MorrisonDance 2009-2010

Updated 4.2.10

NICK CARLISLE has a BFA from Ohio University and MFA from Case Western Reserve University in choreography and performance.  He currently teaches for the University of Akron dance program. He is a former member of the Tom Evert Dance Company, Cleveland Ballet Dancing Wheels, Cleveland’s Repertory Project and the Lakeland Civic Dance Company.  Nick is regularly busy teaching, creating and presenting choreography throughout Northeast Ohio and the greater Midwest Region. Nick recently opened his own studio, The Carlisle School of Dance in Madison, OH.

JESS CARTHEN grew up in Perry, Ohio dancing at Fairport Dance Academy. From 2004-2005 Jess attended Denison University and studied Contemporary Dance, World Dance, and Ballet. Jess completed her collegiate career at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio in 2008 with a Bachelors Degree of Science in Art and a Multiage Visual Art Teaching License for ages 3-21. While at Miami University, Jess was a member and choreographer of Miami University’s Modern Dance Company; Dance Theatre (2005-2008). Jess was also a member of Miami University’s Dance Repertory group, a company that traveled to underserved Elementary and Middle Schools in the Butler County area to enrich students’ lives with performing arts (2005-2008). Aside from Bi-annual performances for Dance Theatre, Jess was a part of Miami University’s Global Rhythms Production, and The Cincinnati Art Museum’s Live Performing Series, performing traditional Balinese dances in 2006 and 2007. After graduating Jess was the Geriatric Tap Instructor for the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, Ohio. Jess is on hiatus in China for the next several months.

CARLI TAYLOR MILUK has performed, choreographed, and directed theater locally for many years.  Besides MorrisonDance, her Cleveland performance credits include Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Public Theater, Fourth Wall Productions, MegLouise Dance, and the Magic Mike Productions magic shows. International credits include a European tour for Armed Forces Entertainment as the host of a puppet show with Natural Bridges Puppet Production Company. She graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College with a BA in Theatre and Dance. Carli has been a master teaching artist with Young Audiences of Mortheast Ohio, and acts as the Director of Outreach and Education for MorrisonDance.

SARAH MORRISON (Director & Choreographer)
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REBECCA NICKLOS is a native of Cleveland, Ohio where she began her ballet training at Royal School of Ballet under the direction of Joanne Hughes Morscher. A graduate from Nutmeg Conservatory for the arts, Rebecca studied the Vaganova Ballet Technique and Martha Graham Modern. She studied under Alexi Tchernivchov, Victoria Mazzarelli, and Kevin Martin, and was coach by "Martha Graham prodige" Theresa Capucilli and former ABT principal Eleanor D' Antuono. She has also trained jazz with Karen Colabianchi, and has continued her studies at STEPS, Alvin Ailey, and School of American Ballet. Rebecca qualified to the final round in the NYC Youth American Grand Prix dance competition. Rebecca has worked with the Kirov Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, and Ohio Dance theatre, and recently apprenticed with MOMIX Dance Theatre, during which time she learned "LUNAR SEA". Rebecca is currently teaching dance in the Cleveland area and is excited to be working with MorrisonDance.

KALINDI STOCKTON has studied various forms of movement through Kent State University, Ballet Met Columbus, Movement Research New York City, and within the Cleveland community. She earned a Bachelors Degree in Education from Kent State and currently enjoys teaching sixth grade. Kalindi has shared four seasons of creativity with MorrisonDance and SAFMOD Performance Ensemble. She has also performed with Siren Dance Company and MegLouise Dance. Stockton's dance and choreography endeavors include presentations in the New England Dance Project, Cincinnati Fringe Festival, and New York's DUMBO Dance Festival, and in Israel at Yitzhak International Arts Festival. Stockton has shared her own choreography at Sneak Reviews and in Cleveland Public Theatre's BIG BOX series.

SCOTT RADKE (visual designer/consultant)
Scott is a Cleveland-based artist who works primarily in sculpture. His work has been collected nationally and internationally, and he has received unique commissions from art collectors including Mark Parker, CEO of Nike. Scott has been featured in international publications for his sculptural hybrid creatures, and his sand-sculptures have been published in the German book Sunde un Seele. Recently, some of Scott's marionette puppets made a brief appearance in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Scott first collaborated with Morrison for Erie Sirens, a site-specific dance on Lake Erie's Edgewater shoreline. Soon after their first creative collaboration, they got married, and have continued to collaborate in life and in creativity. To view artwork by Scott Radke, please visit www.scottradke.com.

JENNIFER SANDOVAL, Artistic Director of Marquez Dance Project, explores life’s moments through an artistic scope. The objective behind her contemporary dance company is to recapture moments that are compelling to the human spirit in a theatrical and often surreal interpretation. In developing choreography it is essential to explore beyond the realm of dance for inspiration. Collaboration from other artistic genres facilitate in creating works that are meaningful and honest. Jennifer recently relocated from Chicago where she involved herself in the dance community through teaching, performing and choreographing in the city and neighboring suburbs. Her choreography has been presented nationally and internationally through Thought Forms Dance, T.J. & Company Dance Theatre, Dance Chicago, Solestance, Around the Coyote, Full Circle and MorrisonDance Company. In 2004, she was awarded the Community Arts Assistance Program grant for choreography.  Jennifer is a graduate of Kent State University where she earned a B.F.A. in Dance Performance.

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