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| CHELSEA BACON
Miss Bacon is a choreographer and aerialist. Her phantasmagoric theatre piece, Sweet Nothings For My Neurosurgeon, is a study of the discovery and subsequent removal of Ms. Bacon’s brain tumor, and played this summer at the Flea Theatre in New York City.
Chelseabacon.com |
| PAUL CANTELON Mr. Cantelon is a composer, pianist, and violinist. Born to a symphonic trumpeter and an evangelist, he studied music in Geneva, Paris, New York and Altadena. He wrote the score for the recently released motion picture Everything Is Illuminated.
www.greatbigisland.com/paulcantelon/
www.wildcolonials.com
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| JORJEE DOUGLASS Miss Douglass is a singer and songwriter. Previously, she fronted the rock and roll bands Stone Fox and Butcher Holler. Ms. Douglass also works as a professional make-up artist for print advertisements and motion pictures.
Jorjee.com
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| ADAM DUGAS
Mr. Dugas is a singer, actor, writer, and director. He is the creator and star of Chaos & Candy, a Christmas extravaganza that saw its fourth annual production this season. Mr. Dugas also produces and directs television spots and theatrical events and won raves for his performance as Armand in the Theatre Rhinoceros production of Charles Ludlam’s Camille.
Adamdugas.com
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| KAREN ELSON Ms. Elson is a singer. She is also well known as a model. |
| SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER Miss Flicker is a writer, director, actress, and trapeze artist. With Maximilla Lukacs she has directed two short films, "God Ain't Gonna Put It In Your Lap" and "Kill Your Darlings,” which has won numerous awards at international film festivals. Their production company is called The Belles of the Black Diamond Field.
Thebellesoftheblackdiamondfield.com.
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| THE COMPANY |
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DUKE BOJADZIEV
Mr. Bojadziev is a composer and producer of music. In the studio Mr. Bojadziev has worked with David Byrne, Cyndi Lauper, and Richard Horowitz. He has released two solo albums of original music and has been featured on compilations such as Chill Out in Paris 4. His work has been heard on motion picture soundtracks and been used for television and radio advertisements. Dukeb.com |
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IAN BUCHANAN
Mr. Buchanan is an actor. He has appeared on General Hospital, Port Charles and received an Emmy Award in 1997 for his work on The Bold And The Beautiful. A regular on David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, Mr. Buchanan can currently be seen in the role of Dr. Greg Madden on All My Children. |
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MICHAEL CAVADIAS
Mr. Cavadias is an actor, writer and disc jockey. Alternately known as Lily of the Valley and Claywoman, Mr. Cavadias has appeared in productions by Mabou Mines E.T.C., Blacklips Performance Cult, and was a co-host of Squeezebox, the New York City rock and roll nightclub. He gave a notable performance in the motion picture Wonder Boys. |
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TURNER CODY
Mr. Cody is a composer of ditties, dirges, ballades, odes and anthems—all gorgeously poetic. He performs in New York City. MrTurnerCody.com |
| AARON CONTE Mr. Conte is a drummer. After studying acting at the School of the Arts at Purchase, Mr. Conte became one of the founding members of the band Nada Surf. He currently performs with Tiger Mountain and plays various sessions around New York and Boston. Tigermountain.tv |
| ADAM CRYSTAL Mr. Crystal is a violinist, pianist, and composer. At an early age he began his classical training at Interlochen and continued at Syracuse Univeristy and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Prague. Formerly of the group Dopo Yume, Mr. Crystal currently plays keyboards and violin with Fischerspooner. |
| | RACHELLE GARNIEZ Mlle. Garniez is known as a "Diva with a Difference.” A native of New York City, she writes and performs music in a wide variety of situations. Mlle. Garniez has released three albums with her band, The Fortunate Few, and her songs can be heard on the soundtracks of motion pictures and television shows including Sex and the City and The Chris Isaak Show.
