Matt Kent (Artistic Director) is a noted international dancer and teacher. At fourteen he began studying the Japanese martial art Ninjutsu in which he now holds a fourth degree black belt. He entered the stage as a pre-teen actor. In high school he continued acting and began studying the string bass. While pursuing a music therapy degree at the University of Georgia, Matt began integrating martial arts movement and dance with the university's dance company. In 1996, Pilobolus Dance Theatre hired Matt as a performer and collaborator, he has toured internationally and served as their Dance Captain. Matt currently serves as project manager and creative director, choreographing new work with Pilobolus Creative Services. Most recently he has choreographed for the launch of Bystolic in San Francisco, and for Japanese Fuji TV. He has been seen on Live with Regis and Kelly, the Today Show, 60 Minutes, the 2007 Academy Awards, a full length documentary entitled "Last Dance", numerous international commercials as well as calendars and books with Pilobolus Dance Theatre. Dance Magazine described Matt's contribution to Pilobolus as "priceless."
Matt's experience as a musician proved a boon in many of the collaborations with Pilobolus and other musicians such as the Saint Lawrence String Quartet, Maria Schneider's Jazz Orchestra , the Klezmatics, Paul Sullivan, former Kodo Taiko drummer and composer, Leonard Eto and more. Though still intimately involved with Pilobolus, Matt Kent pursues projects outside the company's sphere. In 2003, he founded PickleShoes during a collaboration with composer/conductor Rob Kapilow, of NPR's "What Makes It Great?" Together they have created two Family Musik Programs which tour the U.S. and Canada, "Peter and the Wolf" and "Fairy Tales." Both shows have played Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series in NYC. In 2007, PickleShoes created Babar the Little Elephant for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Emily Milam Kent (Artistic Director) began studying traditional ballet as a young girl. In college she soon discovered a talent for modern dance, and shortly after graduating Magna Cum Laude in Dance Education, she began collaborating with the Emmy winning Pilobolus Dance Theater. With Pilobolus she has filmed a European Opel car commercial in Hollywood using acrobatic wires ala Crouching Tiger. She has been photographed for company calendars and books including Pilobolus's The Human Alphabet and Twisted Yoga. Emily has choreographed and performed for corporate events such as Proctor and Gamble's National Product Launch in New York, Europe's IFA convention, Mailboxes Etc. launch in Las Vegas, and PhocusWright's annual convention in L.A., and more. Emily performed as a dancer for the 79th Annual Academy Awards this year with Pilobolus Dance theatre.
Emily tours with Pilobolus Too, a duet configuration of Pilobolus and works intimately with the Pilobolus Institute. She has created original works for high school and university dance companies for Pilobolus and as an individual artist. She has set classic Pilobolus repertoire on high school and university students; she and her partner Matt Kent, were the first to have the process notated by a Laban Notator. She is also the head teacher for several recurring Pilobolus projects such as Movin', the Greater Hartford Arts Academy, the After School Arts Program, and others. In her home town, she works with a division of the Woodruff Arts Center, Young Audiences of Atlanta, to bring dance into schools in and around Atlanta. Most recently is the ten week SmARTstART program in which she worked with Pulitzer Prize winning author and kindergarten teacher Maggie Edson to bring literacy to inner city schools through movement and dance.
Emily has been commissioned by the Boston Celebrity Series to choreograph Family Musik programs with Rob Kapilow, composer/conductor, of NPR's "What Makes It Great" series. The first, Peter and the Wolf, has played at Lincoln Center, the University of Iowa and with the Atlanta, Toronto and Vancouver Symphonies. The second, Fairy Tales, began its tour in 2006 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.



