The Company
Alex Abarca
Home Town
Houston, TX
Training
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston
University of Houston,
BA Theatre/Dance Concentration
American Dance Festival
Delights
Food…especially lasagna, cookies, sushi!
Sunshine, Blue Skies, Cloud Gazing
Sleeping during rainstorms…or just sleeping
Family, Music
Reading, the Harry Potter Series
People watching, Traveling
Thrift Stores, Laughing
Number three & multiples of 3
Shiny things…glitter
Friends, Hugs
True Blood TV show
Old school cartoons, comic books/superheroes
Swimming, Scarves, Being barefoot, Animals
Why I Dance
For the personal freedom it gives to my body, mind, & soul. To be in tune with my joy. For the distraction and escape from worry. For the physical activity and the release of excess energy. To experience physical & mental challenges. To connect with people…my fellow dancers, the audience. To encounter unexpected places, outside my own backyard, through travel. For my sanity. For the opportunity to confront my fears. To feel confident, safe, sane. So I don’t have to work a 9 to 5…at a desk…& more importantly I don’t have to wear a suit & tie, I can roll out of bed & straight into rehearsal. For the ability to laugh at my mistakes. To feel accomplished when I master something I previously couldn’t. For the opportunity to inspire someone else to live their dream because thru dance I live mine!
Blake Dalton
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Home Town
Washington, DC
Training
University of Georgia,
BA in English
Pilobolus
Crossroads Free Style Poling
Delights
Fresh espresso in exotic locations
Saying ‘hello’ in as many languages as possible
Freestyle Poling
Reading
Hearing or telling a good story
Swords
Being a part of impromptu happenings that blur the line between storyteller and story
Fringe archaeology
Strange chocolates
Hawks
Why I Dance
To move closer to completion. To experience emotions as they pour through my muscles and skin. For the test and challenge – not against each other, with each other. Reaching for something as concrete as sweat yet abstract and elusive. To experience the real magic of being, far beyond the reach of the monkey brain. To experience what is timeless yet always filling just one moment. To create more direct communication, communion, and community than words.
Corian Ellisor
Home Town
Conroe, Texas
Training
University of Houston,
BA Theatre/Dance Concentration
American Dance Festival
Delights
Teaching someone and seeing the “lightbulb” go off
Dancing the night away
Moms cooking
Staying up late
Waking up early
Afternoon Naps
Best friend time
Random acts of kindness
Dance class
New places
Great conversation
Hugs
Watching Hulu
Why I Dance
To experience transcendence – of Race, Gender, Body type… To participate in the possibility of impact on the lives of others. To share the intimacy of the human body on stage. To experience a connection to everyone.
Alisa Mittin
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Home town
Buffalo, New York
Training
California Institute of the Arts Dance Program under Glen Eddy,
Colin Connor,
Laurence Blake,
Tina Yuan Lems,
and Jeffrey Gerodias,
Hubbard Street Summer Dance Intensive
Delights
sleeping
cooking and eating
baking cookies and cakes
reading
film
music music music
projects
the accordion and the banjo
big comfy grandpa sweaters
putting on new socks just pulled out of the dryer
camping, hiking, being outdoors
my family
my friends
swimming at night
people watching
torrential downpours
warm wind
exploring
driving to nowhere in particular with the windows down
Why I dance
To keep alive my heart, head and soul. To shake out everything I do not know
how to say. To allow vulnerability to become freedom and for that freedom to
enlighten me. To swim to the very bottom of myself and come up knowing
something I never knew before. To explore the intricacies of interpersonal
relationships, the subtleties of gesture and the idiosyncrasies of human
nature. To better understand what it means to be human . To find
solidarity.
Alisa has performed works by choreographers Colin Connor,
Mira Kingsley,
Jonathan Fredrickson,
Beth Elkins. her choreographic work has been presented in
Los Angeles,
Buffalo
Atlanta.
Claire Molla
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Home Town
Calhoun, Georgia
Training
University of Georgia, BFA in Dance
Skinner Releasing Technique
Delights
Traveling
Cooking and preparing vegetarian meals
Mom’s homemade granola
Family
Yoga
Fall weather/being outside
Live music
Humor
Inversions
Farmers markets
Improvisation
Massage
Stove top popcorn
Why I Dance
To experience the visceral realm. To explore the nuance of health and anatomy. To experience real connection and understanding of myself and others. To seek interpretation and mastery. To grown in my ability to find expression.
Artistic Associates
Juana Farfan
Kate Hinkel
Kimberly Kleiber
Lori Teague
Affiliate Artists
Joanna Futral
Sharon Sibley
