Performing artists from all around the world talk about their experiences of how COVID-19 has impacted their work. Click on the photos below to learn more about each artist and read their interviews!
Full list of artist interviews here
Student at University of Michigan
Broadway National Tour of Fiddler on the Roof, the musical
Performer with Lion King on Broadway
Dancer with Bosoma Dance Company
Former Principal Dancer for Opera Australia; previously soloist in Moulin Rouge, Paris
Actor with the National Tour of The Lion King
Performer with Paul Taylor Dance Company
Artistic Director at Theatre Calgary
Co-Founder of Chloe Maud productions and Syncopated Ladies
Ensemble member of Mrs. Doubtfire on Broadway
BFA Vocal Performance at the University of Michigan, class of 2020
The first national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, the musical.
Doug Varone and Dancers
Guest Choreographer (Marymount Manhattan College) and Master Lecturer (University of the Arts); Artistic Director of Sidra Bell Dance New York
Co-founder of Marcat Dance Company
Dancer with Contemporary West Dance Theatre
Dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Freelance Performing Artist
Dancer with Ballet Hispanico
Performer and Choreographer; Previously with Bob the Drag Queen & Monet
Dancer with Block Dance Collaborative
Producing Artistic Director of Wichita Theater
Dancer with Paul Taylor American Modern Dance
Doug Varone and Dancer and Acting Company Manager at Gibney
Artistic Director and Founder of Antonio Brown Dance
World of Dance Studios Host/Producer
Performer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Performing Artist on the Cats tour
Company Director Gibney and Move/NYC/Co-Founder and Artistic Director
Founder and Director of Sweetbird Productions; Dancer; Choreographer
Dancer with Kit Modus (Jillian Mitchell’s Company)
Artistic Director of The Croft
Dancer with Alonzo King Lines Ballet, previously National Ballet of Canada
Assistant Director of Music at the First Baptist Indian Trail Church
Company member with Eisenhower Dance Detroit
Scholar, Curator, Dramaturg
Former dancer with LLMoves Dance Company; former performer with Symphony Space, the Mark Morris Dance Center, and Hill Auditorium
Performer with Broadway performance of Chicago the musical
Performer with West Side Story on Broadway
Associate Choreographer and dancer for Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Apprentice for Ballet National de Marseille
Freelance Dancer; Previously a Hubbard Street dancer
Dancer with Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Director of Mass Motion Dance
Assistant Director at Mass Motion Dance Sturbridge
Performer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago; Also with Netflix film “Tick, Tick... Boom!”
Founder/Director of DASH Ensemble; Co-founder of The Playground
University of Michigan, Professor of Arts
Associate Choreographer for Music Man on Broadway
Dancer with Lines Ballet
Dance maker, artist, performer and educator
Artist with Pilobolus
Ensemble for Frozen on Broadway
Laja Martin Physical Dance Theater Company
Artist, Scoliosis advocate, Lion King Rafiki Tour
Professional dancer, mentor, and dance educator in the areas of ballet and contemporary dance
Dancer with Trisha Brown Dance Company
Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet
Director of Professional Training at the Guthrie Theater
Dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dancer with Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company
Dancer with Gibney Company
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Professor of Theatre and Drama at the University of Michigan
Director and Choreographer; Professor of Musical Theatre at U-M; freelance artist
Member of the First National Tour of Fiddler on the Roof
Artist - Josue Z
Dancer with The Joffrey Ballet
Performer withAbraham in Motion (A.I.M.)
