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Francesca Romo (Associate Director, Dancer) was born in London, England. Francesca trained at the Royal Ballet School and the London Contemporary Dance School. After a one-year apprenticeship with Richard Alston Dance Company she formally joined the Company from 2003–2006. Francesca is certified in Gyrotonics and teaches in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Francesca co-founded Gallim Dance in 2007. |
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Caroline Fermin (Dancer) attended the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts throughout her youth and later The Juilliard School (BFA). In 2007, she joined James Sewell Ballet in Minneapolis. She has received grants and awards for her work, and she created a highly needed project to bring young artists to work in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Caroline is spear-heading Gallim’s outreach program. |
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Allysen Hooks (Dancer) is from Houston, TX. She graduated from The Juilliard School in 2010 and has since freelanced with younger and emerging choreographers such as Carlye Eckert, Esme Boyce, and Michelle Mola. Allysen has been a member of Dance Heginbotham, under direction of John Heginbotham, since August 2011. In 2010 she presented her own work in Montreal. She is thrilled to join Gallim Dance for their next season. |
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Troy Ogilvie (Dancer), native of New Jersey, is one of Dance Magazine’s 2011 “Top 25 to Watch.” After graduating from The Juilliard School in 2007, Troy joined Gallim Dance where she continues to perform internationally, teach workshop classes, and assist in the creation and recreation of Andrea Miller’s works. Troy produced and performed a solo show, RESET, at the Duo Theater in 2011. She has performed solo works by Sidra Bell, Margie Gillis, Shannon Gillen, Malcolm Low, Austin McCormick, Michelle Mola, Idan Sharabi, and Harumi Terayama. Troy has also been Program Manager of the Movement Invention Project since 2009 and faculty since 2012.ichelle Mola. She has been Program Manager of the Movement Invention Project since 2009. |
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Daniel Staaf (Dancer) was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He graduated from the Royal Swedish Ballet Schools contemporary department in 2009. After his graduation he joined the project Kamuyot a C/O production between Batsheva Dance Company and Riksteatern and toured throughout Sweden. During this period he got in contact with the Swedish based choreographer Örjan Andersson and started working with his company Anderssondance. In the fall of 2011 he joined Bern:Ballett under Cathy Marston’s direction and had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as, Noa Zuk, Jyrki Karttunen, Andrea Miller, Johan Inger, Tabea Martin, Alexander Ekman and Medhi Walerski. In April 2013 he joined Andrea Miller’s Gallim Dance in New York, Brooklyn. |
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Emily Terndrup (Dancer) is a native of West Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated with a B.F.A. in Modern Dance from the University of Utah. As a performer and choreographer, her work has been presented at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as venues throughout Utah, Iowa, and Colorado. She was the recipient of Dance Teacher Magazine’s 2010 Outstanding Student Performer Award, and has had the pleasure of working with artists such as Gregory Dolbashian, Edgar Zendejas, Susan McLain, David Dorfman, and Shannon Gillen. Emily is currently performing in Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More. |
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Austin Tyson (Dancer) hails from Portland, Oregon. He received his dance training from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. Whilst at NYU, Austin was given the tremendous opportunity to perform the work of Aszure Barton, Kate Weare, and Seán Curran. Post University, Austin has had the pleasure of performing with Company XIV and MADboots Dance Co. Austin fell in love with yoga while at NYU. A renewed mindfulness towards alignment and breath became a source of guidance through the rigors of a dance career and the many facets of city living. Austin has since become a certified teacher through the Mind Body Dancer® 200 Teacher Training with TaraMarie Perri. |
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Dan Walczak (Dancer) is originally from Buffalo, New York where he began dancing at the age of 7. After receiving his BFA in Dance from SUNY Brockport in 2007, he began dancing with Coriolis Dance Inc. as well as Keith A. Thompson’s Dance Tacticts Performance Group. Joining Gallim Dance in 2008, Daniel has since toured internationally, staged Andrea Miller’s work, and taught for the company at residencies and workshops. |
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Jonathan Royse Windham (Dancer) is a native of Colorado, and has a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase. He has danced with American Repertory Ballet, The Kevin Wynn Collective, Terra Firma Dance Theatre, Ballet Boy Productions, and the DASH Ensemble. Jonathan has also performed as a soloist in the world premiere of “El Corregidor y la Molinera” choreographed by Ramon Oller at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He as been working with Gallim since 2009. Jonathan appeared on the cover of City Center’s Fall for Dance advertisements in September 2010. |
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GALLIM STAFF
Stephanie Brynes (Production, Stage Manager) graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a BFA in Modern Dance Performance and Choreography. After graduation, she completed internships at Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC and North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, MA, and managed the North Carolina Dance Festival for two seasons. Stephanie moved to NYC in the summer of 2009 and worked as a Production Intern at Dance Theater Workshop for the 2009-10 season. She started working with Gallim in Fall of 2010, as a Stage Manager and Lighting Supervisor before joining the company as the Production Manager in January of 2011. Stephanie has toured with Gallim nationally and internationally, including tours to Spain, Siberia, and most recently Bremen, Germany. She collaborated on the most recent workshop production of ‘Wonderland’ at Baryshnikov Arts Center, and the premiere of ‘Mama Call’ and ‘Seven Circles’ at the JCC Manhattan last year. Other artists Stephanie has worked with include choreographers Vicky Schick, Natalie Green, Juliana May and Carlota Santana with Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, and lighting designers Chloe Brown, Vincent Vigilante, and Ashley Vellano.
