Alexander Boyd graduated from the University of California
at Davis Graduate Program in Performance Studies in June 2014.
His dissertation, “The Sustainability of Traditional Knowledge
Systems: Embodied Learning through Practice, Teaching and
Application,” draws on 20 years of professional practice and
teaching in Daoist Qigong arts (Daojiao Lishi Quanfa)
that he has studied since 1985 with his main teachers Chee Soo
(who passed in 1994) and Desmond Murray.
Ms. Cavanaugh has choreographed for Oregon Shakespeare Festival
(for five seasons as choreographer and actor), Berkeley Repertory
Theatre, The New Victory Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre,
Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Brisbane
Arts Festival, La Mama E.T.C., Aurora Theatre Company,
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, San
Francisco Shakespeare Festival, TheatreWorks, Shakespeare at
Stinson, Mills College Rep, and Summerfest Dance and California
Shakespeare Theater (where she is an Associate Artist) for 17
seasons.
Stuart Carroll is the Artistic Director of the Sacramento-based
Capitol Ballet Company. He has presented The Nutcracker, Swan
Lake, Giselle, Paquita, La
Bayadère, and Don
Quixote to local audiences and the surrounding
communities with support and funding from the Sacramento
Metropolitan Arts Commission and the California Arts Council.
Michele Apriña Leavy is a professional actor and theatre
educator. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she has
performed locally with such companies as the American
Conservatory Theater, Alameda Civic Ballet, Berkeley Repertory
Theatre, Center Repertory Company, California Conservatory
Theater, Livermore Shakespeare Festival, Marin Theatre Company,
and TheatreWorks, among others. In farther locales, she has
appeared with Theatre Key West (Florida), The Elephant Theatre
Company (Los Angeles), and Theatre167 (New York City).
M.F.A., Technical Design and Production, Yale School of Drama
Steven Schmidt is a Davis native and the Technical Director for
California Shakespeare Theatre. Over the past ten years he has
worked as the Associate Head of Production for Yale Repertory
Theatre, a freelance Technical Director for the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, and the Technical Director for B Street
Theatre. He is a co-author of Structural Design for the
Stage (2nd edition). He was also a founding member of
Barnyard Theatre.
PhD student in Native American Studies, Designated Emphasis in Performance Studies (UC Davis)B.A. in Art Practice, minor in Dance & Performance Studies (UC Berkeley)
Katelyn Stiles is a filmmaker, visual artist and
dancer, specializing in dance film and performance documentation
for the past 10 years in Berlin and the Bay Area. Her film works
have been screened internationally in film festivals, and
she has danced professionally in different contexts. Her research
crosses Performance Studies, Science and Technology Studies, and
Indigenous Studies. She is Tlingit and a tribal member of the
Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
