Choreography Showcase

Kaley Pruitt is a performer, freelance choreographer, and Assistant Professor of Dance at SUNY Brockport. She received her MFA from UW Milwaukee and BFA from Florida State University. Pruitt founded her company in 2014 in NYC and has created over 30 works for the stage and screen. Pruitt recently received the Community Arts Grant from Genesee Valley Council on the Arts to implement a community building workshop and performance series in partnership with the Henreitta Public Library in 2025. Pruitt presented her research in interactive performance at the 2024 National Dance Educators annual conference. Notable commissions: Repertory Dance Theatre, Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company, Fem Dance Company, Idaho Dance Theatre, Vision of Sound/Society for New Music, Simantikos Dance Chicago, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Illinois State University. Additional presentations: NYS DanceForce, Terpsichore Collective, St. Lois Contemporary Dance Festival/ Resilience Dance Company, Take Root at Green Space, MADCO Dare to Dance, Rochester Fringe, Austin Dance Festival, ACDA National Conference, Mark DeGarmo Dance, Milwaukee Fringe, WIM Dance Festival, UW Milwaukee, Dixon Place Theater, MMAC, Triskelion Arts, Chez Bushwick and CPR, Built on Stilts Martha’s Vineyard, The Secret Theater, Ketchum Arts Commission, and Movement Research. To learn more click here. 

McKenzie Brewer (Jacksonville, FL) is a Douglas Anderson School of the Arts alumni and is currently studying at Montclair State University pursuing her BFA in dance. She has performed works by Jesse Obremski, Frederick Earl Mosley, Jennifer Archibald, Stefanie Batten Bland, Christian Von Howard, Paul Taylor, and more. Her choreography has also debuted at Montclair State University’s DanceMakers Show 2022 and 2023 along with Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts Emerging Choreographer Show 2022. She has also taught many different styles and has had the opportunity to teach young dancers from intensives in Jacksonville.

Ingeborg, an immigrant dancer and choreographer from Norway, brings her Nordic heritage to the NYC dance scene. She is a graduate from Marymount Manhattan College with a BA in Dance, and has experience from stage, commercials, and television (Allerud VGS, NRK Promofilm etc). Previously performing works by renowned choreographers like Angie Pittman, Alberto Del Saz and Thryn Saxon, Ingeborg recently joined Threads of Truth Dance Company under Fatima Alston-Logan’s artistic direction. Her artistic vision explodes with motion and emotion, drawing inspiration from the climate and folklore of her Nordic roots. Her piece, “Styggen på ryggen,” exemplifies this. It was selected to represent Marymount Manhattan at the annual NYU Tisch/Hofstra Choreography Seminar, as well as the KoDa Festival at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater hosted by IKADA Contemporary Dance Company this year. Ingeborg’s mission is to bridge cultures through dance. By weaving together movement and stories from her heritage, she aims to reveal the raw essence of shared human experiences.

Tina Croll + Company first performed at the original Dance Theater Workshop on 20th Street, a small loft theater that championed many innovative choreographers including Meredith Monk, Martha Clarke, Judith Dunn, Gus Solomons jr, and many more. The work was described early on as “powerful and provocative.” (Village Voice). The company went on to perform at Judson Church, The Cubiculo, The Theatre of the Riverside Church, Clark Center, and other theaters in the city and on tour throughout the United States. Most recently the company has been performing at Jacob’s Pillow (2013 and 2014), at Symphony Space, the Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York University, P.S. 122, The Kitchen. Recent productions commissioned by Danspace Project include Ancient Springs an evening-length work for 20 dancers and Balkan Dreams, a collaboration with Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, where 8 modern dancers and 12 Balkan folk dancers joined with 18 musicians. Other collaborations include an improvisation group, “the Gang of Four,” with Wendy Perron, Douglas Dunn, and Kenneth King. Ms. Croll and Jamie Cunningham continue to work together on their ongoing project From the Horse’s Mouth, which has been produced for the past 20 years in major cities around the United States and Canada, as well as at Jacob’s Pillow and the American Dance Festival. The company has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, The Harkness Foundation, the Schwab Foundation, Sadhana Temple, Dance Theater Workshop, Bennington College, the Gutman Foundation and other organizations.

