Keerati Jinakunwiphat (she/her), originally from Chicago, IL., received her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase. She has additionally studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and Springboard Danse Montreal. Keerati has studied with Kevin Wynn, Doug Varone, and began working with A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham in 2016 as a performer, collaborator, and choreographer. Keerati has graced the cover of Dance Magazine’s as one of ‘25 to Watch’ in 2021. In 2023, she had the honor of becoming the first Asian American woman to be commissioned to choreograph for the New York City Ballet. Additionally, Keerati has been awarded with the Jadin Wong Fellowship Artist of Exceptional Merit by the Asian American Arts Alliance and is a 2023 Princess Grace Award winner in choreography.

Tushrik Fredericks (he/him), recipient of Princess Grace Award (Chris Helman dance honor), nominated by TRIBE (Founding artistic director, Shamel Pitts) in 2021 is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. Growing up he found himself drawn towards the style ‘KRUMP‘. He graduated from the Peridance Certificate Program in NYC in June 2015 and has had the opportunity to work with Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY (Danielle Agami, Artistic Director), Sidra Bell Dance New York (Sidra Bell, Artistic director) and TRIBE (Shamel Pitts, Artistic Director). Fredericks was an assistant lecturer to Sidra Bell at The University of the Arts Philadelphia for Sophomore students (2016-2018). In May 2021 Fredericks received 3rd prize for dance at the SoloTanz Festival in Stuttgart for his first rendition of his self choreographed solo '(territory) of the heart' and in May 2023 he showcased the completed rendition of the solo at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn, NY.

Moscelyne ParkeHarrison (she/her), co-director and founder of BODYSONNET, is a dance artist from the Berkshires, Massachusetts. She is currently based in San Francisco where she is the Associate Artistic Director, Resident Choreographer, and company dancer with Post:ballet. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School (with the Artist as Citizen Award). She has received commissions from Post:ballet, LINES Training Program, The Juilliard School and Metropolis Ensemble. She is currently in process for an evening length immersive theater show as artist in residence at the Midway. Moscelyne’s film ‘say i am you’ was recently selected for the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and Dance Camera West.

Kevin Pajarillaga (he/him) is most curious about the process of sharing the lived experiences of the body through time and space fused with a little bit of fantasy and imagination. Pajarillaga has performed for; artist Doja Cat at MTV VMAs 2021, GAP’s 2018 spring campaign “Experiment in Color”, Celia Rowlson-Hall’s short film “First Snow”, “SPACE END” by Wilder Yari and Maddy Talias. He danced with companies including Gibney Company, NW Dance Project, Yin Yue Dance Company and Sonya Tayeh Dance. Pajarillaga has performed works by Choreographers such as Alan Lucien Oyen, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Felix Landerer, Gustavo Ramirez, Johan Inger and others.

Mio Ishikawa (she/her), Japanese movement artist based in New York City, works collaboratively across multiple artistic mediums. Ishikawa is a performer with Sidra Bell Dance New York and Punchdrunk's Sleep No More NYC. Ishikawa trained at the Juilliard School (BFA 2019). Ishikawa is a recent recipient of 2023-2024 Center for Ballet Art NYU Juilliard Fellowship in support of her upcoming creation.

Her works have been presented at New World Symphony in Miami and The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Ishikawa choreographed and directed the movements for photographers Across artistic mediums, Ishikawa has worked with artists, Dan Colen, Tatyana Nagayeva, Olga Rabetskaya and Robert and Shana PerkeHarrison, Moon Chang, MIZU, Jake Olsen and Kevin Peter, among many others. Ishikawa is an associate director of a bicoastal dance platform BODYSONNET. As a core member, she has been a part of residencies in US and Germany and have produced dance performances and films. She led workshops at Harvard University, NYU and Mercyhurst University as a teaching artist of SBDNY.

Sean Lammer (he/him) is from Pennsylvania, USA, and currently resides in Cologne, Germany where he is a member and collaborator of Richard Siegal | Ballet of Difference. Sean is a co-director and founder of BODYSONNET. He is an alumnus of The Juilliard School ('19) and Walnut Hill School for the Arts ('15) and has performed professionally with GALLIM, MADBOOTS, Helen Simoneau Danse, and Madeleine Hollander among other New York City based artists.

Gabe Katz (he/him) is a multimedia artist, dancer, choreographer, educator, and graduate of Marymount Manhattan College Class of 2018, receiving his BFA in dance and a minor in studio art. He is also an alum of The School at Jacob’s Pillow, as well as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Professional Training Program and Springboard Danse Montreal, both under the direction of Alexandra Wells. Gabe has performed repertoire by choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shechter, Maxine Doyle, Peter Chu, Sonya Tayeh, Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz with MADBOOTS DANCE, Katherine Maxwell with Hivewild Dance Company, Jenn Freeman, Larry Keigwin, Akira Uchida, and Rena Butler. His commercial credits include Gap, Puma, Eartheater, Shygirl, Paul McCartney, and Ryan Heffington. He was featured in Akira Uchida’s film “Still” which made it’s premiere on NOWNESS in 2022. Gabe has taught and choreographed at dance institutions around the country, creating numerous live works as well as dance on film. Gabe was a performer in the final cast of Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More in NYC, choreographed by Maxine Doyle.

Brandon Coleman (he/him) is an NYC-based performer and teacher from Katy, TX. Formerly a member of Visceral Dance Chicago, Brandon has also worked with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a guest artist for their 2017 Summer Series. Since moving to NYC in 2017, Brandon has danced with KEIGWIN + COMPANY, the Metropolitan Opera ballet, VIM VIGOR Dance Company, and in Punchdrunk's SLEEP NO MORE.

He is the host of Breaking the Wall Podcast which posts weekly episodes to provide tools and advice for early-career and pre-professional dancers. He is currently on faculty at Gibney Dance and Peridance in NYC. Brandon is a graduate of the University of Arizona.

Jessica Smith (she/they) is a New York City based dancer and choreographer from New Orleans, Louisiana. She studied at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, London Contemporary Dance School, and received her BFA in dance from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College. She's performed with companies such as Punchdrunk's Sleep No More NYC, Vim Vigor Dance Company, ZviDance and Kizuna Dance. Jessica was one of eight choreographers chosen for The Jacob's Pillow Ann and Weston Hicks Choreographic Fellowship in 2022. Jessica is the Co-Artistic Director of Dual Rivet, a highly physical contemporary dance company based in NYC. Jessica is currently on Faculty at Juilliard, Peridance, Gibney and Marymount.