陳璐 / Lu Chen is an artist with a focus in movement residing in Mini Sota Makoce. Lu holds a Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College, where they majored in Psychology and Theater and Dance. Lu has performed with Macalester Mainstage Theater, Lightning Rod, 20% Theatre Company, Red Eye Theater, Twin Cities public parks, Tek Box Theater, and the MODArts’ Move To Change Festival. Lu danced in works by choreographers such as Wynn Fricke, Ashwini Ramaswany, and Vanessa Cruz. Lu is currently making independent work and performing with eMartin Dance.

Lily Conforti is a performer, choreographer, stage manager, and dance teacher from the Twin Cities. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA in dance and physiology. Lily is the artistic director of Corpus Dance Works. Corpus aims to fuse daring movement with bold storytelling through multi-media art, satire and absurdity. Corpus has performed original evening-length works for MN Fringe Festival since 2019. Along with her own choreography, Lily has performed works by Kjara Wurst, Gallim Dance, Berit Ahlgren, Black Label Movement, Alternative Motion Project, and Threads Dance Project.

Kaitlin Craven is a Twin Cities-based dancer, arts administrator, and yoga instructor. Kaitlin has performed locally with Willmeng Dances, eMartin Dance, Concerto Dance Company, and Borealis Dance Theatre, at Soiled Dance Series, MN Fringe Festival, CollabArts, Art-a-Whirl Festival, CANDY BOX Dance Festival, Generating Room, and DanceBARN Festival. She teaches at YogaSix and has recently worked administratively for MSAB and Zenon Dance School. Whether behind the scenes or onstage, Kaitlin is driven by a belief in the arts as a tool for connection, access, and transformation.

Shannon Hartle Dolan is from Des Moines, IA. She received a BFA in dance from University of Iowa where she worked with Monica Bill Barnes, Jennifer Kayle, Christopher Rasheem-McMillan, Eloy Barragan, and Armando Duarte. She is a company member with Ruby Josephine Dance Theatre, Crash Dance Productions, Black Label Movement, and eMartin Dance. She’s performed with Threads Dance Project, Stark Dance, Ayumi Schaefer, and Analog Dance Works. Her choreography has been presented in Collab Arts Vol. III, Zenon Zone, Movers Make 2.0, and Candy Box. She teaches at Hothouse, Circus Juventas, Emerge Performing Arts, Young Dance, and Zenon.

Olivia Geffre is Twin Cities based dancer, choreographer, and creative. She attended the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. In 2022, she became a certified yoga teacher, furthering her kinesthetic knowledge and fascination with movement. In 2024, she completed a year of TU dance’s CUL•TI•VATE, trainee program. She is currently teaching dance at Emerge Preforming Arts, hoping to inspire the next generation to see the beauty and importance of art. She is currently exploring trusting her creativity and her individual artistic voice – aiming to inspire positive change through her movement expression.

Zoë Koenig is committed to producing surreal works that balance emotional and physical extremes with humor and pop sensibilities. Her work has been shown at the Walker Art Center, Cowles Center, Southern Theater, Luminary Arts Center, Praxis Gallery, and Off-Leash Art Box. She’s been commissioned by Alternative Motion Project, Analog Dance Works, and was an artist in residence at the Cowles Center and Zenon Dance Zone. She has danced in works by numerous choreographers nationally and internationally, including Martha Graham, Kate Wallich, and Katy Pyle. Her newest project, Physical Prizes, a collaboration with composer Nora Nygard, will premiere October 24–26, 2025 at the Southern Theater.

Kae McMahon is a clumsy dancer, disorganized organizer, and recreational farmer. Since relocating to the Twin Cities in 2023, they have had the opportunity to perform in works by Gabrielle “Gabby the Baddie” Abram, Taja Will, Mathew Janczewski, Alys Ayumi Ogura and Griffy LaPlante. They independently produced and collaboratively choreographed and performed in “Good News: A Dance Concert”, directed by Haze Harrison, which premiered at MOVO Space in January 2025. They are grateful to join eMartin Dance as an apprentice and performer for their 2025 season.

Mona Merino was born and raised in Ciudad, MX where she discovered a love for dance at an early age. Her journey led her to perform alongside celebrated Mexican pop artists. After stepping away from the stage to embrace the role of full-time mother, she returned 23 years later to rediscover the art form that has always been her deepest passion. She has since performed with Dance Projects by ME, Contempo Physical Dance, and eMartin Dance. With each performance, she treats the stage as both a homecoming and an exploration—seizing every opportunity to keep moving, creating, and telling stories through the language of dance.

AyM is a Twin Cities based movement artist. Born and raised in Japan, she came to the US to study at Carleton College, where she earned a BA inn Dance and Physics in 2022. She learned contemporary dance from Janne Shockley and Judith Howard as well as worked with MN-based artists such as D. Jinza Thayer, HIJACK, Mathew Janczewski, BRKFAST Dance Compay, Rosy Sima, Mary Willmeng, and Dance Projects by ME. She had the honor of presenting her work at the America College Dance Association. One of her goals is to share the joy of movement with as many people as possible.

Brenna Mosser is a Minneapolis based dancer and choreographer. She seeks to illuminate the awe in her surroundings by sculpting falls, stumbles, and asymmetries gracefully. She spent two years in the Conservation Corps where she faced the reality of climate change, and has since dedicated her work to this crisis. She earned a BFA in dance performance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire, UK. She earned an L3 license in performance and arts management at le Centre national de la Danse Contemporaine, FR. She founded Analog Dance Works in 2019. She currently dances for Analog, eMartin Dance, Ruby Josephine Dance Theater, Threads Dance Project, and Zoë Koenig.

Lauren Reed is a St. Paul based Black-American dancer, creative, and scholar, born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dance is where she spiritually feels most connected to God, her ancestors, and herself. She is a 2023 graduate of Bates College with a BA in Dance and Africana Studies. Her thesis entitled “Rest & Resistance: Dance as Protest, Pearl Primus, and Black Women Claiming Our Deserved Rest” investigates Black women using rest as a form of resistance against racist, capitalist, patriarchal structures. Lauren is currently researching different Afro-Diasporic movement styles and how dance heals the human heart.

Mary Mailand Schlichting  is a Minnesota-born dance artist whose work is rooted in athleticism and nuanced artistic inquiry. She holds a BFA in Theater and Dance from Macalester College, where she represented the program at the renowned Jacob’s Pillow Festival. Deeply engaged in the Twin Cities artistic community, Mary has performed and collaborated with a diverse range companies and artists, including Crash Dance Productions, Contempo Physical Dance, Amez Dance, Analog Dance Works, Ruby Josephine Dance Theater, Rountree Gallery, and continued partnership with visual artist Jessalyn Finch.