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Joseph
Copley,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Joseph
Copley was raised in Waverly, PA where he began his career as a
tap dancer. After receiving his BFA from SUNY Purchase, he moved
to the Bay Area and joined Oakland Ballet. He has had the honor
of working with such iconic artists as Anna Halprin, John Sanborn,
Carol Teten, and Heklina. Outside of MJDC, he is also a member of
Amy Seiwert/im'ij-re, Mark Foehringer Dance Project/SF, Dance Through
Time, SF Boylesque, and San Francisco Opera Ballet. Joseph joined
MJDC in 2004. |
Margaret
Cromwell,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Margaret
Cromwell is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After earning
her BFA from North Carolina School of the Arts, she taught dance
and visual art at a secondary school on the island of St. Lucia
in the West Indies. She initially moved to the Bay Area to earn
her MFA from Mills College in Oakland. She had the pleasure of dancing,
teaching, and touring with Axis Dance Company for two years and
working with artists such as Margaret Jenkins, Joe Goode, Victoria
Marks, Kate Weare and Sonya Delwaide. She was very honored to join
the MJDC in 2008. |
Chad Dawson,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Chad
Dawson was born and raised in New Orleans, LA where he began his
dance training at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He graduated
with a BFA in Dance Performance from SUNY Purchase in 2008. Since
arriving in San Francisco he has had the pleasure of working with
Heidi Schweiker, RAWdance, Mark Foehringer Dance Project/SF, Nol
Simonse, Erika Chong Shuch, Gretchen Garnett and Dancers, and Stephen
Pelton Dance Theater. |
Kelly
Del Rosario,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Kelly
Del Rosario was born and raised in Mililani, Hawaii. He began his
studies in dance in 2001 at the University of Hawaii and received
his B.F.A. in Dance in 2005. Del Rosario has also studied Capoeira
in Hawaii, California and Brazil since 1998. Upon graduation he
moved to San Francisco where he worked with Shift>>>Physical
Theater, Kara Davis of Project Agora, Liberation Dance, Sarah Bush
Dance Project, and Robert Moses' Kin. This is his second season
with the MJDC. |
Melanie Elms,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Melanie
Elms left Arkansas at the age of 15 to pursue a life in dance. She
made her way to NY and earned a BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase.
At a subway stranger's advice she moved to SFin 1999. Since being
in the bay she has enjoyed dancing with Erika Shuch's ESP Project
and has been a devoted member of MJDC since 2000. She recently took
a break to give birth to her son in November of 2009. On the side,
she has been attending a 4 year program at the Institute of Classical
Homeopathy with plans of becoming a homeopath someday. |
Steffany
Ferroni,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Steffany
Ferroni was born in New Jersey. As a young dancer, she studied on
full scholarship at Steps on Broadway in New York City. She continued
her education at North Carolina School of the Arts and moved to
San Francisco in 1997, where she has worked with Liss Fain Dance,
Janice Garrett & Dancers, Mary Carbonara Dances and Heidi Schweiker.
She joined the MJDC in 2005. Special thanks to her husband Gabe
and her family for all of their love and support. |
Emily
Hite,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Emily
Hite grew up in Irvine, California and trained with Westside School
of Ballet in Santa Monica. She danced professionally with the Sacramento
Ballet for three years before attending Stanford University for
her BA. After graduating she moved to San Francisco as a founding
member of Hope Mohr Dance, also performing with Amy Seiwert/im'ij-re,
Dance Through Time, Mark Foehringer Dance Project/SF, and Robert
Moses' Kin. Other Suns will be her first performance with
MJDC. |
Matthew
Holland,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Matthew
Holland received his dance training in Berkeley where he earned
a minor in Performing Arts from the University of California. While
navigating through the performance arts at the undergraduate level,
he was motivated technically and artistically by dance teachers
Carol Murota, Christopher Dolder, Marni Thomas, Ellis Wood and Janice
Garrett. His university credits include the annual University Dance
Theater and two years with the Bay Area Repertory Dance Company.
He has danced with Naganuma Dance, Kate Mitchell & Dancers and
Mary Carbonara Dances. Matthew has also premiered works with Joe
Goode, Robert Moses, Heidi Schweiker and Westwick/Dolder Dance Theater.
He has been a member of MJDC since 2005. |
Heidi
Schweiker,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Heidi
Schweiker first performed in San Francisco in July, 1996, and has
been a steady and diverse participant in Bay Area dancemaking since
then. A member of Margaret Jenkins Dance Company since 2000, Heidi
also performed with Janice Garrett & Dancers for 8 years, as
well as in projects with Mary Carbonara Dances, Nancy Karp + Dancers
and choreographer Lea Wolf. Her choreography has been seen in numerous
local festivals, through choreographic commissions from her alma
mater Stanford University, and most recently in Dreams of Speaking,
her first self-produced full evening of work. Heidi is on faculty
at San Francisco Dance Center, LINES Ballet School and ODC Dance
Commons. |
Ryan
T. Smith,
Dancer/Collaborator
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Ryan
T. Smith thrives on choreography, R&B and dark chocolate. He
received his BA from Brown University performing in works choreographed
by artists such as Carla Maxwell, Danny Buraczeski, Anthony Rizzi
and Danny Grossman. Smith joined MJDC in 2005 after working with
Bay Area artists Kim Epifano, Alma Esperanza Cunningham and Stephen
Pelton. He also co-directs RAWdance, an emerging company that can
be seen in June at the Belcher Street Studios and in the upcoming
West Wave Dance Festival. |
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