Ava Eriksen-Oertle
Ava Eriksen-Oertle (Company Member) Ava Eriksen-Oertle is a Brooklyn based dance artist currently apprenticing with Body Stories: Teresa Fellion Dance. Originally from Salt Lake City, UT, Ava has been dancing since they were three years old. Well-versed in ballet, classical jazz and modern from their training at the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, they moved to New York in 2019 to pursue a BFA in Dance from the Ailey/Fordham University program. There, they learned and performed works by Janice Rosario, Winston Dynamite Brown, Helène Simoneau, Ethan Colangelo and Thryn Saxon. After graduating from Ailey in 2023, Ava jumped into personal assisting, private chef-ery, and freelance dance. They have performed at various venues including Governer’s Island, The Tank and New York Live Arts with works by Salvatore LaRussa, Melanie Aceto, Matty Mahoski, and Noel Olson. Ava is thrilled to be joining TFD this season!
Emanuele Fiore
Emanuele Fiore (Company Member) started dancing at Dance Studio Étoile, where he studied Ballet and Cunningham and continued his training at Accademia dello Spettacolo Unika, studying Horton,Contemporary and Jazz. In 2019 Emanuele moved to New York to take part in the Summer intensive at The Ailey School and enrolled in the Certificate Program, where he had the chance to dance choreography by Helen Simoneau, Daniel Ross, Janice Rosario, Darrell Moultrie, Amy Hall Garner and Ronald K. Brown.Moreover he has been chosen to perform with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Mauro Bigonzetti’s Festa Barocca at New York City Center. He got the chance to be a member of the Ailey Student Performance Group and he graduated in May 2023. Emanuele participated in ChoreoLaB 2022 with Ballet Hispánico, where he performed works by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Nicole Corea and Yebel Gallegos, and in EMIA 2022, performing works by Norbert De La Cruz III, Earl Mosley, Alrick Thomas and Paul Taylor. Emanuele is also a choreographer; he got the opportunity to be part of the Emerging Choreographer Program during EMIA and the chance to showcase his choreography during Uptown Rising at Bridge for Dance. Emanuele is currently a company member of MWC2 and AFFEKT Dance Company here in New York City.
Robenson Mathurin
Robenson Mathurin (Company Member) Robenson Mathurin is a New York-based dance artist performing, choreographing, and teaching Haitian Folklore, Contemporary, Modern, Jazz, Konpa, and Afro-based dance styles. His professional dance career began studying dance under his mentor Jean Rene Delsoin, a former student of the National School of Dance in Jamaica and Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Between 2012 and 2021, he served as a principal dancer in the international Compagnie de Danse Jean Rene Delsoin, based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, through which he toured in the USA, Trinidad, and Taiwan. After moving to New York City in 2021, Robenson has worked with Alison Beaty Cook Dance Company, Sidra Bell Dance and Derek Fordjour, Table of Silence, and Jean Appolon Expressions.
As a choreographer, teacher, and forever student of dance, Robenson continues to expand his portfolio and training through local and international opportunities and residencies including: completing the Mark Morris Teaching Artist Training Program (2021), studying in the professional division at The Taylor School (2021), completing the Haiti Cultural Exchange’s Lakou NOU residency (2022), teaching at The Ailey Extension, Center for African and Diaspora Dance (CUMBE), and Fit4Dance, as well as touring his own uniquely curate dance courses in France, the Netherlands, Geneva, the United Kingdom, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, and Canada.
Robenson is also the Artistic Director of NANM, A Robenson Mathurin Dance Company, created in 2022. NANM seeks to preserve and share Haitian culture while emphasizing Haiti’s significant contribution to Black and Latinx communities, as well as to the world, through the use of dance as a tool for expression and storytelling. Channeling the meaning of its name in Haitian Creole, soul, NANM critically engages themes of discrimination, classism, immigration, and structural racism, and tasks its dancers with manifesting their own personal stories to connect their experiences to the themes that the company as a whole explores. NANM is a contemporary dance company based on Haitian traditional dance.
