Bodysleuth 2.0
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER: Ri is a dance and media artist and educator working through the intersections of dance, film, theater, gender and identity, haptics, game design, anthropology, and somatics. Ri is a M.F.A. candidate in Dance and Interdisciplinary Digital Media at Arizona State University and holds a B.A. in Anthropology/International Studies/Gender Studies from New College of Florida. Ri has performed and shown work across Arizona, New York, Florida, and Massachusetts at venues such as the Phoenix Arts Museum, Abrons Arts Center, Built on Stilts, Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center, Gibney Dance Center, the University of South Florida, and New College of Florida. Current projects include exploring possibilities for choreographing virtual performance landscapes that reconfigure digital technologies, futurist narratives, and embodied social somatic experiences across movement genres. Thematically, Ri is drawn to the lineage of dreams and the power of joy as source and inspiration for resilience, survival, healing, and social justice.
PERFORMANCE & MARKETING CONSULTANT: Amina Camille
Amina Camille is a singer, actor, artist and activist. A New York-based performer and proud graduate from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy- NY, she is proud to be a member of BodySleuth and can't wait to collaborate with the gods and guests of Rolyrbee.
PERFORMANCE DESIGN/STORY CONSULTANT: Kortney Lapeyrolerie
Kortney Lapeyrolerie is a queer Black doula, anthropology nerd, writer, and East Coast dweller. Her interests include all things that revolve around marginalized communities not only surviving but thriving. She runs the Queer Doula Network, which was borne out of pushing beyond the constraints of white cisheteronormativity in the birth work world, to bring all people with reproductive experiences equitable and quality care. In her downtime, she enjoys reading multiple books at once and not finishing them; pretending TV series end and don’t exist anymore when a good plot starts to unravel; and manifesting dreams into reality with friends.
MEDIA DESIGN: Olivia Hernández (ONOH)
ONOH is an interdisciplinary artist who takes many forms – animator, performer, puppeteer and creative coder. She exhibits her art internationally and currently expands her knowledge at Arizona State University earning an Interdisciplinary Theater MFA in Digital Media & Performance. ONOH is easily seduced by synthetic realities, artificial presences and their active role in storytelling. She holds a BFA in Expanded Media from the University of Kansas and a BA in Political Science and International Studies from Baker University. She lives in Tempe with her partner Bryce and their legendary fur-children, Jakamo and Tipitina. Learn more about ONOH’s work at www.xonoh.com
VIRTUAL STAGE MANAGER: Sophia Grasso
Sophia Grasso (she/her) is an NYC-based actor, director, and stage manager. With most of her resume covering films and commercials, she is ecstatic to be a part of this queer interactive theatre thesis project. www.sophiagrasso.com // Insta. @sophiagrasso
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING: Coley Curry
Coley Curry is a Filipinx-American dance artist, filmmaker, storyteller and facilitator. Born in Chicago, IL and currently living in Arizona, she recently received her MFA in dance from Arizona State University, where she earned the FWA Distinguished Graduate Student Award. Coley is currently a faculty associate at Chandler Gilbert Community College, meanwhile continuing her own creative explorations.
In her movement research she aims to create spaces for community to gather, as well as focusing on ideas around representation, storytelling and the healing process that can be manifested through both art making and taking ownership of cultural narratives.
You can contact Coley through her website at cocurry.net or find her on social media @aynako.curry
BodySleuth 1.0 Contributors: deep gratitude for their hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm
VISUAL DESIGNER/PERFORMANCE DESIGN: Kelly Fielder
Kelly Joyce Fielder graduated with her MFA in Theatre for Youth and Communities from Arizona State University in 2020. She positions care at the center of her work and believes that art is a human right. Digital spaces are often enigmas for Kelly, so to work on BodySleuth has her in a constant state of wonderment.
GAME/PERFORMANCE DESIGN: Rosemary Lisa Jones
Rosemary Lisa Jones is a recent undergraduate of Drama and Comparative History of Ideas from the University of Washington, Seattle. By trade, she is a stage manager in the Seattle area and over the course of quarantine, Rosemary developed the technological and theatrical skills necessary to make virtual theatre possible. On the side, she is deeply intrigued by tabletop roleplaying games and the mechanics of identity in games. She is also an avid consumer of videogames, and occasional live streamer. To see more of Rosemary's work, simply watch for upcoming productions out of Seattle.
SOUND DESIGN: Laura Park
PROJECT CONSULTANT: Morgan Boecher
MARKETING CONSULTANT: Yanett Ramirez
PROJECT CONSULTANT: Morgan Boecher
MARKETING CONSULTANT: Yanett Ramirez