STFB 1: Program

Abriel is an LA based artist. She works in many forms and mediums including movement, performance, installation work, painting, drawing, and video. She is interested in creating art that fosters a more kind, intentional and loving community while also bringing to light the not so pleasant aspects of life. Abriel has a difficult time defining exactly what she does and hopes her audience will take it upon themselves to approach her work with an open mind. It’s not that serious, but it is also very, very serious.

Alondra Zitlaly Perez is a movement performer and artist. Recently graduated from CSUF with a B.A. in dance. They find themselves always finding the need to create, and just share. They create art to connect with humanity. Alondra is currently an apprentice with Blue13 and also doing freelance work in LA!

Alyssa Rose (they/them) is a queer, neurodivergent multimedia artist with collective liberation at the forefront of their craft. Based in San Diego, Alyssa designs both visually and viscerally, and consistently works in the framework of improvisation. Their current creative focus is on making dance, collage-paintings, and sculpture.

Amanda Bravo (she/her/hers) is a teaching dance artist, award-winning choreographer and dance film maker, and Artistic Director of arts education nonprofit, Bravo Dance Project, based in Crestline, California. She holds an MA in Dance from California State University, Long Beach. Her nonprofit, Bravo Dance Project, exists to foster inclusive conversations about dance as an art form through the offerings of: K-12 arts educational resources, dance events for all bodies, community partnerships and collaborations, and storytelling through performance and film—Because dance is for everyone.

Amanda has been featured as a resident and guest teacher for several dance studios and pre-professional dance companies throughout California, including: Lake Arrowhead School of Dance, Coastal Dance and Music Academy, Studio of Performing Arts, Class Act Dance, Paso Robles Chamber Ballet, Infinity Jazz Dance Company, Ryan’s American Dance, CORE Dance Company, and Bravo Dance Project. She has also had the opportunity to teach Dance/PE for the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District, serving six different elementary school sites and teaching dance enrichment to roughly 2,500 students per week. In addition to her extensive teaching experience, Amanda has earned recognition as a gifted choreographer. Her work has been awarded at several competitions including Dance League, JUMP Tour, LA Dance Magic and Dupree Dance. In 2015, her original work, Just Go, was selected for the Regional Dance America (RDA) Pacific Festival in Sacramento. Amanda’s work, Kintsugi, was also adjudicated for RDA and was performed by the Paso Robles Chamber Ballet in 2017.

Her MA thesis dance film, Plasticity (2020), examines the K-12 public education system in America in relation to student agency for learning, individuality, and creative trait strength outcomes, utilizing supporting evidence of Dr. Kyung Hee Kim’s “Creativity Crisis” research. In 2021, Plasticity won Best Dance Short from the Vesuvius International Film Festival (Campania, Italy), and was also featured in the Emotion and Soul Film Festival sponsored by Emotions Physical Theater and the Rockland Arts Council (Rockland County, NY). Her latest dance film, Take Care, centers on the role of the caregiver. In her multi-year fieldwork process Amanda investigated the societal pressures placed on caregivers (especially with pandemic-era shifts in familial and community dynamics) to endure hardship and expectations that are often unrealistic. From these findings she developed choreographic structures to support these central themes. Take Care has received an Artist Award (2022) from the Some Dance Screen Fest, sponsored by PLACE Performance (Riverside, CA). She is pleased to present this film as part of the Stadium Feedback

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BKLYNN is an artist from Detroit, Michigan. BKLYNN’s work is focused on exploring your potentiality and reconnecting with your inner kid. While BKLNN works in many medias, they will be performing songs from their unreleased debut album ‘FLOAT’.

Boz Deseo Garden (they/them) is an artist and researcher whose art practice is comprised of sculpture, written academic essays, photography and video.

They are a Holy Priest in World of Warcraft and an avid archer whose favorite films are Annihilation and Mamma Mia.

Casey Shea is a dance maker and artist based out of Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of the Arts in 2019, under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield, with a BFA in dance. She has been in original works by Paul Matteson, Jennifer Nugent, Sidra Bell, Jesse Zaritt, Katie Swords, Tommie Waheed-Evans, as well as re-stages by Beth Gill and Helen Simoneau. She has had the opportunity to travel around Europe and Israel to dance and perform with her university. Casey has also attended summer intensives throughout the country including TL collective Winter Intensive, Axis Connect, Gallim Summer Intensive and Sidra Bell Intensive.

