ENVISION DANCE
Annie Boyer, Seán Curran Company
Ms. Boyer graduated cum laude with a BFA in dance from The Boston Conservatory in 2001, before joining the Seán Curran Company in New York the following November in 2002. Originally from Bethesda, Maryland, Ms. Boyer trained at the Academy of Maryland Youth Ballet, as well as Houston Ballet, BalletMet, Jacob's Pillow, and NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has also performed with the Metropolitan Opera ballet and New York City Opera ballet. Ms Boyer moved from New York City to San Diego in August of 2006. She has taught dance at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Cynthia King Dance Studio in Brooklyn, New York, The Windsor School in Boston, Massachusetts and has set choreography at many universities and professional companies. She currently teaches ballet and modern and is a guest choreographer for both day classes and Conservatory in Envision Dance.
Traves Butterworth, Artistic Director - Butterworth Dance Company
Traves began dancing and performing during college. After completing his undergraduate work, he performed with Sonia Plumb Dance Company, Bludance Theatre, Greensboro Ballet and High Point Ballet. In 1999 upon completion of his MFA in Choreography at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, he founded the Butterworth Dance Company (BDC). BDC has performed throughout the US and in Mexico. Butterworth's unique and authentic movement invention appeals to diverse audiences by combining technical dance with human emotions and dynamics. BDC's choreography draws much of its inspiration from Butterworth’s strong musicality. Butterworth has choreographed over 20 dance works during the past 5 years. BDC has performed by invitation at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and the Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, NY. Traves is currently a guest choreographer for Envision Conservatory.
Yvonne Hernandez, Eveoke Dance Theatre
Through dance, Yvonne hopes to inspire a lasting, self-motivated “voice” within each student to engage in dialogue with, effect, and reflect the world that surrounds them. Born in Queens, NY, Yvonne moved to San Diego 5 years ago after graduating from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. There, she received her BA from the Conservatory of Performing Arts under the mentorship of Judith Leifer-Bentz. Currently, Yvonne is company dancer and Youth Performing Group Director for Eveoke Dance Theatre. Yvonne is also performing for Colette Harding Contemporary Dance Company, Bound Contemporary Dance, and Skin, Muscle, Bone Dance. She currently teaches Intro to Dance, Intermediate Dance for the Envision day classes and teachers, modern jazz and is a guest choreographer in Envision Dance Conservatory.
Faith Jensen-Ismay, Mojalet Dance Collective
Faith, currently teaching multiple classes in junior colleges and unversities around San Diego, has taught improvisation and partnering in Envision Dance Conservatory.
Sarah Kaye
Sarah Fanoe Kaye earned a BA in Dance from San Diego State University in 1990. She has been a member of the Robert Henry Johnson, Della Davidson and McCaleb dance companies in California and has worked with choreographers Joe Goode, Mary Reich and Pat Sandback. In 2005, she was selected Dance Alumna of the Year by SDSU's School of Music and Dance. She has taught Intro to Dance and is currently a guest choreographer and teacher in Envision Dance Conservatory.
Bradley Lundberg, San Diego Dance Theatre
Bradley received his B.A. in Communications from UCSB, where he began his dance training with Christopher Pilafian. While in Santa Barbara, Brad danced three seasons with Santa Barbara Dance Theater. After a move to New York, he was a member of Jennifer Muller/The Works, Steeledance, Creach/Company, and performed in works by Young Soon Kim, Ben Munisteri, Leda Meredith, and Michael Foley as well as having a number of his own works performed at Hatch and Danspace. After a brief stint ‘dancing’ on Celebrity Cruise Lines, Brad returned to the West coast to join Keith Johnson/Dancers, Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater, and McCaleb Dance. Bradley has worked as a guest choreographer for Envision Dance Conservatory.
Molly Terbevich, Butterworth Dance Company
Molly Terbovich began her dance training at the young age of five. She graduated with an MFA in Dance at Arizona State University and has a BFA in Dance from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Molly spent her time in graduate school focusing on dance performance, education and administration. While attending Stephens, she trained intensively in ballet and modern. She has worked with dance artists such as Janice Dulak, Michael Simms, Paul Mosely, Alan Sener, Douglas Neilson, Jeff Slayton, Sean Curran, Melissa Rolnick and Ronald K. Brown. Molly is currently dancing and managing Butterworth Dance Company. Since moving to San Diego in 2003, she has worked with Butterworth Dance Company, Rayna Stohl, The Garage, Bradley Lundberg and Keturah Stickann. Molly has worked as a guest choreographer for Envision Dance Conservatory.
