I am looking to connect with dancers based in Staten Island, NY. Interested in working with dancers with a strong modern, classical ballet, and post-modern background. Dancers should be interested in working with improvisation (solo and contact), music, occassional voice work, and different dance forms. I tend to collaborate with film artists, local musicians, and other theatrical forms so dancers should be willing to work within a broader artistic context.

If you are a Staten Island dancer looking to try something new and exciting, looking to work with an emerging local choreographer, please email your headshot, resume and some information about yourself. (I am also interested in connecting with other nyc dancers who'd like to work on Staten Island). My work is rehearsed in Manhattan (though I am looking to rehearse more on Staten Island) and presented both on S.I. and throughout the city. 

I am currently working on putting together a concert in 2012 (I have applied for grants to fund the production) which will feature several works rooted in my own aesthetic.

You can email: mwestcompany@gmail.com

Visit my work at: www.mwestandcompany.wordpress.com

(My name is Melissa West. I have been creating work since 2008. I have been involved in local and regional dance and theater productions and most recently have worked with Florence Poulain, Yoshiko Chuma, Gerald Otte, and Barbara Mahler. I have shown work at The Living Theater, Hunter College, Triskelion.

SI Credits:   The Alice Austen House, Deep Tanks Studio, Everything Goes Neighborhood Stage, Corson Gallery/The Assembly Room, Cromwell Center, Snug Harbor, and the Staten Island Modern Festival)

Looking forward to hearing from you!