RAW HOUSE Presents an evening of contemporary dance by New York's Umbrella Co.

RAW presents this new work in partnership with SPACE on Ryder Farm in Brewster where it was created during a residency this summer.   The Umbrella Co.'s new piece is titled. "The Epitome of Femininity" and makes its premiere in the Hudson Valley at RAW.  Buy Tickets HERE.

Stephanie Booth, Co-Artistic Director, The Umbrella Co.

Booth received her degree in dance from the University of Washington and has been painting and dancing in NYC ever since. She is the co-founder of The 

Umbrella Co., along with Jessica Parks, and has been a member of Urban Dance



Collective with Niles Ford since 2006. She has worked with the Chamber Dance



Company, Mark Heim, Peter Kyle, Michael Hellend, Nathan Trice, Jessica Parks,



Headless Horse Dance, Audrey Ellis, and other choreographers from New York and



Seattle.

Jessica


Parks, Co-Artistic Director, The Umbrella Co.

Originally from Detroit,



Jessica now calls NYC home. She is a member of Urban Dance Collective



and Heather N. Seagraves and Dancers and is creating and performing with The



Umbrella Co. Jessica has had the pleasure of working with choreographers



Niles Ford, Nathan Trice, Robin Rapoport, Eva Dean, James Clouser, Susan



Quinn and Kelley Donovan and has been a featured guest performer for



Amalgamate Dance Company, among others. Jessica has taught master classes



at the Open Look Contemporary Dance Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, at



the Energy Dance Festival in Curacao and has been a guest



teaching artist at Bates College and at Hofstra University. She received her



BFA in dance from the University of Arizona, is a graduate of the



Yogaworks teacher training program and is looking forward to beginning graduate



studies in dance at Hollins University/ADF in 2014. Jessica teaches and



performs regularly in and around New York City, is an avid yogi and looks



forward to seeing The Umbrella Co. grow and expand...as umbrellas tend to do!