Dancers

Sienna Blaw

Madeline Robertson

Kathryn Taylor

Connor Speetjens

Sienna Blaw (Rehearsal Director) is a dance artist born and raised in Austin, TX. From a young age, she was exposed to movement as a means of creative personal expression. The sense of community and communication that that practice imbued has never left her, and Sienna now finds a deep interest in collaborative dance practices and processes with fellow artists in New York City and beyond. While completing her BFA in Dance at SUNY Purchase, Sienna had the great pleasure of dancing works by Rosalind Newman, Merce Cunningham, Hannah Garner/2nd Best Dance Company, Doug Varone and Trisha Brown, among others. Since graduating from SUNY Purchase in 2017 Sienna has performed with Pam Tanowitz Dance in their “New Work For Goldberg Variations”, and in repertory of Merce Cunningham, Doug Varone, and Hannah Garner’s 2nd Best Dance Company. She has performed Contact Improvisation scores at MoMa, and at Park Avenue Armory. Sienna is a co-founder of A-Y/dancers, a collaborator with BIRDHOUSE under the direction of Raven White, and a collaborator with POGO Dance Projects under the direction of Emily Kessler.

Madeline Robertson is a freelance movement artist. Although she grew up semi-nomadically, Madeline spent most of her initial formal training with Jackie Pederson-Kriens at the Dance Gallery of South Dakota. She graduated cum laude from the dance conservatory at SUNY Purchase in 2017. While at Purchase, she performed works by George Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Adam Barruch, Sidra Bell, and Doug Varone as well as performing in and choreographing for other students in the program. She also had the opportunity to study abroad for a semester in Singapore at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and worked with Jeffrey Tan and Albert Tiong. She is currently based in Brooklyn and the World Wide Web. She has worked with A-Y Dancers, Joan Bradford, Depth Dance, Kristi Cole, and others. Madeline has been a frequent collaborator with Emily since 2013, originating several roles and performing in repertory.

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