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Mara Driscoll is a creative producer, curator, arts administrator, and artist. As Co-Founder and Producer of Art Bath with Elizabeth Yilmaz, she has collaborated with and presented more than 300 artists across disciplines, including leading figures in music, dance, opera, theater, and visual art. Through Art Bath, she has co-curated programs presented by Lincoln Center, 92NY, the Prototype Festival, Fotografiska, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and more.

Mara also serves as Program and Advancement Manager for the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA), a global network of 500 performing arts leaders across 60 countries. In this role, she oversees several of ISPA’s key initiatives, including the Pitch New Works and Fellowship programs.

Before turning her focus to producing, Mara spent years as a professional dancer and choreographer. She is a longtime member of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and her choreography has been presented by New York Theatre Workshop, The Phillips Collection, and New Chamber Ballet.

She holds a degree from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she focused on intersections between art, religion, and society.

Elizabeth Yilmaz is a professional dancer, educator, and producer based in New York City. Elizabeth is a former member of Ballet Hispánico and a longtime dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.

She holds a B.A. in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College and completed Harvard Business School’s Crossover Into Business program in 2024.

As a dedicated dance educator, Elizabeth is on faculty at both The 92nd Street Y (92NY) and the Joffrey Ballet Trainee Program. She is also the co-founder and producer of Art Bath NYC, an immersive, multidisciplinary salon series launched in 2022 with fellow dancer Mara Driscoll. Art Bath brings together musicians, dancers, poets, opera singers, and visual artists to create innovative performance experiences.

Notable Art Bath collaborators include the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Prototype Festival, 92NY, Fotografiska New York, and now Lincoln Center's Festival of Firsts.

Vilma Jää is a singer, composer, fiddler and researcher working across the fields of folk music, pop music and opera. Jää’s breakthrough came with her folk singing role in Kaija Saariaho’s opera Innocence, which received international acclaim following its world premiere in July 2021 and marked the beginning of her professional career. Jää made her acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut in April 2026, which led to a profile of her in The New York Times.

Vilma Jää has gained recognition as an ethno-pop artist. Her critically acclaimed albums Loitsui ja taikoi (Spells and Magic, 2026) and Kosto (Revenge, 2023) bring the beauty of Finno-Ugric folklore to audiences through contemporary pop music production. She has also composed music for film and video games and works extensively with improvisation.

Based out of New York City, The Beatbox House is a collective of champion and World Champion Beatboxers. Hailing from different regions of the country, The Beatbox House is comprised of five core members Gene Shinozaki, Kenny Urban, NaPoM, Amit and Chris Celiz. Beatboxing is growing into a global phenomenon branching out from its Hip-Hop roots. The collective is rebranding the art as a new form of music and is pushing the boundaries of what's possible with the human voice. Each artist is a soloist, educator and musician. Their performances leaves audiences with a new possibility of what human beings are capable of and inspires people to take action on what's truly possible for themselves.

A harpist and contemporary classical performer-composer, Lara Somogyi is known for her work in forging a new artistic identity for the harp. Born and raised in Hawaii and New York, Lara is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, and was awarded as an honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for her contributions to her field. With an unwavering dedication to sculpting a world of sonic exploration, Lara has seamlessly integrated electronics and pedal effects with her deeply classical roots, redefining the artistic possibilities of the harp.

Jarid Blue is a Brooklyn-based visual artist who has spent the past decade transforming human bodies and environments into living canvases through projected light. His ongoing series Light Baths uses custom digital patterns and precise projection to create an armor of artwork on participants' skin, producing images that look heavily manipulated but are achieved entirely in-camera. Since 2016, the practice has grown from intimate portrait sessions into exhibitions, installations and live performance, with work presented at Sotheby's Institute of Art, 92NY, Illumination NYC and Satellite Art Show during Miami Art Week, alongside an ongoing projection design partnership with Cipriani.