The Dallas Opera 2021-2022 - The Barber of Seville/The Pearl Fishers

21 THE PEARL FISHERS Micah Moch (Solo Dancer) The Dallas Opera debut Selected by Dance Magazine as 25 dancers to watch worldwide, Micah Moch is a dancer, choreographer, creative movement director, and performance capture artist. He has performed in Brazil, China, Russia, Serbia, Canada, and Mexico and over 40 states in the U.S. at the world’s leading concert halls including Lincoln Center, Jacob’s Pillow, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and the Hollywood Bowl. In addition to his diverse and innovative on-stage dance work, Moch frequently performs in and choreographs award-winning and high-profile feature films, television shows, music videos, and commercials. Some of Moch’s credits include his performance capture artistry and rendering work for Director James Cameron’s feature film Avatar , dancing in Comedy Central’s television series Key & Peele , and choreographing Grouplove’s music video Way to Go , Tuxedo’s Do It , and director Amy Ephron’s dance short Chloe @3am . Jamal Story (solo dancer) The Dallas Opera debut Jamal Story trained at the Lula Washington Dance Theatre and holds degrees in Dance Performance and TV/Radio Communications from Southern Methodist University. He performed with Complexions, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet, Donald Byrd/theGroup, Madonna’s 2001 Drowned World Tour , Complexions, and Cher’s Living Proof: The Farewell Tour , and is currently the dance and aerial captain for her Here We Go Again tour. In addition to workshop teaching appearances at several dance training programs, Story taught as an interim professor at the University of Missouri Kansas City. He continues arts advocacy outreach as the chair of the National Dance Committee for SAG-AFTRA, and has written two books, 12:34 and Toss in the Ether . Nicole Paiement , Conductor Nicole Paiement made her TDO debut in 2012, and was soon named its Principal Guest Conductor, returning since to lead Death and the Powers , the world premiere of Everest , The Turn of the Screw , and Arjuna’s Dilemma . As Artistic Director of San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle, Paiement has led numerous new productions, including World, American, and West Coast premieres and commissions. She has also served as the Artistic Director of the BluePrint Project at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), as the Jean and Josette Deleage Distinguished Chair in New Music, where she has commissioned, premiered, and recorded works from many living American composers. Paiement was awarded the 2016 American Composer’s Forum “Champion of New Music Award” for her outstanding contributions to contemporary music. She has led operas at Washington National Opera and The Glimmerglass Festival, as well as The Atlanta Opera, and the Monterey Jazz Festival for the world premiere of Wayne Shorter’s commissioned work. Other recent engagements include a return to Glimmerglass and Washington National Opera, as well as debuts at Seattle Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, and Chicago Lyric Opera. Shawna Lucey , Co-Director Shawna Lucey is an American theater and opera director based in New York City. She attended the Schukin Institute, where she gained access to some of the best theater training in the world. As the only American (and sole foreigner) in a class of Russians, Lucey knows firsthand the mastery of the Russian theater tradition. The foundation of her directing stems from this heritage, while incorporating multi- disciplinary traditions of dance, music and puppetry.  She has since worked at the Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Bolshoi Theater and Schauspiel Hannover. She has assisted esteemed directors, including Stephen Lawless, Lee Blakeley, John Caird, Peter Schumann and Laurie Feldman. Lucey recently joined the San Jose Opera as its new General Director.