about
LLMoves is a NYC-based company focused on integrating dance with fashion, film, photography, visual arts, technology, and music in unique collaborations. By combining a variety of artistic mediums in innovative ways, founder Lindsey L. Miller strives to use art as a way to impact audiences’ thoughts and emotions through a sensory experience. The choreography focuses on utilizing classically influenced lines with a contemporary aesthetic to showcase the company dancers’ athleticism and grace, as well as artistic expression at its finest. This company’s mission is to keep dance alive and growing in society by evolving with the current times and using dance to explore significant issues in the world. Through themes, such as wildlife conservation, ageism, and positive body image, LLMoves hopes to use dance to give a voice to important matters.
Artists
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - CHOREOGRAPHER - DANCER: LINDSEY L. MILLER
Lindsey L. Miller founded LLMoves to create an environment for creation and collaboration with her passion for dance. She is a professional dancer, choreographer, model, and dance/fitness instructor based in NYC. She graduated with honors at Illinois State University with a degree in dance performance and trained in the professional training program at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. Additional training has come from Joffrey Ballet School NYC, Twyla Tharp Foundation, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, School of Ballet Chicago, Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company, Peridance Capezio Center, Steps on Broadway, and Sheppard Academy of Vocal Arts. Professionally, she has danced with Benoit Swan Pouffer, Desmond Richardson, Abdur-Rahim Jackson, Quixotic Cirque Nouveau, Tina Croll, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Beth Soll, Trainor Dance, Antoinette DiPietropolo, Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre, Kari Lindstrom's "Movement Paintings", and Ballet des Amériques. She has been featured in dance film work, such as Maroon 5 and Lorde’s tour visuals with director GMD3 and the feature film Asura, filmed in Beijing, China. Additionally, she actively works as a fashion and dance model. As a model and a dancer, she has represented brands, such as Body Wrappers, Lululemon, GEOX, L’Oreal Matrix, KD Dancewear, Make Up For Ever, Body Up active-wear, ZAELIE active-wear, and celebrity gown designer Rubin and Chapelle. Ms. Miller has been a guest artist at several institutions, including choreography residencies at Illinois Wesleyan University and Illinois State University. As a fitness professional, she is a Figure 4 barre fitness instructor at Equinox's Pure Yoga and has worked as a fitness consultant for Dance Spirit magazine. www.lindseylmiller.com |
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DANCER: KARA WALSH
Kara Walsh began her dance training at The School of Performing Arts in New Milford, Connecticut, under the direction of Arlene Begleman and Robert Maiorano. She attended the Jillana School summer program in Taos, New Mexico and shortly afterwards moved to New York City to attend the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Independent Study Program. Kara has studied with teachers Graciela Kozak, Elizabeth Parkinson, Maria Calegari, Robert Maiorano and Mary Ann Lamb. Currently, Kara is a member of Nomad Contemporary Ballet and is working with Abdur-Rahim Jackson on several projects, including NAHA Hair Awards in Las Vegas and a World Peace Day Performance at Lincoln Center. Over the summer, she danced for Benoit-Swan Pouffer in a Tracey Rease Fashion Show for New York City Fashion Week, and danced in a music video for Icelantic pop star Ásgeir, choreographed by Celia Rowson Hall with dancers from New York City Ballet. Kara was a member of Spectrum Dance Theater in Seattle, Washington. She also performed in the 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of Oklahoma in Seattle, where she played the part of “Dream Laurey” in the dream ballet section with choreography by Donald Byrd. |
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DANCER - FASHION DESIGN: ZACHARY ALEXANDER