In Los Angeles, she has performed at Mash-Up International Women’s Day Festival, Brockus Residency Performance, the A.C.E Awards, Breaking Ground Festival, and multiple other venues. She has been in works for Easton Blake, Catalina Jackson-Urena, Abriel Gardner, Antonio Wright, Rebecca Wright and more. She has performed with Moodkiller, opening for Dorian Electra, at multiple club venues as well. Casey recently produced and performed in her own show, Lavender, in collaboration with Nicole Nistal. They hired and paid 17 female identifying, queer and POC choreographers. She is currently interested in making work and being in work around the multitude of aspects that make up her queer identity.

Colombian-American Bay Area native, Cat is a performer, choreographer, and movement artist. While attending CalArts, she fell in love with spaces combining different disciplines, expanding her own practice into installation work, poetry, and film. Her work has been shown at CalArts, RedCat, MOCA Geffen, The Place London, Frame Rush Dance Film Festival ’19, and Edinburg Fringe Festival ’19. She is currently performing with MashUp Dance Company.

Cat is passionate about creating spaces where artists are welcome to experiment, collaborate, show work, and share joy. As a co-founder, Cat hopes to create this same community within Stadium Feedback.

CJ is a lifestyle portrait film photographer that uses his graphic design skills and environmental portraits to create raw and intimate magazines.

The magazine series, titled Thank You For Letting Me In!, focuses on the trust created and needed between the photographer and the model. Most of the portraits were taken within the subject's home, and a lot of them were the first time the model was working with CJ. CJ's vision for the magazine was to highlight how good art can be when there is trust between the creator and the subject.

His latest magazine, the 420 issue, included customized papers and lighters, and the magazine can work as a rolling tray. The idea behind the packaging was to provide all the tools needed to have a smoke sesh with good friends, people you trust and feel comfortable getting high with.

City Of Orchestras is a music collective founded by songwriter Dylan Alexander Freeman. Supported by a rotating core of instrumentalists, improvisers, and vocalists, Freeman and his group released their self-titled third studio LP at the start of 2022, which features performances recorded in various environments, most notably field recordings from around Los Angeles.

The band’s distinctive sound comes from a synthesis of improvised experimentation and composed, structured songs. Morphing a number of dark themes, the band’s unconventional instrumentation blends modern sounds (guitar, bass, drum kit, synth, piano) interwoven with orchestral improvisations (viola, upright bass, clarinet, French horn). This innovative approach has earned them the intriguing genre descriptor “Chamber-Emo.”

Freeman has had notable achievements in the music world, including scoring a recent episode of Black Market with Michael K. Williams for VICE and having had a track featured on the official soundtrack for the movie Silver Linings Playbook.

My name Is Cole Maslansky, I am a 23 year old photographer based in Los Angeles. Taking photos is something I have been drawn too since I was a child. My earliest memories revolve around me running through my neighborhood with my Canon AE 1 (my very first camera) and taking as many photos as my film stock would allow. There is something about being able to freeze a moment in time and make it permanent that I think is very special and only holds true in the craft of photography. Whether I am taking portraits, shooting landscapes, or finding an inanimate object around my house to photograph there is something about the process from start to finish that I find quite therapeutic. I hope you're able to resonate or connect with my photos on some level, but at the very least thanks for taking the time to look through them. I look forward to working with you soon.

Meet “ Delivery Boys ”, the Brooklyn rap group taking a unique approach to Hip Hop and Pop. As you might have guessed from the name, founding members Max Gertler and Goldwood started the group while they working as actual delivery boys. They soon added vocalists Lost Boy and YGB as well as producer NOTRUST, completing the Delivery Boys roster.


Formed in 2015, They got recognition a year later when they released their first hit single “Pissed Off” which featured Rich The Kid. They followed up with a barrage of singles which landed them a spot as one of Pigeons and Planes best new artists of September ’17. Their 2019 project, “30 MINUTES OR LESS” was executive produced by Y2K and NOTRUST, and began a new chapter for the Delivery Boys as a group. It included many breakout singles for them such as “Magic”, “Charged Up” and “Spinach” featuring Ro Ransom.

