Friday December 16 * 7pm * TICKETS
Rhizome DC and Nancy Havlik present: NEW STUFF - dance/music collaborative offerings from Dance Performance Group.
Sandy Oasin Roachford, MA; is a dancer, teaching artist and choreographer who works with older adults and special needs populations and all ages and abilities.
Aquiles Holladay is a graduate of George Mason University with a BA in Dance. A movement and sound designer based in Washington D.C. His multi-cultural background and global upbringing acts as a backdrop to his explorations within various disciplines.
Miles Spicer has partnered with Nancy Havlik for more than a decade. He is a Washington DC area native that uses blues, Jazz, rock, and popular music influences in providing a canvas for dancers to create upon.
Adam Gonzalez - Cellist, composer, and teacher, has been a feature of the DC Metro music scene since 1997.
Nancy Havlik has choreographed and presented work in the DMV area for over 25 years. Dance reviewer Arielle Ostry wrote “Havlik’s choreography is “a prime example of the beauty of human and artistic interaction, and exemplifies the significance of collaboration in order to create community understanding and meaningful art.”
Regie Cabico is a spoken word pioneer having won The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam and later taking top prizes in three National Poetry Slams. Television credits include 2 seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam, NPR's Snap Judgement & MTV's Free Your Mind. Mr. Cabico received the 2006 Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers for his work teaching at-risk youth at Bellevue Hospital. He is the lead teaching artist for Poetry Out Loud and has recorded several asynchronous videos for the National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation. As a theater artist, he received three New York Innovative Theater Award Nominations for his work in Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind with a win for Best Performance Art Production The Kenyon Review named Regie Cabico the "Lady Gaga of Poetry" and he has been listed in BUST magazine's 100 Men We Love. He has shared the stage with Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg and through Howard Zinn's Portraits Project at NYU, has performed with Stanley Tucci, Jesse Eisenberg & Lupe Fiasco. He is the publisher of Capturing Fire Press and resides in Washington, DC