Zachary Alexander was born and raised in Forest Hills, NY. Zachary started his training with Ballroom Dance through Pierre Dulaine’s Dancing Classrooms. While competing in Ballroom for 4 years, he also trained at the Joffrey School of Ballet and Ballet Hispanico. He attended Ballet Hispanico during his high school training at Talent Unlimited High School on full scholarship. Through Talent Unlimited, he was able to attend the Martha Graham School for Contemporary Dance in their youth program. Through Martha Graham, he was able to perform alongside the Martha Graham Dance Company on the Queen Mary II. In 2009, Zachary attended the Martha Graham School for Contemporary Dance and became a member of Graham II on full scholarship. While in Graham II, he performed lead roles, such as the Red Couple in Diversion of Angels, Lead Couple in Pascal Rioult’s Harvest, and Rite of Spring. Zachary also has been a member of JT Lotus Dance Company since 2010 and has performed works by INTW & Artists, LaVuela Dance Company, and LLMoves. Zachary also has his own fashion label under the name of Zachary Alexander. You can find his work online at www.zacharyalexanderfashion.com |
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DANCER: VICTORIA DOMBROSKI
Victoria Dombroski graduated from the Greenwich Ballet Academy in 2009 and attended the Royal Ballet School’s International Summer School in 2006 and 2007. After moving to New York City in 2009, Victoria attended the training program at the Merce Cunningham School. Victoria has been dancing with LLMoves since its inception in 2015 and is also a member of Heidi Latsky Dance as of 2017. Other companies she has collaborated and freelances with include Tina Croll & Company, K2 Dance & Arts, Nicole Colbert Dance Theater, Mink Ballet, Beth Soll, and Ballet des Amériques. Victoria has performed in various festivals and venues in New York City and in the northeast, including Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, The Whitney Museum/Highline Park, Newburgh Illuminated Festival, The Dance Complex, Ailey Citigroup Theater, West End Theater’s Soaking Wet Festival, Judson Church Movement Research, The Irondale Center’s FlicFest, Dumbo Dance Festival, Baruch College and APAP. In 2015, she made her dancing debut on national television for NBC Universal Television. Internationally, Victoria has performed in Martinique with Ballet des Ameriques, Cite des Arts for music artist Arthur Dutra in Paris, France, and for the peace organization Soka Gakkai International in Trets, France. In 2016, she was invited to perform in Kochi, Japan at the Makino Botanical Garden with K2 Dance & Arts. Residencies include the Harkness Dance Festival at the 92nd Street Y with Tina Croll & Company and CUNY Dance Initiative at Baruch with Heidi Latsky Dance. Victoria holds a B.A in French Studies from Columbia University. Accompanying her dance career, she writes for Backstage Magazine and teaches French. |
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DANCER: XENIA MANSOUR
Xenia Mansour began her formal training at the Academy of Movement and Music in Oak Park, IL under the direction of Stephanie Clemens. There, Mansour performed a variety of classical ballets, historical modern, and contemporary works including those of Randy Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Sarah Cullen Fuller and Ron De Jesús with the resident company, MOMENTA. Mansour earned her BFA in Dance in 2016 from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. While there she had the opportunity to perform works by Giada Ferrone, James Martin, and Netta Yerushalmy, as well as José Limón's Mazurkas at The Joyce Theater in NYC. Following graduation Mansour has had the opportunity to perform with Rashuan Mitchell + Silas Riener, multidisciplinary artist Qinza Najm, and Lindsey Miller’s LLMoves. |
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DANCER: MICHELLE SIEGEL
Michelle Siegel, originally from New York City, received her B.A. Dance from Hunter College. She has performed with Neville Dance Theater, Dzul Dance, Armitage Gone! Dance, Staten Island Ballet, Urban Dance Collective, Balasole Dance Company, The Umbrella Dance Company, Kriye Bode, Dance Visions, and with Niles Ford and Nathan Trice. She has also worked with choreographer Pascal Rekoert as a dancer/model for the BERENIK fashion line. Michelle has taught master classes and performed at the OPEN LOOK Contemporary Dance Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has worked as an adjunct professor of dance at Touro College and a substitute professor of dance at Hofstra University, and has choreographed and performed for Latin Grammy nominated music artists Lola Flores and Anaís, and renowned Haitian band, Carimi. Michelle is very excited to perform with Lindsey Miller and LLMoves! |
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DANCER: MARIA VITTORIA VILLA
