Artists

Choreographer and Dancer (CHRYSALIS)

Born on the far eastern coast of Russia, my training in gymnastics and competitive dance began 

at an early age, true to tradition. At age 13, my family relocated to a town in the South of France where I joined a conservatory and stepped into exciting, unfamiliar realms of contemporary movement, theatre and performance art. While there, I took advantage of a variety of workshops hosted by mostly European artists at nearby cultural hubs. I moved to New York on my own, at age 17, though I have spent many summers in the city over the years and instantly fell in love with its haunting magnetism. For a while, I was overwhelmed by the wealth of academic resources offered through NYU and gradually found a family of creative individuals, from all backgrounds, who have greatly informed (and challenged) my perspective. On the side, I became involved in commercial work- from short films, to full scale productions, that introduced me to some of my most influential mentors. As the pandemic hit and the industry was a put on hold, I took time to reassess my interests, look inward and embarked on a year long hiatus from dance. Watching old film, photography and reading about the club kid subculture of New York left me with a bittersweet sensation- I wanted the city to come alive again so I could finally immerse my new self in it. May 2021 marked the beginning of my journey in the nightlife scene- I take immense pleasure in hosting drag shows, and attending every event that comes my way, from late night raves in Bushwick to glamorous parties hosted by Susanne Bartsch. Alaïa is the ever-changing manifestation of my excursions into Queer dreamworld, brought to life by music, movement, sex, fabrics, paint and lots of hairspray!

Dancer

Sarah Allen is a native of Nashville, TN where she began dancing at age three. While in Tennessee, she studied and focused on commercial styles of dance. Within this time, she was fortunate to learn from many incredible teachers. Before leaving Nashville in 2018, Sarah got the opportunity to study and perform with multiple institutions including Boston Conservatory and New York University, as well as dance companies including Nashville based company, New Dialect. She was also featured as lead dancer in several independent dance films and music videos. Currently Sarah is a rising senior at New York University where she is getting a BFA in Dance with a minor in Arts Marketing & Technology. During her time in college, she has gotten to work with world famous choreographers such as Kyle Abraham, David Dorfman, Yin Yue, Roderick George, Camille Brown, Complexions, Ronald K. Brown, Alvin Ailey Company, and more. Ever since a young age Sarah has had a passion for dance. Looking forward, she is excited to continue exploring this passion through performance, choreography, and teaching.

Dancer (Untitled Trilogy For Your Health)

My name is Sydney Bridgeforth, I am 21 years old. I am an Alumni of Booker T. Washington

High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Currently a 3rd year at New York University

getting my Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Tisch dance program. I have trained in concert and

commercial dancing. I have been dancing since the age of 2. I have trained at Dallas Black

Dance Theatre, Beyond Belief Dance Company, Booker T Washington High School for the

Performing and Visual Arts, and now I currently train as a college student at NYU. I have been

fortunate enough to perform at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, participated in

multiple music videos varying from small artists to promoting Anastasia Beverely Hills makeup

brand. Got the wonderful experience of partaking in the WADE dance experience founded by

NYU dance professor Giada Matteini. 

Choreographer and Dancer (CHRYSALIS)

Demetris Charalambous is a multidisciplinary  performance and installation based artist born and raised in Cyprus. At the age of 18, he moved to Scotland for a year to train in classical ballet at the Royal Conservatoire of Glasgow and was part of Scottish Ballet’s Youth Exchange Program. Demetris is currently based in New York, where he’s studying for his BFA in dance from NYU’s Tisch school of the arts. Demetris has participated in various workshops such as b12 Berlin Workshop Festival, Palucca Hochschule fürtanz in Dresden, Academie de Danse Princess Grace in Monaco, DeDutchDon’tDanceDivision in the Hague, English National Ballet and Rambert School in London and has trained with choreographers such as Tamara Gvozdenovic(Peeping Tom), Sophie Laplane(Scottish Ballet) and Fotis Nikolaou. In 2017 he was invited to perform at the Romanian National Opera while in 2020, Demetris performed at the Jack Crystal Theatre and Movement Research New York, original works by choreographers Luca Renzi and Margaret Wiss.

Musician

Tiger Diep is a saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist/producer/audio-engineer from San Diego, California. He has performed at venues across the nation such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Aaron Copley Symphony Hall, and various jazz clubs in NYC. He has been named a National YoungArts Foundation winner in jazz as well as an Outstanding Alto Saxophonist at the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival. In the past, he has performed with Ted Nash, Kenny Rampton, as well as open for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Chick Corea. His most recent performance was at the Detroit Jazz Festival with his band "L Stop", performing alongside greats such as Herbie Hancock, Deedee Bridgewater, and Kurt Elling. 

Dancer (Untitled 13: Moving. Shifting. Longing.)

