Rebecca C. Adams (Visual/Sound Artist) is a DC area artist, musician, and visual arts educator. She holds a B.A. in Fine Art and a minor in music from Smith College, and she trained at the Rhode Island School of Design in the Sculpture Department. She is a member of the Public Art Committee for the Alexandria Commission for the Arts (ACA) as well as the Art the Waterfront subcommittee and Stakeholders Advisory Group for the Charles Houston Memorial Art Project. Over the past three years Rebecca's 3D work was exhibited at Artworks (Richmond, VA), and she participated video and sound pieces at the Contemporary Artists Center (North Adams, MA), the Black and White Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), ArtDC (DC), and Transformer (DC). She continually pursues efforts to build the avant-garde music community in the DC Metro Area, including curatorial involvement in D.C.'s annual Sonic Circuits experimental music festival. semblance is Rebecca's first project with mansurdance. http://rebeccacadams.com

Daniel Burkholder (Performing Artist/Director) is a dancer, improviser, teacher and Artistic Director of The PlayGround, a movement-based improvisational group. His work has been shown throughout DC and the MidAtlantic States, New York City and San Francisco. He has collaborated with Sharon Mansur since 1992, and their most recent appearance was performing the improvisational duet Present Tense at Winona State University, MN in February 2007.

Kitty Clark (Performing Artist) is a modern dancer, choreographer, educator, and producer based in Shepherdstown, WV, in the state's eastern panhandle. Over the last 10 years, she has spearheaded many projects that have aimed to make contemporary dance and performance accessible to a broader audience. Kitty is the founder/director of the Goose Route Arts Collaborative, Inc. which produces the Goose Route Dance Festival every July in Shepherdstown and through which she teaches dance to adults and children. Kitty also teaches dance at Shepherd University. Kitty was named the 2006 winner of the Governor's Award for Arts Innovator in the state of WV. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in dance from Smith College. Kitty has collaborated with Sharon Mansur since 1994.

Maré Hieronimus  (Performing Artist) is Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary dance artist, performer and teacher who has worked with Sharon Mansur/mansurdance since 2001. Maré was nominated for Outstanding Individual Performer in a Dance Piece/Production through the Metro DC Dance Awards for her work with Sharon in Still Life. Her own work weaves together her interests in movement, light, sound, poetry/story, and human perceptual awareness. Maré received her BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design, her MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College, and is a Certified Movement Analyst.  http://.marehdance.com

Erica Rebollar was born in Madrid and studied various dance forms, culminating in a MFA in choreography from UCLA's World Arts and Cultures department. She has collaborated in various companies such as Solo Dance Company of Indonesia, Namah Ensemble, Carol McDowell, and Trip Dance Company, with various tours throughout Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America. Erica is a three-time nominee of Lestor Horton awards in performance and choreography and has work commissioned from Brigham Young University. She recently relocated to DC from New York, where she founded Rebollar Dance Theater and received artist residencies through Mabou Mines at PS 122 and Movement Research at St. Mark's Church. She is happy to work with Sharon Mansur as a new company member. www.rebollardance.com

Marcy Schlissel (Performing Artist) has been dancing since inside the womb and continues her investigations to this day. As the proud owner of Body In Motion Pilates Studio in NYC, she is forever fascinated by teaching movement and witnessing how thoughts and emotions reside inside the physical body. Her studies of Improv, Laban, Yoga, GYROTONIC, Pilates, Somatics, and the art of watching people, have and continue to deepen her practice of moving, teaching, and mindfulness. Marcy is currently performing and collaborating with Maré Hieronimus. She has been exploring presence and process with Sharon Mansur since 1996. www.bodyinmotionnyc.com

Ginger Wagg (Performing Artist) is an East Coast based performing artist focused on improvisation collaboration, and cooperation. She is committed to bringing visibility to experimental performance by using unusual and alternative venues. Her favorites so far have been a parked city bus, a record store and bathtubs/bathroom stalls! Ginger is a two-time recipient of the Young Artist Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. In addition to her own projects and those with collaborator Jane Jerardi (DC) she has performed with Daniel Burkholder/the PlayGround (DC), Shua Group (NYC), and Agata Olek (NYC). Ginger is honored to have danced with sm/md since 2002.

Boris Willis (Video Editor) is a movement and video artist. He has an MFA in Dance and Technology from The Ohio State University, a BFA in dane from George Mason University, and a Diploma in dance from the North Carolina School of the Arts. His choreography has been performed at The John F. Kennedy Center (DC), Dance Place (DC), the Goose Route Jazz & Dance Festival (WV), Next Stage (NYC), the Philadelphia Fringe Festival (PA), and online at danceaday.com. Boris has performed with STREB, Liz Lerman/Dance Exchange, Jacob's Pillow Men Dancers, among others and directs Boris Willis Moves. www.boriswillismoves.com