Ameeya Singh is a choreographer based in New York City. She has presented works at venues such as Laguardia Performing Arts Center with Mare Nostrum Elements’ ECS and Tishman Auditorium at The New School for the Next Festival of Emerging Artists, among others. Ameeya graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a BA in dance and nutritional biochemistry. There, she was a recipient of the CWRU Department of Dance full-tuition scholarship and the Vera Orlock Award for excellence in dance. Ameeya was a MOtiVE Brooklyn 2023 Space Grant recipient and recently, one of Little by Little Brooklyn’s Artists-in-Residence.

David, with a BFA in Dance Performance from UC Irvine and an MA in Dance Education from NYU, is a seasoned dancer, choreographer, and educator. He has worked with notable companies and artists in LA and NYC, showcasing his work at various festivals and conferences. David's His current choreographic research centers on the Asian American experience, exploring the rich cultures and narratives that define the reality of being Asian in America. Since relocating to New York, he has showcased his work at Sybarite, Club NYC, Unkempt Dance Festival, Bloom Dance Festival, Inhale/Exhale (PA), and a residency with Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company. As a teaching artist for Battery Dance and Mark Morris, David continues to inspire students with his inclusive approach, recently presenting his workshop on "Leading with Inclusion: Waacking and Queerness" at NDEO 2023

Davinara Marcario is a fourth-year BFA dance major at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. While at Rutgers she has had the opportunity to work with many renowned choreographers such as Thang Dao, Pam Tanowitz, Kun-Yang Lin, and Evelyn Wang. Additionally, she is a selected choreographer representing Rutgers at the American College Dance Association presenting her piece Want it Back. Marcario has also attended intensives with Gibney Company, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, and Camping Festival at CN D. Currently, Marcario is an Apprentice for CoCA: Company of Collaborative Artists and is excited to start her professional career.

Nikaio Bulan Sahar Thomashow (they/he) is a mixed Jewish and Filipino-American dancer and composer from northern NY. They graduated from Oberlin College in 2018 with a degree in dance, their thesis exploring performative identities. They have worked with companies such as Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Neos Dance Theatre, and Daloy Dance Company. In 2023, Nikaio completed their final season as a company member with EMERGE125, served as the AAPI Artist in Residence at TOPAZ ARTS, and started KAōS Dance Collective. Kaōs Dance Collective is a playspace that generates innovative, interdisciplinary, site-specific dance works by centering artists’ individual voices and talents.

Founded by Aika Takeshima(Japan) and Sara Pizzi(Italy), immigrants and queer women in New York. sarAika movement collective advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the dance ecosystem. By creating multidisciplinary collaborative performances, we spread awareness on topical aspects or personal insight. Through community programming, we provide accessible opportunities, local empowerment, and performing arts to the general public. We pursue these values of authenticity to bond our community to be inclusive and welcoming to all, trusting in the multidisciplinary aspects of collaborations to expand the potential of art delivery, creativity, and application. sarAika makes dance for and about people.

Amina Kolenc (she/her) earned her BFA in Dance from Montclair State University. She has performed in works by Camryn Stafford, Brice Mousset, Urban Bush Women, Stefanie Batten Bland, Michelle Manzanales, and Christian von Howard. In addition, she has participated in the Bates Dance Festival and workshops with the Limón Dance Company. This fall, Amina co-directed the dance festival, Modern Moves 2023, in collaboration with the Williams Center in Rutherford, NJ. At Modern Moves, she premiered her first professional work, "scribbled." Her choreography was also featured in Montclair State University’s Dance Makers 2023 and Creative Collaborations 2022

Angelina Laguna is a freelance artist based in New York City. Originally from Southeastern Pennsylvania, Angelina studied dance at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater in high school and recently graduated from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance with a Bachelors in Fine Arts. At Purchase, Angelina performed works by Eve Chan, Doug Varone, Janelle Figgins, George Balanchine, Michelle Ulrich Thompson, and Amy Miller. Outside of the dance studio, Angelina enjoys reading, being outside, and computer coding.

As a freelance dance artist based out of NYC, Charlotte Aucella delves into the intrinsic functionality of movement and the dynamic interplay between contrasting dance aesthetics as both a dancer and choreographer. Her artistic pursuit seeks to interconnect the tradition of my learned classical dance techniques with the uncharted territories of the unexpected and unfamiliar. Her fascination lies in the subtleties of everyday movement, viewing dance as a profound exploration of the human body's capabilities and a potent force that unites people. Drawing inspiration from the expansive realm of live performance, her work often integrates elements of puppetry, theater, and other visual arts. Collaborating with musicians ignites her creative spirit, nurturing an ongoing dialogue of self-discovery. Propelled by an evolving curiosity, she is driven to pose questions, unraveling the intricate connections and boundless possibilities within dance.

