The Company
Founded in 2004 by Brittany Brown Ceres, dance ceres, is an ensemble of dancers who devour the performance arena with weighted fluidity, extensions that reach through time, and a dynamically expressive commitment. Described by critics as, "swift and irresistible" (Allan Ulrich, Voiceofdance.com, 7/06) and "lucid and voluptuous" (Rita Felciano, SFBG, 12/07), the core inspiration of the work examines crisis and resilience through intricate and energetic dance. Ceres has produced in the San Francisco Bay Area at West Wave Dance & numerous Bay Area Theater venues and educational facilities, as well as Portland, San Diego, New York, New Zealand & at the American College Dance Festival.
It is the mission of dance ceres is to realize subtlety through action, individuality through community, immediacy through timelessness, and equality through art.
  Joseph Copley
recieved his BFA from SUNY Purchase in 2003, and that same year moved to the Bay Area to join Oakland Ballet. Now a Principal Dancer with both Oakland and Madison Ballets, he is also a member of Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Amy Seiwert's Imagery, and Dance Through Time. Dance Magazine has said "Copley is blessed with both stage presence and striking technique...his powers of expression are impressive" and the New York Times Hailed him as "A Greek God". Copley is a recipient of the Next Generation Arts Leadership Grant, and is currently working towards his Business Certificate thanks to the Center for Cultural Innovation. He hopes to be the next Arts Administrator Extraordinaire! This is his first engagement with dance ceres.
  Miranda Mallard grew up in Fairfield, Iowa and received her BA in Dance and BM in Voice in '09. Mallard teaches dance at ROCO studios, teaches private voice and piano lessons and is also an assistant band teacher with the San Rafael public elementary schools. When not dancing, singing, or learning a new instrument, she likes to read Sanskrit, practice yoga, and give the Oneness Blessing (or deeksha). www.mirandamallard.com
  Becca Rozell was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska and her teaching and choreographic career spans both coasts. In New York she taught at Peridance and worked with Andrew Janetti, Vanessa Paige, among others. She currently dances with Weber Dance, teaches at Roco Dance in Marin and is an artist with Performing Arts Workshop. Rozell's choreography has been presented in NYC, Saratoga Springs, D.C., Boston and the Bay Area.
 Claudia Hubiak
is originally from Boulder Colorado, where she grew up as a competitive gymnast. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a BFA in dance where she studied with Nancy Colahan, Christopher Pilafian, Tonia Shimin and Stephanie Nugent. Claudia has returned to the Bay Area after completing her MFA in dance from NYU. She has performed with ABD Productions, dance ceres and is a co-founder of Vispo dance and
the Anata Project.
  Cari Delaplane (littlecari.com) is a Chicagoland native who has been dancing for the better part of her lifetime. She majored in dance at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and graduated with honors. She has performed in El Salvador, Costa Rica, San Diego, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. In 2009 her company ×cari's tiny circus× debuted it's first full evening show. When she isn't performing, Cari operates the dog walking/pet care service: Four Legged Fitness.
  Hailed by dance critic Allan Ulrich as a choreographer with 'genuine craft & individual sensibility,' Brittany Brown Ceres is the founder of Dance Ceres and was associate director of the WestWave Dance Festival from 2003- 2007. She grew up in Portland, Oregon and received her first professional choreographic gig at the age of fifteen. She attended UC, San Diego and secured a BA in Theater, with a double minor in Dance and Biology (’95) in three years, under the mentorship of Jean Isaacs, Nina Martin, Kathryn Irey & Margaret Marshall. In San Diego, she studied extensively with Lower Left Dance, Isaacs/McCaleb & Dancers and performed and choreographed her own work for Synaptic Alternative Dance Project. In 1997 she moved to New Zealand to choreograph and perform with Christchurch's Dance Core, under the direction of Sheryl Robinson and Fleur DeTheir. While in NZ she choreographed for St. Margaret's College and taught modern dance at Hadley College.
Ceres was drawn to the Bay Area after working with Joe Goode in 1998 and over the last decade has produced her own work all over the West Coast. In addition to Goode, Ceres has trained with Janice Garrett, Robert Moses, Mary Carbonara, Diane Frank and Kim Epifano. Ceres was one of the first graduate students to complete an MFA in Choreography from SUNY, Purchase College (2000). She went on to finish her studies with an MA in Dance Education at Stanford (2001). A multi-year winner of the Mary Edith Clifford Award for Alumni Choreography, Ceres is regularly commissioned by the Dance Division for new work, in conjunction with Stanford Lively Arts. She has previously danced with Deborah Slater Dance Theater, Black Label Dance, Dance Elixir, Davalos Dance Company, and managed ODC Theater from ‘03-‘06.
Additionally, she teaches choreography at SF School of the Arts . Currently, Ceres is the Director of Human Resources and Strategic Culture at Flite.com. She is also the proud mother of her finest work yet, her first baby son, Rhône Ceres.
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