Ice Dance International

Jonathan Galland is a French music composer, currently established in San Francisco, California. His work for motion pictures has received international music awards in more than 20 countries and has beenfeatured on internet radios, trade publications, and various film music blogs. Jonathan composed Solstice for IDI in 2020 and is currently working on the score for Kurt Browning’s new piece called “Physical Farce.” The piece will premier in September 2021.

Classically trained from a young age as a violinist and through the French music schools, he later found his true calling in the field of composition for motion pictures. He earned both a BFA and MFA in Music Production and Sound Design for Visual Media, with an emphasis on Film Scoring at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California. He is a grant recipient from the Jazz Foundation of America, and a member of the Recording Academy (NARAS) which host the famous Grammy Awards. He is also approved to submit work for Academy Award consideration in the “Best Original Score” category. He is a voting member on the panel of the 2021 World Soundtrack Awards in Belgium, and has also been a member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, where he has served numerous times as a judge at the prestigious JUNO Awards.

A graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, Alicia has designed all of Ice Dance International’s costumes other than Revival. She has worked with Douglas Webster on 3 seasons of the Disson television show called Shall We Dance on Ice, the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships, and with Ice Theatre of New York when Douglas was the Artistic Director of the company. Alicia also designs for the Next Ice Age, ITNY, and for competitive skaters and teams across the Globe. Alicia is a figure skater and ballroom dancer. Her keen eye for color, theater and design make her one of the top skating costume designers today.

     Native from San Juan, Argentina, Juan Pablo Jofre Romarion aka JP Jofre, is an award-winning bandoneon player and composer. JP was the musician in residence during our 2015 residency and composed one of IDI's signature pieces, AFTER THE RAIN and currently serves on our Board of Advisors. 

     JP and the Hard Tango Chamber Band also performed at an IDI event at the home of Edward and Linda Villella. We are excited to be commissioning a new work by JP for our upcoming season.

     Mr. Jofre has been repeatedly highlighted by the New York Times and praised as one of today’s leading artists by Great Performers at Lincoln Center. His music has been recorded by 16 Grammy winner Paquito D’ Rivera, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and choreographed/performed by ballet-star Herman Cornejo (Principal Dancer of the American Ballet Theatre) among others. He has performed and given lectures at Google Talks, TEDtalks, The Juilliard School of Music, The New School, etc.

A recipient of the National Prize of the Arts grant in Argentina, Mr. Jofre has collaborated with many famous musicians in a wide range of musical styles

     Trey McIntyre is an American dancer and choreographer, who has a body of work that includes around 100 original dance pieces. He founded and acts as president of Trey McIntyre Project, a dance company that was based in Boise, Idaho,

     Trey choreographed IDI's BLADE OF SUNSHINE at a residency in Portland Maine in June, 2018.

     McIntyre is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Choo San Goh Award for Choreography, an Achievement Award from North Carolina School of the Arts, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters as well as two grants for choreography from the National Endowment for the Arts ] His works have been performed by companies including Stuttgart Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Queensland Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New York City Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and San Francisco Ballet. great stories to help turn potential customers into loyal ones.

David J. Murray is an award winning commercial photographer, videographer, and FAA Certified Drone Operator based in New Castle NH. Over the last seven years, David's work has defined IDI through his images, videography and editing. 

For the past decade he has served as the house photographer for The Music Hall and for Strawbery Banke Museum, both in Portsmouth, NH, and has done marketing photography and videography for 100s of organizations and agencies across the country. David has done professional backstage and show photography for many world famous performers and authors, including Jay Leno, Pat Metheny, Tony Bennet, Bobby McFerrin, Diana Krall, Graham Nash, Lyle Lovett, Renee Fleming, Tom Brokaw, Joshua Bell, Herbie Hancock, Béla Fleck, Anne Rice, Chris Mathews, David Brooks, Leslie Stahl, Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer, Chris Botti, Steve Martin, Al Green, Gladys Knight, k.d. Lang, Pilobolus, and many more. Prior to 2009 David had a 30-year career as a Silicon Valley executive, computer scientist, and entrepreneur, where he was best know as the co-author of the award winning 1980s software programs Filevision and FrameMaker, and as a co-founder of Frame Technology Corporation.

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Benoit  Richaud is a French figure skating choreographer. He choreographed Take 5 and Reflections for IDI. Benoit is trusted to design  programs for the highest-level Olympic and international figure skaters  including Daisuke Takahashi, Rika Kihira, Bradie Tennell, Savchenko  & Massot, Kaori Sakamoto, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Denis Ten.

