Emily Berry is the Artistic Director of B3W, which has performed in the US, England and Mexico. In New York City, The company premiered their first evening lenght work, Confined, at Dixon Place in 2010 with a Mondo Cane Commission. B3W has performed at Henry Street Settlement, Dance New Amsterdam, Dixon Place, BAAD!, the 92nd Street Y, the RAW Studio Showings with DanceNOW, the International Dance Festival NYC, the DUMBO Dance Festival, the Manhattan Movement Arts Center, and the Cool New York Dance Festival. The company has also premiered two dance films in Maryland and in Switzerland. Emily has performed with Boris Willis Moves, Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh & Company, Restless Native Dance/Tamieca McCloud, Milvia Pacheco Dance, Michele Dunleavy, Lesole’s Dance Project, and Ashe Moyubba/Alafia Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance Ensemble. She is currently dancing with danceTactics Performance Group/Keith Thompson. She is a Certified Movement Analyst and also has a MFA in dance from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Dance Arts from the University of Michigan. She has taught at Oakland University, George Mason University, Marymount University, Coppin State University, Montgomery College, and the Community College of Baltimore County. She has also taught master classes for ACDFA, Hunter College, Goucher College, the College of William and Mary, the University of Michigan, and numerous dance intensives. She commissioned to set a piece on Ann Arbor Dance Works in May, 2010. She is currently an assistant professor of dance at Queensborough Community College.(Photo by Enoch Chan)

Sara Roer (Dancer) got an early start dancing in North Carolina as the southern drawling star of a many a home video. She became the youngest member of the Wilmington Independent Choreographers and a competitive gymnast before defecting to the North to earn her B.F.A., suma cum laude, at George Mason University. After a colorful college run that took her to China and back, Sara headed North again for a new home on the busiest island in the world. While becoming a New Yorker, she has had the pleasure of working as a founding dancer with b3w (Emily Berry) and the rehearsal director/dancer for danceTactics by Keith Thompson. She has also worked on projects with Susan Vencl, Heather McArdle, Karen Malpede and many others. She has presented her own work at various venues throughout NYC and NC. Sara works at Brooklyn Arts Exchange and is a certified practitioner of traditional Thai Yoga Massage, offering sessions privately and at Brooklyn Strength.

Nicole Y. McClam (Dancer) graduated from East Carolina University with a BFA in Dance Performance and a BA in Chemistry, then apprenticed with Pennsylvania Dance Theatre for their 2000-2001 season. With PDT, she was able to perform works by guest artists Ben Munisteri and Claire Porter. Nicole relocated to the DC area in 2001 and has had the pleasure of working with many different artists such as Deborah Riley, Reggie Glass, Daniel Phoenix Singh, Alvin Mayes, Holly Bass, Lesole Maine, and Meisha Bosma as well as pursue her other interests of teaching and costuming. Currently, Nicole teaches at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre and Howard Community College and dances with Deborah Riley and B3W as well as makes wedding dresses in her spare time. Nicole is a founding member of B3W. (Photo by Enoch Chan)

Akiko Tomikawa (Dancer) worked for Sadamatsu-Hamada Ballet Company in Kobe, Japan for 10 years. She also taught classical dance technique for the company school. In 2002, Akiko joined the Shoko Imaoka Modern Dance Company under the artistic directorship of Shoko Imaoka and Kiyoko Kato, and performing throughout a variety of cities in Japan. Akiko moved to NYC in 2004. She has worked with Jana Hicks, Diane McCarthy, Max Stone, Marijke Eliasburg, Heather McArdle, and Oliver Steele. She has been a company member with The Next Stage Project, and an artist in residence at The Center for Remembering and Sharing. Akiko’s choreography has been presented at Chen Dance Center, City Center Studio, The Tank Theater, and Chez Bushwick in NYC and Sweden. She has taught at Steps on Broadway, Joffrey Ballet School, DNA, and Peridance in NYC and Dance Skola in Stockholm. (Photo by Paula Lobo)

