Lauren Camp, dancer and rehearsal director
Lauren Camp from Marin, California, where she studied ballet at Marin Dance Theater. She received her BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase and emphasized in choreography. With the Purchase Dance Company, she has danced roles in George Balanchine’s Four Temperaments and Serenade, Paul Taylor’s Company B, and Twayla Tharp’s Sweet Fields. She has also worked with choreographers Corrine Blum, Richard Gibbs, Amy Seiwert, Jin Ju Song-Begin, Hee Ra Yoo and Rosalind Newman. Lauren has been teaching ballet and creative movement to children for over seven years in both California and New York. She is currently a freelance dancer, choreographer, and teacher in NYC, and glad to be dancing with Yoo and Dancers.
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Annika Sheaff
Annika Sheaff received a BFA in dance from The Juilliard School. She toured the world with Pilobolus Dance Theater from 2006-2010. During that time she collaborated with the artists Inbal Pinto, Avshalom Pollak, Sesame Street, OKGO, Art Spiegelman, Basil Twist, Dan Zanes, Robert Whitman and Graciela Daniele. In NYC, she dances for Aszure Barton and Artists and for Yoo and Dancers.
MARY-ELIZABETH FENN
Mary-Elizabeth Fenn, a Wisconsin native, has trained at Milwaukee Ballet School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Joffrey Ballet School-NYC, BalletMet, and Point Park University. In 2010, she graduated with a BFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. This past year, she was resident choreographer and lead dancer with Neo’s Dance Theater in Mansfield, OH. Currently, Mary-Elizabeth is living in New York City, dancing with Anabella Lenzu / DanceDrama, Amalgamate Dance Company, Yoo & Dancers, and creating her own work.
Mary-Elizabeth Fenn, a Wisconsin native, has trained at Milwaukee Ballet School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Joffrey Ballet School-NYC, BalletMet, and Point Park University. In 2010, she graduated with a BFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. This past year, she was resident choreographer and lead dancer with Neo’s Dance Theater in Mansfield, OH. Currently, Mary-Elizabeth is living in New York City, dancing with Anabella Lenzu / DanceDrama, Amalgamate Dance Company, Yoo & Dancers, and creating her own work.
SEAN HATCH
Sean Hatch is originally from Stafford Springs, CT. He graduated with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. He started dancing in February 2007 at Connecticut Concert Ballet under the direction of David Lawrence and Wendy Fish-Lawrence. While at the Hartt School, he performed works by Jose Limon, Martha Graham, Shannon Gillen, Pascal Rioult, and Stephen Pier. Sean was also fortunate to perform as a company member of Full Force Dance Theatre directed by Katie Stevinson-Nollet. In March 2012, Sean performed as a soloist in Dark Meadow Suite at the Joyce Theatre restaged by Peggy Lyman. He is extremely grateful to the people he has worked with who have helped him develop as a dancer as well as a human being.
Sean Hatch is originally from Stafford Springs, CT. He graduated with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. He started dancing in February 2007 at Connecticut Concert Ballet under the direction of David Lawrence and Wendy Fish-Lawrence. While at the Hartt School, he performed works by Jose Limon, Martha Graham, Shannon Gillen, Pascal Rioult, and Stephen Pier. Sean was also fortunate to perform as a company member of Full Force Dance Theatre directed by Katie Stevinson-Nollet. In March 2012, Sean performed as a soloist in Dark Meadow Suite at the Joyce Theatre restaged by Peggy Lyman. He is extremely grateful to the people he has worked with who have helped him develop as a dancer as well as a human being.
REBECCA WALDEN
Rebecca Walden began training in ballet in her hometown of Columbia, South Carolina. She continued her studies in ballet and contemporary dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts and at Alonzo King's LINES Ballet Training Program. She has performed professionally with Columbia Classical Ballet and Nevada Ballet Theatre. For the past year and a half, she has been performing in New York while pursuing a degree in Anthropology and Human Rights at Columbia University. While in New York, she has had the pleasure to work with Stuart Loungway's Terra Firma Dance Theatre, Benjamin Briones, Laura Shapiro, Sidra Bell, and Bennyroyce Royon. Rebecca is thrilled to be working with Hee Ra Yoo and her fellow dancers.
