MK Abadoo

MK Abadoo, considered a "break out star" by Dance Magazine, crafts dance events that combine Africanist and post-modern movement vocabularies with site activating audience and community engagement. Their creative practice is rooted in the justice work of Urban Bush Women, Gesel Mason Performance Projects, and the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond. Abadoo is an assistant professor in the Department of Dance + Choreography at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), and in the Racial Equity, Arts, and Culture Core of VCU's ICubed, the Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry & Innovation.

Judith Bauer

After a lifetime of watching dance, Judith Bauer, is happy to be participating in making dance happen. Judith began dancing fifteen years ago at age 70 as a way of dealing with health issues. While she has studied other forms, she is mainly interested in improvisational dance for its ability to keep one mentally sharp and focused on responding to others. She is enjoying the challenge of facilitating classes within virtual spaces. In addition to being part of the supportive community that is Dance Exchange, Judith is a member of Quicksilver, the senior dance company of Arts for the Aging. Quicksilver dancers—all over the age of 60— use improvisational forms to engage with frail seniors in day programs and residential facilities.

Juliana Pongutá Forero

Juliana Pongutá Forero is a Colombian-born performer, choreographer and educator. Her works and practices explore the relationship between imagination, creativity, and instinct. Her original performance work has been presented in Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, and the United States, she co-funded “La Montón” Dance Collective (Argentina) and collaborates with Jonathan Gonzalez (Colombia). She has worked with the Contemporary Dance Company of the National University of Arts of Argentina (UNA) Argentina, Andanzas (Peru), Compañia de Danza H3 Colombia, Orange Grove Dance, S.J. & Dancers, USA. In addition, her teaching and performance engagements have taken her to Cuba, New Zealand and Brazil. Juliana is a partnering artist at Dance Exchange since 2017, her work in the organization involves performance, creation, and facilitation, with intergenerational communities of all backgrounds.

Martha Wittman

Martha Wittman has spent 70 years as a performer, choreographer and teacher—bookended by her earliest years in the Juilliard Dance Theatre Co. under Doris Humphrey and her recent 24 years with Liz Lerman. She held many guest artist or company member roles through the intervening years, including Associate Choreographer with the Dances We Dance Co. led by Betty Jones and Fritz Ludin. 

She has received grants from the NEA and Maryland State Council in the Arts; the Doris Humphrey Fellowship from the American Dance Festival; and Dance USA's College Choreography Award.

Martha has taught as faculty or guest artist at Bennington College; Universities of California in Long Beach and Santa Barbara, Ohio State University, and Indiana University Bloomington.

Martha is currently participating in Liz Lerman's Wicked Bodies, writing, and volunteering locally.

Thomas Tyger Moore

Thomas Tyger Moore (he/him/Tyger; @thomastygermoore) is a kinetic storyteller/ healer/ facilitator/ community actionist /teaching artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Moore dreams and manifests his work with his soul collaborative partner Adrianne Ansley in ‘Thomas & Adrianne’ @thomasandadrianne. Moore is also an artist with Johnnie Cruise Mercer/RedProjectNYC, Dance Exchange, Christopher K. Morgan & Artists and VTDance.

Moore collaborates with Gibney as a Community Actionist, leading and reimagining creative movement classes and workshops for kids and young adults about healthy relationships and dating abuse.

Thomas graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance and BA in Mass Communications/Journalism from Towson University.

Vincent E. Thomas

Vincent E. Thomas is a dancer, choreographer and teacher, danced with Dance Repertory Theatre, Randy James Dance Works, EDGEWORKS Dance Theater, and Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. His choreography has been presented at various national and international venues. He is the Artistic Director/Choreographer of the national touring What’s Going On project. Vincent is the 2017 Pola Nirenska Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance, 2019 University System of Maryland Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity. an Urban Bush Women BOLD Facilitator, faculty for the UBW Summer Institutes, and Professor of Dance at Towson University. www.vtdance.org 

Corina Iona Dalzell

Based in Washington, District of Columbia, Corina Iona Dalzell (They/Them) is a dance maker and performer focusing on inclusion and community.

Corina‘s original performance work has been produced in Ohio, New York, Washington, and Maine. For more info visit corinadalzell.com.

As a performer, Corina has worked with Bodywise Dance Company, Dance Exchange, Fox Whitney of Gender Tender, Vanessa DeWolf, Rachael Lincoln, PE|Mo, Veronica Lee Baik of The Three Yells Performance Company, and Noelle Chun.

Corina supports inclusive arts communities as a creative movement educator serving individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities. They have partnered with Dance Exchange, Bodywise Dance Company, The Washington State Therapeutic Recreation Association, PROVAIL, The City of Seattle, The City of Shoreline, Costello Syndrome Family Support Network, and CFC International.

Nancy Havlik

Nancy Havlik has been directing and choreographing for 30 years. She formed Dance Performance Group  as a vehicle to realize her choreographic vision with a small group of dancers and musicians. Dance Performance group has performed extensively in the Washington area at venues including Dance Place, Shakespeare Theater and Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.  Havlik’s work has been shown in New York at Joyce Soho, WAX and Construction Company and in Eastern Europe. Nancy has directed site work at The National Portrait Gallery, Josephine Butler Parks Center and Sonic Circuits among others. Nancy has been a teaching artist, director of senior improvisation company, Quicksilver and Board member of Arts for the Aging for over 20 years.