Choreographers

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...

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...

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...

Kevin Pajarillaga is a Filipino American, born and raised in Silver Spring, MD. Kevin trained at Citydance Conservatory, Point Park University and Springboard Danse Montréal. Professionally he has worked with companies including NW Dance Project, Yin Yue’s YY Dance Company, Sonya Tayeh Dance, Bruce Wood...

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.

Alysa Pires is a Toronto based Choreographer. She has created works for Citie Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Cadence Ballet, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, and her own company, Alysa Pires Dance Projects, which made its critically acclaimed full-length debut with Exterminating Angel at the 2016 Toronto Fringe...

Anne Plamondon's dance has been described as captivating, fluid, graceful, and radiant. She made her choreographic debut with the solo Les Mêmes yeux que toi (2012), created in collaboration with director Marie Brassard. Since founding her company, Anne Plamondon Productions, her works have been presented...

Jirí Pokorný was born in Prague, Czech Republic in 1981. He started his dance training at the pre-ballet school of the State Opera in Prague when he was eight years old and continued his studies at the Prague National Dance Conservatory. After his graduation, Jiri...