Tiare Keeno received her BFA at The Juilliard School in 2016 under the direction of Lawrence

Rhodes. While there, she worked with choreographers Camille A. Brown, Kyle Abraham, Kate

Weare, and Brian Brooks. She also performed the repertoire of Jíri Kylián, Twyla Tharp as well

as lead roles in Martha Graham’s Dark Meadow and José Limón’s Missa Brevis. She has

attended Springboard Danse Montreal where she performed works by Aszure Barton,

RUBBERBAND Dance Group, and Kidd Pivot. Throughout her professional career, Tiare has

been a company member of Nevada Ballet Theatre where she worked in collaboration with

Cirque du Soleil. She has also been a company member and the Rehearsal Director for

BODYTRAFFIC in Los Angeles. While there, she performed works by Micaela Taylor, Baye &

Asa, Matthew Neenan, Trey McIntyre, Ethan Colangelo, Hofesh Shechter, and Richard Siegal.

She currently resides in NYC and has just finished her first season as an Artistic Associate with

Gibney Company. During this year, she has performed works by William Forsythe, Emilie

Leriche, Peter Chu, and Lucinda Childs, among others. Tiare also teaches and choreographs for

studios and young artists across the U.S. and is the newest board member of Share The

Movement - an organization aimed to increase diversity in the dance community through

educational and financial support for young BIPOC dancers.

Ethan Colangelo was born and raised in Toronto where he began his initial training at Canada’s National Ballet School and Elite Danceworx. He is an alumni of The Juilliard School where he received the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreographic Promise. As a choreographer, he has presented work at The Baryshnikov Arts Center, Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, APAP, Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Ethan was also one of nine choreographers selected internationally for the Copenhagen International Choreography Competition in 2018 and 2021. At the competition in 2021, his piece recurrence won the Audience Choice Award along with the DAF Production Prize, which led to a residency with Hessisches Staatsballett. Most recently, he has created new works for Ballet BC, BODYTRAFFIC, Whim W’Him Contemporary Dance and The National Ballet of Canada. Ethan has also taught and made new creations for educational institutions including The Juilliard School, The Ailey School, Arts Umbrella Dance Company, Springboard Danse Montréal, DAF in Rome and MOVE NYC. Ethan joined The National Ballet of Canada as Choreographic Associate in July 2023.

Spenser Theberge is a performer, creator, and educator based in Los Angeles.  His work is centered in multidisciplinary practice, including the use of dance, theater, text, film, design, and pedagogy to create genre-defying, innovative performance, visual art, and education environments.

His commissions and collaborations span a range of artists and organizations including The Broad Museum, Taylor Swift, Gibney Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, LA Dance Project, MOCA Geffen, The Juilliard School, NAVEL, Savage x Fenty, Ben Platt, the NY Times Magazine, The Today Show, LAX Festival, and Gothenburg Opera Dance Company, among others. 

Spenser is the first ever Artist In Residence at The Juilliard School of Dance, as well as an Artist In Residence at USC’s Kaufman School of Dance, and a former faculty member at the California Institute for the Arts.  He has been an invited guest educator at the National Theater of Taiwan, BE Moving, Nuova Officina della Danza, CLI Conservatory, Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst, and Springboard Danse, among others.  

Spenser has performed the works of the world’s most influential choreographers as a former dancer with Nederlands Dans Theater and The Forsythe Company, and has been a guest artist with Kidd Pivot, Gothenburg Opera Dance Company, the ARIAS Company, Astrid Boons. He is a YoungArts winner, a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and a Princess Grace Award winner, as well as a proud graduate of the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics and The Juilliard School. 

Growing up with both parents as fitness instructors during the peak of the early ’90s aerobics craze, I developed a deep love for high-energy dance music. In tandem with this musical influence, groove has become a primary element in my work. I believe it’s a powerful tool for shared experience, fostering connections among people from diverse backgrounds and emphasizing our inherent oneness.

With movement being the central medium for my work, I’m drawn to how it intersects with other creative fields such as film, animation, fashion, and photography. I’m captivated by the “middle space”—the tension between opposing ideas, or the convergence of many. This middle space allows me to explore the tension in queer experience, mixed-race identity, masculinity and femininity, and broader questions of time and evolution.

My work has been featured in FACT MAG, Nowness and Dance Magazine – working with artists such as HAAi, INJI, Florence and the Machine, Saint Levant, Indochine, Flyana Boss, Leon Vynehall and the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. I’ve also worked with fashion brands such as Reebok, Nike, Juicy Couture, CNCPTS, Puma, Private Policy & Lu’u Dan.

