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Kristopher Apple is a violinist and
composer working at the intersection of music, dance, text, and
digital media. His music is a regular feature of the San Diego
arts scene where he works closely with choreographers, writers,
directors, composers, visual artists, and software developers
to integrate music and interdisciplinary performance practices.
He is a highly sought after artist who provides musical and technical
support to numerous colleges, universities, dance companies, and
theater companies throughout San Diego. His current projects include
IMAGOmoves, Wallpaper Performance Company, So Say We All's Incoming,
Animal Cracker Conspiracy, TranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project, and
the Nathan Hubbard Quartet.
A local to San Diego, Erica Buechner
has been choreographing, teaching, and performing since 1999.
She has performed with Mojalet Dance Collective, Eveoke Dance
Theatre, Patricia Sandback and Dancers, IMAGOmoves, Malashock
Dance, The PGK Dance Project, Opus Mixtus, and the Joe Alter Dance
Group, among other individual choreographers. She received her
MFA in Dance from Hollins University/American Dance Festival and
her BFA in Dance from San Diego State University. Erica is the
co-producer of youTurn Contemporary Arts Exhibition, the director
of Sound Dance Company, and a current committee member of San
Diego Dance Connect. She is very honored to be performing with
Wallpaper Performance Company.
Jennifer Oliver holds a B.A. in dance
from University of California, Irvine, and a M.A. in Expressive
Arts Therapy from the European Graduate School. Jennifer has choreographed
and performed both locally and internationally and received a
Sator Arts Grant for her performance series Artful Happenings
Abound! As an educator and therapist Jennifer has provided creative
dance education and artful practices for students and adults for
the past 18 years. From 2005 – 2015 Jennifer served as the
Associate Director for Young Audiences of San Diego where she
co-founded and directed the Arts Education Resource Organization
(AERO) and the Teaching Artist Institute of San Diego. Jennifer
is the San Diego representative for the statewide initiative,
Teaching Artist Support Collaborative and serves on the National
Arts Education Council for Americans for the Arts.
Lara Segura has extensive experience
as a professional dancer, actress, teacher, producer and choreographer.
In 2005 Lara graduated with a BFA Degree from SDSU. Since then
she has performed throughout the country in numerous projects
and companies. She has been performing with Malashock Dance since
2007 and currently serves as the Artistic Programs Manager. In
2014 Lara received her MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University
with an emphasis in engaging audiences via site-specific dance.
She is delighted to serve on the steering committee for San Diego
Dance Connect and is committed to supporting the concepts of community,
ensemble, and the accessibility of dance.
Kyle Sorensen has been making dances
for over 13 years. His choreography has been exhibited and awarded
special honors in both national and international venues, including
the Tanzsommer Festival in Austria. Most recently, Kyle and his
collaborator/wife Gina Bolles Sorensen received the top award
for choreography from the San Diego International Fringe Festival
(2015) for their latest evening-length work, called The Whispering
Directions. Kyle was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study contemporary
dance and choreographic processes in Israel for 2013-14. He has
danced professionally in Los Angeles, Oregon, Washington, and
San Diego for choreographers including Yolande Snaith, Joe Alter,
Jean Isaacs, Elfi Schaefer-Schafroth, and Alicia Peterson Baskel,
as well as performed in works by Tere O’Connor, Susan Marshall,
and Gabe Masson. Kyle has studied the Gaga technique developed
by Ohad Naharin of the Batsheva Dance Company, as well as choreographic
practices with Bebe Miller, K.J. Holmes, and Nina Martin, and
dance-for-the-camera with Ellen Bromberg. Kyle has taught full
courses in Contemporary Dance, Hip Hop Dance, Tap Dance, and Dance
for the Camera at the University of California San Diego, San
Diego State University, and San Diego City College, as well as
master classes at Winthrop University (Rock Hill, SC), Johnson
C. Smith University (Charlotte, NC), Grossmont College (San Diego,
CA), and Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA). He served as
the Assistant Choreographer to Yolande Snaith for the University
of California San Diego’s devised theater work, “Sexual
Selection: Darwin and Shakespeare Ponder Love.” Kyle has
a MFA in Dance Theatre from the University of California San Diego,
where he was awarded the Achievement Award in Teaching, and a
BA in Dance at the University of Oregon, where he was recognized
with the Dance Achievement Award in Recognition of Undergraduate
Excellence as a Developing Artist. Kyle is currently on faculty
at San Diego State University and San Diego City College.
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