Cathy Weis has been making video and dancers perform together for the past fifteen years. A choreographer, dancer, and videographer, Cathy uses projected video and cameras handled by dancers as components of her explorations of the space of the stage, and how it is redefined by the bodies of the performers within it. Her projects have reached beyond New York’s dance scene to stages throughout the USA and Europe, including her recent presentation of Electric Haiku: Calm As Custard as part of the inaugural performance series at Boston’s ICA. Her creativity and innovation have been recognized with multiple awards, including a Bessie and a Guggenheim fellowship.

Cathy talks with us about how she came to be a part of the New York dance scene, the process by which she develops new ideas, and her new dance salon project.

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Sara Katzoff is the Co-Artistic Director of the Berkshire Fringe Festival. Her introduction to theatre came via Simon’s Rock College and a stint at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater. She has toured nationally with Landis & Company, regionally with A Mixed Company, and along the Pacific coast with The Dell’Arte School. Some of her recent performance credits include My Children”¦ My Africa! (Rattler Productions) 900 Dreams (Spencertown Academy), Othello (Infamous Genius Theater Company), and Shotgun Wedding (Dell’Arte Company). In 2005, drawing inspiration from the Mad River Festival, she co-founded (with Timothy Ryan Olson and Peter Wise) the Berkshire Fringe Festival as a home for new works in the Berkshires.

Sara talks with us about the origins of the Festival, the role of serendipity in the creation of new programs, and a preview of plays to come this summer.

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