Owen Mosher Burnham is a New York based multidisciplinary artist currently pursuing a BFA in Dance at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. A native of Columbus, Ohio, he began training at the School at Columbus Dance Theater, with additional training at summer intensives such as the Juilliard School, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, AXIS Connect, and Rioult Dance Company. He has had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Shamel Pitts, David Dorfman, Netta Yerushalmy, and Yin Yue. With a fascination in dance and technology, Owen has collaborated and produced multiple dance films, projection artworks, and live works.

Samantha Chapa is a Latina artist based in New York City. She creates emotionally evoking multimedia works with dance always being the foundation. She integrates her personal vivid dreamscapes to produce scenic pieces with the usage of contemporary movement, film, projection mapping, and lighting design.

Her works have been performed at Jack Crystal Theater at Tisch School of the Arts, and Mark Morris Dance Center. She was chosen to premiere work at the Young Choreographers Festival in June 2021 held at Symphony Space NYC. After graduating with a BFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, she will continue to cultivate a creative career by means of multidisciplinary outlets to translate her artistic vision.

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Annie Gelles, a class of 21’ SADC student and psychology minor, grew up in the DMV area. Over several years of training and performing competitively, Annie fell in love with dance because of the opportunity to be one’s truest self through the vulnerability of dance. Annie has danced professionally in Virginia as a member of Fusion Dance company as well as teaching for The Movement Studios and Capitol Movement’s pre-professional company. With the passion for creativity and imagination, Annie also enjoys putting these qualities to work in choreography. Presently, Annie trains with former Rockette, Rhonda Malkin, and continues to explore in-depth everything she has learned at Tisch School of the Arts.

Bianca Jean-Charles, born in Washington, D.C., is currently a third year dance major with the Tisch School of the Arts with a minor in Business.

She loves creating professional and passionate experiences of dance execution and hopes to continue her artistic journey of bringing movement qualities and ideas to life.

Sebastian Martinez of Stamford, Connecticut began his training at Connecticut Dance Center under the direction of Tamara Saari and Josue Jasmine. After graduating in 2018 Martinez was accepted to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Martinez also trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Summer Intensive in 2015 and the Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program in 2016 and 2017. Martinez has performed works by Ryan Mason and Emile Camacho as part of the Toscana Dance Hub in Florence, Italy in 2018 and is currently a company member of Padierna Dance Project, a New Jersey based contemporary company.

As a African American queen man, I strive to explore and share the culture of which I came. Using mixed media and african/contemporary dance, I aspire to tell a story that can impact any audience and make them feel the struggle/passion of a Black dancer.

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Currently living, practicing, and studying in NYC, Daniel is a dancer and enthusiastic investigator of the universe. In May 2021, he graduated from New York University’s (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts Dance BFA Program. Having also completed a minor in physics with a concentration in astronomical phenomena, his passion for understanding the world around him helps drive his artistic pursuits. The majority of his training prior to attending NYU came from The Mill Ballet School, under the direction of Mark and Melissa Roxey, from . Before then, his family's natural inclination toward music and dance served to demonstrate the visceral expressiveness of movement with rhythm. He has performed in classical balletic works as well as contemporary ballet, flamenco, post-modern, musical theater, jazz, and contemporary-style works. He has collaborated with Shamel Pitts, Rena Butler, Nini Dongnier, Allyson Greene and performed works by Dozje Brown at the Fall 2019 Dumbo Dance Festival and in the Ballet School of Stamford’s Spring 2019 performance of Symphonic Progressions. His upcoming performances include the Roxey Ballet Company’s Spring Production of The Pied Piper of Hamelin and the Second Avenue Dance Company’s Summer 2021 Retro Concert which will include a new work by Rena Butler.