What makes them unique is their wide diversity of sound. Their elite producer/hitmaker NOTRUST has a different flavor for each member’s voice. Lost Boy, Goldwood, Max Gertler, and YGB each bring a unique cadence and rhythm to the songs, keeping you on the edge of your seat. With their debut full length LP “TANDEM” officially out now, Delivery Boys are ready to take the world by storm.

Destiny is a textile and movement based artist living in Los Angeles. Rug making came into her life unexpectedly; textile work being so different from dancing offered Destiny a new approach to her creative process. The tactile nature of fabric offers an invitation for play and whimsy. She is now invested in exploring how the two processes [rug making and dancing] can inform each other.

Diana Villena is a Peruvian artist whose works include mixed media illustrations, short stories, poetry and album artwork. Through her work as a licensed therapist, she has developed a deep fascination with the subconscious mind using her own as a driving force to lead in the creation of her pieces.

This allows for both unfiltered and raw emotions to present themselves in her work, furthering a deep understanding of the inner world.

Felicia St. Cyr (she/they) is a multidisciplinary dance artist and choreographer. Born and raised in Houston, TX, St. Cyr moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to attend California Institute of the Arts, receiving their BFA in Dance. Then, having the opportunity to study abroad at the London Contemporary Dance School, where they choreographed a nationally toured solo in the Fall of 2017. Since graduating St. Cyr focused on producing their first evening length work “we are everyone1 + afraid” a commentary on violence in America post Vietnam and the technology boom. They have also been involved in several solo and group performances throughout LA pre and post pandemic. With this performance and in most recent times, St. Cyr is interested in exploring improvised performance that mirrors their truest and most honest in the moment feelings. Cheers to the here and now!

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Jade Ohnemus, artist name spicyaioli, is a Los Angeles based mixed media multidisciplinary artist who combines basic line work with bold colors to create figurative works of art.

Jaya Kang is a 25 year old artist from Punjab, India. Learning to unlearn has been a central theme in her art practice. Her focus has been on conceptualizing ideas that help the decolonization of all spaces. Physical, but especially mental spaces. Her work explores the importance of community and the disruption of systems which includes institutional/structural critique. She uses multiple medias to represent her concepts; from installations, photography & performance art to embroidery and textile work.

Ajani Russell is a multi-faceted and multi-medium artist from Brooklyn, New York. Her artistic exploration drifts between a mix of immersive works which utilize sound and light as moldable components of her installations, video, ceramics, painting, sculpture, print, curation, and creative direction. Exploration and collaboration is an important part of making her art accessible to everyone.

Keilan Stafford (he/they) is a dance artist based out of Los Angeles whose interests as a performer and creator lie in exploring the “genuine human experience” through movement.

Masha Yashina is an artist and designer from Moscow, Russia. Born into a family of creatives, Masha was encouraged to explore the fundamentals of artistic practice from an early age.

A graduate of The British Higher School of Art and Design with a master’s degree in graphic design, Masha’s formal education solidified her apted capability of working across multiple mediums in her career.

Currently, painting and graphics are Masha’s media of choice. However, she is driven to have her hand in every creative field and continues to push the boundaries of her practice, using travel as a source of inspiration; discovering more about herself, and the world.

“My intention is to live my life through creation. I don’t structure my life in a standard way: setting and reaching specific goals. Yet, I do believe that living with intention supports my trajectory and ultimately, leads to the discovery of my path. I stand for flow, consciousness and harmony. For me, all of these concepts unite in living naturally, without resisting or forcing anything. This is precisely why I find wild nature so inspiring and revitalizing. Nature has its way. It just goes as it goes; being still and aware, brings balance. My works celebrate quiet contemplation of pure space, natural forms, colors, and the often unperceivable phenomenon of nature.”

A fellow of Anatoly Akue’s artist workshop, Masha is currently residing in Los Angeles, California.

Mason Gray and Monica Williams have been making work together since 2016 where they both earned their Bachelor of Arts in Dance at Loyola Marymount University. One of their most recent works, “Death Can Not Kill What Never Dies”, with collaborator Tippy Dringman, features a haunting buffet of Patsy Cline songs; the work is based on an expanded version of Monica’s solowork “Something Worth Burning,” presented at Jacob’s Pillow in 2019.

