Julia Sloane, Programs and Operations Manager Originally from North Carolina, Julia Sloane is a multifaceted artist pursuing multiple careers in performance, arts administration and Pilates. Sloane received a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle) in 2015, where she trained in performance, composition, improvisation and dance writing. Post grad, her choreographic work has been presented by Velocity Dance Center in Northwest NextFest. She has danced with Kate Wallich’s YC2, Jody Kuehner’s DONNA and Dayna Hanson Co, and is presently working on Peggy Piacenza's newest performance project, The Forever Project. Julia currently resides in NYC, working as a freelance dance artist and Pilates instructor.

Photo credit: Michelle Smith-Lewis

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Aaron Butler, Technical Director
Aaron Michael Butler is a percussionist, composer/sound artist, and educator based in Seattle, WA. As an advocate for contemporary music, his concerts regularly feature new commissions from emerging composers as well as modern classics and overlooked works from the 20th and 21st centuries all with a concerted effort to represent the diversity of voices in contemporary classical and experimental music. 

 Recent performance highlights include presentations at the 2022 Percussive Arts Society International Convention; premiere performances of Michael Gordon's Field of Vision at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, PS21, and Mass MoCA; and performances with The Harry Partch Instrumentarium and Luciano Chessa's Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners. As a composer he has worked closely with choreographer Ani Javian and presented their collaborative work the earth is old, we are ancient at NPAK in Yerevan, Armenia in 2022. Other commissions include choreographer Travis Gatling, filmmaker Chris Lange, Bristol-based potter Steve Carter, the Ohio University Wind Symphony, and the Cincinnati Soundwebs project.

 In his free time Aaron is an avid home cook and constantly in search of the diviest bar wherever he is.

Shann Thomas, Operations Assistant
Shann began learning how to make films in 2010 as a mentor at Reel Grrls where they developed a keen sense for bridging visual imagery and social justice. Shann has since created a spectrum of documentary, experimental, and narrative visual work (video and photo) that seeks to recover and reclaim the humanity of historically marginalized people.Most recently, they are the photographer and project manager for a large-scale photography and visual design project called Gender Gems, which honors the lives and work of transgender, two-spirit, fa'fafine and non-binary elders in the Puget Sound region. The installation is currently on display at the Vera Project and Gay City.

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Catriona Urquhart, 12 Minutes Max Coordinator
Catriona Urquhart is originally from Denver, CO. She moved to Seattle to pursue a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts, which she completed in 2020. As a freelance stage manager and lighting designer, she worked on Dayna Hansen’s Re/33: The Uninvited (2018) and multiple installments of 12 Minutes Max at Base (2017-2019).  Her film Shaker Pond at Midnight appeared in the Northwest Film Forum’s Local Sightings 2019 Film Festival. She produced and choreographed her own show, Vivid Little Burst in early 2020. Catriona is currently working on the tech team at Theatre Off Jackson.

Photo credit: Nico Tower

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Sean Rosado, Marketing Assistant
A Texas native and a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, Sean Rosado received his BFA in Dance in 2015. He has been privileged to perform the choreography of Alex Ketley, Crystal Pite, David Harvey, Kate Weare, Madboots Dance and William Forsythe. He has also had the opportunity to perform with Ashani Dances, Chamber Dance Company, Gallim, HIVEWILD, and Kate Wallich + The YC2.

Photo credit: Katherine Maxwell

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Dave Proscia, Co-founder
Dave Proscia is a native Long Islander who has been working in visual art, music, dance, theater and film in Seattle for more than 15 years. As light designer and technical director, Dave has collaborated with Deborah Hay, 33 Fainting Spells, Dayna Hanson, Peggy Piacenza, Mary Sheldon Scott and many others. He’s served as technical director at venues including On the Boards and Village Theatre, and also works as a professional art handler. He’s appeared on stage and screen in the work of Dayna Hanson and has played in several Seattle bands, including Today!, Cathouse and Asscomb. Proscia holds a B.A. in visual art from S.U.N.Y./New Paltz.

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Peggy Piacenza, Co-founder
Peggy Piacenza grew up outside Chicago and danced her way to North Carolina, New York and eventually Seattle, where she has lived and worked since 1990. As a choreographer and performer, she’s toured nationally and internationally with Pat Graney, 33 Fainting Spells and Dayna Hanson, as well as with her own work. A veteran Seattle performing artist and choreographer whose work embodies a wide spectrum of experience, Peggy draws from explorations in improvisation, performance studies and interdisciplinary collaborations. She is a 2010 graduate of Smith College, where she was an Ada Comstock Scholar. Peggy was the inaugural recipient of Smith College’s Helen Gurley Brown Magic Grant.

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Dayna Hanson, Co-founder
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Dayna Hanson has worked as a choreographer, director, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist since 1987. With Gaelen Hanson, she co-directed dance theater company 33 Fainting Spells from 1994 – 2006, creating six critically acclaimed, evening-length, touring works. With 33 Fainting Spells and as an individual artist, Dayna has performed in dozens of venues and festivals throughout North America and Europe. Her debut feature film, Improvement Club, premiered in Narrative Competition at SXSW in 2013. She wrote, choreographed and directed an episode of HBO's anthology series, Room 104 by The Duplass Brothers. Dayna is a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient in Dance, a United States Artists Foundation Oliver Fellow in Dance and an Artist Trust Arts Innovator awardee. She is a 2017 MacDowell Colony Fellow.

[In this black and white photo with a green color treatment, Dayna is shown from the chest up, smiling at the camera. She is a white woman in her 50s with blonde shoulder length hair.]