inFluxdance has called many cities home. Originally founded in 2001 by Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, inFluxdance debuted in the Bay Area at the 21st Century Collaboration of Music and Dance. Since then, the company has performed in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Boston and Montreal.

Over the years, the company has collaborated with various artists. Since its’ inception inFluxdance has been committed to communication through dance and has chosen important messages to create around. The company’s first full length work was a look into the History Of Women during World War II and how that had an effect on women’s rights. Some other explorations have included pieces surrounding eating disorders, social constructionism, and family issues.

Along the way, inFluxdance has accumulated it’s most valuable members and contributors: Benoit Beauchamp, and Alysia Woodruff. Each person brings invaluable creativity and ideals that together have formed the mission of inFluxdance.

Rose is inspired to make movement accessible via her training in Laban Movement Analysis while at the same time, she strives to produce strong choreographic works rooted in the integration of multiple mediums. Rose feels strongly about communicating through dance as well as using the support from other disciplines to create an open environment of sharing in her pieces. Influenced by this integration, her work is predominantly seen as Dance Theatre. Rose’s work often explores a specific theme or issue that is pertinent in our society today. Some of these include, social constructionism, the family unit, women’s freedoms, and eating disorders. The first way every human communicates is through movement and Rose uses this form of communication to explore the important questions of our culture in her pieces. Her artistic process is anchored in exploring the creative art-making process as a communication and collaboration. The results of this exploration are powerful and prove that there are no limits in dance/movement as an art form. Her personal mission is to inspire and empower people to move their truth and create movement-based, collaborative art.

Alysia’s scholarly work explores the synthesis of the movement languages of American Sign Language (ASL) and modern dance. She is fascinated by the juxtaposition of ASL, a very specific movement language, with modern dance, an abstract form of movement as communication. Another fundamental principle of her work has been providing access to dance for non-traditional artists and underserved populations.

Benoit, as an artist, is interested in all kinds of performance, staging, events and other forms of entertainment. He has contributed to diverse collaborations that began a long time ago while working in night clubs. From that experience he had the opportunity to develop a strong sense of imagery. He is fascinated by space in different mediums: conceptual art, installation art, theatre, dance, opera, concert and architecture. He has an eye for the visual landscape which he exercises through painting, photography, and performance. His involvement with dance, theatre, and other forms of art flourished while attending California Institute of the Arts where he received an MFA in Design and Production with emphasis in Lighting design.

He has been freelancing for various productions of dance and musical theater. He has served as Set Designer, Technical Director, and Lighting Designer. He strongly believes in collaborations, developing work and fostering individual artistry. These beliefs have been helpful in nurturing his artistic and technical progress and he is excited to pass on these values and be part of a great community.