Monica Williams is a dance maker and performer based in Los Angeles who creates work for the screen and stage. Monica is interested in storytelling and play through themes of queerness, nostalgia, and human connection. Her current work focuses on performance that tows the line between realism and grandiose theatricality/fantasy. Her credits include the Moschino fashion film “Lightning Strikes”, Peacock TV’s original series Angelyne, as well as music videos for Banoffee, Hope Tala, and Humors and stage work by Rosalynde LeBlanc, Easton Blake Payne, WHYTEBERG, James Gregg, Sidra Bell, and Alice Klock and Florian Lochner.

Mason Gray is a multifaceted movement practitioner based in Los Angeles. Her work as a dance artist spans stage, screen, and site-specific performance. Deeply inspired by both human and earthly nature, Mason’s dance work relies on organic movement initiation, breath, and release. She uses movement as a medium for storytelling, exploring themes of human relationships, body neutrality, and sisterhood. Mason has performed original repertoire from Bill T. Jones Arnie Zane Dance Company, Batsheva Dance Company, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rosalynde LeBlanc, Alex Ketley, James Gregg, and WHYTEBERG. She currently works alongside collaborators Monica Williams and Tippy Dringman in the performance project, TRIN.

Nicolas Marquez is an artist, writer, and filmmaker inspired by all that's weird and wild. Dreams, nature, and breaking the cycles of generational trauma influence their work. They hope to inspire and uplift their community through creative expression.

Óscar Corona (b.1993) is a queer visual artist, with a body of work that spans from soft sculpture, painting, object making, performance and video installation. Oscar is an LA native, where they earned their BFA from California Institute of the Arts in 2017. Oscar is interested in addressing notions around personhood that pertain to queer subjectivity, assimilation, urban mysticism, hyper globalization, and existing in a post colonial world. Having synesthesia, the lust for life and existing as a multifaceted, complex being are three driving forces that inform Oscar’s work. Currently, Oscar will teaching visual art for CAPSA this summer and elated to start their Art MFA journey at Art Center in Pasadena this fall.

Roberta Ruocco (Robi) is an artist, dancer, and choreographer from San Diego. She has created work for The Mojalet Collective Summer Series, Disco Riot, and San Diego Mesa Community College. Robi has danced for LITVAKdance, SD Trolley Dances, and other San Diego/Los Angeles based projects. She has a B.A in International Business and is currently getting her A.A in Graphic Design. Always putting dance at the forefront of her life, she loves creating and performing work that uses language, theater, and multimedia. She's excited to be involved in this community!

Teddy Davis is an artist from Southern New Jersey. For his art Teddy pulls inspiration from graffiti, the city of Los Angeles, the art of his peers, and peaceful summer memories with friends. His current preferred mediums are charcoal, spray paint, and acrylics.

Sasha Douglas-Nares grew up in Manhattan, New York. She attended the U.N. International School, where she learned about the importance of globalism and the collective. As a Muslim-American of mixed cultural descent, living in New York after 9-11, mutual safety also became a dominant theme. However, art became Sasha’s key form of expression, especially photography. After high school, Sasha left NY to attend Rhode Island School of Design and California Institute of the Arts. In both these institutions, Sasha honed her skills for visual communication. Her final thesis project utilized 5 years of documentation of her family to inform an understanding of Internal Family Systems therapy. Following graduation from her BFA, Sasha worked at Yeezy, where she gained textile and dye knowledge. The intersections between psychological health and art continue to be Sasha’s main interest, but she experiments across mediums. Her current focus is explorations around the emotional effects of climate change.

Unwin works as a professional freelance dancer and choreographer and is a certified Ilan Lev Method practitioner. Her creative process integrates her somatic practice with an articulation of the emotional, mental and physical states experienced in past, present and imagined worlds.

Victoria and Laura have collaborated on many different projects and often focus on their personal beliefs and experiences as young women as inspiration. Their work often discusses over-sexualization, the male gaze, womanhood, girlhood, care, tenderness, and the observation of human connection.