A native of Italy, Maria Vittoria Villa began her studies with Ballet and modern dance at "Centro Studi Coreografici Teatro Carcano", Milano, where she graduated in 2013. She then was awarded with a scholarship at The Ailey School, where she performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in a work by Matthew Rushing. In 2014 she became a scholarship student at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance where she graduated in June 2016 after performing with Graham 2, at first as an understudy and during the second year of study as a full member. With Graham 2 she performed ensemble and soloist roles in theaters as New York City Center, The Joyce Theater, Martha Graham Studio Theater and Salvatore Capezio Theater. She now is a company member of Vanessa Long Dance Company, Smashworks Dance Collective, Alessandra Corona Performing Works, Oniin/2, Curet Performance Project and LLMoves. |
DANCER: ERIN ARBUCKLE
Erin Scott Arbuckle received her training from The California Ballet School and School of American Ballet. She has danced with California Ballet Company, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, Terra Firma Dance Theatre, Ballet Next, Jeremy McQueen’s Black Iris Project, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Eglevsky Ballet, Ballet Popular, LLMoves, and Emery LeCrone Dance. In addition to her dancing career, she runs marathons and holds a B.A. from Columbia University in Sociocultural Anthropology.
Erin Scott Arbuckle received her training from The California Ballet School and School of American Ballet. She has danced with California Ballet Company, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, Terra Firma Dance Theatre, Ballet Next, Jeremy McQueen’s Black Iris Project, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Eglevsky Ballet, Ballet Popular, LLMoves, and Emery LeCrone Dance. In addition to her dancing career, she runs marathons and holds a B.A. from Columbia University in Sociocultural Anthropology.
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DANCER: CLAIRE CRAUSE
Claire Crause is a freelance dancer, choreographer, and model based in NYC. She graduated with honors in April 2017 from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Movement Science. Crause has performed works by choreographers including Andrea Miller, Xan Burley and Alex Springer, and Bosmat Nossan, and is excited about joining LLMoves for this project! |
DANCER: AOI OHNO
Aoi Ohno of Kanazawa Japan, has trained at Tokyo Visual Arts and The Ailey School. She has danced for RAKUDO, Ray Mercer, Nai-Ni Chen and Darrel Moultrie, and as a guest at New York City Center with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She currently dances with Albano Ballet, LLMoves, and Arch Contemporary Ballet.
Aoi Ohno of Kanazawa Japan, has trained at Tokyo Visual Arts and The Ailey School. She has danced for RAKUDO, Ray Mercer, Nai-Ni Chen and Darrel Moultrie, and as a guest at New York City Center with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She currently dances with Albano Ballet, LLMoves, and Arch Contemporary Ballet.
DANCER: LENA STALEY
Lena Staley is originally from Port Washington, New York. She graduated in 2015 with a BFA in dance performance at The Boston Conservatory. Before attending the Conservatory, Lena began her professional training at The Long Island High School for the Arts. During her years at the Conservatory, Lena has performed in works by Lorraine Chapman, Colleen Thomas, Doug Elkins, Adam Barruch, Omar Carrum & Claudia Lavista. After graduation, Lena continued her training and worked closely with the Allison Cook Beatty Dance company. Currently Lena is a Zumba fitness instructor at local gyms around Long Island. She is also branching out into the modeling and commercial industry, and is always striving to continue performing and celebrating her love for dance!
Lena Staley is originally from Port Washington, New York. She graduated in 2015 with a BFA in dance performance at The Boston Conservatory. Before attending the Conservatory, Lena began her professional training at The Long Island High School for the Arts. During her years at the Conservatory, Lena has performed in works by Lorraine Chapman, Colleen Thomas, Doug Elkins, Adam Barruch, Omar Carrum & Claudia Lavista. After graduation, Lena continued her training and worked closely with the Allison Cook Beatty Dance company. Currently Lena is a Zumba fitness instructor at local gyms around Long Island. She is also branching out into the modeling and commercial industry, and is always striving to continue performing and celebrating her love for dance!
