Fever Dream Founders

Anya (any pronouns) is a Miami-raised Pittsburgh-based artist, currently working with Staycee Pearl Dance Project. They are a graduate of New World School of the Arts High School and NYU Tisch Dance.

From Hershey, PA Elise began dancing at a young age exploring Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Theater Dance, Tap, Hip Hop, Improvisation, and Contemporary. Realizing she loved to perform, Elise attended Capital Area School for the Arts High School. Elise is currently in her last semester at Slippery Rock University where she will earn a BFA in Dance Performance/ Choreography in addition to Studio Ownership and Entrepreneurship. Elise has had the opportunity to perform in faculty and student work at Slippery Rock University, along with creating her own work for students. Elise has had the privilege to meet and learn from amazing artists in her career so far including Billy Porter, Cooper Raiff, Teena Marie, Cassidy Noblett, Chester Whitmore, and more.

Rahila Naomi Stadem Coats is an improviser, choreographer, and teaching artist. She has performed new works and repertoire by Abigail Sena Atugah, Kofi Anthonio, Judith Brin Ingber, Marciano Dos Silva Santos, Carl Flink, Kevin Iega Jeff, Michel Kouakou, Ohad Naharin, Andrea Miller, Robert Moses, Leslie Parker, Uri Sands, Chris Schlicting, Erin Kilmurray, Anna Martine Whitehead, and Tali Wertheim- Agranionik and others within and outside the dance community in the United States. Her works have been shown through the support of Twenty Percent Productions, Jerusalem Jazz Festival, MN Fringe Festival, Co.mpany Projects, Synapse Arts and Chicago Danceworks. Currently she performs with the music group Family Junket and is in her second season with Red Clay Dance Company. In 2021, She received Chicago’s 3Art’s Make A Wave Award along with 120 other artists. She holds gratitude for her family that has brought her to Chicago and celebrates the community she learns and loves from in the city.

Laura is a Chicago-based freelance dancer with a BFA in Modern Dance. Her personal artistic endeavors overwhelmingly derive from improvisation while embodying characters, moods, environments, and experiences. She does not shy away from absurdity and laughter when in process and finds this is often where the heart of the work lies.

Dahyun Kim(she/they) is a Korean dancer based in NYC. She has received her B.A. in Dance and Kinesiology at Penn State University, and have recently received her M.F.A. in Dance at Tisch and M.A. in Dance Education at Steinhardt NYU. She has performed internationally, with renowned artists such as Ronald K Brown, Jesse Obremski, Luna Cenere, Kaya Wolsey, Stephanie Saywell, Anna Caffarelli & Crimson Moeller, David Cartahena Lee, Marc Nuñez, and Rafael Cañals. A passionate and versatile mover, she values a culturally responsive practice. In her own creations she seeks to share different aspects of Korean culture and the diverse beauty that exists in the country.

Giordana is a dancer, improviser, and choreographer currently based in Seattle. As a performing artist, she has worked on performances and film with zoe | juniper, Alice Sheppard, Charles Slender-White, Michele Miller, and Robert Campbell among others. She holds a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts and her creative work has been presented in Seattle and Brussels, BE.

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.

Maggie is a Chicago-based dance artist, performer, and teacher. Her performance collaborations in Chicago include work with The Seldoms, Erin Kilmurry, Sarah Stern, and Khecari. She is certified in Introduction to Bartenieff Fundamentals and has facilitated classes and workshops throughout the city, nationally, and internationally. She received her MFA with distinction in Contemporary Dance Performance through the postgraduate program VERVE led by Matthew Robinson in Leeds, UK where she toured Europe performing with the VERVE dance company. She received her BFA in contemporary dance performance from London Contemporary Dance School.
You can take her weekly Release Based Contemporary class on Friday mornings at The Rooted Space.

Taylor graduated from Montclair State University with a BFA in Dance in 2020. She had the privilege of working with renowned choreographers such as Abby Zbikowski, Early Mosley, and Kathleen Kelley. In 2022, she had the opportunity to meet Crimson and Anna abroad in Italy and feels honored to collaborate with Fever Dream. Currently she’s residing in Manhattan, balancing her passion for dance with her career as a medical receptionist.

ADELINE “A” ELSE is a movement practitioner of artistry and authenticity. They have worked with an abundance of renowned choreographers including Mark Caserta, Meredith Dincolo, Joseph A. Hernandez, Alysia Johnson and Noelle Kayser. Professional credits include; COMMON Canvas, DanceWorks Chicago, Luminous Tour, and Symbiosis Arts. They strive to create environments of radical love, empathy, and benevolence.

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.

Peyton Jones is a dance artist and teacher in Chicago. She earned her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in 2020, with a focus on choreography and composition. She teaches early childhood and elementary level dance classes all across Chicago and is a company member of Darvin Dances.
Peyton strives to place humanity and empathy at the forefront of her teaching, performance, and choreography.