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Dani Kfoury is a Performer and Teaching Artist based in Chicago. She earned her BFA from The Ohio State University. Dani has performed in works by Ronald K. Brown, Crystal Michelle Perkins, Edward Taketa, Joshua Manculich, Sarah Hixon and more. She spent 3 seasons as a Company Dancer for Hixon Dance Company in Columbus, Ohio. Most recently, she performed in works by Anna Caffarelli and Imani English in New Dances 2023. Currently, Dani works as Teaching Artist for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and South Chicago Dance Theatre, sharing her love of dance with students in Chicago Public Schools. In addition, she teaches at various local studios.
In her personal artistic practice, Dani connects most with work that bravely comments on our world while also holding space for a deeply personal narrative.

Jenna Weatherbie is a Texas-born dancer, choreographer, instructor, and creative. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Texas at Austin and 11 years of multidisciplinary training, she has expanded her performance and teachings to the Chicagoland area. She has worked with a number of renowned choreographers including Robyn Mineko Williams, Jesse Zarrit, Charles O. Anderson, Erica Gionfriddo, Drew Lewis, Noelle Kayser, Andy Noble, and Justin Giles. She has performed with SoulEscape The Company, ARCOS Dance, and Common Conservatory. Dance continues to be a meaningful form of expression in Jenna’s life and she hopes to share her passion, curiosity, and creative freedom with as many people as possible.

Jessi Stegall (she/her) is a choreographer based between Chicago, IL and Boston, MA. She has been an artist-in-residence at Boston Center for the Arts, the National Center For Choreography (Akron), Harvard ArtLab, Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project, New Dances Chicago, and was recently featured as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” (2022). She has been commissioned to make work for Hot Crowd Dance Company, Little Fire Artist Collective, FemDance Company, and the Regina Klenjoski Dance Company. In 2024, she premiered her first evening-length production, “The Theremin Vignettes", at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA. In addition to creating a new work for Fever Dream in 2025, she will also create new work as an emerging choreographer at Springboard Danse (Pittsburgh), and a guest choreographer for New Dance Partners (Kansas City). As a dancer, Jessi has performed works by Raja Feather Kelly, Jill Johnson, Ilya Vidrin, Ali Kenner Brodsky, and Mariel Pettee. In addition to her work in dance, Jessi holds an M.S. in Ethics from Harvard University with a focus in Narrative Ethics, a B.S. in Expressive Art Therapy from Lesley University, and is an alumna of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Kate Laughlin (she/they) is a freelance dance artist based in the Chicago area. She earned her BFA in dance from Ball State University's Theatre & Dance program (2021). With an always evolving movement practice, they’re currently concentrating on some serious play within improvisation & release-based forms of movement. Attending intensives such as, American Dance Festival & One Body One Career in Amsterdam, has further informed their relationship & research pertaining to the dancing body. She has had the privilege of working in process with Helen Lee’s Momentum Sensorium during residencies for Chicago Cultural Center, Logan Center for the Arts, & Ragdale. As well as working with other Chicago makers like Project Bound Dance, DanceWorks Chicago: New Dances 2023, & Maggie Vannucci for Steppenwolf: LookOut Series.

Laura is a freelance movement artist based in Chicago, IL. They have dedicated much of their independent work to improvisational studies in composing movement from a base of imagery, sound scores, environment, and deep feeling. They are committed to play and laughter as being integral to any creative process and find great joy in taking absurdity very seriously. Laura got her BFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah. She is currently a working artist in Fever Dream Dance Collective, as well as Little Fire Artist Collective. In 2025, she is/will be in process with Maggie Vannucci for GRIT, an evening length work created for the Steppenwolf Lookout Series, Chih-Jou Cheng for Above the Water, an evening length multi-disciplinary work, and will be performing as part of a multi-disciplinary exhibition created by Brendan Fernandes called “The Rite”, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and a couple other tricks up their sleeve. You can catch Laura leading improv jams for FDDC every month or so!

Maggie (she/they) is a Chicago-based dance artist who works collaboratively and thrives in multi-media performance spaces. She performs, teaches, and choreographs throughout Chicago and nationally. Her Chicago performance collaborations include work with Erin Kilmurry, The Seldoms, Amalia Wiatr Lewis, Fever Dream Dance Collective, Tina Diaz, Deandra Alaba, Braden Barnes, and Sarah Stern. She is an Adjunct instructor at Northwestern University, and a guest lecturer at the University of Chicago, along with teaching a weekly open class at The Rooted Space. Maggie holds both an MFA and BFA in contemporary dance performance. Training overseas at Northern School of Contemporary Dance (VERVE MFA) and London Contemporary Dance School (The Place BFA).

