DANCE '16 to Bring New, Innovative Works to NKU This Spring

Northern Kentucky University | School of the Arts | Program of Theatre and Dance presents DANCE '16, March 18 - 19, 2016. DANCE '16 will take place in the Corbett Theatre in the Fine Arts Center.

Not to be missed, DANCE '16 features a company of our best young dance artists. Full of new and innovative works created by faculty, guest artists, and nationally renowned choreographers in creative expressions including theatre dance, contemporary, tap, and jazz, DANCE '16 features something for everyone!

FACULTY CHOREOGRAPHERS:

Tracey Bonner

Dance Coordinator and Assistant Professor, NKU

BFA, Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University

MFA, University of California, Irvine

Dee Anne Bryll

Theatre and Dance Faculty, NKU, Xavier University

Director, CCM Prep Musical Theatre Program

BA, Baldwin Wallace College

MA, Kent State University

Heather Britt

Dance Faculty, NKU

Owner and Founder, DANCEFIX by Heather Britt Dance Company

Jay Goodlett

Dance Faculty, NKU

Former Senior Soloist, Cincinnati Ballet

Artistic Director of Education and Outreach, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHERS/DANCERS:

Andrew Pearson

Faculty, California State University, Channel Islands

Guest Faculty, American Musical and Dramatic Academy

BFA, University of California, Irvine

Andrew Pearson is a dancer and movement artist who has performed and studied both nationally and internationally. He is in his 5th season with the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, with whom he has traveled to Palm Springs, Florida, and New York City. Most notably, Andrew performed in Julien Previeux's Award-Winning work What Will They Do Next in Paris and Malaga, Spain. Andrew has created work and directed movement for a variety of mediums and venues, including many musical theater productions, opera, film, and countless concert dances. His original concert-dance work has been seen all over Southern California and he has been commissioned to create new work for the Collabo Youth Collective, Santa Monica College's Synapse Dance Theatre, the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, and PGK Dance Project. As a dance educator, Andrew has served on faculty at the The Wooden Floor, the Los Angeles Arts Collective, the Orange County High School of the Arts, and the Nuevo School of Contemporary Dance. He has also been hired as a guest instructor for numerous institutions including Riverside Ballet Arts, The Colburn School, The Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, PGK Dance Project, Malashock Dance, Parker Dance Academy, and Colorado Mesa University. Some influential choreographers Andrew has had the opportunity to work with include Ryan Heffington, Loretta Livingston, Barak Marshall, Rosanna Gamson, Ido Tadmor, and Holly Rothschild.

Kim Popa (Executive Director and Co-founder, Pones Inc., BFA, Northern Kentucky University) - Kim Popa has studied dance for 30 years and graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in theatre and dance from Northern Kentucky University. Popa is a professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and also teaches dance classes at The Carnegie and SCPA, as well as multiple dance workshops around the tri-state. Popa danced at the CrisisArt Festival in Arezzo, Italy in 2014 and the Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Sibiu, Romania in 2007, and performed in multiple NKU mainstage productions and modern dance concerts. In addition to teaching and performing, Popa is the Executive Director, co-founder, and performing member of Pones Inc. Beyond Pones Inc., she has choreographed for multiple award-winning productions at NKU, New Edgecliff Theatre, and Know Theatre. She is a member of the Young Professionals Board at the Children's Home of Cincinnati, a trustee on the board of OhioDance, serves as a "big" for Big Brothers Big Sisters, and has a passion for art and volunteerism in many forms.

Kamelia Smith (Balinese Dancer) - Kamelia Smith began learning Balinese dance as a five year-old growing up in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. Since moving to Covington in 2010, Kamellia has shared her dancing with schools and universities in the Cincinnati area. Kamellia was a reporter for Tempo, a news magazine in Indonesia, and a contributor for Enquirer Media's Community Recorder Newspaper in Northern Kentucky. She currently works for the ELS Language Center at the University of Cincinnati and continues to write and dance in her free time.

STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHERS:

Maria Broderick

Senior, BFA Dance Candidate, Graduation May 2016

Lauren Crawford

Senior, BFA Dance Graduate, December 2015

Brian Spencer

Senior, BFA Dance Candidate, Graduation May 2016

Kyle Segar

Junior, BFA Music Theatre Candidate, Graduation May 2016

Kat Wolf

Senior, BA Integrative Studies Candidate, Graduation 2016

Theatre minor, Dance minor, Art Minor

Andrew Wiemann

Senior, BFA Acting Candidate, Graduation Spring 2016

For more information call the NKU School of the Arts Box Office at 859.572.5464 or visit theatre.nku.edu.