ABOUT THE ARTISTS

August Henderson................Artistic Director/ Featured Cast

Nikky Robinson.......................Producer/ Project Manager

Jean Sonderand....................Lighting/ Projection Designer

Jack Blackmon......................Movement Collaborator/Featured Cast

Ragin Smith.............................Movement Collaborator/Featured Cast

Anna Wotring……………………..Lighting Board Operater

August Henderson (they/them) is a cross-discipline artist primarily using movement as a medium to build performance based work. This current phase of their creative practice is heavily governed by somatic examination. They have more interest in navigating the pathways a pedestrian body creates to express internal sensation rather than pre-established modalities of physical language. With this holistic approach, Henderson’s process has become a vehicle for healing of self, community, and collective alike.
vimeo.com/augustandcompany | @augusthenders

Jack Blackmon (they/he) was born and raised in the mountains that surround Lake Tahoe, where they received their early dance training. They went on to attend NYU Tisch School of the Arts before working for contemporary choreographers throughout New York City, including Sean Curran, Paul Singh, Larry Keigwin, Emily Schoen, Nicole Wolcott, among others. They have also toured their choreographic work to Austin Dance Festival, Dance Gallery Festival, Dixon Place, WestFest Dance Festival, ChaShaMa Gallery, and Lake Tahoe Dance Festival. Their immersive theater credits include Punchdrunk NYC’s “Sleep No More,” Company XIV’s “Nutcracker Rouge,” and many nightlife spaces throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan.
www.jackblackmonlmt.com | @baldbimbobaby

Jean Sonderand (they/them) is a new media artist working to adapt scholarship to intimacy and thought to expression. Their practice is a cross-genre excursion attempting to unravel things that seem knotted up. Jean believes collaboration is the heart of something important and prefers to work among others.
www.jeansonderand.com | @jean_sonderand

Nikky Robinson (he/they) was born & raised in California before moving east to pursue a BFA in Theatrical Arts; they now reside in Brooklyn and is an emerging producer. The goal of their current creative practice involves bridging the gaps between art, accessibility, and service. They currently manage Westlight, a roof top bar & venue in Williamsburg, known for facilitating events with high-end brands and celebrity artists. Nikky is also one of the founding members of AUGUST & CO— they dedicate this production to their partner August and their two dogs, Chibi and Ode.
www.westlightnyc.com | @nikkyrobinsonn

Ragin Smith (she/they) is a New York-based dance artist. Alongside her freelance projects, Ragin is a collaborator with Hivewild, Verbal Animal, Wet Hairy Women, Headlights Theater, MORISATO, and Alison Chase Performance Group. She received a BFA in dance a Marymount Manhattan College, where she performed works by Andrea Miller, Kyle Abraham, Loni Landon, Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish and others. Since then, she has had the pleasure of performing works by Brendan Fernandes, Shaquelle Charles, Evan Ray Suzuki, Valeria Gonzalez, Morgan Bobrow-Williams, Ryan Bailey, Troy Ogilvie, and others. In her own work, Ragin enjoys creating surrealist worlds that aim to deconstruct linear narratives, amplify nuance, and visualize poetry. She has presented works at The Tank, Fabled Narcissism, ESTIA Day Fest, and as an artist in residence at the Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation and the Cell Theatre. Ragin also partners with Haley Morgan Miller to direct and produce the Fabled Narcissism arts events.
www.raginsmith.com | @thats_so_ragin

Anna Wotring (Director of Production)
Anna, a Pittsburgh native, is a community-minded dance artist, designer, and production stage manager committed to the practice of collaborative leadership. She currently works with Annie Heath, Lauren Horn, Jennifer Nugent, and slowdanger as a technical design consultant, dancer, and production stage manager. Wotring obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance at the Five College Dance Department in Western Massachusetts. She has had the privilege of working with a multitude of dance organizations, including Alvin Ailey Studios, Attack Theater, Ballet Des Ameriques, BalletNext, Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company, the Dance Conservatory of Pittsburgh, Dance Place, H2O Contemporary Dance, Monica Bill Barnes and Company, New York Live Arts, the Pillow Project, Prayers of the People, RoseAnne Spradlin, Scapegoat Garden, Time Lapse Dance, and many others. Wotring is beyond excited to be working and imagining with the Trisk team.