Choreographers

Bryan Arias is a highly acclaimed and visionary choreographer known for his evocative and emotionally charged works. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York City, Bryan discovered his love for dance at a young age, drawn to the expressive and transformative nature of...

Nicole von Arx is a Swiss & British performer and choreographer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is actively working in Canada, the USA, and Switzerland. She is a 2023 NYSCA grant recipient, 2022 Dance Initiative artist in residence, 2022 Leimay Incubator, 2020 Lauréate of...

Serge Bennathan began his career as a dancer, joining the National Ballet of Marseille when he was 18 years old. He served as artistic director of Toronto’s Dancemakers from 1990 to 2006, where twelve works he created received Dora Mavor Moore nominations, with both Sable/Sand...

Choreographer and performer Joseph Hernandez was based in Dresden, Germany before returning to the United States in 2023. Born in Fort Knox, Kentucky in 1988, he graduated from the School of American Ballet in 2007 and was awarded an apprenticeship with the New York City...

Choreographer, performer, and teacher Carla Mann creates dances for stage, alternative sites, installations, and film. Her work has been catalyzed by collaborative ventures with artists in other disciplines as well as in dance. Her choreography has been supported by grants from the Oregon Arts Commission...

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...

Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, born in 1978 in San Fulgencio, Spain, was Artistic Director of Luna Negra Dance Theater from 2009 until 2013, and now combines his work as a freelance choreographer with Proyecto Titoyaya, the Spanish dance company he founded in 2006 with Veronica Garcia...

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.