Jack Randel
Jack Randel (Company Member) Jack Randel, originally from Farmington Hills, Michigan, received a BFA in Dance from the University of Michigan. They have worked with choreographers Shannon Gillen, Jessica Fogel, Jillian Hopper, Matty Mahoski, Nicole Reehorst, Leah O’Donnell, and J’Sun Howard. Jack has performed in many regional theatrical productions in southeast Michigan. They have choreographed for various dance troupes and theatrical productions during their time on campus. Their choreography was showcased at the American College Dance Association National festival in 2023. Jack is a company member with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
Arianna Stendardo
Arianna Stendardo (Company Member) grew up in the city of Monza, Italy where she discovered her love of modern dance and a passion for the performing arts at the young age of five. She began training in classical and modern dance at Hdemia Danza di Monza while in primary school, taking it and a new love for the theater with her to study at Scuola del Musical (SDM) in Milan for secondary school. Throughout her time in school, Arianna performed in several musicals, the world-famous “9 to 5″ being her final showcase at SDM- where she also acted as assistant choreographer- while also having sung alongside jazz and pop musicians alike in locals cafes and clubs in Monza. Upon graduating in 2019, she took flight to New York City, where she studied and graduated from The Ailey School’s Professional Division Certificate Program with new knowledge and understanding of the world of modern dance. She has had the pleasure of working with such choreographers and directors as Sue Samuels, Nathan Trice, Simona Rodano, Hollie Wright, Paul Gamble, Tiffany Carson, and more. Arianna made her off-Broadway debut acting in“Frankenstein the Musical”, produced by Be Bold! Productions at The Players Theater. She worked again with the production company in “A Christmas Carol” as an actress and dancer. Arianna is currently a member of Sue Samuels’ Jazz Roots Dance Company, Anne Parichon-Buoncore’s APDANCEINC, Teresa Fellion’s Bodystories, and Nathan Trice’s RITUALS
Kate Bishop
Kate Bishop (she/her/hers) is an artist and movement specialist living and working in NYC. She holds a BFA in dance from New World School of the Arts (Miami, FL) and a Masters in Exercise Physiology from Columbia University (New York, NY). Kate performs works alongside Erica Saucedo as the company vís-á-vís. She is thrilled to perform with BodyStories.
Serena Chang
Serena Chang (she/her/hers), born and raised in Ohio, earned her BFA in Dance, BS in Molecular Genetics, and minor in Chinese from The Ohio State University. She was recently working with Stephan Koplowitz as a core company member at Bates Dance Festival 2017 and is currently dancing with The Spark Movement Collective and other free lance artists in New York. Serena is very excited to dance with BodyStories and to work alongside amazing artsits!
Maria Gardner
Maria Gardner, grew up in Warren, OH and graduated from Point Park University, where she earned a B.A. in dance in 2015. There, she performed works created by Dwight Rhoden, Terence Marling, Brian Enos, and danced for contemporary dance company, FireWALL Dance Theater. Maria also augmented her training by participating in Movement Invention Project, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Gallim Dance. Since graduation, Maria attended two consecutive summers at Springboard Danse Montréal, where she performed works by Aszure Barton & Artists, Le Carré des Lombes and Shumpei Nemoto. Upon moving to New York City, she has had the pleasure of working with LoudHoundMovement, Cameron McKinney / Kizuna Dance, and FLUSSO Dance Project. Maria currently dances with Shawnbibledanceco., Inclined Dance Project, Smashworks Dance Collective, and BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance.
Nicole Kadar-Greene
Nicole Kadar-Greene (Guest Artist) (she/her/hers) graduated with Honors in Dance from Skidmore College and holds an MA in Dance Education from Hunter College’s Arnhold Graduate Dance Education Program. Nicole has worked with choreographers Robert Battle, Camille A. Brown, Nicole Corea, Teresa Fellion, Ruben Graciani, Erica Pujic, Jenny Rocha, Tamara Saari and Melissa Riker as well as directors Samantha Shay of Hopelandic Theatre Co. and Greg Taubman of Extant Arts Co. She freelances as a dancer, educator and choreographer. Nicole teaches at The Ailey School, Ailey’s Arts In Education and Community Programs, RIOULT’s Dance Center and Fancy Feet. Nicole’s dances have been presented at Triskelion Art’s, the Ailey Studios, the Kaye Theater, Jennifer Muller’s Hatch Series, and the Queensboro Dance Festival. In 2018 she created NK&D / a movement company – a company that focuses on bringing accessible dance to diverse audiences. nicolekadar.com
Tamara Leigh
Tamara Leigh is excited to be dancing with BodyStories as an apprentice. She received her BFA in dance at Point Park University where she was able to perform pieces by Stefanie Batten-Bland, David Norsworthy, Gregory Dolbashion, and other artists. Tamara recently moved to New York and has had the pleasure of dancing with BodyStories, Bitedown Dance, Nimbus2, along with several other project-based companies. She is truly enjoying Teresa’s process and being in the studio with such creative dancers.