Milo Sachse-Hofheimer began studying dance at eight years old at Kanopy Dance Company. In 2023, they graduated with a BFA in dance from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Throughout college, they performed repertoire from Gallim, Robert Moses, Annie Hanauer, BRKFST, Black Label Movement, Elayna Waxse, Leila Awadallah, and Brother(hood). In their final year of school, Milo performed with The Limon Dance Company and self-produced an evening-length show at the Red Eye Theater. Since graduating, they have begun working with Black Label Movement as well as House of DOV, Hannah Marcus, and Fever Dream Dance Collective.

Mya McClellan is a Chicago-based artist with a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has performed with Common Conservatory, Symbiosis Arts, Loud Bodies, Peckish Rhodes Performing Arts Society, and House of DOV. She is currently a resident artist at Films That Move (since 2018), and a company member with Abby Z and the New Utility and House of DOV. McClellan specializes in improvisation, structuring much of her work around it. She regularly performs in improvisation-based productions and facilitates sessions with local dancers and musicians. She has presented work with J e l l o Performance Series and recently joined the team as curator, leading all future productions.

Peyton is a teacher and dance artist based in Chicago. Currently in the CPS Teacher Residency Program, she is earning her Masters in Elementary Education with a Dance Endorsement from Loyola University. She holds a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts with an emphasis on choreography and composition. Balancing a passion for arts education and expression, Peyton strives to keep humanity and empathy at the forefront of her choreography, performance, and teaching.

Rahila is a movement and music artist based in the Midwest. She has performed new works and repertoire by Abigail Sena Atugah, Kofi Anthonio, Judith Brin Ingber, Karen Charles, Marciano Dos Silva Santos, Carl Flink, Kevin Iega Jeff, Ohad Naharin, Andrea Miller, Robert Moses, Leslie Parker, Uri Sands, Chris Schlicting, Erin Kilmurray, Anna Martine Whitehead, and Tali Wertheim- Agranionik and more in and outside the US dance community. Her works have been shown through the support of Danceworks Chicago, Thodos Dance Chicago, Synapse Arts, Co.mpany Projects, Twenty Percent Productions, Jerusalem Jazz Festival, and the University of Ghana- Legon. In 2021 she received Chicago’s 3Art’s Make A Wave Award along with 120 Chicago based artists. She performed with Red Clay Dance Company from 2021-2024, and toured nationally in Anna Martine Whitehead’s FORCE! An Opera in 3 Acts. Rahila regularly performs and composes music with the music collective Family Junket. She holds gratitude for her family that has brought her to Chicago and celebrates the community she learns and loves from in the city. Instagram: @musicformyfamily
@rahilacoats

Sophie Minouche Allen is a Chicago-based dance artist who imbues playfulness and nuance in all her endeavors. She performs, choreographs, teaches and collaborates, and is her happiest when in relation to others. As a performer, in addition to her independent projects, Sophie currently dances with The Seldoms under the direction of Carrie Hanson and Fever Dream Dance Collective under the direction of Anna Caffarelli and Crimson Moeller. As a choreographer, Sophie’s work has been presented by FACT/SF, Thodos Dance Chicago/DanceWorks Chicago, Midwest RADFest, COMMON conservatory and Detroit Dance Exchange among others. As a teacher, Sophie currently offers open weekly classes at The Rooted Space, closed curriculum classes within The Grainger Academy of the Joffrey Ballet Professional Training programs and co-facilitates the Chicago Countertechnique® Community class series throughout the city. Sophie holds both a BFA in Dance and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from the University of Michigan. She is also a certified Countertechnique® Teacher.

Tina Diaz (she/her), from New York, is a multidisciplinary movement artist based in Chicago, IL. She holds a BFA in Dance and a Minor in Psychology from The Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase. Since then, she’s collaborated with artists and companies such as Noelle Kayser, Terence Marling, Elijah Motley, Annie Franklin, Nicole Wolcott, Skyla Schreter, Chih-Jou Cheng, Khecari, and Purus Motus. Tina recently starred in an independent short film titled “Todo el Tiempo en el Mundo" that featured her as both an actress and a dancer. She's currently a company member with Chicago Dance Crash and is interested in storytelling through the mediums of dance, theatre, and film.