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Natalie Scolf is an artist residing in New York, currently finishing her studies at the Tisch Dance Program at New York University in New York City. As an artist, her experience includes performing in various Tisch Dance performances, assisting choreographers, while also choreographing pieces of her own, and participating in mixed performance/multimedia projects. She is committed to experimenting with performance art/dance, multi-media art, and constructing personal choreography. In addition, she is determined to push the mold for her art along with exploring her individual artistry. She offers an abundance of investigational energy, dedication, and curiosity to new circumstances. Besides her work in performance, Natalie is a self-taught photographer, experimenting with natural experience and bodies.

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Arianna Sotero is a dancer and choreographer based in NYC. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she, while a part of BTWHSPVA’s Repertory Dance Companies I and II, performed works by Jennifer Archibald, Peter Chu, Francisco Gella, and Lar Lubovitch. She also attended Dance Industry Performing Arts Center where she performed works by Mark Caserta, Loni Landon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, and Randi Kemper and Hefa Tuita. Her choreographic work has earned her graduation of High Honors from BTWHSPVA in 2018 and as finalist in the International Online Dance Competition in 2020. She will continue to perform and choreograph while centering her work around accessibility and representation.

I started tapping at age 3 and then began training in classical ballet as well as contemporary and jazz techniques at age 11. I began choreographing at age 14 and continued to make larger works throughout my high school and collegiate careers. Within my work, I'm interested in investigating the deepest, most intimate parts of human nature, then pushing, twisting, magnifying them in ways that force them to become profoundly apparent within a surreal context. I seek to produce work that is inherently personal and emotional, while also being something that anyone can see themselves inside of.

Originally from Rochester, New York, Jordan Wynn began dancing at age 6 at the Draper Center for Dance Education where she was primarily trained in classical ballet. As she progressed, she became a part of the Professional Training Program where she was a trainee for the Rochester City Ballet. Her training led her to attend prestigious summer programs at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and The Juilliard School, and led her to dance internationally at the International Festival of Ballet in Trujillo, Peru at age 15. She currently is pursuing her Bachelors of Fine Arts at NYU with a major in Dance, and a minor in Social and Cultural Analysis. While at Tisch Dance, she has danced professionally in the Off-Broadway Production of Oklahoma!, for the EDM Artist KSHMR, and in over 15 NYU Tisch Dance pieces. She has also been featured on NBC Stay Tuned on Snapchat, and most recently in Dance Magazine for her perspective on dancing during the ongoing pandemic. Outside of dancing, she has made an effort to explore her passion for community advocacy, promoting equity and uplifting BIPOC students. She is the inaugural NYU Branch President of a non-profit organization called You Can Too Inc, a mentorship program for BIPOC youth. In her dance journey and work outside the studios, she aims to highlight the intersectionality of her identities, and how they are processed through the body she inhabits, and dances with on a daily basis.

Malcolm Miles Young is a dancer, choreographer, and performer. His extensive training in multiple styles of dance has afforded him opportunities to attend multiple intensives on full scholarship including the Juilliard Summer Dance Intensive, Joffrey Ballet School Summer Ballet and Jazz Intensives, Alvin Ailey Summer Dance Intensive, and 10 Hairy Legs Summer Intensive. During his studies, Malcolm has worked with and performed works by several renowned choreographers including Bill T. Jones, Al Blackstone, Shamel Pitts, Christopher Gatelli, and Janice Rosario and his work was selected as a 2021 Palm Springs International Dance Festival award winner. He currently works as an artist with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, is the Padierna Dance Project Rehearsal Director/Company Member, and is the Chief Philanthropy Officer Intern at American Ballet Theater.

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Through intense classical ballet and jazz training at Cary Ballet Conservatory, Lindsay knew that she was serious about pursuing a career in the arts. As a spirited child, Lindsay was obsessed with anything she could put her heart and soul into. After attending high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and being surrounded by many styles of art and creativity, Lindsay fell in love with the creative process of transforming an idea into reality, whether it was within a concert or theatrical setting. Lindsay is now attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where she is working towards her BFA in dance.