Combining stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy and inventive choreography, Galumpha brings to life a world of imagination, beauty, muscle and merriment. The three performers, Andy Horowitz, Greg O’Brien and Marlon Torres have created a sensory feast of images ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, drawn together into a seamless whole, consistently bringing audiences to their feet. Galumpha is a triumphant mix of art and entertainment, offering world-class, award winning choreography (Edinburgh Festival Critics’ Choice Award) that is equally at home on the concert stage, at a comedy club or at an outdoor festival.
Formed in 2002 by Andy Horowitz and Greg O’Brien, Galumpha delivers a fast-paced, athletic brand of movement, distinctive for its ingenuity. Highlights include “Velcro” as seen on The Late Show with David Letterman, Crook and Chase (TNN) and the 2002 MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon and “Clackers”, seen on MTV, Showtime, A & E, Just for Laughs in Montreal and by over one billion television viewers around the globe. Other pieces feature experiments in human architecture set to music by, Rachmaninov, Mahler and the virtuoso Czech band Jablkon, making for an exceptionally entertaining program.
In September 2002, Galumpha premiered The Cellar Door at Binghamton University, where Andy Horowitz and Greg O’Brien are on faculty as Theater Department Artists-In-Residence. Current touring includes new material from The Cellar Door, co-created with newcomer Marlon Torres. Galumpha is available for theatrical performances, festivals, television, educational services, residencies and corporate entertainment.
Greg and Andy have been performing and working together since 1982, where they met as undergraduates studying dance at Binghamton University (then known as SUNY-Binghamton). Together with Joe Karp, they formed “The Sticks” in 1986 and appeared at The Ithaca Festival. After Mr. Karp left to attend Harvard Law School, Paul Gordon joined Andy and Greg and in 1987 The Second Hand Dance Company was born. As co-founders and co-choreographers of The Second Hand, Andy, Greg and Paul toured the world for the next 15 years. Their performing and choreographic credits include Serious Fun at Lincoln Center, Just for Laughs (Montreal), The Staat Schowberg (Amsterdam), London’s South Bank Center, McFarlin Auditorium (Dallas), “Man-Made at The Joyce Theater (NYC), The Galway Arts Festival, The New Victory Theater – 42nd St. (NYC), Spoleto–USA (Charleston, SC), The Smithsonian Institute, The Kravis Center (West Palm Beach, FL), The Sunset Center (Carmel, CA), “Ecstasy”- an MTV video with Rusted Root, A Japanese TV commercial for “Hirose”, The Trumansburg Grassroots Festival, , A collaboration with the band “The HorseFlies”, the British game show, The Generation Game and over one thousand workshops and lecture demonstrations for children.
 Andy Horowitz, President & Director / PerformerAndy attended
Oberlin
College ,
Shifan
University in Taiwan, earned a BA in Theatre from
Binghamton
University , and an MBA from
Syracuse
University . Andy acted in Kung Fu movies, traveled extensively through remote reaches of
China , and worked as a Wild West stunt rider. Andy speaks Chinese and is sometimes asked to act as a court interpreter for Chinese speaking defendants in
Binghamton , where he lives with his wife Carol and their two children, Elias and Talia. Andy makes the company's costumes and props. Andy is always building something, whether it be electric guitars, congas, leather bound journals, furniture, additions on his house or strange and fun props to play with onstage.
 Marlon Torres, Vice President/Performer
Marlon Torres has performed lead dance roles on stages throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, including venues such as the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL, California's Napa Valley Opera House, the Tollwood Festival in Munich, Germany, Finland's Jyväskylä Festival, and the Singapore Arts Festival. He began his career as a principal dancer in Mini Pops--a highly-rated Venezuelan TV dance ensemble featuring child performers, which enchanted millions of loyal viewers in Venezuela and the
Caribbean. Marlon is on the teaching faculty of North Carolina Arts in Action, and is currently working to develop a dance exchange program for young students from Venezuela and the
United States. He is a member of the International Dance Council and Dance USA, is an honors graduate of
Binghamton
University's Department of Theatre, and anticipates a 2008 MBA from the University of Leicester, England.
