Los Angeles native Evan Sagadencky began his training at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA). He has performed works by Jirí Kylián, Andrew Winghart, Ohad Naharin, Sonya Tayeh, Alejandro Cerrudo, William Forsythe, Barak Marshall, among others. He is a YoungArts Alumni and has attended several intensives including the Jacob’s Pillow Inaugural Gaga Program, Netherlands Dans Theatre Summer Intensive and Peter Chu’s Chuthis. Movement Intensive. Evan currently dances for Ate9 Dance Company under the direction of Danielle Agami and is represented by Bloc Talent Agency.
Instagram: @evansagadencky

Originally from Silicon Valley, California, Aurora Vaughan currently lives in Los Angeles. She has performed works by William Forsythe, Jodie Gates, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Sonya Tayeh, and Andrew Winghart, to name a few. Aurora aspires to create process-driven collaborations with artists of all backgrounds, with the goal of experiencing the multitude of intersections between forms. The creators will challenge themselves, each other, and audiences to consider their actions and reactions from different lenses, in hopes that new information can produce reifications of equality, equity, consciousness, and engagement. Aurora is currently an apprentice with Parsons Dance in NYC under the direction of David Parsons and is represented by Go To Talent Agency.
Instagram: @auroralvaughan

Tre'len is an actor, filmmaker and recent USC graduate studying Film and Television Production through the School of Cinematic Arts. He hopes to continue working with other creatives who advocate for the under-represented.
Instagram: @trelenjohnston

Abby Boyle is a recent graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. There, she majored in Film and Television Production with a focus in editing and a minor in Entertainment Industry. During her last semester, Abby worked as an editor on a senior thesis film focusing on mental health titled "Rainy Days." She is currently working at Cosmo Street Editorial, a commercial and music video editing company. She was accepted to be an intern at the Cannes Film Festival 2021, which she hopes to be able to attend this year.
Instagram: @abby.boyle, @fixesitinpost

Savannah Harrow (she/her/hers) is a freelance stage manager based in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from the University of Southern California in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Stage Management and has been working in theatre, dance, live events and awards shows ever since. Some of her credits include: Industry Dance Awards, Hollywood Vibe Dance Convention, Latin Billboard Music Awards, Latin American Music Awards and the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.
Instagram: @savannahharrow

Stefan is a student of Narrative at USC, where work on his Capstone project is firmly underway. After graduating, he plans to publish his work, continue writing, and create content for production companies. Ask him what his heart’s plans are, though, and he’ll reply "something important."
Instagram: @appelcommastefan

Evan O'Brien is a Texas born and bred filmmaker, musician and artist. His films and compositions have been featured in festivals such as South By Southwest, Chicago International Film Festival, and many more. Now based in Los Angeles, he currently attends the USC School of Cinematic Arts, earning a BFA in Film and Television Production. Other endeavors of his include: performing improv comedy with USC's own Spoiler Alert, playing heavy metal, and speaking in the third person.

Camilo Gonzalez-Sol is a composer, pianist, and conductor based in Los Angeles. HIs compositions have been performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Teatro Mayor Juilo Mario Santo Domindo in Bogota, Colombia, among other venues. He is also the recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Fellowship, the ASCAP Fellowship to Tanglewood, and the Brian Shea Fellowship to the stage EAMA (Paris), and in May 2021, he will graduate from USC with dual degrees in music composition and philosophy.
Instagram: @camilogonzalezsol

Edina Hiser graduated from the USC School of Dramatic Arts in 2019 where she earned a BFA in Theatrical Design. Since graduation, she has worked on a variety of theatre, opera, film and television projects in both the costume and art departments. Edina is thrilled to use her talents to support Planned Parenthood through this awesome and wildly creative project.

Adriana is an actor and writer currently finishing up her training at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Her current projects include a podcast she co-hosts, Bag Full O’ Beans, and this project, Away & Here. She is absolutely ecstatic to be part of this genre-bending and captivating piece.
Instagram: @adrianahinojosa_

Nina is a Maryland native in her third year at USC Kaufman where she has been exposed to the diverse possibilities dance can hold. Nina has had the privilege of performing on the concert stage in works by Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, and Barak Marshall along with choreographing music videos for upcoming artists such as Nyallah and Eric Scolo. In addition to her Kaufman studies, Nina is pursuing a minor in entrepreneurship, looking at the future of the dance industry from a business perspective to aid in the betterment of dancers in professional spaces.
Instagram: @ninagumbs

After starting his training at the Rock School West for Dance Education, Cameron now studies Dance and Cinematic Arts at USC while also dancing as an inaugural company member with Zeitgeist Dance Theater. Cameron is constantly choreographing, directing, filming, and editing various passion projects, but some formal performance opportunities he's had include at the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena) with ArtistsPlus Productions, the Laguna Art Museum (Laguna) in commemoration of Merce Cunningham, and at the NYU Skirball Center (NYC) to honor Ann Reinking. He has performed original works by Hope Boykin and Bret Easterling in addition to repertoire by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Barak Marshall, and Paul Taylor.
Instagram: @cameroncofrancesco

Sidney Chuckas creates and educates through his art spanning the fields of dance, architecture, music, fine art, and technology. Originally from Evanston, IL Chuckas’ life experiences training as a dancer for 16 years in mostly white spaces, has led him to dive deep into finding his own sense of identity, passion for innovation, and drive to be an activist for social change and sustainability. With an educational background in both Architecture and Dance, Chuckas hopes to become the creative director of his own design with a mission to restore, amplify, and preserve the voices and narratives of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ creatives as well as provide safe spaces for international creativity and innovation.
Instagram: @sidneychuckas

