Artists of Race/Class/Gender

BERNARD BROWN, Artistic Director of Bernard Brown/bbmoves, is a Los Angeles-based performing artist, choreographer, and educator who situates his work at the intersection of blackness, belonging, and memory. In addition to presenting his scholarship on blackness, queerness, and dance nationally, Bernard’s choreography is presented widely, including Seoul, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and

   Gabriel Gutierrez  - Mo' Fundamentals 

Originally from Chicago, Gabriel is an adult adoptee, former foster youth, first generation street dance artist, and founder of Mo'Fundamentals dedicated to highlighting the resiliency of the foster and adoptee community. His work centers around disseminating his knowledge of street dance and lessons of manhood derived from his experiences in homelessness, 

Leah Hamel is a professional dancer based in Los Angeles, CA. At 18 years old she moved to New York City to attend The Juilliard School to receive her BFA in dance. Since then, she has danced for multiple professional dance companies and has performed all over the Los Angeles area including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Broad Theater, Ford Theatres, The Luckman, and the Thousand Oaks Civic A

Rosanna Tavarez/LA DANSA DANSA

Rosanna Tavarez has a diverse background as a performer/entertainer and has worked with Marina Ambramovic, Ryan Heffington, Travis Payne, Tony Michaels, Rosanna Gamson/Worldwide and Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre. She also toured with N’SYNC and Jessica Simpson as one-fifth of the girl group Eden’s Crush and covered the Emmys, Grammys and Oscars in addition to hosting 

Seda Aybay 

Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Seda Aybay founded Kybele Dance Theater's (KDT) in Los Angeles in 2003. As the Artistic Director and Choreographer, she has produced, choreographed, and performed multiple works that have garnered much attention including the 2019 Cultural Ambassador of LA by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Seda's choreography has received awards suc

Hannah Miller (Imprints)

Hannah Millar is an educated and passionate teacher, choreographer and mover. Hannah is internationally sought after for her award-winning choreography, including a Gold Telly and Gold Muse Award for her most recent Chukchansi Casino and Resort commercial. She has choreographed several commercials with her latest work showcasing community and family for the City of Onta

James MahKween is  from Atlanta, GA. He graduated with a BFA in Musical Theater from  American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). After graduating, MahKween has been setting and reaching goals. He has performed with several artists and company’s some being Lula Washington Dance Theatre, JazzAntiqua, and Kouman Kele African Dance and Drum Company,and BrockusRed . Recently, he has been developin

Tashara Gavin-Moorehead is a professional dancer, choreographer and dance educator currently based

out of Los Angeles. Tashara graduated Cum Laude from Virginia Commonwealth University with a B.F.A. in Dance and Choreography in 2008. In the last thirteen years she has danced with Inspirit Dance   

Company and Vissi Dance Theater in New York City, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater in Chicago and Lula Washi

Lucy Kerr is a choreographer, filmmaker, artist, and educator. She received a dual MFA in Film/Video and Art from California Institute of the Arts. Kerr received a B.A in Philosophy and a B.A. in Dance and Choreography from The University of Texas at Austin and was the grand prize winner of the University Co-op / George H. Mitchell Awards for Academic Excellence for her Philosophy thesis. She ha

DaEun Jung is a dancer-choreographer whose work reveals her past and present body memories. Jung’s work has been supported by venues and organizations including REDCAT, LA Performance Practice, Pieter, Electric Lodge, Highways, Movement Research at the Judson Church, and Korea Foundation. She has been awarded artist-in-residencies from University of Nevada Reno, Brockus Project Dance, LA Dance P

Jamie Carabetta  

(PonyBox Dance Theater)

began making dances for the neighborhood children at the age of 5 to her dad’s Shirley Bassey records, gradually morphed into a light theatre ingénue before earning her MFA in dance at University of California, Irvine in 2000.  As a dancer she performed nationally and internationally, touring the US and Japan.   Jamie has had the honor of receiving numerou

Deborah Brockus ( BrockusRED)  

Ms Brockus’s choreography has been performed across the USA, Europe and South Korean. She has taught in France, Italy, Czech Republic, South Korea, New Zealand and Mexico. Ms Brockus has worked in film and TV both as a dancer and choreographer. She has danced, choreographed and produced for the stage. Ms Brockus has creates works for stage and multi -media dance film

Ken Morris

Ken Morris, a native of Los Angeles, is an accomplished Choreographer, Instructor and Mentor. He has danced with the companies of Lula Washington Dance Theater, JazzAntiqua, Brockus Dance. 

Currently, Ken is a Financial/Fraud Analyst with Beachbody LLC in El Segundo, CA. However, he still teaches and create dance works for his chamber dance group, Ken Morris Project, serves as Reside

Victoria Brown

MashUp Contemporary Dance Company is dedicated to the movement of female bodies and feminist ideas. Prioritizing innovation, collaboration, and inclusion, MashUp uplifts female-identifying artists and builds community through contemporary dance. Founded in 2010 by two women of different backgrounds, artistic styles, races, and socio-economic statuses, MashUp aims to embody and exemp

Lula Washington 

Lula Washington Dance Theater  

Lula Washington is a choreographer, Artistic Director, and an all-around dance innovator and leader. Lula worked with film director James Cameron to choreograph movement, rituals, dances, and gestures for the Na’vi tribe in Cameron’s blockbuster film, “AVATAR”. 

Lula also choreographed “The Little Mermaid” movie for Disney, including the Academy Award-

RourouYe

Rourou Ye (b. 1989, Wenzhou, China; lives in the   USA) is an independent choreographer who works with movement, shadow   puppetry, and technology to devise performances that defy reality. She finds   inspiration from the unexpected, using a practice of observation and play:   repurposing items from her immediate surroundings and discovering hidden   perspectives revealed through sti

Charlotte Katherine

Charlotte Smith is a professional dancer, teacher and choreographer. Additionally, she has many other interests and arts experience. Charlotte's arts education began at an early age and continued through a variety of mediums throughout her life. Her experience and interest in art history, singing, dance, costuming, fitness, health and wellness, and visual art have followed a