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Ailin Conant (USA)
An actor, writer, and director, Ailin moved to the UK to train at LISPA
after completing her BA in Theatre at Wellesley College. She has worked
as a writer-director for Les Productions Satellite, Swazzled Theatre,
The Turkey Troupe, and Penalty Bells Theatre; and as an invited guest
director for Wayward Spaniel and Upstage Theatre. She spent two
years as artistic director of Velveteen Theatre in Santa Cruz, CA.
As a performer she has worked with Compagnie Les Planches,
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Dreamthinkspeak, Revolving Doors, and Anna
Deavere Smith's "Institute for the Arts and Civic
Dialogue." Ailin recently returned from France, where she was working with Témoin and Compagnie La Traversiére.
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Julia Yevnine (France)
Julia trained at LISPA and the École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques
Lecoq. She spent 4 years in Paris as a member of the Théâtre
de l'Imprimerie. In the UK, she worked with
Compagnie Les Planches as an actor-devisor on the original piece Barbe
Bleue in London, and with Point Blank Theatre on An Evening With
Psychosis under the direction of Steve Jackson in Sheffield.
More recently, she performed with Company Reflexion in their original
creation The Valkyries at the Festival Tis Anixis in Athens, Greece;
and Colectivo DeCollage's Siempre Se Me Olvida Algo in Madrid,
Spain. She is currently based in Toulouse, France, and most recently appeared in "Borderline," a collaborative project between Témoin and Cie. La Traversiére.
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Marc-André Charron (Quebec,
Canada)
An actor, writer and director, Marc-André graduated from the École
Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, and the London
International School of Performing Arts (LISPA). He also
studied corporal mime with Omnibus in Montreal. His acting
credits include Taverne by Alexis Martin with the nationally acclaimed
Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental. He has written and directed
plays in France, England and Canada with casts from the four corners of
the earth, including Bonsai Maple Syrup in London (2007). His
most recent writing-
directing endeavour, Dig, ran in March 2008 at the
Monument-National in Montreal.
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Tomoko Komura (Japan)
Tomoko has performed and collaborated in over 50 projects in Japan,
Spain, the UK, and the US. She is trained in both classical
and modern dance as well as the Japanese dance forms Buyo and Butoh,
and she holds a degree in physical theatre from the London
International School of Performing Arts. In London, she has
worked with Kazuko Hohki in Oh Doh, Borrower’s Existence, and with
Hohki’s band “Frank Chickens,” as well as a number of other groups with
venues ranging from the BAC to Trafalgar Square. She is has
worked with the group “OCT/PASS” in Sendai, Japan, and with “Colectivo
DeCollage” in Madrid, Spain. Recently Tomoko has been working with Temple Theatre in London, with
whom she co-devised and performed 'Out of Chaos' which toured in
London, Spain, and Germany, and won the Berlin 100° Festival's Audience
Prize (Feb '08) and the Act Festival First Prize in Bilbao (June '08).
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Dorie Kinnear (USA)
Dorie also graduated with an MFA from LISPA. She has had
theatrical movement training in Canada and Italy, and is skilled in
African Dance. Recently, she has performed in Theatre
Amoeba’s Rooftops at the Theatrical Days of Chefchaouen (JTC) festival
in Morocco; Swazzled
Theatre’s That’s The Way To Do It at the Brighton Fringe Festival;
Compagnie Les Planches' Barbe Bleue in London; Swazzled's Small Corners also in London; and Infectious Theatre's Icy Sparks, based on Gwyn Hyman
Rubio’s novel of the same name, which was presented at the Performing the
World Conference in New York.
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Urara
Sakurai (Japan)
Urara Sakurai works as a visual artist, stage designer, and costume
designer in Japan, and has recently been taking her work around the
world. Her credits at home include stage designer for Chambre
Ouest Ballet’s Luna (New National Theatre, Tokyo), assistant costume
designer for Omodaka’s Kabuki piece Okuni (Setagaya Public Theatre,
Tokyo; Kyoto Art Theatre ‘Shyunjyu-za’), and site-specific art for
Toyota Amlux’s “Tokyo Fashion Energy” expo in Ikebukuro,
Tokyo. She collaborated with Les Productions Satellite and
Laurence Webb in the UK, and just got back to Japan after a
collaboration with the Shanghai Museum and East China Normal University
Theater in Shanghai.
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Laurence Webb (U.K.)
Laurence is a Production Designer based in London. He has worked
extensively with the London Film School designing graduate and
post-graduate productions. He has worked in Japan on 'Tokyo Fashion
Energy' (with Urara Sakurai) as an artist, and also with
Urara Sakurai in Shanghai, China as a designer, performer and musician
for two shows with Miho Konishi. He has also worked with Kumiko Sakurai
of Atelier Hinode, Tokyo, as a costume assistant in Tokyo, Paris and
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Daisuke Nomura (Japan)
Daisuke trained in Lecoq physical theatre in Nairopa University's MFA program in conjunction with LISPA. He also completed a professional diploma in Dance Studies at LABAN in London. He is trained in classical and contemporary dance, as well as Japanese Folk and Kabuki dancing. As an actor, writer, and director in Japan and abroad, he has worked with Ultra Violet, PT, Act Two, Yuko's Note, Aijounanmin, Nansenhokubaichidan, Yorozuya, Dramkan, Planet Hall, Iroha, Koube City, Okasira, La Cacahouéte, Secret Moon, and Hitorikko. Daisuke has also worked as a lyricist, dancer, and choreographer.
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Will
Pinchin (USA)
Will Pinchin is a graduate of the London International
School of Performing Arts, a two year Lecoq intensive. He also holds a
B.F.A in Acting from Ithaca College. Will is the Co-Artistic Director
of both Swazzled Theatre based in London, and Grafted
Cede Theatre of San Luis Obispo, California. His devising credits
include: Mr. Whippendale (Wayward Spaniel’s), The Gravity Project
(Counterweight Theatre), Nobody’s Home (Grafted Cede Theatre), That’s
The Way to Do It (Swazzled Theatre), Small Corners (Swazzled Theatre),
Zephrus Dreams (Zephrus Dreams Theatre Co.), St. Vitus’ Dance (Limbik
Theatre), The Harbour (Limbik Theatre).
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