“Every dancer is welcome in Emily Bufferd’s class.” – Dance Teacher Magazine, Emily Bufferd is the Producer of The Young Choreographer’s Festival, an annual NYC event presenting the most up-and-coming 18-25yr old choreographers, described by Dance Spirit Magazine as, ”The perfect way to get inspired.”. An Educator in NYC at Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, and The Steps Academy, she has taught at The Ailey Extension, Peridance, World Dance Movement in Switzerland, The University of Alabama, Jazz on Tap – Atlanta, The Eglevsky Ballet, First-Act/Paris, Dance Centre Orebro/Sweden, Aurora Dance School/Malaysia, Google Headquarters, 360 Dance Festival, Joffrey Ballet School, The Annual Teacher Workshop, and more. “Emily Bufferd continues to impact the New York dance scene.” – Examiner.com Emily has been featured by Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, Dance Spirit, Dance Informa, Dance Mogul, Dance Studio Life, The Dance Podcast, Beyond The Steps, the television show Inside NYC Dance, and has been a contributing writer for Discount Dance Supply’s Blog, DanceLife, and Apolla Performance’s Blog, The Muse. As the Choreographer for “Made to Dance in Burning Buildings’ presented by The Public Theater at Joe’s Pub, OnStageBlog.com, “The show was choreographed brilliantly…”. Emily’s concert choreography (BEings) has been presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Joyce SoHo, Symphony Space, the 92nd St. Y, New York Moves, The Giving Tree Benefit, The Elan Summer Dance Festival, and Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, among others. Described as, “technically superb and amazingly emotive.” -Examiner.com, and “a display of versatility…” -The DancEnthusiast. She has recently been commissioned by The Steps on Broadway Conservatory and Central Connecticut State University, and award winning work continues to be desired by dance companies and private studios around the country and abroad. Emily has served as a curator for Dumbo Dance Festival/Wave Rising Series/SoloDuo Festival (2010-2024), guest host for Hatch Presenting Series at The Works Studio, and is the former Co-Producer of APAP at Peridance. She was the Production Coordinator for Director Wes Veldink for Aimee G. Spring Line, and Assistant Choreographer to Pascal Rekoert for Berenik’s Fashion Week presentation. Emily has performed at Teatro Galileo(Spain), Carnegie Hall, The Kravis Center, Lincoln Center, and was featured in the documentary ‘The 20Something Project’, among others. IG @ebufferd

 Alexandra Bilodeau is a dance artist, educator, and yogi originally from Massachusetts, now living in Brooklyn. She holds Bachelors of Arts degrees in Dance and History from Hobart and William Smith Colleges where she was also awarded the Janet Seeley Award for her contributions to the dance department and she holds an MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College. Alexandra’s choreographic interests include nostalgia, spectacle, humor and memory. She has presented her work at WAXworks, Small Plates Choreography Festival, and the Junction Dance Festival. Professionally, she performs with Alden Moves Dance Theater and Gwen Appenfeller. Alexandra has a passion for dance education and she currently teaches ballet, tap, jazz, and creative movement at the Steffi Nossen School of Dance and throughout Westchester.

