whO WE ARE
kEVIN zaMBRANO
Co-director
Kevin Zambrano is bi-coastal dancer and choreographer based in New York City. He most recently choreographed and performed alongside hyperpop sensation Dorian Electra on their My Agenda UK and US tour. Prior to the pandemic, he performed as “Moose'' in the Broadway revival of West Side Story by Ivo Van Hove and choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. In addition to Broadway, Kevin has worked with artists such The Weeknd, Post Malone, Swedish House Mafia, Charli XCX and Solange Knowles to name a few. Kevin is a Burbank native and BFA graduate from The California Institute of the Arts where he earned the CalArts’ Interdisciplinary Grant Award. Kevin’s choreographic work has been presented and awarded internationally in Seoul, Amsterdam, Cannes and the Troubadour in Hollywood. In Los Angeles he has worked with multiple dance companies including: Gerard and Kelly, WeWolf, No(one) Arthouse, TL Collective, BeMoving and Rosanna Gamson World/Wide.
bRET eASTERLING
co-director
Bret Easterling is an international dance artist and educator who received his BFA from The Juilliard School in 2010. He was a formative member of Gallim Dance in New York City before joining the internationally renown Batsheva Dance Company under the direction of Ohad Naharin. Now based in Los Angeles, Bret is on faculty at USC’s Glorya Kaufman International School of Dance and is a certified Gaga teacher who stages Naharin’s repertory at collegiate BFA programs and professional dance companies around the world. He is an avid dance creator who received the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreography in 2010, and was recognized as a Choreographic Fellow at the inaugural Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship at Jacob’s Pillow in 2018. Bret is the founder and Artistic Director of BEMOVING, a non-profit organization that produces accessible opportunities to witness and experience the transformative power of dance.
lONI rODGERS
producer
Loni Rodgers is an International Development Executive who has been across premium content in over 21 countries. She currently serves as an Executive at Amazon Studios, working on shows such as The Lake, Three Pines and Kids in the Hall.
Prior to Amazon, Loni worked for prolific film and television producer Scott Rudin, where she was across the production of A24’s The Tradedy of MacBeth, Uncut Gems, First Cow, and Causeway. Other credits include What We Do in the Shadows, Devs, and Woman in the Window.
Aside from continuing to produce GLR residencies, Loni will be filming her directorial debut, Violet, based on The NY Times best selling novel Through Violet Eyes in Winter 2023.
sADIE wiLKING
PRODUCER
Sadie Wilking is a dancer and movement designer whose work spans from film to live productions. Originally from Los Angeles, Wilking’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA, and a Masters degree from the London Contemporary Dance School with emphasis on preventative mental health measures for dancing artists. Her collaborators include artists such as Tyler Childres, Kim Gordon, Donna Missal, Mugsy, Lola Lennox, Adidas x SNS. Wilking is currently based in Los Angeles/London with bloc talent agency/AMCK, and as of August 2021 opened her own production space “hooverhaus” in Silverlake, Los Angeles.
aNN TSE
video
Anna Tse is a self taught videographer and photographer, based in Los Angeles, CA. She is the co-founder of the dance film company HEAVY BOOTS, and has been providing media for companies such as Jacob Jonas The Company, The TL Collective, LACDC, Mike Tyus, BigKid Dance, and Volta. Anna is an incredibly versatile cinematographer with an acute passion for the relationship dance can have with the camera, but nonetheless is excited to collaborate with artists across the board ranging from fashion designers to musicians and visual artists. Her print work can be seen in the LA Times and Dance Magazine.
josh s. rose
in-house photographer
Josh S. Rose is a Los Angeles-based director/photographer/artist with an eye for capturing the beauty of life through moment & movement. His cinematic compositions and classical style of photography has earned him positions as a professor of photography at University of California, as Leica Akademie Instructor, current Artist-in-Residence with the Los Angeles Dance Project and 2018's Artist-in-Residence at CalArts. Rose also won the Spider Awards Top Honors in the category of Fine Art. Rose received his BA in Fine Art at UC Santa Cruz.