Egoart, Inc.



	ANDREA BLESSO ALBUQUERQUE has made an adventurous career of pushing the boundaries of dance and movement. As part of her exploration, she has performed underwater, through the air, 18 feet above the ground, as part of art installations, with objects of transportation, video, technology, and outdoors on various land surfaces. Andrea has studied and performed with Bennett Dance Company, Turnpike Project, Falling Flight Project, Snappy Dance Theater, and EgoArt Inc among others. She also models for artist Judith Larsen.


	JIMENA BERMEJO is a founding member of EgoArt, Inc. She has killed stuffed animals, worn fat suits, danced in roller skates, cried, screamed, tried to breakdance, has been a prima ballerina and a heavy metal rock star. She has danced to Kermit The Frog, J.S. Bach and the Flashdance soundtrack among others. After years solving crime around the city as WonderWoman/Luchadora she has decided to take a short break to return to EgoArt, Inc.


	SUSAN BROWN received a BFA in Dance from Emerson College in 2006. Originally from South Paris, Maine, she began her pursuit of performance as a young, yet long-limbed girl, in the study of Jazz, Modern, Ballet, and Afro-Caribbean techniques in Norway, Maine with Debra Irons and with Karen Montanaro in Portland. She also had the great privilege of performing with the Art Moves Dance Group throughout her adolescent years, and later continued her studies at the Bates Dance Festival. As for her college years, she is most proud of her performance experiences with the Art Moves Dance Company, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater School, Nicole Pierce, and David Dorfman. During this time, she also stumbled upon that which she would now define as her career for the moment. Ms. Brown devotes much of her time to Ralph Lauren, as a Women's Department Manager. So, amidst her two lives as a businesswoman and dancer, she is especially thankful for all of the lovey-doves of EgoArt and her wonderful husband, Matt.


	KATE CROSS received her ballet training through the Royal Academy of Dancing and performed with the Nashua Ballet Company. Kate began studying modern dance at Concord Academy and performed with Spencer/Colton in high school. She went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts (Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude) from Connecticut College, where she studied intensively with Dan Wagoner as an awarded dance major with honors. In New York City Kate performed with Douglas Dunn and Dancers and as a soloist for the Rebudal Dance Group, while also studying at the Merce Cunningham studio on scholarship. Kate founded her ballet and modern dance school, Moving Arts, in 2003 for ages 4 and up. She also co-directs and teaches ballet for Summer Stages Dance 2 at Concord Academy. Currently, Kate performs for Marcus Schulkind and Nicole Pierce, and as a guest artist for The Bang Group.


	EMILY ESTES is a native of Dayton, Ohio and holds a B.S. in Arts Administration/Dance Concentration from Butler University. In Indianapolis, Emily worked post-graduation as an arts fundraiser and was also a dancer, choreographer and Director of Administration for the grass-roots modern dance company, Motus Dance Theatre. Upon moving to Boston, she became a dancer for Nicole in EgoArt, Inc. and has also performed the work of Julie Pike Edmond, Meghan McLyman, Shari Schwendener and Anna Zamarripa. Emily has presented her own work at the Indianapolis Art Center, the Baptiste Power Yoga Institute - Boston Studio, Simmons College, The Dance Complex and Green Street Studios. She also works as an administrator for the Baptiste Power Yoga Institute studios.


	MAGGIE HUSAK formally discovered dance in high school at the "late" age of 16. Prior to that, her physical expressions consisted mostly of tantrum-throwing (age 3), impatiently circling her mother in department stores (age 6), country line dancing in "kicker" clubs in her home state of Texas (age 9), and diving for yet-to-be-served volleyballs (age 14). Maggie graduated in 1997 from Brown University with a degree in Urban Studies, and since moving to the Boston area oh-so-many years ago, she has had the pleasure of dancing with the wonderful ladies and gents of Caitlin Corbett Dance Company, Digby Dance, Falling Flight Project (with Karen Murphy-Fitch), Ipswich Moving Company, Nicola Hawkins Dance Company, Turnpike Project (with Julie Pike Edmond), Weber Dance, and now (drum roll, please) EgoArt!.


	JULIE PIKE EDMOND began her academic pursuits in Dance Education and Performance at Columbia College in Chicago and completed her BFA at Bradford College. Upon graduation, Julie immersed herself in the Greater Boston dance community and has had the pleasure of performing with a long list of accomplished choreographers and companies. Among them are Brian Crabtree, Caitlin Corbett Dance Company, Exit Dance Theatre, Karen Murphy, Nicola Hawkins and WeberDance. Julie had the good fortune of meeting Nicole Pierce through Green Street Studios and has been performing with EgoArt Inc. since 2002. In 2003, Julie founded the TurnPike Project, an experimental contemporary dance company, and has since shown her work in Cambridge, Newburyport, and New York City. She also runs an independent Shiatsu, Craniosacral, and Reiki practice where she works on humans and pets alike. Still, Julie’s pride and joy is her wild child and baby girl of almost a year – little Ruby Rose.


	VICTOR TIERNAN Dancer, bicyclist, strong-man, hiker, accountant, chef, lover. Oh, and Executive Director.


	JODY WEBER received a BFA from SUNY Purchase in 1988, an MA in Dance from American University in 1992 and a Ph D. in Dance history from Boston University in 2005. Currently, she is Artistic Director of Weber Dance. Her choreography has been presented throughout New England and she has had the great pleasure of dancing in the works of some of Boston’s loveliest choreographers: Caitlin Corbett, Brian Crabtree, Peter DiMuro, and Marjorie Morgan. Her work as a dance historian has been presented through the Dance History Scholars Conference held at the New York Public Library in 1993, Hall of Black Achievement at Bridgewater State College in 1998, Boston and Dance History Survey Project in 2001 in conjunction with the Boston Dance Alliance. She is currently completing her first book on the emergence of expressive dance in Boston. Dr. Weber has worked as part time faculty at Stonehill College, Emerson College, Salem State College and The College of the Holy Cross. Currently, she teaches Modern Dance at Green Street Studios in Cambridge where she was the Co-Executive Director for five years, and is Assistant Professor of Dance at Bridgewater State College.

	ANNA M. ZAMARRIPA is proud to be a founding member of EgoArt. She has served as Secretary on the board of directors until Nicole realized she wasn't doing any work, and also as costume designer because Nicole found out she can thread a needle. Anna holds a BSED in Dance Education from the University of Georgia and has taught dance technique at various private studios and in the Boston Public High Schools (Topf Center) for the past twelve years. She has worked in children's theater in Canton, Boston, Ashland, and Weston and in after-school programs such as the Freelance Players in Cambridge and ArtBarn Community Theater in Brookline. Recently she began working with senior citizens by teaching fitness classes at the Arlington and Watertown Senior Centers. A self-taught seamstress, Anna has designed costumes for Weber Dance, Turnpike Project, Daniel McCusker, Ipswich Moving Company, Marjorie Morgan and Karen Murphy through her own business Whynots. Check out her purses and other items from recycled books as well as quilts and clothing at www.whynots.net.

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