Christopher DeLaurenti is a composer, improvisor, phonographer, and music writer. Concerning his work, he writes, “My music, the offspring of my love affair with sound, incorporates murky atmospheres, unusual field recordings, everyday speech, and an array of instruments deployed in maniacal recombinant polyphony.” (delaurenti.net)

Composition and sound design. Petre received an undergraduate degree in Jazz improvisation at Mannes. He has premiered works at the Kitchen and the Virginia Ballet with Amy Cox and Tai Jimenez and plays saxophone and clarinet with Burnt Sugar. Petre studied within the Sonologie Institute at the Royal Conservatory in DenHaag in the Netherlands.

Aki Bo Nishijima was born in Japan and has been making solo and group dance works since 1994. Currently she is interested in making a new piece with personal movements and stories in more theatrical frame.This is her first butoh performance.