Cristal Albornoz (Dancer) was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She received the title of professional dancer in El Taller de Danza de Caracas (1998-2002). In April 2006, she moved to New York to study at the Limón Institute and Peridance Center. She has since danced for choreographers as diverse as Yuri Cavalieri, Felix Ruckert, Adriana Urdaneta, Jaime Ziems, Edisa Weeks, Nina Buisson, Alan Danielson, and Paloma McGregor. Albornoz is a member of Emily Berry’s dance company B3W, and Paloma McGregor’s Angela’s Pulse Performance Project. Albornoz’s other projects include guest performing in the first special choreographic lab of Nora Chipaumire’s “Naked City”; performing with Sarah Black of the UK; and serving as a performer, producer and coordinator of Reinaldo Mijares’ Mudanza Company. With Mudanza Company Albornoz has taught training workshops for dancers and represented her country at the Aichi Expo 2006. Cristal’s awards include Premio a La Excelencia in the Universidad Central de Venezuela for three consecutives years, and the best choreography of the country in the Certamen Mayor de las Artes (2003-2006). Albornoz has taught contemporary dance and barre class at Peridance Center and Ballet Arts. She also has participated as an actress, dancer and singer in theatrical productions, Independent films and commercials in Venezuela and NYC.

Jin Ju Song-Begin (dancer) is a choreographer, dancer and dance teacher from Seoul, Korea. Her work has been performed in Korea, Japan, and the USA. She has worked with prominent choreographers both in and outside of Korea. She was an original member of Dance Company The Body from 2003-2006 in Seoul. She holds a Masters Degree in Choreography from Kookmin University and an Undergraduate Degree from Chung Ang University in Seoul, Korea, where she achieved numerous awards and scholarships. She received two full scholarships to the American Dance Festival (2003 & 2005) where she performed and choreographed. She was invited to showcase her work in the Dance Biennale Tokyo in 2004 and 2006. She was twice commissioned by the Choi Seung Hee Dance Festival in Korea (2006 & 2008). Her work has been shown and Movement Research at Judson Church, Danspace St.Mark’s Church (Food for thought) , at Dixon Place (Body Blend Series) and the Reverb Choreographic Festival in New York as well as performances in Seoul. This year, Ms. Song produced an evening of her work at Center for Performance Research. Her work has involved solos, ensemble works, and experimental works relying on “found movement” and chance operations. She frequently collaborates with composers and live music performances. Jin Ju is currently dancing with Sean Curran dance company, Keith Thompson DanceTactics, Douglas Dunn and Dnacers, Ana Isabel Kelison and Esmé Boyce.

Sarita Covington is an actress/writer/educator from Harlem. As an actress she has performed in many New York Theaters including, the Public Theater, the Henry Street Settlement and the Brooklyn Lyceum. Film: 1000 Cranes, Hey Diddle Diddle, The Interruption. TV: As the World Turns. She holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. As a writer, she has performed her spoken word theater pieces, at the Women of Color Festival and 'Back Alley Blindness: An Ode to Michelle', was featured in Obama Drama, at The Tank. Her play,'In the Cypher', was produced at the Yale Cabaret, the FAB Festival, the Nuyorican Poets Café, and the Drilling Company, where it is still being performed as part of their Monthly Monday Series. Go to inthecypher.org to obtain tickets for the next show on January 24th, 2011. Sarita works with inmates at the Fishkill Correctional Facility through Rehabilitation Through the Arts(RTA). She has also worked with NYC Junior High students, through the 59th Street Project’s Poetry In Performance Workshop.