Holly Roberts (Steps on Broadway Conservatory graduate) is a choreographer, performer, videographer, and dance teacher based in NYC. Her intention with her choreography is to create sincere storytelling that genuinely connects with the audience.

Kelsee is a freelance dancer and choreographer who is greatly inspired and motivated to base her movement vocabulary by her time serving in combat zones overseas. She graduated with honors from Ohio University where she received her BFA in Dance, Performance, and Choreography. She has also studied with the Limón Institute. She has performed works created by David Dorfman, Jasmine Hearn, Kendra Portier, Spacejunk Dance, Elizabeth Burr, and choreographed for various festivals such as the NooSphere Arts festival and Dance Studio Alliance spotlight series. She has also choreographed for the Marty Ray Project and self produced works in Columbus, Ohio.

Born and raised in Monterrey Mexico, Natalia Sanchez is a visual and movement artist that explores and plays with dance, photography, and graphic design. Natalia credits the Martha Graham School, Universidad de Monterrey, Comunidad de Danza Urbana and The Certificate Program at Peridance Center for her artistic education. She has worked with artists like Yara Travieso, Cesar Brodermann, Assaf Salhov, Catherine Correa, amongst others. Natalia has shown both on stage and film work at Universidad de Monterrey Theater, Triskelion Arts, KNJ Theater and The Emelin Theater. Natalia’s movement work is heavily influenced by the act of play and collaboration.

Camryn Stafford is a recent graduate from Princeton University. She currently resides in NYC and is a freelance dancer and choreographer. Camryn’s senior dance thesis, “There She Is” is a recipient of the Toni Morrison Prize and Outstanding Creative Work Award from the Lewis Center for the Arts. Camryn creates provocative, engaging, and thought-provoking work that involves the audience in strategic, active, and intriguing ways. With a focus on visceral and dynamic movement, story-telling through scene setting, and connecting the audience to the dancers, Camryn’s work is unique and pushes the boundaries of what contemporary dance work can achieve.

Damontae Hack is 25 years old originally from Baltimore, MD. He recently graduated from California institute of the Arts, majoring in dance (2020). Now residing full time in New York City. Damontae is a choreographer, dancer, director, and model looking to create and explore the boundaries of Black art; dealing with the physicality of bodies, intimacy, shape, and the overall development of the human consciousness over “time” through cinema, choreography, photography, and voice work. Damontae has been involved in a wide range of work. Ballet, contemporary, hip hop, site-specific work, etc…Including work by artists like Marissa Brown, Dimitri Chamblas, Nina Flagg, James Gregg, Gerard & Kelly, Solange Knowles, Ralph Lemon, rubberlegz, etc. He is always excited and curious to transform the eyes of what people perceive art to be.

Bio: Elise A. Logan is a Class of 2021 graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University where she studied Dance and Interdisciplinary Race & Ethnicity Studies. She is a dancer, choreographer, writer, researcher, and community organizer from the Los Angeles area. Elise is passionate about interdisciplinary work related to dance, storytelling, research and digital methods. Along with creating dance works and performing original research, she is a training student at the Ailey School and a Rights/Arts Management Associate at the Merce Cunningham Trust. Last year, she completed a training program with the Alonzo King LINES Ballet while working for the San Francisco Ballet School, and she continues to work with advocacy group Dance Artists’ National Collective to organize around better working conditions for dancers. She is also co-founder of the Pasadena Black Equity Project, which runs a mutual aid fund and digital archive for Black folks in the Pasadena and greater Los Angeles area.

Shaquelle Charles is an Afro-Caribbean solo artist-choreographer who obtained his BFA at Marymount Manhattan College with a concentration in ballet. With an aptitude in numerous forums of creating art; photography, Direction, and choreography-- Shaquelle orchestrates intimate moments drawn on human connection and the external factors of the world which connects us all. He utilizes the physicality of the ballet technique with obscured ways the body can be manipulated to represent a wide array of emotions that extends a sui generis experience for all spectators. He gives credence to the body as an individual source of history and proceeds to pull from these histories and experiences to develop expressionist movements. The work he creates investigates raw human expression in performance, while also encouraging performers and the audience to investigate the significance of vulnerability. Based in New York, Shaquelle has performed with companies like Mark Morris dance group, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet at Lincoln Center, and Dianne McIntyre’s Sounds in motion. In addition he has choreographed at La Biennale de Venezia 15th International Contemporary Dance Festival under the mentorship of Wayne Mcgregor, presented works at Symphony space, the Tank theater, and Dancers for Ukraine at Gibney dance space.