Dancer with Donald Byrd Spectrum Dance Theater
Dancer with Paul Taylor dance company
Senior at Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Performer with Dance Theater of Harlem
Dancer with Joffrey Ballet Chicago
Artistic Director of BoSoma Dance Company and Owner of BoSoma School of Dance
Performer with Eliza tour of Hamilton musical
Dancer at Giordano Dance Chicago
Dancer
Musician/Arts Administrator; Senior at the University of Michigan
Asst. Professor Dept. of Musical Theatre, Choreographer; Artistic Director of Ron De Jesus Dance
Dancer, Choreographer, Director
Senior at the Fordham Ailey Program
Sophomore at SUNY Purchase
Dancer with Abraham in Motion
Performer with FLOCK Company; Previously with Cantankerous Creatures
Principal dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company
Chair of ABRY; Vice Chair of Cornell University; Producing Director of Black Cap Productions
Dancer with Camille A. Brown
Theatrical Producer; previously with Slave Play and American Utopia
Formerly with Heidi Duckler Dance
Boston College, Boston University, Mass Motion Dance, Charlotte Klein Dance Centers; Educator
Dancer with American Ballet Theatre
Performer at Dance Theater of Harlem
Performer at Doug Varone and Dancers
Freelance Dancer and Model; Previously with Leg Up On Life and Steps on Broadway
Professional Dancer with Netherlands Dance Theatre II
Previously with Dallas Black Dance Company
Rock of Ages and Dance Network Journalist
Independent Choreographer and Company Manager for Gibney Company
Associate Chair of the Dept. of Dance; Associate Professor of Dance at the University of Michigan
Freelance Artist
Gibney Company Director
A Chorus Line at the Wick Theater
In rehearsal at Abrons Arts Center; Teacher for Mama Foundation for the Arts; Brooklyn College double major BFA in Acting and Creative Writing and minor in Music
Performer with Six the Musical: Australia
Owner of Elia Mrak LLC; Future Director of "a movement movement" nonprofit organization
Artistic Associate with Gibney Company
Doug Varone and Dancer and Community Action Artistic Manager at Gibney
Dancer with STAATSBALLET Berlin
Freelance artist; Personal project called “Women’s Work”
Lecturer at Cal State Channel Islands; Dance Program PhD at UCLA World Arts and Cultures/dance; Associate choreographer for 20th anniversary of Rent
Perfomer with the national tour of Finding Neverland the musical
Co-Artistic Director of FineLine Theatre Arts; Director of The Broadway Commercial Dance Lab
Dancer with Limón Dance Company
Artist with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company; Freelance artist
Dancer with Nederland Dans Theater II
Teacher at J'adore Dance Studio; Future owner at Conflux Dance Theater
Dancer with Limon Dance Company
Dancer and Choreographer
Interdisciplinary Artist, Choreographer, Movement Director
Freelance Dancer
Dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dancer at Ballet National de Marseille
BFA Dance at Boston Conservatory
Artistic Director of Jodie Randolph Dance
Disney the Company, Frozen First National tour as Kristoff
Member of the national tour of Cats
Dancer with DanceWorks Chicago
Founder & Director of STooPS; Independent freelance artist
Company dancer for Abraham in Motion
Professional Dancer
Artistic Programs Manager Giordano Dance Chicago
Company Dancer with Martha Graham II
Creative Producer/On Camera Host at Group Nine Media (Thrillist, PopSugar, the Dodo, Now This); Hostess of The Lo Down with D-Lo
Self-employed artist
Dance Artist and Entrepreneur, currently teaching and performing as Sydney Charisse
Currently in Rock of Ages playing Sherrie Christian, in NY
Creative Education Director at Broadway Dreams
Dancer with Dance Theatre of Harlem
Educator and Performer. A part of Pig Iron and Strong Coffee Stage
Artist with Performing Artists: Nyla Sostre LLC
Choreographer and Artistic Director for Camille A. Brown and other dancers; Co-artistic director of Site Dance Theater
Retired university professor; Working artist.
Dancer with Cerqua Rivera
Founder and President of Broadway Dreams
Artist with First National Tour of My Fair Lady
Rehearsal Director for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Director and Choreographer
Performing Artist with Jacob Jonas the Company and Cirque du Soleil
Contract dancer with Ballet Nacional de Marce
President of the University Musical Society (UMS)
Founding Artistic Director of Stay True, An LGBTQ+ Theatre Company
Performer with Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Choreographer and Performer
Professional Musician/Community Musical
Seaweed Sister; Former movement coach for the actor playing Elvis in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic
University of Michigan Professor
Dancer with Hofesh Shechter Company
Second company for Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
Artistic Director of Renegade Performance Group; interdisciplinary artist
Producer
Choreographer
Director & Choreographer
Masters of Music Student at The University of Michigan
Performer
Violinist and Music Performer
Recent Graduate of University of Michigan in Theatre Arts and History
Artistic Director for Kenny Leon's True Colors Theater
Sleep No More NYC Immersive Theater
Former Director of StreetHype
Dancer at Joffrey Ballet
Dancer at KitModus Dance Company
Dance and Theater Performer and Creator
Dancer and Teacher at Broadway Dance Center
Dancer at Project Agora and Reyes Dance
Artist
Dancer at Dance Theater of Harlem
Performing and Teaching Artist
Music Artist
Choreographer/Director
Artist/Director/Creator
Director/Choreographer
President/CEO
Artists
Dancer/Choreographer
Actor
Dancer, Director, Choreographer
