Samuel Pott
Iris Florentiny
Soloist
Dancer
Samuel Pott received his BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and has performed with American Repertory Ballet, Oakland Ballet and in works by Marius Petipa, Martha Graham, José Limón, Twyla Tharp, Charles Moulton, and Val Caniparoli. In 2005, Mr. Pott founded Nimbus Dance Works, a company dedicated to building meaningful connections between concert dance and community. He received a Fellowship in Choreography from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and is a member artist of the Arts Council’s Arts in Education program. Mr. Pott has taught dance at Rutgers University and is a practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method.
Iris Florentiny started her dance training in the south of France at the age of five. Later, she moved to Paris where she joined the Rick Odums Dance Company and worked on the Black Dance Project. Ms. Florentiny was a scholarship student at the Martha Graham School, recently completing her Professional Training Program, and is a member of Graham II.
PeiJu Chien-Pott Dancer
Peiju Chien-Pott received her BFA in dance from Taipei National University of the Arts. She was a lead dancer and rehearsal assistant with Taipei Crossover Dance Company and also worked with Taipei Royal Ballet. She was awarded a Merce Cunningham Studio Scholarship in 2008, and has performed with Buglisi Dance Theatre and Turkish choreographer Korhan Basaran. Ms. ChienPott is a member of Nimbus Dance Works performing lead roles and serving as a teaching artist. She joined Martha Graham Dance Company in 2011.
Abdiel Jacobsen Apprentice
Abdiel Jacobsen at the age of 16 became a certified professional ballroom and Latin dance instructor and competed professionally. He received a B.F.A. in Modern Dance from the University of the Arts where he performed works by Zane Booker, Roni Koresh, Scott Jovovich, and Louis Johnson and was a company member of the Smoke Lilies and Jade Arts Initiative. He is currently a member of Graham II.
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