Mackenzie Bingham is a NYC-based freelance artist, originally from Houston, Texas. They

received their Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase

College, and have trained around the country with Northwest Dance Project,

OpenSpace Dance, Vim Vigor, and Sidra Bell Dance New York. Mackenzie has

performed in original and restaged works by Cat Cogliandro, Joshua Manculich, Franco

Nieto, Marcus Jarrell Willis, Martha Graham, Ihsan Rustem, and Rosalind Newman.

They are currently dancing and performing with cat.astrophe! under Cat Cogliandro and

have had the pleasure of working under Michelle since 2023.

Olivia Chesneau (she/her) graduated in 2019, with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from East Carolina University. Further training in residency programs includes; Hubbard Street Dance and Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Dance in London, American College Dance Association, Brice Mousset’s Oui Danse intensive and Gallim Process & Play. Since graduation, Olivia moved to NYC to pursue dance professionally. She has performed in Paris and Mareuil en Périgord, France, Fort Wayne Indiana, and New York City. She is currently freelancing and has performed works by David Ingram, Donterreo Culp, Kristalyn Gill, Kristen Klein, Mackenzie Simons and more.

Noëlle Davé (she/her) is a New York City-based freelance movement artist, choreographer, and educator. She earned her BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography at East Carolina University, where she performed works by David Ingram, Ronen (Roni) Koresh, John Dixon, and more. Since then, she’s worked with choreographers such as lauri stallings, Donterreo Culp, and Britt Fishel. She is currently a moving artist with gloATL as well as Culpdid Dance Company, performing across the U.S. and Europe. Passionate about innovation and emotional depth, Noëlle embraces new creative challenges, constantly expanding her artistry through residencies, performances, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Savannah Jade Dobbs is a professional dancer and artist based in New York City. She holds a BFA in Contemporary Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (2021). Her movement vocabulary and performance sensibilities draw from extensive training in Classical ballet, Countertechnique, Limón, The Merce Cunningham Trust, Trisha Brown, release techniques, contemporary forms, and various somatic modalities. As a freelance dancer, Savannah actively collaborates on diverse projects throughout NYC. She continues her development through workshops at institutions such as the American Dance Festival and Bates Dance Festival. Beyond performance, Savannah is a certified Pilates instructor, applying her movement expertise to support the well-being of others.

Emily Haughton is a freelance dancer based in New York City. She trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, and contemporary ballet, and attended intensives with companies including Alvin Ailey, ABT, SAB, and LINES. In 2019, she completed the two-year Alonzo King LINES Training Program, where she performed works by Alonzo King, Sidra Bell, Maurya Kerr, and others. Since moving to New York, she has worked with artists including Heidi Latsky, Michelle Thompson, Gwendolyn Gussman’s HOLDTIGHT collective, and Mikeal Darmaine. Emily is drawn to interdisciplinary collaboration and continues to explore dance in both traditional and immersive contexts.

Taylor Jordan is a movement artist, teacher, and choreographer based in New York City. She is a native from Montgomery, Alabama where she begin her training at the Alabama Dance Theatre. She has trained at Nederlands Dans Theater, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, Alabama Ballet and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Taylor has danced professionally for Charlotte Ballet, Dawson Dance SF, Reyes Dance Company, SMASHworks Dance and Neville Dance Theatre. Taylor is currently freelancing around NYC.

Madison Marshall began dancing at The Gold School DanceArt, later becoming a member of ProjectMoves Dance Company, performing at the Joyce Theater and Cape Dance Festival. Madison graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts performing works by Yin Yue, Jeremy Nelson, Cameron McKinney, and Jim Martin. She then became one of the original members of the Jose Limòn Second Company performing works by Jose Limòn, Ted Shawn, Omar Roman De Jesus, and Gregory Dolbashian. Madison has danced for musical artists Brynn Cartelli and Zan Harrold in both film and live performances and recently completed a US tour with J-lineMusic.

Graziella Murdocca is a freelance artist, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from Hunter College with her Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Dance. After college, she went on to work with Amirov Dance Theater, Nicholas Andre Dance, The Next Stage Project, Shawn Bible Dance Company, Depth Dance, Julia Ehrstrand and Dalit Ahava. In 2016, she received her Comprehensive Pilates Certification to help further her understanding of the body as a mover. Currently, she’s dancing for BARE Dance Company and Michelle Thompson while teaching pilates all over NYC.

Louisa Pancoast is a dance artist based in Brooklyn. In addition to Michelle Thompson-Ulerich, she has performed for Yvonne Rainer, Sommer Ulrickson, Claus Guth, Pat Catterson, Pramila Vasudevan, Diego Funes, Ashley McQueen, Cleo Mack, Emily Bufferd, Jacqueline Dugal, and Monica Hogan. Most recently, she appeared as a soloist in Claus Guth’s Salome at The Metropolitan Opera. Louisa’s choreography has been commissioned by The Boiler, Main Window DUMBO, and Mixily Presents, amongst others. Her choreorobotics research with drones has been presented at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation and published by the Association for Computing Machines (via the Human Robotic Interactions Conference).

Lillie Pincus is a freelance dancer based in Brooklyn, NY. She frequently performs with (All)Ways Dance Company, led by Alyssa Myers. Previously, she was a dancer with Spectrum Dance Theater, under the direction of Donald Byrd. Lillie trained at the Draper Center for Dance Education before graduating from Walnut Hill School for the Arts. She earned her BFA from USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance under the direction of William Forsythe and Jodie Gates. While at USC, she performed works by William Forsythe, Barak Marshall, Jiri Kylian, Paul Taylor and more.

Alex Schmidt spent her first three years of high school attending Next Generation Ballet’s trainee program, under the direction of Peter Stark. During her senior year of high school, Alex moved to San Francisco where she graduated from the two-year Alonzo King LINES Ballet training program in 2017. She currently lives in New York where she is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Alex is a dance artist with Michiyaya Dance, Michelle Thompson, Project Tag, and co-founder of TWO IN SEVEN BILLION. Alex is creating a show, ‘Cold Case’, which will premiere December 2025.  She graduated from University of Florida in 2020, with degrees in Criminology and Psychology that she completed while at LINES. In 2023, Alex finished her Master’s in Forensic Psychology with certification in Victimology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.