REED TANKERSLEY is from Northern California, and earned his BFA from the Juilliard School. Shortly after, Reed joined Twyla Tharp’s 50th Anniversary Tour and has continued to perform with the company. Reed has performed in numerous Tharp works including “In the Upper Room”, “Nine Sinatra Songs”, “The Fugue”, “Brahms Paganini”, “Ocean’s Motion”, “Eight Jelly Rolls”, and “How Long Blues”. He has also worked as a répétiteur for Tharp’s “Baker’s Dozen” on Alabama Ballet. In 2019, Reed ran away to the circus and toured the country as the lead performer in Cirque Du Soleil’s, “Volta”. Reed is a YoungArts Winner and one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch”.  

Reed has taught at many universities and preprofessional programs throughout the country and abroad including UCSB, University or Minnesota, University of Texas, NYU Gallatin, and the Venice Biennale Festival.

JOHN HARNAGE a native of Miami, Florida, studied dance at the Miami City Ballet School and New World School of the Arts. He was a Modern Dance Finalist in the 2010 National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts YoungArts competition. In 2014 he graduated from The Juilliard School, where he performed works by Pina Bausch, Alexander Ekman, Jose Limón, and Lar Lubovitch, among others. He then began working with Jessica Lang Dance, and joined the company in 2015, performing and teaching around the world. He also performed as a principal dancer in Washington National Opera’s 2017 production of Aida at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Harnage joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Fall 2018.

BRET EASTERLING is a dance artist, educator, director and producer based in Los Angeles, California. After receiving his BFA from The Juilliard School, Easterling was a formative member of Gallim Dance and a recognizable performer and contributor to Ohad Naharin’s internationally acclaimed Batsheva Dance Company.

Easterling is on faculty at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, a certified Gaga teacher who stages Naharin’s works at dance programs and companies around the world, and an Ilan Lev practitioner. He has built and presented his own choreographic works through spaces including Jacob’s Pillow, REDCAT, The 92nd Street Y, LA Dance Project, AMOC*, Whim W’Him, Backhausdance, b12, Dance on Camera Festival, and Hauser & Wirth and in collaboration with music artists including Anthony Roth Costanzo, Kesha, Ai Bendr, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, and Jurassic Spine.

As the Founder and Artistic Director of BEMOVING, Easterling invests in the Los Angeles cultural ecosystem by designing programming and building infrastructure that uplifts dancers and supports their creative practices.

Alexander Anderson (@zanderander) is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and stager based in

New York City. Originally from South Florida, he graduated from the Alexander W. Dreyfoos

School of the Arts in 2010. He was then accepted into The Juilliard School where he graduated

with a BFA in 2014. During his time at Juilliard, Alexander performed works by renowned

choreographers such as Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, Pina Bausch, Jirí Kylián, and

Alexander Ekman. His early choreographic creations earned him selections for “Choreographic

Honors” at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. He was also honored with the 2012 Dizzy Feet

Foundation Scholarship Award and the 2013 Princess Grace Foundation Scholarship Award.

Post-graduation, Alexander joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2, progressing to the esteemed

Nederlands Dans Theater 1 in 2017. His standout performance in Crystal Pite’s “Solo Echo”

garnered critical acclaim, earning him Dance Europe Magazine’s critic’s choice for 'Outstanding

Performance by a Male Dancer' in 2019. In 2020, Alexander became an Artistic Associate at

Gibney Company, where he was later named the Inaugural Choreographic Fellow, premiering a

new work in the “Gibney Fellow” program in 2022.

Alexander's passion for dance extends beyond performance. In March 2024, Alexander

self-produced his show “Falling Elsewhere” in New York City. He also appears in the Paramount

feature film “Smile 2”.

Alyssa Allen is from Los Angeles where she trained with Westside Dance Project, under the direction of Jessie Riley. In 2019, Alyssa earned her BFA as a member of the inaugural class at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, under the direction of Jodie Gates. She has been a part of companies Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, and Rubberband. Alyssa has choreographed for GAP 2025 Campaign, Hologramme, Donna Missal, and Mal Not Bad. She is currently a freelance artist based in Montréal working closely with Anne Plamondon, Amara Barner, and Camille Huang.

Leslie Andrea Williams is a New York City–based dancer and principal member of the Martha

Graham Dance Company. A graduate of The Juilliard School, she joined the company in 2015

and performs many of Martha Graham’s most iconic works.

