Ariane Anthony (Dramaturge) has choreographed and directed numerous dance and theater productions in New York and elsewhere. She performs with and directs her own dance group, Ariane Anthony & Company, and is an adjunct professor of dance and choreography at Ramapo College of New Jersey. She teaches workshops in European Mask and Clown techniques throughout the United States, and has been on the faculty of the New York Mask and Clown Workshop since 2002. She earned her B.A. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard University where she also studied choreography, modern dance, theater, and dance history. Ariane has been an admiring colleague of Jody's since their preteens, when they trained together at the Joffrey Ballet School.

Quentin Chiappetta (Co-Musical Director/Composer) enjoys a diverse career as a composer and sound designer for dance, television, film, and theater. He has scored dozens of independent films and documentaries. His work has been heard at film festivals around the world. He has worked with choreographers including Stephen Koplowitz, Heather Harrington, Mary Anthony, Kevin Wynn, Pat Catterson, Igal Perry and Kun-Yang Lin. Quentin is also composer and musical director for Cirque Le Masque, an international touring circus company. His music can be heard on the television shows The First 48, Decoding Disaster, Detroit SWAT, and has been aired on The Travel Channel, Court TV, Bravo and The Sundance Channel. Theater Projects include David Drake’s Son of Dracula, Joyce Carol Oates’ Bad Girls, and Dan Gordon’s Murder in the First for which he won two Innovative Theatre Awards. Quentin’s collaboration with Jody Sperling began in 1999. (www.medianoise.com)

Michelle Ferranti (Costume Designer) is an adjunct Associate Professor of dance at Marymount Manhattan College and a freelance costume designer and cultural historian. At Marymount, Michelle teaches costume construction and design for dance and has designed costumes for guest choreographers Chet Walker and Jamie Bishton, and for members of the faculty. Outside of the college, Michelle's recent design credits include Angela Jones's Orpheus at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (NYU), Rebecca Kelly's Carmen at Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and Graham Lustig's Beauty and the Beast for American Repertory Ballet. Michelle's writings on dance and design have appeared in the proceedings of the Society of Dance History Scholars, in the journal Utopian Studies, and in the book Modern Times? German Literature and Arts beyond Political Chronologies..

David Ferri (Lighting Designer) has worked with prominent choreographers such as Pina Bausch, Shen Wei, Doug Varone, Jane Comfort, Eiko and Koma, David Rousseve and Ballet Preljocaj. He has been the Production Manager for the American Dance Festival since 1996 training upcoming designers in America. Recipient of 1987-1988 BESSIE AWARD for his design of Doug Varone's "Straits", and 2000-2001 BESSIE AWARD for Sustained Achievement in Lighting Design, Ferri was also resident lighting designer and technical director at PS 122 from 1985-1991. Ferri lives in New York between travels and projects.

Emily Lutin (Dancer), a Connecticut native, began dancing with Terpsichore Dance & Theatre Company, Simsbury, CT. With a BA in Dance/Arts & Education from Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, she received the Award for Excellence in Dance Performance & Choreography. Her choreography has been performed at many venues in Connecticut and New York. She performed with Mabou Mines Theatre Company in Athens, Greece at the European Cultural Capital Festival 2006, The School for Gifted Children, NY, NY, as well as with Clark Dance Theatre in New Haven, CT.

Kelly Hayes (Dancer) grew up outside of Chicago and earned a BFA in Dance from the University of Iowa in 1997. Kelly is Co-Artistic Director, with collaborator Katy Orthwein, of RedShift Dance, whose work has been shown in New York, Georgia, and Wisconsin. She also creates solo dances that have been presented in Chicago, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Kelly has danced in New York with Dixie Fun Dance Theater, Darrah Carr, Sun Ho Kim, and Tony Silva, in Ohio with Dayton Contemporary Dance Co. II, in Chicago with Zephyr Dance, and on Martha's Vineyard at The Yard.

Jeffrey Middleton Middleton (Co-Musical Director/Pianist) has been collaborating with Jody Sperling for almost a decade. He is a soloist, vocal coach and accompanist, and music teacher, currently on the faculty of the School of American Ballet. His solo projects include several recordings, including Book Two of Bach’s The Well Tempered Clavier for One Soul Records and a recording of Romances by Joseph Fennimore. In June, he will be returning to Trinidad for performances and to give master classes for pianists and for singers. (www.jeffreymiddleton.com)

Andrea Skurr (Dancer) began dancing at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where she earned a BA in Dance & Music. She joined the company in 2007.

Chriselle Tidrick (Dancer) has a varied performance life which includes work in modern dance, acrobatics, stilt dancing, and aerial dance. Her modern dance training includes such diverse styles as Humphrey-Limón, Duncan, Horton and release techniques and is supplemented by a background in ballet. She has performed with Dances by Isadora and Catherine Gallant/DANCE, Alice Farley Dance Theater, Pi Dance Theater, Labyrinth Dance Theater, and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.

Lisa Natoli (Dancer) attended Alvin Ailey certificate program many years ago before finishing her degree at the University of Iowa in 2000. She then moved to New York where she has performed with Amy Kail, Jill Sigman, Kelly Hayes and Katy Orthwein. She has been dancing with Time Lapse Dance since January 2004.

Ashley Sowell (Dancer) was born and raised near Atlanta where she studied ballet, jazz, tap, gymnastics, and musical theater. She discovered modern dance at the University of Georgia and graduated in 1996 as "Outstanding Senior of the Year." After a brief stint in Salt Lake City as a guest artist with Repertory Dance Theatre and understudy for the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Ashley made her way to New York where she has performed with Alex Durant, Henning Rübsam's SENSEDANCE, The Greeblies, and Time Lapse Dance, since 2000.