Join us for the Second Annual Summer Workshop! Register at karardancecompany.org/register (regisration includes workshop t-shirt)! Open to advanced dancers age 14 & up. Collegiate and professional dancers welcome. Direct inquiries to info@karardancecompany.org

May 31st - $195 Early Bird Deadline

June 28th - $265 Regular Deadline

Thursday, July 13

9 am - 10:15 am: Ballet with Sabrina Sabino (guest faculty)

10:30 am - 11:30 am: Modern with Hailey Clevenger

11:40 am - 12:40 pm: Improv with Amy Perkinson (guest faculty)

12:40 pm - 1:15 pm: Lunch

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm: Floorwork with Ryan Davis (guest faculty)

2:25 pm - 3:25 pm: Composition with Kara Robertson

3:30 pm -5 pm: Repetoire with the company

Friday, July 14

9 am - 10:15 am: Ballet with Sabrina Sabino (guest faculty)

10:30 am - 11:30 am: Modern with Hailey Clevenger

11:40 am - 12:40 pm: Improv with Amy Perkinson (guest faculty)

12:40 pm - 1:15 pm: Lunch

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm: Floorwork with Ryan Davis (guest faculty)

2:25 pm - 3:25 pm: Composition with Kara Robertson

3:30 pm -5 pm: Repetoire with the company

Saturday, July 15

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Improv Jam with Amy Perkinson (guest faculty)

10:45 am - 12:15 pm: Efficient Chaos with Maurice Fraga (guest faculty)

12:15 pm - 12:50 pm: Lunch

12:50 pm - 3:30 pm: Repetoire with the company & Rehearsal for Informal Showing

4 pm: Informal Showing for Family and Friends

Ryan Davis, originally form Norfolk, VA., began dancing recreationally at the age of 14 and found his passion for it while a dance student at the Governor’s School for the Arts. After graduating, Ryan attended Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently a dancer, choreographer, musician, composer, and educator in the Richmond area.

Class Description: Starting slowly but increasing physically, the dancer will begin finding their connection to the floor and will go through techniques to properly and safely move in and out of the floor. 

Maurice Fraga (guest faculty) is originally from San Francisco, California, and has earned B.A., M.A, and M.F.A. degrees in dance from the University of California, Santa Cruz, The College at Brockport, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, respectively. He has danced for Ben Munisteri Dance, David Parker and the Bang Group, the Kevin Wynn Collection, Michael Foley Dance, Creach/Company, the Tiffany Mills Company, the Mark Morris Dance Group, O Vertigo (Montreal), and Fluxusdance (Dublin). Fraga’s work has presented in the United States (NYC, Miami, D.C., Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco), Canada, Ireland, Ecuador, Spain, Taiwan, and in 2012 and 2013, he was commissioned by the National Dance Company of El Salvador to create the evening-length work, Sí…así, and Rehuir. He has taught in the U.S., Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Greece, Ireland, Macedonia, Taiwan, Spain, and the United Kingdom. His choreography has received various awards and his musical score for the documentary "Exploring Hinterland," was nominated for Best Sound Music Score at the 2013 International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema in London, UK. He is the Chair of the Dance program at Shenandoah University and is the artistic director of his own dance company, Ekilibre.

Class Description: The dance practice of Efficient Chaos is based on combining classical and contemporary techniques to grant the dancer greater awareness of neutral/natural states of being, so that he/she may accomplish a wide variety of technical/movement tasks with greater ease. The techniques taught incorporate natural, fully physical, energetic and subtle dance movements that are based on release techniques, yoga principles, Bartenieff Fundamentals, floor work, and improvisation. As the work evolves, the time spent on the exploration of passing through different states challenges the dancers to find more committed and honest approaches to their own performance and improvisational personas, without losing their essence of human personality.