Rachellegarniez.com
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| | MIKE JACKSON Mr. Jackson is a singer, guitarist and bassist. He acquired his first guitar at the age of eight after spending the previous years practicing his moves in front of a mirror. He fronts the New York-based rock and roll band Tiger Mountain. Tigermountain.tv |
| | ALESSANDRO MAGANIA Mr. Magania is an actor and writer. He is a co-founder of the award-winning Innocent Theater Company and has performed with the cabaret-dance troupe Dutch Weissman. Mr. Magania co-wrote the screenplay for the motion picture The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things with director Asia Argento. |
| | MARK McADAM Mr. McAdam is a singer and songwriter in the old-fashioned sense of the word. Part Americana, part Brill Building, his songs transcend prefixes like 'indie' and
'alt' by standing up on their own two feet. Mr. McAdam formerly fronted the Los Angeles band Sumack and shalll release his second solo album on March Records. Markmcadam.com |
| | ANGELA McCLUSKEY Miss McCluskey is a singer. She co-founded the group The Wild Colonials in 1991, is the premiere voice of the electronic band Telepopmusik, and has been nominated for a Grammy award. Ms. McCluskey has sung on numerous soundtracks and commercials and has collaborated with Cyndi Lauper, Dr. John, Deep Forest, and Matt Johnson of The The. Her solo album, The Things We Do, was released in 2004. Angelamccluskey.com |
| | AMY MILES Miss Miles is a singer and songwriter. She is the creator of the show Soundtracks Live and has released two solo albums, Noble Hatch and Dirty Stay-Out. Ms. Miles can also be heard in the band Baby and performs often with the Loser’s Lounge. Amymiles.net |
| | JON NATCHEZ Mr. Natchez plays baritone saxophone and other assorted smaller instruments. He has appeared on numerous soundtracks and commercials, and contributed to more than thirty albums. He is currently a songwriter, arranger, and performer in the New York-based band The Silent League. Silentleague.com |
| | JONATHAN NOSAN Mr. Nosan is an acrobat and contortionist. His company Acroback performs at galas internationally for clients such as Louis Vuitton, Audi, and Franck Muller. Most recently he has created a Human Mobile sculptural installation for four aerialists. He is currently performing in Twyla Tharp's musical about Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin' Acroback.com |
| | RAIN PHOENIX Ms. Phoenix is a singer, songwriter and actress. She is currently the lead singer and songwriter for the band papercranes, and can be heard on recordings by The Red Hot Chili Peppers and REM. Her career in pictures has included roles in O, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, Stranger Inside, and Harry & Max. papercranesmusic.com |
| KELLY PRATT Mr. Pratt is a trumpeter, composer and arranger. Mr. Pratt professes his love of performing in many different styles, and in doing so has lent the sound of his horn to a variety of musical entities including The Silent League, Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble, Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra, and Anthony Braxton. |
| | RONIN Ronin is a singer and actress. She has sung with the band Loup Garou, performed with Bread and Puppet theatre, and is heard on the soundtrack to the John Sayles picture Passion Fish. She also teaches acting and has taught with David Mamet at Goddard College. |
| | VIVA RUIZ Miss Ruiz is a dancer and filmmaker. She writes, directs and stars in Rosa Negra, an original and independently produced telenovela which continues to garner acclaim at film festivals around the country. Ms. Ruiz is also known as Propecia Destiny Dazzle of the Dazzle Dancers.
Chocolatinaproductions.com |
| | DESI SANTIAGO Mr. Santiago is a sculptor, performance and installation artist. He is also creative director for ZALDY. |
| | MIA THEODORATUS Miss Theodoratus is a harpist. She has played concert halls and subway stations in her adventures in music and has performed with Butch Morris, Bakida Carol, Scotty the Blue Bunny, Rififi Burlesque and The National Shakespeare production of the Oedipus Cycle with Avery Brooks. Ms. Theodoratus has released two solo albums and the proprietor of Frantone Electronics where she pushes mood enhancing distortion, modulation and vibrato effects. harpgrrl.com |
| | CRAIG WEDREN Mr. Wedren is a singer and composer. Previously the lead singer of the group Shudder to Think, Mr. Wedren has recently released an album with his new band, Baby. He has also composed music for the motion pictures Velvet Goldmine, First Love Last Rites, Laurel Canyon, and The School of Rock. His solo album, Lapland, was released this summer. Craigwedren.com |
| SPECIAL GUESTS Special guests have included: Melissa Auf Der Maur, Billy Corgan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eugene Hutz, Aaron Kant, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Martin, George Rush, Tracey Ryans, Miss Alyssa Wendt, and Yelena Yumchuk |