 Erin Stanley, PerformerErin Stanley performed with Galumpha in January 2005 at the
Anderson
Center for the Arts with the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, and at the Ithaca State Theatre for the Light in Winter Festival. In April, 2005 she performed with Galumpha in
Binghamton with Tim LeFebvre and Chaikyou Mallinson. Erin joined Galumpha again in June 2005 for an educational performance at
Jennie
F.
Snapp
Middle School in Endicott, NY, at the
Kirkland
Arts
Center in Clinton, NY, and at the Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock, NY and again in July for the Grassroots Festival in
Trumansburg, NY . Erin danced for the Tri-Cities Opera in Lucia Di Lammermoor (February 2005) and in The Merry Widow (May 2007) playing the roles of “Margot” and “Vilja,” In May 2007 Erin assisted BU professor of Theatre, Fred Weiss, in teaching a four-week, intensive summer session jazz class to students at the International Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing, China. Erin Stanley is in her senior year of a Binghamton University Theatre major. Erin studies the martial art Tang Soo Do, and has won many competitive awards including First Place in Women’s Sparring at the International World Championships in Cardiff,
Wales.
Dywon Fisher, Performer
Internationally celebrated dancer and choreographer, Dywon Fisher, trained at Ballet Arts of Henderson NC, the
Broadway
Dance
Center in Brooklyn, NY, and holds a BA in recreation and psychology from
Shaw
University. Dywon has choreographed and performed for Katastrophe Productions and has created opening spectacles for renowned Hip Hop artists Young Jeezy and 50 Cent. In 2003 Dywon won the world famous Bronner Bros. International Hair Show Dance Competition. He holds numerous national cheerleading and dance titles including Grand Champ of Champions of the East. Dywon taught dance for
Shaw
University’s dance team in 2004, coached the
North Carolina
State cheerleading team in 2006, and when he’s not touring the world with Galumpha teaches Hip Hop Dance for the North Carolina Dance Institute in
Raleigh.
 Greg O'Brien, Director/PerformerAn all-Connecticut soccer player and track athlete during high school, Greg began dancing in college and eventually received a B.A. in Theatre with a Dance emphasis from
Binghamton
University
. His mentor in modern dance was Professor Trudy Cobb. Professors Fred Weiss and Sue Peters kindled his interest in musical theater and jazz dance. Happily married with two children and two big dogs, Greg recently relocated to New Hampshire where his wife is a lit professor at
Chester
College
. In 2005 Greg received a Master's degree in History from
Binghamton
University
and is currently working toward a Master's of Education.
 David Friedheim, SculptorDavid's mother was a painter and his father was a classical musician. He received his BA from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1982 and his MFA from the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, in Baltimore Maryland in 1986. His sculptures have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. He has built artwork on commission for many private and public clients including such firms as Bill Graham Presents. In 1999 he was a founding member of The Crucible, a school devoted to linking the arts, industry and community in Berkeley, CA. Currently he lives in Baltimore MD where he co-directs the collaborative art group Grendel's Mother along with his wife and fellow artist Trisha Kyner. For more information on David Friedheim please visit www.grendelsmother.org
Howard S. Klein, Production Manager / Galumpha Corporate Officer: Secretary
Howard Klein (Production Manager & Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be a part of Galumpha. He feels incredibly lucky that he not only works with very talented and wonderful people, but that he also gets a chance to use them as his own creative outlet. Howard is an Actor's Equity Association Stage Manager as well as a founding member of new Fangled theatreR. He earned a degree in Theatre from Binghamton University with an emphasis in Technical Design. Some Favorite credits include The Cider Mill Playhouse, The Lincoln Center Institute, and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
www.myspace.com/newfangledtheatrer
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