Mission & Minds
The Company
somebodies dance theater was founded by Gina Bolles Sorensen and Kyle Sorensen in 2008. As intrepid investigators of movement, sound, and space at the University of Oregon, Gina and Kyle discovered a common and indefatigable ambition to
Today, somebodies dance theater enjoys a home base in San Diego, CA. The company enlists a new roster of collaborators for each project, including dancers, composers, and visual artists.
somebodies dance theater blurs the lines that define different dance idioms and cultural bases. With a special interest in the possibilities and processes of multimedia collaboration, somebodies endeavors to build provocative realities and environments through arresting imagery and movement nuance. The company’s ever-evolving movement vocabulary pushes to contrast the big, sweeping body to the quirky, pedestrian gesture, and serious inquiry to outright humor.
The Artistic Directors
Gina Bolles Sorensen completed her MFA in Dance at the University of Oregon in 2008. She has danced professionally in New York, San Francisco, Oregon, and San Diego, and has taught modern dance and other idioms in Oregon, Montana, Michigan, and California. She was awarded grants to study the classical Indian dance Bharatanatyam in India, and has published original research on imagery and dance learning in the Journal of Dance Education. Gina currently teaches dance at the Chula Vista School for Creative and Performing Arts and the Coronado School of the Arts, and yoga around San Diego County.
Kyle Sorensen earned his BA cum laude in Dance at the University of Oregon, where he was also recognized with the Emerging Artist award. He has danced professionally in Los Angeles, Oregon, and San Diego, and his choreography has been exhibited and awarded special honors in national and international venues. Kyle freelances as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher in many dance idioms, and is currently in the MFA program in Dance Theatre at the University of California, San Diego.
Current Collaborators
Nick Drashner, Sound Designer
Anthony Luciano, Director
Colin McGurk, Scenic Designer