Artistic Director
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR-BIOGRAPHY
Ofelia Loret de Mola was born and raised in Yucatán, México. In 1995, she moved to NY thanks to a scholarship from the Mexican Foundation FONCA. She studied modern dance with Mary Lee Miller at the Rochester School of the Arts and graduated with a Choreography Award in 1997. She holds an MFA in Choreography and a BFA in Dance Performance from Purchase College where she was a student under the direction of Kazuko Hirabayashi. Ms. Loret de Mola is the recipient of many awards such as the Outstanding Graduate Award, Dean’s Award, Who’s Who Award, Bert Terborgh Dance Award, Susan Kaskell Award, among others.
Since 2002, she has performed with Aszure and Artists in NYC, Canada and at Jacob’s Pillow as well as with the Wendy Osserman Dance Company for which she received favorable reviews in the Village Voice and Field Notes by Eva Yaa Asantewa for her performance. Other projects include working with Noémie LaFrance, Asunción Noales (Spain), Stephen Koplowitz to name a few. As a member of ArtistAccess, she has performed at the Woodhull Medical Center and has been featured in CNN International, Dance Magazine, The Daily News, Telemundo, and El Diario, La Prensa. Last February, she was invited by The Pentacle to be a panelist in their “Exploring Opportunities” at Hunter College and she had a wonderful experience. She also enjoyed choreographing the play “Icarus and Aria” directed by Dean Irby.
In 2003, she founded danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola, a contemporary ensemble that unites diverse artists to create collaboration opportunities for performance. danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola presented its first NYC season at the Merce Cunningham Studio in 2004. Since then, danscores has had a season at Joyce SoHo and participated in the Sunday at the MET program at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, dancenOw/upclose at DTW, Joyce SoHo Presents, WAXworks at University Settlement, the d.u.m.b.o. Dance Festival 2004 and 2005, The COOL NY Festival 2005 and 2006, The Puffin Room, The Frying Pan, Fielday at Pier 63 and HERE Arts Center, the Reverb Festival at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, among other venues. Internationally, Ofelia Loret de Mola’s choreography has been performed in Spain and México.
Executive Director
Colleen Cintron, (Executive Director/Dancer) is originally from Iowa City, IA where her ballet training began with Diane Danheiux. She then moved to New York City to attend the Alvin Ailey American Dance School. In May 2002 she graduated from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College with a BFA in Dance Performance. While at Purchase College, she performed the repertories of Mark Morris, Doug Varone, and Cloud Gate Dance Theater and original works by Kazuko Hirabyashi and Nancy Bannon. Since then she has had the pleasure of working with Rotem Tashach, Honor Gherman, Megan Williams, Esse Aficiando and is presently a company member of Von Ussar Danceworks and Rebudal Dance. She is also the Executive Director and company member of danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola. She is presently working towards her Pilates certification at the Kane School of Core Integration.
The Company
Enrique Guzmán Torres (Dancer/Rehearsal Assistant), was born in México City, where he began dancing. He joined Ballet Nacional de México in 1991 and performed nationally and internationally (Switzerland, Colombia, Costa Rica, United States) in repertory by Guillermina Bravo, Federico Castro, Jaime Blanc, Luis Arreguín, Rosanna Filomarino, and Philippe Three during the 14 years he was a member. In December 2004, he left the company to explore freelance and has since been a guest performer with the Compañía de Danza Contemporánea del Estado de Yucatán and the Staging Director in the production of ¨Power and Mystery¨ in Palenque, Chiapas. He moved to NY in May 2005 and has since performed with fullfatdance/jeremy nelson & luis lara malvacías, Wendy Osserman Dance Company, HT Chen and Dancers and danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola.
Indah Boyle (Dancer) grew up traveling around Spain, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States. Before attending Purchase College where she is currently pursuing her BFA, she danced in Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand. She joined danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola in 2004 and has danced the repertory of CAOS!, The Destruction of Chi Cheen Itza, Analecta and Retratos.
Cori Kresge (Dancer) started dancing at the age of three at the Annelise Von Ottengen School of Dance in Cincinnati, Ohio. She now studies dance and composition at Purchase College. She has had the opportunity to perform works by Merce Cunningham and members of the Purchase Faculty. She recently returned from a 3-month stay in Indonesia, where she studied Balinese traditional dance. She is currently a company member of the Wendy Osserman Dance Company as well as a founding member of danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola.
