Company biographies
Lorraine Chapman, President and Director
Robert L. Sutherland, Treasurer
Beth Ries, Clerk
Brian Milauskas, Director
Deborah Boyle, Director
Gayle Merling, Director
is a movement artist who is continuously expanding beyond her native Virginia and native classical training. After graduating cum laudae from The Boston Conservatory Emily joined Prometheus Dance until 2006. Her ever budding choreographer/ project collection includes Edisa Weeks, Danah Bella, Sarah Slifer, Jennifer Monson, Steven Koplowitz, and soon Sara Rudner. Beattie’s growth through choreography has been supported by Green Street Studio, Somerville Arts Council, World Music/Crash Arts, The Glouchester New Arts Festival, Tufts University, and the Casa de Cultura in Quito, Ecuador. Emily has been on faculty at The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Days in the Arts Summer Program and Boston Ballets outreach program, Taking Steps. Beattie is currently on faculty at Dana Hall School, Walnut Hill School for the Arts and Brown University. She is delighted to be in her second season with LCTC.
was born in Mexico City. She holds a BFA in Dance from The Boston Conservatory and is currently pursuing an MFA at Massachusetts College of Art. Jimena has performed with Spencer/Colton, Marcus Schulkind, Kate Digby, Ego Art Inc., Kelli Edwards, Lorraine Chapman The Company, Caitlin Corbett Dance Company and as a guest dancer with David Parker and The Bang Group. Along with performing Jimena continues to teach, choreograph and create video/performance pieces. She serves on the dance faculty of The College of The Holy Cross and has been awarded with the Performance Works Project (2005) and the Emerging Artists (2008) grants for her choreography.
received her ballet training at EPDC in Puebla,
Mexico. She graduated from Universidad de las Americas
with a BSc in Actuarial Sciences and a Minor in Dance.
In Mexico, Isabel performed with UDLA-danza, Sunny
Savoy Dance Company and Ad-Libitum Dance Company. She
moved to Boston in 2004 and has since performed with
Kelley Donovan, Danny Swain, Jimena Bermejo, Caitlin
Corbett, and taught for Topf Center for Dance
Education and The Guidance Center. Currently, Isabel
is a teacher assistant at the Baptiste Power Yoga
Institute studios and teaches dance at Haynes EEC and
for Cambridge Performance Project.
began her dance studies in Central Mass. and has studied extensively across New England and New York. She also holds a B.A. from Boston University in English Literature and Business Administration. As a student in Jacob’s Pillow’s elite Musical Theatre Program, she studied with Jazz Master Matt Maddox and Chet Walker of Fosse fame. She currently works with Bill McLaughlin, Michelle Chasse, and Jim Viera. Stephanie has performed with the The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, ACE Entertainment, and as a Dance Captain for Royal Caribbean International. In 2005 Stephanie founded Jazz Inc., a company specializing in concert jazz dance, musical theatre, and corporate theatre productions. She has also choreographed a number of regional musical theatre productions across Massachusetts. Stephanie regularly teaches company class and choreographs for Harvard University’s Mainly Jazz Company. She has also taught master classes and workshops for Suskind Young at Arts, Brandeis University, and The Boston Ballet School. Currently, Stephanie is on the faculty of the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio, the Jeannette Neill Children’s Dance Program, Ballet Arts Center of Winchester, and Emerson College.
grew up in Winchester, MA where she studied at the Ballet Arts Centre of Winchester. While there she performed as an apprentice in several of LCTC's company shows. Amanda is currently working towards earning her BFA at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She is thrilled to be working with her longtime teacher Lorraine and the rest of her company!
a native of Northern Ontario, Canada, now a resident of Stonington, began her formal training with The Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Eventually she went on to train and dance with The Toronto Dance Theatre. In 1991, she moved to New York and studied at the Limón Institute under Risa Steinberg. She has performed with Sue Bernhard Dancers, Carl Fink (Black Label Movement), Ze’eva Cohen and The Yard's environmental project and Alison Chase's project "Quarryography". She has been a member of the Carolyn Dorfman Dance for the past ten years. Wendee has enjoyed staging Carolyn's work at universities, colleges and performing art high schools around the country. She is very excited to be working with Lorraine again this year. She would like to thank her husband, Todd for all his support.
, a native of Dayton, OH, began her training at Stivers School for the Arts where she was invited to join the Dayton Contemporary Dance Second Company. She went on to receive her BFA from the North Carolina School of the Arts where she was able to dance in works by renowned choreographers including, Doug Varone, Mark Morris, Kevin Wynn, and B.J. Sullivan. Now finding herself in Boston, she is excited to be working with Lorraine Chapman and Prometheus Dance.