Biographies:
Callie Chapman Korn (artistic director), has presented her work in venues such as: the Somerville Theatre [ArtBeat 2004], The Julie Ince Thompson Theatre ["Virgin", produced by the Dance Renewal Project, self produced concerts and the Dance Complex's Shared Choreographers Concert], Harvard Square [May Fair 2004], Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center [the Choreographers Group, 2004], Tower Auditorium at Massachusetts College of Art [2003], Earth Dance [Outdoor Performance Festival, 2002], The Boston Common [Summer 2002], The Boston Conservatory Theatre [Senior Thesis Project, 2002]. She currently holds a B.F.A. in dance from the Boston Conservatory and is a member of Prometheus Dance.
Callie also teaches at the Merrimack Dance Company [formerly the Academy of Ballet Arts], is the staff associate at Boston Dance Alliance and is a freelance graphic designer.Ivan Korn (dancer/choreographer):
February 2001 Eclipse
Producer/Composer/Choreographer Composed/choreographed and produced music/dance concert presented at the Green Street Studios in Cambridge, MA.
May 2000 Her Seasons
Choreographer
Choreographed original music compositions for the graduate concert of the composer Eric Foinquinos at the Boston Conservatory Theater.
January 2000 The Boston Conservatory Graduate Concert
Choreographer/Dancer/Composer/Producer
Conceptualized, composed and choreographed pieces for graduate concert performed at the Boston Conservatory Theater as a requirement for M.F.A. in Choreography.
March 1997 Canción de Otoño
Choreographed to original music by the Folk musician Antonio Vasquez
Mission:
Zoé Dance's mission is to help promote and execute dance and educate the Boston audience in the Boston area through the medium of dance.
Philosophy:
Through simple and honest movements the body can act as a universal conveyor of thoughts, ideas, sensations, feelings, rhythms and emotions. The expression of the human body has the ability to express itself the way no other medium can. Zoé produces work that is sometimes incommunicable through any other means, but dance.
Behind the Name:
Zoé, (life in Greek) came about when having a conversation with a man who was reading Kafenion cups at a Greek Festival in 2002. As he was reading our fortunes he spoke about how dance is the source of life and it was wonderful that we were dancers because of its expression. He used the word Zoé several times to describe what he meant by life. After several weeks of contemplation, the name stuck. Zoé Dance was born.
Since then Zoé has produced many works that had to be communicated through dance. The ideas for these works could not be expressed on paper, in words, on canvas or through any other art form. It had to be through the medium of dance.
About Us
Founded in 2002, Zoé Dance has presented works by Callie Chapman Korn, Ivan Korn, Emily Beattie and Meghan Ballog.
Zoé Dance continues to perform in publicly accessible venues in order to make the art of dance an approachable art form for all and to heighten the awareness of dance in the Boston area and beyond.
History
Zoé Dance has presented its work since 2002 in various venues around Boston and internatinally such as: World Music/CRASH Art's "Ten's the Limit" at Green Street Studios, the Somerville Theatre [ArtBeat 2004], The Julie Ince Thompson Theatre ["Virgin", produced by the Dance Renewal Project, self produced concerts and the Dance Complex's Shared Choreographers Concert], Harvard Square [May Fair 2004], Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center [the Choreographers Group, 2004], Tower Auditorium at Massachusetts College of Art [2003], Earth Dance [Outdoor Performance Festival, 2002] and most recently at the Corporacion Cultural de Las Condes in Santiago, Chile.
Sarah Ackley (dancer):
Sarah began her dance training at the age of three. In high school she danced with Roanoke Ballet Theatre where she had the opportunity to work with the Moscow State Ballet, Jaques D’Amboise, and other visiting artists. She graduated magna cum laude with her B.F.A. in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University in May 2004. While at VCU Dance, Sarah was a member of D’Feet Tap Ensemble, attended ACDFA, and performed in repertory pieces with Starrene Foster and Clay Taliaferro. She also studied with many guest artists including David Dorfman, Bebe Miller, Donald McKayle, and Gerri Houlihan. Sarah attended Bates Dance Festival during the summer of 2003 where she worked/ performed with Doug Varone. After performing Jose Limon’s Choreographic Offering at the Kennedy Center in June 2004, Sarah relocated to Saratoga Springs, New York where she received a scholarship to attend the Doug Varone and Dancers Summer Workshop. Since moving to Boston in February 2005, Sarah has danced with Boston Dance Collective, Kelley Donovan and Dancers, and Emily Beattie.
Catherine Murcek (dancer):
Catherine Murcek, a.k.a. Cat, received her early training at a small ballet school near her hometown of Lewisburg, PA. She was introduced to modern dance in 1999 at the Northfield Mount Hermon School when she joined the dance company there directed by Gretel Schatz. In December 2004, she graduated from Franklin College of Switzerland with a B.A. in International Economics. Since then, she has been concentrating on getting dance back to being a major part of her life. She moved to the Boston area last summer, and has since performed in works by Alisia Waller of Mobius International, Emily Beattie, Nicole Dagesse, and Heather Bryce, in addition to ZoéDance.
Joe Burgio(dancer):
Joe Burgio is primarily an improviser, and has studied primarily with Debra Bluth. He is drawn to post-modern movement forms, making him feel especially fortunate to be working with Callie and Company. His specialty is collaboration, with artists like voice-mover Jessica Newman, bowed-metal flutist Matt Samolis, discursive dancer Paul Kafka-Gibbons, nuevo-violinist Katt Hernandez, dream rocker Pamela Martinez, and optic-noodler Lena Schniewind . He has danced in a more formal mode with Influxdance, Tanja London, and Emily Estes, and has several upcoming East Coast appearances with Claire Barrat (Cilla Vee) and Walter Wright.