Performers
Photo of Stefanie Nelson by Paul H. Taylor
The Artistic Director
Stefanie Nelson’s work as a director/choreographer has been described as “instinctual, untamed, and edgy” (Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Infinite Body). Her intuitive approach distills deeply personal ideas into highly kinetic, expressive and provocative works that are rooted in cross-media collaboration with artists working in music, video and visual arts.
Nelson studied dance with many distinguished educators, including Alice Teirstein and JuMay Chu, and entered the dance field as a performer, notably as a soloist with Anna Sokolow’s Player’s Project and Wendy Osserman Dance Company.
She cites Merce Cunningham and Viola Farber techniques as influences. Dividing her time between New York City and Europe, she is an accomplished teacher as well as the founder and artistic director of DANCE ITALIA, an annual summer dance intensive in Lucca, now entering its 10th season. She teaches classes in Creative Movement and has been a guest teacher at many studios and educational institutions worldwide.
Having danced with many local New York City choreographers, Nelson also works on independent choreographic projects. Highlights include feature film Plan-B, starring Diane Keaton, NY Fashion Week, and the NYC store opening of Flying Tiger.
Nelson served as a Choreography panelist for New York Foundation for the Arts Artists’ Fellowships, was selected as a NYFA 'Emerging Leader' in the field of dance for a year-long mentorship in Arts Administration, and was an NYFA mentor in 2018 & 2019.
Current Performers
from Asteria by Christine Bonansea
Christine Bonansea
Christine is a dancer and choreographer with over 15 years of experience conceiving, directing, choreographing, and performing movement-based works. She creates performances, installations, and films, and is the Artistic Director of Christine Bonansea Company. Defined by expressive, virtuosic, improvisation-driven movement, her work inhabits an experimental, interdisciplinary, and collaborative environment in which other media play an important and integral part. She's worked with Catherine Galasso, Katie Duck, Sara Shelton Mann, Faustin Linyekula, Tino Sehgal, and Yoshiko Chuma. Her work has been presented in NYC by Danspace Project, Dixon Place, and Movement Research at Judson Church, and commissioned by numerous venues and festivals worldwide.
Becca Loevy photo by Haleigh Dalke
Becca Loevy
Becca Loevy grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado where she began her training at Synergy Dance Academy and worked as a dance teacher, choreographer, and teacher assistant. She received a B.F.A. in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and has worked with David Dorfman, Diane Madden (Trisha Brown rep), Stefanie Batten Bland, Christine Bonansea, Johannes Wieland, Crystal Pite, and others. Becca is dividing her time between Berlin – where she is a current resident at Lake Studios – and New York City, showing her own work and working with various choreographers, and teaching improv classes.
Cameron Mckinney photo by Megan Conklin
Cameron Mckinney
Cameron McKinney (Performer) is the Artistic Director of Kizuna Dance. He has also worked with 10 Hairy Legs, Dante Brown | Warehouse Dance, Christal Brown/INSPIRIT, Chafin Seymour/Seymour::dancecollective, and AnA Collaborations, among others. His choreographic work has been presented by prestigious festivals and institutions nationally and internationally, including the The Japan Society, Gibney Dance, Movement Research, Dixon Place, the Wassaic Project Summer Festival, and Triskelion Arts, among many others. He has also been commissioned twice by the Joffrey Ballet School, as well as by LIU Brooklyn, The Moving Beauty Series, the Steffi Nossen School of Dance, and SpectorDance Studio. He has taught in eight states and internationally in Japan, Mexico, and the UK. He is currently on faculty at Gibney Dance Center.
Photo by Justin Chao
Emily Tellier
Emily Tellier is originally from North Vancouver, Canada, and now resides in Brooklyn as a freelance dance artist. She has performed in various festivals and shows including the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Ladies of Hip Hop Festival, and the Vancouver International Dance Festival, and has recently premiered works in both New York and Vancouver with 277 Dance Project, Heather Laura Gray, Thryn Saxon, and Joya Powell. She can also be seen in Ingrid Michaelsonʼs newest music video, Celebrate, choreographed by Stacey Tookey. In addition to working with Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup, Emily collaborates with Movement of the People Dance Company directed by Joya Powell.
