Company Bios

Anabella Lenzu / DanceDrama

Staff

Artistic Director: Anabella Lenzu

Manager Director: Todd Carroll

Assistant to the Choreographer: Lauren Ohmer

Dancers: Lauren Ohmer, Dawn Quigley,  Samuel Humphreys,  Raleigh Veach & Anabella Lenzu.
Guest Artist: Debra Zalkind.

Collaborator/Writer: Leslie Berman
Interns: Dominique Boyd & Patrick Heffernan

Board of Advisors:
Anahi Galante, Graciela Nobile & Pamela Lenzu.

Staff Bios


Lauren Ohmer: A native of Savannah, GA, Lauren graduated from Butler University with a BFA in Dance Performance.  Since then she has gone on to receive critical acclaim for her performances of contemporary work in Chicago, L.A., and NYC.  She has been dancing with AL/DD since 2007, Lauren also spends her time as a licensed massage therapist specializing in Thai Massage. www.BodhiTreeThaiMassage.com

Dawn Quigley (Dayton, Ohio). Throughout her career, Dawn has danced with various regional modern dance and ballet companies, has taught both adults and children.  She received a M.A. in Dance Education from Antioch McGregor in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Currently she studies and teaches at the Mark Morris Dance Center.  Dawn joined AL/DD in 2008.

Raleigh Veach trained at North Carolina School of the Arts where she received her High School Diploma in Ballet.  She attended SUNY Purchase College and graduated in May of 2007 with a B.F.A. from the Conservatory of Dance and a minor in Anthropology.  In 2004 she toured Spain with Ballet Contemporaneo de Burgos under the direction of Kazuko Hirabayashi.  In New York she has danced with Nina Winthrop, Sudden Enlightenment Theatre, Yung-Li Chen, Danielle Devoux Greer, Ashley Browne Kinetic Project, Roxanne Lola Movement Machine, Lane & Co., and is currently a member of York Dances and isadoraNOW.  Raleigh has just begun her journey with Anabella Lenzu Dance Drama, and looks forward to elations on the horizon.

Samuel Humphreys has trained with Brynar Mehl, Larry Ensign, Lori Belilove, and Jim May. He has performed with the Anna Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, and continues to work with the Isadora Duncan Dance Co. Sam joined AL/DD in 2007.

Debra Zalkind has danced with the companies of Pearl Lang, Lar Lubovitch and Twyla  Tharp.  She feels fortunate to have performed the work of Jose Limon, Anna Sokolow and Jennifer Muller.  Debra joined AL/DD in 2007.


Todd Carroll, a professional photographer with over 15 years experience, presently maintains a photo-studio in New York, where he works freelance for various international magazines and publications, as well as his personally driven projects. www.ToddCarrollPhotography.com