Blakeley White-McGuire

Blakeley White-McGuire is a dance artist and Principal Dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company. She has performed in works by: Martha Clarke, Sean Curran, Richard Move, Pascal Rioult, Robert Wilson, SITI/Company, the Metropolitan Opera, at the Superbowl and Pope Benedict XVI’s Concert of Hope. Blakeley has served as teacher on the faculties of The Ailey School, The Actors’ Studio and The Martha Graham Center, in addition to offering Master Classes in Graham technique to dancers and actors internationally. Her own dance works have been presented in many festivals and venues including Jacob’s Pillow’s INSIDE/OUT and the Joyce Theater. Her first dance on film, “These Worlds in Us” explores the intimacy and presentation of dancers at work in the studio. Blakeley is currently a candidate for her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College.

Joshua Higgason

Joshua Higgason is a designer and creator of visuals, multimedia, and interactive objects for live performance. He tours with Jay Scheib, The Builder’s Association, Big Dance Theater, Jim Findlay, Latitude 14, and Toni Dove. His work has been seen at venues including Carnegie Hall, BAM, Theatre National de Chaillot Paris, Philly Live Arts Festival, HERE, PS 122, The Flea, Atlantic, MassMoCA, Dixon Place, and EMPAC. Recent and upcoming collaborations include Woodshed Collective’s The Tenant, The Builder’s Associations’ House/Divided, and Jay Scheib’sWorld of Wires. Joshua has also taught workshops on video design and interactive programming at the LIU New Media Art graduate program and NYU.