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Winnie Looby - Costume Designer
Trained in multiple disciplines, I enjoy both solo and collaborative projects that allow me to combine all of my interests at once. My aesthetic has been shaped by the surrealism of our human mythology, and what is literally right in front of me at any given moment. This beautiful chaos includes raising my family, and a PhD in education.

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Matthew Binginot - Visual Design Director
I am a designer, producer, and lover of all forms of media creativity. I am especially drawn towards photography, music, film, and graphic design, although I am always seeking new forms of creative expression and form. Even though I can't make up my mind about a specific path to pursue as an artist, every day I am filled with new inspirations, ideas, and creative energy that I devote myself to fulfilling. I'm learning more about my crafts of creativity every day, and will document some of my creations each step of the journey!

  When I'm not producing my own media art, I'm teaching a program called Digital Media Arts program at the Central Vermont Career Center. It is one of the most rewarding jobs I could ever ask for; each day, I get to inspire young artists to be creative and show them new ways to practice their passions!
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Haley Bradstreet - Dancer
Haley began her dance training in her home state of New Jersey. With a focus in ballet since age four, she continued her training attending summer intensives with The Rock School, Saratoga Summer Dance, and The Mercyhurst Dance Experience where she was blessed to work with Bruce Marks, Melinda Roy, Ashley Bouder, and Eva Szabo. Haley graduated from Mercyhurst University cum laude with a BA in Dance and a minor in Arts Administration. While at Mercyhurst she taught open ballet classes through the The Mercyhurst Center for Dance Education (MCDE), performed with the Lake Erie Ballet Company, and played Carmen in Sweet Charity. A versatile artist, Haley has also performed as an actress at the Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Black Tie (Elsie) and The Fantasticks (The Mute).
 
Haley spent three years in Philadelphia where she taught the members of Penn Ballet at the University of Pennsylvania, and within both the ballet and theatre departments at the Philadelphia Dance Academy. She has performed with Beyond Dance Company, Reverie Dance Theatre, and Rock en Pointe. Haley was the Programing Manager of the Koresh Dance Company from 2013-2016, after managing the inaugural Come Together Dance Festival that has since become a staple program for emerging and established dance companies in Philadelphia. She now takes her administrative skills to the University of Vermont where she works for the Graduate College, and teaches ballet at various studios throughout Vermont.

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Carolyn Connor - Dancer
Her love for dancing started at age five in Bethesda Maryland and only grew when she moved up to Burlington VT to attend school at the University of Vermont. She graduated in 2015 with a minor in Dance and proud accomplishments, such as presenting her choreography to the ACDA festival and UVM’s Dancing Uphill. She continues to dance in the Vermont area as a dance instructor at Studio 3 in Colchester - VT. 
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 Cat McDougal  - Dancer

 Cat has been dancing as long as she can remember. She grew up studying Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, and Hip Hop classes in New York. Upon entering college her dance world exploded in many directions. She studied various styles and graduated with a dance minor at the University of Vermont. She was a member of Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater, The Spielpalast Cabaret, and currently with the PH Dance & ers. She has taught at various studios including the Flynn Center and the Swan Dojo, and is currently at UVM and Dance Works Academy.​ 

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Allison Nobile - Dancer
Allison is a very active individual who grew up as a competitive gymnasts and ski racer. For 12 years she danced recreationally at a modern dance school in New Jersey. When she no longer was able to compete in gymnastics she started to coach and began focusing her energy in hot yoga which she later became a certified hot vinyasa instructor. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2015 with a major in Business and concentrations in Marketing and Entrepreneurship as well as a minor in Dance. She now works at Dealer.com as a Product Strategy Analyst. In her free time you can find her dancing with her former professors and UVM alumni, skiing with her family in Killington, sweating in a hot yoga studio, lifting heavy in a crossfit gym, or hiking throughout the state of Vermont.

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Erica Raff - Dancer
Erica has been dancing and performing since the age of 3. She is trained in various forms of dance, theater, and vocal training through Bedford Youth Performing Company and Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater. She also completed a dance minor at The University of Vermont (UVM) and performed in yearly performances and site specific work through out her college career where she has gotten the opportunity to work with various choreographers from through out the country. Erica has participated in and had work shown in the American College Dance Festival Association conferences. Through the UVM dance program she also performed and participated in a dance exchange in China. Erica has performed with Bryce Dance Company and the Spielpalast Cabaret in the past, and is currently a part of Dream City Dance Company, as well as a new dance troupe called merde!. Erica loves to study belly dance and participate in the fire flow community in her spare time. 

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      Julie Peoples-Clark - Dancer
     She has been a go-go dancer in a cage in a night club, a showgirl in Atlantic City, a backup dancer for Richard Marx, a magician’s assistant, a teeny bopper in a John Waters’s movie, a tap dancing book on television, a professional modern dancer, a yogi and mother to Ella the Great and Emanuel Blessing. She loves collaboration, especially with someone as fun as Paula Higa.
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