STAFF

LANA WILSON

Project Manager

Lana Wilson lives in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to her work with the Prosodic Body, she also handles publications and publicity at PERFORMA and is a freelance writer, editor, and arts administrator. She recently curated the film program "Dance After Choreography" at Anthology Film Archives as part of PERFORMA07, and has since presented related screenings at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, the Tanzquartier Wien (Vienna), and the V-dance Video Dance Festival (Tel Aviv). Lana has guest lectured on Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki at Wesleyan University, and was a member of the jury for Lincoln Center's 2008 Dance on Camera Film Festival. Lana is also a dancer and choreographer who has performed with Michael Bodel, Aki Sasamoto, and Lily Skove (SkoveWorks), among others, and she currently teaches classes in OBAMAEROBICS (for more information: barackyourbody@gmail.com). She holds a BA in Film Studies and Dance from Wesleyan University, where she graduated with honors.

Fran Kirmser

Development Consultant

Fran Kirmser has worked for over ten years, producing, promoting and fundraising for dance and theater. Collectively she has raised millions of dollars in institutional funding and corporate sponsorships for hundreds of companies. She has held positions in Development, Special Event Planning, Management, Booking or Representation with the following organizations: Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall, Musical Theater Works, Pentacle, Sandra Cameron Dance Center, and Doug Varone and Dancers. She is a founder of Manhattan Theatre Source, a theatre in the west village, where she served as Producing Artistic Director. She sits on the Advisory Board of several dance and theater companies and in 2002 founded Made to Move, Inc. - a non-profit dedicated to the advancement of public knowledge of the art of dance and theater. Fran has worked on the development of new theatrical works with Circle in the Square Repertory Theatre, Encompass Music Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival and Musical Theater Works and as the executive producer of SIDD, a new musical based on the novel “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse, that ran commercially at Dodger Stages 2006. Most recently Fran produced August Wilson's Radio Golf on Broadway at The Cort Theater garnering an Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination for Outstanding Play, Drama League Award Nomination for Distinguished Production of a Play, four Tony Award Nominations including one for best play and won the New York Drama Critics Circle for best American play.

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Interns:

David Hannon,

visual artist: graphic design and general operating support

Kara Kramer,

writer: overseeing written materials and coordination -

Emilia Lesniewska:

art administrator student, research in international outreach

Cheong young Hong:

architecture student: drafting, model maker and research.