meet the artists

  • Performer

    Aliza Franz (they/she) is a Boston based dancer, educator, and arts manager. They graduated from Skidmore College in 2020, where they earned a double major in Psychology and Dance, with a minor in Gender Studies. They have worked with artists and organizations including VLA Dance, Boston Lyric Opera, Lorraine Chapman The Company, Chavi Bansal and Ilya Vidrin, among others. Currently they are a company member of Kairos and working with Rachel Linsky. Aliza has been an artist in residence at Bearnstow in Maine and recently presented work through NACHMO Boston.

  • Performer

    Ashe Turner is a recent graduate from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts as a dance major. Their studies included ballet, improvisation, modern, hip-hop, jazz, composition, contemporary ballet variations, modern partnering, yoga, and ballet partnering. Ashe now is a freelance dancer in Boston and New York City. They have danced for many organizations and artists including LGBTQ nightlife, Onnyxx Group, Page 11, Drag Tease, Frolic, Cult of Art, Jack Powers, and more. They also teach ballet and contemporary at Cambridge Center for Adult Education and they teach heels and hip hop masterclasses.

  • Performer

    Austin Guin (he/they) is currently a senior at Salem State University, where he is working towards a degree in both dance and visual art. He has choreographed and performed in numerous works for the Salem Dance Ensemble, including participating in residency works with Maree Remalia, Deanna Pellecchia, Lonnie Stanton, and Matthew Cumbie.

  • Music Collaborator

    Fall Raye (they/them) is a trans/non-binary saxophonist, improviser, teacher, and composer living in Boston MA. Fall grew up in Las Vegas, NV, and began studying music at 12 years old, playing woodwinds, piano, and drums. They began playing professionally in the area at 16, eventually leaving to study at the Eastman School of Music from 2018-2019, transferred to Berklee College of Music, graduating in 2023. Fall's artistic vision is to create work that speaks from their own experiences as a trans person, as a person healing from their own traumas, and through their interpersonal relationships, to create a listening experience where the audience can feel less alone, seen, and in community with others.

  • Performer

    Originally from South Shore Massachusetts, Haley Andrews (She/Her)  is a queer freelancing dance artist and choreographer. She graduated from Salve Regina University with a BA in Dance and English Communications. Most recently Haley performed at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston MA, playing the lead role in Jessi Stegall's work The Theremin Vignettes. She's also on staff at Salve Regina University teaching Contemporary Dance, as well as teaches drop-in style classes at studios in RI, and throughout the greater Boston area.

  • Performer

    Raised in rural Vermont, Holly Stone creates dance and theater in Greater Boston. Currently teaching at Tufts and Boston Universities, recent theater credits include Arlington Children’s Theater, A Common Thread Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company. They have a B.S. in Bioengineering from Syracuse University and an MFA in Dance from Florida State University. As a performer, Holly has recently danced for Kathy Hassinger, Jo-Me Dance Theater, Lowell House Opera, and many others from their time in the American Ballroom Dance Industry. 

  • Performer

    Jackson Bradford is a dancer and creative artist based in Boston and Chicago. Jackson is working towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts in contemporary dance from Boston Conservatory at Berklee on track to graduate in the spring of 2025. While in Boston, some of Jackson’s favorite artistic collaborations include performing in a world premiere of the opera “The Cosmic Cowboy” choreographed by Gino Dimarco, and being a part of musical artist, Serena Jade’s music video “Let’s Lie” which Jackson co-choreographed with fellow Boston Conservatory student Ana Gabriela Del Gado.

  • Performer

    Jessica Massimino (she/her) grew up in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania and is now a Boston based dancer. Jess graduated from The Boston Conservatory in 2022 where she was able to perform many works including pieces by Doug Varone, José Límon, and Murray Louis. She can either be found leading her Whole Foods team or on the couch with her wonderful girlfriend and 2 cats (Camella and Vincenzo).

  • Performer

    Meredith is a Cambridge-based multidisciplinary artist, designer and freelance dancer. With a dual degree in Dance and Visual Communications from the University of South Carolina, she approaches dance from a variety of lenses and aims to blend her passions of dance and design. Within the flourishing Boston Dance Community Meredith has performed in many works including those through Eliza Malecki, Caitlin Canty, Madison Florence, Katie Pustizzi, Rachel Linsky, and Libby Bullinger. As a student Meredith had the opportunity to perform and work with artists’ Tanya Wideman-Davis, Thaddeus Davis, Bryan Arias, Miriam Barbosa, André Megerdichian, Addison Ector and work by George Balanchine.

  • Performer

    Maude Warshaw (they/she) grew up dancing free in the mountains of NH. They graduated from the Boston Conservatory with their BFA in contemporary performance, and have been continuing their education/movement exploration in the Boston area. Currently they are a freelance dancer and teacher sharing the joy of movement. They believe that dance belongs to the people, and that everyone deserves the opportunity to find themselves through movement. As a queer dyslexic artist dance is Maude’s chosen language of communication and is how they navigate the world around them.

  • Rehearsal Director

    Mira Göksel (they/them) is an interdisciplinary movement artist from Izmir, TR, currently existing on the land of the Massachusett and Pawtucket Peoples, colonially referred to as Boston, MA. Göksel has had the pleasure of sharing their work at freeskewl, BAAD!, and WESTFEST in NY, Mobius, WiP by MELLE, The Boston Conservatory MainStage in MA, and RIWCP ’24 in RI. They teach with Abilities Dance Boston, Movement Meets through Urbanity Dance Center, BalletRox, is a Guest Short Series teacher with Midday Movement Series, and works alongside Olivier Besson to co-coordinates both interdisciplinary improvisational jam PLAYSPACE, and interdisciplinary improvisational showcase Moment's Notice.

  • Props Master

    Nate Guevin (they/them) is a non-binary middle and high school design teacher at Beaver Country Day School from Dorchester, Massachusetts. They started learning digital design with focus in laser cutting and 3D printing in their sophomore year at Bennington College, which they continue to learn in an attempt to hone their craft. Miniatures are a particular passion of theirs, as well as communal design. Their skill sets include digital design, coding, generative art, laser cutting, 3D printing, wood working, lighting design, teaching, skateboarding, and cuddling with their cat, Dumpling.