Rebecca R. Levy
Rebecca R. Levy is co-founder and Artistic Director of Jacksonville Dance Theatre, a contemporary modern dance company dedicated to creating and driving excellence in professional dance on local, national, and international stages. Her choreographic and performative work has been featured in festivals and concerts internationally and throughout the country. Rebecca serves as Interim Director & Professor of Dance at Florida State College at Jacksonville where she was recently named Outstanding Faculty of the Year. She holds her MFA in Choreography from California Institute of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts. For More Info Go To: www.jacksonvilledancetheatre..org
KRIS LENZO
KRIS LENZO is a multi national champion in wheelchair track in distances from 100 meters to 1500 meters and wheelchair basketball. Lenzo began performing with MOMENTA Performing Arts in 2003 where he first met James Morrow. Morrow set Passage Hawk on Lenzo for MOMENTA's Spring 2008 concert series. Since premiering Passage Hawk in March 2008, Lenzo has performed the work at Counter Balance (2008), American Dance Festival (2010), Alexian Brothers Hospital (2011) Chicago's Bodies of Work Festival of Disability Arts & Culture (2013), St. Louis’s Emerson Spring to Dance Festival (2013), Counter Balance III (2013), and brought back once again to MOMENTA’s Spring Concert in 2013. Channel 2 News St. Louis did an exposé on the work for its annual show Spring to Dance Festival called “Showing The World How To Dance Without Legs.”
Other Credits include: Performed at Emerson Spring to Dance Festival in St. Louis 2009 (Ashes), Tango # 4 (2010), Indecision (2012), Duets for my Valentine Tango # 4 (2009), Dance Chicago Ashes (2005).
Lenzo has attended Axis Dance summer intensives 2005 & 2010. He is a teacher in MOMENTA's Everybody Can Dance Workshops for dancers with and without disabilities (2006- present).
Other Credits include: Performed at Emerson Spring to Dance Festival in St. Louis 2009 (Ashes), Tango # 4 (2010), Indecision (2012), Duets for my Valentine Tango # 4 (2009), Dance Chicago Ashes (2005).
Lenzo has attended Axis Dance summer intensives 2005 & 2010. He is a teacher in MOMENTA's Everybody Can Dance Workshops for dancers with and without disabilities (2006- present).
BRANDE LEE
BRANDE LEE has been training and performing circus/aerial arts since 2009. She specializes in aerial silks, lyra, hammock, pole, and hoop dance. She got her start with Orange County Aerial Arts/Ruby Karen Project (OCAA/RPK) in September 2009 and still receives continuing education and performs with them to this day. Brande also trained at the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) in their 2013-2014 Intensive Training Program. She has performed with OCAA, CIRCO Etereo, james morrow/The Movement, Wire Monkey Dance, Elevated Aerial Dance, SHOW Circus Studio, and was an aerialist in the Cirque de la Mer show at Sea World, San Diego for their 2014 and 2015 seasons. Brande participated in Aerial Arts America's 2nd Annual West Coast Aerial Arts Festival (WCAAF) November 2014. She placed 1st in her category, tissu/silk professional, and 1st overall. She was also selected and competed as a finalist in the silks category for the inaugural U.S. Aerial Championships in New York City February 2015.
Brande is certified in group fitness through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and has been teaching aerial arts since 2012. She has received teacher trainings through OCAA/RKP, Circus Arts Institute (CAI), AURA Pole Dance Fitness, and SHOW Circus Studio. Brande has worked with numerous aerial schools and programs around the country teaching aerial and circus classes and specialty workshops including, AirCraft Aerial Arts; Circus Up!; Boston University; SHOW Circus Studio; Aerial Athlete; Bittersweet Studios; OCAA/RKP; CAI. Brande has a passion for circus arts and loves to share her joy of fun fitness and performance art.
Brande is certified in group fitness through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and has been teaching aerial arts since 2012. She has received teacher trainings through OCAA/RKP, Circus Arts Institute (CAI), AURA Pole Dance Fitness, and SHOW Circus Studio. Brande has worked with numerous aerial schools and programs around the country teaching aerial and circus classes and specialty workshops including, AirCraft Aerial Arts; Circus Up!; Boston University; SHOW Circus Studio; Aerial Athlete; Bittersweet Studios; OCAA/RKP; CAI. Brande has a passion for circus arts and loves to share her joy of fun fitness and performance art.