Amy Perkinson received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreography and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/International Business from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also spent time at the University of Virginia- Institute of Shipboard Education Study Abroad, as well as the Consorzio Universitario Mediterraneo Orientale A R.L in Siracusa, Italy. She had the privilege of continuing her education by attending the American Dance Festival Winter Intensive, Doug Varone and Dancers Winter Intensive, Joe Goode: Movement for Humans Workshop, and was a member of the Inaugural ODC Next Moves Summer Intensive in San Francisco, California. She performed at New York City’s Lincoln Center in Mark Dendy’s world premiere of “Ritual Cyclical.” Amy is currently a member of Harper Continuum Dance Theatre, where she recently performed with the company and the University of Las Vegas Nevada (UNLV) at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City. She is the proud Co-Owner of Pure Barre Williamsburg and co-founder of Tennessee Arts Collective. Amy currently resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Amy danced with the company October 2016 - July 2021 and taught at the 2022 Summer Workshop. Amy currently resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Class Description: This class will explore unique ways to approach alternative processes and considerations of how dance can always provide more choices through movement exploration. The class will provide tangible and accessible entries into improvisational prompts and guidelines, perfect for all levels of experience.

Sabrina Sabino (guest faculty) is originally from upstate NY where she began her ballet training at an early age. She furthered her education and trained at Canada’s National Ballet School for four years which included an exchange program to the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Germany. After graduation, she spent 1 year in The Washington Ballet performing with the company as a trainee. Sabrina has spent 11 years with Richmond Ballet dancing roles such as, Juliet in ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Aurora in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, Cinderella in ‘Cinderella’ as well as the Principal roles in George Balanchine’s ‘Theme and Variations, Tarantella and Allegro Brilliant. She has also worked with many contemporary choreographers and has been a part of the creation process of new ballets every season. 

Class Description: Sabrina is excited to share a ballet class that is designed for intermediate/ advanced level students. Class will focus on technique that works on your dancing and movement quality making it even more enjoyable! 

You can find company bios at karardancecompany.org/artists.

Event image by Tori Duhaime.

Dance with us for three days of technique and creative classes for Karar Dance Company’s inaugural Summer Workshop!

Classes offered are modern, ballet, improvisation, choreography, floorwork, yoga, and repertoire. Faculty includes Kara Robertson, Amy Perkinson, company project dancers, as well as guest artists Ryan Davis, Adriane Fang, Rachel Knight, and Sabrina Holland.

Participants will perform company repertoire learned during the workshop for the closing informal showing alongside the choreographic works of the mentees selected for the Homegrown Choreographers Young Dancer Mentorship and Karar Dance Company.

Open to advanced dancers age 14 & up including collegiate and professional dancers. Out of town/state attendees are responsible for securing their own lodging and transportation.

$155.00 Early Bird Rate Deadline: March 15-May 15

$195.00 Regular Deadline: May 16 - June 30

Register at karardancecompany.org/register.

SCHEDULE

Thursday, July 14

9 AM - 9:30 AM Registration & Open Studio Warm Up

9:30 AM - 9:40 AM Introductions

9:45 AM - 11 AM Ballet with Sabrina Holland (guest)

• Sabrina is excited to share a ballet class that is designed for intermediate/ advanced level students. Class will focus on technique that improves your dancing and movement qualities that makes it even more enjoyable.

11:10 AM - 12:25 PM Modern with Kara Robertson

• Kara’s modern technique class guides you through full-bodied movement expression deepening your relationship with your physical language.

12:25 PM - 1 PM Lunch & Rehearsal (Mentorship Program)

1 PM - 2:15 PM Floorwork with Ryan Davis (guest)

• Starting slowly but increasing physically, the dancer will begin finding their connection to the floor and will go through techniques to properly and safely move in and out of the floor.

2:25 PM - 3:25 PM Improvisation with Amy Perkinson

• The Improv Class will guide dancers through a variety of creative processes to explore new movement exploration. With the use of multiple lenses, the dancers will be introduced to new ways to create and generate creative movement through analysis, stimulus, and practice.

3:35 PM - 5 PM Repertoire with the Company

Friday, July 15

9 AM - 9:15 AM Open Studio Warm Up

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Power Vinyasa (yoga) with Rachel Knight (guest)

• This class will encourage practitioners to experience their own personal edge, allowing them to be physically and mentally to attune to the present. A vinyasa practice that matches breath with movement, the Power Vinyasa practice encourages longer holds to slowly open the body posture by posture, resulting in a release for both body and mind.

