Michelle Bernier, MFA, is a dancer, educator, and filmmaker living in Denver, Colorado (USA). She holds a BA in Philosophy summa cum laude from the University of Southern Maine, and an MFA in Dance Choreography and Performance from the University of Colorado Boulder, with dual focus in somatic studies and digital media. Bernier has lectured on dance cinema at Universidad de Campinas (as a part of Sans Souci Brazil), Texas State University, California Institute of the Arts, University of Colorado Boulder, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Colorado Dance Educators Organization, National Dance Educators Organization, and Dance Studies Association; her choreographic residencies include Texas State University, Colorado Mesa University, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Jack’s Solar Garden. Her films have been screened at ADF’s Movies by Movers, Screendance Festival, Bebop Channel, and more. She is currently on faculty at Metropolitan State University of Denver, and was recently honored with the inaugural Emerging Leader in Dance Award from The Dance Archive. 

Chris Cameron works as a Media Specialist for the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography. He has collaborated on dance video projects, including Joanna Kotze’s 2022 award-winning film Nothing’s changed except for everything, which has toured widely on the international film festival circuit. Cameron worked with Alice Sheppard and Lisa Neidermeyer in 2017 to develop his DESCENT residency documentation into a short film with closed captions. This film was selected for the Other Film Festival (TOFF), the first and foremost disability film festival in Australia, with Nov 2018 screenings. Cameron has collaborated with FSU Faculty Gwen Welliver on two projects, creating video design for her work, On Its Face, shown at Gibney in 2018 and on a video project called The Leaving Piece. In 2024 Cameron collaborated with FSU Faculty Tiffany Rhynard and Farai Malianga, and a cast of students to create @Live Feedback, an improvisatory work including live camera feed and visuals. His video work has also been shown as a part of Digital Graffiti Festival (Alys Beach, FL), MAPP International Projection Mapping Festival (Montreal), and VIBE (Video in the Built Environment) in London, Manchester, England, and Chicago.  Cameron received his BFA in Studio Art from FSU. 

Tim Glenn, a Professor at FSU, received two BS degrees in dance and technology from the UW–Madison and an MFA in choreography and technology from The Ohio State University. He performed in more than 25 works throughout Finland, France, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland as a member of the Nikolais & Murray Louis Dance Company. His teaching includes: screendance, projection design, improvisation, technique, composition, and movement analysis. Glenn served as Technology Director for the National Center for Choreography at FSU, curated Dance on Camera–Tallahassee eight times between 2004 and 2016, and documented 35 masterworks as videographer for the Paul Taylor Dance Company. His writings have been published in book chapters by Cambria Press (“Performance Techniques Behind the Lens: Applying the Nikolais/Louis Philosophy of Motion to Cinematography” in Art in Motion: Current Research in Screendance) and Cambridge Scholars Publishing (“Dance in the Screen Media” in Perspectives on Contemporary Dance History). His 2008 film, Embodiments of Silence, was screened at the Oklahoma Dance Film Festival, the 37th Annual Dance on Camera Festival & Symposium, Dance Media Japan, and at three major universities. He directed and co-authored ChoreoVideo.com, a site used for teaching dance film in over 175 countries/territories and 52 regions of the US. He has presented at conferences, including “The Progeny of Alwin Nikolais” at Lincoln Center, and at the “Alwin Nikolais: Evolutions of Theory and Practice” international forum, where he was featured as continuing the Nikolais lineage of “total theater” design. Recent research is focused on DanceScript, a dance notation initiative and technique. The Tim Glenn DanceScript Notation Collection at Ohio University includes scripts for historic works by José Limón, Alwin Nikolais, and Anna Sokolow.

Ilana Goldman is a Professor and Undergraduate Program Director at Florida State University’s School of Dance. She received a BFA in dance from The Juilliard School, where she was awarded the John Erskine Prize for artistic and academic excellence, and an MFA in dance from the University of Washington. She performed professionally with numerous ballet companies, including Oakland Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Trey McIntyre Project, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, and has choreographed works and taught classes for schools and companies across the country. She served as Choreographer-in-Residence of Bowen McCauley Dance Company (2018–2019) and Artist-in-Residence at Glacier National Park (2022). Ilana has directed, choreographed, edited, and performed in seven short dance films, which screened and won awards at over fifty film festivals in the United States and internationally. Her research centers on ballet pedagogy and recently published a chapter, “Reducing Perfectionism Through Contemporary Ballet Pedagogy” in the Oxford Handbook of Ballet Pedagogy.

Meg Murphy is a Brooklyn based dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and teacher whose work bridges movement and film. A graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and Florida State University, her dance films have premiered at Festivals including Dance on Camera in NYC and Seoul Dance Film Festival (SeDaFF). Her work in video has led to opportunities to film dance at renowned institutions and festivals including Jacob’s Pillow, Vail Dance Festival, and Lincoln Center.

In response to the challenges of the NYC freelance dance community, Meg founded SILO Dance Festival, an organization that provides emerging choreographers with studio space and performance opportunities. As producer, curator, and artistic director, she brings together long-time collaborators to build a supportive creative community that prioritizes connection and the sharing of art. She is passionate about carving out space for artists, keeping dance alive and funded, and removing the barriers that exist for emerging choreographers.  

Jonathas Nazareth is a Brooklyn-based Brazilian American filmmaker working across narrative, documentary, and commercial film. As a cinematographer and editor, his work has screened at festivals including Tribeca, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard, SCAD Savannah, and Newport Beach. He has collaborated with organizations and publications including The New York Times, Discovery, and The Trevor Project, and is a recipient of the Newport Film Lab Cinematography Fellowship and the Royal Television Society Student Award (UK). His work in dance film includes an upcoming collaboration with Lucinda Childs, Philip Glass, and Gibney Dance Company, premiering at New York City Center.

Daniel Smith is an American composer, pianist, conductor, filmmaker, and educator whose career is distinguished by extensive collaborations with leading dance institutions and choreographers. Recent highlights include composing the music for Welliver Variation, a choreographic work performed by the Martha Graham Dance Company; directing the screendance Blairsville; composing Side B, which was presented at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States National Conference; and composing Roses in December, a work for cello and piano that premiered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. An active classical and jazz pianist, Smith has performed with artists including Kristin Chenoweth, The Manhattan Transfer, Sharon Isbin, and Mary Wilson of The Supremes. He was piano soloist for The Suzanne Farrell Ballet’s Final Season Opening Gala, performing George Balanchine’s Chaconne, and has presented world and U.S. premieres of works by composers including Nico Muhly, Dave Brubeck, Chris Brubeck, and Dorothy Hindman. Smith is also a leading specialist in dance accompaniment, having accompanied more than 4,000 ballet and contemporary dance classes. He lectures and conducts research on the training and professional development of dance musicians and has served as a guest dance accompanist internationally. A 2018 recipient of the FSU Alumni Association’s Reubin O’D. Askew Young Alumni Award, Smith holds degrees from Florida State University and the University of Florida. He is currently an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the Florida State University School of Dance.