Born in Australia and raised in New York City, India is now a part of the class of 2022 at the University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. India is a proud alumna of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Arts, the MOVE|NYC| Young Professionals Program, and Downtown Dance Factory, and has additionally trained at the School at Jacob’s Pillow, Orsolina 28’s Forsythe/Pite Intensive, and the Ailey School. India is a YoungArts Winner in Jazz Dance, was an inaugural winner of the “Awakenings” Scholarship from the Ailey School, and is a USC Dean’s Scholarship recipient.
Instagram: @indiaminnie

Zackery Torres is a dancer, student, and advocate hoping to guide their local communities to be gender inclusive by providing practical and easy to understand resources through their company Continuum Community. Growing up a non-binary dancer, they see a need to help push communities forward, and through this call to action they have published a book, An Evolving Conversation on Gender: Dance Edition, and have also published many videos hoping to invite many people with different experiences surrounding the conversation of gender. Using this life practice, Zackery also continues to let it inform their practice as a dancer, both on stage and in film.
Instagram: @zackery_torres

Bella Allen (20) is pursuing a BFA at the Kaufman School of Dance along with a minor in occupational sciences at the Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. She is interested in researching dance and its wellness benefits on the body and mind in order to share the joy of movement more widely. Bella has had the honor of performing works by Bret Easterling, Hope Boykin, Jermaine Spivey, and Alex Ketley, among others, and she looks forward to continuing her performance career while also studying the intersectionality of dance and occupational therapy.
Instagram: @ballaydancer

Elise Monson is a Presidential Scholar recipient at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, where she has performed the works of many renowned choreographers, as well as recently participating in the USC Visions and Voices’ Celebration of Paul Taylor’s Esplanade and the global centennial celebration of Merce Cunningham. She has been featured in numerous dance films, including a 2018 commercial for Panasonic titled, “horizons'' and has trained at many international summer programs including Orsolina28’s Forsythe/Pite, Domaine Forget’s Dance Lab, Arts Umbrella’s International Summer Dance Intensive, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dancer’s Gaga Intensive. Before and during her time at USC, Elise has had the opportunity to present her own choreographic work in venues around the United States.
Instagram: @elisemonson

Anthony Tette grew up dancing in upstate New York where he trained mostly in contemporary dance. He graduated a year early from high school to move to Scottsdale, Arizona where he developed his classical ballet training. Now, along with being a junior at USC Kaufman, he is treasurer of the Southern California Choreographic Collective.
Instagram: @anthonytette

Jessalyn Ward grew up training in classical, contemporary, and commercial dance in San Clemente, CA. Her senior year of high school she won first place contemporary pas de deus at YAGP Finals in New York City and graduated as Valedictorian of her high school. She is thrilled to be furthering her dance training as a Glorya Kaufman Scholarship recipient at USC while simultaneously pursuing modeling with Wilhelmina Los Angeles.
Instagram: @jessalynward

Edward Oyarce-Solomon is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he trained primarily under the guidance of Mark Foehringer and Brian Fisher at the Conservatory for Contemporary Dance Arts. During this part of his dance education, he was given the opportunity to perform numerous times with MFDP/SF, a contemporary dance company with whom he performed works throughout San Francisco as well as traveling with the company to Peru by invitation of the US Embassy to participate in a multinational dance festival which, due to his Peruvian heritage, was an incredibly moving opportunity.

Casey Murray is an art enthusiast who began dancing at the age of four in the Bay Area hip-hop scene and began learning Ballet and Contemporary Dance at the age of 16. Casey has competed on America’s Got Talent as well as acted in the commercial world and aspires to globally share his choreographic voice.
Instagram: @caseymurray

Wyeth is a dancer and choreographer from Virginia Beach, VA. He grew up dancing at Denise Wall’s Dance Energy, where he trained with Denise Wall and got to work with artists Travis Wall, Jason Parsons, and Anthony Morigerato. Since 2018, Walker has been training at USC Kaufman in Los Angeles, as well as working on projects with Andrew Winghart, Aidan Carberry, and Will Loftis.
Instagram: @wyethcwalk

William Okajima recently graduated from the Orange County School of the Arts and will be studying at USC’s Kaufman School of Dance in the Fall. He received his primary contemporary training with Westside Dance Project under the direction of Jessie Riley, and classical ballet training with Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy. In his training, he has performed and competed in pieces set by Jermaine Spivey, Bret Easterling, Spencer Theberge, Alex Ketly, Micaela Taylor, and Al Blackstone. He attended summer dance intensives at Juilliard, Hubbard Street, Laguna Dance Festival, and Complexions. At OCSA he received dance training under the direction of Jim Kolb and Cindy Peca through the Commercial Dance Conservatory and Montage. Currently he is represented by Movement Talent Agency in Los Angeles as a dancer, and was cast as a dancer in “The Greatest” music video with Sia, at Vidcon with Nia Sioux, and at D23 with Matthew Morrison.
Instagram: @williamokajima

Yahm Steinberg is a current student majoring in the School of Dramatic Arts and minoring in both the Thornton School of Music and the Kaufman School of Dance. Yahm is a multifaceted artist who enjoys exploring art and telling stories through a medley of mediums ranging from acting and singing to photography and drawing.

Bryce Stephens is an actor, filmmaker, and musician from Redwood City, California. He currently serves as Creative Director for the Los Angeles film production company 178 Blank, and works as a freelance production sound mixer on the side. When he's not making art, he can be found cooking pasta from scratch or baking bread. Sometimes both, if it's a good day. He does not know how to cook anything else.
Instagram: @bman324