Choreographers

Nicole von Arx is a Swiss & British performer and choreographer. She is a 2023 NYSCA grant recipient, 2023 JCAL Major Commission artist recipient, GLUE 2023 artists in residence, 2022 Dance Initiative artist in residence, 2022 Leimay Incubator, 2020 Lauréate of a Gland Culture Grant...

JA Collective, founded by Los Angeles–born artists Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry, is a creative duo known for their captivating choreography, blending a wide range of dance forms across theater and film. They have built a signature style that blurs the line between art and...

Andrea Parson is a multidisciplinary theater artist born and raised in Hillsboro, Oregon. Andrea studied at the Joffrey Ballet School, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Loyola Marymount University, where she earned a BA in Dance in 2009. Following graduation, she joined NW Dance Project in Portland, Oregon, where she was awarded the Princess Grace Dance Fellowship award in 2010.

Ihsan Rustem was born in London, where he trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Ihsan began his professional career at the age of 17, joining Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion Pictures, followed by engagements with BallettTheater Munich (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz) and...

Sarah Slipper was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, trained at the Royal Ballet School in London, and had a lauded career with the Royal Winnipeg before turning to choreography and founding NW Dance Project in 2004. A Fine Balance, her pas de deux created during the first year of NW Dance Project, was a finalist for the prestigious Benois de la Danse award in 2006 and was performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as part of the award’s gala celebration.

Based in NYC, Ottawa-born Akira Uchida is a dancer, choreographer and creative director. He has previously presented work at the Capezio Ace Awards, Fire Island Dance Festival, Battery Dance Festival, and has created work for the Clyfford Still Museum, Point Park University, The Juilliard School...

Robyn Mineko Williams is a dancer and choreographer from Chicago, Illinois. She was a member of River North Dance Company (now River North Dance Chicago) for four years before joining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2000. During her 12 years as a Company member, Robyn...