The Columbia Repertory Dance Company's mission is to broaden the experience of professional dance artists and patrons in Columbia, SC through multidisciplinary collaborative performances year-round. We aim to retain the talents of South Carolina dance artists and provide a spectrum of professional opportunities while inspiring and developing a broader and deeper understanding of dance in Columbia.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | CHOREOGRAPHER

Stephanie Wilkins Stephanie Wilkins is the Artistic Director, Resident Choreographer and Co-founder of the Columbia Repertory Dance Company in Columbia, SC. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Dance Performance & Choreography from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in NYC, where she lived for fifteen years. She has taught, choreographed and performed extensively in New York, San Francisco, Brazil, Kenya, Scotland and South Carolina. Stephanie is an adjunct Professor of Dance at Columbia College and has previously taught at the University of SC and Coker University, as well as a guest instructor at Princeton University and College of Charleston.  In January 2015, she premiered Woven, her first evening-length work, with jazz composer Mark Rapp. She performed her solo, Burned, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland in August 2022. Her works Forgiveness (part 2) and Agitato were selected to be performed as part of the Dumbo Dance Festival at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, NY in June 2023, and Ache was selected and performed at the same festival in 2024. In the past year, Stephanie choreographed Legally Blonde The Musical for Workshop Theatre, choreographed and performed with Jamie Scott in Dancing with the Palmetto Stars at the Township Auditorium, accompanied Cola Rep Dance Company for their performance at Piccolo Spoleto and led the company in their 6th season with their concert at the Koger Center’s new lower level performance space.

MANAGING DIRECTOR | DANCER

Bonnie Boiter-Jolley is Co-founder and Managing Director of Cola Rep Dance Co. A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, Bonnie studied at the American Ballet Theatre in New York City, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King Lines Ballet and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Bonnie graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Honors College at the University of South Carolina with degrees in Dance Performance and Choreography and Political Science. She has performed in Italy under the direction of Anna Marie Holmes and the Czech Republic and in the Summer Stage series in New York City. Bonnie has performed with Wideman Davis Dance company and Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theatre and appeared in local theatre productions “Songs for a New World” at Workshop Theatre and “the Great Gatsby” at Trustus Theatre. Bonnie joined the Columbia City Ballet in 2011, was promoted to Soloist in 2013 and Principal Dancer in 2018. Bonnie has over 15 years of experience in dance education and is credited with developing the ballet program at the Columbia City Jazz Conservatory under the leadership of Choreographer and Master Teacher Dale Lam where she has been on faculty since 2011. Since Fall of 2022, Bonnie has been teaching in an Adjunct capacity in the University of South Carolina Department of Theatre and Dance. In 2019 Bonnie co-founded the Columbia Repertory Dance Company. The company is now in their sixth performance season and has since traveled to perform as part of the DUMBO Dance Festival  in New York twice, collaborated with the SC Philharmonic, artist Jordan Sheridan and 701 CCA and Historic Columbia. Bonnie is thankful for a life in the arts with her husband Chad Henderson.

Rayni Collins is a movement artist and therapist based in Rock Hill, SC. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance & Choreography from Columbia College and an MA in Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling from Antioch University New England. Rayni has performed with The Power Company, THE MARK dance company, and Sarah Council Dance Projects, and her solo choreography Fragile Forms has been presented at BOOM Charlotte and Loose Leaves Showcase.

Her movement style is grounded, emotionally expressive, and informed by somatic and therapeutic practices. In addition to performing, Rayni is the founder of E-MOTIVE Counseling, where she supports creatives and empaths through body-based therapy and nervous system regulation.

Anna Lamczyk is a dancer and choreographer from Mount Vernon, Illinois, who obtained her B.S. in Dance Performance from Illinois State University. While a student, Anna performed in five Dance Theater Concerts, working with multiple choreographers, including Greg Merriman, Laina Reese, Kyle Ayers, and Alexandra Beller. Since graduation she has been teaching at Rising Stars Performing Arts Studio and attending numerous intensives with companies such as Baran Dance, New Dialect, and Staibdance. Her primary training is in ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, and tap.

Ashlee Daniels Taylor is an interdisciplinary artist specializing in somatics, dance performance, and interactive media design. Their work is centered in somatic practices that cultivate body awareness and reveal our interconnectedness. Taylor received their MFA in Dance with an interdisciplinary specialization in Fine Arts from The Ohio State University. She is a certified Alexander Technique Teacher. Their creative research employs rigorous, athletic movement, improvisation, and somatic investigation to explore how layers of experiences linger in our bodies. Through choreographic research, she strives to encourage personal well-being and foster connections between individuals to strengthen our communities. Taylor has performed works by Bebe Miller, Ohaf Naharin, and Tania Issacs. She teaches at UofSC and Columbia College, and performs with Columbia Repertory Company and Moving Body Dance Company.