Mary Reich, Lower Left
Ms. Reich teaches improv in the both the Envision Dance and Conseratory as well as Envision Theatre.
Rayna Stohl, Butterworth Dance Company
began doing gymnastics at the age of 3 and transitioned into modern dance at the age of 7. She danced with StarDanceSwan, a professional children's dance company located in Edmond Oklahoma from the ages of 7-15. After high school, Rayna attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX on a dance scholarship. She moved to San Diego to pursue her Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy in 1998 and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Rayna dances with Butterworth Dance Company and XDrop and has also performed for Bradley Lundberg, Sadie Weinberg, and Jean Isaacs. She has debuted her own choreographic works the past 2 years at the Celebrate Dance Festival held in Balboa Park. Rayna currently teaches Modern and Jazz and is guest choreographer for both day classes and Conservatory.
Tracy Yates, Envision Dance Coordinator and Envision Director
began dancing at the age of 3. Dancing with the Atlanta Jazz Theatre, a professional company in Atlanta, Georgia at 12, she also danced with the Raleigh City Ballet throughout high school. After working on the European tour of A Christmas Carol, Ms Yates attending East Carolina University for one year before transfering to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, she worked under Dana Landers as assistant to the Clipper girls as well as other choreographic projects. Ms Yates also worked on several shows at South Coast Repertory, as an actor, including Tony award-winning Richard Greenberg's Night and Her Stars, directed by David Warren. Ms Yates graduated from UCSD with a degree in Communiations and has been in San Diego for 12 years. She feels blessed to be combining to the two things she loves most; dance and working with young people. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing. She currently teaches Intro to Dance, Intermediate Dance, Jazz and Modern in Envision Dance and upon return from her impending maternity leave will return to teaching and choreographing for Conservatory as well.
ENVISION THEATRE
Keturah Stickann has a degree in dance education from Columbia College Chicago and was the Associate Artistic Director for Cerulean Dance Theatre in Chicago. She was also the Assistant to the Director for the Malashock Dance San Diego from 2001-2005. She has helped to create operas at New York City Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, San Diego Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and more. Along with creating her own stage and video performance pieces with her husband, John Menier, through their production company, And How! Productions, she works with the Envision theatre students at Canyon Crest Academy and has done so since the school’s inception in 2004.
Mary Reich, M.F.A., is a movement educator, choreographer and co- director of SomeBodiesMovingCompany. She has been researching movement and art making for the last 27 years focusing on improvisation, somatic awareness, creative research and performance. She currently is working towards a PhD in Expressive Arts Education/Therapy at the European Graduate School in Switzerland.
Tim McKnight is a professional musician and teacher in the San Diego area. He holds his Bachelor in Music Education and Masters in Vocal Accompanying and Coaching from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to being the Director of Music at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Escondido, he also teaches a studio of 25 piano and voice students. Tim has served as musical director, conductor, vocal coach and pianist for numerous musical theater productions throughout San Diego, including San Diego Junior Theatre’s recent production of “Merrily We Roll Along” as well as North Coast Repertory Theatre’s upcoming production of “Baby”.
Director Cynthia Stokes’ staging credits include Opera Carolina, Cincinnati Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, the Florentine Opera, Opera Pacific, San Diego Opera, and Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Recent engagements for Ms. Stokes include Margaret Garner at Opera Carolina and Cincinnati Opera, and Il trovatore at The Florentine Opera. Ms. Stokes has also staged new commissions for Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera and San Diego Opera including Murder at the Opera which she co-wrote with composer Edward Barnes.
An accomplished stage director, her theatrical credits include the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, American Conservatory Theatre, and New York Theatre Workshop. She teaches acting and directing at the University of California at San Diego where she received her M.F.A.
Cory Hibbs (b. 1978, San Diego, CA) DMA Composition, The Peabody Conservatory of the John Hopkins University; M.Mus, Music Theory Pedagogy, The Peabody Conservatory of the John Hopkins University; M.Mus. Composition, Boston University; B.Mus. Composition, San Diego State University. Awards include the 2007 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer's Award, the 2007 Macht Orchestra Composition Competition, and the 2005 Boston University Composition Competition for his orchestral piece “Last Year, In New England." Also, in 2005 Cory won the Malloy Miller Prize in Composition for his Piano Sonata, “Commonwealth Sonata.”
