Broken Theater

Julia Eichten is a dancer and choreographer. She is a Juilliard graduate and recipient of the Hector Zaraspe Award for choreography. A founding member of L.A. Dance Project and current member of AMOC*, Eichten’s work spans dance, opera, and film. Recent highlights include performances and choreography at La MaMa, Long Beach Opera, the Ojai Music Festival, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and The Getty Museum. She collaborates frequently with Bret Easterling under the moniker Eichterling and has been praised for her inventive, theatrical movement across disciplines.

Bobbi Jene Smith er instruktør, koreograf og danser. Hun har skabt originale værker for Paris Opera Ballet, Den Kongelige Danske Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Ballet BC, Los Angeles Dance Project, VAIL Dance Festival, Batsheva Ensemble, Theater Basel og flere. Hendes danse- og teaterværker er blevet præsenteret og støttet af bl.a. American Repertory Theater, PS 122, La MaMa, ODC Theater, Stanford Live, Carolina Performing Arts, Kaufman Hall på 92nd St. Y, Luminato, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art og Betty Nansen Teatret. Hun har desuden medvirket i eller koreograferet til film som Elvira Linds Bobbi Jene, Maggie Gyllenhaals The Bride!, Alex Garlands Annihilation, Georgia Parris’ Mari og Boaz Yakins Aviva. Smith er uddannet fra Juilliard School, North Carolina School of the Arts og Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. Hun er medstifter af American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) og medstifter af The Broken Theater sammen med Or Schraiber. Hun har modtaget Harkness Promise Award, været Martha Duffy Resident Artist ved Baryshnikov Arts Center og er modtager af Wilhelm Foundation Award. Hun har været Artist in Residence hos LA Dance Project og La MaMa Experimental Theater.

Mouna Soualem is a French actress known for her powerful performances across film, television, and stage. After studying cinema at the University of Paris 8 and training at the Stella Adler Studio in New York, she made her screen debut in Steven Spielberg’s Munich (2005). She has since starred in You Deserve a Lover (Cannes 2019), Oussekine (Disney+), for which she won Best Actress at the 2022 ACS Awards, and The Night of the 12th (Cannes 2022). Recent work includes Broken Theater in New York, The Last Breath by Costa-Gavras, the Canal+ series Cimetière indien, and The Little Sister, which won the Queer Palm at Cannes 2025.

Alexander Bozinoff was born in Toronto, Ontario, and graduated from Canada’s National Ballet School and the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Germany. He was a member of the Stuttgart Ballet and Staatstheater Nürnberg before joining The Royal Danish Ballet in 2011. In 2022 he was promoted to principal dancer.

Mikael Darmanie has performed throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. Recent appearances have included The Weill Institute at Carnegie, Trinity Wall Street, Prototype, Bang on a Can Marathon, Close Encounters With Music, Berkshire High Peaks Festival, Cape Cod Symphony Nth Degree, Pianofest in the Hamptons, the Mozarteum, Mainly Mozart, and L’Academie d Musique de Sion.

Vinson Fraley is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist originally from North Carolina and Georgia. A graduate of NYU Tisch, he has performed with A.I.M by Kyle Abraham and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company. His collaborators span visual art, music, and fashion, including Carrie Mae Weems, Madonna, Calvin Klein, and The Met. Fraley’s work has been presented at The Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center, and internationally, blending movement, voice, and visual media. He is represented by DNA Models and United Talent Agency, and his work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and V Magazine, among others.

Jonathan Fredrickson is a dance performer, choreographer, teacher, dramaturg, and filmmaker. His professional performance career has expanded over many years, having danced with Limon Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and AMOC. Most recently he was Rehearsal Director at Ballett Basel under the direction of Adolphe Binder.

Keir GoGwilt is a violinist and composer who was born in Edinburgh and grew up in New York City. As a violinist he has been described as a “formidable performer” (New York Times) noted for his “finger-busting virtuosity” (San Diego Union Tribune). In past seasons he has soloed with groups including the Sinfonieorchester Basel, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Chinese National Symphony, Orquesta Filarmonica de Santiago and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. A founding member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), he has performed original, collaboratively-devised music, dance, and theater works at 92NY, Baryshnikov Arts Center and the Ojai Music Festival.

Coleman Itzkoff is a cellist who stands at the intersection of baroque/classical/new music, contemporary dance, and experimental theater. Whether premiering works by living composers, performing baroque music on historical instruments, acting and dancing and playing in pieces of avant-garde dance theater, composing, arranging, and recording music for films, or simply playing solo Bach for hospital patients in the time of COVID, Coleman brings his diverse range of interests and shape-shifting presence to every stage he occupies.

Jesse Kovarsky is a physical shape shifter whose essentialist approach to movement is infused with a playful dose of absurdity. His distinctive ability to transform creative visions into compelling motion has earned him recognition across Film/TV, Fashion, Commercials, Stage, and Print. He has shaped movement alongside renowned artists including Chappell Roan, Jessie Ware, Ariana Grande, Paul McCartney, Christine & the Queens, Emma Stone, Chloe FIneman, & John Mulaney. His work has been featured by industry leaders such as A24, Vogue, NY Magazine, Netflix, Apple, GM, Marriott, & Outlier.

Or Schraiber is a dancer, choreographer, actor, and filmmaker, born in 1992 in Jerusalem. He began his dance education at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance high school, and in 2010, he joined the Batsheva Dance Company, where he danced for seven years. In 2017, Or moved to New York City to study acting at the Stella Adler Studio, and in 2019, he took on the role of Zelger in the national tour of the Broadway production The Band’s Visit. Or has choreographed and appeared in several films, including Bobbi Jene (2017), Aviva (2019), The Way of the Wind (2026). His creative partnership with Bobbi Jene Smith has led to numerous original dance works for companies such as the Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet BC, Batsheva Ensemble, Gothenburg Dance Company, and L.A. Dance Project. Or has directed numerous award-winning short films and music videos. In 2023, he made his off-Broadway debut, co-choreographing Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. Or is a founding member of the American Modern Opera Company and a co-founder of The Broken Theater alongside Bobbi Jene.