is in her fourth year with the company. She has
danced for numerous companies and choreographers in
the Washington, D.C. and New York City areas,
including City Dance Ensemble, Mason/Rhynes
Productions, Doug Varone, Dan Wagoner, Meriam Rosen
and Ed Tyler. Ms. Fink received her Masters of Fine
Arts degree in Dance from the University of
Maryland, College Park. Ms. Fink was recognized as
an Emerging Performer at the 2003 Metro D.C. Dance
Awards and for her Individual Performance of
"Harmonica Breakdown" choreographed by Jane Dunley
in 2004. She is a faculty member in the Department
of Theater and Dance at the George Washington
University and teaches in Montgomery County Public
Schools.
Connie Fink,
Associate Artistic Director
Katia
Chupashko
is in her second year with the company. She
recently graduated with honors from The George
Washington University where she double majored in
Business Administration and Dance. As a
Presidential Arts Scholar, she had the opportunity
to work with guest artists such as Miguel
Guttierrez, Jennifer Nugent, Benjamin Levy and Neil
Greenberg. She has also had the opportunity to
perform with The Maida Withers Dance Construction
Company and Clancyworks.
is in her fourth year with the company. She was
born in Taiwan and studied with the Tsoying Dance
Division in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. She received a
B.F.A. from the University of Florida's New World
School of the Arts (NWSA) where she graduated on
the Dean's list with honors. She performed in the
Dance Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Tokyo, Japan and
in Malaysia. She has performed professionally with
the Miami Ballet (1996-1998) and the Nevada Ballet
Theater, NBT (1998-2002). Her performances include
In the Glow of the Night, Les Sylphides, The
Nutcraker, Romeo and Juliet, Coppilia, Dracula,
Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote,
as well as other classical and contemporary work.
She is also currently a member of the faculty with
the Arlington Center for Dance and The Metropolitan
Fine Arts Center.
Shu-Chen Cuff
Jennifer Rain
Ferguson
is in her fourth year with Dana Tai Soon Burgess
& Co. She received a B.S. in ballet from
Indiana University. She has danced with the Atlanta
Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Bowen McCauley Dance,
Hosanna Dance Company and the Arka Ballet. Ms.
Ferguson is a Pilates trainer and personal trainer
at Body Dynamics, Inc. 1999.
Sarah Halzack
is in her first year with Dana Tai Soon Burgess
& Co. She recently graduated suma cum laude
from The George Washington University where she
double majored in Journalism and Dance. She has
also had the opportunity to perform with The Maida
Withers Dance Construction Company and The Sonia
Plumb Dance Company. Ms. Halzack was an intern at
the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 2005. Sarah
would like to thank her family for all of their
support.
is in her eighth year with the company. She studied
the methodology of the Royal Academy of Dancing at
Kimura Izumi Ballet Academy in Japan. There she
obtained the title of ARAD (Advanced Royal Academy
of Dancing) in 1994. While attending college in
Japan she studied many forms of dance with an
emphasis on modern and Japanese dance. After
working with the Japan Ballet Association and other
dance groups, she came to the DC metropolitan area
and has worked for Mr. Burgess since 1999. She also
danced for Train Wreck Dance Company. Ms. Nitadori
performed a lead role of the 2003 and 2004 national
tours of Burgess' Nightingale, as well as in the
international tour of Tracings. Ms. Nitadori was
recognized as the Outstanding Individual Performer
from the Annual Metro D.C. Dance Awards, 2003.
Miyako
Nitadori
is in his first year with the company. He graduated
with honors from Ohio University where he earned a
BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography. He
performed in works by Sean Curran, Azaguno, African
Dance and Percussion Ensemble and the Shelter
Repertory Dance Theater. Southall’s choreography
has been performed at the American College Dance
Festival and at Concordia University in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. Southall won the Midwest
Championships in Irish dance in 2001; honorary
placement at the 2002 World Irish Dancing
Championships, held in Glasgow, Scotland. He was a
technical production intern at Jacobs Pillow Dance
Festival in 2005.
Kelly Moss
Southall
is in his sixth year with the company. He recently
graduated from George Mason University where he
earned a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. He began
studying dance with DanceSpace Company under the
direction of Cindy Mancini and Joseph Carrow,
performing many lead roles. He has also worked with
several known choreographers such as Keith
Thompson, Carla Perlo, Reggie Glass, Helenius J.
Wilkins and the Train Wreck Dance Company. He
performed a leading role in the 2003 national tour
of Burgess' Nightingale. Leonardo wishes to thank
his wife and family for all their support.
Leonardo
Torres
is in her seventh year with the company. She was
originally trained in Latin America where she
received critical acclaim for dancing with various
contemporary dance and dance theater companies. In
Ecuador and Peru the companies included Humanizarte
Pata Cabra and Integro with which she toured
extensively, and she has also performed as part of
the international arm of the American Dance
Festival. Recently she reset Burgess' work Silk
Roads on the National Ballet of Peru in Lima. She
has been a dance teacher since 1991.
Tati (Maria Del
Carmen) Valle-Riestra
is in her second season with Dana Tai Soon Burgess
& Co. She studied at the Washington Academy of
Performing Arts and at London Studio Centre in
London, England, where she earned her diploma in
both classical and contemporary dance. She has
toured the United Kingdom and Germany with Images
of Dance, performing works by Frederick Ashton,
George Balanchine, and Mark Baldwin, as well as
many classical works. Most recently Ms. Weitz
performed for two years with Washington Reflections
Dance Company. She has both taught and
choreographed for the Dance Institute of Washington
and currently teaches at the Joy of Motion Dance
Center. She is originally from Seattle.
Kathleen Weitz
Florian received his early training with Ecole de
Danse Contemporaine, while growing up in Geneva,
Switzerland. He later earned his diploma at the
Stuttgart Ballet School in Germany. In New York,
Mr. Rouiller trained at the Joffrey Ballet School
and with David Howard. He has performed with Merce
Cunningham, Ballet Chicago, Milwaukee Ballet, Ohio
Ballet, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and the Goteburg
Operans in Sweden.
Florian
Rouiller