Cory studied acting at the British American Drama Academy at Oxford University. Also an accomplished poet, he serves as librettist and lyricist for his vocal works and wrote the libretto for the one act opera by fellow Peabody composer Ruby Fulton, entitled “These Are The Times.”
Bernard Baldan is a founding member of The San Diego Repertory Theatre, Indian Magique Repertory Theatre, and created the role of ‘Scrooge’ in San Diego’s longest running production, ‘A Christmas Carol’. Other San Diego performances include Brodin in the west coast premiere of ‘Red Noses’, Father Rivard in ‘The Runner Stumbles, Boo in ‘The Marriage of Bette and Boo’, Blue in ‘The Unseen Hand’. He also performed the role of Ben Silverman in the last production performed in the original Old Globe Theater, ‘The Sunshine Boys’.
In Los Angeles he performed at The Comedy Store, The Improvisation, and the Laugh Factory before landing reoccurring roles on ‘Days of Our Lives’, ‘Hart to Hart’, and ‘Crazy Like a Fox’. After two years as staff writer at Universal Studios, he returned to San Diego to finish work on, ‘The Boise Club’; a play recently produced at The Laguna Playhouse, directed by D.W. Jacobs.
Awards include Old Globe Atlas Awards or lead and supporting roles, Drama Circle Award, USA Film Festival. Member of Actor’s Equity – Screen Actor’s Guild. Executive Director of 3Arts Foundation (an arts education company).
Matt Asciutto recently graduated from University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor's of Science in Cognitive Neuropsychology. This fact does not legitimize him as one to teach theater, but it does make him interesting. Matt's legitimacy is derived from his membership in a professional comedic improvisation troupe, his employment as a writer, and also his work with instructing students ages 8 to 18. He performs regularly at the National Comedy Theater in San Diego, where he is also director and head instructor of the NCT High School League. He also teaches improvisation and acting to students ages 8 through 18 at the North County Coastal CYT.
He is also the creator, producer, head writer and rotating director of the Wimbly Humor Institute sketch comedy troupe. He has just recently returned from an engagement as a member of the comedic writing team for the entertainment department of the Venitian Hotel in Las Vegas.
ENVISION DIGITAL/FINE ART
Karen Eastman – Painting http://kareneastman.artspan.com
I have always loved to draw and paint. This interest led me to pursue an education in the arts at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where I graduated in 1987 with a BA in Humanities and a minor in Art History. After graduation, I moved to San Diego, California and decided to start my own business in 1996 called Paint, Glaze & Fire!, a ceramics studio, located in Encinitas, California. Working with customers to help nurture and advance their own creativity made me realize that art was in my soul and painting was my favorite form of expression and release. I sold my business in 1999, and have been painting full time ever since.
Geoff Allen, Life Drawing (a college credit, Mira Costa course)
Viriginia Broersma- Alternative Painting Techniques ]http://www.virginiabroersma.com
Lori Mitchell- Illustration Workshop http://www.differentjustlikeme.cc
Lori graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design with a BA in Illustration, which she put to good use. She has illustrated 9 books to date. Her most famous is called Different Just Like Me, which she wrote and illustrated. This book was featured on Oprah and won many awards and honors. Lori is active in the local art community. She’s vice president of the Society of Illustrators San Diego. She’s also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. One of her favorite things is to go once a month with the San Diego Sketch crawl group that meets in different locations to draw and laugh and just have fun sharing the creative process. Along with illustration and teaching Lori has been working with mosaics since 1990 and was featured on HGTV’s Crafters Coast to Coast. She worked with 350 students to create a 7foot by 4 foot mosaic of the world for Mann Middle School. The students spoke 25 different languages and it was a nice way to bring them all together. In her free time she likes to travel with her daughter, shop at flea markets and draw unsuspecting people.
