Kristel Rose Tedesco Residency

Julie Galle Baggenstoss works nationally as a performing artist and educator in projects that explore the transatlantic roots of flamenco dance and music. She is a flamenco instructor for the dance program at Emory University, where she teaches improvisation, choreography, technique, and history as she learned from her teachers in Seville, Spain. She has 15 years of experience as a full-time teaching artist, using flamenco as a vehicle to teach subjects, such as social studies, literacy, and team work. With an M.A. in Spanish and extensive dance experience, Julie is a published scholar and international lecturer on flamenco. She is the executive director of A Través, a non-profit dedicated to flamenco arts and the founder of the Atlanta Flamenco Festival. She also co-founded jaleolé in 2004, a grass-roots organization that shaped and promoted the flamenco landscape in Atlanta for 10 years. 

Rose Shields received her BFA in Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2007. Hailing from Duluth, GA, Rose developed her love for dancing under the tutelage of Peter Garick at the Duluth School of Ballet and then with Danita Emma, Clay McCloud, and Michael Garrison at North Atlanta Dance Academy. In 2010, Rose was welcomed into Atlanta's circus community where she found her love for aerial dance and acrobatics. Living in Atlanta, Rose has had the privilege to dance with Bubba Carr, T. Lang, XCEL Talent, and Brooks & Company Dance. She was featured on ArtsATL as one of 30 Under 30 creatives in Atlanta. More recently Rose had the wonderful opportunity to work with Core Dance as a Dance Artist for 8 years. With Core Dance, she was able to tour and perform in Israel, France, and Poland and to collaborate with artists from around the world like Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor,  Amanda K Miller, Association Manifeste, and Germana Civera.   She currently choreographs and performs dance, acrobatics, and aerial as a freelance artist with varying local groups like Beacon Dance and ELEMENT Circus & Event Entertainment. Rose is excited to be selected as a resident artist for Mathematics in Motion. Rose enjoys researching and discovering where science and performance arts meet. Alongside her dance and circus work, Rose loves exploring outdoors with her husband, climbing, reading about science and fantasy fiction, supporting the local arts community, and spending time with family.

Thulani Vereen is a software engineer at Microsoft and a freelance choreographer based in Atlanta. She holds a bachelor’s in computer science from Spelman College where she merged her passions for computer science and dance through award-winning research projects. Thulani has been an Artist in Residence at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and Dance Canvas, has worked as a guest artist with the Georgia Tech Science Art Wonder program, and has produced 2 short films since graduating in 2020. She applies algorithmic thought processes from her technical studies to her choreographic process and dance pedagogy. She intentionally uses her dance creations to influence her tech-related projects. Thulani aims to create works that encapsulate stories most authentic to humanity. In her free time, Thulani enjoys running, skincare, and everything relating to Mariah Carey. Learn more about Thulani at thulanivereen.com.