Choreographers

Felix Landerer was born in 1975 in Hannover, Germany. He trained as a dancer at Gymnasium Essen-Werden and the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt. He danced professionally for 15 years and brought this phase of his career to a close in 2006 after...

Loni Landon is a dancer, choreographer, and movement consultant based in New York City. Her work is commissioned by dance companies and filmmakers across the country, in addition to creating dances for her own collective Loni Landon Dance Projects. Loni is also the Co-Founder of...

Menghan Lou is a professional dancer and upcoming choreographer with extensive experience in ballet, contemporary, and modern dance who has worked with some of the world’s most renowned choreographers while dancing for the Nederlands Dans Theater for over nine seasons. These days, Menghan runs his...

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...

Rebecca Margolick’s dance works have been presented in Turkey, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Mexico, Israel, and across the U.S. and Canada. She was named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" in 2021.

Lindsey Matheis grew up in Colorado before moving to North Carolina. She began dancing under Kirstie Tice Spadie at the NC Dance Institute and later at the North Carolina School of the Arts under the directorship of Susan McCullough. After graduating from the modern department...

Franco Nieto was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington. Franco was an athlete playing football for seven years before making his choice to dance. Franco began his training at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and Columbia Dance, later studying under Tracey Durbin as a...

Born in Vancouver, Simone Orlando received her early dance training at the Carisbrooke School of Dance, the Vancouver Academy of Dance, and the Goh Ballet Academy. She completed her training at the National Ballet School in Toronto and subsequently joined the National Ballet of Canada...