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WHO’S WHO IN <strong>THE</strong> COMPANY His numerous theater credits include choreography for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theaters (McCarter, La Jolla, Yale Rep, Walnut Street). He staged several seasons of designer Geoffrey Beene’s NYC couture runway shows. Film credits include choreography for the Patrick Swayze film, One Last Dance. Upcoming: Murder Ballad at Manhattan Theater Club (fall 2012). Varone has created dance works for the Limón Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Rambert Dance Company (London), Dancemakers (Canada), Batsheva Dance Company (Israel), Bern Ballet (Switzerland), and An Creative (Japan), among many others. His dances have been staged on more than 75 college and university programs throughout the United States and abroad. Varone received his BFA from Purchase College, where he was awarded the President’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007. Honors also include a Guggenheim Fellowship, an OBIE Award, a NYFA Fellowship, the Jerome Robbins Fellowship for Creative Study in Bogliasco, Italy, two American Dance Festival Doris Duke Awards for New Work, four from the National Dance Project, and two individual New York Dance and Performance Awards (Bessies) for Sustained Achievement in Choreography, and for his 2006 work Boats Leaving. HOLLIS BARTLETT (Dancer) was born in Barrington, IL, and began dancing at a young age. His love of performing stuck with him as his family moved to Cape Cod, MA before he began high school. In May 2010, Hollis graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dance. Since graduation, he has had the pleasure of working with Brian Brooks, Adam Barruch, and the Metropolitan Opera. In addition to dancing, he is a member of Dance/NYC’s Junior Committee, working to strengthen and unite a community of emerging professional artists and administrators. Hollis is honored to have joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2011. XAN BURLEY (Dancer), a native Ohioan and a graduate of the University of Michigan with degrees in Dance and English, is an active performer, creator, teacher, and arts administrator based in Brooklyn. She has had the great pleasure of working with artists such as Nancy Bannon, Daniel Charon, DOORKNOB Company, Shannon Gillen and Guests (of which she is a founding member), Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance, and Donnell Oakley, among others. Xan also acts as producer of WAXworks, is on faculty at the 92Y, and has held teaching positions at several schools, summer programs, and festivals. Her choreography with partner Alex Springer has been presented in New York and elsewhere and their dance films have been shown in various screenings throughout the US. With infinite enthusiasm and gratitude, she joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2012. JULIA BURRER (Dancer), originally from Austin, Texas, cultivated her love for all types of dance from a young age. After studying under Tapestry Dance Company in Austin, she moved to New York in 2002, where she continued her training at SUNY Purchase, earning a BFA in Dance. She also studied abroad at Rotterdamse Dansacademie. She has had the pleasure of working for such artists as Daniel Charon, Bill Young & Colleen Thomas, Teri & Oliver Steele, and Chimaera Physical Theater. She feels immensely grateful to continue delving into the creative process, not only with Doug Varone and Dancers, but also with both alex|xan: the Median Movement and Gwen Welliver. Julia also directs the teen performing ensemble at the 92nd Street Y, Harkness Repertory Ensemble, in addition to guest teaching at various universities, schools, and festivals. Julia joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2008.
WHO’S WHO IN <strong>THE</strong> COMPANY ERIN OWEN (Dancer) was born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Upon receiving BA degrees in Dance and Biology from Scripps College in Claremont, CA, she relocated to New York City. She has since worked with many choreographers, including Daniel Charon, Ivy Baldwin, Faye Driscoll, Melissa Briggs, Netta Yerushalmy, Karinne Keithley, Geraldine Cardiel, alex|xan: the Median Movement, Bill T. Jones, and David Neumann (I Am Legend, film). Prior to joining Doug Varone and Dancers in 2006, she worked with Varone on two productions at the Metropolitan Opera and a fashion shoot for W Magazine. As a Company member, she has taught master classes and workshops and staged Doug’s work around the world. Erin holds certifications in Pilates and GYROTONIC® instruction and has taught for several years in New York City. She resides in Brooklyn with her hilarious, loving, and ever supportive husband, Jonathan. They are the happy caretakers of Coda, the cat and various lovely houseplants. ALEX SPRINGER (Dancer), originally from Farmington Hills, MI, is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and video editor. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Dance and a minor in Movement Science, he joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2008. He has enjoyed working with artists Alexandra Beller, Amy Chavasse, Elizabeth Dishman/Coriolis, and Leyya Tawil/Dance Elixir. Alex has also staged Varone’s work for various companies and universities and has taught in New York City at the 92Y, Dance New Amsterdam, the Playground, and Triskelion Arts. He creates work with Xan Burley; as alex|xan: the Median Movement, the pair have shown work for the stage and screen throughout New York City and the US. Alex is the associate producer of WAXworks and the Company Manager/Media and Archive Designer for Doug Varone and Dancers. COLIN STILWELL (Dancer) is a native of San Francisco, CA. In 1997, he set about to further his exploration in modern dance at SUNY Purchase, where he received his BFA in Dance. Since then, he has danced with Bessie Award-winning choreographers RoseAnne Spradlin and Neil Greenberg. He has worked with Netta Yerushalmy, robbinschilds, John Kinzel, Christine Elmo, and Sarah White. Colin has worked and collaborated with German performance artist John Bock in his 2010 Lecture at the Anton Kern Gallery and in 2012 at the Watermill Center in Lecker Puste (Delicious Breath). He has also worked with playwright, director, and multi-media artist John Jesurun in Shadowland. He has worked with Doug Varone in the Metropolitan Opera’s productions of Les Troyens and Le Sacre du Printemps and in the Minnesota Opera’s Faust. Colin joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2011. EDDIE TAKETA (Dancer) was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii. He holds a BFA in Dance Theater from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dancing professionally since 1982, Taketa spent the 80s and mid-90s performing with such companies as the Murray Louis Dance Company, Nikolais Dance Theatre, and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. He performed in the Jacob’s Pillow’s Men Dancers: The Ted Shawn Legacy and maintained an ongoing performing and creative collaboration with Janis Brenner. In 1994, he joined Doug Varone and Dancers, and in 1998, he became a recipient of a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) for Sustained Achievement in Dance. He has taught at numerous universities, festivals, and studios throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. HSIAO-JOU TANG (Dancer) was born and raised in Taiwan. She moved to New York in 2004 to attend SUNY Purchase College and graduated in 2008 with a BFA in Dance. Tang has had the great pleasure of working with a number of wonderful people and companies,
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