Co-Artistic Directors:
Angelle Hebert | Phillip Kraft
 

 

Choreography:

Angelle Hebert is a Portland, OR based Choreographer, Movement Artist,Dance Educator, and Co-Artistic Director of Contemporary Dance/Performance Art Company tEEth. Born and raised in Baton Rouge, LA, she headed west to Salt Lake City, UT where she received her B.F.A. in Modern Dance from the University of Utah in 2000. Her studies included Modern and Ballet Technique, Composition, Improvisation, Dance Kinesiology, Costume and Lighting Design, and Dance Education. Upon graduating, she began her collaboration with composer, Phillip Kraft and together they co-founded tEEth in 2006. After settling in Portland in 2002, she immediately immersed herself in local performance, creating dances for Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time Based Art Festival, Portland Center Stage JAW Festival, Water in the Desert Performance Festival, Enteractive Language Festival, Ten Tiny Dances, Conduit, and Performance Works Northwest. Her latest tEEth project, Grub, premiered at On the Boards (Seattle) February 2009, toured nationally to Joyce SoHo (NYC) March 2009 and the Fuse Box Festival (Austin) April 2009, and received a National Performance Network Creation Fund Award. Her previous work, Normal and Happy, premiered at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time Based Art Festival September 2007 and was presented as part of the NW New Works Festival at On the Boards June 2007 and Reed College's Arts Week (Portland) March 2008. In addition to performing in Portland and Seattle, Hebert's work has toured to New Orleans, LA and to Austin, TX as a participating artist in the Fuse Box Festival 2008. In addition to corporate and private funding, Hebert has received three Project Grants and a Professional Development Grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council and a Career Development Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission.

 


 

 

Composition:

Phillip Kraft is a composer, musician, technician, sound designer, and digital video/audio specialist. Originally from Salt Lake City, UT, his studies include music theory, MIDI sequencing and notation, digital music production, composition, and piano. Upon relocating to Portland in 2002, he began creating and presenting work with choreographer, Angelle Hebert. In 2006 he co-founded Contemporary Dance/Performance Art Company, tEEth. For his collaborations with Hebert, he has composed, mixed, mastered, and performed over twenty original compositions for live performance including works for Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time Based Art Festival, Portland Center Stage JAW Festival, Water in the Desert Performance Festival, Enteractive Language Festival, Ten Tiny Dances, Conduit, and Performance Works Northwest. His latest tEEth project, Grub, premiered at On the Boards (Seattle) February 2009, toured nationally to Joyce SoHo (NYC) March 2009 and the Fuse Box Festival (Austin) April 2009, and received a National Performance Network Creation Fund Award. His previous work, Normal and Happy, premiered at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time Based Art Festival September 2007 and was presented as part of the NW New Works Festival at On the Boards June 2007 and Reed College's Arts Week (Portland) March 2008. Kraft's work has toured to New Orleans, LA and to Austin, TX as a participating artist in the Fuse Box Festival 2008. In addition to creating compositions for tEEth, he has created and mastered three full length CDs and composes soundtracks for independent films (2001-present). He mixes, masters, and compiles sound and serves as an audio/visual technical and design consultant for live tEEth and local performances.