Gina Bolles Sorensen (MFA, University of Oregon) is an artist and educator. She has danced for companies and choreographers in New York, San Francisco, Oregon, and San Diego, including Yolande Snaith and Jesse Zarrit (through youTurn Arts). She received grants to study the classical Indian dance Bharatanatyam in Bangalore, India, and spent seven months intensively working in the Gaga language in Tel Aviv, Israel. Gina has twice published original research in the Journal of Dance Education, including the article “Imagery Ability, Imagery Use, and Learning Style: An Exploratory Study” which explored imagery as a dance teaching methodology. Gina was the recipient of a National Artist Teacher Fellowship from the Center for Arts in Education at Boston Arts Academy, honored as Distinguished Alumnus at the University of Oregon, and has presented at the Women in Dance Leadership Conference. She is the Director of the Conservatory of Classical and Contemporary Dance at the Coronado School of the Arts, adjunct faculty at Grossmont College, and an Experienced-Registered Yoga Teacher and founder of Yoga Natyam, an online resource for yoga classes.

Kyle Sorensen’s (MFA, University of California San Diego)work has been exhibited and awarded special honors in both national and international venues, including the Tanzsommer Festival in Austria. Kyle was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study contemporary dance and choreographic processes in Israel. He has danced professionally in Los Angeles, Oregon, Washington, and San Diego for choreographers including Yolande Snaith, Joe Alter, Jean Isaacs, and Alicia Peterson Baskel. Kyle has studied the Gaga language 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 is on faculty at Grossmont College. When he is not dancing, he freelances as a videographer and editor for dance, and he creates original music.