Liquid Silver, Labyrinth Program

SALLY BUTIN (she/her) is a Brooklyn based movement artist from Hastings on Hudson, NY. She graduated in 2020 from the University of Michigan with a BFA in dance where she performed works by Rosie Herrera, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Doug Varone, Shannon Gillen, Ohad Naharin, and many others. Since graduating she has performed work by Charli Brissey, Johnny Mathews III, Damien Muñoz and Virginia Garcia. She has trained internationally at venues including the B12 Dance Festival in Berlin, Sidra Bell’s Module, Marcat Sevilla, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. As a choreographer, her work has been presented at Triskelion Arts, Hana House, the Power Center for the Performing Arts, Hill Auditorium, and in music videos including ‘Sally’ by Gigi Perez. She served as Artistic Director of Dance 2xs Michigan, a sector of the international hip hop crew. She currently teaches Dance Church classes in NYC and dances for Johnny Mathews III and Dash M. https://sallybutin.com/

Born and raised in Japan, RIE FUKUZAWA received her Master of Arts in dance education from Ochanomizu University, Tokyo. She came to New York in 2003 to study dance with an “Overseas Study Program Scholarship for Artists” funded by the Japanese government. Her choreography has been presented at Joyce SoHo, Movement Research at Judson Church, Fine Field Art Festival, Studio series/Body-Arts Laboratory, E-Moves 15 Harlem Stage, and various New York and Japan venues. 

Rie has been collaborating with Satoshi Haga as binbinFactory since 2010. Many venues have presented them, including 92nd Street Y, DanceNow (2010-2023), Downtown Dance Festival, Movement Research at Judson Church, Dixon Place, Performance Mix Festival, Le Festival de Bargemon, Le Festival d’Art Contemporain Seillans and Roquebrune Sur Argens in South France. 

Their first creation, THREAD, won 2nd place at THE A.W.A.R.D. Show! presented by Joyce SoHo NY. They created the story for T.B.T.B. (Theater Breaking Through Barriers) and did a Japan tour in 2017.  

They are Recipients of residency programs and grants, including Swing Space Residency from LMCC, Eva Dean Dance with Mertz Gilmore Creative Grant, SEANSE Art Residency at Volda University in Norway, City Artist Corp, Creative Engagement from LMCC, Baryshnikov Arts Center, SU-CASA artist program and LMCC Arts Center Residency. Rie is a certified GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Pre-trainer and instructor of kid’s ballet class. https://www.binbinfactory.org/

JORGIE INGRAM uses movement, imagination, and sensing to facilitate an expansion of what we believe to be possible of us and the space around us. We imagine and create tangible environments that support us; with emphasis in somatic practice and mindfulness, Jorgie enacts this through dance research and performance, choreography, writing, multimedia art-making practices, creative consultation, and project management/assistance.  

Based in New York City, Jorgie is an alumna of The University of The Arts, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with her BFA in Dance. While there, Jorgie was invited to work with Jocelyn Cottencin & Emmanuelle Huynh, learning their work Monumental, performed at CAMPING at the Centre National de la Danse in Paris, France. She also worked alongside Ming Wong and Yu Cheng-Ta, co-choreographing and performing at the Watermelon Sisters Party. Jorgie has presented her own work at the Thinking Making Doing Salon at the University of the Arts, the CND, The MAAS Building, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers Inhale Performance Series, WAXWorks at Triskelion Arts, and the Southern Vermont Dance Festival. In 2021, Jorgie was invited by Donna Faye Burchfield to act as a Teacher’s Assistant to Professor Thomas F. DeFrantz at the University of the Arts’ Dance MFA program. She has most recently been invited to perform with Jungwoong Kim & collaborators at Studio 34 in Philadelphia, in Jungwoong’s improvisation score, improvising home, and has acted as a design correspondent and cinematographer for Jason Vu’s multimedia dance work, THROUGH NOISE, commissioned by The Asian Arts Initiative. She currently freelances in New York City + beyond.

ARIA ROACH is a dance artist, educator, and administrator based in Brooklyn. She has had the pleasure of performing as a company dancer with Eva Dean Dance since 2018. She also dances with The Moving Architects, as well as Yehuda Hyman’s Mystical Feet Company where she most recently originated her roles in Secret of the Possible, a contemporary dance/theater adaptation of mystical Jewish tales. Her creative work also includes performances with Zoe Walders, DanceTheYard, and Wild She Dances; appearances in filmmaker James Fotopoulos’s La Belle et la  Bête, Dandelot’s Tutu music video, and Target’s All in Motion ad campaign; and collaborations with photo/video artists Barbara Shore and gwen charles. Aria has worked administratively as the General Manager of Caleb Teicher & Company, and Company Manager for Joyce Theater Productions’ nationally-touring Lindy Hop show SW!NG OUT. She teaches Modern, Ballet, and Improvisation for youth at Mark Morris Dance Group, and in NYC public schools with National Dance Institute (NDI). Aria holds a BFA in Dance & Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts (VCUarts) and Honors College (summa cum laude). She is currently training in trapeze and has a regular Ashtanga yoga practice. https://ariaroach.com/

MANUELA SANCHEZ (Manni) is a native New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn. She trained at Talent Unlimited High School, Ballet Hispánico and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. She holds a BFA from Long Island University- Brooklyn Campus with a minor in Psychology, and later on received her 500-hr RYT Yoga certification and Fully Comprehensive Pilates Certification. In addition to working with Eva Dean Dance since 2012, Manni has worked with several choreographers and companies including Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Amalgamate Dance Company, Christal Brown’s INSPIRIT, nathantriceRITUALS, Maverick Dance, MoveWorks, Bill T Jones, and works as a dancer and faculty member of Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance. She relocated to Miami, FL in 2013 to serve as a company member and rehearsal director of Augusto Soledade Brazzdance for five years and continues to work with them on a project basis. As a national ambassador for Club Pilates, Ms. Sanchez has been interviewed on shows “Good Morning America” and “Coffee with America”, and has published articles on Self Magazine, MinBodyGreen, and Thrillist. She currently continues to freelance as a dance artist, teaches fitness throughout NYC, and is a signed model with MMG Talent Agency and Naturally Fit Agency. She is grateful to be alive and pursue what she loves.