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PHOTOGRAPHY - VIDEO: LUCAS CHILCZUK
Lucas Chilczuk was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and immigrated to the United States shortly after high school. He attended Pasadena City College and California State University, Los Angeles, where he ultimately received a degree in art history. Although Lucas was introduced to photography by his grandfather Lorenzo, an amateur Ukrainian photographer living in Argentina, it was during college that Lucas really honed his skills. Under the direction of Esteban Ignatczyk—a photographer for the Latin Music Industry—Lucas learned the ways of the studio. Lucas’ first independent series, entitled “Beautiful Junk,” celebrates the Mojave desert, ghost towns, and abandoned modes of transportation. This series, which uses the technique known as “painting with light,” harks back to Lucas’ longtime fascination with aviation. In Argentina, Lucas’ family lived near an airbase, and family friends working on the base would often allow him to join them on short flights. “Beautiful Junk” was exhibited at three galleries in Los Angeles, California. More recently, Lucas’ work focuses on dancers, a subject he took interest in while his wife, an art historian, was writing a doctoral dissertation on Renaissance dance and painting. Whereas in California Lucas saw the landscape refracted through the lens of vehicular transportation, the urban fabric of New York increasingly became for him a landscape defined by corporeal movement. Lucas maintains equal interest in critically acclaimed companies, emerging companies, and freelance dancers. When not running from studios to rehearsals, Lucas can be found walking his dog Layla through Fort Tryon Park or exploring the streets of Rome, a city he holds very close to his heart. http://www.lucasch.com/ |
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FILM: ELSPETH VICTORIA BROWN
Elspeth was a ballet dancer for many years after studying at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Washington Ballet, and the American Ballet Theater. In 2005, she earned degree in Theater from Hunter College in New York City. Thereafter, she formed the Eyes of a Blue Dog Dance Theater group, which held performances in many notable venues, including Jacob’s Pillow. Her dance and theater work eventually led to more involvement in moving picture projects. In 2010, she began work with NYLAHD as in an in-house Producer and Director, creating commercials and music videos for major companies and well-known recording artists, such as Nicki Minaj, Hertz, and Nike. In 2013, she directed an episode called “Tonight” for the web series Match, which was shot in Austin, Texas, with Rebekah Kennedy (of the Netflix original “To The Bone”) as the lead actress. In 2014, she co-founded Iron Rose Productions with James Fitzgerald and has since created content for a wide variety of companies and nonprofit organizations, including Lancome (cosmetics), Yield Street (investment services), the Urban Alternative (nonprofit) and ELLE (fashion). www.ironroseproductions.com |
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PHOTOGRAPHY - VIDEO: THEIK SMITH
Theik Smith is a Brooklyn based photographer, fight coordinator and writer. All of these things influence the other. He's worked with talent from some awesome agencies, some amazing dancers, and just generally amazing people. His work can be seen on a Facebook feed near you. TheikSmithPhotography.com facebook.com/TheikSmithPhotography @theikphoto |
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PHOTOGRAPHY - VIDEO - ARTISTIC COLLABORATOR: @thefestiveanthropologist
A friend asked how the name The Festive Anthropologist came about. While I studied the topic in college, the one thing I was drawn to was that no matter what- across cultures, people had their own way of celebrating. They are the only thing consistent across cultures- even those that don't have a deity. Even when you have no resources, you can still share in the ceremony of celebration. I like how the name is one syllable, then two, then three. And sounds androgynous/unisex. Because the only requirement to participate here is effort. http://thefestiveanthropo.wixsite.com/photographs/pitch-deck https://www.instagram.com/thefestiveanthropologist/ |
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PHOTOGRAPHY - VIDEO: COURT WHELAN
