The vision of the Department of Performing and Media Arts is to nurture and mentor artists, performers, writers, and thinkers through the process of event programming. We recognize that all people should see their stories represented, and envision their stories as valuable.

We commit ourselves to creating spaces that actively seek to break down systems of oppression based on race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and place of origin and empower all to be involved. We seek to stimulate thoughtful discussion and enact social change within our productions and our audiences. It is our goal to make our events accessible to the wider Cornell and Ithaca community, to strengthen bonds and engage inquiry, dialogue, and impact around social and cultural change.

In the 2022-2023 academic year we will help realize a wide range of students' creative projects, from original plays, to solo performances, to readings, to choreographies, to acting, directorial, and curatorial projects. We are particularly happy that in addition to supporting live performances, we are now also supporting the production of student films. Enjoy the shows!

Byron Suber - Faculty Mentor
Byron Suber is originally from New Orleans, LA, and moved to Ithaca in 1991 after ten years of living and working in New York City. His work there included choreography, music, theatre, costume design and performance art. His pieces have been exhibited at La MAMA Inc., Performance Space 122, the Kitchen, DANSPACE, the American Dance Festival and The Wigstock music festival. He has received grants and awards from the Harkness Foundation, Art Matters Inc., New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Cornell Council for the Arts. He has taught at the American Dance Festival at Duke University, Dance Space and Steps, in NYC, as well as various universities in the States, France, Italy, Ireland and Spain. Since coming to Cornell he has continued to create work in dance and theatre as well as entering the realm of digital sound and visual media, for instance in collaboration with professors and students from MIT on a pair of digitally wired sneakers that produced music when the dancer moved. At Cornell, Suber teaches ballet and modern technique, yoga, dance history and criticism, dance composition, and digital media. Outside of his position in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, he completed a M.A in the History of Architecture and Urbanism in the School of Art, Architecture and Planning at Cornell.

Miles Yeung-Tieu - Faculty Choreographer
Originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Miles Yeung-Tieu is a dance artist currently based in Philadelphia, PA. His performance credits include Brian Sander's JUNK, Stacey Tookey's Still Motion, Helen Simoneau Danse, La Biennale di Venezia's Arsenale della Danza, and the New York City production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Miles has worked with international dance artists including Ismael Ivo (Brazil, Italy), Isabel Lewis (Germany), and Douglas Becker (Belgium) while studying and performing across Europe. Miles received his training at the University of the Arts, completing both his BFA in Modern Performance ('14) with honors and MFA in Dance ('19). He currently dances with Brooklyn-based company Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group and is a collaborator with Mark Caserta's BigKid Dance.

Olive Prince - Guest Choreographer
Olive Prince is a veteran Philadelphia performer having worked with many independent artists as well as a company member with Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (2007-2013), and Merian Soto (2005-present) for close to a decade. Prince received her MFA in dance and choreography from Temple University, where her choreography was chosen for the American Colleges Dance Festival Association's National Concert at the Kennedy Center.

1610 Technical Production Lab:
Andrew Aman, McKee Bond, Olivia Breitkopf, Tatiana Bustos, Ana Carmona-Pereda, Kaitlin Chang, Flora Ding, Peter Levine, Oscar Llodra, Ben Mehler, Elliot Overholt

Scene Shop Work-Study:
David Bascom, Arianna Louise Marie Josue, Julianna Lee, Charlie Wright

Prop & Paint Work-Study: Jessica Ritchie

Costume First Hands:
Isabel Berkenblit, Havily Nwakuche, Jill Parrino, Bella Peters

House/Building Managers:
Idey Abdi, Cierra Baptiste, Kenneth Choi, Mari-Christina Clark, Safiyyah Franklin, Jack McManus, Jessica Pedro-Pascual, Nia Reid-Vicars, Ethan Sarpong, Matthew Saylor

PRODUCTION STAFF
Director of Productions and Events: Pamela Lillard
Technical Director: Fritz Bernstein
Assistant Technical Director: Savannah Relos
Props Coordinator: Tim Ostrander
Costume Shop Supervisor: Lisa Boquist
Master Electrician: Steven Blasberg
Sound Engineer: Warren Dennis Cross
Computer Support: Chris Christensen
Communications Manager: Gary Gabisan
Performance & Events Coordinator: Youngsun Palmer

This program has been made possible through the generous gift of Cheryl Whaley and Eric Aboaf.