Jaime Garcia-Castilla is a dancer, dance teacher, gyrotonic®️ method instructor, and jewelry designer. Born and raised in Spain, Jaime began his dance training at the Real Conservatorio Profesional De Danza Mariemma in Madrid. He spent his final two years of training with Europa Danse, a summer company for young dancers. In 2001, he received The […]

Nkechi (she/her) is a neuroscientist, choreographer and meditation guide. Nkechi is deeply interested and invested in how performance/sharing movement reveals what is infinitely possible in the realms of transformation and healing. Nkechi has spent the majority of her life investigating the brain/body relationship and its significance. After attending Scripps College (neuroscience major/ dance minor), she […]

Emily Hansel is a dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, arts administrator, and dancer advocate working in the realm of contemporary concert dance. Originally from Rochester, Minnesota, Emily received her BFA in Dance from the University of South Florida. She currently lives and works in San Francisco. Emily advocates for equitable and ethical working conditions for dancers […]

Molly Rose-Williams is a mover, dance-maker, educator, director, writer, and community arts organizer. She has presented her work throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Vermont, and Maine, and internationally in Mexico and Belgium. She is the co-founder and producer of Show & Tell, a multi-disciplinary performance salon, and regularly facilitates projects for community research of […]

100 or less word bio: Bhumi B Patel is the queer, desi Artistic Director of pateldanceworks (she/they, please) creating work at the intersection of embodied research and activism. Her work involves dancing, choreographing, curating, educating, writing, and scholarship as a pursuit for liberation, with the time and space to decolonize the body. Bhumi is a […]

Jyotsna Vaidee is an award winning Bharatanatyam choreographer, dancer and the founder of Samudra Dance Creations. Samudra seeks to represent and empower the Indian diaspora and the general public through traditional and original choreography. Samudra has performed at the San Francisco Arts Festival, PushDanceFest and Ragamala Music Society of Canada. Jyotsna has created several original […]

Rachael is an Oakland-based dancer, choreographer, and urban designer. With a background in performance and environmental design, Rachael Sharkland delights in the entanglement of somatic, ecological, and social being. Her recent practice examines our embodied response to vulnerability and power and her work has been featured at various festivals and venues in the Bay area […]

Photo by William Lanier Emma Lanier and Ky Frances co-direct Kickbal. They started making work together in 2014, and serve as a resource for each other when working apart. Separately, they have lived and danced in Spain, Chile, Mexico, and in the USA. They have presented their work nationally at Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, MO, […]

Chuck Wilt is the Artistic Director of UNA Productions. Chuck was a choreographic fellow of the Ailey Foundation NDCL, a recipient of the Rainin Opportunity Fund, and an AIR at The Launchpad, 92nd St. Y, CUNY Dance Initiative, Fusion Japan, and Berkeley Ballet Theatre. UNA’s work has been presented by the Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver, […]