Anna is an artist living in Austin, Texas, and wearing the hats of choreographer and dancer. She holds a BFA in Dance from Sam Houston State University and currently dances for the KDH Dance Company and Allysen Hooks Projects while maintaining a personal focus on choreography. She often collaborates with fellow artist Jairus Carr. Right now, her work investigates things like nuance, momentum, and puzzles. Events across Texas have been kind enough to include her pieces in their lineup: Austin Dance Festival, BLiPSWiTCH’s Offbeat X, Barnstorm Dance Fest, Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, and local concerts produced by Austin artists such as ZATERO dance, Emily Rushing, Carissa Topham Fisher, and Jahna Bobolia. She has also brought her work to national festivals, most recently White Wave Soloduo Dance Festival and RAD Fest Midwest Dance Festival. She has attended residencies with Keshet Makers Space Experience, WhirlWind Dance Company, Homeport Art House, and Bellingham Repertory Dance. Anna also does other non-dance-related things, but you can ask her about those in person. annabauerdance.com

Cellise Brown is a dancer and educator from Houston, Texas. She began her training at summer programs with Joffrey Ballet, Boston Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, and Complexions Ballet. Cellise continued her education at the University of Texas at Austin where she received her BFA in Dance Education. Since graduating in 2022, she has directed high school dance teams and teaches and choreographs for dance studios and high school dance programs in the Austin area. She continues her training at intensives including Sidra Bell's Module, the Jacob Jonas Company Intensive at Orsolina, and Gagalab in New York. Cellise dances professionally in Austin with Allysen Hooks, Ty Graynor, and Red Nightfall Dance Theatre. She is a passionate dancer and teacher, eager to inspire and share her love for dance with everyone.

Jordan T. Chiolis is a percussionist, composer, and electronic music alchemist based in Austin, TX, whose genre-blurring soundscapes have become a vital presence in the modern/contemporary dance world. Known for his ability to blend live percussion with immersive electronic textures, Jordan creates visceral, dynamic scores that breathe with the movement they support.

His collaborations span a who's who of modern dance, including work with Andrea Miller & Gallim Dance, Doug Varone and Dancers, David Dorfman Dance, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Kyle Abraham’s Abraham.In.Motion. A standout moment came in 2015, when Jordan composed and performed a hauntingly beautiful electronic and percussive score for Gallim Dance’s WHALE, which premiered at the Joyce Theater. The year prior, he co-created eight by eight—a fully immersive sound, movement, and video installation that debuted at Lincoln Center, turning audience engagement into an art form itself.

A sought-after collaborator in both artistic and academic settings, Jordan has served as a composer and on-staff musician at Hofstra University, New York University, and The New School, and has performed at leading intensives and festivals such as ADF, ABT, and ACDFA.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Jazz and Commercial Music from Hofstra University, where he studied under trailblazing figures like Arthur Solari, Herbert Deutsch, and celebrated jazz bandleader Matt Wilson. Today, Jordan continues to explore the evolving intersections of rhythm, technology, and movement—crafting music that listens as much as it speaks.

Erin Ellis is a dance artist based in Austin, TX, whose performances subtly thread archetypal symbolism into the fabric of motion. Erin has performed works by Brian Brooks, Chelsea Ainsworth and Jessica Smith of Dual Rivet, Andy and Dionne Noble of Noblemotion, and Francisco Graciano. Having recently earned an MFA in Dance from Sam Houston State University, Erin relocated to Austin in January 2024. She quickly immersed herself in the local dance scene, performing with companies including Ventana Ballet, SeaLegs Contemporary Dance, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Ty&Co, and collaborating with choreographer Allysen Hooks. Erin seeks dance that innovates, connects, and embodies honesty in expression.

Taryn Lavery, a Utah native, is a freelance dancer, choreographer, cross-disciplinary design artist, and co-founder/co-director of Austin's BLiPSWiTCH, a project-based dance company focused on collaboration and site specific works as an avenue to community expansion. She is a current dancer with Allysen Hooks, Performa/Dance and Ty&Co, and has worked with multimedia dance company ARCOS (2015-2022), Jennifer Sherburn (2016-2021), Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company, Collide Arts, Dance Carousel, SEAM Project, Ready/Set/Go! Dance, and more. In 2023 she was nominated for Best Choreographer/dancer in The Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin Awards Reader's Poll, and that same year, BLiPSWiTCH received the Critic's Award for the "Best Choreography of Human Kinesis". Taryn has a creative philosophy rooted in the belief that the way we gather and share in exposition is an extension of process, and she fuses her classical background with a desire to revitalize modern dance for broader audiences, extracting a new form of contemporary performance. BLiPSWiTCH

Christina Mitchell is a dance artist and educator new to Austin who loves creating sweaty dance magic that revels in the wild gross and beautiful experience of being human. She holds a BFA in dance from the University of Texas at El Paso and has recently completed her MFA in dance from the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research is rooted in intimate collaborative practices that source desire as a liberatory force. Christina believes that moving together gives us the capacity to rage, grieve, love, and flourish.

Rosalyn Nasky has been creating and performing original work in Austin for nearly two decades. She has presented her work in Fusebox Festival, Under the Radar, NMASS, and in manifold galleries, mixed programs, and media events over the years. She has had the pleasure of collaborating with dance artists Heloise Gold, Emily Rushing, Lisa Del Rosario, and BLiPSWiTCH, as well as sound artists Matt Steinke, Steven Snowden, and Henna Chou. From the Austin Critic's Table, she has received an award for best dancer, best short work in dance, and "dancer most likely to be mistaken for an alien lifeform". Rosalyn is honored and thrilled to be a part of this project with Allysen Hooks.

Aidan Rodgers is a dynamic artist and educator based in Austin, Texas. With a BFA in Dance from Sam Houston State University, she has had the privilege of performing works by renowned choreographers including Crystal Pite and Sidra Bell. Deeply intrigued with the interplay between body and mind, she is fascinated by how our physicality shapes and informs our perception of the world. This exploration fuels her authenticity as both a performer and a collaborator. Recently, Aidan has engaged with Austin's vibrant artistic community, working alongside choreographers such as Allysen Hooks, BLiPSWiTCH, Alexa Capareda, Erica Saucedo, and Anna Bauer.

Melissa Sanderson (she/her, Scorpio) grew up dancing to show tunes in a small mountain town studio. Recent collaborations include Allysen Hooks Projects, Cora Laszio, BLiPSWiTCH, Alexa Capareda, Brandon Gonzalez, POINT A, and Jordan Fuchs. Her choreography has been presented through 12 Minutes Max in Seattle, the World Dance Alliance Conference in St. John's Canada, WDA's International Young Choreographers Project in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Dance Carousel, and Austin Dance Festival. Previously based in Seattle, Melissa performed in collaborative projects with Coriolis Dance, The Gray, Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, and Jessica Jobaris & General Magic in venues including On the Boards and Velocity Dance Center. She holds an MFA in Dance from Texas Woman's University, volunteers on the advisory board for the Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, and joined Austin Community College as Associate Professor of Dance in 2021. www.melissasandersondance.com

Camille is a first-generation Texan, based in Austin as a movement artist, dance educator, and film fanatic. She holds a Bachelor's in Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in Dance and Arts Management and Administration. Her ongoing love affair with dance started at age three, and she has since taken on her own journey of providing and nurturing brave spaces for others to discover their own movement language. She currently dances with SoulEscape Dance Company, TY&CO, and Allysen Hooks Projects. She also teaches Dance Church classes taught by dancers and made for every body. Dance Church Austin