10:25 AM - 11:45 AM Modern with Amy Perkinson

• With a clear structure of exercises, this class will prepare the students with a traditional modern technique warm up. As the class progresses, dancers can expect a strong focus on full body movement that emphasizes the connectivity between each movement including floor work, quick foot work, and expansive traveling. With a strong focus on fluidity and quick changing spatial patterns, the dancers will be encouraged to discover new depths to their modern movement.

12 PM - 1:10 PM Floowork with Ryan Davis (guest)

1:10 PM - 1:40 PM Lunch & Rehearsal (Company)

1:40 PM - 2:40 PM Choreography with Kara Robertson

• Choreography will explore the varying “tools” to create movement, phrasing, and dance works you will add to your “choreographic toolbox”.

2:50 PM - 5 PM Repertoire with the Company

Saturday, July 16

9 AM - 9:15 AM Open Studio Warm Up

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Improvisation with Amy Perkinson

10:25 AM - 12 PM Modern with Adriane Fang (guest)

• Class will be focused on exploring a sensitive and personal approach to dancing while maintaining technical proficiency.  Expression of intent and choice will be encouraged while moving progressively from simple to more complex movement patterns.  An immediate and active presence leading to generous fulfillment of dynamic dancing will be emphasized.

12 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch

12:45 PM - 2:15 PM Repertoire with the Company

2:25 PM - 3:25 PM Review & Show Run/Rehearsal with the Company

3:30 PM - 4 PM Doors Open

4 PM - 5 PM Informal Showing

FACULTY

Kara Robertson, Artistic Director

Kara Robertson is the Artistic Director of Richmond, Virginia’s Karar Dance Company.  She launched Karar’s Homegrown Choreographers program as well as the Interview Series, partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts.  Her work has been presented in Richmond, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.  Kara is an alum of the Mudhouse Residency in Agios Ioannis, Crete and Doug Varone and Dancers’ DEVICES Choreographic Mentorship and Intensive.  Kara graduated from VCU Dance in 2016, earning the VCU Dance Bobby Chandler Award in Honor of Chris Burnside and Outstanding Choreographer Award.

Amy Perkinson, Company Dancer

Amy Perkinson received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreography and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/International Business from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also spent time at the University of Virginia- Institute of Shipboard Education Study Abroad, as well as the Consorzio Universitario Mediterraneo Orientale A R.L in Siracusa, Italy. She had the privilege of continuing her education by attending the American Dance Festival Winter Intensive, Doug Varone and Dancers Winter Intensive, Joe Goode: Movement for Humans Workshop, and was a member of the Inaugural ODC Next Moves Summer Intensive in San Francisco, California. She performed at New York City’s Lincoln Center in Mark Dendy’s world premiere of “Ritual Cyclical.” Amy is currently a member of Harper Continuum Dance Theatre, where she recently performed with the company and the University of Las Vegas Nevada (UNLV) at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City.  She is the proud Co-Owner of Pure Barre Williamsburg and co-founder of Tennessee Arts Collective.  Amy currently resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Amy joined the company in October 2016 and has since performed Kaizen and Amid for performances at The Grace Street Theater and the 2018 Richmond Dance Festival as well as Circadian in 2019 for the Dogtown Presenter’s Series.

Hailey Clevenger, Project Dancer

Hailey Clevenger, a Richmond native, graduated from James Madison University where she received her BA in Dance as well as her licensure in K-12 Dance Education. There, she had the privilege of working with artists such as Abraham In Motion, Gregory Dolbashian, Ryan Corriston, Ruben Graciani, Emily Cargill, as well as numerous student choreographers. At JMU she was a member of the Virginia Repertory Dance Company, JMU’s pre-professional selective company and attended the American College Dance Association. Her senior year she was one of the Student Co-Directors for the Associate Dance Ensemble, a company of first-year dance majors and was recognized as a Teacher of Promise where she had the opportunity to learn from the top educators across Virginia. Clevenger co-created 2329 Collective, a project based entity that received an undergraduate research grant from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. After graduating, she served as the Education and Community Engagement Intern for the Colorado Ballet where she worked directly with their team. Hailey now teaches dance at the Center for the Arts in Henrico County Public Schools, teaches at 804 Dance Place, is a company member with Dogwood Dance Project, and is excited to dance with Karar Dance Company!