Court’s background in wildlife and conservation biology led him to pursue a joint PhD in ecotourism and entomology, while simultaneously coordinating and guiding small-group wildlife and nature expeditions around the world. His passion for travel and guiding quickly gave rise to a passion for photography, photographing some of the rarest species and most sensitive ecosystems around our planet. From leading nature safaris to such far-flung places as Papua New Guinea and Madagascar, to locales closer to home such as Costa Rica, Belize and Mexico, Court says his guiding experiences allow him to “help people travel to and learn about extraordinary natural areas that make meaningful lifelong impressions for everyone involved.” Court currently resides in Boulder, Colorado, where he is an Expedition Leader and the Director of Sustainability and Conservation Travel at Natural Habitat Adventures and WWF Travel. www.CourtWhelan.com |
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MUSIC: aTonalHits
Since aTonalHits’ formation in 2011, the group has been dedicated to bringing contemporary and lesser known works of music to light. Its founding members are Illya Filshtinskiy (piano) and Katha Zinn (violin), although aTonalHits has swollen its ranks with many collaborators in music, film, design, composition etc. Beyond the standard violin and piano repertoire, Illya and Katha first found a taste for newer music in the work of Alfred Schnittke. They have released an album of Schnittke Sonatas, as well as an album entitled “1910-1920”, which focuses on a variety of different violin and piano music within that decade. The latter was funded through an extremely successful Kickstarter campaign, in which the group raised 233% of their original goal. Their newest recording, ‘ORIGINS: aTonalHit plays New Music’ is a compilation of premiers by young composers from around the globe. aTonalHits has performed in numerous styles of venues, from outreach to the concert hall, to conducting masterclasses and a TEDx event. They play regularly around the globe, including a tour of both Holland and Turkey, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, Mexico- and closer to home at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carnegie Hall, Liederkranz Hall, Symphony Space, and Spectrum among others. aTonalHits has also worked closely with the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec, presenting a recital with three of Québec’s foremost composers, including a premiere of Jean Lesage’s “Portrait of a Sentimental Musician in a Distorting Mirror”. Largely dedicated to new music, they have premiered over 100 works. The group has also recently designed two books for beginning violin and piano students- ‘Toogo’s Piano/Violin Adventures on Earth’, and ‘Toogo Goes Home’. The books take beginners through Toogo’s adventures with the help of creative illustrations and by introducing interesting techniques. Their teaching studio has expanded tremendously, as Katha and Illya devote more of their time to passing their knowledge of music onto the next generation. They have been featured artists on the websites of the Julliard School, Mannes the New School for Music, MySpace, and Avaloch Farm Residencies. Aside from performing, the group regularly focuses on video and music work, producing many classical and new music films, as well as a documentary focusing on John Cage’s “Sonatas and Interludes” and Sofia Gubaidulina’s “Dancer on a Tightrope. aTonalHits also reaches beyond live performance to the halls of the internet. Videos of their work are posted regularly on their YouTube and Vimeo sites, with footage not only of them playing, but of their animation, artwork, and video art. |
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FASHION DESIGN: SHO KONISHI
Sho Konishi is a fashion designer living and working in NY. Sho Konishi has MA from Paris College of Art Haute Technology and Haute Couture Fashion Design (2017 Honors) BA from Tokyo Mode Gakuen College of Fashion and Design (2015 Honors) His ideology of about fashion is that fashion design for me is a tangible representation of human existence. I use clothes as a way to design life. Sho Konishi has been had a fashion show: "night of fashion" in NY 2018 and 2017 and Sho Konishi original collection 2014, and his works were a part of the Shinjuku Style Collection 2014. Sho has been exhibited DARK MATERIAL: A FASHION FILM with HAYES BROS at RIFFRAFFS in Manhattan(2016) And he also had exhibited in Kiryu where is famous fabric city, in Japan. He exhibited works that incorporated a traditional dye technique