ARTISTIC TEAM

LISA NAUGLE
Artistic Director & Choreography Mentor

Lisa Naugle, Ph.D. choreographer and dance improvisation performer, has presented her work in Europe, Asia, South and North America.  In 2009 she founded DTM2 Improvisation Ensemble (DTM2 represents Dance, Theatre, Music and Media),
​a vehicle for bringing together pre-professional, professional and inter-generational performers for international projects, site-specific and urban events.  DTM2 has had regular invitations to perform in prominent European venues including the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia, Brazilian Embassy in the Piazza Navona, MAXXI Museum and MARCO in Italy. Lisa is the first American choreographer to receive The Absorption Project of World Famous Masters Award and commissioned to present an evening length work (Stitching Memories, 2017) at The Shanghai International Dance Center (SIDC). She teaches
choreography, pedagogy and directs special projects at
​University of California, Irvine.

LINDSAY GILMOUR
Co-Artistic Director & ​Choreography Mentor

Lindsay Gilmour, MFA is a performer, choreographer, improviser and educator. Her choreographic work explores presence, ritual and rebellion, fusing text, voice and the moving body. She combines the political, the mystical, and the absurd, both honoring and poking fun at the human condition.She has performed and presented works both nationally and abroad, most recently a site-specific work at the historic Castillo San Cristobal in San Juan, Puerto Rico with Pearson Widrig Dance Theater. Lindsay is the recipient of a Nehru Fulbright for Professional and Academic Excellence researching Ritual Dance in Tibetan Buddhist Nunneries and Monasteries in India. Her research explores the overlap between somatic movement practice and ritual practices across cultures.​

“It is up to artists to spark the imagination of their audience and to help them envision alternatives​ to how we live.” Ursula Le Guin

JESUS LOPEZ VARGAS
Project Manager & ​Design Mentor

Jesús is a project & stage manager from México who also produces,
writes & directs multilingual work for the stage & for the digital
world. Jesús also has professional experience as a photographer,
lighting designer, publicity artist, translator & journalist.
He will graduate from UCI with a MFA in ​
​Stage​Management in 2021. 

For more information about his work, projects, and contact info you can visit ​his website & portfolio: jelopez-stage.com

"During challenging times it is always those who innovate that become the fearless leaders of tomorrow. It is so exciting to be surrounded here today by some of those
future leaders."

PRODUCTION TEAM

MASON BERGENHOLTZ
Assistant Stage Manager, Drama

MATTHEW BYRD
​Assistant Stage Manager, Drama
Mason is currently an undergraduate student at UCI, double majoring in Drama & Computer Technology.  
"It is strange to be in the midst of developing a new normal. While the presentations & mediums of art may change, it is easy to see that art will & must prevail through times of uncertainty. This experience has been a showcase of just that."
Matthew is currently an undergraduate student at UCI, majoring in Drama with a concentration
​in Stage Management.
"In times of hardship it is our duty to be a rock others can lean upon in our strength and yet knowledgeable enough ​to know when to lean on others in our weakness."

JOEL VEENSTRA
​Stage Management Mentor, Co-Head of the Stage Management Program

JAIME DeJONG
Director of Marketing & Communications

MOLLY LYNCH
Dance Department Chair

​DON HILL
Drama Department Chair
DANCE FACULTY
Mary Corey
John Crawford
Diane Diefenderfer
Jennifer Fisher
Michel Gervais
Lindsay Gilmour
​Charlotte Griffin
Chad Michael Hall
Loretta Livingston
Lar Lubovitch
Vitor Luiz
​Lisa Naugle
​Kelli Sharp
Alan Terricciano
Tong Wang 
S. Ama Wray

​CLAIRE TREVOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS STAFF
Laura Swendson
​Yvette Adame
Daniel Manoiu
Aubrey Bayoneta
TO SEE EACH CHOREOGRAPHER'S PIECES CREATED FOR THIS ONLINE CONCERT, PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW
WEBSITE DESIGN  & ​ GRAPHICS by  Jesús López Vargas