Mereminne Dancers
Mereminne Dancers is a contemporary modern dance group performing the work of choreographer and composer Lacy James. Our company's concerts have been described by audience members as "deep, moving and elegant" and as bringing a sense of "healing and community" and a feeling of celebration. Mereminne Dancers was formed in 2000 with a core group of several dancers who had been working with Lacy over the previous few years. The troupe has been presented at many New York City venues including the International Dance Festival-NYC 2002, the 92nd Street Y, the White Room Dance Series, and The Remember Project at St. Mark's Church. The company's debut New York season took place in September of 2003 at the Theatre of the Riverside Church. In 2005 Mereminne Dancers participated in the Swarthmore Project, a summer residency at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, and performed as guest artists at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC. Currently, Lacy is building a new dance based in structured improvisation with dancers in Philadelphia and New York City. For an inside look into the creation of this piece, visit our Dance Process Journal.

Company Artists
Our company works project-to-project, but many dancers have continued to perform with us through the years. Others have returned whenever their schedule allows. We would like to thank the following artists who have danced with us as either company members or guest artists since the year 2000: Michaela Bosshard, Marina Cashdan, Ali Cook, Jessica Delia, Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch, Deborah Goodman, Loren Groenendaal, Susan Haines, Robert Halley, Nicola Iervasi, Stacey Kaplan, Rebekah J. Kennedy, Natacha LeJeune, Val Lukianovets, Sheiline McGraw, Elizabeth Mikautadze, Djamila Moore, Naoko Morita, Tomoko Muneto, Kumiko Nasu, Viviana Nava, Brenda Nieto, Makiko Oka, Deniz Oktay, Rosario Ordonez, Bradley Parquette, Virginia Pedicord, Lisa Pelletier, Amy Piantaggini, Margarita Roa, Nicole Rocci, Sadira Aryan Smith, Claudia Spahr, Katherine Kiefer Stark, Barbara Tait, Angela Wiele, and Madoka Yamamori. Thanks also to the many wonderful dancers who performed with us before that time, and to our frequent costume designers Uki Kittaka and Angela Wiele.