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.

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 a New York based lighting designer committed to the creation of collaborative and socially conscious work. Currently, James is the Resident Lighting Designer and Production Manager for Miro Dance Theatre (Hurdy Gurdy, Lie to Me), the Resident LD for Gas & Electric Arts (Anna Bella Eema, Voices Underwater, Quicksilver), and the co-founder of Mlab, a laboratory for innovations and design technologies in the live arts. Mlab recently created the visual design for Color-ography: The Dances of Jacob Lawrence with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and is currently working with Rennie Harris on Prince Scarekrow's Road to the Emerald City. Miro and the Mlab collaborated with Prism Quartet on the creation of the performance/installation piece, Pitch Black, which premiered at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York. Recent collaborations: Pig Iron Theatre Company (company member): Chekhov Lizzardbrain, Mission to Mercury; Rainpan 43: Machinesx7; johannes wieland: progressive coma, reverse; Antony Rizzi: Lie to Me; Living Word Project (Marc Bamuthi Joseph): Scourge, The Breaks; and Lauri Stallings (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago): The Manifest. James received a BFA in Lighting Design from Tulane University.

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.

Monica Gillette (video) In addition to dancing with johannes wieland, Monica also collaborates as a video artist. She made the "rewind video" in progressive coma and will also be making the video for the company's next project, premiering in April 2008. 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.

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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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.

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.

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. This is his first season with johannes wieland.

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 Award 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.

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.