cindy brandle (Artistic Director)

     Cindy Brandle is the Artistic Director of the Cindy Brandle Dance Company, which formed in Chicago September 2004 and is now located in Boulder, CO. For nearly 10 years Cindy danced for the Chicago Moving Company and served as Co-Artistic Director with founder Nana Shineflug for five of those years. Cindy has been awarded two scholarships from the Dance Center of Columbia College as both a performer and choreographer. In 1999 and 2006 Cindy received fellowships for choreography from the Illinois Arts Council. Her work has been presented at Dance Chicago, The Storefront Theatre, Harold Washington Library, The Dance Center of Columbia College, throughout Illinois, the Midwest and internationally in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, Brazil. In November of 2001, Cindy’s dance “Duplicate” was presented in the XXII INBA/UAM Choreographic Festival in Mexico City. Her dances have been produced for three years in Chicago’s NEXT Dance Festival and participated in Estrogen Fest in 2001/03/05/07. Cindy’s work had  been produced for three years as a part of Spectrum Dance Festival and has been produced for 8 years in The Other Dance Festival. She lives with her beautiful family, Ashay and Akasha.  Brandle is also an emerging singer/songwriter (see the Cindy Brandle Music Page)

  Leslie Merrill is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and video artist with an MFA in Dance from the University of Colorado. She has enjoyed performing with Louder than Words Dancetheatre, Haan Dances, RADAR: Dance in Reverse, and Interweave Dance Theatre. She is currently working as a dancer, choreographer, and instructor for Ascential Dance Theatre Colorado and also enjoys teaching at Mountain Kids, Studio D, and the Boulder Recreation Center. In 2009, Leslie co-founded Peekaboo Sole Productions (PSP) with Mimi Ferrie and Jessica England. PSP produces the work of local choreographers and facilitates artistic and collaborative exchange amongst dance artists. In addition to co-directing Peekaboo, she enjoys working as a writer, Newsletter Editor, and Website Administrator for the Colorado Dance Alliance. Leslie has presented her video and choreographic work extensively in the Denver metro area, as well as nationally and internationally in places such as British Columbia, Mexico, and Germany. She is thrilled to be performing with the Cindy Brandle Dance Company for a second season.

angie simmons (Dancer, Artistic Collaborator)

   Angie Simmons is in her 2nd season with Cindy Brandle Dance Co.  She has been a professional dancer in Colorado and New York for the past ten years.  Angie has performed professionally as a company member with Isis Movement Company and Tribe of Human in New York and 3rd Law Dance/Theatre and Louder Than Words Dancetheatre in Colorado.  She has also worked on individual projects with Gabe Masson, Tom Evert, Marcela Alvarez, Jon DeMone, Doug Woods, Kim Neal Knofsinger, David Dorfman, Toby Hankin, Nada Diachenko, Megan Flood, Maruisz Olszewski, Anna Baer, and Lynda White.  Additionally, Angie is co-artistic director of Evolving Doors Dance, which she founded in 2006.   Angie holds an M.F.A. in dance choreography from the University of Colorado at Boulder, with an emphasis in the Alexander Technique, and a B.S. in secondary dance education from Illinois State University.  Simmons teaches Advanced/Professional Modern Technique class independently in Boulder, is adjunct dance faculty for Naropa University’s BFA program, and is also a long-time faculty member of Longmont Dance Theatre.  When not dancing, Angie practicing bodywork a certified massage therapist, specializing in treating dancers and performers of all kinds.