Caitlin Espinueva, Project Dancer

Caitlin Espinueva graduated from the University of Kentucky, receiving her BA in Dance in December 2021. There, Caitlin studied under and performed works by Susie Thiel, Theresa Bautista, Stephanie Harris, Anthony Alterio, Christopher Morgan, and Sanjay Saverimuttu, as well as choreographed her own works. Caitlin trained at the Louisville Ballet School upon graduating high school and has attended the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts and Regional Dance America’s National Choreography Intensive. She has travelled to perform in Anthony Alterio’s Road of Excess: Full Blown in Lexington, KY; New York City; Lorton, VA; and Detroit, MI. In 2021, Caitlin received an Honorable Mention for the William Tolbert Whittenberg Scholarship for Performing Arts Excellence. Caitlin is excited to work with Karar Dance Company for the Spring and Summer of 2022!

Lexi Firestone, Project Dancer

Lexi Firestone is originally from Bel Air, Maryland, where she began her dance training at The Maryland School of Ballet and Modern Dance at the age of 6. Growing up she studied ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, and contemporary. In May 2019, Lexi graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography from George Mason University. In her time at Mason, she had the privilege to work with Roger Jeffrey, perform at the Kennedy Center in the American College Dance Association’s National Dance Festival, studied abroad in Cuba and had her choreography presented at Harris Theater (GMU) and the Jack Guidone Theater (Washington D.C). Lexi has also furthered her training by attending intensives with Parsons Dance and Limon Dance in New York as well as SALT in Utah.  After graduation, Lexi performed in Kinetic Canvas: Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock at Harford Community College and as Lucy Dancer in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Imagination Stage. She has danced with Bowen McCauley Dance Company and Gin Dance Company. Lexi currently resides in Richmond and is excited to dance with Karar Dance Company!

Ryan Davis, Guest Artist (Floorwork)

Ryan Davis, originally form Norfolk, VA., began dancing recreationally at the age of 14 and found his passion for it while a dance student at the Governor’s School for the Arts. After graduating, Ryan attended Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently a dancer, choreographer, musician, composer, and educator based in the Richmond area.

Adriane Fang, Guest Artist (Saturday Modern Technique)

Adriane Fang was a member of the internationally renowned dance company, Doug Varone and Dancers, from 1996-2006 and has worked with several other choreographers including Elizabeth Shea, Colleen Thomas, Bill Young, Wally Cardona, Christopher K. Morgan and Nancy Bannon. 

She has been a guest teacher at Taller Nacional de Danza – San José, Costa Rica and the Damansara Performing Arts Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and has taught and staged the works of Doug Varone for various universities and companies, including North Carolina School of the Arts, BalletMet Columbus, Juilliard School of the Arts, and the University of Minnesota. She was on faculty at George Mason University from 2006-2009 and at the Doug Varone and Dancers Summer Workshops from 2000-07 and 2015-16.

She has choreographed dances for groups such as Compañia Ceibadanza in Ecuador, Shendandoah University, James Madison University, and was awarded a 2014 Local Dance Commissioning Project Award from The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to present her full-length work, Grains. 

Currently on faculty at the University of Maryland, Adriane is the recipient of a 2007 New York Dance and Performance Award (“Bessie”) for her performance with Doug Varone and Dancers.

Rachel Knight, Guest Artist (Yoga)

A dancer in her adolescence, yoga was a natural way for Rachel to maintain her flexibility and strength, connect to her body, and manage stress as an adult. Much like when she was dancing, her yoga practice gave her the space to be in the present moment and become more grounded with herself. Her passion for power yoga specifically is rooted in how it marries tension and ease, allowing us to come to our edge and meet it with simplicity. As a teacher, Rachel is passionate about offering tools to support the physical body and mental well being of each student so that they leave class feeling stronger, supported, and more at ease with themselves. She empowers her students to tap into their inner strength and find grace for themselves, and to connect more fully with themselves.
Rachel completed her 200-hour teacher training at Humble Haven Yoga in 2017. She received her 85-hour Prenatal Yoga Teacher certification with Humble Haven (2018), her Yoga for Resiliency & Trauma training with Sacred Roots Wellness (2019), and most recently completed a Postnatal Yoga training with Awakened Spirit (2022).

