Founders....
Tami Stronach
Executive Director
Tami Stronach has been creating interdisciplinary work for the last 20 years. Her theater credits include being an ensemble member of the acclaimed physical theater company the Flying Machine Theater for 7 years. Soho Rep. produced 4 of the Flying Machine's original works including Frankenstein, a Drama Desk nominated production. Tami Stronach formed her own company Tami Stronach Dance (TSD) in 2000. Her signature choreographic style combines movement precision, physical theater, and highly designed environments. Since its formation TSD has been commissioned and presented by more than 30 venues in NYC including Danspace Project at St. Marks Church, FlickFest Festival, Between the Seas Festival, Here Art Center, Dance New Amsterdam, Triskelion Arts, La MaMa Etc., Dance Theater Workshop, Joyce Soho, Joe’s Pub, The Flea, Movement Research at Judson Church, Ps122, Joyce Soho among others. Tami Stronach Dance has toured to venues throughout the US as well as internationally to England, Australia, and Mexico with an upcoming tour to the Czech Republic. The press have called her a "wickedly observant" (NY Times) “wildly imaginative, poetic choreographer who never hits a false note" (veteran NYC dance writer Eva Yaa Asantewaa).
She co-founded Paper Canoe Company to create physically driven, ensemble based works that combine forms with sophistication and also happen to be made for audiences of all ages. She holds a B.F.A. in Dance from SUNY Purchase College and an M.F.A. in Dance from ADF/Hollins University. She has been on faculty at Marymount Manhattan College teaching dance composition and improvisation since 2011.
Executive Director
Tami Stronach has been creating interdisciplinary work for the last 20 years. Her theater credits include being an ensemble member of the acclaimed physical theater company the Flying Machine Theater for 7 years. Soho Rep. produced 4 of the Flying Machine's original works including Frankenstein, a Drama Desk nominated production. Tami Stronach formed her own company Tami Stronach Dance (TSD) in 2000. Her signature choreographic style combines movement precision, physical theater, and highly designed environments. Since its formation TSD has been commissioned and presented by more than 30 venues in NYC including Danspace Project at St. Marks Church, FlickFest Festival, Between the Seas Festival, Here Art Center, Dance New Amsterdam, Triskelion Arts, La MaMa Etc., Dance Theater Workshop, Joyce Soho, Joe’s Pub, The Flea, Movement Research at Judson Church, Ps122, Joyce Soho among others. Tami Stronach Dance has toured to venues throughout the US as well as internationally to England, Australia, and Mexico with an upcoming tour to the Czech Republic. The press have called her a "wickedly observant" (NY Times) “wildly imaginative, poetic choreographer who never hits a false note" (veteran NYC dance writer Eva Yaa Asantewaa).
She co-founded Paper Canoe Company to create physically driven, ensemble based works that combine forms with sophistication and also happen to be made for audiences of all ages. She holds a B.F.A. in Dance from SUNY Purchase College and an M.F.A. in Dance from ADF/Hollins University. She has been on faculty at Marymount Manhattan College teaching dance composition and improvisation since 2011.
Greg Steinbruner
Chief Creative Officer
Greg Steinbruner has been making theater in New York City for more than twenty years as an actor, playwright, and director. In that time he has originated roles with many wonderful companies including the 78th Street Theater Lab (The Nibroc Trilogy), Tectonic Theater Project (Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde), The Flying Machine (Signals of Distress), and many others. Favorite directors include Melissa Kievman, Moises Kaufman, Brian Mertes, Randy White, Eric Nightingale, and Anne Kaufman. Recent directing projects include The Tempest, The Birds, and The Government Inspector at Ramapo College.
Greg is the narrator of several popular Young Adult and Children’s series including Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol, The Magic Thief series by Sarah Prineas, and several characters in The Origami Yoda books by Tom Angleberger.
Chief Creative Officer
Greg Steinbruner has been making theater in New York City for more than twenty years as an actor, playwright, and director. In that time he has originated roles with many wonderful companies including the 78th Street Theater Lab (The Nibroc Trilogy), Tectonic Theater Project (Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde), The Flying Machine (Signals of Distress), and many others. Favorite directors include Melissa Kievman, Moises Kaufman, Brian Mertes, Randy White, Eric Nightingale, and Anne Kaufman. Recent directing projects include The Tempest, The Birds, and The Government Inspector at Ramapo College.
Greg is the narrator of several popular Young Adult and Children’s series including Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol, The Magic Thief series by Sarah Prineas, and several characters in The Origami Yoda books by Tom Angleberger.