2014 SARUS FESTIVAL ARTISTS
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Below is a list of the visionaries of works  in alphabetical order:
Richard Breuil
Quebec, Canada/Lyon, France                                             
 « Peut-il exister une action sans but en vue, c'est à dire sans le désir d'un résultat?»
                                                                                                                                                                                              Krishnamurti
GEISHA1974 
is performance improvisational theater that confront the public with a non-conformist, androgynous character. He addresses the issue of differences, integration and sharing. The artist plays with auditor's feeling the time of a walk in a crowded street. As the public is invited to interact, they become a part of the performance. Indeed, the artist offers some " paper pleasures " that take form of origami cranes, a symbol of peace in Japan. These silences and poetic presents invoke questions about gifting and acceptance, and about human relations.

Richard Breuil 
was born in Saint-Étienne and studied graphic arts in Lyon, France. Since 2001 he lives and works in Quebec City. He works as a graphic designer and interested in different art expressions, such as music, visual art and performance.

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His world is inspired by cultures and their traditions. He likes to present the universe of indigenous people and ethnic minorities to question the identity, inequalities and social dissimilarities. His work mixes visual, musical and cultural symbols. His actions appear in various ways and mediums, related to the place, people and mood.
'LANDS OF SOUNDS'
Inspired by aboriginal music of Australia "Lands of sounds", a performance from artist Richard Breuil, invites the public to interact to compose and orchestrate a musical tune based on the rhythms and sounds of the didgeridoo. A timeless place and sensory environment is created to represent a different time space. This musical experience is an invitation to enjoy a time of relaxation, of meditation through the sound vibrations of the instrument. 

Richard Breuil 
was born in Saint-Étienne and studied graphic arts in Lyon, France. Since 2001 he lives and works in Quebec City. He works as a graphic designer and interested in different art expressions, such as music, visual art and performance.

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His world is inspired by cultures and their traditions. He likes to present the universe of indigenous people and ethnic minorities to question the identity, inequalities and social dissimilarities. His work mixes visual, musical and cultural symbols. His actions appear in various ways and mediums, related to the place, people and mood.
Sarah Barnard
Charlotte, NC
https://www.facebook.com/WingspanDanceCo?fref=ts
Sarah Barnard
has graduated from Auburn University in 2006 with a B.A. in Theatre and a concentration in Technical Theatre Production. Upon graduation, she became the Founder and Creative Director of StreamLine Movements, now known as Wingspan Dance Company, with which she began to hone her performance and choreographic skills. In 2010 she continued her education in dance by attending Appalachian State University for her second B.A. degree, this time in Dance with the focus on choreography; while in college her greatest accomplishments came about in her being chosen to present choreography for the 2010 Momentum showcase at ASU, as well as, the presentation of her senior project "Etre" in the spring of 2011. Recently she has performed a collaborative piece in the Asheville Fringe Festival and in the recent past she has received a Special Projects Grant from the Art's and Science Council to co-produce a dance project that was presented at the 2012 Midwood Mania Festival this spring. She has also presented work as StreamLine Movements in conjunction with two other local Charlotte choreographers at the 2012, 2013 Atlanta Fringe Festival. In the Fall of 2012 Sarah was a part of the Quasimodo  Project, a collective of visual, performing, and scenic artists, who brought art to the Democratic National Convention held in Charlotte, NC 2012. She currently resides in Charlotte, NC, teaching dance, creating work and performs as a company member with The Wanda Project. She  continues to be curious while finding pleasure in photography and works on her dog walking  business.
Brea Cali
Savannah, GA
breacali.com
BREA CALI 
is a multidisciplinary Art and Executive Director engaged within the Creative and Cultural Industries. Presently, Ms. Cali is Executive Director and Board President of the Savannah Dance Festival and Founder of BREA CALI, actively involved in developing opportunities towards artistic expansion on a global level.

Ms. Cali spent almost 6 years as a Soloist Performer for STAATSTHEATER KASSEL, under the direction of Johannes Wieland. Performing in over 25 new productions, touring throughout Europe with both large and small scale creations and working with internationally renowned choreographers, opera and musical directors. Brea additionally performed for numerous independent choreographers, contemporary dance companies, opera houses and musical theaters throughout the United States. Ms. Cali was an adjunct member of the ballet faculty of Oakland University in Rochester Hills, MI, taught several styles of dance throughout the United States and Germany and has extensive experience with educational and outreach programming and private studio management.

Having held the positions of Administrative Assistant for ARMITAGE GONE! DANCE and General Manager for johannes wieland, both New York City based dance companies, Ms. Cali successfully managed the development and implementation of advancement strategies and programming on an international scale.