Known  worldwide as a gifted choreographer who embodies a passion for art on  ice, international skaters, coaches and media call his work challenging, intricate and completely original.

Richaud’s  unique approach stems from his roots in Avignon combined with his  rigorous study of dance across the world, including its cultural roots  and influences. He designs programs that align with a skater’s unique  character and skill-base, allowing them to achieve their maximum  potential.

     Cindy Stuart is a prominent force in choreography for figure skating both in the professional and amateur ranks. After representing the USA internationally, Cindy turned to performing and touring, eventually choreographing for the world’s top grossing Ice shows.

     Cindy choreographed EXPERIENCE for IDI at a residency hosted by Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe, VT in March, 2020.

     She spent six years as choreographer for Stars on Ice, two of those assisting world-renowned Olympian Christopher Dean which included the Emmy Award winning “Pure Imagination.” Stuart also choreographed alongside Robin Cousins, who was her creative partner for a decade, working on major projects across the globe, including 3 productions for Feld Entertainment and 4 editions of Holiday on Ice. 

     For the last 14 years she has choreographed countless productions for Disney on Ice including the blockbuster “Frozen.” Cindy continues to travel among the 9 DOI units touring the world to work and develop the talent that is constantly evolving in each company.

     Cindy brings that performance quality to the competitive and gala programs she designs for National, World and Olympic competitors from many nations. Clients include, Mirai Nagasu, Alexa and Chris Knierim, Gracie Gold, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, Soyoun Park, Mariah Bell and Alysa Liu. Most recently, she reunited with Adam Rippon to create his piece “River” by Ben Platt.

     Cindy is a 5 time PSA Choreographer of the Year nominee culminating in a win in 2016. Additionally, she was nominated for the 2016 PSA Sonia Henie award..

  Mr. Villella is one of IDI's Founders and has choreographed Three Smokers and Visions of Emeralds: An Homage to Mr. Balanchine. 

Edward Villella became a member of the New York City Ballet in 1957, rising to soloist in 1958 and principal dancer in 1960, last dancing there in 1979. Among his most noteworthy performances were Oberon in George Balanchine's ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream (with music by Felix Mendelssohn), Tarantella, Rubies in the Balanchine ballet Jewels, and Prodigal Son.

     Edward is one of IDI's original founding members and serves as a company Board advisor. He choreographed two significant pieces of repertory for IDI: The Three Smokers in 2015 and Visions of Emeralds; An Homage to Mr. Balanchine in 2016.

     Villella was the first American male dancer to appear with the Royal Danish Ballet, and the only American ever asked to dance an encore at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. He danced at the inaugural for President John F. Kennedy, and performed for Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. He won an Emmy Award in 1975 for his CBS television production of Harlequinade. He danced in two television versions of The Nutcracker (in different roles), in a ballet film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and in a 1966 TV production of Brigadoon, in which he played the tragic suitor Harry Beaton. During the 1960s he and his dancing partner Patricia McBride, who starred together in a 1965 television version of The Nutcracker, appeared often on The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1973, Villella appeared as himself in an episode of The Odd Couple.

In 1985  He was named founding artistic director of Miami City Ballet and served in that role until 2012. 

     In 1997, Villella was named a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton. He was also named the Dorothy F. Schmidt artist-in-residence at Florida Atlantic University in 2000. He was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in 2009.

IDI Company Member since 2017

Rohene is the current Professional Skaters Association’s “Choreographer of the Year, 2021” for his amazing work with Jason Brown. This is the third time he’s been awarded this prestigious honor. Rohene created IDI’s “Till the End” and was a touring company member in 2020 during the fall out of the beginning of the pandemic.

Mr. Ward is an African American figure skater.. He competed six times at the U.S. Championships, in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. He also competed for Puerto Rico and is the 2004 Puerto Rican national champion. Rohene choreographs for a variety of skaters including Alysa Liu, Jason Brown, Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Courtney Hicks, Jordan Moeller, and Mariah Bell. His choreography won critical acclaim when Brown's long program "Riverdance" ("Reel Around the Sun" by Bill Whelan) created an internet sensation garnering over five million YouTube hits following the 2014 US Championships. Ward won "Choreographer of the Year" at the 2015 PSA conference in Bloomington, Minnesota. He won a second time in 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. In between, Ward choreographed the opening ceremonies at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Growing up in Minnesota, Rohene trained intensively for 7 years in ballet, modern, contact improv, contemporary, hip hop, and jazz at the Minnesota Dance Theatre and with Zenon  dance company in their scholarship program.

IDI is in development of a full company work for Rohene to create.