Erin is a graduate of Columbia College, SC (BFA) and Texas Woman’s University (MFA), where she received the Excellence in Choreography Award (2012) and the Pauline Bishop Leman Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement (2014). Erin is a graduate of the Integrated Movement Studies program (2016) and is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst and Somatic Movement Educator. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Moving Body Dance Company and is the FY21 South Carolina Arts Commission Fellowship recipient for Dance Choreography.

Angela Gallo is a movement expert, wellness advocate, and travel coach who empowers people to reconnect with their bodies, minds, and spirits through movement and travel. As the artistic director of Sapphire Moon Dance Company and dean and professor of dance emeritus, she has spent over 20 years teaching dance, somatic movement, and Pilates. Angela’s performance highlights include: White Wave Dance Festival, the Dancenow Downtown Festival, Dance Theatre Workshop, Williamsburg Arts Nexus (WAX) in New York City; the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists (fFIDA)i n Toronto; in Southeast, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Alabama Dance Festival, Charlotte Dance Festival, Dimensions Dance Festival. She has danced with AmDAT: Dance Art Technology (NY), Eisenhower Dance Ensemble (MI), the Power Company Collaborative(SC) and worked on smaller projects with Ballet Preljocaj (France) and Anou Skan (France). She has also been a guest choreographer for Dance Now! Miami, South Carolina Ballet, Columbia Classical Ballet, Vibrations Dance Company, the Power Company and others. Angela’s dance for camera work has been screened nationally and internationally, including the Optica Film Festival (Bolivia, Spain and France), Opine Dance Festival (Nevada), Braga International Film Festival (Portugal) and IMARP- Mostra Internacional de Danca-Imagens em Movimento-Video Danca, Brazil. Her chapter, "Beyond the steps: unveiling the artistic influences behind my choreography", was recently published in the book III CONVOCAÇÕES EM DANÇA: CONEXÕES INDISCIPLINARES NA PRÁXIS PROFISSIONAL. Angela holds an MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Michigan and is a NCPT Pilates Instructor.

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.

Christian von Howard is the Artistic Director of the VON HOWARD PROJECT, a contemporary dance company based out of New York City. As an international artist, he has worked with many dance artists such as Doug Varone, Fernando Bujones, Douglas Becker, Germaul Barnes, Daniel Gwirtzman and various others. Christian is a Fulbright Specialist (2019-2021) and a NJ State Council of the Arts Choreographic Fellow (2006) and his choreography has been produced in various venues across the globe including Germany, Japan, Bulgaria, Colombia, Chile, South Korea and in the states at Dance Theater Workshop (now New York Live Arts), Joyce SoHo, Dixon Place, the Ailey Citigroup Theater amongst others. His guest artist teaching/residency highlights include the American Dance Festival, Dance It! Festival (Bulgaria), Peridance Dance Center, and the Korean Dance Festival. Christian is a 2013/2014 recipient of the Distinguished Achievement in Teaching Award from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts where he was part of the teaching faculty in the Department of Dance & Choreography from 2008 to 2014. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at Montclair State University and concurrently teaches at the Alvin Ailey School in NYC where he has been on faculty since 1998. Christian served as the Northeast Regional Director of the American College Dance Association from 2016-2023. He holds advanced degrees in Performance and Choreography from the School of Classical and Contemporary Dance at Texas Christian University and from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Young Choreographer Molly Allen is a dance educator and choreographer from Florida. She recently earned her Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education (K–12) from the University of South Carolina. This fall, she will begin teaching middle school dance in Summerville, where she is excited to inspire the next generation of dancers.

Molly has trained in a variety of dance styles and is passionate about creating choreography that fosters creativity, confidence, and artistic expression. She is grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with the talented dancers and staff at Cola Rep. She hopes this piece encourages each performer to grow, connect, and shine on stage.