Cherie Hill aka IrieDance is a choreographer, dancer, teacher and scholar, whose art explores human expression and how it is conveyed through the body in collaboration with nature, music and visual imagery. Her IrieDance works have been showcased at the Live Oak Theatre, Shotwell Studios, the African American Cultural Center, the Black Choreographer’s Festival, Anschultz Theatre, Bao Bao Festival, P.L.A.C.E Performance, the San Francisco Cathedral, Omni Oakland Commons, SF Moving Arts Festival, Kinetech Arts, Alena Museum, SAFEhouse Arts, and the Dance A World of Hope Festival in Holland, MI.
A lover of dance research, Cherie has published essays in Gender Forum, The Sacred Dance Journal, Dance Education in Practice, and In Dance, is the creator of the Sacred Dance Guild’s blog, "Sacred Dance Trends", and has presented at multiple conferences including the International Conference on Arts and Humanities, the Black Dance Conference, and the National Dance Education Organization Conference. She is currently the Director of Art in Community for Hope Mohr Dance/The Bridge Project and Co-President of the CA Dance Education Association. She holds a BA in Dance and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley where she was a McNair and Haas Scholar and recipient of the Eisner Award for Dance, a MFA in Dance from the University of CO Boulder, and graduate certificates in Somatics and Women and Gender Studies. |
Andreina Maldonado is a Venezuelan performing artist, language interpreter, educator and social justice advocate based in San Francisco, California. She is the current recipient of the California Arts Council, the San Francisco Arts Commission and the National Association for Latino Arts & Culture (NALAC) "artists in communities" grants for her work with day laborers and domestic workers in creating spaces self reflection, collaboration, and artistic expression through music and dance. Andreína collaborates with various Bay Area dance companies and choreographers as well as performing her own work, andreinamaldonado.com.
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Rose Rothfeder is a student of Life, originally hailing from the Rocky Mountains. She is a lover of the Wild, and a devotee of Water. Dance has been food for her body and spirit since a young age. Rose has had the opportunity to work with young folks over the past 10 years – weaving the realms of nature connection, mindfulness, yoga, arts, and music. She is currently studying herbalism at the California School of Herbal Studies in Forestville, California. Rose looks forward to integrating herbalism, embodiment, healing arts, regenerative culture, earth-based skills, and more into her unfolding service path.
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Lashon A. Daley is a PhD Candidate in Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. As a scholar, dancer, storyteller, and choreographer, Lashon thrives on bridging communities together through movement and storytelling. She holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, and an MA in Folklore from UC Berkeley. Although she grew up dancing in the church, her dance training began at the age of 19 when she enrolled in a beginning ballet class full of pre-adolescent teens. In the past 15 years, Lashon has danced professionally with D’Project, N’Fungola Sibo African Dance and Drum Company, and Ballet Hysell. In recent years, she has trained with Joe Goode Performance Group, Kyle Abraham, Urban Bush Women, and at the Katherine Dunham Annual Technique Intensive in St. Louis.
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