Stars
Appearing in the film
DANCERS
GIBNEY COMPANY ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES
2020-2021 season
Rena Butler
Gibney Company Artistic Associate / Choreographic Associate
Nigel D. Campbell
Gibney Company Director and Artistic Associate
Founder MOVE |NYC| (2015)
Amy Miller
Gibney Company Director and Artistic Associate
Marla Phelan
Gibney Company Artistic Associate
Gilbert T Small II
Gibney Company Rehearsal Director
Now Gibney Company Director
Jake Tribus
Gibney Company Artistic Associate
GIBNEY COMPANY FOUNDER
GIBNEY COMPANY DIRECTORS
Nigel mentoring Kelsey.
Nigel Campbell
Gibney Company Director and Artistic Associate
Founder MOVE |NYC| (2015)
YOUTH DANCER
Kelsey, Dancer in city park
Kelsey Lewis
Young professional guided by Move|NYC| at the time of filming SHAKE THESE BONES
As of 2024, Kelsey Lewis in on her 3rd year at Juilliard School.
CHOREOGRAPHERS
SHAKE THESE BONES takes place in New York City as the Gibney Company doubles its ensemble size and prepares for a World Premiere Program at the Joyce Theater featuring not just one but three new works by choreographers Sonya Tayeh, Alan Lucien Øyen, and Rena Butler.
Sonya Tayeh
World renowned, Tony Award- winning choreographer music, theater and dance; director
sonyatayeh.com
OH COURAGE!
World Premiere 2021 / The Joyce Theater
Choreography: Sonya Tayeh
Associate Choreographer: Jenn Freeman
Original Music: The Bengsons
Set Design: Rachel Hauck
Lighting Design: Asami Morita
Costume Design: Márion Talán de la Rosa
Costume Construction: Victoria Bek
Run Time: 26 minutes
Rena Butler
Guest Choreographer 2020-2021 season
"Lusus Naturae", three works
World Premiere 2021 / The Joyce Theater
Choreography: Rena Butler
Lighting Design: Asami Morita
Costume Design: Hogan McLaughlin
Composer: Darryl J. Hoffman
Alan Lucien Øyen
Norwegian writer, director, and choreographer
"The Game is Rigged"
New York City debut for the esteemed choreographer. World Premiere 2021 / The Joyce Theater
Full Gibney Company ensemble
Lighting and set design: Martin Flack
Costume design: Victoria Bek
(Alexander dancing in Oyen's piece)
MUSIC
The Bengsons
"Jump the life back into you"
"Horns and Drums"
"The Void"
"Shake These Bones"
"Dying"
The band seen on stage in SHAKE THESE BONES is The Bengsons. Sonya Tayeh's full company piece was performed to an original composition, played live on stage. Original song selections heard in SHAKE THESE BONES are The Bengsons.