“El Sueño”

Chicana dancer and choreographer based in Brooklyn. Immigrated from Cuidad de Mexico now siding in Brooklyn. Began dancing with Katharine Pettit Creative in 2021 after graduating from The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts as a student of the Musical Theatre program. Previously trained with Ladies of Hip-hop, The Fort Worth Dance Syndicate,La Casa de la Cultura and MODArts Dance Collective , with work being featured in film and on stage. Having had to immigrate to new country she witness all of the hard work, labor and sacrifice that came from it, the decades that would follow would fuel her choreography.

Sama Bajonero Moreno (Choreographer/Dancer), they/she/elle @samabajonero

Cindy Carbajal (Dancer) she/her @cinddd.21

Ezra Whitbeck (Dancer) they/them @ezrawhitbeck

Kim Lopez Diaz (Dancer), she/her @lacrazykim

Aleeza Garcia (Dancer) they/she @aleezagar

Sound: “Rosa de Castilla” by Los Folkloristas, “Luciernagas” by Milo J, “Cumbia Sobre Del Mar” El Búho & Quantic

EL SUEÑO is an 8-minute piece about the immigrant experience in the U.S., divided into three vignettes. It explores the challenging journey to reach a “cage made of gold,” the struggles of laborers sustaining the country, the fight for future generations, and the embrace of the community built here. It celebrates the fruits of labor and highlights the diverse yet united experiences of immigrants through grief, sweat, and love.

“Barely Nested”

PJ Verhoest is a choreographer, dancer, musician and filmmaker. His work has been presented in New York City, Philadelphia, Texas and New Mexico. Through investing in movement and play, his work communicates a message of environmental conservation and protection, mutual aid, strength through vulnerability, sensitivity, support and social inclusivity.

PJ Verhoest (dancer/choreographer/musician) he/him @spicyleafdala on IG, @pjverhoest on YouTube

“Wander”

Christian A. Warner is an interdisciplinary performance artist, choreographer, sound designer, and director working across movement, sound, and film. He has danced with companies and artist such as Sidra Bell Dance New York, Boca Tuya, NVA & Guests, GauDanse, slowdanger, TU Dance, Owen/Cox Dance Group, Ponybox Dance Theatre, and Kayla Farrish. His choreography has been commissioned by Pepatian / BAAD, Triskelion Arts, JCAL, Performa/Dance, Ballet Co.Laboratory, and the BlackLight Summit. He is a 2023 Heinz Endowment Creative Development Awardee, a 2025 New York Dance Festival Choreographic Fellow, and a 2025 Princess Grace Award winner in Choreography.

Christian A. Warner [He / They]
Instagram: @itschristianalexander

“Fleet Flock (Excerpt)”

Celeste Goldes is a performing artist and creative artist located in New York City and Los Angeles. Through her work, she aims to make sense of what already surrounds and resides within us all. She intends to make a full-body of satisfying, yet disruptive, work through a lens of unapologetic being.
Celeste has danced with Annie Rigney in Beth Morrison Project’s Prototype Festival, with Ashley Chen at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, as well as in her own choreographic works. She is currently a part of the movement ensemble in Michael Gordon and Richard Foreman’s What to Wear, directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, at BAM’s Harvey Theater.
Her most recent theatrical work, Middle Name, was shared at WestFest Dance Festival in May 2025 in New York City. She has also recently collaborated with director Antony Muse for artist Claire Rosinkranz’s music video for her song Chronic. This December, she was awarded the Eryc Taylor Dance Emerging Choreographer Grant to create a new work that will premiere this March in New York City.
She is a graduate of NYU Tisch Department of Dance and performed in works by Bebe Miller, Annie Rigney, Sean Curran, and Allyson Green during her studies. Celeste’s research at NYU Tisch Dance concluded with her hour-long, immersive installation and performance, A Conversation with the Brat. She additionally studied at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) in Salzburg, Austria, in 2024.

Louise Coleman (Dancer) @louise.coleman_02

Lilly Lorber (Dancer) @lilly.llorber

Haley Mitchell (Dancer) @haleyvmitchell

Natalia Nikitin (Dancer) @natalianikitin_

Sound: “Hinc Edz Oonem” by the Armenian National Choral Society of Boston, Siranoush Der-Manuelian; “Caravan” by the Armenian State Concert Orchestra, Harutun Anurian; “When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby” by Al Bowlly. Featuring voice recordings of Celeste’s Grandparents, Setta and Vrej Gregorian.
*This music has been digitally edited by the choreographer.

A sharing of an experience of displacement, and how it is inhabited or transcended. Where have we landed, and what is this circumstance? The flock converges and fractures, holding displacement as both condition and possibility.

“Hysm”

Estefanía Forero, born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, is a choreographer and dance artist currently pursuing her BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography at Montclair State University. Estefanía has had the pleasure of working with choreographers such as Maleek Washington, Omar Román de Jesús, Stefanie Batten Bland, Michelle Manzanales, Cameron McKinney, Meredith Rainey, Maxine Steinman, Jessica Dimauro Marks, and Xián Martínez Miguel, among others. Estefanía continues to explore new forms to create and share ideas with other artists. Keeping in touch with her deep roots, different forms of art, and the genuine relationships and curiosities of humanity, she hopes to connect with her audience and other artists with her creations.