Elisenda Nadal, (Dancer) Elisenda Nadal (Dancer) is from Barcelona, Spain where she began her ballet training with Laura Mas. She graduated from the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Clásica de Madrid. Soon after, she moved to London and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dancing. She studied modern dance and contact improvisation in Barcelona with A. Morin, R. Oller, O. Tragant. Eli moved to NY in 2005 to continue her studies in modern dance. She has danced with Laura Mas Dance Company, Dreams Theater, Alexia Dance Company, Port Aventura, Liceo Opera Theater in Barcelona, Park’dance, Stephanie Tack at the John Houseman Theater, T. Guberman and is excited to be dancing with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola.
Guest Artists
Molly Davey holds an MFA in Opera Performance from Purchase College, where she performed in productions of The Merry Widow (Anna Glawari), Hansel und Gretel (Gretel), and Der Schauspieldirektor (Madame Goldentrill). She has reprised the role of Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, and performed the roles of Lotte in the premiere of Sam Belich?s opera The Eglantine and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance. Upcoming performances include Adele in Die Fledermaus with the Stony Hill Players in Summit, NJ. Molly has worked with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola since 2005.
Stuart Singer is originally from Pelham, MA, where he began his training at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter High School. He continued his studies at the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, where he performed in works by Paul Taylor, Merce Cunningham and Kevin Wynn. He has previously worked with Chimaera Physical Theatre, Sidra Bell Dance NY, the American Dance Legacy Institute, and Takehiro Ueyama. He is currently a member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and has been performing with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola since 2003.
Kathryn Alter hails from Juneau, Alaska. After attending Interlochen Arts Academy, she went on to graduate from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance with the highest honors in 2001. In 2003, Ms. Alter joined the Limón Dance Company, She has had the privilege of performing works of Jose Limón, Doris Humphrey, Jiri Kylian, Lar Lubovitch, Susanne Linke, and Jonathan Riedel. In addition to dancing with the Limón Company, Ms. Alter is a founding member of the Riedel Dance Theater, and has enjoyed projects with Alan Danielson and Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theater. Her choreography has been presented in New York City at a variety of venues, including the Limón Studio, Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theater, the DUMBO Arts Festival, and Purchase College. She first collaborated with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola in 2004.
Eduardo Ramones, (Dancer) a native Venezuelan, has performed with Contemporary Dance Workshop and Dance Theater Company of Caracas throughout Europe, the United States, and Latin America. Since moving to New York in 1983, he has worked with choreographers Remy Charlip, Albert Reid, Dan Wagoner, Viola Farber among others. Since 1989, he has been a freelance dance instructor/choreographer for a number of cummunity based cultural agencies' dance in education programs in NYC public schools, sponsored by the Board of Education. This is his first engagement with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola.
Victoria Lundell (Dancer) has had a diverse dance career as a member of two World-renowned companies, Mark Morris Dance Group and The Parsons Dance Company. She can be seen in the dance films, ?Falling Down Stairs? with Yo-Yo Ma, and the Danmarks Radio Production of ?The Parsons Dance Company. Vicky has danced in the Works of Ruth Davidson-Hahn, Anita Cheng, Aszure Barton, JoAnna Mendle-Shaw, David Mariano and currently collaborates with Wendy Osserman. Vicky also maintains a private practice in personal fitness training in NYC. This is her first season with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola.
Justin Ternullo (Dancer) recieved his BFA from the Purchase Conservatory of Dance. He has performed an eclectic repertoire of works incliuding pieces by Lucinda Childs, Buglisi/Foreman, Kevin Wynn, Paul Taylor, David Parsons, Urban Bush Women, and Doug Varone. Justin lives/works in Harlem, NY and is excited to be working with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola.
Collaborators
Thank you to all our past collaborators!
Ruth Anselm, Robert Bell, Erin Bellis, Samuel Black, Indah Boyle, Julia Burrer, Peter Chamberlin, Brittany Dreher, Marie Doherty, Christine Elmo, Sarah Gale, Katie Griffler, Molly Gawler, Hana Ginsburg, Julie Johnson, Gary Lai, Daniel Madoff, Emilio martinez Lopez, Giselle Mejia, Dexandro Montalvo, Marie Fairbanks Morrow, Sarah Oppenheim, Amber Lee Parker, Sonia Portugal, Ryoji Sasamoto, Connor Schumacher, Annika Sheaff, Noopur Singha, Carmen Smith, Elyse Sparkes, Todd Staiger, Justin Ternullo, Lucile Trouttet, Nelly van Bommel, Emily Vetsch, Travis Waldschmidt, Patrick Welsh, Rebecca Woods, Nathan Yaffe, Stacy Yoshioka. Nana Tsuda,
Lighting Designer Stacy-Jo Marine, Kathleen Scott, Julie Ana Dobo
Costume Designer MASALA, Murielle Etienne
Sound Designer Ken Kresge
Video Design Ray Roy, Roque Loret de Mola
Visual Artist Teresa Loret de Mola, Marielena Jorge
Technical support Taylor Rivelli