Creating work under her own brand BREA CALI, Brea’s creative work emphasizes collaborative integration, spans a variety of disciplines with award winning collaborators, has been presented at global festivals and exhibitions and received international nominations and awards. Ms. Cali received her B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Deanna Jackson
Atlanta, GA


DEANNA JACKSON
is a sound designer and composer with diverse artistic
interest in collaboration, arts and technology.

She received her B.A. in Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance from Spelman College. During her time at Spelman, she had the opportunity to travel and perform with Spelman College Glee Club both on tour and in numerous
annual concerts for four years.

Upon receiving her B.A. she was accepted into the IMPACT (Interactive
Multimedia Performing Arts Collaborative Technology) Summer Workshop
Program at NYU Steinhart. This program culminated with collaborative group
performances that allowed her the opportunity to perform with people from all
over the world and sparked her interest in Interactive Collaborative Performing Arts.

Currently she is building her thesis to complete the M.F.A in Sound Design
program at Savannah College of Art and Design. While building her thesis, she has maintained a consistent interest in using sound in theatrical and installation artwork to create an immersive, interactive, and organic experience for the audience while creating a collaborative creative process.
Cali/Jackson are created new works for SARUS Festival:

INVISIBLE: LISTEN TO AN UNSEEN STATE [Working Title]

          DESCRIPTION . ’… 96% of the American population suffers from chronic medical conditions which display no outward symptoms …’

          INVISIBLE: LISTEN TO AN UNSEEN STATE [Working Title] is an integrated Performance Installation featuring an abstracted, multi-layered auditory           
          experience and the physical portrayal of the internal actuality. Extensively detailing the human existence of an invisible illness; a circular representation of 
          the unseen tangibles of which so many are intimately aware.


EXTERNAL [Working Title]

          DESCRIPTION . EXTERNAL [Working Title] captures the incredible beauty of one such coastal town: clear-blue skies, warm-yellow sand, lush-green 
          trees, rolling-indigo waves. The assurance of the preferred vacation spot; luring us, promising us - that as you run into the sun, hardships melt away 
          with ease. Viewed in a setting of impossibility, reminding us of the unlikely attainability of true bliss.
Rachael Crawford Goolsby
Wilmington, NC
  
combines yoga, dance, massage, and art to live her life more fully. She is a dedicated Momma and wife and seeks to bring people of various backgrounds together for the sake of fun! Her choreographic ideas usually stem from inspiration in nature or another art-form, such as painting, film, literature and of course music! She enjoys the process of dancing for others to catch a glimpse of how another artist's mind works. Partnering and collaborations in general is her mode of choice, but digging deep solo is also very rewarding. Rachael is a new board member at Alban Elved and is pleased to be working with Karola Luttringhaus on Sarus Festival this year. She hopes that you enjoy your experience and extend it into a dialogue with the participating artists and/or with your friends. She believes art is worthy of your support; it's valuable because it enriches our lives in penetrating and unexpected ways.
Cape fear Dance Theatre/Amber Patee Adams
Wilmington, NC
www.capefeardancetheatre.com
About the Artist:
Cape Fear Dance Theatre is a physical theater and dance on film company based in Wilmington, NC producing films that screen locally for live performances, events, restaurants, movie theaters, and more to encourage the marriage between everydaylife and quality performing arts.

We aim to reach the local community in two ways: 1) By working collaboratively with cast and crew from all social, cultural, and socioeconomic walks of life and 2) By offering performing arts classes for all ages through the Wilmington School of Ballet and other local schools.  A performing arts education is important to our mission as we train the eye, stimulate the imagination, and condition the body. 

By doing so, we find a quality asethetic and clear intention to acheive a sense of personal connectivity in our films. We approach our performance and film work through a humanistic lense while spotlighting the physicality of storytelling on film. 

 
Janette K. Hopper
www.janettekhopper.com
Wilmington, NC
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SARUS: 'Dancing on the last Stump'







 About the Artist:
Janette K. Hopper is an active painter and printmaker living in Wilmington who was raised in Idaho in an active outdoor family. During college, she served two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Maria la Baja, Columbia SA and afterward was a partner running a ranch in Idaho. As a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship she spent a year teaching in Denmark, where she began to have European one-person exhibits starting in Copenhagen with a 
prestigious grant from Danish Fulbright. She has also taught in Germany and the United States at Columbia Basin College WA, Central Michigan University and, as the Art Department Chair, at the University of North Carolina Pembroke. She has done performance pieces at Universities and other venues. Her paintings and prints were included in a Fulbright juried retrospective in Washington, DC and also with New York artists in the Lincoln Center and in many other juried exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her work has been shown and collected extensively in museums, public venues, colleges and universities and in private galleries nationally and internationally including Germany, France, The Netherlands, Canada, Bulgaria, Italy and Denmark.
Jennifer Breanne Horne
http://www.breannehornedance.com/
Columbia, SC/Charlotte, NC
Tribute to Minnie Evans
For SARUS, Breanne will create an interdisciplinary installation/performance for the Minnie Evans House, involving film and visual art created on location and inspired by her work and life. 