Rebecca Walden began training in ballet in her hometown of Columbia, South Carolina. She continued her studies in ballet and contemporary dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts and at Alonzo King's LINES Ballet Training Program. She has performed professionally with Columbia Classical Ballet and Nevada Ballet Theatre. For the past year and a half, she has been performing in New York while pursuing a degree in Anthropology and Human Rights at Columbia University. While in New York, she has had the pleasure to work with Stuart Loungway's Terra Firma Dance Theatre, Benjamin Briones, Laura Shapiro, Sidra Bell, and Bennyroyce Royon. Rebecca is thrilled to be working with Hee Ra Yoo and her fellow dancers.
Chloe markewich
Chloe Markewich, a New York City native, received her dance training at the Alvin Ailey School and at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts. In 2008, Chloe received a Level 2 award in Modern Dance from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Chloe graduated from Princeton University in 2012 with a B.A. in Psychology and a Dance minor, under the guidance of Susan Marshall, Rebecca Lazier and Tina Fehlandt. She is a founding member of Pilar Castro Kiltz’s Ensemble Dance. Chloe is honored to be performing with Yoo and Dancers.
Mirela Amaral
Growing up in Brazil, Mirela Amaral studied at the Toshie Kobayashi Ballet School in Sao Paulo. Focusing on the Vaganova technique, Mirela obtained two diplomas from Royal Academy of Dance. Mirela graduated from Talent Unlimited for the Performing Arts High School in New York City, which was affiliated with the Martha Graham School. In 2010 Mirela joined Urban Ballet Theater performing The Nutcracker in the Lower, and has received scholarships to attend programs such as Jacob’s Pillow, Bates Festival, Ballet Hispanico, Carolyn Dorfman, Lar Lubovitch intensive, and Bill T Jones Intensive. Mirela has performed works by Lonne Moretton, Fredrick Earl Mosely, Rebecca Stenn, Nicole M Corea as well as renowned choreographers including Martha Graham, José Limón, Charles Weidman, Bill T Jones, Larry Keigwin, Donald McKayle, David Parsons, Paul Taylor, and more. Recently graduated with a BFA in Dance at Montclair State University, Mirela is very happy to join and be part of the Yoo and Dancers.
Min Hee Kim
Min-Hee Kim graduated from Korea National University of the Arts in 2007. As a member of the KUNA dance troupe, she performed in Korea, Singapore, and Turkey. In 2007, Min-Hee moved to the New York City area, and has performed at the Body Blend Series at Dixon Place as well as the Reverb Choreographic Project. She is currently pleased to be working with Yoo & Dancers.
Cori Marquis
Cori Marquis graduated from Stanford University in 2008 with a BA in Psychology and Performing Arts. In addition to performing extensively at Stanford in both theater and dance, she also choreographed a number of shows, including The Wild Party, Hair, and an original work, with(out). Professionally, Cori has had the pleasure of dancing with Hope Mohr, Liz Gerring, Kelley Donovan, Stephanie Liapis, Teri and Oliver Steele and Anabella Lenzu; currently, Cori is thrilled to be dancing with the Parijat Desai Dance Company and touring in Doug Elkins' Fraulein Maria, in addition to working with Yoo and Dancers. Cori’s own work has been presented in New York by the Loft, WAX, Movement Research, and the Amalgamate Artist Series, as well as at the Dance Complex in Boston.
Yuki Ishiguro
Yuki Ishiguro discovered break dancing while in college in Japan, and has since performed many forms of dance. From 2007 to 2009, Yuki performed with a Japanese ballet company, and then moved to New York on a scholarship at Dance New Amsterdam. In New York, he has worked with Max Stone, Isabel Gotzkowsky, Yoo & Dancers, The Movement, Dance Visions, IsadoraNOW, ANAHATA Dance, Naganuma 2, and Amalgamate Dance Company. Yuki’s work is influenced by Japanese hip-hop dancer Takahiro Ueno and Kenichi Ebina, who developed the unique “animation dance” technique. Currently, Yuki teaches break dance at St. Paul’s Church in Long Island and he has launch his own “Y&K project.”