Amy Love Beasley is an artist whose investigations explore visual and moving mediums. She received a BA in VisualArts, with a minor in dance, from the College of Charleston in South Carolina,where she also danced with The Robert Ivey Ballet. Beasley has had the goodfortune of participating as a performing artist in works by variouschoreographers including Gerri Houlihan, Niki Juralewicz, BJ Sullivan, SeanSullivan, Talani Torres, Christina Tsoules Soriano, and Jan Van Dyke, and sheis currently a member of John Gamble Dance Theatre and the kearns danceproject. In the spring of 2007, she received her MFA in Choreography from theUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro. She currently teaches as an adjunctfaculty member at UNCG and at Elon University. Beasley continues to explore hercrafts, creating and performing in North Carolina.
SaraDunham graduated magna cum laudefrom Elon University in May 2008. She is from Statesville, NC. Her Eloncredits include: being a member of Elon Dancers (2005-2007) and the Elon Dance Company (2007-2008); ACDFA Gala performer (2007);choreographer for Just Dancin’ Around (2008); choreographer for Fall Dance Concert (2006); choreographer for Senior Dance Project(2008). Her professional credits include: Dancer in Lila York’s repertoryShoot The Moon (2007); Performedwith kdp as part of the NC Festival tour (2007); Performance Intern at ADF(Summer 2008); Joining kdp tour for 2008-2009 season. Dean’s Listrecipient. President’s List recipient.
Kristen’s training began at an early age in Frederick,Maryland at the Frederick School of Classical Ballet under the artisticdirection of Joyce Morrison. While training with the school, she performed withthe Maryland Regional Ballet for nine years. Later on, she performedprofessionally in the Maryland Regional Ballet’s Nutcracker in 2003-2004.Kristen recently graduated from Elon University with a Bachelor of Arts degreein Dance and a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Sport Science. While atElon University she performed in works by Shouze Ma, Rebecca Hutchins, JaneWellford, Cherie Bower, Lauren Kearns, and guest choreographer Lila York. Choreography has also been a focus ofKristen’s while developing her career. Her piece Isolation was selected to represent heruniversity at the American College Dance Festival in 2005. Her other trainingexperience recently includes the American Dance Festival intensive withMing-Lung Yang, Adriane Fang, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Hou Ying and David Brick.Kristen is excited to be performing with the Kearns Dance Project for the2008-2009 season.
BillWebb is the lighting designer/technical director for kdp as well as for thePerforming Arts Department at Elon University. Bill was born and raisedin Alfred, N.Y., where he received his BA in performing arts from AlfredUniversity in May 1988. After three years as a professional theatricaldesigner/technician, Bill entered graduate school 1991. In 1994, he earned hisMFA in technical direction from The North Carolina School of the Arts inWinston-Salem, N.C. Prior to employment at Elon University, Bill was aninstructor at High Point University from 1994-1996. In addition to hisacademic experience, Bill has maintained an active professional life within theentertainment industry. He is a member if I.A.T.S.E. local 635 Winston-Salem,serves on the board of directors for Entertainment Labor Services, and is amember of USITT and SETC. Bill's professional highlights include:
•Traveling throughout the United States installing large-scale corporate sceneryfor All Staging Unlimited of Orlando, Fla.
•Acting as production manager for The North Carolina School of the Artsilluminations summer arts series in Manteo, N.C.
•Serving as an audio engineer for events such as the NCAA men's basketballtournament and Wake Forest University's men's basketball team at Lawrence JoelMemorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem.
• Acting as a steward and stage hand for numerous liveevents under the jurisdiction of I.A.T.S.E. local 635, such as Garth Brooks,Tina Turner, R.E.M. and the Eagles in concert.
