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. He is  the director of MediaNoise.

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, Yin Mei, Eiko and Koma, Jane Comfort, David Rousseve and Ballet Preljocaj. He has been the Production Manager for the prestigious 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. Mr Ferri is the resident Lighting Designer - Technical Director for The Vassar College Dance Department, Mr. Ferri was also resident lighting designer and technical director at PS 122 from 1985-1991. Mr. Ferri lives in New York between his travels and projects.

Roger Hanna (Scenic Designer) designs scenery for opera, theatre, and dance. Recent productions include Cloudless, choreographed by Susan Marshall (Bessie Award), and Dialogues of the Carmelites for Mannes Opera. Currently his work can be seen Off-Broadway at The Mint, where he designed set for the American premiere of J. B. Priestley’s 1957 masterwork, The Glass Cage.  Favorite collaborations include On the Town and Assassins, directed by Jack Allison, Dario Fo’s Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas and The Peasant Bible, directed by Ron Jenkins, L’enfant et les Sortilegès, directed by Robin Guarino, Walking Down Broadway, directed by Steven Williford (2005—2006 Drama Desk nomination, Best Set Design of a Play), and Keith Reddin’s Black Snow, directed by Ralph Buckley. Roger next designs The Elixir of Love for Sarasota Opera. To see some of his work, visit www.rogerhanna.com.

Emily Lutin (Dancer) joined Time Lapse Dance in 2007.  With a BA in Dance/Arts & Education from Hobart & William Smith Colleges, she received the Award for Excellence in Dance Performance & Choreography. She has performed with Mabou Mines Theater Company in Athens, Greece; The School for Gifted Children NY, NY; ESS/Danceworks, NY, NY, Nagunama Dance, NY, NY; and Clark Dance Theatre, New Haven, CT. Emily is currently performing with Adam Battelstein in his two children's shows, "Storoeography" and "Locomotion."  She is the founder of The Movementality Yoga Instruction. (www.themovementality.com)

Jeffrey Middleton (Co-Musical Director/Pianist) has been collaborating with Jody Sperling for more than 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. He also is a regular visitor 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.  From humble beginnings as a gymnast, she concluded her college career directing/conceiving, "Unraveling Together," a dance production that she received "Best Show" and "Best Co-Sound Designer."  She was awarded the Dean's Distinguished Award along with a grant to present her work, "J2," at NCUR.  She has worked with Patrice Regnier and Nathanael Buckley and has performed nationally with Megill and Company. She has worked with Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance since 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. Chriselle has performed with Alice Farley Dance Theater, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Catherine Gallant/DANCE, Dances by Isadora, and Pi Dance Theatre, among others. She also appears on stilts in the Disney motion picture, Enchanted.  Chriselle is the Artistic Director of Above and Beyond Dance, a company that creates circus-infused dance.

FORMER COMPANY MEMBERS

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.

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 danced with Time Lapse Dance since 2004-2006.

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 Rubsam's SENSEDANCE, The Greeblies, and Time Lapse Dance, from 2000-2005.