Jonathan Matthews-GuzMAN

PERFORMING ARTIST

Jonathan Matthews-Guzmán joined The Creature in 2015 for Ash and Honey not long after graduating NYU Tisch with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Music. Their studies in work have taken them abroad to Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Toscana Dance HUB, Springboard Danse Montréal, and the International Theatre Festival of Kerala. They have additionally performed and choreographed with Darrah Carr Dance, Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, This is Not a Theatre Company, mishiDance, and BREAKTIME. A collaborative musician, Jonathan sings in The Cecilia Chorus of New York and Cantori New York, accompanies dance classes at Tisch and Barnard College, and music directs at West Milford Presbyterian Church. They were a 2021 dance curatorial fellow at SMUSH Gallery, and their writing can be found at Eye on Dance and the Arts, Dance Magazine, and BAC Stories. Jonathan's teaching has brought them to PS107, Irish Arts Center, The Calhoun School, and The Ephyras, for which Jonathan assistant teaches. 

Isabelle Dayton

PERFORMING ARTIST

Isabelle Dayton (she/her) was pre-professionally trained in Chicago, Illinois at Extensions Dance Company under Lizzie MacKenzie before receiving her BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2020. After graduating she spent a year working professionally in Chicago with companies and collectives like Symbiosis Arts, Boom Crack!, and Identity Performing Arts. She is now currently based in Brooklyn, NY and working as a freelance artist with The Creature, Urban Tribe, Arsenal Movement, and Grace Tong. This is her second season with The Creature, and she’s looking forward to seeing how this next process will develop!

PAST CREATURES

Thank you for the memories and magic, Creatures Past: Madeline O’Donnell, Julia Antinozzi, Alexandra Doyle, Lea Torelli, Paige Barnett, Liana Kleinman, Holly Ledbetter, Tai Green, Em Papineau, Nico Gonzales, Natalie Deryn Johnson, Mio Ishikawa, Madeline Irmen, Michele Lee, Theo Armstrong, Audrey Rachelle, Liz Beres, MK Hartung, Catie Cuan, Courtney Baron, Mark Willis, Tara Nicolas, Rami Shafi, Jeremy ‘Jae’ Neal, Mondo Morales, Gautam Nima, Joey Kipp, Yeman Brown, Clare Cook, Brendan Duggan, Tiffani Harris, Casey Loomis, Lonnie Poupard Jr, Dana Thomas, Ben Wolk, Greg Goff, Jasmin Simmons, Jasmine Davey, Amadi Washington, Joanna Futral, and Kareem Woods.