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Jimmy Miklavcic - is the Founding Executive Director of Another Language Performing Arts Company and the co-director of the InterPlay series, a telematic collaborative performance form. A mixture of computer science, visual arts, music composition, acting, and multimedia experiences textures Jimmy's artistic background. In 1972, he began his visual arts studies at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Focused mainly on painting, he also became involved in other artists' projects in theater, performance art, and music. In 1978 he continued his studies in Performing Arts, including acting, technical theatre and electronic music at Cabrillo Community College, Aptos, CA. Jimmy returned to higher education to study Computer Science at the University of Utah where he graduated in 1987 with a BS. He is currently a Multimedia Specialist for the Center for High Performance Computing and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Utah. Jimmy is the founder of ArtGrid, an informal consortium of artists and technologists that utilize the Access Grid technology for artistic pursuits. He has been awarded the Salt Lake City Mayor's Artists Award for the Performing Arts. The Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters chose InterPlay: Performing on a High Tech Wire, co-authored with Elizabeth Miklavcic, to receive the 2010 "Best Paper Award in the Arts Category."
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Elizabeth Ann Miklavcic - is the Founding Artistic Director of Another Language Performing Arts Company established 1985. She is a choreographer, actress, filmmaker and performance artist. Elizabeth is the co-director of the InterPlay performance series. She has over thirty years of professional performance experience. For InterPlay: Intransitive Senses (2003), Beth created and performed Tea Party. Additional InterPlay works include The Surface of Things for InterPlay: Hallucinations (2004), Dressers for InterPlay: Loose Minds in a Box (2005), Mind Waves for InterPlay: Dancing on the Banks of Packet Creek (2006). Elizabeth framed the performance structure of InterPlay: Nel Tempo di Sogno (2007) and wrote the script for InterPlay: Carnivale (2008), she designed the performance of InterPlay: AnARTomy (2009) and InterPlay: Event Horizon (2010). Elizabeth is a Multimedia Specialist at the University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing. Her digital video works have been shown at a variety of film festivals and are available at the University of Utah Marriott Library Special Collections Division. Elizabeth has appeared in several feature films such as Napoleon Dynamite and Dark Matter, as well as, a variety of independent features and shorts. She is the recipient of the Salt Lake City Mayor's Artist Award for Performing Arts. Elizabeth earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts (1982) and Master of Fine Arts (1989) Degrees in Modern Dance from the University of Utah, where she received two Orchesis Honorary Dance Society Awards; her choreography has been presented nationally and internationally. The Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters chose InterPlay: Performing on a High Tech Wire, co-authored with Jimmy Miklavcic, to receive the 2010 "Best Paper Award in the Arts Category."
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