Sabrina Holland, Guest Artist (Ballet)

Sabrina Holland is originally from upstate NY where she began her ballet training at an early age. She furthered her education and trained at Canada’s National Ballet School for four years which included an exchange program to the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Germany. After graduation, she spent 1 year in The Washington Ballet performing with the company as a trainee. Sabrina has spent 10 years with Richmond Ballet dancing roles such as, Juliet in ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Aurora in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, Cinderella in ‘Cinderella’ as well as the Principal roles in George Balanchine’s ‘Theme and Variations, Tarantella and Allegro Brilliant. She has also worked with many contemporary choreographers and has been a part of the creation process of new ballets every season.

Thank you for your interest in dancing with the company! Karar Dance Company is excited to see you in the studio.

Open Company Class is for professional dancers age 18 and up who are currently not enrolled in high school or college. All professional dancers are required to request consideration to attend company classes by filling out the request form. Open Company Class is $9 and payment is accepted day-of by exact change, check, venmo, or paypal.

All Company Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 9-10 AM beginning April 5th. Note there is no class on April 19th. The final Spring Company Class will be held on May 24th. Karar Dance Company reserves the right to cancel or close Company Class to the professional dance community to best support the company as it nears our performance of INFORMAL on June 4th.

You must submit the request form 48 hours prior to class to allow the company to review your request. You will be notified within 24 hours of your status. Dancers who sign up and are confirmed for class are expected to attend class.

REQUEST!

DEADLINE EXTENDED; APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 AT 11:59 PM.

Karar Dance Company’s Homegrown Choreographers program launches the annual Young Dancer Mentorship. Two selected choreographers aged 14-18 will be mentored by Karar’s Artistic Staff as they create original choreography for presentation at the EXPAND Summer Workshop on July 16, 2022 in Richmond, Virginia.

This is a scholarship program made in part by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.

The Homegrown Choreographers Young Dancer Mentorship program is the first of its kind in Virginia, born from the absence of choreographic development programs extended to young, aspiring modern dance creators in the state. The program serves two novice modern dance choreographers aged 14-18 through direct mentorship by Karar’s Artistic Director Kara Robertson and Associate Artistic Director Corin Illsley Gonzalez over a four month period. The two selected choreographers will be mentored free of charge as the mentees create one original choreographed dance each. Both choreographers will select four dancers from their peers who will learn choreography. Mentees will present their dance works built during the Homegrown Choreographers Young Dancer Mentorship at the conclusion of the EXPAND Summer Workshop taking place July 14-16, 2022 at Dogtown Dance Theatre.

One selected mentee will reside in the Richmond area (defined as any geographic area within an hour’s drive from the city). The second mentee will reside outside of the Richmond area but within the state of Virginia.

Kara’s 2015 work “Amid” selected for in-person presentation at the Women In Dance Leadership Conference taking place in Chicago October 21-23.

“Amid” was one of 10 works selected out of over 140 total submissions representing 32 different states and 10 different countries. Karar Dance Company is honored to have been selected.

Learn more about the conference at womenindance.com.

Karar Dance Company is excited to welcome Emily Morgan, Keith Johnson, and Torian Ugworji to the second annual Interview Series lineup.

Artistic Director, Kara Robertson, sits down with each artist to learn more about their dance field expertise, gather professional development advice for YOU (our community), and provide insight into their success and how they got to where they are today.

Each Interview will be released online on the company’s Vimeo and YouTube platforms the second Friday of every month through December and will be available to stream at any time free of charge.

The Interview Series was born from limited in-person gatherings in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a strong desire to continue to offer professional development opportunities to the community.

About Emily Morgan

Emily Morgan is a designer whose work spans multiple genres. As Costume Director for Richmond Ballet her design credits include Realms of Amber, City Life, Polaris, Gloria, Portrait of Billie, An Open Letter..., Pas Glazunov, and Notturno among others. Prior to joining Richmond Ballet, Morgan designed for a number of dance projects, including Round My World for Parsons Dance (premiered at New York’s Joyce Theater), as well as Canvas, a world premiere for the Vail International Dance Festival with Keigwin and Co. featuring principals from New York City Ballet. Morgan has also designed for both opera and theatre. Her work has been featured in a wide variety of projects in New York City, regional theatres around the United States, as well as through international tours and collaborations. She holds an M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego.