To me dance is an embodiment of spirit and human qualities. Separate from our daily tasks, the body guides the mind. In my expression of movement I embody a journey of self, pushing my limits while respecting what the present moment brings. Self-nourishment, release, acceptance, love. These words are how I move, in all aspects.      Ajanay, as anyone, is a spiritual being in human form, experiencing and experimenting with every aspect of life. Her main focus in movement encourages raised awareness of herself and the collective she is apart of. She directs her life inward, to rightfully express all sides of herself. We are all more than one thing. It’s time we show ourselves to help ourselves.-- 

Dancer (Untitled Trilogy For Your Health)

Olivia Kleven is currently pursuing her BFA in Dance at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is expecting to graduate from the program in the spring of 2022. She is aspiring towards a performance career within the artform and enjoys celebrating interesting and physical movement. She has a strong background in ballet, in the technique of Balanchine, and modern dance, in Limon and Graham inspired techniques, but she is dedicated to broadening her dance practice. Growing up in Seattle, Washington, Olivia trained from an early age in ballet and modern at the Cornish Preparatory Dance School. At the age of 15 she moved to a small, private dance studio in Bellevue, Washington where she primarily trained under the wonderful instruction of Deborah Hadley for ballet, as well as Amy Thompson for ballet and Eva Stone for modern dance. In addition, throughout most of her years spent dancing in Washington, she trained under the private instruction of Philip Beamish and Stephanie Saland; both having deep impacts on the way she approaches ballet as a rigorous technique and beautiful artform. She is passionate about dance, the inherent creativity it allows, and sharing the discoveries made through it with her surrounding environment. 

Musician

Warren Louie is a bassist from Annapolis, Maryland and is currently pursuing a degree in jazz at NYU.  He has performed at venues such as the Blue Note NYC, the Newport Jazz Festival, and the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe.  He is also slated to perform at the Detroit Jazz Festival this summer as a member of the band “L stop” which  recently won the DJF collegiate combo competition and successfully auditioned for the JAS Aspen small combo sessions as well.

Dancer (Untitled 13: Moving. Shifting. Longing.)

Elliana Lynch-Daniels is a New York City based dance artist. She began her dance journey at the age of two at The Raleigh School of Ballet (Raleigh, NC) with a focus in classical ballet training. Here, Elliana developed her love for movement and elected to pursue dance as a career. At the age of sixteen, Elliana attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston Salem, NC) under the direction of Susan Jaffe and Brenda Daniels with a concentration in contemporary dance. While at UNCSA, Elliana performed choreographic works by Martha Graham, José Limón, Aszure Barton, and Kira Blazek Ziaii, while also investigating her own choreographic voice in student work performances. Upon graduation, Elliana elected to attend New York University (New York, NY) where she is in the process of receiving her B.F.A. in dance and a minor in Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology. Elliana has also attended numerous summer/winter intensives, some include, Vim Vigor, Ate9, Gaga, Movement Invention Project, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. In the future, Elliana hopes to continue her passion for improvisation and choreography while working as a professional dance artist.

Dancer (Rippling [Crowds])

Jayde Margulis is a dancer and choreographer based in New York City. She is currently receiving her BFA in dance at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Jayde grew up in Buffalo, NY, training at Classical Ballet of WNY, Steps on Broadway as an independent study student, and under the direction of Alexandra Damiani. Jayde has also attended training programs with David Dorfman Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Jayde has performed at The Joyce Theater with the New York City Dance Alliance Foundation, at NYU Tisch, and has choreographed and danced for music videos for graduate and undergraduate NYU Tisch students. Jayde also has training in acting and singing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. 

Dancer 

Chelsea McNamara is a New York based artist and is currently in her final year at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is pursuing a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business, Entertainment, Media and Technology. Originally from New Hampshire, she grew up a competition dancer in all genres of dance, starting at age three. These styles include ballet, pointe, contemporary, modern, lyrical, tap, jazz, musical theatre and hip hop. In the summer of 2021 she traveled to Agropoli, Italy to perform in the Agropoli Danza Festival where she worked with notable Italian choreographers. Now, as a member of Second Avenue Dance Company she continues to study many styles, specifically ballet, contemporary and modern

Musician

Cole Palensky is a saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist from Omaha, NE. He has toured Europe and Asia with GRAMMY-Award winning vocalists Dianne Reeves, and Kurt Elling, played at Carnegie Hall, Blue Note NYC etc., and has received many accolades for his musicianship, including being named as a 2021 Vandoren Emerging Artist. He is part of a band “L Stop”, which has performed at the 2021 Detroit Jazz Festival alongside world-renowned jazz artists such as Herbie Hancock and Deedee Bridgewater.

Anna E. Henderson (she/her) is a photographer and multidisciplinary artist based in New York City who enjoys combining aspects of visual art, performance art, poetry, and music. She is currently pursuing a B.F.A. in photography and imaging from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has an extensive background in dance performance and choreography, formerly in the NYU Tisch dance program. She has also studied piano, creative writing, and philosophy, and is an advocate for those with chronic/invisible illnesses.

Kai Barker Dennett is an artist from New Hampshire, currently based in Brooklyn, NY. They take influence from the internet, pop culture, and the spaces around them to create graphic work that expresses a variety of themes,
such as humor, gender and sexuality, consumerism, personal experiences, and politics. Dennett explores these themes through drawings, paintings, sculptures, and installations.

