Stephen Brown (director of SB Dance, performer)
Stephen began his training at high school dances. He was too terrified to move, so he would lean against a wall and act hip. Rewarded by this posing technique, he coolly slid into professional ranks, performing with diverse modern companies in New York and the West, including Creach and Koester, Mark Morris Dance Group, Sharir Dance Company, Repertory Dance Theatre and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Somewhere in there, Stephen graduated from Columbia University with a BS in Biological Sciences, Summa Cum Laude. At Columbia, he had the privilege of studying under professor Marty Chalfie who was hot on the trail of research that would lead to a Nobel prize 17 years later.

In 1997, Stephen formed SB Dance, a nonprofit that has slowly mutated into a loose group of misfits trying to lose their funding. As director, Stephen has a finger in every pot. Besides allowing him to fiddle with their creations, Stephen's collaborators make his own work seem that much better. His managerial philosophy goes like this: if you hire really good people and exhaust them with bad ideas, they'll eventually do great work just to get you out of their hair.

Stephen has received a couple of awards and recently been knighted a pioneer of the Utah alternative scene.

FOR YOGA CONFIDENTAL...
Carolyn "Winnie" Wood (director)
Winnie has had a long and complicated career in the performing arts. Atfer graduating in 1976 with a BA in Theatre and Dance, she began a long association with the Repertory Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City. In 1980 she was a founding member of Dance Theatre Coalition. Winnie wrote and performed radio comedy for DesertAire, heard on KRCL once a month for ten years. She has acted and danced in, directed, choreographed and produced theatrical producions in the Salt Lake area for almost 30 years. In 2001 she received one of the Mayor's Artist of theYear Awards. She served as President of the Performing Arts Coalition and was instrumental in the completion of the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. Now on the faculty of the Wasatch Academy in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.

Daniel Beecher (performer)
Bio coming.

Tracie Merrill (performer)
Bio coming.

FOR RECENT SHOWS...
Kate Crews (performer) is a redhead, 6' tall on pointe, who has played the most famous witches and bitches in the ballet world since her teens. A soloist with Ballet West and active teacher of both ballet and yoga.

Paul Mulder (performer) was playing a 7 year old boy when he first worked with Stephen. In fact, he was a 7 year old boy. His professional credits include tv, movies and stage productions both national and local.

Kim Côté (performer) is a bonafide triple threat pounding the boards in everything from Tommy to Les Mis. Lead singer for local band Swamp Boogie who loves to get dirt in her fingernails.

Stefanie Slade (lighting and production design)
A devoted believer in theater, Stefanie Slade finds herself seeking a balance between blur and precision. She keeps involving herself in projects that push her every direction. She considers her involvement with SB Dance to be part of her pilgrimage. She wants to start a cult but can't think of a good name yet.

Mattson McFarland (set and object designer)
When Mattson first joined SBDance in 2003, Stephen asked him “Would you mind hanging a thousand ping-pong balls from the ceiling individually with fishing line?” He said “No problem.” “Now would you take it down and could you do that again, again, and again?” Mattson said “That’s fine.” Stephen was pleased and has ruthlessly exploited this shamelessly naïve attitude of Mattson’s every year since then. There have been illustrations of dissected rats, Calder-esque mobiles, life-size cut-out figures, art salons, illustrated Bible stories and latex fetish monsters. . . With SB Dance, Mattson rarely knows what he’ll be saying yes to next. But the answer is still yes.

Christopher Larson (costumes) designs for commercial fashion, theater and dance. His work can be seen on Ririe-Woodbury, Repertory Dance Theatre and, for the past 4 years, SB Dance. Mad about wigs and bicycles.

Jimmy Fassler (composer, arranger, sound design) has worked in almost every part of the commercial music industry since age 10. He has been a member of many bands, most notoriously the touring dance act, Perfect Tommy. Traveling throughout the 80s with Perfect Tommy and a clunky Apple II computer, Jimmy began honing his skill for creating digital music. Recording and mixing all genres of live bands and artists, he now works as a producer and sound engineer for several music labels including his own.(composer, arranger, sound design) has worked in almost every part of the commercial music industry since age 10. He has been a member of many bands, most notoriously the touring dance act, Perfect Tommy. Traveling throughout the 80s with Perfect Tommy and a clunky Apple II computer, Jimmy began honing his skill for creating digital music. Recording and mixing all genres of live bands and artists, he now works as a producer and sound engineer for several music labels including his own.