By Steve Sucato GroundWorks welcomes its newest company member Emma Janus. The native of Lexington, South Carolina, received her early dance training at the Columbia City Jazz Conservatory in Lexington. In 2022, she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in dance from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College. While
By Steve Sucato Victoria Rumzis (she/her) is a Chicago native and began dancing at Dancenter North. She continued her studies at Point Park University where she received her BFA in dance, graduating magna cum laude. Additionally, “Tori” received training at Axis Connect, Movement Invention Project, ODC and Salt Contemporary Dance. She has
By Steve Sucato Madison Pineda (she/her) began her dance training in Sacramento, CA and in Keller, TX. In 2017, she received The Fields Ballet Scholarship Award. At age 16, she attended The Joffrey Ballet School’s New York City Jazz & Contemporary Program, and in 2021 she graduated with a BFA degree from
By Steve Sucato Matthew Saggiomo (he/they) grew up in the small town of Sayre, Pennsylvania where he began his dance training at age 6 in several styles. At 18, he continued his dance training at Elite Danceworx in Ontario, Canada under Dawn Rappitt. Matthew then attended Point Park University where he earned
By Steve Sucato A native of Scottsdale, Arizona, Ahna Bonnette began her dance training at Dance Connection Scottsdale. She later taught at and set solo competition dances for the studio. At 18, she attended SUNY Purchase for a year before leaving to explore a career in concert dance. In 2021, she traveled
By Steve Sucato First season company dancer Teagan Reed (they/them) is a St. Petersburg, Florida native and started training and competing in Scottish Highland dance at age 12. Tea then trained in ballet at the Patricia Ann Dance Studio, attended the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and The Hubbard Street Professional Program in
Jake Nahor has been dancing since he was young. " [He] was always the kid who left school right away to go to dance". The New York native is excited to be dancing with GroundWorks this season. Jake is an alumnus of Alvin Ailey & Fordham University, London Contemporary Dance School, and Walnut Hill
Channce Williams has been moving for as long as he can remember. "I was always the kid at the family function that would just break out dancing out of nowhere." The St. Louis native is excited to be making his GroundWorks debut and have dance be a constant in life again. Channce graduated from
Runako Campbell has been dancing for a majority of her life. "I truly have no idea where my passion for dance came from, but I’ve loved dancing my entire life. It makes me feel alive." The Georgia native looks forward to making her GroundWorks debut during the company's Winter/Spring 2021 Series. She will be graduating
