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2/10/12 - Educational Performance, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

 
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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 create 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, Moers International Comedy Arts Prize) 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.


marsAndy Horowitz, President & Director / Performer

Andy has performed his choreographic works at more than two thousand venues in thirty countries, including London’s Southbank Center, New York’s Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The Seoul Arts Center, Berlin’s Akademie Der Künste, The Stadsschouwburg of Amsterdam, The Kravis Center, and countless others.  He has been a featured performer on CBS’s Late Night with David Letterman, on the A&E Network, MTV, HBO, Canada’s Musique Plus, Germany’s ARTE Network, The BBC and Madrid’s Telecinco.  Andy holds a BA in Theatre from Binghamton University and an MBA from Syracuse University.  He lectures on entrepreneurship and offers choreographic workshops at schools and conservatories throughout the world.  Andy is an artist-in-residence of Binghamton University’s department of Theatre, and lives in Binghamton, NY with his wife, Carol, and their two children, Talia and Elias.



Will MatosWill Matos, Performer

William Matos won Best Male Dancer awards at the Adrenaline Dance Convention in New Jersey, at the NYLA Dance Convention and Competition in New York, and was an International Dance Organization finalist for the World Hip Hop Team. Will was a lead dancer in singer/choreographer Oh My Josh’s music video Out My Face, and in 2010 danced the title role in the world premier of Pygmalion—a ballet choreographed by JoEllen Kuhlman with an original musical score by composer Santino DeAngelo. Will holds a BS in Human Development from Binghamton University, and has trained extensively in many dance styles from renowned teachers such as Hector Flores, Jose de la Cuesta, Fred Weiss, Chio, Gia Mele, Lee-Ann Bruno and Kelly Coghlan.



Emiko Okamoto, Performer
Emiko Okamoto was born into a dance family.  Her mother, Kathy Kroll, is the founding director of Kathy Kroll Dance and Paper Theatre, of which Emiko has been a principal dancer since 2003.  Emi taught for seven years at the School of Visual and Performing Arts in Stroudsburg, PA.  She will graduate from Binghamton University with a double major in mathematical science and theatre in 2012, where she participates in many on-campus dance organizations, including International Flag Dancers, Quasi Dance Crew, and Children’s Dance Theatre, of which she was the student manager.  Emi’s debut performance with Galumpha was for First-Night Haddonfield, NJ on New Year’s Eve, 2011.


Kate Parlato, Performer
After graduating from the Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts with a  major in Dance, Kate studied at Fordham University in the Fordham/ Alvin Ailey B.F.A. dance program.  She continued her dance training at  Steps on Broadway and graduated from Fordham University summa cum  laude with a B.A. in Religious Studies in 2007.  She has performed  with Sweet Enuff Dancers and Jette Performance Company in New York,  and has been a member of Sidelong Dance Co. since January 2008.   Kate’s choreography has been performed by Sidelong Dance Co. and was  selected to appear at the Southeastern Regional Ballet Association Festival in May 2009. She taught Ballet and Jazz at Dance Cavise in  Mamaroneck, NY throughout college and is currently teaching in Chapel  Hill, NC at the Triangle Youth Ballet.


Marlon Torres, Executive Vice President

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 holds an MBA from the University of Leicester, England.

 

 

 

 

 

 




Vivake Khamingsavath, Performer and Publicist

Vivake Khamsingsavath earned a BA in English from Binghamton University in 2009. He began dance at 21 during his senior year at Binghamton where he performed and choreographed for hip hop teams International Flag Dance and Black Dance Repertoire. Soon after he co-founded hip hop dance crew Quasi, which went on to teach, perform, and compete in the East Coast. Vivake has since been an instructor at Upstate Dance and Arts Center, Kathy Hansen School of Dance and Dance Shoppe, teaching both recreational and competitive teams. He actively guest-teaches workshops at studios, high schools and colleges in New York. Since graduating, Vivake continues to teach and choreograph shows at Binghamton University, working with organizations such as Children's Dance Theater, Binghamton University Summer Dance Institute, and the Chinese American Student Association. He coaches an all female hip hop dance crew, Fuchsia, based at the University. Vivake also trains and dances in other styles including jazz, ballet and modern. Vivake was a dancer in the world premier of Pygmalion, a Lyrical Ballet at Binghamton University in 2010. He has performed for contemporary company, Eselesse Dance&Ensemble based in Binghamton. Vivake will be working with MixTape Dance Company, based in New York City, as a guest dancer. Vivake currently performs, teaches and choreographs under X-Tension Dance Crew. Vivake worked with the Galumpha Gang Camp before accepting a role as a performer for the company. He is excited for the upcoming tours with Galumpha.



Erin Stanley, Performer

Erin 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.

 

 



Singapore Arts FestivalGreg O'Brien, Director/Performer

An 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, Sculptor
David'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 the costume designer and a founding member of newFangled TheatReR.  nFt is an ever-evolving ensemble theatre company dedicated to the production of affordable, audience-centric and provocative theatrical events.. Howard 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.

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