| Tauras Cižas |
Tauras serves as an artistic assistant to the famous Lithuanian director, Eimuntas Nekroðius at his theater studio "Meno Fortas." He was also a producer and tour manager for Nekroðius. Tauras studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music where he now lectures on theater management. Prior to the fellowship, he was director of the Lithuanian International Theatre Festival LIFE, the first international theater event in all the Baltic States. Originally an actor, Tauras has played more than 40 roles in Lithuanian theaters and more than 20 roles in Lithuanian, Russian, and American film and television productions.
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| Kathryn Colegrove |
| After completing the Fellowship Program Kathryn returned to her position as managing director for Dad’s Garage Theatre, a small professional theater in Atlanta, Georgia where she oversaw administrative and financial changes as the operating budget increased three-fold and the full-time staff more than doubled. In January of 2005, she joined the staff of the Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech as the Business Manager. Kathryn is a member of “Women in the Arts,” on the board of Dad’s Garage Theatre, and a panelist for the Fulton County Arts Council. |
| Rachel Fine |
| Rachel is now based in Los Angeles, although she continues to serve as Director of Development for Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco. She came to the Fellowship Program after working as Associate Administrative Director of The Juilliard School’s Department of Vocal Arts and Juilliard Opera Center, and Program Administrator for the Aspen Music Festival’s Opera Theater Center. In addition, she has worked for the Santa Fe Opera and Chanticleer in San Francisco. Rachel studied piano for more than 20 years, majoring in piano performance at the Eastman School of Music with the goal of becoming a professional pianist. Tendonitis forced her to leave Eastman and transfer to the University of California, Irvine from which she graduated Phi Beta Kappa in music with a focus on musicology and theory. Rachel attended graduate school in Musicology at Yale University. |
| Kadija George |
Kadija is the publisher of SABLE LitMag, an international literary publication, and the founder of Sable LitFest. She is a literary consultant, project manager, and editor, with a background in community relations, and press for the arts. She has diverse experience in creative writing tutoring, event coordination, and journalism. Kadija has written for major publications and magazines globally and has edited several critically acclaimed anthologies . She combined her two loves—writing and traveling—by creating the Writers HotSpot in which groups of writers of color visit diasporic communities to address their cultural heritage in aspects of their work. Kadija is General Secretary of the African Writers Abroad Centre (PEN), a fellow of the George Bell Institute, a board member for The Arvon Foundation and is a graduate of Birmingham University with a major in West African Studies.
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| Daniel Hagerty |
Currently Dan serves as Manager of National Advancement at the Kennedy Center. Before returning to Washington, DC, he was the Executive Director of The Alameda National Center for Latino Arts and Culture in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to joining the fellowship program, Dan was producer of "Around Town," Washington, DC's weekly television review of local performing, visual, and film arts. He was also WETA's associate producer for national cultural programs including concerts from the Kennedy Center and the White House. In the past, Dan worked with the Public Broadcasting Service, and has experience in development as well as production. He is a graduate of Boston University, College of Communication and studied French language and culture in Paris, France.
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| Ramien Pierre |
Ramien is now the Administrator for the Education Department at the Kennedy Center. Previously, he was executive director of the Dance Institute of Washington (DIW) where he oversaw its dance school, outreach programs, capital campaign, new facility construction project, and the launch of Washington Reflections Dance Company—DIW's professional modern dance company. Prior to becoming a Fellow, Ramien served as a consultant for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC, as part of his work with Projects in Active Cultural Engagement (PACE). PACE researches the intersection between the cultural arts/cultural arts education and civic and intellectual development.
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| Fiona Richards |
| Fiona is Marketing Director at The Old Vic, one of London's oldest and best-loved theatres. She joined the company in 2004 when a new producing company was launched, with Kevin Spacey as Artistic Director. She started her career in book publishing, spending time at both Pan Macmillan and Faber & Faber, before moving to the National Theatre. After completing the Fellowship Program, she returned to the National as Public Affairs Planning Manager to co-ordinate branding, marketing and communications strategies to support the vision of new Artistic Director, Nicholas Hytner. |
| Jeanne Ryan |
Jeanne is currently the Assistant Manager for Annual Giving at the Kennedy Center. Prior to her fellowship year, Jeanne served as assistant to the president at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. She had previously assisted the senior producers at the Lincoln Center Festival. As a vocalist, Jeanne starred in regional musical theater productions, sang lead with a professional party band, and recorded her own original solo and choral compositions before transitioning to full-time arts management. Jeanne studied in Chile, received a federal Jacob K. Javits Fellowship in the Humanities to attend graduate school, and subsequently received a Master of Arts Degree in Musicology/Ethnomusicology from the University of Michigan.
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| Bruce Sansom |
After completing the Fellowship Program in 2002, Bruce returned to the UK on a 1-year contract as Rambert Dance Company's Head of Development following which he worked for two years on a variety of projects as an independent arts advisor. In January 2006 he was appointed Director of Central School of Ballet, based in Central London. CSB trains 105 students and offers a two-year Foundation Degree and a further one-year BA (Hons) Degree in Professional Dance & Performance. Bruce overseas all of the School’s operations, artistic and administrative, including a junior ballet company, Ballet Central, that has toured the UK for the last 21 years.
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| Miriam Teitel |
Miriam is currently the Director of Operations at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland. Before returning to the Washington, DC area, she was the Managing Coordinator for Yale Opera, where she coordinated their productions as well the administrative needs of the academic program. She came to the Fellowship Program from Glimmerglass Opera, where she served as Music Administrator and worked with their Young American Artist Program. Previous positions include coordinating summer programs at Strathmore, shows with Montgomery College's Summer Dinner Theatre, and being the Instrumental Music Fellow at Amherst College, where she managed the orchestra and taught sections. Growing up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, she studied with Truman Harris of the National Symphony Orchestra. She holds a dual degree in Music History/Analysis and Comparative Religion from Amherst College.
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| Pan Yong |
Pan is now working at the National Grand Theater of China. Prior to the fellowship he was a program officer for the Bureau of External Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture, the highest administration in China responsible for cultural exchanges between China and some European countries. He has worked with festivals in London, organized major exhibitions of cultural relics in Denmark and Finland, and worked with the National Company of Beijing Opera. Pan was enrolled in the Nanjing Foreign Languages School, and continued his study of foreign languages and culture at the Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages.
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| Boris Zabolotskiy |
| Most recently, Boris served as the Director of Development and Marketing at Synetic Theater in Washington, DC. Previously, he was the Director of Development at the Stanislavsky Theatre Studio also in Washington. Before joining the fellowship program, he spent eight years working with amateur and professional performing groups in the Omsk performing arts community, and was the Arts Coordinator Manager for the Konversia Charity Foundation. Boris also served as artistic manager of the ethnic folk dance company, "The Dream." He performs English translation for business and art, and is interested in drums and percussion. |
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