Having carved a reputation for himself as an innovative composer, performer, violinist, and band leader, Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) melds his classical music roots with his own cultural references and vibrant musical imagination. In 2007, DBR premiered One Loss Plus, the first of three works commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for their Next Wave Festival. His latest orchestral work and second BAM commission was Darwin's Meditation for The People of Lincoln. DBR has collaborated with an array of orchestras and chamber ensembles. Recent performances and commissions include: Five Chairs and One Table, a commissioned work for Imani Winds premiering at Carnegie Hall in 2009; WE MARCH!, a guitar concerto that premiered with Eliot Fisk and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; The Tuscaloosa Meditations, one of the first commissions of a Haitian-American composer by the University of Alabama composed in honor of Vivian Malone Jones; Voodoo Violin Concerto, a virtuosic handling of DBR’s Haitian heritage premiered by the Vermont Youth Orchestra; Double Quartet: The Kompa Variations, an exploration of Haitian kompa music for the Providence String Quartet and a student quartet which premiered at the First Works Providence festival; and newly commissioned works for the Florida Youth Orchestra, Ahn Trio and Claremont Trio. Other projects include original scores for theater and film. DBR has composed music for Daniel Beaty's play Resurrection directed by Oz Scott, the feature television segment E:60 Homeless Basketball which broadcast nationally on ESPN, and two documentary films, Off and Running by Nicole Opper, and Strange Things by Alexandria Hammond. DBR serves as Artist-in-Residence of the Starbucks-sponsored Seattle Theater Group and as Music Director of Seattle's More Music @ The Moore program for the third consecutive year. Additional positions have included: Chair of Composition/Theory at the Harlem School of the Arts; The Van Lier Composer-in-Residence with the American Composers Orchestra; Artist-in-Residence at Arizona State University (2003-2006); Assistant Composer-in-Residence at the Orchestra of St. Luke's and founder of the OSL's Young Composers Development Program; Music Director of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company; and Rankin Scholar-in-Residence at Drexel University. A native of Margate, Florida, DBR's career blossomed when he studied music as an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music, completing his masters and doctoral work at the University of Michigan under the tutelage of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom. You can check out his website at www.dbrmusic.com.

Todd Craig is a native of Queens, New York. A product of Ravenswood and Queensbridge Housing projects in his youth, he left Queens for New England in hopes of a better education and life. As an alumnus of the scholarship program A Better Chance, Inc., Todd attended Saint George’s School in Newport, Rhode Island. His love of hip-hop music and culture led him to become a deejay in his high school years. Upon graduation, he attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Todd graduated and was accepted into Harvard Graduate School of Education. While attending Harvard, Todd realized his career goal was to find a professional position that would allow him the time and freedom to engage in his love of writing, teaching and music. As Pre-Commencement Student Speaker, Todd graduated with a Masters in Education and continued to pursue his writing, which led to his acceptance at writing residencies at the Ucross Foundation, Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, Jentel Foundation and an Associate Artist position at Atlantic Center for the Arts with Anne Waldman. After a year of cross-country travel to attend these residencies, Todd began working as a part-time member of the faculty in the CUNY system to give back to his native community. As a writer, Todd straddles the realms of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and screenplay writing, The situations Todd discusses within his texts paint a vivid and graphic depiction of a specific Queens-based lifestyle, as this is what he saw in his community, listened to in hip-hop music and experienced in youth. It is, however, his formal academic training as well that allows him to express the hope and infinite possibilities that any person of color has in their daily lives. In addition to being a writer, Todd is also a deejay. It is, in fact, his love of music that opened the door to his writing. As an artist, Todd has done numerous readings and performances nationwide, including collaborations with other writers, poets and musicians such as Newspeak, Donnell Alexander, Dr. Jan Ramjerdi, Anne Waldman, Rich Medina, Geoffrey Canada, Dr. Bessie Blake, Lee Ann Brown and hip-hop artists Hypno (The Spooks), Mr.LeN (Smacks Records) and Mobb Deep, in order to bring a musical element to his writing. An original verse of his can be heard on the accompanying soundtrack. You can check out his website at www.blackerinkwells.com

Gail Scott White (new media scenographer) is a projection designer/animator. Recently she designed for Ariel Dance Theatre, Long Center (Austin TX); Maryland Opera Studio’s Shadowboxer (on the life of Joe Louis), Clarice Smith Center; and Wendy Wasserstein’s Heidi Chronicles, Arena Stage (DC). Additional designs include Komar & Melamid’s opera Naked Revolution (composed by Dave Soldier), Moisés Kaufman/Tectonic Theater Project’s 33 Variations at Georgetown University, and several productions for Encompass New Opera Theatre (NYC). With Kirby Malone, she founded Cyburbia Productions in Fairfax VA, and published the book, Live Movies: A Field Guide to New Media for the Performing Arts <http://soa.gmu.edu/mps/>.