BIOGRAPHIES

Kyle Marshall is a choreographer, performer, teacher and artistic director of Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC), a dance company that sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform and a site of celebration. Kyle has received a 2018 NY Dance and Performance Juried Bessie Award, a 2020 Dance Magazine Harkness Promise Award and a 2020 Bessie Honoree for his revival of Colored (2017) He has also received choreographic fellowships from Princeton University, Center for Ballet and the Arts, and residencies from Monira Foundation, 92nd st Y, CPR, and Bethany Arts Community. As an educator, Kyle has conducted masterclasses, creative workshops, set choreography at schools including; ADF, Rutgers University, Ailey/Fordham University, Sarah Lawrence College, County Prep High School, and Eugene Lang/New School. He is currently an adjunct professor at NYU’s Open Arts Program. Kyle is a former member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, doug elkins choreography etc., and Tiffany Mills Company. He is a graduate of Rutgers University with a BFA in Dance and a NJ Arts Fellow.

Kathy Kaufmann (Lighting Designer) is a New York City native, and two time Bessie recipient. She is resident designer at Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, and has toured extensively throughout the world. She designs regularly for Dorrance Dance, Joanna Kotze, The Bang Group, Mariana Valencia, NDI, Rebecca Stenn, Ephrat Asherie Dance, Vicky Shick, and Music From The Sole.

Megan Dechaine (Stage Manager) (she/her) is a New York City based stage manager originally from Washington State. She graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A. in Theatre. She is currently the Production Stage Manager for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and New York Live Arts. Past credits include the American Dance Festival, Sleep No More, Mimi Garrard Dance, Jody Oberfelder Projects, Sara Juli, Kuntz and Company, and Bellingham Repertory Dance.