Talya Epstein is originally from Sharon, Massachusetts and
now resides in Brooklyn. Her work has been shown through Danspace Projectʼs Draftwork series, Movement
Research at Judson Church, AUNTS, Dixon Placeʼs
Body Blend series, The Tank, Galapagos Art Space, Bushwick Starr, The Flynn
Center for the Performing Arts, among others. She is currently engaged in
creative processes with Melinda Ring, Tatyana Tenenbaum, and Larissa
Velez-Jackson. Talya is a member of The Woods Cooperative in Ridgewood, Queens
where she rehearses. She holds a BFA from The Boston Conservatory.
Laurel Snyder, originally from Virginia, has been a mover
and shaker her whole life. She received the majority of her physical training
at NYU Tisch Dance (2009) and various dance festivals in the USA and Europe.
She has had the honor of working with artists such as Kendra Portier, Kathleen
Hermesdorf, Paul Singh, Jacob Slominski and Faye Driscoll. Occasionally Laurel
makes her own work, some of which has been presented by Chez Bushwick, the
Tank, Center for Performance Research (CPR), Triskelion Arts, Greenspace Blooms
and H.T. Chen's Newsteps Series.
Composer and vocalist Odeya Nini, constructs acoustic,
electro acoustic, and electronic music, incorporating experimental
improvisation and malleable forms. Originally from New York City, Odeya
has collaborated extensively with visual artists, dancers and video artists as
both a composer and improvisor. As a vocalist she has performed alongside
artists such as Lukas Ligeti, Butch Morris and Anthony Coleman. Recent
projects include music for: YelleB Dance Esemble’s Pericardium presented at the Joyce Soho, NYC; California Institute
of the Arts’s production of Piedra Del Sol, presented at the Getty Villa, Los Angeles, under the direction of
Maria Morett; Promsdum Ok’s Love Me Rachana with performances at REDCAT, Highways and and the
TED conference in Long Beach, CA. Odeya received her BFA from the New School
for Jazz and Contemporary Music and an MFA in Composition from California
Institute of the Arts. Her teachers have included Theo Bleckmann, Kirk Nurock,
Gerry Hemingway, Anne LeBaron, David Rosenboom and Ulrich Krieger.
Peter Sciscioli is a Brooklyn-based performer,
choreographer, educator and administrator whose work encompasses dance, music,
and theater. Since 1997 he has been creating interdisciplinary performance
works with a wide variety of collaborators for concert, site-specific and
theater venues throughout the world. Peter has worked closely with
composer/singer Meredith Monk since 2003, was a member of Jane Comfort and
Company from 2004-2010 and performed with Daria Fain from 2007-2013. He is also
a co-founder of The M6: Meredith Monk Music Third Generation, an ensemble
dedicated to preserving Monk’s extraordinary musical legacy, and the founder of
the International Interdisciplinary Artists Consortium. Peter has had the honor
of performing in major venues in the U.S., Brazil, Eastern and Western Europe,
and has taught extensively at Earthdance and universities throughout the
country. He is currently working on a project with Serbian actress/vocalist Ana
Sofrenovic, and serves as Projects Director for Meredith Monk/The House
Foundation, the voice teacher for the Trinity/La Mama Urban Arts Semester NYC,
and on the programming committee for Earthdance. www.petersciscioli.com
Ezra Tenenbaum is a New York-based performer, music
producer, and the frontman of jangly new wave-tinged quartet Strange Shapes.
Ezra joined Found Sound Nation as a Teaching Artist in 2010 and has contributed
to projects at Blair Grocery in New Orleans, Bronx’s Horizons Juvenile Center,
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High
School. He has performed at Glasslands, Death By Audio, Dance New Amsterdam,
and the Center for Performance Research, among other independent NYC venues.
Adam Bach is a media artist, musician and composer based in
New York. He grew up playing the electric and upright bass and studied
classical and jazz. His experiments with electronics and sound environments are
influenced by the western Massachusetts landscape. Adam holds a BA in
Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts and a post-bac
in Photography from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He has
taught sound design at the University of Richmond, Virginia, the Roundhouse in
D.C. and as a guest lecturer at MassArt in Boston. adambach.com
Anne Krauss is a mixed- media visual artist, writer and
psychotherapist. Anne currently
resides in Amherst, Massachussetts where she manages a counseling practice
specializing in work with artists, writers, and musicians (artsforthepeople.com). Creative
projects includes fiber arts work for film, theater and television.
