Performers
Alison
Fung began
dancing at age 13 studying jazz and tap with Sonoo Petty
and ballet with Shan-Yee Poon in San Francisco. She went on
to pursue her B.A. in World Arts and Cultures with an
emphasis in dance at UCLA while training at the Debbie
Allen Dance Academy. Alison has had the pleasure of dancing
with NSU Modern, DADA Ensemble, Synapse Contemporary Dance
Company, the Movement movement, and Team Ferosha.
She’s very excited to be dancing with KDT for a
second season.
Brittany
Midiri a new member to Kybele
Dance, was born and raised in Southern California and
has been dancing since the age of 5. She graduated
from the University of California, Irvine with her BFA
in Dance Performance and is also a dancer for
Diavolo’s Education Company. She is
excited to be a part of this project and is always
thankful for the constant support of her family and
friends!
Caitlin
Negron began her dance training
at Fort Wayne Ballet in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She then
went on to study at Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, Texas where she summa cum luade with degree a
B.F.A. in Dance Performance and B.A. in Anthropology.
While at SMU Caitlin choreographed for the student run
Brown Bag Dance Series and led choreographic
workshops. Caitlin has also studied at Richmond
Ballet, American Ballet Theater, American Dance
Festival, The Martha Graham School of Contemporary
Dance and with Thodos Dance Chicago. She has performed
in works by Martha Graham, George Balanchine, Alvin
Ailey, Sabrina Madison-Cannon, Larry White, David
Hochoy, Cynthia Pratt, Winifred Haun, Erica Rose
Jeffrey and Roberta Wong. Caitlin danced with
Dance Kaleidoscope under the direction of David Hochoy
for four wonderful seasons. She co-founded and serves
as the executive director of The Indy
Convergence- an organization that
holds two week workshops for professional artists
seeking to collaborate across disciplines.
Jeanna Riscigno began dancing at Mid Maryland Performing Arts Center and continued her studies at 24/7 Dance Studio, both located in Frederick MD. During High School, she was a member of Zelda Darby's hip hop crew, R.A.W., which placed second at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, NY. For the last five years Jeanna has trained each summer with the NY based dance company: Pushing Progress. She graduated from Frederick Community College with her Associates in Business Administration and fromTowson University with her B.F.A. in Dance Performance. Each year she performed for Towson's Dance Company and studied abroad a semester at the Palucca Shule Conservatory in Dresden, Germany. In 2009, Jeanna performed Nicole Martinell's piece, Muffle the Puppet, which was selected for ACDF's Gala Concert and 2010 was honored to receive the ‘Excellence in Dance Award’ from Towson’s Dance Department. Now dancing with Kybele Dance Theater, Jeanna is excited to begin a new chapter here in the Los Angeles area!
Masha A. Balovlenkov began her artistic career in
musical theater, but found dancing during high school while
studying at the Peabody Conservatory. Growing up in
Baltimore, she began her professional career as principal
dancer with AirDance Bernasconi \while attending Goucher
College. Also during her time at Goucher, she
performed with Robert Moses, Roger Jeffrey, and Kevin Iega
Jeff. She received a degree in dance with distinction
and upon graduation, Mr. Jeff offered her a position as
apprentice with Deeply Rooted Dance Theater in Chicago.
While living Chicago, she performed with Paul Sanasardo,
Dmitri Peskov, Nana Shineflug and Nathaniel Trice. She also
choreographed for United Artist Pictures:
The
Express, a Ford Fiesta Commercial, The
Josh Weckesser Dance Spectacular, Dance Chicago, and the
independent film Life
Lessons. This is her first
season with Kybele Dance Theater.