Edge of Mercy

Jennifer Rose; a choreographer, movement director, and martial artist is a disciple of two MacArthur Fellows; Shen Wei and Bill T Jones. Jennifer has won awards for her films and dance theatre productions including including Best Choreography and Best Direction. She choreographs stage productions for the famed all female choir "The Mystery of Bulgarian Voice" and Jacob Collier, immersive theatre company "Delusion" as well as for music videos and television.

She has performed at theaters such as Lincoln Center, LA Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Festival du Cannes and The Olympic Theatre in Beijing and collaborated with Balinese actors, Bulgarian Choirs, Flamenco dancers and Arabic singers and is an awardee of the Raushenburg Dance Grant. Her work was also presented at the US Cultural Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Cultural Consulate of Andalusia, Spain, Spain, Congress-Legalize Dance, Los, Angeles, CA, multiple venues across Oaxaca, Mexico and at various artist residencies around the globe.

Roberta Shaw has straddled dance and film for most of her adult life, presenting at REDCAT, Wexner Center for the Arts, Lincoln Center, Artist’s Television Access, ODC/SF, and more. Highlights include collaborating with David Rousseve on BITTERSWEET, co-creating FECHE! Dancing in Senegal with Nicole Stanton, creating projections for Victoria Marks’ SMALLEST GESTURE, and choreographing/directing her own piece DOMINION, filmed at Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Artsite. She has loved getting to dance with Neil Greenberg, Maria Gillespie (ONI Dance), Bebe Miller, Victoria Uris, Rebecca Pappas, Kristina Isabelle, Jennifer Rose and many others. Robbie teaches dance and film in colleges and high schools, most recently at CalArts, Pasadena City College, and formerly at UCI, UCLA, and The Ohio State University.