Location: Cameron Art Museum, Minnie Evans House
Performance: Saturday, August 23rd, 2014
8pm
Jennifer Breanne Horne
grew up performing with The Columbia City Ballet while studying at the adjunct conservatory. In 2001 she began training at the North Carolina School of the Arts focusing on classical ballet. In 2004 her interests shifted to contemporary dance, and in 2008 she graduated from the Contemporary Dance program at UNCSA, receiving her BFA in 2013. Since graduating she has performed with Alban Elved Dance Company touring around North Carolina and to Brooklyn, NY. She freelances, dancing and teaching around North Carolina, collaborating with local artists and fellow Alumni. Her first performance with “87 Dance Productions,” was in the fall of 2012 and more projects are anticipated. She has been teaching at the Greensboro Ballet School since April of 2013, and headed their “Build-A-Ballet” outreach program at Dudley High School. In February of 2013 she joined several UNCSA alumni in Helen Simoneau’s North Carolina showing of “Paper Wings.” Community outreach and art education are important to Ms. Horne, and her theories remain simple, while challenging the inner self to fulfill the movement with genuine understanding, awareness, and joy of movement.
Tohm Judson
Winston-Salem, NC
tohmjudson.com
 

Tohm Judson is a composer and multimedia artist currently teaching at Winston Salem State University, North Carolina. Dr. Judson received his PhD from the University of Iowa where he studied composition acoustic composition with David Gompper and electronic music with Lawrence Fritts. He received his MM from the University of Florida where he studied with James Paul Sain, Paul Richards, and Budd Udell. His music has been performed in the Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and throughout the United States, including the SEAMUS National Conference, Society of Composers, Inc., Electronic Music Midwest, the Festival of New American Music, the Santa Fe International New Media Festival, and was a featured artist at the EMIT festival in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Judson has worked with many forms of interactive media including audio, video, installation, and dance, collaborating with artists such as K.T. Nelson of ODC San Francisco, Robert Dick, Owen Roberts, Christopher Cozier, Leo Morrissey, Thomas Tucker, and Karloa Luttringhaus. His first album, still life, is available now on cdbaby and iTunes.e over 3 years industry experience working for a variety of clients such as The Land Trust, Envirolink, WBC, Salford University, Leeds Met, Langtree, NHS as well as EMI, Sony and Polydor.
Carl Kruger
Wilmington, NC
Carl Kruger
I am a life long proper musician from a family of proper musicians. My first itch for the surreal came in the form of a Dali exhibition in Zeebrugge, Belgium, at 15.
I studied art during college where I discovered Joseph Bueys and John Cage.

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I have been active locally since 2006, performing with the 910 Noise collective, curating shows for my own weekly live performance experimental series 
(Behind The Garage @ Juggling Gypsy), booking shows since 2011 for Squidco, (an avant music record store / performance venue) and performing with any one
of my various projects. I currently have a weekly podcast/radio show on UNCW's Hawkstream internet radio station called Behind the Garage Radio dedicated to
experimental music. http://www.mixcloud.com/BTGbtgradio/

I was invited to curate a block of performances for the 2010 WE Festival here in the 910. I have been releasing my music on domestic and international experimental music labels for over a decade. 

I currently sell avant garde jazz and sound art to customers the world over at the local record store, Squidco (squidco.com). I have run a download blog
dedicated to out of print releases in the deep underground of noise and experimental music for the past five years called The Static Fanatic, which
has established itself as one of the best known blogs dealing with noise music on the web http://thestaticfanatic.blogspot.com/ -
http://youtu.be/uHyXFHXSboQ
http://youtu.be/mMRZzSs6RDE
http://youtu.be/wJ4sGwICB4g
http://youtu.be/larcU98DSw4

http://carlkruger.bandcamp.com/
http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Kruger
https://soundcloud.com/carl-kruger
Ryan Lewis/Obscuraarts/Obscurafilms
http://www.obscuraart.com/
-"Lewis claims that he seeks to give shape to sound with the expressive, texture-ific paintings of “Melodic Owl Dreams,” and it works:  In my mind, Lewis’ colorful chaos is given texture to convey the deep dimensionality of sound"  -Justin Lacy @ Star-News
Karola Lüttringhaus - ALBAN ELVED DANCE COMPANY/Karola Lüttringhaus
www.albanelved.org
www.karolaluettringhaus.com
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Karola Lüttringhaus/Alban Elved Dance Company
Berlin, Germany/NC, USA
www.albanelved.com
www.albanelved.org
www.karolaluettringhaus.com