 Teresa Fellion founded BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance in late 2011, after working as an independent choreographer since 2004. Fellion’s work has been positively reviewed by The New York Times, NPR, The Huffington Post, The Scotsman, Oberon’s Grove, NYTheatre.com, The Skinny Magazine, World Dance Reviews, Edinburgh Festivals Magazine, Edinburgh Spotlight, Southampton Press, Stage Buddy, East Hampton Press, The Sun Journal, Broadway Baby, and Earth Press, among others. She has received the Choreographic Fellowship from SummerStages Dance Festival and ICA Boston and the American Dance Guild Fellowship for Jacob’s Pillow’s Choreographers’ Lab. Teresa has received grants for her work from The National Endowment for the Arts Window Award, O’Donnell Green Foundation for Music and Dance, LMCC, LMCC 2023 SU Casa, Peg Santvoord Foundation, Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Fund Grant, New York Community Trust, and space grants from ITE-Inception to Exhibition, MANA Arts/Armitage Gone! Dance, Mount Tremper Arts, Field FAR Space, and at Triskelion Arts and Mark Morris Dance Center through the Mellon Foundation, The New Music Organizational Fund, Dance/NYC Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund: New York State Edition. Teresa’s choreography has been commissioned by NYC Department of Transportation’s Summer Streets, chashama at Anita’s Way 4 Times Square, Island Moving Company, and The Hudson River Museum via the Jordan Matter Dancers Among Us exhibit. Her full-length choreography for Book of Saints, commissioned by Marigny Opera Contemporary Ballet won the Best of New Orleans 2018 Gambit Award for Best Dance Presentation (Full Length) for this original work. Teresa has led workshops and master classes, and been commissioned to set work at University of Florida, Gainesville, NYU, Pace University, Castleton State College, University of Maine, Farmington, Jacob’s Pillow, Wilson College, Island Moving Company, LEIMAY, Marcia Brooks/Various Works, MixT Company, Studio republik dubai and several performing arts schools. She teaches regularly at The Ailey School, Sarah Lawrence College, she is an Adjunct Professor for 10 Hairy Legs New Jersey Arts & Education Center, and she is a faculty member and director of the Summer Dance Program at The Ross School. Teresa has worked in social justice and activism since the 1990’s, involved with community groups, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and protests. Since 2005, Fellion has employed dance, live music, and theater with social justice at scores of NYC schools, organizations and professional performances as director of InterCATaction/Children’s Adaptive Theater and BodyStories: TFD, as Teaching Artist for DreamYard, Marquis, Women’s Project, CWP. Teresa was named Artistic Liaison between Cameroon & U.S. by president Paul Biya, while performing with National Ballet du Cameroun and at the National Soccer Cup Finals. She has performed for Lucinda Childs, Sarah Skaggs, Kimberly Young, M’Bewe Escobar, Skip Costa, and Martha Bowers, and she has performed works by Twyla Tharp, Deganit Shemy, Liz Lerman, and Megan Boyd, among others. Teresa completed a Dance MFA from Sarah Lawrence under Bessie Schonberg Scholarship, Certificate from the Ailey School under scholarship, and BA in French & English Literature, with a minor in dance from NYU as a merit scholar.

Originally from New Jersey, Alexandra attended Montclair State University receiving a BFA in Dance and a minor in Musical Theatre. She studied Irish dancing with the Davis Academy. Alexandra attended the Morris County Academy for Visual and Performing Arts High School where she was encouraged to integrate modern and contemporary dance with traditional Irish dancing. Alexandra creates and performs her own work and currently dances for several companies and choreographers including: Darrah Carr Dance, General Mischief Dance Theatre, DiMauro Dance Co., Emotions Physical Theatre and Moe-tion Dance Theatre. She recently toured as a featured dancer with Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas. In 2021, Alexandra was awarded the Meg Hunt Artist In Residence Award, at the Wrangell Mountains Center, in the Wrangell- St. Elias National Park, Alaska. She has taught and performed at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival and the Alaska Folk Festival. Alexandra has performed on the TODAY Show and Good Morning America, Jacob’s Pillow, The 92nd Street Y, Stam-pede Percussive Dance Festival, Symphony Space, internationally at the Dancer from the Dance Festival in Dublin, Ireland and various performances through the New York City Public School’s outreach program. Alexandra loves teaching and exploring the Lester Horton technique. She is on faculty at Hofstra University and Montclair State University, has taught at Steps on Broadway, the School at Steps, Peridance Capezio Center, the Joffrey Ballet School, Kean University, and Bergen Performing Arts Center. Instagram: @Alexandra_Dances

Julia Lawton is a New York-based dancer and choreographer. In Spring of 2024, she graduated from Adelphi University with her BFA in dance, as well as a minor in Art and Design Education and as a member of the Honors College. Julia has presented her work at numerous venues, including Arts On Site, Northampton Arts Trust Building, American College Dance Association Northeast Conference, Balance Arts Center, Adelphi University Scholarship and Creative Works Conference, Hofstra University Choreography Seminar, and Mashup Dance International Women’s Day Dance Festival.

Piece description: A susurrus is a whisper or rustling noise. This dance was created using imagery related to leaving somewhere and memories of seasons passed. It is both reflective/serious and lighthearted, jazzy fun.

General Mischief Dance Theatre is dedicated to the power of joy and laughter in sharing ideas. We combine playful stories and powerful movement to create original performance adventures that uplift and surprise our audiences. Founded in 2008, we are an ensemble-based company with artists at our center. Some past performances and commisions include Summer on the Hudson, the Battery Park INTERLUDES Festival, Dixon Place, Aaron Davis Hall at the City College of New York, the Liberty Hall Dance Festival, Higher Ground Festival, D.C.’s Atlas Arts Center, and Radio City with Weird Al Yankovic.