Ljuba Castot

Experience

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  McDonald Selznick Associates

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2014

  Dancer

  MSA served as my agent.

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  Broadway Varietease

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  Assist. director

  Assist. Director and performer

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  Miss Diaspora Models Inc

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Choreographer

  Choreography for models opening number at annual pageantsRunway choreography

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  Flash Mob America

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2019

  Producer

  Production of live events as well as broadcast.Choreography of Flash Mob dances. Working and communicating with various production teams around activations involving Flash Mobs. Including GMA, Live w Regis and Kelly and various national brands.Instruction of dancers and non-dancers in execution of Flash Mobs.

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  LoveCryme

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Lead Singer, Writer

  Singer, songwriter

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  Tricia Brouk (Tokio Confidential, eq) )

  Jan 2012 - Feb 2012

  Assist. Choreographer

  Assistant to the choreographer

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  Kiesza (Island/UMG)

  Feb 2014 - Dec 2018

  Creative Director

  Creative, Director and Choreographer. Working in tireless collaboration with Kiesza for anything creative!Responsibilities pertaining to:Curating, directing, consulting and executing projects to support the visual output from the artist. Music videos, concerts, TV specials, Late night show appearances, brand affiliated obligations (FENDI, SMIRNOFF) Conceptualizing any creative task in collaboration with the artist.Delegating tasks to teams. Working with stylists.Casting duties. On the road for headlining tours in EU/UK/AUS/USA/CAWorking closely with management Mark Sudack(2014) and Crush Music (2015-17) Show less

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  Purple Cow Touring Ldt

  Apr 2014 - Dec 2014

  Day to day Management

  Day to Day management of Kiesza during launch of album Sound Of a Woman in Europe. Complete relocation to London, UK. Responsibilities included and were not limited to: Scheduling, promo-scheduling, extensive communications with Management (Mark Sudack), Tour Managment, US label Island/UMG and UK label Virgin/UMG as well as European wide label reps. Communications with News media and entertainment media as well as rest of artists' logistic and creative team.

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  Sufjan Stevens (ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS)

  Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

  Choreographer

  Choreographer for Sufjan Stevens' critically acclaimed 2016 Festival shows. Developing a significant body of movement for the artist , back up singers and brass section.

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  Peridance Capezio Center

  Oct 2016 - Apr 2020

  Faculty

  Teaching Contemporary Fusion Choreography sessions

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  Brooklyn Zoo Records

  Nov 2017 - now

  Creative Consultant
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  Broadway Dance Center

  Nov 2018 - Apr 2020

  Faculty

  Contemporary Faculty at Broadway Dance Center, NYC

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  Krtv Kulture

  Dec 2018 - now

  Artist Manager

  Management with a diverse roster of pop artists. Experienced with detailed as well as big picture decisions on the comprehensive nature of artist management. Artistic development, live/touring, digital presence, audience building, day to day team management, roster includes Kiesza, Wyn Starks, Andreas Moss, Robots With Rayguns, Manchado, Chew FU.

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  Gorilla Media Denmark

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

  Creative Consultant

  Consultant on various creative projects, collaboration with the Danish team on specific NY activations and relationships.

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  Lala Films and Detour Dance Festival

  Nov 2020 - Dec 2020

  Translator Danish-English

  Translation and maintaining cultural and artistic integrity of the film DANS[K] by Sara Jordan, Lala Films. Produced by Detour Dance Festival. This film documents the journey of 7 Afro-Danish femme dancers through life with dance as their anchor and the space where a Black womxn in a White environment can explore herself.With their stories and their movement, they cross both personal and societal boundaries.While their journey into dance is all different, what they share is the desire to escape conformity and the norm that a Black body can’t satisfy in a White space. Show less

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  Shortlist Agency

  Jan 2021 - now

  Arts Programmer, Talent lead, Rehearsal director

  Contract basis. Ideation, curation and execution of programs related to high level events at various locations in the US. Clients include Netflix, Starcom and The Swell. Talent lead and rehearsal director on events involving live music, singers, dancers, circus and other talent. Stage manager at conference level working with AV teams on executing programming.

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  Detour Dance Festival

  Sept 2021 - Oct 2021

  Danish to English translation, Music clearance

  Translation and maintaining cultural and artistic integrity of the film DANS[K]2.0 by Sara Jordan, Lala Films. Produced by Detour Dance Festival. Music clearance/licensing.Festival Presentation:Chroma International Film Festival winner of best documentary June 14 2022Stockholm City Film Festival Semi Finalist January 9. 2022Helsinki Education film festival international Selected. September 11. 2022African Human Rights Film Festival Selected. August 31. 2011Art Blocks International Film Festival winner best documentary September 19 . 2022In Dans[k] we get to know 6 male dancers and music artists, through their stories, that are a testimony of their love to the artform they express themselves through.As a racialized Black man, in a White majority context, you are placed in the crossroads of multiple belongings, where racialized masculinity ideals, gender perceptions, politicization, and demonization mechanisms force them to navigate and deal with both external and internal contradictions.The personal stories of the 6 artists show us how backgrown, cultural heritage and notions of “Danishness”, at the same time both liberate and inspire, and also weigh down and limit them. The environment around music and dance become a home for these 6 men, where their entire existence is reflected and recognized.Dans[k] draws a picture of how musical- and movement art emerges as a safespace and sanctuary, where frustrations, desires and dreams can coexist and where it is possible to be who you are and explore who you want to be. Show less