Carol Bailey (costume designer) has worked with johannes wieland on artificial and progressive coma. She has designed scenery and costumes for opera, theater and dance; designs for opera companies include the premiere of Kafka's Trial for the Royal Danish Opera, New York City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Zuid in the Netherlands, Wolf Trap Opera, Skylight Opera Theater, Pittsburgh Opera, Gotham Opera, Long Beach Opera, and Spoleto USA Festival. Her designs for theater and other dance included work for the Alliance Theater, Julliard School, Target Margin Theater, the Joyce Theater, Muffathalle in Munich with Merideth Monk, and the Lincoln Center Festival.

Julian Alexander Barnett (dancer) was born in Tokyo, Japan and transplanted to his native California where he grew up breakdancing.  He trained at the Idyllwild Arts Academy, The Joffrey Ballet, and completed his BFA at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.  As a founding member of johannes wieland, Julian has performed in numerous works and most notably, alongside Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater in the Kurt Jooss Prize winning duet shift.  He has had the privilege of working in the companies of Lar Lubovitch, Doug Elkins, Larry Keigwin, Wally Cardona, and The Metropolitan Opera Ballet.

Mark Barton (lighting designer) has worked with johannes wieland since its inception, including concerts at Diane von Furstenberg the Theatre, the Duke on 42nd Street, Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, and Joyce Soho. Other recent dance work includes Katherine Profeta’s 131 at P.S. 122 and Laura Peterson’s Hocus Pocus at Joyce Soho. Mark also designs for the theater, both in NY and regionally.

James Clotfelter (lighting designer/production manager)  is committed to the creation of collaborative and socially conscious work for theatre and dance. He is the Resident Lighting Designer and Production Manager for Miro Dance Theatre, an Artistic Associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company, and a co-founder of Mlab, a laboratory for innovations and design technologies in the live arts. James has had the pleasure of collaborating with artist and choreographers such as Johannes Wieland, Rennie Harris, Marc Bamuthi Jospeh, Dan Rothenberg, Bill Shannon, Reggie Wilson, Antony Rizzi, and Thaddeus Davis as well as companies such as Dayton Contemporary Dance, Southern Repertory Theatre, Z Space Studios, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Peoria Ballet, and Lubelski Teatr Tanca. His work has been seen at the Walker Center, Yerba Buena, Jacob’s Pillow, Bates Dance Festival, Fall for Dance OC, The New Victory Theatre, The Kimmel Center Philadelphia, Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Pleasance London, Whitney Museum Altria, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Christopher Crawford (costume designer) has been designing in New York for two years. Originally from Florida, he is one of the head designers for his label, "christopher deane". He has dressed several celebrities and musicians, including Lenny Kravitz and Lauryn Hill, and his work has been featured in Woman's Wear Daily, DNR, New York Magazine, Lucky, Time Out New York, Jalouse, Teen Vogue, Gap Japan and Bazaar.

Espen Sommer Eide (composer/musician) is a central artist in the wave of fresh electronic music that has been bursting out of Norway over the last several years. Under the names "phonophani" and "alog", he releases his music on the already legendary underground label Rune Grammofon. His latest album, "Oak or Rock," has been described as “electronic manipulations of various acoustical instruments, creating a unique and beautiful sound.” A keen programmer, he prefers to develop his own computer software.

Marijke Eliasberg (stage manager) is a native of the Netherlands and Co-Artistic Director of The Next Stage Project (TNSP), has been dancing, teaching and choreographing for the past 10 years in New York City and the Netherlands. As a dancer, she has had the opportunity to work with Jana Hicks, Kevin Wynn, Max Stone, SunHwa Chung, Jenni Hong, and Guido Tuveri, amongst others. Her choreography has been shown in the Netherlands, France, Germany, New Jersey, Michigan, New Hampshire, Hawaii, and India. Her works have been showcased in New York at City Center Studios, the Evolving Arts Theater, Dance Forum, Steps on Broadway, CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing), University Settlement, Ailey Citigroup Theater, and the Cunningham Studios, among others. Marijke also produced and directed REDSHOES, a monthly dance showcase featuring prominent dance artists at One Arm Red in DUMBO Brooklyn and has been assistant to choreographers: Kevin Wynn, Gabrielle Roth and Johannes Wieland. Currently with TNSP she travels around the world, collaborating with Jana Hicks, teaching performance workshops and creating performance projects. www.thenextstageproject.com

Ben Frost is an Australian born Composer. Based in Iceland since 2005 Frost is widely recognized for his highly experimental music that is as much black metal as is it classical minimalism. He has created several studio albums including "Theory of Machines" (“Simply awesome” -Wire Magazine) and "BY THE THROAT" ("a hollow, unforgiving, brutal yet utterly beautiful record full of deep intricacies that wont let you go" -NME). He has created award-winning works for film and contemporary dance where he has collaborated extensively with Choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir, and the Chunky Move Dance Company. Frost has worked with various musicians including Nico Muhly and Icelandic producer Valgeir Sigurðsson with whom Frost shares the Reykjavík recording facility Greenhouse Studios. In 2007 British music outlet Boomkat described Frost as “one of the most interesting and groundbreaking producers in the world today.”

Monica Gillette (video) has collaborated with johannes wieland on progressive coma and newyou. Monica went to film school in Los Angeles and fell in love with film editing. She quickly rose through the post production ranks, working on such shows as "The Sopranos" and NBC's "Crime & Punishment." Her dance films have screened at several festivals, including Dance Camera West and more of her work can be seen on her video blog, www.danceminute.com.