by a company known as Tuchida Sangyo in Kiryu. Sho Konishi received the following Prizes and Awards; Frank furt style award 1st Prize GERMANY (2017) Tokyo Mode Gakuen creator of the year(2015), LINEAPELLE2015 ITALY Second Prize(2015), Tokyo Mode Gakuen Graduation Project Fashion Show Group Gold Prize and Yoichi Nagasawa Certificatein (2015). Also he, Nippori Fashion Design Contest Second Prize(2014), Shinjuku Fashion Field Judge`s Prize(2014), Kanazawa Fashion Competition Lady`s wear Gold Prize(2014), Fashion Design Contest Kurashiki Fashion Floor First Prize(2014), TOKYO NEW DESIGNER FASHION GRAND PRIX Best Prize recipient(2014). In addition, Shinjuku Fashion Field Judge`s Selection Prize(2014), Fashion Design Contest Kurashiki Fashion Floor First Prize(2014), Nation Wide Design Contest in Sabae Gold Prize(2013). Recently Sho was nominated for So-en competition, YKK FASTENING AWARD, HEP FIVE Original Fashion Contest and Hamamatsu City Fashion Competition(2013-2015). http://sho-konishi.com/ |
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MUSIC: BETTINA SHEPPARD
Bettina is honored to be part of LLMoves’ latest work, Plastic Ocean. Her works reflect her varied background as singer, pianist, and composer, after many years spent in dramatic and musical theatre. As a Welsh/American, her writing is multi-ethnic and demonstrates a fusion of styles and cultures. Some of her vocal works and commissions include song cycle settings of the poets Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, and Misuzu Kaneko. Stage productions include the opera, Stillwaters, TraumNovela, 365 Days/365 Plays by Pulitzer prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, The Picture of Dorian Grey, and ballets Dream Story, and Gaia. Her works have been performed in New York City’s Lincoln Center, The Public Theatre, Carnegie Hall, City Center, and Symphony Space, as well as venues in Dallas, Boston, and Barcelona and commissioned work for the American Cathedral in Paris. Upcoming works include a more extensive setting of the poetry and life of Japanese poet Misuzu Kaneko, with translator Misa Ogasawara, and the Welsh fairy tales of The Mabinogion. Bettina holds graduate degrees summa cum laude from both University of Virginia and CUNY and studied at The Juilliard School. She is the author of The Everything Singing Book, and is on faculty at City College CUNY. She serves as the in-house composer for New York’s Open Center. Some of her works are published by See-a-dot Music Publishing, and her CD Solus, Brythonwen is available on CD Baby. |
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MUSIC: DARREN ZILLER
dzill // is a producer, dj and multi-instrumentalist based out of New York, NY. As a versatile DJ, he has performed at underground parties in Brooklyn, NY to some of NYC's hottest bars and rooftops including: Hotel Rivington, Bleecker Hall, Leave Rochelle Out Of It, Shay & Ivy, Solas Bar NYC and various private parties. A graduate of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, dzill was also a recipient of the Michael Iovenko Scholarship to study orchestral conducting and techniques of music in Paris, France through the European American Music Alliance. |
MUSIC: CRAIG SCHLATTER
Craig Schlatter grew up on a farm outside the small town of Chatsworth, Illinois. He toured with the Sound of America Honors Chorus as a teenager and spent four years as a jazz pianist with the U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Band in Twentynine Palms, California. In 2005, Mr. Schlatter completed Spirit of the Prairie, a compilation of piano compositions and arrangements written “to convey the lonely, sometimes stark, beauty of the Prairie and the rural communities I still call home.” Music from the CD was featured on WGLT-FM’s Accousticity and the Illinois State University dance production “Now, in this Moment.”
Craig Schlatter grew up on a farm outside the small town of Chatsworth, Illinois. He toured with the Sound of America Honors Chorus as a teenager and spent four years as a jazz pianist with the U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Band in Twentynine Palms, California. In 2005, Mr. Schlatter completed Spirit of the Prairie, a compilation of piano compositions and arrangements written “to convey the lonely, sometimes stark, beauty of the Prairie and the rural communities I still call home.” Music from the CD was featured on WGLT-FM’s Accousticity and the Illinois State University dance production “Now, in this Moment.”
