Company biographies

The Board of Directors of Lorraine Chapman, The Company, Inc.

The Dancers of Lorraine Chapman, The Company, Inc.

Reid Ginoza

began dancing at Bennington College, where he earned his degree in mathematics. Since moving to Boston area less than two years ago, he has avidly studied dance at many studios in the area. He is honored to be dancing with LCTC.

Jessica Howard

received her Bachelor of the Arts in Theatre and Dance from Keene State College. As an undergraduate she performed in dance works by artists such as Pilobolus, Mark Dendy, Sara Sweet Rabidoux (Hoi Polloi), Paul Besaw, Candice Salyers, Cathy Nicoli and many others. Jessica has performed and presented for the 2010 Dance Complex Shared Choreographers Concert "Perpetual Motion," and the American College Dance Festival Alliance in 2008 and 2009. She received the 2009 Alta Lu Townes Memorial Dance Award Endowment and the 2009 Charles Hildebrandt Award. Jessica is a 200hr Certified Yoga Teacher from School Yoga Institute in Sadhana Yoga. She is thrilled to be joining LCTC this season.

Camden Ierardi

received his dance training at the Ballet Arts Center of Winchester under the direction of Debbie Boyle and Lorraine Chapman. He is a current company member of Dance Prism, Contrapose Dance, and is working as a guest artist with The Deborah Abel Dance Company. Camden has worked with several dance companies in the Boston area, including David Parker and the Bang Group, and the Boston Dance Company, among others. Camden is excited to be working with LCTC again.

Li-Ann Lim

began her dance training at the Lexington School of Ballet and continued her dance studies at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. In 2004, she joined Chen and Dancers. She later moved to California and received an MFA in dance at the University of California, Irvine. While in California, Li-Ann served as adjunct faculty at Fullerton College and Scripps College and continued performing, appearing with the Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble and Rosanna Gamson/World Wide. Since returning to the Boston area in 2009, she has continued to teach ballet and modern dance. She currently dances with BalletRox and is thrilled to join LCTC.

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Jesse Mangan

has been devotely studying sequential art and working as a freelance cartoonist. Currently a senior in Mutlimedia Design and Dance at Salem State College Jesse has spent the past two years studying physical theatre and contemporary dance and has had the privilege of interning with LCTC since May 2009.

Angie Muzzy

found her fascination and love of movement years ago when she created dances to TLC in the woods of Warwick, MA . She enjoyed making dances so much she went on to receive a degree in Theater and Dance from Keene State College. She has worked with choreographers Robert Battle, Beppie Blankert, Stephan Koplowitz, Candice Salyers, and many others. She choreographs and teaches at various private dance schools, public schools and preparatory schools throughout Southern New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts. She has continued her education outside of academia by interning at Jacob's Pillow Dance in Becket, MA and The Yard, a colony for performing artists in Chilmark, MA.

Lindsey Ridgeway

received her dance education from Atlanta Ballet School as well as Boston Ballet School, studying with Carol Roderick, Kathleen Mitchell and Franco De Vita. Upon graduating she danced with Tulsa Ballet as a trainee and later joined Jose Mateo's Ballet Theatre for their 2006 season. Since returning to dance after a two year break she has had the wonderful opportunity of working with Marcus Schulkind, Egoart.Inc, Audra Carabetta, and Contrapose Dance. She is excited to be working with LCTC.

Lucy Warren-W

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a proud native of the Boston area, started her early classical training under her parents Rachel Whitman and Skip Warren. She was then, mentored by Larissa Luvisichuk in the Vaganova method until she was accepted to Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts as a full scholarship student. There she had the pleasure of training under Samuel Kurkjian and Sydelle Gomberg. She has since enjoyed performing as a freelance artist in the New England area working with a number of companies such as Spindle City Ballet, Boston Dance Company, Pioneer Valley Ballet, Contrapose Dance, and Ballet Rox. Most recently she has created roles in choreography by Gianni Di Marco and Nicole Pierce. She has also been working on developing her own choreography creating Rondo, A Christmas Toy Story, The Poem and selections from A Midsummer's Night Dream. Currently, she is setting work and dancing with Ballet Rox. She is also a teacher at the Wilmington Dance Academy and coaches classical ballet and repertoire in the surrounding area. She is thrilled to be in her first season with LCTC.