Together with the Dance Gallery Festival (DGF), CAS is thrilled to welcome emerging choreographic and dance talent for weekend-long residency in Livingston Manor. The residency brings together three choreographers and their respective dancers for an immersive creative experience intended to enhance the deliberation and depth of the work that is created. The annual residency has been fruitful for choreographers workshopping new dances, giving space and inspiration to create in the picturesque Catskill mountains. Audiences are invited to open rehearsals as three choreographers and their dancers workshop new works, offering insights into their artistic processes.
About the Artists
Robert S. Kelley II (He/Him) is a Florida-based improvisational dance performer, choreographer, and educator committed to fostering empathy and dialogue through movement. He has collaborated with esteemed choreographers and showcased his work at renowned events like the Korean Dance Festival (KoDaFe) and Camping. As an Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellow at Jacob's Pillow, Robert's choreography explores themes of emotion and community. Holding an MFA in Choreography from the California Institute of the Arts, Kelley is dedicated to empowering the next generation of dancers while promoting social justice and accessibility in the arts.
Doron Perk is the founder and artistic director of More Fish Dance Company, a Bessie Award nominated artist, one of Dance Magazine’s “Best Performers of 2016”, and a recipient of consecutive “Extraordinary Ability in Arts” O1 Visas. Perk’s choreography has been presented at numerous venues in New York City, across the US, and internationally in Spain, Israel, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and Greece. His first evening-length work, Grandfather Visit, premiered in October 2022. Doron performed with the Croatian National Ballet, Compañía Nacional de Danza (Spain), and the Batsheva Ensemble. Perk has worked closely with choreographer and ballet master Zvi Gotheiner, eventually becoming his rehearsal director and stager. He is a certified Gaga movement teacher, the creator of Super Chill Ballet and More Fish Partnering classes, a teaching artist at Gibney Dance Center, and an adjunct professor of ballet and repertory at NYU Tisch. His work has been supported by the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Brooklyn Arts Fund, the Young Creators Foundation, and the Sharet Foundation.
Jo Warren is a New York-based artist whose work intersects at the body as a site of potential and as a tool of resistance. As a maker, Warren has shared original work at AUNTS, The Performance Mix Festival, Movement Research at Judson Church, the Exponential Festival, The Brick Theater and at Socrates Sculpture Park. As a performer and collaborator, Warren has had the pleasure of working with artists such as Lisa Fagan, Lena Engelstein, Sarah Michelson, the LAVA acrobatic dance company and Vanessa Anspaugh. They are part of the original and touring cast of Faye Driscoll’s Weathering.