Dance Makers 2023 Program
This year, “Dance Makers” features new, imaginative dance pieces created by nationally acclaimed contemporary choreographers. Their eclectic STORIES will be embodied by our fierce and versatile dancers. “Dance Makers” promises to be a season favorite by highlighting a range of works from the aesthetics of jazz dance performed to Miles Davis and syncopated, athletic Afro-Cuban movement, to more dramatic solo and duet works. The featured artists include Gilliane Hadely (Orlando, FL), Lisa del Rosario (Austin, TX), Melissa Cobblah Gutierrez (Miami, FL), and Tania Vergara Perez (Sarasota, FL).
This year, “Dance Makers” features new, imaginative dance pieces created by nationally acclaimed contemporary choreographers. Their eclectic STORIES will be embodied by our fierce and versatile dancers. “Dance Makers” promises to be a season favorite by highlighting a range of works from the aesthetics of jazz dance performed to Miles Davis and syncopated, athletic Afro-Cuban movement, to more dramatic solo and duet works. The featured artists include Gilliane Hadely (Orlando, FL), Lisa del Rosario (Austin, TX), Melissa Cobblah Gutierrez (Miami, FL), and Tania Vergara Perez (Sarasota, FL).
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CREW<br />
John Francis Banker (Sound Engineer) graduated from<br />
St. Petersburg College’s Music Industry and Recording Arts<br />
program (MIRA). He has contributed to live events, feature<br />
films, studio recordings and commercial AV integrations.<br />
This is his first season with Sarasota Contemporary <strong>Dance</strong>.<br />
Josh Goff (Stage Manager) has been working in theater<br />
in the Bay area as an actor for 25 years. He was last seen in<br />
RL productions, Along The Way. Goff has also been involved<br />
behind the scenes as a Stage Manager, Lighting Board<br />
Operator, and Sound Engineer. He Is very happy to be working<br />
for the first time with Sarasota Contemporary <strong>Dance</strong>.<br />
Barbara Monteiro (Stage Hand) currently studies<br />
Environmental Studies at New College of Florida and has always<br />
had a love for dance. She started training ballet at the age of<br />
eight at Boca Ballet Theatre and then progressed to the preprofessional<br />
program at The Art of Classical Ballet, performing<br />
at YAGP (2014) and Universal Ballet Competition (2015). She<br />
studied dance at Bak Middle School of the Arts (2013) and<br />
Dreyfoos School of the Arts (2019) and was accepted into Alvin<br />
Ailey’s summer intensive in 2017. Her favorite style of dance<br />
is Horton modern technique followed by Graham. Once attending New College in<br />
2019, she started taking classes at SCD and is currently a part of SCDE, the training<br />
company. She has recently joined the SCD’s marketing team as a videographer (2022),<br />
and she is excited to showcase the uniqueness that is SCD through videos. She is also<br />
super excited to be joining the backstage crew for SCD’s In-Studio Performances this<br />
season and making magic on the stage.<br />
Celeste N. Silsby Mannerud (Technical Director<br />
and Lighting Designer) is co-founder of Flip Flop Productions<br />
and specializes in design and archival for theatrical and<br />
private events. She received her BA in theatre design from<br />
USF and her MFA in design management from IADT, and her<br />
repertoire includes lighting design and production video/<br />
photography for local and international dance and theatre<br />
companies; stage lighting instruction at various Florida<br />
colleges; and production management, technical/artistic design, and lighting/audio<br />
installations for the Dali Museum, Tampa Museum of Art, L’Unione Italiana Ybor<br />
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