Rasta Thomas is the artisic director of his company, Bad Boys of Dance, which premiered at Jacob's Pillow in 2007. The Bad Boys of Dance is a dazzling, high energy, all male company combines the best of ballet, Broadway, Tango and Hip Hop to showcase male virtuosity at

Gideon Obarzanek is a choreographer and the Artistic Director of Chunky Move, which he founded in 1995. He danced with the Queensland Ballet and the Sydney Dance Company before working as an independent performer and choreographer with various dance companies and independent projects within Austra

Maurice Bejart made his debut as a dancer and later as a choreographer in Paris.  After meeting Igor Stravinsky, in 1959, Bejart choreographed his "Rite of Spring" for Maurice Huisman, the new director of Theater Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. This project paved the way for his own company,

Wim Vandekeybus is a director, choreographer, actor and photographer.  His contact with animals in their natural environment as a young boy had a great emotional impact on both him and his work. Animals, their movements, their instinctive reactions and their trust in their own physical power