Haley Wilt is a Cumberland, MD-based choreographer, teacher, and performer. She is a Maryland native and began her dance training at a young age. Haley recently graduated from Seton Hill University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a concentration in choreography. She specializes in partnering and contact choreography, while teaching a wide range of styles that include modern, contemporary, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and street jazz/jazz funk.
Bird Dance
Learning from the magic tricks that a bird can dow with its feathers to attract a mate, Bird Dance uses elements of that seduction to create an entrancing and transformative experience for its viewers. Fan-shaped performance objects were used to make the mask worn appear larger. A mechanism was created so that patterns on the fans can be changed during the performance, emulating the transformative feathers of a bird.
Medium: Acrylic Paint, Cardboard, Craft Paper, Glue, Velcro
Year: 2021
Details: 3:23 min
Mrs Beepbilibop's Cooking Show
Mrs. Beepbilibop's Cooking Show is a satire on the culture of learning from YouTube videos during the pandemic. It is a cooking show that is shot in a YouTube Cooking tutorial format to highlight the difference between reality and expectations. Mrs. Beepbilibop embodies the universal frustration of living and making during a pandemic as a housewife who 'fails' at making a simple onion soup with noodles.
Medium: Cardboard
Year: 2020
Details: 6:29 min
Transforming Masks
Transforming Masks is a dance that slowly reveals the layers of identity that one wears. There are three layers of masks worn on the body of the performer. The movements are supposed to resemble gestures of shielding and punching, which represent the defensive attitude one has towards concealing and revealing their identity. At the same time, the artist realizes that these movements speak to something older - the Tang-ki ritual he watched with his grandmother as a child.
Medium: Acrylic Paint, Cardboard, Craft Paper, Glue, Velcro
Year: 2020
Details: 4:06 min
Born and raised in Singapore, Jia Le Ling is an interdisciplinary artist working between performances, sculptures, and installations that center around overcoming personal fears and being genuine about the various experiences he has with the people, materials, and events around him. Ling received a BFA in Interdisciplinary Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art in December 2021.
Baltimore Based Artist and Musician
Ntungalia Enoch is a new and upcoming artist who was born and raised in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa). Growing up in an environment mostly influenced by music. Ntungalia Enoch Started Singing in his Catholic Church choir, where he also learned to play the drums.
Feeding
Medium: video
Year: 2021
Nina Amaya is an engaging and professional performer, using stilt walking, dance, and music to enchant audiences in a whimsical, warm and humorous way. She is also a papier-mache & fabric artist. She has, over the years, taught art, performed at Artscape, Light City Baltimore, Renaissance Festivals up and down the Coast, private events, outdoor and indoor workshops, and she has run the Baltimore Faerie Faire since 2015. She shows up early and dives in wholeheartedly.