Amanda Krische
A native New Yorker, Amanda Krische began her classical training at Fiorello H. LaGuardia H.S. for Music & Art and the Performing Arts, where she graduated as a YoungArts finalist in modern dance. She continued her studies at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY, where she received her BFA summa cum laude as the recipient of the prestigious Bert Terborgh award. While training, Amanda performed the works of Doug Varone, Martha Graham, Gregory Dolbashian, Zvi Gotheiner, and Bill T. Jones.
Erin Landers
BodyStories company member Erin Landers is a Brooklyn based dancer, choreographer, and co-director of the Hudson Valley based repertory company A-Y/dancers. The daughter of two musicians, her artistic development was heavily influenced by melodies and rhythms from around the world. Her approach to movement is drawn from a rich background in modern, contemporary, ballet, jazz, and various folk and social dance forms including Zimbabwean, Balkan, and Irish. At a young age, Erin Landers began dancing with dNaga Dance Company under artistic director Claudine Naganuma, and took on a role of rehearsal director for the company’s 2016 appearance at the World Parkinson’s Congress. She attended the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts where she was recognized for excellence in dance performance and choreography. Erin Landers holds a BFA in Dance with a Concentration in Composition from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY, and has performed in works by Tom Weinberger, Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, Kimberly Bartosik, and Lou Mandolini among others. Her work has been presented at venues such as the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, the Dance Theater Lab at Purchase College, and most recently at the Trust Performing Arts Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as part of the Durang Dance Collective.
Xenia Mansour
Xenia Mansour (she/her/hers) is a dancer, mover, and performer based in NYC and Chicago. She is currently a member of Katherine Maxwell’s Hivewild and BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance, and has worked with Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Angie Moon Dance Theatre, Gabrielle Johnson + Artists, Javier Padilla & The Movement Playground, and experimental dance theater HOLDTIGHT’s site-specific and immersive show, Nourishment, in both Denver and NYC. Originally from Oak Park, IL, Mansour is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She has performed in a range of stage, site-specific, immersive, film, and fashion work including as a guest dancer and model for Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernández with choreography by Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, and as a feature dancer for CXN’s Fashion Commercial, Come With Us, choreographed by Katherine Maxwell. Off the stage, she’s curating pop-up contemporary dance events with Hi Artist and Airbnb Experiences, boxing, and playing pickup softball.
Kimberly E. Murry
Kimberly E. Murry, is a 2013 graduate of Ohio University with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography. Originally from California and currently based in Queens, Kimberly is an active choreographer performing throughout New York City. Since taking her first dance class at 16 years old, Kimberly has worked with Sean Curran, Urban Bush Women, Shirley Mordine, Travis Gatling, Zelma Badu-Younge and Nathan Andary of Ohio University. In 2015, she was accepted as the first Artist Services intern at The Yard, a dance residency program based on Martha’s Vineyard. Since then, Kimberly continues to have an active role with The Yard and has performed at various venues with the organization’s company DanceTheYard, including the Inside/Out stage at Jacob’s Pillow.
Sabrina Petrelli
Sabrina Petrelli started her training at the Professional Performing Arts High School under the Alvin Ailey School. As a BFA Dance Major at Montclair State University, she also joined Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company and has performed works of artists such as Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, and more. Sabrina has made appearances on the Wendy Williams Show and 94th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as well as assisting choreographer Eddie Stockton. Sabrina is honored to be working with Bodystories: Teresa Fellion Dance and would like to give a special thanks her mentor Nathan Trice for her continued success.