Janet Lee- Printmaking
Jackie Hall- Sculpture
John Ratiskosky- Mono-Print Workshop
Dale McCloud- Screen Printing
ENVISION CINEMA
Matt Nourse (Writer/Director) http://www.thepacificandeddy.com/
Aaron Platt (Cinematographer) http://www.aaronplatt.com
Matt Bass (Director/Cinematographer) http://www.databass.tv/
Matt Pappas (Cinematographer/Editor) http://www.pfunkproductions.com/
Logan Mulvey (Producer) http://www.symbolic.tv/
Elizabeth Birkenbuel (Production Designer)
Mark Gregg (Actor)
ENVISION INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Ryan Bishop- Percussion
Ryan received his undergraduate degree in percussion studies at the Peabody Conservatory and his Masters Degree from Yale University. He has since relocated to the west coast and is playing professionally in the San Diego
Zac Brown- Brass
Zac Brown is a brass specialist at UCSD where he is currently working on his undergraduate degree. Zac is a graduate of Torrey Pines High School and brings with him great enthusiasm for small ensemble work, jazz and brass technique.In addition to his work at CCA, Zac is also a Music Coach for beginning brass and advanced band at Sycamore Ridge Elementary School. Zac’s current project is to oversee the recording and editing of music samples to be compiled in a comprehensive digital jazz composition library with a team of software engineers at Warp IV Technologies. Contributing artists include Wayne Bergeron (Trumpet), Andy Martin (Trombone) and Eric Marienthal (Sax). Contact Zac
Robert Carter- Woodwinds
Robert Carter studied clarinet at Julliard and earned his Bachelors and Master’s Degrees from the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studied clarinet and saxophone performance. He has performed and taught orchestral and jazz music all through the Netherlands with various ensembles. Stateside he has performed with symphony orchestras all over the Southeast and taught clarinet at Wake Forest University. He then became principal clarinetist for the National Orchestra of South Africa in Johannesburg, where he also taught at various arts academies during his stay. Upon his return to California, Robert has taught at Palomar College, as well as performed with the San Diego Symphony and other local chamber ensembles.
Andrew Elstob- Brass
Andrew Elstob, trumpet, is a native of Monterey, California. He has performed broadway shows for the Old Globe, Lyceum Theater and Civic Theater. Classically, Andrew has performed with Pavarotti, Classics for Kids, the Orchestra de Baja California, San Diego Chamber Orchestra and San Diego Symphony. His jazz experience is extensive, currently performing with the Brad Steinwehe Jazz Orchestra. He received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from San Diego State University.
Nathan Jarrell-Rhythm section/Jazz theory
Nathan Jarrell has been playing and performing on the guitar for over fourteen years. Nathan first gained experience performing and recording with various rock groups and toured throughout the United States . He has since worked in numerous genres including Jazz, Blues, and Celtic music. Nathan can be seen performing with various Jazz groups throughout the San Diego area in formats ranging from solo guitar to jazz quintets. He holds a bachelors degree in jazz studies form San Diego State University and has studied privately with many great jazz guitarists including Joe Diorio, John Stowell, Jody Fisher, and Bob Boss. He also works as the Assistant Director of the west coast campuses of the National Guitar Workshop and teaches guitar locally in San Diego.
Seth Malmstrom– Strings
Seth earned his B.S. in Music Education from West Chester University. Before moving to California, Seth was a violinist and Gondolier for Venetian Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, as well as a Magician for Caesar's Magical Empire at Caesar's Palace. Currently Seth plays with many local string ensembles, and teaches violin and viola to his studio of private students.
Mark Weed - Brass
Mark Weed is a trumpeter born and raised in San Diego. He graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Theory/Composition. Mark has been teaching band/brass for six years in the San Diego area, as well as performing throughout the county. Jazz Band and Concert Ensemble are his areas of expertise. Mark has been a tremendous help to Canyon Crest, coaching students in all the bands and jazz band. THANKS MARK! Mark also runs a great music program at the boys and girls club in Carmel Valley for younger students as well as two High School and Middle School Jazz Bands which rehearse on Monday nights.
ENVISION VOCAL MUSIC
Bill Jones has been performing and teaching guitar in the San Diego area for 15 years and has tutored college level students in music theory, ear training, and beginning piano. He is currently completing a Bachelor of Music degree at SDSU with a specialization in Classical Guitar Performance. In 2005 Mr. Jones composed and recorded music for television commercials aired on A&E and Spike T.V. He has performed with the Presidio Guitar Quartet and Fred Benedetti at the East County Performing Arts Center in San Diego and currently studies privately with Maestro Celin Romero. Email Mr. Jones
Matthew Bohy is finishing the final year of his degree in Music Education at San Diego State University. As a voice major, Mr. Bohy has participated in several vocal ensembles both on- and off-campus, including the SDSU Chamber Singers, St. Paul's Cathedral Schola, and the Chorus of the Bach Collegium of San Diego. After graduation, he will earn his teaching credential at San Diego State's College of Education and will go on to begin his career as a high school choral director.
