BREANA CONNOR BRE/BREANA
Managing Director
from Oakland, California
educated at eugene lang and american university of paris
activist
artist
interested in:
family of origin stories
black lives
empathy
queer theory + spaces
intuition
narrative media
language
the sacred feminine
histories of communities of color
ALEXANDER MILLAR HE/THEY
Music Director
Alexander is an award-winning songwriter, composer, performer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. He combines a BFA in Musical Arts and an MFA in Performance & Composition with over 20 years of professional experience in the music industry and over 10 years of teaching experience.
Alex has been signed to Sony Music and writes and produces a wide variety of styles, including Rock, Alternative, Indie, Pop, Country, Rap and many more.
Alex has taught beginning to master level classes in Popular Music, Contemporary Songwriting, Composition, Recording Arts, Music Business, and Music Theory.
He has also written and arranged music for stage and dance theater performance for professional touring ensembles.
Alex has performed with numerous musical projects and is currently the frontperson, singer, guitarist and songwriter for VATTICA, an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, as well as the Director of Music for Good Trouble Makers, a queer artist community organization based in Los Angeles and working internationally.
KRISTY KENNEDY SHE/THEY
Programming Associate
Kristy Kennedy was a member of Toronto Dance Theatre for 10 seasons earning a Dora Mavor Moore nomination for Best Ensemble Performance before turning freelance, and has performed works by many of the country’s leading choreographers, both nationally and internationally. She has also performed in numerous dance films, features, shorts and music videos, as well as several collective theatre creations. Recently Kristy performed Mirror Staging the Seeing Place in LA, Vancouver, and Toronto, choreographed by Sasha Ivanochko and is a founding member of LA’s Good Trouble Makers.
Kristy currently resides in LA and is developing her craft as a potter. Her work can be seen and purchased on her Instagram.
YVETTE FLORES SHE/HER
Community Builder
I’m Yvette/Evee
She/Her
Bi+ / Queer baby
First generation Costa Rican/Mexican American
Southern California native
Tongva Nation/SGV
Dancer/dance instructor/mover/certified group fitness instructor, ACE
2012 AMDA LA BFA Dance Theater Graduate
2020 Graduate of the Majority Leaders Education Fund
Community Care advocate: learning, unlearning, showing up, using my voice, finding rest, healing, pleasure & joy through community connection
CHEYENNE DUNBAR HE/HIS
Cheyenne is an accomplished dancer, mover, multi-instrumentalist and martial artist (including Boxing, Tai Chi, Muay Thai and Capoeria Angola) with over 3 decades of experience. He developed the Primal Integrated Movement Practice, which takes the most effective principles from each form to craft a truly unique movement experience. He is also the frontman and lead singer for GLIFOS, a voodoo funk band from Los Angeles, CA.
KAT SAUMA THEY/THEM
Kat Sauma is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on movement & choreography. Their creative process aims to extricate binary thinking, embracing a non-hierarchical, queer mode of collaborating. Kat’s dance company S A U M A|mvmt is in its first year in Los Angeles & they are working on their first book of poetry.
EMMA JULAUD SHE/HERS
Queer French-American Woman. Holistic healthcare practitioner devoted to help individuals manage their stress and recover from trauma. Dancer for life.
“Your fragility is also your strength.”
~Pina Bausch