IMAGINATION BIOGRAPHIES

Madison Moser

Canadian-born and raised artist, Madison Moser has trained and performed with several prestigious institutions including the Alberta Ballet School, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Moscow Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet School and Cirque du Soleil. Since moving to Los Angeles, Madison works closely with and has performed works by Tyce Diorio, Alex Komulainen, Chehon Wepsi-Tschopp and the IAF company. Madison can also be seen on the most recent season of So You Think You Can Dance. She is currently continuing her studies at the California Institute of the Arts pursuing a BFA in Dance. Since beginning her studies there, she has performed as a soloist in works by Rosanna Tavarez and Merce Cunningham, as well as premiering original works of choreography.

EMARA NEYMOUR-JACKSON

Emara NeyMour- Jackson is a dancer-choreographer singer, actress, filmmaker, and curator. Specifically, in dance, she has trained in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Musical Theater, Femme Heels, and other unconventional improvisation and experimental forms. Emara received her BFA in dance from California Institute of the Arts (Class of 2020) and has worked and collaborated with choreographers such as Nina Flagg, Spencer Theberge, Marissa Osata, Micaela Taylor, Chris Emile, Amy Garner, Brian Aryias and Calarts Alumni Kevin Zambrano. Emara has also worked with artists such as Solange Knowles, Moses Sumney, KFlay, Raveena, Aluna, Child, and The City Girls. She thanks her mother, Dorrian, and mentors for their endless support and push to pursue her goals.

Andrea Soto

Andrea Soto is a first-generation Mexican-American movement and multimedia creator, performer and collaborator based in Los Angeles. She holds a BFA in Dance with a Digital Arts minor from California Institute of the Arts (2022). Through a merge of art mediums and improvisation, Andrea researches the body as a temple of pleasure and truth system, as she dives into the organic nature of human condition and what it is to be on this Earth as our pure conscious selves. In her practice, she holds space to move and create multidimensionally from our body organs and atoms, allowing them to become a speaking being. Her work uses collaboration across genres as a driving force in her work, building a shared collective research with artists from the community. Creations of hers include her most recent project OPEN FIELD (2022), a global poetic ecosystem exploring a collection of translations of body and memory; DECAY (2022); a body not even a body (2021). As a dancer, Andrea has been part of works by Yvonne Rainer, Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, Yusha-Marie Sorzano, Holley Farmer, Toru Shimazaki, Sam Wentz, among others. She has performed at Centre National de la Danse in Paris and has also worked as a freelancer with international artists and choreographers such as Julie Tolentino, Gerard and Kelly, Mimi Haddon, and Melina Matsoukas.

Intimacy direction by Sarah Lozoff.