(she/they) is a Brooklyn-based queer and gender fluid dance theater artist driven by a deep fascination with human nature. Their multidisciplinary approach to movement calls on their background in theater, comedy, creative writing, and a range of dance techniques. She strives to tackle complex concepts in logical and digestible ways, with an eye toward simultaneously challenging and entertaining audiences. Their work has recently been seen at Flushing Town Hall, ODC Theater, American Dance Festival, Arts on Site, Here Arts Center, Dixon Place, LPAC, the Tank, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and more. She holds a B.A. in Dance (choreography & education) and a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies from Muhlenberg College. Dutton is the founder of the emerging company, Middle Child Dance Theater. Learn more about their work here: heatherduttondance.com

(she/her) is an playful, experimental Chinese-American choreographer crafting physical collages. Influenced by make-believe games, clowning, paper collage, pantomime, and contemporary dance theater, she ridiculously cuts-and-pastes “regular” events onstage to decontextualize bodily and social identity, fairytale, and comedy. Based in New York, she has recently shown work at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, The Center for Ballet Arts, Flushing Town Hall, Triskelion Arts, and more. Grace currently performs with The Metropolitan Opera, and has recently collaborated with choreographers Annie-B Parson, Patricia Hoffbauer, Luis A., Beth Gill, and more. Originally from Seattle, WA, she holds a BFA in Dance and a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Learn more about her work here: gracetong.com

is an artist based in Brooklyn. They study the contents and limits of embodied memory through video, sound, and object-making. Summing personal archival videos and legal documents, academic journals, and radio broadcasts, Colby’s work locates longing and lineage at its origin. They are a two-time recipient of the Parsons Graduate Student Research Travel Award and received the O’Connor Award for Best Economic Thesis. Colby has participated in group shows at Residency Unlimited and ZXY Gallery. They also co-curated an exhibition at 25 East Gallery. Colby received their BA in Economics from Barnard College, Columbia University, and an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design.

(she/they)— a Japanese American San Francisco Native, is a multidisciplinary creative and performer located in New York (as of now). After extensive training in classical and contemporary training in her early years, Hiroka joined the youth company under ODC performing excerpts for the ODC Company, Dexandro Montalvo, Robert Moses and Lee Wei Chao. She continued to expand their dance knowledge upon training at New York University performing works by NiNi Dongnier, Raziman Sarbini, Shamel Pitts, Rena Butler and many more. Hiroka currently navigates aspects of nomadic movement research and handcrafts as an open channel for exploration, play and storytelling.

(she/her) graduated from New York University with a B.F.A. in dance and a minor in broadcast journalism. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Rachel attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She is currently a company dancer for five two dance company as well as Synchronous, and is a freelance artist in New York City, having performed in many different projects, festivals and workshops. She is represented by CESD and has performed works by Grace Yi-Li Tong, Olivia Passarelli, Sophie Gray-Gaillard, Mark Morris, Chuck Wilt of UNA Productions, Banning Bouldin of New Dialect, Patricia Hoffbauer, Shamel Pitts, Mike Esperanza, Peter Chu, and more. In 2018, Rachel was in the off-Broadway production of Oklahoma!, choreographed by John Heginbotham. Outside of dance, Rachel is an artist who choreographs, photographs, illustrates, and writes for other artists, films and art publications.

Abigail Linnemeyer (she/they) is a Brooklyn based performer. She is invested in her improvisation practice and drawn to works that call on partnering, and athleticism. Her queer identity inspires her research into gender in process and community outreach. She is currently working with, m i c c a, Alex Schmidt, Michelle Thompson Ulerich, Heather Dutton, and Kinesis Project Dance Theatre. In recent years, she has worked on projects with Johnnie Cruise Mercer/TheREDprojectNYC, MICHIYAYA Dance, VALLETO, Kayla Farrish, Elizabeth Dishman, Megan Flynn, Mark Dendy, and Grounded Aerial Dance Company. Abigail is eager to continue to pursue her desire to work in environments that center collaborative values and actively work to uplift queer communities.