Choreographers | Directors
Theodore Alexander
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Theodore Alexander began his formal training at the age of 16 through Muse 360 Arts and The Johns Hopkins Peabody Preparatory. He went on to attend Point Park University('20), where he has performed new works and revivals from choreographers such as Nacho Duato, José Limon, Crystal Frazier and Jason McDole. He has also performed in Festival Darc Chateâuroux France and
co-choreographed for a work in pearlPresents Dance Festival. He would like to thank all of his mentors for their patience and careful guidance. You may see more of his content by following his instagram @voracious_artistry.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Theodore Alexander began his formal training at the age of 16 through Muse 360 Arts and The Johns Hopkins Peabody Preparatory. He went on to attend Point Park University('20), where he has performed new works and revivals from choreographers such as Nacho Duato, José Limon, Crystal Frazier and Jason McDole. He has also performed in Festival Darc Chateâuroux France and
co-choreographed for a work in pearlPresents Dance Festival. He would like to thank all of his mentors for their patience and careful guidance. You may see more of his content by following his instagram @voracious_artistry.
Shianne Antoine
Shianne Antoine began her relationship with dance at age three in Baltimore, MD. After years of valuable training, she graduated from Towson University in 2016 with a BFA in Dance Performance, Choreography, and a K-12 Teaching Certification. While at Towson, she had the privilege to study under Vincent Thomas, Runqiao Du, Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Christopher K. Morgan, Alia Kache, and other influential teaching artists. She has taught dance for nine years at institutions such as Mercy High School, Dance and BMore, Young Audiences’ Summer Arts Learning Academy, Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, and various studios. Antoine directed the dance program at William Penn Senior High School for two years, and began her own dance studio, Symmetry Arts, in January 2021. She has performed with Deep Vision Dance Company, Humanistics Dance Company, and for choreographers such as Madeline Maxine Gorman. Antoine is currently a company member of LucidBeings Dance, BlueShift Dance, and authors dance reviews for her very own Charm City Dance Blog.
Shianne Antoine began her relationship with dance at age three in Baltimore, MD. After years of valuable training, she graduated from Towson University in 2016 with a BFA in Dance Performance, Choreography, and a K-12 Teaching Certification. While at Towson, she had the privilege to study under Vincent Thomas, Runqiao Du, Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Christopher K. Morgan, Alia Kache, and other influential teaching artists. She has taught dance for nine years at institutions such as Mercy High School, Dance and BMore, Young Audiences’ Summer Arts Learning Academy, Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, and various studios. Antoine directed the dance program at William Penn Senior High School for two years, and began her own dance studio, Symmetry Arts, in January 2021. She has performed with Deep Vision Dance Company, Humanistics Dance Company, and for choreographers such as Madeline Maxine Gorman. Antoine is currently a company member of LucidBeings Dance, BlueShift Dance, and authors dance reviews for her very own Charm City Dance Blog.
Cristina Camacho
Cristina Camacho is a professional dancer, choreographer, instructor, and arts administrator. A DMV native, Cristina was a CAPA scholar at the University of Maryland, where she received a BA in Dance and Kinesiology. During her time at the University, she was cast in a number of performances in the dance department, while serving as Director of Dynamic Dance Team and a Principal Company Member of Culture Shock, DC. Cristina relocated to NYC in 2018 to pursue her professional career as an artist and arts advocate. Since moving to NY, she's been in numerous stage productions and performed at the 2019 MTV VMA's with recording artist Ava Max. She has traveled nationally and internationally as a choreographer and dance educator, including a summer in Barcelona, where she completed an internship exploring the importance of cultural dance exchange. When she is not dancing, Cristina is working as an arts administration professional, lending her skills to the likes of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and as an advisor to numerous dance education programs.
Cristina Camacho is a professional dancer, choreographer, instructor, and arts administrator. A DMV native, Cristina was a CAPA scholar at the University of Maryland, where she received a BA in Dance and Kinesiology. During her time at the University, she was cast in a number of performances in the dance department, while serving as Director of Dynamic Dance Team and a Principal Company Member of Culture Shock, DC. Cristina relocated to NYC in 2018 to pursue her professional career as an artist and arts advocate. Since moving to NY, she's been in numerous stage productions and performed at the 2019 MTV VMA's with recording artist Ava Max. She has traveled nationally and internationally as a choreographer and dance educator, including a summer in Barcelona, where she completed an internship exploring the importance of cultural dance exchange. When she is not dancing, Cristina is working as an arts administration professional, lending her skills to the likes of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and as an advisor to numerous dance education programs.
