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.
Photos by: Heather Gray