First work to be formally housed here under ZzoZzo.mn. – You’re not sad you’re scared –
After a turbulent year (personally, professionally, etc.) I am re-approaching how I create work. All the way down to how I lead a process, the type of collaborators I choose to create with as a freelance choreographer/creative, the variety of dance/non-dance works I will be creating, and ZzoZzo.mn will serve as the home for my personally created works.
For work set on other companies, individuals, etc – this will all still reflect as “choreographed by Javan Mngrezzo.” If Javan is the person then ZzoZzo.mn is the brand – alluding to me in name and (funnily enough) encompassing MN – the first initials of my last name and the two letters that indicate the place I hope to call home for some time to come – perhaps even forever.
A big shoutout to ZzoZzo.mn’s first official collaborators! They are riding this train of newness and unknown right alongside me, and I am so glad to have them by my side and cannot wait to showcase them in a way they most certainly have not been seen yet.
Nieya Amezquita
NIEYA AMEZQUITA is a Minnesota-based performer and choreographer currently working with Threads Dance Project, Rhythmically Speaking and Elayna Waxse. She also performed works with Concerto Dance, Alexandra Bodnarchuk Dance Projects and many others. Nieya earned a BFA in Dance from the University of Georgia where she had the opportunity to perform nationally and internationally with founding company CADE:NCE before studying in Portugal with the Addo Platform. Most recently, Nieya’s work has been commissioned by Threads Dance Project and Alternative Motion Project, she was a Happy Hour Artist in the CandyBox Dance Festival hosted by Arena Dances, and launched her own dance company, Amez Dance, in 2023.
- ZzoZzo.mn debut!
- Website: nieyaamezquita.com
- Instagram: @ni_amez
Sara Karimi
SARA KARIMI is a Wisconsin native and a graduate of the University of Iowa (BFA in Dance Performance, BA in English). Upon graduation, she performed and toured with The Architects, 10,000 Feet Dance Company and Kayle + Co. before relocating to Minneapolis. Twin Cities freelance performance credits include Borealis Dance Theatre, Dance & Other Behaviors, Rogue & Rabble Dance, Minnesota Fringe and 43X94 Movement Research. Collaborations with renowned choreographers include Salia Sanou (Burkina Faso, France), Steve Rooks (former Martha Graham principal dancer), and Pat Taylor (Jazz Antiqua), among others. She is a company member with Threads Dance Project, Concerto Dance, Rhythmically Speaking, and RJDT. Sara is also a certified Mat Pilates instructor and a 500 E-RYT Yoga Instructor, leading classes and workshops locally and nationally.
- ZzoZzo.mn debut!
- Instagram: karimi__sara__
Pre-ZzoZzo.mn
| Gabby The Baddie Abram | -Table Where | – June, 2024 |
| Rachel Lieberman | – Not a Box Don’cha’know – Ne’er to bout ‘gainst generous woes | – March, 2024 – April, 2023 |
| Sarah McCullough | – Not a Box Don’cha’know | – March, 2024 |
| Shannon Hartle Dolan | – Ne’er to bout ‘gainst generous woes | – April, 2023 |
| Jake Nehrbass | – Ne’er to bout ‘gainst generous woes | – April, 2023 |
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