Her repertoire includes celebrated roles such as Lamentation, Deep Song, and Medea in Cave

of the Heart. Williams also made history as the first Black dancer to perform the lead role in

Chronicle, a performance recognized in The New York Times’ “Best Dance of 2019.”

Known for her powerful stage presence and expressive artistry, Williams has been described as

“hypnotic” and “larger than life.” In addition to performing, she works across disciplines as a

singer, actor, model, and writer. She has been featured in Dance Magazine as a dancer “On the

Rise” and in Teen Vogue as a “Rising Star Personifying Black Excellence.”

Williams also serves on the board of the theater company Off-Brand Opera. As a performer,

creative director, and educator, she is passionate about carrying forward the legacy of the

Graham technique and inspiring young dancers to explore its powerful physicality, musicality,

and emotional depth.

Ariel Scott is a dancer, choreographer, and educator whose choreographic work investigates the uncovering of self and the desire to be known. By recognizing physicality as a uniquely adept avenue for authenticity, Ariel uses dance to make the unfathomable fathomable. Ariel’s work has been presented in Dear Body Love Me, VOICES: UNBOUND, and High Voltage showcases, among others. Her screendance “All a Blur” has been presented in ScreenDance RoadShow and in Black Lives Rising Virtual Dance Film Festival, where it was awarded Best Experimental Film. Ariel holds a BFA from the University of California, Irvine, where she nurtured her love of dance and choreography, and an AA from Santa Monica College, where her commitment to the craft of dance began. Since becoming a certified Countertechnique teacher in 2024, Ariel has delighted in sharing the joy of dance through frequent open classes in Los Angeles and as guest faculty at institutions including the California Institute of the Arts and Loyola Marymount University. Ariel is currently a dancer with Kybele Dance Theater, an LA-based contemporary dance company.

Imani Frazer (she/her) began her training in Colorado Springs, CO at Barbara Ellis Studio of Dance before moving to Arizona to study at Tucson Dance Academy and Club Dance Studio. Graduating with a BFA in dance from NYU Tisch in May 2024 under the direction of Pamela Pietro, she has had the opportunity to perform works by Andrea Miller, Kyle Abraham, Medhi Walerski, Pierre Pontvianne, Shahar Binyamini, Crystal Pite, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Andrea Peña, and Johan Inger. Imani has completed Orsolina28, Hubbard Street Summer Dance Intensive, Alvin Ailey Professional Division Intensive, and participated in the B12 Summer Festival which allowed her to study the repertoire of Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, Emma Portner, Alvin Ailey, Jermaine Spivey & Spenser Theberge and Azure Barton. She has been nominated for the prestigious Princess Grace Award and has had her choreography showcased at the Mark Morris Choreo Lab in New York. With a love for performing and the creation process, Imani is beyond excited and grateful to be entering her second season with Ballet BC in 2025/26.

Jordan was born and raised in Long Island, New York where he began his dance training at the age of 12 with David Sanders Dance Dynamics and later Seiskaya Ballet Academy. Continuing to pursue his passion for the art form, Jordan chose to attend Marymount Manhattan College’s BFA program with a ballet concentration in 2015 after receiving a scholarship from the New York City Dance Alliance College Scholarship Foundation. While at Marymount, Jordan was a part of the Marymount Manhattan Dance Company from 2015 to 2019 performing works from a variety of choreographers as well as partaking in educational outreach programs for young children. Throughout his college career Jordan danced as an assistant for NYCDA as well as worked exclusively with his dear friend Martha Nichols on countless projects. In the summer of 2019, Jordan joined Ballet BC under the direction of Emily Molnar. In his time with Ballet BC, Jordan had the honor of performing multiple works by Vancouver native Crystal Pite, later artistic director of Ballet BC Medhi Walerski, Sharon Eyal, Johan Inger, and Aszure Barton. While at Ballet BC Jordan was able to continue his passion for working with children through outreach programs while recognizing one of his greatest passions in collaborating with choreographers in the creative process such as David Raymond, Tiffany Tregarthen and Dorotea Saykaly. In 2021 Jordan began working with Yin Yue Dance Company as a guest artist on new creations as well as acting as the  assistant choreographer for a new work with the Boston Ballet. In 2022, Jordan went on to join Ballet Jazz Montréal as a guest artist under the direction of Alexandra Damiani,  performing works by Adonis Foniadakis, Juliano Nunes, Crystal Pite, Anne Plamondon, and Ihsan Rustem. In his time with the company, Jordan was given the opportunity to choreograph on the dancers for multiple fundraising events, expanding him into the role of choreographer. Within the last few years, Jordan has had the good fortune to perform in theaters across the globe, meeting and collaborating with artists from around the world as well as acting as guest faculty for many contemporary intensives held across the U.S.

