NEWAVE S8 — BODYSONNET

Master Series

NEWAVE Master Series is a three-day intensive in New York City for dancers ages 18–30 who want to expand their practice and deepen their connection to today’s contemporary dance field.

At BODYSONNET, we believe artists grow by continually challenging themselves and training with teachers who push them beyond their comfort zones. NEWAVE gives dancers the opportunity to learn directly from leading artists who are shaping the present and future of contemporary dance.

International creatives Tilly Evans-Krueger, Dava Huesca, and Ethan Colangelo lead the intensive. Each artist guides participants through a full day of training, offering distinct perspectives on technique, artistry, musicality, movement quality, and creative process.

Over three rigorous and immersive days, dancers will strengthen their technical foundation, develop their artistic voice, and build the professional skills they need to move forward in their careers.

Ethan Colangelo

Ethan Colangelo was born and raised in Toronto where he began his initial training at Canada’s National Ballet School and Elite Danceworx. He is an alumni of The Juilliard School where he received the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreographic Promise.

As a choreographer, he has presented work at The Baryshnikov Arts Center, Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, APAP, Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Ethan was also selected for the Copenhagen International Choreography Competition in 2018 and 2021. At the competition in 2021, his piece recurrence won the Audience Choice Award along with the DAF Production Prize, which led to a residency with Hessisches Staatsballett. Most recently, he has created new works for Ballet BC, BODYTRAFFIC, Whim W’Him Contemporary Dance and The National Ballet of Canada. Ethan has also taught and made new creations for educational institutions including The Juilliard School, The Ailey School, Arts Umbrella Dance Company, Springboard Danse Montréal, DAF in Rome and MOVE NYC. Ethan joined The National Ballet of Canada as Choreographic Associate in July 2023.

October 10

Dava Huesca

Dava Huesca is a performing artist and choreographer working across concert dance and musical theater. She was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2025 and is a Bessie- and Obie Award–winning performer.

Dava gained widespread recognition for her work in the hit Broadway revival Cats: The Jellicle Ball, where she starred as Rumpleteazer and Assistant Dance Captain. Her performance became a defining face of the production helping propel the show into global visibility.

Her performance career spans theater and contemporary dance, with credits including Saturday Church, Ogedmi Ude & Company, BODYSONNET, Christoph Winkler Company (Germany), Yin Yue Dance Company, and VIM VIGOR, among others. As a choreographer, Huesca has received commissions from The Corner web series, Whim W’Him, Dance Lab New York, and Yale University’s Summer Drama Cabaret. She has served as Associate Choreographer for Tanisha Scott’s Bob Marley: Hope Road workshop and held associate choreographer roles with collegiate institutions across the United States.

Deeply committed to dance education, Huesca has served on faculty at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Barnard College, Gibney Pro, Broadway Dance Center, and additional institutions nationwide.

October 11

October 12

Tilly Evans - Krueger

Tilly Evans-Krueger is a Chita Rivera Award Winning Artist, and Associate Choreographer and Original cast member of the Tony Award winning hit musical “The Outsiders.” She was the Movement Director of the Tony Nominated play “John Proctor is the Villain.”

She has danced with Sonya Tayeh Dance, Chuthis, Camille A. Brown and Dancers, BODYTRAFFIC, Spectrum Dance Theater+ Donald Byrd, and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. She has performed off Broadway with Illinois, The Wrong Man, Working: A Musical, The Lucky Ones, and Nutcracker Rouge.

Her Film Credits include: Mover, Better Nate Than Ever, Saturday Night Live, Rent Live!, and In the Heights. Her choreography experience includes: Johan, Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, Mover, BoyHoarder, Guarantee: Joshua Henry, Stay On The Line: Kate Cunning. Tilly was featured in Ariana Grande’s music video “Yes, And?”