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Photo: Christopher Jones Rena Butler A contemporary & ballet dancer, choreographer originally from New York. What is your dancing style?I have many different styles of dance that I’m interested in. I’ve trained primarily in ballet and contemporary, and in ballroom (salsa), West African dance, traditional Balinese dance, hip hop and street styles, and more. All
Julia Hunkert A dancer and choreographer based in New York What is your dancing style?I started my dance training in Ballet, Contemporary and Modern, but when I continued training at my local Dance School in Dresden (Germany) the focus was clearly on Contemporary and Jazz. At 17, I started a professional musical theatre program in
Photo: Josh A Katz Babatunji Johnson A freelance dancer and choreographer from San Francisco What is your dancing style?I don’t really fit into the box of a specific style. My movement is influenced by various styles of hip hop like Popping, Waving, KRUMP, and breaking, as well as Ballet, Contemporary, and Modern. What made you
Megan Castro An improvisation movement dancer from South Carolina. What is your dancing style?Improvisation based movement. Much of my movement has been inspired by Gaga technique, release technique, and counter technique. What made you choose this style?I think improvisation movement has always fascinated me. I never felt like I fit into one specific style, so
Oksana Bondareva A classical Ballet dancer from Russia. What are your dancing styles?Classical Ballet. What made you choose this style?I fell in love with ballet as soon as I stepped on the stage! The feeling cannot be described in words. When and how did you start dancing?I started dancing when I was three years old.
Nicolas Scheuer A Ballet dancer originally from Brazil. What are your dancing styles?Ballet What made you choose this style?Ballet has always been my favourite style of dance, where I can just be myself and enjoy. When and how did you start dancing?I started dancing when I was 9 years old, in Brazil at the Bolshoi
Amanda LaCount Multi-Faceted Dancer What are your dancing styles?Although I have been formally trained in most styles of dance, my primary dance styles are hip hop/jazz funk, contemporary and tap. What made you choose this style?I like hip hop/jazz funk the best because I have more freedom to express myself and the technique is not
Pamela Hernández Professional dancer, choreographer and pole dance performer from Mexico. What are your dancing styles?Jazz lyrical, Commercial dance & Pole dance. What made you choose this style?The teachers that I trained with, made me fell in love with these styles. When and how did you start dancing?I started dancing at the age of 13.
Patrice Moniz Founder, M-Intensive Online Dance Training What is your dancing style(s)?I am addicted to the Horton and Graham techniques What made you choose this style?I met my first Graham and Horton mentors more than a decade ago, then I was incredibly lucky to perform the Horton and Graham repertory on stage shortly after while