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Claire Fisher
Claire Fisher (Performer/Collaborator) grew up in Tracy, California. She received training from Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Northwest Dance Project. Claire has had the opportunity to work with Sidra Bell, Kara Davis, Gregory Dawson, Maurya Kerr, Alex Ketley, Alice Klock, and Uri Sands. Residing in San Francisco, Claire is currently a freelance dancer and has performed with Brannigan Dance Works, dazaun.dance, TWObigsteps, The MoveMessenger(s), and Fullstop Dance.
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Cora Cliburn
Cora Cliburn (Performer/Collaborator) is from Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she studied and performed with Moving People Dance and received a 2013 Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. Cora has trained at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Modas Dance, and the LINES Ballet Training Program (2014-15). She has worked for Austin-based Arcos Dance and is currently performing in San Francisco with Post:Ballet and Robert Moses’ KIN. She was chosen by DANCE Magazine as one of “25 to Watch” in 2016, and graduated with honors from Stanford University in June 2019, pursuing academic interests in anthropology, East Asian studies and dance.
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Hayley Bowman
Hayley Bowman (Performer/Collaborator) is from Charlotte, North Carolina and earned her degree in Dance with Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Program at Dominican University of California in 2014. She is a dancer, teacher, creator, and arts administrator in the Bay Area, working with Shawl Anderson Dance Center, Roco Dance & Fitness, and LINES Dance Center. Hayley has performed for the ka·nei·see \ collective, Katie Scherman + Artists, The MoveMessenger(s), and more.
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Alexis Staley
Alexis Staley (Performer/Collaborator) is a graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with a minor in Women and Gender Studies from the Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA at Dominican University in 2014. She apprenticed with River North Dance Chicago in 2014-15, and joined TU Dance (St. Paul, MN) in 2015. She has performed works by choreographers including Uri Sands, Gioconda Barbuto, Kyle Abraham, Ronald K. Brown, Alvin Ailey, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.
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Juliann Witt
Juliann Witt (Performer/Collaborator) was born in Marin and began dancing at the age of three. She honed her craft at the California Academy of Performing Arts and attended summer programs with American Ballet Theatre and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Juliann received her BFA from SUNY Purchase and performed briefly in NYC post graduation. Since returning to the Bay Area she has had the pleasure of dancing with Dance Theatre of San Francisco, Sarah Bush, Nol Simonse, Dexandro “D” Montalvo, Robert Moses’ Kin, Concept o4, and the San Francisco Symphony.
Photo by Amelia Taylor.
Aimee Kilgore
Aimee Kilgore (Performer/Collaborator) was born in Philadelphia, PA and raised in Houston, Texas. She is a graduate of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and will receive her degree in Dance with a minor in Psychology from the Alonzo King LINES BFA Program at Dominican University in May of 2021. During her time with LINES, she has had the pleasure of working with artists such as FLOCK, Christian Burns, Courtney Mazeika, Maurya Kerr, Liv Schaffer, Bobbi Jene Smith, and more. She has also had the privilege to travel to Tel Aviv, Israel to train in Gaga at Batsheva Dance Company directly under Ohad Naharin and Shahar Binyamini, among others.
Photo by Cheshire Isaac.
Monica Frangoul
Monica Portugues Frangoul (Performer/Collaborator) was born in San Francisco and grew up around the Bay Area. She graduated from the University of San Francisco earning her B.A in Performing Arts and Social Justice, with a concentration in dance, and her M.A in the Arts of Teaching Reading with a bilingual credential in Spanish to be a 1st-grade bilingual elementary school teacher. During her time at the University of San Francisco, Monica had the pleasure of working with artists such as Amie Dowling, Eli Nelson, and Liv Schaffer.