stephanie@gallimdance.com
Francois Leloup-Collet (Marketing Associate), is native of France and a graduate of the Paris X University (International Law), Burgundy Business School (Arts Administration) and NYU (Web and Graphic Design). Francois is a communications professional based in Brooklyn. As marketing associate, he has worked for a large variety of companies, small businesses, and individuals. Past clients include the French Embassy, The Financial Times, choreographers Jonah Bokaer and Kimberly Bartosik, and Pelham Picture House. The New York’s transplant also works as an artist and performed in the music video for Psychic TV’s “Papal Breakdance” and in several shorts by independent filmmaker Marie Losier_with whom he created a Macy’s window display installation for the ongoing series, “Art under Glass”. He joined Gallim Dance in October of 2012.
francois@gallimdance.com
Lauren Shoolman (Development Manager) graduated from York University in Canada with a BA Specialized Honors in Marketing and a Certificate in Management. Shoolman is a member of the Emerging Leaders of New York Arts (ELNYA), and has been a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the International Society for the Performing Arts. Prior to joining Gallim, Shoolman was the Development & Donor Stewardship Manager at Tapestry New Opera in Toronto, Canada, where she was responsible for managing the company’s fundraising priorities and initiatives within individual, foundation and corporate relations. Before entering the not-for-profit arts, Shoolman acquired experience as the Marketing Manager at SHINE Dance Competitions, developing new marketing strategies, and as a Research Associate at Ipsos Reid, conducting research for the world’s largest automaker. Shoolman also volunteered for Dress Your Best in Toronto, where she wrote the organization’s business plan, successfully securing it as an affiliation of the New York-based, Dress for Success Worldwide.
lauren@gallimdance.com
Lyndsey Vader (Operations Manager) joined Gallim Dance as Operations Manager in October of 2011. She previously served as an Administrative Assistant and Development Associate for Dr. Martha Eddy’s Moving on Center School for Participatory Arts & Somatic Research (NY) and the Center for Kinesthetic Education (NY). Vader holds an MFA in Dance, Choreography & Performance, from The College at Brockport State University of New York, where she served as Adjunct Faculty teaching undergraduate dance history and technique courses. Vader is Artistic Co-Director of Treeline Dance Works–a modern dance performance co-op that honors the creative voices of its multiple collaborators through joint investment in movement research.
lyndsey@gallimdance.com
Ashley Vellano (Lighting Director) has been a professional Lighting Designer in New York City since 2007 and is also an active member of the downtown dance community. She is one of the founding members of Kidz Theater NYC, a pre-professional company which provides a free performance opportunities for young performers. In 2010, Ashley joined Gallim Dance as their Lighting Director, and has toured with them throughout the US and Canada. With Gallim, she has had the pleasure of creating the Lighting Design for Mama Call and Seven Circles in 2011. This year with Gallim, she is happy to co-designing and collaborating with Vinny Vigilante on a new work which is to premier at the Joyce this summer. Ashley graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B.F.A in Technical Theater and an emphasis in Lighting Design and completed internships at the North Shore Music Theater as well as the Santa Fe Opera.
ashley@gallimdance.com
