About the Company
Becky Radway (artistic director) grew up outside
of Philadelphia,
where she trained intensively in gymnastics before transitioning to ballet and
modern dance. She received her BA in Dance Performance and Choreography from Goucher College
in Baltimore, MD. Since moving to NY, she has had the
pleasure of performing with the Kevin Wynn Collection, Heidi Latsky Dance, Ezra
Caldwell, Incidents Physical Theater, MariaColacoDance, Meghan McCoy, and
iN.D.dance/Nicole Durfee & Dancers. She is a founding member of
Collective Dance NY, an organization dedicated to creating performance
opportunities for independent artists through financial, administrative, and
artistic collaboration. Currently, CDNY has produced three full-length
productions, performing to sold-out audiences in both NY and DC. In addition,
Radway was a recent finalist for the 2011-12 Arts Management Fellowship program
at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Becky Radway Dance Projects has
been featured in Food For Thought at Danspace Project (St. Marks
Church), the DUMBO and Cool New York Festivals (White Wave), the Uptown
Arts Stroll, Take Root at Green Space, 60x60 Dance (World Financial
Center / Galapagos Art Space), Evon Arts' Coming Together Performance
Series (Alvin Ailey's Citigroup Theater), Fielday (Henry Street
Settlement), and Dance Conversations at The Flea (Soho Playhouse). Other
venues include Triskelion Arts, the Connelly Theater, the Merce
Cunningham Studio, the Jack Guidone Theater in Washington, D.C., Towson
University, Goucher College, and a site-specific work for the Grounds
for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ. The company has been a recent guest
artist with DragonFly Dance Experiment (Annapolis, MD), and held student residencies at Lock Haven University (Lock Haven, PA), Arundel High School
(Anne Arundel, MD), and Oldfields School (Gambrillis, MD). Support
includes: 2010 and 2011 artist grants through the Northern Manhattan
Arts Alliance, a 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center space grant, and a
2009 Manhattan Community Arts Fund grant through the Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council.
About the Artists
BRDP
is honored to have worked with a brilliant collection of dancers throughout the
years. Working as a pick-up company, a different cast is often utilizing for
each new production. Some of these talented artists include:
Leonides Arpon, Tim Chester, Maureen Damaso, Liza Domnitz, Maria Colaco, Nicole Durfee, Rachel Fachner, Meredith Fages, Gorgas, Ayelet Haran, Laura Henry, Kathryn Holmes, Danica Kalemdaroglu, Lindsey Kelley, Alden LaPaglia, Mark Lindberg, Kate Martel, Meghan McCoy, Jessi Patz, Amy Rance, Heather N. Seagraves, Alexis Silver, Meryl Thurston, Diane Tomasi, Carlton Ward, and Amanda Wentworth.
Leonides Arpon, Tim Chester, Maureen Damaso, Liza Domnitz, Maria Colaco, Nicole Durfee, Rachel Fachner, Meredith Fages, Gorgas, Ayelet Haran, Laura Henry, Kathryn Holmes, Danica Kalemdaroglu, Lindsey Kelley, Alden LaPaglia, Mark Lindberg, Kate Martel, Meghan McCoy, Jessi Patz, Amy Rance, Heather N. Seagraves, Alexis Silver, Meryl Thurston, Diane Tomasi, Carlton Ward, and Amanda Wentworth.
About the Music
Scott Radway (composer) graduated from Temple
University in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in music composition, and has since
composed numerous soundtracks for film, dance, and beyond, as well as writing
and touring with bands Now Soon Nowhere (Philadelphia), Tub Ring (Chicago), and
Polkadot Cadaver (Baltimore). He was recently nominated for a "Best
Soundtrack" award from the Terror Film Festival for his work on the silent
film "The Institute of Seance."
About the Set
Paul Douglas Olmer (set
designer) is
a designer, technical director, builder, and painter based in Brooklyn, NY.
His recent work includes: design for Nuevo
Laredo at Dixon Place, technical direction for Clubbed Thumb Summerworks at
HERE Artspace, designing and building custom furniture for nouveau riche
clients, and, of course, building for off- and off-off Broadway theaters. In
the near future, he will be building an awesome skate ramp for Pig Iron’s
production of Twelfth Night. Paul graduated from Bennington College
with a degree in painting and literature.
