November 17th & 18th

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Selected Artists

Selected Artists ✦

Emma Andre

Emma Andre (they/she) is a freelance dance artist, teacher, and choreographer based in Oakland, CA. Emma is deeply interested in the innate humanity of dance practices. They hope to make work that resonates with people that aren’t typically exposed to contemporary dance, in order to expand the dance community and create new audiences. Outside of the studio Emma also enjoys drawing, painting, sewing, and writing.

Anna Gichan

Anna Gichan is an emerging movement artist developing their voice with melding athleticism, theatrics and visual experiences together. She pursues both choreography and performance. Currently an apprentice with Axis Dance company. She's a BFA graduate from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Alice Hur

I have performed, battled, and taught a street dance style called waacking for the past decade. Originally called punking, this dance was birthed out of Los Angeles gay clubs and centers free expression. I have battled in this style throughout the West Coast, Midwest, and Canada; am the organizer of one of the largest recurring waacking events on the West Coast; and lead weekly training sessions dedicated to this dance.

Jocelyn Reyes (she/her) is a Latin American contemporary choreographer based in San Francisco. A first generation LA native, Reyes holds a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a B.A. in Dance from UCLA. As the artistic director of REYES Dance, Reyes creates works that blend athleticism, everyday gestures, humor and abstract storytelling to question traditions, belief systems, and behavioral patterns, in order to reimagine healthier ways of relating to ourselves and others.

Jocelyn Reyes/
REYES Dance

Emma Lanier
Reniel del Rosario
Cauveri Suresh

Ceramicist Reniel del Rosario and dance artists Emma Lanier and Cauveri Suresh create interdisciplinary site-specific performances that consider relationships between bodies, between body and object, body and space, and object and space. Our trio’s alternatively sardonic and earnest point of view confronts the strictures of the mediums in which we work. We began working together in 2021, during which time our collaborative has explored alternative modes for creating and presenting our artworks that attune closely to the site, make use of unusual spaces and vantage points, and consider how to communicate across mediums.

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