Eric Jackson Bradley (dancer) has performed professionally since 1987 based in NYC. He has been featured in work by Rebecca Stenn, Andrea Haenggi, Alexandra Beller, Bill T. Jones and others. He also works in costumes, florals and food presentation. Jackson Bradley has taught at Lincoln Center Open Stages program, Kohler Arts Center, and The New School for Social Research.

Scott Killian (composer) has composed for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance-Chicago, Nikolais/Louis Dance and the Jose Limon Dance Company, as well as creating many works with long-time collaborators Danny Shapiro and Joanie Smith, Zvi Gotheiner and Cherylyn Lavagnino. As a composer/sound designer for theatre, Mr. Killian has served as Resident Composer for the Berkshire Theatre Festival since 1997. His work has also been heard at many theaters in New York and across the country, as well as in films and on TV.

Stefanie Krimmel (costume designer), was born in Frankfurt, Germany. She holds a degree in costume design from the University for Arts and Sciences in Hamburg, where she studied with Professor Dirk von Bodisco. In addition to working for the State Opera in Berlin, she has collaborated with Stefano Gianetti and Steffi Scherzer, as well as a variety of theatre, film and musical productions in Germany.

Sebastian Lemm (visual artist) developed the visual identity system including web and print design for johannes wieland. He is the photographer of record for johannes wieland since the founding of the company. Furthermore he collaborates with Johannes and created two projections and installations for the set of progressive coma. Sebastian, a native German, received a BFA with high honors from the Berlin University of the Arts before moving to New York City in 2000. His projects have received numerous awards and his photographic body of work is widely published and exhibited in galleries throughout the US and abroad.
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Eva Mohn (dancer) is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She learned about johannes wieland in 2005, during Johannes’ residency in Minneapolis. She spent July 2007 working with Johannes and his dancers at The Yard in Martha’s Vineyard making dance work to be premiered in his summer 2008 New York season. During her time in Minnesota Eva dances with TU Dance Company, the SHE collective, and plays in a female rock quartet Coach Said Not To.

Frederica Nascimento (set designer/costume designer) worked in theatre, dance, performance and film in her native Portugal before coming to NYU (MFA 2002). Her awards include the Gulbenkian Foundation scholarship, Luso-American Foundation scholarship, Tisch School of the Arts scholarship and J. S. Seidman Award/NYU. She is currently a Design Fellow for the New York Theatre Workshop, the costume designer for the Creative Arts Team/NYU and a member of the Portuguese Architects Association. Frederica had the privilege to work with José Álvaro Morais, Manoel de Oliveira, Wim Wenders, Pina Bausch/Peter Pabst, Robert Wilson, Rogério de Carvalho, Nuno Carinhas and João Canijo. In New York, she has worked with Johannes Wieland, Ruben Polendo, Reyther Ortega, Ni Phan and Edison Woods.

Emily Pope-Blackman (dancer) is a performing artist, dancer, teacher, choreographer and videographer. She is an alumnus of the North Carolina School of the Arts. She received her BFA from OSU and an MFA from NYU. She has performed with The Charleston Ballet Theatre, BalletMet Ohio, Total Theatre Inc., Chimaera Physical Theatre, Bridget Moore Dance Company, White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company, and Hilary Easton + Company. She is also the co-director of HoverBound.

Ray Roy (video, system design) spent his summer in Baltimore, Maryland as a resident artist and director of Wham City. Ray has designed video for choreographers Patrick Corbin and Ofelia Loret de Mola and has worked with choreographer Neil Greenberg and playwright John Jesurun on various projects. Ray sees integrating video with live performance as a way to enhance artistic possibilities and provide alternative methods of experience.

Keith Sabado (dancer) was born in Seattle. Since moving to NY in 1978 he has performed with several NY modern dance companies, including the Mark Morris Dance Group (1984–94), the White Oak Dance Project (1994–97, 2001) and the Lucinda Childs Dance Company during its 25th anniversary year (2000). He was awarded a 1988 Bessie for his work with the Morris Group. Keith teaches dance and Pilates and was most recently on the faculty at Sarah Lawrence College.

Gus Solomons jr (dancer) is a dancer, artistic director of PARADIGM--a company of master dancers--dance writer, and Associate Arts Professor at NYU/Tisch, where he was one of Wieland's teachers. In 2000, he received a Bessie Award for Sustained Achievement in Choreography, and in 2001 he received the First Annual Robert A. Muh Award from M.I.T. as a Distinguished Artist Alumnus.

Diane von Furstenberg (costume designer) has been a fixture of the American Fashion world since arriving in New York in 1972 with her signature jersey dresses. She went on to not only sell 5 million of her signature wrap dresses, and also to succeed in the beauty, home and publishing industries. Today, Diane is again at the forefront of the fashion industry. She designs from her atelier on the edge of the Meat Packing district. Her collection is sold in retail locations in over 50 countries, including Diane von Furstenberg Shops in New York, London, Miami and Paris. Diane recently re-entered the beauty industry with the introduction of Diane von Furstenberg Beauty, a collection of color cosmetics and fragrance. Diane von Furstenberg’s spirit of freedom and independence are an inspiration to all generations of women, and today her designs are sought and worn by celebrities, style-makers and chic women worldwide.