Standing:  Mike, Jill, Adriana, Yaneth, Margarita, Eduardo

  Sitting:      YoungSoon, Carmen, Megan, Shayoni

DIRECTORS

Jill Greenhalgh is from Wales.  Since 1986 she has been the Artistic Director of The Magdalena Project, an international network of women in contemporary theatre.  Water [war]s is a project she has been developing for a long time with Mike Brookes.  She had been commissioned for Infant Novi Sad, Yugoslavia 2000, and Transit Odin Theatre, Denmark 2001, Silkeborg, and the performance and installation work Water[war]s: act 3 exhibited Silkeborg, Denmark 2002.  Versions 4, 5,and 6 to take place in Colombia, Belgrade and Australia 2002-2003. Currently, she is teaching in the department of Performance Studies at the University of Wales Averystwyth.

Mike Brookes began his career as a painter and has increasingly reconnected his work with performance.  In recent years his work has focused largely upon the holistic production of durational objects, environments, and contexts, in which he integrates elements as diverse as photography, large-scale projection, short-range and satellite radiobroadcast technology, mobile telecommunications helicopters and monitoring equipment.  He also teaches Scenographic Studies at University of Wales Aberystwyth.

PERFORMERS

Megan Brookes is from Wales. She is the daughter of Mike and Jill. This is the third water[war]s project she has performed in.

Adriana Cantor is from Colombia. She studied drama at Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramatico. She worked with the oldest Colombia Theatre group La Candelaria for more than five years. She also performed in the Water [war]s 5 with the director Jill Greenhalgh.

Carmen Gomer Bandera is from Spain. She is attending Superior School of Dramatic Art as a graduate student and holds a Ph.D. in Spanish Philology with a research and study about "Semiotics of the Space on Stage."  She is also a member of a theatre company "El Norte de Venus."

Eduardo Flores is from Mexico. He is a performance and video artist. He is a member of artistic group "Colaboratorio de arte publico." He has published articles in International Scenic Arts magazines.

Margarita Borja is from Spain.  She is a playwright and director of the Sorambulas Theatre.  Since 1996, she coordinates the Lbero American Women Meetings in the Performing Arts.  Recently, she has published a book of poems called Lael's River.

Shayoni Mitra is from India. She holds a masters degree in English from St. Stephen's College Delhi University. She has been a member of the street theatre group Jana Natya Manch, for the past few years. She is currently a graduate student at the department of Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts NYU.

Yaneth Mesias is from Colombia. She is an actress and a dancer.She has been working for six years with the group deTeatro la Mascara in Colombia. She performed in the Water [war]s 5 with the director Jill Greenhalgh

YoungSoon Kim is from Korea. She is attending Tisch School of the Arts (M.A) at NYU. She also got a B.A. in Theatre and Media Arts from Brigham Young University.