Leila Winn is a third-year biology student on the ecology track. She loves all things whimsical and cares deeply about the intersection of healthcare, art, and joy.

Dora Nano is a photography student at New York University. Her work is an exploration of her relationship to Albania, where her family immigrated from in the early 90’s. She is also a self-portrait photographer, exploring themes of gender, youth, and using her body as an abstract subject. 

Models: Colson Lynn, Da Hyun Kim

Shannon Yu 余香儒 is a Brooklyn based artist from Taiwan. She holds an MFA in Performance and Performance Studies from Pratt Institute, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University. 

Shannon identifies as a multi-disciplinary artist, dancer-choreographer, queer creator. Space, sound, imagery, movement, and textures call Shannon to allow art flow. Shannon has shown work in La Mama, Movement Research in Judson Memorial Church, Dixon Place, Triskelion Arts, Prospect Park, The Landmark Loew's Theater, and has done residencies with Dance in Bushwick, Spoke the Hub, Chen Dance Center, and The Creators Collective.

Hannah Betz is a painting enthusiast and student at New York University. She has always been passionate about creating, whether it be crafting, cooking, ceramics or photography. Her long "career" even includes a short theater stint in elementary school, as well as years of dance. Although she can't make every single passion of hers into her profession, she still practices all these art forms in her free time, as her life would not feel complete without them. Hannah is a liberal studies (pending film/tv) student and lives with all her belongings in the east village.

Hello, I’m Greta. I grew up in Chicago and painted throughout high school, mostly studying nature and my friends. I am currently majoring in General Fine Arts as a Junior at Maryland Institute College of Art. I work as a freelance artist when I am at school in Baltimore, and as a mosaic muralist when I am home in Chicago. I’ve recently been inspired by scientific illustration as well as religious iconography, and hope to incorporate these themes into my animation, painting, and illustration work this year.

Indah M. Walsh (she/her) is a choreographer, performer, dance educator, and administrator. She has danced in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and across the US. Indah earned a BFA in dance from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance in 2008 and an MFA in dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2014. As a choreographer, Indah Walsh was awarded a Creative Engagement Grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2017. In 2020 and 2021, Indah worked with Monica Bill Barnes and Company as Web Designer and Creative Consultant for Keep Moving, performed in their online work It's 3:07 Again, and performed live in a sold out run of Many Happy Returns at the WP Theater in August 2021. Indah was an Adjunct Instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts from 2019-2021 and was nominated for the David Payne Carter Award for Teaching Excellence in 2021. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Arts Professor at NYU Tisch Department of Dance.  

Da Hyun Kim is an artist constantly at work to merge different paths together. As people, we all live in our own bubble of a world, rarely touching nor seeing each other. We are too caught up with planning, surviving, and reaching for ambition and status. At one point we all have encountered the world for the first time, where we felt nothing but joy of experiencing life. Da Hyun wishes to open that state of mind for everyone that she crosses paths within her journey. Activist Amanda Nguyen said, ‘Joy is the most radical form of rebellion.’ Indeed, joy can break our cycle of isolation and foster communication. Da Hyun finds this her calling as an artist, to offer people a new lens to see one another.  IG handle : @belamovado

Independent Artist and Educator has received a BFA/Dance from Florida State University and her MFA/Dance with a minor in Biomedical Ethics from University of Washington. 

She is an Associate Arts Professor and Acting Associate Chair at New York University Tisch School for the Arts, Department of Dance where she received the prestigious David Payne-Carter Award for Teaching Excellence in 2012/2013. She is Director of Tisch Dance Summer Residency Festival, Tisch Dance in Berlin Program and Future Dancers and Dancemakers. 

Susan has designed the lighting for Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Urban Bush Women, Craig Harris and has worked with such notable artists as Lucinda Childs, Mark Rucker and Mark Morris. She has also designed Sunday In The Park With George, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, On The Town, A Child's Christmas in Wales, Little Shop Of Horrors, Suddenly Last Summer, The Great Highway, West Side Story, The Cryptogram, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and Waiting for Godot as well as many other plays and performance pieces. Hamburger’s residential designs can been seen in the book Majestic Metropolitan Living: Visionary Homes in the Heart of Cities. She has also been published in Real Simple magazine, PLSN magazine and on the Rosco Spectrum website.  Susan is an adjunct professor at New York University and received her MFA from Yale School of Drama.

To me dance is an embodiment of spirit and human qualities. Separate from our daily tasks, the body guides the mind. In my expression of movement I embody a journey of self, pushing my limits while respecting what the present moment brings. Self-nourishment, release, acceptance, love. These words are how I move, in all aspects.      Ajanay, as anyone, is a spiritual being in human form, experiencing and experimenting with every aspect of life. Her main focus in movement encourages raised awareness of herself and the collective she is apart of. She directs her life inward, to rightfully express all sides of herself. We are all more than one thing. It’s time we show ourselves to help ourselves.--