Unstructured Light - Guests


	Unstructured Light \| Guests

	Maria Rosa Bersanetti		Singer

			Maria Rosa Bersanetti was born in Torino where she studied pianoforte and singing at the State Conservatory. She received recognition for her interpretation of the American lyrical repertoire and was a winner of national and international singing competitions with her debut being at the Imperia Theatre in the opera “Porgy and Bess”. She has performed in numerous theatres and events including the Teatro Marguerita of Genoa, American Embassy in Pisa, the Savona Auditorium, the production of the opera “Il Corpo e l’Anima dei Cavalieri” which toured throughout Italy and France. She has also been involved in productions of Mozart’s “Requiem”, “Exultate Jubilate” and the aria “Ch’io mi scordi di te”. Since 1982 she has been directing activities at the Tek Chok Sam Ling Institute of Healing Sound organising classical western concerts, workshops and seminars and preserving Tibetan culture.

	Tim Bruce		Actor

			Tim Bruce trained as an actor at the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff and as a singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He has studied various vocal styles with Rudolf Remay, Mary Hammond and the Roy Hart’s Nadine George. He has also studied Indian classical singing, firstly with Pandit Arun Apte exploring the effects of ragas on the subtle energy system and then more recently with the celebrated Khyall Masters Rajan and Sajan Misra. Tim has performed all over the world and has been teaching and practicing Sahaja Yoga Meditation since 1987.

	Julie Cronshaw		Dancer

			Julie trained at the Royal Ballet School and danced in companies throughout Europe and the United States. As a freelance guest artist she was invited to Russia to participate in the second International Nureyev Festival with the Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Kazan, in 1994. She has worked as a choreographer, ballet mistress and teacher for companies and schools in California, Washington State and Colorado. Julie began attending Konstantin Pavlidis’ Dance Mastery classes in 2001 and later that year was invited to join Unstructured Light as a dancer where she has found her own unique expression of the source of movement.

	Jason O’Brien		Musician

			Jason O’Brien has studied Indian classical music for 9 years in India and in the UK A disciple of Shirish Kumar, he is a tabla player but also plays bansuri (classical bamboo fl ute) and various other instruments. He has performed extensively in South Asian theatre with sitarist Pandit Baluji Shrivastav. Jason has worked with several Indian classical musicians including Ashok Kumar Metta (bansuri) and Sukdev Prasad Misra (Hindustani violin). Currently he runs and performs regularly at ‘Apsara’, an intimate venue for Indian and World Music performances based in Brighton.

	Jennifer Pearce		Pianist

			Jennifer Pearce studied piano and composition at The Royal College of Music in London and at the Vienna Academy of Music. Her teachers have included Cyril Smith, Walter Panhofer and Edith Vogel. She has given numerous concerts chiefl y as a soloist at numerous UK venues including the Southbank, Wigmore Hall and St. John’s, Smith Square in London. She’s also played in Europe and the Far East. These days she is involved in various aspects of music making, working with singers and dancers, and devoting more time to composing. In addition she has been studying and giving concerts of the music of the twentieth century philosopher / composer G.I. Gurdjieff.

	Phuntsok Tsering		Musician

			Phuntsok Tsering is the founder of the Thangtong Chen-Zen Theatre for the Performing Arts and was a senior artist of the Tibetan Institute of the Performing Arts which was established by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharmsala, HP, India. He had inherited a lineage of Tibetan Opera from a family of performers and had been exposed to opera, dance and songs from childhood. Phuntsok has conducted research in theatre, opera, songs and dances from various regions of Tibet and has travelled extensively in Europe (France, UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, etc.) America, Mexico, Japan, India and Nepal along with other artists of TIPA presenting these unique and colourful Tibetan performances.

	Jocelyn West		Musician

			Jocelyn West, playing violin since the age of six, studied with Suzanne Rozsa at the Purcell School of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. Throughout her youth she had performed at many venues for a wide variety of audiences. In the early 1990’s, she teamed up with two female musicians to form the “Miranda Sex Garden” a musical ensemble which created popular versions of Medieval and early music including Hildegard Von Bingen. This evolved into an Indie rock band which produced a couple of sucessfull albums. She was also involved in the film called “Lost Highway”, produced by David Lynch in 1997.

