Meet The Dancers Of Copious Dance Theater
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JOSIE GARTHWAITE, Dancer
Josie Garthwaite was born in Oakland, CA. She trained on scholarship at Marin Ballet and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, earning a bachelor's degree in dance and journalism. Josie later received a master's in communication from Stanford University. She has performed in Austria, Ireland, and throughout the U.S., including works by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane. Since returning to the Bay Area in 2007, Josie has enjoyed working with Amy Foley, Copious Dance Theater, Mark Foehringer Dance Project, Printz Dance Project, Robert Moses' Kin, and Shift>>>Physical Theater.
BRENDAN BARTHEL, Dancer
Brendan is a student of movement. He studies Japanese martial arts, healing arts and dance. Brendan has worked and performed with choreographers throughout the Greater Bay Area, including Tandy Beal, Mary Carbonara, Todd Courage, Todd Eckert, Janice Garrett, Richard Gibson, Paco Gomes, Joanna Haigood, Fran Spector-Atkins, Margaret Wingrove, and is a member of Robert Moses' Kin, which he joined in Fall of 2007. Brendan is honored and delighted to join Copious Dance Theater for this season.
JEFFREY VAN SCIVER, Dancer
Jeffrey began his training in 2001 at the Los Angeles Academy of Fine Arts (LAAFA). Following his high school graduation in 2008, he attended LINES Summer Intensive Program and moved to New York to attend the Juilliard School. He returned to the San Francisco Bay Area to study in the BFA program at Dominican/LINES Ballet. This is Jeffrey's first season with the Copious Dance Theater.
LAURA SHARP, Dancer
Laura started her training with gymnastics and caught the dance bug at the age of 8. A few years later, she became an apprentice with the Premiere Dance Theater Company and performed throughout the Tri-State are. In college, Laura studied with and or performed works by Dan Wagnor, Jeremy Nelson, David Dorfman and Sean Curran. She graduated from Connecticut College with a BA in Zoology and loves her job as a veterinary dental hygienist. She has worked with Strong Current Dance Company, currently dances with RAWdance, Mary Carbonara Dances and the Printz Dance Project.
ERIN HUESTIS, Dancer
A native of New York, Erin has been dancing since the age of five. From 2000-2003 she was a Fellowship student with the Ailey School where she had the opportunity to perform works by Earl Mosely, Troy Powell, Fred Benjamin, and Robert Garland, among others. Erin spent her summers training with Parsons Dance, Aspen Ballet, The Kirov Academy, Ballet Met, Joffrey, and NYSSSA. In 2007 she graduated from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. There, she performed works by Bill T. Jones, Bettijane Sills, Megan Williams, and David Parsons. Before relocating to San Francisco in late 2009, Erin was a member of Dina Denis’s New York based company Dancing Into Light.
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Portrait Photos by Afshin Odabaee
Action shots by Hemali Acharya Zaveri
VICTOR TALLEDOS, Dancer
Victor began his dance training in Mexico City with Guillermo Maldonado and in 2008 graduated from "Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey". He moved to NYC to attend the Ailey school. As a choreograpaher he has has shown his work at The Ailey Citigroup Theater and DNA studios for "The Latin Choreographers Festival 2010". He recently moved to San Francisco as a member of Labayen Dance SF.
