Company E - Washington, DC: The Artists


As a repertory company, film-making group and education organization, Company \| E seeks out the finest artists worldwide to make dances ,to dance in the company, create the scenic and costume elements and make the music and the films which goes into world-class performance and engagement on stage and in the studio, the classroom and the workspaces of capacity building. The Creative Team hails from different parts of the world and around the US.
CREATIVE and MANAGEMENT TEAM Paul Gordon Emerson New York City Co-Founder/Executive Director Kathryn Sydell Pilkington North Carolina, USA Co-Founder/Associate Artistic Director Jason Garcia Ignacio Manilla, Philippines Co-Founder Alicia Canterna Rehearsal Director/Director of Education Jennifer MacKenzie Baker Richmond, Virginia Director of Marketing \| Communications Franziska Schmidt (Germany) International Engagements and Bookings Francisco Campos-Lopez (Chile) Ludovic Jolivet (Paris, France) Shannon Schwait (Florida, USA) FilmWORKS Creative Directors Julie Ana Dobo Washington, DC \| New York City Technical & Production Manager Maria Djordjevic Belgrade, Serbia Resident Costume & Scenic Design Clifton Brockinton (Washington, DC) Matt Jones (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Resident Composers/Music Directors Tara Ashley Compton (Kentucky) Company Manager/Artistic Associate	CHOREOGRAPHERS Danielle Agami Yossi Berg & Oded Graf Isabel Croxatto Paul Emerson Rachel Erdos Sharon Eyal/Gai Behar Jason Garcia Ignacio Ludovic Jolivet Roni Koresh Loni Landon Andrea Miller Ohad Naharin Kathryn Pilkington Rob Priore Paul Taylor	Paul Gordon Emerson (Co-Founder/ Executive Director) moved to Washington for what was supposed to be a brief stopover while waiting for his first posting in the U.S. Foreign Service. He ended up serving as Legislative Director to the late Thomas M. Foglietta (D-PA) for seven years and liaison to the House Armed Services Committee. He has worked on more than 20 federal campaigns, including races for the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives. His writings have appeared on the opinion pages of the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune. He is a former radio broadcaster, having served as a news director, disk jockey, and sports announcer for several radio stations in Ohio. Mr. Emerson is host of the Addy-Award winning Cable TV news magazine "Performance Moves." He has traveled nationally as a professional photographer, specializing in industrial photography, and worked as a journeyman in construction and design and dabbles in bronze as a sculptor. MORE Read: "A Handheld Handshake" \| The New York Times (2011) Read: "The Diplomacy of Dance" \| The New York Times (2010) Read the Washington Post article on Mr. Emerson, "Changing the Rhythym of His Life" (March 13, 2010)


As a repertory company, film-making group and education organization, Company \| E seeks out the finest artists worldwide to make dances ,to dance in the company, create the scenic and costume elements and make the music and the films which goes into world-class performance and engagement on stage and in the studio, the classroom and the workspaces of capacity building. The Creative Team hails from different parts of the world and around the US.
CREATIVE and MANAGEMENT TEAM Paul Gordon Emerson New York City Co-Founder/Executive Director Kathryn Sydell Pilkington North Carolina, USA Co-Founder/Associate Artistic Director Jason Garcia Ignacio Manilla, Philippines Co-Founder Alicia Canterna Rehearsal Director/Director of Education Jennifer MacKenzie Baker Richmond, Virginia Director of Marketing \| Communications Franziska Schmidt (Germany) International Engagements and Bookings Francisco Campos-Lopez (Chile) Ludovic Jolivet (Paris, France) Shannon Schwait (Florida, USA) FilmWORKS Creative Directors Julie Ana Dobo Washington, DC \| New York City Technical & Production Manager Maria Djordjevic Belgrade, Serbia Resident Costume & Scenic Design Clifton Brockinton (Washington, DC) Matt Jones (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Resident Composers/Music Directors Tara Ashley Compton (Kentucky) Company Manager/Artistic Associate	CHOREOGRAPHERS Danielle Agami Yossi Berg & Oded Graf Isabel Croxatto Paul Emerson Rachel Erdos Sharon Eyal/Gai Behar Jason Garcia Ignacio Ludovic Jolivet Roni Koresh Loni Landon Andrea Miller Ohad Naharin Kathryn Pilkington Rob Priore Paul Taylor	Paul Gordon Emerson (Co-Founder/ Executive Director) moved to Washington for what was supposed to be a brief stopover while waiting for his first posting in the U.S. Foreign Service. He ended up serving as Legislative Director to the late Thomas M. Foglietta (D-PA) for seven years and liaison to the House Armed Services Committee. He has worked on more than 20 federal campaigns, including races for the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives. His writings have appeared on the opinion pages of the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune. He is a former radio broadcaster, having served as a news director, disk jockey, and sports announcer for several radio stations in Ohio. Mr. Emerson is host of the Addy-Award winning Cable TV news magazine "Performance Moves." He has traveled nationally as a professional photographer, specializing in industrial photography, and worked as a journeyman in construction and design and dabbles in bronze as a sculptor. MORE Read: "A Handheld Handshake" \| The New York Times (2011) Read: "The Diplomacy of Dance" \| The New York Times (2010) Read the Washington Post article on Mr. Emerson, "Changing the Rhythym of His Life" (March 13, 2010)