Svea Schneider
Svea Schneider, born in Germany, is a NYC based dancer, performing artist, choreographer and dance educator. She attended the Iwanson School for Contemporary Dance in Germany and moved to NYC to extensively train in urban dance (Break, Hip Hop, House), contemporary dance, floorwork, contact improvisation and Forsythe technique. Svea has taught and performed throughout the US, Canada, Germany, UK, Dubai, India and Peru. She has danced with PILOBOLUS (PCS), Vissi Dance Theatre and Decadancetheatre, and has performed at such renowned stages as the South Bank Center, Liverpool Playhouse, B Supreme Festival, Bumbershoot and Jacobs Pillow. Svea has also worked for off Broadway, film, TV and commercials, working with companies and artists such as Chris Cornell, Timbaland, Lil’ John, MTV, BET, ABC Networks and Eska Music Video Awards. In Lima, Peru, Svea was commissioned to create work for the Ballet de San Marcos, gave lectures and taught masterclasses for collectives, dance schools and universities as well as performing her solo work at various festivals. Svea holds a BA (magna cum laude) in dance anthropology and choreography from NYU.
Eddie Stockton
Working professionally for over 25 years, Eddie Stockton received his formal training as a student of the (Alvin) Ailey and Martha Graham Schools, and NYC’s High School of Performing Arts. During his third year he joined his first dance company, (NJ)Center Dance Collective. He would later continued his studies at the Acting and Musical Theatre Department’s of Alabama State and Howard Universities. His career has since been enriched with the experience of working for several companies and choreographers including George Faison, Kevin Iega Jeff, Philadanco, Dwight Rhoden, DC Shakespeare Theatre, Nathan Trice, Nai-ni Chen, Bill T. Jones, and more. Teaching dance since a teenager, Eddie was a fifteen year instructor at The Ailey School (Jazz & House) and nine year founding member of Brooklyn’s Purelements (Modern/Jazz/Ballet). Stockton and Teresa Fellion led the Dance Department at StudioRepublik, Dubai UAE together 2019-20. His passion for dance and desire to share information has drawn him across the country and globe doing residencies, workshops, and occasional performances.
Jessica Stroh
Jessica Stroh, is a dancer, choreographer, and educator. Beginning her dance training in her hometown of Ocala, Florida, Jessica trained with Marion Ballet Theatre under the direction of Nicole Benson. Attaining a BFA in Dance Performance and Psychology in 2015 from The University of South Florida, Jessica had the honor of performing faculty and guest works including, Ohad Nahrin, Alonzo King, Maurice Causey, Jennifer Archibald, Robert Moses, and Sarah Gamblin. In school, Jessica received numerous awards for her performance and choreography such as, the Victoria Catherine Seldon Dance Scholarship, BRAVO! Scholarship in Dance, and 1st place at USF’s campus-wide Creative Works Showcase. Jessica also trained under summer scholarships with BODYTRAFFIC (Los Angeles), Repertory Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City), Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet (San Francisco), and USF’s Dance in Paris Program (Paris, France). Jessica has choreographed and performed her own works at Gibney Dance Center (NYC), The Tank (NYC), and in venues in North Carolina, Florida, and Paris, France. In NYC, Jessica has worked with Colleen Thomas Dance, Bryce DanceCompany, Jacqueline Dugal, and Alexeya EM.
Ashley Zimmerman
NYC based dance artist Ashley Zimmerman was raised in Berwyn, PA. She received a BA in Dance from Point Park University under the direction of Ruben Graciani. While at university she had the pleasure of working with choreographers Luke Murphy, Randy Duncan, and Doug Bentz, as well as performing works such as José Limón’s A Choreographic Offering (Excerpts), David Parson’s Wolfgang, and Ronen Koresh’s Standing in Tears. Since moving to New York Ashley has participated in several dance related projects, and has performed works for choreographers Megan Bascom, Shawn T. Bible, Álvaro González, Samsam Young, Pilar Castro Kiltz, Brian Pelletier, Nicole Jones, Christina D’Arrgio, and Holly Heidt. In addition to dancing with BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance, Ashley is a member of CoreDance (Rebecca McCormac, A.D.) and Caitlin Cullen Dance (Caitlin Cullen, A.D.).