ABOUT THE ARTISTS

JOY-MARIE THOMPSON is a performing artist, writer, educator and pilates instructor from Pittsburgh, PA. As a performer, they have worked with choreographers such as Sidra Bell, Staycee Pearl, Shamel Pitts, Stephanie Batten Bland, Maxine Doyle, and Damani Pompey. They have appeared in The Mckittrick Hotel’s Sleep No More, at The Public Theater for Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s shadow/land, The Metropolitan Opera’s El Niño and Aida and Geoff Sobelle’s HOME. Their commercial credits include performing in music videos for Chloe Flower and The Kills. Their alter ego, JOYBOY has performed dance comedy shows throughout New York City and Brooklyn, NY. There own work has been presented at: PearlDiving Movement Residency, Derida Dance Centre, Festival PRISMA, Movement Research/Judson Church, and the Dance on Camera and Film at the Lincoln Center. As an educator, Joy-Marie is an adjunct lecturer at SUNY Purchase’s Conservatory of Dance; teaching improvisation and contemporary dance. Their writing has been published by thINKingDANCE and Imagining: A Gibney Journal.

CHRISTIAN A. WARNER (Director) is an interdisciplinary performing artist, choreographer, and director. His choreography and direction has been commissioned by Triskelion Arts, Owen/Cox Dance Group, Trevor Jackson, McKoy Dance Project, Ballet Co-Laboratory, and the BlackLight Summit curated by Tariq O'Meally. As a performer, Christian’s dance company credits include Boca Tuya, NVA & Guests, Sidra Bell Dance New York, TU Dance, Owen/Cox Dance Group, Ponybox Dance Theatre and Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre. He has performed repertoire from creators Alvin Ailey, Bryan Arias, Alan Lucien Øyen, Kayla Farrish, Aszure Barton, Darius Barnes, Yoshito Sakuraba, Rena Butler, Stefanie Batten-Bland, and Slowdanger. Most recently, Christian was the recipient of a Heinz Creative Development Award with Attack Theatre. You can follow him at christianwarner.com and Instagram @itschristianalexander.

OWEN LAHEEN (Producer Voiceover) is an actor from Wicklow, Ireland. Their most recent credits include Drip Feed (wild project), Henry IV (TFANA), Translations (Irish Repertory Theatre, Lucille Lortel Award Winner for Outstanding Revival), The Wolves (McCarter Theater), Belfast Girls (Irish Rep). Screen: Mutt (Sundance 2023, Berlinale 2023); City On A Hill (Showtime). They have devised and developed new work in collaboration with LaMaMa Etc, Clubbed Thumb, Mercury Store, and others. They trained at UNCSA, BADA, and received a BFA from SUNY Purchase. You can find them on Instagram @owenLaheen.

ELLA JOSEPHINE JULIA MOORE (Composer and Sound Engineer) otherwise known as Cleo Reed is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice uses participatory art, music composition, instrument-making, bandleading, installation and fabric arts. Under the alias Cleo Reed, they complete musical projects that are rooted in their ancestral & cultural lineage. In their practice, they are currently drawn to notions of tradition, dissolving the binary, making noise, and breaking the barrier between artist and audience. Cleo is a recipient of the 2024 Map Fund and currently a resident at Abrons Arts Center’s 2024-2026 AIRspace Performance Residency.

EMILY HARMSE (Costume Supervisor) is a local wig designer and costume professional who has been working in the industry for a decade. With an expertise in immersive theater and events, they have a wide arranged portfolio. Some previous works include “Sleep No More” “Interview With A Vampire” and “Cult of Love.” They have been so excited to work with Joy Boy on “Farewell My Fool.” As a member of the LGBTQIA+ they practice ethical, intentional work that align with their beliefs and vision. This piece is important for see and has been a privilege to work on. You can find them at @emharmse.

JULI AND ALEX ABENE OF ABENE ATELIER (Costume Design and Styling) are New York based costume designers and stylists. They specialize in costumes for theater and live music & events but are also available for film, photoshoots, burlesque, or whatever idea you may have that needs to be brought to life.Clients include Jon Batiste, Disney Style, Punchdrunk International, AMC+, Amazon Prime Video, and more. You can find them on Instagram at @atelier.abene and atelier-abene.com.

CONNOR SALE is a Brooklyn-based Lighting Designer and the Resident Lighting Designer of Triskelion Arts. Recent collaborations include: The Suite; to begin with no end; ENUF; The Dybbuk Part Two (Triskelion Arts), Das Ersatz (The Brick), MEOW! (Exponential Festival), This is How We Remember (Triskelion Arts, Philly Fringe), But, Soft and What Light (PAGEANT), the body || dust (Gibney), and Sea Change (Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago). He tours internationally with Akram Khan’s Gigenis and with the production of Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring that Sadler's Wells and École des Sables are producing. He’s interested in using the temporary nature of light to make people more active in space. More of his work can be found at connorsale.com and at @connorsalelight

ANNA WOTRING is a community-minded dance artist, designer, and production stage manager, dedicated to the practice of collaborative leadership. As the Director of Production at Triskelion Arts, Wotring shapes programming that makes production design accessible to movement artists, whether they're starting to explore an idea or deep in research. Trisk serves as a home, allowing artists to materialize their production vision and find imaginative pathways around and through tangible possibility. Wotring holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the Five College Dance Department in Western Massachusetts. She has had the privilege of working with a wide range of dance artists and organizations, including Alvin Ailey Studios, Annie Heath, Attack Theater, Ballet Des Ameriques, BalletNext, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, the Dance Conservatory of Pittsburgh, Dance Place, H2O Contemporary Dance, Jennifer Nugent, Lauren Horn, Monica Bill Barnes & Company, New York Live Arts, the Pillow Project, Prayers of the People, RoseAnne Spradlin, Scapegoat Garden, slowdanger, Time Lapse Dance, and many others. Wotring is deeply grateful and honored to be working, imagining, and making magic with the Trisk team and community.