Evik Abbott-Main is a Michigan native currently performing and choreographing in New York City. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University (BA Theatre Arts), and The Ohio State University (MFA Dance), they are an artist involved in choreography, improvisation, media and installation performances as well as collaborations with other artists, and lots, lots more. Their work has been presented with support by Movement Research at the Judson Church, Triskelion Arts, Arts on Site, Center for Performance Research, CUNY Dance Initiative, The Johnstone Fund, OSU Alumni Graduate Research Grants, NYSCA and more. They are a longtime performer with Punchdrunk in their NYC production of Sleep No More (MacBeth). Additional performance credits include: Third Rail Projects’ The Grand Paradise (Dad, original cast), Anatomaie Occulti’s (Adam Barruch) Sweeney Todd, and in works by choreographers Kristina Isabelle, Bebe Miller, Peter Sparling, Stefanie Nelson, and others. They have worked as a dance consultant to the Canadian Ice Dance Team who would go on to win gold at the 2010 & 2018 Winter Olympics. Additionally working under the moniker Boy Friday, Evik has held residencies with CUNY Dance Initiative, New Dance Alliance, Brighton Dance festival, and a 2019 Kaatsbaan UpStream artist. In 2020, Evik was a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Dance at Indiana University, leading courses in advanced technique and choreography both in-peron and remote (due to covid-19). Additional creative/academic posts were held at The Ohio State University, Eastern Michigan University, Saginaw Valley State, Dance Italia, American College Dance Festival, Brighton Dance Festival, and many more. Their creative work generated through Boy Friday embeds interdisciplinary inquiry within a movement praxis, bringing queer voices & experiences to the foreground. Evik is particularly interested in the ways in which theatricality and personal histories are embedded in the weight of the human body in action and works to bridge these connections in their research. They also remain an active student in yoga, literature, animated video shorts, stilt and other off-ground arts.  

Originally from Brooklyn, Tim Bendernagel works as a freelance dancer in New York City. He has performed both within the U.S. and abroad with Doug LeCours, Chloe London Dance, Boy Friday, Lilianna Kane, Wild Beast Dance, Serena Chang, and Ann Sofie Clemmensen. In 2017, Tim graduated from The Ohio State University with a BFA in Dance. There, he had the opportunity to work closely with Bebe Miller, as well as learn and perform the work of Merce Cunningham in Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957 at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Originally from Dallas, TX, Lindsay Harwell is a New York City based dancer and choreographer. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he has performed the works of William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Andrea Miller, Loni Landon and Pam Tanowitz. since graduating he has worked professionally with Brian Brooks, Gallim Dance, Norbert De La Cruz, Barkin/Selissen Projects, Isodoc Dance and Lone King Projects. Lindsay is also a co-founder of HEWMAN, a collaborative collective of artists bent on widening the potential for equality and empathy between dance audiences and performers.

Madeline (Maddie) Irmen began dancing at the age of six in her hometown, Toledo, OH. In 2013, she graduated with a BFA in dance from The Ohio State University and moved to New York City, where she has had the pleasure of dancing with Erik Abbott-Main | Boy Friday, Quentin Burley Dance Group, Christina Noel & The Creature, Dante Brown Warehouse Dance, the Median Movement, Seymour Dance Collective, SHARP Dance Co, and AnA Collaborations. When she is not dancing, Maddie is also pursuing a career in physical therapy and working as a member of The Fleet — a dance video production company.

Suzie is a New York based dancer, improviser, and choreographer. She received her BFA in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College. Suzie has performed both nationally and abroad with Bare Dance Company, Amirov Dance Theater, NOW Dance Project, Tyler Gilstrap, the Kuperman Brothers, Lirr Katz, Kelly Todd, and Elena Vazintaris. Rzecznik’s own work has been shown at Mobius Gallery (Boston), The Craft Performance and Brews, Spontaneous Combustion, HiArtist and Triskelion Arts. She was a featured artist in BOMB Magazine Issue 143 for a collaboration with Jordan Seiler, also exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Suzie was recently featured on the cover of DIY Dancer Magazine Issue 02 in a photo series by Jim Lafferty.

Mei Yamanaka is a dancer and choreographer from Japan. Mei moved to New York in 2008.  Mei has worked and collaborated with artists including Tiffany Mills Company, Dendy Donovan Projects, Jody Oberfelder Projects, Jennifer Archibald, Katy Pyle, Patricia Noworol, Dai Jian, Catherine Galasso, Oui Danse, among others.  Mei's work has been seen at Fresh Tracks at New York Live Arts, Movement Research at Judson Church, "Split Bill" Series at Triskelion Arts, Mix Festival at HERE, and more. 

Lucky Stiff is a drag and variety performer working in Chicago and New York. Their work spans theater, burlesque, and performance art and takes inspiration from Weimar Germany, pierrot clowns, and golden age musicals. Featured performances include Steppenwolf Theater (Chicago), The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Disco Dining Club (Los Angeles) and Bushwig Drag Festival (New York), among many others. They are a coproducer of GODDESS at Berlin Nightclub (Chicago), and a cohost of The Tea Podcast.