Originally from Chicago, IL., received her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase and was a recipient of the Adopt-A-Dancer Scholarship. She has additionally studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Springboard Danse Montreal. She has worked with and performed works of artists such as Kyle Abraham, Nicole von Arx, Trisha Brown, Jasmine Ellis, Hannah Garner, Shannon Gillen, Andrea Miller, Kevin Wynn, and Doug Varone. She has assisted Kyle Abraham in new commissioned work for New York City Ballet and Paul Taylor Dance Company. As a freelance choreographer, Keerati has presented her own choreographic works at the American Dance Guild Festival, Triskelion Arts, Dixon Place, Battery Dance Festival, Dance Gallery Festival, the Joyce Theater and New Victory Dance. She has been commissioned to set and create works on the Evanston Dance Ensemble, the Martha Graham School, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Houston Contemporary Dance Company, and New England Ballet Theatre. Keerati has graced the cover of Dance Magazine featured as ‘25 to Watch’ for 2021. Keerati joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2016.

Choreographer and film director Dolly Sfeir grew up in Lebanon and moved to the U.S at the age of nineteen. The move changed her life and defined her creative process.
Hailed for her “stunning work” (Palm Springs Desert Sun), Sfeir investigates the instability of contemporary life and the complexities of the human condition through a fantastical and cinematic lens. She is the 2019 Grand Prize recipient of the Palm Desert Choreography Competition at the McCallum Theatre. She received the Ann & Weston Hicks choreographic fellowship from Jacob’s Pillow in 2019 and is an artist-in-residence for the Abingdon Theatre Company in New York. In that role, she is developing several short films and a full-length work set to the music of Duke Ellington. Additionally, she has been offered a two-year residency with CUNY Dance Initiative to develop a full-length work, to be premiered in Spring of 2022. She has been offered a commission with Holstebro Dansekompani in Denmark to create an original work premiering in Fall 2022.
Her film “It Cries too Loudly” has been circulating the film festival sphere nationally and internationally, at festivals such as San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Portland Film Fest, Austin Dance Festival, Short Waves in Poznan, and has received the best cinematography award from Eastern Europe Film Festival.

Nicole von Arx was born in England and grew up in both Hong Kong and Switzerland. Her performance career led her to becoming a soloist at the Royal Opera House in London and Chicago Lyric Opera while dancing for Jasmin Vardimon. She’s worked for Carte Blanche (NO), Company XIV, Loni Landon, Romeo Castellucci, and Bryan Arias. She is the 2022 Dance Initiative Artist in Resident, 2020 Jacob’s Pillow Choreography Fellow, 2018 STUFFED Artist in Residence at Judson Church, and 2017 Dance Gallery Level UP Artist in Resident. Nicole has most recently worked with Stanford University, The Consulate General of Switzerland in New York, The Ace Hotel, The Yard, Showfields, as well as brands like V Magazine, K-Way, Target, and Kate Spade. Nicole is now in Brooklyn and creates under the name NVA & Guests. 

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