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Arts On Site is a women-run nonprofit arts organization dedicated to providing artists with opportunities to create and perform new works. With a performance space in the East Village and a residency center in upstate NY, AOS is able to provide artists with an expanse of opportunities for artistic development. www.artsonsite.org

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Presenting: 

Alexander Anderson 

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PROGRAM

 

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SHORT SYNOPSIS

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/Fallingelsewhere-thecareweseek

 

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Shoshana Sklar (she/her) is a professional movement artist and dancer based in New York City. She recently graduated from The Juilliard School and is currently a dancer at the Metropolitan Opera performing in the new production of Carmen. Born in Miami, Florida, she trained at New World School of the Arts High School, as well as Miami Dance Collective, and is a National YoungArts Finalist in Modern/Contemporary dance. She has attended summer programs including Netherlands Dance Theater, Orsolina28, B12 Summer Festival, and GagaLab. Over the years, she has learned from or performed works by Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shecter, Martha Graham, Crystal Pite, Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge, Peter Chu, Mike Tyus, and Trisha Brown, among others. During her time at the Juilliard School, she has choreographed several works for Student Choreographic Workshops and had two of her pieces selected for Juilliard’s Choreographic Honors. Shoshana finds the most joy in the healing powers of dance for both the individual and collective. As a dancer and creator, she is drawn towards expressing authenticity and raw emotion through movement.

AJ Libert from Pittsburgh, PA, started his dance training at the age of three. He graduated from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatres full time program, and then attended Point Park University where he received a BFA in Modern dance. AJ enjoys the complexities that movement exploration has to offer. Combining his love for the natural world with his love for movement drives AJ to continue to find deeper connections between the two, in hopes to merge both worlds seamlessly. AJ would like to thank his two beautiful mothers, without them he would not be where he is today. AJ is in his fifth season as a company artist with Sidra Bell Dance New York.

Antonia Gonzalez is an 18 year old movement artist, dancer, choreographer, and based in New York City with a keen interest in collaborations across various artistic mediums. Rooted in ballet traditions, she trained at the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive and the Miami City Ballet. Early in her career, she received guidance at the Miami City Ballet School and later explored the New York City arts scene under Laurie Kanyok's mentorship at Kanyok Arts Initiative. Antonia gained national recognition for her stage presence, participating in "America's Got Talent" with the "Dance Town Family" and achieving acknowledgment as a semifinal winner. She spent a transformative summer at Orsolina 28 in Italy, immersing herself in the works of choreographers Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite. Antonia also had the privilege of dancing in the Super Bowl LIV halftime performance alongside Shakira, Bad Bunny, JLO, and Jbalvin. Antonia is currently a Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) International Contemporary Ensemble member, performing Shahar Binyamini's Bolero at various venues. 

Kyle Halford (he/him) is a graduate of the University of Arizona class of 2021 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a minor in Business Administration. During his time at UofA, Kyle received the Maria C. Mendel Scholarship for excellence in ballet as well as the Undergraduate Creative Achievement Award highlighting his many performances across multiple dance forms. He performed works by prestigious choreographers such as George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, and Larry Keigwin. Post graduation, Kyle joined Eisenhower Dance Detroit as a company member and performed across the country with the company from 2021-2023. With Eisenhower, Kyle performed featured roles in works by Maleek Washington, Hope Boykin, Tamisha Guy, Micaela Taylor, Marc Brew, and many others. Kyle recently made the move to New York City and began working with Twyla Tharp on a project to be performed in June 2024. He is eager to continue to explore new opportunities within the industry and immerse himself into a community of artists that share the same passion as him.

Sam Grayson is a Los Angeles native. She recently graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Dance, and Visual Arts. Sam has had the pleasure of performing works by Jermaine Spivey, Crystal Pite, Loni Landon, Hofesh Shechter, Bill T. Jones, Peter Chu, Robert Battle, Barack Marshall, and others. Sam has been a company member in Alex Ketley’s The Foundry since 2021. She is honored to be joining Alexander Anderson for this project. 

Alexsander Swader is from Birmingham, Alabama where he grew up training at the Royal Academy of Dance accredited Alabama Ballet School. While attending intensives like Hubbard Street Winter Intensive and Nederlands Dans Theater Summer Intensive, they also performed various professional roles with the Alabama Ballet Company. He received a BFA in Dance in 2021on scholarship from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and performed guest works by artists like Shamel Pitts and Rena Butler. He joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2022 as a guest artist for their Season 45: Sapphire Season and YYDC in 2023 for multiple projects like the world premiere of Nowhere at Chelsea Factory. They continue to work with Yue Yin rehearsing for performances of Ripple and Through the Fracture of Light at APAP and Nowhere at the Schrittmacher Festival in Germany in 2024.
In between rehearsing and performing with YYDC Alexsander also enjoys a successful freelance career in NYC consisting of experiences like performing in the Wiederhoeft NYFW SS 2024 Fashion Show at LaMama Theater, being a filmmaker/choreographer at Films That Move film festival in Virginia, and teaching at/with esteemed institutions like Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Alabama Ballet School, Peridance Center and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Dance Department.

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Charlotte, North Carolina native, DaMond LeMonte Garner attended Point Park University, where they received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, with a concentration in Modern Dance. While at Point Park, they performed the work of choreographers Alexandra Damiani, Sidra Bell, Lucinda Childs, Lar Lubovitch, Jessica Hendricks, and Anthony Tudor with the Conservatory Dance Company. DaMond has also continued their training and artistic development at Springboard Danse Montreal, Movement Invention Project, and Northwest Dance Project’s LAUNCH. After graduating, DaMond joined METdance in Houston, TX and performed works by Kyle Abraham, Christian Denice, and Kate Skarpetowska. Garner has worked as a guest artist with The Francesca Harper Project, The Black Iris Project, Texture Contemporary Ballet, and The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Upon moving to New York City, DaMond joined Parsons Dance Company, where they collaborated with choreographers Rena Butler, Chanel DeSilva, and Matthew Neenan and performed the work by David Parsons. In addition to their work at Parsons, DaMond was a Principal Dancer with The Metropolitan Opera and a freelance artist in New York City. DaMond joined Ballets Jazz Montréal in August 2023.

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Gianna Theodore fostered her love for dance in West Palm Beach Florida, at Ballet East (formerly known as Susan Lyle Studios). She later went on to graduate from A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts where she trained rigorously in ballet, horton, and jazz techniques. Soon after, she moved to New York City, and obtained her BFA in dance with the Ailey School/Fordham University. While training in school, Gianna worked part-time as a freelance artist, performing with Helen Simoneau Danse, Mark Caserta, Ebony Williams, and Maleek Washington. In 2019, she joined Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M, and has been touring and performing with the company since. Dancing and creating has allowed Gianna’s love for choreographing to grow. She is a recent Artist in Residence with Chez Bushwick and MOTIVE Brooklyn, and continues to be a collaborator and movement director throughout her artistic journey.