Dale Andree (Choreographer) a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, began her performing career in New York, and then moved to Miami where she established the Mary Street Dance Theatre in 1985.  She has been a recipient of the Florida Individual Artist Fellowships as well as receiving funding from the national Endowment for the Arts for Mary Street Dance Theatre (MSDT).  Ms. Andre has taught internationally, as well as conducted residency workshops at festivals in Florida, Peru, Brazil and Columbia.  As Director of MSDT she has conceived and developed many community outreach programs, most recently developing an after school program with ASPIRA/ACCOLADE Middle School.  She is committed to developing the South Florida improvisation community through teaching, performing and presenting improvisational artists.

D. Chase Angier (Choreographer) has been creating dance theater works, performing and teaching in New York since 1988.  Her work has been shown in New York City, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Columbus and Delaware, OH, Columbia, SC, Boone, Charlotte, and Raleigh, NC. She is a Teaching Artist with the Lincoln Center Institute and the Joyce Theater, teaches movement to actors and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, has held university positions at Columbia College and Appalachian State University, and has been a Guest Artist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Appalachian State University, Columbia College and Meredith College.  Chase has toured nationally with Senta Driver’s dance company, including seasons at the Joyce Theater, and has performed and choreographed for MTV and Nickelodeon.  She received her MFA in choreography from the Ohio State University and her BA in dance from UCLA.

David Dorfman (Choreographer) A native of Chicago, David Dorfman has been honored with four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.  He is also the recipient of two New York Foundation for the Arts fellowships, an American Choreographer’s Award and a 1996 New York Dance & Performance Award (“Bessie”) for David Dorfman Dance’s community-based project Familiar Movements.  David Dorfman’s choreography has been produced in New York City at venues ranging from the Joyce Theater to the Kitchen, Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project/St. Mark’s Church, P.S. 122, and Dancing in the Streets.  A new project will be presented in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival in December 2000.  Mr. Dorfman has been a guest artist at numerous institutions across the country and abroad.  David Dorfman Dance has performed extensively in New York City and through North and South America, Great Britain and Europe.  Mr. Dorfman and the company’s dancers and artistic collaborators have been honored with six New York Dance and Performance Awards (“Bessie”). 

Nathan Dryden (Choreographer/Aerialist) is a performer/artist currently residing in Tucson, AZ where he teaches aerial dance, improvisation, and the Skinner Releasing Technique. He holds a B.A. in art and film studies from U.C. Irvine where he began to explore performance art and dance.  In 1993 he joined Orts Theatre of Dance in Tucson and began performing aerial dances on the single-point trapeze. He has been studying the Skinner Releasing Technique since 1995, spending summers in Seattle WA at the Skinner Intensives and is now a certified SRT teacher. He regularly choreographs and performs with NEW ARTiculations, ZUZI! Move It Dance, Zenith Dance Collective, and Beth Braun Dancers. He has studied and danced with Robert Davidson, Stephanie Skura, Joan Skinner, Annie Bunker, Greg Colburn, John White, Naomi Goldberg, and Joy Kellman. Dryden has taught aerial work at the Skinner Intensives through the U.W. in Seattle and the Florida Dance Festival in Miami, at CMSU, and Milton Academy in Boston.  Earlier this year he choreographed aerial scenes for the CMSU Theatre Department's production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."  Dryden will be performing in several concerts this fall and hopes to premiere two new works this spring.  He plans to return to the Florida Dance Festival in June.

Michael Foley (Guest Choreographer) has been involved in the world of professional dance for almost 20 years. He has performed internationally in the companies of over two dozen choreographers including Doug Elkins, Kevin Wynn, Sean Curran, Donna Uchizono, Ruby Shang. He has taught workshops and master classes throughout the United States, Europe, Central America, Mexico and The Caribbean and has served on the faculties of New World School of the Arts in Miami, Balettakademien in Stockholm, The Amsterdam Dance Center, Bates College, The Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland, and The Bates Dance Festival, as well as at DanceSpace/Dance New Amsterdam and Steps in New York City for 10 years. He has received choreographic commissions from Harvard University, Texas Woman's University, d9 Dance Collective (Seattle) Steeledance (NYC), Modern American Dance Company in St. Louis, Jus de la Vie Dance Company (Sweden), DoubleTrouble (Paris), Momentum Danza (Panama), and DanzAbierta (Cuba), among many others. He formed his own company, “Michael Foley Dance”, in 1994 touring The United States and Europe. The Company was based in Ireland from 2000 – 2002 as part of a multi-year collaboration with County Kildare’s “Fluxusdance.” Michael received his MFA in Dance from the University of Washington and has been the co-director of the Bates Dance Festival/Young Dancer’s Workshop since 1996. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of South Florida teaching technique, dance history, and serves as director of the USF Dance in Paris Program. He is also proud of his five-year association with the talented folks of Moving Current.

