Fueled by the art of NYC artist-citizens of all disciplines, this immersive pop up will explore the intersection of art and politics in collaboration with the Suraj Patel for Congress campaign. Attendees will interact with the installations featuring dance, projections, music and more, while performance happenings fill the space, prompting conversations around current issues that have inspired and engaged a new electorate.
Brandon Powers is a director + choreographer from New York City creating new experiences at the intersection of technology, immersive dance, and musical theatre engaging themes of pop culture, futurism, and modern epic mythology while fusing digital and live performance for a mass audience. He has collaborated with Lance Weiler on the AI-powered immersive installations, Frankenstein AI, which had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and Sherlock Holmes and the Internet of Things (NY Film Festival/Lincoln Center). Last year he worked alongside Andy Blankenbuehler for Bandstand (Broadway/Paper Mill Playhouse). Directing + choreography credits include: And It Felt Like A Kiss (HERE, chashama, Dixon Place), Pink Milk (Oracle Productions, Jeff Nomination: Best Choreography); choreography credits include: Jupiter’s Lifeless Moons (Performance Space NY COIL Festival), The Goree All-Girl String Band (NYMF), Riot Antigone (La MaMa, Ars Nova, Prelude Festival), Arden/Everywhere (BPAC), What Are We? (film). Brandon is a proud graduate of Northwestern University, Associate Member of SDC, Collective Member of the 92Y Musical Theatre Development Lab, and Member of Musical Theatre Factory where he is the Co-Chair of the Director/Choreographer Coalition.
web: www.brandonrpowers.com
Seonjae Kim is originally from Seoul, South Korea. She collaboratively creates narrative-driven theater that is maximalist, epic and political as well as intimate, personal and emotional. Riot Antigone, her original Riot Grrrl musical adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy, premiered at La MaMa and received productions at ANT Fest and Bryn Mawr College. She recently served as Associate Director for the immersive musical KPOP (Ars Nova/Ma-Yi/Woodshed Collective.) Her work has been seen at Atlantic Theatre Company, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Dixon Place, Williamstown, PEN/World Voices Festival, New York Theatre Barn, Prelude Festival and Chicago Fringe. She has worked with renowned directors such as Pam MacKinnon, Bill Rauch, Stafford Arima, Lee Sunday Evans and is an alumna of Directors’ Lab West, SITI Company Summer Workshop, Williamstown Directing Corps and various residencies at La MaMa Umbria. Honors: 2050 Fellowship (New York Theatre Workshop) New York Directing Fellowship (Drama League) Van Lier Fellowship (Asian American Arts Alliance) Mike Ockrent Fellowship (Stage Choreographers and Directors’ Foundation) and Robert Moss Fellowship (Playwrights Horizons) New Georges Affiliated Artist. BA: Northwestern. jae-k.com
Trevor Bachman
Described as "musically and vocally rich" by the (failing) NY Times and heralded for his "soulful vocals" and "flirty eyes", composer/vocalist Trevor Bachman was most recently seen in Black Light at the Public Theater. In 2018, he's received residencies and commissions through American Theater Company, Kickstarter, Fresh Ground Pepper, and NY Theatre Barn. He kicked off his U.S. tour of FARMED: A Live Podcast Album at Joe's Pub at the Public on 5/11. Bachman was recently announced as the inaugural recipient of the 2018 Denovan Grant where he is developing his latest project, Shapeshifters.
link: www.trevorbachman.com
Miranda Hayman
Miranda Haymon is currently an artist in residence at Roundabout Theatre Company serving as the 2017/18 Directing Fellow. She is the Co-Artistic Director and Resident Performance Director at The Hodgepodge Group, an interdisciplinary, intersectional, insurrectional performance duo. She recently completed her time at Arena Stage as the Allen Lee Hughes Directing Fellow. Miranda is a graduate of Wesleyan University where she double majored in German Studies and Theater and was awarded the Rachel Henderson Theater Prize in Directing. Next up: 2018 Lincoln Center Director's Lab, REFLUX at The Theater at the 14th Street Y, LANA DEL GABE at The Tank, and Visiting Faculty in Theater at Dartmouth College for Fall 2018 where she will be directing SOJOURNERS and co-teaching a class on Contemporary Theater.
link: www.mirandahaymon.com/
Emma Bartolomucci
A graduate from the Canadian Dance Company, West End Studio Theatre and Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts, becoming a performing artist/choreographer/teacher has been a life long journey. She has taught dance, drama and music with several different Toronto based companies including York University and Ryerson School of Performance Summer Intensives where she taught Scene Study and Musical Theatre. Her work with the bold indie theatre company, Echo Productions, has given her the chance to choreograph stories like, Bonnie and Clyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dog Sees God and Charles Manson: Son of Man. She has performed in Newfoundland, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Yukon Territory and has toured across the United States. In 2016 she was the only Canadian on tour with the European production of HAIR as Dance Captain and Understudy to Sheila/Jeanie. In 2017, she spent the year working with Norwegian Cruise Lines as a Singer/Dancer sailing Central and South America. While on the road (or at sea) performing and traveling, Emma under #travelingdancer; choreographs and occasionally writes music for her dance videos around the world. With lots of experience in dance and a great foundation in music and story telling, she believes that this is her formula for creation. Fusing story, movement and music together. web: about.me/emmabartolomucci