Matthew Cumbie
Matthew Cumbie is a collaborative dancemaker and artist educator living in Washington, DC. His choreography weaves together a physical vocabulary of momentum and clarity, revelatory moments, and a belief in a body’s capacity to meet every moment. His works explore the social and creative aspects of history-making and history-telling through embodied approaches, contextualizing contemporary queer issues and re-imagining LGBTQ+ life. He has an MFA in dance from Texas Woman’s University.
Matthew Cumbie is a collaborative dancemaker and artist educator living in Washington, DC. His choreography weaves together a physical vocabulary of momentum and clarity, revelatory moments, and a belief in a body’s capacity to meet every moment. His works explore the social and creative aspects of history-making and history-telling through embodied approaches, contextualizing contemporary queer issues and re-imagining LGBTQ+ life. He has an MFA in dance from Texas Woman’s University.
Ui-Seng Francois
Ui-Seng François (Peabody BFA Dance c/o 2023) is a performing and visual media artist from Baltimore City, MD. Ui-Seng is a graduate of the Theatre program at the Baltimore School for the Arts ‘18 and current dance major at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins. Ui-Seng trained at Peabody for a year before making her Broadway debut in the 2020 Revival of West Side Story. With Broadway being shut down, Ui-Seng is currently back in Baltimore creating works as part of Afrikan Youth Alchemy’s Griot Works Program and continuing her dance studies at Peabody. Learn more about Ui-Seng at uisengfrancois.com.
Ui-Seng François (Peabody BFA Dance c/o 2023) is a performing and visual media artist from Baltimore City, MD. Ui-Seng is a graduate of the Theatre program at the Baltimore School for the Arts ‘18 and current dance major at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins. Ui-Seng trained at Peabody for a year before making her Broadway debut in the 2020 Revival of West Side Story. With Broadway being shut down, Ui-Seng is currently back in Baltimore creating works as part of Afrikan Youth Alchemy’s Griot Works Program and continuing her dance studies at Peabody. Learn more about Ui-Seng at uisengfrancois.com.
Jessica Hale
Jessica Hale is a multi-media dance maker and improviser based in the Tri-State area. As an artist straddling live performance and various media platforms, her work is influenced by her interests in storytelling, improvisation, cinema and the desire for play. Jessica holds an MFA from Texas Woman's University, a BFA from Columbia College and currently works as a Production Assistant II for World Wrestling Entertainment.
Jessica Hale is a multi-media dance maker and improviser based in the Tri-State area. As an artist straddling live performance and various media platforms, her work is influenced by her interests in storytelling, improvisation, cinema and the desire for play. Jessica holds an MFA from Texas Woman's University, a BFA from Columbia College and currently works as a Production Assistant II for World Wrestling Entertainment.
Bethany Keren-Happuch
Bethany Keren-Happuch has been dancing since the age of two and started her professional training at five years of age. She has performed with the Towson University Dance Department, Lauren Carnesi Daniels, and CityDance Dream, along with many solo performances. Her teaching and choreography credits include Spirit Wings Dance Company, Ascending Choreographers Festival, and CityDance. Keren-Happuch’s most recent roles involve being the choreographer for Xfinity 1 Voice television special and LCD Production’s “Fragments of Moments Passed” with various guest Hip-Hop instructor & performance roles. ADDICT, Bethany Keren Happuch’s most recent dance film was released out of her passion for integrating film & dance. Her mission is to speak about social issues through the integration of movement and visual arts. With her passion for dance, she hopes to help her viewers find a place where freedom is found, dialogue is had, and passion is discovered.
Bethany Keren-Happuch has been dancing since the age of two and started her professional training at five years of age. She has performed with the Towson University Dance Department, Lauren Carnesi Daniels, and CityDance Dream, along with many solo performances. Her teaching and choreography credits include Spirit Wings Dance Company, Ascending Choreographers Festival, and CityDance. Keren-Happuch’s most recent roles involve being the choreographer for Xfinity 1 Voice television special and LCD Production’s “Fragments of Moments Passed” with various guest Hip-Hop instructor & performance roles. ADDICT, Bethany Keren Happuch’s most recent dance film was released out of her passion for integrating film & dance. Her mission is to speak about social issues through the integration of movement and visual arts. With her passion for dance, she hopes to help her viewers find a place where freedom is found, dialogue is had, and passion is discovered.