	Brigida Pereira Neves		Dancer

			Born in Portugal, Brigida started dancing at the age of three. She studied locally at Escola de Dança Ana Mangericão, until she joined Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London, to train professionally. Since graduating she has performed with various companies: Push Here Now, at Sadler's Wells Theatre; as a soloist and principal in "Sleeping Beauty" and "Swan Lake", touring the UK and Europe with Vienna Festival Ballet; at the Royal Albert Hall in English National Ballet's production of "Romeo and Juliet"; and with English National Opera in Anthony Minghella's rendition of "Madam Butterfly". It is the first time Brigida is dancing with Unstructured Light playing numerous roles in "The Labours of Hercules" and it has been an extremely enriching and exciting experience.

	Francesco Mangiacasale		Dancer

			Francesco is a classical, and contemporary dancer. He was born in Genoa (Italy) in 1977, and trained locally in Ballet and contemporary dance at “Genova dance school Koinè” (directed by Markus Zmoelnig) and “Spaziodanza dance school” (directed by Paola Pallotti from Rome Academy) with both national and international teachers. In 1999 he won an award at the Viterbo Dance competition Italy. In Italy he danced for Koinè dance company, J. Nuova partenza, Aljat dance company, Alcesti, Grand Bal (Paris), Balletto Italia. In November 2002 he moved to London and studied ballet with Mr Roger Tully. He has since danced for Rawhead dance theatre in “We Swung on the Swing all day”,Worboys new dance theatre in “The fifth Season”, British Youth Opera in “The Cunning Little Vixen” (dancing the role of the Dragonfly), and for Royal Opera House in “La forza del destino” and “Maskarade”. He has also danced with the Nottingham University Opera group “San Francisco Xavier”. Francesco joined Unstructured Light in its production of "The Labours of Hercules" where he portrayed Hercules and numerous other roles. He found the entire process extremely challenging, insightful and a powerful learning experience toward his self and artistic development.

	Ginger Gilmour		Artist

			A self-created artist and an adventurer Ginger has a vision to create forms and environments that touch the heart of the community with the qualities of beauty and tranquillity. Born and brought up in the USA, she moved to England in the early 1970s. Her involvement with creative and therapeutic arts began with analysis in New York with Dr Werner Engel in the late 80’s. Under his advice she continued in Jungian Therapy in London with Dr Gerhard Adler, and later his wife until the early 90s. For over ten years she trained in life drawing with Cecil Collins at the City University London, and in sculpture at the Rudolf Steiner Sculpture Studio in West Sussex. She is also a Mental Colour Therapist, training with Lily Cornford for over fifteen years. She has taught and practiced in England, Switzerland, Italy, and in the USA. Ginger was a Trustee of the Mental Colour School of Healing, and has recently been elected a member to the Fund-Raising Committee of the Red Cross for their Gala Ball ‘A Celebration of Humanity’. In addition, she was nominated to be an associate member of the Society of Woman Artists, London, UK in 2004 and her artwork can be viewed at their yearly exhibition at the Mall Gallery, London, UK. Her association with Unstructured Light includes: - Inspirational Arts Festival, London (1 May, 2006) Sculpture in movement to Rumi poetry; - Exhibition, Set Design and Masks for the Ballet ‘Sidera Herculana - the Labours of Hercules’ London (3 & 4 December 2005).

	Maria Rosa Sapienza		Actress

	Hanif Khan		Musician / Tabla

			Hanif Khan is the son and disciple of the illustrious and highly renowned master of tabla, Ustad Hidayat Khan. He has inherited a rich legacy of gats and bols (compositions) from his father under the traditional Indian Classical learning system. Since a teenager, he has toured extensively in small and large ensembles. Although an accomplished classically trained tabla player, earning the respect of both Indian classical and semi classical artists, Hanif also has an expert touch for the light genres including lok geet, bhajans, folk and western fusion styles. Currently Hanif is considered one of the top tabla players in the UK and is a regularly sought after accompanist at the Nehru Centre, Mayfair for visiting Indian artists. Hanif's musical career has taken him across the world both as an accompanist and solo performer. This includes visits to the US, Canada, Israel, Jordan, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Spain. He had joined UL in their most recent production of "A Journey with Rumi" at the Inspirational Arts Festival and intends to continue working with UL as a guest artist toward future collaborations.

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