Rebecca Anderson Darling (dancer) is an accomplished dancer, teacher and choreographer. Rebecca has been a dancer all of her life, with her earliest training in ballet and gymnastics. Rebecca Anderson ,having grown up in CA , attended UCLA, earning a BA in Dance. Upon completion of UCLA, she headed to NYC to study at The Nikolais and Louis Dance Lab and completed their two year certificate program (comprised of study in dance technique, improvisation, pedagogy and composition). Murray Louis and Alwin Nikolais have had a lasting influence on Rebecca's approach to movement and to Dance as an Art form . She performed with Nikolais and Louis, Janis Brenner and Dancers, and Gerald Otte along with her own choreography which was performed at dance events around NYC. Of her performance, New York Times critic Anna Kisselgoff writes, "Ms. Anderson has something of Mr. Louis's cat like prowl and pounce" and of her choreograpahy " she uses minimal movement to brilliant effect". In 1994, Rebecca Anderson was invited to join Pilobolus Dance Theater and never looked back. She has been a principal in both Pilobolus and Pilobolus Too. She served as their dance captain for three years, collaborated on the choreography of around 15 original dances and has performed the Pilobolus reperetory all over the world! . Some highlights of Ms.Anderson Darling's career include: Collaborations with The Radio City Rockettes, dancing on the ice in Brian Boitanno's Skating Spectacular, creating work as a Pilobolus Choreographer for Dancing Wheels, the first physically integrated dance company, performing in Marilyn Manson's music video, "The Beautiful People" and of course, touring all over the world.. Rebecca enjoys her work with mentor ,Alison Becker Chase, and recently assisted Ms. Chase in creating a "New Ballet" on six principle NYC Ballet dancers, which premiered this year at The Miller Theater in NYC. Last year she performed at Carnegie Hall both live and on film in Alison Chase's new creation, "Lucid Dreams." Rebecca Darling was part of Pilobolus' Emmy Award winning performance at the Kennedy Center and appears in the feature length documentary, "Last Dance", a film about the collaboration between Pilobolus and Maurice Sendak and can be seen in Pilobolus books, Twisted Yoga and The Alphabet. Ms. Darling has a passion for creating and continues to create new dances each year for various events, University Dance Groups and for herself. In 2004, Ms. Darling opened up Studio D, located in New Milford, CT. Studio D is a dance studio with a base in modern dance and ballet and includes classes in hip hop, jazz, pilates, improvisation and composition. As Studio D's owner and Artistic Director, Miss Darling has produced two evening length shows, including "The Wizard of Oz~in motion" and "Alice in Wonderland~ in motion" which are a magical mix of many styles of dance, music, props, costumes and dancers of all ages. Rebecca is thrilled to be working with Matt Kent, in his production of "Peter and the Wolf" and "Fairy Tales", and has been performing with him since 1996.

Adam Battelstein,(dancer) originally from Houston, TX was graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude and with highest departmental honors from Middlebury College where he received a BA in Theater Arts and English Literature. He has worked as a professional dancer for the last twenty years with such companies as Zero Moving Dance co., Momix and Pilobolus. He's been called a "master clown disguised as a dancer" and was noted by the New York times for his "comic genius."
Highlights of his acting career include leading roles in plays such as "Jeffrey," "Sylvia," "Arms and the Man," "The Laramie Project," " A mid Summer Night's Dream," and many others as well as performances where he has shared the stage with such luminaries as Paul Newman, Gene Wilder, Joanne Woodward and others. The A.C.D.F.A. recognized Adam as an "Outstanding Performer" and later for "Outstanding Achievement" in the field of dance. Adam has been seen dancing solo on NBC, ESPN and Bravo as well as in the recent Pilobolus Hyundai commercial and live at the 2007 Academy Awards.
Adam has been teaching freelance and for Pilobolus around the country and internationally for many years. For seven years, he served as the Pilobolus master teaching artist responsible for conducting workshops and multi-week institutes at scores of schools and universities. He was instrumental in creating the one hour Pilobolus student program which has toured around the country for the delight and education of many thousands of students. He was also a charter member of Pilobolus Too the duet touring company. He was a 2005 recipient of the Met Life Dance For Life grant.
He has created two student programs on his own called STOREOGRAPHY and LOCO*MOTION (www.storeography.com , www.locomotiondance.com) which use dance to teach language arts and science respectively. Both programs are represented by Young Audiences of CT and are available in the following states: CT, GA, NY and MO. Adam currently serves as a master teaching artist for the state of CT. He was a contributing choreographer for Peter and the Wolf and is delighted to be collaborating and touring with Pickleshoes.

Damon Honeycutt (dancer) is a transdisciplinary artist whose work involves the cohesion of many traditions. He holds an MA in Conscious Evolution and Integral Studies from The Graduate Institute and a BFA from California Institute of the Arts in music composition and cross cultural dance studies.
Damon is a grassroots martial arts practitioner and yogi with twenty one years of experience. He is the founder of The Temple of the Monkey, through which he teaches Taoist Yoga, and Monkey Kung Fu as well as creates programs and apprenticeships in those fields. Damon is a founding member of Scapegoat Garden and has worked with Nai Ni Chen dance company, Mei Yin Ng, Beijing Opera company Yuan, I Nyoman Wenten and the Burat Wangi Gamelan, Oddfellows Playhouse, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Leela Dance theater and has been featured at numerous martial art festivals, independent films, and the 79th Annual Acadamy Awards with Pilobolus Dance Theatre. More of Damon's work can be found at Templeofthemonkey.org.

Blake Dalton (dancer)  is enjoying his 9th season dancing as a collaborative artist in Core Performance Company, touring the U.S., Europe, and central America. Blake did not start training in dance until he was close to his graduation from the University of Georgia. Blake's came to movement performance through the study of martial arts, playing in hardcore bands, and street corner performance art. Blake recently started Crossover Movement Arts to explore ideas in creating, performing and teaching dance, theater, performance art, martial arts, creative writing, music and video. Blake is excited to be a part of this project and to work with Matt and Emily Kent again and to drink coffee.