Jeanne Travers (Choreographer) received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance & Theater Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Performance and Choreography from the University of Utah.  Ms. Travers is a faculty member in the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of South Florida where she teaches Modern Dance and Choreography.  Ms. Travers has taught workshops and master classes in Italy and Germany and her choreography has been presented in France and North Africa.  Ms. Travers received an invitation from Centro Artistica Pereyra in La Paz, Bolivia, to show her work in a concert series during the Fall, 2000 and most recently presented an evening length concert at the Festival Internazionale della Musica e Arti in Castano Primo, Italy.

Lynne Wimmer (Choreographer) is a professor in the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of South Florida. She received a BFA from the Juilliard School and an MFA from the University of Utah. Her professional career includes nine years as a member of Utah Repertory Dance Theater and a year and a half with the Ballets Felix Blaska in Paris France. She has received choreographic grants from the arts councils in the states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Utah as well as the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been performed by the Repertory Dance Theater, the Tampa Ballet, the Juilliard Dance Ensemble and several companies in Mexico and Costa Rica. She directed her own company for five years and is a recipient of two Fulbright Lecturer Awards - one to teach and choreograph in Mexico and one to teach and choreograph in Costa Rica.

Elsa Valbuena (Founder/Choreographer) was born in Cali, Colombia. Her studies in dance include Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, dance theatre with Jean Marie Binoche and George Perla as well as various alternative forms. In 1982 she founded her company Gaudere Danza in Cali, Colombia. There, she developed a dance education program and has made significant contributions to contemporary dance in that country. Her company was invited to represent Colombia in festivals in Barcelona, Caracas, Venezuela and Bogotá, Colombia. She has also performed, served as assistant director, and choreographed for the Compania Colombiana de Ballet in Bogotá. Since her arrival in 1993 to the Tampa Bay Area, Elsa has guest taught and Choreographed at the University of South Florida, University of Tampa, Eckerd College and St. Petersburg Junior College. In 1996, she received an Emerging Artist Grant from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County. Her company, Gaudere Danza has appeared several times at Off Center Theater at The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center as well as the Gene Frankle Theater in N.Y., N.Y. and was most recently presented by Danspace Project / St. Mark's Church, N.Y., N.Y.

Sara Sweet Rabidoux (Choreographer) is the Artistic Director of hoi polloi, founded in 1997. She received her BA in choreography from Hampshire College (’93) and her MFA in choreography from Smith College (’98). Sara has been the co-director at Bates Dance Youth Arts Program since 1995 and has been a guest artist at Hampshire College, Mesa Sate College, Emory University, Bates College, Phillips Andover Academy, Keene State and Mount Holyoke College. Sara was an artist-in-residence at the Djerassi foundation where she spent a month creating new work. In the past three years, Sara has been awarded two grants from the LEF Foundation both for $10,000 for the creation and presentation of new work. Sara was recently commissioned by Opera Boston to choreograph their production of South Pacific, and she created movement for the pilot of a children’s television program, Lil’ Iguana. Sara is a guest member of Ryan Landry’s Gold Dust Orphans and tours with Heloise and the Savoir Faire Dancers.

Stephanie Skura (Choreographer) called “a major American experimentalist” (Patricia Tarr, publisher of Dance Ink), has created interdisciplinary movement-based performances since 1975. Her process focuses on the power & totality of performers, involving them in discovery & development of material. With an international reputation for her adventurous work, she has performed and taught in 27 of the United States and 12 countries. A core faculty member of the annual Seattle Skinner Releasing Intensive and Teacher Certification Program, she has taught at such places as the American Dance Festival, School of the Toronto Dance Theater, Florida Dance Festival, Bates Dance Festival, European Dance Development Center, Naropa Institute, Movement Research in New York, on Graduate Faculty at the University of Washington School of Drama Professional Actors Training Program, and as a guest at many colleges & universities worldwide. She has received 7 Choreography Fellowships and 5 Dance Company Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, an inaugural “Bessie Award” for Choreography, and numerous other government, foundation and corporate grants, as well as commissions from many dance companies. She moved to Seattle from New York City in 1993, and is currently involved in writing, interdisciplinary work, process groups, and collaboration. She believes that creative freedom is a source of wellness.

Jennifer Nugent is originally from Miami, Florida. She was a member of David Dorman Dance from 1999-2007, receiving a BESSIE in 2006 for her performing work with the company. Jennifer has also worked with Daniel Lepkoff, Lisa Race, Shen Wei, Nina Winthrop, Yin Mei, Gerri Houlihan & Dancers, and Mary Street Dance Theatre. She has been a guest artist at universities throughout the United States, as well as The American Dance Festival, Bates Dance Festival, and The Florida Dance Festival. This fall, Jennifer will be working with Martha Clarke in the remaking of “Garden of Earthly Delights”.

