ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Christian A. Warner is an interdisciplinary performance artist, choreographer, sound designer, and director working across movement, sound, and film. His choreography has been commissioned by Pepatian / BAAD, Triskelion Arts, JCAL, Performa/Dance, Ballet Co.Laboratory, and the BlackLight Summit. He is a 2023 Heinz Endowment Creative Development Awardee, a 2025 New York Dance Festival Choreographic Fellow, a 2025 Princess Grace Award winner in Choreography, a 2026 Princess Grace Award Special Project recipient and National Dance Project Awardee from the New England Foundation for the Arts.

He has danced with companies and artist such as Sidra Bell Dance New York, Boca Tuya, NVA & Guests, GauDanse, slowdanger, TU Dance, Owen/Cox Dance Group, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Ponybox Dance Theatre, and Kayla Farrish. His early career performance credits include Broadway credits in Disney's The Lion King, the NetWorks Tour of Oliver! The Musical, and regional productions of Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors, and Disney's When You Wish at Theatre Under the Stars as a student of HSMT. Film credits include BUZZED by Michael Jemison, Church: The Movie with Darius McCrary and the late gospel legend, Daryl Coley; and Cry of the Third Eye by Lisa E. Harris.

As a sound designer, Christian's work has been featured in GRAPH for Sidra Bell Dance New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit "Flight To Egypt" and Imani Gaudin's production nanibu, premiering at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has contributed to the Jacob's Pillow Podcast PillowVoices and the upcoming publication, Life, Still Magazine.

A native of Houston, TX, Christian is a dance graduate of Kinder HSPVA and was recognized as a 2012 YoungArts finalist in Modern Dance; and, acquired his BFA from Point Park University where he was also recognized as a Dizzy Feet Scholarship Recipient and Gala Performer. @itschristianalexander | www.christianawarner.com

Elinor Kleber Diggs | Performer is currently based in Harlem, New York, is an interdisciplinary artist and choreographer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. They grew up training in dance at the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and at TU Dance Center. Elinor has been fortunate to show their work at Triskelion Arts, Bronx Music Hall, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Gibney: Agnes Varis Theater, The QUEER NOISE New York City Festival, Pepátian’s APAP showcase in The Bronx, among others. Recently, Elinor was selected as the 2026/2027 Martha Hill Dance Fund MESH Fellowship Emerging Choreographer and was commissioned by ARENA Dances in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Past opportunities include the 2025 Baryshnikov Arts Fellowship at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, the CUNY Dance Initiative AiR Program at CUNY York, and the Jerome Early Career Residency at Anderson Center at Tower View. Elinor holds a BFA in Dance Performance with a concentration in composition from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College.

DaMond LeMonte Garner | Performer & Lyricist (they/he) is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, is a New York City based performing artist, educator, and creative. While receiving their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Point Park University, they performed works by renowned choreographers including Sidra Bell, Lucinda Childs, Lar Lubovitch, and Aelxandra Damiani alongside the Conservatory Dance Company. Additionally, DaMond extended his training and artistry through programs including Springboard Danse Montreal, and Movement Invention Project. After graduating, DaMond joined METdance in Houston, TX and performed works by Kyle Abraham, Christian Denice, and Kate Skarpetowska. Upon moving to New York City, they joined Parsons Dance Company and collaborated with choreographers such as Rena Butler, Chanel DeSilva, and Matthew Neenan in addition to performing classic works by David Parsons. Garner has worked as a guest artist with Yin Yue Dance Company, The Francesca Harper Project, The Black Iris Project, Texture Contemporary Ballet, and Gibney Company. DaMond performed as a Principal Dancer in Alexei Ratmansky’s Aida with The Metropolitan Opera in 2023, where they also performed in Lorin Latarro’s Traviata and Camille A Brown’s Champion. After joining Ballet Jazz Montreal, under the direction of Alexandra Damiani, Garner performed in works by Ishan Rustem, Andonis Foniadakis, Crystal Pite, Aszure Barton, Ausia Jones, Christophe Garcia, and Jo Strømgren. DaMond is currently pursuing creative opportunities across artistic disciplines and strengthening their connection to the creative communities in NYC.

Rachel Harris | Performer is a Bessie nominated dancer, choreographer, and director for stage, film, and theater based in New York City. The North Carolina native studied under Denise Britz-Clarke and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance under Jodie Gates and William Forsythe. Her credits include Parsons Dance, Life and Trust Emursive, Monica Bill Barnes & Company, Sorzano Dance Works, NVA and Guests, Traverse City Dance Project, Zeitgeist Dance Theatre, (All)ways Dance Company, Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Washington National Opera. A choreographer in her own rite, Rachel has been commissioned by Howard University, Traverse City Dance Project, the Kennedy Center, and is a 2026 Carmel Dance Festival Choreography Fellow. www.rachelcharris.com; Instagram: @rachell.christie

AJ Libert | Performer & Stylist from Pittsburgh, PA, started his dance training at the age of three. He graduated from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatres full time program, and then attended Point Park University where he received a BFA in Modern dance. AJ enjoys the complexities that movement exploration has to offer. Combining his love for the natural world with his love for movement drives AJ to continue to find deeper connections between the two, in hopes to merge both worlds seamlessly. AJ would like to thank his two beautiful mothers, without them he would not be where he is today.

Imani Gaudin | Scenic Design is a multidisciplinary choreographer, performance artist, and the founder of gaudanse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on providing access to dance education and sustainable arts practices to underserved communities. With a rich educational background and extensive professional experience, Imani’s work is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of dance while fostering cultural exchange, accessibility, and empowerment through the performing arts. As a movement artist, Imani is currently performing with TRIBE, directed by Shamel Pitts, where she continues to explore the intersection of movement and identity. Imani’s choreographic work has been presented at prestigious festivals such as the Battery Dance Festival in 2021 and 2022; and, her work jakob&imani, was commissioned by Baryshnikov Arts and the Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance, premiering in 2024.

Michael Szivos is the founder of SOFTlab, a design studio based in New York City. The studio combines a research-based design practice with an interest in how technology, craft, and materials come together in ways that explore the boundaries between architecture, other disciplines, and the public. That curiosity is driven by the idiosyncratic nature of the world and the expectations people have of how they engage with that world and each other. While technology can be seen as an alibi for innovation or progress, the studio sees technology as an opportunity to enable new perspectives of where we might find unexpected possibilities, playfulness, and beauty in an increasingly complex world. In addition to running SOFTlab, Michael is also a critic at Yale University’s School of Architecture where he teaches core graduate design studio and is an adjunct professor at Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture where he teaches thesis.

Connor Sale | Lighting Design is a New York based Lighting Designer and the Resident Lighting Designer at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn. Recent collaborations include projects with Dominica Greene, Julia Antinozzi, Nicole von Arx, Stuart B Meyers, Erick Montes, Hilary Brown-Istrefi, Zoe Rabinowitz, Nocturnal Medicine, among many others. His work has been seen throughout New York and Chicago, including at: Triskelion Arts, La MaMa, PAGEANT, Gibney Dance, Performance Space New York, The Brick, HERE Arts, SMUSH Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Victory Gardens, Edge Theatre, The Chopin, among others.

He’s interested in using the temporary nature of light to make people more active in space.

He tours internationally with Akram Khan's Gigenis and the production of Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring that Sadler's Wells and École des Sables are producing. Previously, he was the Lighting Design Intern on the 2019 Broadway transfer of The Sound Inside; a Venue Technician at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival; and a Production Intern in 2018 at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.