COLLABORATORS
Natalie Allen
An interdisciplinary movement artist based in Los Angeles, Natalie Allen is particularly interested in collaborative art that reflects the visual, physical, audible, and immersive nuances of the modern world.
Working in both the concert and commercial dance sectors, Natalie’s recent credits include: The NorthFace, Banks, “Holey Moley,” and the new film Renfield starring Nicolas Cage and choreographed by Kat Burns. Specializing in immersive entertainment, Natalie contributed to Tyra Banks’ “Modelland” and Netflix/Secret Cinema’s “Stranger Things Drive-Into Experience.” Natalie served as Secret Cinema’s Assistant Director on “Arcane” which premiered in November 2021. Most recently, Natalie had the privilege of performing at Jacob's Pillow for the Ann and Westin Hicks Choreography Fellowship and Dance Gallery Festival as a dancer for Gianna Burright.
Natalie has trained with LA Contemporary Dance Company, VIM VIGOR, BODYTRAFFIC, New Dialect, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, among others. She holds a BFA in Dance and BA in Communications with a Minor in French Art & Culture from the University of Arizona.
Nicole Hagen
Nicole Hagen (she/her) is a LA-based dancer, educator, and choreographer, who has performed works by Elías Aguirre, Gianna Burright, Genevieve Carson, Roderick George, Madison Hicks, Kate Hutter Mason, Waeli Wang, and WHYTEBERG. Most recently, she performed Gianna Burright’s work at Jacob's Pillow for the Ann and Westin Hicks Choreography Fellowship and the Dance Gallery Festival.
Nicole has danced with both L.A. Contemporary Dance Company and MashUp Contemporary Dance Company, which provided her the opportunity to perform at iconic venues including LA Dance Project, The Odyssey Theatre, ODC Theater, The Architecture & Design Museum, and Highways Performance Space. Commercially, Nicole's credits include Paramore, NBC’s This Is Us, Banks, and Netflix’s Dear White People.
Choreographically, Nicole’s work has been seen on a multitude of stages throughout southern California such as AMDA’s Cosmo Theater, LA Dance Project, LA Theater Center, IAF, Bootleg Theater, Sophia B. Clarke Theater at Mt. San Antonio College, McCallum Theatre, Musco Center for the Arts and Waltmar Theater at Chapman University, and ACDA's Screen Dance Festival. She has been a two-time finalist at the McCallum Choreography festival and has been commissioned by Mt. San Antonio College and AMDA College.
Nicole is on faculty at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and AMDA College where she teaches a variety of classes in contemporary, ballet, choreography/composition and creates work on their students. She has trained with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, BODYTRAFFIC, Rockettes, Gaga LA, and at Anouk Van Dijk’s Countertechnique Intensive. Nicole holds a BFA in Dance Performance, with a minor in Business Administration from Chapman University.
Alexandra Rix
Alexandra Rix (she/her/they) is originally from Western Massachusetts and made the move to Los Angeles to continue her dance education at California State University Long Beach, completing her BFA in Dance and BA option in Dance Science. Rix works as a Massage Therapist, specializing in providing accessible bodywork for the dance community, and as a Freelance Dancer throughout the greater LA area. Alex has had the opportunity to perform works by artists such as Christine Bonansea, Colleen Thomas, Gianna Burright, Jennifer Polins, Rebecca Bryant, Rebecca Lemme, and Kevin Williamson. A few of Rix’s performance highlights are: performing in three installments of NEW SHOES at HIGHWAYS Performance Space, the Odyssey Theater as part of their Dance at the Odyssey series, REDCAT’s NOW Festival, and site-specific works in Lewiston, ME and Lucca, Italy. Rix has attended Bates Dance Festival three times as a participant and most recently, as a Mentor for their Young Dancers Workshop and as the festival’s Massage Therapist.
Sio Tepper
Sio (Shio) is a multi-instrumental performer, composer, singer-songwriter, music director, vocal director, recording artist, lyricist and educator. She is currently based in New York City and originally from Santa Barbara, California, and is actively working throughout California and New York. She received her M.A. from the Berklee College of Music NYC, and received her undergraduate degree in Ethnomusicology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She currently teaches adjunct at Montclair State University.
Sio is passionate about the ways in which creative expression and music can be a vessel for promoting and creating social equity and interpersonal healing. Her creative and professional work is rooted in this passion and the desire to continue to give back to the creative community that helped her to become who she is today.
In addition to teaching privately, she has taught at universities such as NYU Strasberg, PACE University and Molloy CAP 21.She has worked extensively as a music director with companies such as Live and In Color, Musical Theatre Factory. She has also composed for various theater, film, and contemporary dance projects, her work having been featured in Jacob’s Pillow, the Santa Barbara Film Festival, Dance Gallery Festival, and more. Currently, in addition to composing and music directing, she is also expanding her performance career, having most recently played in A Strange Loop on Broadway, and performing her own music through California and New York City.