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Jim French Lighting designs for
dance include; Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Twyla Tharp Dance,
Richmond Ballet, Jennifer Muller/The Works, Chet Walker, Chitresh Das,
Adele Myers and Dancers, Gabrielle Lansner, Dance China NY, Jacob's
Pillow Dance Festival. Lighting designs for theatre include; In The
Continuum (Primary Stages); Lieutenant of Inishmore (St Louis Rep),
Rock N Roll (PICT); A Picasso, Blackbird (City Theater). Jim has
toured the US, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America as
lighting supervisor for the companies of Martha Graham, Pascal Rioult,
Twyla Tharp, and Elisa Monte.
Lori Petchers is a producer specializing in documentary filmmaking and family programming. She has worked on local, nationally syndicated and international programs, including "The Amistad Revolt: All We Want is Make Us Free," a documentary for which she garnered an Emmy nomination, and "The Adventures of Hua-Hua and Morley," a co-production with Beijing, China. Ms. Petchers is a veteran of Children's Television Workshop, Lifetime Television and WBZ-TV. Her credits include "Square One TV" (PBS), "Management Report" (ESPN), "Smart Money" (Lifetime) and "Super Kids" (syndicated). A longtime arts advocate, Ms. Petchers currently is working on a series of documentaries on Connecticut artists and performers.
Bryan Senti
has been commissioned by Lisa Moore of Bang on a Can and the Norfolk
Chamber Music Festival and has had his work performed in Europe,
Australia, and throughout the United States. He has scored numerous
films, as well as composed dance works, rock songs, and a body of
concert music. Bryan has also had the opportunities to work with
notable composers/singer songwriters such as Philip Glass and Rufus
Wainwright. Some recent fellowships include the Ostrava Days Festival
in the Czech Republic and the BMI Pete Carpenter Fellowship. As a
compliment to his musical abilities, Bryan also received a master's in
arts management from Carnegie Mellon University and cofounded Found
Objects Music Productions LLC. This summer he will be furthering the
efforts of his business by attending the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute
as a fellow. Bryan is currently pursuing a Master of Music at Yale
University.
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