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COLLABORATOR
Jordon Dabney
Composer, Harmony of Souls
Jordon E. Dabney is a Bay Area
musician, published poet, spoken
word artist and game designer.
They developed their music talents
training, recording, and performing
with Oaktown Jazz Workshops,
working with their mentors Richard
Howell and Ravi Abcarian. Jordon
has performed in venues including,
Yoshi’s, Freight and Salvage,
and the Paramount Theater, and
has performed their poetry in
Festivals including Trolley Dances,
Walking Distance Dance Festival,
and the Black Choreographers
Festival: Here and Now. Jordon is
currently interning and training at
Gameheads in Oakland, pursuing
their BA in Ethnic Studies at CSUEB,
coaching track at the Athenian
School, mentoring at Oaktown Jazz
Workshops and beginning their
career in music composition.
natalya shoaf
Costume Designer, Harmony of
Souls
natalya is Bay Area choreographer,
dancer, educator, and now costume
designer. She is thrilled to debut
her costume work with Axis Dance
Company. natalya was deeply
inspired by cathedral feel, grace,
and power within dazaun solelyn’s
work — she is thankful to have
been a part of this collaboration.
For more information please visit
www.natalyashoaf.com
Vincenzo Lagmana
Composer, Blueprints of being
Vincenzo Lamagna composes
and performs music of beauty and
intensity.
His work, characterized by industrial
undertones and haunting melodies,
blends electronic music, orchestral
elements,
and
experimental
soundscapes, exploring themes
of identity, contradiction, and the
human condition.
With a genre-defying approach,
he has created music for leading
ballet companies and performing
arts festivals, including English
National Ballet, Göteborgsoperans
Danskompani, Festival D’Avignon,
and Manchester International
Festival. Lamagna’s long standing
collaboration with choreographer
Akram Khan has produced widely
acclaimed works, including the
21st-century reimagining of the
romantic ballet Giselle and the
film adaptation of Creature in
collaboration with director Asif
Kapadia and actor Andy Serkis.
An artist deeply shaped by
collaborations across diverse
art forms, Vincenzo Lamagna is
currently developing and leading
interdisciplinary, immersive, and
experiential work.
vincenzolamagna.com
D Calhoun
Costume Designer, Blueprints of
being
See bio under AXIS Company.
