Danse Lumiere (formerly Anima Mundi) creates dance theater linking the arts, environment, and humanity. We  specialize in adapting outstanding works from the world's literature to the stage, giving new form to these works through the fusion of dance, theater and music, and focusing our work on the most pressing issues of our time.

Danse Lumiere runs several educational and outreach programs, including classes and performances for young people.

KATHRYN ROSZAK
Producer/Director/Choreographer 
Biography

Kathryn Roszak works professionally in dance and theater and now specializes in the creation of her own original productions. Her approach involves bringing new audiences to classical art forms by blending and innovating within disciplines of dance, literature, music, visual art, and theater. She also teaches and works extensively as a movement coach.

Training: Ms. Roszak trained as a dancer on Ford Foundation scholarships at San Francisco Ballet and the School of American Ballet.   She has performed for San Francisco Ballet, San Antonio Ballet and San Francisco Opera Ballet. As an actress, Ms. Roszak trained in the Advanced Training Program at the American Conservatory Theatre and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.  She has acted at the American Conservatory Theatre, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and in productions in Los Angeles.

Choreography / Teaching: Ms. Roszak has choreographed and taught for the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco Opera Center, Osher Lifelong Learning at U.C. Berkeley, California Shakespeare Festival, Kent Nagano's Berkeley Symphony, Opera San Jose, Sacramento Opera, Oakland and Marin Operas.  She has created and produced original works for the Goethe Institute and the San Francisco Mozart Festival, Theatre Artaud, The Cowell Theatre and Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.

Awards: She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including from Laurance Rockefeller, the Royal Norwegian Consulate and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Zellerbach Family Fund, the Goethe Institute, the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Fleishhhacker Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. 

Collaboration: Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaborations include working with: Kabuki master Shozo Sato, choreographer Alonzo King, playwright Velina Hasu Houston,  musicians Mazatl Galindo of Mexico and Ailu Gaup of Arctic Norway, and writers Gray Snyder, Michael McClure, and Maxine Hong Kingston..

Company: In 1995 she created ANIMA MUNDI Dance Company.  The Company has been presented by La MaMa E.T.C., New York, The Copenhagen Cultural Festival, Denmark, The Smithsonian Institution and George Washington University, Washington D.C., and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona. In California the Company has been presented by College of the Redwoods, Eureka, by Working Women Festival, San Francisco, the University of San Francisco, Yoshi’s Jazz House, Oakland, and the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. In 2006 Anima Mundi was renamed Danse Lumiere.

Upcoming Performance

Special Event - "The Star Dances" - Saturday, December 12, 1 - 2 pm,
Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley

In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, UC Berkeley astronomer Bethany Cobb has partnered with choreographer Kathryn Roszak to develop a unique presentation, "The Star Dances," combining the science of astronomy with the art of dance. This performance will be presented at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley on December 12, at 1pm. Kathryn Roszak's "Danse Lumiere" will dance to the music of Gustav Holst, while Dr. Cobb will guide the audience through the stars in a multi-media presentation. This performance has been designed for a general audience and particularly for families. This program is interactive -- so expect to get out of your seats and move with the Universe! Questions can be directed to Bethany Cobb at bcobb@astro.berkeley.edu. This program is FREE with admission to the Hall.

Here is the LHS link:
http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/lhs.html?event_ID=25603&date=2009-12-12