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Trevor Van Orden:Co-founder
Margaret Mary Moreno:
Co-founder
Margaret Mary Moreno holds her BFA in Dance from The College at Brockport, SUNY. She is currently a Guest Choreographer for Borinquen Dance Theatre in Rochester, NY. Prior to this, she was an intern and then Apprentice with Futurpointe Dance in Rochester, NY, where she met Trevor Van Orden.
She has studied under such renowned instructors such as Danita Emma, Christopher Morrison, Nydia Rodriguez, Guy Thorne, William Evans, Biboti Uikahilo, Zelma Badu-Yung and Clyde Morgan.
Other instructors have included both current and fromer dancers from the National Ballet of Cuba, Garth Fagan Dance, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and the Silvestre School in Salvador, Brazil, as well as Rosengela Silvestre herself.
Some of Margaret Mary's choreographic productions include:
"Asuncion" at RedHouse Theater in Syracuse, NY
"Touched" at Cazenovia College at the 7th Annual Wheeler Conference where she also spoke on behalf of Advocacy for the Arts in Education
"Becoming the Monster" and "Ukiyo" in the semi-annual Tiny Dancer Showcase in Brockport, NY
"Remnants" in Morning Dances in Rochester, NY
"Carmina Burana" in collaboration with Brockport Symphony Orchestra
"WonderStreet" in the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival
"Tonantzin" in Madre Mia, the Borinquen Dance Theatre annual Showcase in Rochester, NY
Trevor Van Orden holds his BA in Dance from SUNY Potsdam. He worked as an aprentice under Caridenco Dance Company, as well as both apprentice and personal assitant under Fututrpointe Dance before becoming an ensemble member of Borinquen Dance Theater, located in Rochester, New York. He has an untraditional dance background, having studied martial arts for 9 years before beginning his dance training. His past instructors have included Guy Thorne, N'jelle Gage, A'keitha Carey, Sean McLeod, Carrie Mae Weems, Nydia Rodriguez and Christopher Morrison, as well dancers from Lehrer dance, Luna Negra Dance Company and Bush Mango Drum & Dance.
Before making the move to Rochester, he was an instructor for Guzman's Dance studio, and Wellwood Middle School. He also had multiple pieces of choreography presented during his education at SUNY Potsdam, some of which include:
"Flight of Allurement"
"Impulse"
"Calm Warrior"
"Manpower Manifesto"
"Serpentine"
"Captured"
"Masked"
Eugene 'Tin Man' Cleveland is a native of Rochester, NY whom stumbled upon his love of dance in late 2000. He has become well versed in several styles of dance and has been said to be an integral part of the upstate dance scene. Having previously taught throughout the tristate area, he constantly advocates anyone and everyone to learn any style of dance they can. He has had the pleasure of dancing with two very respected local dance companies: FuturPointe Dance and Garth Fagan Dance. He also pursued the entrepreneural route with a hip hop dance company called "Zero Gravity Inc." of which hosted dance competitions throughout the upper east coast, bringing guests from across the US, Canada, and France. He currently possesses an associates in Journalism Technology and a bachelor's in Communications.
Eugene Cleveland
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