Kutia Jawara
Kutia Jawara is a dancer, choreographer and dance educator born in New Orleans, and raised in New Orleans and Baltimore who is trained in West-African, ballet and modern dance technique. She is the co-founder of the Baltimore Black Dance Collective. Kutia is a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts, a three time fellowship recipient at the Ailey School and a 2015 Coppin State University Urban Arts graduate. As a dancer Kutia has had the honor of working with Debbie Allen, Mariah Carey, Camille A. Brown, Darell Moultrie and Tony award winner Hinton Battle. Kutia is the founder and artistic director of Shange Dance Productions, a non-profit she created to provide opportunities for professional dancers in Baltimore and increase opportunities for youth to study dance at a pre-professional level regardless of their socio-economic status. Shange has performed at the Kennedy Center- Millennium Stage, Artscape and the Hippodrome. The Washington Post referred to Kutia's choreography as "elegantly fused balletic technique, West African gestures, and gymnastic movements." Kutia taught ballet and modern dance at ConneXions: A Community Arts School for 8 years and is currently teaching at Southwest Baltimore Charter School.
Kutia Jawara is a dancer, choreographer and dance educator born in New Orleans, and raised in New Orleans and Baltimore who is trained in West-African, ballet and modern dance technique. She is the co-founder of the Baltimore Black Dance Collective. Kutia is a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts, a three time fellowship recipient at the Ailey School and a 2015 Coppin State University Urban Arts graduate. As a dancer Kutia has had the honor of working with Debbie Allen, Mariah Carey, Camille A. Brown, Darell Moultrie and Tony award winner Hinton Battle. Kutia is the founder and artistic director of Shange Dance Productions, a non-profit she created to provide opportunities for professional dancers in Baltimore and increase opportunities for youth to study dance at a pre-professional level regardless of their socio-economic status. Shange has performed at the Kennedy Center- Millennium Stage, Artscape and the Hippodrome. The Washington Post referred to Kutia's choreography as "elegantly fused balletic technique, West African gestures, and gymnastic movements." Kutia taught ballet and modern dance at ConneXions: A Community Arts School for 8 years and is currently teaching at Southwest Baltimore Charter School.
Danielle Lyndsay / Trybe Dance Collective
Danielle Lyndsay Ward, creatively known as Danielle Lyndsay, is a native of Clinton, MD. Over the 25 years of her dance career, Danielle has extensively trained in classical ballet, contemporary jazz, musical theater, modern, Hip Hop, West African dance and gymnastics. An alumnae of Bishop McNamara High School, she concentrated in lyrical jazz and West African dance. While there, she also became a student choreographer, playing vital artistic roles in her Junior and Senior festivals, being named Dancer of the Year by the American Dance Association upon graduation and inducted as a senior member of the Sankofa West African Dance Troupe.
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Danielle Lyndsay Ward, creatively known as Danielle Lyndsay, is a native of Clinton, MD. Over the 25 years of her dance career, Danielle has extensively trained in classical ballet, contemporary jazz, musical theater, modern, Hip Hop, West African dance and gymnastics. An alumnae of Bishop McNamara High School, she concentrated in lyrical jazz and West African dance. While there, she also became a student choreographer, playing vital artistic roles in her Junior and Senior festivals, being named Dancer of the Year by the American Dance Association upon graduation and inducted as a senior member of the Sankofa West African Dance Troupe.
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Ronnique Murray
Ronnique Murray is a native of Washington , D.C . She attended Virginia Commonwealth University, where she received her Bachelors Fine Arts in Dance & Choreography. She also became a member of the Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Ronnique has had the opportunity to perform in works by Daniel Gwirtzman , Judith Steel, Scott Putman , Roger Lee Dance Company, LLC, Maverick Lemon Dance Project, Kyoko Ruch & Snoop Dogg. In 2010, Ronnique was featured in a reconstruction of the seminal work ‘Shelter’ by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Founder of The Urban Bush Woman Dance Company which aired in a documentary on PBS station. She has choreographed as well as co-choreographed for various dance competitions, dance films, showcases, pageants, & volunteers at local middle/high schools teaching workshops. She began her Professional Teaching career as dance educator at Fairmont High School (Fairmont, NC) & Columbia Heights Education Center (Washington, D.C) Ronnique is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. & currently dancing professionally with StepAfrika, freelance teaching & choreographing in the metropolitan area.
Ronnique Murray is a native of Washington , D.C . She attended Virginia Commonwealth University, where she received her Bachelors Fine Arts in Dance & Choreography. She also became a member of the Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Ronnique has had the opportunity to perform in works by Daniel Gwirtzman , Judith Steel, Scott Putman , Roger Lee Dance Company, LLC, Maverick Lemon Dance Project, Kyoko Ruch & Snoop Dogg. In 2010, Ronnique was featured in a reconstruction of the seminal work ‘Shelter’ by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Founder of The Urban Bush Woman Dance Company which aired in a documentary on PBS station. She has choreographed as well as co-choreographed for various dance competitions, dance films, showcases, pageants, & volunteers at local middle/high schools teaching workshops. She began her Professional Teaching career as dance educator at Fairmont High School (Fairmont, NC) & Columbia Heights Education Center (Washington, D.C) Ronnique is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. & currently dancing professionally with StepAfrika, freelance teaching & choreographing in the metropolitan area.
