Brian Monahan - Lighting Designer
Chad Lefebvre - Lighting Programmer
Michael Barone - Scenery First - Scenic Designer
Jack Doyle - Scenery First - Production Manager
Nick Thorpe - Westwind Productions - Musical Director
Theodore Pierce - Pierce Audio Design - Audio Engineer
Mark Fifer - Vocal Director
Michael Alvarez - Cast Supervisor (Vocals)
ASHLÉ DAWSON, is a multidisciplinary artist known for uniting her own blended heritage and multi-cultural dance background with her identification within commercial and contemporary forms. She is a pioneer of the style,
Created and produced for Carnival Jubilee in 2024, RIO CARNIVAL is a celebration of everything Brazil!
This 30 minute production takes us on an exciting tour of various styles of Brazilian music, dance and culture. Beginning with a 10 minute choreographed parade down the promenade of the ship, we stir together the vivid color and spectacle of Samba, the chill vibes of Bossa Nova and traditional Afro-Brazilian styles along with a dash of amazing aerial feats, to create one wild, non-stop, immersive experience!
For this epic undertaking, 2 Creative brought on two world class specialty choreographers to make sure the details and style were both correct and authentic. Ashlé Dawson and Alex Magno joined our 2 Creative veteran choreographer Jill Hillier to bring RIO CARNIVAL to life on the Jubilee stage.
Latin Fusion, and is internationally known for her unique ability to create an uplifting, inspiring, and safe community atmosphere wherever she goes.
Credits include choreographer and activist for Global Citizen Festival & 360 Video Media, In The Heights Film (Jon M. Chu) and (Lin-Manuel Miranda), Wild N’ Out MTV (Prince Royce), Times Square New Year’s Eve (Univision) for artists Don Omar, JenCarlos Canela, Alejandra Guzman & El Dasa. Her work “Our Land” which depicts hot-button topics of immigration & the refugee crisis worldwide was selected to perform at the 38th Battery Dance Festival in NYC. She is proud to have been the first Top 4 on the inaugural season of SYTYCD bringing her to Los Angeles, where she worked as a dancer on projects including America’s Got Talent, Latin Grammys, Gloria Estefan (American Idol Gives Back). She has worked with Steven Spielberg (The Post), Anne Hathaway (SNL), John Leguizamo (Fugly), John Oliver (Last Week Tonight), Martin Short, Mario Cantone, Rachel Dratch, and with artists Wisin y Yandel, Leslie Grace, Fonseca, Romeo Santos, Tito Rojas, Kiko Rivera, Belinda & Tito Puente Jr. to name a few.
Ashlé is the Founder and CEO of Breaking Conformity Productions, Inc. and the Director of Latin Fusion Dance Project. She is the Artistic Director and Producer of “Estado Ingravitto,” and is proud to be faculty at the renowned Broadway Dance Center, NYC and for Celebrity Dance Conventions.
www.instagram.com/ashledawsoniseverywhere
Music Awards, SYTYCD (Fox TV), Dancing With the Stars (ABC TV), Yanni Voices (PBS & TELEVISA TV Special) - NEODANCE (A Tango Project, Featuring Grammy Winner Nestor Torres) - BENISE (EMMY WINNER Nights Of Fire PBS Special), along with two other shows: The Spanish Guitar, and FUEGO The Spirit Of Spain (PBS TV Special) - ONYX LULLABY (Experimental Dance Film) featuring ANNIE LENNOX & DAVID ALLAN STEWART'S Iconic Music: SWEET DREAMS (Are Made Of This) - LIDO DE PARIS (Lido La Tourné) - BALLET HISPANICO, as well as Alex Magno's MAAPshowseries (Magno Artists Alliance Project).
Brazillian born Magno draws from a global variety of disciplines and cultural influences, which are palpable in his dynamic style, innovative vision and in the emotional story telling of his work. Magno is an expert and dexterous director/producer/choreographer, able to cross from film and television genres, to the very different art form of stage and live production.
www.alexmagno.com
THE 2 CREATIVE PRODUCTION TEAM
Aaron Jackson - Director
Jill Hillier - Co-Choreographer
Ashlé Dawson -Co-Choreographer
Alex Magno - Guest Choreographer
JR White - Producer
ORGINAL JUBILEE CAST
MICHELLE LaFORTUNE
DAVID BORUM
JONATHAN NEHEMIAS LOPEZ
GABRIELLE EVANGELISTA
DAMIÁN GARCIA
REGINA FOSSE
BRYCE BYRD
NIAMH ECCLESTON-TUOHY
TAHLIA BETTS
NIKI TSONOPOULOU
CHRISTIAN DEL VALLE
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ALEX MAGNO is an Emmy and a WCA nominated choreographer, best known for his work with MADONNA (The Girlie Show and Drowned World Tours), BRITNEY SPEARS, JENNIFER LOPEZ, THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS, THE OSCARS, MTV
CARNIVAL CENTER STAGE PRODUCTION TEAM
Kerry Stables - Director of Creative Development/Producer
Erick Hatfield - Manager, Production Technology
Sarah Toso - Cast Supervisor (Dance)
Ashlee Tiernan - Cast Supervisor (Dance)
Lucio Bolivar - Dynamx -Costume Designer
Jim Buckovich - Dynamx - Costume Production
Andrei Graunte - Video Design & Production
Jason Whicker - On the Fly - Aerial Choreography & Programming
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