Company

Founded in 2006, The KOSOKO PERFORMANCE GROUP is a Philadelphia based interdisciplinary ensemble of performers: dancers, musicians, writers, actors, and visual design artists. Our artistic mission is to push performance further through innovative and culturally diverse live performance, literary publication, youth and community outreach, and teaching. We aim to challenge, educate, and nurture our audiences through an on-going dialogue that consistently explores new, creative approaches and processes of creating community through artistic collaboration, peer mentoring, and audience diversification.

Founder and Producing Executive Director

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko

Consulting:

Kate Watson-Wallace, Dance Artist, Artistic Director, anonymous bodies

Andrew Simonet, Co-Director, Headlong Dance Theater

Michele Byrd-McPhee, Artistic Director, Montazh Performing Arts Company

Production and Administrative Staff:

Steven Maturno, Technical Director and Lighting Design

Jenni Bowman, Production Manager

Arielle Waite, Stage Manager, Administrative Assistant

Mikaal Suliaman, Composer, Sound Design and Installation

Zornitsa Stoyanova, Special Projects Print Designer

Lauren Mandilian, Special Projects Videographer

Advisory Board:

Keely Garfield, Artistic Director, Keely Garfield Dance

David Brick, Co-Director, Headlong Dance Theater

James Doolittle, Director, Wookified Productions

Joseph Hilton, West Area Administrator, Free Library of Philadelphia

Mikaal Sulaiman, Director and Sound Artist, Suspended Sound Productions

Alex Torra, Independent Director and Actor

Christina Zani, Independent Choreographer and Performance Artist

Lauren Mandilian, Videographer and Projectionist

Associate Artists and Performers:

Shannon Murphy

Jodi Aleen Obeid

Kristen Shahverdian

Zachary Svoboda

Jami Marshall-Lively

Cassie Eckerman

Adrian Placensia

Annie Wilson

Christina Zani

KPG Presenters and Supporters:

American Poetry Review

CEC Meeting House Theater, New Edge Mix and Residency

Dance Film Association

Dance Theater Workshop: Family Matters Series, Capture Series

Danspace Project: Academy Dances

Dixon Place: Moving Men Series

Earthdance

Free Library of Philadelphia: Sundays on Stage, Monday Night Poets

Joyce SoHo, INBOUND Festival

Shady Corners Festival

Mascher Space Coop, IN FLUX Series

New Dance Alliance: Performance Mix Festival

nEW Festival: 2009 Resident Artist

New England Film and Video Festival

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance

Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Philadelphia Dance Projects: Motion Pictures Series

Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe

Donors:

Nicole Asselin

Alex Torra

David Brick

David Cimetta

Alex Holmes

James and Nadine Doolittle

Susan Sgorbati

Kara Szumski