ALBAN ELVED DANCE COMPANY/Karola Lüttringhaus

'Midsummer Night's Dream - stories of authority and autonomy'
Karola Lüttringhaus was born and grew up in Berlin, Germany, where she founded ALBAN ELVED DANCE COMPANY in 1997 to form an outlet for her diverse artistic pursuits. Her interdisciplinary dance-theatre works are marked by a unique visceral and kinetic voice that traces the changeable electricity of thought and sensation that underlies human interaction and interpersonal relationships.

Merging American experiences with her European roots she creates evocative psychological landscapes of dynamic elegance that embrace intellect and instinct in equal measure. For the past 15 years she has been the artistic director of ALBAN ELVED DANCE COMPANY, as well as working as a freelance choreographer at theatres and universities across Europe and the US, including residencies at UN Las Vegas, Auburn University, Salem College, Wake Forest University and others. She ahs performed and choreographed at the Prague Quadrennial, the T-Werk Potsdam, MoBe Berlin, the Landesbuehnen Sachsen, Germany, Dance New Amsterdam NYC, The Snowy Range Dance Festival, The International Aerial Dance Festival, CO, Dock 11 Berlinto name a few.

She holds a BFA in Dance and Choreography from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a MA/MFA in Scene and Costume Design and Scenography from the Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany. Her continuing studies in biomechanics, the Axis Syllabus and massage therapy inform and shape her teaching, guiding dance technique out of the realms of style into an understanding of the ability to move intelligently and passionately within the parameters of anatomical and bio-mechnical guidelines.

Erica M. Nunnally
Wilmington, NC
www.facebook.com/aerialartist
Courtney Owen Muir
Montreal, Canada
http://www.courtneyom.com/
Courtney Owen Muir

'The Amalgamation of Art'

Improvisational experimental work about the influences and interpretations of visual, auditory and sensory stimuli. More info coming soon...


Valérie Potvin  
Quebec, Canada
www.valeriepotvin.com
About the Artist:Valerie Potvin is a Canadian sculptor. She lives and works in Quebec City, where she graduated in Visual Arts from Laval University. She has received several awards for the quality of her graduation work in 2008. Since then, she leads a career in Quebec and abroad, including Brazil and Germany. She receives support to continue her researches, including from the Quebec Art Council. She also won the first art prize of Quebec City in 2011. She creates mysterious, poetic and subversive fables, through associations of objects. She likes to use sculptures as actors, creating a kind of narratives Objects Theater. Complex and full of symbols, her work defuses one by one the versions that could tempt the visitor. She also started to develop kinetic and mechanical installations, corresponding to her idea to try to infuse life into the material.


Ariel Schmidtke
Portland, OR/Wilmington, NC
Ariel Schmidtke  

Ariel Schmidtke was born on one of the numerous islands in Puget Sound. She became a gymnast at the age of three, complementing her training by climbing trees and fire escapes. She relocated to Bellingham at the age of eighteen to study English with thoughts of writing stories and drawing little illustrations. Her academic career was slightly disrupted when walking through an alley near the downtown area she discovered a door with “circus” scribbled across it. Thus her involvement with the Bellingham Circus Guild began.


Ariel has continued to be a member of the Bellingham Circus Guild for several years with brief escapades to other cities for training. She has studied at SANCA (Seattle), Versatile Arts (Seattle), The San Francisco Circus Center and Academie Fratellini (Paris). Her greatest interests in the circus arts are show development and choreography. In 2011 she co-wrote and produced her first full length circus show “Death is the Beginning.” She hopes to continue writing shows and would like to take them on the road, sharing wonder and excitement with small communities across the country.
Yana Schnitzler/human kinetics movement arts
New York City, NY
www.humankinetics.org
 

As the Artistic Director of her company, human kinetics movement arts, she creates site-specific movement installations blending dance and the visual arts. “My goal is to transform the environment in such a way that the audience becomes sensitized to new possibilities of perception and meaning. Fascinated by fabric, my primary working principle is to explore the different aspects of this material in relation to the human body. As a result I create wearable ‘fabric structures’ that, in their sculptural character, expose the hidden poetry of public spaces.” 

THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK calls her work "… beautifully nuanced … a bravura performance… an extraordinary, mesmerizing dance…". NICE MATIN, France, says “…an original performance, a moment of grace…” and BILD ZEITUNG, Germany, states “pure aesthetics”.

Founded in 2002, human kinetics movement arts has performed at numerous festivals, museums and galleries throughout Europe and the US (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; BMW Gala Event, Munich; Hamburg Art Week, Germany; Citibank, NYC; Opera Plage, Nice, France; Concorso D’Eleganza, Italy; World Trade Center/Ground Zero, NYC; Love ‘n Courage Benefit at The National Arts Club, NYC; among others) and has received funding support from Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, German General Consulate, Friends of Hudson River Park as well as corporate support from Jana Water and Citibank.
She has been a part of the SARUS Festival every year since its inception.

Born and raised in former East Germany, Yana lives and works in New York City.
Andi Steele
Wilmington, NC 
www.andisteele.com
Artist Statement
Using linear materials, I divide existing spaces, blocking areas and creating new places to enter. I
am interested in the reaction and response of the individual when they are confronted with
change, presented with the unexpected. When they encounter something that shifts perception of
their surroundings, challenging their place within that environment.
For Caught Up, I will be creating a monofilament expanse that will act both as a spatial challenge
to the viewers and a stage for the performance.

Bio
Andi Steele is a sculptor producing site-specific installations and large scale sculptures. She is
interested in the manipulation of space to challenge people’s perceptions and activate their
interaction with her work, and the larger environment. Her primary materials are monofilament
fishing line and steel.
Andi exhibits her site-specific installations and sculptures nationally. Her most recent works
include BURST, currently on exhibit in Charlotte, NC and Emante in York, PA, which was
reviewed in Sculpture Magazine.
Andi received her BFA from the University of South Carolina in 1994, participated in the Core
Fellowship Program at Penland School of Crafts (1998-99), and received her MFA in sculpture
from the University of Georgia in 2004. She lives in Wilmington, NC where she is an associate
professor of sculpture at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Andie Trombetta
Wilmington, NC
www.TrombettaDesigns.com
www.Bella-Thread.com
Artist Statement
The motivation for my work is ancient and contemporary uses of fabric, and performance. Fabric
is a material long associated with human beings, from protective garments to fashion statements.
Dance, like fabric, has the ability to convey universal messages, to transform meaning and to
transcend the mundane. I choose to take cloth and dance out of a utilitarian context and legitimize
their uses as fine art media and source for mysterious expression.
Contemporary Dance Technique has become a major part of my creative process and practice,
exploring innovative choreography and uniquely structured improvisations. Using fabric and
contemporary dance allows me the total creative freedom to produce conceptual and bodyoriented
work that reflects my connections, observations and inevitable transitions of the human
condition.
Photography and video provide powerful residue of the site-specific pieces that I produce. I thrive
off of collaboration with other installation artists, sculptors and dancers, allowing me to create
unique living sculpture and site-specific experiences for any witness to encounter.


Bio
Andrea (AKA Andie) Trombetta is a fabric designer and performance artist, exploring both
contemporary and ancient uses of textiles, dance and sculpture. Andrea lives in Athens, Georgia
where she produces custom pieces, along with exhibiting gallery and site specific performances.
She has recently launched a new collection called Bella-Thread; hand embellished custom
apparel in collaboration with LoveHawk, visionary artist and tattooist David Hale. Ms.Trombetta
received her MFA from the University of Georgia in Studio Art and Fabric Design in 2005. Andrea
is also the mother of sweet Isabella Rose.
Andrea Trombetta's most recent performance called SKYFALL, is a collaboration with installation
artist, Glen Kaufman, producing gallery performance with the use of contemporary dance and
costume design.
 
Lorrie Wagner
Los Angeles, CA/Wilmington, NC


Hometown Los Angeles CA, Moved to Wilmington in 2003.

Lorrie studied at The Art Center, in Pasadena, and UCLA, in their fine arts programs. Between 1987-2002 Lorrie participated in various group and solo shows in and around LA.

Since moving to Wilmington she has participated in multiple group shows at Wabi Sabi,The Cameron Museum, and hosted “Pop Up” art shows. She created The NOMA (north of market) art district, where she lead the neighborhood in multiple socially based community art pieces in what she calls “Drive By Art” . The bases for Drive By Art is her belief that everyone is an artist.

Most of Lorries work centers around Women issues, strife, and social injustices.Lorrie works in painting, sculpture, mixed media, found objects, recycled.