Current Performers
Photo: BJ Watkins
Maria Bauman is the founder of MBDance. She is the recipient of the 2009-10 Harlem Stage Fund for New Work and of a 2010-11 DTW Studio Series. In New York, her choreography has been showcased at Dixon Place, the Kumble Theater, the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!), WOW Café Theater, BRICstudios, and Dance Theater Workshop. This season Bauman is also showing work at DTW and Harlem Stage. Maria danced with Urban Bush Women for seven years where she originated several roles and was the company’s Associate Artistic Director for Community Engagement. She has also apprenticed with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and danced with Nia Love/Blacksmith’s Daughter, Adele Myers and Dancers, Angela’s Pulse, and Ground Zero Dance.
Photo: Nick Fancher
- Photo: Joennis Almeida
Kendra Ross is a dancer, teaching artist, & pilates instructor from Detroit, MI who began her dance career there as an assistant to the Afro-Cuban folklore teacher Danis ‘La Mora’ Perez. After graduating from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program, she continued on to dance with Genesis Dance Company, Andrea Woods/Souloworks, Monstah Black, Oyu Oro, and Ase Dance Theater Collective. Kendra is currently a member of Urban Bush Women.
- Photo: TJ Allan
Maresa D’Amore-Morrison, a Boston native, works as a performer and dance instructor based in New York City. After having performed and trained with Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble, of which she’s still a member, and Boston Youth Moves, she went on to earn her BFA in Dance and Anthropology from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program. Maresa currently explores the NYC dance and performance scene while working with comedian Adira Amram and The Experience, Maria Bauman/MBDance, Nora Chipaumire, Paloma McGregor, Undertoe Dance Project (tapper), and previously Urban Bush Women. She is presently a member of Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company, and is on faculty at the Ailey School.
Jessi Patz
Performers
Rachel Warren
Raja Feather Kelly
Lizzy Fox
Dawn Robinson*
*co-creator of The Gratitude Project
Terre Unité Parker*
*co-creator of Touch Me
Composers
Ashley Phillips is a singer/songwriter/guitarist steeped in the tradition of Soul music. She describes her sound as APSoul: acoustic guitar led, soulful and spiritual storytelling that is both universal and timeless. As a vocalist, her pure tone dances between light and lyrical, earnest and compelling. Her often percussive and rhythm-driven guitar playing creates a full sound that adds depth and supports the delicacy of her delivery. www.apsoul.com
Keith Witty
Daniel José Older
Photographers
Will Salomon Orellana www.willsalomon.com
BJ Watkins
Lighting Designer
Jay Ryan
