
Wasburn; Director of Photography and Andrew Alderete; Producer.
www.masquefilms.com
Sandra Powers discovered her passion for cinema while studying painting at
the MassArt in Boston. She received her M.F.A. degree in Film at CalArts, as
a recipient of Peter Stark scholarship.
Most recently, her psychological fantasy short film, “Lucir Y Sombra” was
previewed at the Redcat/ Disney Hall. In June 2009, her films were screened
at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research
in a solo exhibition in Almaty. This same year her film “Autumn” was
featured in the L.A. Freewaves film festival and acquired for distribution
by the MOVIOLA Channel. Sandra’s films, “Miedo/ Treuhand” and “The End” were
premiered at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2007. Her films have
been screened internationally, including the exhibition of Contemporary
Surrealists in London, at EXIS (Experimental Film and Video Festival) in
Seoul, Korea, in Festival Images Contre Nature/ P’Silo in Marceille Cedex,
France, Experiencia in Berlin, Festival Begane Grond, Den Haag, Netherlands
and at the Cinema De Balie in Amsterdam among others. Her film, “Autumn”
received the “Audience Choice Award” at the CINtax Film Forum in Riverside,
CA in May 2008.
In 2006 Sandra was selected to receive an Official Resolution Certificate
from the City of Boston City councilor at-large Sam Yoon and the Stephen D.
Paine Scholarship for her film “Little Mary”.
Currently Sandra Powers is making a documentary about Kazakhstan, called
“The Silent Steppe Cantata” in collaboration with American avant-garde
composer Anne LeBaron and well-known performance artist Timur Bekbosunov, as
well as performing as the Special FX Girl for canivalesque- vaudevillian
performance troupe, "Timur & The Dime Museum". She is a founder of Masque
Films, a ground-breaking film production company that specializes in music
videos. For more information, please visit www.sandrapowers.com
Sandra Powers discovered her passion for cinema while studying painting atthe MassArt in Boston. She received her M.F.A. degree in Film at CalArts, as
a recipient of Peter Stark scholarship.
Most recently, her psychological fantasy short film, “Lucir Y Sombra” was
previewed at the Redcat/ Disney Hall. In June 2009, her films were screened
at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research
in a solo exhibition in Almaty. This same year her film “Autumn” was
featured in the L.A. Freewaves film festival and acquired for distribution
by the MOVIOLA Channel. Sandra’s films, “Miedo/ Treuhand” and “The End” were
premiered at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2007. Her films have
been screened internationally, including the exhibition of Contemporary
Surrealists in London, at EXIS (Experimental Film and Video Festival) in
Seoul, Korea, in Festival Images Contre Nature/ P’Silo in Marceille Cedex,
France, Experiencia in Berlin, Festival Begane Grond, Den Haag, Netherlands
and at the Cinema De Balie in Amsterdam among others. Her film, “Autumn”
received the “Audience Choice Award” at the CINtax Film Forum in Riverside,
CA in May 2008.
In 2006 Sandra was selected to receive an Official Resolution Certificate
from the City of Boston City councilor at-large Sam Yoon and the Stephen D.
Paine Scholarship for her film “Little Mary”.
Currently Sandra Powers is making a documentary about Kazakhstan, called
“The Silent Steppe Cantata” in collaboration with American avant-garde
composer Anne LeBaron and well-known performance artist Timur Bekbosunov, as
well as performing as the Special FX Girl for canivalesque- vaudevillian
performance troupe, "Timur & The Dime Museum". She is a founder of Masque
Films, a ground-breaking film production company that specializes in music
videos. For more information, please visit www.sandrapowers.com
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Sherry Rubel- Photographer
Sherry has been immersed in photography since childhood, beginning in her father’s dark room. He was a professional, award winning photographer, as well as a leader in
Sherry's work has been exhibited in and around NJ. A collection of 25 "Living Legacies" portraits was purchased for permanent exhibition at the Actors' Fund Home in
Currently staff photographer with the award winning CROSSROADS THEATRE, in
PHOTO JOURNALISM
She looks to an extended trip to
Sherry is called upon to document a variety of events such as behind the scenes of video projects within the NYC music & dance industries. Sherry's long term goal has always been to return to those places where her yearning to photograph the peoples’ story propelled her into her career as a photographer.http://www.sherryrubelphotography.com/Index.html
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