Spencer Dennis is a movement practitioner from Phoenix, Arizona. He has danced for several companies in the United States including CONDER|DANCE, Groundworks Dance Theater, Hawkins Dance, The Difference Between, and Soulescape. He has been twice awarded as an Arizona Artist of Promise for both his choreography and performance and has had the opportunity to teach and perform internationally in Cuba, Peru, Spain, and Germany. Spencer is currently guest faculty at Scottsdale Community College and a faculty member with Revive Dance Convention. Spencer’s class explores the integration of diverse movement practices including yoga, soft acrobatics, and contemporary floorwork while connecting his teaching to the actions and movements of everyday life. He believes that every body has inherent power which can be utilized and explored without the need for years of conventional dance, yoga, or fitness training. It is Spencer’s goal to empower students to embrace what their body is currently capable of and encourage the exploration of how their body moves naturally. In his class you can expect discussion on movement efficiency, practice of floorwork concepts, and the study and execution of contemporary phrase work which incorporates the information explored in class. Spencer is humbled and honored to have the opportunity to share his work and study with you all.

Christie Partelow, born and raised in New York, is currently a freelance performing artist, creator, and teacher based in the Netherlands, most recently with Netherlands Dans Theatre. In addition to performing, Christie choreographs for stage and film, creates installation work, and is sharing her spoken word through creations.

Christie danced with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (‘13-‘17), in various lead roles suxh as Juliette in Jean Christophe Maillot’s Romeo & Juliette, Lena in Christian Spuck’s ‘Leonce and Lena’, various works by Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian, Edward Clug, Stephan Thoss, etc. Prior she toured internationally with ‘West Side Story’ as Anybodys, was a member of Complexions Contemporary Ballet and an apprentice for North Carolina Dance Theatre and Chautauqua Ballet. 

Ms. Partelow teaches repertory, classical ballet and contemporary forms, improvisation and choreographic workshops for professional dance companies and training programs, as well as privately. She is also a Mat and Machinery Pilates instructor and has served as Artistic Partner at a multi disciplinary artistic space called De Studio Rotterdam. 

Born in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines, and raised in Los Angeles, California, Norbert De La Cruz III is an acclaimed dance artist celebrated for his versatility in performance and choreography. With a foundation in both classical and contemporary dance, Norbert’s work reflects a deep commitment to collaboration and innovation. He is currently a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Dance at Point Park University and maintains a bi-coastal freelance career based in New York City and Los Angeles.

After moving to New York in 2006, Norbert earned his BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School and later an MFA in Dance from Hollins University. His movement practice has garnered national attention, shaped by training at the Gabriella Foundation, LA County High School for the Arts, Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, and The Juilliard School. Starting his classical training at the age of 11 under Vera Ninkovic and Marat Daukayev (Cecchetti and Vaganova techniques), Norbert cultivated a robust technical foundation that informs his artistry.

As a professional dancer, Norbert has performed as a soloist in the Metropolitan Opera’s Aida and toured internationally with Aszure Barton & Artists (Blue Soup and Busk) and Balletto Teatro di Torino in Italy. Additional credits include performances with Joe Goode Performance Group, Sydney Skybetter & Associates, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet.  His versatility has led him to perform works by renowned choreographers such as José Limón, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Alonzo King, Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, and Jirí Kylián, among others. Notably, he represented The Juilliard School at the Dizzy Feet Foundation Gala at the Kodak Theatre and was featured in Warner Bros.’ film adaptation of In The Heights. As a pre-professional, he earned numerous accolades, including the Music Center's Spotlight Award and the Youth America Grand Prix 2nd place in non-classical.

Norbert’s choreographic career began under the mentorship of Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, where he received the Jerome Robbins Foundation’s NEW Essential Works Grant for his ballet Square None (2012). He has since been commissioned by companies including Ballet X, Richmond Ballet, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Grand Rapids Ballet, Nashville Ballet, and Hubbard Street 2.  A recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA Choreography Fellowship (2012), Norbert has also been recognized by the Alvin Ailey New Directions Choreography Lab, Joffrey Academy of Dance’s Winning Works, and the National Choreographic Initiative. His work has been presented at prestigious venues such as the Winspear Opera House for TITAS Command Gala and through collaborations with the New York Choreographic Institute and Dance Lab New York.