Elke Rindfleisch, originally from Germany, received her BA from the Rotterdam Dance Academy (Netherlands) in 1994, then was awarded a grant to study in NYC, where she held scholarships at the Martha Graham School and the Merce Cunningham Studio, respectively. She has studied ballet with Christine Wright, Carolyn Lord, Graziela Kozac, and Zvi Gotheiner. Modern and Release Technique teachers include Juliette Mapp, Vicky Schick, Miguel Guiterez, and Emio Greco/PC (Netherlands); Klein/Mahler technique with Barbara Mahler and Susan Klein, Kinetic Awareness with Elaine Summers; improvisation and composition with Helen Picket (former Ballet Frankfurt), Neil Greenberg, and John Jasperse. Elke practices Yoga and, as a dancer, has worked with Magnetic Laboratorium, Neo Labos Dance Theater, Errol Grimes, Nia Love, Ellen Cornfield, Alan Good, Tina Croll, Mark Morris, and Noemie La France, among others.

Sarah Weber-Gallo* is a graduate from Goucher College and has worked with Company Rindfleisch since 2001. She dances for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and has worked with, among others, Neo Labos Dancetheater, Doug Varone, Donald Byrd/The Group and Mark Dendy Dance and Theater and the Radio City Rockettes.
(*Appears courtesy of the Metropolitan opera Ballet.)

Michelle Vargo, began her professional career dancing in musical theater with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. After moving to New York City, she trained as a contemporary dancer at the Juilliard School, where she received her BFA. She has danced several guest artist roles in such works as Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty and has worked with Avila/Weeks Dance Co., Tressor Dance Co., and racoco productions/Rachel Cohen among others. She is currently in her seventh season with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. A talented singer/ songwiter, Michelle also plays frequently at NYC venues and within many of the East Coast jamband/political/folk music festivals. She joined Company Rindfleisch in February 2003.

Larry Hahn (guest artist in Overhead) has been dancing in New York for the past twenty-five years. His strongest association has been with Doug Varone, with whom Larry has taught and performed for fifteen years.

Adrian Jevicki is a graduate of Brown University where he studied theater, speech, dance and business economics.

Chris Woltmann’s music has been performed, in this country and in Europe, by the ensembles Talujon, the Aereopagitica Trio, the SEM ensemble, the Manhattan Brass Quintet, soloists Theresa Salomon and Marc Peloquin, and his own ensemble, among others. His work often employs slowly-developing sound masses and has been described as "showing strength and subtlety & remarkably full and compelling." by the Northport Journal, and "rewarding" by the Philadelphia Citypaper. In New York City, his music has been heard in a wide variety of venues, from CBGB to Lincoln Center. He has written extensively for dance and has collaborated with many choreographers, including Olga Tragant, Jeffrey Bauer, Bryan Hayes, Elke Rindfleisch and Andrea Haenggi, and the resulting pieces have been performed at Joyce SoHo, St. Mark’s Church, Judson Church and others, and festivals in Canada, Belgium, Spain, France and Germany.
Chris received a Bachelor’s degree in Composition from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Erik Lundborg, Giampaolo Bracali, Ronald Caltabiano and Joel Feigin. He is a cofounder of Music Under Construction.

Matthew Dailey is a graduate of the three year classical acting conservatory at George Brown Theatre School and holds his BFA in Dance (with honours) from Ryerson University – both in his home town of Toronto. Professional work includes producing and choreographing for the Toronto and San Francisco Fringe Festivals and dancing in ongoing film and theatre projects with Toronto choreographers Darryl Tracy, Jenn Goodwin and Meagan O’Shea. In New York Matthew is a company member of Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre, has danced with Pallissimo Dance Theater, Tricia Brouk and continues to work on his own dance and film projects.

Caroline Copeland received a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Goucher College in Baltimore, M.D. Her love of history and dance led her to the New York Baroque Dance Company where her roles include the title role in Handel’s Terpsicore, Euridice in Gluck’s Orphée, and the Galant in Mozart’s Les Petits Riens. She has also performed as a guest artist with the Boston Early Music Festival in their productions of Lully’s Thésée and Conradi’s Ariadne. In addition, Ms. Copeland has appeared with numerous other companies and contemporary choreographers in the New York City area, including Company Rindfleisch, The Metropolitan Opera, The Maffei Dance Company, and Trebien Pollard. Ms. Copeland also teaches and consults on 17th and 18th century dance, etiquette, and gesture, holding classes and workshops for various groups including the Aquila Theatre, Manhattan School of Music, Lincoln Center Theater, and SUNY New Paltz.