Jennifer Salk (Modern) is an Assistant Professor at UW, where she teaches modern technique, composition, dance history, teaching methods, graduate seminars on Higher Education and Teaching Methods, and the Creative Process. Prior to her time at UW she was at the University of South Florida in Tampa. After receiving her MFA from Ohio State University, Jennifer taught at Harrison Arts Center, a performing arts high school in Lakeland, Florida for three years. She received her BFA in Dance from the University of Utah and spent seven years in NYC touring and dancing with various choreographers including David Dorfman (as a guest), Chris Burnside, and June Anderson, and was also the Artistic Director of Jennifer Salk and Company. She has taught at American Dance Festival and teaches master classes and choreographs for companies and schools around the country. Jennifer is a master teacher at the National High School Dance Festival and a frequent presenter at the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science and National Dance Education Organization Conferences. She is thrilled to be going to Paraguay in the fall to choreograph and teach. Her article, Teaching Experiential Anatomy via Modern Technique was published in The Journal of Dance Education in Fall 2005 and a DVD on the subject is in development. This will be Salk’s 16th year as Director of the Dance Department at a summer arts program in Fargo, ND. She was recently awarded the University of Washington’s Distinguished Teacher of the Year award.

Maria Capitano (Choreographer) received an MFA from the Ohio State University in 1998. She was a member of the University Dance Company in works by Ronald K. Brown & Joe Chvala. In Columbus, Maria choreographed/performed at Sullivan Theater and Third Avenue Performance Space. In 1994, Maria graduated with a BA from USF where she returned to teach as an adjunct professor and guest choreographer (98'-01'). Over the past ten years, she has studied with David Parsons (NY, NY) at the New Arts Festival, dance and choreography with Milton Myers and Patricia Thomas at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA) and with the American Dance Machine in NY, NY. In 2001, Maria designed a dance workshop for clients of the Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens. In August, Maria received a sponsorship from the Italian Club for her dancers and herself to study in Tampa with accomplished choreographer Susan Hadley (Columbus, OH). Her third annual evening of choreography, BELLADANZA, at the Italian Club (Ybor) was presented on November 18th-21st, 2004. She has been collaborating with Moving Current since (98'). Inspired by their intense drive, she believes Moving Current's talent is a gift to Tampa.

Andy Noble (Guest Choreographer) began breakdancing at the age of eight and later went on to receive his formal dance training at the University of South Florida, where he graduated with a BA in Modern Dance. His performing experience includes six years with Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT), where he performed in works by Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Jose Limon, Zvi Gotheiner and David Parsons to name a few. He was also a member of the Demetrius Klein Dance Company in Miami, Florida. Andy has received numerous grants for his project-based company, Andy Noble & Dancers, which emphasizes choreographic, theatrical and intergenerational work. He has been commissioned to choreograph new works for RDT, ACDFA, Paradigm Dance Company, The Florida Dance Festival, University of Utah, Dartmouth University, University of North Texas, Western Washington University and Seattle’s On the Boards “Northwest New Works Series”. Andy has served as a faculty member at Western Washington University, guest faculty for the University of South Florida and has been a guest artist at numerous other universities across the country. Currently, Andy is pursuing his MFA at Florida State University where he has received a University Fellowship.

Dionne Noble (Guest Choreographer) received a BA in dance from the University of South Florida and a MFA in modern dance with an emphasis in dance and technology from the University of Utah. Upon graduation, Dionne joined the Demetrius Klein Dance Company in Miami, Florida and has since performed with Repertory Dance Theatre, Paradigm Dance Project and Moving Current Dance Collective. Artistically she has enjoyed producing evening length works with her husband Andy under the name of Andy Noble & Dancers. Dionne has served as faculty at Western Washington University where she performed research and wrote grants to introduce a new dance and technology interest for the program. She has also taught for the University of South Florida, Repertory Dance Theatre, American College Dance Festival and for several schools in Tampa, FL, Salt Lake City, UT and Bellingham, WA. Currently, Dionne is guest faculty at Florida State University and a mom to her son, Kaius.

Augusto Solodade (Guest Choreographer) a native of Bahia, Brazil, is a performer, choreographer and currently serves as a full time Assistant Professor in Dance at Florida International University in Miami and as Founder Artistic Director and resident choreographer of Brazz Dance Theater. In 2006, Mr. Soledade was awarded the Individual Artist Fellowship, the Artist Enhancement Grant and the International Cultural Exchange Grant from the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. In 2005 he received the Miami Dade Choreographer’s Fellowship and the Creative Capital Workshop Grant and the Community Grant from Miami Dade Cultural Affairs. He has been awarded multiple grant funds from the Northampton Arts Council and Smith College to develop choreographic as well research projects. Other Positions at Universities and Colleges were: Visiting Assistant Professor and Graduate Advisor at Smith College, Massachusetts, from 00–04, Visiting Assistant Professor in Dance at the University Of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 99-00. Guest Artist Instructor at Wells College, NY and adjunct instructor at University of Rochester in 98-99. He received his M.F.A in Dance from SUNY Brockport in 1998. He received the 1998 Pylyshenko-Strasser Graduate Dance Award and was the finalist in the dance category for the 1998 Thayer Fellowship. He has performed in Brazil, Trinidad/Tobago and throughout the United States. His dance training started at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil in a program with strong modern dance emphasis and has had training with Garth Fagan, Clyde Morgan. He also holds a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Bahia.

 
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