Alvin Rangel
Alvin Rangel is an award-winning dancer and choreographer. Rangel maintains an active schedule teaching master classes, choreographing and performing work both nationally and internationally. For nearly a decade, he performed with the internationally acclaimed Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), a dance company rooted in the African American experience. He has performed with numerous ballet and modern dance companies as a guest artist. He participated in the PBS documentary titled Free to Dance. As a dance educator, Alvin has conducted master classes and workshops in the United States, Russia, Poland, Colombia, Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Guatemala, Taiwan and Puerto Rico. Many dance companies in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico have performed his choreography. Alvin is also a certified yoga teacher, and completed his yoga training in India. For a complete bio and more information visit: www.alvinrangel.net
Alvin Rangel is an award-winning dancer and choreographer. Rangel maintains an active schedule teaching master classes, choreographing and performing work both nationally and internationally. For nearly a decade, he performed with the internationally acclaimed Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), a dance company rooted in the African American experience. He has performed with numerous ballet and modern dance companies as a guest artist. He participated in the PBS documentary titled Free to Dance. As a dance educator, Alvin has conducted master classes and workshops in the United States, Russia, Poland, Colombia, Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Guatemala, Taiwan and Puerto Rico. Many dance companies in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico have performed his choreography. Alvin is also a certified yoga teacher, and completed his yoga training in India. For a complete bio and more information visit: www.alvinrangel.net
William Swann
Allen Chunhui Xing
Allen Chunhui Xing is a dancer, choreographer and teaching artist based in Baltimore. He holds a BFA in Dance from Shanxi Academy of Arts, a M.Ed. from Salisbury University, and a MFA in Dance from University of Maryland. He currently is the Artistic Director of Xing Dance Theater and City Dance Festival. He is a former member of Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble and performed in the production Forbidden Fruit Under the Great Wall which internationally toured from 2007-2011. Xing recently performed in many company projects including: Rapture by PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER, Casita at Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival by PrioreDance, A Man’s Requiem as soloist by Korea Busan Metropolitan Dance Company.
His work has been invited and selected to present at the 2016 NextNow Festival, 2017 The Clarice Performing Art Center Second Season, 2018 Maryland Campaign, 2018 Peabody Spring Dance Showcase, 2018 Washington DC Global Perspectives Festival, 2018/2019 Beijing Dance Festival, 2018 Maryland Dance Festival, 2019 The Kennedy Center China Spring New Year Gala, 2019 Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, 2019 Richmond Dance Festival, 2019/2021 Japan SAI International Dance Festival, 2019 Detroit City Dance Festival, 2019 City Dance Festival Choreography Showcase China, 2019 Seoul International Choreography Festival, 2019 Dance Gallery Festival NYC, 2020/2021 Joy of Dance OY Finland International Dance Gala, 2020/2021 Mexico City International Contemporary Dance Festival, 2021 Asian Contemporary Ballet Festival South Korea, and Dance Place 2020 Season Washington DC.
Allen Chunhui Xing is a dancer, choreographer and teaching artist based in Baltimore. He holds a BFA in Dance from Shanxi Academy of Arts, a M.Ed. from Salisbury University, and a MFA in Dance from University of Maryland. He currently is the Artistic Director of Xing Dance Theater and City Dance Festival. He is a former member of Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble and performed in the production Forbidden Fruit Under the Great Wall which internationally toured from 2007-2011. Xing recently performed in many company projects including: Rapture by PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER, Casita at Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival by PrioreDance, A Man’s Requiem as soloist by Korea Busan Metropolitan Dance Company.
His work has been invited and selected to present at the 2016 NextNow Festival, 2017 The Clarice Performing Art Center Second Season, 2018 Maryland Campaign, 2018 Peabody Spring Dance Showcase, 2018 Washington DC Global Perspectives Festival, 2018/2019 Beijing Dance Festival, 2018 Maryland Dance Festival, 2019 The Kennedy Center China Spring New Year Gala, 2019 Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, 2019 Richmond Dance Festival, 2019/2021 Japan SAI International Dance Festival, 2019 Detroit City Dance Festival, 2019 City Dance Festival Choreography Showcase China, 2019 Seoul International Choreography Festival, 2019 Dance Gallery Festival NYC, 2020/2021 Joy of Dance OY Finland International Dance Gala, 2020/2021 Mexico City International Contemporary Dance Festival, 2021 Asian Contemporary Ballet Festival South Korea, and Dance Place 2020 Season Washington DC.