PETER TEREZAKIS
Director

JOHN CHARLES FLOOD
Director of Music

MARTITA ABRIL
Dancer and Associate Producer

Martita began dancing in Tijuana, Mexico, where she spent her childhood. She continued her dance education in the United States, earning her Bachelors of Fine Arts from San Diego State University in 2009. Since then she has worked with dance artists from both sides of the border including a number of projects and performances with Lux Boreal and other artists in the San Diego/Tijuana area. She was also a lead organizer for the 2010 Fronteras México project.  Martita’s work has been presented at Emerge Dance Festival in La Jolla, San Diego State University, and various locations in Mexico.

She has been selected as a PECDA Jovenes Creadores Scholar, a year-long grant given by the Mexican state of Baja California for her project: Unión Artística Sin Fronteras. The project transcends the international border, promoting artistic exchange between artists in Baja California and the United States. She most recently performed at the XIII Muestra Internacional de Danza Contemporanea Cuerpos en Transito 2011, in Tijuana, Mexico.

GEORGE WILLIS
Dancer and Associate Producer

George Willis, MA, MFA, Professor Emeritus, SDSU School of Music and Dance, is a founding member and President of the Board of Directors of Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater.   Mr. Willis has performed with the Charles Weidman Dance Theatre, San Diego Dance Theatre, San Diego Ballet, the Harry Partch Ensemble, Starlight, Fantasia Espanola (Flamenco), and 3's Company & Dancers.  He is a past President of the San Diego Dance Alliance, (SDDA).   In 1998 he received the Tommy Life Time Achievement Award from SDDA.  In 1999 at the Cultural Center Theatre (CECUT) in Tijuana George Willis received the first Felipe Segura y Margarita Robles Art of Dance medal and certificate were awarded to George Willis.

As director of the San Diego State University Studio Theatre, he has presented over 500 concerts of student and professional dance.   In 2007 he received the Outstanding Faculty Award in the Dance Division of the School of Music and Dance.

MATTHEW ARMSTRONG
Dancer

Matthew Armstrong is a Dance Artist, currently working on both sides of the San Diego/Tijuana border. He recently earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from the University of California, San Diego, and is ready to continue in the professional dance world. He currently works with San Diego based-artists such as Allyson Green and Alicia Peterson Baskel, while continuing projects with companies from Tijuana such as Lux Boreal Danza Contemporanea and Pendulo Cero, which have taken him to perform throughout Mexico. Matthew is concentrating his efforts in creating more cross-over in contemporary dance between Mexico and the United States.  Aside from Contemporary, Matthew can be found teaching Ballroom and Latin Partner dancing. He has competed in many Collegiate and Amateur Dancesport competitions throughout the US and received the the “Champion” title at various competitions.  Photo by Jaime Coanalo

LUX BOREAL
Danza Contemporanea

Lux Boreal Contemporary Dance, based in Tijuana, was founded in 2002. Directed by Angel Arambula and Henry Torres, the company burst into the national dance scene with dynamic and technically strong performers. Their choreography exemplifies a style and personal language unique to the country’s northwest. Allyson Green and Lux Boreal have been collaborating since 2002.

ALLYSON GREEN
Dancer