About Keith Johnson

Keith Johnson is originally from Tempe, Arizona. He was a competitive gymnast before he became interested in dance. He received his MFA in dance with an emphasis in choreography from the University of Utah in 1991 where he received the Dee R. Winterton Award for Excellence in Dance. While in Salt Lake City, Keith danced in the Ririe/Woodbury Dance Company working with such choreographers as Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, Shapiro and Smith, Kei Takei, and Loa Clawson. In New York City he joined the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, touring the widely acclaimed work Still/Here both nationally and internationally. He also danced in the companies of Creach/Koester and Doug Varone and Dancers. He has also done pick-up work dancing in the companies of Spencer/Colton in Boston and Janis Brenner in California. As part of Doug Varone and Dancers, Keith performed with The Denver Opera and in a site-specific work Neither, which took place in The Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City. As a performer he has performed in major festivals and concert halls worldwide including the Joyce Theatre, Jacob’s Pillow, the Redcat Theatre, Tokyo International Festival, The Melbourne Festival, and Queen Elizabeth Hall in England.

In 1998, Keith formed Keith Johnson/Dancers. The company received favorable reviews from the Los Angeles Times. Since 1998, the company has performed in California, North Carolina, Utah, Minnesota, New York City and Arizona. He is the recipient of two Lester Horton Awards (2007 and 2008). Keith continues to perform, most recently with Colleen Thomas Dance, Bill Young/Colleen Thomas and Dancers, and Victoria Marks. Keith also performed in The Pod Project by choreographer/director Nancy Bannon. Keith is currently on the faculty at California State University in Long Beach. He is a Full Professor who teaches both composition and contemporary dance techniques. He is an advisor to the MFA candidates and the BFA students. In addition, Keith has been a guest teacher at the following institutions: NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Summer Program, The Julliard School, Dartmouth College, LaSalle College of the Arts in Singapore, The Ririe/Woodbury Summer Dance Intensive, Doug Varone and Dancers Summer Workshop, University of California at Santa Barbara, Scottsdale Community College in Arizona, Brigham Young University, Cal Poly, Virginia Commonwealth University, St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, University of South Florida, Ballet Pacifica Summer Intensive, Southern Methodist University in Texas, Velocity Dance Center, Strictly Seattle Festival, The Beijing International Dance Festival, Malashock Summer Intensive, 5 x5 Summer Intensive, The American Dance Festival, and the University of Utah. In 2005, the Outstanding Graduate Student Recipient, Rogelio Lopez Garcia at CSULB, named Keith Most Valuable Professor. Keith received the Choo San Goh Award in 2002 for emerging choreographers and has had support from the Dance/USA Foundation. His work has been shown in various venues including the University of Utah (with Stephen Koester), The LIT Series, Joyce Soho (with Colleen Thomas), The Rose Wagner Theater in Salt Lake City, The Center Stage Theatre (with Stephanie Nugent), Commuter Festival (CalArts), Breaking Ground Festival, ADF, Highways, and The Diavolo Space. His work has been commissioned by the Ririe/Woodbury Dance Company, d9 Collective, CONDER/dance, Contemporary Danceworks, various solo artists, and universities. In 2012, Keith has two works represented at the National ACDFA conference at the Kennedy Center In Washington DC. The performers from Loyola Marymount University were chosen as the Outstanding Student Performer Award for their work in Unscripted/Riptide Into Me. Keith also makes dance films with collaborator Gregory R. R. Crosby and together they have formed Fistbomb Films. Their film, Life In Security, has been screened at the Breaking Ground Festival and Film Bar (both in Arizona), Westfest (New York), Dance For The Camera Festival (California), Conversations at the Flea (New York), and American Dance Festival’s International Screendance Festival. Keith was awarded the 2012/13 Distinguished Alumni Award from The Department of Modern Dance at the University of Utah and is a Djerassi Artist in Residence for 2015. In addition, Keith has explored visual arts in areas of printmaking, art installations, sculpture, neon art, and costuming and hopes to further his studies in the visual arts.

About Torian Ugworji

Torian Ugworji is an artist, primarily focused in dance film. He is on faculty at Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia,PA. He received his bachelors of Fine Art in Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University. Torian has worked across the country collaborating with dance, non profit, art, and film organizations. His goal is to see the beauty in the world and translating it through film.